Wilford Granger Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Wilford L. Granger city street commissioner died at Memorial hospital from injuries suffered Monday when an auto struck him at Lodl Street while a city workman investigated a tunnel stoppage. Physicians failed to save him. two broken ribs and other injuries led to pneumonia. Funeral set for Saturday at 8:30 PM at the Masonic Temple. burial in Ridgelawn. An investigation by City Solicitor D W Myers followed the accident involving driver Robert Hobill.
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Wilford L. Granger
Memorial Hospital
Lod
Ww. GL Barker
King Solomon Lodge
Ridgelawn
Granger
New York Central
Lodi Street
D W Myers
Robert Hobill
Cleveland Stiest
Mr. Granger
Service
James A Hewitt
George Filimon
Filimon
Mr Granger
Fillmon
Hobill
Cantata Broadcast to Open Lorain Studio in April
The Cantata Our Living Lord will be broadcast Thursday April 16 at 8 pm by the Church of Christ Chorus and Orchestra from the Lorain tabernacle. The 50 voice choir and 35 piece orchestra are under Carl H. Miller. The program will be relayed via land line to WHBL Elyria. The formal opening of WGBL is set for Thursday April 23.
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Lorain
Our Living Lord
Church of Christ
the Tabernacle
Broadway
Carl H. Miller
Lorain Wrass
WHBL
Elyria
WGBL
New Sedan Plunges Into House as Mrs Rice Escapes
Mrs. Robert H. Rice of 300 Park Avenue drove a new Packard onto a stone wall and into the Haywood house at East Fourth and East Avenue. Two children crawled free, one 7 year old Eugenes Feese, none seriously hurt. The car, in second gear, climbed a wall before stopping near the Black River.
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Robert H. Rice
Black River
East
Fourth
East Avenue
Robert Rice
Park Avenue
Hla Kiwanis Club
Eugenes Feese
Rice
Attorney Rice
East Fourth Street
Louis van Arsdale
Indian Hollow Road
Henry Haywood
Fourth Street
Ruce
Cock fight raid nets fines and seizures in Buffalo
Justice Inda of Cheektowaga fined 1103 men after state troopers raided a cock fight behind a hotel in Buffalo. The judge held court before dawn. Two dead birds were found in the pit and forty live birds were seized.
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Buffau
N. Y
Inda
Cheektowaga
Worthless Paper Bonds Declared Worthless by IRS
Washington April 15 The Bureau of Internal Revenue labeled German paper marks and the Imperial Russian government's Double Loan Bonds as worthless securities in an official registration today.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Vaulter turns tragic domestic murder suicide in Vermilion
In Vermilion on April 15 Upton Darby aged 68 fired a single barrel shotgun at his wife Emma 60 as she sat at a table. He reloaded and killed himself. Emma Darby was taken to Lorain hospital with uncertain prognosis.
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Vermilion
Upton Darby
Emma
Darby
Lorain Hospital
Giant Van Sweringen Rail Merger in Balance
The Interstate Commerce Commission begins review of the Van Sweringen plan to consolidate five major railroads into one system. The 16,000 miles of tracks span ten states with an estimated investment of about 1.081 billion dollars. Minority C&O stockholders lost a bid to delay the hearing as the case proceeds.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Etie
Cheasapeake
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Ya old woman to Ross Sea alone to rejoin family
Mrs Annie Latourney, 98, plans a solo voyage from Belfast to Boston to rejoin her family. She remains active and mentally sharp despite age, and endured shelling of her home during prior fighting in Pettigo before choosing to stay.
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Ross Sea
Belfast
Atlantic Ocean
Annie Latourney
German Slayer Fritz Haarmann Is Beheaded At Hanover
Fritz Haarmann, known as the butchers ogre and linked to fourteen slayings, was executed by guillotine at sunrise in Hanover. He walked to the scaffold, tried to speak, then yielded to the blade in forty five seconds as German papers withheld graphic details.
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Hanover
Germany
Fritz Haarmann
Prussia
Haarmann
Haerman
British heiress wounded by accidental gun discharge in Palermo
Lady Marion Hastings daughter of Lord Huntington was treated for a bullet wound to the left lung after her revolver discharged accidentally in her hotel room. King George's physician attended her and she was in residence at the Hotel Igea. Her friends describe her as romantic and she was often seen in the hotel garden or boating with an unidentified companion. The Hastings family is linked to Captain Patrick Cameron whose wife hails from Argentina.
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Palermo
Italy
Marion Hastings
Lord Huntington
George
Igea
Hastings
Patrick Cameron
Argentine
Fire destroys Harlem church. two firefighters injured
A spectacular fire at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Harlem forced hundreds to flee as the roof collapsed. Damage is estimated at 500000 with two firemen hurt and sixteen others narrowly escaping death.
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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Harlem
Poison plot cited in Cunningham family death probe
April 15 report raises possibility the arsenic poisoning of Mrs. Anna Cunningham’s family aimed to annihilate her remaining kin. May 18 daughter May underwent an examination after arsenic symptoms appeared while brother David, once silent, confessed mother had been putting white tablets in his coffee before his illness.
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Chicago
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Ind
David
March births and deaths in the city health report
The city records 64 births and 24 deaths in March as Dr G French notes the health of the city is strong. The smallpox quarantine has been lifted except one case, with few contagious illnesses reported. Bishop Schrembs leads a Holy Year pilgrimage from Cleveland to New York, with Msgr. Smith administering diocesan affairs during four months absence.
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G French
Tae Stork
French
Cleveland
Bshop
Joseph Schrembs
New York State
Europe
Joseph F. Smith
Schremis
Gov vetoes Lipp Bill. rod and reel licensing debate looms
Columbus April 15 Gov Donahey vetoed the Lipp Bill citing higher costs and political patronage risks. He urged transferring licensing to the penitentiary and objected to a 15 cent license fee costing taxpayers about 187 500 yearly. Several provisions remain to be acted upon as the Edwards rod and reel bill becomes law at midnight with other measures allowed by lapse.
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Columbus
Donahey
Lipp
Office of Motor Vehicle Commission
Ohio State Penitentiary
Als O
Secretary of State
Edwards
Shafer
Vant Wert
Elyrian Vadon killed at National Tube plant
Alexander Vadon 50 of 224 West River Street was crushed to death at the National Tube Co plant in South Lorain when a bucket on a traveling crane struck his head. The accident occurred about 9 pm Tuesday at No. 3 blooming mill. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery after services at the Hungarian Reformed Church Thursday at 2 pm. He is survived by a daughter.
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Alexander Vadon
West River Street
National Tube Co
South Loram
Vadon
Blooming Mill
Reichlm Reidy
Scanlon
Lorain
Form Cabinet: Caillaux May Be Finance Minister
In Durham England two men were hanged simultaneously as Salvation Army band played. Henry Graham murdered his wife and Thomas Sheldon killed his sweetheart. In Paris Paul Painleve accepted the premiership and promised to form a cabinet with possible Caillaux finance minister offer.
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Caillaux
Durham
Eng
Salvation Army
Henry Graham
Thomas Sheldon
Graham
Shelton
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Painleve
Painleve
Doumergue
Radical
Socialist Party
Senate
Joseph Caillaux
Ministry of Finance
M. Deselves
M. Herriot
Cab
France
Chamber of Deputes
Sorbonne
Leon Blum
Lader
Winds Up 1925 Ohio Session Promises Turmoil
Columbus April 15 Legislators return home for the windup of the 1925 general assembly with expected strife over Governor Donahey’s major appointments and the Buchanan Bible bill. Senate Republicans reportedly plan to kill the governor’s four appointments, as the two houses race to finish before Friday night.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Donaheys
Senate
Donahey
Wheeler Trial Opens in Great Falls Montana
Prominent political figure Senator Burton K. Wheeler faces a federal charge for appearing as a paid attorney before the Interior Department after his election. Indicted over two years ago, Wheeler could face up to two years in prison and a $19,000 fine. Attendance of crowds and heightened activity marked the opening preparations for a trial expected to run ten days to two weeks.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Cvent
Wheeler
la Follette
Gordon Campbell
Interior Department
Con Victoon
Burglars Resume City Break-ins After Layoff
Elyria burglars reopened activity last night breaking into the Mingich Coal Co office on West Street. A safe was opened and a dime bank with a small sum stolen. The robbery was found at 6 30 a m. Gloved thieves left no prints after forcing a rear window to gain entry while Detective Fred Zarnke investigated.
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Elyria
Mingich Coal Co
West Street
Felicn
Fred Zarnke
Grand jury weighs Lucille Jones case as crowd fills Lorain court
The Lorain grand jury considers the Lucille Jones case with a midday or morning report anticipated. A large crowd filled court room No 1 to hear the proceedings and witness testimony, while a separate divorce case proceeded. Judge Webber granted Harry C Moore a divorce from Lela Moore for gross neglect of duty stating the wife’s alleged attention to dance halls harmed the home.
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Lucille Jones
Lorain
Court House
Court Room No. 1
Harry C. Moore
Lela Moore
Webber
Charlie Chaplin Widow Olf Harris Weds E Terence McGovern
New York April 15 Olf red Harris the former wife of Charlie Chaplin announced she is very happy married to E Terrence McGovern a Florida real estate man. She said the couple secretly wed in Mexico on November 29 and repeated vows in Greenwich Connecticut last week. Friends say they had been engaged nearly two years.
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New York
Olfred Harris
Charlie Chaplin
E. Terrence McGovern
McGovern
Mexico
Greenwich
Schurman Leaves for Berlin in Royal Send Off
Jacob Gould Schurman former American minister to China and ambassador designate to Berlin departed for Germany with his wife and daughter. Chinese officials diplomatic corps foreign community and American legation guard and band greeted the departure at the depot.
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Schurman
Peking
Jacob Gould Schurman
China
Berlin
Germany
Washington
Legation Guard
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Cady Marion Hastings
Ford Freight Airline
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Dearborn
Henry Ford
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Iron Mountain
Mich
Detroit
Stout Airplane Co
Edsel Ford
Ford
Edsel
Edward Hamilton
Harry Russell
Kenesaw ML Landig
Wilte
Hopley
Bucyrus
Callister
Cuyahoga
Maud C. Waitt
Boards of Education
Lauchrooma
Elyrian
Kipton
John Salzman
Dommes
Wheeler Trial Whel
Jones
Charlie Craplin
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