Blizzard Blasts Kansas and Rockies With Early Winter Snow
Northern Kansas and Missouri endured a blizzard producing heavy snowfall with lows near 30 degrees and thirty inches in spots. Denver logged 23 degrees as 18 inches fell across eastern Colorado and over two inches blanketed Wyoming, delaying sugar beet harvests while aiding winter wheat prospects.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Goodland
Kan
Missouri
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
Collorado
Railroad head to be questioned about Wall Street dinner
E. E. Loomis president of the Lehigh Valley railroad will appear before the DC grand jury Monday to be questioned about alleged liquor at a senatorial dinner three years ago. Loomis was named by Brookhart as a guest who drank Scotch whiskey in silver flasks at the Wall Street dinner. Legal men see no likely violation. testimony aims to settle questions under the Volstead Act.
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Washington
E. E. Loomis
Lehigh Valley Railroad
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Leo. A. Rover
Standbury
Smith W. Brookhart
Wall Street
Newark
Rover
Loomis
Brookhart
Senate
City reports near normal pulse for contagious diseases
Sanitary Police Officer Frank H. Williams says the city’s health status is about normal. Four smallpox and two whooping cough quarantines are currently in effect, with others monitored.
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Frank H. Williams
Early Life of E. R. Laver and Career Path
E R Laver began as a fireman on the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad at age 21 living in Teague Texas. He taught in Delta Ohio and attended Fulton County Normal before serving 11 months in World War I. He served in the signal corps then aided railway transport in Washington before working in a printing office and completing a four year course at Toledo University in three years. In 1922 he joined Elyria high school where he has taught since. He is married with two children living at 122 Riverdale court. His hobbies are chemistry and athletics and he has served as athletic manager of the high school for five years. His boyhood ambition was to become a railroad engineer.
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E. R. Laver
Trinity and Brazos Valley
Teague
Texas
North
Fulton County Normal School
Delta
Ohio
Signal Corps
State of
Washington
Toledo University
Elyria High School
Lever
Riverdale Court
Battle in Congress Over Military Expenditures Shapes Army Posts
War Department faces sharp debate as Army Appropriation Bill targets retrenchment. Posts such as Fort Robinson in Nebraska Fort Lincoln in South Dakota Fort D A Russell in Wyoming and Jefferson Barracks in Missouri may be abandoned under the plan. Air Corps funding also in dispute as Budget Bureau trims six and a half million for next year threatening the five year program.
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White House
Congress
War Department
General Star
Congressignas
Fort Robinson
Xeb
Fort Lincoln
S. D
Fort D. A. Russell
Wio
Jefferson Barracks
Air Corps
James
Mien
House Military Affairs Committee
Reed
Paini Senate
London
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Army Air Corps
Budget Bureau
Cheerleaders From 13 Schools Meet Here For Clinic
About 60 cheerleaders and coaches from Lorain Cuyahoga Medina and Huron counties gathered at the YMCA for the first local cheerleaders meeting. Ed H Deible former Ohio State head cheerleader spoke on the psychology of cheer urging leaders to reflect school traditions and maintain fair conduct with officials.
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Lorain
Cuyahoga
Medina
Huron
Ed. H. Deible
Ohio State University
Etsra
Oberlin
Ridgesville
Brighton
Avon
LaGrange
Broxwhelm
Highland
South Amherst
Norwalk
Lakewood
Berea
Dover Center
Reil
Deible
Ohio State
Tmne
Mie
Baizé
Elsvna
Fishing Boat Burns To the Water's Edge
The J. J. Carroll fishing tug of the United Fisheries Co. burned to the waterline off the south shore of Pelee Island in Lake Erie Thursday afternoon. Capt. Paul Brown and Milton Witcher waded ashore after beaching the craft, which was built in Sandusky in 1925 and used to haul whitefish. the boat is 65 feet long with a 68 ton capacity.
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Sandusky
J. J. Carroll
United Fish Eries Company
Lake Erie
Pelee Island
John Denzer
Paul Brown
Milton Witcher
French plane crash near Paris leaves several dead
A French passenger plane from Brussels with 12 passengers a pilot and mechanic crashed in fog near Louvres en route to Le Bourget Field. Several were reported dead and the craft was due in Paris at 2 30 p m.
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Paris
Brussels
Louvres
le Bourget Field
Golden Amet Danen Into Mew Zep Aeron Taonsier Dirigibles
Golden rivet enters the master ring of the ZRS-4 marking the start of work on two large Taonsier dirigibles for Narr. Each ship will be about 7 585 feet long with 6 560 806 cubic feet gas capacity, second hull to house five scout planes. Rear Admiral Moffett pressed the rivet at Goodyear dock while the Los Angeles loomed overhead. ZRS-4 due July 1931, as plans for lighter-than-air craft unfold.
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AERON
Rester- Gay
Taonsier
Narr
William A. Moffett
Zeppelin Corporation
Los Angeles
Admiral Moffett
Officer and Ex-Convict Killed In Gun Battle
In Winchester Kentucky a gunfight left Patrolman P L Faulkner and ex-convict Mike Wills dead after Faulkner and a fellow officer pursued Wills for a reported pistol butt assault. Wills sped away in a car, stopped, and fired as officers closed in. Both men died in the exchange of gunfire.
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Winchester
Tate
P. L. Faulkner
Mike Wills
Faulkner
Offic
Wills
Willis
Fauknuer
Official Count In Elyria Two
The Elyria township election results show votes for Trustees W J Hilier POL Shaw Arthur Nieding H C Chambers Otto K Mischka John B Hecock William J Cantle for Justice of Peace S J George John C Conaway J E Lyons George Cotton for Clerk Walter H Watts for Constable Charley CG Lord 2955 J J Howlett 2265 2448 Vincent Gray 3250 W H Chambers 918
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Elyria Township
W. J. Hilier
Pol. Shaw
Arthur Nieding
H. C. Chambers
Otto K. Mischka
Tohn B. Hecock
William J. Cantle
Justice of Peace
George Cotton
Walter H. Watts
Charley CG. Lord
J. J. Howlett
Vincent Gray
W. H. Chambers
Horrors Told by Santa Maria Volcano Searchers
Reporters describe the devastation around Santa Maria in Guatemala after a three day eruption that killed hundreds and left many more burned or missing. Survivors describe families in huts as lava and ash swept the plantations and towns, with scattered troops and a single rescued child amid the ruin.
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Guatemalia City
Santa Maria
Pompei
Guatemala
Java
Kentucky Man Named Counsel For Farm Board
Reed of Marysville will become general counsel for the Federal Farm Board on December 15. He succeeds Georges Farrand, the present general counsel, who has completed initial organization work and is going to Washington. Reed has been named assistant counsel until he assumes Farrand's post.
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Farm Board
Washington
Nov.s
Reed
Marysville
Federal Farm Board
Toda Reed
Browning, Reed and Ziegler
Geors
Farrand
Ca Sel
Stan
Conductor Killed as Freight Train Hits Caboose in Toledo
James E. Fuller, conductor of a Pennsylvania freight train, was killed and brakeman Joseph Kikel, 29, was seriously injured when a terminal railroad engine rammed the caboose near Toledo. The accident occurred after the freight, stopped at a red signal, began to move again.
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Toledo
James E. Fuller
Pennsylvania
Joseph Kikel
Bitter Senate feud over Moses speech sparks party rift
In a bitter scene, Independent Republicans and Democrats grilled President Pro Tempore George Moses of New Hampshire for calling the coalition “wild jackasses” during a New England exporters dinner. Senators Brockhart Wheeler and Norris mocked him as they attacked tariff policy and importers led by Joseph Grundy.
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Whirington
Republican Party
Senate
Republican- Democratic Coalition
George Moses
New Hampshire
Jack Asses
Brockhart
Ia. Nore
N. D
Narbeck
S. D
Wheeler
Dem
Wall Street
Moses
New England
Brookhart
Borah
Reed
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Pennsylvania
Norris
Grundy
Chicago
Nore
England
Emi
America
Campu Committee
Ians Norris
Mr. Grundy
Reports Abbey Improved After Serious Illness
Charles Abbey, of the local G A R post, was severely ill this week after a fire engine accident. His physician today said he is greatly improved and on the road to recovery. Friends who feared for his condition are relieved by the news.
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Charles Abbey
Anzetg
Local Post Office Receipts Show Big Increase
Elyria post office receipts in October rose by 4063.56 from the previous October. The postmaster reported total receipts of 14796 for last month versus 10722.56 for October 1928, with figures covering stamp and stamped paper sales.
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Elyria
J. W. McHenry
Will Campaign For Bridge Project In Lorain County
Plans call for a county wide education campaign to support a high level bridge over Black River at Lorain. The effort aims to form a permanent organization, possibly linked to the Lorain Bridge Association, to secure a county vote in 1930. Judge A R Webber urged voters to be informed as the bridge bonds faced prior timing issues.
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Lorain Bridge
Black River
Lorain
Common Pleas
A.R. Webber
Lerain Bridge Association
Webber
Lorain City
Lorain County
Insecticide Poison Distillery Exposed During Raid
A police raid uncovered a large distillery using insecticide to adulterate liquor. The operation produced about 500 gallons of suspected poison corn liquor and 165 barrels of the chemical, with roughly $10,000 worth of equipment seized. Officials allege the tainted distillate was sold for redistillation to mixers, though no taste tests were conducted.
Lorain County Legislators Preview Tax Reform Measures
Representatives Rogers and Summers outline aims to ease rural tax burdens in Lorain County and lower real estate rates under the November tax amendment. They favor exempting personal farm property, exposing untaxed intangibles, and supporting a rate commission, with focus on keeping investment flows from being discouraged.
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Lorain County
P. H. Rogers
Charles Summers
Summers
Rogers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Loraim County
Lo- Yain County
Governors Commission
Voters Approve Levies For Elyria City School, Districts
Official ballot tally shows Elyria city school levy passing 3.32 to 2.00 percent. County school district levies also approved. East Carlisle district 157 to 134. Grafton township 37 to 5?. Huntington township 6 to 43. Ridgeville township 283 to 226.
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Board of Elections Today
Elyria Ciy
East Carlisle
Grafton Township
Huntington Township
Ridgeville Township
Lorain Man Found Dead in His Rooms
Lorain, Nov. 5 53 year old Steve Varzurka, 1686 Twenty-eighth street, was found dead in his rooms last night. Coroner Miles E. Perry reported death from acute dilatation of the heart. Varzurka, an employee of the National Tube Company, was married but his wife had not yet arrived in the country.
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Lorain, CO
Steve Varzurka
Twenty-eighth Street
Nieht
Varzgurka
Miles E. Perry
Acart
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McCulloch
Cleveland
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K-W Ignition Company
Ford
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Lottie C. Williams
Birmingham
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Elyria Two
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Belching
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Mount Etna
Valcobological Observatory
Gaetano Ponte
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