Explosions Hit Cleveland Shop District in Panic
A series of 20 blasts rocked Cleveland's industrial district injuring three people and causing major damage. Homes and businesses suffered shattered windows as manhole covers flew like chips. Firemen and police struggled to control crowds as investigators probe sewer or natural gas as the blast source.
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Letin
Gueveland
Kinsman
Méar
Jes Wanaway
Flo
St. Aledis
Nase
Frank Parrison
Grace Chisholm
Ada Patton
Minnie Jossman
Wmarnes
Battalion
William McNamara
Key Witness in Taylor Murder Case Found
United Press reports Otis Hefner, missing key witness in the William Desmond Taylor murder mystery, was located in San Francisco. The find aligns with prior statements by Governor Friend Williams Richardson and Los Angeles DA Earl Warren regarding a recovered motive and the reconstructed crime scene.
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United Press
San Francisco
Otis Tefner
William Desmond Taylor
United Pressefner
William Thehardson
Tiuron Fitts
Los Angeles
George WH. Powers
Hefner
State Prison Board
Falsam Penitentiary
Elevator Fall Injures Miners in Toledo Mention
A 60 foot elevator fall left 12 miners hurt while a chaotic incident ended with George Lenko, 22, being taken to Toledo State Hospital for the Insane. Lenko allegedly assaulted police, seized a gun, and was subdued after a struggle with officers. He confessed limited details about his parents and claimed Yugoslavian roots.
Marie Jose Enters Rome for Royal Marriage Celebrations
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium began her stay in Rome ahead of Wednesday's wedding to Crown Prince Umberto. A grand triumphal arch welcomed her as crowds cheered, with Rome embracing the royal couple amid a formal state ceremony and widespread European noble presence.
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Rome
Belgium
Humbert
Marie Jose
Mumbert
Quirinal
Mary
Hospital Busy in 1929 Says Elyria Memorial Report
Elyria Memorial Hospital cared for more patients in the last quarter of 1929 than any prior year with 528 admissions October through December compared with 479 in 1928. The year saw 416 births, 293 boys and 193 girls, 120 new crippled children admitted, 1034 X Ray exams, and 2098 inpatients treated, excluding outpatients in emergency, lab and therapy departments.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Poultry Expert Will Speak At Grange Meeting
P B Zumbro of Ohio State University poultry extension specialist will be one of the speakers at the Pomona Grange meeting in La Grange Saturday afternoon. He will discuss the breeding and rearing of chicks and address other poultry problems as arranged by the county extension service.
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P. B. Zumbro
Ohio State University
Pomona Grange
la Grange
County Extension Service
Zumbro
Lift Crashes in Ohio Mine Bury Lift Shaft No Warning
Twelve miners injured after a lift in the Walhending mine near Senecaville fell 60 feet to the shaft bottom. A defective power motor blamed as the elevator descended about 100 feet then plunged. Those hurt include Martin Martinsky S Mesterpan Harley Jonson Marion Perkins Joseph Walker Robert Duse John Mariinsky Frank Lawton Luther Day Richard Thompson George Stropsky and John Dark.
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Cambridge
Walhending
Senecaville
Wells Hospital
Buffalo
Pleasant City
Martin Martinsky
S. Mesterpan
Harley Jonson
Marion Perkins
Joseph Walker
Robert Duse
John Mariinsky
Frank Lawton
Luther Day
Richard Thompson
Getorge Stropsky
John Dark
Blond Slayer and Companions Still at Large
Youngstown January 6 The trio sought in connection with the murder of Pennsylvania state police Corporal Brady Paul near Newcastle ten days ago was linked today with numerous robberies in scattered sections. Pennsylvania state police en route to New Castle from Toledo said the trio had been tied to a series of robberies. a Wheeling West Virginia automobile stolen by the group was found in Toledo with toys said to belong to Donald, the four year old son of Irene Schroeder. Mrs Schroeder and her two male companions remained at large as authorities expressed bafflement.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Brady Paul
Newcastle
New Castle
Toledo
Shargen
Irene Schroeder
Benwood
W. Va
Donald
Paul
Wheeling
Coast guardsmen to be tried for pilfering cargo of Flor De Mar
Fifteen coast guardsmen will be tried on charges of pilfering cargo from the captured British rum runner Flor De Mar, announced at the Coast Guard base in New London. Commander J T Chalker released Captain H H Wolf’s report, which states 24 guardsmen face charges of intoxication.
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New London
Conn
Coast
Three Conneaut Children Fatally Burned In Fire
In Conneaut on January 6 a house blaze killed three children aged 3 and 3 months. Florence Scribner and Josephine, both 3, and Alva, three months, died despite their mother’s efforts to save them. Two older siblings, Thomas 18 and Martin 6, escaped by jumping from a second story window. Mrs Scribner is hospitalized in shock.
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Conneaut
James Cribner
Florence Scribner
Josephine
Alva
Taro
Thomas
Martin
Taft Plans Rest From Supreme Court Duties
Chief Justice William Howard Taft plans to take several weeks of rest from his duties. The exact location was not settled but Asheville, North Carolina was mentioned as a possible destination.
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Taft
Washington
Wm. Howard Taft
Supreme Court
Asheville
N. C
National Banks Would Be Authorized to Open Branches
A bill introduced in Washington today by Rep Beedy of Maine would authorize national banks to establish branches within the Federal Reserve District where they are located. The measure was brought forward by a member of the House banking and currency committee.
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Washington
Federal Reserve District
Rep
Beedy
Maine
House Banking and Currency Committee
Supreme Court rules on estate tax in inherited securities
Washington January decision sets tax base for heirs of securities sold from trust estates. Supreme Court holds taxable grain must be computed from value at time of decedent's death, affecting several million dollars in ongoing appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Prince of Wales Inoculated Aboard Kenilworth Castle
On the Kenilworth Castle voyage from Southampton to the tropics the Prince of Wales missed meals due to seasickness but was inoculated against paratyphoid with a serum shot by ship's doctor J. C. Franklin. The procedure, amid heavy weather, left the prince with a sore left arm and will be followed by further inoculations. Other passengers may also be treated as the ship endures a gale and high seas.
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S. Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle
Prince of Wales
J. C. Franklin
Southampton
Salesman Suffocates in Cincinnati Hotel Room
William Houston a 26 year old salesman for Brackett Chemical Company died of suffocation Sunday morning in his hotel room in Cincinnati Ohio. Authorities say he apparently fell asleep while angering in bed. The death is treated as accidental.
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Cincinnati
William Houston
The
Brackett Chemical Company
T Bere
Traffic fatalities lower this weekend in Ohio report
A United Press survey shows fewer traffic fatalities in Ohio over the weekend despite heavy travel. Two people died near Portsmouth Betty Jane Nee 6 of Stout Ohio and Thomas Ferguson 72 walking to the county farm. Herman Smith 24 and Clyde Smith 21 from Urbana were killed and injured when their car overturned between Millerstown and St Paris. Nine others injured two seriously in a two car crash on the National Highway between Zanesville and Cambridge. N C Dutro of Zanesville drove one car which overturned and burned along with his wife and Charles Sipe 28 of Cambridge.
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Ohio
United Press
Parsons
Portsmouth
Betty Jane Nee
Stout
Thomas Ferguson
Herman Smith
Clyde
Millerstown
St. Paris
Urbana
Zanesville
Cambridge
N. C. Dutro
Dutro
Charles Sipe
Goldthorpe Puts Law Obedience Up To Police
Lorain mayor Paul J. Goldthorpe asserts law enforcement rests with Police Chief Theodore Walker after conference. Police raiders seize punchboards and gambling devices citywide as a new liquor enforcement squad of three officers is announced.
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Lorain
Theodore Walker
Paul J. Goldthorpe
Goldthorpe
Palsel
Clyde fire dept on cash basis in Clyde Ohio
Clyde Ohio shifts fire service to cash basis after town reports a 6700 safety fund shortfall. A $52 bill for extinguishing a truck fire at Billings’ Garage prompted mayor’s explanation that the department operates on fundraising payments from users and nearby citizens pay for their own fires. Webb paid the bill and the policy remains until the shortage is covered.
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Cleveland
O. K
Clyde
Ohio
R.G. Wells
Tri- State Express Company
Wells
W. H. Blair
Blair
City of
Clyde Fire Department
Billings’ Rarage
Webb
May jurors face misconduct charges in manslaughter case decision
In Lorain court, an amended motion for a new trial will allege misconduct by jurors who returned a verdict in the manslaughter trial of May. Atty. Charles Adams, May’s counsel, said details will be disclosed in affidavits. Concurrently, Peerless Oil Co. answered Mrs. W. J. Clark’s $100,000 death claim, denying any Peerless employee or car struck Clark. May, then Lorain manager, has denied causing the fatality.
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Common Pleas
Atty
Charles Adams
May
W. B. Thompson
Adams
Peerless Oi Company
Common Pleas Court
W. J. Clark
Peerless Oil
Clark
Lorain
Peerless Oil Company
Youth Shot Parents After Obsession to Kill
Allan R Schumm a seventeen year old university student in St Louis shot his father William Schumm 42 a prominent lawyer and Mason and wounded his mother Fay ette 40 after summoning them to the living room from bed at two am following a party He then shot himself as police arrived He had been an exemplary student and athlete graduating with honors from high school and entering the University of Illinois to pursue medicine Her religious questioning and unusual behavior preceding the incident were noted by his mother The youth later disposed of the revolver in the Mississippi and remained under observation at City Hospital
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George Lenko
Dle Clark Street
Toledo State Hospital
H. ©. Wilcox
Valdine Berkling
Eastaveu
Broad Street
Obersin College
Lenko
Berkline
Arthur Hurd
Curtis Hamlin
Hamlin
Jugo-Slavia
Lorain
Oberlin
Laa
Elyria
Whys-Overland
ST. Louis
Allan R. Schumm
Young Schumm
William Schumm
Fayette Schumm
Elsa Winkler
Schumm
Roy
Buria
Mississippi
Burch
University of Titnnis
Schammn
Be W
Hira
Hotie
Thim. K
Rhoads Elected As Chairman Of Commissioners
George Rhoads of Flynra was elected chairman of the Lorain County Board of Commissioners for 1930 at the organization meeting this morning. He succeeds Charles Murray of Wellington, who led the board last year. Frank Ellenberger was chosen as Clerk for the nineteenth consecutive year, with Miss Ruth Kuipper named assistant clerk. The board continued work with county auditor officials to prepare the 1930 budget.
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George Rhoads
Flyrna
Board of
Lorain County Commissioners
Charles Murray
Wellington
Frank Ellenberger
Ruth Kuipper
Congress to Open Six Month Session On Tariff And Prohibition
Washington dispatch says Congress will convene for a six month session focusing on two major issues tariff reform and prohibition. The Senate hopes a quick tariff pass via a gentlemen's agreement while the house pushes prohibition agenda including a Jones committee probe into enforcement unification. President Hoover’s enforcement commission findings due. partisan splits and committee wrangling noted as key dynamics.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Hbo
Rossi
Borah
Idaho
House
Justice Department
Hoover
Enforcement Commission
War Department
Committee On Committees
Bandits Haul Vault From Minco Bank
Four or more bandits used blow torches to force open the First National Bank vault in Minco Oklahoma. After three hours they loaded the vault onto a truck but fled empty handed as a crowd gathered. The safe held about $4000. The gang attacked with a machine gun and torches.
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Minco
Okla
First National Bank
Fang
War department appropriation bill boosts military funds
Washington Jan 6 the war department appropriation bill reports a rise exceeding 6 million dollars for military expenses for the next fiscal year despite President Hoover’s call for economy. The measure keeps army strength near present totals with 12 060 officers 1038 warrant officers 118 750 enlisted and 6500 Philippine scouts and maintains national guard and civilian units. The maintenance total for 1931 is 837 058 194 against 331 055 442 for the current year. Permanent appropriations add about 5 million. The committee notes investigations by army officials and no conclusions yet from the president. Hearings were released as No 1 continued on Page 2.
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Washington
War Department
House
Yoover
Appropriations Committee
Panama Canal
Chief Declares Soldiers' Food Must Be Good
General Charles P Sumnerall, chief of staff, tells House Appropriations committee that army rations affect desertion rates and morale. Transcript notes costs 51 1 2 cents per day to feed a soldier and forecasts future provision of free blue uniforms though formal prewar uniforms remain regulation if bought by the soldier.
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Washington
Napoleon
Charles Pp. Summerall
United States Army
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Summerall
Head of Mt. Vernon Bridge Company Found Dead
M Wolverton, 70, president of the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co, was found dead in his room at the Neil House in Columbus. Physicians attributed heart disease as the cause. He had come from Mt. Vernon Saturday night and had complained of illness yesterday. Body moved to Shaughnessey mortuary for pending transfer to Mt. Vernon.
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Columbus
M. Wolverton
Mt. Vernon
Vernon
Neil House
Wolverton
Shaughnessey Mortuary
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Wales
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James A. Hewitt
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Elksmith
R. J. Speaker
Avon Farm Bureal
Avon Farm Bureau
Bureau
Avon Town
Hell
Rhoads
Conghey
MAT. Vernon Bridge Company
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