Determined to Make Streets Safe
Police conducted a speed enforcement blitz this week arresting nine drivers in three hours. Vehicles were clocked from 42 to 53 mph as Major Hewitt urged faster action against speeding. Five defendants paid fines of five dollars and costs. one paid six. two others faced separate penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poice
Lloyd Sweet
James A
Lodi
Bear Glass
Cornell Avenue
Ceorre Asken
West 2Rd Street
Orain
Larver Hahn
West Ridge
Roy Willard
Berlin Heights
W. Chancellor
Hamilton Avenue
EXPECT 7000 IN THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Lorain County schools began the 1928 1929 term with an expected enrollment near 7 099 pupils per county superintendent R P Vaughn. The count includes 2755 teachers across 19 consolidated schools and 21 one room schools as Vaughn noted the year should run smoothly and be one of the best. Vaughn and assistant superintendent E visited county schools during opening day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Vaughn
Ssistant County Super-Intendent
Embezzlement case tied to Knutzen Trucking man
Sam Weinert former Knutzen Trucking employee disappeared Friday July 28 after collecting 265 dollars for the company. He was arrested in Pontiac on embezzlement charges and returned to the county jail by Deputy Vincent Gray. Governor Donaherty issued a requisition for his return. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and a preliminary hearing was set for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Weinert
Eivica
Sao
Knutzen Trucking Company
Vincent Gray
Pontiac
Vic Donaher
Winrois
Weinert
Knutzen Company
Court of Justice
S. J. George
Anti-Smith Democrats Organizing in the South
Reported movement consolidates anti-Smith Democrats and Republicans in five southern states behind a single slate of electors. Headquarters cited as Herbert Hoover’s campaign center. Georgia and Alabama have approved the plan. Texas Louisiana North Carolina Florida Mississippi discussed. South Carolina already has an organized anti-Smith Democrat group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sept
Ie South
Herbert Hoover
Reublican
Alfred E. Smith
Dem Watic
Repubtan National Committee
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Vuisiana
North Carolina
Ian
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Bridge Contracts Are Awarded In Ohio
COLLMBUS O Sept embarger Engineering and Construction Co Sandusky was awarded a 3122 890 contract by the State highway department for bridge and road work on four sections of highway 3 in the county. Wilmore Paving Co Middlewoy was awarded a 51 9 68 contract for con crete work on three sections of highway 19 in Montgomery. C C Morrow Crestline received the award for siding a bridge and repairing to concrete one section of highway 203 in Crawford county valued at 24 222 84. Dan Wissig Bucyrus got a 20 652 contract for repair by concrete of section F highway in Crawford county. A 5 871 60 contract for constructing a concrete slab bridge along section F of highway 7. Van Wert county awarded to W H Mertz St John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collmbus
Embarger Engineering and Contraction Co
Sandusky
State Highway Department
Wilmore Paving Co
Middlewoy
Montgomery
C. C. Morrow
Crestline
Crawford County
Biad
Dan Wissig
Bucyrus
van Wert
Two Bandits Rob Kucita Drug Store In Cleveland
Two masked robbers held up the Kucita drug store in Cleveland Ohio and fled after a chase led by owner William Kuchia. The men escaped in an automobile as about forty pedestrians joined in pursuit. The robbers obtained cash and fled amid a panicked crowd of onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland. O
Kucita
William Kuchia
Kuchta
Georgia Woman Sentenced To Die In Chair
CHATSWORTH Georgia Mrs Eula Thompson was sentenced in circuit court to die in the electric chair on September 21 for the murder of Coleman Osborne a country store keeper a year ago This is her second sentence after an appeal of the first sentence was denied If clemency is denied she would be the first woman to die in Georgia s electric chair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatsworth
Eula Thompson
Coleman Osborne
Georgia
Lorain County Teachers Meet Here
Lorain County teachers plan four Saturday meetings to organize for the school year. Principal, science, and elementary grade teachers will meet in directors rooms of local savings banks while Dr C D Barrett of Oberlin will discuss health and another speaker will address Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
C. D. Barrett
Ober Lorain County Health Commissioner
Winnipeg Faces Infantile Paralysis Epidemic
Serum rushed by special train from Toronto to aid the Winnipeg effort as 14 schoolchildren have died. Schools closed after 25 cases were recorded following the summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmnipeg. Man
Toronto
Plane tour ends in fatal Wreck at Rockford Ohio
An eight thousand mile privately funded air tour across the United States and Canada ended with a fatal crash near Rockford Ohio. Pilot M. R. Headler of Packard Electric Co. died when the Stinson Detroiter struck a power line and plunged into the Rocky River. Four passengers from Rockford suffered injuries two serious. Distributors who planned to join the flight were detained by illness. The plane had been in use by Packard since purchase from Thompson Aeronautical Corp and stored at the Warren Warren airport until the Rockford trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States
Canada
Rockford
Til
Tate
M. R. Headler
Packard Electric Co
Rocky River
A. N. Wolcott
Illess
Heather
Packard Company
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Thompson
Warren
School Board To Meet This Afternoon
The Elyria Board of Education will convene at the Washington Building at 4 29 oclock for the regular monthly meeting postponed from Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Board of Education
Washington Building
Damages Sought in Lorain Auto Crash Suit
Gracien Sulewski of Lorain seeks 500 dollars in a common pleas case filed against Ben Shubert of 246 West Street Elstia. The suit, filed in Lorain, cites a collision at the east Sth street and Broadway corner on June 10 as the basis for damages to Sulewskis automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracien Sulewski
Lorain
Dieas
Ben Shubert
West Street
Elstia
Sth Street
Broadway
Community Bible Class Being Organized in City
A plan to organize a city wide interdenominational men Bible class was learned today. The committee aims to meet Sunday mornings at various suitable locations and will invite both church and non church members to participate. The class seeks a qualified Bible teacher and will announce the final arrangements when definite venue is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee City
Injunction Sought by Ohio Farmers Co operative Milk Asso
The Ohio Farmers Co operative Milk Association seeks a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction to prevent John A. Wicks of La Grange from selling milk to anyone but the plaintiff. A hearing in common pleas court before Judge W B Thompson is set for Monday after the suit was filed yesterday alleging Wicks violated a June 1 1924 agreement to sell all milk to the cooperative. The petition also seeks damages from Wicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Farmers Co-operative Milk Association
John A. Wicks
la Grange
Common Pleas Court
W. B. Thompson
Wicks
Co-operative Organization
Co-Operatives
Co-Operative Association
S Wicks
Three Fined In Lorain For Liquor
In Lorain municipal court Judge J. F. Strenick fined three men jailed by the Lorain Booze squad for liquor violations. Gabriel Elinar received 300 for possession of a still and 300 for possession of liquor. Joseph Zahala was fined 500 plus costs for possession of liquor. John Guy paid 100 for possession of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
J. F. Strenick
Gabriel Elinar
East, 33Rd Street
Joseph Zahala
East 25Th Street
John Guy
East 28Th Street
Kinnar
Imo
Guy
Judge grants temporary injunction on school district transfer
Common Pleas Judge W B Thompson issued a conditional temporary injunction stopping the Lorain County Board of Education from transferring funds and students from Columbia Special School District No 2 to the Columbia centralized district. Gerald Crum, petitioner and Columbia district elector, must post a $2 bond. The suit seeks to halt the July 3 board resolution amid claims of lacking a required petition signed by two thirds of district electors. County Superintendent R P Vaughn was unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
Lorain County Board of Education
Columbia
Gerald Crum
Common Pleas Court
Crum
Columbia Rural
Columbia Special School
R. P. Vaughn
Walcott Nominee for U S Senator at Republican State Convention
Frederick C. Walcott, a Red Cross executive linked to Herbert Hoover in European relief, won the Republican nomination for United States senator at the New Haven state convention by 196 votes to 24 after his opponent William E. Blodgett was defeated. Gov. John H. Trumbull was nominated unanimously to succeed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven. Conn
Seni
Frederick C. Walcott
William E. Blodgett
United States
Walcott
Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
John H. Trumbull
John Coolidge
Boy Injured As Bicycle Chain Catches Leg
Walter Osborne aged 18 of 175 Warren Avenue suffered a right leg injury when it was caught in his bicycle chain last night. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Osborne
Warren Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Political Battle in Brief Signals Parties Unite Against Smith
Governor Smith plans a September 16 start to stress farm and western appearances with a campaign stop in Omaha on September 18. Republicans discuss wooing anti-Smith voters in the old South while Hoover drafts a Newark speech close to his acceptance address. Reed declines VP on the farmer labor ticket and backs Smith’s Democratic ticket. Robinson to speak in Tennessee and Koolville, with anti Salo on opposing Smith over prohibition. Dr. McBride of the anti Prohibition League says opposition to Smith stems from policy not religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Omaha
Neb
F. Scott McBride
anti-Saloon League
Egg caper foiled as thieves flee town
Eaton Ohio Sept 7 a card party ended early and a gang in a yellow trimmed sedan attempted to loot every business in town They bound robbed and dumped night watchman Andrew Wright in a cornfield then looted Spring Brothers Department Store Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Swisher fired as the robbers exchanged gunfire One bandit was wounded and the crew escaped with about 500 in clothing The store had been looted for 1500 three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Brothers Department Store
Kenneth Swisher
Swisher
Wright
G O P factions in Ohio get together
In Columbus a Republican meeting of campaign leaders candidates and party members marked the start of national and state campaigns. Campaign manager Harry B. Silver said the confab healed many party rifts and signaled a harmonious union. Theodore Burton urged no trucking while Col Carmi A. Thompson Thad H. Brown and Arthur H. Nixon spoke behind closed doors. Y Cooper missed due to another engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harry B. Silver
Foy Silver
Washington
Silver
Theodore &. Burton
Cleveland
Carmi A. Thompson
Thad H. Brown
Arthur H. Nixon
Dertov
State Central Committee
Y. Cooper
Mominse
John Coolidge Celebrates 22nd Birthday in Northampton
John Coolidge is 22 years old today in Northampton where he lived before. Secret Service companion Tusgel Wood says no official plans for a celebration have been made and Coolidge will spend the day with neighbors and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Tusgel Wood
Secret Service
Cooltcee
Child Injured by Auto in Elyria
A 7 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Yost of 511 Taylor Street, was struck by a car driven by Carl Goetz of 126 Fourth Street this afternoon. Police say the child ran into the path of the vehicle as it traveled west on Taylor Street. The child was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital by Goetz. Traffic Officer Lloyd Sweet reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notothy West
Carl Yost
Taylor Strest
Carl Goetz
Fourth, Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Goetz
Lloyd Sweet
Taylor, Street
Sandusky Fire Destroys Production Plant
A blaze at The Products Company in Sandusky caused an estimated loss of $250,900 and halted operations. Firemen struggled as wind fanned the flames, with chemical vats aiding the fire. The plant employed 69 men and 148 women. several firemen were injured lightly. Origin undetermined but likely near chemical vats. rebuilding planned immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des
Rowland Leads Transcontinental Air Derby Stop Details
Oklahoma City reports Earl Rowland arriving from Wichita at 10 47 a m in a Cessna monoplane as fueling continues in the national air derby. Dake, Whitman, and others posted earlier landings in Wichita and Richards Airport as routes toward Fort Worth and Oklahoma City unfold amid weather delays and repeated postponements for classes B and C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kas
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Tex
Robert Dake
L. Whitman
Sailor Drowns in Lorain River Accident
A sailor named Saragher, based in Lorain for the summer, fell into the Black River just north of the Nickle Plate bridge and drowned. Coroner Myles Perry ruled the death accidental after investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Pat Sarasher
North Park Row
Eris
Black River
Saragher
Corone
Myles Perry
Lorain Church Petitions To Borrow Funds
First Baptist Church of Lorain filed a petition in common pleas court asking trustees be allowed to mortgage church property at 326 Iowa Avenue for up to 500 to pay debts on other church property. Return from Toledo for non support John R Nichols charged with non support brought to Elyria, arraigned before Justice S J George pled not guilty released on 500 dollar bond for hearing this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petitins
Common Peas Court
First Baptist Church of
Lorain
Iowa Avenue
Toledo
John R. Nichols
Elyria
Court of Justice
S. J. George
Nichols
Mother rescues child from Black River in effort to save him
Mrs Wilson Little of 139 Charles Court jumped into Black River to save her 12 year old son Loren who was struggling to stay afloat. A huckster carried the boy to a neighbor’s home as fire crews were summoned. Mrs Little had warned neighbors earlier that river danger had claimed another child. River water stood about three feet deep where the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Little
Charles Court
Black Fiver
Loren
Bairy
Central Fire Station
Thieves Loot Newark Shoe Store and College on Broad Street
Burglars last night broke into the Newark shoe store and the Elsha Business College on Broad Street. About $32 was taken from the shoe cash drawer and three sweater coats from the college. The college safe was ransacked and a suit of clothes and sweater costs were found in a rear room of the Sunbeam Heating Co. The entrance to the shoe store was gained by breaking a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urglars
Newark Shoes
Elsha Business College
Broad Street
Shoe
Business Eclipse
Business College
Sunbeam Heating Co
Teachers To Hear Of Junior Red Cross Work
Miss Esther Hardy national representative of the Junior Red Cross will address Lorain county teachers tomorrow. She will bring materials for Fremont schools to exchange with foreign counterparts and share work from foreign students received by Fremont schools. Hardy will meet those seeking more about the Junior Red Cross or the Lorain Co Bank committee room. It is noted the Hamilton building has enrolled all its rooms for the school year in the Junior Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hardy
Juniors Red Cross
Lorain County
Fremont
Hardy
Junior Red Cross
Lorain Co. Bank
Hamilton
Tube Company To Operate At 92 Percent
Lorain officials of the National Tube Company announced the plants will operate at 92 percent capacity next week, a five percent increase over this week. Mrs Emma Cowen of Eighth Street suffered four crushed fingers on Wednesday when her hand was caught in the washing machine wringer, requiring several stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tube Company
Lorain
National Tube Company
Emma Cowen
Eighth St
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Loci Street
Illingis
South
Rock River
Bible Glass
CNTY
Hoover
Senate
Old South
Newark
James A. Reed
Farmer-Labor
Democratic Party
Joseph T. Robinson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Koolville
Eaton
Rowland
Lfadin AI Nery
Roosevelt Field
Prnot
Lorain Church
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