Minister on trial in first wife murder charge
Muskogee Okla Aug 11 The defense for Presbyterian minister S A Berrie seeks to prove his first wife Mrs S A Berrie died by her own action while he faces murder charges over her poisoning death. Attorney Grover Watkins said she had contemplated suicide. Berrie, to be arraigned, allegedly claimed overdose of headache capsules killed her. His present wife, 19, worked to raise funds and manage insurance policy loans amid the case and Bethel Tabernacle sale details.
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Muskoghe
Okla
WBA
S. A. Berrie
Berrie
Grover Watkins
Watkins
Bethel Tabernacle
Insurance Men and Real Estate Board Picnic at Olmsted Park
The Elyria Insurance Board and Elyria Lorain County Real Estate Board plan a joint picnic next Wednesday at Olmsted Park near Coe's Corners. Planned activities include games with prizes for children, free ice cream and toffee, and a 1:30 p.m. start featuring a baseball game between the two groups.
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Elyria Insurance Board
Elyria-Lorain County Real Estate Board
Olmsted Park
Butternut Ridge Road
Coe’s Corners
Court judgments and divorces reported in Amherst Lorain area
A judgment for 3228 was returned against Ray Baumhardt et al in favor of Mrs BR Blum. Rose K Baker of Lorain obtained 2696 against Steve Kanyari et al on a promissory note. Foreclosure of a mortgage was ordered. J J Smythe of Amherst sued I J Fulton to accept 1422 as part payment on a 1800 bank mortgage. Katherine Ellsworth from Lorain filed for divorce from Stephen for gross neglect. they have two children. Michael Kollo of Lorain filed for divorce from Saima for gross neglect and wilful absence. married last February. Ann Maggessie of Lorain was granted a divorce from Joe for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Judge W B Thompson. The author of an anonymous book is to speak over the radio. The path of scepticism can lead back to orthodoxy.
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Ray Baumhardt
Amherst
BR. C. Blum
Common Plées
Rose K. Baker
Lorain
Steve Kanyari
Common Pleas Court
J. J. Smythe, Amherst
I. J. Fulton
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Michael Kollo
Saima Kollo
Annn Maggessie
Joe
W. B. Thomp
Resources of nation’s national banks total 22.37 billion
Washington Aug 1 Comptroller of the Currency Pole announced total resources of the nation’s 6159 national banks on June 30 at 22 367 711 000. The figure shows declines from December 31 1931 and June 30 1931 as call figures reflect fewer banks and reduced resources.
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Washington
ICR
Pole
Wagon Pullers Reach 550 Mile Mark At Akron
Akron August 11 The seven day wagon pulling marathon continues as youths Bill Frost 14 John Kovacs 13 and Albert and Kenneth Barath 12 and 9 complete 29 000 laps equal to about 550 miles on the oval track. Each boy pulls for one hour at a time since Friday morning.
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Akron
Bill Frost
John Kovacs
Albert
Kenneth Barath
Plan Race for Charity Relief Meet in Northampton
Akron August 11 with county commissioners' approval Northampton Township trustees seek an operator for a 15 day charity relief race meet at the old Northampton track in September. S. Steinmetz, track receiver for the trustees, is in Cleveland consulting with racing men at Thistledown. Sheriff Henry would not say if betting would be allowed at the meet.
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Akron
Northampton Township
Northampton
S. Steinmetz
Cleveland
A. Henry
Shooting Stars Seen In Action In Berea
In Berea Ohio August 12 scientists at Baldwin Wallace College recorded twenty five meteors during a span from 10 30 to midnight as Earth passes through comet debris. Prof C L Dustheimer of Smith Observatory advised stargazers to look skyward for an hour or two before midnight for the Perseid display.
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Berea
Ohio
Bakdwin-Wallace College
C. L. Dustheimer
Smith Observatory
Newspaper Awards Announced Today in Washington
J Fred Essary chief of the Baltimore Sun Washington Bureau wins the $1000 Pugsley award for 1931 reporting on inside deliberations of the Wickersham commission on prohibition. Harry W Frantz of United Press foreign department receives honorable mention for dispatches on the white house and latin America.
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Washington
J. Fred Essary
Baltimore Sun
Pugsley
Essary
Wickersham Commission
Harry W. Frantz
United Press Foreign Department
White House
Latin America
Tent City Levee Camps Form Along Mississippi River
Memphis area reports tent cities springing up from Cairo Indiana to New Orleans as levee camps rise for a Mississippi river improvement program. Army funding totals 21.5 million with about a third in the Memphis district. Major Somervell awards contracts worth 5 million and crews move in. Employment to be channeled through city and veterans bureaus.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Cairo
New Orleans
Brehon B. Somervell
Veterans” Bureau
AWAITS HOOVER SPEECH AT W C U MEETING
In Seattle delegates of the Women’s Christian Union await President Hoover’s acceptance speech to decide if they will endorse his re election. Mrs Elia Alexander Boole leads eastern readers aboard the white ribbon special and hopes he upholds prohibition in line with Chicago platform. If satisfied they will support him as in 1928. if not, endorsement may be unlikely. Roosevelt endorsement avoided.
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Seattle
Iler
The
Women’s Christian Union
Hoover
Elia Alexander Boole
Union
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor to Review Ohio National Guard at Camp Perry
Governor George White is to perform the final official review of the Ohio National Guard at Camp Perry following ongoing training. Troops from Columbus and Circimmau units wore gas masks as they practiced chemical warfare procedures with smoke screens deployed across parts of the camp yesterday.
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Camp Perry
Ohio National Guard
George White
Columbus
Circimmau
Death Record Charles G. Mapes Wakeman Aug 11
Charles G Mapes died at home in Henrietta Township at 58 years 9 months 29 days He is survived by widow Gertrude Mapes and son Leon of Elyria Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at W L Pease Funeral Home Wake man Rev Fred Ross officiating Burial in Henrietta Cemetery Also Wakeman Mrs William F Conry 44 and her infant son died Tuesday at Norwalk Hospital Survived by husband Fred Parker and brothers Leon of Akron and Clare of Elyria Services Friday 9 30 am in St Marys Wakeman with Rev F E McLaughin Burial in St Marys Cemetery
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Charles G. Mapes Wakeman
Charles G. Mapes
Henrietta Township
Gertrude . Mapes
Ony
Leon
Ely‘ria
W. L. Pease
Wakeman
Fred Ross
Henrietta Methodist Church
Henrietta Cemetery
Wiliam F. Conry
Norwalk Hospital
Conry
Fred Parker
Florence Township
Akron
Clare
Elyria
St. Mary’s Church
F. E. McLaughin
St Mary's Cemetery
Woman denies destruction charge in arson case
Elizabeth Drago of Stop 71-2 on the Yellow Line pleaded not guilty to a warrant charging malicious destruction of property. She was arraigned before Justice Petro la Niente and released under $290 bail pending a hearing. The warrant alleges she set fire to grass nearby and damaged a quantity of bay and fruit trees.
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Elizabeth Drago
Yellow Line
Justica
Joseph Petro la Niente
Frida
Police Asked to Find Missing Boy in Cleveland Trip
Police were asked to search for 9 year old Willa Kenawell of 1641 East Avenue who vanished from downtown. It was speculated he may have joined 2,500 other Elvira children heading to a ball game in Cleveland today with his mother seeking his return.
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Acprning
Willa Kenawell
East Avenue
Witham
Elvira
Cleveland
Date Set For Gas Rate Case In Columbus
Governor White rejected Bricker's resignation from the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. Chairman E C Hopple of Cleveland scheduled Monday August 15 to resume consideration of the Columbus rate case and said Bricker is "running out on the commission." The statement also includes a stray literary aside about blind love and misery.
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Columbus
White
John W. Bricker
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
E. ¢. Hopple
Cleveland
Hopple
Bricker
Illinois Miner Return to Work Amid New Wage Pact
Springfield Illinois August 11 coal fields resume activity as operators plan to send about 42 009 miners back to work under a new 35 day wage scale signed by United Mine Workers officers after a disputed vote. The contract could be challenged by anti agreement union factions though polls suggested near total membership approval. About 150 000 people depend on the industry and over 300 mines shut down are expected to reopen within a month improving unemployment.
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Springfield
Ill
Hlinois
United Mine Worker's Union
Marebh
Unot
Clarke planned death by own action says witness
In Miami a few days before Clarke died from a head wound a defense witness testified Clarke said he planned to die by his own hand in a big way. Richard Lavender, Clarke's former roommate, said the writer spoke of shooting through the head as the only quick exit. The admission followed the discovery of Clarke’s injury last April 21 at Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller’s home.
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Miami
Fla
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
William N. Lancaster
Clarke
Richard Lavender
Lavender
Lan
Local residents host weekend and weekday visitors
Oberlin Dr and Mrs R W Young of New Concord Ohio visited her parents Mr and Mrs J E Rosecrans. Mrs G H Bowen hosted guests Newell Potters and Salem Ohio relatives. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Weber and the Connors of Bay Village and Chicago Heights visitors Mr and Mrs James Caskey.
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R. W. Young
New Cortcord, C
J. E. Rosecrans
G. H. Bowen
South Professor Street
Newell Potters
Mother
Salem, Ohio
Bowen
Weber
Misses Connors
Bay Village
James Caskey
Chicago Heights, Ill
William G Caskey
East College Street
Baptists Picnic At Vermilion Sunday School
Oberlin Ohio reports sixty five attendees at the Banks church Sunday school picnic at Vermilion-on-the-Lake. attendees from both junior and senior departments enjoyed bathing dancing and a 5 o'clock picnic supper. BRIDGE PARTY Mrs C B Wigton hosted a bridge gathering on West Lorain street in honor of her Milwaukee guest Mrs Raymond Ferrell. Two tables played with Mrs Russell Young taking high score.
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C E. Wigton
West Lorain Street
Sunbury
Ohio
Oberlin
The
Banks
Vermilion-on-the Lake
C. BE. Wigton
Raymond Ferrell
Milwaukee
Wis
Russell Young
Ferrell
Libby Holman Reynolds Linked to Mysterious Speed Boat Trip
Baltimore August report details Libby Holman Reynolds visiting the John J. Raskob estate near Centreville and later returning to Oakington estate at Aberdeen prior to posting bond in North Carolina. Authorities say a boat with three women and two menDocked at the estate pier with Reynolds identified among the passengers.
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Baltimore
Pioneer Point
John J. Raskob
Centreville
Libby Holman Reynolds
Broadway
Gakington
Aberdeen
Havre de Grace
National Democratic
Libby
Leonard Richards, Jr
Chesapeake
Bond
Wentworth
N. C
Reynolds
Louisa D’a. Jenney
Washington
Tored Singer
Railroads Seek Rehearing on Coal Rate Order
In Columbus Ohio on August 11, a joint petition by New York Central Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads asked for a rehearing of the Public Utilities Commission order issued July 25. The order required the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cut coal rates from Cambridge District to Mansfield. The petition contends the hearing was biased and cites a letter urging acceptance of reduced rates before the formal hearing. The Baltimore and Ohio has not filed a complaint.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cambridge
Mansfield
Commission
New York Central
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Empire Steel Corporation of
Youngstown
Baltimore and Ohio
Cleveland Drives For Home Loan Bank Loss
Washington reports Cleveland is out of the running for a regional Home Loan Bank as boards suggest banks avoid cities with Federal Reserve presence. Columbus is favored for the district bank, with Postmaster General Brown backing Ohio's capital. Harold Burton condemns Cleveland’s exclusion from site consideration.
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Washington
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Banks
Ohio
Columbus
Walter F. Brown
Harold H Burton
Bank Robbery Follows Dream in La Rue
At breakfast M Clements president of the La Rue Bank told his family he dreamed the bank was robbed. Later three bandits entered during lunch hour, held up cashier O C Bodlenz and escaped with several hundred dollars from the cash drawer. They fled in a green sedan with an Indiana plate. Bodlenz chased them in his car but failed to catch them.
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LA Rue
M. C. Clements
Clements
O. C. Bodlenz
Bodlenz
Cleveland Market Report Strong Livestock and Grain Listings
Cleveland market notes show steady to higher pricing across hogs cattle calves and sheep with hogs 160-210 pounds at 5.25 and 250-280 pounds 4.60 to 4.75, cattle common steers to heifers 4.50 to 4.75, vealers 7.00 to 8.00, and calves 5.00 to 6.80. Eggs butter and poultry prices cited, plus broad farm market listings for potatoes, apples, beans, cabbage, greens, corn, wheat, oats, hay, and flour, with regional Ohio and Chicago quotes and receipts.
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Cleveland
Marre
Marcet
Lawhorn
Leghorn
Ducks
Ohio
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
U.S
Wisconsin
Timothy
Cleveland Grain and Hay Exchange
Presidential Campaign Opens With Roosevelt Nomination
The former president's widow has 200 congratulatory letters as the Republican National Committee plans a meeting with Everett Sanders. Campaign details unfold with early travel plans in September and social events including a White House luncheon on the South lawn with the Marine Band. Roosevelt delivered his acceptance at the Chicago Democratic Convention the day after his nomination.
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Republican National Executive Committee
Everett Sanders
Sanders
White House
Jantheon
Roosevelt
Chicago
Russian trade push shifts focus to American products
Numbers show a $75,000,000 credit lined up for German goods. American purchases fell, dropping to five and a half million dollars in the first six months of the year. The country did not arrange similar credits for Russia as the United States has not recognized the regime. Engineers and trade experts who aided Russia in its five-year plan have returned home urging renewed U S involvement to capture Russian trade.
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America
United States
Russia
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