Lorain libel suit delay as attorneys confer in court
In Lorain, the $50,909 libel suit brought by William J. Peer against Sam Horwitz and David Gibson was paused as attorneys and Judge Webber conferred to expedite trial. The case, starting Feb 26, had seen long testimony and anticipated a lengthy continuation with more witnesses. David Gibson defended journal losses, while Toledo journalist Keion O'Dwier testified on Horvitz’s 1922 efforts to place him in charge of the Lorain Journal.
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William J. Peer
Lorain
Sam Horwitz
Highway Construction Company
David Gibson
Cleveland
A. R. Webber
Jerrias
Lorain Common Pleas Court
Atty
Frank C. Scott
Peer
Gibson
Scott
Lorain Journal
Journal
Snower
Attr. L
David Gibaos
Lorain Journal Corporation
Toledo
Keion O'Dvier
Elyria
Sam Horvitz
Lorain Tournal
Horvitz
Highway Constructs Company
Dwier
Pace
Baby Eaton Beats Census Deadline In Elyria
The Chron reports a baby girl born yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs FL A Eaton of 214th Street TL SE AL M. The father is the athletics director at ria high school and smiles today. The birth affects census counting in Elyria.
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FL A. Eaton
SE AL M
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Baby Eaton
Ria High School
Elyrian Seeks Injunction Over Youngstown Sheet & Tube Merger
Arthur B. Taylor, a Sheet & Tube stockholder with 360 shares, filed in common pleas for a mandatory injunction to allow examination of reports and audits on Bethlehem Steel merger. Cyrus Eaton supports stockholder rights but has not filed. petition seeks access to statistics to judge merger value and to decide vote and any cash value due.
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Youngstown
Apr
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlshem- Sheet & Tube
Common Pleas
Arthur B. Taylor
Biyria
Onic
Taylor
Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Stect Corporation
and Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem
Cyrus 5
Eaton
Quential Sheet and Tube
Queston
Sheet and Tube Common
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Prepare To Mail 28 000 Tax Blanks
Deputy Auditor Clark Phinnes announced 28 000 personal property tax blanks will be mailed April 74 for county residents. Returns must be filed by May 1 to qualify for a 100 dollar exemption. late returns lose the exemption. Property owned as of April 13 may be listed, with assurers canvassing the county after May 1 to identify unreturned property.
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Clark Phinnes
Phinney
Two Transients to Face Charges in Copper Wire Theft
Two transients, Joe Miller, 59, and Frank Nott, 18, will face petit larceny charges in police court at 3:00 p.m. today. They were arrested Monday for alleged thefts of copper wire from a Steel and Tubes, Inc. building near Blake Street.
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Joe Miller
Frank Nott
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Blake Street
Enumerators on the Job for Fifteenth Census Push
Seventy census enumerators, including 16 in Elsrna and 24 in Lo Yain, hit streets to begin the Fifteenth Decennial Census. Forty nine in Eirria and Lorain will finish in two weeks, while rural districts take about 30 days. Frank Stetson, census supervisor for Lorain and Medina, outlined city and village timelines and said final figures will be released locally as districts are counted, with an official Washington check to follow after a five day window for complaints.
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Elyria
United States
Chronicle-Telegram
Mary C. Bristol
Eighth Street
Lorain
L. B. Anderson
Home For
Protos
Frank Scotson
Medina
Stetson
Elsrna
Lo Yain
Washington
Steisen
GeneraI Census Agents Begin Doorstep Count
Washington April 2 Census bureau agents started the 15th American Decennial census today. About 30,000,000 homes will be visited to gather data on population and on commodities from material to the home. President Hoover was among the first questioned.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Hoover
Civil service announces exams for fire department promos
Mrs. Ferm Johnson, secretary of the civil service commission, announced today dates for civil service examinations. Fire department promotions to assistant chief, captain, and lieutenant will be tested, along with openings for rodmen and draftsmen in the City Engineering Department. Examinations will be held at specified locations.
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Civil Service
Fire Department
City
Ferm Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Late News Bulletins: Couple Killed in Crossing Crash Near Cedarville
Mr and Mrs H B Nelson proprietors of a large Athens grocery store were killed when their auto was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train near Cedarville Ohio. They were returning to Athens from Cincinnati. The crash occurred Aries miles outside the city with bodies taken to the accident site before removal to Athens.
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Cedarville
H. B. Nelson
Athens
Here
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Aries
Probe death of diplomat Basil Miles investigated
Washington, April 2 The investigation into the death two years ago of Basil Miles, an internationally known diplomat and economist, has been turned over to the justice department after an inquiry by the district attorney into rumors that Miles was poisoned. He died at a hospital here after an operation for hernia.
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Washington
Basil Miles
Justice Department
District Attorney's
Miles
Move to aid employment Washington action approved
April 2 congress moves to relieve unemployment. The senate commerce subcommittee, which studied the problem, approved Wagner introduced bills seeking a federal appropriation of 134.0 million dollars to fund relief efforts.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
Wagner
Den
New York
Troops Bay Kidnappers in Mexico City Rescue
Federal troops attempting to rescue Texas engineer J E Bristow from abductors killed four of the abductors south of Itlan in a skirmish, according to a despatch from Excelsior. Cap. Frank Hawks delayed on a cross country glider flight in Wichita Falls as repairs were made to his motorless aircraft after a breeze from Sweetwater.
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Mexico
Hawes
Wichita Falls
Tex
Frank Hawks
Sweetwater
Hawks
Tulsa
Two Die in Bus Train Crash in Baltimore
Two colored stevedores were killed and eleven others injured when a bus carrying eighteen workers to the waterfront was struck by a W B and I electric train. The crash happened today as the group traveled to their jobs in Baltimore. A second item notes a favorable Japanese reply to Anglo American naval proposals delivered at St James Palace with Tsuneo Matsuhira meeting key officials.
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Baltimore
W. B
Japan
London
St. James Palace
Tsuneo Matsuhira
MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
David Reed
Held For Grand Jury In Auto Theft Ring
Michael Yascham 19 was bound over to the grand jury after arraignment before Justice J. George on auto mobile stealing charges. He pleaded not guilty at the preliminary hearing. Bond set at 1600. Yascham linked with an alleged auto theft ring based in Oberlin. Five other men bound over to the grand jury yesterday. two horses previously turned to juvenile authorities due to age.
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Michael Yascham
J. George
Yascham
Oberlin
Grand Jury
Hors
Cleveland Gunfight Ends In Fatal Shootout In Bootleg Resort
In Cleveland a gunfight at a bootlegging resort left John Vitalie of Buffalo dead and two Cleveland youths injured. Howard Abbott and Frank Pessar were wounded. Abbott later identified as the assailant and admitted the shooting after initial false statements. Police traced the crime to a long running conflict over illegal liquor operations.
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Cleveland
John Vitalie
Buffalo
St. Alex's Hospital
Howerd Abbott
Frank Pessar
Abbot
Teo
Peskar
Mize Ciaccio
Fesoii
fourEs
Ciaccio
Italie
Abbott
Vitae
Oxter
Vitalie
Stary
Giaccio
Peter Bukerec
Bukerec
Telegraph Road paving to finish link to Elyria
South Amherst officials sought more state aid to cover 30 000 dollars village share of one and a half miles of Telegraph Road paving. County Commissioners Thomas Peebles and Charles Murray County Surveyor C T Biggs Mayor Rath joined a Columbus conference with State Highway Department officials as the depleted village finances threaten payment for the project completing the link to Elyria.
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South Amherst
Columbus
State Highway Department
Elyria
Thomas Peebles
Charles Murray
C. T. Biggs
J. J. Smythe
Rath
Bill to force newspapers to reveal owners
A Senate bill requires newspapers to file with the post office department the names of their real owners including stockholders bondholders mortgage and other security holders. The measure aims to disclose financial interests behind newspaper policy to protect the public interest and reveal true ownership.
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Senate
Washington
Poser
Elyria Urges Civic Unity for Bigger, Better City
A. L. Garford urged Elyria leaders at Spring Valley Inn to rally for a fighting civic spirit and broadened cooperation among clubs and organizations. Charles E. Tucker hosted the gathering, modeling Lakewood’s joint civic effort as a template. Garford recounted Elyria’s early growth and battles over water works, bridges, sewerage, and industry, stressing that wider cooperation could bring more factories, jobs, and improved homes.
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Elyria
A. L. Garford
Elsris
Valler
Charles E. Tucker
Emviia Chamber of Commerce
Tucker
Ciups
Cit
Hari Bacon
Chamber of Commerce
Lakewood
Gerford
Garford
Elsha
Ras Civig
Elsna
Elsisa
Mayor Kills Editor Then Ends Own Life in Feud
YAZOO CITY Miss April 2 R Birdsall Yazoo Sentinel editor was shot yesterday by Mayor J O Stricklin and died today in a local hospital Stricklin then killed himself after shooting Birdsall and Dr R E Hawkins a feud over the last election won by Stricklin is cited by officers as the motive in the killings
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Yazoo City
Miss
R. Birdsall
Yazoo Sentinel
J. O. Stricklin
Stricklin
Birdsall
R. E. Hawkins
Dr. Hawkins
Distribution of semi annual state and county funds announced
County Auditor Mon roe H Weitz released figures for the semi annual distribution of raw collections to state and county subdivisions. Total state funds amount to 64186 88 with county allocations including General 178439 23 Ditch 14507 82 District Health 19396 08 County Road and Bridge 215086 76 State Aid Road 34945 50 Sinking Fund 4493 321 Bond Retirement 34241 54 and County Educational Equalization 133869 92.
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Monroe H. Weitz
State OF
Ohio
Greenville Man N Jog Here
Lorain County hosts Roy McEaren of Greenville as assistant county agricultural extension agent, succeeding Lawrence KR Bear who left for Union County. McEaren assists local agents and trains for a future county agent role elsewhere. duration depends on a future opening. He was sent by Ohio State University to reduce maintenance costs and recently graduated from OSU last December, working with the farm management department.
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Lorain County
Roy McEaren
Greenville
Lawrence KR. Bear
Bear
Union County
Agricultural Extension Department
Ohio State University
McBowen
University
Boys Hope to Meet Hoover on Washington Trip
The 29 Elyria boys on the annual Washington trip of the M C A bars division received a letter from Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, which they hope will help arrange a meeting with President Hoover. They visited the Capitol, the engraving bureau, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Pan American Building, and Red Cross headquarters, and planned to start the return trip tomorrow.
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Elyria Bors
Washington
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Hoover
Carl Wagner
T. the Bars
Yesterd
Capitol
Senate
House of Representatives
Oureau
For Rent Ad Sparks Quick Tenant Find
A Chronicle Telegram classified ad shows a private, urgent For Rent notice promising results. The warted ad invites tenants for a vacant apartment, citing a phone number and 38 week term, urging readers to place effective listings to fill spaces quickly.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Eirria High School
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Amherst
Elyriang
County Auditor's Office
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