Protest Group Chairman Shot At Home In Orient
Joe Colbert 38, president of Local 303 United Mine Workers, was shot dead near his home at Mine No. 1 Orient Coal Co. by three men in a car as he approached their vehicle. Colbert led protests against a new wage contract and opposed John L. Lewis policies. The slayers fled toward Benton. Colbert’s father could not identify them. Armed guards and pickets clashed nearby amid threats of a larger miners’ march on Taylorville.
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Orient
WPI
Joe Colbert
United Mine Workers
Orient Coal Company
Colbert
Benton
John L. Lewis
Union
Christian County
Tovey
Taylorville
Springfield
Joe
Describ
Jose
Franklin County
Sangamon-Christian
Chest Council Elects Officers at Fall Campaign Meeting
The Chest Council will elect officers and an executive committee at its annual meeting in the Directors Room of the Lorain County Savings and Trust Building on Thursday evening, August 18, at eight. Plans for the Fall campaign will be discussed at this gathering.
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Community Service Council
Directors Toom
Lorain County Savings and Trust
Rush To Aid Of Burning Vessel In Cape May Harbor
CAPE MAY N J Aug 17 A burning ship sighted by the Hawaiian American steamer Ohioan today was found to be the Hilda Marie from Cape May as the Ohioan proceeded to aid. Fishermen stood by reporting no help was needed.
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Cape May
N. 1
Pha
Hilda Marie
Brazil Demands Rebel Surrender in Uproar
The federal government demanded unconditional surrender from State Rebels and rejected rebel settlement offers as troops reportedly push into Sao Paulo. Also reported, sixteen fancy pigeons worth about five dollars each were stolen from Sherman Wurst's Lake Avenue pigeon coops, with deputy sheriff Paul Chapman investigating after a window was removed.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Sherman Wurst
Lake Avenue
Clarence Adams
Paul Chapman
Ohio Forecast Warns of Showers and Cooling
Ohio sees cloudy skies with showers in the southern portions tonight and likely in the extreme south Thursday morning. Northwest areas will be slightly cooler tonight and Thursday with a modest drop in temperatures.
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Ohio
Hard Hearted Not In Elyria
Three men were arrested for petit larceny last night and early today in Elyria. Two suspects were caught carrying coal sacks from the B&O railroad and Elyria Lumber and Coal Co. A third man took a package of doughnuts from a store on East Broad street. All charges were dropped.
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B. & O. Railroad
Elyria Lumber and Coal Company
East Broad Street
Trial of Captain Lancaster Ends in Jury Deliberation
In Miami on August 17 the Captain William N. Lancaster case went to the jury after bitter closing arguments lasting over a day. Prosecutor Hawthorne accuses Lancaster of murder and violations of four commandments while the defense likens state witnesses to jail birds against Lancaster and his allies in a dramatic courtroom clash. The case centers on a fatal shooting linked to a romance involving Clarke Sejeirndtiet and Mrs Jessie Keith Miller in her home.
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Miami
Fla
dPi
William N. Lancaster
Lancaster
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Ioularke Sejeirndtiet
Jessie Keith-Miller
Clarke
Oklahoma Flood Forces Mass Evacuations in Cherokee
Enid Oklahoma August 17 heavy rain swelled streams across western Oklahoma driving hundreds from homes and flooding farms. Two deaths reported including Maggie McFarlane 42 of Marshall drowned in Boggy Creek and Mrs Sam Cellars body found at Cherokee. Damage totals exceed 1 million with crop and property losses expected above 500 thousand. Cottonwood Creek ran as a torrent after almost nine inches of rain in 24 hours. Page 2 note indicates continued coverage.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Sam Cellars
Cherokee
Maggie McFarlane
Marshall
Cottonwood Creek
Walker aides press to show Sherwood aunt case halted police hunt
At Albany on August 17 defense lawyers for Mayor James J. Walker argued before the Hofstadter investigating committee that police pursuit of Russell T. Sherwood was halted. The testimony indicated the subpoena was withdrawn after the man who handled Walker's funds disappeared from Atlantic City en route to Mexico. Roosevelt's witness Schurman testified the subpoena was withdrawn following the fugitive's location. The session contrasted with yesterday's with the mayor's financial secretary still absent and under scrutiny for paying personal bills and issuing credits related to the unnamed woman in evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Defense Council
Hofstadter Investigating Committee
New York
Sherwood
Schurman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic City
Mexico
Roosevelt
Walker
Cuyahoga County To Have No Fair This Year
For the first time in more than 50 years Cuyahoga County will be without a fair this year. Directors of the Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society met in Berea and voted to cancel the county fair to avoid further deficits. The Berea fair has run the county event for 37 years, after originally opposing the Cha rgin Falls fair which suspended a few years ago.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society
Berea
Chagrin Falls
Suit Seeks $5000 For Auto Crash Injuries
Burl Faber of Lorain sues W Pushback of Elyria for $5000 claiming injuries from a collision at Cleveland and Prospect streets Amherst on August 8 1931 per petition. In a separate item Charles Naylor 19 of Ashley died en route to Zanesville after attempting to board a truck near Joe Delaware Co.
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Burl Faber
Lorain
W. Pushback
Elyria
Cleveland
Prospect Streets
Amherst
Joe Delaware, CO
Upi
Charles Naylor
Ashley
Zanesville
Lindberghs guard privacy for newborn son
Private detectives guard the Lindberghs newborn son in Englewood New Jersey as Colonel Lindbergh appeals for privacy to shield the child from media. The 6 pound 11 ounce baby was born at 6 30 AM Tuesday and will likely be raised away from public scrutiny near Hopewell until the family returns home.
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Englewood
N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Morrow
Col. Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Legion vows immediate bonus payments for veterans
Ohio American Legion under Col. Ralph D. Cole pledges active campaign for immediate cash payment of Veterans' Adjusted Compensation Certificates. Cole, elected to lead the state, said the change from recommend to demand shows firm intent to push the bonus. Also reported, Toledo officials review if the city weight ordinance for trucks is outdated amid a truck carrying sandstones. officers halted a large pneumatic-tired truck but allowed onward travel due to state-law uncertainties.
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Toledo
American Legion of Ohio
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Col. Cole
Legion
E. Z
Standard Police
Birmingham
Aid Offered To Indicted Vets By Toledo Branch
The Toledo branch of the 37th division Veterans Association wired to three men indicted in Washington for their role in last month's bonus disorders offering legal services from branch president and attorney Dan McCullough. The defendants named are John O. Olson of Valparaiso Nebraska Bernard McCoy of Chicago Illinois and Broadus Faulkner from Kentucky.
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Toledo
37Th Division
Veteran's Association
Washington
Dan McCullough
John O. Olson
Valparaiso
Neb
Bernard McCoy
Chicago
Broadus Faulkner
Kentucky
Irregular Stock Market Opens Higher After Brief Slump
New York August 17 stocks were irregularly higher as trading was lighter than yesterday. The opening showed a mixed to down start, then rallied briefly with gains of over 1 to 2 points before selling resumed. Several issues hit new highs for the year.
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New York
Grafton Man Fined On Larceny Charge
Ernest Norris of Grafton was fined 25 dollars and costs and given 30 days in jail for petit larceny after arraignment before Justice Walter H. Watts. His cousin Paul Norris of LaGrange, 17, was placed in county juvenile authorities. They were arrested by Sheriff Clarence Adams for stealing gasoline from a tractor owned by Henry Laisy of Pittsfield and used in road work near Grafton, with additional charges of damaging the tractor. Norris fled through fields before being captured by Marshal Joe Tango Novesky after a two hour pursuit aided by deputies and local youths.
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Ernest Norris
Grafton
Walter H. Watts
Paul Norris
LaGrange
Ernest
Clarence Adams
Henry Laisy
Pittsfield
Norris
Joe(Tango) Novesky
Adams
Bolivian War Office Reports Paraguayan Cavalry Attack
The Bolivian war office said Paraguayan cavalry attacked a Bolivian observation post in Gran Chaco yesterday, killing Lieut. Comm. Manuel Monroy. The Bolivian defense repulsed the assault in the disputed border zone.
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Paraguay
LA Paz
Bolivia
Bolivian War Office
Gran Chaco
Manuel Monroy
May discontinue Elyria Township fire protection move
Elyria Township may abandon city fire protection as urgent relief drains the treasury. Clerk Otto Mischka reports funds are insufficient to cover poor relief and fire protection with about 6,000 spent on relief and near 1,000 monthly demands. Balance sits near 2,000, to be aided by mid year tax and possible 5,000 transfer from gasoline tax, relief recipients to work on roads when possible.
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Elyria Township
Otto K. Mischka
Mischka
Consider Building a Municipal Light Plant Says Curtis
Councilman Carl Curtis urges considering a municipal light plant citing Piqua Ohio where the plant is near completion. He notes bids for construction components were 65 and bids came in well under engineer estimates, with total savings of 95 000 below the estimate and 506 000 below some expectations. Curtis adds bidders provided higher quality material than specs required.
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Carl Curtis
Piqua
Ohio
Curtis
Legion Elects Avon Lake Man as Vice Commander
I B Kubick of Avon Lake was elected vice commander of the Fifth District of the American Legion of Ohio. The announcement came from Paul M Herbert, retiring commander, at the closing session of the state convention in Toledo yesterday. Vice commanders are chosen by district caucuses and serve two years.
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Col. Cole
Legionnaires
Ohio Legion
L. L. Morris
Toledo
Harry J. Gilligan
J. #. Jones
Camden, O
David B. Scott
Ravenna
I. B. Kubick
Avon Lake
American Legion of Ohio
Paul M. Herbert
Havana Doctors Postpone Strike After Negotiations
Havana physicians from six cooperative society clinics halted a strike Monday night and returned to work. The walkout paused until Thursday to allow peace talks, with doctors demanding members who can pay 30 to cover extra medical treatment for about 2 000 patients.
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Havana
Cuba
U21
Co-Operative Society
Violence Flares in Hocking Valley Mine Strike
In Athens Ohio on August 17, violence erupted from the Hocking Valley mine strike. A five room Chadwell home at Trumble was wrecked by dynamite after threats to blow up the house. Snipers fired at a No. 25 mine train near Chauncey, while Ohio National Guardsmen exchanged fire with shooters. Train spikes were found near Glouster and removed before the fast freight passed. No injuries were reported.
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Athens
Ohio National
Chadwell
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Millfield
Eee Shirer
Sivas
Ddor
Nelshville
Kimberly
New York Central Railroad
Glouster
No. 25
Ming
Chauncey
Agmine
13 Lot Jewel Theft In Cincinnati
Diamonds valued at 90000 stolen from a trunk shipped from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. Josh Crohn of Hugo Oppenheim & Company, New York, reported the loss to police. Crohn said he was in Pittsburgh on business Tuesday.
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Cincinnati
Josh Crohn
New York
Hugo Oppenheim & Company
Crohn
Pittsburgh
Jobless Leaders Clash Over Two Conventions
Two rival groups of jobless builders clashed at Creve Coeur Lake over leadership of a united Jobless Liberty party ticket. Father James H. Cox and William H Harvey led about 1,000 and 100 followers respectively in separate camps, amid religious and free silver tensions. Cox vowed to nominate a candidate and win a huge vote despite the split.
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St, Louis
Creve Coeur Lake
United
Liberty” Party
James H. Cos
Pittsburgh
William H
Coin) Harvey
Cox
Harvey
Free Silver
Liberty Party
Stockyards clash marks first police stand in Iowa strike
Aug 11 Sioux City Iowa police and 20 deputy sheriffs repulsed an attack by 450 striking farmers at the Sioux City stockyards after trucks had eluded pickets on nine highways. Deputies and city officers guarded pens and trucks as clashes and fist fights occurred. The strike seeks a higher milk price and broader farm produce withholding until costs plus profit are met. Prices for grain and livestock were listed amid expanding strike efforts across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Sioux City
Iowa
A. Sho
Pred L. Yock
Farm J¢adera
Farmera
Montana
Ohio
Flier’s Recovery Chance Is Good After Crash
Springfield dispatch reports Russell N. Boardman, co holder of the world distance flight record, has a good chance for recovery after yesterday’s test flight crash. Physicians say his condition is as good as can be expected with possible brain concussion and other injuries. He previously flew with Polando to Turkey a year ago.
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Springfield
Mass
Russell N. Boardman
Polando
Turkey
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