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The Newburgh News, New York State, 17 April 1930, p.1

Teacher in Ohio Is Indicted For Use of Paddle Upon Girl Pupil

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Elyria, O., April 17 -- Mrs. Myrtle Bradley, 22, Russia Township school teacher, has been indicted on a charge of assault and battery here by the Lorain County Grand Jury for whipping a pupil in her class with a paddle. The pupil, Mary Gerhardinger, seven, was said by a physician to have been injured. Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardinger, parents of the child, said Mary came home expectorating blood and showed them black and blue marks on her body. Mrs. Bradley declared she whipped Mary because the child "made an unnecessary display of her body after a cleanliness test."

Follow-up: 3 May 1930 - Teacher found not guilty of assault