Wheeler Trial in Great Falls Sees Conflicting Testimony
Montana Senator Burton Wheeler faces cross examination on alleged oil permit schemes with New York attorney George B. Hayes. Government argues Hayes key to case while Wheeler denies meeting Hayes before the Brookbart committee. Telegrams from Senator Walsh seek permission for Lehman to attend the trial, signaling further developments.
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New York
Great Falls
Montana
Joab H. Banton
Thomas J. Walsh
Alexander Lehman
Burton K. Wheeler
Tris
Lehman
Walsh
Wheeler
George B. Hayes
Hayes
Mont
John L. Slattery
U.S
Gor- Rector
Interior Department
Brookbart Committee
Department of Justice
Testiony
George
Cleanup plans announced for Elyria city cleanup drive
Plans for Elyria to carry out a ten day cleanup begin Monday announced by James A. Hewitt service director. Citizens and merchants are urged to cooperate using their own trucks to haul away rubbish from business properties as the city seeks a thorough house cleaning with help from local manufacturers.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Sheriff Returns From Alabama With Quarry
Sheriff Fred Underhill returned from Birmingham Alabama with Delormie Weikel after an almost weeklong absence. Weikel and another man were indicted on fan-support charges for his two minor children. Weikel had vanished from Lorain last November with his wife and kids living with his parents. He was found in Ensley working as a line sman for Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. He allegedly lived with a Lorain woman who disappeared with him. She accompanied the sheriff to Cleveland. This morning Welker pled guilty to the charge, was placed under 1900 bond, and will gain time to post it to guarantee child support. otherwise Judge A R Webber will sentence him.
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Fred Underhill
Birmingham
Alabama
Delormie
Weikel
Lorain
Ensley
Tennessee Coal & Iron Co
Cleveland
Welker
A. R. Webber
Shooting Case Trial Monday Involving LeRoy Jones
Criminal court adjourns case until Monday morning to try LeRoy Jones and Lo Tain on charges of shooting to wound. The case was set for today but delayed due to the illness of the attorney.
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LeRoy Jones
Lo Tain
Federal reformatory plan eyed for Ohio site
Washington April 23. An inspection of Camp Sherman at Chillicothe Ohio for a possible new federal men's reformatory has been made by L M White superintendent of Federal prisons. Attorney General Sargeant announced today. Several other sites will be examined before the prison location is decided.
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Washington
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
L. M. White
Sargeant
Two Killed When Auto Hits Train Near Norwood Mass
Two unidentified men died and their companion Joseph King of Newton was seriously injured when a car crashed into the rear of a motor truck driven by Wilford Mahen. The truck driver escaped unharmed.
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Norwood
Mass
Joseph King of
Newton
Wilford Mahen
One Hundred Year Old Cherry Tree Cut Down at Brownhelm
Brownhelm April 23 The ancient cherry tree on Byron Wellmans farm, planted by the original owner a century ago, stood thirteen feet in circumference with limbs eighteen inches thick. It was destroyed due to rapid decay and risk of collapse after a century of bearing fruit.
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Brownhelm
Byron Wellman
Fint
Babe
Elyria County Music Festival Moved to Oberlin
The county school music festival moves from Elyria to Oberlin hosted by Oberlin High School. About 308 students from county schools will participate in a music memory contest and festival program featuring a county chorus glee clubs and orchestra. Avon Lake boys band to perform. C E B Webb LaGrange in charge.
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Elyria
Oberlin
E. C. Beale
Elsina
Avon Lake
C. EB. Webb
LaGrange
Lorain Doctor Addresses Kiwanis on Tuberculosis Care
Dr. A T Grills of Lorain spoke to the Elyria Kiwanis club about tuberculosis treatment in a Vienna hospital, noting 8000 bed facility, post mortem studies, and European medical advances. He urged support for a Lorain county TB hospital and described Europe’s conditions and priorities, with remarks on Europe’s past and America as the future.
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Lorain
Europe
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Vienna
Grills
Lorain County
America
Austria
Hungary
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New York Central Depot
Oberlin Road
Kenneth Boylan
Carl Taylor
Charles McLaughlin
Kiwanis
Bellevue
Four Lorain Men Fined $1000 Each for Liquor Possession
Judge A R Webber found Vasil Netotan Mike Peil Nick Babos and Vasil Voss guilty of liquor possession after a sheriff raid. Each man denied ownership though one admitted knowing of the liquor and going there for a drink. They were fined $1000 and jailed until fines and costs are paid.
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Lorain
A. R. Webber
Vasil Netotan
Mike Peil
Nick Babos
Vasil Voss
Pearl Breet
South Lorain
Sheriff's Office
Webber
Prisoned debt dispute ends in violence and arrest
In St Louis April 23 Hiram Casey aged 55, who worked in his son's grocery, sits jailed in Belleville. His enemy William Pusey 74 who is paying Casey’s expenses, claimed $3500 in damages after Casey struck him with an ice-scraper over a disputed debt. A jury awarded Pusey $900, and the case continues.
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Casey
Louis
Hiram Casey
Belleville
William Pusey
Pusey
Freight plane on trial trip at Washington flight
A Sikorsky biplane with two baby grand pianos and six crew members flew from Roosevelt Field to Bolting Field in three hours arriving at 11 15 a m Igor Sikorsky the inventor piloted the craft which circled the field twice before landing One piano was bound for Mrs Calvin Coolidge Col Harold E Hartney who pursues an air freighting line between Boston and St Paul was aboard
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Washington
Sikorsky
Roosevelt Flying Field
Long Island
Bolting Field
Igor Sikorsky
Calvin Coolidge
Harold E. Hartney
Boston
St. Paul
Stanfield Denies Neslect Charges In Child Support Case
Clayton Stanfield of Elyria was arrested on an indictment from nearly a year prior charging non support of his minor children. He was taken into custody while visiting his daughter at Oberlin Children's Home after she was injured by a car in front of the home. Stanfield says authorities could have arrested him earlier as he has continued working and paying support. The report also notes U S dirigible Los Angeles left Bermuda bound for Lakehurst and a separate hearing where Erie Railroad vice president testified on the Van Sweringen railroad merger implications.
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Clayton Stanfield
Elyria
Oberlin
Stanfield
Mergur
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
van Sweringen
T. C. Powell
Erie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Body of Floyd Collins Taken From Sand Cave
Collins body, trapped since January 30 in Sand Cave, Cave City Ky, was recovered after two months. It was in good condition due to low cave temperatures and wrapped in cotton before surface arrival. Embalming will precede public lying in state and burial per Collins family.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Surace
Collin
W. H. Hunt
Collins
Hunt
Four Ohio constitutional amendments loom in voter focus
Columbus April 23 Statewide interest centers on four proposed amendments to the Ohio constitution. The McDonald Proposal would tax intangible property and remove autos from personal property, backed by a large fundraising campaign to push a modern taxation system. The Dempsey-Parnsworth plan aims to write pay as you go debt limits into the constitution to bar bonds for current expenses and short lived projects. The Sweeney measure seeks four year terms for most state and county officials, with a vigorous campaign expected. The Marshall-Lipp city planning amendment would allow municipalities to assess costs against benefitted property for public improvements.
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Columbus
Ohio
McDonald
Dempsey-Parnsworth
County school will spell at LaGrange
A county rural and village spelling contest will be held at LaGrange on May 9 to crown a county champion. Contestants from grades above fourth through senior high enter. each school selects a champion per grade. Prizes of 5, 3, and 1 dollars are offered for the top three winners.
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LaGrange
Governor asks special counsel for Ohio municipalities case
Columbus April 23 Governor Donahey today asked Attorney General Crabbe to assign special counsel to represent the Ohio municipalities at proceedings before the State Utilities Commission regarding Logan Gas Company rate increase requests affecting about 80 municipalities statewide.
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Columbus
Donahey
Crabbe
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Drunken driver fined after interurban crash in Cleveland
George Bayless, 51, of 1930 Center Street Cleveland, was fined 50 dollars and costs by Mayor Hinkson after being found guilty of driving an auto while intoxicated. He allegedly struck an interurban car on East Bridge Street injuring a car driven by Mrs. F. M. Phelps, and his vehicle was heavily damaged. Police also noted a prior complaint of another auto being driven into a ditch in Ridgeville. Bayless denied intoxication.
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George Bayless
Center Street
Cleveland
Hinkson
Bayless
East Bridge Street
F. M. Phelps
Cedar Street
Ridgeville
Electric Iron 5 Blamed for Blaze
An electric iron left plugged in caused a fire at the Frank Aust residence 930 West Avenue last night. Damage estimated at 300 dollars. Firemen from stations 1 and 2 battled flames at 7 26 p m using a garden hose. Kitchen badly burned. Austs away at the time. Aust planned to broadcast from Station WGBL and praised Elyria firemen for their firefighting efficiency.
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Frank Aust
West Avenue
No. 1
No. 2
Aust
WGBL
W.N. Bates
Elyria
New Steel Mills to Award Contracts for Seamless Tube Mill
Youngstown sheet and tube company will award contracts today for machinery to a new Seamless Tube Mill in East Youngstown costing over 2 million dollars. A smaller unit of the same type will be built by the company in Chicago.
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NEW Steel Mills
Youngstown
East Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Chicago Dr
Greatest Criminal Drive In History Of Government
The Coolidge administration plans a massive nationwide crime crackdown merging all federal law enforcement. The aim is an impassable barrier on U S borders by coordinating customs, justice, labor, treasury and immigration agents with public health and consular services. A conference led by Assistant Secretary Andrews will discuss the plan.
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Coolidge
Washington
International News Service
Treasury Department
Andrews
State
Labor
Treasury
Justice Departments
Department of Justice
Consular Service
Cascade Park 200 Scene of Tragedy
Cascade Park zoo interest grows as collectors send in birds and animals for exhibition. Charles Tite Jr acquires coconuts? two co cons. L C Carrier brings two monk fared owls and later coons invade their box. Eggs were taken from the nest and placed with hens eggs in a new incubator. If hatched, the owls and nestlings may be added to Cascade Park.
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Cascade Park Zoo
Charles Tite, Jr
L. C. Carrier
Kipton
Tite
Duri
de Mtiade
Cascade Park
Lorainite Ends Life Over Wife's Love in Suspected Suicide
J D Wood aged 52 or 60 at 1025 Streator Place took a fatal dose of strychnine while on duty at Paragon Filling Station in Lorain near Broadway and 28th Street about 9 30 p m last night He died in an ambulance before reaching St Joseph s Hospital A letter to his wife alleged her coldness provoked the act and said she would regret her lack of affection Mrs Wood had disappeared Monday after bringing his illness to him Coroner Myles B Perrepo? declared the verdict suicide
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J. D. Wood
Streator Place
Paragon
Broadway
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