Grand jury indicts 23 in Cleveland policy racket case
In Cleveland, a Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted 23 men linked to extortion and blackmail tied to the policy racket. The case followed a large citywide drive led by Safety Director Eliot Ness, with arrests at homes and plans for high bail and witness protection.
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Cleveland, O
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Eliot Ness
Albert C. Polizzi
Shonder Birns
George Angersola
John Angersola
William Richardson
Frank Hoge
Nick Safulla
Sally Hart
Cleveland
Ohio
Youngstown
Angelo Lonardo
Angelo Sciria
Dominick Suspirato
Joseph Artwell
John de Marco
Victor Mannino
Joseph Tampero
Tommy Boyce
Larry Gaskins
Doiminic Sciria
Ellsworth Jewell
Cleveland Pace
Cuyahogaounty Grand Jury Jater
Willie Ricardson
Charles Lardomita
Charles Ovacco
Herbert Oliver
Elsworth Ewer
Ernest Molnar
R. W. Chamberlain
Frank T. Cullitanaid
Helso
Coal mining by machines yields cleaner product at West Virginia mine
Carl Scholz of Charleston told delegates at the American Mining Congress that at the Raleigh Wyoming No 1 mine in Edwight West Virginia full mechanization using selective mining produced clean coal. A 1938 machine cut and loaded upper material then another removed draw slate before loading the coal at 260 tons per seven hour shift over two months.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia
Carl Scholz
Charleston
W. Va
American Mining Congress
Raleigh
Scholz
Weather summary from Ohio to Lake Superior region
Partly cloudy and cooler after evening showers in eastern Ohio. Thursday expected to be fair with moderate temperatures. A low moved to Lake Superior with reduced intensity. a low remains over Alberta and the Rio Grande Valley. High pressure over the Northern Rockies and Northeast. Scattered showers nationwide except California and the Southwest. Cooler in the Northern Lake region with slight changes elsewhere.
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Ohio
Lake Superior
Alberta
Rio Grande Valley
Rockies
California
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Northern Plains
Four Men Plead Guilty Before Judge Findley
Four men faced arraignment before Judge Guy B. Findley with three entering guilty pleas and one not guilty. George Jaycox, 28, of 122 Chestnut Street, pleaded not guilty to a statutory charge with bond cut from 4000 to 3000. Walloyd Sharkey and James Dillon admitted burglary of Lorain Creamery Company on February 14 and earned probation. Alfred Bignall pleaded guilty to burglary charges involving stealing automobile parts from a Wellington garage with sentencing postponed for further investigation.
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Guy B. Findley
George Jaycox
Chestnut Street
Walloyd Sharkey
James Dillon
Lorain Creamery Company
Masked gunman kills two men outside Sand Point roadhouse
A masked gunman killed two young men outside a roadhouse near Sand Point Idaho early today after they knocked him down for insulting one of their women companions. James Turpen, 30, Sandpoint, was killed instantly. James McFall, 25, Priest River, died an hour later. The killer fled.
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Sand Point
Ida
Here
James Turpen
Sandpoint
James McFall
Priest River
War outlook: China resists. Japan to press on long
Dr. George Shephard, adviser to Chiang Kai Shek, told Oberlin College students that the China-Japan war will last long and that there is no Chinese peace party. He said Japanese overtures failed and China’s nationalism is deeply rooted, with no native leadership ready to aid Japan.
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Oberlin
China
Japan
George Shephard
Chiang Kai Shek
United States
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Shephard
Chiang Kai-Shek
France
Insurance agents urged to treat work as profession at Lorain banquet
C B Plummer of the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents spoke at the Lorain County Insurance Men's Association annual banquet at the Elyria Club. About 150 agents and guests attended, including visitors from Cleveland Columbus and other cities. He urged viewing insurance as service not just business and noted standards have risen. An entertainment program with music and acts accompanied the event, Joe Boddy serving as MC.
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C. B. Plummer
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents
Lorain County Insurance Men's Association
Elyria Club
Cleveland
Columbus
Plummer
Joe Boddy
Police Safe Robbed of 700 Dollars in Parkersburg
Parkersburg police reported an $700 theft from the police headquarters safe. Merchant William C. Albright, Jr deposited the money in the safe over the weekend and found it missing when he attempted to withdraw it for the bank.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
William C. Albright, Jr
Coal Deadlock Persists as Mediation Prods Reform
Federal mediation efforts continue to seek peace in the Appalachian soft coal industry idle since April 1 due to a wage hour deadlock. John R. Steelman hints at a three man mediation council if talks stall while miners demand a closed shop or equivalent.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Defense Begins Building Case For Hastings
NORWALK Ohio April 26 The defense opened its case in the Hastings murder trial as the state rested. Prosecutors alleged Harold Hastings killed Carl Schlett near Bellevue on Jan 26 and used testimony from Coletta Schlett to link Hastings to the victim. Hastings faces an acquittal-focused defense while witnesses for the defense testified Hastings was home and did not encounter the victim.
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Norwalk
U.R
Harold Hastings
Carl Schlett
Schlett
Hastings
Bellevue
Coletta Schlett
Bracy
Burns from gas blast at Elyria Dairies plant injure worker
Theodore Underhill aged 20 of 118 Cedar Street was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for second degree burns on his left forearm and hand and first degree burns on lips and nose after a gas explosion while lighting a boiler at the Elyria Dairies plant. He was released after treatment.
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Theodore Underhill
Cedar Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Dairies
Ashtabula County Infirmary Administration Probe Opened
County commissioners began an inquiry into infirmary management after suspending Superintendent Dan H Wheeler, Mrs Wheeler matron, and their son Frank a cook in Ashtabula Ohio today. The move follows an investigation into operations at the infirmary.
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Ashtabula, O
Ashtabula County Infirmary
Dan H. Wheeler
Poland Rejects German Proposals in Warsaw Pushes Independence
In Warsaw the Gazeta Polska spokesman for Foreign Minister Beck rejected German proposals. Poland will not join the German sphere or concede independence. It would not cede Danzig, allow a German road through the Polish corridor, or settle minority issues on Germanys terms.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gazeta Polska
Josef Beck
Germany
Danzig
East Prussia
Judge Delays Ruling on Custody of Two Boys
Judge Guy B Findley deferred his decision on custody of a nine and an 11 year old after noon. He gave the mother Clara C Sweet of Amherst time to modify home life while noting he could not keep the boys long under present conditions. He said he could not award custody to Wilbur K Sweet of Lorain since his second wife was denied custody of her own son last month. Sweet already has custody of a daughter by agreement with his former wife.
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Carl Schlett
Joseph Schlett
Sandusky
Hastings’ Company
Hastings
Schlett
Fackler
Guy B. Findley
Clara C. Sweet
Amherst
Wilbur K. Sweet
Lorain
Sweet
Elect Student Cabinet At E. H. S
Elyria High School announces 26 students chosen for its first Student Cabinet after yesterday’s vote. Seniors eight students join, with future changes: eight seniors represent this year’s class, two freshmen will join in September for next year. Members span seniors Douglas Birch and Dorothy Nau to freshmen William Collins and Patricia Standen.
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Elyria High School
Douglas Birch
Bernie Fobes
Lawrence Forbes
William Lord
Jean Crisp
Roberta Howenstine
Mary Kaiser
Dorothy Nau
William Dutch
Don Fobes
Bill Leedale
Robert Sharkey
Eleanor Carr
Iane Geisel
Mary Jean McElfresh
Jean Taittersall
John Birch
Bill Hockaden
Philip Hofmann
Rosemary Barlow
Jean Wagner
Ruth Wright
William Collins
Ray McNeil
Lois Hancock
Patricia Standen
Thousands Of Miners In Need Of Relief
Charleston report estimates 140000 miners in 15 counties need relief due to Appalachian soft coal shutdown. potential rise to 300000 by next week. Pocahontas district says no widespread suffering, noting scripts issued to idle workers and rents paid. Coal associations oppose union closed shop in new contract talks in New York.
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Charleston
W. Va
William Blizzard
United Miner Workers District
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
John L. Lincoln
Pocahontas Coal Association
Bluefield
Pocahontas Tug River
New York
Wine dealer held under five thousand bond in Lorain case
Chris Hall a Lorain wine and liquor dealer pleaded not guilty to subordination of perjury on an indictment. He is jailed on a five thousand dollar bond after an arrest tied to a secret indictment and an alleged fake October robbery. Four witnesses were held for grand jury.
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Chris Hall
Lorain
Guy B. Findley
Chris Hail
East 31St Street
Mike Jessel
John Pavlich
Whitney Rottari
Peter Drogas
Hall
Jessel
Pavlich
Howard R. Butler
Drogas
Rottari
Hitler to Reject Roosevelt Peace Message in Reichstag Speech
Berlin April 26 Hitler plans to reject Roosevelt peace message in a Reichstag speech. He informs Nazi officials that Britain’s conscription move is of little immediate importance while refused moderation from Sir Nevile Henderson . Hitler argues no head of state should steer another nation’s future foreign policy for so many years.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nevile Henderson
Henderson
Germany
Britain
von Ribbentrop
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Foreign Office
Crosby Estate Guarded After Kidnapping Threat
Hollywood April 26 Bing Crosby’s Toluca Lake estate was under heavy guard after a threat to kidnap one of his four young sons. An undercover agent told San Francisco police of overheard plans in a tavern by underworld figures to seize a Crosby child for a $100000 ransom. Crosby has carried a pistol since a previous threat five years ago but stated he is not worried.
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Hollywood
Toluca Lake
Bing Crosby
San Francisco
Underworld
Crosby
Taber Battles Roosevelt Reorganization Plan Fight
Rep. John Taber leads a hopeful but doomed effort to defeat F D R's first reorganization order. He plans a concurrent House resolution disapproving three new agencies for security lending and public works. Even staunch critics concede the order will take effect after sixty days.
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Washington
John Taber
House Reorganization Committee
Roosevelt
Taber
House
Britain Plans Universal Military Training For 20–21 Year Olds
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced conscripting all men aged 20 to 21 for six months of military training. The bill would empower calls on reserves and could lead to a future army of up to a million. The plan, a shock to precedent, aims to deter aggression amid Hitler’s recent speech.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Territorials
Home Guards
Regular Army
Ohio pension rolls grow as 631 more claimants seen
Ohio records show April pensions totaling 2,539,152 for 112,618 recipients, up from 111,985 and 2,524,492 in March. Chief Tom McCaw cites faster processing of applications and a year to date rise of 1,433 cases as drivers of the expansion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tom McCaw
State Division of Aid For
McCaw
Lindbergh Ends Buffalo Inspection Before Departure
Col Charles A Lindbergh inspected Buffalo aviation plants Curtiss-Wright and Bell Aircraft for the U S Army then left Buffalo airport at 11 01 a m toward an unannounced destination believed to be New York City. He plans to meet his wife and sons there tomorrow after their arrival from England.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles
A. Lindbergh
United States Army
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Bell Aircraft Company
Lindbergh
New York City
Bethere
England
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