Lad in Serious Condition at Hospital
Lorain September 17 George Vanko Jr 16 of Stop 48 Elyria Avenue is in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital after being shot through the forehead last night by his father George Yanko who mistook him for a thief The youth was shot about 6 30 p m after going to the grape arbor behind the home to pick grapes His father had recently been robbed and had losses of chickens and two cows and was on the lookout when he fired The youth remained unconscious today
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Lorain
George Vanko, Jr
Elyria Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
George Yanko
Yanko
Oberlin Opens 97th College Year With Welcome Back
STAFF CORRESPONDENT reports Oberlin town buzzes for the opening of Oberlin College and other schools for the 1929 30 year. Upperclassmen return tomorrow with registration in the morning and an address by President Ernest Hatch Wilkins on Liberalism at 4 30 p m. First chapel service signals start of the academic year along with openings of the high school kindergarten training school and School of Commerce. The town resumes nine months of education activity.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Oberlin School of Commerce
Finger Laceration at General Industries Leaves Worker Hospitalized
Lela LaBarie aged 23 employed at General Industries sustained a severe laceration to the index finger of her left hand. She was treated at the emergency department of Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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General Industries
Lela LaBarie
West Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Machinist’s Career Spans Major Firms and War Work
W A Schmmitigen began a 3.5 year apprenticeship at National Tube Company, then 3 years as tool maker at Garford Motor Car Company, followed by Dean Electric Company. He spent 20 years at General Industries, led shell factory work during the war, and returned as chief inspector and then factory manager. He lives at Cleveland street and Case road, is married, and enjoys horticulture.
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W. A. Schmmittgen
National Tube Company
Garford Motor Car Company
Dean Electric Company
General Industries Company
Shell Facty
Inter
Scnmitigen
Cleveland Street
Case Road
Heflin Demands Resignation of Raskob as DNC Chair
Senator Heflin of Alabama demands the resignation of John J. Raskob as Democratic National Committee chairman. He accuses the party machinery of acting as a private agency to promote Governor Smith for president in 1932.
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Heflin
Raskob Bulletin
Washington
Dem. Ala
John J. Iaskbeh
Democratic National Committee
Berty Machinery
Smith
Akron church hires Kirby as Akron district superintendent
Dr Edwin Kirby, pastor of Elyria M E church for eight years, is named superintendent of the Akron district in the Northeast Ohio Conference. He succeeds Rev A B Piper, who becomes Elyria First M E Church pastor. The transfer, announced after the Cambridge Conference closing, reflects local support for both ministers.
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A. E. Piper
First M. Church
Byers Ave
Akron Ohio
M. E. Church
Elyria
Geo. H. Chamberlain
Pulpit Supply Com
Edwin Kirby
Methodist Episcopal Church
Akron
Northeast Ohio
A. B. Piper
Cambridge
Mount Vernon
Kirby
Piper
Kirpy
Dr. Piper
Pennsylvania
Dickinson College
University of Pennsylvania
Phi Beta Kappa
Philadelphia
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church of
Wilkesbarre
America
Emory Methodist Church of
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue Methodist Church
Docket Proofs 1015 Bar Cases for September Term
The clerk of courts distributed September term bar dockets to county attorneys ahead of the Common Pleas Court opening next Monday. The docket lists 1015 cases and includes names of county officials, 95 County Bar Association members, 29 justices of the peace, and 28 township clerks, plus other guidance for lawyers.
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Common Pleas Court
County Bar Association
Smoke Hangs Over Portland In Deadly Forest Fire
Forest fires raged across Santa Paula Canyon and Oregon fronts causing extensive damage. Seven thousand plus acres burned with 500 on the line near Santa Paula Mineral Springs. Eleven lives reported lost as fires swept farms, schools, mills, and wildlife. Estacada and nearby towns trapped by flames before wind shifts offered escapes. recovery and damage costs run into millions with ongoing fire fronts and evacuations.
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Santa Paula
Calif
Santa Paula Canyon
Santa Paula Mineral Springs
Ojal
Portland
Ore
Estacada
Yacob
Clark County
Washington
St. Helene
A. Galligani
Elyria Merchants Prepare Fall Opening Night Parade
Elyria merchants complete arrangements for a Wednesday night fall opening. New stocks in lighted windows will attract shoppers from the city and surrounding territory. More than 50 awards worth hundreds of dollars will be presented by participating merchants. A parade and drill by the American Legion drum and bugle corps will headline the event, staged by the Elyria Chamber of Commerce merchants division.
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Elyria
Mecca
American Legion
Merchants Division
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Building Code Draft Nearing City Council Action
The final draft of a proposed Building Code for the city has been completed and will be presented to the city council for action. Service Director John N. Eidt said experts were consulted and copies distributed to contractors and architects for review. The ordinance would regulate inspections of plumbing wiring and building work.
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Solona
John N. Eidt
Court opens docket as Lorain appeals heard this week
The District Court of Appeals began work on a 20 case docket with Judges Washburn Funk and Pardee on the bench. Four minor cases were heard this morning while tomorrow afternoon’s session will include the city of Lorain appeal. The court expects to finish by Friday though rulings come later. Meanwhile deputies led by Sheriff Adams searched woods south of Elyria after farmer Butcher reported a nude man seen entering a cornfield. Despite footprints and a parked car, investigators found no man by daylight.
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District Court of Appeals
Clarence G. Washburn
Elyria
Ross W. Funk
Wooster
William E. Pardee
Akron
Lorain
Lorain County
New York
Adam
Clarence E. Adams
H. L. Butcher
East River
LaPorte
Butcher
Sheriff’s Office
Unions Rally at Funeral of Ella May Wiggins
Ella May Wiggins, widow of five, North Carolina’s first anti union war victim, is to be buried with a ceremony by the International Labor Defense and National Textile Workers Union. A one day strike out of respect is planned. a monument will be erected in the city cemetery. Over three thousand mill workers expected. Gaston and Mecklenburg mills planned outages.
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Bessemer City
N. C
Ella May Wiggins
North Carolina
International Labor Defense
National Textile Worker’s Union
Union
Wiggins
South
New York
Workers International
Cno
Elyrians Prefer Fiction In Annual Library Report
The Elyria Library reports fiction made up 75 percent of total circulation for the year. Total circulation was 68,107 with 51,534 fiction books. per capita circulation is about 2.5, below the ideal five. The year included seven weeks of relocation, limiting operations to 45 weeks, with summer months showing strong gains. July 6,293 and August 6,201, though winter months remained higher overall.
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Make Believe
Bor! Towers of Elyria
Charlotte Brooks
Miss Brooks
Man Hurled By Sewer Gas Dies In Newburgh Disaster
Sept. 17 Newburgh New York One man dies and over twenty are injured as Hudson River tide surge pushes sewer gas into manholes. Two explosions demolish or badly damage fifty buildings and wreck blocks of pavement. William S. Green, owner of a bookstore, was hurled from his doorway into an auto and died last night.
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Newburgh
Hudson River
William S. Green
Elyria YMCA clubs plan fall and winter activities
Elyria YMCA activities are resuming for the fall and winter season after a quiet summer. The Fouxs Meas Club held its first meeting under the new rotation at the YMCA with a clam bake planned. The Agends Club and Bly Rifle Club prepare season openers and new classes, with Major James A Heart set to speak at the Agenda Club.
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Elyria ¥. M. CA
Fouxs Meas
M.C. A
Pisa
Newell
James A Heart
Bly
West Avenue
Yerry
Pike Club
M. Hurlbut
Resolution to probe Trans-Continental crash in New Mexico
Washington Sept 17 A resolution to authorize a senatorial investigation of the fatal crash of the Trans-Continental Air Transport liner Cit of San Francisco on Mount Taylor New Mexico Sept 3 was introduced by Senator Bratton Den New Mexico The measure would also authorize investigations of two other interstate air commerce accidents and wrecks to determine causes and possible corrective action
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Washington
Cit
San Francisco
Mount Taylor
New Aexico
Bratton
Den
New Mexico
Hold Suspects in Lorain Robbery
Two Cleveland men, Ross Baratie aged 22 and James Grissman 23, were held in Lorain city jail for the Lorain Street Railway office robbery on September 10. Identified by night dispatcher A F Overmyer and Lorain resident Mrs Clara Mitchell, they were arrested in Akron and brought to Lorain by detective Britt Buda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Cleveland
Lorain City
Lorain Street Railway
Akron
Ross Baratie
James Grissman
A.F. Overmyer
The
Street Railway Company
Clara Mitchell
Britt Buda
Bandits Hold Up Colonial Sweet Shoppe on Fifth Street
Four youths robed the Colonial Sweet Shoppe at Fifth street and Middle avenue at 10 pm, holding up proprietor Joe Hallet and three customers. They escaped in a small car east on Fifth, then north, taking ninety dollars total including seventy from Hallet. Suspects described as three in dark suits and one in a light suit. Addresses for two customers listed.
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Fifth Street
Middle Avenue
Joe Hallet
E. V. Aldrich
Art Towne
Cleveland Street
Walter Rust
Caroline Avenue
Halier
Hallet
Turn Your Unused Items Into Cash with a Want Ad
List items you no longer need in a brief Chronicle-Telestam Want Ad. A two or three line notice can reach 10,000 homes and generate fast responses for clutter you want to remove.
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Chronicle - Telestam
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