Flierg Seek New Speed Records At National Air Races
Major Jim Doolittle prepares to challenge the world land plane speed record at the National Air Races in Cleveland. After two failed attempts, he plans to return to his original propeller to improve on 282.672 mph set under headwinds. Other entrants include Robert L. Hall and Jimmie Wedell Paterson in gull-wing machines. The Amelia Earhart trophy race for women pilots is also featured with six entrants led by Florence Klingensmith. A parachute jump by Spud Manning and other events round out the program.
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Doolittle
Bonet
France
Aviation Federation
Robert L. Hall
Springfield
Mass
Jimmie Wedell Paterson
Jimmie Haizlip
St. Louis
Amelia Earhart
Florence Klingensmith
Minneapolis
Klingensmith
Rae Trader
Pittsburgh
Helen Richey
Rhoda Davis
Lansing
Mary Lawson
Hartford
Conn
Union Drawn Steel to Move Headquarters to Massillon
Headquarters of the Union Drawn Steel Company a Rebuilding Steel subsidiary will be moved to Massillon next week. Fifty employees will be transferred to the new location.
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Union Drawn Steel Company
Rebuilding Steel Corporation
Elyria Fall Fiesta Prep Gains Local Help and Plans
Jim Armitage outlines Elyria’s Fall Fiesta set for Friday September 16 with multiple assistants including Earl Bell and Barry Shedd of Capitol Theatre. The event aims to entertain thousands with a style show, coiffure review, hog calling contest, bicycle race, and open air possibilities.
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Elyria
Jim Armitage
Powers That Be
Earl Bell
Earl
Barry Shedd
Capitol Theatre
Bell
Barry
Confession Solves Quarry Murders in Lima
In Lima on September 2, county authorities said a confession has solved the Memorial Day 1931 quarry killings of Earl Truesdale and Thelma Woods. Loren Truesdale, 23, admitted to killing Earl after jealousy and then slaying Thelma, weighting bodies with rocks and throwing them into the quarry pool.
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Leou Truesdale
Earl Truesdale
Loren
Mise Thelma Woods
Bernard Rooney
J. F. Cardrey
C. O. Weaver
Young Truesdale
Miss Woods
Truesdall Brothers
Elida
Here
Earl
Thelma Woods
Spencerville
Thelma
Mansfield inmates confess and recant over holiday claim
Two prisoners at Mansfield Reformatory allegedly confessed to murders on separate occasions but later repudiated the statements, saying they merely sought a holiday from the reform school.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Reformatory
Lane's Millinery opens new Elyria store on Broad Street
A new Lane's Millinery Company shop will open at 325 Broad Street in Elyria tomorrow morning. The store joins four Buffalo locations and one in Cleveland, with M. Reimman as president. Mrs. R. Samuelson will manage after seven years in the Elyria millinery trade. New equipment is being installed and windows decorated for the opening.
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Lane's Millinery Company
Broad Street
Buffalo
Cleveland
M. Reimman
Elyria
Elyria Labor Day program. river pollution action
Officials and residents of Elyria Township unite to end Black River pollution. They say the river is so polluted that livestock cannot water there. Labor Day will be observed Monday at Cascade Park with Senator J. F. Burke delivering the day’s address, plus talks by Gwenlyn Jones and Mayor Jones.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Elyria
Cascade Park
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Gwenlyn Jones
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Central Labor Union
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Five Years Ago Chronicle Notes Local Affairs 1927
Five years ago in September 1927 the Chronicle Telegram reports no new infantile paralysis cases in Elyria, school opening not delayed, health commissioner Dr. G E B French favors school attendance. A committee led by Frank Wilford of Elyria forms to restore Commodore Perry’s flagship Niagara in Erie harbor. S. E. Wigton of Oberlin heads Lorain County Teachers Institute. Marian Steele of Amherst becomes vice president. J J Vaughn of Blythville elected secretary and treasurer.
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G. EB. French
Frank Wilford
Elytia
Planus
Commodore Perry
Niagara
Erie
Perry Niagara Memorial Association
Cleveland
S. E. Wigton
Oberlin
Lorain County
Teachers’ Institute
Marian Steele
Amherst
J. J. Vaughn
Bly- Tia
Western Reserve Grid Prospects Best In Years
Western Reserve university begins football practice on September 12 with its best prospects in years. Coach Tom Keady returns for a second year, assisted by Jiggs Donahue and George Brown new to the staff. Brown, a Reserve Law School student, played on Ohio University’s title team and replaces Johnny Dreshar who left coaching for business. The Red Cats show 100 percent better material and aim for a strong season with a sensible schedule.
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Western Reserve University
Tom Keady
Dartmouth
Jiggs Donahue
Washington and Lee
George Brown
Ohio University
Brown
Reserve Law School
Johnny Dreshar
Carnegie Tech
Reserve
Red Cats
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Western Reserve Grid
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