Kiwanis Clubs Gather at Norwalk Intercity Meet
Lorain and Elyria Kiwanians joined 450 others at the All Ohio Inter-City Kiwanis gathering in Norwalk High School judged by attendance. Mayor Jones of Elyria spoke on national unrest and the duty of Kiwanis members to uphold Christian citizenship and aid others amid tough times.
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Norwalk
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County
Lorain City
wWlee Club
Elyria
Main Street
Mayor Jones
Ai Feike
United States
Ireland
Germany
China
America
Mayor Jones Cleanly Referred To As Attorney and Judge
In Bellevue a recent address introduced Asaph R. Jones as an attorney and at the Kiwanis Inter-City meet in Norwalk last night he was presented as a judge.
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Elyria
Asaph R. Joness
Bellevue
Kiwanis
Norwalk
Pope Benedict Speaks to Dutch Railway Men
Pope Benedict XV marks Dante centenary with an encyclical praising the poet as a Christian model. In Rome, the pope told 25 Dutch railway workers of laborers duties to society and mutual welfare.
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Pope Benedict
Rome
Benedict XV
Dante Alighieri
Vatican
Pape Benedict
Crime wave receding in police view across the U S
Police officials from 137 cities and 40 states gathering for a national conference report a subsiding crime wave. They note unemployment as a major looming problem and varying attitudes toward prohibition across localities.
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New York
United States
Otel’ Guntioders
Akron Trolley Men Take Strike Vote
Akron workers at Northern Ohio Traction began a strike vote at 9 this morning. If approved, lines between Akron and nearby cities will halt Thursday. Workers say the company refused to arbitration on wages with each side naming an arbitrator and Governor Davis to break the tie. The company says a 20 percent wage cut will take effect immediately.
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Akron
Northern Ohio Traction Company
Canton
New Philadelphia
Massillon
Cleveland
Davis
Officers Selected for College Paper
The board of control of the 1922 Makuto at Ohio State University picks Howard Dewees of Salem as editor in chief and Frederick C. Hanks of Newark as business manager. Dewes handles dramatic work and Hanks serves as an issue editor of The Lantern.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Howard Dewees
Salem
Frederick C. Hanks
Newark
Dewes
Hanks
the Lantern
Colonel Harvey sails for England as new ambassador
New York May 4 Colonel George Harvey the new ambassador to Great Britain sailed for England aboard the Aquitania. He is accompanied by Mrs. Harvey.
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New York
George Harvey
Great Britain
England
Harvey
Lorain Graft Probe Seeks New Witnesses and Tips
Prosecutor Lawrence Webber urged Lorain residents to report any graft information to assist the vice probe led by a special grand jury. New witnesses include Lt Walker former acting police chief, Mrs. Geramine Gifford, Curtice Rauch, Clyde Lyle and Bill Huffman, with older witnesses such as Sam Rudella and Chas Patterson testifying. Two John Doe cases appear in the witness book as the inquiry nears closure.
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Elyria
Lawrence Webber
Lorain
Charles Adams
Walker
King
Geramine Gifford
Mayer Grall
Curtice Rauch
Clyde Lyle
Bill Huff
National Yube Co
Sam Rudella
Mary Giike Popovich
Philip Rosengarten
Joseph Miller
Harry Whites
Chas Patterson
John Doe
Dora Balayo
Ester Lanard
John Donovan
Joseph Hutti
John Kontier
Elyria finishes record cleanup with 525 tons collected
The 7006 budgeted cleanup yielded 646.43 spent on collecting 150 loads totaling 525 tons. Each load averaged 312 miles, covering 67 miles of streets and alleys. The effort was helped by unemployed heads of households leading to a notably thorough drive and cleaner city, with fewer milk bottles salvaged than in prior years.
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Elyria
John Conabee
Council
Mr. Conabee
Garages Lead April Building Permits Surge
Elyria reports 36 building permits in April with 24 for garages, 6 for houses and the rest for repairs. Garage permits mark a heavy trend as the month signals the start of the building season, totaling 44180 for expenditures.
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Elyria
Secretary of State appoints county election officers
The Secretary of State announced appointments to county boards of elections. Names include Asnland Willard G. Staman and Ned Ruth in Asnland Belmont and others across multiple counties with Republican and Democratic members named or noted as not selected or not appointed.
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Secretary OF State
Columbus
Smith
Asnland
Willard G. Staman
Ned Ruth
Belmont
J. Wheaton
R. M Simpson
Columbiana
Hilbert
Charles A. Cavanaugh
Cushecton
John P. Suntheimer
William Phillips
Crawford
Edward Leckelberry
Simon L. Fritz
Darke
Charles O. Baughman
Delaware
Robert H. Parker
Greene
Dr. Jones
James M. Fletcher
Jeferson—Helmer E Garner
Marie Dickson
Lawrence
D. G. Stewart
Licking
Thomas DD. Evang
Eh, T. Denman
Marion
O. V. Roby
Harry D. Zachman
Miami
J. Clare Hughes
Jesse T. Landes
Richland
Earl C. Polock
George V. Nagle
Summit
George C. Conger
James Meirs
Tuscarawas
W. Cummings
John Rosch
Washington
James
Breen Line Wage Dispute Meet Not Arranged
Superintendent H J Humphrey of the Cleveland Columbus & Southwestern Electric Co said Tuesday the union carmen's committee had not yet arranged a meeting with company officials to discuss wage differences linked to the plan for a twenty percent cut. The potential talks were to occur this week to negotiate the wage reduction.
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BREEN
Elyria
H. J. Humphrey
Cleveland, Columbus & Southwestern Electric Co
Union Carmen
Inter-City Kiwanis Chorus Serenades Elyria in Night Visit
In the early hours of the morning a crowd of about 60 Elyria citizens returned from a Norwalk meeting and sang to local Kiwanis members. Led by Judge H. G. Redington and the Brooks home, the hoarse chorus woke Reverend B H Redhead and Reverend W B Winters before dispersing when lights came on at Winters home.
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Elyria
Third Street
Norwalk
H. G. Redington
Walter Brooks
BH. B. Redhead
W. B. Winters
Taxation appeal urged by Ohio farm groups
C A Dyer secretary of the Ohio Home Protective League urged farm bureaus and state granges to study taxation and related measures now before the state legislature before May 12. He said the assembly has failed to provide a permanent solution and warned that inaction before adjournment would be a disaster.
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Columbus
C. A. Dyer
Obhio Home Protective League
General Assembly
Dyer
Governor Day
Citizens’ Committee
$50 000 Suit Based Upon the Letter
Chicago May 4 A letter from Olaf Hermanson and his wife to their daughter Mrs Wiliam L Sharp was valued at 50000 by attorney Patrick O Donnell for alienation of affections from Dr Sharp The 26 word paragraph reads let everything be as unpleasant as possible in all your actions concerning your husband and later you can place blame on him for everything
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Chicago
Olaf Hermanson
Wiliam L. Sharp
St. Louis
Patrick O’donnell
Sharp
Hermanson
Youngstown Patrolman Killed On Helmont Avenue
Patrolman Alexander Warren was shot and killed while approaching two men on Helmont Avenue to question them. One assailant fired a revolver, fatally wounding Warren with two shots. Police have arrested 192 suspects in connection with the murder.
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Youngstown
Alexander Warren
Helmont Avenue
Shipyard Denies Suspension of Work at Lorain Plant
Officials of the American Ship Building Co denied rumors of a plant shutdown in Lorain noting they have not received any official instruction to halt activities. The denial followed rumors circulating statewide about suspensions at the local yard.
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Lorain
American Ship Building Co
Contagious Diseases Lessen In Elyria City
Sanitary Policeman F H Williams reports Elyria comparatively free of contagious diseases with only three cases remaining two scarlet fever and one diphtheria. Health cards for these cases are expected to be lifted in a few days.
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Elyria
F H. Willams
Edwards to Invite Harding for Dempsey Carpentier Fight
Jersey City May 6 Governor Edwards of New Jersey plans to invite President Harding and his cabinet to attend the world heavyweight title bout between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier in Jersey City on July 2. The governor, a boxing enthusiast, calls the match the sporting event of the age.
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Jersey City
N. J
Edwards
New Jersey
Warren G. Harding
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Question of efficiency of evidence in coal conspiracy case
Forty six Indiana operators miners and leaders filed motions in U S district court challenging the sufficiency of indictments charging 226 coal industry leaders associations and companies with conspiring to fix coal prices.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United States District Court
New Printing Company Inaugurated at Lorain
In Lorain County Ohio a new Citizens Printing Company unit is inaugurated with about 16000 dollars capital. W. C. Park and J. H. Gorman are named officials in the opening.
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Lorain
Columbus
Citizens Printing CompAny
Grafton
Lorain County
W. C. Park
J. H. Gor
Campaign on Auto Drivers Gets Started
Elyria reports a city crackdown on reckless speeding with Motorcycle Policeman Brown patrolling streets. Over a dozen warrants issued this week and four men Frank Weekley Frank Rotundo Sam Weinert and Joe Virant fined five dollars each for speeding 30 mph or more. Others to be arraigned later. 20 mph city limit cited.
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Elyria
Brown
Frank Weekley
Frank Rotundo
Sam Weinert
Joe Virant
Citizenship Papers Refused Aliens Dodging Draft
In Elyria Judge Redington ruled enemy aliens who dodged the draft have no path to final citizenship papers. Two applicants from Hungary and Austria, drafted during the war, claimed exemptions as enemy aliens after securing first citizenship, but the judge dismissed their cases and they must start over, delaying future admission.
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Elyria
Redington
Hungary
Austria
Sam
Women voters oust male slate in Sistersville election
In Sistersville West Virginia on May 4 women jubilantly celebrated a school board election upset. Women refused a male slate and wrote in Mrs. Thomas Bell who won the seat with 808 votes while J H Thornton and J E McCamey trailed.
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Sistersville
Sisterville
W. Va
Citizens
Thomas Bell
J. H. Thornton
J. E. McCamey
Sailor reports theft of $40 from vest under pillow
Itinerant sailor Lorain Patrick Smith told police this morning someone stole $40 from his vest pocket while he slept in a room upstairs at 1026 Broadway last night.
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Lorain
Patrick Smith
Broadway
7000 Workers at Tube Plant Face Pay Scale Reversion
National Tube of South Lorain announces a 20 percent wage cut to May 16, reverting 7,000 workers to the 1918 pay scale. The move follows earlier hour reductions and affects all levels from day laborers to top officials, with no formal notice from New York yet deemed authentic by Lorain office officials.
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Lorain
National Tube Company of
South Lora
United States Steel Corporation
Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
The
Steel Corporation
New York
Landis denies quitting the bench report
Chicago May 4 Judge K M Landis of the United States district court denounced as untrue a report that he had resigned from the federal bench to devote himself full time to duties as baseball commissioner. He said the rumor recurs weekly and he will announce any resignation publicly when ready.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Two Divorce Pleas Filed In Elyria Court
William G. Jones sues Flora Jones for divorce claiming abandonment in 1915 and support neglect. Pauline Nelson sues James W. Nelson for divorce and alimony alleging refusal to provide a home and clothing. Nelson works for National Tube Co.
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Elyria
Lorain
William G. Jones
Flora Jones
Elgin
Pauline Nelson
James W. Nelson
The
National Tube Co
Serving papers on railroad conductor plan eyed
Elyria dispatch reports a plan to serve a summons on the Northern Ohio railroad by a deputy boarding the moving train at Spencer and delivering papers to the conductor as the train passes through the county. No stations or stops exist on this line.
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Elyria
Northern Ohio
Spencer
Elyria Griggagers Meet Clevelanders On Thursday Night
The Elyria Cribbage club hosts the Cleveland Cribbage club in an inter city match Thursday evening. In Nashville a long running feud ended when James Grundy shot J H Reeves five times and killed himself at the Hermitage Club. Reeves a former head of a wholesale firm is fatally wounded according to doctors.
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Elyria Griggagers
Elyria
Elyria Cribbage Club
Cleveland Cribbage
Nashville
Tenn
James Grundy
J H. Reeves
Hermitage Club
Reeves
Pressmen Join Ranks of Baltimore Strikers
Baltimore printers walk out as local pressmen and bookbinders unions join the strike for a 44 hour week. Unions voted unanimously to participate, swelling the number of idle printing house employees in the city to about 1200.
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Baltimore
Government End Strike Talks Progress at Washington
Washington May 4 officials continued efforts to settle the maritime strike. Atawal Benson planned a conference with employers and employees while Secretary Davis and Secretary Hoover were expected to join. Progress toward a compromise agreement that shipowners might accept was reported as considerable.
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Washington
Go i
Atawal Benson
Davis
Hoover Davis
April Arrests Down in Elyria Police Court
Elyria police court in April reported 15 arrests and $30.60 in fines and costs. The month also shows 16 vendors licenses issued and 36 building permits obtained.
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Elyria
Judgment Secures Large Sum Against Mills
Bertha Gerlach Mills secured a $16,087.50 judgment against E. H. Mills in the common pleas court this morning on a cognovit note. A second case seeks a receiver for Mills business on West Broad Street to safeguard creditors and operate the concern. Judge Redington appointed C. A. Newton as receiver with a $10,000 bond.
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Elyria
Bertha Gerlach Mills
E. H. Mills
Court of Common Pleas
West Broad Street
Redington
C. A. Newton
Notable Sinn Fein Attack Near Glasgow Cathedral
In Glasgow on May 4 a gang of armed men ambushed a patrol wagon in Cathedral Square killing Police Inspector Johnstone. The wagon was carrying convicted Sinn Fein prisoners and the driver sped away, blocking prisoner delivery.
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Glascow
Scotland
Sinn
Ireland
Cathedral Square
Johnstone
Church Asks Permit To Negotiate In Elyria
The Lorain area church applies for permission to borrow 180 to fund new cement work and miscellaneous repairs at its Mathews Avenue location.
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Elyria
Treetese of & Mathews
M. FB. Cave
Lorain
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Moore
Grant
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Ee Finney
Heldrich
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Berry
Chapman
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Vessey
Kreuch
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