Judge Quarrel Over Indictment Weight in Libel Case
An altercation in the 350000 dollar libel suit brought by William J. Peer against Lemuel Horvitz and David Gibson centers on an indictment’s relevance. Judge Webber says an indictment proves nothing. Fauver refuses to apologize for remarks deemed prejudicial, and the judge accepts that as apology. Testimony resumes after hours of courtroom tension.
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A. R. Webber
Adyv. LL . Fauver
Fauver
William J. Peer
Lemuel Horvitz
David Gibson
Peer
Webber
Faurer
Frank C. Scott
Rose
Judge Webber
Scott
Two Killed at Crossings in Berea
Two deadly railroad crossing incidents near Berea leave Miss Jewell White a nurse 32 dead at the French street Big Four crossing and Lloyd Smith 11 killed in a collision with a fast passenger train. Bertha Smith 32 injured in the same crash and Earl Hampton also hurt. Scene near Sheldon road crossing, reminiscent of January school bus tragedy.
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Berea
Jewell White
French Street
Lloyd Smith
Bertha
Hhe
Pasenger
Earl Hampton
Toomer
Smith
Sheldon Road
Tessing
Four County Contracts To Be Let Today
Four county projects totaling over 21000 were to be let this afternoon by county commissioners. The largest bid is for a dramatite structure on Sheffield French Creek Road at 7801.65. Next is rebuilding the North Abutment of the Vermont Street Bridge in LaGrange township at 5988.45. Additional items include the Smith bridge restoration on Pitts road in Wellington township at 35566.0 and a concrete culvert on Meister road between Leavitt road and Oberlin avenue in Amherst township at 1801.20.
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Sheffield-French Creek
Surteror
Vermont Street
LaGrange Township
Smith Bridge
Pitts Road
Wellington Township
Meister Road
Leavitt Road
Oberlin Avenue
Amherst Township
Elyria Announces First Ever Girls Week Plan
In Elyria the week of May 4 to 10 will be Girls Week the first citywide celebration honoring girlhood. Kindergarten tots to high school seniors join in an enthusiastic program organized by Miss Doris Todd and a publicity committee including Charlotte Kershaw and Phyllis Duckett. Local women’s organizations coordinate daily activities through Sunday Eastern Star and K of St. John auxiliaries. Monday features Eagles Auxiliary and Settlement projects.
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Eiyria
Ann
Elyria
Doris Todd
Charlotte Kershaw
Phyllis Duckett
Bertha Schulze
A. C. Smith
Eastern Star
E. R. Vestal
K. of
Milosic Fined $500 in Lorain Common Pleas Court
Mike Milosic of Lorain pled guilty to a second offense of liquor law violations in Common Pleas Court and was fined 500 dollars plus costs.
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Mike Milosic
Lorain
Common Pleas
Dar
Fires and Explosions Harass Chicago Area
Fires and explosions struck Chicago and nearby suburbs early today, causing extensive damage estimated at 325000 dollars and injuring eight firefighters. A fire at a Five and Ten Cent store wrecked the interior, while a blaze destroyed the Fairview Kennel Club grandstand and dog sheds. A prairie fire near Waukegan reached several residences, and another blaze leveled a 325000 home in Evanston.
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Chicago
Fairview Kennel Club
Schiller Park
Geo.Bugs Moran Gang
Kresge
Limehouse
Fairview
August Sikowski
Moran Gang
Sikowski
Waukegan
North Shore
Bvanston
Portion of Road to Be Rebuilt Along East River Road
County Commissioner Charles Murray reported today that work will begin to rebuild a section of the East River road from Browshkelm Township to Myers Hill to restore its original width. Recently the hill section was widened and a portion of the new road slid down a 50 foot precipice.
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East River
Browshkelm Township
Myers Hill
Charles Murray
Trend From Farm To City Shows Gradual Slackening
Washington April 11 gradual slackening in the farm to city population shift with signs of stabilization. Farm population numbered 27,222,000 on farms, the lowest in twenty years. Decline since 1910 totaled 6,000,000. Seven year data link rising farm income to slower rural outflow. Unemployment in cities keeps farm labor available and farm wages have fallen to 23.30 with board in the South Atlantic to 53.94 in the Far West.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South Atlantic
Mercury Reaches 90 Mark In Chicago Heat Wave
Chicago records a hot spell as the noon reading tops 90 degrees with forecasters predicting another 90 ahead. Despite cooling showers overnight the middle west remains hot. Farmers in the southwest face ongoing drought costing up to a million dollars daily.
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Chicago
Middle-West
Mercury
Orrow Wilk
Stetson reports progress in 1930 census taking
Enumeration for the 1930 federal census is nearing completion in Elyria and Lorain districts. An Elyria Fourth Ward district is finished while Lorain districts lag. Rochester Village in rural areas is complete. official village population likely announced soon. Stetson noted plans to appoint assistants if deadlines slip.
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Elyria
Lorain
Frank A. Stetson
Medina
Stetson
Rochester
Seasonal heat records broken across central states
Pre dawn showers offered relief after a 24 hour heat wave pushing temperatures to the highest April levels. Chicago hit 94.2 degrees and several cities including Milwaukee 96 and Des Moines 92 joined the record run while a 12 year old drowned at Lake Calmed in the heat. Farmers across Nebraska and Kansas worried as fields baked under the sun with gusty easterly winds sweeping the region.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Omaha
Peorix
Des Moines
Dubuque Sn
Hayes
Philippsburg
Kan
Bank Robbery at Piqua Leaves One Dead
Four Sandits sprayed buildings with machine gun fire at Citizens National Bank in Piqa April 11 killing Henry Matthews and wounding two others, including Ray Alexander of Lore Loan Co. A third man was reported injured as bandits fired from a sidewalk position. Bullets shattered windows and walls across several blocks.
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Piqta
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Henry Matthews
Ray Alexander
2 Lore! Loan Company
Bank
FEAR 20 KILLED IN GAS TRAIN CRASH AT ISLETA PUEBLO
Eight people were killed when a Santa Fe Mail train hit a Pickwick Greyhound bus at Isleta Pueblo. The death toll could reach 20 as more victims are believed trapped or injured. Ambulances reported eight dead and several injured, with wreckage burning and bodies charred beyond identification.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Pickwick - Greyhound Company
Isleta Pueblo
Lorain Man Held On Liquor Charge
Lorain resident Mike Tapotsi was held on a liquor possession charge after Avon Village marshal stopped his car for erratic driving. A five gallon bottle described as liquor was found in the vehicle during the roadside sobriety test.
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Mike Tapotsi
Lorain
Avon Village
Toalk
Plan airplane race with moon shadow during eclipse
Southern California astronomers aided by Colonel Charles A Lindbergh plan an airplane race timed to the moons shadow during the total solar eclipse on April 28. Lindbergh will not fly due to other commitments. The shadow moves about half a mile per second, aiding calculations. Meanwhile in Jackson Mississippi the House impeached Lester C Franklin, chairman of the state tax commission, by a 97 to 35 vote after fourteen hours of debate on six of fourteen counts of gross misconduct.
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Fremont
Calif
California
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Misssissippi House of Representatives
Body of Queen Victoria Sailed to Stockholm from Swinemuende
A Swedish general fleet led by the battleship Drottning Victoria departed Swinemuende harbor at dawn to carry the late Queen Victoria’s body home to Stockholm. The onetime monarch’s passing has prompted a formal voyage back to her homeland.
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Queen Victoria
Stockholm
Swinemuende
Germany
Drottning Victoria
Swinemuende Harbor
Lincoln Memorial University staff fired sparks student strike
In Harrogate Tennessee on April 1 more than half the Lincoln Memorial University student body attended classes while others remained on strike. Four faculty members were discharged without reason and asked to leave the university by May 31 prompting the walkout and ongoing campus gatherings.
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Harrogate
Tenn
Lincoln Memorial University
Two Immense Buildings Planned for Union Terminal Group
Cleveland memo notes two major developments at Union Terminal area. A $5,000,000 department store is being designed by architects and engineers, while a $4,000,000 enlargement of Hotel Cleveland is planned. Also, a favorable report on Federal Judge John J. Parker’s nomination will go to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Terminal Group
Cleveland
Hew Union Terminal Group
Hotel
Parker Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Justrie
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson declines chairmanship of senatorial campaign fund group
Senator Hiram Johnson of California refused the chairmanship of the Senatorial Campaign funds investigating committee, saying he was too busy with other senatorial duties. In a letter to Vice President Curtis, Johnson cited lack of time amid multiple assignments. President Hoover’s tariff plan to aid agriculture gained momentum as House and Senate conferees accepted high agricultural rates for possible enactment.
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Johnson
Washington
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Curtis
Hoover
House
Senate
Lord Deverd Dies Sudden Death At Home
Lord Deverd head of the Great Dewar distilling interests died suddenly at his home in East Grinstead Sussex today. He was a leading figure in the British spirits industry and his death shocks the sector.
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East Grinstead
Sussex
England
Lord Deverd
Dewar
Outstanding Mason Dies
Warren Seipp, head of Maryland Freemasonry and deputy grand master of the General Grand Council, dies in Baltimore on April 11.
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Baltimore
Foremen Urged Personal Contact For Better Safety
C D Smith of Cleveland Railways addressed the Elyria Foreman's club at the Y M C A during Safety Month. He urged foremen to study individual workers and use training and follow up to cut accidents, noting that 38 percent of men caused 68 percent of accidents and that attitudes and hazard recognition were key factors.
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C.D. Smith
Cleveland Railways
Elyria Foreman’s Club
Smith
Aim
Cleveland
Gandhi Plans Broad Salt Tax Protest Campaign in India
In Bombay on April 11 Gandhi announced a spread of civil disobedience against British rule. He will convene a conference of women supporters to organize shop picketing of foreign cloth and taxed liquor as the next phase. Abid Ali Jaferbhai, secretary of the Provincial Congress, received a nine month sentence for inviting disobedience to salt tax laws after a raid on Congress headquarters yesterday.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma
Sundey
Abid Ali Jaferhbai
Thhe
Congress
Jaferbhal
Gandhi
Britain and U S Likely Sign Three Power Naval Pact
London April 12 The five week London firepower conference ends next week with a planned signing of a three power naval treaty limiting United States Britain and Japan for 1936. France and Italy pledged to follow adopted principles. Nations report substantial reductions for U S and Britain, slight increase for Japan.
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U.S
Britain
Japan
France
Italy
London
Delergetes
United States
Great Britain
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Maurice Hankey
Lands Held For Villages And Schools In County Treasury
More than 128000 is now in the county treasury awaiting distribution to eight county school districts and two villages that failed to qualify and claim lands. Checks awaiting the eight districts total over 6000 dollars. Reported today at the county auditor's office with continuation on pages.
Classified Ads Fragment Hinting at Local Listings
OCR reads among the want ads with scattered items including a summer cottage for homimis Pars and a McCormick Deering plow. Includes a boys clothing item 6 years, a jersey ball, and references to various classifications. Details are fragmentary and uncertain.
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Nahomis Pars
McCormick-Deering
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Aury
Urallay
Wurse
Man
Veggs
United Press
TAX Commission
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