Large Cargo Of Mail Seen For Elyria Flight
Elyria prepares for its first official air mail flight during National Air Mail Week. Tony Ross will pilot the cargo plane from LaPorte to Cleveland, carrying letters marked first flight and the Elyria cadet. Postmark deadline 3 p.m. for letters to be included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyriand
Elyria
LaPorte Air Field
Cleveland
C. J. Sartor
Elyriang
Tony Ross
Post Office Department
Ross
Santa Claus
Funeral Tomorrow for Charles P. Smith
Funeral services for Charles P. Smith 81 longtime North Ridgeville resident will be at 2 p m tomorrow at North Ridgeville Congregational church with Rev E C Young officiating. Burial in Ridgeville Cemetery. He born January 3 1857 son of Melyina Terrell and Edward A Smith educated at Ridgeville schools Elyria High School farmer and longtime Ridgeville Grange member. Survived by brothers in law Herbert and George Kennedy and two nieces Mrs Cyrus Dawson and Miss Marjory Thorp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Smith
North Ridgeville
Ridgeville
Smith
Board of Education
Kate Kennedy
Herbert
George Kennedy
Cyrus Dawson
Marjory Thorp
Memorial Day Group Meets Tomorrow
The Elyria Memorial Day General Committee will meet tomorrow evening at City Hall as a committee of the whole. George P. Colburn reports that organizations wishing to participate in the parade should notify him or secretary J. G. Schrock and a parade place will be assigned. Session starts at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Council to honor late William Graves Sharp with resolution
At Mayor Petro's suggestion Council President Notley named Frank Henke George Thompson and Ellsworth Albert to draft a resolution in memory of William Graves Sharp former wartime ambassador to France. Sharp was honored yesterday and by Congress for his aviation foresight. The resolution will be presented at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Q. Petro
W. E. B. Notley
Frank Henke
George Thompson
Ellsworth Albert
William Graves Sharp
France
Congress
Warrant Sworn For Man Held In Toledo On Check Charge
RP A Lewis of West avenue today swore out a warrant for arrests of a man who allegedly forged four checks and swindled him of 315. The man was taken into custody in Toledo and awaits arraignment there. If Toledo case drops, he will be brought here. The victim says the man offered to rent a home and paid two months rent with a bounced 45 check and received 16 in change. The man is said to use several aliases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lewis
West Avenue
Lewis
Toledo
E. J. Stankard
Stankard
Oberlin hosts air mail week with parade and tribute
Lorain County postmasters and officials joined Oberlin in celebrating air mail progress. A 14 school parade led to a field program with 360 Oberlin College and area bands. Prizes honored Wellington for The Spirit of 76 float and memorials saluted Sharp, Hall, and Wright brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Donnell
John Rawlinson
Oberlin High School
Ohio
Deniel Toris
Akron
Robert Malone
Canton
Washington
W. F. Bohn
Oberlin College
Oberlin
A. M. Bailey
Oberlin College Publicity Bureau
M. A. Houghton
Lorain County
Air Mail Week
Robert J. Buikler
James A. Farley
Arthur L. Williams
Gerald M. Frank
Larry Gill
J. Martin Beck
Elyria
Roosevelt
Farley
Wellington
Archibald Willard
Sharp
Air Mail
Harter
Wright Brothers
Charles M. Hall
Divorce suit filed in Elyria by Hammons against Bessie Hammons
James H. Hammons of Elyria sues for divorce from Bessie L. Hammons of Greenville Mississippi alleging wife refused to live with him here. They married in Greenville in 1931 and moved to Elyria in 1936 after brief separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Hammons
Elyria
Bessie L. Hammons
Greenville
Miss
Greenville Ab
Seven Killed as London Subway Trains Collide
London report says seven people died and many injured in a crash between two subway trains on the Inner Circle near Charing Cross and Temple stations. Officials said all the injured were removed, with at least 45 hospitalized as wreckage was cleared and traffic suspended until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charing Crossing
Temple Stations
The
Transport Board
the Transport Board
Inner Circle
Victoria Embankment
Lake Shore Line Still in Service Despite Official Closure
In Sandusky Ohio May LY UP officials say the Lake Shore Electric Railway is officially dead yet one division remains in operation the spur to the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Homeville. Abandonment requires approval from the Ohio Public Utilities Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanduskey, CO
May LY
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Sandusky
Soldiers
British aviation leader resigns after 20 years of service
In London on May 17 Lord Weir, a top figure in British aviation for two decades, resigned as adviser to the Air Council. He previously led aeronautical supplies, served on the Air Board, directed aircraft production, and chaired the Advisory Committee on Civil Aviation, following Viscount Swinton's appointment as Air Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Weir
Air Council
Todang
Viscount Swinton
Air Board
Ely Students Tour Romeo Pump Co Plant
Three Ely School students Robert Olsen Donald Moise and Roddy Hines joined Miss Elizabeth Yoder on an industrial geography field trip to Romeo Pump Co. The plant in Elyria began in 1905 under patenting founder and was bought by E W Beidler in 1920 to start pump production. The company now makes pumps for oil gasoline and compressed air and supplies airplane fuel pumps to manufacturers worldwide. About 60 workers run one shift with 25 AC engines. Students viewed a grinder micrometer and other precision instruments in the inspection and testing rooms and watched a pump run on a sud-hour vest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo Pump Company
Ely School
Elizabeth Yoder
Robert Olsen
Donald Moise
Roddy Hines
E. W. Beidler
Elyria
Beidler
Italy
France
England
Romeo Company
Steel Alloys
A. C
Unemployment Trend Questioned In Roosevelt Recovery Hearings
Washington May 17 The subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee asked Works Progress Administration head Harry L Hopkins to explain unemployment trends and the recovery bill’s 31.25 billion provision to extend work relief to February 1, 1938. They planned to seek cuts to or elimination of Rural Electrification funds amid other testimony by Henry A Wallace on farm aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Um Fund
Farm Security Administration
Oberlin By Mrs. Esther Wood at 32 Union Street
Mrs Esther Wood of Oberlin reports a circular item referencing her name and address at 32 Union Street. No further details are given in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Esther Wood
Taxation Committee Recommends 3 Bills in Ohio
In Columbus on May 17 the House Taxation Committee backed three bills. One allows excess inheritance and intangible taxes to fund relief. Another lets counties join townships and municipalities in issuing bonds ahead of excise tax receipts. The third clarifies local sales tax distribution to ensure municipalities receive full shares. A hearing set for Thursday will consider bills to widen taxing powers and authorize bonds tied to special taxes through 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus. C
House Taxation Committee
Sheely
Sandusky Plans Light-Rate Cut Request
The Sandusky city commission approved a proposal seeking a 27 percent reduction in electric rates from the Ohio Public Service Company. The current rate ordinance expires June 2, and Commissioner G J Apel urged also to have the company set a price for its local plant if the city chooses a municipal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky, C
Sandusky
City Commission
Ohio Public Service Company
G. J. Apel
Stolen Auto Recovered in Wellington
An automobile owned by Merlin Naylor of Wellington reported stolen Saturday evening was recovered yesterday. Patrolmen Russel Jayne and Corwin Burrer located the car on Harrison Street, Naylor was notified and retrieved possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Naylor
Wellington
Russel Jayne
Corwin Burrer
Harrison Street
Naylor
Conference in Prague to expand European grain production
Agricultural societies plan a Prague conference to study boosting grain output across Europe so imports from overseas would no longer be necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Societies
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Oberlin College Weekly Calendar Highlights Local Events
Oberlin's schedule features talks by professors Fletcher and Goel, student recitals in Warner Hall, and a play at the Art Building Theatre. Rotaries, clubs, and church groups host meetings at Carnegie Library and local homes. Track and baseball games slate Oberlin vs Denison at Athletic Field with related recitals and banquets through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faitney Chapel
College of Arts and Sciences
Oberlin
Denison
Athlertis
Sun P. Mt
Querlin
Warner Hall
Aliss Prudence H Fish
Hold Mother Daughter Banquet At ML E Church
The Methodist Guild held its annual Mother and Daughter Banquet at the ML E Church with dinner at 6 15. Flowers decorated tables and individual favors. A devotional session led by Miss Mary Yorom opened the program, followed by an amateur radio broadcast style play performed by Mrs Harley Baxter Miss Carrie Pease Miss Starriet Taylor Miss Ruth Gott Mrs Norman Smith Miss Helen Bond Miss Frances Brandt Miss Crace Morgan and Miss Erma Champney. Mrs Norman Smith also sang a vocal solo with Hazel Worcester presiding as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergio Gaitd
Mary Yorom
Harley Baxter
Carrie Pease
Aliss Starriet Taylor
Ruth Gott
Norman Smith
Oberlin Post Office Air Mail Week Stamps Available
Oberlin Post Office offers Air Mail stamps for National Air Mail Week May 15 21 1998. The last air mail flight from Oberlin is Thursday afternoon with mail ready by 2 15 p.m. Mailers get the official cachet on the back showing Oberlin College Chapel and a flying plane with Lorain County National Air Mail Week dated May 15 21 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oerblin
Overlin College Chapel
Ohio
Lorain
National Air Mail
Taft Campaign Runs For Senator With Mrs Taft
Robert Taft sails into the United States Senate race while Mrs Taft accompanies him in public appearances and campaign events. Supporters expect a strong statewide push as the year progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taft
United State
Edison School to Form Sixth Club of Fire Fighters
Edison School will form its sixth Junior Fire Fighters of America club tomorrow afternoon under O A Lisaght, with Elyria’s first six battalions already active at Garford Allen Ely Gates and Jefferson Schools. Each battalion aims for over 100 members by week’s end as plans for softball and summer instruction unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Junior Fire Fighters of America
Edison
O. A. Lisaght
Elyria Fire Department Educational Bureau
Garford
Allen
Ely
Gates
Jefferson
Carl Wagner
The
Recreation Commission
Herman W. Geyer
Ralph Bauer
Lysaght
Fire Department Educational Bureau
Garford School
George Brunner
Tom Smith
Fillis Meschkert
Henry Stolzenburg
Gates School
Council Acts On Routine Matters At Meeting Here
City council authorized a contract for city hall roof repair and referred a billboard ordinance change to committee. They rejected a street light on Charles Court and recommended against a traffic light at 17th Street and Middle Avenue. The lighting committee studied a Broad and Chestnut light request. A Sunday liquor ban bill was continued. They approved a water works refund bonds at 3 percent and referred a Clark Logan street light to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
I. D. Faxon
City Hall
Central Outdoor Advertising Company
Signa
Charles Court
Solons
17Th Street
Middle Avenue
Seward N. Black
Black
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Phil Davis
Adams and
Lake Avenue
Elmer Nelson
Jnstall
Clark and
Logan Streets
Death Record for Frank T. Vincent of Macon Georgia
Word has been received of the death of Frank T. Vincent of Macon Georgia a former Elyria resident and Elyria High School graduate class of 1881 He was head of the Vincent Realty Co and leaves a wife three sons and one daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Vencent
Frank T. Vincent
Macon
Georgia
Elyria
Elyria High School
Vincent
Vincent Realty Co
Funeral services set for Mrs Lucy Wait Turner in Pittsfield
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Wait Turner will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at G T Sedgeman funeral parlors Oberlin with Rev Sutton of Pittsfield Community Church officiating. Interment in South Cemetery Pittsfield. She died at 11 20 PM Saturday at age 79 years 9 months. She was born August 11 1858 in Brownhelm and married Benjamin Turner January 14 1878. Surviving are daughter Mrs Martha Freed and grandson Ida Mar Freed, Pittsfield.
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Pittsfield
Lucy Wait Turner
G. T. Sedgeman
Oberlin
Sutton
South Cemetery
Pittefield
Turner
Frank Freed
Brownhelm
Benjamin Turner
Sullivan
Martha Freed
Ida Mar Freed
George Wait
A. L. Wait
Martha Norton
Marie Friend
Phoebie Friend
Wellington
la- Vina Wait
Reiser
Jélyria
Simeon Davies
Wirt W. Jolly Dies After Lingering Illness
Wirt W. Jolly aged 65 of 710 Chestnut Street died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9 45 a m after a lingering illness. He is survived by a son Cameron Jolly of Lorain. Friends may call at Nichols Funeral Home with services set for 1 00 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirt W. Jolly
Wirt
W. Jolly
Chestnut Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cameron Jolly
Lorain
Nichols Funeral Home
Charles P. Smeth Funeral Service, May 18
Funeral services for Charles P. Smeth will be held on Wednesday May 18 at 2 PM at Ridgeville Congregational Church. Friends may view the deceased at the home or in the church between 1 and 2 PM prior to the service. Burial will follow in Ridgeville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Smeth
Charles P. Smith
Ridgeville Congregational Church
Ridgeville Cemetery
Jefferson School Battalion Plans Baseball Team Enrollment
Fireman Frank Lysaght will instruct as enrollment continues this week and the Jefferson School battalion meets tomorrow to study the first chapter of the manual and discuss baseball team plans with Fireman Robert Curtis as instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lysaght
Jefferson School
Robert Curtis
Townsend Club District Meeting Aims for Townsend Plan Endorsement
Towns end club No 1 held a large Akron meeting with 500 to 600 attendees deciding not to nominate a primary candidate. They aim to win endorsement for the Townsend Plan from a Fall election candidate while Raymond J Jeffreys spoke of imminent Gen Welfare Act of 1907 enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club No. 1
Treas. C
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Pepper
la Grange Club
Resident Of County For 79 Years Dies
Sebastian Nieding died at his North Murray Ridge home after a five week illness. He was born in Germany and had lived in Lorain County for 79 years. Survived by wife Anna two sons Andrew Nieding and Arthur one granddaughter and other relatives. Services Thursday at Nichols Funeral Home Ridgelawn Cemetery with A E Kemp officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebastian Nieding
North Murray Ridge Road
Mr. Nieding
Germany
Lorain County
Anna Nieding
Andrew Nieding
Elvriz
Arthur
North Murray Ridge
Nichols Funeral Home
A. E
Kemp
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Review asked in Huron County damage suit appeal
Ohio Supreme Court was asked to review a damage suit by Myrtle Iles of West Clarksfield against Nettie Lamphere. Iles sought damages after an Oct 9, 1936 automobile trip to New London tied to church food sale work. lower courts ruled for Lamphere. Iles contends the trip was in line of duty. Lamphere’s lawyers argue Iles was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Myrtle Iles
West Clarksfield
Huron County
Nettie Lamphere
Ties
Lamphere
New London
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
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Memorial Day Group
Cleveland Coach Service
Indians
New York
Yankees
Cleveland Public Stadium
Union Terminal
New York Central System
Ade
Elyrians
Elyria American Legion
F. A. Stevens
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
A. R. Webber
Paris
F. OA. Smythe
William Muir Auld
First Congregational Church
Drum and Bugle Corps
Connor
E. 18Th St
Dominica Harvey
Lorain Tits
West 16Th Street
William Whitner
Albert
Constantina Bishop
D. A. Cook
Z. 1
Grabor Reality
Grabor
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
James Easterdayv
Snider Walsh
Common Pleas Court
Harry W. Wagner
Lake Shore
RESAR
of Romeo Pump Co
William Craves
Union St
Taxation Committee
Sudro - Curtis
College
Fletcher
Goel
Ohia Westesan
Oderlin Golf Grounds
Pou Poo Basona
Wooster
Conservatory of Music
Fipnes
Loy MA
Omr
S&s Maron
Taft
Mies Taft
Son
Rotary
Noith Distriet
Delaing
Marton
Flor. Dew
L. H. Trufant
Frederic Bentley
McGraws
Spirler
Lorain Canton No. 93
Carl Berger
Frank Wilson
Ss. £. Powers
Myrta Feakins
Minnie Matham
Ray Mathan
Brieps
American Legion Uailiars
Yuli
Legion Hall
Martes Club
J. A. McGranh
Woodland Avenue
Ladies Aid Society
Graree Lutheran Church
Diedrich
West Lorain Street
Purzie
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Albert McDole
South Preesant Street
Eastern Star
W. C. Bohrer
West College Street
ML. E. Church
Edison School
Post Office
Derricago
Kose
Arad
Ene
FE Ccurz
Piatonss
Lucy Watt Turner
Townsend Club
Ask
B. Wise
Taxi Service
OLD Reliable
Howard
Pete) Peters
Brown Hotel
DRY Cleaners
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