New Baby and Six Die as Harlem Gang Battle Rages
A 90 minute Harlem gun battle ends with a four year old girl among the dead and 12 wounded. Police, firefighters, and bystanders chased two bandits and a chauffeur after a payroll guard was shot down. The chaotic sequence left streets littered with corpses, wrecked cars, and armament, shocking New York anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
de Gloria Lopez
RoverMe
Majeangsters
Michael Venperjn
Harlem
Loria
Morriss Tinia
Two Detroit men questioned in Cleveland daylight holdup
Russell Higgins and Louis Cucchi both Detroit salesmen, are being quizzed by Sandusky police after a Cleveland daylight holdup. Higgins and Cucchi dispute their whereabouts Friday while Patricia Morgan, 29, Detroit, is also being questioned. arrests followed a rooming house raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Russell Higgins
Louis Cucchi
Detroit
C. A. Weingates
Lee J. Shirley
William Gill
Cleveland
Higgins
Cucchi
Shirley
Patricia Morgan
Ohio Weather Forecast Makes Way for Warm Day Sunday
A generally fair to tonight and Sunday forecast for Ohio, with somewhat warmer conditions expected Sunday. Yesterday's high reached 78 in Dayton and 102 in Phoenix, while today’s low ranges from 38 at White River to 44 at Edmonton. High pressure persists over central and northeast districts with little change anticipated in the next 36 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
White River
Edmonton
Winnemucca
Granville
Dayton
Norwalk
Cleveland
Lost Pearls Sought In Chicago River Mystery
Chicago August reports a diver searched the Chicago River after Mrs. Dillman, formerly Horace Dodge’s wife, reportedly dropped a string of pearls from a yacht anchored nearby. The value unclear, possibly the czarist crown jewels rope worth $850,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hugh Dillman
Detroit
Vacation trip nearly ends in jail in Elyria
A California couple on a Atlantic seaboard trip nearly faced jail in Elyria after Mr. OConnell, armed with a revolver, threatened a truck driver who could not pass. Sheriff Adams held him until the gun was secured and the matter was dropped with the gun kept by the sheriff until the traveler could reclaim it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
R. E. O’connell
Glendale
California
Atlantic Seaboard
O'Connell
A. E. Wiliams
Buffalo
Clarence Adam
William
Fremont
Williams
Adams
Willams
Mansfield Journal Bombing Injures Watchman and Damages Plant
The Mansfield Journal offices were damaged and a night watchman injured by a bomb believed hurled from a speeding car. Police seek occupants of a large sedan with Ohio plates after the blast wrecked the basement storage area and shattered downtown windows. Officials suspect an attempt to silence the paper’s crime reporting. the paper planned to publish as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
U.2
Mansfield Journal
J. A. Richardson
Richardson
Ohio
R. A. Schad
Georges J. Kochenderfer
Samuel A. Horvitz
David Gil
Cleveland
Kochend
Inheritance tax distribution in Lorain County marked record
County Auditor C. S. Kelser will distribute 84574 in inheritance taxes for the first half of the year. The total 54574.14 includes a state share and a local division with Ridgeville Township receiving 22181.17 due to the Abner Wallace Osborne estate of 1234618. Arthur Giles reports 234 cases. Probate Judge H. C. Wilcox will receive 15 for his handling fee. Funds go to education and welfare construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Kelser
Lorain County
Ridgeville Township
Abner Wallace Osborne
Arthur Giles
H. C. Wilcox
Veterans to attend 329th reunion in Bowling Green
Lorain County World War veterans will gather tomorrow at City Park in Bowling Green to mark the 329th Regimental Reunion led by Colonel James C. Mac Dermott. About 150 county men served in the unit and plans aim to bring all fifteen companies together for the event with families joining the activities and a regimental guard mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Bowling Green
James C. MacDermott
Wellington
329Th Veterans Association
France
329Th Infantry
329Th
Elyria
Tte
Otto K. Mischka
MacDermott
Bowling Green 4 & Basket
F. J. Murbach
Hayden Evana
J. J. Burrell
Biya
Orland Sargent
Cheater Deeter
New Atlantic flight starts amid eight deaths in accidents
Berlin August 22 Willy Rody and two companions believed bound for New York began a non stop Atlantic flight from Tempelhof. The single motor Junkers, once linked to Levine and Acosta, carried a Portuguese passenger and Hamburg pilot Christian Johansen. Across Europe the day saw eight deaths in local accidents including Toledo and Dayton incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Willy Rody
New York
United States
Lyons
Marseilles
France
Spain
Portugal
Atlantic
Ems
Germany
Christian Johansen
Hamburg
Junkers
Charles A. Levine
Levine
Bert Acosta
Transatlantic Flier
Rody
Hold Sweetheart Of Torch Slayer
ANN ARBOR Michigan Catherine Keller 25 sweetheart of Fred Smith convicted slayer held as accessory after the fact in the four Willis torch murders. Circuit Judge George W Sample ordered detention after sentencing Smith Frank Oliver and David Blackstone to four life terms each as killers and burners of young couples at Willis Washtenaw Prosecutor Albert H Rapp had planned to release Keller before the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ang
Catherine Keller
Fred Smith
Miss Keller
George WV. Sample
Smith
Frank Oliver
David Biackstone
Willis
Washtenaw
Albert H. Rapp
White Requests Pardon for Fleming in Ohio Case
Cleveland, Aug 22. Gov. George White received a pardon petition from Mrs. Lethia Fleming seeking clemency for former Cleveland Councilman Thomas W. Fleming who is serving a 33 month term for bribery in the Ohio penitentiary. She asks release on Sept 22, Lincoln’s emancipation anniversary, to restore citizenship rights and allow him to resume practicing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George White
Thomas W. Fleming
Ohio Penitentiary
Lethia Fleming
Abraham Lincoln
Betty Gray to appear soon in Cleveland murder case
Investigators expect Betty Gray, key witness in the William E. Potter slaying, to surface in Cleveland soon. Miss Gray has been hidden for three weeks by unknown guardians to preserve Hymie Martin’s chance for a new trial set for September 14. Contempt of court citations loom as authorities order her produced in Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Upi
Betty Gray
William E. Potter
Bs Sangetera
Bérgens
Miss Gray
Pittsburgh
Hymie” Martin
Martin
Har
Common Pleas
Walter McMahon
Lorain County youths sought after prison escape
Two Lorain County trusties Clarence Stanley Robert Lyman and James Farmer escaped from the Grafton prison farm where they were held after an attempted burglary at Matt Gardner gas station. They may have fled toward Grafton taking a local merchant Wise’s car. Stanley was wounded in October during a failed break in and treated at Memorial hospital before Mansfield reform school transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Lorain County
Matt Gardner
Clarence Stanley
Robert Lyman
James Farmer
Stanley
Memorial Hospital
Con Danions
Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield
Graftos
Cigaret Stamp Tax Effective On September 1
Ohio retailers face a new cigaret stamp tax starting September 1. A one cent per ten cigarettes rate applies, stamps sold through County Treasurer N D Backus, with treasurers as deputy state treasurers. Penalties include fines up to 100 dollars and possible imprisonment for counterfeiting. Administrative costs are projected at about 100 thousand dollars for 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
N. D. Backus
Cleveland Man Bound Over For Theft Of Brass
Walter Krelkowicz, 25, of Cleveland, was bound to the grand jury under a $1500 bond after arraignment before Mayor James A. Hewitt on burglary and larceny charges. He held for theft of about 800 pounds of brass and copper from Elyria Brass and Bronze Company. Alfred Giddings, 316 South Maple, sprained ankle in a Black River fall near 15th Street. treated by a nurse and released to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krelkowicz
Cleveland
James A. Hewitt
Thast
Elyria Brass and Bronze Company
Krelkowicz
Elyria Authi
Elyrian
Alfred Giddings
South
Maple Street
Black River
15Th Street
Thce
Steel and Tubes
Auto kills deer found by game protector in Carrollton
Aug 22 game protector M S Hoodlyr found a young deer killed by an automobile and turned it over to Red Cross officials to provide food for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
M. S. Hoodlyr
Red Cross
Flood Devastation Kills Thousands in Yangtze Basin
Refugees in Hankow area flee as Chang Kung Cai dyke fails. Tens of thousands lose homes. three major cities, including Hankow Wu Han, face collapse, with riverside villages washed away and relief efforts overwhelmed across vast flood zone. Officials urge rapid fundraising and aid as survivors are rescued by boats and transported to higher ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
Wuenang
Yangtze
Wu- Han
Wu-Han
Wuchang
Han-Yan
Yangze
Kiukiang
Anking
Nankow
Lindberghs Reach Iturup Island Amid Fog Delays
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived at Shana Bay Iturup Island at 450 PM after dense Pacific fogs forced a halt between Palropavalovsk Siberia and Nemura. A three night stay in Keti Islet followed engine trouble and a tow to Muroton for repairs. Crowds cheered as floodlights lit the landing, awaiting their arrival again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Charles A. Lindbergh
Shana Bay
Iturup Island
Nemuro
Pacific
Palropavalovsk
Siberia
Nemura
Kuriles
Keti
Muroton
Col. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Christmas Card Cache Found After Car Theft
Sheriff Clarence Adams reports four sample Christmas cards found along Oberlin Road near Stop 91. The vehicle believed stolen, cases dumped. Owner sought via order slips located inside the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Adams
Oberlin Road
Stop 91
Heirloom Quilt and Doll Exhibit at Wellington Fair
Wellington visitors will see a rich display of family heirlooms in Floral Hall next week. A quilt over 115 years old offered by Mrs Settle Hawk will share space with an 80 year old home spun quilt and a 1849 Huntington coverlet donated by Miss Orrie Bradner. Mrs Arthur Smith notes the best collection of hand made quilts in the fair. Antique dolls, including a 100 year old doll from Mrs J H Page, will also be shown alongside a miniature sock saree exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Settle Hawk
Huntington
Orrie Bradner
Arthur Smith
Floral Hall
Smith
J. H. Page
Firemen Called To Auto Bodies Fire At McGuire Yard
Firemen answered an alarm at 211 West Bridge Street near the J. J. McGuire junk yard finding a blaze in burned automobile bodies in the rear of the building. A man in a separate room was noted but details were unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McGuire
West Bridge Street
Road Contract Awarded On Two Local Roads
Contracts for surface treating of the Elyria Oberlin and Oberlin North roads were awarded today to H. J. Hart Elyria for $4 9938 28 by the state highway department at Columbus announced by State Highway Director O W Merrell. The contracts cover 10 miles of road and were part of highway work in 30 counties awarded today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Oberlin
Oberlin- North
H. J. Hart
State
Columbus
O. W. Merrell
Elyrian Appointed to National Banking Group
A B Taylor president of Lorain County Savings and Trust Co was named to a five member national committee to review banking issues. He joins four other bankers from across the United States as part of the American Institute of Bankers announced today. Taylor also serves on two other national committees. Burns Prove Fatal Kenton Aug 22 Leroy Musgrave 16 Willingate town died in a hospital after starting a stove fire with effi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Taylor
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
American Institution of Bankers
Taylor
United States
Banker’s Association
Bank Management Commission
Burns
Kenton
Leroy Musgrave
Willingaetown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wickersham
Phoenix
Winnipeg
Williston
Grafton Farm
la Follette
Washington
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Philip la Folette
George Middleton
Ralph Sucher
Robert
Robert la Follette, Jr
NEW Atlantic
Toledo
Ulig
United Press
M. D. Beard
Delta
Lizzie Schwartz
Chicego
Vivian Smith
Pleasant
Beard
Schwartz
Woodville Road
Toledo. Seven Others Were Hurt In the Same Accident. Miss Smith
Sadie Hardin
Izetta Merriman
Hawaii
Lillian Lucas
Cincinnnati
Alice Sonway
Rose Valley
Cadiz
Louis Mader
Cincinnati
White
Fleming
Linnberghs
Wellington Fair
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!