Death toll mounts as prison guards quell bold escape
Marquette Michigan August 25 1931 prison officials investigate the source of four revolvers used in a thwarted escape attempt that left Dr A W Hornbogen and seven others dead or wounded. Warden James P Corgan assisted by state officials reviews the incident as guards and police maintain order.
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Marquette
Mich
Detroit
James P. Corgan
Oscar G. Olander
Frank Oliegschlager
Bolger
Cowling
Hornboger
Edward Wiles
Germano
Fred
Buy Equipment For Sanatorium Heliotherapy Apparatus
The building commission purchased heliotherapy equipment and dishes for the tuberculosis sanatorium. Mercury quartz lamps will power a heliotherapy apparatus a key therapeutic device. The equipment cost 601.50 from Hanovia Chemical and Manufacturing Company Chicago and about 226 dozen dishes cost 572 from Boylan Company Elyria.
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The
Building Commission
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Hanovia Chemical and Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Boylan Company
Elyria
Weather Forecast for Ohio and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight in the east portion, cooler conditions expected. General eastward pressure drift likely brings clearing this afternoon and fair, cooler weather tonight and Saturday across the area.
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Ohio
Elyrian Receives Safety Award For Rail Work
Frank T Horan president of the Lake Terminal Railroad will travel to New York City in October to accept the Hur Timah safety award for commendable conduct in 1950 in the switching division of freight railroads. This marks the first time the National Tube Company receives the honor through its Lake Terminal operation. Horan has served with the National Tube Company and the railroad since 1980.
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Frank T Horan
14Th Street
Lake Terminal Railroad
New York City
Hur Timah
National Tube Company
Horan
Railroad
DO-X Resting in New York After Transatlantic Flight
In New York on August 28 the DO-X appeared still on the East River as mechanics overhaul its tie motors and rigging. The giant airliner will be open to the public as the deck continues work. The DC-X had just completed a four continent, ten month flight from Germany and passengers praised the craft for its steadiness and smoothness in the air.
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New York
East River
Germany
Norfolk
Swimmer Starts Channel Crossing From Cape Grisnez
At Cape Grisnez France Aug 28 Fritz Fisher a German began a solo attempt to swim the English Channel toward Dover at 9 55 a m today.
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Cape Grisnez
France
Fritz Fisher
English
Dover
Amherst Savings Bank to Become Lorain County Branch
Negotiations for sale of Amherst Savings and Banking Company to Lorain County Savings and Trust Company of Elyria nearly complete. Major W Miller of the State Banking Department announced approval after last night’s directors meeting. The Amherst bank will operate as a branch, adding its 5000 depositors and fl 10,000,000 resources to the Elyria institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Elyria
State Banking Department
W .Miller
Amherst
Amherst Bank
A. B Taylor
Purchasing Bank
Sale Miller
Taylor
Bank At
Lorain County
Prisoner Too Tough For Workhouse May Be Brought Here
Dan Sullivan, deemed too violent for Lorain city jail and the Toledo workhouse, faces transfer to Lorain county jail unless Sheriff Clarence Adams can block it. A Toledo official says Sullivan’s violence led to solitary confinement and a near-fatal assault on a prisoner. Judge William Dutiv signed an order to return him to Lorain county for six months on assault and battery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sullivan
Lorain City
Toledo
Clarence Adams
Sullivan
Lorain County
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Adams
William Dutiv
Deputies Stop Man Threatening Suicide In Field
Deputies Bob Rodgers and William Caley confronted a distraught Eaton man with a loaded revolver in a lonely field. They wrested the weapon away after he threatened to shoot, preventing self harm. The father of seven had appealed to authorities over his inability to earn a living.
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Bob Rodgers
William Caley
Eaton
Sheriff's Office
Rodgers
Casey
Caaley
Local Boys Stage Goat Assisted Toy Bulls in Woodford
A goat in Woodford avenue teased by children caused a chase as the animal headbutted at least one youngster. Police investigated after a frantic mother reported the goat ramming and frightening the kids. Owners were asked to confine the animal. No serious injuries reported.
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Woodford Avenue
Arthur Hurd Investi
Woman killed in Owa storm near Clearlake
A twisting wind in northern Iowa killed Bessie Rist, 50, of Algoma, and injured several others. The storm damaged an outing club, overturned a roller coaster, wrecked a double deck excursion steamer, and disrupted communications as hail and rain battered fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearlake
Iowa
Bessie Rist
Algoma
Seven Arrested in Cleveland Narcotic Den Raid
Federal agents raided an opium den in Cleveland's Chinese settlement, seizing opium and detaining seven men. The second floor rooms included curtained bunks and a heating stove. one man was found smoking. Arrested: Harry Long, Tan Wong, 34, Long Hing, 42, Jim Fong, 5, George Sin, 39, Grand Louey, 38, Henry Hing, 34.
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Cleveland
O. F. Johnson
Joseph Bell
Thore
Harry Long
Tan Wong
Long Hing
Jim Fong
George Sin
Grand Louey
Henry Hing
New Judges Sought by Mahoning County Taxpayers League
The Mahoning County Taxpayers Protective League presses for new judges to hear charges against Prosecutor Ray & Thomas. Petitions call for removal of judges Alfred Mack Cincinnati A J G Pearson Cleveland and H W Jewell Delaware and will be sent to Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Carrington T Marshall.
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AQK
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Taxpayers’ Protective League
Ray &. Thomas
League
Alfred Mack
Cincinnati
A. J. G. Pearson
Cleveland
H. W. Jewell
Delaware
Carrington T. Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
County Election Probe Sought Over Lorain Primary Methods
William Greil and George Brietz filed a request with Secretary of State Clarence Brown asking for an investigation into Lorain County primary voting methods. The pair cited alleged forceful practices by the County Election Board but did not disclose specific details in the submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lorain County
Clarence J. Brown
William Greil
Lorain
George Brietz
Lorain Couneman
Brown
County Election Board
Elyrian Named Inspector For Cigaret Taxes
The Ohio State Tax Commission announced 44 cigaret tax inspectors led by Charles D. Collins of Elyria. Appointed to enforce the new law effective Sept 1, inspectors will start in home tax districts, then rotate, with schooling and district assignments to follow. Lorain County is in District 17 alongside Erie, Byron, Richland, and Ashland counties.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Charles D. Collins
Elyria
Quincy L. Davis
Davis
Tax Commission
Lorain County
Erie
Byron
Richland
Ashland
Quakes Hit Queta Region Near Afghan Frontier
Violent earthquakes shook the Queta region near the Afghanistan frontier today. The town of Sharigh was reported to have disappeared and telegraph and railway services were disrupted. The shocks were felt here about 400 miles from the disaster scene.
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Karachi
India
Queta
Afghanistan
Sharigh
Boy Burt Fractures Leg After Fall at Cascade Park
Kerr Spaulding nine fell from a rock while playing at Cascade Park yesterday afternoon. He fractured his left leg and was treated at Memorial Hospital.
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Boy Burt
Cascade Park
Kerr Spaulding
Blain Street
Memorial Hospital
City program discussed by mayor group plans relief effort
A 17 member committee chosen by Mayor James A Hewitt discussed relief work for the coming months. The group agreed the mayor should contact churches and clubs to survey and donate cans and jars of food for distribution to the needy. Committee members include J Parsch A C Hudnutt Mrs Hannaford Rev Wise man Rev Ketcham Dan Symons and others.
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Wiaeter
James A Hewitt
J. Parsch
A. C. Hudnutt
A . Hannaford
D. M. Upton
C. F. Wiseman
R. T Ketcham
Dan Symons
Man Goldstein
Ralph Murbach
George Stark
Charles Sotherden
J. L. Mathis
Father Budny
J B. Loughrm
Rev
Meister
W QO McClellan
Mrs Gillis Clinches Club Championship in Elyria Tourney
Mrs Gillis defeated Mrs Barbour this morning 5 up and 4 to play to become Elyria Country Club women’s champion and also holds the Women’s Western Division Golf Association toga. In the Class B final Mrs J C Parsch beat Mrs C W Carrick 2 and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Gillis
Elyria Country Club
Howard Barbour
Slump In Fires Is Ended Today
Firemen were summoned to the Carson Company where a box car on a siding burned this morning. Investigators say a bundle of papers used as a bed by tramps, possibly ignited by a cigar, started the blaze. The car’s interior was damaged. no contents remained. It ends a weeklong stretch with no calls.
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Carson Company
Britain and France near Franco American credit deal
Informal British inquiries received assurances that private American bankers would back a Franco American credit to Britain ranging from 250 to 500 million dollars. Wall Street saw no formal arrangement, while it was noted sterling exchange improvements lessen immediate need. Paris and Washington reports say French participation likely equal to US credit, with announcement expected.
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New York
Wall Street
Sterling Exchange
Britain
Laborite Daily Herald
London
Dole
Herald
MacDonald
Washington
J. P Morgan and Company
Morgan
Paris
Great Britain
United States
Anotti
Pigeon Leads Police to Kidnapping Ring, Police Say
A carrier pigeon is suspected of transporting ransom notes in a kidnapping plot targeting the son of a prominent attorney. Police pursue the bird as the ransom reportedly rises to twenty five thousand dollars. The attorney demands proof before further negotiations and the case draws in Queens authorities.
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New York
Municipal Court
Edgar F. Hasleton
Queens County Grand Jury
Hazleton
Hia
Edgar
Haasleten
Hites
Queens
Blood-stained clothing found in garage linked to missing woman case
Clarksburg West Virginia August 28 blood stained garments believed to be those of Mrs Aste Eicher of Park Ridge Illinois widow and mother of three were found in a garage owned by Harry F Powers alias Cornelius C Pierson a marriage broker Powers admitted the clothing was hers and denied the children's clothes were present Police also found a long strand of blood stained hair and numerous photographs and letters in his possession Police plan further searches for the missing woman and children and state the stains are human blood
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Aste Eicher
Park Ridge
Harry F. Powers
Cornelius C. Pierson
Pierson
Quiet Dell
Powers
Olean
N.Y
Bessie
J. E. Stephenson
Harrison
Plane crashes in Wellington injures Akron pilot
A stunt plane piloted by an Akron flyer crashed in Wellington around 5 30 p m while attempting to gain altitude. The pilot escaped with a few scratches and bruises. the damaged craft was loaded onto a truck and sent back to Akron.
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Wellington
Akron
Yeste
Worthwhile Investment by Resident on Lodi Street
A fragmented notice describes Robert Chesler of Lodi Street renovating a vacant house on Foster Avenue. The text claims Chesler rented the property after repairs and promotes high fall rental demand, noting expenses and possible tuition-related references amid garbled phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chesler
Lodi
Foster
Chronicle- Telegreas
Dalty
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William
Lius
Veras
Trusty
Phoenix
el Paso
Abilene
Yellowstone
Qu'appalle
Lander
Elyrian
Frank T. Horan
Logal Bank Company
Lorain County Savings and Trust
Amherst Financial Institutions
Offige
Ridge Hill
Tidge Hill Memorial Cemetery
Augustus D. Krumm
Krimm
Hurd
Owa
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
John Timothy Stone
Mrs. Gillis
John J
Jack) Lynch
Kidpaapers
Lynch
Brition Credit Arrangement
U.S
Pigeon
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