Directory Of Civic Rackets Warns Chamber Members
The Better Business Bureau committee of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce warns members about a directory of civic rackets and high pressure solicitations. It urges caution with strangers, avoiding signed contracts or orders, and recommends investigating offers before spending or giving money.
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Better Business Bureau Committee
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
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Chamber of Commerce
WPA Jobs In Lorain County Provide $60,000 Monthly
The federal WPA relief program supports 1,214 Lorain County workers who average about $60,000 monthly in wages, enabling relief for roughly 4,200 family members. Certified by Ernest E. Holmes, WPA wages vary by skill, with a 18 month retirement rule. Supplemental direct relief and surplus commodities further aid needy families, while the National Youth Administration funds 178 youths at about $1,848 monthly.
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National Youth Administration
WPA
Holmes
Rebief
Ernest E. Holmes
Lorain County
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Elyria
Ruth van Wagnen
Lorain
Broadway
Iron Lung Caravan Draws Crowds in New York
In Times Square a 1928 Packard trailer carrying an iron lung stalls when its battery dies. Mrs. Earl C. Nickles of Boston says crowds gather, the apparatus has been seen in papers, and she and her salesman husband tour on behalf of Warren E. Collins to promote donations for hospitals through the American Legion.
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New York
Times Square
Times
Mr. Suite
Earl C. Nickles
Boston
Nickles
Warren E. Collins
American Legion
Empire State Building
Lorain Brother Eagle Candi Dates For Offices
In Lorain the All Brother Eagle Candi announces election dates for local offices. Candidates listed include community leaders seeking council and school board seats. The notice outlines filing periods and meeting times for interested residents.
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Brother Eagle
Lorain
Portraits of Society Folk at Park Avenue Party
A lively note describes meeting a middle aged painter Mr Young-Hunter born in Scotland who paints American Indians and lives in Taos New Mexico. The writer jokes about high prices in society portraits and silly drink prices at clubs concluding customers are suckers.
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Young Hunter
Countess de Beaumont
Park Avenue
Young-Hunter
Scotland
Gelett Burgess and Union Over Grant's Tomb Display
Gelett Burgess and party agree on Grant's Tomb display less appealing to him. He calls it an exaggerated salt shaker and wants its Riverside Drive removal to spare his eyes. The piece notes the exhibit is for show rather than beauty.
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Grant
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Riverside Drive
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Yale Geologist Studies Glacier Crystals In Ice Box Plant
Dr Maz Demorest of Yale University studies crystalline structure and flaws of glacial ice in a cold storage plant in New Haven. She returned with 330 pounds from the Ait Renner glacier and notes the facility at 13 degrees above zero is ideal for observing glacier formations.
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New Haven
Conn
Maz Demorest
Yale University
Demorest
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Lung machine aid cited for infantile paralysis
A plain lung device without luxury fittings costs 1650 dollars and is noted as a best-known method for treating infantile paralysis. It is also used by hospitals in drowning gas poisoning and other lung paralysis cases, with John Young-Hunter noting its application.
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