Butternut Ridge Road Resident Killed in Car Crash
One man died and four others injured in a series of accidents on a Thursday afternoon near Grafton road across from Rivers’s work site. Peter Rivers, 59, of Butternut Ridge road, died at Memorial hospital after being crushed between two cars when Milan Kezele swerved to avoid another vehicle. Kezele remains jailed pending manslaughter charges. Other victims include William Blair Jr with facial lacerations and Raymond Wilson with eye injuries after a collision on Oberlin road, while Joe Sapurcak suffered a foot injury from a truck wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rivers
Butternut Ridge Road
Memorial Hospital
Grafton Road
LaPorte
Rivers
T. Toepfer
Alameda Avenue
Lakewood
Lorain
Toepfer
Milan Kezele
Tuscarawas Avenue
Barberton
Clarence Dick
Paul Chapman
William Caley
Clarence Adams
Kezele
William Blair, Jr
Kenwood Street
Millson
South Cedar Street
Oberlin
Raymond Wilson
Maracilles Avenue
Blair
Joe Sapurcak
Chapel Street
Harshaw Chemical Company
Fenderson
Dan Gayer
J. H. Herman
Columbus
Second
Court Streets
Balcony Collapse Injures Forty at Louisiana Wedding
Guests at a wedding celebration rushed to a dance hall balcony to witness a fist fight. The balcony collapsed, injuring about forty persons. Seventeen of the more seriously hurt were transported to New Orleans hospitals by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harahan
New Orleans
State Grange meets in Sandusky closes with re elected officers
The 29th Ohio State Grange session ends in Sandusky with all officers and committeemen reelected except B E Crouse of North Lima who will serve another year on the executive committee. Next year’s meeting will be at Springfield. The Grange opposes a constitutional convention saying it would waste half a million dollars and urges legislation to prevent dismissal of efficient men in state highway and agriculture departments to replace them with politically connected others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wikting
Sandusky
Ohio State Grange
B. E. Crouse
North Lima
Springfield
Grange
State Highway and Agriculture
Priest Henry J. Schuer Found Dead in Cincinnati
The Rev. Henry J. Schuer, age 69, pastor of St. Martin Catholic Church in Cincinnati, was found dead in bed today. Local authorities reported no immediate signs of foul play. Funeral arrangements were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Henry J. Schuer
St. Martin
Ohio Weather Forecast: Cloudy with Rain Tonight
The Ohio forecast calls for cloudy conditions with occasional rain tonight and Friday. Temperatures are expected to shift, bringing noticeable changes across the period. Stronger activity stays focused along the evening and overnight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Banker to Talk Here December 16 Meeting Open to Public
Announcement by the Republican Woman's Club states Ralph Herrick of the Cleveland Trust Co. will speak December 16 at 2 30 p m at the Elyria Woman's Club. The banker will discuss the Hoover banking relief program and the event is open to the public with attendance allowed for both men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Woman's Club
Ralph Herrick
Cleveland Trust. Co
Elyria
State to take over part of Wakeman Belden road
County commissioners asked to add nine and a half miles of Wakeman Belden road between Pittsfield Center and Belden to the state highway system after a LaGrange Ashland meeting with Highway Division Engineer T. S. Brindle and resident engineer A. P. Lagron. About 40 residents urged adoption of the four and a half mile Pittsfield to LaGrange strip. The matter goes to the state highway director for final decision. County action also called for state takeover of an additional five miles to Belden to join two state routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakeman-Belden
Pittsfield Center
Belden
T. S. Brindle
Ashland
A. P. Lagron
LaGrange
Pittsfield
Brindle
Pittsfield-LaGrange
Two Men Hold Up Postoffice at New Middletown
Two men robbed the village post office at New Middletown near Youngstown today and escaped with an undetermined amount of money and stamps. Postmaster J N Campbell was forced into a corner at gunpoint as he opened his combined store and post office. Sheriff Adam Stone and six deputies, along with Postal Inspectors, pursued the bandits who fled in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
New Middletown
J. N. Campbell
Adam Stone
Campbell
Stone
Davidson files to run for Lorain County commissioner
John A. Davidson of Russia Township announced his candidacy for Lorain County commissioner subject to the Republican primaries on May 10. He has lived in Lorain County 41 years and paid county taxes 27 years. Davidson chairs the Russia Township board of trustees and serves on the Lu tain County Relief Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Davidson
Russia Township
Lorain County
Davidson
Lutain County
Unusual Scheme to Get Money Revealed in Cleveland Case
Police disclosed a novel swindle targeting Carl Taylor of 215 Court Street, Cleveland department stores, and the Charity Hospital. A man posed as Taylor’s brother, used forged Taylor signatures to cash checks for $100 at May Company and $50 at William Taylor Company, and obtained $25 from Charity Hospital by fooling nurses. Officers have a description of the suspect and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Taylor
Court Street
Cleveland
Taylor
May
William Taylor Company
Charity Hospital
Lloyd Sweet
May Company
Sweet
Elyria
Tam
Santucci Manslaughter Trial Reaches Defense Focus
The state rested in the Tony Santucci manslaughter case after a judge barred the dying statement of Vincent Benedetto. Defense argues self defense amid a store attack with a knife. key witnesses include Otto Meyers and Millie Santucci. The defendant may testify later today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Santucci
Vincent Bendetto
Santucci
Lorain
C.F. Adams
Joseph Provenza
Bensay Rocci
Bendetto
John Meister
John Harding
Meister
St. Joseph's Hospital
Adams
Otto Meyers
Tony
League leaders adopt Manchuria ceasefire plan
Paris Dec 10 The League of Nations council unanimously approved a formula to halt the Manchuria crisis. China and Japan backed the plan which calls for rapid Japanese troop withdrawal from the treaty zone, a mutual pledge to avoid further fighting, and a five man neutral commission to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
League of Nations
Manchuria
Council
China
Japan
Great Wall
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Five rescued from sinking Anna Mae off Diamond Shoals
The fishing trawler Anna Mae of Portsmouth with a crew of five was saved from the masts by Norfolk coast guards at Diamond Shoals after the 72 foot vessel settled into quicksand. Captain Ralph Carmine, Rideout Lewis, Polly Johnson, and four Fox Hill residents were aboard. The ship, owned by Isaac Sass, Inc., was declared a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Anna Mae
Portsmouth
Coast Guard Hfe
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Diamond
Phillip H. Scott
Coast Guard
Nag’s Head
Caps Hatteras
Nag
Coast
Ralph Carmines
Rideout Lewis
Polly Johnson
Fox Hill
Hampton
Isaac Sass, Inc. Fish Company
Boys To Enjoy Bean Dinner And Hike
After a several months break the weekly bean dinners for the boys division of the YMCA resume next Saturday at 12 30 PM. The dinners will continue each Saturday after the football season and a hike will follow the dinner open to boys division members and their friends.
Powers Flayed by Prosecutor in Northboro Murder Trial
Clarksburg West Virginia December 10 Harry F Powers on trial for the murder of Mrs Dorothy Lemke of Northboro Massachusetts sat as prosecutors Will E Morris delivered final arguments The state branded Powers as driven by greed and urged first degree verdict while casting the rival personas Rogers and Johnson as fiction The defense and jury proceedings continued to latch on the motive and method of the accused with further details promised on page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Lemke
Northboro
Mass
Powers
Will E. Morris
Morris
Rogers
Johnson
W. G. Stather
Northhboro
Dorothy
Lemke
Jane Addams And Dr Butler Share 1931 Nobel Peace Prize
New York report notes Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago and President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. Addams, recovering in a Baltimore hospital, will donate about 23000 dollars to the Women s International League for Peace. Butler called the award a distinguished honor and cited past laureates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Tana Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Baltimore
Women's International League For Peace
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Addams
Peace League
Nobel Committee
Butler
Elihu Root
Theodore Roosevelt
Frank 5
Henry Ford
Wilson
Robert M. la Follette
Jane Addams
Cedarville
Zamora elected president of Spain by Cortes
LATE BULLETIN Zamora elected provisional president of the Republic of Spain by the Cortes for a six year term starting tomorrow. Other items note Senate approval of an international banking investigation, a state senator from Celina resigning to join the State Tax Commission, Smoot's debt moratorium measure, and study of railroad finances advancing in the Senate.
Trial of Sheriff Sulzmann Begins in Cleveland
Trial of Sheriff John M. Sulzmann opens before Common Pleas Judge W. Overmeyer after charges that he permitted gambling at Thistledown race track. More than fifty witnesses were ordered to appear. lawyers discuss a concise statement of facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzmann
Cleveland
Sherif John M. Sulzmann
Thistledown Race Track
Common Pleas
W. Overmeyer
Fremont
Fragmentary line about a clerk and a sister with blue eyes
A short OCR fragment describes a clerk reacting to a statement about a baby sister with bright blue eyes. The text is incomplete and lacks clear event details or dates.
High Points From Hoover Foreign Affairs Message
Washington December 16 the presidents foreign affairs message highlights the need for temporary adjustments in international debts and proposes creating a world war debt commission to study problems. it calls for U s participation in the world disarmament conference next February and cooperation with the league of nations on manchuria peace efforts. stinson and the canadian minister discuss st lawrence seaway treaty hoping for timely agreement. Laval and Grandi visits are said to have improved understandings. the united states has withdrawn many civil employees from haiti, protecting bondholders interests. the world court protocols are before the senate, and ratification is urged. the senate should ratify the 1925 Geneva protocols governing arms traffic. recent treaties signed abroad will soon go to the senate for advice and consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
World War Foreign’ Debt Commission
U. S
State Department
League of Nations
Manchuria
Stimson
St. Lawrence Seaway
Laval
France
Grandi
Italy
United States
Haiti
Senate
House
World War Foreign Debt Commission
Germany
Elyria Sees Health Return After Varied Illnesses
Elyria reports health improving with chicken pox waning and a single smallpox case now history. One diphtheria case in eighteen months noted. officials credit broad immunization for keeping the disease nearly absent while light chicken pox cases persist and minor rumors about outbreaks are dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
G. E. French
French
Grange Heads To Meet Monday In Lorain County
Frank L. Mason of Ridgeville county deputy master announces county Grange officers will meet Monday at 8 PM in Elyria Savings and Trust Building to plan for 1932 and review 1931 and 1922 work. The gathering will discuss fairs and a constructive year program for Lorain County Granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria
Mason
Hoover calls for relief on war debts under new plan
President Hoover urged Congress to revision of World War debts with temporary relief beyond the July moratorium. He backed reviving the World War Foreign Debt Commission to study adjustments and report, with Congress having final approval. He cited global conditions and asked swift ratification of the one year moratorium while pressing arms limitation ahead of Geneva talks.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russia
Tate Resto
APAN
League Council
Dr. Butler
Rockford College
Women's Medical College
Philadelphia
England
Senate Finance Committee
Celina
T. E. Williams
Williams
State Tax Commission
House of Representatives
Mercer County
Smoot
Utah
Conzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Merrie
Christy
Opel Hemler
Premier Laval
Tedsy
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!