Jurors Probing Lorain Narcotic Ring Case
Jurors reopen the Lorain narcotic ring inquiry with a two day session. Nearly a dozen cases on the docket include the narcotics investigation started earlier this term. Federal agent John Hesse from Cleveland provided evidence linking a musician a druggist and a woman to alleged underworld connections.
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Lorain
Todar
Wheo
John, Hesse
Cleveland
Lorz
Elxria
Rimz
Townsend Manager Indicted Three Times Report
Washington April 1 the evidence that Edward J Marget California state area manager for the Townsend Plan had been indicted three times today was placed before the House Old Age Pension investigators after committee argument. Robert E Clements resigned old age revolving pensions secretary treasurer testified Dr F Townsend refused to discharge Marget despite recommendation. One indictment issued in Seattle 1915 for obtaining earnings of a prostitute. Townsenudite member Tolan objected to questioning. Clements denied knowledge of a second 1914 case. Hearing adjourned to 2 pm. Sullivan argued Townsend knew of the three indictments and refused to replace Marget. Clements said records were honest. Sullivan said Marget would be subpoenaed to testify.
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Washington
Edward J. Marget
California
House
Robert E. Clements
F. T. Townsend
Marsett
Clements
James R. Sullivan
Seattle
Wash
Jonn H. Tolan
Towns Enudite
Mersey
Kings County
Tolan
Pacific Coast
Sullivan
Townsend
Margett
Colburn Appointed To Lorain Soldiers' Relief Board
George P. Colburn of 1145 Pasadena Avenue Elvriz was appointed as a member of the Lorain County Soldiers Relief Commission for a three year term. He succeeds Fred Wiezand who completed two terms and Colburn is a retired Spanish American War veteran and chairman of the Elvria Memorial War Committee.
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George P. Colburn
Pasadena Avenue
Elvriz
Lorain
Amherst Man Joins County Relief Unit
Amherst man Pippert joins the county relief unit as relief investigator. County commissioners report the position will be funded half by the county and half by FERA. Salary is $190 a month.
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Amherst
Nelson MN
Pippert
FERA
Tax receipts show 10.547 million collected in Columbus
State treasurer Harry Day announced that Columbus sales tax collections for the year to date total 10 million 547 thousand dollars. The report highlights ongoing revenue gains for the city and state.
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Columbus, CO
Harry &. Day
Weather forecast brief cloudy with possible snow north
Forecast indicates cloudy skies tonight with likely snow in the north and rain or snow in the youth portion tonight and Thursday. Expect slightly colder conditions Thursday and colder tonight in the extreme wage portion.
Germany Offers Four Month Truce In Rhineland Parley
Berlin proposes a four month military truce on the Rhineland frontier while talks begin on a broader European settlement. Hans Dieckhoff noted the period is too short for fortifications. Germany aims to reassure France and Belgium with British support during a possible interim peace.
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Germany
Rhineland
Tion
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
Yubbentrop
Foreign Office
Saint
France
Watch County Roads After Bank Hold Up at Olmsted Falls
Three masked bandits robbed the Bank of Berea at Olmsted Falls at 1 39 p m. today and fled with 1900. Sheriff Clarence W Dick and deputies Gerald Nau and Charles Leonard pursued suspects on south routes 2 and 14 in a dark Chevrolet sedan toward Elyria. Bank employees and customers were forced to lie down. robbers wore handkerchiefs over their faces.
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Bank of Berea
Olmsted Falls
Clarence W. Dick
Here
State
Gerald Nau
Charles Leonard
Oui
Elyria
Appeals Court to Hear Bomb Case in Akron
Appeals hearings for Rudolph Kopecka and Thomas Smetana, Cleveland members of the Mechanics Educational Society of America, convicted of bombing Steel and Tubes Company during a strike, will be held in Akron in April. They remain free on $14,000 bond as prosecutors announced. Co defense argues trial judge Findley denied alibi rights. alibi was barred for failure to declare intent three days before trial under a new Ohio statute.
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Rudolph Kopecka
Thomas Smetana
Cleveland
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Steel Aid Tubes Company
Akron
Howard R. Butler
Court of Appeals
C. F. Adams
Lorain
Guy B Findley
Ohio
$2,000,000 Breach Suit In Jury's Hands
In New York on April 1 a breach of promise suit valued at about $2,009,000 involving Lillian Mendals and Frederic Adam Gimbel, heir to the Gimbel department store fortune, was handed to a Supreme Court jury shortly before noon today.
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New Yor
Lillian Mendals
Frederic Adam Gimbel
Gimbel
Supreme Court
Awards Highlight Elstia High School Assembly
Forty nine athletic honors were given at Elstia High School with many students receiving letters and pins. Talks on War by Jay Howenstine and readings by Betty Nilson highlighted the program alongside public speaking and drama showcases.
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Elstia High School
Jay Howenstine
Elyria
Miami University
Jare Jones
Betty Nilson
Ohio Westeran
Hoy B. Clymer
Joseph Leo
Jack Meyer
John Lugas
Wallace Forbes
Robert Novak
Dan Gulzgin
Paul Fritz
Glen Willis
Ben Piatt
Hu Cross
Zig Wazyniak
Manezer John Rostyo
Ada Mae Ransom
Ethel Milner
Jean Brillhart
Joan McKee
Lois Fortune
Claire McGuire
Julia
Cave-In Victim Found Near Columbus
Kenneth Howshes, 60, died in an April 1 cave-in while digging an eight foot ditch near a sewer. His body, crushed under two tons of earth, was recovered yesterday after being trapped for a week.
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Columbous
Kenneth Howshes
Train Kills Ohioan Shelby
A Mansfield businessman Mr A Peck aged 58 was killed yesterday when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train near Spring Mill daylight hours. The accident occurred late yesterday in Shelby Ohio, as reported by local authorities.
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Shelby
L. A. Peck
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Spring Mill
Schoolgirls Frolic At Last Day Program For Farm Women
Lorain County farm women gathered for the annual Get Acquainted Day hosted by the extension service. exact attendance exceeded 219 with later arrivals. Grafton Home Makers Club won the largest group prize and Easter eggs. A beauty contest featured 40 participants with Mrs. John Herman winning best costume in German attire. Beulah Feakinson won funniest costume. Exhibits included Italian hemstitching and old school pictures. Miss Alice Bird received a dozen class goblets from participants. Dr. Phillips spoke on The Consumer With a Conscience noting progress toward better buying in home economics classes. the day featured readings songs and dances by 108 community groups.
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Lorain County
County Agricultural Extension Service
Grafton Home Makers’ Club
John Herman
Rochester
Herman
United States
Saxony
Germany
Beulah Feak
Inson
Oberlin Farm Women's Club
Velma Phillips
Ohio University
Alice Bird
Miss Bird
Dr. Phillips
University
Major battle reported as 7000 Ethiopians killed
An official report claims 7000 Ethiopians killed in a major engagement near Lake Aschangi in Ethiopia with Negus Emperor leading troops. Unofficial dispatches suggest Italian forces moved toward Gondar near Lake Tana, while Eritrean and Somaliland forces reported casualties and air bombardments on Ethiopian positions.
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Lakead
Ethiopia
Lake Aschangi
Pietro Badozlio
Gondar
Ker
Lake Tana
Blue Nile
Great Britain
Festerdar
Achille Starace
Fascist Party
Cit
County Receives 11000 Dollar Relief Allotment
The state relief commission granted Lorain County 311.90 for March to supplement county relief bond funds. A delegation of county commissioners and relief officials led by Neilson McFarland and Dwight Rogers conferred with state officials on the necessity of aid. Earlier reports noted Amherst and Lorain city relief funds were nearly exhausted.
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State Relief Commission
Lorain County
Columbus
Neilson McFarland
Dwight Rogers
Lorain
Amherst
Lorain City
Bay Bridge bonds plan for Sandusky Bay Bridge dedication
Ohio Bridge Commission to issue bonds for the Sandusky Bay Bridge by May 1. A two bay session opens in Toledo Friday as the bridge, bought from a New York firm, proceeds on schedule. The Sandusky Progressive Business Men's Association sets May 1 as the dedication date. Plans to rename the bridge the Thomas A Edison Bridge were dropped due to Milan’s Edison Bridge project.
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Sandusky. O
Ohio Bridge Commission
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Toledo
Sandusky Bar Zero
New York
Norman Houk
Commission
Progressive Business Men's Association of
Sandusky
Thomas A. Edison
Milan
Huron River
Edison
Death Probe Ends in Clinton County Grand Jury
After hearing 35 witnesses, the Clinton county grand jury completed its investigation of the death of Columbus Police Chief Fred F. Kundts in an automobile collision near Wilmington on March 22. The grand jury took no criminal action against eight persons involved in the accident.
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Wilmington
wPpr
Clinton County Grand Jury
Fred F. Kundts
Columbus
Here
Ohio Liquor Monopoly Is Held Invalid
Cincinnati Municipal Court Judge Otis Hess ruled the Ohio Liquor Act invalid, finding the state cannot operate a liquor monopoly under police power. Mendel, a liquor salesman, was charged with possessing untaxed liquor via shipments into Ohio. The decision, 39 pages, cites federal law prohibiting monopolies by any state or group and challenges the board’s private industry framing. The ruling will be appealed to higher courts.
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Columbus. O
Cincinnati
Jude
Wilbur Shut
Attorner
Ohio
Otis Hess
Max FR. Mendel
Mendel
Louisville
Portsmigut
Frankenstein
Hess
Tithe Liquor Control Board
Cleveland Policeman Shot Dead in Downtown Parking Lot
Patrolman Joseph Ternansky, 37, was found dead in civilian clothes in a downtown parking lot near a warehouse. He lay face down with his car ransacked and ground dug up. his badge and $11 remained in his pockets. Detective Lieutenant Tezano offered no clear motive or suspect.
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Cleveland
Joseph Ternansky
Ternansky
Stephen Tezzero
Fparrotman Ternan
Senators pry into private lives the new tyranny
Washington message reports the Black Gonanites claim ending a field investigation and denounces senatorial snooping as invading personal privacy. It warns that government overreach risks turning citizens into subjects and questions the morality of public officials probing private communications. Alice Longworth.
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Washington, D. C
Black
Alice Longworth
MrNaught Syndicate Inc
Russia warns Japan as clashes erupt on Mongolian frontier
Moscow reports fighting between Japanese Manchukuoan and Outer Mongolian troops near Monzon and near Lake Boy. Russia warns of risk of war, cites treaty to defend Mongolia, while both Ulan Bator and Tokyo report air and tank supported assaults.
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United Press
Moscow
Outer Mongolia
Tree Great
Tokyo
Ulan Bator
Hsieking
Man
Lake Boi
Boris
Japan
Ohta
Russia
Mongolia
Stemoniakov
Foreign Business Joins In Protest On Surplus Taxes
Washington April 1 foreign and domestic business interests attacked the administration tax program at hearings before the House Ways and Means Committee. The measure would sharply raise taxes on corporate surpluses to push income as dividends, a levy expected to raise about 23 million annually, with warnings it could cripple small firms and deter foreign investment. Clergy Conler of Mount Vernon Bridge Co. warned firms the size of his could fail within ten years due to depleted reserves. Dr H W A Vreenhouvwer noted that a 22 1 2 percent levy on abroad dividends might prompt foreigners to liquidate American holdings. Conney testified smaller firms have grown by reinvesting surplus to build capacity.
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Washington
Hearines
House
Ways and Means
Clvrde Conler
Mount Vernon Bridge Co
Mt. Vernon
H. W. A. Vreenhouvwer
Amsterdam, Holland
No April Contract For Street Lights
Downtown lighting may be off due to an oversight by the council or the service director. Faxon reported that council failed to authorize the director to contract for April street lighting, a month basis practice, prompting a call to Councilman Gene Thomson, chair of the lighting committee. He advised seeking continued licensing from Ohio Public Services Company. council will meet near Monday to decide.
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Elsha
Council
D- Faxon
Genrze Thomson
Mrs Hauptmann Hopeful After Stay Puts Mourning Clothes Aside
Anna Hauptmann, awaiting news of Bruno Hauptmann’s fate, sheds mourning attire after a reprieve spared her husband from the electric chair at least until Friday. She reflects on photographs of Bruno and their 29 month old child, while doctors have tended to her grippe and public sorrow eases.
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Trenton
Anna Hauptmann
Moiming
Sp.om
Hauptmann
Jury defers Hauptmann execution amid Wendel case doubts
TRENTON April 1 Prosecutor Everet Marshall said a Mercer county grand jury will defer further action on the Wendel matter and Hauptmann’s execution may be set for Friday night if delays persist. Allyne Freeman, a Gov Hoffman ally and foreman, relayed the postponement as authorities weigh three Wendel purported confessions and possible detentions in New Jersey and New York.
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Trenton
X. J
Everet Marshall
Mercer County Grand Jury
Bruno Richard Hauptmanne
Marshall
Allyne Freeman
Harold G. Hoffman
Marshal
Paul Wendel
Freeman
Mark O. Kimberling
Hauptmann
Himberling
Kimberling
Jersey
Grand
Grand Jury
Wendel
New York City
New Jersey
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Hoffman
Hauptman
Lindberch
David T. Wilentz
Parker
Mercer County
Lawyey
Mt. Hotts
New York
Marshail
State reports job decline in WP workers last week
State headquarters today announced a sight decline in the number of WP workers employed. The total for last week was 136.7 thousand, down from 145.8 thousand the week before and 158.6 thousand the week prior.
Two More Hits For Want Ads In Daily Page
Short notice extols want ads as a cheap way to sell or rent items. It promises two example ads cost only 430 each and invites readers to place classified listings for various goods.
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Soldiers’ Board
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Europe
Oncg
Belgium
Elioh
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuerrer
Adolf Hitler
Enyor
Anthony Eden Lismornms
Securita
Watch
Somaliland Aviation Corps
Harat
Builale
Dazgah Bur
Paul H. Wendel
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Burlinston County
Conney
Pelevine
Alijne Freeman
Mercere County
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