Elyria Township Faces Hot Fight Over $80 000 School Bond
An eleventh hour campaign in Elyria township centers on the $80,000 school bond to be voted at a special election tomorrow. Phosa in the Markley and other districts unite to defeat it while Lake avenue residents and the school board led by E. C. Seale push for approval. Opponents predict a defeat amid expectations of the largest turnout in township history.
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Elyria
Phosa
Markley
Lake Avenue
E. C. Seale
Martin Roberts
Parent-Teachera* Association
Elyria Township
Army Board to Probe Beck Slaying
The body of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Beck is enroute to Washington as Oklahoma City ends its inquest into the pioneer aviator's death. Army officials say the case will be reviewed by the intelligence bureau and transcripts from Saturday's inquest, which cleared Judge Day, will be sent to Washington this week.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Paul Ward Beck
Washington
Pioneer Army
Oklahoma
Army
Intelligence Bureau of the
Judge Day
Oklahoma Beauty Describes Death of Army Officer
Fragmentary text describes an alleged death involving an Army officer and mentions Mrs Jean P. Day and a husband. Details are unclear through the OCR, but the piece centers on an accusation or description by a woman linked to Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Jean P
Fr W. Feee
Jean P. Day
Bey
Cha
Het
Explosions in Gleiwitz Kill Dozens in Upper Silesia
Martial law was declared after a mystery explosion in Gleiwitz on April 16 killed 26 and wounded about 10. French soldiers C die, three Germans. A buried hand grenade and a hidden ammunition dump caused cave ins and cemetery damage. The Allied commission ordered mourning and opened an investigation into who hid the munitions. All theaters closed.
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Gleiwitz
Upper Silesia
Iater Allied Control Commission
Glelwits
Lerond
Interallied Commission
Suit Seeks 15 Dollars for Damaged Pants
Oscar Swanson of this city files a small damage suit against New York Central for 15 dollars claiming a crossing gate incident on September 24 shattered his windshield and ruined a pair of trousers. Attempts to settle failed, prompting the court action.
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Oscar Swanson
New York Central
Wats
Funeral for Mrs. Anna Cave in Wellington Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Cave, 69, who died at the county home, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Wellington, her former home, with burial to follow. She had been an inmate at the Home for about six months. A theft report cites someone removing two Kelly-Springfield tires locked to Art Ely's car on Sixth street and reporting to police.
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Art Ely
Sixth Street
Genoa Conference Opens Amid World Economic Hope
Genoa hosts an international economic conference with Premier Lloyd George urging unity and warning that the world faces despair if the meeting fails. Key aims include reducing armies cutting taxes reopening Russia to trade and stabilizing currencies while seeking international loan arrangements and balanced budgets.
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Genoa
Lloyd George
United States
Great Western Republic
America
Europe
Russia
Germany
Insult Leads To Death And Four Injured In Chicago
A man thought to resemble lightweight boxer William Sailor Friedman was found dead with three bullet wounds on a Chicago road. Friedman had been wanted after a saloon gun battle that left one dead and four wounded during a revenge shooting over an insult to his sister Mrs Dora Greenhurs. A pawn ticket in the dead man’s pocket bore the name Veve Freedman.
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Chicago
William ‘Sailor
Friedman
Dora Greenhurs
Hadesman
Veve Freedman
Two Lorain Men Adjudged Insane
Two Lorain men Nelson Douglas and William Beagle were adjudged insane by physicians and sent to the Magsillon insane hospital this morning by Probate Judge Clyde Wilcox.
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Magsillon Insane Hospital
Clyde Wilcox
Nelson Douglas
William Beagle
Lorain Woman Found To Inform Of Husband's Death
Police traced Mrs Nellie Simon to Lewis Taylor 437 West River Street to inform her that her husband had died during her absence. She had come to visit friends when officers received the notification.
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Lorain
Nellie Simon
Lewis Taylor
West River Street
Unfilled Steel Orders Rise in March
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders of 4,494,148 tons as of March 31, up from 4,141,069 tons on February 28, an increase of 353,079 tons. The monthly statement underscores a growing backlog in steel demand and production scheduling.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elyria Fire Report Details 130 Annual Alarms and Losses
The sixteenth annual Fire Chief Bates report to the city council summarizes 130 first alarms and 2 second alarms, listing causes from backfires to matches and lightning. It records building and contents losses totaling 1,288,775 in insured value, uninsured losses, and an average yearly loss of 33,209.47, plus department staffing changes and a recommendation to renumber houses to prevent delays.
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Elyria Children
Bates
Fallowe
Leutenant
Fire Inspection Bureau
Expect Arrest Today In West Avenue Fire
State Fire Marshal H A Dykeman and Deputy Matt V Patton are in the city today and an arrest or two in the West Avenue fire is momentarily expected. Officers believe the fire was set intentionally and several contradicting stories have been told.
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H. A. Dykeman
Matt V. Patton
West Avenue
Lorain Journal Hit With 220000 Damage Suit
H A Morgan and Dan Kuts two dry detectives pursue a $220,000 damage suit against the Lorain Journal. They say they aided in arresting bootleggers at Lorain and seek damages for eight and two additional claims totaling $90,000.
Lorain Mayor Not to Be Removed, Says Governor
Lorain April 10 Governor Davis issues statement declaring no action will be taken to remove Mayor William Grall. The mayor’s supporters hope the case will end with this stance.
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Lohain
Lorain
Davis
William Grall
Grall
Wedding Schemes Alleged in Divorce Answer
Joseph Erdey files an answer to his wife’s divorce petition denying her Ohio residency and accusing her of gross neglect of duty for leaving him the morning after the wedding. He claims she feigned cohabitation to help her brother-in-law avoid a $215 note loan used to finance her travel from Hungary, alleging fraud throughout.
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Joseph Erdey
Ohio
Joe Mother
Hungary
Animal Foot Impression Found on Brick at Andwur Hotel
Workmen tearing down part of the Andwur hotel uncovered nine bricks bearing an animal footprint. John Halpin showed the brick to friends seeking opinions on the creature. The footprint has sparked guesses from a cat to a squirrel with Halpin favoring an Irish terrier. The hotel dates to 1849 or earlier, the brick likely predated that time.
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Andwur
John Halpin
Shooters fined five dollars after police pick up in Lorain
W H Mc Allister and Thomas Neaving were arrested Saturday night in a stairway on West Broad street for shooting craps. They were fined five dollars each and their coats. In other trouble, a Ford backed into Kaiser's taxi near the Ohio hotel damaging the end, and Walter White wrecked the public library fire escape with his truck. Chas Tyler, 45, shot himself at noon today in South Lorain. authorities cite unknown causes as the reason.
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W. H. McAllister
Thomas Neaving
West Broad Street
Kaiser's Taxis
Ford Auto
Ohio Hotel
Walter White
Pubiic Library
Lorain
Chas. Tyler
South Lorain
General Von Falkenhayn Dies After One-Year Illness
Berlin reports the death of General Erich Von Falkenhayn, former chief of the German general staff and commander on the Romanian front, from an aneurysm at Castle Lindstedt near Potsdam after a year of illness.
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Berlin
Erich von Falkenhayn
British troops return to Dublin patrols amid unrest
London reports British troops appeared in Dublin for the first time since the Irish provisional government was set up and began patrolling districts. Dublin dispatches say reports of mutiny within the Irish Republican Army and De Valera leadership remain unconfirmed while violence intensifies.
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London
Dublin
Irish Provisional Government
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Esmonn de Valera
Irish Republican Movement
Tdmor
Michael Colling
Mrs. Alice Rawson Dies After Husband
Mrs. Alice Rawson aged 62 died Saturday afternoon at her daughter’s home after a six month illness. Her husband Ora Rawson died two months earlier, hastening her death. A lifelong west side resident she is survived by her children Rollin A. Rawson of California and Mrs. Charles Copas and Mrs. Will Davies of Elyria, plus six grandchildren. A charter member of the Woman's Relief Corps, the group will meet Tuesday at 12 30 to attend the funeral at 1 o'clock from Friday Funeral Parlors conducted by the Corps and Rev. Flammer of the Second Congregational church. Burial at Ridge Lawn.
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Alice Rawson
Charles Copas
Foster Avenue
Ora Rawson
West Side
Rollin A. Rawson
California
Will Davies
Elyria
Woman's Relief Corps
Flammer
Second Congregational Church
Ridgelawn
Woman Takes Poison to Be Buried With Husband
Mrs. Alice Frey of San Rafael California drank poison after her husband Franz Frey 58 died last week aiming to join him in death. The report notes a separate London April 10 wireless operator strike threatening trans Atlantic liner sailings.
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San Rafael
Cal
Alice Frey
Franz Frey
London
Daugherty arrives in Indianapolis on anti union push
Attorney General Daugherty arrives in Indianapolis to push the administration's anti trust indictments against coal operators and miners. Secrecy surrounds his visit as he prepares to seek quashing of indictments while officials note the matter is important.
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Daugherty
Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
International News Service
Bur
Beldom
County road jobs let at lower than estimates
Lorain county commissioners learned two state let road contracts came in under county estimates. Two miles south of Wellington priced at 50,625.49 went to Barnes & Talbot for 48,504.35. In Brighton township 2.42 miles priced at 44,871.94 went to C. A. Wilson for 39,088.39. Officials note estimates were low and bids beat the estimates. This afternoon the Whipple bridge contract for Wellington township over Black River will be set.
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Lorain County
Wellington
Barnes & Talbot
Rock Ridge
Brighton Township
C. A. Wilson
Columbus
Whipple
Wellington Township
Black River
Arrest of Dr Herbert Bryson in Maryland case
In Huntington Pennsylvania Dr Herbert Bryson a 48 year old World War I major and Washington DC social figure was jailed as a coroner's inquest began to probe the shooting death of Helen Kirby Bryson at Cassville. An ante mortem statement from the victim accused Bryson though he offered no comment. The motive for the quarrel remains unclear.
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Huntington
Herbert Bryson
Washington, D. C
Rainbow Division
Helen Kirby Bryson
Cassville
Chester D. Fetterhof
Bryson
First Wife Sues Second Mate For Balance on Note
Florence D. Jones sues Florence D. Jones administratrix of the Edwin Jones estate to recover 850 dollars claiming a 4500 dollar alimony judgment was awarded and remaining balance unpaid. She filed with the administrator who rejected the claim and now seeks a court judgment.
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Florence D. Jones
Edwin Jones
Edwin D. Jones
Woman kills son then dies in Springfield tragedy
In West Springfield Ida Viola Remington, wife of railroad detective Howard Remington, fatally shot her three year old son Ernest and then killed herself. Despondency over ill health is blamed for the double tragedy. In New York John McCormick III, famed tenor, shows improvement after a tonsillitis attack prompting cancellation of a local engagement.
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Springfield
Mass
Ernest
Ida Viola Remington
Howard Remington
Boston and Albany Railroad
Remington
West Springfield
Jobn McCormick III
New York
John McCormick
Ty Cobb Slows Up as Tigers Open at Cleveland
April 10 reports Ty Cobb will miss aggressive play for Detroit as manager announces a conservative approach for the Tigers in the opening American League game at Cleveland. Cobb says his injury slows his performance and he will wait for batters to hit him around.
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Columbus
Tigers
Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Cobb
John Slack Amherst Granted Divorce
Judge Thompson grants divorce to Jake Slack of Amherst from Elin Slack on grounds of neglect. Custody awarded of two older children with a younger daughter to be with wife. Spouse ordered to pay $6 per week.
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Jake Slack
Amherst
Elin Slack
Thompson
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