Sanity Expert To Examine Alex Maneff Before Trial
Dr Arthur Hyde, superintendent of Massillon State Hospital for the Insane, will examine 21 year old Alexander Maneff before his trial for the sex murder of 19 year old Louise Hornbeck in Grafton. The assessment will influence the mental responsibility verdict, with three common pleas judges present. If found sane, Maneff faces trial. if insane, commitment to Lima State Hospital. The judges include Findley, Cook, and Sargent. they plan to view the crime scene in Grafton after opening statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Hyde
Massillon State Hospital
Alexander Maneff
Common Pleas
Louise Hornbeck
Iafton
Hyde
Manceff
Guy B. Findley
Manett
Juas G Thomas
Lorain
Howard R. Butler
Wes Homestead
Manoff
Ohio
Navarre
Grafton
Lima State Hospital
Judes Findley
Tda Cook
Elyria
Charles Ko Sargent
Jefferson
Governor Signs Four Bills in Columbus Special Session
Governor Davey signed four bills in a special General Assembly session. A $190,000 appropriation funds the state employment service through 19s. Other measures validate local subdivision bond proceedings for public works or work relief despite irregularities. Flood relief expenditures since the emergency act expiration are legalized and counties may use flood relief balances for general relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
General Assembly
Davey
Former Local Principal Dies in Florida
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. John Baldaut of Belleview Florida on Christmas night in Ova la Hospital Florida pneumonia listed as the cause. She formerly served as principal of Jefferson School before it became a junior high and lived in Elyria on Middle Avenue while known as Miss Georgia Peabody born in Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baldaut
Belleview
Florida
Ovala
Baldaut
Jefferson School
Elyria
Middle Avenue
Georgia Peabody
Oberlin
Weather Ohio and surrounding region update
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with increasing clouds Wednesday and a chance of rain or snow in the south. The 24 hour report shows a northwestern high toward Manitoba with broad southeast reach to the Mississippi Valley, high over New England and the Rocky Mountain Plateau. A strong low over Puget Sound and relatively low pressure over eastern Ontario and Texas. Light precipitation across Texas to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast, heavier rains in the Pacific Northwest. much cooler temps in the northern Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Manitoba
Mississippi Valley
New England
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Puget Found
Ontario
Texas
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Pacific Northwest
Plains States
Administration Leaders Await Roosevelt Message To Congress
Washington Dec 28 administration leaders expect a full Roosevelt message guiding Congress toward a firm foreign and national defense policy curbing monopoly and boosting business through tax reform. The plan likely outlines foreign policy a defense program renewed tax revision and possible Wages and Hours revival while signaling a middle course on anti monopoly actions and licensing bills amid a recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
I. Wye
William E. Borah
Idaho
George W. Norris
Neb
House
New Deal
TVWA
Jackson
Capitol Hill
Homer S. Cummings
Borah
Josiah Batley
N.C
Borah-O’mahoney
Supreme Court
O'Mahoney
Senate
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Special
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Referendum On War Defended By 23 Signers
Twenty three signers of a petition defend the Ludlow war referendum resolution and deny it is a sudden move. They say it aims at a permanent policy and would require a national referendum before declaring war except in invasion. The group notes the resolution was introduced earlier and could not be ratified quickly, urging consideration in an unbiased atmosphere. Signers include Ludlow, Crosser, Randolph, Ashbrook, and Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dey
House
Bachers
United States
Congress
America
Ludlow
Robert Crosser
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
William A. Ashbrook
Brooks Fletcher
Cleveland man dies by 165-foot bridge jump
Andrew Frantz, 67, a Cleveland grocery salesman, was killed when he leaped from the Harvard Denison bridge. Authorities reported he was troubled by illness ahead of the fatal jump on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Andrew Frantz
Harvard-Denison
Oldest American remains claimed from Minnesota find
The Geological Society of America heard that dried lake silt confirms the Minnesota man bones near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota as 18 000 to 20 000 years old. Researchers Kay and Leighton re excavated the 1931 site and conclude the Mongoloid skeleton dates to the late Wisconsin glacial period, predating Folsom finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
America
Geological Society of America
Pelican Rapids
Minn
George F. Kay
University of Iowa
Morris M. Leighton
Illinois State Geological Surgery
Kay
Leighton
Wisconsin
Kenneth Martin Appointed To Police Dept
Kenneth V. Martin of 227 Eighth Street is named as one of five new Elyria police officers starting January 1. He scored 85 percent on the civil service exam, is 27, 5 feet 9.5 inches, 178 pounds, married with no children, wife Hortense Curtis. A Elyria High School graduate, class of 1929, he played fullback in 1927 and 1928 and hurdlers on track. He previously worked five years for United Dry Cleaning Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth V. Martin
Eighth Street
Elyrian Police Department
Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Martin
Faxon
Civil Service Commission
Hortense Curtis
Carl Curtis
Lorain County
United Dry Cleaning Company
Elyria High School
Elyria City
Francis M. Callahan
Elbe Street
Edward G. Stankard, Jr
Eleventh Street
Loyalists Say Teruel Defense Is Weakening
Loyalists claim Nationalist defenses at Teruel are crumbling as the city narrows to two burning blocks, with the seminary and Bank of Spain burning and relief columns failing to progress. Nationalists counter with reports of steady relief column advance and heavy losses to Loyalists outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Teruel
Bank of Spain
Cleveland Mourns Newton D. Baker In City Funeral
Clevelanders paid final tribute to Newton D. Baker former war secretary and reformist leader. His casket lay in state from 10 A M to noon with public viewing. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church followed by brief rites at Lakeview Cemetery. Baker died Christmas from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland. C
Lakeview Cemetery
Joseph C. Hostetler
Thomas L. Sidle
Paul Patterson
Arthur C. Denison
Marcellus de Vaughn
Benjamin F. Fiery
Clayton A. Quintrell
Howard F. Burns
William H. Bemis
Raymond T. Jackson
Explosion And Fire Cuts Off Electric Power In Buffalo
An explosion followed by a fire at a Buffalo Niagara Electric Company plant cut off electric power in Buffalo today. Hospitals were plunged into darkness and several industrial plants suspended operations. Power was off for about two hours starting at 11.10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Niagara Electric Company
Navy bill seeks two new super-dreadnoughts
House Appropriations committee members push a supply bill totaling about 576 million dollars with no budget-balancing caveats to speed naval expansion. The plan includes 20 smaller ships plus two 16 inch gun battleships, Washington and North Carolina types, each costing around 60 million dollars. The Navy outlay exceeds current-year appropriations by roughly 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
America
North Carolina
Hospital Reduced To Ruins By Blaze
Firemen and policemen saved eight patients from Wade Memorial Hospital in Coldwater Michigan as a blaze of undetermined origin leveled the two story building. Damage was about 65000 dollars. Patients were moved to Dr R L Wade’s home. Among those rescued was a mother and her newborn baby born on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
Mich
Wade Memorial Hospital
R. L. Wade
NLRB seeks court enforcement vs Ford over Wagner Act ruling
The National Labor Relations Board said it would petition the U.S. Circuit Court for enforcement of a ruling against Ford Motor Co. if Ford does not notify compliance by January 2. The statement was issued from Washington on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
U. Ss. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ford Motor Company
NLRB
Stocks Decline In Liquidation Outburst
A fresh outburst of liquidation hit the New York stock market shortly after noon. The ticker fell behind the actual market as 18 issues broke to losses of more than four points in U S Steel. Many issues, especially Motors, dropped to new multi year lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Mail Train Hits Earth Slide Near Monroe
Great Northern mail train derailed by an earth slide three miles north of Monroe Washington. The locomotive and one car toppled into the Skykomish river. The fireman is reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe. Wash
Great Northern Mail
Here
Skykomish River
CCC Budget Cut Reported at 124 Million
Washington December 28 Robert Fechner director of the Civilian Conservation Corps confirmed as he left the White House that the CCC budget for the new fiscal year calls for a slash of 124 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Fechner
Civthan Conservation Corps
White House
CCC
Films Showing Bombing of U S Ship Arrive
ALAMEDA Cal Dec 28 The China Clipper carrying 4 500 feet of newsreel showing the Japanese bombing attack of the U S Panay on the Yangtze River arrived at the Pan American mooring base from Hong Kong at 1 P M EST today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Cal
U. S
Panay
Yangtze River
Hong Kong
Favorable U S trade balance reported for 11 months
The Commerce Department announced a favorable foreign trade balance of 151.67 million dollars for the first eleven months of 1937. Exports totaled 3.02687 billion dollars, up 800.69 million from 1936, while imports stood at 2.87520 billion dollars, up 697.77 million. Both exports and imports declined in November due to seasonal factors, with exports 5 percent lower and imports 1 percent lower than October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Fire destroys church and garage in Beausville Ohio
A blaze in Beausville Ohio destroyed the First Christian church and a nearby garage. Authorities estimated the total loss at seven thousand dollars. The fire report notes the dates and exact causes remain under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beausvile, O
First Christian Church
G M C Reduces Working Force
General Motors announces a January 1 layoff of about 30,000 employees nationwide. President William S Knudsen says the cut is larger than seasonal, with roughly 20,000 of the losses in Michigan as inventories and hours reductions prompted the adjustment for a temporary downturn in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
William S Knudsen
Knudsen
United States
Michigan
Six Inch Spoon Removed From Stomach
Chicago girl, 17, Ernice Girevitz reports she is resting well after surgery to remove a six inch spoon from her stomach. She swallowed it during a Christmas party while eating ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Whernice Girevitz
Insects' Destructive Influence on Health and Economy
Dr. F C Bishop of the Federal Bureau of Entomology warned at the 101st AAAS meeting in Indianapolis that insects shape health and wealth through soil erosion, forest damage, and flood risk. Grasshoppers have stripped Nebraska to the Dakotas, bark beetles kill forests, and malaria mosquito issues rise with dam projects. About 4,000 AAAS scientists are gathered for pre-conference events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
F. C. Bishop
Federal Bureau of Entomology and
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Mother's Death Was Accidental in Ohio Shooting
Louise Campbell 28, heiress to steel fortune, is exonerated in the accidental shooting death of her mother Mrs Cordelia Campbell at their Warren mansion during a Christmas party. Coroner's inquest backed the verdict, ending Miss Campbell's hunger strike and confirming the burial at Todd Homestead cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Campbell
Cordelia Campbell
Warren
Trumbull
Campbell
Logan Road
Youngstown
Miss Campbell
E. G. Ravyelli
Roy
Hardman
Misa Campbell
Aretta Branch
Lucius Cochran
Campbell Tod Sheriff Hardman
Henshaw
Trumbull County
Former Elyria Man Dies In Pueblo
Henry L. Rimbach of Elyria received notice that his uncle John Rimbach died suddenly in Pueblo Colorado at age seventy from a heart attack. The Rimbach family operated a furniture and undertaking business in Elyria since 1854. John had moved to Colorado after selling his interests in 1903 and lived in Leadville Cripple Creek Denver and Pueblo engaging in mining engineering and construction until retirement. He was unmarried and survived by a sister Mrs. Charlee Friday of Elyria a brother Rev. Adam Rimbach of Portland and nephews Henry L Rimbach and BK A Rimbach of Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Rimbach
Pueblo
Colorado
John Rimbach
Henry
Ernest
George Rimbach
Henry Rimbach
Elyria
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Denver
Charlee Friday
Adam Rimbach
Portland
Oregon
D . Rimbach
BK A. Rimbdach
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Alex Maneff
Bulletin
Akele
Kenneth Martin
Police
Dep't
Newton D. Baker
Ford Co
Earth
U.S
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