Trial in $59,000 suit reveals missing records and loans
The Lorain real estate dealer William J. Peer sues Sam Horvitz and David Gibson in a ninth day of common pleas court. Horvitz cannot locate checks or stubs for disbursements, citing mislaid Highway Construction company records. He recalls loaning Emil Calman funds for a Lorain home and denies arranging a safety director position. Minute books of the Highway Construction company are offered as evidence but opposed as private company matters.
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William J. Peer
Lorain
Sam Horvitz
David Gibson
Common Pleas
A. RK. Webber
Horvitz
Atty
Frank C. Scott
Peer
Highway Construction Company
Emil Calman
Highway Comsimiclion Company
Scott
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
William F. Grail
Grail
Colt
Lorain Journal
Scot
Highway Construction Companyr
Evou
Calman
Horm
Iver
Caiman
Galman
Lora Journal
Fes
Horvitz Horvitz
Minute Books
Highway Construction
Atty. L B. Fauver
Fauver
Plane crashes kill six at Tilden Tree Day
At Tilden Nebraska a plane plunged 500 feet during a Tree Day celebration. Co owners Leon Baldwin 24 Leonard Alexander 22 and pilot Ken Kirk 22 died after the crash and fire. Gov Arthur Weaver spoke minutes earlier as another Hays Kansas crash killed a pilot and two passengers Leslie Marshall 8 months flying Orville Herbert 20 Melvin Ridgeway 20.
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Tilden
Neb
IMO
Rowell Lake State Game and Fish Preserve
Arthur Weaver
Nebraska
Leon Baldwin
Leonard Alexander
Ken Kirk
Alexander
Balduin
Plainview
Hays
Kan
Leslie Marshall
Orville Herbert
Melvin Ridgeway
DE Is
Heflin Center of Alabama Political Firefight
Mobile April 7 Alabama faces a fierce party split as Senator Thomas Heflin, barred from the Democratic nomination, runs as an independent while a court fight looms. The state committee stance prompts Bankhead and Thompson to file against Heflin, with Jefferson County injunctions and ongoing court action leaving the primary unsettled.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Thomas Heflin
Hethz
Pope
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic State Committee
State Supreme Court
Heflin
State Committee
John H. Bankhead
Birmingham
W. K. Bankhead
Frederick I. Thompson
Horace Wilkinson
Attorn
Jefferson County
President Hoover Returns After Rapidan Fishing Excursion
President Hoover, refreshed by a weekend fishing trip to his Rapidan Virginia camp, drove back to Washington after a perilous 100 mile ride from the rural retreat. He inspected a school for mountain children, spoke with teacher Miss Christine West, and praised her pupils while reporting eleven trout caught during the trip.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
White House
Christine West
Rapidan River
Motive sought in Chicago bombing at attorney’s home
In Chicago a bombing struck the apartment home of Attorney David Alexander an assistant corporation counsel in Mayor Thompson’s first administration. The blast shook seven family members on two floors and injured none. A witness saw two young men flee in a car. Neither Alexander nor the Stern brothers offered a motive for the attack.
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Chicago
David Alexander
William Hale Thompson
Alexander
Inidaw
Maurice
Ruby
Charles -Stern
Renald Stern
Stern Brothers
April term of court opens with busy docket
A new April term of common pleas court opened with Judge W B Thompson succeeding Judge A R Webber. Nearly a thousand civil cases await trial and many criminal matters loom, with the grand jury to convene tomorrow to probe about thirty cases including fires, a Lorain murder, a school beating, and an Oberlin auto theft ring. Prosecutor Don W Myers vows deep inquiry into the 50 000 blaze that devastated the Heldmvier block and other recent fires in Oberlin and Elyria, plus an Elrria dwelling blaze. Antonio DGzouclis of Lorain faces possible indictment for a fatal shooting tied to a Lorain elopement. The grand jury also considers Mrs Myrta Bradley charged with assault in the Mary Margaret Gerhard Inger case. (No. 1 continued on Page 2)
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Common Pleas Court
W. B. Thompson
A. R.webber
Lorain
Oberlin
Don W. Myers
Heldmvier
Elyria
Elrria
Antonio Dgzouclis
Grand
Myrta Bradley
Oberlins District
Mary Margaret Gerhard Inger
Five Elyria and Cleveland men injured in Route 29 crash near Ridgeville
Six people rode in the Elyria car and two in the Cleveland car when Donald Roots of Elyria collided with Edward Wallace of Cleveland at Stop 61 on Route 29 near Ridgeville. Wallace suffered possible skull fracture and was at Elring Memorial Hospital in serious condition. John Gray remained hospitalized in good condition. The Elyria vehicle turned over and caught fire but occupants escaped before flames touched them. First aid was provided at the scene by W. J. Younkin and Mr. Cress of Cleveland, both Bell Telephone System workers trained in Red Cross first aid.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Donald Roots
West Fourceerth
Edward Wallace
Ridgeville
Wallace
Elgring Memorial Hospital
Roots
John Gray
West Avenue
Raymond Gray
Ed Gress
Chester Lewis
Fifeenth Street
Lewis
Andrew Francis
Elstia
W. J. Younkin
Mr. Cress
Bell Telephone System
Compar
American Red Cross
Y Officials At Columbus State YMCA Convention
An Indiana Y M C A official travels to Columbus for the annual state convention of YMCA physical directors boys work secretaries and county work secretaries. Local representatives are Robert T Moore physical director and H W Korner boys work secretary. Moore heads the state physical directors association. Topics include activities for boys and summer camp programs.
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Columbus
Robert T. Moore
H. W. Korner
Bors
Moore
State Physical Directors’ Association
Federal aid for highway construction allotted
United Press reports that nearly 50 million dollars in additional federal road aid is allotted to the 48 states and Havana for the coming fiscal year. Secretary Hyde announced the supplemental appropriation signed by President Hoover, bringing total road aid to 125 million for the year with further allocations of 735 million already made. State figures include Indiana 1,273,000 Kentucky 943,073 Ohio 1,835,685 and West Virginia 525,550.
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Washington
States
Havana
Hyde
Hoover
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Powder Plant Blast in Lebanon Kills Two Men
Two workers, Redolph Herd aged 31 of Mainville and Virgo Greer aged 25 of Kings Mills, were killed when 122 tons of mine powder exploded in the hydraulic press building at King Powder Company mills eight miles south of Lebanon. Property damage was about 10000 dollars. cause under investigation by company officials.
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Powder Company
Lebanon
Kings Mills
Here
King Powder Company Mills
Redolph Herd
Mainville
Virgo Greer
Governor of Federal Reserve Board Dies in Boston
William P. G. Harding aged 66, longtime head of the Federal Reserve Board, died of heart disease at his Algonquin Park home in Boston. He had been ill for over a year and bedbound for three weeks. Harding began banking in Tuscaloosa Alabama and was appointed to the Federal Reserve Board by President Wilson in 1910, serving as governor from 1912 to 1922 and later leading the Boston Fed from 1923.
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Federal Reserve Board
Boston
William P. G. Harding
Algonquin Chub
Harding
Herding
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Wilson
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Navy probe to hear Williams resignation from Navy
Lieut Alford J Williams a top Navy speed pilot will testify as the first witness at the opening of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his resignation. Senator Tydings announced the subcommittee plan today.
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NAVY
Washington
Alford J. Williams
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Tydings
Dem
William
Nationally Known Woman Writer Oes At Berea Hospital
April 10 Alliene Sumner, famed columnist and syndicated writer, died at Community Hospital after extended illness. Born North Eaton, she moved to Berea as a child, studied at Baldwin-Wallace College, then worked for Cleveland papers and Newspaper Enterprise Association. Her human interest pieces and interviews, notably with Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman, earned national notice. She was past president of the state group of newspaper women and active in Cleveland press circles. She is survived by her mother, Janis.
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Berea
Alliene Sumner
North Eatop
Miss Sumner
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland
Newspaper Enterprise Association
National Syndicate
Fifi Potter Stillman
State Organization of Newspaper Women
Presswomen
Janis
Mary Longbon Summer
New York Pays Tribute To Captain Hawks In Glider Flight
New York observes Captain Frank M. Hawks the first to cross the continent in a glider towed by airplane. He landed at Van Cortland Park before about fifteen thousand in drizzle after an eight day San Diego to New York journey. Hawks praised gliding as a cheaper aviation experience and urged youth to take up the sport while noting possible future air trains. He spoke from WEAF radio and hoped gliding would become a prerequisite skill for pilots.
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New York
Frank M. Hawks
Hawks
van Cortland Park
San Diego
Calif
Hawk
WEAF
Parachute Jumper Injured After Crashed Airplane
Whilbert Winters is unconscious in a Clarksburg hospital after a crash that demolished an airplane flown by Dr. R L Jackson of Bridgeport. Winters, 28, from Columbus Ohio, may die. Jackson was arrested on license doubt per Commerce Dept information.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Whilbert Winters
Columbus
Ohio
R. L. Jackson
Bridgeport
Jackson
Winters
Department of Commerce
Plans for Boys' Week in Elyria May 1 to 14
Plans for observing Boys' Week in Elyria from May 1 to 14 were to be presented tonight by committee members at the YMCA. Representing the days, organizers outlined local activities and schedules. George Gould, chairman of the Boys' Work Committee of the Rotary Club, serves as general chairman of the event.
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Elyria
Y. M
Elsmra Woman's Club to Hear Dietz on Science
David Dietz of Cleveland, a Royal Astronomical Society fellow, will speak at the Elsmra Woman's Club on Wednesday. He will lecture on A Trip Through the Universe with stere opticon slides, sharing recent scientific discoveries in accessible language. A luncheon at 12:30 precedes a 1:15 business meeting, and the program starts at 2:30.
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David Dietz
Cleveland
The
Royal Astronomical Society
Elsrna
Dietz
Cleveland College of Western Reserve University
America
Europe
Gusher Out Of Control In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City the long running oil well eruption was finally controlled after dangerous gas and sand blasted 200 feet into the air. Workers drilled high powered wells to deaden the gas and oil, with company officials planning to seal and abandon the site if needed. The well, costs reaching well over $150,000, had run wild for days causing major disruption.
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Oklahoma City
Thea Weil Br
Rotary Club to Hear Scout Executive Foley
Cleveland deputy regional scout executive H. T. Foley will address the Rotary club at Tuesday noon at Hotel Newel on the topic The Boys Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Foley
Cleveland
Rotary Club
Hotel Newel
Boarder Held On Murder Charge After Lorain Shootout
In Lorain Ohio on April 7 a man was killed and another wounded when a boarder tried to disarm Paul Monaco who returned to his ex wife’s home and threatened to shoot her and her children. A third boarder, Dominick Morero, was arrested two hours later on a first degree murder charge.
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Lorain
Paul Monaco
Dominick Morero
Monaco
Samuel Currie
Moreno
Father Pleads Guilty After Shooting Attempt At Daughter
Salvador Savino 54 of 549 Dewey Avenue admitted shooting with intent to kill his 19 year old daughter Antonette Saturday night. Police say his drinking mood and remark about marriage prompted the act. The weapon fired into a wall, no one seriously hurt, Savino bound over to the grand jury on $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador Savino
Dewey Avenue
Antonette
Savino
James A. Hewitt
Grand
Sagino
Making Progress In Enumeration In Big Tin Fourth Ward
Enumeration of a district in Big Tin's Fourth Ward should finish this afternoon or tonight per the district's enumerator to supervisor Frack A. Siessen this morning. Forty figures remain but 32 can be issued until other ward districts complete. Work is progressing rapidly and many enumerators seek more supplies. One Lorain enumerator reported over 800 persons in four days. Elyria workers total about 693.
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Big Tin
Frack A. Siessen
Stetson
Lorain
Man Falls From Hotel Window After Room Request
Joan Edmonds entered a Brooklyn hotel in underwear asking for room 313. Clerk noted the room was occupied. Edmonds claimed it had fallen out the window after he entered, and investigators found he had fallen three flights.
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Brooklyn
Joan Edmonds
Edmonds
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