Death sentence handed to Hickman in Parker murder case
In Los Angeles, William Fidward Hickman was sentenced to death for the murder of 12 year old Marion Parker. Judge J de Trabucel overruled defense motions for a new trial and set execution for Friday April 27. He also received a prison term for the rape of Marion Parker. no term for kidnapping was set as the court believed death would resolve the case.
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Hirhmat
Miaron Parker
Ux Ad
Nec
Elyria Stores Targeted by Check Forgery Suspect
A Saturday incident in Elyria reports a check operator passing seven counterfeit checks at cat markets and groceries to obtain cash and goods totaling over 200 pounds. The forger, about five feet ten inches tall, stocky with a smooth face, claimed endorsements of a respected local citizen and used a signature from a bank.
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Elyria
Tom
Tome
Burns Denies Shadowing Jurors
Washington February 14 William J Burns a veteran detective denied any connection with the shadowing of jurors in the Sinclair case. He faced contempt charges alongside Kavey F Sinclair and four others.
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Bes
Washington
William J. Burns
Tners
Fall-Sizclair
Kavey F. Sinclatt
Australian Flays Mayor Big Bill Thompson
London February 14 The Australian commissioner to the United States Sir Hugh Danison denounced Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson. He described Thompson as a 300 percent American in appearance but 10 percent German in wartime conduct and warned listeners not to take him seriously, saying he does not represent American public opinion.
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London
Hugh Danison
U. S
Bis Bh’ Thompson
Chicago
Hugbh Denilson E
Valentine Babies Checkup In City Names 1928 List
The Chronicle Telegmin Cantey announces today the names of Byriu's 1928 Valentine babies. A complete city wide medical checkup by all physicians is under way and a definite announcement is expected in Wednesday's issue.
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Chronicle-Telegmin Cantey
Byriu
Maschke Draws Hoover Support After Willis Drift
In Cleveland on February 24, Maschke withdrew backing for Senator Frank Willis and signaled support for Herbert Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination. The Ohio Republican party shows mixed reactions as Maschke aligns with Hoover while some committeemen reserve loyalty to Willis.
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Cleveland
Republican Stat Tron
Maurice Fi. Macional
United States
Frank B
Secrex
Comnerea Hoover
Ian
Maschhke
Oreanivacon
Maschke
Herbert Hoover
Masel
Hits
Ro Memiblicam
Waschkeshherds
Patlhonal
Willis
Willis Cagae
Theodore Burton
Hoover
Oberlin man fined after liquor found in shop
Bert Jackson colored of Oberlin was arrested Monday by the deputy sheriff for possession and pleaded guilty before Judge A. F. Webber. He was fined 500 pounds and costs after officers found liquor at his blacksmith shop in Wellington following complaints about the place.
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Bert Jackson
Oberlinne
de Yecty
Enarze
A. F. Webber
Jackson
Wellington
Cheney Addresses Young Men's Club on Lincoln Preserved
Harvey Chener spoke last night at the Elyria Young Men's Club about Lincoln and what he preserved. The talk focused on the elimination of constitutional principles and Lincoln’s work to uphold popular government and rights. motion pictures by a new portable machine were shown afterward.
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Harvey Chener
Young Men's Club
Elyria 1
Chener
Lincoln
Chene
Cheney
Woman Nominated for Steubenville Postmaster
Washington Feb 14 President Coolidge sent to the senate the nomination of Edna M. Gilson to be postmaster at Bleubenville Ohio Bleubenville spelled as in source.
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Steubenville
Washington
President Coolidge
Senate
Edna M. Gilson
Bleubenville
Hoover Opposition Sets in Motion in Senate Flood Vote
Washington February 14 The senate commerce committee voted to summon Secretary Hoover to disclose views on flood control and burden sharing for relief. The move aims to force Hoover to align with or oppose President Coolidge's plan, signaling a sharp political fight amid Republican rivalries in North Dakota against Hoover allies.
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Hoover
London
North Dakota
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Ohio
Bansis
Hawes
Feretce Willis
Senate Commerce
Haaser
Considre
Treasury Department
Mellon
Penneylvania
Eley
Thrida
Commerce Committee
Willis
iHoover
Coolidge
Hovier
Psissippi
Hole
Lowdon
Sortie
Former Major Onfeoty 10 Slaying Wife
A former American Army major, Cecile Clyde Campbell Bell, confessed to killing his wife with a hammer at the Grand Hotel in New York eight days ago. Detectives in New York state arrested Campbell Bell here, and he described a "death pact" and planned suicide before the crime. The couple discussed financial troubles and prayed after the fatal blows, with previous talks of leaping from ferries or hotel windows. Dorothy Rogers, a 14-year-old girl from Loudonville, Ohio, remains missing as authorities seek her in Cleveland after last seen on a highway toward the city.
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Philade Elphta
Cécil Clyde Campbel
Grand Hotel
New York
Campbell
Tully
Cleveland
Cornelis W. Cody
Loudenville
Dorothy Rogers
No Accident Year at General Industries ElsTi2 Plant
A full year without a lost time accident is record setting at General Industries Company in Els Ti2. Whitney, safety director, reports 1,263,570 hours by 704 workers with no injuries causing time off since February, noting prior years with finger losses and a safety campaign using guards and devices to keep hands away from machinery.
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General Industries Company
Els
Whitney
Chromide-Telegram
Woitnes
Pach
Te Puneau
Everr Emerranerl
Earl of Oxford Near Death
Earl of Oxford and Asquith near death in Sutton England relatives at bedside amid no hope for recovery. The former prime minister weakened by pharyngitis and bronchitis with family physician reporting status as virtually hopeless. Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter, son-in-law, said the end seems near.
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Sutton
Onkiney
England
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
Maurice Bonham-Carter
Lord Oxford
Great Britain
Lindbergh outlines future plans after Havana flight
St Louis February 11. Charles A Lindbergh says his future includes a homecoming flight over St Louis today and a research trip along his old air mail route to catalog next week. He plans to advise the Greenheim fund and eventually gift his Spirit of St Louis to the Smithsonian. He stressed no fixed schedule and praised the plane’s reliability in his Havana nonstop flight.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Cal
Charles
Lindbergh
St Louis
Cattago
Sitt H Im Ai
Havana
Gneexenheim Fund
Sgirn of
Smithsonian Institute
Ince
San Diego
Kavana
J. Louis
America
Oil Committee To Question Dem Party Leaders
Washington report notes the Teapot Dome committee will summon Democratic leaders to explain how the 1920 campaign deficit was cut by 3.2 million by 1924. Chairman Nye says evidence shows Harry Sinclair donated bonds to both parties and the panel will subpoena Potter & Co. officials who handled Sinclair gifts to the Republican committee.
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Dem
Holletin
Washington
Democratic Party
Senate Teapot Dome
Nye
Nive
Harry Sinclair
Oor
Sinclair
Continental Trading Company
Potter & Co
New York
Readers Born Feb 29 Invited to Write to Editor
Chronicle Telegram calls on readers born on February 29 or with relatives born that day to send notes. Several responses have already been received and others are urged to participate.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Five Senators Testify For Burns Contempt Trial
In Washington on February 14 five U. S. senators testified in the Sinclair Burns contempt trial that William J. Burns, noted detective, had a good reputation for integrity. Senators Watson Indiana Republican Moses Illinois President pro tempore Shorridge California Republican and others affirmed their personal friendship with Burns.
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Washington
U. S
William J. Burns
James E. Watson
Indiana
Repu
Geo. H. Moses
MIL
Senate
Samuel Shorridge
California
Burns
Royal Copeland
Robert Wagner
New York
Elyrian Hurt By Garon In Street Collision
Adolph Johnson, 58, of 225 West Bridge Street, was critically injured when struck by a car driven by Chester Popa, 18, of Fisra Road in Cascada, at Lodi streets. Popa and his companion William McNeal, 15, were questioned after Johnson was hospitalized.
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Adolph Johnson
West Bridge Street
Fisra Memorial Hospital
Heros
Chester Pops
Fisra
Cascada
Popa
Autariand Pay Tribute to Lincoln at Rotary Meeting
Eiria Rotarians honored Abraham Lincoln at a Hot I Newell meeting. Speaker Frank Wilford linked Lincoln to the clash between Pilgrim spirit and slave trade origins. He argued the Republic’s spirit includes Cuba’s freedom and decolonization of the Philippines. Deane Burns presided in Webber’s absence.
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Eiria Rotarians
Abraham Lincoln
Hot I Newell
Frank Wilford
Lincoln
Piemouth
Mass
Charleston
North Carolina
Wilford
America
Cuba
China
Liuwaln
Deane Burns
Lawrence Webber
Don Baird
AL L. Werarr
Elyria Board of Trade Elects Directors
Three incumbent directors Charles Z. Crehore A J Robinson and Max Goldstein were re elected. New directors George D Nicholas and Roy J Miller won seats after 201 ballots were cast with over two thirds turnout. An organizational meeting is set for tonight at the Newell hotel where officers may be elected.
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Elyria Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Charles Z. Crehore
A. J. Robinson
Max Goldstein
George D. Nicholas
Roy J. Miller
Newell Hotel
Steel & Tubes to build continuous hot strip mill at Elyria
Steel & Tubes, Inc. officials announced executive officers were authorized to arrange financing for a continuous hot strip mill at Elyria to employ about 130 workers. Construction may start in six months, adjoining the current strip mill in Elyria and creating roughly 180 jobs total. projected cost around 2.76 million dollars.
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Steel and Tubes, Inc
Chronicle-Telegram
Bailt
Cleveland
Hugh B. Wick
Myron A. Wick
Steel & Tubes, Inc
J.T. Sussman
Brooklin
Elyria
Wick
Eby- Tia
Limon Bartlett
Harris Sussman
Eltria Tron Steel
Teel & Tubes
Monegan Tube Co
Mohegan
Wicks
Steel & Tuarbes
Hoover Urges Party Organization as Core of Democracy
Herbert Hoover, then secretary of commerce, told a Lincoln Day gathering of the Republican club that party organization is essential to democracy. He indicated his intent to enter the Ohio primary as a Republican presidential candidate. He praised Lincoln as the foundation of the party and urged building a lasting structure to guide the republic.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Secretart of Commerce
National Ree 4 Publican Club
Lincoln Day
Hoover
Ohio
Republicas
Lincoln
Republican Party
Republican Party, and Thex dJuty
Our Republic
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