Record registration drive nears in Elyria and Lotain
Voters must register on one of four days to vote in the November 6 election. Ballots ordered total 47 000 as parties mobilize to maximize turnout. Ward and precinct changes list where residents cast ballots for each area. Continued on Page 2.
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Elyria
Lotain
Election Board
Lake Avenue
Huron Street
Garvin Avenue
School Street
Spruce Street
Foster Avenue
Foster and
Spruce Streets
Courtland Street
West Side
Adams Street
Jefferson Street
Madison Street
Lorain Boulevard
Erie Street
West River Street
Lodi and
Furnace Streets
West River
Furnace Street
Lodi Street
Corporation Line
Phillips Court
Cornell and
Denison
Denison Street
Sherman Avenue
Sherman, Park and Garford
Cornell
Elizabeth Street
Stanford Street
East Sixth Street
Fifth Street
Middle Avenue
Vetera
County Attendance Officer Reports 294 September Visits
Elmer G. Alexander county attendance officer logged 294 visits to truants and absentees in county schools during September. Eighty-eight notices were sent to parents or guardians, and seventy-nine notices and warnings were issued to the children. Three parents faced court actions in Avon Lake, South Amherst, and Wellington. Clear View Rural led personal visits with 34, South Amherst second with 33. LaGrange and Faton townships tied for the fewest with one. Sheffield Lake Village sent 13 parental notices and tied Sheffield Lake Village with 10 notices to children as leaders. no truants were brought to juvenile court.
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Elmer G. Alexander
Avon Lake
Amherst
Wellington
Clear View Rural
South Amherst
LaGrange
Faton Township
Sheffield Lake Village
Clear View Rural School
Register Tomorrow in Elyria for Presidential Election
Tomorrow marks the first of four registration days for Elyria electors who plan to vote in the November 6 presidential election. Register at your polling booth to avoid guilt when neighbors cast votes. voting is both a privilege and a duty.
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Elyria
United States
Lesson Corps Parade to Station Opens Texas Trip
A special train will depart Elyria railroad station Friday carrying the American Legion Drum and Bugle corps and their wives, bound for San Antonio Texas. Elyria will be without Mayor James A Hewitt who announced he accepted an invitation in his office that morning.
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Elyria
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
San Antonio
Texas
James A. Hewitt
George Allen to Report News of San Antonio Trip
The Chronicle Telegram will publish updates from the special train crew as George H Allen sends in daily news from the journey to San Antonio. He will highlight high spots and activities aboard and in San Antonio.
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George Allen
Chronicle- Telegram
San Antonio
George H. Allen
Mr. Allen
Elyria Mayor to Lead Drum and Bugle Corp Texas Trip
The Drum and Bugle corps will be led by manager Jerry Ferguson with Mrs. Hewitt, and they plan to leave Friday for Texas. Members of the corps cheerfully learned that the mayor would accompany them, having chaired and funded the effort by local Elyria businessmen to support the legion corps journey.
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Jerry Ferguson
Hewitt
Texas
Elyria
Legion Corps
San
Fund Drive Nears Goal for San Antonio Trip
Drum and Bugle corps fund shows $5,550 subscribed toward a $6,000 goal. Fund chairman James A. Hewitt announced this morning that completion is expected soon and final arrangements for a special train with local railroad officials would be finalized tomorrow.
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San Antonio
Drum and Bugle Corps
James A. Hewitt
City Officials Named For Interim Duties As Hewitt Absent
Antonio praised for tireless fund raising efforts enabling the city's fund. Vice Mayor George Rich wine to act as mayor during Mayor Hewitt's absence. John N. Eidt district service director and Alex Schilleman city auditor to oversee City Hall offices. Justice of Peace S. J. George to hold No. 2 position.
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Antonio
George Richwine
Hewitt
John N. Eidt
Alex Schilleman
Justice of Peace
S. J. George
Weather sets stage for world series opener
Opening game of the world series is 24 hours away as thousands flock to New York. Clear autumn weather is forecast for tomorrow at Yankee Stadium where St Louis Cardinals in red trim and the Yankees in white go through final practice. Attendance is expected near 75,900 with thousands more outside. Reserve seats sold last week and scalpers quoted high prices for sets of three tickets.
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New York
Yankees
Bronx
St. Louis Cardinals
The Political Battle in Brief
Herbert Hooter planned a New York speech for October 22 as a key Republican moment after optimistic state polls. Governor Smith returned to Albany to rest before a second westward trip and was greeted by several hundred at the station. Senator Curtis spoke in Chicago at the Hoover Curtis club, though he had not planned remarks. Robinson attacked religious intolerance and farm relief in Tulsa. Coolidge would not speak in Massachusetts contrary to rumors.
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Herbert Hooter
New York
New York State
Smith
Albany
Charles Curtis
Hoover-Curtis Club
Chicago
Joseph T. Robinson
Tulsa
Okla
Coolidge
Massachusetts
White House
Northampton
Radio Dealers Ready For Big World Series Parties
Elyria Radio Dealers Association members met at the Chronicle Telegram building to plan a World Series broadcasting party. A committee led by Lehman Sauer and Taylor will oversee the event and a large amplifier will let fans hear every detail. The group meets every other Monday for lunch to discuss radio in Elyria.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Avon Lake forum hears five candidates and a sheriff
About 40 residents attended the Avon Lake Village Association meeting as five county candidates and a representative spoke. Sheriff F G Mathews cited a $750 090 civil workload last year and urged a two term path. Republican challenger Clarence E Adams described six years in the office and pledged faithful efficient service. Probate Judge H E Wilcox, seeking re election, offered a non political talk and endorsed voting actions in November. His opponent H King spoke of juvenile work in Lorain and his qualifications for the juvenile portion of the office. Continued on page 2.
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Avon Lake Village Association
Avon Lake
F. G. Mathews
Sherif
Clarence E. Adams
Mathews
H. E. Wilcox
H. ©. King
Lorain
Freighter Sinks in Mid Ocean hundreds of miles east of Cape Race
Radio reports say the Dutch freighter Celaeno, 3554 tons, with 30 to 40 crew, was sinking in mid ocean about 1160 miles east by north of Cape Race. The liner America sped to its aid, then altered course toward Plymouth as it continued toward its voyage to Boston or Montreal.
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New York
United States Steamship Line Today
Cape Race
Hudig' ‘and Veeder
Rotterdam
Boston
Montreal
the Line
Fried
Plymouth
Fillet Sinks Off Cape Cod In Distress Call
The steam trawler Fillet reported sinking fast off Cape Cod with a heavy list. It sent an SOS claiming it could not remain afloat more than fifteen minutes. The American Hawaiian steamer American notified shore stations and headed to aid, expected to reach within minutes as Fillet’s distress signals were received by WOR and Radio Marine Corporation of America Bush terminal.
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New York
Cape Cod
Mass
WOR
Bush Terminal
Radio Marine Corporation of America
Woman learns she is Cara Bell Town after 62 years
After 62 years Mrs. John Gardner learns she was once Cara Bell Town, lost as a child. She plans to visit Elyria relatives and Amherst graves, meets nieces Mrs. Pelton and Mrs. Lawson, nephew Arthur Starkweather, and recalls her Cleveland schooling as Dora Gaylord. Discovery came via adoption papers and an old Cleveland ad guiding a Houston search.
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John Gardner
Elyria
Auherst
Gardner
C. H. Pelton
Frank Lawson
Arthur Starkweather
Arthur Towne
Lorain
Cara Bell Towne
Cara Bell
Lorenzo Towne
Amherst
Kellogg
Cleveland
Gaylord
Gaylords
Dora
New York
Dora Gaylord
Portland
Oregon
Earle McMullen
Elyrian Named Lt Gov of Kiwanis
Robert Dunn of Toledo was elected district governor of Ohio Kiwanis at the eleventh annual convention. Marietta chosen for the 1929 convention amid Canton opposition. A H West of Elyria elected lieutenant governor of the Seventh Division, which includes Lorain Medina Summit and Portage counties. West presided over the Elyria club and 37 of 66 members attended. Rotary Club of Elyria sent congratulations.
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Cleveland
Robert ©. Dunn
Toledo
Ohio Kiwanis
Dunn
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Savings and Trust Company
Marietta
Canton
A. H. West
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
West
Lorain
Medina
Summit
Portage
Elyria Club
Rotary Club of
Elyria
Government tractors to aid Ohio corn borer fight
Washington Oct 2 The Budget Director H M Lord authorized a 50000 fund to loan tractors and stubble beaters to Ohio farmers to combat the corn borer. The department will transfer money now from other funds and replace it later when a deficiency bill passes. The machinery will be loaned to farm organizations immediately pending Congress action.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
H. M. Lord
Lord
S. A. Rohner
Bureau of Entomology
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Department
Rohwer
Social workers to attend Ohio welfare meeting in Columbus
Six Lorain county officials and social workers will attend the annual Ohio Welfare Conference in Columbus from Monday to Friday next week. Mrs Gilman announced from Associated Charities. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. J G Holland, of Oberlin Children’s Home, County Commissioners Richmond and Murray, and Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Baus of the County Home. National speakers from St Louis Chicago Baltimore and Philadelphia will address sessions on homes for the aged delinquent boys family case work and public health. A new recreation division was created. Attendance expected around eleven hundred.
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Lorain
Ohio Welfare Conference
Columbus
Mra
P. C. Gilman
Associated Charities
St. Louis
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Grand Jury probes Lorain underworld in recent investigation
Lorain County Grand Jury expanded its probe by sending special investigators to South Lorain to uncover new evidence. Prosecutor Don A. Baird offered no substantiation, but officials expect more subpoenas as the grand jury convenes again tomorrow. Governor Donabey initially sought a state probe but then delayed, saying state involvement would occur only if local authorities fail to deliver justice.
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Lorain County
Grand Jury
Lorain
South Lorain
Don A. Baird
Moon
KE. G. Mathews
Betty Heywood
Alyria
Baird
Turner
Lesrain
Bender
Lorata Oder Land Jury
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Lesson Corps
Miss Emma Hadorn
John T.raftis
Edward B.spafford
Irene McIntyre Walbridge
Paul Ryountz
Ceanrad
Spurlock
Aia
George Bisssell
Ralph
France
American Legion
Tex
Legion
Legionnaires
Bulletin
Elyrian
Lorain, Medina, Summit and
Porter Counties
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