Flood control bill signed by Coolidge
President Coolidge signed the 325 million Mississippi flood control bill to curb the Mississippi River’s flood risks after the 1927 disaster. The measure funds 10 million immediately to start plans by the Mississippi River Commission and a special flood board, with 10-year completion goals and possible further needs. The plan covers Cape Giraud to the Gulf with levees and floodways, while Cape Girardeau to Rock Island receives 5 million emergency funds for rescue, repair, and tributary work.
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Washington
Coolidge
Jones-Reid
New Special Flood Board
Mississippi River Commission
Panama Canal
Army
Cape Gardeau
Miss
Gulf
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Rock Island
Ill
Stock Island
Work on Coal Freight Rate Schedule
Pittsburgh Pa May 15 state clerks under northern railroad officials continued the work today of drawing up a new freight rate schedule on coal from the Olio West Virginia and Pennsylvania fields to the lake ports. The schedules aim at a 20 cent rate reduction on lake cargo coal rates for the northern fields. Several days will be required for the preliminary work which began yesterday. The schedule will be re checked before it is submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Attendees described the meeting as routine and technical and declined to comment on the tariff details.
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Pittsburgh
Northern Railroad
Olio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yeggs Fail To Force Dairy Safe On 13th Street
Burglars broke the Baner Dairy window and knocked the safe combination, then overturned the safe but obtained nothing of value. Police found the failed attempt this morning.
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Yeggs
Baner's
13Th Street
City Sues City Over Sidewalk Ice Felling in 1926
A $10,000 damage suit began in common pleas court as Philo B. Comstock, an Elyria resident and former green line motorman, pressed charges after slipping on ice at Middle avenue and 1st street. He claims Hamilton school grounds flooded the corner, water overflowed and froze, injuring his elbow and shoulder. The trial opened with jury selection. Meanwhile Oberlin’s quadrennial Mock Republican convention adjourned after a rousing session debating Nicaragua and a constitutional amendment for March inaugurations. The platform backed the Nicaragua stance and rejected the 20th amendment proposal. The event featured a parade, floats, and a speech by temporary chairman James T. Begg.
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Selyria
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Philo B. Comstock
Comstock
Elyria
Green Line
Middle Avenue
1Éth Street
theTamilton School
Oberlin
United States
Nicaragua
Warren B. Manhard
Allan McCorkle
Wyoming
James Wickenden
Missouri
Republican Party
Manhard
California
New York
England
India
America
Arthur Jones
Congress
Jones
Gusto
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington State
Coacs
Alaska
Maine
Ohio
Hoover
Dawes
Louis S. Pierce
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Berg
Tie
Texas
Mauhard
National
Lincoln
First Continental Railroad
Farm i
Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
Begg
Committees On Rules
Ten Men Missing in Moosehead Lake Tragedy
Rockwood Maine May 15 searchers sought Moosehead Lake traces of nineteen Brockton fishing party members tossed into rough water after their motorboat overturned Sunday. Captain James F. Lays, the sole survivor, swam to shore and reported no trace of the others. He said the party left Greenville in a motor boat and a leak caused the vessel to sink a mile from shore.
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Rockwood
Moosehead Lake
James FE. Lays
Lays
Brockton
Mass
Greenville
Drive Against Traffic Violators Yields Six Fines
A county drive by Sheriff Co. G. Mathews fined six in Justice Court of S. J. George for various offenses. Each was assessed 10 dollars plus costs. Fined for reckless driving were Ji.P. Wilson LaGrange and W.D. Smith Cleveland FE. A. Woodard Cleveland Ja. Wyriend Lakewood J. J. Moon Cleveland and TY. A. Crooks Elyria paid the ten and costs for speeding.
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Co. G. Mathews
Justice Court of
S. J. George
Ji.p. Wilson
LaGrange
W.D. Smith
Cleveland
FE. A. Woodard
Ja. Wyriend
Lakewood
J. J. Moon
TY. A. Crooks
Elyria
Gas Explosion Damages Sewer in Cascade Park Area
A gasoline and sewer explosion occurred in the Cascade Park sewer line from Hillsdale Court to the river. It blew off manhole covers and lifted the sewer in several spots from the drinking fountain to the baseball diamond. Melvim Jago, while lighting a cigarette during a city water connection, was knocked to the ground but not injured. Firemen suspect gas came from a Florence and Mendel Court dry cleaning shop. extent of sewer damage not yet determined.
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Hillsdale Court
Cascade Park
Melvim Jago
Tom Monroe
Jago
Florence and Mendel Court
Public Meeting At City Hall Thursday Eve
An open meeting called for Thursday at 7 40 p m in the Council chamber will discuss placing a memorial in Ely Park to honor the city's founder. Citizens are invited as editorials and letters to the Chronicle Telegram have supported the proposal and future steps hinge on the meeting's outcome.
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Council
Ely Park
Chronicle-Telegram
Indictment Against Carbonas Dropped for Drafing Error
Trial of Serafina Carbonas in Lorain was halted as the January grand jury indictment for shooting with intent to kill was dismissed for a drafting error. The record shows the bullet did not strike the victim, Domenico Atchichi, and Carbonas is bound over to the April grand jury for a corrected indictment.
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Serafina Carbonas
Lordin
Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
Carbonas
Carbenas
Dominicc Atchichi
Lorain
Grand Jury
Attempted burglary reported at 128 West Bridge Street
Police said an attempted break in occurred Sunday night at John Becker's home, 128 West Bridge Street. An intruder gained access via the front cellar door but fled when a passerby noticed a light in the basement.
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Telice
John Becker
West Bridge Street
Becher
Oberlin Graduation Schedule and Commencement Events
Oberlin outlines a grand schedule for graduation week with pageants at May 15 through June 19. Highlights include the Our Lady's Jugglers pageant, senior prom, concerts, O Club banquets, and the baccalaureate sermon by Dr Dan T Bradley. The Oberlin School of Theology also holds its ninety fifth commencement May 20 to 23 with Rev Reinhold Nehuler and Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick delivering addresses.
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Dan T. Bradley
Pilgrim Congregational Church of
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Union Theological Seminary
Oberlin School of Theology
Reinhold Nehuler
Detroit
Monroa
Alumni Association
Council Hall
Oberlinton
Clarence Tucker Craig
Mhdward I Bosworth
Pilot recalls battle with passenger in 2000 feet fall
In Pontiac a pilot, Harry Anderson, 28, told doctors how a deranged passenger, Clarence Frechette, 25, attacked him with a hammer while the plane flew toward the State Insane Asylum. Anderson kept control, but the craft crashed near the asylum. both men survived and Frechette was under police watch.
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Pontiac
Mich
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Clarence Frechette
State Insane Asylum
Detroit
Insane Asylum
Political Battle in Brice Montana Conventions In Session
Republican and Democratic state conventions meet in Montana with early signs of Democratic delegates backing Governor Smith and Republican factions contesting Hoover and Lowden for the GOP delegation. Wyoming Democrats direct their Houston Convention votes for Smith and Mrs Neilie Taylor Ross. Hoover supporters testify before the Senate Campaign Investigating Committee as Dr Clarence True Wilson and Rishon James Cannon urge opposition to a president against prohibition. State primaries in New Jersey focus on state offices with Smith endorsed by Democrats and Hoover as the sole Republican presidential ballot entry.
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Montana
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Nepublican
Wyoming
Houston
Alfred F. Smith
Neilie Taylor Ross
Clarence True Wilson
Rishon
James Cannon
Methodist General Conference
Kansas City
Wilson
Governor Smith
New Jersey
Hoover
Marathon Runner Relates Harsh Cross Country Race
San Francisco longshoreman and Alaska veteran Worry Sheare spoke with Chronicle Telegram reporters from Elyria Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car on the Cleveland road. He described poor meals, a costly bed and meal scheme, and harsh conditions under C C Pyle during the trans continental race.
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Red Grange
Sheare
Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Road
Grange
Pyle
San Francisco
Alaskan
Nome
C. C. Pyle
Ascot Park
Los Angeles
Arizona
Texas
New York City
Alaska
Chronicle-Y Telegram
Flo
Italia On Way To Polar Area
Italia the polar dirigible started from Kings Bay Spitzbergen toward Franz Josef Island. Earlier a flight to tennis land was halted by dense fog. repairs were completed over the weekend. General Umberto Nobile, builder and commander, was advised by Tromsoe meteorological station that conditions were favorable.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Franz Josef Island
Polar
Tennis Land
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Tromsoe
Snoozer the Alligator Named for Ely Park Pool Gift
Elyria selects Snoozer as the name for the city alligator soon to bask at Ely Park pool. High school sophomore Elizabeth Spinks won a 5 prize from the Fraternal Order of Hayles Acme No. 431 for naming the creature. The mayor picked Snoozer from a long list of clever options including Jiggs Pal Jerry Rip Toby Bennie Ben Barney and others.
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Elyria
Ely Park Pool
Charles Fell
Washington Avenue
Elizabeth Spinks
Fraternal Order of Hayles
Acme
Earl Spinks
Marseilles Avenue
Tangled New Jersey primary draws voters to polls
Voters in New Jersey head to the polls for a crowded Republican senatorial and gubernatorial contest with nine candidates. The day centers on party delegate selections, while Democrats Edward T. Edwards and William L. Dill run unopposed. Governor Smith is unopposed and set to receive the state's 28 votes. Hoover is the Republican presidential preference but nonbinding.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Kansas City
Nouston
Edward T. Edwards
William L. Dill
Alfred E. Smith
Hoveton
Herbert Hoover
Penn Delegates Will Support Hoover In nominating fight
Washington May 15 Pennsylvania's strong Republican delegation will back Herbert Hoover for the presidential nomination despite possible changes before June 12. Sources close to Secretary Mellon say the Philadelphia speech signals support for Hoover while leaving a drafting loophole if Coolidge is urged again. Mellon expects Hoover would win and be a good president should he be nominated.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Nerbert Hoover
Mellon
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Coolidge
President And Mrs Coolidge Welcome Colonial Annapolis Visit
President and Mrs Coolidge travel to Annapolis for a colonial day celebration at St John’s College honoring the Annapolis convention of 1786. A welcome mirrors Washington’s city arrival with pageants, a welcome address by John Hays Hammond, and a parade to the old state house where Washington resigned his commission. The president’s party arrives at 3 pm and departs after a 5 pm program.
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Washington
Maryland
Annapolis
John Hays Hammond
Old State House
Fire destroys Woodlawn Hall dormitory at Wit tenberg College
Springfield Ohio May 15 Fire destroyed Woodlawn Hall freshman girls dormitory at Wit tenberg College. One co ed died Hilda Sipes 20 Shelby Ohio and four others were injured including Detroit Mich Helen McClain Troy Ohio Marie Schneider Indianapolis and Mary Horn Lewisburg Ohio. Five girls escaped through windows as flames raged about twenty students stored belongings and clothing were lost. The dormitory formerly a private dwelling housed twenty freshmen. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Springfield
Woodlawn
Wittenberg College
Hilda Sipes 20
Shelby
Edward Garrity
Detroit
Mich
Helen McClain Troy
Miss Sipes
Miss Horn
Locher
Former Boston Red Sox owner killed in hotel shaft fall
Joseph Lannin, former owner of the Boston Red Sox and wealthy hotel man, was killed in a fall seven floors down the Granada Apartment Hotel elevator shaft in Brooklyn. He had recently purchased the hotel for about 2 million dollars and also owned Garden City Hotel and Roosevelt Field on Long Island.
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New York
Joseph Launin
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn
Lannin
Garden City
Long Island
Roosevelt Field
Lindbergh
Capt Wilkins and Eielson arrive in Tromsoe Norway
Capt George Wilkins and Mark Eielson, fresh from Alaska, landed at Spitzbergen and were brought to Tromsoe by a Norwegian rescue boat after their first trans Arctic flight. The two aviators crossed the North Telegraph to Spitzbergen and arrive seeking rest in Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
George Wilkins
Mark Eielson
Alaska
North
Tele
Spitzbergen
Tromsoe
Solons Meet On Gas Franchise
Solons convene to discuss gas franchise issues with debate focusing on rates, oversight, and potential municipal involvement amid uncertain timelines and resident concerns.
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Goolidge
Bulletin
Congressman Begg
Sult Va
Thiel
Lake
Ourtineu
City Hall
Grand
Crazy Man
Frechette
Brice
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Polar Area
Penna
Shelby Girl
Buston Hed Sox
Millionaire
Wilkins and
Eielson
Xrourd
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