Bank robbery ends with gunfire and suicide in Brookville
Virgil Marshall, 37, attempted to rob Brookville State Bank after his father refused a loan. He forced five employees into a vault, escaped with about 7700, then wounded himself at his home when police closed in. Five bankers were unharmed and released. Marshall later died from a self inflicted wound.
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Dayton
Brookville State Bank
Brookville
Here
Virgil Marshall
Marshall
Harry
Abraham Hay
J. P Dafler
C. W. Tucklew
Frank Borden
Marion Esterlein
Bevis Named State Finance Director in Ohio
Governor elect George White announced the appointment of Howard L. Bevis of Cincinnati as State Director of Finance and Lt. Col. Edward P. Lawlor of Columbus as assistant quartermaster general of the Ohio National Guard. Bevis, a lawyer and UC law professor, will succeed Harry D. Silver and earn about 6590 dollars yearly. Lawlor will replace J. Earl Potts with an estimated 6800 dollar annual salary.
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Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Cincinnati
Edward P. Lawlor
Ohio National Guard
George W. White
Bevis
Harry D. Silver
Preble County
Cooper
Lawlor
J. Earl Potts
Mansfield
Bevis, O
Cincinnat
Cincinnati Technical School
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Law School
Harvard Law School
Hamilton County
Democratic Central
Murray
Co. C
Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Co. M
Seventh Ohio Infantry
Seventh Infantry
146Th Infantry
Camp Sheridan
Tax Collection 70 to Begin January 2nd
County Treasurer N. D Backus announced tax bills will be ready January 2 in a push to start collections. The office has worked nights and Sundays to speed processing on about 18,000 real estate and 27,000 personal duplicates. About $2,100,000 is expected this period, with the last payment day set for January 20.
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N. D Backus
3Ackus
Boy Dies From Gas Fumes in Wellington Home
Carbon monoxide gas is listed as the cause of death for 8 year old Merton Sears of Wellington. An inquest led by Coroner M. E. Perry found Sears in a bathroom bathtub after being found in the night. Sears is believed to have been exposed to fumes from a gas stove in the home.
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Merton Sears
Wellington
M. E. Perry Sears
Five Bandits Caught In Cincinnati Robbery Attempt
Cincinnati officers arrested five men from Hamilton and Cleveland after a botched hold up at a Cincinnati Street Railway branch office. Patrolman Bernard McAvoy halted the escape as three fled an open door while the others waited by a parked car. The bandits, Lamar Berger 20, Horace Merritt 21, John Haker 15, Thomas Gillespie 24, all Hamilton, and Harry Gibson 22 of Cleveland, were taken into custody after surrendering.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Bernard McAvoy
McAvoy
Frank B. Brickman
Lamar Berge R
Horace Merritt
John Hacker
Thmas Gillespie
Afl
Hamilton
Harry Gibson
Cleveland
Ohio
Welfare picks McSweeney for state director post
Columbus December 23 former Congressman John McSweeney Wooster named state welfare director and Lt Col John C Volka Columbus appointed assistant adjutant general by Governor elect George White McSweeney a three term U S representative born 1890 in Wooster and a World War I veteran Volka will earn about 6800 annually succeeding Col Wade C Christy and the appointment is part of a wider reorganization of welfare and military posts in Ohio including duties over the states penal correctional and welfare institutions.
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Columbus
John McSweeney
Wooster
John C. Volka
Ohio National Guard
George White
McSweeney
U. S
Hal H. Griswold
Cleveland
Cooper
Col
Volka
Wade C. Christy
Youngstown
Congress
Wooster College
United States
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
France
Daring Hold Up Of Home Savings Bank At Metamora
Three bandits held up the Home Savings Bank at Metamora yesterday and escaped with 4400. Northwestern Ohio authorities joined the search but the robbers remained at large today. H H Treadway the bank president was forced into a rear room with 15 others including school children. A teller Loyal Woodward survived a shot when he raised his hands and alerted the operator. The robbers likely fled toward Toledo.
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Toledo
Metamora
Ohio
H H. Treadway
Loyal Woodward
Teller
Woodward
Telkor Inc New Elyria plant sees strong promise
The Chronicle Telegram visits Telkor Inc on Ridge Street Elyria in a remodeled former school building owned by A J Curren president of Elyria Telephone Co The plant reveals modern offices light manufacturing and ample storage space with a future payroll potential if growth continues Telkor incorporated August 1929 aims to develop patentable devices with wide markets continued on Page 2.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Telkor, Inc
Ridge Street
A. J. Curren
Elyria Telephone Co
Curren
Fred J. Heavens
Wm. C. Roe
H. W. Ingersoll
Elyria Telephone Company
Republican Committee backs Lucas in Norris bid
Washington dated December 23. The Republican National Committee is revealed as the financial guarantor of Robert H. Lucas in his secret campaign against Senator George H. Norris of Nebraska. Insurgents press for higher ups and debate Hoover’s stance on Lucas. Lucas accuses Norris of political conduct a “growing cancer” threatening the party. The dispute grows bitter as the story continues on page 12.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Robert H. Lucas
George H. Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Lucas
Norris
White is fined for driving while intoxicated
H R White of 146 Abbey Road was found guilty by Mayor James A Hewitt and fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. White pleaded not guilty to the charge and the offense was alleged to have occurred on December 20.
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H R. White
Abbey Road
James A Hewitt
White
Christmas News From Many States Highlights Joys And Hardships
Across the country, Christmas stories mix celebration and struggle. In Chicago a shopper quietly asks the clerk to charge to Mrs Santy, in Springfield African Americans plan a Lincoln grave carol. In New York Father Neptune may deliver gifts at sea, while Detroit lights a city tree for a crippled girl. Pulaski children urge flour for the poor, and in Buffalo a youth wished to live till Christmas and was buried. Olympia an elderly man hopes to catch a fish for a holiday dinner as he stands on a bridgeAwaiting Christmas outcomes and small acts of mercy in a season of mixed fortunes.
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New York
Father Neptune
Santa Claus
Santa Barbara
Eloise Hodges
Georgene Hodges
Carlos Dasso
Christmas Hope For Tomczak Family In Farm Flock
Syracuse New York on December 23 reports Thomas Tomczak had no job yet a Merry Christmas planned. The family relied on a barnyard filled with chickens and ducks, a modest livelihood that offered hope despite hardship as the fowls provided food and potential income.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Thomas Tomczak
Salvation Army Coin Pot Stolen From Post Office
Danville Pennsylvania December 28 The Salvation Army coin pot inside the post office was stolen before Christmas. The container held money intended for the poor.
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Danvill, Pa
Salvation Army
Christmas Day Misfortune Involves Two-Year-Old
New Bedford mass reports a holiday accident as two year old Lllian Correia swallowed a glass eye during Christmas. The incident prompted medical attention and authorities to monitor her condition.
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New Bedford
Mass
Lllian Correia
Barum Christmas Faces Unemployment Strain at Home
Chicago on December 22 reports Barum Christmas saying he is a chauffeur and has not had a job for four months. His wife and two little Christmases face hardship with no Santa Claus in the house.
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Chicago
Barum Christmas
Christmas
Ohio killer to serve Christmas in solitary confinement
Columbus O Dec 23 George Loestiner who killed a policeman more than 11 years ago will enter solitary confinement at the Ohio State prison on Christmas Day. The judge who sentenced Loestiner specified the convict must spend each Christmas in solitary confinement.
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Columbus
George Loestiner
Ohio State Prison
Loestiner
Harris Named Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge in Ohio
George B. Harris of Cleveland, a 1924 gubernatorial candidate and former State Bar president, was appointed common pleas court judge for Cuyahoga County by Governor Cooper. He fills the seat vacated by Carl W. Weygandt who moved to the Appeals court. The governor also named Burt W. Griffin chief justice of the Cleveland municipal court and Frank C. Phillips and Joseph F. Smith as municipal court judges. Phillips completes a second term on the common pleas bench. Smith is the city law director’s chief assistant. Two municipal judges remain to be appointed.
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Columbus
George B. Harris
Cleveland
State Bar Association
Common Pleas Court
Cuyahoga County
Cooper
Carl W. Weygandt
Appeals
Burt W. Griffin
Frank C. Phillips
Joseph F. Smith
Philips
Common Pleas
Smith
Legge Trike Back at Ghits? Likely a misspelling in text
Chairman Alexander Legge clashes with Senators Borah and Thomas over Farm Board policies. He accuses critics of mischaracterizing board actions while defending price suppression of wheat and cotton. Thomas counters with Legge testimony contradictions before Senate committees amid secrecy.
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Washington
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Legge
William E Borah
Idaho
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Congress
Borah
Hoover
Thomas
John Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Oklahoma
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Heflin
Caraway
Agriculture Committee
Kiwanis Christmas Party Planned at Hotel Newell
Kiwanis will hold its Christmas party tomorrow at noon in the Hotel Newell. Wives and children of Kiwanians are invited. Jim Armitage leads the program.
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Kiwanis
Newell
Jim Armitage
Bandits Seize $10,000 From Plaza Trust Branch
Three bandits robbed the Broad and York Street Branch of the Plaza Trust Company in Philadelphia on December 23, securing an estimated $10,000 and fleeing in an automobile, police reported.
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Philadelphia
Broad and York Street
Plaza Trust Company
Hoax wedding bride escapes Worcester asylum
Worcester Massachusetts December 23. Barbara Buffumm Bramwell widely known as the Hoax Wedding Bride remains at large more than 24 hours after fleeing Worcester State Hospital where she had been under observation. The escape follows the revelation that the man she married in Oxford on December 15 Sir William Harold Bramwell of His Majesty's Navy is actually a ship's clerk aboard the Mauretania.
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Worcester
Mass
Barbara Buffumm Bramwell
Worcester State Hospital
William Harold Bramwell
His Majesty’s Navy
Oxford
Escaped Convict Captured in Buffalo
Columbus Ohio December 26 Louis Harry an escapee from Devil's Island and from Ohio penitentiary has been caught in Buffalo according to Warden P E Thomas. Known to European police as Leon Libault he walked from the Honor dormitory December 16 1929. He served over two years of a one to three year term for issuing a fraudulent check in Cleveland and had worked as a barber.
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Buffalo
Columbus
Louis Harry
Devil’s Island
Ohio Penitentiary
P. E. Thomas
Larry
Leon Libault
Cleveland
Bank Reopens to Pay Depositors in Richmond
The American Trust and Savings Bank reopened in Richmond under state banking commission direction to pay off depositors. J. M. West, the bank's cashier, was named liquidating agent to oversee the process after the bank's closure last week.
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Richmond
Ind
American Trust and Savings Bank
State Banking Commission
J. M. West
Franks Bonner resigns from Federal Power Commission
Washington December 23 Frank Bonner executive secretary of the Federal Power Commission today announced his resignation effective immediately He said he will enter electrical consulting work in New York City.
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Washington
Frank Bonner
Federal Power Commission
New York City
Partridge Named to Fill Vermont Senate Vacancy
Montpelier Vermont December 23 Frank C Partridge president of the Vermont Marble Company was appointed by Governor Weeks to fill the temporary vacancy caused by the death of United States Senator Frank Lester Greene.
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Montpelier, Yt
Frank C. Partridge
The
Vermont Marble Company
John FE
United States
Frank Lester Greene
Republican Leader Endorses Lucas Washington
Rep Will Wood of Indiana, a Republican leader and Campaign Committee chair, endorsed Robert H. Lucas executive director of the Republican National Committee. After meeting President Hoover at the White House Wood said Lucas expresses the sentiment of every real Republican in the United States.
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Lucas Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Rep
Will Wood
Indiana
Congressional Campaign Committee
Hoover
White House
Wood
Lucas
U. S
Returned to prison under heavy bond
Raymond Strickler age 23 was recaptured in a Phoenix restaurant after escaping the state penitentiary by kidnapping the warden and was returned to prison today under heavy guard.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Penitentiary
Raymond Strickler
Banker's suicide ends Baltimore banking chief's life
T Edward Hambleton, president of the bank bearing his name in Baltimore, shot and killed himself today. Towson police confirmed the death, and a sign on the bank's door verified the tragedy.
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Baltimore, Md
Edward Hambleton
Towson
Hambleton
Government to Maintain Prevailing Wages in Contracts
President Hoover announced at the White House that the government will pursue a policy of maintaining the highest prevailing wage scales in construction contracts. He said the policy was first adopted a year ago after employers were called to agree to maintain current wage levels and has been applied to all government building contracts nationwide.
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U.S
Washington
Hoover
White House
Prisoner To Spend Christmas At Home In Ohio
Columbus Dec 23 A commutation of sentence to permit C Forgery Moore head former Springfield city auditor to spend Christmas Day with his wife and son was granted today by Governor Myers Cooper
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Columbus
C. Forgery Moorehead
Springfield
Myers ¥. Cooper
Five Laborers Killed in Crushed Track Accident in Cranford N J
Five laborers died in Cranford New Jersey when they stepped off the tracks to let a Philadelphia to New York express pass and were struck by a second commuter train on a parallel track. A foreman blew a whistle twice but the express drowned out the warning.
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Cranford
N. J
Philadelphia
New York
Borah Pushes Extra Session To Tackle Key Legislation
Senator Borah of Idaho breaks with Hoover, urging an extra session after March 4 to address interstate motor vehicle regulation power and rail load laws anti injunction measures and farm relief via export debentures. About 20 independents back a progressive program as a new Congress nears.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Congress
Borah
Hoover
Youth cashing bad checks claims to be modern Robin Hood
Clarence Huderman alias Miller, 22, admitted cashed more than 200 worthless Detroit checks in recent months and escaped Mansfield Ohio penitentiary last June. He told detectives he gave half of the proceeds to downtown apple vendors, charity groups and hospitals, and was arrested on a complaint from a woman who said he boasted of knife throwing and ability to kill officers.
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Detroit
Mansfield
Ohio
Clarence Huderman
Miller
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