Crime Tragedy as Family of Five Is Slain in Brutal New York Killing
New York reports a shocking spree in which Thomas King 23 a chauffeur his wife Nora 28 and their three children aged five three and infant are found dead in their Harlem apartment. Police say King used a hammer to kill them as they slept then killed himself after turning on gas in a grisly murder suicide. Investigators search for a motive as patrols scour the scene and neighbors react with horror.
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New York
Har
Thomas King
Nora
Thomas
Hane
Catherine
King
Ammer
Toledo lawyer Johnson acquitted by federal judge
Elyria born Toledo lawyer Johnson, educated at Elyria High and Stern College, faced a federal charge in Cleveland. Judge West-Raver found him not guilty, praising his character as many Toledo attorneys traveled to Cleveland to support him.
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Gem Johnson
Toledo
Elyria
Elyria High School
Stern College
Cleves
West- Raver
Cleveland
Johnson
Ingop
Comte
Curtis Johnson
Curtis
Common Pleas
Nobnoson
Bar
William G. Sharp
France
Jonn Brothers
Cincinnati Prohibition Probe Expands Arrests Across Region
Three arrests reported in Cincinnati and nine more suspects linked to liquor manufacture and moonshine networks in Northern Kentucky. Federal agents say two Cincinnati police officers are among those detained as investigations widen. Also, Detroit truck driver John McRae fined $50 for driving a loaded truck with 24 280 pounds of cargo.
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Cinnati
Jane
Kentucky
Cincin
Philip Cipleni
Quale Arcaro
Fred Anderson
Smith
Alise Schulte
Day
Bal and
Arco
Cincinnati
Alleged jail plotters face tighter watch as arrests mount
Sheriff Underhill keeps deputies on alert after the Cleveland arrest of Alfred Gibson and the note found on Shojack. Gibson faces charges for concealing a letter, while Shojack, White, and Sands remain jailed amid a foiled escape plot and heightened security at the county jail.
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Joe Shojack
Alfred Gibson
Shojack
Albert White
Russell Sands
Underhill
Cleveland
Comrads
Brooklyn Fire Destroys Factory Sparks Dozens of Injuries
Four alarms foul the Brooklyn blaze tore through a five story furniture factory at a cost of 2000000. Firefighters battled the flames for two hours as icy streets caused injuries and residents fled to a school and nearby shops. The three story fur store and a grocer’s building adjoining were also damaged. Origin of the fire remains unknown.
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New York
Jane
Brooklyn
Manchester girl rescued from alleged life of terror
Detectives arrested her uncle Joho Dunlevy after rescuing 15 year old Biste Dunlevy from a life of alleged terror and slavery. The girl had been missing since February and was found in a flat in Chicago.
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Chicago
Jane
Biste Dunlevy
Manchester
Nothage
Joho Dunevy
Legion Convention to Feature Band and Bugle Contest
The Ohio American Legion convention plans a band and bugle corps contest to choose the official musical organization for the department. National Commander Rome Quix will present the winners and an official song prize will be awarded. About twenty five to thirty bands expected. Columbus hosts the Post Commanders conference with Commander Wergzog and Adjutant Hyman.
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The
American Legion
Cir
Ohio
John Ro MeQuix
Wergzog
Hyman
Columbus
Cities unite for Logan Gas rate hearing progress hoped
City Attorney Don Myers reports a three day State Utilities Commission hearing in Columbus on the Logan Gas Co rate increase. He says the Gas Co has been ordered to show how much the increase collects under the new rate and a bond protection for gas consumers may rise. More municipalities join forces with an expert for the February 2 3 hearing as Ohio Fuel Co controls Logan Gas and owns Preston Oil Co with Logan Gas oil rights.
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Don Myers
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Co
Sas
Myers
Ohio Fuel Co
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Preston Oil Co
Logan Gas. Co
Explosion Burns Three in Amherst Home
A gas explosion in the bathroom of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheffer’s home in Amherst yesterday afternoon burned three people. Children playing ignited gas. the blast blew out a door and window and damaged the roof. Carl Shrine helped open the door before flames spread. Mr. Shrine Mrs. Alfred Shrine and a daughter were injured and hospitalized in stable condition.
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Amherst
Fred Scheffer
Affidavits of prejudice filed against Judge Webber
Attorneys Faurver and Ingersoll filed affidavits accusing Judge A W Webber of bias in the Elyma Savings & Trust Co versus The American Shovel & Stamping Co case. The documents claim disqualification of Webber and cite cross petitions, delays, and prolonged consultations with the judge. The matter, noted as continued to Page 2, centers on the judge’s handling and trial scheduling.
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Work Faurver
A RO Webber
Elyma Savings & Trust Co
American Shovel & Stamping Co
R. T
W Webber
Common Pleas Court
Ab I Varkin
J.G Tutford
A . Smith
C H. Ingwer
Anna L. Stark
Martin
Webber
Home of Rich Italian Is Bombed
Police rounded up all suspicious persons for questioning in connection with the bombing of Dominick Trozzo wealth Italian grocer. Authorities believe the three story home was wrecked by the black hand over a grudge. Seven people were endangered and $20000 in damage reported as windows shattered for blocks.
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Pittsburgh, Jan
Dominick Trozzo
Trozzo
Flood Threat Looms as Seine Rises in France
Paris reports rising Seine levels threatening suburbs including Courbevoie Asnieres Nouilly and Saint Denis with many residents seeking refuge. Government relief efforts underway as wine docks flood endangering supply and embankments reinforced with cement bags.
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Paris
Seine
Courbevote
Asmeras
Nouilly
St Denis
Sadals Cattle to be Revived
Protracted fight over disposing of a 150000 dollar water power project at Muscle Shoals will be reviewed Monday before the Senate Agricultural Committee. Morris resolution would revoke authority of the Federal Power Commission to issue permits for Tennessee River development until Congress acts on Muscle Shoals. House resolution seeks a six member commission to dispose of the project. Senate insurgents back Senator Norris plan for permanent government operation via a corporation controlled by a three member board.
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Washington, Jane
Muarte Shoals
Senate Agricultural Committee
Morris
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee River
Congress
Muscle Shoals
House
Senate
Norris
Koo O
Nebraska
Thire di- Leytors
Woman Bandits Hold Up Man in Akron
Two women, believed led by a male accomplice, robbed a man on a dark street in Akron after a prior vice squad crackdown. One pressed a revolver while the other searched his clothes and took 22 dollars before fleeing into the shadows. police could not locate the bandits.
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Akron
Mike Simon
Hia Ibs
Lorain to Supply Sheffield Lake Water Under Plan
Lorain city council approved a plan to furnish water to Sheffield Lake. A contract was signed by Servicon Director W L Fletcher. Sheffield Lake will build a 250000 gallon standpipe near Root Road to be filled each month.
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Sheffield Lake
Lorain Lorain
Jane
Lorain
Servicon
W. L Fletcher
Southern Cities Covered With Heavy Snow Fall
Snow, sleet and rain spread across the south causing wire and shipping disruption from Atlanta to Norfolk. Temperatures mostly rose above freezing except Raleigh and a three inch snow episode in Norfolk. Strong winds accompanied the storm, delaying communications and transport in the mid Atlantic region.
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Atlanta
Jan S
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
South
Clay
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Asheville
Florence
U. C
Vicksburg
Misa
Louisville
Raleigh
N.C
Mercury
Norfolk
Personal Impressions on the New Russia by Warryn Ward
Professor Warryn Ward of Union Theological Seminary will speak at the Owen Forum Sunday at 3 PM in the Methodist church. Ward, born in England and educated at USC and Northwestern, tours of the Orient and Russia completed, discusses first hand conditions of Russia. He has led Christian Ethical studies and served as editor and general secretary for local church service initiatives.
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Warryn Ward
Methodist Church
Ward
Orient
Russia
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
England
University of Southern California
Northwestern
Harvard
Chicago
Osk Park
Methodist Federation For Local Service
Senate Probe Opens on Aluminum Company Antitrust Case
Washington article reports Attorney General John G. Sargent testifying before the judiciary committee on the Justice Department probe into alleged delay in pressing antitrust actions against the Yellow Aluminum Company of America. The inquiry seeks to assess due intelligence in investigating unfair practices under an anti-trust decree.
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Washington, Tan
Cerate
Department of Justics
Imes
Yellon-owned
Aluminum Company of America
John G Sargent
Judiciary Committee
Sargent
Youth Goes to Death in Chair in Arkansas
In Little Rock Arkansas Jane Tye Clark, a youthful alleged ban dit plaver, was executed in the electric chair for the murder of ILM Stout, a Sulphur Springs banker. A last minute clemency plea to Governor Terral by Ray Clark, a Dugger Indiana coal miner, failed. The prisoner appeared composed, showing no fear.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jane
Tye Clark
Plaver
Ilm Stout
Sulphur Springs
Terral
Clark
Ray Clark
Dugger
Ind
End Arguments In McClintock Will Case
Chicago news reports Judge Kickham Scanlan reserved decision next week in the McClintock will case. William Darling Shepherd seeks probate of the estate of Billy McClintock amid an appeal of the probate court denial on grounds of alleged undue influence by Shepherd over his ward.
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Chicago
Jon
Willliam Darling
Shepherd
Billy’ McClantock
Kickham Scanlan
Elyria Board of Trade to Hold General Meeting Monday
The Elyria Board of Trade schedules a general membership meeting for Monday evening January 11 at 8 o’clock in the Directors’ Room of Lorain County Bank. President C. W. Phillips says matters of vital importance to the organization and its members will be discussed.
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Elyria Board of Trade
Lorain County Bank
C. W. Phillips
Board of Trade
Philips
Prince Carol Renounces Throne Seeks Indoor Life
Milan Prince Carol who gave up his claim to Rumamig throne endures heavy public attention. He complained of confinement after ten days in Hotel De La Ville and denied released newspaper reports and attributed interviews.
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Milan
Jane
Prince Carol
Rumamig
Hotel de la Ville
Govt Employee Accused Of Conspiracy In Tax Bureau
John P. Daly an auditor in the income tax unit is jailed in $2,000 bail awaiting a January 19 federal court hearing on charges he conspired to remove government documents. The case links Daly to West Palm Beach’s Robert M. Oster and yield ing Brothers tax waiver with alleged $4,000 payoff and similar talks with Oscar B. Buckner to remove files from the bureau’s special assessment section.
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Washington
Bureau In
Internal Revenue
John P. Daly
Income
Daly
Stobert M. Oster
West Palm Beach
Fla
Yielding Brothers Company
United States
Needham C. Turnace
Oscar B. Buckner
Uait
Lim
Buckner
Bureau
New Proposal To End Coal Strike In Crucial Conference
In New York representatives of miners and operators met in a crucial conference aimed at ending the crippling coal strike. W. W. Ulls led the operators as John L. Lewis did for the miners, with both sides reviewing a new settlement proposal regarded as acceptable by many operators and, apart from a few points, by Lewis.
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New York
W. W. Inulls
Com
Mittee
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Committee
Lewis
Cardinal Mercier Sinking as Doctors Report Tumor
Reports from Bruasshls state Cardinal Mercier, though a good height he reached, is slowly sinking after a valcerous growth was found during surgery. Special prayers were ordered in Belgian churches and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium visited the dying cardinal this morning.
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Bruasshls
Cardinal Mercer
Elizabeth
Belgium
Nye Appointment Defended in Senate Over North Dakota Seat
Sen Stephens of Mississippi urged the seating of Gerald P. Nye as North Dakota’s senator calling the appointment legal and constitutional. He argued Nye is a state officer and Gov Sorlie had authority, launching Nye supporters’ bid to overturn the majority report recommending Nye be excluded.
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Stephens
Nye
Senate
Park Officials Fined for Overtime Downtown Parking
C. T. Winckies director of the Lorain County Automobile Club and Harry Fowls city dance inspector were each fined 1 and costs this morning in police court for parking overtime in the downtown lane. G. H. Crawford also paid 1 and costs for the same offense. Park Abel charged with reckless driving faced continuation to tomorrow per Edward Det is.
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C. T. Winckies
Lorain County Automobile Club
Harry Fowls
Poliecy Court
G. H. Crawford
Park Abel
Edward Detis
Aceram Tate
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