Gangdom Ends Career of Diamond in Albany Shootout
Albany dispatch reports Jack Legs Inamond nicknamed Diamond was killed after an all night party celebrating beating a kidnap charge. Police questioned his wife and others, with shooter unknown. Previously wounded, he died at a Dove Street residence from a heavy caliber bullet wound. District Attorney Delaney led the investigation as reporters noted his gangland rise and a Troy jury's kidnapping verdict.
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Albany
N. Y
P —Agangdom
Inamond
New York
Alice Schiffer Diamond
John Storey
Tiamond
Diamond
Thomas M. Holmes
Tie Teriouely
Dove Street
Protolmes
John T. Delaney
Desmond
Tts
Troy
James Duncan
No Money In Fund Jurors Fail To Get Pay
Lorain county jurors faced a cash shortfall as 27 of 33 jurors in common pleas were denied weekly pay. Only seven of the first checks were honored, with $968 left in the appropriation. County commissioners pledged funds to cover six jurors and expect wages next week. Deputy Auditor Arthur Gites cites $18,000 spent on jury service this year.
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Lorain County
Common Pleas Court
Arthur Gites
Pola Negri Still Seriously Ill in Santa Monica
Pola Negri film star remained seriously ill after a restful night in Santa Monica California. Dr Leo J Madsen her physician announced in a bulletin today. Federal officers raided the fashionable German Social club in Mansfield Ohio during the night while state officers with Sheriff Walter Underwood closed a corn liquor distillery on Plymouth road near Mansfield. Raiders at the German club reported seizing quantities of brew and liquor.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Pola Negri
Leo J. Madsen
Mansfield Club
Mansfield, O
Walter Underwood
Plymouth Road
Mansfield
The Weather Forecast Offo
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Forecast calls for similar conditions across the period and light winds.
Christmas Shutdown Planned at National Tube Plant
Official announcement by E. W. Brown, general superintendent at Lorain works National Tube Co., states the Christmas shutdown for repairs will begin December 19 and continue until December 28.
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E. W. Brown
Lorain Works
National Tube Co
Elyria Foremen Elect Officers for 1931 Priorities Shifted
The Elyria Foremen's Club elected new officers for 1931 at its December meeting with about 100 members present at the YMCA. Harry Warren became president succeeding Arthur Is Fox, with Abert Veitzen as first vice president and Claude Wiefield as second vice president. George Stark and Wigfield won ballots for the remaining posts. W.O. McClellan remains secretary and treasurer. Installation is set for January 21 at the first 1931 meeting. James Horgan of Cleveland spoke on Electricity in Industry and a YMCA wrestling exhibition was also shown.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Y.m.cla
Harry Warren
Colson Company
Arthur Is Fox
Abert Veitzen
Fox Furnate Company
Henry Whitnes
General Industries Frompansertzen
Claude Wiefield
Pfaud- Jey Companys
Hin
George Stark
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Wigfield
Weitzen
Glenn Shoemaker
Western Automate Machine Screw Company
Stark
W.O. McClellan
Janu
James Horgan
Cleveland
Ohio Public Service Company
United States
Ireland
Warren
Ohio
Swen Nielsen
Four Confess In Murder Of Farmer At Circleville
Four suspects from Columbus confessed to the Circleville murder of 75 year old Monroe township farmer John Kidney and the assault on his 70 year old sister Sarah, plus a $446 robbery of the Kidney home on December 10. Henry Ludermilk 47 Lacey Adams 38 John Hairston 27 Frank Smith Negroes plus Walker Brown 35 known as Slim Youngen, said to be the actual killer. Brown silent. Prosecutor says first degree murder charges will be filed against all except Smith who aided robbery but not present at the farmhouse. All taken to City Prison in Columbus.
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Circleville
John Kidney
Monroe Township
Sarah
Columbus
Pickaway County
Henry
Ludermilk
Lacey Adams
John Hairston
Frank Smith
Walker Brown
City
Emmett L. Crist
Kidney Farmhouse
Hoover breakfast push for war debt moratorium reform
President Hoover convened a White House breakfast with Republican and Democratic leaders to press for congressional passage of his war debt moratorium and financial program. Attendees included Speaker Garner and officials Ogden Mills Ren, Strong, Kas, and ten others. Ambiguity remained after the meeting, but protesters noted encouragement for united action on the moratorium, loan extensions, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
White House
Garner
Local Man Pleads Guilty To Liquor Charge
Louie Polchoy of West River Street pleaded guilty to possession of liquor. He was fined $100 and costs by Mayor James A. Hewitt this morning. Polchoy had previously pleaded Not Guilty when arraigned yesterday.
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Louie Polchoy
West River Street
James A. Hewitt
Polkhe
Euuly
Evangelist Bernine Ovens Found Slain in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a Bible clutched to her chest, evangelist and widow Bernine Ovens lay slumped, near death from a temple wound. Nearby, Arthur S. Long, 55, was dead with a bullet through the brain and a gun in his hand. Authorities say Long shot the evangelist and likely killed himself in a death pact between longtime friends.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bernine Ovens
Arthur S$. Long
Long
Will Tarkington to plead guilty in murder case
Willard Tarkington, 19, the suspect in the slaying of cab driver Albert Lape in Columbus, will be arraigned Saturday on a murder charge and has said he intends to plead guilty to seek mercy.
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Columbus
IUP
Wilard Tarkington
Albert Lape
Tarkington
Huge liquor conspiracy plot indicted in Ohio
Federal officers rounded up 33 persons in Central and North East Ohio in a single large liquor conspiracy. Assistant district attorney Hugh Martin withheld names of conspirators while secret indictments from the federal grand jury were reported in Columbus. The case centers on manufacture transport and wholesaling of whisky with Columbus Cleveland and Akron as key cities. Seven arrests had been made in Akron.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hugh Martin
Woul
Cleveland
Akron
Banker Relates Billion Dollar Loans to Nations Abroad
Washington December 18 Thomas W Lamont of J P Morgan Co testified before the Senate finance committee recounting the postwar financing operation by American bankers. He said his firm negotiated loans for eight countries totaling 1 722 348 000 and that about 48 223 700 was allocated to towns in those nations amid the broader Morgan financing program.
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Washington
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & I Co
Senate Finance
House of Morgan
Lluat
Lamont
Morgan
Debt Moratorium Debated by House in Washington
The House opened discussion on the Tooyer Debt Moratorium with Democratic Leader Rainey vowing to stay in session all night if needed. The bill bears a reservation opposing any reduction or conocation of European debts in the United States.
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Washington
Rainey
House
United States
Decision on location of Vets Hospital near Washington
The federal board of hospitalization may decide the site for the proposed $750,000 Veterans Bureau Hospital for Ohio late today. General Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs and board chairman, told Rep. William M. Hess of Cincinnati that he hoped the Ohio issue would be settled before adjournment.
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VETS
Washington
Veterans Bureau
Ohio
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
William &. Hess
Cincinnati
Middletown Chief of Police Shot In Both Feet
Middletown Ohio December 18 Olio Kolodak chief of police was shot accidentally in both feet today when an automatic shotgun carried by him discharged. Physicians at Middletown Hospital said it would be necessary to amputate several toes.
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Middletown
Olio Kolodak
Prison meal checks 5.7 cents per meal in Ohio report
Ohio penitentiary kitchen figures show prisoners receive 10.7 cents per meal while the institution uses about 1 million pounds of meat annually. The disclosure comes from the prison kitchen and notes the low per meal cost.
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Columbus
Ohio
Christmas Programs Spread Across Ten Lorain County Schools
Christmas spirit fills Lorain County as ten schools begin seasonal programs. Henrietta and Ridgeville opened with operettas and cantatas featuring students from multiple grades. Highland Avon Brownhelm Vincent Belden join next week with further performances of Miser's Dream and Not Guilty in a countywide district celebration.
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Lorain County
Henrietta
Ridgeville
Highland School
Avon
Brownhelm
Vincent
Belden
County Taxation Association Formed in Lorain County
Representatives from six Lorain County groups approved forming a county wide ideation association to study public expenditures bond issues and taxation. The group will be a fact finding body aiding officials and presenting data to the public. A planning committee was named to draft formation plans for a second meeting.
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Lorain County
Chamber Oe of Commerce
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Lorain Chamber of Commerce
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Elyria Teachers’ Club
Amherst Businessmen's Association
Oberlin Business Men's Association
Chapman Funeral Will Be Held Saturday
William Brewster Chapman, engineer and inventor, died in Chicago on December 16 after an operation. Born October 11 1873 in Elyria, he studied at Elyria High and Oberlin, helped lay out the Cleveland Park System, and worked in producer gas machinery with major firms. Survived by son Bruce and two grandchildren, with funeral at First Congregational church parlors Saturday at 2 PM and private interment at Ridgelawn cemetery.
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William Brewster Chapman
Chicago
Mr. Chapman
James Wood
Margaret Darling Chapman
Elyria
Washington Avenue
Elyria High School
Oberlin College
Chapman
Cleveland Park System
William C. Sharp
Michigan
New York City
United States Steel Corporation
Insul
Chapman Engineering Co
Harvard School of Business
Cleveland
Mechanical Engineers
Robert
Baltimore
Arthur
Seattle
George Chisholm
Warren G. Platner
Columbus Street
First Congregational Church
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Pleads Guilty 10 Manslaughter Paroled in Oberlin Case
John Yascham, 21, of Oberlin, pleaded guilty to a manslaughter indictment after arraignment before Judge W. B. Thompson. He was paroled to bailiff Charles Heiman for one year following a November 19 accident on Root road that killed his uncle, John Yaschman, who was with him in the car he was buying.
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John Yascham
Oberlin
W. B. Thompson
Charles Heiman
Yascham
John Yaschman
Democrats Consider World Tariff Conference Plan
Washington report notes Democrats may push a world tariff conference to scale down duties across nations. While favoring some modifications to Hawley Smoot, most oppose a broad revision this year. A public council representing consumers could be created to advise tariff changes.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Lorain Girl Faces Possible Operation For Hiccups
Lorain High student Mildred Jaszmeck, 16, has hiccoughed for a week and may undergo surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital. Dr. T A Peebles cited a similarity to Ira King of Mansfield, who recovered after gall bladder surgery. X-ray review planned. five similar Ohio cases reported, with two fatalities.
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Lorain
Mildred Jaszmeck
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pr. T. A. Peebles
Ira King
Mansfield
Jarznick
Hiccoughs
Peebles
Ohiot
Vegetable Room Planned at Sanatorium
Construction of a special vegetable room at the tuberculosis sanatorium was proposed to the building commission this morning. The room is estimated to cost 870 dollars and will replace a warmer room now used for the purpose. The commission also passed on bills presented to them.
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Building Commission
Head of Garment Co Returns to Home
Nell Donnelly, leader of the Donnelly Garment Company, was rescued after nearly 36 hours in captivity by three kidnapers. She and her chauffeur George Blair were released in the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kansas. Police chief L M Siegfried accompanied her home. No ransom was paid. a $75,000 demand was reported.
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Kansas City
Nell Quinlan Donnelly
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Diamong
Merrie
Christy
County Taxation Association
Nandemark
R. F. Vandemark
W. W . Trugersoll, Sr
W. G. Caskey
Woram County
Otis McKee
Oberlim Business Men's Association
W. G Nord
Amherst Business Men's Association
W. A. Rowley
Vandemark
Uoaed
Grament CO
Mrs. Donnelly
Elsha
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