Cows Perish in Blaze at Penfield
The Pierce farm at Penfield owned by Ernie Pierce suffered a major morning fire. Mrs. Pierce spotted flames at one o'clock and the blaze destroyed the barn housing 23 registered Holsteins, 100 tons of hay, two tons of ground seed, a corn planter, wagon, automobile and trailer. Several horses were rescued, the house and woodshed were damaged but saved, and insurance partly covers the loss.
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Wellington
Pierce
Ernie Pierce
Penfield
Japan Says 14,000 Troops Back Manchuria Move
Mukden dispatch quotes Gen Shigeru Honjo informing United Press that Japan has 14,000 troops in Manchuria outside the South Manchuria railway zone. Of these, 2,900 are Japanese from Korea Gar tigan, with 3,600 total stationed at Chajiho Nenchang Kirin and Tsitsibar. Honjo argues independence from Nanking would aid Manchurian prosperity and urges China to end anti Japanese boycott and let Manchuria live.
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United Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Japan
Shigeru Hanjo
South Manchuria Railway Zone
China
Chajiho
Nenchang
Kirin
Tsitsibar
Nanking
Honjo
Christmas Fund Checks Will Be Sent On Dec. 10
Elyria banks will issue Christmas Club checks on December 10, distributing thousands of dollars for Christmas shopping to hundreds of local families. The move, announced today, signals funds will be available next week as banks process the Christmas Club disbursements.
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Elyria
Road improvement bids to be opened this afternoon
County commissioners will receive bids this afternoon for rebuilding a section of Quarry road in South Amhurst. The project is estimated to cost 2880 dollars.
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South Am Hurst
Weather forecast for Ohio and nearby regions
Increasing cloudiness followed by rain late tonight or Friday. Warmer tonight, slightly colder in extreme north Friday. Regional readings show Miami 80, Los Angeles 71, Jacksonville 6, Tow Lander 10, Modena 0, Boise 0. Pressure patterns favor warmer air then rain late tonight with a fall in temperatures Friday night.
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Ohio
Miami
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Shipyard to rehire 1000 at Lorain plant to convert steamers
In Cleveland on December 3 officials announced 1,000 workers would return within two weeks at the American Ship-Building Company Foram plant. The plant will convert three 10,000 ton steamers of the American Steamship Company into self-loading vessels for transporting limestone from Alpena, Michigan to Fairport, Ohio for Diamond Alkali. A separate White Motor Co contract with New York City for 774 heavy duty trucks was also announced, described as the largest single truck order since World War I.
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White Motor Co
City of New York
Cleveland
White Motor Company
New York City
W. H. Gerhauser
American Ship-Building Company
Foram
American Steamship Company
William T. Roberts
Theodore H. Wickswire
Ambbents K. Davidson
Alpena
Mich
Fairport
Diamond Alkali Company
Trials resume in common pleas court with high profile cases
Criminal trials restart in common pleas court tomorrow with Ned Dixon first on the docket for non support and James Thomas to follow for shooting Julius Allen. Prosecutor Dean W. Myers aims to dispose of smaller cases like Roy Fuller and A Casmond’s conversion of property before major trials begin. The lead weighty matter is Michael Benzak's first degree murder case for shooting his sweetheart Alice Dernier Wedic. Benzak remains in Memorial Hospital with a recovery status. Also listed are manslaughter charges against Tony Santucti for killing his father in law and John Yascham for his uncle John Yascham’s death in an automobile crash. Yascham’s trial awaits further proceedings.
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Common Pleas Court
Ned Dixon
James Thomas
Dean W. Myers
Dixon
Lorain
Julius Allen
Roy Fuller
A. Casmond
Olmsted Falls
Myers
Michael Benzak
Alice Dernier Wedic
Grafton
Benzak
Memorial Hospital
Tony Santucti
John Yascham
Oberlin
Yascham
Driv
All Male Jury Hears Case in Lorain Court
The first all male jury in ten years in common pleas court was impaneled to hear the case of Margaret McPhie of Lorain against George A. Wagner. McPhie sues for 25000 for injuries from a collision on East Erie avenue in Lorain on April 28 1929. Court Bailiff Charles Heiman called the jurors.
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Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
Margaret McPhie
Lorain
George A. Wagner
Miss McPhie
Wagner
Ahe
East Erie Avenue
Loraly
Charles Heiman
Parking rules to be enforced in Elyria
Mayor Jas A Hewitt announced strict enforcement of city parking regulations will start on Saturday after a meeting with the Service Director, Chief of Police, and local business leaders who provided a list of habitual parkers. He said warnings will be issued first through newspapers before full enforcement begins.
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Jas. A. Hewitt
Elyria
Former Elyrian Dies From Gun Wounds
Herbert C. Esker a 43 year old former Elyrian died at 6 a m in a Youngstown hospital from a bullet wound suffered Sunday while Esker and Lieut Robert Jardine Republic Steel policemen were trying to arrest a trespasser at the plant The bullet also lightly injured Jardine Esker born in Elyria lived there until seven years ago when he moved to Youngstown He is survived by his wife seven children one sister one brother and his father Funeral arrangements not completed
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Herbert C. Esker
Elyrian
Youngstown
Robert Jardine
Republic Steel Corporation
Esker
Elyria
New York Central Railroad
Jardine
Grace Price Esker
Vivian
Catherine
Eleanore
Car
Donald
Robert
Mra
Dorothy James
BBC
Higgins
Bond Street
B. P. Esker
West Avenue
C.M. Esker
Norwalk
Hoover Pleads For Help For Home Owners
Delegates from across the country begin work on a practical financing program to enable any American who wishes to own a home to do so. The group of financial and building experts meets under the influence of an unusually eloquent and emotional address by Hoover.
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Washington
United States
Hoover speech frames housing as vital social issue
Washington dispatch notes President Hoover opening a conference on home building and ownership. He argues liberty for homeowners remains secure regardless of dwelling type and emphasizes housing as a core national problem beyond rent receipts and transient lodging. He contrasts Home Sweet Home motifs with urban living realities.
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Washington
Hoover
Home Sweet Home
Old
Kentucky
Little Gray
West
President Hoover urges practical steps for home ownership at housing conference
President Hoover addresses delegates at Constitution Hall urging practical measures to allow every American who wants to to build and own a home. He stresses housing as a vital social and economic issue second only to food and clothing, and underscores his long-held belief in the importance of home ownership.
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Hoover
Constitution Hall
Blast Fatal To 20 Miners
SAPPORO Island of e70 J pan. Dec. 3 Twenty coal miners were killed and six were seriously injured in an explosion in a mine at Iwamiawa.
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Sapporo
Island
Iwamiawa
County Faces Fund Shortage For That Year
County officials confront a projected shortage of 5000 to 10000 dollars to finish the year as only 34000 dollars remain in the county fund. Monthly operating expenses run 35000 to 40000 dollars, risking unpaid bills and salaries. Legal avenues to cover deficits would require suit to secure judgments against the county. Poor tax collections and heavy relief demands blamed.
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C Worn
Baker forecasts reduction tariff in ad dress
Newton D. Baker told the Commonwealth club in Cincinnati that the current mood is no body s fault and both parties will favor a tariff reduction. He criticized the Hawley Smoot tariff as having come at an inopportune time and warned of global tensions including a growing red army.
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Cincinnati
Newton D. Baker
Commonwealth Club
Stalin Saya
Hunger marchers halt in Elyria on way to Washington
Several hundred hunger marchers arrived in Elyria after a long march, singing and cheering as they held a brief stop in Ely Park. They spoke on immediate relief measures and urged support for sit ins on farms and in towns. Their Washington trek aims to press for $150 winter relief per family plus $59 per dependent and unemployment insurance as Congress opens.
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Elyria
Washington
Ely Park
United States Congress
Senator Couzens Calls Rail Reform Urgency
Washington December 3 Senator Couzens chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee says railroad appeals for federal aid amount to funds for dividends on idle equipment He advocates real reorganization including closing nonself supporting stations and cutting short haul and light freight noting 70 percent of US Steel equipment and 40 percent of rail gear idle He doubts railroads will act on reforms but urges consolidation and economical operation to end waste and improve service
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Washington
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Senate
United Press
United States Steel Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ingalls Plans Flight to Elyria Tonight
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in charge of aeronautics David Ingalls and Earle L Johnson of Painesville will fly to Elyria weather permitting for a dinner with the Men’s Club of the First Congregational Church at 6 30 tomorrow evening. Ingalls, a Hoover cabinet member and Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate, was appointed to his post by President Hoover in March 1929.
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Elyria
David
Ingalls
Navy
First Congregational Church
Hoover
Earle L Johnson
Painesville
Hlyria
A. H. West
Elyria Students Headed to National Scholastic Press Meet
Two Elyria High School students and a faculty member leave for Chicago to attend the tenth annual National Scholastic Press Association convention. More than 1,000 delegates will join three general convocations, a banquet, a dance, and 70 round table discussions on school newspaper topics led by speakers including Frederick Smyder and Mayor Anton J. Cermak.
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Elyria High School
Chicago
National Scholastic Press Association
Misa Margaret Edwards
Irene Ackerman
Constance McClure
Elyrian
Miss Edwards
Frederick M. Smyder
World Peace Congress
Frederick Babcock
Anton J. Cermak
Dean HH
Slartingtead
Medill School of Journelism
Northwestern University
Versailles steamer Versailles in distress off Dieppe with 28 aboard
The chrome Channel steamer Versailles on the Dieppe to New Haven route sent out an SOS during heavy gale. The vessel drifted with a damaged rudder and a rescue boat was dispatched. There were 28 passengers and mail aboard.
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Rudder
Channel
New Haven
Sussex
England
Versailles
Dieppa
France
Days Ready for Shutdown in Congress
Washington dispatch reports a bloc of Republican and Democratic leaders from Indiana New York Illinois Idaho announce a vote on prohibition this session. Dry leaders Rainey Watson Snell Borah shift to a showdown as wets gain strength in both Houses, threatening to force action despite uncertain passage.
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Washington
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Snell
New York
Rainey
Illinois
Borah
Idaho
Rep
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
Lorain Men Plead Not Guilty to Auto Theft Indictment
Joe Perhach and John Kroski of Lorain pleaded not guilty to an automobile theft indictment in common pleas court. Bond was set at 2000 dollars each as they await trial. They were arraigned before Judge W B Thompson and were brought back to Lorain from Sandusky where they were being held in a pending robbery case delayed by a ill witness.
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Common Pleas Court
Joe Perhach
John Kroski
Lorain
W. B. Thompson
Lorain County
Sandusky
Man Trapped In Well Is Rescued In Wisconsin
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis Dec 3 R C Vandalsem a 50 year old well digger freed himself from the bottom of a well after nine and a half hours trapped by a cave in He directed rescuers while buried to his shoulders before being rescued unharmed in a crowd of about 250 on Sam Hathaway s farm in Duna county
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
H— R. C. Vandalsem
Sam Hathaway
Duna County
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Inset
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Gertrude
Dakota County
Nebraska
William
Johnson County
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