Canton Mayor Denies Bootlegger Ties in Defense
Canton Mayor Curtis testifies before Governor Donahey and denies ties to bootleggers and gamblers. He claims no one received one third of receipts and defends police leadership. Curtis explains appointing his brother as police director, says he trusted him, and recounts efforts to crack down on bootlegging amid Greek community accusations.
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Urtus
Canton
Donahey
Ornement
Ernor
Gamb- Canton
Mavor
Urner
Curtis
Ted
Lengel
Ause
Se Demed
Rel
Ze Pelay
Dead in Ledo auto mishaps with four killed
A pair of traffic crashes in Ledo area left four dead and about a dozen injured. Mary Schuller, 63, and Elizabeth Schuller, 01, both of Wause, drowned when their car skidded in deep ruts and went into a creek. Arvilla Clark, 16, of Toledo, died in hospital after being struck by a rain at a crossing. Nine others were hurt in the second crash as the wreckage spread across the scene.
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Mary Schuller
Elizabeth
Wause
Schuller
Mashore Lark
Stryker
Arvilla Clark
Toledo
Ohio
Deweise Crossing
Prisoner Hangs Self in Jail After Fight
A prisoner identified as Pesda alias Tony W Burgadav was found dead by hanging in a cell at Canton after a brawl left him injured and despondent. He was taken into custody earlier following the incident. Deputy Sheriff reported the arrest and a prior trial in Justice Court with a $10 fine.
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Jicides
Alama
Pasda
Amon
Pesda
Tony W Burgadav
Pasha
Cantonnzstown
Fived E
Black
Burt
Returns With Check Forger
Sheriff Andervnl returned from Shreveport with Walter C Cullins of Lorain charged with issuing a bad check. He bought from Murbach Coal Co. a $5375 invoice and is said to have passed other checks totaling about $200. He vanished but was located in Shreveport under suspicion. hearing not yet held.
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Andervnl
Shreveport
Walter C Cullins
Lorain
Murbach Coal Co
Sheriff Underhill
Liquor Toter's Trial Underway in Lorain
Criminal trials began this morning as Cassimer Kim, indicted for a third liquor offense, stood trial. A jury is sworn, Judge Thompson presiding. Also in Columbus, an advisory committee on education announced a May 6 session to discuss School Budgeting and Pupil Enrollment per Teacher with speeches by W E Grill and P R Stevenson.
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Columbus
State
Elyria Dancers Lose in Marathon Dance Event
Lorain April 28 Thomas Jenkins and Miss Ethel Zimmer of Elyria lost the marathon dance to Mrs Geo Forester and Albany Beanchman. The Elyria pair fell at the start and could not recover the 52 seconds deficit set by the winners.
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Elyria
Lorain
Thomas Jenkins
Ethel Zimmer
Martha Lee Elch
Geo Forester
Albany Beanchman
Jenkins
Chemist Held Without Bail In Wife Poisoning Attempt
Clarence Q. Baring, a noted amateur chemist and inventor, was arraigned on an attempted murder charge for an alleged wife poisoning attempt. He was held without bail to await grand jury action as prosecutors proceed.
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Whith Brlains
Clarence Q. Baring
Coolidge Praises Academy of Science at National Address
President Coolidge today lauded the National Academy of Sciences predicting a rising sun of truth in American research. The Academy, donated by the Carnegie Corporation, will house the National Research Council and stands as a monumental stone and marble facade facing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Washington
America
National Academy of Sciences
Coolidge
Carnegie Corporation of New York
National Research Council
Lincoln Memorial
Foreign News Nuggets From Madrid and Beyond
A Madrid dispatch reports Spain’s Bank of Spain giving 2000 pesetas to each son of mail clerks killed on the Cordova Express. Other items note Alfonso traveling to Barcelona, Primo Rivera praising the Somatenes militia, the virgin of Mont Serrat named patron saint, Germany’s Marx insisting on allied reparations, Stresemann praising the Rapallo era, and a Russo German Lubricants deal valued at about 10 million dollars for Erdoel and German Petroleum.
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Bank of Spain
Alfonso
Barcelona
Primo Rivera
Mont Serrat
Dusseldorf
Marx
Germany
Breslau
Fortign
Gustav Stresemann
Oswes
Birlin
Rapallo
Erdoel Co
German Petroleum Co
Daugherty investigation nears legal tests in court clash
Washington reports eighth week of the Daugherty inquiry as Wheeler Brookhart clash over evidence gathering surfaces. The senate ordered Mal S Daugherty arrested for defying subpoenas and withholding Midland National Bank records. Proceedings likely to reach the U S Supreme Court amid renewed DOJ negligence testimony.
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Washington
Daugherty
Wheeler - Brookhart Committee
Mal S. Daugherty
Ohio
Senate
Midland National
Washington Court House
United States Supreme Court
Brookhart
Department of Justice
United States
Columbus
Cincinnati
John McGrain
United States Senate
Mel. S. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
McGrain
John Lozan
N. P. Clyburn
Cincnnati
U. S. Courst
Two Murderers Executed in Pennsylvania
BELLEFONTE Pa April 28 Albert Platt convicted from Crawford County for murdering an eight year old boy and Willie Morgan convicted from Philadelphia County for killing a six year old girl were electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary this morning.
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Bellefonte
Albert Platt
Crawford County
Wilie
Texas
Morgan
Philadelphia County
Rockview Penitentiary
Barbers Union Plans Wednesday Banquet and Meet
Barbers Union will host a Wednesday evening lunch and smoker at Little Joe's restaurant. It is a get-together with union bosses and members, with a National organizer present, aiming for a pleasant social gathering.
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Barbers
Barbers’ Union
Little Joe’s
Last chance to register for delegates to conventions
Announcement urges registration today to be eligible to vote tomorrow for National and State convention delegates. It notes polls close at a specified time for both registration and transfers, urging immediate action.
Girl Hurt In Machine Crash Near Ridgeville Center
Sunday night an accident on the Cleveland road east of Ridgeville center left EF. Washer of Cleveland colliding with A. D. Houston in a Cleveland driven car. Miss Clara Doder of Cleveland riding with Houston suffered severe facial cuts from flying glass. she went home after the parties settled. Pearl Moss, 38, of Chester, W. Va., died at her home from carbolic acid, leaving six fatherless children.
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Ridgeville Center
EF. Washer
Cleveland
A. D. Houston
Clara Doder
Madison Avenue
Houston
Miss Doder
W. VA
Suicmes
Liverpool
Pearl Moss
Chester
Petition to Enlarge or Rebuild Lorain County Court House
The Lorain County Bar Association held a meeting in Courtroom No 1 and urged action to relieve crowding at the courthouse. A committee led by Lawrence Webber and including H C Johnson and F M Stevens will take steps to petition county commissioners for enlarging or building a new courthouse. Petitions may circulate countywide to authorize a bond issue.
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Lorain County Bar Association
Adsoph Resek
A. R. Webber
W. B. Thompson
George Glitsch
Association
Lawrence Webber
Carl Henry Arndt 82 Dies at Home in Elyria
Carl Henry Arndt age 82 died Sunday morning at 9 45 at his home 435 Thirteenth street He was born in Eleester Braden burg Germany September 9 1841 and came to Elytia in 1882 He is survived by five children 18 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren He was a longtime custodian at St Johns Lutheran church Funeral services Wednesday at 1 20 from his home and 2 00 at St Johns Lutheran Rev Biskner officiating Burial in Ridgeville cemetery
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Carl Henry Arndt
Thirteenth Street
Eleester
Bradenburg
Germany
Elytvia
Fred Guthman
Elyria
Charles
Lorain
George Worcester
Oberlin
John
Emma
Churchmen to Visit Elyria and 13 Cities Next Week
The Ohio Council of Churches announced a visiting schedule where more than 30 speakers will tour ten cities including Cleveland Cincinnati Lima Greenfield Urbana Mansfield Middletown Canton Wooster Elyria Zanesville Marietta Newark Ashland and Akron. Each city will host at least two speakers with national staff secretaries rural church specialists and welfare experts contributing to church cooperation conferences.
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Toda
Ohio Council of Churches
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Lima
Greenile
Urbana
Mansfield
Middletown
Canton
Wooster
Elyria
Zanesville
Marietta
Newark
Ashland
Akron
Federal Council of Churches
State Welfare Department
Denom
Rockport Realty seeks vacating Sunnyside Beach allotment
The Rockport Realty Co. asks Brownhelm township officials to vacate a Sunnyside Beach allotment it owns totaling 97 tote. The company states no injuries would result from abandoning the land and that the action serves public interest.
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Rockport Realty Co
Sunnyside Beach
Brownhelm Township
Cleanup Week Underway City Wide
Cleanup week began today with city wagons at work on the east side of the river collecting curb rubbish. A gang at the city dump searches for iron bones rags and other waste material to sell to junk dealers. Some of them make pretty good wages at this unusual livelihood.
Receiver Dissolution Sought for Bannon Theater Co
David Hamlin president of Bannon Theater Co told Judge Thomason the firm is now making fair progress and major debts are paid, with most claims held by the majority stockholder ready to be paid. the court granted the application to dissolve the receivership.
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Bannon Theatre Co
David Hamlin
Thomason
Man killed in debt dispute in Ben Ville Ohio
In Benville Ohio on April 28 Asie Lawrence a 24 year old Black man was shot and killed during a dispute over a $2 debt. His body was found on Wells Street with a bullet wound to the jugular. Police seek John Littlejohn as a murder suspect.
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Step Benville
Asie Lawrence
Wells Street
John Littlejohn
Blast Ends Man In Explosive New Jersey Incident
In Kans AncCiix on April 28 an unidentified man was blown to pieces in a blast that rattled buildings across a area. Police think he fell while carrying nitroglycerin or similar high explosive. Bits scattered a block away. Also Newark oil strike reports oil surging over a derrick top after reaching 4 450 feet on the Wehrle farm near the city limits.
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Newark
Wehrle Farm
Four Bodies Recovered from Beavwood Mine Disaster
Beavwood mine of Wheeling Steel Corporation in Wheeling West Virginia reports four dead recovered at 2 pm after a morning explosion trapped 104 men. Rescue teams from Pittsburgh Bellaire and Webb mine aided. two bodies found burned beyond recognition and two more from Boggs run. Wives and children await word as government rescue directs operations.
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W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Beavwood
Pittsburgh
Benwood
Boggs Run
Tom Bens
Frank Ledvinka
United Mine Workers
Bellaire
Webb
Ohio
Mrs Mary Sweeney 68 dies after stroke at home
Mrs Mary Sweeney aged 68 died Saturday at her home 336 Prospect Street from a stroke. Her husband and sister and brother survive along with nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at the North Olmsted home church, Rev Kuyper officiating, burial in Evergreen Cemetery Dover Center.
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Mary Sweeney
Prospect Street
Dumford
Lincoln Court
Elyria
Cleveland
North Olmsted
Kuyper
Evergreen Cemetery
Dover Center
Mrs Saul Eppley Dies On Telegraph Road
Nellis Eppley aged 3 died suddenly at 2:00 AM at home on Telegraph road. Death due to heart trouble. Survived by husband Saul, daughter Pearl, son Irvin. Funeral at Ervin Eppley home on Telegraph road Wednesday at 2 PM. Burial Murray Ridge cemetery. Also divorce news and a missing man killed in Wheeling morgue ID.
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Telegraph Road
Methodist Church
Saul Eppley
Daugter
Pearl
Irvin
Ervin Eppley
Rev
W. C. Endley
Murray Ridge Cemetery
Coolidge Favored Sale To Ford Over Muscle Shoals
Senator Norris charged before the senate agriculture committee that President Coolidge backs handing Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford. Norris cited a telegram from Ford aide James M. Muller noting Coolidge told Muller Ford could have Muscle Shoals but should restrain remarks about the deal. Muller quoted a Oct 2 1923 private meeting in which Coolidge expressed friendliness to Ford but warned him to avoid statements that could hinder the transfer.
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Washington
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Henry Ford
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate Agriculture
Norris
James M. Muller
Ford
B. J. Seibold
Fords
Detroit
Western Union Tegraph Co
Muller
Elyrians to Hear Burke at Memorial Hall Meeting
Nine autos labeled Burke for Governor carried a party to Columbus for a mass meeting in Memorial hall this evening to hear Senator J. F. Burke. The group included Asaph Jones, the Jones and Chamberlain families, Mrs. Bonnie Rahmer, Miss Grace Block, and many others from Elyria and South Amherst. The trip was for the event and a stop at Mt. Vernon en route.
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Bert Storer
Mathias
D. A. Baird
Mt. Vernon
Woman killed in home fire in Steubenville area
Mrs. Robert Rigot of Tiltonville, Steubenville County, died when an oil fire exploded in their home Sunday. The blast blew out part of the house and left Mr. Rigot badly burned, with Mrs. Rigot enveloped in flames. The incident is described as deadly and likely fatal for Mrs. Rigot's husband.
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Steubenville
Robert Rigot
Tiltonville
Rigot
Toledo man sentenced for airport thefts pleaded guilty
Emmet V. McKee of Lima, who lately pleaded guilty to opening letters and erasing from the walls, was sentenced by Federal Judge Kirby here today to serve five years in the Atlanta Prison.
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Emmet V. McKee
Lima
Letiara
Eressing
Jedge Xir
Aiea
Prisca
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