Coolidge Considers Exiting 1928 Presidential Race
President Coolidge signaling he does not choose to be a candidate again discussed with Rep. Tilson after returning from vacation. Tilson urged regular session focus on tax reduction flood control and general program while Curtis pressed abandoning a special session to handle election concerns for Smith and Ware.
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Washington
Coolidge
Rep
Tilson
House
White House
Asheville
Congress
Curtis Republican
Senate
Frank L Smith
Eimois
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Curtis
Balloon contest narrows field in Gordon Bennett race
Detroit observers report seven balloons still aloft aiming for Florida after a Ford airport launch. Six landings confirmed, including Italy and England entries. others remain airborne or hidden. Belgica and Paris Brussels down near Dunn North Carolina. Goodyear VY reported near Belton Texas. Detroit unconfirmed among two unidentified balloons near Asheville North Carolina at dawn.
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Detroit
Ford
Florida
Earth
Abuz
Italy
The
Bee
England
Brandenburg
Germany
Allien & Army
Helvetia
Switzerland
Rex
Belgica
Dunn
Ralph Upson
Goodyear
Belton
Asheville
Wnc
Grand Army of the Republic Opens 61st National Encampment
G A R veterans gather in Grand Rapids Michigan as the 61st national encampment opens with a civic parade. Gov. Fred W. Green and Mayor Vivin Swarthout welcome attendees. Commander in chief Frank A. Walsh says the encampment will not end soon. Five candidates contest the new command post including Reese, Town, Cole, Coney, and Hawk.
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Grand Karup
Micn
Bull Run
Appomatox
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Fred W. Green
Vivin Swarthout
Frank A. Walsh
Milwaukee
Walsh
John T. Reese
Broken Bow
Kansas
Samuel. Town
Philadelphia
Frank Cole
Jersey City
Patrick Coney
Topeka
Elbrizze L Hawk
Sacramento
California
Hill at Scene of Crime Proclaims Innocence in Slain Mother Case
In Streator Illinois on September 12 harry Hill was taken to the basement of his home where the body of his murdered mother was found. He insisted on his innocence and faced investigators with determined composure.
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Streator
Flarry Hill
Auto road planned to view Cascade Park sights
Work begins on a Cascade Park auto roadway enabling visitors to view Elyria’s park features from a car. D Y Robertson leads eight men as Frank Wilford describes a route from Lodist gate to the river, west branch crossing, west falls, Glendale court, natural bridge, Hillsdale court, and Washington avenue, with fords instead of bridges. The plan aims for two cars wide and completion by fall if weather holds.
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Cascade Park
Elyria
D. Y. Robertson
Frank Wilford
City Park Commission
West Branch
West Falls
Glendale Court
Hillsdale Court
Elywood
Washington Avenue
Wilford
Alliance claimed between Haynes and Willis for mutual benefit
A West Ohio Methodist conference minister said Roy Haynes former head of the federal prohibition department and U S Senator Frank B Willis aligned for mutual gain. Willis helped Haynes become a lay delegate to the general church conference and hopes to name him chairman of the temperance board, boosting both their clout. The minister noted Willis depicted Haynes as a dry martyr to sway lay voters.
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Delaware
Roy Haynes
Federal
Prohibition Department
U. S
Frank B. Willie
West Ohio Methodist Conference
Willis
Haynes
General Conference
Methodist Board of Temperance and Morals
Clarence True Wilson
Wills
Washington
Guarded Bridge Over Ohio River Amid Dynamite Fear
In Gallipolis Ohio on September 12, authorities guard the New York Central railroad bridge crossing the Ohio four miles from town. The guard follows reports of a dynamite plot as coal cars from West Virginia move daily toward the Great Lakes region.
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Gallipolis
New York Central
Ohio River
Kananga
West Virginia
Great Lakes
Madison County Storm Ravages Crops and Homes in Ohio
A weekend storm hit Madison County centered near Big Plain causing crop damage unroofed buildings and damaged telephone lines. Strong winds destroyed substantial corn and a lightning strike at J. Tenry's Sedalia farm reportedly killed 30 hogs.
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London
Madison County
Big Plain
J. ¥. Tenry
Sedalia
Gas Question At Council Tonight
City council will meet in adjourned session to reexamine the gas rate issue. The September 6 meeting planned another discussion aiming for a fair rate for all parties. The current franchise with Logan Gas Co. expires in August 1928.
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Logan Gas Co
Elyria
Captain Tells Of Aunt For Alamen
Captain David W Bone, master of the Anchor Inez Transilvania, describes his Atlantic search for the monoplane Old Glory and its three crew members. He fears Lloyd Bertaud James D I Payne are lost, says only a precise position could have saved them, and stresses the need for skilled wireless and navigation on dangerous journeys. In Grafton, Mrs. C. H. Box injures her right finger with a needle and is treated at Elyria Memorial hospital.
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New York
David W Bone
Inez Transilvania
Atlantic
Old Glory
Lloyd Bertaud
James D. I
Philip Payne
Newfoundland
Bone
Bertaud
Hill
Payne
Grafton
C. H. Box
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Merchants Plan Formal Fall Opening and Band Concert
Elyria merchants announce a formal fall opening over Wednesday and Thursday with displays of autumn merchandise. Window displays will be viewable Tuesday night, with a seven o clock inspection and a city band performing on principal streets from seven thirty to nine thirty Tuesday. More than forty merchants participate promising a notable opening in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
F. J. Fellow
Elyria Board of Trade
Six Die in Ohio Traffic Crashes Outside Franklin County
Ohio traffic deaths last weekend include six victims Alfred Curtis of Akron Frank Bean of Barberton Lloyd Machaner 29 Hartville Mary Be hod a 7 Ruth Eleanor Phillips 25 Logan and Paul Kelley 30 Martins Ferry. All were killed in crashes across Stark Cuyahoga and nearby counties.
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Ohio
Franklin County
Alfred Curtis
Akron
Frank Bean
Barberton
Canton
Lloyd Machaner
Hartville
Stark County
Mary Behoda
Bedford
Cuyahoga County
Paul Kelley
Martins Ferry
Ruth Eleanor Phillips
Logan
Circleville
Son of Sec. Of Cho Federation of Lagoa Killed
Chilticothe Ohio Sept 12 Trobert Donnelly son of Thomas J Donnelly secretary and treasurer of the Ohio state federation of labor was killed when he suffered a broken neck in an automobile collision here shortly before noon today.
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Chilticothe, O
Trobert Donnelly
Thomas J Donnelly
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Three Men Shot In Toledo
In Toledo on September 12 three men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. John W. Hogan of Detroit was injured in the head and leg by Patrolman Borman and Emery Ruden after a razor attack. Felix Rojewski, 28, may die after trying to mediate a fight involving his sister Mrs. Joseph Slewinski and her husband. Jesse Shoddle was shot in the end of the incident.
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Toledo
John W. Hogan
Detroit
St. Vincent's Hospital
Borman
Emery Ruden
Felix Rojewski
Rojewskis
Treve
Tokio aviators push toward Omura after fog delays
William S Brock and Edward F Schlee move toward Omura firing field near Sasebo as fog and storms threaten their round the world attempt in the Pride of Detroit. They left Shanghai and crossed the Yellow Sea, later returning to Omura 420 miles from Shanghai and 610 miles from Tokyo.
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Tokio
William S Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Omura
Willam $ Brock
Edward F Schlee
Globe
Sasebo
Kyushu
Shanghai
Detroit
Yellow Sea
Omura Field
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Orient
Brock
Schlee
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Florida aviatrix Ruth Elder leaves for Wheeling in Stinson monoplane
Ruth Elder and pilot George Heldeman prepared to depart Tampa in the American Girl toward Roosevelt Field and then Paris. Elder, undaunted by past disasters, said she hoped to start Atlantic crossing before Saturday and chase a Paris shopping spree next week. They arrived in Tampa from Detroit last week after a flight of just over eleven hours.
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Tampa
Fla
Mass
Ruth Elder
Florida
Aviatrix
Wheeling
W. Va
Stinson
Paris
Miss Elder
George Heldeman
Roosevelt Field
Atlantic
Indianapolis Mayor Duvall Stands Trial On Campaign Finance Charge
Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall faces a corruption case in Marion County court for allegedly accepting a 14500 campaign donation not recorded in expenditures. A 40 member jury pool is being drawn, with special judge Cassius C. Shirley presiding as Duvall attends jury selection. The case follows a grand jury indictment accusing him of distributing political favors to aid his mayoral bid.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Duvall
Mation County Criminal Court
William H. Remy
Duvall
Cassius C. Shirley
James A. Collins
aMnion County Grand Jury
Will Continue Repairing Levees
Washington reports repair work on the Mississippi flood levees will go on despite a possible funds shortage. Secretary of War Davis said he does not know where to obtain 2,000,000 dollars ruled nonborrowable from the general rivers and harbors fund but called the situation an emergency affecting life and property and pledged full presidential and congressional support to continue reconstruction.
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Washington
Mississippi
Davis
McCarl
General Rivers and Harbors Fund
Congress
Lorain Boy Struck by Car Injured Waiting for Streetcar
A Lorain boy about 12 to 14 years old was struck by a car driven by Tom Foley of Elyria while waiting for a street car at 28th Street and Wood Avenue. He sustained cuts to the body and was treated per police report. Several traffic violators were fined in Justice S. J George court for reckless driving speeding and dog violations with fines ranging from 10 to 19 dollars plus costs.
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Nick Virag
Lorain
Tom Foley
Seventh Street
Elyria
28Th Street
Wood Avenue
Polica
Nick
Court of Justice
S. J George
Frank Kehl
Marietta
Richard R. Parschke
H. N. Offenbaum
W. Idst
Cleveland
J. B. Mitchell
Harley Straitt
Flight with Courtney Transatlantic Flight Abandoned
The Waste minister Gazette reports it has ended financial backing for the protected trans Atlantic flight piloted by Captain Frank T. Courtney in a Dornier flying boat Whale. Courtney landed in Coruna Spain during the first leg from England to the Azores en route to New York.
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London
Gazette Today
Frank T. Courtney
Courtney
Coruna
Spain
England
Azores
New York
Man Hurt in Auto Crash In Lorain Area
Mike Takacs of Lorain sustained multiple lacerations to the right arm when a white machine he rode with Richard Lewis collided with a car driven by Wayne Reed of Cleveland at Middle avenue and South street. Takacs was treated at Hlyria Memorial Hospital. Both machines were damaged.
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Mike Takacs
Denver Avenue
Lorain
Richard Lewis
West Hire Avenue
Wayne Reed
Cleveland
Middle Avenue
Sth Street
Takacs
Hlyria Memorial Hospital
Judges Urged to Speed Trials to Curb Crime
Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall urged Ohio common pleas judges to expedite trials to curb crime. He said public demand is for prompt, decisive action and noted past positive responses to similar appeals. Marshall plans to assign extra judges from crowded dockets to ease delays.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Ohio
Carrington T. Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Marshall
Lorain Man Pleads Not Guilty In Dry Raid
Willam H. Patterson of Arizona avenue Lorain pleads not guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor in common pleas court arraignment. Trial set for Wednesday after Saturday arrest by O B Rankin and deputies who found eleven cases of beer two bottles of whiskey and four barrels of wine at his residence.
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Willam H. Patterson
Arizona
Lavenue
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
O. BE. Rankin
Patterson
Rankin
Three Kindergartens Open Wednesday September 21
The Mc Kinley Franklin and Ely kindergartens will open on Wednesday September 21. Superintendent R C Maston announced the session time changes from 830 to 1030 a m to 9 am to 11 am.
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McKinley, Franklin
Ely
R. C. Maston
Maston
Mines Open With Non-Union Labor In Ohio Mines
In St Clatksville and nearby towns in Belmont county, 400 non union laborers resume work as guards control access. Rail lines are running at Provident in St Clairville and Webb in Shadyside with federal injunctions enforced. Officials anticipate 2500 tons daily within a fortnight amid armed guard presence.
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ST Clatksville
Belmont County
U. S
Steubenville
Provident
St. Claireville
Webb
Shadyside
Florence
Martins Ferry
Sprague Road Contract Let Amid County Road Improvements
Lorain county progresses on 16 projects totaling over 412000 with Sprague road four mile section from Root road to Westview awarded to Homberger and Wagar of Sandusky for about 122000. County aid covers half of county line segments including widening East Bridge Street and paving Cleveland Lorain road sections as contractors wage multiple upgrades across several townships.
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Lorain County
C. T. Biggs
Sprague Road
Root Road
Westview
Cleveland
Homberger
Wagar
Sandusky
Cuyahoga County
East Bridge Street
Cleveland-Lorain
Pearl Street
Oberlin-Norwalk
Kipton
Gore-Orphanage
Henrietta Township
Brigitton Township
Oberlin Avenue
Lorain
Russia Road
Russia Township
New Lonton- Lafayette
Huntington Township
Butternut Ridge
Carlisle Township
Garfield
Brownhelm
Grafton
Belden-Avon Road
Belden County Line
Casa Road
Lorain Democrats Pick Davey to Run for 1928 Governor
Lorain on September 12 reports 2000 Democrats at Lincoln park picnic drafted Congress man Martin L. Davey as Democratic nominee for governor in 1928. Davey did not state his decision. He was the principal speaker at the Lorain club event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Martin L. Davey
Lincoln Park
Davey
More Suits On Bar Docket For September Term
One thousand and twenty eight lawsuits are set for hearing in the September term opening September 26. The docket shows nearly two hundred more cases than last year, according to clerk Miss Mabel Marsh. It was distributed to attorneys today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Marsh
Former Cashier Antonucci Sentenced for Embezzlement
Antonucci, former cashier of the Commercial National Bank of Youngstown Ohio, was sentenced to six years in a federal prison and fined $500 for embezzling about 40000 Italian lire entrusted by fellow Italians. He pleaded guilty saying he believed he had not more than 3900 worth of the currency. He claimed moral pressure from farming losses led to the scheme.
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Cleveland
Rpeneditto Antonucci
Commercial National Bank of
Youngstown
Ohio
Aptowsert
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