Hoover to F altitude for conservative action in acceptance speech
President Hoover plans a conservative safety first acceptance speech aiming at business leaders and bankers for support, promising no promises to abolish poverty. The speech, set for next Thursday, will reference the forgotten man while avoiding contention over Roosevelt’s copyright. Henry M. Robinson advised on policy and wording, with proofs undergoing heavy revision.
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United Press
Washington
President Hoover
Hoover
Roosevelt
White House
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Mr. Hoover
William J. Donovan
Borah
Willebrandt
Coolidge
Northampton
Chicago Blaze Destroys Huge Packing Plant and Assets
A massive Chicago fire swept two blocks in the packing district, destroying the Omaha Packing Company plant and hundreds of animals. About fifteen people were injured, with nearly five million dollars in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours, risking intense heat as they fought to prevent further spread along the grain elevator and coal yard. Searches were planned for potential victims once flames eased.
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Chicago
Omaha Packing Company
The Weather Forecast for Ohio Clou ds Tonight
Ohio remains cloudy with likely showers this evening. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cooler. Detected forecast stresses cloud cover and cooler temperatures for the weekend.
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Ohio
Wild Man Roams Kipton Area In Cave Habitat
Sheriff Clarence Adams plans an afternoon inquiry into a reported wild man living in a cave dug from a hull near Kipton. Court Bailiff Charles Reiman cites local reports of a two week hillside occupation, fear of strangers, and a crude earthen pot for cooking. He carries a heavy club and subsists on rabbits and other wildlife.
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Kipton
Clarence Adams
Charles Reiman
Heiman
Libby Holman and Youth Indicted in Reynolds Case
Libby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker have been indicted on charges connected to the murder of playboy heir Smith Reynolds. Walker, already jailed, faces possible trial as prosecutors consider first or second degree murder charges with potential death or 30 year terms. Libby remains at large, with extradition papers anticipated and authorities coordinating across New York and Cincinnati.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Broadway
Ab Walker
Walker
Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Cincinnati
New York
Albert Holman
Transue Scott
Libby
Scott
Max Gardner
Raleigh
City Band Concert Tonight At Gates Hospital Lawn
The Elyria City band presents a 8 p.m. concert on the Gates Hospital lawn for Crip pled Children with program conducted by Gerald M. Frank. Soloist Miss Dorothy Sandrock features cornet and solos by the band include Sousa marches and medleys and patriotic pieces.
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Elyria City
Gates Hospital For Crippled Children
American Federation of Musicians
Gerald M. Frank
Dorothy Sandrock
Cornet
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Sousa
Becker
Klohr
Hayes
Independentia
Hall
Chambers
Bigelow
Medley
Lake
Battleship Connecticut
Fulton
Peace Hope in Gran Chaco Crisis Moves Forward
Bolivia wants an armistice based on present positions in the Gran Chaco with Paraguay and rejects June 1 standings. Washington neutrals cite the Stimson Doctrine against territorial gains by force. The League of Nations hopes for a peaceful settlement as both nations seek settlement and possible free port transit cooperation.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Washington
Geneva
League of Nations
Hague
Chaco
Platt
League
Rival lumberjack rides 20 inch log to New Orleans
Paul Bunyan’s fame is tested by Tom Connelly of New Richmond who travels the Mississippi on a log called the Log Holling Special. The 55 year old father of seven, unemployed, aims for Thanksgiving dinner in New Orleans after launching the log on the LaPrarie River at Grand Rapids. He has lost two days to wind and sore feet.
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Brainerd
Minn
Paul Bunyan
Tom Connelly
New Richmond
Wisc
New Orleans
Connelly
Mississippi
Grand Rapids
Ziegfeld Leaves Estate To Widow
Florenz Ziegfeld leaves his entire estate to widow Billie Burke and daughter Patricia. The will, filed for probate in White Plains, is dated April 40, 1930, and notes no provision for his mother Rosalie Ziegfeld, trusting she will be provided for by his wife and daughter.
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White Plains
WUP
Florenz Ziegfeld
California
Billie Burke
Patricia
Rosalie Ziegfeld
Child Falls From Window Skull Fracture Report
Frances Moses, two, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Moses of 476 Highth Street, suffered a fractured skull after tumbling from a second story window at home yesterday. She landed in the driveway, was rushed to Dr T F Cushing at 421 West Avenue, and her condition was reported as fair this morning.
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Frances Moses
James Moses
Highth Street
Four Armed Men Hold Up Bank in Indiana
Four armed men robbed the Commercial Bank Bank and Trust Company in Union City Indiana, taking about 33 500 from money counters and a vault. Assistant cashier G O Watson and four employees were ordered to stand and be held up. The car bore Ohio license C 35519, a Toledo issued Chevrolet coupe. They fled west as sheriffs and surrounding town officers pursued.
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Union City
Ind
Commercial Bank Bank and Trust Company
Zun Points
Ohio
Clarence McBride
Greenville
Indiana
G. O. Watson
State Motor Vehicle Department
Columbus
Child Drowns in Lake Erie at Private Beach
A 7 year old, Norbert Auuskientz, drowned yesterday afternoon in Lake Erie while wading with an older brother at a private beach east of Lakeview Park, Lorain. The 15 year old Michael Krawnovra found the body about 400 feet offshore after the older brother reported the missing child. coast guards worked on the boy for 45 minutes.
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Lorain
Norbert Auuskientz
Lake Erie
Lakeview Park
Norbert
Michael Krawnovra
Coast Guards
Chijld
Amherst Man Hurt In Mid Avenue Collision
Amherst resident A Nabakowski was injured in a crash at Middle avenue and Fifth street around 3 15 p m. The other vehicle was driven by J N Stephan of Parkersburg West Virginia. Nabakowski suffered rib fractures and other injuries discovered at his home hours after the collision.
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A. Nabanoski
Amherst
Middle Avenue
Fifth Street
J. N. Stephan
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nabakowski
Four Youths Die In Auto Crash Near Fairmont
Four youths were killed and another seriously injured when a small coupe crashed into a telephone pole in heavy fog near Fairmont West Virginia. The dead are Wayne Morgan 30 Tony Bilotta 18 Richard Morris 22 and James Shultz 18. George Heston 24 the driver was seriously injured. All victims were residents of Fairmont.
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Fairmont
W. VA
Wayne Morgan
Tony Bilotta
Richard Morris
James Shultz
George Heston
Miss Merrill Found Shot To Death At Mississippi Plantation
The 70 year old Miss Jennie Merrill, daughter of former ambassador Ayers Merrill, was found shot near her Glenn Burnie plantation home in Natchez. A caretaker reported hearing shots. a local Black man Alonzo Floyd discovered the body. Police, aided by neighbors and bloodhounds, found clues including a blood spatter, a lingerie comb, and a wardrobe shed, while two neighbors and a Black man were briefly detained despite alibis.
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Natchez
Miss
Jennie Merrill
Ayers Merrill
Belgium
Alonzo Floyd
Merrill
Glenn Burnie
Prominent Ashland Manufacturer Myers Dies in Accident
Philip A. Myers of Ashland Ohio a founder of F B Myers & Brother Co and inventor of the double acting force pump died in his Wade Park Manor apartment after injuries from a Memorial Day auto accident near Ashland He would have been 79 on August 14 His wife Mrs Josephine Forsyth Myers was injured in the same crash Funeral services are being arranged Surviving are Phyllis Arlene 3 and Guy C Myers a son from a previous marriage Activities include his roles as director of the Union Trust Co of Cleveland and his prominence in New York and Cleveland business circles.
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Cleveland
Philip A. Myers
Ashland
Ono
Union Trust Co
Wade Park Manor
Myers
Memorial Day
Josephine Forsyth Myers
New York
F. B. Myers & Brother Co
Phyllis Arlene
Guy C. Myers
Well Known Society Man Found Shot in Rugby Home Grounds
Major Godfrey Hesteltine, a prominent society figure and polo player, was found shot dead today on the grounds of his home in Rugby England. Police opened an inquiry as news of the tragedy spread.
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Bulletin Rugby
Eng
Godfrey Hesteltine
Elyria Township Taxpayers To Meet Tonight
Elyria Township taxpayers are invited to an opening meeting of the Elyria Township Taxpayers League at Markley School this evening. All taxpayers are urged to attend. A separate item notes a jobless pipe organist, Jack Hall of Pittsfield Mass, collapsed while hitchhiking to Fort Wayne and is near death in Defiance Hospital after 18 days on the road and over a week without food.
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Elyria Township Taxpayers League
Markley School
Defiance
Fort Wayne
Ind
Defiance Hospital
Jack Vu. Hall
Pittsfield
Mass
Elyria Country Club Ladies Claim Western Division Title
In Mansfield Ohio on August 4 Elyria Country Club ladies defeated defending champion Lorain 12 1/2 to 5 1/2 to win the Western Division Golf Association title. The Elyria sextette led by Mrs Eddie Raus Mrs E M Gillis Mrs Howard Barbour Mrs Leonard Tufford Mrs L B Pauver and Mrs Jack Flynn broke a deadlock by earning decisive victories to capture the 1982 crown.
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Jack Flynn
Elyria
Lorain
Bonus Army troubles linger in Johnstown amid Legion Day scene
In Johnstown Pennsylvania August 5 a large Pennsylvania American Legion show of support for the bonus army occurred as thousands gathered with bands and colors. The stranded veterans faced transportation shortages with trains trucks and gas. Mayor Eddie McCloskey pledged help and negotiations with railroads and promised cushioned coaches for west bound veterans.
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Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Eddie
Chicago
Baltimore and
Oki
State Highway Department
Thieves Kill 38 Chickens at Fielda Corners Farm
Deputies Paul Chapman and Henry Moehl report 38 chickens killed by thieves at Walter Wallington on Fielda Corners. Heads were found in the coop this morning. Seventeen birds survived. Blood tracks led deputies to a parked automobile with tire marks showing a swift escape.
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Walter Wallington
Fielda
Ohio May Seek $10 Million Relief From RFC
Columbus August 5 The Reconstruction Finance Corp may be asked to provide at least ten million dollars to Ohio between now and year end to feed and clothe the needy. The sum is seen as needed to take up poor relief bonds with no market and to aid communities that have exhausted bond limits and diverted all gasoline tax and motor vehicle license funds to relief.
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Columbus
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ohio
Ohio judges face salary cuts under state review
In Columbus on August fifth a joint governor and Senate committee examined proposed salary reductions for all judiciary levels from Supreme Court justices to justices of the peace. State Bar Association and Township Trustees Association officials will provide details, with reports due to Governor White by September first. Officials oppose a one cent gas tax cut, favoring funds for unemployment relief, while colleges accept lump sum cuts but seek permission to determine individual amounts afterward.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Senate
State Bar Association
Township “Trustees Association
Justices of Peace
White
Ohio
Gratitude At Gates Hospital For Crippled Children
Parents of a patient treated at Gates Hospital for Crippled Children expressed thanks after a recovery then death from tuberculosis. The man had finished high school at 21 while in care and planned to study design via correspondence. A separate report covered a two car collision at Court and Second street involving C A Baumhardt and J L Beltz.
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Gates Hospital
H. &. Hoover
Ashland
C. A. Baumhardt
Charles Court
J. L. Beltz
Astern Heights
Plot to blow up farm threshing unit near Huntington
An investigation by Sheriff Clarence Adams and Deputies Paul Chapman and Henry Moehl follows a discovery on Archie Draper’s farm two miles west and one mile south of Huntington. A three ounce gasoline and turpentine bottle with matches was found in a bundle of oats, suggesting intent to ignite the threshing machine, barn, and nearby buildings. Two men are questioned as the case is sent to Prosecutor Don W. Myers.
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Archie Draper
Huntington
Clarence Adams
Paul Chapman
Henry Moehl
Threshers
Adams
Chapman
Moehl
Edward Curtiss
William Koons
Hantington
Don W. Myers
Thirty Five Examined At Creed Children's Clinic
Thirty five cases were examined today at Creed Children's Hospital, including twelve new and twenty three re-examinations. Doctors Heyman of Cleveland and Lawrence of Elyria saw children from Ashland, Findlay, Elyria, Lorain, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Wayland, Ravenna, Oberlin, Amherst, Shelby, Jeromesville, Columbia Station, Vermilion, Nankin, Clarksville, Bellevue, Wadsworth, Chippewa Lake, Spencer, Tyro and Bedford.
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The
Creed Children’s Hospital
C. H. Heyman
Cleveland
F. A. Lawrence
Ely- Tia
Ashland
Findlay
Ely-~ Ria
Lorain
Avon Lake
Wayland
Ravenna
Oberlin
Amherst
Shelby
Jeromesville
Columbia Station
Vermilion
Nankin
Clarksville
Bellevue
Wadsworth
Chippewa Lake
Spencer
Tyro
Bedford
Libby Holman Held Under Doctor Care on Train
Libby Holman Reynolds is under doctor and nurse care aboard a Cincinnati to Winston-Salem train as her indicted murder case looms. Alfred Holman, her father, boarded the train after learning of the indictment with Walker, and planned to appear in Winston-Salem to discuss extradition and custody.
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Cincinnati - Towinston-Salem
Libby Holman Reynolds
Alfred Holman
Cincinnati
Walker
Longire
Winston-Salem
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Young Walker
North Carolina
Criminal Court
City Band
Misoigsipp
Ziegfeld
Sedan
Agh
Opingter
Elyria Township
Elyria Country Club Ladies
Bulletin
Otate
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