Gentlemen bandits rob Blyria bank in daylight heist
Three machine loaded authorities comb Blyria for two bold robbers after they entered Bertin Heights Banking Company and forced two female employees into a rear room. The pair, dressed well, swapped $2,000 to $3,009 from the vault and fled in a light green coupe toward Elyria. Police see one dark and one light complexioned man, ages 25 to 60, as Sandusky and Lorain County deputies pursue.
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Sheriff’s Department
Bly+ria
Bertin Heights
Ruth Boahm
Mildred Groves
Sandusky
Lotain
Cuyahoga County
Elyria
E. J. Stankard
Britain Cancels Building Of Naval Vessels In 1929 30
London reports Britain has canceled several naval ships reducing the 1929 30 building program by about 50 percent. In a House of Commons reply by Albert V Alexander first lord of the admiralty it is stated that an additional 30 000 tons will not be built besides earlier cancellations. Declined ships include one 10 000 ton cruiser one 7 000 ton cruiser four destroyers three submarines two sloops and one net layer.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Albert V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Alexander
Brown Takes Up His Duties At Auto Club
Leon Brown becomes secretary of the Lorain County Automobile Club on his first day in office. His predecessor Henry Miller resigned after seven years and left at noon yesterday. Miller and his wife plan an automobile trip to Florida soon.
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Leon Brown
Lorain County Automobile Club
Henry Miller
Club
Miller
Florida
Suggestion To Legalize Home Brewing Coldly Received By Both Wets And Drys
A bitter public reaction split wets and drys over Rep Franklin Fort New Jersey proposal to legalize home brewing amid the prohibition debate. Wets questioned whether a home brewery plan would undermine Volstead Act while drys pledged to strengthen enforcement, noting uncertainty about a 275 percent beer idea. The piece also notes Borah’s and Doran’s battles over enforcement personnel and hints at broader policy tensions, with continuation referenced.
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Washington
Congress
Franklin Fort
N. J
Hoover
Wera
Lincoln C. Andrews
Ciaitain
Reed
Senate
Question of home brewing legality stirs experts
Washington Feb 1 The legality of home brewing for personal use versus for sale stirs debate among lawmakers and brewers. Rep Fort asserts exemption under the Volstead act permits non intoxicating home beverages, while enforcement remains inconsistent with state laws and search seizure limits.
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Washington
Rep. Fort
Republican
N. J
Prohibition Bureau
Supreme Court
Port
Planes Bring Food To Lake Erie Islanders Amid Ice Barriers
Ice barriers trap residents of Lake Erie islands with acute food and fuel shortages. Planes from Sandusky fly daily to deliver bread and other provisions to Put-in-Bay Middle Bass North Bass and nearby areas. Pelee Island in Canadian waters lacks coal flour and gasoline, while Kelleys and Kelley’s Island face serious shortages. An oil burner Mascot sank near Kel leys Island and Marblehead in December delaying supplies. Efforts continue to deliver relief from Kingsville to Pelee and others as ice reduces isolation.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie Islands
Put-in-Bay
Middle
North Bass Islands
Kelley's Island
Pelee Island
Mascot
Kelleys Island
Marblehead
Catawba Island
Eisra Red Cross Dinner Elects 7 Trustees in Elyria
The Eisra Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual dinner at the Hotel Newell where 17 trustees were discussed, and seven trustees elected. Col Willy Marley of Cleveland spoke on the Veterans Bureau and its work for ex service men, noting the bureau now handles insurance, employment service, and uniform exam procedures. The Elyria Chapter reported 1929 activities, including 84% of applications for help, 447 contacts, 92 calls, large First Aid and home hygiene programs, Red Cross classes, and a Roll Call raising four thousand eighty five dollars. Treasurer’s report showed eight thousand seven hundred thirty three dollars received and five thousand eight hundred dollars paid.
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Veterans’ Bureau
The
Red Cross
Wilara L. Marley
Cleveland
Eisra
American Red Cross
Hotel
Newell
D. A. Baird
Jessie Blanchard
M. P. Boylan
Howard Butler
Harry Calvert
Harvey Cheney
Robert Cr
Marley
Congress
Elyria
Penn Smith
ss-See-Kies
Cascade Park
Park
Oberin College
National Red Cross
Lorain County
Fly
Hamilton
Allen
Miss Smith
dia _tricta
Oberlin
C. O. Jaster
Depres
January Quarantine Notices Set by Sanitary Officer
Sanitary Police Officer Frank H. Williams posted fifty five notices in January. Forty two warned of chicken pox ten warned of whooping cough and three warned of scarlet fever. He also filed twenty six complaints of unsanitary conditions and fumigated four spaces.
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Frank H. Wiliams
Caomier’g Arrested In Rocky Hill Bank Robbery
Rocky Hill Ky Feb 1 Carl Spillman 22 was arrested after three bandits robbed Rocky Hill Bank, forcing cashier Porter Spillman to open the vault and fleeing with 3000 dollars. Carl said he acted as lookout and the others were Robert James and Carlton Mann from Indianapolis, who paid him 200. The elder Spillman went to the bank before opening and was surprised by the gunmen. The alarm was sounded after the robbers fled.
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Rocky Hill
Carl Spillman
Rocky Hill Bank
Porter Spillman
Young Spillman
Spillman
Rober James
Carlton Mann
Indianapolis
Smokery Robbed Of 2000 Dollars In Dayton Bank Friday
In Dayton Ohio on February J a dozen or more customers at Floyd C Shawan Smokery were robbed of about 2000 by two bandits while a third gunman acted as lookout. Victims were forced to surrender valuables as the proprietor was described as the heaviest closer.
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Dayton, O
Feb. J
Elyria Oberlin Populations and Local Notes
Sixty years ago Elyria housed 3038 residents while Oberlin had 2888. Deputy Sheriff Bob Rogers filed over five thousand court papers in the year. Lorain County counts 3365 farms and 5774 miles of improved roads. Local chemist Niels D. Nielsen helped patent pasteurizing and designed an aerial torpedo. Timms Spring Company makes springs from 404 of an inch wire and up to three-eighths inch. used in cameras and farm vehicles. Frank Crew, 49, Cleveland, dislocated a shoulder at Elyria Memorial Hospital after stepping into a work hole in Ridgeville for J W Schriner Company.
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Bob Rogers
Niels D. Nielsen
Lorain County
Timms Spring Company
Frank Crew
Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Crew
Ridgeville
J. W. Schriner Company
Fire truck stolen then found abandoned in alley
A thief in Orange New Jersey reportedly stole a fire truck today possibly in a moment of absent mindedness. The vehicle was later located abandoned in an alley.
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Orange
N. J
174 New Cars Sold in Lorain County in January
A report from the automobile bill-sale department shows 174 new passenger cars sold in Lorain County during January and 17 new trucks. The figures highlight sales activity for the period and may reflect local market demand.
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Lorain County
Unusual Violent Storm Halts Western France Shipping
Off Saint Nazaire a violent thunderstorm disrupted shipping along the coast. The steamship Willow Park sent a distress call in critical condition and several other distress signals were received by the wireless station. The Danish steamer Selandia arrived at port badly battered.
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France
United Press
Saint Nazaire
Willow Park
Selandia
Gangland guns claim life of Chicago crime investigator
Chicago February 1 two gunmen in a morning fog shot Julius Rosenheim a special crime commission investigator as he walked on the north side. His body was found with two bullets through the head after assailants sped away in an auto. Witnesses described the men firing from a passing car.
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Crime Commission
Chicago
Chicago Special Crime Commission
Julius Rosenheim
Fire at Colorado Penitentiary Amid Mutiny Remembrance
The Colorado Penitentiary carpenter shop caught fire in Canon City on February 1. Authorities could not determine if incendiary causes sparked the blaze. Guards manned machine guns on prison walls as Canon City firefighters joined the effort to control the serious fire.
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Colorado Penitentiary
Canon City
Colo
25 Freight Cars Derail in Hocking Valley Wreck
Twenty five freight cars derailed and damaged when a northbound Hocking Valley train wrecked near Prospect in Marion County. Officials say a broken arch bar caused the crash and no injuries were reported.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
Prospect
Marion County
Lorain County Delegation At Farmers Week In Columbus
Lorain County will be well represented at Ohio State University's Farmers Week in Columbus. The county extension service will distribute banners bearing Lorain Quanty. Three Lorain County Farm Bureau delegates will attend the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation meeting during Farmers Week. Delegates are W. G. Caskey Oberlin president Mrs T L Leimbach Brownhelm Township and A D Crocker Columbia Station. Additional county members are expected to attend at times during the week.
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Lorain County
Ohio State University
Columbus
Lorain
Farmers’ Week
W. G. ‘Caskey
Oberlin
Loraln County Farm Bureau
Ti. L. Leimbach
Brownhelm “Township
A. D. Crocker
Columbia Station
County Extension Service
Coast Guardsmen Cleared as Grand Jury Indicts None
Erie county grand jury failed to indict Rudolph Thompson Asa Kamis and Orville La Grant in the Christmas night pursuit in Buffalo harbor. The three coast guardsmen faced second degree manslaughter charges for fatally wounding rum runner Eugene F Downey after a chase.
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Buffalo
Coast
Downey
Income Return Filing Rules Mention March Date Change
Stanley Waite of the Collector of Internal Revenue clarifies information blanks numbered 1096 and 1099 must be filed by February 15 due to a law change, while tax returns remain due by March 15. Employers report each employee earning 1500 or more. married employees 3500 or more. Offices open Fridays year round, and daily March 2 to 15 in both Lorain and the local post office.
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Stanley Waite
Collector of Internal Revenue
Waite
Lorain
Indian Braves Dance To God Of Fire At Navajo Ceremony
At Oraibi in the Navajo reservation, about 300 copper hued dancers wrapped in burning pitch swayed around a hogan near dawn to drive evil spirits away while 102 year old chief medicine man Dugeve Clusotl spoke prayers and youths returned from the ritual with a quiet dawn rest.
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God of Fire
Flagstaff
Aziz
Oraibi
Medicine
Dugeve Clusotl
Faaskern
Tia
Nine Witnesses Testify On Jury Conduct In May Case
Nine jurors testified about alleged misconduct in the manslaughter case of Willam May after his grand jury indictment and prior conviction. Judge W B Thompson heard the motion for a new trial as briefs are due next week, with a decision after study of the briefs.
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Willam May
W. B. Thompson
May
Thompson
Trea
L. J. Lesser
Marseilles Avenue
Elyria
Blanche Gemeiner
Wicka
Lesser
Groundhog Day Folklore and Weather Hints Cited
The overworked weatherman takes a vacation as Brer Groundhog steps in on Feb 2 to offer a weather omen. The tale, a quirky American tradition dating to pioneers, describes the groundhog’s actions and the six week forecast based on shadow and sun.
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United Press
Brer Groundhog
Dary
Mr. Woodchuck
X Marmot
Arctemus Monax
Thia
Bacante Be
Elf
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