Quarry Hole Mystery Is Solved in Columbia Township
Cleveland police identified clothing found near the water filled quarry as belonging to a Detroit resident. The case was closed by the sheriff’s office with no further investigation unless new developments surface.
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Columbia Township
Cleveland
Detroit
William G Smith
Smith
Ofice
Anna Voller
Stanley Kocel
Twoming
Quarry Hole
Moonongabe County
Morgantown
West Virginia
Iis
Bland Kocel
Arthur Glas
Miss Miller
Cleveland Police
Lora Counts Sheriffs Department
Lorain County Citizens to Get Bridge Jobs Preference
Lorain County residents will be employed on the Lorain bridge projects as far as possible, says Commissioner Dunn. The group checks Cleveland contracts to ensure Lorain county preference in hiring, with experts hired as needed but most work handled by locals. A local plans group has someone in Cleveland urging their services be used when required.
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Lorain
Howard Butler
Cleveland
Lorain Bridge
Lorain County
Weather drift across Ohio and plains warms Friday
The Ohio forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with rising temperatures Friday, especially in the Central and West portions tonight. Atmospheric pressure is high over the lake region and central valleys, while a developing low over the Canadian prairies shifts patterns. Over the past 24 hours showers and thunderstorms ran across the middle and north Atlantic states with moderate showers in the northwest. Averages show warmth increasing on the plains and Rocky Mountain plateau east of the Mississippi remains cooler.
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Ohio
Lake Region
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Middle
North Atlantic
Mississippi
Plains
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Tax Collections Near 1.5 Million This Year
Tax collections for the current period stand at 51245000 with County Treasurer Walter Wright estimating an additional 200000 will be collected before close. The totals reflect real estate taxes as the office begins closing partial payments. Personal property tax collections are expected to start around October 1 and run through October.
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Walter Wright
Czech Crisis Deepens as Minority Tensions Rise
London reports warn British leaders that Czech and Slovak minority tensions and the Spanish Civil War risks may escalate. German delegates near rejection of Prague’s minority statute proposals deepen concern that a new crisis could emerge within weeks.
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London
Prague
Child Killed by Auto in Canton After Run
Four year old Jack Fry was struck by a speeding car after running from behind a parked automobile in Canton Ohio. The child died at the scene. Police were investigating the incident and identifying the driver.
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Auto Canton
Jack Fry
Keeper Of The Bloodhounds Charged In Eastham Prison Farm Murder
CROCKETT Texas Aug 18 UP Rab Parker keeper of the bloodhounds at Eastham State prison farm was jailed charged with murdering escaped convict John H Frazier 21 who had offered to surrender Sheriff Maples said Frazier Wilkerson were two of eight convicts who broke out earlier in the week Six of the eight are dead one at large Roy King was possibly drowned in Trinity River Parker said he fired after ordering halt without compliance Jack Kinsley Leonard Smith Frank Johnson Elmer Aaron and John Greer were among others wounded or killed In the weeklong breakout two convicts were killed and a guard wounded by gunfire.
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Prison Farm
Crockett, Tex
John H Frazier
Eastham
Archie Maples
Crockett
Texas
Rab Parker
Houston County
John Hendrix Frazier
Dallas
Raymond Wilkerson
Fort Worth
Hadeen
Parker
Frazier
Maples
Wilkerson
Roy King
King
Trinity River
Frank Johnson
Leonard Smith
Jack Kinsley
Elmer Aaron
John Greer
Charles Bird Pleads Guilty Wife On Trial
Charles Bird once a top public enemy pleaded guilty to seven robbery counts in Baltimore while his 20 year old wife faced trial on a joint charge. Bird was sentenced to 45 years and will begin serving in Maryland Penitentiary. His wife, pregnant, pleaded not guilty to the joint liquor truck holdup count and to a potential 20 year sentence if convicted.
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Baltimore
Charles Bird
Samuel K Dennis
Ohio
Maryland
Desperado
Public Enemy
Bud
Bird
Propose To Establish County Road Over 21st Street Bridge
Lorain County commissioners pass a resolution to establish a county road over the East Twenty-first Street bridge in Lorain. A final hearing is set for September 7 at 10 am in the commissioners office with a September 6 site view. The route runs from Broadway and East Twenty-first Street east to Elyria Avenue, then northeast across the Baltimore and Ohio Bay road and the Black River to Colorado Avenue and Kansas Avenue, funded by a bond-approved PWA project.
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East Twenty-first Street
Lorain
Commissioners Office
Broadway
Elyria Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio Bay Road
Black River
Colorado Avenue
Kansas Avenue
PWA
Lorain County
Budge Reaches Newport Semi final in Challenge Bowl
International tennis star Donald Budge, top seed, advanced to the semi finals of the Newport invitation tournament at the Newport Casino. He outlasted former National Champion Wilmer Allison of Austin, Texas, in a four set match, 7 9 to 9 7.
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Newport
R. I
Donald Budge
Budge
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Tex
Committee Probes Harry Bridges Amid Theft of Files
Washington reports that Margaret Kerr testified she saw a Communist Party membership card she believed linked Harry Bridges to the party. The House committee investigating un American activities obtained the Labor Department file on Bridges as witnesses reported threats, while Bridges denies Communist ties and the Labor Department delays deportation actions pending court rulings.
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Washington
Margaret A Kerr
Los Aneles
Better America Federation
Harry Bridges
Miss Kerr
House Committee
Bridges
CIO
Labor Department
Committee
Martin Dies D. Tex
Companiers
Dies
Thomas B Shoemaker
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Shoemaker
L Eable
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Harry Dorgan
Cmmunist
Dorgan
American League For Peace and Democracy
Communist “Popular Front
Roosevelt Speaks in Canada on Good Neighbor Policy
President Roosevelt travels aboard his train to Kingston Ontario to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University and to dedicate a new International bridge across the Thousand Islands. He plans to restate the Good Neighbor policy and then return to Hyde Park for a 10 day visit.
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Kingston
Ont
Roosevelt
Canada
Queen’s University
Thousand Islands
St Lawrence
Short Again Heads Ohio Republicans
Ohio Republican officers were re-elected and plans outlined for a large state convention September 14 15 in Columbus with an advisory delegate system alongside legally provided delegates. Ed D Schorr was re-elected state chairman for a fifth term, with other officers reinstalled. the convention could draw 3000 to 5000 attendees.
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Columbus
Republican High Command
Ohio
State Central Committee
Ed D Schorr
Cincinnati
Schorr
Mary L. Forrest
Cleveland
Nolan Boggs
Toledo
Gerald C Stanley
Charles Chastang
Margaret K. Baker
Springfield
Seventh
Lgl Marshall
Xenia
Clarence J Brown
Blanchester
Sevivary Group
Robert A Taft
Two Children Hurt After Ferris Wheel Fall
WARREN Ohio August 18 Two children Bernice Beck 17 of Leavittsburg and her brother Bernard 7 were seriously injured when they fell 30 feet from a ferris wheel at Ashtabula county fair in Jefferson. Bernice suffered a fractured pelvis and broken arm while Bernard had a fractured skull doctors reported. The accident followed a snapped cable on the swinging seat, throwing the children to the ground.
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Warren
Ashtabula
Jefferson
Bernice Beckwith
Leaviattsburg
Bernard
Miss Beckwith
Witness testifies in Dutch Schultz policy racket trial
In New York August 18 Wilfred Brunder a British West Indies lottery banker testified about the Dutch Schultz policy gang led by James J Hines. Brunder described 1923 to 1931 operations and a promised one third share in profits, totaling about six thousand dollars for the last quarter of 1932. He cited indep bancs recruited by Joseph Isen and noted a $100 weekly salary while told to move discreetly as prosecutions loom.
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New York
Dutch Schultz
Tammany Leuser
James J Hines
Wilfred Brunder
Hines
Brunder
Stard Today
Thorns E Dewey
British West Indies
Brander
Partiular Bank
J Richard
Drie) Davis
Davis
Dewey
Joseph
Big Joe) M. Isen
Brunders
Tsun
Seaplane Returns After Propeller Trouble Off France
A 37 ton seaplane Lieutenant De Vaisseau Paris returned to its Biscary base today after takeoff for New York via Lisbon and the Azores due to propeller trouble. It was expected to resume flight tomorrow if repairs succeed.
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Biscarosse
France
de Vaisseau Paris
New York
Lisbon
Azores Islands
Farber
Jar Containing 940 Found Under Porch Sparks Juvenile Boom
Chicago August 18 11 year old George Koshr and his pals nicknamed Big George Wille Mattsie Jerry and Smokietear led a spree after finding a pickle jar with 940 beneath a porch The group bought bicycles billfolds a large sum in tens flashlights outings and rentals and later learned the money belonged to Georges father Juvenile Judge Lambert K Hayes ordered a partial accounting and recovered 263 from the youths as the arraignment of the 15 year old Big George proceeded
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Cleveland
Kingsbury
Lake Ewe
Chicago
Little George Koshr
Big George
Wille
Mattsie
Jerry
Smokie
South Throop Street
Klondike
Little George
Kang
Jackson Park
Lincoln Park
Lambert K Hayes
Lorain County faces bid for new courthouse with PWA grant
Lorain County commissioners grapple with two issues as they push courthouse plans. The Lorain County Bar Association urged a completely new courthouse rather than an annex. A letter from L A Boulay of the Public Works Administration demands a bond election by October 1 to qualify for a 151,690 grant, requiring a September 1 30 day notice and a county election cost from the general fund.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Bar Association
L A Boulay
State Public Works Administration
PWA
Boulay
Howard R Butler
Board of Elections
Butler
Bar Association
Court House
E W DeChant
Osear G Dunn
Truck Driver Hurt After West Avenue Crash
A Mendleson Reduction Company driver, Sid 40 of Ford Road, was injured when his truck ran into four telephone poles on West Avenue about 1:30 pm. He was unconscious and rushed to Elyria Memorial Hospital by Taylors ambulance for evaluation of injuries.
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Ford Road
Mendleson Reduction Company
Elyria Memorial Hospital
West Avenue
Sirb
Taylors Ambulance
Oberlin Street Projects Put to Bid by County Board
County commissioners called for bids on proposed improvements to two Oberlin streets. Lorain Street from Prospect Street to brick pavement end and Prospect Street from the New York Central Railroad to Crosby Street. Bids open September 3 after Oberlin Village council approved plans and specifications.
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Oberlin Streets
Lorain Street
Prospect Street
New York Central Railroad
Crosby Street
Oberlin Village
Clearview Board Hires 4 Teachers
Four teachers were hired by the Clearview School Board of Education at its Tuesday meeting announced at the Lorain County Board of Education office. Lois Lees of Elyria will head art instruction, Paul L. Weaver will teach mathematics and industrial arts, Hilda F. Richter will teach first grade, and Martha Holliday of Marie will teach third grade replacing former staff.
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Clearview School Board of Education
Lorain
Donald B Treland
Hilda F. Richter
North Canton
Lorain County
Kent State University
Edna Shaw
Martha Holliday
Maries
Wittenberg Collge
Misa Blowyze
Sewth Pide
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BAR Association For
New Courthouse
Thomas E Deweys
Tammany
Eliot Ness
Edward Bruhn
Kingsbury Run
21St Street
New Orleans
Hilda Bertovere
Robert Sidney Maestri
Maestr
Joseph Francis Rummell
Maestris
Acmic
Short
Republicans
Grant
Ask
Oberlin Street
Clearview Board
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