Elyrian Killed As Auto Turns Over Near Perrysburg
Wendell Heal, 27, of Elyria, died instantly when his tourist car overturned near Perrysburg after skidding on slippery pavement. Two passengers escaped unhurt. The crash occurred as Heal’s car left Route 29 and rolled into soft clay, trapping him beneath. He worked for AT&T, had six years with the company, and lived at 215 Winckles Street. He leaves parents, a brother Harold, and two sisters. Body to Nichol’s Funeral Parlors. arrangements pending.
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Wendell Heal
Winckles' Street
Perrysburg
Heat
Route 29
Heal
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pemberville
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Tie
Elyria
Farry Heal
Winckley Street
Harold Ueal
Marion Meal
Arthur Lochard
Cleveland
Nichols
La Grange youths critically injured in Ridgeville crash
Max Oliver 18 and Gordon Wheeler 18 from La Grange were hurt in a Saturday night auto crash in Ridgeville during heavy rain. Oliver suffered a fractured skull and was in serious condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Wheeler had multiple lacerations. C Overguard of Ridgeville was driving another car and Deputy Sheriffs investigated the collision.
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Max Oliver
la Grange
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gordon Wheeler
Ridgeville
Oliver
Wheeler
Standen Probe to Go On by Ohio Supreme Court Panel
A joint special committee from the Ohio Supreme Court and Lorain County Bar Association will meet at the Lorain courthouse Saturday to reexamine Mayor James C. Standen of Lorain. The inquiry questions whether he actually studied the stated hours under attorney Wesley Grills to qualify for the state bar exam. Don Myers, head of the Lorain County Bar investigating committee, announced the meeting.
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Ohio State Supreme Court
Lorain County Bar Association
Court House
James C. Standen
Lorain
Standen
County Bar Association
Supreme Court
Wesley Grills
Don Myers
Lorain County
Six of a family killed in Indiana crossing crash
Six members of one family died and two others were seriously injured when their automobile was struck by a cassenger train at a crossing near Windfall Indiana. The accident occurred December seventeenth and involved a single vehicle accident at the crossing.
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Ind
Girl Dragged 100 Feet By Automobile
An eight year old girl reportedly clung to a car at the Fuenaen and Wert Iver Stweets corner yesterday afternoon. She was dragged about a hundred feet before the driver Joe Soja stopped. The girl escaped unharmed and crossed to a waiting machine, where her mother Mrs Hahay of 204 Fastoath street Lorain identified her. Police received the report and investigated the incident as possible garment snag.
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Fuenaen
Wert Iver
Joe Soja
Soja
Soya
Hahay
Fastoath Street
Lorain
Cooperation Urged to Check Flu Measles and Rabies
Lorain County Health Department urged public cooperation to curb spreading flu measles and rabies. Health Commissioner Dr C D Barrett said measles may cause most deaths though all three are dangerous. He advised keeping sick children home avoiding crowds and reporting cases promptly. Rabies cases were rising with new dog cases in South Amherst Grange Huntington and nearby areas prompting quarantine expansion talks.
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Lorain County
County Health Department
C. D. Barrett
Lorain City
Vincent
Sheffield
Russia
South Amherst
Oberlin
Larare
Health Department
To Grange
Huntington
Meath
Holy See Favors Mediation in Andean Dispute
Madrid dispatch reports Pope Pius XI wishes to intervene in the Bolivian Paraguayan dispute but lacks Bolivian representation in Rome and notes Paraguay’s government is not strongly Catholic. The Holy See is prepared to back mediation by the League of Nations and Argentina.
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London
Madrid
Pius XI
Rome
Holy See
League of Nations
Argentina
Death summons George W. Stevens Elyria innovator of railroading
George W. Stevens, a prominent Elyria resident, died Sunday evening at his West Broad street home from pneumonia. Born in LaConne New Hampshire on July 27, 18 4, he moved to Indiana then to Cleveland as Motive Power Superintendent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Central. He later settled in Elyria in 1885, married Melissa Pul lington in 1869, and had five children, four living. A key figure in railroad mechanics, he designed the Lake Store eight wheeler engine, famed for a record speed with a special train. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the family residence, Rev. W. D. Winters officiating. interment Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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George W. Stevens
Elyria
Tit West Broad Street
Mr. Stevens
Laconn
New Hampohtre
Wikhart
Cleveland
Lake Shore and
Michigan Central Railroad
Elkhart Im
Melissa Pullington
F. M. Stevens
George Stavens
I. S. Stevens
R. W. Ely
Filyria
W. D. Winters
Methodist
Inter
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Stevens
New York
Hoover Reaches Fn al Stage of Tour in Uruguay
President-elect Herbert Hoover began the last leg of his Latin American goodwill tour with a Montevideo stop. Pro Sandino demonstrations tensions rose as police dispersed crowds before the government palace. Hoover praised Argentina and its people in a radio message, while Uruguayan officials welcomed him with cordial crowds and hotel accommodations prepared for his party.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Herbert Hoover
Buenos Aires
Fier
Sandino
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Government House
Campisteguy
Mrs. Hoover
Senora Campisteguy
Parque Hotel
Moover
Mendozang Duran
Uru
Buay
United States
Roadster Crash Drowns Two in Huff Run
Mineral City Ohio December 17 Francis Murray and John J Shoyer 23 drowned when a roadster plunged through a small bridge into four feet of water George Shoyer 19 brother of the driver was rescued His father helped pull him from the water Fogg blamed for the mishap Walter Murray another brother was killed October 14 1924 when a plane driven by Harold Wood crashed near Zoarville
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Mineral City
Francis ©. Murray
John J. Shoyer
Huff Runa
Murray
George Shoyer
Fogg
Walter Murray
Harold Wood
Canton
Zoarville
Elyria Telephone plans $200000 upgrade for underground cables
The Elyria Telephone Company unveiled a 200000 dollar expansion aimed at meeting rising demand. The program, led by A J Curren and Ht O Cutter, focuses on underground cable installations, expanding from six tenths to twelve miles, with 4790 lines added during the upgrade and a surge in subscribers expected as East Broad Street and Cleveland Street developments proceed.
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Elyria Telephone Company
A. J. Curren
Ht. O. Cutter
Dutter
East Broad Street
Cleveland Street
Cutter
Spring Valley
Io. Taju
Elyria
Lorale
Dotter
Elinor Wylie Dies at 42 in New York
Elinor Wylie poet and novelist died at her New York home last night after a paralytic stroke. She was 42, wife of critic William Rose Benet, born in Richmond Virginia, daughter of Henry M. Hart. She had three marriages and her notable prose work includes the novel Orphan Angel. She was finishing a verse collection Angel and Harshly Creatures for spring publication.
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New York
Elinor Wyite
Miss Wylie
William Rose Benet
London
Richmond
Henry M. Hart
Washington
Taft
Miss Write
Rebellion Breaks Out Again In Afghanistan
CULLETEN CALCUTTA India December 17 reports say rebellion has erupted again in Afghanistan with fighting near Kabul. Two major centers are involved and the situation could affect the capital.
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Calcutta
India
Afghanistan
Kabul
Two Girls Found Dead Beside Foal in Baltimore
Two teenagers Maria Stolba sixteen and Thelma Vleck fifteen were found dead beside Annapolis Road in Baltimore County. Clothes torn, heads crushed, bodies near each other. Police suspect hit and run or criminal attack. coroner to examine for evidence.
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Baltimore
Wec
Annapolis Road
Cilen Burnie
Maria Stolba
Thelma Vleck
Sixth Street
Anne Arundel
Maria
Mary Stolba
Frank
Miss Vinck
Frank Babicky
Barbara Babicky
Babicky
Stolba
King Able to Talk a Little as He Cries for Sons
London dispatch reports King George V in a frail state after surgery. He speaks briefly in a weak voice about his two absent sons while the Queen and the Prince of Wales stay at the sickbed. George and Henry are expected to return from sea and Africa respectively around Christmas.
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London
Dee
United Press Today
George
Henry
Prince George
New York
Duke of
Glocester
Africa
Sech
Prince of Wales
Honoring Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk anniversary
A Century-old aviation tribute marked 25 years since the first heavier-than-air flight at Kill Devil Hills Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Orville Wright returned to the dunes with Senor Bing ham and foreign delegates while Capt Bill Tate recalled early days as crowds cheered the pioneers.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
America
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Hill Devil Hill
Hfe
Atlantic
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
International Civil Aeronautics Conference
Washington
Bill Tate
Cojock
Capt
Tate
Wrights
Shs
Betsesean
Sand Hills
Kill Devil List
North Carolina
Wilbur
Noted Flyers in Peaceful Pursuits on Anniversary
Fifteen prominent aviators of the early era are today in peaceful pursuits on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first successful airflight. Lindbergh acts as technical advisor to a transcontinental mail route while Wade, Kelly, Jansen, Costes, Stinson and others pursue aviation roles in industry, military, or ongoing flight records.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
New York
Leigh Wade
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Buffalo
Weut
Oakley G. Kelly
Philippine Islands
Martin Jansen
San Cisco
Hawa
Richard James
Harry Hawker
Atlantic
England
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
South Atlantic
Paris
North Atlantic
Eddie Stinson
Als
Heldman inquiry ties gun girl case to Fearn killing
Lorain officials report investigations into Wilbur Heldman movements found no link to the Vernard Fearn murder. The Canton prosecutor shifted theory to Mrs Margaret Heldman amid sightings in Akron and Pompe attendance of a Cincinnati detective to lead tomorrow.
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Canton
Margaret Heldman
Vernard Fearn
Waco
Henry W. Harter
Wilbur
Fearn
Heldman
Canton, O
Margaret Tietchman
Wilbur O. Heldman
Lorain
Dubois
Iris
Heidman
iTellman
Emmett
Children's Bureau
Heldmat
Margaret
Mary Horner
Roy Pferer
Ory Slater
Cincinnati
Week End White House Proposed By Ohio Senator Fess
Washington bill seeks a country White House near Washington to provide the president with an accessible weekend haven. The measure was introduced today by Senator Fess, Republican of Ohio. In a separate dispatch from Washington, Rep Faust of Missouri remained in very serious condition at the naval hospital after an apoplectic stroke on December 10.
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Washington
Rep
White House
Fess
Ohio
Rep. Faust
Naval Hospital
Sheriff Has No Word From Canton
Sheriff E G Mathews said he has had no communication from Canton authorities about the Fearn Heldman murder death by own action case. He remarked he has not seen any officials from Canton and is unaware of their presence or actions in the county today.
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Lorain
Canton
Wilbur C. Heldman
Heldman
A Julletin
E. G. Mathews
Fearn - Heldman
Mathews
Bolivia Ready to Accept Mediation in Paraguay Conflict
United Press reports Bolivia prepared to accept mediation offers after Bolivian forces captured Paraguayan forts in the Chaco dispute. Friday’s assault at Fort Vanguardia left four Bolivians dead on December 6, but the mood shifted toward calm and possible peaceful settlement, the El Diario editorial indicates broad public opinion in favor of ending the crisis.
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United Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Fort Vanguardia
el Diario
New Rest Room Nearing Completion in Elyria
Elyria opens a new public rest room at Court and Second streets. Service Director John N. Eidt says the $11,000 structure should open by week’s end despite recent weather delays. Weather could still affect cement work.
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Elyria
John N. Eidt
Court
Eidt
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