Maneff to Enter Guilty Plea in Hornbeck Murder Case
Indicted for first degree murder, Alex Maneff in a Chronicle Telegram interview says he will plead guilty with the aim of a lenient sentence. The 19 year old victim Miss Louise Hornbeck of Grafton is identified as the slain party. Maneff, a hitchhiker, appeared calm about the charge yet acknowledged guilt, claiming to have made full statements to authorities as the case unfolds.
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Alex Maneff
Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Chronicle-Telegram
Manett
Alex
Street Car Runs Away Injuring Dozens in Liverpool
Feat Ledger reports a Bradshaw street car ran away on a grade injuring twenty people, two seriously. Motorman Charles Dietz and George Chadwick among the most hurt, with others including C. O. Davis and Mrs Ella Parr treated. 40 aboard survived after the crash into a parked car and a utility pole. Dietz Chadwick and Mrs Smith hospitalized.
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Liverpool
Charles E. Dietz
George Chidwick
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
C. OW
Davis
George Ruth
Potter
Ly Ethelscott
Frederick Webb
James Adams
John College
Charles Featherstone
Chris Smith
Frank Ward
Joe Giner
John Dxshe
Edward Parr
Ella Parr
Harry Lowe
Ted Shields
W ¢ Johnston
Genevieve Covert
Harry Lamb
Dietz
Chadwick
Smith
Ray Estell
Whitehead Road To Be Improved In La Grange Township
An agreement was signed by county commissioners and LaGrange Township trustees to improve Whitehead road in LaGrange Township for 214 miles over three years. The trustees will buy slag, county forces will perform the work, and 1 200 tons of slag will be applied per mile. The road will be 15 feet wide and may be taken into the county system upon completion if the board agrees.
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Whitehead Road
LaGrange Township
Weather outlook for Ohio and nearby regions
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and Thursday with likely sleet in extreme north tonight. Rain persists from Texas and the central plains to the Lake region and Ohio Valley with glaze noted on surfaces. High pressure over eastern states and generally high barometers in central areas. warmer trends in the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys and northern plains.
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Ohio
Central States
Texas
Manitoba
Central Plains
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Lower Lakes
Mississippi
Plains
Panay Warship Sunk in Japanese Air Attack Near Shanghai
United Press reports dec 15 that the US gunboat Panay and three Standard Oil steamers were attacked by Japanese planes. Survivors recount Panay's gun crew firing from stations as ships were hit, with the Panay sinking at 2:34 p m. Three survivors Hudge L Hod ge and Vines described injuries and the perilous river journey to Shanghai as a mixed international relief flotilla pursued morgue and wounded toward safety.
Miraculous Survival On Panay After Japanese Air Attack
Weldon James reports from the Panay scene aboard the gunboat Oahu. The dispatch, produced with international press partners, covers the surprise air strike on Panay and three Standard Oil steamers near Nanking.
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Weldon James
United States
Oahu
Panay
Standard Oil
James
Greenville
S. C
United Press Bureau
Nanking
Survivors of Panay attack aboard Oahu ready to sail
Survivors of the Japanese air attack on the Panay and three Standard Oil ships are aboard the U S Navy gun boat Oahu and the British gunboat Bee on the Yangtze River. Fourteen wounded, all Americans, were taken aboard rescue ships. most were Panay crew. Continued on Page 7.
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Oahu
Yangtse River
United States
Bee
Shanghai
Japanese Foreign Minister Apologizes for Panay Sinking
Hi rota called on Ambassador Grew in Tokio to express official regrets. Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa met Admiral Harry Yarnell to apologize for the Panay sinking and the incident in Asiatic waters.
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Acme
Hirota
Joseph Grew
Tokio
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Harry E. Yarnell
Asiatic
Survivors Tell Of Bombing Of Ships
Two of three Panay survivors and a Standard Oil crewman told their account to United Press at Shanghai. Machinist’s mate John B. Hodge and writer Jim Marshall described courage under fire as the Panay sank after 12 dive-bomb passes by Japanese planes. They recounted flying the American flag, aiding wounded, and their escape via river craft and rescue to Wuhu.
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United Press
Shanghai
United States Navy
Panay
Little Panay
Standard Oil
Meiping
James J. Hughes
Washington, D. C
Yangtse
Jim Marshall
Seattle
Collier’s Writer
John L Hodge
Silura
Ala
C. C. Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
Hodge
Vines
United States
Fanya Graham
Standard
Collier’s
John Bl. Hodge
Siluria
Marshall
Cathay Hotel
Graham
Panay Near-miss reports planes during Sunday liberty
Survivor recounts hearing planes at sea near the Panay. He and Captain Jorgensen rushed to the bridge of the Meiping to spot attackers. Three planes struck the Panay then the Meiping bridge, sending four men including the captain to the deck.
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Panay
Liberty
Meiping
Standard Oil
Jorgensen
Two Akron Men Fined For Larceny
Akron men Arthur Bun ion of 356 South Arlington avenue and Clarence Little of 2800 South Main street were fined 5 and costs for petit larceny after being arrested yesterday. Police in plain clothes found 12 sparkplugs stolen from Sears Roebuck and a sweater from Foster Fitch in their car. They were jailed after failing to pay 14.10 in fines and costs.
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Akron
Arthur Bunion
South
Arlington Avenue
Clarence Little
Main Street
Leonard Smith
M. B. Olmstead
H. J. Indicott
Sears and Roebuck
Foster-Fitch Company
Indicott
Olmstead
Standard Drug Company
Broad Street
East Avenue
Petro Appeals For Respect For Law
Mayor-elect Joseph Q. Petro urged Elyria to become a clean city with residents who respect law and order. Speaking to the Elyria Rotary at Elks Restaurant, he cited traffic violations from his five years as justice of the peace and noted US traffic deaths rose four percent last year. He praised the national traffic safety campaign by Elks lodges and urged parents to model lawful behavior for their children.
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Joseph Q. Petro
Elyria
United States
Elks’ Lodges
Scouts Group To Elect Officers And Eagle Badge Talk
The southeast district meeting of the Firelands Area Boy Scouts of America will feature the presentation of an Eagle Scout badge to Philip Hofmann. Election of district officers and committee members is also on the agenda with A. H. West presiding. Perle E. Whitehead, deputy regional executive, will be the principal speaker. The district spans Ohio and neighboring states.
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Philip Hofmann
Firelands
Boy Scouts of America
American Legion
A. H. West
Perle E. Whitehead
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Whitehead
Washington
Taft
Girls In County Office Worried By Elusive Bat
Feminine clerks in the county clerk of court office were shaken by an elusive bat seen at opening. Janitor John Wellert fetched a broom, but the bat vanished before arrival, leaving workers anxious it might roost in someone’s hair.
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Clerk of Court
John Wellert
SWOC Advances Wage Bargaining Powers for Steel Workers
Pittsburgh December 15 SWOC convention delegates grant executive officers authority to negotiate new wage deals in the steel industry and seek federal action to curb unemployment from low demand and automation. They urge Congress to provide one billion dollars for relief through June 30 and to study unemployment caused by machinery advances while proposing a 6 hour day and 30 hour week with no wage loss and a guaranteed minimum wage.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Congress
SWOC
Hungary Pays Token Debt Installment to U S
Hungary today paid a token debt installment of 9800 dollars to the United States, the first among 15 nations to resume payments since the 1932 foreign debt default. Hungarian Minister John Pelenyi announced the semi annual payment, to be presented to the Federal Reserve Bank in New York for credit to the U S treasury. The amount is about one percent of Hungary's normal payment, part of a three year plan to pay that share.
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Washington
Hungary
United States
Finland
John Pelenyi
State Department
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
United Treasury
Japanese Planes Bomb Shumchun Border Area
Japanese war planes bombed Shumchun on the border of the British leased territory at 3 10 PM today. The attack targeted the border area as part of ongoing hostilities in the region. No additional details on casualties or damage are provided in the report.
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Shumchun
Hong Kong
Britain seeks payment for China damage claims
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that negotiations are underway for compensation to British lives and property damaged in China, but the Japanese government has not yet set a payment date.
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London
U.P
China
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
House Judiciary Committee ends hearings on Ludlow proposal
The House Judiciary Committee after an hour's secret meeting decided not to hold hearings on the proposed Constitutional amendment by Rep Louis Ludlow calling for a popular referendum before war could be declared.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Bankhead Signals Fast Action On Wage Bill
Speaker William B. Bankhead predicted defeat of efforts to recommit the wage-hour bill to committee and said night sessions of the House may be held to push action this week.
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Washington
William B. Bankhead
House
Immigration Panel Seeks Probe of Bund Leader Kuhn
Washington December 15 The House Immigration Committee called on the justice department to investigate activities of Fritz Julius Kuhn head of the German American Bund.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Justice Department
Fritz Julius Kuhn
Bund
Fire Chief Pursues Cause Of Dry Goods Fire
Chief W N Bates continues probe into the Ely tia Dry Goods blaze that destroyed the store and damaged a neighboring building. With the cause undetermined, Bates gathers information as firefighters return to the scene when flames flare in basement debris. Three men were on site before dawn and two more joined later.
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W. N. Bates
Elytia Dry Goods Company
Bates
Small basement fires quenched quickly after discovery
The fire chief noted that in large wreckage fires it is hard to extinguish all flames in the initial attack and crews must return as new flames flare up. In both cases the blazes were confined to a small basement area and put out swiftly once located.
Traffic Slows Down Relief In Sight
Ohio air and road traffic were disrupted by a heavy blanket of ice with many flights canceled from Kansas City eastward and highways slowed. A single major accident occurred in East Liverpool injuring 20, two seriously, as trucks paused until daybreak. Meteorologist John C. Fisher forecast lingering cloudiness and a possible warmup within 36 hours to end ice.
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Ohio
Kansas City
Transcontinental Western Airlines
Port Columbus
Findlay
East Liverpool
John C. Fisher
Fisher
Coating Of Ice Makes Travel Hazardous
Ice coated roads and sidewalks slowed travel across the city as drizzle froze on contact. Police log two minor crashes, one intoxication arrest, and deputies spreading cinders to improve traction. Pedestrians faced similar dangers, moving with great caution on un- salted paths.
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East Avenue
Broad Street
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Waterbury
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Petro
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Perle L Whitehead
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