Notorious Gerald Chapman Takes Stand in Murder Trial
Hartford court hears Gerald Chapman defend himself against the shooting death of Policeman James Skelly during a New Britain department store holdup last October. The bandit, four time convict, testifies with calm precision as questions cover his past, associations, and the murder weapon.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
New Britain
Atlanta
Shean
Groehl
UN9
Anderson
Alcorn
Builders Wage Talks Aim at Higher Hourly Rates
City unions push for raises across trades including electricians from 1.10 to 1.20 and plumbers from 1.15 to 1.25. Painters, paper hangers, carpenters hold steady at 1.10. Local rates compare with Lorain higher scales. decision due by May 1 with most disputes to be settled by March first.
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Lorain
Lawsuits seek 100000 each in Avon Grape Juice crash
Legal actions filed after a September 10 1924 Lake road accident allege negligence by Leo Alten driving for Avon Grape Juice Supply Co. Two suits by Francis Lang widow and Ida Frey a passenger seek 50000 damages each for fatal injuries to Lang and injuries to Frey from Alten's alleged carelessness.
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Lake Road
Avon Grape Juice Supply Co
Leo Alten
Francis J. Lang
Ida Frey
Lang
Alten
Lillian Gish Free as Duell Perjury Case Ends
Federal judge dismisses Charles H. Duell's action to bar Lillian Gish from acting under any management but his. Duell faces potential disbarment after perjury accusations arising from affidavits and testimony. Gish, supported by her counsel, faintly responded to the court’s strong rebuke of Duell.
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New York
Charles H. Duell
Mack
Duell
Lillian Gish
Judge Mack
Miss Gish
Lorain Union Recognition Push Leads to Possible Strike
The Lorain County Building and Trades Council met to urge contractors to recognize the Hod Carriers and Common Labor Union. A three member committee was named to press for recognition by May 1, with a general strike threatened if demands are not met.
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Lorain
Lorain County Building and Trades Council
Hod Carriers and Common Labor Union
Hunt For Water Described By Comings At Kiwanis Luncheon
Senator William R. Comings spoke to the Kiwanis Club about the Grafton site for a state hospital, detailing earlier water findings by Bert Hultz and Deputy Sheriff Charles Ives. He noted test wells show sufficient supply and discussed possible construction of a feeble minded hospital addition in Newburgh, defending Governor Donahey’s abandonment stance pending proof. The Kiwanis Dads Work program and aid for backward pupils were endorsed, and Nelson Fitch won the attendance prize donated by Arthur Richwine.
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Eaton Township
Grafton
William R. Comings
Ki‘wanis Club
Senator Comings
Bert Hultz
Charles Ives
Eaton
Comings
Newburgh
Donahey
Kiwanis Committee
Jack Siekkinen
Kiwanis Dads
Arthur Richwine
Nelson Fitch
Mayor's Court March Income Report Totals $1 038.82
Grant Shrock, mayor's clerk, reports March receipts to the city auditor totaling 1895.92. Fines and costs in police court amount to 1735.00, with vendors licenses 12, building permits 31, soft drink licenses 90, one tax license 2, and miscellaneous 25.92.
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Grant Shrock
Sidelights on Resignation of Dykeman
A Washington dispatch reports that Henry Dykeman, prohibition enforcement officer for Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, resigned after Commissioner Blair urged retirement. The notice alleges Dykeman campaigned for Republicans and urged dry agents to back Harry L. Davis for governor, triggering his departure.
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H. L. Davis
Washington
Hne
Henry Dykeman
Prohibition
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Internal Revenue
Blair
Dykeman
Harry L. Davis
Legal Question on Williams Taft School Relief Bill
Ohio lawmakers debate defects in the Williams Taft emergency school relief act after the measure, amended and signed, could affect future bonds. Attorney General Crabbe will rule on legality, with possible court review. The April 1 petition deadline raises questions about bond authority for districts.
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Columbus
Willams-Taft
Crabbe
Silver
Lewis
Gov
Donahey
Brown
Franklin County
House
Harry A. Silver
Senate
Charles E. Lewis
Two Children Struck by Autos in Oberlin Incidents
Two youngsters were hit by cars 20 minutes apart on Oberlin city streets yesterday afternoon. Edna Joy, 7, was struck near the Country Club by R. C. Lattimer and taken to the hospital for a slight injury. Julia King, 6, living on West River Street, was brushed by C. G. Maurer in front of her home and suffered only minor bruises.
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Edna Joy
Anauto
R. C. Lattimer
Cleveland
Oberlin Road
Country ‘Club
N. W. Metcalf
Oberlin
R. W. Hancock
Julia King
West River Street
C. G. Maurer
B. and O. Seeks Land Reclamation near Lorain River
Lorain April 2 The B and O Railway requests government permission to claim submerged land at the river mouth to fill in and build docks and loading facilities. An investment of about 1 000 090 dollars is proposed.
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Lorain
Police survey shows 328 KC officers own cars
In Kansas City 328 policemen, out of 52 on the force, own automobiles earning about 140 dollars a month. Ford owners number 165. Of the rest, many drive cars valued 1200 dollars or less. Four detectives will review returns to see if wives own higher class cars. A large policy shake-up is forecast after booze graft revelations.
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Kansas City
International News Service
Board of Police Commissioners
Detroit Man Slain in St Louis Murder Sheds Light
DETROIT man Wm Sheehan a gambler at 56 Mount Calm street is killed in St Louis. Thomas Miller 37 a taxicab driver confesses to the shooting after an accidental bump sparks a struggle. Miller held on murder charge as his revolver fires multiple shots.
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Detroit
Mich
Wm. Sheehan
St. Louis
Thomas Miller
Sheehan
Mount Calm Street
Miller
Water supply shut for eight hours in Elyria
Elyria will shut down its entire water system for about eight hours on Sunday April 19 to lay a joint connecting a new auxiliary line with the main at Plank Road and Lake Avenue just north of the Wabash undercut. About 100000 gallons will be drained and pumped to the Black River as crews connect the two lines.
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Lake Avenue
Plank Road
Elyria
Plank Toad
James A. Hewitt
Hewitt
Black River
New York Central
France on Strike Demands Over Rector Suspension Provokes Protests
In Paris 76,900 university students walked out nationwide over the suspension of Deah Berthelem from the Law School. The action triggered a Latin Quarter demonstration and a rowdy deputies session. Medical students in Barcelona protested the appointment of Martinez Vargas as rector, surrounding Vargas’s car shouting resign.
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Paris
France
Deah Berthelem
Law School
Chamber of Deputies
Barcelona
Spain
Martinez Vargas
Vargas
Tailor Spends Fortune Chasing Phantom Heir in Prague
In Prague on April 2 Adolf Kollager of Olmuetz spent his entire fortune chasing a phantom U.S. inheritance. Moravian Sigel died in the United States. Czech Slovak papers sought heirs. Kollager claimed heirs and vowed a gymnasium and fire department, but Sigel’s will shows no estate.
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Prague
Adolf Kollager
Olmuetz
United States
Sigel
Kluger
HUNT ESCAPED MURDERESS INDIANAPOLIS CHASES CHAMPION
Richmond Indiana April 2 police assigned to hunt for Mrs Mabel Champion an alleged Cleveland murderess who escaped from Marysville Ohio women’s prison. A lunch counter sighting and a Springfield ticket agent report of a woman matching her description boarding a train to Indianapolis fuel the manhunt.
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Richmond
Ind
Mabel Champion
Marysville
Ohio
Champion
Cleveland
Springfield
Indianapolis
Three Die in Gas Incident at German Evangelical Home
Three elderly residents at the German Evangelical home in Brooklyn died from illuminating gas when room windows were closed. Victims were Adam Meuse 75, Michael Hemrich 84, and Julius Awengster 77, all widowers. A score of other old men were unharmed due to open or covered transoms and windows.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ares Adam Meuse
Michael
Oberlin Farmer Injured in Auto Collision
Harley Strait a farmer of Stop 8 and 8 was brought to the hospital with severe bruises and contusions after his team of horses was struck by an automobile driven by Robert Cusic of Broad Street. The full extent of his injuries is not yet known.
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Oberlin
Harley Strait
Robert Cusic
Broad Street
Kirby Jury Still Out After 28 Hours
The Cleveland jury in the Josiah Kirby case remained deliberating at 2 43 pm with reports of an 11 to 1 lean toward acquittal. The defense rested after presenting no witnesses and the state had concluded its evidence.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Co
A. V. Donahey
C. C. Crabbe
Raymond L. Poland
Kirby
Dan B. Cull
Cleveland Discount Company
Autos Stolen Across Three Ohio Cities
Three vehicles were reported stolen last night in northern Ohio. A Sandusky Ford one ton truck with license 87 717, a Fremont Ford roadster with license T77 470, and an Ashland Buick sedan with license 200 058 were sought by police.
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Elvira
Ohio
Sandusky
Fremont
Ashland
Piper Elected Senior Vice Commander of Local VFW
I M Piper of Seventh Street was chosen senior vice commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post succeeding Fred G Brown of East Avenue. The selection came by acclimation as Major J F Murbach, post commander, read a Cleveland fed resolution backing a uniform flag campaign and the Poppy Day effort shifted to the VFW post.
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I. M. Piper
Seventh St
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred G. Brown
East Avenue
Piper
J. F. Murbach
Cleveland
Cleveland Legion
Legion
Murbach
Legion Post
Post of
Elyria
Misconductal Matricide Tale From Dorothy Ellingson Case
In San Francisco on April 7 a case unfolds around Dorothy Ellingson a 16 year old matricide whose life allegedly began at age 12 The father Joseph Ellingson testifies with brief answers and the girl reveals new attention to a witch setting as the proceedings show her nervous strain and public walk to the courtroom amid support from the hall observers.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Joseph Ellingson
Dorothy
Suaken
British Naval Leader Sir Michael Culme-Somers Dies
Vice Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Somers, former Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, died in London. He commanded fleets in the Black Sea and Caspian, served at Jutland, and held Mediterranean posts before the war’s end.
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London
Michael Culme
Jutland
Sir Michael
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Naval Personne
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