Flames Level Four Farm Buildings Near New London
Loss estimated at 50 000 to 70 000 dollars after a fire on Frank Russells Clarkfield farm six miles north of New London destroyed a sheep barn valued at 12000 dollars 125 head of Delaine Merino sheep 125 tons of hay a garage a hen house and a smaller barn. A lantern carried to finish chores spooked the sheep and sparked the blaze. Fire crews from New London and Wakeman arrived too late to save the buildings.
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New London, O
Frank Russell
Clarksfield
New London
Russell
Wakeman
Lindberghs Feted in Japan With Six Day Tribute
In Tokyo a six day program of receptions and banquets honored Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh. Premier Wakatsuki hosted a farewell dinner while the couple planned a visit to the U.S. ambassador’s Karuizawa villa. Lindbergh addressed aviators and modeling plans for a bronze statue were announced.
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Tokio
ASP
Japan
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rejiro Wakatsuki
United States
Lindberghs
W. Carenon Forbes
Karuizawa
Lindbergh
Japan Air Transport Company
Hibiya Park
Unite States
Japana
Tvino
Lindberghe
Hail Stones Damage Cars and Trees in Ohio Counties
Hail stones over an inch in diameter battered Newark and nearby areas in Licking and Muskingum counties on Sunday, causing extensive damage to automobiles property and trees as residents assess the wreckage and destruction.
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Vahmage
Newark
Licking
Muskingum Counties
Weather forecast unsettled across region with showers
Unsettled weather over the upper Mississippi Valley will spread eastward tonight and reach the lower Ohio Valley late tonight. Showers possible in the vicinity late tonight and Tuesday with a slight warmup tonight and warmer highs in the north and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Ohio State Fair Opens for 81st Year in Columbus
The gates opened at 9:00 A M marking the start of the 81st Ohio State Fair in Columbus Ohio Aug 31 Thousands of people were on the grounds and organizers expect more than 300 000 visitors during the week The flag raising signaled the official opening as thousands gathered for the first day
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Columbus
Five Lorain firemen injured in bridge collision
On Aug 31 five firemen at No 2 station were injured when their Seagrave pumper hit a large automobile body truck on Oak Point bridge while en route to a Linwood Park fire near Vermilion. Latimer and Matchetts suffered broken left hands. Baker, Sturgis, and O Doherty bruises. The pumpers’ fire truck was damaged beyond repair and would be sent to the factory. A four family dwelling and two other houses burned at Linwood Park, with an estimated loss of $15,000. Lieut. Tressel was not injured.
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Lorain
No 2
Point Bridge
Linwood Park
Vermilion
W. T. Latimer
Ralph Matchetts
Frank Baker
William Sturgis
Cam O Doherty
Lieut. Tressel
Seagrave
Oak Point Bridge
Latimer
King
Amherst Bank Property Sale Authorized to Lorain County Trust
I. J. Fulton supervisor of banks and Judge W. B. Thompson approved the sale of Amherst Savings and Banking Company real estate and office equipment to Lorain County Savings and Trust Company for 30000. The petition came after negotiations in which the Elyria bank will purchase the Amherst institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
I. J. Fulton
W. B. Thompson
Fulton
Elyria Bank
Amherst Institution
Improvement of Stony Ridge Road Planned
Improvement of Stony Ridge road from Ridgeville to Rain road is to be undertaken by county and township forces. The 1.6 mile section will cost the township about 7600 dollars with the county paying for drainage structures and grading. Trustees of Ridgeville township presented the matter to county commissioners this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Ridge Road
Ridgeville
Ridgeville Township
Probe Burglary At Oil Station
Investigation of a burglary at the Sinclair Oil Company bulk station offices at Peart and North Ridge roads was underway by deputy sheriffs. The offices were entered through a window and nothing was taken.
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Sinclair Oil Company
Peart and
North Ridge Roads
Marines Jump to Safety After Planes Clash at Air Races
At Cleveland Airport on the second day of the National Air Races two US Marine Corps planes collided at 1,598 feet. Lieut Lawson A. Sanderson and Lieut W O Brice described their escapes from burning craft as 60,000 spectators watched. Sanderson freed his chute 40 feet above the ground and Brice recalled a head impact before his parachute opened. Mrs Phoebe Omlie then led 51 contestants in the National Sweepstakes Derby as the event continued.
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Cleveland
United States Marine Corps Today
Lawson A. Sanderson
W. O. Brice
Lieut. Sanderson
Nicaragua
Lieut
Brice
China
Omlie
Earth
Sanderson
Phoebe Qombe
Memphis
Tenn
Administrator Sues for 25000 Over Death of Fields
Marshall Fields administrator of Noel Fields estate sues Edmond Toll for 25000 claiming his death followed Toll resisting arrest during transport to county jail on September 28, 1930. Petition alleges Toll struck a deputy and steered the car into a ditch along Abbey road. Fatally injured bandit quartet report from Cincinnati describes a Ky Erlanger Seven Mile Road House incident in which four bandits attacked patrons. one bandit Kirby Housteon captured others at large.
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Marshall Fields
Noel Fields
Edmond Toll
Fields
Toll
Abbey Road
Cincinnati
Pi—Hope Moore
Seven Mile Road
Erlanger
Kirby Housteon
Hoosier killed by hit skip driver Urbana Ohio
Wesley Legg, 48, of Reynolds Indiana, was struck and killed while walking on the Urbana Westville highway near Urbana Ohio. The driver did not stop. Legg was visiting relatives of Shank near Urbana with his wife and mother. He is survived by a daughter and two sons.
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Hoosier
Urbana. O
Wesley Legg
Reynolds
Indiana
Ean
Urbana - Westville
Leggs
Shank
Urbana
Legg
Robbers steal cash and cigarettes from Marysville business
In Marysville Ohio on August 31 robbers broke into Hoy’s billiard parlor and a gasoline filling station. They took about $600 in cash and the billiard parlor’s cigarette stock.
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Marysville
Hoy
Billard
Gazoline
Mayor Appeals To Women's Groups In Elyria
Mayor James A. Hewitt issues an appeal to all women’s organizations in Elyria to send names and addresses and state reef work plans for winter. The request follows a relief committee meeting where he was told to contact these groups but he lacks a list and fears omissions. He believes organizations will want to contribute and that written input is best.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Relief Committee
Lorain County 4-H Contestants Go To State Fair
Twelve Lorain County 4-H boys and girls travel to Columbus for state contests at the Ohio State Fair this week. Dairy judging team members are Robert Penfound Frank Parsons and Charles Webber. Health contestants Rose Marie Haglund and Arthur Brumby compete Thursday morning. Marguerite Bacon leads the style revue. Demonstration teams and individuals include Mary Frances Schriver Oleeva Wise Margaret Burkley Stewart Fairchild Gilbert Fairchild and Edward Reisinger. Horton B Alger and Miss Alice Bird guide the group and accompany the delegates.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Columbus
Wellington
Robert Penfound
Carlisle
Frank Parsons
Pittsfield
Charles Webber
Rose Marie Haglund
Guilt Road
Arthur Brumby
Kipton
Oberlin
Marguerite Bacon
Brownhelm
Miss Bacon
Mary Frances Schriver
Oleeva Wise
Belden
Margaret Burkley
Ridgeville
Stewart
Gilbert Fairchild
Edward Reisinger
Crafton
Horton B. Alger
Alice Bird
Transfer announced in State Department reshuffle
Acting Secretary Castle said Frederick B. Coleman assigned from minister to Lithuania Latvia and Fabhonia since 1922 to the legation at Copenhagen Denmark. Robert P. Skinner minister to Greece since 1926 moves to Riga to replace Coleman. Ralph H Booth counselor to Denmark dies. Booth was from Detroit.
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State Department
Washington
Castle
Frederick B. Coleman
Lithuania
Latvia
Fabhonia
Copenhagen
Denmark
Robert P. Skinner
Massillon
Greece
Riga
Coleman
Ralph H. Booth
Booth
Detroit
Auto crash near North Ridge Lorain ends Murray Finley life
Murray Finley 25 of 512 Park Place died at 3 50 p m Saturday in St Joseph's Lorain after a crash on North Ridge road near the Lorain Elyria interurban line. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. His wife two sisters and his parents survive. Finley an accountant at National Tube Company was en route to Elyria when his car struck the side of the interurban causing the derailment. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church Elyria with the body at Taylor's Funeral Home.
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North Ridge Road
Lorain-Elyria
Murray Finley
Park Place
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Finley
Robert
Keryin Ford
Clarence E. Adams
Wellington
First Baptist Church
Elyria
Taylor
Three Killed In Crashes Of Planes
WESTCLIFFE Colo Aug 31 Phil Reid Denver stunt flier fatally hurt and Max Earl state penitentiary guard who paid 15 to thrill killed when Reid failed to pull from tailspin plane fell 1500 feet Earl died instantly Reid died hours later. HAMMOND Ind Aug 31 plane piloted by James L Hanson 26 Chicago crashed in corn field 15 miles south of here killing Clarence Hanson 27 brother and seriously injuring James. Witnesses said ship went into tailspin.
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Westcliffe
Colo
Phil Reid
Denver
Max Earl
State Penitentiary
Reid
Earl
Hammond
Ind
UPI
James L. Hanson
Chicago
Here
Clarence Hanson
James
Elyrian Knife Wound Victim in Quarrel
Johan Kovacs, 54, of 571 Third Street, was hospitalized with serious knife wounds after a Sunday early morning quarrel with John Vig, 51, of Woodford and Vulcan Street near the Tailroad track. Vig had minor injuries. both were found bloody and transported to Memorial Hospital. Vig released by police. Merle Phelps, Grafton, suffered a leg cut and head injuries when his car side swiped a cat driven by Rolland Cartwright, Columbia. Phelps treated at Memorial Hospital. both cars damaged. William Pitsenberger, 62, missing farmer, body found in a well on J. H. Frohfield’s farm. Inquest to determine cause of death.
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Johan Kovacs
Third Street
Memorial Hospital
John Vig
Woodford
Vulcan Street
Poolica
Rover
Vig
Grafton
Merle Phelps
Rolland
Cartwright
Columbia
Phelps
Memoria
van Wert
William Pitsenbarger
J. H. Frohfield
Mellon outlines bond plan to avert tax rise this year
Treasury Secretary Mellon proposed a 1.1 billion dollar refunding program to dodge a congressional tax increase. The plan includes an 800 million dollar 24 year bond at 3 percent and 300 million in treasury certificates for one year at 1.125 percent, with further issues slated for December and March to cover existing notes.
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Mellon
Congress
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury
Oil price stabilization seen at $1 a barrel in Texas
Oil operators predict crude prices will stabilize at one dollar per barrel within a day or two, signaling a successful end to the Texas and Oklahoma governors battle. The Texas State Railroad Commission is expected to issue an order limiting East Texas field production to 800000 barrels daily, a move seen as a crushing blow to buyers who fought to keep prices low.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas State Railroad Commission
East Texas
Bus plunge kills 12 in Lugo to Santiago road crash
In Lugo Province the auto bus, overloaded and speeding, toppled on a curve between Lugo and Santiago, plunging down an embankment. Twelve died, seven instantly, five later, while 37 were injured, five gravely, and 32 others sustained injuries with slight recovery prospects for some.
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Madrid
Lugo
Santiago
Fearful quake wrecks villages in Baluchistan area
Reports from Karachi describe a powerful earthquake in Baluchistan that destroyed communication lines and leveled villages. Early accounts say entire hills collapsed and houses toppled, leaving little detail on casualties amid widespread fear.
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Baluchistan
Karachi
India
Landlady Confesses in Deaths at Detroit House
Detroit August 31 Police announced Mrs Rose Veres the landlady of a shabby house where 12 men died in mysterious circumstances today confessed to killing Steve Mak a 68 year old roomer last Sunday after failed poison plots Mak who held life insurance policies totaling 6800 was the twelfth victim in years in the Veres household
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Detroit
Rose Veres
Steve Mak
Mak
Veres
Prohibition Director Abolishes Paid Informers Policy
Washington Aug 31 Federal Prohibition Director Amos W Woodcock announced a policy to eliminate paid informers in enforcement as far as possible. The move follows his order prohibiting the use of women as decoys or spies in enforcing prohibition laws.
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Washington
Giong
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Woodcock
Ohioans Victims of Tragic Deaths
A United Press survey shows at least nine Ohioans died in a weekend of traffic accidents drownings and fires. Drownings occurred in Newark where Dana Richards and Karl Kennet perished in the Licking River. Sixty-one year old Mary Kuhn died after being struck by a car in Cincinnati. Other incidents include burns from a fire started by a mother, drownings in Sandusky river, and a motorcycle fatality at Marietta. Two men suffered severe injuries in an Akron Medina area automobile crash necessitating arm amputations. A tree limb fell onto a car in Graceecourt injuring the occupant.
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Ohio
United Press
Dana Richards
Karl Kennet
Licking River
Newark
James Winkter
Santusky
Hero
Gene Hig
Lois Jean
Burns
Cincinnati
Mary Kuhn
Michael Vasso
Cleveland
Harold Hendrickson
Akron
Marietta
John A. Wiseman
Zanesville
George Amber
Fostoria mii
Sandusky
Tiffin
Graf Zeppelin Heads to Natal Brazil From Spain
The Graf Zeppelin flew southwest on a nonstop voyage to Natal Brazil passing Villa Cisneros Rio De Oro at 6 20 a m GMT 12 20 EDT about 1 200 miles south of Gibraltar. It carried 13 passengers including Herbert S Sledel of Saginaw Michigan who paid 1900 for the round trip and a crew of 44 amid favorable weather reports from commander Dr Hugo Eckener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Natal
Brazil
Villa Cizneros
Rio de Oro
Gibraltar
Hugo Eckener
Herbert S. Sledel
Saginaw, Mich
Court Docket Expands to 817 Cases This September
The September term adds 19 cases to the docket bringing total to 817. New dockets made their first appearance with 17 cases listed. The term starts September 14 and runs into January. Jurors for the term opening are to be drawn this week. The district court of appeals will be here September 71.
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Geda
District Court of Appeals
Prominent Cleveland Attorney Held for Funeral Rites
Funeral rites for Same H. Holding, a prominent Cleveland attorney and former political figure, will be held Tuesday at his residence. Holding died Sunday after a lengthy illness, at age seventy three, widely mourned after a career in maritime law and federal court service.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, CO
H. Holding
Holding
White Jlaw Sak
Burglars Strike Second Time In Four Months
Detectives report a second burglary at the American Legion Home on Ohio Street early this morning. About 620 dollars was taken from a basement safe after entry by forcing a side window. Investigators describe the thieves as experienced, wiping handles to remove fingerprints and using a lookout outside. A larger safe was opened last night, following a prior, unsolved theft of about 800 dollars from the basement safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ohio Street
Lloyd Sweet
Sweet
George Knepp
Bertillon
Lorain
George Tattersall
Accord Between Vatican and Italian Government Completed
Bulletin from Rome reports the accord between the Vatican and the Italian government has been completed and approved by Pope Pius XI and Premier Mussolini. The text was printed privately and sent to the College of Cardinals, whose approval is not required as the pope bears full responsibility for negotiations.
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Rome
Vatican
Pape Pius XI
Mussolini
College of Cardinals
Pops
Lawsuit Seeks 5264 Over Oberlin Crash Result
Rocco Tagnese files suit against Soldier Toledo seeking 5264 in damages alleging a large cadre blew off the defendant's truck causing the vehicle to swerve into a ditch near Oberlin on May. The petition states the accident occurred when the truck affected the plaintiff's view and forced the car off the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocco Tagnese
Soldier
Toledo
Want Ads Secure and Telegrayment Ads Highlighted
Over the week six total lines appear in want ads noting secure listings and telegrayment options. Prices vary, with several buyers asking for shipments and contact details. The fragment shows ad jargon and unclear terminology about solicitations and responses.
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Shreveport
San Antonio
Abilene
White River
Port Arthur
Calgary
Thompson
Columbus, O
J. W. Thompson
Elida
State Conservation Council
A. F. Moon
Sidney
Cleveland Airport
Elyrian
William Killinger
Piqua
Millerstown
William Frye
Emil Velemirov
Cheviot
Bradly
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