Memorial Day observances planned by veterans groups
The Memorial Committee of Sons of Union Veterans Spanish War Veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion met to finalize plans for Memorial Day observances. Memorial Sunday services at Capitol Theatre May 25 at 10:30 AM officiated by Rev W C Fowler. Marine services at Washington Avenue bridge by Auxiliary SU V. Friday May 30 services at Ridgelawn Cemetery with parade forming 1:45 PM on West Avenue. Grand Marshal Chas Abby GA R Aide E J Stankard police and band units, GA R Aide Williams, VSOs, VFW, American Legion, drum corps, Boys Band, Chas Abby Jr Post, Boy Scouts, and SU V and Auxiliary. Automobiles with WRC ladies form on 2nd Street. line ends with visitors. Page 2 continues.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Capitol Theatre
W.C Fowler
Church of Christ
Washington Avenue Bridge
Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans
Ridgelawn Cemetery
West Avenue
Chas Ab
E J. Stankard
A. Williams
Tha
Richard Allen Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
V. F W. Drum Corp
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Chas Abby, Jr. Post
Boy Scouts
Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary
Wll
WRC
2Nd Street
Court Street
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Washington
Harrison Street
Dye importers funded King campaign says lobby report
Washington May 22 A senate lobby committee report cites dye importers contributing to Senator King’s Utah campaign fund. Former secretary to King testified Herman A Metz president of General Dyestuffs Corp gave 1000 in 1928 and 1000 in 1922. Johnson aims to delay London Naval Treaty action with 14 to 15 more witnesses.
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Sen. King
Washington
Senate
Robinson
Indiana
Lobby Committee
King
Dem
Utah
Herman A. Metz
General Dyestuffs Corporation
Sen
Johnson
Calif
Hoover
League of Nations
Stetson Placed as Speaker at State Election Conference
Frank A. Stetson, Lorain County Board of Elections chairman, was slated to address the Columbus gathering of county elections officials and clerks from across the state. The session, convened by Secretary of State Brown, focused on the 1929 election code and Stetson spoke on Primary Candidacies.
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Frank A. Stetson
Lorain County
Hiding Places For Liquor Found
Police uncovered two secret liquor hiding places at Mrs Helen Nagy’s home at 289 West River Street. Officers found three quarts of raisin jack in a window frame compartment and a buried thirty gallon keg almost dry under a rear porch. Nagy and two others faced charges. Nagy pleaded not guilty with trial continued to Saturday and bond set at three hundred dollars.
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Helen Nagy
West River Street
Obitts
Crehan
Walton
Polie Court
Nagy
Cornerstone Laying At Lorain County Home Infirmary
About 100 people attended the ceremony at Murray Ridge west of Elyria as County Commissioner Thomas Peebles helped set the cornerstone with two workers. Atty Howard Butler spoke, along with Rev Amore, Atty J J Smythe and Judge A R Webber, detailing county care of the aged.
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County Home Infirmary
Murray Ridge
Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Thomas Peebles
Lorain
Lorain County
Atty Howard Butler
Amore
Atty
J. J. Smythe
Amherst
Building Commission
Common Pleas
A. R Webber
William B Richmond
Oberlin College Improvements Delayed
Oberlin College faces delays in its building program. Bid costs exceed available funds, risking postponement of the new theological building. A Rockefeller gift and accumulated funds total about 680 thousand dollars, with bids surpassing this. Plans for Hall Memorial Auditorium also face funding limits, threatening to delay completion before the 1933 centennial.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Chronicle Telegram
George M Jones
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Jones
Hall Memorial
Charles M Hall
Memorial Services at Washington Ave Bridge
The annual memorial service for sailors marines and soldiers who lost their lives at sea will be held next Sunday at 4 00 pm at the Washington Avenue bridge under the direction of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary with Mrs Louise Goodman in charge The event features an address by Rev R T Ketcham a prayer by Rev C F Wiseman a brief talk by Mayor James A Hewitt and a song by Miss Ruth B Taylor Several city patriotic organizations will take part and city school children are invited to attend The groups will meet at Ely Park before 4 pm and proceed to the bridge bearing flowers to be strewn on the waters.
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Washington Avenue
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Louise Goodman
R T. Ketcham
First Baptist Church
C. F. Wiseman
Second Congregational Church
James A Hewitt
Ruth B. Taylor
Ely Park
Famous Woman Orator to Speak in Elyria Church
Grace o Legge Houlder, Australian international orator and world traveler, praised as one of the four best women speakers, will address the First Methodist church of Elyria on Thursday evening May 23 at 7 30. The event, under the Dry League and W C T, with the Ministerial Association, is open to the public and expected to draw a full crowd.
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Grace O Legge Houlder
Australan International
First Methodist Church
Hlyria
Miss Houlder
Dry Maintenance League
Cleveland
Elyria
County Dry League
Ministerial Association
Publc
First All Women Jury Sits in Lorain Court Trial
In Lorain County Ohio on March 24 1930 a jury of twelve women ruled the Christina Zajicek minor plaintiff versus Joseph V Thomas motor collision case for $100 damages. The panel included Gladys L Irish Josephine L Austin Ida Wingard Elizabeth Abbe Ada Landon Grace B Cook Lottie Heath Wazel Van Horen Jane Setton Clara E Lee Sylvia Curtiss and Edna Caldwell and delivered a verdict per court order.
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Lorain
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Christina Zajicek
Joseph Vi. Thomas
Pinchot Surges To Lead In Pennsylvania Governor Primary
Gifford Pinchot holds a lead of over 13 000 votes over Francis Shunk Brown in a Pennsylvania Republican governor primary race. Early Philadelphia results favored Brown, but statewide tallies shifted Pinchot ahead as more precincts reported. Brown vowed to continue until all votes were counted. Pinchot declared himself the Republican nominee and praised the clean government forces.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Pinchot
Brown
United Press
Foresters
James J Davis
Joseph R Grundy
Davis
Pinchot Wdas
Garford to Speak at Elyria Foremen’s Club Talk
A W Garford of Elyria, a local manufacturer, is slated to address the final Elyria Foremen’s Club meeting of the 1929 1930 season at the YMCA. He will discuss Elyria activities now and future possibilities while the Harmonian Club orchestra provides music. The gathering marks the club’s last meeting until fall.
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W Garford
Elyria
Elyria Foreman’s Club
YMCA
Wabb
Garford
Muate
Harmonian Club Orchestra
Lawrence Named State Prohibition Inspector in Lorain District
Lawrence of Lorain is appointed by state prohibition leaders to the office of State Prohibition Inspector in this district and will assume duties June 1. This marks the first Lorain County man to hold the post since Dr Rankin’s resignation in spring 1928, with prior county visits by agents being sporadic. Lawrence had sought the Republican nomination for state senator in 1928 but lost in the primary to C J Anderson of Shelby.
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Chronicle-Telegram
S W Lawrence
Lorain
Ofice
Rankin
Torain
Lawrence
C J Anderson
Shelbys
Fireworks Plant Razed By Blast in Thompsonville
A massive explosion shattered the New England Fire Works Company plant in Thompsonville Connecticut. Four workers were present. one was injured but not seriously. The blast damaged nearby wires and buildings and followed a prior fatal incident at the site last summer.
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Thompsonville
Conn
New England Fireworks Company
Holyoke
Mass
Jesser
Mrs Rockwell Fails To Get Proof
Mrs Eunice Rockwell claims to be the widow of Dr A P Scully and seeks a share of his estate. She traveled from Leesburg Florida to Cleveland, unable to prove the 15 year old marriage due to the minister’s death and lack of records, and she consults attorney Mark Patterson on next steps regarding her son.
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Cleveland
War
Eunice Rockwell
A P Scully
West Side
Mark Patterson
Rockwell
Leesbury Fla
Tampa
Patterson
Fire erupts in Cleveland Plain Dealer building
A fire in the Cleveland Plain Dealer building drew downtown fire apparatus shortly after noon. It started in an elevator shaft likely due to a motor short circuit, with smoke billowing from the top. The fire was brought under control with no great damage reported.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Lindy and Mrs Lindbergh Fly to Unrevealed Destination
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh departed Newark airport today in their Lockheed Sirius monoplane for an unknown destination. The aviator declined to disclose their route and asked that his car be cared for if they did not return by night.
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Lindy
Mother
Newark
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Government awards 185000 for Sandusky Harbor work
Washington May 22 Acting secretary of war Davison approved an allotment of 185000 for Sandusky Harbor Ohio under the first deficiency act. The plan covers a 22 foot channel along the city water front with an estimated total cost of 880000. Local interests have contributed 275000 and the final payment to the contractor requires the allotment.
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Sandusky Harbor
Washington
Ohio
Great Lakes
Davison
Four hundred perish in Asia ship disaster near Jeddah
A Lloyds dispatch from London on May 22 reports that about 400 persons died when the Fabre Line steamship Asia caught fire while carrying 1,500 Moslem pilgrims from Jeddah and Mecca to Jibouti. The vessel was abandoned and still burning in Jeddah harbor, with the fire described as beyond control and no access possible.
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London
Lloyds
Fabre Line
Asia
Jeddah
Mecca
Jibouti
Gulf of Aden
Lloyd's
Sudan
Delta Building & Loan Association Robbed Again
A lone bandit robbed the Delta Building and Loan Association for about 300 dollars today, forcing secretary W. E. Fowler and president W. T. Saxon into the vaults before escaping. The hit marks the second such robbery within a year in Delta.
Blizzard Hits Denver In Sudden Spring Snowfall
A spring blizzard slammed Denver on May 22 with a 35 degree drop in under 12 hours. It marked the second heavy snowfall in six days as temperatures shifted from the prior high to a drastic, chilly day with lingering snow.
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Denver
Vice-President Son Under Ire in Government Contracts Probe
Chicago May 22 attorney Harry K Curtis son of the Vice President faced questioning by Patrick Roche of the States Attorneys Office over fees paid by Chicago contractors who sought his Washington influence. Contractors and intermediaries described payments and promises tied to securing government building jobs and bid processes.
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Chicago
Harry K Curtis
United States
Washington
Patrick Roche
Ofticn
Curtis
Mike Malloy
Roche
Malloy
Mes
Lorain County hires 182 teachers for next year
Lorain County boards of education announce 182 teachers hired for the upcoming school year as of the county superintendent’s office. Music instruction will be reorganized under Gerald M Frank, newly named assistant county superintendent.
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Lorain County
G¢ra
M Frank
Wellington
Amherst
la Grange
Avon Village
A Scatlman
Waldo E Blake
Leila Scamman
Helen Lawrence
Mildred Reitz
Helen Mach
Frederica Wilford
Lila Wearsch
Marcine Pierman
Avon Lake Village
J. L. Oppelt
R. A. Coykendale
Dwight Euverard
Helen Cawrse
Melba Colgrove
Edna Phillips
Ruth Connor
W Irving King
Albert Walker
Myra Ladrach
Blanche Smart
Hazel Schri
Graf Zeppelin Near Brazil on South America Run
The Graf Zeppelin, giant German dirigible, neared Pernambuco on its first commercial South America flight from Seville. Commander Dr Hugo Eckener planned refueling before Rio de Janeiro, while head winds slowed progress to about 50 mph and weather worsened near Natal.
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Hugo Eckener
Graf. Zeppelin
Graf Zeppelin
United Press
Equator
Zeppelin
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South America
Seville
Spain
Hugo Ebener
Rio Janeiro
Graf
St. Paul
Fernando Noronha Island
Eckener
Condor Aviation Company
Dirigibles
Natal
Ebener
Plane Runs Out Of Gas Lands Here
A commercial pilot en route from Chicago to Pittsburgh ran out of gas over Elyria facing strong headwinds and made a forced landing west of the New York Central roundhouse. The pilot refueled at a nearby station and resumed the flight, circling the field three times before heading east.
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Chicago
Pittburgh
Hlyria
New York Central Roundhouse
Dzouclis Appears In Good Health After Sanity Hearing
Reports from Lorain County jail indicate Antonio Dzouclis, fresh from a suspended first degree murder trial, appeared well today after a Saturday sanity hearing. He ate fried eggs and pork chops with vegetables and showed a good appetite according to officials. Dzouclis was declared insane by two Lorain physicians yesterday.
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Antonio Dzouclis
Dzouclis
Dzouchs
Bargain Auto Ad Promises Studebaker and Firestone Tires
A bold classified page touts a Studebaker President Brougham with five new Firestone tires, a new car finish, broadcloth upholstery, and mechanical perfection at an unbelievable price with easy monthly terms from Bigris Autoversite. Other Koodeed cars are listed, urging readers to explore the page for bargains.
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Studebaker
Brougham
Firestone
Bigris Autoversite
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