Rescue Crew From Sinking Japanese Ship In Sea Storm
Reports say the Japanese steamer Raifuku Maru sank after distress calls as Ocean liners Homeric and others closed in from 600 miles east of New York. The Homeric reached the scene and stood by while rescue attempts continued amid fading radio contact.
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New York
Halifax
N. 8
White Star Line
Boston
Mass
Hamburg
Reindeer
N.S
Washington
Navy Department
Arlington
Council Takes First Steps to Improve West Eighth Erie Garvin
The city council authorized plans for paving West Eighth Street from West Avenue to 705 feet west, Erie Street from Lake Avenue to West River Street, and Garvin Avenue from Lake Avenue to Tuscarawas Street. It also discussed future projects including repaving and widening Court and Third Streets by the courthouse, Lake Avenue widening, and East Avenue from Broad Street to Depot Street.
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W. Eighth
Erie
Garvin
West Eighth Street
West Avenue
Erie Street
Lake Avenue
West River Street
Tuscarawas Street
James A. Hewitt
Council
Not Guilty in Oberlin Case Over Pre dated Check
Judge A R Webber directed a noon verdict of not guilty for Harry Davis of Oberlin in a criminal case over a pre dated check. The jury found Davis not guilty after questions about funds and bank status. George Burns of Elyria pleaded guilty to forgery and sought parole later.
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A. R. Webber
Harry Davis
Oberlin
Davis
Mose Wilder
Webber
Court of Appeals
George Burns
Elyria
Liquor Case Against Nanny George Dropped
The case against Nanny George a merchant at 88 Woodford Avenue for possession of liquor was dismissed by Mayor Hinkson in police court as the prosecution failed to prove its case Joe George of Lorain was convicted of transporting liquor and fined 500 with costs Officers had seized a five gallon can believed to have been placed at 88 Woodford Avenue by Joe George An appeal is anticipated.
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Nanny George
Woodford Avenue
Hinkson
George
Joe George
Lorain
Louis Schindler Faces Workhouse Threat Over Drink Charge
Louis Schindler aged 31 of 513 Park Place faced a workhouse threat from Mayor Hinkson if arrested again for intoxication. He appeared in court for drunkenness on his wife’s complaint, fined $5 and costs, and jailed for default. Police say he is often intoxicated and beats his wife and children. The Fay Stocking Co. sues William Averbrook for $112.96 on an account.
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Hinkson
Louis Schindler
Park Place
Schindler
Shindler
Mansfield chest drive aims at $85,000 in Mansfield
The Mansfield community chest campaign opens with a goal of 85,000 for the week. A budget outlines allocations to agencies including the Y M C A Y W C A Mansfield General Hospital Salvation Army G A R Child Health Demonstration and the Humane Society. The city is organized for the drive.
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Mansfield
Mansfield General Hospital
Salvation Army
G. A. R. the
The
Humane Society
Dairy program topics draw Lorain farmers to two meetings
R F Taber of Ohio State University outlines dairy industry phases before county farmers in Oberlin and Wellington with talks by S M Salisbury. Over 20 000 cows in Lorain County. Brighton and Penfield townships discuss forming cow testing associations while concerns rise over price fluctuations and farm welfare. Also a Cleveland export conference set for May 12 and a missing youth case in Hunt. Crown Prince Leopold departs to the Congo.
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Ohio
Lorain County
R. F. Taber
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange Hall
Wellington
Wellington Mayor's Court
Worain County
Brighton Township
S. M. Salisbury
Penfield Township
Youth, 22, Bound Over as Misdemeanor Manslaughter Charge
Robert Hobill of 4123 Cleveland Street was bound over to the grand jury under $1,000 bond after a deadly April 13 auto crash that killed Whitford Granger a former street commissioner. Hobill was arraigned on reckless driving, with manslaughter filed after Granger died from injuries. Attorney Robert H. Rice entered a not guilty plea and waived the exam.
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Robert Hobill
Wilford Granger
Cleveland Street
Whitford Granger
Hinkson
Sanslauchter
Granger
Lodi Street
New York Central Viaduct
Plan to Help European Nations Plan to Help European Nations
American business has launched a vast credit campaign to rebuild Europe financially, with hundreds of millions in new loans to foreign buyers. Private lenders continue to extend terms despite Europe’s war debts and past due balances, while U S exports see gold shipments fall and South American markets receive longer terms.
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Washington
Europe
United States
America
South America
Land price diverges in Nickle Plate land case
The Nickle Plate railroad condemnation suit against Elizabeth King in Lorain continues before probate judge H. C. Wilcox. Mrs King witnesses value land from 1000 to 1800 per acre and damage estimates on the remaining 75 acre tract from 125 to 800 per acre. Leading Lorain real estate men will testify for the railroad this afternoon.
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Nickle Plate Railroad
Elizabeth King
Lorain
H. C. Wilcox
Cleveland Tots Die From Rabies Attack
Richard Tallman six year old of Cleveland died from rabies at Grace hospital after a mad dog bite six weeks earlier. Two other children bitten at the same time are recovering. The same dispatch notes the Interstate Commerce Commission denied Portsmouth Ohio merchants petition to shift Portsmouth to Eastern Standard Time.
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Cleveland
Richard Tallman
Grace Hospital
Ohio
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Retail Merchants Association of
Portsmouth
Loneliest Isle Seeks Annual Mail Boat Visit From King
London dispatch reports Tristan Da Cunha, 1500 miles from Cape Town, petitions the King for a yearly mail ship. Rev Martyn Rogers says islanders suffer from long gaps between visits, food shortages, and reliance on potatoes and fish. He notes resourceful women knitters, barter livestock for sustenance, and a baby never eaten bread. Continued on page 3.
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London
Tristan da Cunha
British Empire
Martyn Rogers
Cape Town
England
Rogers
Takes Children Padlocks Homes of Bootleggers
Kansas City and state courts use an old statute to remove bootleggers children. Probate Judge Frank H Thompson, youngest in the country, began his term last November to enforce law against persistent family bootlegging. The remedy appears effective as records show repeated violations by one family and a statute once obsolete is revived.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Frank H. Thompson
Thompson
Lake Shore Property Owners Seek Car Line Ban on East Erie Street
A petition signed by 147 property owners on East Erie street asks Lorain City Council to abandon the street car line. The Lake Shore Electric Co. is reportedly considering motor bus service for the area. City Council also approved a $4,000 repair appropriation for No. 6 fire station.
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Lorain
East Erie Street
Lake Shore Electric Co
Car theft report and arson incident in city
The Buick stolen from Van Wert Ohio was located on Depot street. The sheriff suspects the thief also took another sheriff’s car’s numbers and that the offender may be the same person who stole Sheriff Underhill’s car. Harry Jacobs files suit against Nathan Berger and Ida Senn for deed delivery on three lots tied to a $10,000 debt. A chimney fire at 331 Eighth Street caused minor damage. Fire engines 1 and 2 responded with water and chemicals.
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Depot Street
Sheriff's Office
Toledo
van Wert
Obi
Sherif Underhill
Harry Jacobs
Nathan Berger
Ida Senn
Frank Stang
Stang
J. L. Krause
Eighth Street
Lake Shore Electric faces $20000 damage suit over deadly bus crash
A $20,000 complaint was filed against Lake Shore Electric Co. for injuries from a Bennett road bus collision on Oct. 23 that killed several children and injured others. Violet Parker, via her guardian Mrs. Robert Parker, says she rode the bus and suffered brain concussion and back injuries. She alleges obscured track view due to trees and buildings and railroad negligence for failing to signal the approaching car.
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Lake Shore Electric Co
Bennett Road
Violet Parker
Robert Parker
$20,000,000 Steel Plant Is Started
Actual work toward constructing 24 tin plate mills by Youngstown Sheet and Tube was begun at the Indiana Harbor plant with track laying by Indiana Harbor Belt Railway, part of a $20.9 million extension over two to three years. The mills will use the latest electric drive technology and speculative power sources. E. C. Seale, Lorain County schools superintendent, departed for Bowling Green to visit schools today and tomorrow.
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Hammond
Ind
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Indiana Harbor
Steel Company
Indiana Harbor Belt Railway Company
Youngstown
E. C.seale
Lorain County
Bowling Green
Rotary F o n Japan Talks to Club Elyria
Guy Converse general secretary of the YMCA Osaka and Osaka Rotary Club spoke at the Elyria Rotary luncheon describing Rotary’s invasion of Japan, formation of two clubs, and the international reach of Rotary International and YMCA. He noted Japan’s business culture and how American baseball has gained a place on the island.
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Guy Converse
Osaka
Japan
Elyria Club
Rotary
Elyria Rotary Club
Painleve Message Triggers Riots In Chamber Of Deputies
In Paris April, riots and insults interrupted Premier Painleve as he read a cabinet message advocating keeping a French Embassy at the Vatican and prioritizing France's security over immediate financial fixes. Painleve read forty minutes for six pages amid derisive shouts from “Black guards” and others. only support came from the right for Vatican representation. Comrade Cachin denounced the Dawes plan while calling for it for French capital.
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Paris
Paul Painleva
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
France
Painleve
Cachin
Europe
Men Plead Not Guilty Of Booze Possession
Lorain men Leo Welgar and Joe Saunders faced arraignment on liquor possession charges after being arrested on John Doe warrants. Saunders to be tried this afternoon, Welgar to be tried Saturday. two others, Lucy Gauvereau and Tommy White, arrested in a Stop 52 raid. White held on $1,509 bond, involved in a separate robbery case, pleaded not guilty in Common Pleas Court yesterday.
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Leo Welgar
Joe Saunders
Lorain
John Doe
S. J. George
Saunders
Welgar
Lucy Gauvereau
Tommy White
Lake Toad
Common Pleas
Gasoline tax act signed. referendum not required
Ohio approves and signs the Brown gasoline tax act at 11 03 am in the Senate culminating a ruling that the levy is not subject to a people referendum. The measure taxes two cents a gallon on gasoline for highway use with collections starting tomorrow. Estimated daily receipts run around 35000 while a three day late signing causes over 100000 in lost state revenue. Gas distributors expected refunds for purchases made Sunday and Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Lewis
Crabbe
Justice Johnson
State Supreme Court
Saviers
Donahey
State House
Harry D. Silver
House
Truck Service of New York Central Opens Between Cleveland and Toledo
The New York Central railroad launched a truck service linking Cleveland and Toledo. The Cleveland truck arrived at noon and will come earlier once organized, connecting at Norwalk with a east bound truck to Toledo. Norwalk’s east bound truck is due around 10 o clock. Local freight trains by rail are canceled. all local freight now moves by truck. The experiment, proven successful in other regions, is hoped to become permanent, and it aims to outpace private truck services.
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New York Central Railroad
Cleveland
Toledo
Norwalk
How to List Auto for Personal Tax
County Auditor notes 1925 automobile listings based on purchase date and list price. Vehicles bought after Jan 1 1925 are assessed at 90 percent, those bought before Jan 1 1925 vary from 79 percent for 1925 models to 10 percent for 1920 models, with older years scaling down accordingly.
Four Divorce Cases Filed in Court Today
A number of divorce actions were filed in court today, all from Loraine. Cecelia Shieve accuses Earl Shieve of extreme cruelty and neglect, seeks divorce and alimony. Edna Arlington, married at fifteen, claims lack of support and intends to revert to Edna Halyday. Ernest Sparks alleges Emma Sparks guilty of gross neglect of duty as she lives with her parents in England. Martha Washburn accuses Roy Washburn of habitual drunkenness and assault, seeks alimony and restoration of her maiden name Martha Salsbury.
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Cour
Lorain
Cecelia Shieve
Earl Shieve
Edna Arlington
Robert Arlington
Edna Halyday
Ernest Sparks
Emma Sparks
England
Martha Washburn
Roy
Retired Medina minister dies after 72nd birthday event
Rev. Philip Keiser a retired minister for 15 years died unexpectedly Monday at age 72. Relatives gathered at his Medina home Saturday to celebrate Mrs. Keiser's 72nd birthday. He was a father to C. S. Keiser a Lorain high school teacher.
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Medina
Philip Keiser
Keiser
C. S. Keiser
Lorain
Electrical Parley in Lorain Sets Second Conference
Lorain electrical contractors and Ohio Public Service Co officials met with a Lorain city council committee to discuss changes in customers service installations amid a controversy. No decision was reached, but a second conference is planned for Friday at 4 pm. Also report on a wife hiring assassin in Youngstown and arrests in Tokyo plot to murder Premier Kato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain Electrical Contractors
Ohio Public Service Co
Twin brothers sentenced in Mansfield murder case
Wilbur Pettit pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the December 26 1943 shooting of his brother-in-law John Payne and received life imprisonment. His twin, Willard Pettit, is already serving 19 years in the Ohio State penitentiary for his role in Payne’s death.
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Mansfield
Wilbur Pettit
John Payne
Willard
Ohio State Penitentiary
Payne
Rosa Murphy seeks $100000 for voice loss in railroad collision
Rosa A Murphy of East Liverpool sues the Pennsylvania Railroad for 100000 in damages claiming her voice was ruined when she was thrown to the floor of a Pennsylvania train car after a collision at Homewood Junction Pa in August 1924 She had been a vocal student for three years.
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Cleveland, O
Rosa A. Murphy
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Miss Murphy
Commans
Homewood
Junction
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PFDA
Doerlin
Workhouse
Fay Stocking Co
Wiliam Averbrook
Mansfield Chest Dane
DMRY
Pittsburgh Territory
Michigan
New York State
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Howard
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Hunt
Louis Black
Third Street
Antwerp
Crown Prince
Leopold of
Belgium
Congo
Albert
Elizabeth
Marie Jose
Bier
Adainst
Cleveland Tots
TREU
FIM
Vnc
Lake Ohore
Lake Shore Electric
Rotarian Fon
Richmond
League of Women Voters
Federal Grand Jury
Hayner Distillery
Alex Mersky
Mersky
Secretary of
Commerce Hoover
N.Y. Cin Operation
Sam Olifico
Olifico
Tokio
Kato
Omichi
Coolidge
Cambridge
White House
George Washington
Continental Army
Oregon Avenue
Stockholm
Gustave
Sweden
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