Three Convicts Escape From Ohio Penitentiary By Armed Holdout
Prison guards and inmates describe a bold escape at the Ohio penitentiary as three long-term offenders used a mysterious .45 revolver and firearms to overpower guards, force a guard to smuggle a ladder, and flee in a Ford sedan after climbing from the tower. Warden and officers launched a state-wide hunt for the trio, led by statements blaming a crooked guard for aiding the break.
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Slu
Maus
Godet Preston J. Thomas
Ome
Acrhur R. Koontz
Lawrence County
Oho Penitentiary
Hile Koontz
Deadline set for Homeowners Loan applications in Lorain
Lorain residents were informed by E L Moody, Lorain county manager for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, that no deadline has been set for private applications. He explained the May 1 bank loan deadline does not apply to private loans and that the program is valid for three years, allowing applications to continue for some time.
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Lorain County
Lorain
E. L. Moody
Lorain Oty
Home Iers' Loan Corporation
Moody
Theatres At Pittsburgh Bombed Bulletin April 30
Explosions attributed to disputes damaged four moving picture theaters in Pittsburgh. Estimated damage runs to $25,000 with one injury reported. nearby buildings spared from broader damage.
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Ittsburgh
Damase
Guards Protect Governor's Daughter in Ohio Plot
In Columbus on April 30 Governor White ordered 129 National Guards to guard his daughter Mary, amid rumors of a kidnap plot tied to John Dillinger. Earlier reports claimed two guards were killed at night, and two more were added to Miss White's guard detail as authorities investigated a planned kidnapping involving Ohio's clan family and Dillinger’s gang.
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Olumbus
Alugh
White
Mary
National Guards
Ie Ince
Surdiot
Ksaco
Miss White
John Dillinger
Inger Cang
Columbus
Ohio
The Weather Forecast list says warm trend continues
The forecast reports Farr and continued warm conditions with periods of party cloudiness through Tuesday.
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Farr
Fear grips Tucson as child is kidnapped in deal
April 29 Tucson The federal government takes charge of the search for June Robles six as authorities fear she may have been killed by a madman. Local authorities surrender the case to Joseph Dunn Los Angeles chief of the Department of Justice. A ray of hope emerges with the grandfather Bernable Robles leaving for Santa Ana Sonora and crossing the border with two friends to seek a possible ransom rendezvous with kidnapers.
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Fear Grows Girl
Mad Man
Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Hersest
Joseph Dunn
Los Ategeles
Department of Just
Bernable Robles
Santa Ana
Sonora
Nogales
Henry Dalton
al Aguierre
Nosales
Montam Fastoces
Rotarians Name Directors for Elyna Rotary Club
The Elyna Rotary Club will elect twenty one directors from a list of twenty one nominees chosen by members at the weekly meeting. Elections occur earlier than usual as newly elected officers will meet with the district governor on May 5 in Cleveland for the district convention. B F Stanton of Allanr will speak on public schools and the state tax situation.
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Elyna Rotary Club
Elub
Elke Club
Cleveland
B. F. Stanton
Allanr
Rotary Club
Marguerite Wells Elected President of National League of Women Voters
Miss Marguerite Wells of Minneapolis has been chosen as president of the National League of Women Voters at its Boston meeting. She has been prominent in league work in Minneapolis for fifteen years.
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Tins
Marguerite Wells
Minneapolis
National League of Women Voters
Boston
Miss Wells
Annual Cleanup Under Way in Elyria
Elyria launches its annual Clean-Up Week with city trucks tracing routes in the northeastern district today and other areas to follow. The Chamber of Commerce Board of Health and Fire Department urge residents to prepare as much rubbish as possible, placing it at the curb with containers ready before truck visits.
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Elyria
Elsha
Elsha Chamber of Commerce, Board of Health
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Outlaws from John Dillinger gang block police escape in Bellwood
Four gunmen identified as John Hamilton Homer Van Meter George Nelson and Joseph Fox allied with John Dillinger disarmed a suburban police squad in Bellwood Illinois near a gas station at dawn. They fired two pistol shots and aimed a machine gun while forcing officers to surrender and walk away with hands raised before speeding off.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Harry Wayland
Bellwood
John Hamilton
Homer van Meter
George
Baby Face
Neilson
Joseph Fox
Wayland
Harry Nieman
Tieman's Station
Hamilton
Nelson
van Meter
Gus Enceo
Joseph Hagmoeister
Hamilton Nrust
Warland
Seek Compromise On State Tax Program
In Columbus on April 30 the Senate Taxation committee weighed a compromise tax plan combining a sales tax with either an income tax or higher intangible tax. Supporters seek votes and concessions to overcome sales tax opposition. Both houses plan to reconvene Tuesday as Speaker Cave warns time is running out.
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Columbus
Senate Taxation Committee
D. J. Junsett
van Wert
Frank Cave
Optimism Felt In Steel Circles
In Cleveland on April 10 the Steel magazine reported steel operations at 57 percent capacity, up three weeks in a row and near the 1933 peak. Producers foresee a strong operating period into June and evaluate absorbtion of pre price-advance negotiations before July 1. The piece notes no improvement in steel options contracts under the steel code and lists price indices for iron, steel, and scrap. In Cincinnati, April 30, a red haired man killed in a pistol battle was identified as Dan O Leary alias Roberty Slattery, sought in Toledo for robbery and in Cincinnati for the Union Gas and Electric Cartage branch robbery. the second victim remained unidentified.
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Cleveland
Steel
Cincinnati
Dan O'Leary
Roberty Slattery
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Union Gas and Electric Co
Birmingham Man Fatally Injured in Kentucky Truck Accident
John Myers aged 21 of Birmingham died Thursday night after a truck accident near Lexington Kentucky. He was helping W H Shellenberger move a rubber load from Georgia to Akron when he lost balance while turning on a reserve fuel, fell from the truck, and it left the road into a ditch. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs A C Myers, a brother Edward, and four sisters in Birmingham Milan Toledo Norwalk. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the Birmingham Methodist Church with Rev William Smith of Oberlin officiating.
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John Myers
Birmingham
Lexington
Kentucky
Myers
W. H. Shellenberger
Georgia
Akron
Shelenberger
A. C. Myers
Edward
Ralph Kohlman
William Cole
Milan
Walter Nichol
Toledo
Butler Kearney
Norwalk
Methodist Church
Wiliam Smith
Oberlin
Oberlin Professor Urges Elyria Students to Embrace Professional Spirit
Prof. R A Jachiffe of Oberlin College addressed Elyria High School students urging a professional spirit in all life. He defined it as serious attitude toward work, warned against taking oneself too seriously, and urged applying the spirit to reading and leisure activities, including serious reading of poetry.
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Elyria High School
R. A. JacHiffe
Oberlin College
Elyria's 92-Year-Old Dora Stark Prepares Garden
A 92-year-old Elyria woman, Dora Stark, tends her garden each spring for potatoes, living alone at 03 East Avenue. Born in Finken Germany, she came to Elyria 43 years ago, married August Stark, and raised two children from her first marriage. Stark continues to manage her home with kerosene lamps and coal, refuses help, and plans to be honored on Mother's Day May 13.
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East Avenue
Dora Stark
Eirria
America
Germany
Stark
Nover
Accidental Deaths Sweep Ohio River Weekend
United Press reports 17 accidental deaths over the weekend across Ohio towns. Five killed in Cleveland traffic mishaps include Mrs Karl Gund and others. Dayton auto collision claimed three. two Cincinnati youths drowned in the Ohio River. two more drownings near East Liverpool. Toledo and Sidney fatalities from automobile crashes. Columbus fatalities from a fall and a traffic mishap.
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United Press
Ohio River
Cleveland
Karl O. Gund
Willoughby
Peter Cavagen
Campbell Nowling
Oliver Pike
Harry Lavan
Dayton
Louie Fluhart
Oakwood
Mary Harn
William Pitts
Cincinnati
John A. Dreyer
Richard Stein
Anna May Jackson
East
Liverpool
Robert
Chester Mazur
Frank Gracyk
Toledo
Paul Fridley
Sidney
Columbus
Henry W. Bach
Charles Davis
Strike Ends At Fisher Body Plant In Cleveland
The Fisher Body Corporation plant in Cleveland resumed operations after a weeklong strike. SA00 workers returned to work as union leader Tani E. Waley and 14 local presidents prepared to meet with Fisher Body and General Motors officials and members of the automobile labor board.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body Corporation
Tani E. Waley
United Automobile Workers’ Federal Labor Union
AFL
UL. Alihate
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporations
Automobiile Labor Board
Japan to Observe Open Door and Nine Power Treaty
London April 34 Japan will maintain the Open Door in China and continue observance of the Nine Power Treaty. Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon informed the House of Commons today.
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London
Japan
China
John Simon
House of Commons
Former legislator McLaughlin admits receiving Bremer ransom
John J. McLaughlin known as Boss and former state legislator confessed to handling 53000 of the ransom money forEdward G Bremer the wealthy St Paul banker in Chicago. Justice department said the confession is part of the campaign against John Dillinger and his gang while agents hunted three Oklahoma gangsters tied to the abduction.
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John J. McLaughlin
Chicago
John J
Boss) McLaughlin
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
Justice Department
McLaughlin
Oklahoma
Dillinger
Bremer
Cadre Trapped After Mine Blast at Bickershaw Pit
Leigh England April 30 Twenty men or more trapped and believed dead after a blast at Bickershaw Coal Pit No 3. Five bodies reached surface as three hundred workers were in the pit. Most escaped via a passage to Pit 1. Previously in 1932 a cage crash killed nineteen at Pit No 3.
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Leigh
England
Bickershaw Coal Pit No
Bickershaw Pit No. 3
Austria Adopts Guild System of Government
Vienna reports Austria moves to a fascist guild system under a new constitution approved by Parliament. The change converts the republic into a two chamber state with restricted powers and strong government authority, adopting the Christian German Federal State banner and red white red colors. Parliament met to formalize decrees issued since March 4, 1933.
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Vienna
Austria
GHOOLINE FAMINE IN CLEVELAND ENDS
In Cleveland a fuel shortage eased as motorists found plenty of saseline despite a strike by union station attendants. After all day talks with oil company reps and federal mediators, a conference was set for a final push to end the dispute. Dr W M Lesserson led mediations and prepared to travel to Washington after tonight. Many major stations remained closed while about 800 independent outlets stayed open.
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Cleveland. Q
Union
Oil Company
W. M. Lesserson
The
Petroleum Administration
Labor Policy Board
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