First Criminal Trial Involving Gasoline Theft At Farm
The September term's first criminal jury trial in common pleas court centers on three youths Lester Milks Herman Weingate and Steve Har mar alleged to have stolen ten gallons of gasoline from a tractor owned by Frank C Fleming of Amherst on June 30 1025 The state portrays Milks and Har mar in a Ford with Weingate loading a can while Fleming and his son hid near the barn The defense will seek to place the trio in Lorain at the time of the theft
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Lester Milks
Herman Weingate
Steve Harmar
Common Pleas Court
A R. Webber
Frank C. Fleming
Amherst
Weingate
Fleming
Milks
Harser
Weigate
Lorain
Ohio to transfer prisoners to London prison to ease crowding
Columbus report states that 500 to 600 inmates will move from the state penitentiary to the London institution as new wings are finished. England designed wings will house prison industries and a dormitory, increasing capacity to 1,100 through 1,200. A new cell block at the prison farm is under construction with 140 cells. Harper notes 1924 daily population rose from 4,693 to about 6,233 by December 3.
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Columbus
State
London
State Welfare
John ST. Harper
London Institution
Donahey
Harper
Holmes Appeals Release On Bond Pending Post Office Robbery Appeal
Harry P. Holmes, serving twenty five years for a $30,000 Lorain post office robbery, was released on a $7,000 bond in Cleveland while his attorney appeals the sentence in the federal circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati.
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Cleveland
Harry P. Holmes
Atlanta
Lorain
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Firemen Extinguish Auto Blaze on West River Street
Firemen were called to a car fire underneath the hood and gasoline area on West River street today. The blaze burned a large hole in the hood and blistered the paint. The coach owned by Dr. R. G. Anderson at 609 Lodi Street was saved after firefighters used buckets of chemical to extinguish the fire.
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West River Street
R. G. Anderson
Lodi Atrect
Night classes attract 130 enrollments in Elyria high school
About 130 men and women enrolled in new night classes at Elyria High School under the Smith-Hughes Act and Elyria Americanization Association. Programs include machine work, drawing, math, sewing, woodworking, and an upcoming electrical class. Evening sessions run Tuesdays and Thursdays for 24 weeks with separate English and citizenship courses at the high school and Settlement House.
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Elyria
Board of Education
Elyria Americanization Association
Wilford Bowdler
Doris Todd
W. OL. Vaughn
P. E. Tuthi
Tess
Miss May Speer
Settlement House
Vulcan Street
E. D. Adams
Noted Sculptor Will Address Committee
The Ely Memorial committee will meet Friday at 4 p m in Frank Wilford's office. Frank Jirouch of Cleveland, a renowned sculptor who has modeled many national memorials, will speak to the committee and offer suggestions for a memorial.
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Ely Memorial Committee
Frank Wilford
Frank Jirouch
Cleveland
United States
Lutheran Church Convention Opens At Erie
Erie Pa Oct 10 Delegates from across the country opened the sixth biennial convention of Lutheran churches of America. Two proposals would be addressed: standardizing pastoral acts by retired and inactive clergymen and establishing rules for minister transfers between synods.
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Erie
Lutheran Churches of America
Red Cross To Hold It Conferences This Fall
The American Red Cross will conduct 72 regional conferences in the eastern United States before its November member enrollment. Delegates from 1,705 chapters will discuss key Red Cross issues as National officers attend each meeting. A conference is noted in Cleveland on October 16 with Elyria members encouraged to attend.
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RED Cross
American Red Cross
United States
Mississippi River
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Elyria
Van Wert County Reports School Age Population
Van Wert County lists 6,725 children aged 5 to 12, per county auditor Charles W. Ringer. Van Wert city district has 2,001 students, 1,340 of whom are girls, and the county reports 23 handicapped youths between 1 and 21.
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van Wert
Charles W. Ringer
Prisoners Escape From Brick Plant Fire in Junction City
Four to five inmates of the Ohio State Penitentiary, assigned to the brick plant in Junction City, escaped as a dormitory burned early Monday. Wartley P. Be. Thomas conducted the investigation. details not released. The blaze killed fifteen prisoners and injured many others. cause of the fire undetermined.
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Junction City
Ohio State Penitentiary
Tre
Wartley P. BE. Thomas
Thomas
Silver prize aircraft glides over Elyria sky
A silver object sails serenely across a clear blue sky this morning. It is described as the prize aircraft of the United States Navy, inspiring Elyrians with its majestic flight and reflective surface.
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Elyrians
United States Navy
Close View Of Dirigible Over Lorain
Constable Charles Lord reported a dirigible passed almost directly over Lorain today flying over the National Tube works. The craft emitted a roaring motor and carried the inscription Los Angeles U S Navy while no flag was visible. Lord noted the sight during a business trip to the tube mills.
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Charles ¢. Lord
Los Angeles
Lorain
Charles
National Tube Works
U. S. Navy
Lord
Sight of Los Angeles Dirigible Delights Elyria Residents
At 9 35 a m crowds on Elyria bank rooftops watched the dirigible Los Angeles pass overhead drawing eager attention and reports from locals. story continues on page two.
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Los Angeles
Elyria
Kidnap Frustrated as School Stops Abduction Attempt
Wellington Oct 10 A school authorities thwarted an abduction attempt when a stranger asked for Doris Dangler, nine, at a third grade classroom. Miss Phylis Hughes alerted Supt Shields who questioned the woman and alerted the Wadsworth home. The suspect fled in a waiting car with a male companion. Sheriff Mathews investigates.
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Wellington
Phylis Hughes
Doris Dangler
Doris
Shields
Lee Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Michigan
Judge
Police Chief R E Var Dusen Surprises Johnston City Station
Police Chief R E Var Dusen of Johnston City Illinois rested at the local station yesterday while transporting a prisoner to Springfield. He cited fatigue from the long automobile trip and remained briefly with the prisoner under guard.
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R. E. Var Dusen
Johnston City
Springfield
Iinois
Firemen Beat Out Grass Fire Near Abbey Road
Dry conditions prompted a grass fire on the north side of Cleveland Street near Abbey Road. Central fire station responded early this afternoon with brooms aiding the crew to extinguish the blaze in a short time.
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Central Fire Station
Cleveland Street
Abbey Road
Chiang Kai-Shek Heads Unified Chinese Government
Chiang Kai-Shek was inaugurated president of China at Nanking marking the first unified central government in 17 years of republics. He becomes chairman of the Nationalist government council, with executive, legislative and judicial functions to be handled by five council boards in a new unified system.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Nanking
Wuchang
Injured man hurt while jacking up car in Greenwich
Henry Wolt, 51, of R. D. 3 Greenwich Ohio, was injured today when a car jack slipped. Two fingers on his right hand were crushed and he was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Henry Wolt
R. D
Greenwich
Memorial Hospital
Elyria Votes Registration Opens Tomorrow for Election
Elyrians have a second chance to register at the polls ahead of the November 6 presidential election. Last Thursday’s day broke city records, prompting a final registration window tomorrow from 2 pm to 7 pm to ensure eligibility for voting.
Final plans for Elyria Men’s Bible class at Rialto
In a well attended meeting at Elyria Savings and Trust Co. directors room final reports were given ahead of the first Elyria Men’s Bible class session at Rialto theatre Sunday from 9:30 to 10:25 a.m. The class is non-denominational for men not enrolled in a Sunday school. An orchestra will accompany singing led by Lawrence Webber. Rev. W. C. Fowler will teach the Bible lesson. Officials report strong interest and expected large attendance.
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Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Elyria
Rialto Theatre
Lawrence Webber
W. C. Fowler
Dirigible Graf Zeppelin Held By Bad Weather
The Graf Zeppelin remains grounded in Friedrichshafen due to unfavorable weather en route to the United States. Sixty three passengers and crew await the first commercial US flight while Hugo Eckener delays the launch to avoid storms.
Dirigible Graf Zeppelin to Start for United States
Weather reports today led Dr Hugo Eckener to set the Graf Zeppelin to depart for the United States at 2 tomorrow morning. The airship is expected to cross the Atlantic in favorable conditions and reach American shores after the transatlantic flight gains.
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U.S
Friederichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
United States
Lorain Woman Sues National Tube Co for Work Injury
Mary Matey of Lorain files suit in common pleas court seeking compensation under the Workman Compensation Act for injuries from a slip in the dishwashing area. She alleges a leaky dishwasher caused a slimy floor, leading to the fall, and that the Industrial Commission denial spurred her jury trial request.
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Mary Matey
Lorain
The
National Tube Co
Workman
Industrial Commission
Common Pleas Court
Craft Soars Over This Section on Its Way to Home Hangar
Cleveland October 10 the plant dirigible Los Angeles soared over Cleveland at 10 05 p m today en route to its home hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey after sailing over the down side contours and skyline before turning toward the terminal base
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Cleveland
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Lorain Sees First Glimpse of Dirigible Los Angeles
Lorain residents woke to a thrill as the dirigible Los Angeles cruised over the city this morning. Telephone operators were overwhelmed by some fifteen thousand calls about the ship, fuses blew and five workers handled the surge, a company official said the visit set a record.
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Lukas
Lorain
Los Angeles
Airship Sightings Head Toward Akron in Eastbound Flight
A fragment notes a large blimp heading for Akron and toward the east. The airship labeled Contiquet appears on page 2, with the item referenced as No 2. The snippet suggests a city district report focusing on the aerial craft's course.
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Akron
Lorain County Officials Attend State Welfare Conference
Lorain County Commissioners W. B. Richmond and Co. W. Murray with James Uloland superintendent of the county children's home, R oy. Baus head of the county home, their wives and Mrs. P. Calman head of the Associated Charities, are in Columbus attending the State Welfare conference this week. They expect to return Friday.
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W. B. Richmond
W. Murray
James Iuolland
County Children's Home
R.oy. Baus
Counety Home
P. Calman
Columbus
State Welfare
Lorain County
Convention City Crowdden Says IL
SAN ANTONIO TEX Yes this is the end of a perfect but long and hard day We are in San Antonio about four hours late but everybody on their toes and raring to go Pete Dirlam and Sam Nichols win the hand carved silk embroidered double action wheel barrow for rising first this morning Their first official act was the adoption of a strange hounding found loitering at a railroad depot The houn occupies a prominent place in our menagerie Billsudro wants to adopt him Missus Sudro says we set more dawgs than we need I see where Bill doesn't keep this hou long Bil thinks he's a bird dawg but I say he has the ear marks of just a plain dawg Just had a vibratory treatment up in the cab of our locomotive Rode about eighteen miles sharing the fremans seat There were few words between us until the freman asked how fast we were traveling He answered sixty five miles per Talk about a political shake down this ride had it over any political shake down I lost six sheets of notes for this write up at the next stop in Palestine Texas we met a former Wellington citizen Bob Van Duyke and Harry Hawk formerly a Wellington native and Clara McCafferty Al Hannaford has a moving picture camera and will be ready to join Hollywood The note continues on Page 2
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George H. Alen
San Antonio
Tex
Pete Dirlam
Sam Nichols
Bill Sudro
Sudro
Bill
Bil
Freman
Palestine
Texas
Wellington
Clare McCafferty
Legion
Bob van Duyke
McCafferty
Harry Hawk
Clara
al Hannaford
Hollywood
New York Faces Shortage Of Food But Trucks Idle
New York faces a looming food shortage as a 24 hour deadline looms for a truckers strike. Rail terminals hold trainloads of fish vegetables and milk unable to move to market. American Railway Express workers seek union recognition and higher pay, risking wider national impact if the strike spreads.
Elyria Bugle Corps barred from exhibition by ruling
In Elyria a ruling bans the Cream Puff horse from appearing with the Elyrians in the drum and bugle corps competition. Forty five corps compete, with Racine, Miami, and Chicago seen as leading contenders. The outcome may affect Elyria’s chances as they have trained hard for the event.
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San Ae T
Elyria Ara
Inter
Yrians
Elyria
Racine
Wisc
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Dangerous Curves Ahead authorizes youth lessons in Avon Lake
Mrs. Carl Martin of Elyria led the Avon Lake meeting of the Parent Teacher Association where Professor Zaugg of Bowling Green Normal School delivered a talk titled Dangerous Curves Ahead. He used the letters C U R V E S to symbolize careless home life unclean politics reckless youth easy maturity and school and church. Fanny Terdell, president of the Ohio branch of the National Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations, spoke as another main speaker and a plan for a Lorain county Parent-Teacher Institute was announced with annual meetings. Two officers were elected: F W Haight of Graft as second Vice President and Mrs Ernest Tallies of Elyria to the executive board.
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Carl Martin
Elyria
Patstor
Ohio
Avon Lake
Zaugg
Bowiing
Green Nortral School
Sugh
Zauge
Carless
Oes
Fanny Terdell
National Congress of the Parent Teachers Associaton
Bullet Victim Shows Improvement After Apartment Shooting
Elyria Memorial Hospital reports Hf Stolzenburg Jr in very better condition after a daylong gunshot wound incident. He was wounded in an apartment above Crawford Dairy. local Chronicle Telegram notes the Stolzenburg family statement and clarifies the Crawford identity.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Hf Stolzenburg, Jr
Stolzenburg
Chronicle-Telegram
Crawford Dairy
Crawford
Stolaew
Crawfond Dairy
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Dwight W. Morrow
Portes Gil
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Stanley Company of America
First National Pictures, Inc
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John Ewing
Shreveport Times
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Hottman
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