State revokes Grafton Rural High School charter
The state education department moves to revoke the first grade charter of Grafton Rural High School at year end. A letter notes lack of equipment and cooperation as primary causes. If unmet, students may attend any high school with tuition paid by Grafton township. no college will accept non graduates from a first grade charter. Approximately 35 students affected.
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State
de Yisiment of Education
Grafton Rural High School
R P
Vaughn County
FP E Schriver
Grafton Township Board of Education
L W Reese
Grafton Rural
Balden
State Department
County Superintendent of Schools
State Department of Education
Grafton Township
Fate Of Thirty Americans In China Unknown
Washington reports unknown fate of thirty Americans said to be in Tainan China amid days of battle between Chinese and Japanese forces. Minister McMurray to State Department says city cut off except for wireless, consul in Tsinan silent. Japan promised protection to foreigners, five Japanese soldiers killed and twenty wounded in Tsiwan, looting reported but no American property damage confirmed.
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Washington
Tainan
China
McAllurray
State Department
Tien Tsin
Tsinan
Peking
McMurray
MacMurray
Tsiwan
Concealed Gun Carrier Faces Jury in Ohio Case
Alex Brown of Youngstown pleads guilty in police court to carrying concealed weapons and faces grand jury next convening. Bond set at 500 dollars. Brown arrested Friday by B&O detective L V Jones. Also in custody is Robert Holloway of West Avenue for trespassing on B&O property. A pair of field glasses found on Holloway. Police say he wasn t headed for the show in Cleveland.
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Ohio
Alex Brown
Youngstown
Brown
L V Jones
B &O
Robert Holloway
West Avenue
Propperty
Air mail contracts set by post office today
The Postmaster General awarded the Chicago to Michigan air mail route to Thompson Aeronautical Corporation of Cleveland and the St. Louis via Omaha route to Robertson Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis.
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NEW Today
Washington, May
Chicago
Points
Michigan
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Nab
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Next Week's Weather Forecast From Washington
Washington May 5 forecast says next week's weather will be generally fair in the Ohio valley and Tennessee regions with showers likely Thursday or Friday. Warmer Monday and Tuesday, cooler Thursday or Friday.
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Washington
Ollows
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Does Not Favor Skating To School
Police Chief E J Stankard criticizes children skating to school for unsafe crossings. He notes near misses with fast traffic and that kids rarely look aside while crossing intersections. Complaints also arise about children in wagons and scooters disrupting pedestrians.
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E J. Stankard
Stankard
Aviator Bonney Dies In Gull-Wing Plane Crash
Leonard W. Bonney, who spent years perfecting a gull wing aeroplane, died in New York when his craft crashed after a test run at Curtiss Field. Bonney, a Wright 1910 pupil and longtime aeronautics student, was born in Wellington, Ohio.
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Wellington
New York
Leonard W. Bonney
Aeronautic
Bonney
Jenney
Air Fraternity
Orville Wright
Long Island
Curtiss
Ohio
Stunting in midair costs three lives in Dayton crash
Three men Harold Toshay Walter Clark and Blair Gross were killed when a plane borrowed from Johnson Airplanes Inc failed during a stunt over Johnson Field last night The craft shed a wing and plunged nearly straight down narrowly missing another plane Witnesses included the pilots wives The accident was the field’s first fatal stunt in ten years and Forshay and Reed were not aboard at the time of the crash
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Dayton, O
Johnson Field
Harold Toshay
McCook Field
Army Reserve
Walter Clark
Blair Gross
Dayton Forshap
Johnson Airplanes, Inc
Clark
Gross
Johnnson Field
E. Johnson
Airplane Concern
Courtney
Reed
Forshay
Grosa
Greek Vessel Bacchus Brings Survivors After Fatal Collision
The steamer Bacchus towed into Portland after a collision with the Italian steamer Ioannis Fafalios. Twelve crew members of the Greek vessel were killed, including the captain and first mate. Ten survivors arrived aboard Bacchus, with one seriously injured and possibly dying.
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Portland
Eng
Bacchus
Ioannis Fafalios
Relief work ends in Nelsonville district today
Relief efforts directed by the Ohio National Guard to feed destitute children of striking coal miners will end today in the Nelsonville district. Since January 25 the guard has provided one meal daily to as many as 6,000 children, preventing severe malnutrition. Relief work in the St Clairsville district will continue until May 15.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Nelsonville
Adjt
Frank D. Henderson
National Guard
St Clairsville
Local Boy Hurt In Fence Jump
An attempt to jump the iron fence between the First Methodist and Episcopal church yards last night injured Fred Smith 18 of 404 Prospect Street. The Clyria High School student landed on a sharp iron paling, wounding his left leg and losing considerable blood before being taken to Llytia Memorial hospital.
Tugs Search Lake Erie For Bodies Of Two Flyers
Cleveland May 5 Tugs searched Lake Erie off Long Point Ontario for two aviators who left Cleveland yesterday bound for Buffalo The men believed drowned after their plane fell into the lake as seen by the fishing tug Ruth Names John O Rosecrins Milwaukee and James M Later Buffalo were given by Ruth crew Captain Joe Divell said the plane gas tank seemed to explode A portion of the wrecked plane was recovered but no trace of the men was found
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Long Point
Ont
Buffalo
Ruth
John O Rosecrins
Milwaukee
James M
Joe Divell
Cancel Visit Of Chamberlin To Lorain Tuesday
Lack of interest forces cancellation of Clarence Chamberlin Atlantic flyer visit to Lorain on Tuesday May 8. Tickets sold slowly and officials notified the airman that the trip would not be profitable.
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Chamberlin
Lorain
Clarence Chamberlain
Atlantic Flyer
Injunction Issued Against Mine Rioters Near Caldwell
May 5. Common Pleas Judge C O Dye issues a temporary injunction against mine rioters near Caldwell. Officers served notices on the miners. No serious demonstrations occurred in the last 24 hours.
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Caldwell
Common Pleas
C O Dye
Couzens Accorded Tax Abatement on Ford Stock Gains
The US board of tax appeals ruled Senator James Couzens did not owe a $10 million IRS assessment on Ford stock profits. It held the March 1 1913 market price at $10,000 a share, and abated the remaining $9.455 million of the jeopardy assessment after prior abatements.
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Washington
US Board of Tax Appeals
James Couzens
Mich
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ford
Couzens
Man Mule and Plane Endurance Test in Chickasha
In Chickasha Ohio on May 5, Joe Hart former war pilot launched a Ryan monoplane to chase a world endurance record. A farmer with mules followed in a walking plow as Hart took off, clearing a bridge by feet as both efforts aimed to set a new record.
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Chickasha
Ohio
Joe Hart
Chickasha Runway
Hart
Forty Hours Postponed After Death of Mrs Mooney
Due to the death of Catherine Mooney mother of Rev James B Mooney the Forty Hours Devotion at St Marys church is postponed one week The May 6 Masses remain at usual times low Masses 630 800 930 and high Mass 1100 Funeral for Mrs Mooney set for Monday 930 am from St Ann's church in Cleveland
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Catherine Mooney
James B Mooney
St Marys Church
Youth Refused Car Use Triggers Family Massacre near Eldorado
Eldorado Kas May and Owen Oberst report that 17 year old Oberst confessed to police that he killed seven family members and set their home ablaze after being refused use of the family automobile. He described shooting his father and mother, three brothers, and two sisters, then pouring kerosene and lighting a fire before leaving for town to see a movie. Formal murder charges expected today.
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Eldorado
Kas
May
Owen Oberst
Oberst
Oge Cera
Young Oberst
Herbert
Edith
Wingle
Ralph
William Oberst
Dorothea
Rochester bootleggers fined after wild chase
Three sheriffs deputies pursued C F Riebe and William L C Milone through Rochester township after a late night chase. In Common Pleas Court Judge W B Thompson fined Riebe and Milone $500 plus costs. Riebe’s sedan was confiscated. Riebe pleaded guilty to transporting liquor. Milone found guilty of possession after on‑the‑spot trial.
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Rochester Township
Common Pleas Court
W B Thompson
C F Riebe
William LC Milone
South Rochester
Riebes
Roth
E H G Mathews
C E Rankin
Sheriffs Office
Steve Cowie
Harvey Crehore
Wesley Miller
Ricbé
Malone
Riebe
Thompson
Gooden Found Not Guilty by Jury in Defraud Case
A jury in Common Pleas Court under Judge W B Thompson returned a verdict of not guilty for Dr Gooden who faced charges of issuing a check with intent to defraud. The trial began Thursday afternoon after a Thursday arraignment following an April grand jury indictment.
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Common Pleas
W B Thompson
Dr. Gooden
Gooden
Thompson
New York World Fires Outspoken Columnist Heywood Broun
Heywood Broun, famed columnist, is discharged by the New York World after clashes with editor Ralph Pulitzer. The paper cites disloyalty and a contentious piece in The Nation criticizing the World and its stance on birth control. Broun had criticized censorship and the paper’s coverage of the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
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New York
The
New York World
Heywood Broun
Broun
the World
Ralph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Nation
Braun
New York City
Manchester Guardian
Baron von Huenefeld Returns $12500 Prize to Aviation
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld declined to keep the Electrolux prize for the Bremen first westward trans Atlantic flight. He presented the $12,500 check to Miss Herta Junkers directing it be used for aviation research. Major James Fitzmaurice Captain Uermaine Johel accompanied him at the banquet in New York where guests lauded his generosity.
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New York
Bremen
Gunther von Huenefeld
James C Fitzmaurice
Uermaine Joehl
Electrolux Company
North Atlantic
Hugo Junkers
von Huenefeld
Herta Junkers
Junkers
America
Unseasonable Warmth Gives Way to Chilly Rain in City
A rapid thirty degree temperature drop from noon yesterday to noon today sent Flyrians rushing to stash vests and top coats after a Friday heat wave. 84 at Friday noon marked summer’s apparent arrival as trees bloomed and tulips brightened city parks. By afternoon an August haze lingered yet heat persisted, boosting ice cream and gas station business. A northwest breeze cooled overnight to a chilly rain with temperatures near freezing.
Dismisses Old Case Against O Keefe
Frank O Keefe of Lorain had a possession of liquor charge dismissed by Judge A R Webber in common pleas court after evidence showed liquor found at his Lorain home likely existed at the time of a previous arrest. Rankin testified the second batch probably was present during the first raid.
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Frank O Keefe
Lorain
A R Webber
Common Pleas
O Keefe
O’keefe
O'Keefe
Webber
Dack Rankin
O'Keefa
Rankin
Elyria Man Loses Hand in Factory Accident
Rowland Morrin of Elyria suffered the amputation of his left hand just above the wrist late Friday after his hand was caught in roller number 5 at the National Tube Company plant on West River Road. He was rushed to St Joseph's Hospital for treatment.
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Elyria
Rowland Morrin
West Hiver
National Tube Company
Morrin
National
Tade Company
St. Joseph
Collapse of Saluda Dams Sparks South Carolina Exodus
Greenville South Carolina May 5 waves of floodwater from a crumbling Saluda River dam ran downstream as Table Rock Cove dam failed and Piedmont Pelzer and western dams faced imminent breaks. Thousands fled the valley while engineers and officials battled to prevent further collapses and protect tens of thousands of residents.
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Greenville
S. C
Saluda
Table Rock Cove
En Ville
Piedmont
Pelzer
Southern Public Utilities
Saludarner
Water Works Company
St Francis
S Paula
California
City Engineers
Teatile
Here
Saluda River
Merch
Southern Public Utilities Company
Rhoads First To File Candidacy With County Board
Elyria Republican County Commissioner George Rhoads filed his declaration of candidacy with the County Board of Elections this morning. He is completing his first four year term and will seek the Republican nomination for commissioner at the August 14 primary.
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George Rhoads
Elyria
County Board of Elections
Rhoads
Two Drown In Park Reservoir at Sandy Beach Park
Akron dispatch reports two members of the Rosensky family drowned when their car plunged through an iron railing into a reservoir at Sandy Beach Park late last night. The victims were Frank Rosensky, 38, and his daughter An 16, while Mrs Rosensky and two other children survived. Police investigated the accident. weather and exact cause remain under inquiry.
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Akron
Sandy Beach Park
Frank Rosensky
Nobile's Craft Threatened by Storm Near VadsoE
In Vadso e Norway May 5 a heavy storm from the west menaced the airship Italia. Gen Umbroto Nobile, commander, ordered the crew aboard the big ship to safety aboard the Polar. He warned the Italia might break free from its mooring mast and attempt to weather the storm by flying through it if needed.
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Vadsoe
Norway
Italia
Umbroto Nobile
United States
Nobile
Blizzard Halts Dirigible Italia Flight Over Norway
A northeasterly blizzard continues to sweep the district halting the dirigible Italia from Vadsoe Norway. Temperatures sit 7 degrees below zero Celsius. Prospects for crossing the Keren Sea in the next days are poor.
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Swingsbay
Spitzbergen
Vadsee
Norway
Keren Sea
Council To Hear Street Reports On Paving Plans
Reports on resurfacing Gracecourt Cedar street Thing street from Middle avenue to East avenue and Second street from West avenue to Chestnut street will be heard at council meeting Monday night following Friday afternoon committee session. A report on sanitary sewer construction and widening Second street to 40 feet is expected. The committee also considered the city 1928 paving program.
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Gracecourt
Cedar Street
Thing Street
Middle Avenue
East Avenue
Second Street
West Aveue
Chestnut Street
Committee of Council
Rural events unfold across Lorain County May 7
County health meeting at 2 00 pm in the Lorain County bank building. Township farm bureau chairmen from townships meet with the county service committee at the Elyria farm bureau office. Food leaders school at Elyria farm bureau at 10 20 am. Extension work led by Miss Leia Aiato. A try gathering deme at the Joba science on Syger ad am.
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Lorain County Bank
Farm Bureau
County Service Committee
Mlyria Fara Bureau
Elyria Farm
Misa Leia Aiato
Joba Science
Syger Adam
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Dayton
Gouzens Will
U.S. Board of Tax Appeals
Bulletin
Cowie
Crehore
Miller
Carolin
County Board
Park Reservoir
Mrs. Rosedsky
Blizzard
Dirigible
Council
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