Prohibition Agents Establish Lorain County HQ in Elyria
State Prohibition Agents George Baynham and O P Davis set Elyria as their Lorain county headquarters with half their time devoted to the county. They lead a six county drive against illicit liquor, aided by deputized sheriffs and local police, raiding Wellington area spots and arresting William Link on liquor charges for supplying underage Oberlin students.
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Lorain County
George Baynham
O. P. Davis
Elyria
W. W. Aldrich
Baynham
Davis
Ottawa
Seneca
Evie
Huron Sandusky
Lorain
Wellington
William Link
Link
Oberlin
Link Iso
Justice 5
J. George
Frank Tkostelich
28Th Street
Annd
Alex Lasky
Vine Street
Injuries Prove Fatal to 10 Year Old Boy
Raymond Krejci six Stop 412 Grafton Road died at Memorial Hospital at 1 35 pm after injuries from being struck by a car on the Grafton road near his home Monday evening The vehicle was driven by Hazel Reed of Columbia Station He ran from behind a car and across the road in front of the Reed car Deputy William Caley investigated Coroner Thomas Peebies notified.
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Raymond Krejci
Stop
Grafton Road
Memorial Hospital
Hazel Reed
Columbia Station
William Caley
Jerry Krejch
Thomas Peebies
Weather forecast for Ohio and regions shows unsettled pattern
The forecast notes cloudy conditions with occasional rain tonight and Friday. Temperatures rise in Southeast portions and fall in the North. Yesterday’s highs reached 70 in Los Angeles and Phoenix, today’s lows include the Pas at 22 below and White River at 12 below. Unsettled weather prevails over central valleys and lake region with light snow in Missouri and Upper Ohio valleys and rain along the Middle Mississippi Valley. Shippers’ forecast shows North 26 to 30 above, South 33 to 40, East 25 to 26, West 30 to 35 above.
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White River
Northfield
Lake Region
Missouri
Ohio
Mississipi Valley
Mexican
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Fate of relief bill hinges on Hyde statement on food loans
Washington February 12 The fate of the twenty million drought relief compromise hinges on Secretary of Agriculture Hyde's response to the Senate demand for a formal statement on whether food loans will be granted from the fund. Senator Watson of Indiana reported after a White House call this morning.
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Washington
Hyde
Senate
Watson
Indiana
White House
Communist motion against Young Plan fails in Reichstag
In Berlin on February 12 the Reichstag voted 314 to 58 with one abstention to defeat a Communist motion to discontinue Young Plan payments. It then passed a Christian Socialist motion by 314 to 46 urging immediate negotiations with Young Plan signatories to seek revision.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Christian Socialists
Brother and Sister Die In Ghent Road Fire Near Akron
Betty Sourek sixteen and her brother Joseph six were injured when their Ghent Road home three miles from Akron burned today. Fire destroyed the house and the siblings were among the injured. attempt to rescue followed. The tragedy occurred on February 12.
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Akron
Betty Sourek
Joseph
Ghent Road
Bandits Seize Worthless Currency at Union Station
Two bandits invaded Union Station and robbed a mall clerk of three registered pouches bound for the federal treasury. They escaped with a quantity of worthless currency destined for the treasury’s reduction division to be ground into pulp, with about 807,000 dollars already cut and perforated in New York.
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Washington
Union Station
Federal Treasury
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
New York
Pope Pius XI Broadcast World Blessing via Radio
Pope Pius XI launched Vatican’s new wireless station on its ninth coronation anniversary, sending a radio blessing to the faithful worldwide. He spoke in the name of the Prince of the Apostles, praising Senator Marconi’s invention and urging peace and fidelity to Christ for clergy and laity alike.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius
Vatican
Pontié
Papal Academy of Sciences
Guglielmo Marconi
Prince of the Apostles
Marconi
Jesus Christ
Way Opens for Compromise Veterans Relief Bill
The house ways and means committee opened the path for adoption of a compromise Veterans Relief Bill to raise the loan limit on adjusted service certificates. A favorable vote was indicated for later today as the plan moves forward.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Hundreds Entombed After Manchuria Mine Blast
Hundreds of miners were trapped following a blast at the Fushan mines in Manchuria. The explosion occurred on Sunday and rescue efforts continued February 12.
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Peiping
Fushan
Manchuria
Capital Leads In Tribute To Lincoln
Washington on Lincoln Day marks the 122nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with President Hoover and other national leaders to speak. The Republican National Committee lists numerous Lincoln Day rallies across cities featuring speakers including Hyde, Reed, Richardson, Dunlap, Lowman, and Sisson among many others.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Hoover
Curtis
Hughes
Cabinet
Congress
Republican National Committee
Hyde
Louisville
Reed
Meadville
D. W. Davis
Montana
Huntington
W. Va
Hooper
Mich
Baltimore
Eaton
N. J
Trenton
Welch
Calif
Philadelphia
Governor Murray Seeks Another Lincoln at Tomb Ceremony
Springfield reports Gov William H Murray of Oklahoma called for “another Lincoln” during a prayer at Lincoln’s tomb. He likened his rustic background to the martyred president and warned the nation faces history’s test of right versus wrong amid wealth and capital, urging a strong moral leader.
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Murray
Lincoln
Springfield
William H. Murray
Oklaoma
Kentucky
Martyr's Tomb
Ggle
State Builds Up Argon Gage Trial Testimony
Assistant Prosecutor introduces testimony from Perry Dreishaugh in the arson case involving Mrs. Lilly Courtney and her son Howard. Dreishaugh claims Howard Courtney ignited candles in the basement to start a fire and that Mrs Courtney warned him to be careful as the basement burned.
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Perry Dreishaugh
Lilly Courtney
John Harding
Courtney
Oberlin Man Morse Named Lorain County Road Superintendent
James H. Morse of Oberlin has been appointed road superintendent for Lorain county under the State Highway Department. He will report to T. B. Brindle, divisional superintendent at Ashland, and previously served as county superintendent under Governor Donahey's administration.
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Oberlin
James H. Morse
Lorain County
State Highway Department
Morse
T. 8
Brindie
Ashland
Vic Donahey
Breach of Promise Suit Set for Trial in Oberlin
A $50,000 breach of promise suit against Ruth Grant Markham of Oberlin has been assigned for trial within two weeks. Fred W. Morley, formerly an Oberlin College student from Indiana, accuses Markham of promising to marry on February 12, 1929 and planning a public engagement on April 1, 1930 and a June wedding. Markham wed Cyril B. Merkham on April 12, 1930, per the petition. She says she canceled the marriage contract in March 1930 due to Morley’s conduct. It is described as one of the first breach of promise cases to be tried here in years.
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Ruth Grant Markham
East College Street
Oberlin
Charles Helman
Fred W. Morley
Indiana
Oberlin College
Cyril B. Merkham
Cleveland
Markham
Morley
Plan Proposed To Take Over Treet Cars In Elyria
Elyria's transportation committee meets Tuesday to discuss the end of traction service on February 28. City officials employers and street car workers will be invited along with about 20 Cleveland Southwestern Railway employees who have discussed taking over the Elyria lines. Residents in Fairview Village and North Olmsted indicate willingness to help finance the plan. Cleveland Southwestern receiver C L Myers calls the refinancing proposal illogical while noting possible county and citizen support. Mayor Seltzer of North Olmsted expects a public briefing next Tuesday.
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Transportation Committee
Elyria
Fairview Village
North Olmsted
Cleveland
Cleveland Southwestern Rail Way
C. L. Myers
J. O A. Nestor
Myers
Nestor
Charles Seltzer
Seltzer
Mason Smith Seeks City Auditor GOP Nomination
Mason Smith of 237 Gates Avenue announces his bid for the Republican nomination for city auditor at the August primaries. A former Lorain county auditor for eleven years, he joins a period highlighted by fiscal retrenchment urged by Deputy County Auditor C. A. Horn amid tax realignments and changes in state law.
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Mason D. Smith
Gates
Mason
Lorain County
Elyria Chamber of Commerce announces board nominees
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce named 18 nominees for its board after tallying primary votes. Nine directors will be elected in the final ballot, with eight two-year terms and one one-year post to fill C. E. Tucker’s unexpired term. Ballots are due by 4 PM next Tuesday. The slate includes H. A. Dattin, J. B. Johnson, Ralph Standen, Henry Heldrich, E. J. Crisp, W. F. Gollmar, Earl Greenland, John Parsch, among others.
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Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
C. E. Tucker
H. A. Dattin
H. A. Lattin Company
J. B. Johnson
Ohio Public Service Company
Ralph Standen
Kolinski and Standen
Henry Heldrich
E. J. Crisp
Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
W. F. Gollmar
Elgrns Foundry Company
Earl Greenland
Weat ‘Side Lumber and Coat Company
John Parsch
Parsch Lumber
Notorious gunman linked to Potter murder in Cleveland case
Cleveland reports tie between a gangster nicknamed Hymie the Gunman and the Potter murder. Detective Bernard Wolf traced the suspect to Pittsburgh and Detroit, while Fred C. Laub, apartment custodian, emerges as a central figure. Discrepancies in Laub's rent accounts spark further interrogations as police pursue Markus and the mystery of the muted suite.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Bernard Wolf
William E. Potter
Centendar
Potter
Cornelius WW. Cody
M. J. Markus
Jiauh
City Hospital
John Edelberry
Bellees
Markus
Edelberry
Kent
Cleveland, C
Fred C. Laub
Laubs
Chicago
Milan Hranilovich
St. Nicholas Church
Laub
Philadelphia
Hranilovich
Five Escape From Nil At Napoleon Jail
Five prisoners escaped from the Henry county jail in Napoleon by sawing bars and sliding down a rainabout with outside help. Suspects include Ivan Ziegler and J R Austin of Toledo on burglary charges, Charles Moon of Fostoria for robbery, William Starbuck and Dick Cox of Napoleon linked to bootlegging. Sheriff Bowerman notes two others refused to flee and theorizes an accomplice in the jail passage aided the escape to Toledo. Ziegler and Sim faced burglary indictments for the Threeee-Indred Lumber Co. case.
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Napoleon
Henry County
George Bowerman
Ivan Ziegler
J. R
Austin
Toledo
Charles Moon
Fostoria
William Starbuck
Dick Cox
George Zimmerman
Ziegler
Gale Rocher
Fred Ludeman
Bowermans
Amade
Zeigler
Sim
Threeee-Indred Lumber Company
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