Legionist recalls war days at Elyria drive event
Co Ralph D. Cole former congressman and World War I veteran addressed Elyria workers and Chamber of Commerce members at the American Legion Memorial Home urging unity and peace. A drive push surpassed the $28,000 target raising funds beyond the goal amid a $164 added collection. Cole recounted Camp Sheridan and Paris 1919 founding of the American Legion with Theodore Roosevelt among twenty founders. The Legion aims to preserve WWI spirit, aid veterans and orphans, and promote Americanism, including naturalization of aliens, while denying militarism.
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American Legion
American Legion Memorial Home
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
First Congregational Church
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Belgium
Paris
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America
Legion
Railway Conductor Charles Leonard Still in Rail Service
Charles Leonard of Cleveland remains a conductor, first riding streetcars in 1900 and staying in rail work. At 21 he joined the airway cars and today continues on the same path. Leonard, 5, resides at 318 Thirteenth Street and enjoys outdoor sports as his hobby. His lifelong aim to be a railroad man has endured for 29 years since realization.
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Cleveland Southwestern Railway
Airway
Leonard 5
Thirteenth Street
Alrat
Ely Appeals for Legion Home Drive Boost
W A Ely urges Elyrians to support the Legion home drive with renewed effort. He pledges another thousand dollars and appeals for community participation to push the fund over the top and energize postwar efforts.
Elyria Legion Home fund near goal at noon
Elyria American Legion Memorial Home campaign workers stood within 6075 dollars of the 40000 dollar goal at noon today. Subscriptions totaled 33032 dollars . then 251 dollars were raised by merchants and EP e106 by industrial division. Major gifts included 1000 dollars by William A. Ely and 1060 by T. L. Moise treasurer. Women's clubs and other groups gave multiple smaller sums. Leaders reported progress by both men and women teams with captains Edgar Herzog and Mabel Marsh respectively.
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Elyria’ Legion ‘Post
Hendustrial
William A. Ely
Moton-Ohio Street
T. L. Moise
Elyria Woman's Club
Mabel Marsh
Benet
George H. Chamberlain
Elyria
Lawrence Webber
James A. Hewitt
Girls Paint Honor Shields for Legion Memorial Fund
Miss Dorothy Lane and Miss Mary Kelloggs of Lane Brothers lead a window painting drive for the American Legion Memorial Home fund. More than a dozen honor shields—red white and blue with a star in a blue field—adorn business fronts as workers pledged support, with Lora Gilia and Helen Rudy assisting on opening day.
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Mary Kelloggs
Lane Brothers
American Legion Memorial Home Fund
Lane
Lora Gillia
Helen Rudy
Legion Homettat
Believe Cole Little to Lose Job Bulletin
In Columbus Ohio on May 10 State Prohibition Commissioner Rupert Beetham planned a personal probe into the suspensions of city agents John O Cole and Edward Little who used two Lancaster schoolgirls to entrap alleged bootleggers. Gossip said both officers would be dismissed. Beetham’s visit to Lancaster was to precede decisions after temporary chief Sam Beetham retires.
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Carrie Walton
Sam Beetham
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Beetham
County Music Contest At LaGrange
The LaGrange LaGrange area hosted Lorain County's largest music contest last evening. Twenty seven contestants competed across piano trumpet clarinet trombone and violin with prizes awarded to Magna Wilcox Elizabeth McAdoo Alice Sabiers Dorothy Sandrock Edwin Branson Marjorie Reisinger Grant Cowley Max England Charles Clisby Harry Salsbury Gordon Bartter Martie McMullen Regina Kubiske Ruth Adams Helen Smith. Judges were from Medina and Obderiin.
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Lorain County
LaGrange
Magna Wilcox
Elizabeth McAdoo
Wellington
Alice Sabiers
Amherst
Dorothy Sandrock
Belden
Edwin Branson Wellington
Marjorie Reisinger
Grant Cowley
Max England
Charles Clisby
Harry Salsbury
Ridgeville
Gordon Bartter
Columbia
Martie McMullen
Regina Kubiske
Grafton
Ruth Adams
Helen Smith
Highland
Medina
Obderiin
Peerless Canoe Arrives for Cascade Park Lagoon
The new sponson unsinkable canoe donated by Charles Tucker arrived from the factory for Cascade Park Lagoon. It will be named Peerless and painted, with cork side floats, as Carl Muller of the park board sponsored the project ahead of a planned summer canoeing season.
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Elyria Park
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Cascade Park
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Maller
Chicagoan to Speak on Law Enforcement Prohibition
Hon Oliver W Stewart former Illinois legislator and editor of the National Enquirer will address an open Union meeting at First M E church on Sunday May 12 at 2 00 pm. The talk promotes prohibition and law enforcement. Stewart heads the Flying Squadron Foundation founded in 1915 by J Frank Hanly and others to promote patriotism respect for law and civic betterment.
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Chicago
Illinois
National Enquirer
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Flying Squadron.y. Foundation
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
King dissolves Parliament after prorogation ends
In Bognor England on May 10 King George signed the proclamation dissolving Parliament just after the Commons was prorogued. Sir Maurice Hankey rushed from Bognor to London with the document while the king recuperates from illness. The speech highlighted the Geneva disarmament talks and U S naval disarmament support.
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House of Commons
Maurice Hankey
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London
Geneva
United States
Hugh S. Gibson
Lorain Man Dies After Auto Strikes Streetcar Stop
W N Hovey 69 of 1128 Fourth street died Friday morning from injuries from being struck by the car of F C Gaiser Stop 82 Lake Road about 10 p m May 4 as he attempted to board a street car on 28th street in front of Thew Shovel company Charles Kratt also struck and killed Gaiser arrested charged with manslaughter second charge added by Milton Friedman municipal prosecutor Gaiser unarraigned on second charge bond on first charge set at 1000
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W. N Hovey
Fourth Street
F. C. Gaiser
Lake Road
28Th St
Thew Shovel Company
Charles Kratt
Hovey
Gaiser
Milton Friedman
Gafser
Almost 4000 Join Health Day Parade and Activities
About four thousand children from 47 Lorain County schools participate in Health Day with a downtown Elyria parade led by the Elyria School band. Brownhelm wins Class A in Blue Ribbon contest, Pittsfield Number Seven takes Class B. Health demos, slogans, floats, and a county fairground athletic program close the day.
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Lorain County
Hlyria
Elyriath
Brownuhelm School
Pittsfield
Uncle Sam
Appeals Court Will Hear Ditch Case
Frank Simms appealed to the court to halt the Wright ditch work east of Elyria arguing that cleaning the ditch would increase flood risk to his lower property. The appellate court will hear the case on May 17 after a temporary injunction was dissolved by the common pleas court.
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Frank Simms
Elyria
Simms
Appelate Court
Appelate
Common Pleas Court
Auto Over Curb Damages Car In Street Collision Avoidance
Joe Marsey of 329 Ninth Street drove his auto north on East River Street to avoid a collision with Sam Cooper who turned left into Smith Court. Marsey’s vehicle mounted a curb and sustained a smashed front wheel as he steered to avert a crash Thursday, police reports indicate.
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Ninth Street
Marsey
East River Street
Sam Cooper
Smith Court
Fire kills forty children in Guanajuato town
LATE NEWS BULLETINS report a devastating fire in Xochilapa Guanajuato that burned the town to midday destroying homes while the populace slept. Iguala authorities ordered aid as officials investigate the blaze and its origin.
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Iguala
Governor Cooper to Be Guest of Amherst Ohio Event
Gov Myers Cooper will be guest of honor at a public reception and dinner at First Evangelical Church Amherst May 29. Limited to about 200 due to seating. he will speak at the banquet and then deliver the commencement address at the high school auditorium. The American Legion plans to install flags citywide for decoration.
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Myers
Cooper
First Evangelical Church
American Legions
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Drops Message Over Erie
The navy dirigible Los Angeles, commanded by Lieut. Commander H. V. Wiley, circled Erie Pa at eight in the morning and dropped a message announcing its radio apparatus was out of order It then headed south toward Pittsburgh after leaving Lakehurst N J last night to remain aloft.
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Navy
Los Angeles
Lieat
H. V. Wiley
Erie
Pittsburgh
Lakehurst
N. J
Cleveland Street Repairs Begin Soon
Street repair work in the city has started with the elimination of a bad pavement bump on East Bridge Street under the New York Central tracks. One of the next sites is Cleveland Street inside the city units where repair gangs are expected to begin very soon, according to Service Director John N. Eidt.
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John N. Eidt
Hagan Victor Wins British Open In Scoring Sweep
Muirfield Scotland May 10 Walter Hagan won the British Open golf championship for the fourth time. He posted two steady rounds to finish with an aggregate 292 and dominate the field amid gale conditions. Johnny Farrell finished second with 298 and Leo Diegel took third at 299 after strong earlier rounds.
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Scotland
Walter Hagan
Johnny Farrell
United States
Haig
Leo. Diegel
Hagan
Lady Candidate For Mayor Of Campbell
Mrs. William H. Cunningham, a Republican hopeful in Campbell Ohio, vows to clean up city government and add a policewoman to protect young girls if elected. She emphasizes openness, accessibility, and practical reforms over a formal platform.
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Campbell
William H. Cunningham
Squire
Lindy to Wed Anne on June Fifteenth in New Jersey
New York May 10 The New York Daily News reports Col Charles A Lindbergh and Miss Anne Spencer Morrow will wed at 4 pm June 15 at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey A close friend disclosed the date after the couple had initially set May 23 The change was made because Ambassador Dwight W Morrow could not attend from Mexico City.
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New York Daily News
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow
Morrow
Ensglewood
N. J
Daily News
Dwight YW
Miss Morrow
Mexico City
Charles A. Lind
Hoover uneasy over tariff bill boosts and election impact
Washington May 1 reports reach Capitol Hill that President Hoover is uneasy about how far tariff rates rise in the measure before the House. Democrats cite potential cost hikes, while Republicans cite industry profits and the 1928 gains in auto, steel, chemicals, and other sectors as support for selective increases.
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Senate
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Idaho
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Indy
Hold Bus Driver Responsible in Crash Near Bellevue
Edy ward Butler driver of the Dos struck by a Store train near Bellevue, C., on January killing 20 passengers and injuring 14 others, was held responsible in a safety report to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The crossing was unprotected though Butler was familiar with conditions and could have prevented the crash by exercising caution. Andrew Barge, Sr. of Le Grange township, Wes sued five dollars and costs for refusing to send his year-old son to school.
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Bellevue
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Barge
le Grange Township
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An Berge
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