Lorain shooting probe widens as grand jury hears propellant case
Lorain County grand jury questions Richard Heywood father of Betty Heywood 22 after she was shot in the neck during a dry squad pursuit of a liquor cargo. Ketling and others recount gunfire seven shots fired as officers tried to stop the car. Miss Heywood steadily improves at Lorain Hospital. State Senator Bender and Eugene Roberts offered counsel. Heywood declines. British subjects Heywood and father with no plan to refer to British Consul.
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N. O
Charles Edwards
Stephen Ketling
Ketling
Miss Heywood
Fra Klady
Knitter
Louis Cicci
Lorai
Prohibition Squad
Bondon
Bender
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Ohio Constitutional Government League
Andugene Roberts
Youngstown
League
Elyria
Heywood
Rev W H Huff Dies at Hotel After Speech
The Rev William H Huff 67 internationally known Methodist evangelist collapsed and died from heart failure in the lobby of the Havlin Hotel after delivering an exhausting address at Hyde Park Community Church Cincinnati. His home was 28 Royce Avenue Sioux City Iowa leaving a widow and four children. He had been in Cincinnati for a week and planned to go to Florida then South and Central America.
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William H. Huff
Hyde Park Community Church
Mr. Huff
Royce Avenue
Sioux City
Iae
Cincinnati
Hyde Park Church
Florida
South
Central America
Huff
Earl Hoon
Jerkyr
Mt Victory Bank Closed by State Officials in Mt Victory
In Mt Victory Hatlin County the Mt Victory Bank was closed this afternoon by State Bank Superintendent E H Blair after an inspection by Blair and department attorney Charles Saffin. Losses and frozen assets were cited. The bank held capital stock of 39000 with assets around 380000 according to department officials.
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Golumbus
Mt. Victory Bank
Mt. Victory
Hatlin County
State Bank
E.H. Blair
Blair
Ani
Charles Saffin
Department
Locomotive Destroyed at Brush Fork Mine near Nelsonville
In Athens Ohio on September 27 a large electric locomotive used for hauling coal at the Brush Fork Coal Company mine near Pittsburgh Nelsonville was destroyed by fire. Officials said the mine had been closed for months and was being prepared to reopen.
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Athens
Brush Fork Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville
DeForest Divorce Case Reveals Domestic Strife in Court
In Cincinnati, Cornelius W. DeForest testified in his divorce suit that his wife Ann J. DeForest nagged him for years and accused him of infidelity including a cousin. Judge Hoffman granted the divorce for gross neglect and did not approve alimony. Records show DeForest’s income at $12,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius W. DeForest
Cincinnati Club
Union Gas and Electric Company
C. W. Hoffman
Ann J. DeForest
Brookline
Brooklyn
N. Y
DeForest
Curtis injured by auto door. Curtis damaged finger in Lawton
Senator Charles M. Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee suffered a mashed finger when a car door caught it in Lawton Oklahoma. He was taken to a physician for dressing and continued his schedule with a banquet, motor parade, and visits near Ft. Sill while advocating military defense and the Kellogg pact for peace.
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Lawton
Okla
Charles M. Curtis
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma City
Curtis
Kiowa
Maj
C. P. George
Parmela George
Public defender program approved for poor defendants
The Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati authorized a one year public defender program to represent indigent prisoners in Police Court at no charge. Walter A. Knight urged the plan and pledged to cover expenses if needed. Francis T. Bartlett will run the office in City Hall with supervision from society leaders and city officials.
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Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati
Walter A. Knight
Knight
Columbus
Los Angeles
Community Chest
Legal Aid Society
City Hall
Francis T. Bartlett
Public Defender’s Office
George Silverman
Raymond J. Kunkel
A. Lee Beatty
Fred H. Hoehler
Aid Society
Col. Sherrill
Common Pleas
Boaever
Food Not Liquor Focus Of Campaign Rally In Columbus
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis told a Republican rally in Memorial Hall that food shortages, not alcohol, drive the national campaign. He praised Hoover’s policies while criticizing Gov. Smith, pledged reforms to state utilities and agriculture, and accused Smith of debt by the millions as Coolidge cut debt.
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Gov. Smith
State of New York
Coolidge
Labor
Columbus
James J. Davis
Davis
Memorial Hall
Jacks Roghie
Theodore Ey Beton
Myers Y. Cooper
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Cooper
Utilities Commission
Smith
Hoover Repudiates Letter on G O P Stationery
Washington tonight quotes a form letter on Republican stationery claiming We must save the United States from being Romanized The letter bears a signature of Virginia committeewoman and was circulated to a precinct vice chairman Mrs Clara Lyon The Republican nominee Herbert Hoover denounces the letter as inauthentic and harmful to party principles He says religious tolerance is a core American value and rejects any implication of coercion or intolerance
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Republican National Committee
United States
Clara Lyon
Virginia Highlands
Virginia
Willie E Caldwell
Republican National
Maxes
Lyon
Republican Committee
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
Curtis
National Committee
Gas Main Explosion Burns Reading Laborers
A gas main explosion at Reading road and Rockdale avenue injured six Union Gas and Electric workers. James Thoma, 49, severely burned, was not expected to survive at General Hospital. fellow laborer Nicholas Mira, 45, sustained minor burns and was taken to Jewish Hospital. A cigarette stub reportedly sparked the blast as a streetcar passed.
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Reading Road
Rockdale Avenue
James Thoma
Clark Street
General Hospital
Thoma
Joseph Byrnes
Union Gas and Electric Company
Sal
Leonard Westcott
Nicholas Mira
Central Avenue
Jewish Hospital
Insane Slayer Caught in Utah and Identified
Salt Lake City report confirms Charles Schumacher alias Clarence Beard, escaped inmate from Lansing Hospital for the Criminal Insane and Lima Ohio State Hospital, admits six Detroit bank robberies and two in Cleveland. He claims $21,000 hidden in Detroit and $45,000 on arrest. Beard, infamous bank robber and slayer, escaped Lima Hospital Labor Day with Thomas McKenna, later captured.
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Salt Lake City
Charles Schumacher
Clarence Beard
Lansing
Mich
State Hospital
Lima
Detroit
Cleveland
Schumacher
Ohio
Beard
Lima Hospital
Thomas McKenna
McKenna
Marion
Philadelphia Mayor Orders Mass Police Transfer
Philadelphia Mayor Harry A. Mackey ordered the transfer of every policeman in the city amid a grand jury probe into bootlegger and rackets. The drastic reorganization aims to uproot alleged corruption uncovered by the investigation.
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Philadelphia
Harry A. Mackey
U S Government Rejects Franco British Naval Pact
The note to Great Britain and France criticizes the pact for limiting only vessels suited to the United States. It argues proposed light cruiser and small submarine limits are ineffectual and urges broader reductions including submarines. It proposes no total tonnage cap and leaves room for further talks.
Baptist Treasurer Admits Identity in $1M Embezzlement Case
Clinton S. Carnes former treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board was arrested in Winnipeg after three days of pursuit. He admitted his identity and waived extradition, facing arraignment in Atlanta for embezzling about $1,000,000 from the board amid separate indictments for misappropriation.
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Baptist
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Clinton S. Carnes
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Carnes
Atlanta
Polhe
Betootced
Clinton
Poole
C. S. Carnes
C. H. Newton
Raleigh
N. C
D. B. Gray
Office Boys Skate Through Work at Union Central Life
Office boys in the Union Central Life Insurance Company allocate time to roller skate between tasks. Supervisor C H Dunkhorst notes rubber-tired skates reduce noise and speed trips across six floors, boosting efficiency and morale.
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Union Central
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Financial Department
C. H. Dunkhorst
Rolier
Cincinnati
Two Injured As Evanston Varnish Plant Fire Rages
A $39 000 blaze at the Blackburn plant of Cook Paint and Varnish in Evanston injured two men, William Wimmel and Siegfried Bulmenkorn, and spread through tanks containing inflammable varnish. Wimmel, 18, was severely burned when an extension cord sparked a flash that ignited gas in a tank. Bulmenkorn, 62, was bruised when his car struck a fire department vehicle. Firefighters battled the blaze as it spread to multiple buildings, triggering multiple alarms and drawing crowds while hundreds of pounds of chemical varnish burned.
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Evanston
Blackburn
Cook Paint
Varnish Company
Dana and
Floral Avenues
General Hospital
William Wimmel
Lexington Avenue
Norwood
Siegfried Bulmenkorn
Cross Lane
Fire Department
Arata
Wimmel
Houston
Washington Rejects Franco British Naval Accord
The United States government bluntly rejects the Franco British naval pact as a basis for discussion. Washington objects that it would limit only certain ship types while leaving others, including cruisers and submarines, largely unrestricted, and notes the proposal is incompatible with American disarmament aims. The note details four classes of ships and argues the plan favors nations with large merchant tonnage.
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United States
State Department
France
Great Britain
Washington
Asclns
Paris
Geneva
Coolidge
Coiditien
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Lorain Hospital
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W. H. Huff
Hyde Park
Victor Emmanuel
Fascist Council
Kingdom
Belgium
Emmanuel
Cornelius W. de Forest
Gas Company
Apulia
Brussels
Observateur
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Grand Fascist Council
Humbert
Duke of
Aosta
Italy
Rome
Soci
St Herald
London
Mussolini
POST
U.S
Workman
Insane Slayer
Utah
U. S
Lilli
Fulton Country Grand Jury
John A. Boykin
Willam Ehmet
Dana Avenue
Marshal Held
Fakroom
Floral and Dana’ Avenues
Field
Mote
Lendcon Ins
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