Anna Marie Hahn Dies Under Electric Chair After Desperate Pleas
The Columbus Ohio death of Anna Marie Hahn follows a life marked by poisoning four elderly men for money. Her final hours in the electric chair featured a dramatic plea for mercy as she cried for her son and appealed to wardens and guards. Her body rests in a cemetery allotment for charity cases, funded by the state and unnamed friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Oscar
O. Dee
Auta Hale
Joseph Heudin
Heudin
Hahn
Kuhn
Ohio State Pententiary
Perons
Madrons
Gttard
Weather Ohio Occasional rain and colder conditions
A weather disturbance west of the Great Lakes brings light precipitation from Wisconsin to the Ohio Valley with overall fair conditions elsewhere. Tonight cooler for southwest and west central Ohio with cloudy conditions Friday, some snow flurries in the east. Southeast warmer, Prairie Provinces cooler in Canada.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
New England
Western States
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic States
Prairie
Canada
More Than 300 At Elyria-Lorain Grid Banquet Speaks Waldorf
The sixteenth annual Flyoria Lorain football banquet at Elyria High School drew over 300 attendees from Elyria and Lorain. Northwestern’s Tavnn Waldorf was principal speaker, praising educational attitudes toward football and noting 690,000 high school players practicing in September. Coached by Roy Clymer, Elyria and Hal Pryor’s Lorain organized a night of harmony with coaches, civic leaders, and players honored, and a league cup presented to co-captains Marion Bulzomi and John Chupa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain
Elyna
Tavnn Waldorf
Northwestern Universi Reach
Ernie Godfrey
Ohuta State [University Cnaching
Ray Ride
Case School of Applied Science
Leach
Ray Watts
Eddie Finnagan
Baldwin Wallace College
Trever Rees
Shaw High School
Roy B. Clymer
Hal Pryor
Loran
Waldorf
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Jay Laskey
Lorain High School
Cascade Park
Cleveland
Ed Yeckley
A. H. West
R. C. Maston
Lake Erie
Pryor
Ralph Bauer
Clymer
Marion Bulzomi
John Chupa
C. J. W. Luttrell
P. C. Bunn
C. P. Shively
Elyria High School
Jim Armitage
Elyrians
Harland Brown
Robert Burns
Mike Sexton
Alan van Wormer
Gene St. Marie
Alice Lentz
Special Election On Liquor Issue At La Grange Jan 17
La Grange village citizens will vote January 17 on banning 6 percent beer and other alcoholic beverages. Village officials set the date after petitions with 98 signatures. The village previously banned 3.2 beer in November. a resident notes 6 percent beer has been sold since July by one vendor.
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la Grange
Dis Alectuin Board
Four elderly die in Columbus home fire
A Kern Rest Home blaze in Columbus last night killed four elderly residents aged 84 to 79 and left three others in critical condition. Victims include Franklin Clark 84, Adelia Miles 84, George Mueller 63, and William Sisk 79. Firemen rescued four others and a nurse. several responders were treated for shock. The fire, in a 16 room stone house, started about 7 p.m. on the second and third floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olumbus
Ake
Kern Rest Home
Franklin Clark
Adelia Miles
George Muiller
William Sisk
Columbus
Ida Clayton
Elizabeth Walcott
Sarah Alice Wirick
Melvin Neff
Abe Burke
Thomas Joslyn
Theodore Riddell
George F Schweigert
Stone House
Bertha Korn
Kern
Four Trends of Russia Highlighted by Lyons Sermon
Eugene Lyons, correspondent and lecturer, spoke at the First Congregational church in Elyria on four trends in recent Russian history. He warned of a worldwide move to a new power technique, detailing nationalism, cultural backsliding, the retreat from democracy toward totalitarianism, and a redefined Soviet rhetoric. He linked these to industrial feudalism, current state absolutism, and the collapse of voluntary bargaining in collectives.
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Eugene Lyons
First Congregational Church
Elyria
Y. W
Russia
Lyons
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Vladimir
Germany
E. J. Howenstine
Sidney Montague
Northwest Mounted Police
Outside Judge Sought in Grall Bribery Trial
Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley will rule this afternoon on an application for an outside judge for the bribery case against former Sheriff William F Grall ahead of a trial set for Monday Henry King Gralls attorney filed the motion after a continuance was denied The court likely will ask the Ohio chief justice to appoint the outside judge Prosecutor Howard R Butler lost a bid to keep the witness list secret and the clerk H E Agate must make the criminal witness book public The state has subpoenaed 32 witnesses including Lorain Police Chief Theodore E Walker and deputy sheriffs The Monday witness list includes A S Bones Deputies John Judge Emil Kubishke Anthony Pollock Paul Jonson former Chief Deputy William G Smith and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
William F. Grall
Henry King
Grall
Ohio
King
Howard R. Butler
Findley
H. E Agate
Butler
Theodore E. Walker
Lorain
Bones
John Judge
Emil Kubishke
Anthony Pollock
Paul Jonson
William G. Smith
Victoria
John Janath
Salvatore Naro
Alessandro
Mike Super
Perry Royal
Morris Huizer
Mary Miller
Rose
Joe Celano
Joseph Kuznier
Ditch Program In County May Be Sharply Curtailed
County officials warned a federal funding shortfall could sharply curtail the ditch program. Letters from John G. Sutton, U S Bureau of Agriculture district engineer, say the government will not cover drag line operator costs or repairs to federally owned machines. Ditch work may continue with higher local costs and more CCC labor, affecting Schroeder, French Creek, Carter, Straw Haag, and Walker projects. The Schroeder ditch may still finish within its original estimate despite withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Sutton
U. S. Bureau of Agriculture
Ray Hollis
CCC
Schroeder
French Creek
Carter
Straw Haag
Walker
Steubenville Man Held On Check Charge
A 35-year-old Steubenville resident was detained by police on a fraudulent check charge. Detective Sergeant Parker and Urban Brubaker reported the man as the issuer after a gas station attendant said the man passed a suspect check. Buckingham later identified the same man as the passer of a $15 worthless check at East avenue and Temple court. Police prepared to file formal charges.
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Steubenville
Co. E. Parker
Parker
Urban Brubaker
East Fourth Street
East Avenue
A. &. Buckingham
Temple Court
Lloyd Reese
Buckingham
Graf Zeppelin launched as Germany’s first aircraft carrier
Berlin report says Kiel launched and christened Graf Zeppelin with Nazi officials and crowds in attendance. Nazis blame Jewry for British opposition to surrender colonies and a parliamentary vote backs the stand. In London, the British Cabinet approves a broad export credit plan to boost trade against intensified foreign competition and widen markets worldwide.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Kiel
Graf Zeppelin
Braudenstein-Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Adolf Titler
ONCON
Britain
Orders Strikers Reinstated by NLRB
Washington December report states the National Labor Relations Board ordered the Douglas Mircraft Co of Tnesanta Man ila Cal to reinstate 32 sit down strikers with back pay, 11 of whom were convicted in California State Courts of conspiracy to commit forcible detainer, and granted back pay for 13 others who had returned to work or found other jobs since the February 1837 strike ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Douglas Mircraft Co
Tnesanta
Manila
Cal
California
United Automobile Workers Union
Ten Missing In Air Liner Crash Near Kyushu
An air liner from Fomuesa crashed into the sea near Kyushu with 12 aboard all Japanese. Five were rescued by the Miyako Maru. others were feared dead. Also reported, Japan plans to melt copper pennies for wires, issuing 1000000 alien pennies to replace them.
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Tokyo
Fomuesa
Kyushu
Miyako Maru
Dee
Japan
Mint
Chinese Open General Offensive Near Canton Area
Chinese military officials announce a general offensive in Kwangtung Province to recapture the Canton commercial area in South China from the Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuungking
China
I Kawang
Fung
Great Canton
South China
Three Killed in Taxi Truck Crash in New York
A dasicab crash today kill three people and critically injure a fourth as the cab struck a projecting steel load. The driver Joseph Bohagh and two unidentified women passengers died. A conscious third passenger identified himself as Michael McCarthy.
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New York
Dee
Joseph Bohagh
Michael McCarthy
Italy Massing Troops In Spain Signals New Drive
Reports say Italy is massing troops near the Pyrenees frontier in the Toulouse area of France, with speculation that a major new offensive is planned in Spain to support the insurgents and overwhelm the Loyalists.
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Italy
Spain
Toulouse
France
Pyrenees Trontier
Tordas
Lalan
County Officials Plan Relief Talks With Legislators
County commissioners will meet December 16 with Representative William E. Asitbolt and State Senator Elect P. H. Rogers to discuss relief matters to be addressed by the coming legislature. The meeting follows a request from Henry B. Bixler of Akron chairing the Ohio County Commissioners Association legislative committee to collect county suggestions on relief. Opinions vary on whether the county should issue relief notes, or leave that to subdivisions. Wellington and Carlisle townships oppose county notes. Beghton Amherst and Brownhelm favor. Elyria and Lorain also favor the county issuing notes.
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William E. Asitbolt
P. H. Rogers
Henry B. Bixler
Akron
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Legislative Committee On
Wellington
Carlisle
Beghton
Amherst
Brownhelm
Elyria
Lorain
Ex-Convict Killed By Cleveland Detective
Cleveland on December 8 Joseph Curve 27 an ex convict was killed early today when he attempted a holdup in a small hotel. Detective Earl Dietrich had been tipped to expect a holdup and fired at the three men wounding Curve twice in the lungs. He also fired four shots at the other two as they fled and believed he wounded one. Dietrick had been promoted to detective in 1987 after killing a man who had been robbing couples parked in automobiles in Gordon Park.
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Cleveland, O
Joseph Curve
Earl Dietrich
Dietrick
Curve
Gordon Park
Proposed Amherst Electric Plant Meets Opposition
A temporary injunction halted Amherst Village from building a municipal electric generating plant. Judge Guy B. Findley granted the order in a suit by taxpayer Harry Wolf, filed by Attorneys Don W. Myers and Lawrence Ashhenbach after Village Solicitor William Miller declined to act. The suit alleges the emergency ordinance of November 17 to spend 12,000 for the improvement cannot take effect until December 15 and was designed to block a referendum petition. Continued on Page 2.
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Amherst Village
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Harry Wolf
Amherst
Wolf
Don W. Myers
Lawrence Ashhenbach
William Miller
Roosevelt Reorganization Advisors Meet at White House
President Roosevelt summoned advisers Louis Brownlow Luther Gulick and Charles E Merriam to the White House for a 2 PM conference. The three helped draft the failed last Congress bill and current talks are viewed as exploratory possibly signaling upcoming drafting of a new government reorganization measure.
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Bulletin
Washington
Roosevelt
Louis Brownlow
Luther Gulick
Charles E. Merriam
White House
Np. m
Health Examinations Under Way For Lorain County Students
Lorain County health officials under Int F R Dew report high school health exams underway in village and rural schools with 1125 students expected to finish by December 19. Elementary pupils have already been examined along with immunizations for smallpox and diphtheria.
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Lorain County
Int. F. R. Dew
Dew
County Health Department
Kipton Man Named Fair Board Head in 1939 Dates Set
F. E. Sharp of Kipton farmer and two year director of the Loran County Agricultural Society was elected president at the annual meeting, succeeding Din A Wilmot. Directors reelected R. B. Bayside as president, P. G. Miller as treasurer, and R. J. Agate as secretary. Betts of Wellington fills vacancy from Willam Struck’s death. Sharp and Agate named delegates to Ohio Fair Managers Convention in Columbus January 11 and 12, 1939. County fair set for August 8 to 10, 1939, advancing dates.
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F. E. Sharp
Kipton
Loran County Agricultural Society
Din A Wilmot
R. B. Baysside
P. G. Miller
R. J. Agate
F. O. Betts
Wellington
Willam
Agate
Ohio Fair Managers
Columbus
Cars collide injure Mrs. Morris Rhodes on Park Avenue
Mrs. Morris Rhodes suffered minor injuries to her left knee and elbow when her car collided with a machine driven by Robert Mahl at East River and Broad streets last evening. Police reported fender damage on two other vehicles at Washington Avenue and Broad Street and a damaged fender on Jack Crowell’s car parked behind the Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
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Morris Rhodes
Park Avenue
Robert Mahl
East River Street
East River
Broad Streets
Samuel Laurie
Columbus
Bons Farland
Cleveland
Washington Avenue
Broad Street
Jack Crowell
Middle Avenue
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
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James C. Woodard
Congressional Junket
Florida
State Chamber of Commerce
Miami
Russell
Georgia
Pepper
Murray
Montana
Horace Smith
Hughes
Delaware
Aeme
Elyria-Lorain Grid
Dorothy Jones
Mae Speer
Phyllis Pearson
Marian Kemble
F.D.R. Summons
Bill
Fair Board
Martha
Spee
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