Word Battle Across Snook Trial In Ohio Court
In Columbus Ohio on August 12 prosecutor John J Chester Jr pressed cross examination in the Snook six murder trial of Dr James W Snook accused of killing Theora Hix. Defense attorney John F Seidel clashed with Chester over alleged promises to coerce a confession and disputed his version of events. The heated exchange centered on whether Snook confessed and whether Seidel pressed him to talk with his attorney.
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Columbus
John J. Chester, Jr
Snook
Dr. Snook
Chester
Heny L. Scarlet
Seidel
Mr. Snook
Nook
Chester Ad Seidel
Scarlett
Rick‘ts
When I Was 21 Pushing a Pencil
Earl W. Beil began as chief clerk for the Dean Electric Company at 21 and soon went through several roles. He helped start a clothing business, moved to Canton to run a store, and later led the Robinson-Hancock Company in Elyria as president. He heads the Elyria Chamber of Commerce, is married with two children, and lives at 35 Cambridge Street. His boyhood aim was to be a merchant.
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Earl W. Beil
Ean Electric Company
Robinson-Hancock Clothy
Belent
Canton
Cmpany
Loin
Elyria
Robson-Hancock Company
Elyria Chamber of Emmerce
Bell
Cambridge Reet
Parachute Records Fall In Two Stunts At Once
CHICAGO August 12 veteran air stunt man Jack Cope leapt from a plane at 15 200 feet above the municipal airport and fell 14 000 feet before pulling his parachute rip cord. He set a new record for a delayed drop according to field officials. COLORADO SPRINGS August 12 Jimmy Donahue claimed a world record parachute jump from 19 500 feet, landing three miles from the release point after a nineteen minute descent.
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Chicago
Jack Cope
Municipal
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jimmy Donahue
Anti Drys Claim Increase In Drinking Across Nation
Washington reports statistics claimed by the association against the prohibition amendment show a rising liquor consumption since prohibition began. The data rely on charts of alcoholism deaths arrests for drunkenness seizures of distilling gear and related effects. Seizures rose with 1928 liquor seizures near 32.5 million gallons versus 1920 figures and distilling equipment up from 15 thousand to over 36 thousand.
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Washington
Association Against the
Henry Ford Involved in Mass Crash Near Ford Inn
Henry Ford aided in rescue after a quadruple vehicle collision near Sudbury just south of Ford's Wayside Inn. Two killed and two fatally injured, including 14 year old Joseph Haines and 35 year old Captain Roy Ducharme. Ford helped extricate victims, directed traffic, then returned to the Inn.
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Marlboro
Mass
Henry Ford
Ford
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
E. J. Boyer
Roy Ducharme
Worcester
Joseph Haines
Charles Haines
Joseph
Walter Isaacson
Henry H. Lahair
Ernest H. Knight
Springfield
Massachusetts
Akron man fined for DUI after Lorain county crashes
John Grimes of Akron was fined 100 dollars and costs after arraignment on driving while intoxicated charges following a Sunday crash that injured two people. In four Lorain county accidents five others including a 13 month old were treated at area hospitals. a man remained jailed on a DUI charge.
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John Grimes
Akron
S. J. George
Lorain County
Jack Grimes
Brighton
R H. Hoppinger
Cleveland
N Hoppinger
Wellington
Grimes
Adrian Buswell
la Grange
Elyria
Memorial Hospital
Indian Hollow Road
Ralph Huntley
Oberlin Hospital
Ralph Hasfurther
Shore Acres
A. Zahi
Lakeview Drive
Lorain
W. C. Henry
Birmingham
Amherst Hospital
Wisconsin Man Elected Pastor for Elyria Church
A special meeting of St. Pauls Evangelical Church members unanimously elected Rev. Ernst Irion of Kikewaskum Wisconsin to fill the pastorate left by Rev Paul Bourquin who resigns this fall to lead an Evangelical church in Marion Ohio If Irion accepts the call he will begin in November or December and Mrs C F Ashbrook thanked Bourquin for nine years of service and wished him success in his new post.
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Wisconsin
Elyria
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Ernst Irion
Kikewaskum
Milwaukee
Paul Bourquin
Bourquin
Evangelical Church
Marion
Ohio
Irion
C. F. Ashbrook
Auto Blaze Fire Alarm at 217 Columbus Street
A backfiring auto owned by A. E. Donnelly caused Hose Company No. 1 to respond to a still alarm at 217 Columbus Street this morning at 8 o'clock. Fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived. It marked the 158th fire alarm of the year.
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A. E. Donnelly
Sword of Franklin Found in France Reveals Ambassadeur Relic
Paris, Aug 12 The lost sword Franklin wore at the English and French courts before the American War of Independence has been found by M. Jean Girodie curator of the Blerancourt Museum. The blade bears the inscription indicating Franklin lent it to P. J. G. Cabanis.
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Paris
Benjamin Franklin
England
France
M. Jean Girodie
Blerancourt
P. J. G. Cabanis
Richard
Cabanis
Tles
America
Girodie
Blerancourt Museum
Franklin Tarely
Louis XVI
St. James
Franklin
Great Britain
United States of America
Judging Of Exhibits Set This Week
Lorain County Four-H clothing club members will begin judging this week under Miss Wilma Bonar. About 212 exhibits from teen clubs statewide will be prepared at the county extension office Thursday. Mrs Florence Walker Patch will judge clothing and Miss Lucille Link will judge record books. At Wellington Fair groups will be shown. county fair will feature individual exhibits. Calf club judges include H L Salsbury, Claire Miller, and George Ganyard with record books.
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Lorain County
Four-H Clothing Club
Wilma Bonar
Bonar
Florence Walker Patch
Toledo
Lucille Link
Monroeville
Patch
Belden Jolly Jo’s
Penfield Handy Stitchers
H. L. Salsbury
Ohio State University
Wellington Fair
Claire Miller
Medina
George Ganyard
Elyria Cleared of Scarlet Fever Epidemic
The city of Elyria ends its scarlet fever epidemic as Sanitary Police Officer Frank H. Williams removes quarantines from the last two homes on Oxford Court and Ely Court. Since early year, 118 cases were recorded and 95 homes quarantined. A few minor contagious diseases remain, notably whooping cough.
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Frank H. Williams R
Oxford Court
Ely Court
Bandits Capture American In China
In Peiping bandits kidnapped Henry Wesche, an American holiness mission member at Tungshchangfu, Shantung, on August 4. They offered to free the captive only if the Chinese government assigns jobs to their captives. The U S legation was informed of the incident.
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Peiping
United States Legation
Henry Wesche
Tunsgchangfu
Shantung Province
Hig
Ohio traffic toll rises with weekend crashes
A United Press survey tallies numerous dead and injured across Ohio. Names and ages span Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Toledo Piqua and other towns with drivers pedestrians and passengers among the victims. Multiple crashes including cars overturning and hit and run incidents left families mourning.
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United Press Today
Columbus
Stella M. Bauman
Cincinnati
Centerville
Dayton
Donald H. Clark
Chicago
Elmer Nero
Cleveland
Warren
James T. Butler
Walbridge
Toledo
William Strait
New California
A. B. Garretson
Piqua
William Arnett
William Rhoades
John Adams
Albert Henius
Ben Bart
Mike Exurinda
Edwin Cabassa
Alliance
John Ohberhausen
James Woods
Hiteship
Archey Miley
Ottawa Lake
Wapakoneta
Leroy Harbour
Sidney
Wilbur
Steel Leads Bull Move On New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel led a broad bull movement on the New York stock exchange with prices climbing to a new high above 22. The rally followed a strong opening and widespread gains across the market as traders credited eased credit concerns and renewed cash liquidity. Major gains extended to American Tobacco, Westinghouse, Atchison, Radio, Bethlehem Steel, Consolidated Gas, and American Telephone and Telegraph as confidence spread through brokers and investors.
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New York
United States Steel
New York Stock Exchange
American Tobacco
Westinghouse Airbraker
Atchison
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Gas
American and
Foreign Power
Westingshouse
American Telephone and Telegraph
Poincare Improves After Operation in Paris
Former Premier Raymond Poincare has made a strong recovery after recent surgery and may leave the hospital by tomorrow or Wednesday. Attending physician Dr Boidin said a second operation will not occur for another month.
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Paris
Raymond 7Rsincate
Bo. 117
Boidin
War clouds hover as Russia China tensions rise
A mixed front page item reports Oberlin beekeeper Clyde Wheeler being named county bee commissioner to inspect 4,000 colonies, with notes on larval disease risks, followed by dispatches from Moscow and Tokyo detailing the Manchurian railway crisis. Karakhan warns of grave stakes as China and Soviet demands clash.
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Clyde Wheeler
Oberlin
Lorain County
Association
Commissioners
Wheeler
E. C. Cotton
E. M. Vincent
Tokio
Manchuli
Amur
Chu Zao-Yang
Moscow
M. Melnikoff
Russia
China
Melnikoff
Harbin
Leo Karakhan
United Press
Kijuro Shidehara
Registration Underway for Lorain August Primaries
Registration for the August primaries began this afternoon in Lorain and Elyria with booths open 2 pm to 9 pm. Voters who did not register last fall or who moved must register to vote tomorrow. others may vote without registering. Registration not required countywide except Elyria and Lorain. Polls open 6:30 am to 6:30 pm tomorrow.
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Hlyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Elyria
the Board of Elections
Boost Berger's Widow For Congress
Milwaukee crowd hears Oscar Ameringer urge Meta Berger widow of Victor L. Berger to take congress seat once held by the labor leader. The 40 000 Socialist attendees at a state picnic memorialized Berger buried Saturday after a fatal street car crash.
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Milwaukee
Meta Berger
Victor L. Berger
Congress
Wisconsin
Oscar Ameringer
Oklahoma City
Berger
Hoover and Lindberghs Return to White House Heading
President and Mrs. Hoover with Col and Mrs. Lindbergh and guests return to the White House after a weekend at the Blue Ridge camp. The vacation included a surprise party for the President’s fifty fifth birthday Saturday.
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Washington
Veteran 108 Finds Home After Daylong Woodland Trek
Culbert LaFernier aged 108 in Cheboygan Michigan vanished during a morning trip to a neighbor’s farm. Search parties and state police found him four miles from home by a white shirt sighting at dusk. He said he will stay home and not wander again.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Culbert LaFernier
LaFernier
Earthquake Shakes New York Area Across Several States
A strong earthquake was felt across New York state and parts of New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut and Ontario. Tremors began around 6 24 am with durations from seconds to a minute. No damage reported though buildings swayed and items fell in several cities including Buffalo Sayre and Cleveland.
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Cleveland
East Side
New York
Buffalo
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ontario
John Carroll University
Georgetown University
Washington
D. C
New York City
Sayre
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Ont
Tonawanda
Albion
Lakes Erie
Earthquake Wounds Two in New York State
Two people were injured in a New York earthquake. Gus Merle, a farmer near Attica, was milking a cow when shocks hit. the bovine reportedly sat on him, injuring his back. Another Grand Island resident was shaving during the tremors, suffering minor facial cuts.
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New York
Gus Merle
Attica
N. Y
Merle
Grand Island
N.Y
Lorain Youths Face Court by County Commissioners
Lorain county commissioners acted as court judges arraigning six youths aged 16 to 20 before Sheriff Clarence E Adams. They pleaded guilty to damaging a red signal light on Butternut Ridge Road by a stone bombardment. The court ordered payment of 2 dollars and 20 cents for the damage, and the boys prepared to comply.
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Lorain County
Judeea
Clarence E Adams
Butternut Ridge Road
Adams
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Francis Burke
Jof
Pittsburgh
Republican National Committee
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Chinese Eastern Railway
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Chu Zaoyang
Nanking
Chu
Manchuk
Soviet Union
Mukden
HEL Toda
Boost Berger
Hoovers and Lindberghs
Tremor
Oktograpers
Odenbach
Michigan
Maine
Painesville
Geneva
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Erie
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