Opposition to confession introduction in Snook murder trial
In Columbus Ohio on August 5 lawyers fought over the admissibility of Dr James Howard Snook s confession in the Theora Hix murder case. Defense contends the confession was coerced and seeks to exclude both written and verbal accounts from two newspapermen. The dispute could span hours as arguments focus on duress during long police questioning and alleged assault by Prosecutor John J Chester Jr.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
W. C. Howells
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Snook
E. L. Ricketts
Ricketts
John F. Seidel
CC. S. Long
Columbus, CO
Henry L. Scarlett
John J. Chester Jr
Chester
When I Was 21—Leo R. Meyer in Elyria auto business
Leo R. Meyer, aged 21, manages the Elyria Garage Company in Sistra. In 1920 the firm became Léo R. Meyer Motor Company with Meyer as president. He also serves as a director of Elyria Savings and Trust, is married with four children, and splits residence between 323 Eastern Heights Boulevard in winter and East Erie Avenue, Lorain, in summer. His hobby is fine automobiles. His boyhood ambition was to be a machinist.
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Leo R. Meyer
Sistra
Elyria Garage Company
Léo R. Meyer Motor Company
Elyria Savlings and Trust Company
Meyer
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Atlantic Coast Battered By High Wind
A northwest gale along the Atlantic coast over the weekend chilled temperatures to about 67 degrees. Beaches and resorts were crowded while three people drowned Morris Lion 22 John Bellia and an unidentified man. Boats were damaged as winds reached 40 miles per hour. The Albertina struck a schooner and transferred passengers. Pocahontas and Little Silver both had to move passengers after collisions with sunken timber and machinery failure.
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New York
Morris Lion
John Belliana
Albertina
Pocahontas
Governor's Island
Bay Ridge Flats
Sugar Politics Shift On Sugar Tariffs And Boon Proposals
Washington authorities and lobbyists debate sugar policy as Hoover and Smoot weigh a 1 to 3 cent scale, Borah floats a 2 cent a pound bounty plan. Borah argues it cuts consumer costs, while beverage bottlers push against the House duty.
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Washington
Hoover
New Democratic Publicity Agency
Shenandoah Valley
Snoot
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Treasury
Continental
United States
Borah
American Association of Carbonated Beverage Bottlers
Indict Chang Tsung Chang for Murder in Japan
London reports indicate General Chang Tsung-Chang, former Shantung war lord, is indicted for the murder of Young Hsien Kai-su. Hsien, a Manchu House member, died of a bullet wound near Chang’s Beppu residence after being found at the health resort on Kinshin Island. Police had long suspected Chang’s involvement amid rumored prior murders and ties to one of Japan’s emperors’ wives.
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London
Chang Tsung-Chang
Shantung Province
North China
Hsien Kai-su
Tokio
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hsien
Imperial China
General Chang
Beppu
Kinshin
Japan
Salin
Shantung
Chang
Chahs
Peiping
Drowned Man in West Reservoir Near Barberton
Aug. 5 in Barberton, Ardel le Vanatia drowned in West Reservoir when a canoe overturned about 50 feet from shore. Billy Busky was rescued by a fisherman. The two men had rented the canoe.
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Resservoir Barberton
Ardelle Vanatia
West Reservoir
Here
Billy Busky
Fourteen Killed in New York Weekend Traffic Toll
A United Press survey tallies fourteen deaths in Ohio over the weekend with remote regions still uncounted. Victims include Arthur Loesch near Cleveland, Dr. Horace D. Taggart of Akron, James Campbell near Newark, and multiple other fatal incidents across the state. Two boys drown in the Scioto at Columbus. injuries and fatalities span cars, a fall, a fire, a crane, and a bridge collapse among various locales.
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Ohio
United Press Today
Arthur Loesch
Bay Village
Cleveland
Horace D. Taggart
Akron
James Campbell
Newark
Lenzie Smith
Glouster
Athens
William Kajut
New Easington
Perrysburg
Scioto
Columbus
Jack Hellard
Carl Key
Paul E Kussman
Zanesville
New Philo
Grace Blessing
Wampler Lake
Toledo
Ira Schell
Arnold Michael
Cleves
Cincinnati
Louisa Workman
Charles Alexander
Wallace Heckathorn
New Castle
Martha McBride
Warren
Youngstown
William Gillespie
Tong War Breaks Out Anew In Chicago
Nine police squads patrolled Chicago's Chinatown as a new Tong war erupted, following a shattered yearlong truce between On Leong and Hip Sing. One Chinese man was killed, another likely fatally wounded in gunfire across Chicago Newark and Boston. Sun, a Hip Sing member, was slain near On Leong headquarters. slaying suspect Joe Tuck denied guilt. Wong, Hip Sing follower, was shot nearby. Wong Tor, his nephew, was arrested. Local leaders urged action as On Leong claimed 2,900 members to 300 for Hip Sings.
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Chicago
Chinatown
Newark
Boston
Yee Sun
Hip Sings
On Leong
Joe Tuck
Wong
Wong Tor
Frank May
Tom Lee
On Leong Merchant's Association
John A. Stege
On Leongs
Lee
Four Fined For Driving While Intoxicated
Four men were fined for driving while intoxicated with fines totaling 450 dollars and six month license suspensions. Joseph Genoka of Cleveland faced 159 dollars and costs, William Radley of Wellington 100 dollars and costs, Frank McGuire 100 dollars and costs, and A Kendig of Grafton 100 dollars and costs. three fines were by Justice S J George, one by Justice C E Gardner.
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S. J. George
Joseph Genoka
Cleveland
William Radley
Wellington
Frank McGuire
C. E. Gardner
Grafton
A. Kendig
Fremont Woman Is Hit-Skip Victim
Mrs Grace Rudolph a 22 year old Fremont resident was hit by a hit and run driver near Oberlin road and Hill Farms at 2 45 am Sunday. She was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital with abdominal injuries as deputies seek the responsible motorist.
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Grace Rudolph
Burger Place
Fremont
Oberlin Road
Hill Farms
Oberlin
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ostend Collision Kills Many Belgians Tour Boats Crash
At Ostend Belgium ten bodies were recovered and 12 remain missing after a collision off the seawall between a 43 foot motor launch carrying Belgian and English vacationists and a 65 foot pleasure boat. About 50 to 100 passengers were aboard. one woman died in hospital. Among the dead were a Charleroi family.
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Ostend
Belgium
Charleroi
Seven Killed In Oil Barge Blast At Kosmosdale
A Kosmosdale oil barge explosion on the Kentucky shore of the Ohio River killed seven people and injured or missing others. Victims include Frank Reader of Rosewood Indiana and Murray Jackal Leslie Underwood Edward Jupin Cleve Skeeters Allen Sauer and William Wilberding. The Kosmosdale Portland Cement Company owned the barge. Coroner Roy L. Carter opened an inquest as investigators work to determine the blast cause and arrange joint funeral services for the victims tomorrow.
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Louisville
Kosmosdale
Kentucky
Ohio River
Frank Reader
Rosewood
Ind
Murray Jackal
Westpoint
Leslie Underwood
Edward O. Jupin
West Point
Cleve Skeeters
Meadowlawn
Allen Sauer
William Wilberding
Kosmosdale Portland Cement Company
Roy L. Carter
Bandit Killed in Freight Robbery Near Toledo
An unidentified man was killed today during a freight robbery near Toledo Ohio as Toledo Terminal Railroad detective Sergeant Gronau confronted the group. The officer attempted to arrest them in a train car, but the suspects fled to the tracks. One bandit was shot and died. another man was arrested.
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Toledo. O
Gronau
Toledo Terminal
Walter Eastier Fined for Drunken Driving in Police Court
Walter Eastier of 180 Roosevelt Avenue was fined 100 dollars and costs and had his driver’s license suspended for ninety days by Mayor James A. Hewitt after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested on Cleveland Street between Olive and Winckles Streets following a drinking party.
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Walter Eastier
Roosevelt Avenue
James A. Hewitt
Eastier
Cleveland Street
Olive and
Winckles Streets
Wedding called off as groom jailed for grand larceny
Louis Stackhouse 20 of Nankin Ash land County faces grand larceny charges after sheriff deputies traced him to Freemont where he admitted stealing clover seed worth over 100 dollars from his employer Harry Stocking. He planned a wedding tomorrow and had bought a suit and a ring. Bride unaware. Stackhouse held on $1,000 bond.
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Louis Stackhouse
Nankin
Ashland County
Stackhouse
Fremont
Harry Stocking
Penfield
Indiana
Plibe
Grand Jury
S. J. George
Five Accidents Reported Over Weekend No Injuries
Five automobile accidents occurred over the weekend with no injuries. Driver Tom Elles, 18, of Center Street, faced reckless driving charges after a collision with Ralph Double on Gulf Road at 9 30 p m Saturday. Elles pleaded not guilty as Major James A Hewitt set a late afternoon trial.
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Tom Elles
Center Street
Gulf Road
Ralph Double
Elles
Chestnut Street
Herbert Pitts
West Seventeenth Street
Erwin Hawk
Bath Street
Stanley C Vakey
Ridgedale Avenue
Birmingham
Michigan
George Smith
Prospect Street
German stowaway Albert BuschkIn faces deportation
Gloucester Aug 5 Albert Buschkin a 17 year old Duesseldorf apprentice was sentenced to immediate deportation as an undesirable alien after admitting to stowing away on the Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst. He said he wanted to see America and now awaits transport to Germany aboard a Hamburg America liner.
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Gloucester
W. J
Albert Buschkin
Duesseldorf
Germany
Buschkla
Lakehurst
Byuschkin
Clarence “Red” Terhune
U. S
Hugo Hekener
Buschkin
America
New York
N. J
Albert
Philadelphia
James L. Hughes
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
Eckener
Arthur Schrieber
Hughes
Dusseldorf
Westphalia
Friedrichshafen
Erhener
Dogs Kill 20 Sheep In County
Twenty sheep were killed by dogs across two farms Friday and Saturday in the county. Lee Minkler the county dog warden reported eleven killed at Frank Jontz’s Wellington area farm and nine at the Nichols farm in Eaton Township. Two dogs were killed by Minkler and a neighbor, one by a neighboring farmer, and the second dog was hauled from Fairview Vallace. Minkler planned to recover the second dog the following morning.
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Lee Minkler
Minkler
Frank Jontz
Wellington
Nichols
Eaton Township
Fairview Vallace
Husband assaults wife in failed murder suicide attempt
In Cleveland, Alma Bodnareichuk said her husband, enraged by divorce proceedings, bent her arms on a bed springs and assaulted her. He then leapt from a roof to the sidewalk, fracturing his skull. both were hospitalized and the husband is in the prison ward.
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Cleveland
Alma Bodnareichuk
S Im Cily
Bodnareichuk
Polre
Mike Bodnarcuhuk
T Heary Hospital
July Sets Auto Sales Record in County
July auto sales set a county record with 580 passenger cars and trucks sold in the month, per the automobile department of the clerk of courts office. The report notes a strong demand across the market with notable gains in both car and truck categories.
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Lort - Counts
Automobile Department
Ofee
Clerk of Courts
Leppelin Makes Perfect Landing At Lakehurst
Graf Zeppelin completes a non stop voyage from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst and is moored in the hangar after an 89 hour flight. Captain Ernst Lehmann and Dr. Hugo Eckener supervise ground crews as refueling plans are delayed by manpower. The ship carries passengers, a stowaway, two primates, a grafid piano and 600 canaries.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Heckener
Graf
Eckener
Ernst Lehmann
Los Angeles
New York
Banker Named Ambassador To Rome
Washington April bulletin reports John W. Garrett of Baltimore named ambassador to Italy. The nomination was submitted to Rome last week and favors were reported by the State Department over the weekend. If confirmed, Garrett would replace Henry P. Fletcher, who has returned to the United States.
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Washington
Aus
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Haly
White House
Garrett
State Department
Rome
Henry P. Fletcher Nis
United States
Senate
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Bulletin
Atlantic
Broadway
Times Square
City
Boy
Leppelin
AY Lakehurst
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