Cascade Park Playground Most Popular This Week
Attendance across Elyria's five playgrounds reached 2713, the second highest weekly total since summer opening, led by Cascade Park with 2041 attendees. McKinley followed with 637, Hamilton 513, Allen 304, and Edison 218, boosted by volleyball and softball tournament setup. McKinley won both senior and junior volleyball titles last Friday, while Edison and McKinley meet for the junior softball championship at Cascade Path Wednesday morning at 9:30.
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Elyria
Ralph Bauer
Cascade Park
McKinley School
Hamilton
Allen
Edison
McKinley
Edison and
Cascade Path
Farm Tenant Faces Death In Chair Trial Verdict
Marion Ohio. Auge Harvey Roush 48 farm tenant faced a death sentence for the slaying of his landlord. A jury of five women and seven men found him guilty after a six day trial. Jury did not recommend mercy. The judge instructed the panel to decide sanity at the time of the April 30 killing. The defense claimed insanity in the Roush family. The prosecution said he confessed.
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Marion
O. Auge
Harvey Rush
Homer T Myers
Roush
Bicycle wheel damaged after cafe collision
Durius Vanderson of Bon Air Avenue reported to police that a bicycle wheel was damaged in front of a cafe on Cleve laid Street when a car driven by Peter Boyd of 148 Bellefield Avenue struck it. Authorities noted the incident occurred yesterday and investigation continues.
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Durius Vanderson
Bon Air Avenue
Clevelaid Street
Peter Boyd
Bellefield Avenue
Five Lora County youths pass State Bar Association
Our congratulations to five young men from Lora County Elyria and Lorain who have passed the State Bar Association and will soon become full fledged lawyers. We commend these neighbors on their success and wish them continued excellence in the legal field.
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Lora County
Elyria
Lorain
State Bar Association
Swindlers Drain Ohio Man In Church Confidence Scam
In McDonald Ohio two con men befriended Jerry Simone at a church claiming he was heir to 25000 and that his life savings of 4000 would be increased. They produced a paper roll simulating 25000 dollars and vanished with his funds. The warning urges caution and talks with trusted friends before dealing with strangers.
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McDonald
Ohio
Jerry Simone
Simone
Missing Men and Unidentified Deaths Report 1937 FBI Survey
The 1937 Federal Bureau of Investigation survey reports 209,668 missing men at ports nationwide with 16,141 still unaccounted for. Of 11,202 unidentified deaths, 2,603 remained unidentified at burial. For every 16 disappearances last year, 15 were located, while unidentified cases were higher among those who later killed themselves.
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Teee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Kidnaping Has No Future Among Major Crimes
The FBI report under J Edgar Hoover details kidnapping cases since the 1932 law. Of 127 cases, 124 solved. 273 convicts across Federal and State counts. Sentences include eleven death sentences and 3,382 years in prison.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Honey Surplus Carryover Notimed as 1937 Supply Consumed
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a 1937 honey supply nearly all consumed totaling about 160 million pounds. The piece notes rising use in manufactured foods and industrial applications, with potential future outlets expanding beyond direct consumption and suggesting diversification could ease overproduction in staples.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
A Little Early For 1940 Boomlets
Senator Bennett Champ Clark wins a strong renomination in Missouri on a platform defending court integrity against Roosevelt. Senator Holt’s claim of Clark for 1940 presidential consideration seems premature, warning against early boomlets that may fade by 1942. A Hollywood Briton seeks Gone With the Wind’s meaning. A Pennsylvania bride is granted a divorce after severe injuries and legal attention.
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Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Supreme Court
Clark
Roosevelt
Rush Holt
Holt
Senator Clark
Hollywood
Today in History and Birthdays Almanac Items
Anniversaries list notable figures born in Madison Mass to Montreal and Syracuse links, with dates and died notes. Today in history recalls Pike 1805 expedition, Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842, Walden 1854, Russo-Japanese talks 1905, Roosevelt 1934, Shanghai clash 1987. Birthdays feature Norman H Davis, R Gherardi, Warren F Draper, Dunlap Penhallow, Charles Taussig, David Philipson, Mahonti Young.
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Adoniram Judson
Burma
Madison
Mass
Solomon Juneau
Milwaukee
Montreal
Egbert P Judson
California
Syracuse
San Francisco
Anna Peck Sill
Rockford, I
Burlington
Wiliam T G Morton
Boston
Worcester Co
New York
Harriet May Mulls
N Y
Zebulon M. Pike
St Louis
Cource
Mississippi
United States
Alabama
Webster-Ashburton
England
U. 5
Canada
Thoreau
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Shanghai
Norman H Davis
White House
Bedford Co. Tenn
R Gherardi
Naval Examining Board
Washington
Honolulu
Warren F Draper
US Public Health Service
Cambridge
Dunlap P Penhallow
Washington, DC
Amherst
Charles W Taussig
New Deal
David Philipson
Cincinnati
Wabash
Ind
Mahonti Young
Bible Readings on Fellowship and Christlike Bonding
A reflection on Christian fellowship across race, class, and denomination. The piece urges believers to true communion with God and neighbors, citing 1 John 1 and John 15 as foundations and cautioning against neglect of friendlyChristian ties.
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Salt Lake
God
Christ
Life in La Mortala: English Merchant Starts Italian Rantens
A fragment notes an English merchant from Shanghai who began one of Europe’s finest private rantens in La Mortala, Italy about seventy years ago. The terse line hints at foreign entrepreneurship shaping a notable Italian estate.
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Europe
la Mortala
Italy
Shangha
Bumpers Damaged In Collision on East Bridge Street
Damaged bumpers were noted on cars driven by W S Johnson of 325 East Bridge Street and Henry Muller of 123 Caroline Avenue after a collision on East Bridge Street at 7:35 PM yesterday as Juhi ach wae bent to1 e turn into his driveway.
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W S Johnson
East Bridge Street
Henry Muller
Caroline Avenue
Juhi
Waken as Bone Food in Alameda Ark Resident
Alameda resident Bill Hull lives in an ark on the estuary and insists that without sufficient alcohol his bones become brittle. He notes a recent fifth leg fracture and blames his failures to drink as required for bone health.
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Waken
Alameda
Cal
Bill Hull
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