Polar dirigible lost aids mobilized in man hunt
A $44,000 bank holdup at Lamar Colorado triggered a vast West pursuit. Five states, air support, and hundreds of volunteers chased four bandits who killed two bank officials and abducted a cashier. Reports tied the fugitives to Lamar and Lamar’s Colorado suspects, with cash and liberty bonds believed in their possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wymore
Neb
Farmers and Merchants Bank
First National Bank
Lamar
Colo
Beatrice
Colorado
Denver
Oakley
Kan
Oklahoma
Ebraska
New Mexico
A. N. Parrish
First National Bank of
John
W. W. Wineinger
Dighton
A. Kessingner
Dr. Wineinger
Scott City
Kansas
Smoky Hill River
Beatt City
la Junta
State Line
Hadley
Nebraska
Coolidge
Polar dirigible Italia in distress near Spitzbergen
Buffeted by storms the polar airship Italia, after reaching the North Pole, has two crewed hours exhausted and a damaged motor. With 18 hours silent and 62 hours overdue, nations mobilize. Roald Amundsen mounts a relief mission as Kings Bay ships prepare to sail to reach the islet's north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Spitzburgen
Kings ~ Bay
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Italan
Oslo
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Kings Bay
Methodists Elect New Bishop and Push Dry Platform
In Kansas City on May 26 the Methodist Episcopal general conference elected Rev. E. Stanley Jones of Sitapur, India, as a third bishop on the 20th ballot with 560 votes. Earlier bishops named were Dr. Raymond J. Wade of Chicago and Dr. J. C. Baker of Urbana. The conference also named ten delegates to urge both major parties to favor dry platforms and candidates at their national conventions, listing delegates to address Republicans and Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. Stanley Jones
Sitapur
India
Jones
Raymond J. Wade
Chicago
J. C. Baker
Urbana
Ill
L. D. Dickenson
Michigan
John Marshall
Supreme Court of
Kansas
Co. F. van de Water
Long Beach
Calif
George W. Dixon
James A. Yowler
New York
Wayre ©. Williams
Denver
Colo
A. M. Watson
Mt. Vernon
Resell Griener
St. Louis
Jenete Calfaes
Nebraska
Walter JL. Pierce
Elyria Churches Receive Donations Dropped From Plane
A ClevelandDetroit air trip drops Elyria memorial fund gift from a parachute parcel. Mr and Mrs Lewis W Brown flew a tri motor plane over Elyria then toward Detroit circling the city. The package landed in a tree before the home of J A Ebert as crowds watched from Ely Park and business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ely Memorial Fund
Detroit
Lewis W. Brown
Kenyon Street
Cleveland
Cleveland-Detroit Airways
Ely Park
J. A. Ebert
Third Street
Vacation Close Schools and Country Graduates List
County superintendent lifts all schools for the present year and summer vacation. Graduates named from Belden Wellington and Ridgeville high schools with Elyria Lorain and Oberlin excluded. page continues with further names and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Superintendent of Schools
Elyria
Lorain
Oberlin
Belden
May Belle Reisinger
Thelma Bartle
Joe Smith
Wellington
Harold Auble
Karl Avery
Scott Avery
Willard Barnes
Pauline Bassett
Louella Blair
Grace Clara
Ethel Clinesmith
Pearl Davidson
Mildred Deisler
Robert Dickason
Richard Duff
Orrie Edwards
Edith Gleaser
Harold Green
Kenneth Grose
Ruth Hogan
Marjorie Holiday
Russell Kepler
Hattie Kruger
Leona McConnell
Grace Muller
Helen Muffley
Elton Parker
Claude Parsons
Imogene Rice
Paul Robinson
Dan Rowland
Sheldon Rowland
Stanley Sybrandt
Madse Tadlock
Phyllis Whiton
Ridgeville
Clarence Wbartter
Art Burtzlaff
Ruth Daugherty
Helen Fishley
George Folberth
Robert Gibbons
Catherine Haas
Don Hadaway
Eleanor Hall
Aretha James
Ethel Jameson
Laura Knapp
Max Krugman
Ernest Lamb
Omer Laubenthal
Carl Limpert
Walburga Loescher
Kirk to replace Schlesinger as Ohio highway chief
Harry J. Kirk, chief engineer of the Ohio State Highway Department, was named successor to Highway Director George Schlesinger, who will resign effective June 16 to join the National Paving Brick Association. Kirk, with 14 years in the department, would assume the post if Governor Donahey approves, with Schlesinger saying he plans to work outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harry J. Kirk
State Highway Department
George Schlesinger
Schlesinger
National Paving Brick Association
Kirk
Vic Donahey
Hoe
Mrs Coolidge to Return to Capital After Visit
Mrs Calvin Coolidge has spent a week with her mother Lemira Goodhue who is critically ill at Dickinson hospital in Northampton Mass The First Lady will depart for Washington today accompanying Dr Joel Z Boone naval surgeon and John J Fitzgerald secret service attache on the return trip from Andover where the president attended Phillips academy sesquicentennial events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Lemira Goodhue
Dickinson Hospital
Washington
Dropping of Checks Disappoints Hoboes
Two ragged men near Ely Park discussed a three engined plane circling above. They expected a bag of money but learned it would be a check to drop instead. The scene captures a street corner reaction to a planned air drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Road
Ely Park
Bum No. 1
GiantPlane Flies Over Elyria City Observers Rush For Missing Package
A giant silver aircraft passed over Elyria drawing crowds including Chief EB J Stankard Rotary secretary James B Thomas and Chronicle Telegram staff. As the craft circled and flew toward Fly Park a package reportedly dropped near Third Street but was not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. J. Stankard
James B. Thomas
Rotary Club
J. C. George
Charles W. Lawrence
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Ely Park
Elyria
Chronicle Telegram
Fly Park
Farm relief in campaign amid party platform demands
The farm relief issue enters the presidential race after Congress failed to pass McNary Haughen bill over veto. Farm bloc leaders press for a farm relief plank in the Republican platform as mass meetings and state conventions shape candidate support. Norma Thomas accuses Tamny and the Maynor Walker group of graft totaling 160 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Norma Thomas
Tammany
Prevent Organisation
Maynor Walker and
Gortin
Kentuckian Is Entombed In Cave Tragedy Follows Mine Blast
NARLAN Ky May 26 The death of Floyd Collins may be followed by another Kentucky tragedy as Fred Romines 45 is believed trapped in the Inner workings of the Black Mountain Corporation coal mine where seven miners were killed in Tuesday night’s explosion. Fellow workers who escaped saw him flee the blast area but early searches found no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narlan
Floyd Collins
Fred Romines
Black Mountain Corporation
PUTED HOT ON GRANT TAIL PUTED HOT ON GRANT TAIL
Deputy sheriffs Bivin and Crehore chase Otis C. Grant from Oberlin on murder charges after the shooting of Florence Grant and John Robinson. Grant’s abandoned car was found in Columbus and deputies head toward West Virginia to capture him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Bivin
Harvey Crehore
Otis C. Grant
Oberlin
Florence Grant
John Robinson
Columbus
E. G. Mathews
Chronicle
Grant
Bivin
Crehore
West Virginia
One Year Since Stankard Shooting Shocks Elyria
A year has passed since the Stankard shooting and the Broad street bandit’s death. Police and Sheriff Mathews chased the culprit as Chief Stankard recovered, with city residents recalling the dramatic noon Chronicle-Telegram extra and a day of tense public memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stankard
Dobos
Chronicle-Telegram
BE. J. Stankard
Broad Street
Elyrians
Mathews
Queen Mary’s 61st Birthday Celebrated in London
King George and Queen Mary left for Sandringham Palace after marking the queen’s 61st birthday. A luncheon at Buckingham Palace on her actual day featured the royal family including the Prince of Wales and Swedish royals. Gifts were given to the queen at the luncheon yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King George
Mary
Sandringham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Astrid
Sweden
British Empire
Justice Sued By Editor Over Imprisonment Claim
William T. Lewis editor of the Lancaster Gazette sues Lancaster justice Edward W. Boerstler for 1000 damages plus 25 costs alleging unlawful imprisonment in the county jail on a pretended contempt of court charge after arrest on a warrant issued by Boerstler following an editorial criticizing a small fine for an assault and battery case. Lewis spent two hours in Fairfield county jail and was released by a habeas corpus writ approved by Judge Brooks E. Shell who ruled the magistrate had no jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Common Pleas Court
William T. Lewis
Lancaster Gazette
Edward W. Boerstler
Lewis
Fairfield County
Common Pleas
Brooks E. Shell
Bosistler
Tax Reduction Bill Sent to President Coolidge
Washington May 26 The 223 495 tax reduction bill was sent to President Coolidge after House adoption of the conference report approved by the Senate. The measure includes a 12 1 2 percent flat corporation tax and repeals the automobile tax, withHigher exemptions for admissions and other credits and repeals of several taxes including cereal beverage wine and narcotics tax reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senatorial Vote Keeps McNary-Haugen Bill Defeated
Washington May 26 The McNary-Haugen bill failed to reach a two thirds majority to override President Coolidge's veto. The Senate 50 31 defeat splits Republicans between the President and farm bloc with 20 Republicans for the President and 19 for the bill. Vote details show Curtis Borah and others shifting positions as candidates Hoover and Lowden reflect the party split. The outcome shapes expectations at the Kansas City convention amid fears of a bitter fight and administration influence from eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Farm Bloc
Kansas City
Curtis
Borah
Idaho
Goff
West Virginia
Watson
Indiana
Norrs
Nebraska
Davey
Commerce
Hoover
Lowden
Mlinois
Lowdes
Seven nurses receive diplomas at Elyria Memorial School of Nursing
Seven graduate nurses from Elyria Memorial hospital school of nursing were commended at the 18th commencement held at the Elks club. J. R. Mannix presented diplomas as Rev. W. C. Fowler urged graduates to live nobly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elks Club
W. C. Fowler
School of Nursing
Church of Christ
Elyria Nursing School
Frank Smythe
Robert Lersch
J. R. Mannix
Edith Lee Lias
BE. B. Be
Elyria
John KE. Flynn
Smythe
E. B. Redhead
Arthur E. Giles
Giles
Robert T. Moore
Moore
Mary Frances Hill
Grace Krick
Dorothy Bracken
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Redhead
Fowler
Florence Nightingale
Board of Trustees
Elyria High Exhibit Showcases Industrial Arts and Arts
Crowds filled Elyria High School and Gates Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children as the biennial exhibit of industrial vocations and domestic arts opened at 2:30. Students displayed sewing, baking, drawing, furniture making, canoe framing, and machine shop projects including a drill press. A wedding cake, paintings, and stenography work highlighted the diverse show under Wilfred Bowdler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Gates Memorial Hospital
Gates
Elyria J
Wilfred Bowdler
Charge Elyrian With Having Booze
Early this morning police arrested Nancy George of Woodford Avenue on a liquor possession charge. Officers found liquor in a hot water bottle in addition to several gallons of booze. George was arraigned in police court before Mayor James A. Hewitt and pleaded not guilty. Trial set for Tuesday May 29. Bond fixed at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy George
Woodford Avenue
George
James A. Hewitt
Senior Glass Scrap Victory Sparks Juniors at Ely Stadium
The Seniors won yesterday in the annual high school sack race against the Juniors at Ely stadium. The first sack crossed the Junior goal 37 seconds after the start, and by end only two sacks remained near the goal. the Seniors will receive a silver cup on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Stadium
Police hunt peeper on Fourth Street
Police searched for a man described as a window peeper on Fourth Street last night but could not locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peeter
Fourth Street
Miner Rescued After 147 Hours in Collapsed Mine
Mather Pa May 26 A black miner John Wade of the Mather mine spent 147 hours trapped in a shaft after an explosion He was found last night two and a half miles inside the interior of the shaft and was semi incoherent Wade wandered sections seeking an outlet while nearly two hundred coworkers died Rescue workers pressed on to recover more bodies as the mine remained dangerous and unstable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mather
John Wade
Wade
Gaspe
Hold Crippled Child Clinic Here June 1
A no charge clinic for crippled children will be held at Gates Hospital Elyria Ohio on Friday June 1 with Dr Clarence Heyman of Mount Sinai Hospital Cleveland in charge assisted by Dr William Hull of Elyria. The visit aims to help Northern Ohio crippled children and urges service clubs and parent teacher groups to refer cases. Lorain County has eight children at Gates Hospital and over a hundred have been cared for there in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Hospital
Elyria
Ohio
Clarence Heyman
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
Staf of Western Reserve University
Wiliam H. Hull
State Department of Welfare
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Bible School Opens Soon At First Baptist Church
Two weeks from Monday the First Baptist Church will start a summer Bible School for boys and girls aged four to sixteen. The staff includes Mrs. B Davideer A Turnbull M elem Shermnes Brown Mary Short and Davidson. Teachers to be from lower grades only. Ruth BR has charge of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Charch Bel
B Davideer
A Turnbull
Melem Shermnes
Brown
Mary Short
Davidson
Ruth BR
Ackh
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Ries
West
Bulletin
Clouds
AIK
Uggeeds
Mrs. Coolidge
Frank Ellenberger
E. No. 1
National
Workers (Communist) Party
Springfield
Maryhind
Herbert Hoover
Bivins
West Virginia Mountains
Queen Mary
Justice
Traongs
High Ouro
Elyrian
Bible School
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