Rescue of man trapped 35 foot well after cave-ins
Wilkies Priest, 57, was rescued alive after 40 hours trapped in a 35-foot well at Ottumwa IA. He endured crushing suction from quicksand, drank water, received opiate pain relief, and was rushed to a hospital amid concerns of internal injuries. Rescuers used a tunnel beside the shaft to reach him. Red Emery aided in the final lift.
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Ottumwa
Wilkies Priest
Priest
Red
Emery
Leo Rater
Rater
Hoover Strikes At Big Navy Lobby
Washington, Sept 7. The Big Navy Lobby opposing Hoover's naval reduction program faced close scrutiny by the Justice Department and the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to determine motives. President Hoover and Senator Borah urged investigations into a New York suit by naval expert William B. Shearer against Newport Ship Building for the cruiser Houston and a $200,000 claim for propaganda services by Bethlehem Steel and Brown-Boveri.
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Washington
Navy
Hoover
Justices Department
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Borah
Idaho
Naval Affairs Committee
New York
William B. Shearer
Navy Group
Newport Ship Building Company
Houston
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
S Brown-Boveri Company
White House
Roosevelt
Hale
Senate
Wilson
Coolidge
Wash
Bowdler's Career Path From England to Elyria Teacher
Wilfrid Bowdler, born in England, moved to Canada in 1913 and the U S the following year. He worked as a contractor in Minneapolis for 18 months, studied at Stout Institute Wisconsin, then taught manual training at Garford Faalor High School in Johnstown. Bowdler moved to Elyria in 1918 to teach mechanical drawing, led the city night school for years, and now enters his twelfth year at the Elyria High School. He is married with two sons and resides at 519 Park Place. His boyhood dream was to engineer two large ocean liners.
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Wilfrid Bowdler
England
Canada
United States
Minneapolis
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Wisconsin
Garford Faalor
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Elyria
Bowdler
Park Place
Britain wins Schnei der cup with seaplane speed records
In Ryde England wins the 1929 Schneider Cup from Italy as British fliers shatter world seaplane speeds on a 350 kilometer course. Warhorn posts 3258 mph average, with lap speeds from 324 to 331 mph, while Dal Molin and Grieg trail. Cardingher and Monti crash landings end Italian hopes.
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Ryde
Isle OF Wight
England
Italy
H. R. DB. Wagborn
R. L. Atcherley
Britain
Atcherly
Tomass Dal Molin
Waghorn
Dal Molin
Warhorn
Grieg
Legionaires to Depart Sept for Louisville Convention
Elyria Legion post plans to attend the national convention in Louisville starting September 29. Members will be quartered in a barracks like lounge at the Kosar hotel, with drum and bugle corps competing on October 2. Return trip to Elyria is set for the following Thursday, with rail fare for non members at 26 dollars round trip.
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Elyria
American Legion
Legion
Louisville
Jerry Ferguson
Elrria
Ferguson
Earl Greenland
Kosar Hotel
Elyria Post
Akron
King Albert
Belgium
Organize Health Program In Elvria Schools For 1829 1930
Plans for organizing health work in Elvria schools for the 1829 1930 year began at a conference of school officials and health workers. The department gains a new nurse, Mrs. R L Ellis, joining Miss Norah Abbe. Dr Oscar E Townsend directs the physical division while Dr Robert S Wilson heads the dental division. Details will be decided next week as Townsend and Wilson prepare recommendations. A system to record every child’s health status is to be devised for officials, with questions over whether all grades or only certain grades will be examined this year.
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Elvria
R. L. Ellis
Norah Abbe
Busiet Week for Commissioners Sees Bond Plans Placed
The Board of County Commissioners completed one of its busiest weeks in years. Clerk Frank Selienberger reports final arrangements to place three bond issues totaling over two and a half million dollars on the November ballot. The week included ditch cleaning petitions, routine office work, and steps to alleviate crowded jail conditions.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frank Selienberger
Cascade Park Pool Hailed For Summer Idle Then Overhaul
Cascade Parks swimming pool, closed since Labor Day, is being overhauled and prepared for the winter season idleness. The pool remains the sole park facility dropped as fall approaches, even as tourist traffic at Cascade Park shows no decline per park board members.
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Cascade Parks
Cascade Park
British Air Ace and Two Others Die in Persia Crash
Bulletin reports Captain A C Woodbridge British World War ace and Baron Von Richthofen killer from 1917 killed near Jask Persia when the London to India plane caught fire. Two others die, including W G Bell of the Indian Forestry Commission and an Imperial Airways staff member. Two more are seriously injured.
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London
A. C. Woodbridge
Baron von Richthofer
Jask
Persia
India
Imperial Airways Compan
W. G. Bell
Indian Forestry Commission
Imperial Airways Sn
A. G. A. Holds Encampment at Portland
The Grand Army of the Republic and allied groups gather in Portland Maine for National Encampment 15 000 strong with auxiliary societies. Veterans and families attend events from a Gettysburg tablet presentation to a banquet, parades, receptions, and business sessions.
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Portland
Grand Army of the Republic
Gateway of America
Boys In Blue
Quondam
Union
A. E.F
Women’s Relief Corps
Sons and Daughters of Union
Sons of Union
GAR
Grand Army
State Street Congregational Church
John Reese
Broken Bow
Neb
Elyria Enrollments Hit 4634 in First Week of 1929-30
Elyria city schools closed their first week of the 1929 1930 year with 4634 enrolled Superintendent R C Maston reports the gain of 241 over last year opening day enrollment was 217 grade schools total 3211 and high school 1423. The Allen School opening next week is expected to boost gains toward double the average.
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Elyria
R. C. Maston
Allen
Hoover to Make Westward Travel Next Month
Washington September 7 President Hoover has decided to venture westward in the coming month the White House announced today plans for a presidential trip to western states during the fall season including stops and public appearances by the President sought to rally support and inspect sites along the route
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Bullletin
Washington
Hoover
White House
Kirby to Preach Final Sermon at Local Church
Rev Ed Win Kirby will deliver what he calls his final sermon at First M E church Elyria. The eight year pastorate is the longest in his career and will include remarks on closing his ministry. Sunday service will be a closing sermon on A Possible Program for the Coming Year before he leaves for the Cambridge Methodist Conference.
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Edwin Kirby
Kirbr
Kirby
Elyria
Cambridge
Allen School Delayed Opening to September 13
The Allen school opening is postponed from Monday to Friday next week with enrolment at 8 30 a m. Students will enrol and receive instructions then take a short session before returning the following Monday for actual classes. The delay aims to avoid disruption to work and ensure the building is practically completed.
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New Allen
R. 0. Maston
Maston
Board of Education
Paest
Lindbergh Joins Search For City of San Francisco
Col Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow flew from Lambert Field at 5 43 AM to help locate the missing airliner City of San Francisco. The hunt spread across eastern Arizona and western New Mexico as teams from 25 commercial and private planes scoured rough terrain for clues amid uncertain weather and fading leads.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lambert- St. Louis
Winston, Ariz
City of San Francisco
Lindbergh
United States
Frank Hawks
Winslow
Ariz
America
Atlantic
Col. Lindbergh
Here
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Arizona
New Mexico
Wases
D. W. Tomlinson
Maddux Air Lines
Navy
Walp
Tomlinson
Charles Goldtrap
Phoenix
J. B. Raymond
Glendale
Cai
B. McGaffey
William H. Beers
New York City
Harris Livermore
Boston
N. W. Campbell, Cincinnat; Chief Pilot J. B. Stowe
Long Beach
Cal
A. E B. Dietel
New Braunfels
Texas
Courier C. F. Canfield
Santa Fe
Merchfield
Riverside
North Island
Kingman
Line
Hagt
New First Ward Councilman Sworn In
Walter S. Kohn, elected to complete the unexpired term, was sworn in by notary Harvey Cheney after resignation by Scott Gilmore due to ill health. Kohn, 41, has seven years in local business with Kohn and Corts and holds positions with the Chamber of Commerce and the M C A.
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First Ward
Scott Gilmore
Walter S. Kohn
Kohn
Kohn and Corts
Purdue University
Guarantee Title and Trust
Guardian Trust Companies
Cleveland
Cleveland Street
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Masonic, Elks, Spring Valley
Cheese and Cracker
Harvey Cheney
Pleads Guilty To False Pretense Charge
Charlies M. Fowler 73 of New York City pleaded guilty in police court to a false pretense scheme. Bond set at 500 dollars. Fowler traced from Elyria to Marion after promising workers a week’s pay by assembling home kits for 35 dollars for tools. He admitted involvement and claimed urgency to pay a debt. Six victims filed complaints.
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Charlies M. Fowler
New York City
Grand Jersey
James A. Hewitt
Fowler
Marion
Ohio
Elyria
Benarian
Cleveland
Sophia M
Ford L. Biggs
Prisoners Segregated At Once In Medina County Jail
County Commissioner George Rhoads and Sheriff Clar ents E Adams announced emergency segregation of diseased and healthy prisoners at Medina County Jail. Diseased inmates will be moved to women’s cells, freeing space and preventing contact. Dr G B French noted three to four prisoners with social diseases to be isolated. Overcrowding cited due to liquor law enforcement and gambling cases, with women prisoners temporarily housed and capacity to increase by about ten.
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George Rhoads
Clarents E. Adams
Rhoads
Thomas Peebles
Charles Murray
Medina County
Medina
City Health
G. BE. French
French
Adams
Lorain
Sherif
Heavy Rain Floods New Orleans Districts
A 10.35 inch rainfall in 24 hours flooded the downtown New Orleans area, disrupting traffic and halting business. Streets, many below river level, were inches to feet deep with water. Virtually every building in the low-lying parts damaged, and the Ssenger theatre was flooded. Transportation and streetcar services, already hurt by a three month strike, were paralyzed in many areas by the flood.
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New Orleans
Downstown
Ssenger Theatre
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G.A. A
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First Methodist Church
Hunt
Tsing
Medina County Jail
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