Engineer killed in Elyria freight yard accident
C S Owens a 41 year old engineer on a west bound New York Central freight train was struck and killed as he stepped from his engine cab at Elyria coal docks by an oncoming east bound freight. Coroner Perry ruled accidental death after 6:21 a m inquiry. Owens previously lost wife and son in a Detroit accident in 1926. He lived with sister in law Mrs Homer Gearhart at 1746 Arlington Ave Toledo.
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C. S. Owens
New York Central
Elyria
Owens
Homer Gearhart
Arlington Avenue
Toledo
Detroit
Myles E. Perry
Naval disarmament talks face uncertain support
London reports that France Italy and Japan express willingness to join the five power conference on naval limits, but full agreement remains unsettled. The Anglo American accord pledges parity, building limits, and submarine abolition, yet preliminary discussions are required before a firm path is set. The conference will proceed with only the United States and Britain fully aligned thus far.
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London
France
Italy
Japan
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Hoover
United States
Britain
MacDonald
Yegg Identified By Elyria Victim
Charles Brown a 21 year old local taxi driver identified Theo dore La Vern as the Cleveland highway robber who forced him to drive Thursday. La Vern was arrested in Parma Village after a wild taxi chase. Brown and Elyria police confirmed the suspect in Cleveland. HOMES QUARANTINED Sanitary Police Officer F. H. Williams issued a whooping cough quarantine Friday afternoon totaling four city cases. Two tags are for three day measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jletin Charles Brown
Theodore la Vern
Cleveland
la Vern
Parma Village
Brown
Elyria
F. H. Williams
When I Was 21 Kenneth Botamar Runs Elyria Greenhouse
Kenneth Botamar mer operated a greenhouse on High street Elyria, began in floristry at 14 with his father, and since then has worked in the city. On May 1 1929 he opened a downtown Broad street flower store. Botamar, unmarried, lives at 374 High street. His hobby is football. His boyhood ambition was to be a florist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Botamer
High Street
Elyria
Broad Street
Botamar
Welty Explains Issues at Russia Township Farm Bureau
County Auditor Monroe H. Welty explained Lorain County three bond issues and the proposed Hadden Tax Limit Amendment to the state constitution, all on the November ballot. The meeting at the Bergs covered Farm Bureau leadership re election and featured Hort on Alger on feed questions for cows amid poor corn and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Hadden
Russia Township
Wilma Bonar
Seareral
Farm Bureau
Thousands Pay Tribute to Edison at Ely Park Night
About two thousand residents gathered in Ely Park to honor Thomas A. Edison. Mayor Hewitt and Schools Superintendent Maston praised Edison’s impact on progress as flood lights illuminated his portrait near the fountain. The crowd, sparked by local high school band, attended a brief ceremony before dispersing into a typical Elyria evening.
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Ely Park
Thomas A. Edison
Lakewood
Court
Cheapside
Thomas Edison
James A. Hewitt
R- C. Maston
Maston
Edison
Elyria
Awards for Window Displays in Elyria Jubilee
Winners of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce store window contest were announced. Heidmyer Hardware won first prize of 20 dollars for showing progress over the past fifty years. Elyria Dry Goods took second prize of 10 dollars, Vestal's Shoe Store won third prize of 5 dollars. Honorable mention went to Foster-Fitch, Loomis, and Taylor's Music Store for notable displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Elyria
Heidmyer Hardware Company
Elyria Dry Goods Company
Vestal’s
Foster-Fitch Company
Loomis Company
Taylor’s
Hoover Hones Prohibition Plan Amid Crises in 6 Months
Washington Oct 19 President Hoover weighs his prohibition policy six months after it began. Officials note no change yet but expect reorganization of the prohibition bureau and a move to the justice department pending congress action. The policy aims for better state and city cooperation, plus enforcement studies and personnel upgrades. The crackdown includes the seizure of 175 vessels since January and the dismantling of a major bootlegging syndicate with reach from St Pierre to the Bermudas. Prohibition killings average twenty yearly, five in the first nine months this year. John McNab conducts a national crime study to guide future enforcement. Hoover envisions a model prohibition city at his D C home.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Department of Justice
Congress
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Bermudas
Customs and Coast Guard
Commission On
John McNab
San Francisco
Justice Department
Oberlin hosts 500 high school seniors for scholarship exams
About five hundred high school seniors from Ohio and other states visit Oberlin College on October 26 for 20 scholarships worth the tuition for one year. Students compete in many subjects including English, languages, history, math, science. The event includes a football game against Akron, a luncheon, and evening entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Ohio
Oberlin College
Massachusetts
Akron
Teachers to Lead Annual Northeastern Ohio Meet
Five Lorain County teachers will take active roles at the Northeastern Ohio Teachers' Association annual meeting to be held next Friday and Saturday in Cleveland. Elyria High principal P. Shively will head the Interscholastic Athletics session, Lorain High athletic director George Daniels will discuss athletic department medical care and X ray services, Hazel A. Crow of Lorain will lead the household economics session, and Karl W. Gehrkens will conduct a music clinic at Oberlin Conservatory. Amherst teacher Fred R. Powers appears on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Northeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Cleveland
Elyria
P. Shively
George Daniels
Lorain High School
Lorain
Hazel A. Crow
Karl W. Gehrkens
Oberlin Conservatory
Fred R. Powers
Amherst
Death of Columbus plumber found shot in shop
Goodwill L. Bebb a Columbus plumbing contractor was found slain in his Cleveland avenue shop last night. Police suspect bandits after a gun battle left a 32 caliber revolver with three fired cartridges and three wall bullet holes. A suspect, Frank Hubbard, negro, was in custody with a scalp wound believed to be from a gun or knife. The motive remains robbery or bandit attack as investigators seek a solid timeline.
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Columbus
Goodwill L. Bebb
Cleveland Avenue
Pebb
Richard
Betty
Bebb
Frank Hubbard
St. Francis Hospital
Hubbard
Beob
Fall Case To Reach Jury Tuesday
Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall faces a jury on a $100,000 bribery charge connected to E. L. Doheny. Defense closes today with two witnesses, and closing arguments are set for Monday and Tuesday by Hogan and Thompson for the defense and Roberts and Pomerene for the government.
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Washington
Interior
Albert B. Fall
E. L. Doheny
Frank J. Hogan
Mark &. Thompson
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Complaints of Student Pep Meeting Violence in Burria
Reports describe a downtown burria pep meeting turn violent as youths damaged three drug stores Bower's Burn's and Smith's and the California Fruit store during a celebration ahead of the Elvica Lakewood game. Authorities say after school hours care rests with police and suspect nonstudents joined in.
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Burria
Bower's
Burn‘s
Smith's
California Fruit Store
E. J
Ohio in Briefs: Fires, Endowment, Arrests and Accidents
In Cleveland a Traymore apartment fire injures one woman and drives dozens to street. Samuel Mather donates 400000 to Cleveland Orchestra, easing disbandment fears. John T Caulfield, 33, of Piqua, arrested for issuing a bad check in Columbus. Vera Boles dies by gas inhalation amid indictment in Ashland. County posts a 560 reward for arrest after Jacob Steiger shot. Sam Haitzer’s body recovered after Lake Erie incident. RB Swigart and wife killed in auto train collision near Toledo. Charles H Lewis acquitted of quicklime fish-killing charges. Thelma Heckle, 19, dies after auto strike in Cincinnati.
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Columbus, O
John T. Caulfield
Piqua
Dayton
Folk,Vallette
van Skaik
Caulield
Akron Man Hurt By Blast Of Sewer Gas
Bulletin Akron October 19 One man was hurt and scores escaped injury when a series of sewer gas explosions rocked the district around the Miller Rubber Company plant. G A Carpenter 39 was burned by flaming gas as a manhole cover blew off near him. He had been at work when blasts started and ran to the street. Damage was estimated at 310 660.
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Akron
Miller Rubber Company
G. A. Carpenter
Miller
Hoover to Start First Long Presidential Trip
President Hoover prepares for his first long trip from the White House since his inauguration. He will depart by special train from Washington to Dearborn Michigan for Thames 4. Edison’s fiftieth anniversary ceremonies at Henry Ford’s reproduced early American village. He then goes to Cincinnati to dedicate a marker for the Ohio river canalization at Eden Park. The journey includes a steamboat stop at Louisville with a major address before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Dearborn
Mich
Thames 4
Edison
Henry Ford
Americas
Institute of Technology
Detroit
Cincinnati
Eden Park
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Gairo
Illinois
Mississippi
Indiana
Louisville
Tte
Senate Adopts Debenture Plan In Tariff Bill
Washington October 19 the tariff debenture plan of farm relief was adopted as part of the Republican tariff bill by the senate. The Norris amendment provides a treasury bounty on exported farm products equal to one half the import tariff. The House opposes the plan and Hoover's veto fears loom. Senate vote 42 to 34.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Treasury
House
White House
Bacon Going To Convention
Earl Bacon secretary of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce will attend the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries convention in Milwaukee next week. About 500 chamber secretaries from across the United States are expected to meet to discuss problems exchange ideas and learn modern practices. Topics include service to retailers youth activities local industry foreign trade chamber building and operation printing problems conventions industrial safety agriculture and state chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bacon
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Commercial Organization
Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Auto Collides with Pole at Avon Lake
Lorain O Oct 19 A deadly series of traffic crashes in and around Lorain left one teacher dead and many injured. Miss Afar tgaret Hess 26 of 1126 Eighth Avenue Lorain died when her car with Charles Nichols left the highway near the Power Plant in Avon Lake struck a telephone pole at 1 50 this morning. Nichols was hospitalized with lacerations possible broken ribs.
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Lorain
Miss Afartgaret Hess
Charles Nichols
Oberline Avenue
J. G. Maiden
Clinton Avenue
Elyria
Aleck Nagy
Steve
Grafton
Frank Flades
East 34Th Street
Pat Delgrosso
Oakdale Avenue
Andrew Dotson
Fort Jennings
Helen Antel
Miss Hess
Garfield Public School
Avon Lake Village
Nichols
Elyria DeMolay
Cleveland
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ohio
Dotson
Ridge Road
Frank Glaven
Pearl Avenue
Miss Antel
Glaven
Maiden
National Tube Company
National Tube Hospital
Nagy
Ring Glass
Twenty Ninth Street
Farm Bureau committees to meet for joint membership drive
Lorain County and Medina County Farm Bureaus will hold a joint meeting Monday night at the home of W N Hitchcock Gratton to plan an exchange membership campaign to be staged in November.
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Farm Bureau
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Medina County Farm Bureau
W. N. Hitchcock
Gratton
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Yegg
Welty
H.S
L. Serge
Bath Street
Chronicle-Telegram
News OF
Cleveland, O
Traymore
Veronica Fiega
Cleveland, G
Samuel Mather
Cleveland Capitalist
Cleveland Orchestra
Ashland
Upper Sandusky
Jacob Steiger
Steiger
Sam Haitzer
Lake Erie
F. .Swigart
Rebecca
Adams Center
Here
Charles H. Lewis
Harpster
State Conservation Council
Lewis
Thelma Heckle
Avon Lake
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