Hughes nomination advances after committee vote in senate
Washington February 19 The senate judiciary committee approved Charlies Evans Hughes for chief justice by a party line vote with only Senator Blaine and Norris in dissent. Democrats favor confirmation. Oil magnate Doherty urged a senate inquiry into rumors of political influence and warned against using the court for personal gain. He claimed Hoover might appoint five oil men to oil conservation roles, likening it to appointing steel magnates to a disarmament conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charlies Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Neb
Blaine
Hughes
Senate
Tenrs L. Doherty
Oiiman
New York
Cities Service Corporation
Doks
Aest
Supreme’ Court
Doherty
Taft
Hoover
Sheriff Seeks Sanity Probe for Hunger Striking Drugist
Sheriff John Risier asked a sanity commission to examine Richard Stewart a local druggist on hunger strike for 26 days since arrest on a molestation charge. Stewart who has taken no sustenance except water says he will not eat until he is liberated and the sheriff believes he is insane. He was fined 200 dollars after arrest and has reportedly lost one pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
John Risier
Sanity Commission
Richard Stewart
B. R. Lilley
Stewart
Risher
Need for better juror facilities at Lorain court house
A lengthy Lorain County Common Pleas report details crowded jury rooms hindering trials. Observers say jurors mix with witnesses in halls and restrooms, risking outside influence and delaying proceedings. Calls grow for a new court house or additions to improve segregation and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecain County Court House
Lorain County
Common Pleas
WE. Thompson
Brant
of Syreta
von Decick
Charles Heimann
Lorain
Hermann
Orr
Jane
Heimann
H- Carepeat
Common Pleas Cau
Ito
Thompson
Mar
Mars
Toave
Trompson
Court House
Lorrain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Biggest liquor conspiracy unearthed across cities
Chicago based Herald and Examiner report a vast liquor conspiracy involving more than 150 persons across cities from New York to Los Angeles. They say $60,960,000 in alcohol diverted from government sources was traced by special federal investigators led by Alexander G. Jamie. Investigators claim 4,090,000 gallons reached Chicago and New York with other shipments to Kansas City and San Francisco. The case prompted anticipated congressional probes and centers on a New York drug company shipment leading to a chemist who sparked the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herald and Examiner Today
Sar York
Los Angeles
Alexander G. Jamie
Maipir
Herald and Examiner
New York
Kansas City
San Francisco
Lorain Street Railway seeks new street cars
Lorain Street Railway Company asks the Public Utility Commission for authority to replace its equipment with 19 new street cars. The firm seeks to issue 123,330 in six percent car trust notes to finance a 145.04 purchase, buying cars from the St Louis Car Company with a 21,730 initial payment and the remainder in ten annual installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States proposes to build new battleship equal to Rodney
London reports that the United States has proposed to Britain it may build one new battleship equivalent to the Rodney. Rodney, completed in 1927, is a 33,996 ton oil burning ship armed with nine 16 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, six 4.7 inch guns and twenty eight smaller weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Great Britain
America
Rodney
Kidnappers Seize Traction Agent With Cash Shipment
In Indianapolis on February 10 three men kidnapped William Gerard, a traction terminal agent carrying $5,000 to deposit in a bank. A police squad pursued the abductors as the involved vehicle sped northward. Gerard was seized while transporting the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William Gerard
Gerard
Traction Terminal
Tragic Erie Train Crash Claims Four Near Galion
At 3 a m a car returning from an outing was struck by an Erie train in Galion Ohio killing Garnett Hazen 22 of Galton and Bernard Keith 32 of Crestone and seriously injuring Dorothy Crane 24 of Galion and Williard Blann 80 of Crestline. The car was dragged 500 feet after the collision. Counts of the victims and injuries reflect a deadly early morning accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Erie Railroad
Garnett Hazen
Galton
Bernard Keith
Crestone
Dorothy Crane
Williard Blann
Crestline
Parti
Miss Hazen
Keith
Former Legion Auxiliary Leader Mrs Frogler Dies at Home
Mrs. Richard Frogler of Henrietta, former president of the American Legion Auxiliary, died after a lingering illness. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Milan Chapel with representatives from ALA chapters countywide expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Frogler
Henrietta
American Legion Auxiliary
Milan
Tomottom
Seventeen Family Members In Lutheran Church Service
The Chronicle Telegram reports that seventeen members of Mrs A. Kraefts family at 323 an avenue have pursued Lutheran church work. Fifteen are or have been active in church roles, with two nieces married to Lutheran ministers. Six nephews are ministers and a niece’s son studies for the ministry. Walter Kraeft is a professor at a Lutheran day school college in Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Minsters
Kraeft
Walter
Oak Park
Tinos
Lutheran Church
Confession Ties Toledo Man to Berlin Heights Bank Robbery
Lawrence McMillan, 24, of Toledo, was arrested in Cuetn Sandusky by Sheriff John W. Parker as a suspect in a Berlin Heights bank robbery on February 1. Two men fled with 3500 dollars. McMillan allegedly confessed to participating and had bought a high powered car soon after the crime. He was taken into custody at his wife’s home. authorities expect the co conspirator to be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuetin
Sandusky, CO
Lawrence McMillan
Toledo
John W. Parker
Berlin Heights
McMillan
Parker
Youth Confesses to Murdering Qivorcee in Muskegon
Forest Weaver 29 faces arraignment on murder charges after Gladys Erhardt 24 was found killed and dismembered. William Tissue said Weaver confessed that Erhardt promised to marry him, then told him she loved another man. Body found by Weaver’s brother. arrest followed. Also reports of a postmaster killed by a collapsing ladder and Golden Eagle Aircraft moving offices to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Forest Weaver
Gladys Erhardt
William Tissue
Weaver
Erhardt
Tissus
George
Forest
Ohio narcotics sweep nets arrests in three cities
Federal antinarcotic drives in Hamilton Toledo and Cleveland netted a surge of arrests and drug seizures valued in the thousands. Physicians including a Dayton doctor were tied to the traffic as investigators forewarn of further arrests in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Harry Sewell 51 of Richmond Indiana was held on bond after arraignments with Miss Wilson and officials say the schemes involved 209 prescription issues and substantial payments for drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hamilton
Toledo
Cleveland
Harry Sewell
Richmond
Jnd
Sewell
Dayton
U. S
August A. Simeon
Cincinnati
Miss Wilson
Simeon
Imlingis
Indiana
French Plane Crash Claims Two Lives Near Le
A French aircraft crash near Le resulted in two fatalities. Among the dead were Mrs Hodges and a head passenger. four Frenchmen survived with injuries. Two French mechanics were hurt, one seriously, while passengers and the mother of a crew member were noted among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanar
Goviata
Hodges
Ane
Arzon
Nevet
Woman Suffers Fractured Wrist After Sidewalk Fall
Mrs Amelia Williams 52 of 108 Kaiser Court fractured her left wrist when she fell on the sidewalk on Chestnut street Saturday afternoon. She was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital emergency room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Amelia Williams
Kaiser Court
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gasoline Truck Trailer Hit By Speeding Train Bulletin
A southbound Southern Pacific train collided with the trailer of a gas truck at a Ventura crossing. The tanker exploded, igniting the train and injuring only the engineer and fireman. USC basketball players returning from a game with Stanford fled in night clothes from their compartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
Ted
Southern Pacific Lines
University of Southern California
Stanford
Cardinal Gasparri Resigns at 77 in Vatican Shuffle
Vatican City February 10 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli formally assumes the post of secretary of state of the Holy See succeeding Cardinal Gasparri. Gasparri retires after a career aimed at a concordat with Italy and a Vatican settlement of the long Roman question. Pacelli, aged fifty four, is named secretary to replace him.
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Vatican City
Eugenio Pacelli
Holy See
Cardinal Gasparri
Cardinal Pacelli
Pius
Berlin
Ate
Vatican
Rome
Congregation
Gasparri
Sevenir-seten
Pius X
Italr
Taft Continues To Improve At Home
Washington February 18 continued improvement was noted in the condition of William Howard Taft who has been gravely ill at his home He is able to sit briefly and his appetite grows Doctors Ciamor and Hagner reported he rests quietly His daughter Helen Manning arrived from Philadelphia and Horace Taft returned to Waterbury after visiting. East Liverpool and East Palestine reports of bandit robberies followed by brief items from Tiffin on a Northwestern Ohio Legion drive and local posts James Burkett and Dudley White led the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Howard Taft
Duletin
Thomas A. Ciamor
Francis Hagner
Nooz
Asheville
N. C
Helen Tait Manning
Philadelphia
Horace Tait
Waterbury
Tiffin. O
Ohio
American Legion
Dudley White
Norwalk
Tarry Burkett
Fostoria
Flying burglar loots Air Express office in Columbus
A thief looted the Air Express Inc. offices at Port Columbus and fled in a travel biplane owned by E B Gewart of Newark Ohio. Articles worth 880 dollars were taken, while the plane was valued at 1800 dollars.
Hoover Begins Florida Fishing Vacation Aboard Saunterer
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover arrived in Florida at Long Key to begin a fishing vacation aboard the houseboat Saunterer. The Hoovers, greeted by vacationers, boarded the boat about 7 30 a m with secretary Lawrence Richey and other aides aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Key
Fire
Hoover
Seafast
Saunterer
Mir
Kilkenny
Commerce Department
Lawrence Richey
United States
Jeremiahs Milbank
New York City
Hoovers
Plan for Recreation Room Abandoned at Oberlin Home
County commissioners dropped proposed recreation room over the Oberlin Lorain County Children’s Home garage after finding the cost would reach about 1 906 dollars. The plan had been presented to the Home’s Board of Trustees for approval.
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Roow
Lorain
Oberlin
Board of Trustees of
the Children’s Home
Furniture for sale and exchange in want ads
A busy want ad notes furniture sold after an eager reader spotted it and suggests exchanging unused items for cash to cover bills and taxes. Readers are invited to call 4472 4413 to place or inquire about listings and watch the results.
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Norrig
Prohibition Bureau
Anslinger
Prohibition
Doran
Lorain Company
Bink
Bulletex
Legion Auxiliary OF Only Buts
Elizabeth Ailey
Elizabeth Alley
J. P. Alley
Southwestern College
Memphis
Fend
Qivorcee
George Stick
Eiliston
Columnus, O
Golden Eagle Aircraft Corporations
R. O. Bone
Columbus Industrial Bureau
Gore
Owi
East Liverpool
Fred Carter
East Palestine
Bulletin
Florida
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