Coroner Rules Death An Accidental Staircase Fall
Joe Vestag aged 38 died after a fall on stairs at 191 West River Street. The coroner ruled the death accidental after an investigation that noted the deep stairway and landing, Vestag’s smoking of a pipe, and no pipe fragments found at the bottom. Vestag had worked at Cart Owls farm on Telegraph Road and had a wife and son.
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Joe Vestas
West River Street
Vestag
Anarson
County Comer Mines
E. Perry
Cartowls
Telegraph Road
Toom
Dermas
Cies
Tae
Grafton Youth Is Sentenced For Theft
Grafton youth Edmund Szpania pleaded guilty to theft at the WWiter general store. Justice E Gardner imposed a fine of 310 and costs and ordered days in county jail. Deputy Sheriff Joe Noresky and Sheriff Clarence Adams led the investigation after the owner reported missing money and goods totaling about 37 dollars.
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Igh
Grafton
Edmund Sznania
E. Gardner
Sherif Clarence
Adams
Oioney
Sherif Joe Noresky
Szpantia
Noveskrit
E- Routh
Szpania
Condition Of Emery Smith Unchanged
Authorities report Emery Smith of 213 Spruce Street remains in unchanged condition after a Tuesday injury on Lodi Street. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken arm following an incident with a car near Elsha Memorial Hospital.
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Elsha Memorial Hospital
Emery Smith
Spruce Street
Lodi Street
Akon man hailed for halting crime wave at filling station
Akron report: Thomas W. Griffo, 30, becomes the 11th man captured while trying to rob Frank Mallison at his filling station. Mallison shot and killed 19 year old William Bishop and wounded a 25 year old companion during the incident. Nine years prior, five men robbed Mallison and looted cash register. three bandits were found wounded in a ditch when police arrived. Griffo’s capture follows Mallison’s quick action after the alarm sounded at 2 am.
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Akron
Thomas W. Griffo
Frank K. Bfallison
Fline
Mary
Mallison
William Bishop
Senators clash as Hughes nomination at Senate hearing
Washington Feb 13 Senators Carter Glass and Gerald Mc Reynolds contended the Supreme Court has drifted from its original functions during the third day of debate on Charles Evans Hughes to succeed William Howard Taft. They argued the court is now ruling on economic and social questions rather than interpreting the law citing Chief Justice Walter Clark and Justice Ford.
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Washington
Chas. Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
Supreme Court
Hugi
William Howard Tait
Carter Glass
Dem
Gerald Mre
North
Dakota
Glass
Xre
Ciar
North Carolina
Justi Ford
New York
Honeymoonplet lies to free man in Columbus case
In Columbus, Ohio, Lestis Keller, 22, of Toledo, was jailed three days for speeding toward his bride. Judge Berri tedar freed him upon learning the couple are on their honeymoon. In Thornville, Ohio, pilots planned takeoffs after forced landings on a farm near Aaron Mobler due to fog.
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Columbus
Lestis Keller
Toledo
Berri Tedar
Thornville, CO
Aaron Mobler
Here
Arizona
St. Louis
Settle Claim Wn Timms Blast
Columbus Feb 13 Ohio Fuel Gas president T Raymond Cross announced a joint settlement between his company and Timms Spring of Elyria over the November 9 explosion at the Timms plant that killed six and injured four. He declined to disclose damage totals and defended the firm’s responsibility. The Ohio Industrial Commission awarded death benefits to several workers and compensation to others, with details listed for William Simpson Bainer Mike Sreiz John Rappie Walter Kers Marr Downs Augustus Geanol Samuel J Husted and Myron Saussler, among others.
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Columbus
T.raymond Cross
Ohio Fuel Gas Company Today
Timms Spring Company
Elyria
Spring Company
Cat Cruse
Ohio Industrial Commission
William Simpson
Bonus Bainer
Mike Sreiz
John Rappie
Walter Kers
States S Department of Claims
Margaret Altman
M Marr Downs
Augustus Geanol
Samuel J. Husted
Myron Saussler
Department of Claims
Insurance Salesman Swindles Farmers Cited in County
Police seek an alleged fake insurance salesman driving a large sedan with a Pennsylvania license. He reportedly roamed LaGrange and Grafton swindling farmers by selling a questionable “two years accident, liability, life insurance and free towing up to forty miles for two years” plan at 236.50 with ten dollars down. Receipts mention offices in Cleveland and Akron.
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E. 3
Stankard
LaGrange
Grafton
Cletr
Land
Akron
Expedition Finds Strongholds Of Ancient Philistines
Archaeologist Alan Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania reports discoveries at Beisan 55 miles north of Jerusalem. Eight stacked historical layers reveal Byzantine, Hellenic, Seti I, Amenophis III, Ashtoreth, and Dagon temples linking to Israelite kings. Beisan, ancient Bethshan, sits at critical crossroads with a long history of warfare and tribute. Further digging continues to uncover more of the Philistine Israelite periods.
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Jerusalem
Alan Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Saul
David
Beisan
Ashtoreth
Seti
Amenophis III
Dagon
Mediterranean
Transjordania
Esdraelon
Jezreel
Palestine
Serrhopolis
Heaven
Louisville L and N awards 1800 freight cars contract
Louisville Kentucky February 13 U P contracts for 1800 freight cars to cost about four million dollars have been awarded by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. Successful bidders include the Pullman Car Company Birmingham the Pressed Creek Car Company Pittsburgh and the Mount Vernon Car Company Mount Vernon Alabama. The company also plans to buy locomotives and passenger coaches.
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Louisville
U.P
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Pullman Car Company
Birmingham
Pressed Creek Car Company
Pittsburgh
Mount Vernon Car Company
Mount Vernon
Japs Propose Reducing Battleship Tonnage at Conference
London February 13 J P U P Japanese delegation at the Naval Conference issued a memorandum proposing a reduction of battleship tonnage from 335000 tons to 23000 tons and cutting gun sizes to 14 inches. It also urged extending the age of battleships to 26 years and a replacement holiday to 1936.
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London
U.P
Naval Conference
Order to ruin all bootleg resorts raid in Youngstown
February 13. Assistant Police Chief Engelharde ordered the vice squad to adopt rough tactics in a campaign to eradicate illicit liquor resorts in Youngstown. He urged smashing doors windows bars and furniture instead of quiet arrests, with wrecking raids to target business district establishments.
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Youngstown
Engelharde
Noah Beery In Grave Condition After Appendectomy
Hollywood reports Noah Beery screen actor in grave condition after appendicitis operation. At Hollywood Hospital doctors say gangrene set in complicating surgery and risk remains high following the operation overnight.
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Noah Beery
Hollywood
U.P
Hollywood Hospital
Beery
Opel plant workers council backs unions against communist led strike
In Germany at the Opel General Motors Works workers council resolved to support the unions against disturbances at the plant. The council condemned a 200 man strike called by Communist leaders and urged employees to keep order.
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Russelsheim
Germany
U.P
Opel General Motors Works
Woman Issues Plea for National Prohibition Referendum
Mrs Mary Norton a Democratic Congresswoman from New Jersey challenged the House judiciary committees prohibition hearing urging adoption of her resolution for a plebiscite on repealing the 18th amendment. The request was reported from Washington on February 13 by UP and centers on a nationwide vote.
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Washington
Drys
House Judiciary Committees
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Enters Prison for Life in Cedarville Case
Gilbert Cooper, 50, of Cedarville, began life imprisonment after a new trial was granted for the alleged murder of Caleb Hitchcock at Massey Creek near Xenia. He had been convicted after a dispute over trapping near Massey Creek and was awaiting the return of his case.
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Columbes. O
O.R
Gilbert Cooper
Cedarville
Caleb Hitchcock
Cooper
Hitchcock
Massey Creek
Xenia
Hughes Wrote Shoals Contract Split Over Senate Fight
Testimony before the senate lobby committee today states Charles Evans Hughes drafted the contract in legislation to turn Muscle Shoals over to the American Synamid Co. The Synamid bid faces stiff opposition from senators opposing Hughes's nomination to chief justice.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
American Synamid Co
Senate
Synamid
Hughes
TU. S
State News In Brief Mansfield to Cleveland and more
A collection of brief Ohio items reports James T Begg blaming excessive legislation for a lawless country at a Lincoln banquet in Mansfield with 230 attendees. Cleveland fire chief George A Wallace recovering from eye inflammation after a dinner incident. Grotto members initiated in Cincinnati. Gov Cooper says Abraham Lincoln would favor river and highway expansion. Suicide of George Batesof in Lea over prison term. Willis, 86, Delaware County Civil War veteran and uncle to the late Senator Frank Willis, dies. Clelands of Appe Creek High School win with Old King Pharaoh’s Daughter recital. Bank president D K Shoop dies in Wauseon. Rep Charles J Thompson seeks re-election. Mrs Ella Grads dies from stair accident injuries in Columbus.
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Mansfield. G
James T Fess
Sandusky
Clevreland
Citie Clubs
Richland County
Lincoln Association
Begg
Lincoln
Delaware. O
R. K.willis
Frank
Willis
Delaware County
Orrville mystery ends as boy implicates kin in Melvin Horst murder
Akron Times Press reports Melvin Horst four year old of Orrville is murdered in a bootleg feud. Junior Hanna, ten, flips to a new confession naming Earl Conaid and Donald Hanna as attackers. Charles Hanna admits presence at the garage scene and implicates Conaid. motive ties to liquor raids.
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Akron. O
Fea
Akron Times Press
Walter J. Carle
Wooster
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Dor
Earl Conaid
Sia
Time Press
Melvin Ho
Warne
Melvin
Junior Hanna
Marion Graven
Junior
Dad
Bor
Charles Hanna
Ceraid
Donald
Hanna
Gazg
Myrstiery
Melvyin
Roy Horst
Arnolds
Elias Arnold
Ror Horst
Melve
Frank Frey
Cleveland Avenue
Conald
Serace
Ron
Conaic
Tim
Ren
Jupior
Elias Arnald
Arthur
Conale
Captive Eagle Held In Mt Gilead Shed Trap
A great bald eagle with a seven foot four inch wing span, believed from the Lake Erie area, has been captured in a coyote trap near Mt Gilead. It is held in a woodshed awaiting disposition as officials consider moving it to Columbus Zoo. The bird refuses food and has attempted to escape its captor.
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Vermilion
Mt. Gilead
Morrowscounty Sentinel
Mt.Gilead
Chronicle Telegram
Jay H. Westbrook
Eazie
Columbus
Lake Erie
Chronicle-Tislam
Opposition to Hughes Grows as Walsh Joins Opposition
The article reports Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, a top Senate attorney, planning to join the opposition to Hughes. Walsh reportedly told privately he may change his vote on a key proposition, leveraging his legal influence to sway several ballots and potentially cast the contest into doubt.
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Shington
Evans
Senate
Watson
United Press
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Hughes
Lorain County considers sites for tuberculosis hospital
Lorain County officials discussed the selection of a site for a new tuberculosis sanitarium. The plan is to price and bid the building pending Health Board approval. Amherst offered ten acres free and praised for scenery, with several other sites evaluated along Lake Erie and near Lorain, Oberlin, and Elkhart.
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Lorain Cyun'Home
Muriway Ridge
State Department of Industrial Relations
Countty Building Commission
Paul Rissman
Lorain
Senate
State Board of Health
Rissman
George ‘Roades
Anutomobile
Elshna
Amherst
Building Commission
Tia Commission
Cleveland Stone Company
Eastman
Lake Erie
Elrria
Amherst Council
ALS, Taylor and
Sagar
Ridgeville
F. H. Mosei
Lake Avenue
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Wauseon
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