Truck Collision Critically Injures Dearborn Driver
Carl Schumaker of Dearborn Michigan is critically injured when his truck carrying new automobiles to Cleveland collides with a stalled truck driven by Hugh Hosler of Eaton Rapids on Ripton hill. He is hospitalized at Oberlin with a severe leg laceration and possible internal injuries.
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Carl Schumaker
Dearborn
Mich
Hugh Hosler
Eaton Rapids
Ripton Hill
Schumaker
Cleveland
Henry Moehl
Sam Provenza
Hosler
Oberlin Hospital
President Roosevelt Tightens Grip With House Victory
Roosevelt demonstrated leadership with a 240 to 141 House vote on the first supply bill of the new session. The measure provides 566 million dollars for independent government offices, restores 5 percent of a 15 percent federal pay cut, and positions leaders to push recovery legislation next week. The House and Senate adjourned to gauge Monday's agenda.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Gey
Forum Elects Two Officers at Elyria YMCA Meeting
The Young Men's Forum at the Elyria Y M C A held a semi monthly session with a short business meeting. John Shaw was elected secretary and treasurer while Donald Boland became vice president. Kenneth Thomassen spoke on Should Europe Pay Its Debts and Robert Sandrock on Can Europe Pay Its Debts. A general discussion followed. The next meeting is Friday January 26 with Railroad vs Motor Transportation the topic.
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Young Men's Forum
Elyria Y. M. C. A
John Shaw
Donald Boland
Kenneth Thomassen
Europe
Robert Sandrock
Vote Strike in Hard Coal Fields
A general strike effective Monday was voted by 450 delegates at a United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania convention. Union leaders say fifty thousand men in the hard coal fields will be involved.
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Wilkes-Barre
United Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania
Ohio Weather Forecast Calls for Cloudy Colder Night
Ohio outlook shows cloudy and colder conditions with light snow in the north and central areas tonight. Sunday expected to be generally fair with only light snow flurries in the northeast region.
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Ohio
Eaton Township Farmers Institute to Host Speakers
Plans for the Eaton Township Farmers Institute set for January 24 and 25 advance as the Lorain County season nears its end. C. J. Nobis of Clermont County will speak, with Mrs Grace Miller of Sunbury as Master Farm Home Maker, featuring talks, music and entertainment.
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Eaton Townsh
P Farmers’ Institute
Lorain County Farmers’ Institute
Eaton Institute
C. J. Nobis
Clermont County
County Grange
Farm Bureau Taxation Committee
Grange
Board of Education
Epworth League
Farm Bureau
Institute
Orin Durkee
Ethel Hoskin
Park Dimaline
A. J. Carpenter
Clison Nunn
Hazel Leach
Suppress Confession in Wynekoop Murder Trial
Dr. Alice Wynekoop faces a defense bid to suppress her confession regarding the death of Rheta, her daughter in law. Attorney Milton Smith says the plan includes placing Wynekoop on the stand to recount finding Rheta chloroformed and shot on her operating table. The case resumes after a two day holiday recess as jurors and guards remain on duty.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Milton Smith
Wynekoop
Young Men’s Club to Hear Rev Meister at Meeting
Rev Karl P Meister superintendent of the Elyria Home for the Aged will speak at the Young Men’s Club meeting Monday evening at the Y M C A He will describe a Canada trip and show motion pictures he took there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Club
Meister
Karl P. Meister
Elyria
Torch murder linked to Canton alcohol feud in Dover
Canton authorities tie the blaze killing of Joseph Joffre, 45, to an underworld price war after he refused to halt price cutting. Joffre, identified by his widow and a friend, was found in a charred car with a burned torso on State Route five miles northeast of Dover. The feud, blamed for shootings and bombings, began when Joffre moved from Cleveland and sparked rival gang activity.
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Canton
Underworld
Joseph Joffre
Dover
Joffre
Carmela
Cathrine
Louis Marino
Cleveland
Marino
Max Shanker
Lawyers Club To Hear Talk On Lynching
The Elyria Lawyers Club met at the Newell Hotel at noon for a talk on The Ebb and Flow of Lynching in the United States by Harry W. Hyman, the club’s youngest member. A series of discussions on lynching causes and tendencies is being arranged by President G. B. Findley.
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United States
Harry W. Hyman
Elyria
Middle Avenue Paying Plans Approved
Plans for Middle avenue improvement approved by state and federal engineers. Project cost estimated at 176000 with 143000 from governments and 16500 each from city and county. Auto license fee distributions fund the work. Elyria receives 9000 of which 7000 for Middle avenue and 9500 remaining for city purposes. Lorain County village disbursements listed.
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Middle Avenue
W. H. Vanoster
A. P. Lagron
Elyria
Vanoster
Lorain
Amherst
Avon
Avon Lake
Grafton
LaGrange
Oberlin
Rochester
Sheffield Lake
South Amherst
Wellington
Ohio State suspends seven students over conscientious objection
The American Legion of Ohio joined a dispute over seven Ohio State University students suspended for refusing military training. They received written notices from President Rightmire after attending classes to seek written orders. Spokesman Charles B. Hart said their quarter fees would be returned.
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Columbus
American Legion of Ohio
Ohio State University
Ohio
Rightmire
Charles B. Hart
Farley points to encouraging signs in auto industry
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Cleveland automotive luncheon that economic recovery allows a man to buy a new car with some assurance of payment. He praised the auto industry as a barometer of industrial conditions and credited Franklin D. Roosevelt for restoring faith. Farley also forecast a middle course in future gold policy.
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Cleveland, O
Jamesa. Farley
Cleveland Automotive
Cleveland
Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edsel Ford Testifies On Detroit Bank Losses At Senate Hearing
Edsel Ford appears at a Washington banking and currency committee hearing with Senator James Couzens and Ferdinand Pecora. He testifies about losses suffered by his company in Detroit banks and notes a $6,000,000 investment in Guardian Detroit banks in 1930.
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Edsel Ford
Detroit
James Couzens
Michigan
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
Ford
Guardian Detroit
Ohio Legislature Debates Delinquent Taxes and Graduated Income Tax
Two bills filed in Columbus at the start of the legislative session aim to curb delinquent real estate taxes with a court receiver ex officio and to raise funds for education through a graduated income tax. The delinquent-taxes bill allows the county treasurer to petition a common pleas court for receivership to collect rents and apply them to back taxes. The income tax plan imposes 1 percent on the first thousand and steps up to higher brackets, dedicated solely to schools.
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Columbus
Ohio
George White
State Tax Commission
Wallace S. Espy
Dem
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Missionary killed by Chinese bandits in China
Father Ludwig a German Dominican missionary in the Tingchow district was imprisoned in a cage and killed by Chinese bandits according to official word received by Father William T. Cummings M M superior of the Maryknoll Fathers in San Francisco on January 13.
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San Francisco
Ludwig
Tingchow
China
William T. Cummings
Maryknoll Fathers
Jury Chosen to Try Former Standard Trust Bank Officials
A jury was selected in Cleveland Ohio to try three former bank officials of the Standard Trust Bank. Defendants are Alvanley Johnson Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers C S Smith former bank president and James M Cassell bank director.
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Jcgrors
Standard Trust Bank
Cleveland
Engineers’ National Bank
Alvanley Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. S. Smith
James FI. Cassell
Changes In Belden Farmers Institute Program
A revised two day program for the Belden Farmers Institute on February 7 and 8 was announced by the program committee due to an ill speaker. J D Hervey of the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association will replace the canceled speaker. Leo Malik will speak on poultry and Otho Pollock, a Delaware County horse breeder, will speak on the second day. Further features are being arranged and will be announced soon.
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Belden Farmers’ Institute
J. D. Hervey
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
Leo Malik
Northeast Ohio
Strongsville
Otho Pollock
Delaware County
Amherst officials face fraud suit over power plant contract
The plaintiff Gladys Schroeder rests in a taxpayer suit alleging Amherst officials abused a contract for 82 218 worth power equipment. Expert witness Robert R. Jones testified Fairbanks Morse offered the cheapest bid among three. Jones disclosed a 50 daily fee from Fairbanks Morse and described a Chicago junket tied to the case. Trial before Judge A R Webber resumes Monday with further cross examination.
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Gladys Schroeder
Amherst
Frank X. Cull
Cleveland
Fairbanks Morse Company
Robert R. Jones
Akron
Jones
Fairbanks Morse
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
Chicago
McIntosh Seymore
A. R. Webber
Elyria Chamber Urges Taxpayers to Use City Scrip
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce asks taxpayers to swap cash for city scrip to pay taxes. City treasurer J M Marshall will exchange scrip at Lorain County Savings and Trust Bank, with scrip accepted for most local taxes to speed cash flow and reduce scrip use. Cooperation benefits the city, employees, and local businesses by accelerating revenue.
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Elyria
Chamber
Foremen's Club to Install Officers at January Meeting
Elyria Foremen's Club will install new officers at its January meeting at the Y M C A. Francis D Bowman of Niagara Falls NY Carborundum Company will speak on modern abrasives with motion pictures. A souvenir pocket stone in a feather case will be given to attendees. Howard Gollmar heads third vice president. officers elected in December. Schroeder's orchestra will provide music. Amherst foremen invited.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Francis D. Bowman
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Carborundum Company
Earl Harper
Colson Company
Glenn Shoemaker
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Ernest Jones
Shell Oil Company
Howard Gollmar
Elyria Foundry Company
Schroeder
Amherst
Explosion Wrecks Eastern Cotton Oil Plant Killing Five
Hartford North Carolina January 13. A boiler blast at the Eastern Cotton Oil Company plant killed five men and left one missing with several others injured. The mill was wrecked and debris scattered as boilers were hurled 15 to 200 feet. damage estimated at 50000 to 75000 dollars.
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Hartford
N. C
Eastern Cotton Oil Company
Jesse Wilder
John Brown
Solicitor Wilson
Oscar Eason
George Broady
McKinley
Bowman eludes officers in chase across central Ohio
Neal Bowman, described as an insane criminal who had eluded a large force for three weeks, was again reported seen near Zanesville on Highway 40 toward Columbus. Authorities expanded cordons in Franklin Pickaway Ross and Jackson counties as fog and rain hindered patrols.
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Columbus
Neal Bowman
Crr
Ohio
Bowman
Zanesville
Lynn Black
Athens
Franklin
Pickaway
Ross
Jackson
Liquidating loan sought for Union Trust assets
State Bank Superintendent Ira J. Fulton says a final survey of Union Trust Company assets will start Monday to back an application for an additional liquidating loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Proceeds would pay a further dividend to depositors. The move depends on Cleveland liquidating officials and negotiations with the RFC based on the survey, which follows a finding the remaining assets are about 60 percent solvent. The state banking department will expedite the RFC loan process once reappraisal is complete.
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Columbus
State Bank
Ira J. Fulton
Union Trust Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cleveland
Fulton
R. F.C
State Banking Department
Navy fliers perform routine duties in mass formation
Thirty intrepid U S Navy fliers spanning the Pacific from California to Hawaii in the longest mass formation yet made conducted routine duties of service life today in Honolulu Hawaii on January 13.
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NAVY
Honolulu
T. H
U. S. Navy
Pacific Ocean
California
Hawaii
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T. R
Grace Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
William McMillan
Baltimore
McMillan
Hugh McMillan
Eaton Twp
Dr. Wynekoop
Victin
Lawyers Club
Senate Bank
Senator Couzens
Pecora
Belden Farmers Institute
AGE Elyriang
Hataunip
Foremen’s Club
Bulletin
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