Trial of Benzak ends in guilty plea for second degree murder
The trial of Michael Benzak 32 ends as he withdraws not guilty plea and enters guilty to second degree murder. Judge A R Webber imposes life imprisonment. Prosecutor Don W Myers notes the state could prove the case but supports the plea in light of the Dernier family wishes. Benzak killed Alice Wedic on November 19 after drinking. he shot and then injured himself.
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Michael Benzak
Lawrence Webber
Don W. Myers
John Harding
A. R. Webber
Benzak
Webber
Richard Horan
Mike
Myers
Sam
Dernier
Alice Dernier Wedic
Alice Wedic
Durkee Road
Ohio Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Saturday
Ohio forecast calls for mostly fair conditions with little temperature change. Tonight and Saturday should stay mild with light winds and no precipitation expected.
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Ohio
Government urges citizens to buy Baby Bonds from hoarded funds
Washington reports a patriotic appeal to reclaim buried cash for the new Baby Bonds program. Offered via banks around March 7 at 2 percent interest, redeemable on 69 days notice, with denominations from 50 to 500 dollars. The move aims to curb hoarding as money in circulation drops by nearly 18 million dollars in a week.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Elyria Chamber of Commerce Campaign Kickoff at Elk’s Club
Elyria Ohio. The Chamber of Commerce held a membership drive breakfast at the Elk’s Club to review efforts and stress continued support for a well financed organization. Prospect response appeared favorable and leaders cited expected success and lasting underwriting for another year. Attendees included A M Hannaford R W Bell K Plocher A H West A J Curren J B Johnson and many others.
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Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Elk’s Club
A. M. Hannaford
R. W. Bell
K. Plocher
A. H. West
A. J. Curren
J. B. Johnson
F. E. Stevens
C. B E. Tucker
Don Wilmot
J. R. Dall
Robert Crehore
W.W. S. Kohn
E. J. Crisp
E. L. Hakill
J. C. George
HE. D. Bacon
B. F. Jones
H. M. Redington
Co. W. Barres
Ray Wentz
Wmn
Mayor Accused of Hitting Student in Ada Fire
Ada mayor Harry J. Sousley faced assault and battery charges filed by Lincoln F. Bradley an Ohio Northern University student. A March 8 hearing was planned though friends expect a private settlement. Bradley said the mayor knocked out two teeth during a fire incident in Ada.
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Kenton
Harry J. Sousley
Ada
Lincoln F. Bradley
Toledo
Ohio Northern University
Bradley
Sousley
Elderly Woman Killed by Car in Green Springs
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, 75, died after being struck by an automobile Thursday night in Green Springs Ohio. Police investigated the accident and reported the death.
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Tiffin
Elizabeth Wright
Green Springs
Injured Boy Dies After Car Clash on Oberlin Road
John Miadok Jr. age 12 of 122 Brooklyn street died from a fractured skull at Elyria Clinic after a crash on February 26 at stop 100 Oberlin road. His father drove the car. Mrs. Miadok suffered minor injuries. He was a seventh grade student at McKinley School. Funeral services set for Monday at Sudro Funeral Home with burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery. He is survived by his parents and a brother and sister.
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John Miadok, Jr
Brooklyn Street
Elyria Clinic
Oberlin Road
Miadok
John, Jr
McKinley School
Sudro Funeral Home
EB. B. Redhead
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Student Actors In Contest Tonight
Miss Mayne Rice of Western Reserve University will judge Elyria High School and Amherst High School one act plays at Elyria High School auditorium tonight. Winners advance to a Hiram College preliminary on March 5. Plays include Highness Almhersts The Mayor and the Manicure and The Golden Doom starting at 8 p.m. Public welcome.
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Mayne Rice
Western Reserve University
Elyria High School
Amherst High School
Nina Baker
Hiram College
Hiram
Almherst
Clearview
Rotarians Attend Sandusky Area Meeting
A bus load of Elyria Rotary Club members joined more than 200 others from Toledo Waterville Fremont Vermilion and Elyria at a Sandusky luncheon area meeting. The event was one of nine Rotary District Twenty first gatherings across northern Ohio.
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Elyria
Wppwil
Rotary
Clear Way For Relief Bill Passes House Action
The House Rules committee cleared the way for early House action on the 120,000,000 Highway Construction Unemployment relief bill. The measure aims to fund road projects and reduce unemployment through federal highway work.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Pomona Grange Plans March 3 Meeting with Washington Talk
Lorain County Pomona Grange will honor George Washington at Carlisle Grange Hall on March 3. Judge H. C. Wilcox will give a Washington talk in the morning session, with a fifth degree exemplification, basket lunch, and an afternoon program featuring fair premium discussions and a literary program with music by the Seven-Come-Eleven orchestra.
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Lorain County Pomona Grange
George Washington
Carlisle Grange
Washington
H. C. Wilcox
Lorain County Probate Court
Healer at Mansfield in Trouble Arrested for Medicine Charge
Eo Sorgen, known for his healing shows that drew crowds from across Ohio to his Mansfield office, was arrested for practicing medicine without a license. Previously convicted three times in Wellington, Grafton, and Cleveland, he served 60 days in a workhouse and paid $200 plus costs. The 63 year old claims a gift from his Swiss mother and continues to attract followers to his woodland chapel.
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Mansfield
Eo Sorgen
Ohio
Sorgen
Wellington
Grafton
Cleveland
Spurgen
Lorain Democrats Set $1000 Quota for Victory Fund
Lorain County Democrats fixed a $1000 quota in Ohio’s statewide victory fund part of a $1.5 million war chest to finance national Democratic presidential campaign activity. The Ohio fund is $75,000 with over $6,000 already received at state headquarters in Columbus.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Robert 5. Hayes
Columbus
Grange To Hear Tax Talk On Public Spending
Horton B. Alger county extension agent will present How the Taxpayer Dollar is Spent at a tax meeting in Carlisle Grange hall at 8 p m on Tuesday March 1. H W Ingersoll Sr of Lorain County Taxpayers League will also speak. meeting open to the public.
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Horton B. Alger
Carlisle Grange Hall
H. W. Ingersoll, Sr
Lorain County
Relief bill advances with committee approval
Democratic leaders sponsor a relief bill that clears committee approval and adopts a special rule for House consideration at an early date.
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House
Optimism Follows Ohio Chamber Leader on Economy
Frank B. McMillin president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce spoke of a definite turnaround in the economy. He cited fundamentals improving and predicted a gradual rise to a higher prosperity level, with the next peak possible in three years as the overall trend moves upward.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Frank B. McMillin
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
McMillin
Ohio Chamber
Elyrian Sentenced for Shooting at Brown and Jordan
Hollis Brown of 25 West Avenue was sentenced to from one to twenty years in the penitentiary by Judge A R Webber after pleading guilty to shooting and wounding Joseph Jordan during a New Year celebration. Jordan was found guilty of shooting at Brown and seeks probation at a February 29 hearing.
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Hollis Brown
West Avenue
A. R. Webber
Brown
Joseph Jordan
Jordan
Landslide At Lumber Yard Kills Six Near Issaquah
A massive mud and gravel slide at the High Point Lumber Co. bunkhouse near Issaquah Washington crushed the structure. Rescue crews recovered two bodies and four others were believed dead.
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Issaquah
Wash
High Point
Soviet Ready To Defend Frontiers
The Soviet army pledges defense of Russia against any intervention by Czarist Russians or foreign powers. General Vassily Bluecher, commander of the Far Eastern army, spoke at Khabarovsk to government leaders on the Red Army anniversary February 22. The remarks reveal tense patriotic mood in the border region near Manchuria.
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Moscow
Russia
Vassily Bluecher
Khabarovsk
Bluecher
Manchuria
Smiling Joe Filkowski to face victims in New York lineup
New York police will present victims of recent hold ups to identify Smiling Joe Filkowski also called Public enemy No 1 of Cleveland. He is to be extradited to Cleveland to stand trial for the murder of Anthony Veryk after being indicted in Cleveland yesterday.
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New York
UPI
Joe’ Filkowski
Cleveland
Filkowski
Anthony Veryk
Governor White
Columbus
Queensboro
Joe
Mary Keck
Michael Kramer
New York City
Kramer
Seneca County Farmer Dies by Own Hand Leaving Large Family
Sebastian Sendelbach, 46, of Seneca county, shot himself Friday night leaving a wife and 10 children. The tragedy occurred in Tiffin Ohio as authorities investigated the self inflicted death.
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Tiffin
Sebastian Sendelbach
Seneca County
Elyria YMCA Boys Plan Washington Trip for Bicentennial Year
Elyria boys will leave March 26 for an eight day Washington trip marking George Washington's bicentennial birth. The sixth annual YMCA boys division excursion travels by chartered bus, accommodates up to 32 youths, with overnight stops at YMCA houses and returns April 2. Stops include Frederick Maryland Gettysburg Annapolis Baltimore and other sites.
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Elyria
Washington
George Washington
National
Barbara Frietchies
Frederick
Gettysbolurs Battle Field
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Baltimore
Glow of Hope for Peace in Shanghai Crisis
Washington reports a faint glimmer of peace as Japan moves to end the Shanghai embroilment. General Yoshinori Shirakawa leads about 45,000 troops toward China with the aim of achieving a military victory before any settlement. A neutral international zone around Shanghai could follow if Japan prevails, aligning with prior Western peace ideas.
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Washington
Shanghai
State Department
Japan
Tokio
China
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Four Powers Urge Japan Not to Land Reinforcements at Shanghai
Four ambassadors from Britain the United States France and Italy directly asked Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa to avoid landing Japanese reinforcements at the Shanghai International Settlement. They urged moving warships further down the Whangpoo river to lessen danger from Chinese fire.
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Torio
Iueri
United States
Shang
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Whangpoo
Shanghai
Japanese Air Armada Bombs Hangchow In Major Raid
Japanese aircraft attacked Hangchow with a large bombing fleet claiming to destroy 14 Chinese planes while infantry and artillery pressed Chinese lines between Tazang and Kiangwan. Three Chinese planes were shot down and eleven destroyed by bombs. One Nipponese plane was downed with a rescue by a destroyer.
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United Press
Shanghai
Hangchow
Tazang
Kiangwan
Robert Short
Ad Hngchow
Hangchow Bay
Amly
Reject Plan To Settle Strike In Hocking Valley
Athens Feb 36 A plan to settle the Hocking valley mine strike proposed by valley businessmen was rejected today by the scale committee acting for the miners. The plan was turned down at a Nelsonville meeting of the two sides late yesterday.
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Athens. CO
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville
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