Bandits Blow Up Mine Pay Car Killing Four Men
A tough armed robbery on a New York licensed payroll car at Glen Alden Coal Company tunnel No 20 on Newport mountain killed four men and wounded six others. The attackers used dynamite placed on the track, barricade with sandbags, and fled in a waiting car toward Warrior Run. One survivor aided the escape, and posses hunted the bandits. Police recovered most of the payroll money, with about 2,000 dollars missing from a 35,000 carry. Also notes fines for liquor and theft in Lorain County.
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Wilkesbarkre
Dan
Newport
New York
Unites Press
Glen Alden Coal Company
Hanover
Warrior Run
Truesdale Cup
Pasa
Newport Mountain
Arthur ©. Webb
Scranton
Frank Builwinski
Plymouth
Martin Burrs
Sopkil
Pollet
Hopkins ousted as Cleveland city manager by 14 to vote
On January 24 the Cleveland council voted 14 to 0 to remove City Manager Hopkins who had clashed with lawmakers over policy. State Senator Daniel E. Morgan will assume the post January 2, ending Hopkins’ tenure after a lengthy dispute.
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Cleveland
Guy Law Dire Yiarold H. Bere ‘An
Williamte Topkins
Hopkiad Bee
Odes
Orhu Inet
Daniel E. Morgan
Hopkins
Maurice H. Masehke
Bandits Raid Millionaire's Cincinnati Home
Two masked bandits infiltrated Thomas J. Cocolan's residence in Cincinnati and held him and two domestics at gunpoint for two hours while looting his home. They severed phone lines, escaped with jewelry and clothing valued at about $3,000, triggering a major police search.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Cocolan
Cocoran
Police Department Overhaul Planned By Elyria Council
A plan to overhaul Elyria police and fire administration follows council criticism. An acting police captain or lieutenant would be named next to the chief to fix authority, with younger officers added as pensioned veterans exit. Quick action is promised and a report to council is anticipated at the next meeting.
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Myron Jones
Fire and Police Committee of Council
Chronicle- Telegram
City of Elyria
Jones
Chronicle-Telegram
Police Leutenaat
Ehic Tt
Councirmen
Chronicle
Police and Fire Committees
Connectts
Storms and floods lash wide nation and hillsides
Storms and floods lash wide regions across the country killing dozens and displacing hundreds. The Mississippi valley flood threat rises as rivers breach levees and wash away agricultural land while the West endures blizzards and deep snowdrifts. In Nevada and surrounding states, marooned travelers and rescue efforts unfold as weather closes roads and towns brace for further heavy conditions.
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Chicago
Walters Gams
Rive Py
Sippi Valley
Bierra
Nevadas
Rocky Mountains
Wales
Hope
Maury Graham
Western Air Express Air Mail
Las Vegas
Nevy
Salt Lake City
Stan
Séareti
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Charleston Park
Nev
Rhinelander
Alice Innes Rhinelauser
mid-Amer
Rocky Mountain Range
Alinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Bentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cairo
Hickmond Bluffs
Hoover administration plans state role in dry policy
Washington dispatch says the prohibition program will not relieve states of enforcement. Officials indicate Congress will start Hoover's plan with states to have a large part in enforcing and shaping the dry policy.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Hoover
Actress Stricken in Flight S Surgery in Hollywood
O'Neal, famed screen and stage actress, fell ill with appendicitis while flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. A blizzard forced the plane down for eight hours, worsening her condition. she reached a hospital for emergency surgery amid exposure and pain.
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Hollywood
Calif.oran
San Francisco
Los
Angelelma O'Neal
Bligeaard
Miss O'Neal
Gas Plant Destroyed by Blast in Shenandoah
An explosion at a gas and power plant in Shenandoah Nebraska destroyed the plant and killed one man with another badly injured. The blast shattered windows for ten blocks, rattling the town and forcing residents and office workers to seek safety.
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Shenandoah
Tan
Nebraska Hight
Bank Official Killed In Plunge
New York January 14 Herbert Sam Martin vice president of W Straus and Co was killed today by a fall from an eight story window at Pack avenue apartment He was 46 years old Harvard 1908 graduate He planned to depart for Egypt amid reports of a prior breakdown He held positions at Ambassador Hotels Pershing Square Building Southern Florida Realty and other firms
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Ge Tae
New York
Herbert Sam Martin
W. Straus and Co
Pack Avenue
Martin
Egypt
Harvard
M. Martin & Co
Heater
Ambassador Hotels Corporation
Pershing Square Building Corporation
Southern Florida Realty Corporation
Jin
Two Bandits and a Detective Die in West Side Gun Battle
Chicago police killed two bandits and captured the third after a dawn shootout in a duplex on West Jackson Boulevard. Detective Jeremiah Murphy was wounded as officers, aided by a second squad, trapped the attackers who fired pistols and riot guns in a dark hallway while residents hid inside. The raid followed the bandits forcing banking jewelry from Harry Sucherman, a sausage maker, as his brother Nate alerted authorities.
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Chicago
West Side
Harry Sucherman
Sicherman
Sucherman
Nate
Edward Conroy
West Jackson Boulevard
Jeremiah
Murphy
New Cells Ready At County Jail
The county jail gained two new cells after sheriff’s remodel to expand segregation. Work started last fall after it was found several diseased prisoners risked infecting others. Commissioners ordered added cells for women and repurposed old women’s quarters for diseased inmates.
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County
Bells Ring Thursday For Prohibition Anniversary
On Thursday at noon bells will ring nationwide for the tenth anniversary of National Prohibition. Elyria and the County join the observance under the County WwW. C. T. A. and the dry forces. Arrangements are complete for observance in this city.
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Elyria
Prohibition Anniversary Banquet in City
The tenth anniversary of National Prohibition will be observed with a banquet Friday at the First Methodist Church starting at 6 o clock. Open to men and women, the event is hosted by the W C T U, the Dry Federation, churches and other dry groups. A parade with sixty participants will follow, highlighting the dry crusade progress, and Judge W V Aldrich deputy state prohibition commissioner will speak.
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First Methodist Church
Dry Federation
Judgne W. Vv. Aldrich
Camden Farm Bureau elects officers for 1920 at Kipton
Officers for 1920 were elected last night by the Camden Farm Bureau at annual meeting at the Kipton school. David son was elected airman and John Groot was chosen secretary.
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Camden Farm Bureau
Kipton School
Davideson
John Groot
Fords Donate Major Gift to Berry Schools in Georgia
Miss Martha Berry announced after a founders day program that Mr and Mrs Henry Ford donated nearly 1 million pounds to Berry Schools for mountain children. The gift, made about five years ago, funds a buildings unit including a girls dormitory dining hall kitchen and recreation hall completed last year.
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Rome
Henry Ford
Berry Schools
Martha Berry
Distinction Day Celebrated by Elyria High Seniors
Elyria High School marked Senior Distinction Day with seniors in red and white costumes wandering the halls and receiving lower-class applause at a special assembly. The school presented the sack race cup to the prospective graduates and featured music, readings, and talks on the day’s significance.
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Elyria High School
Brer
Sfr
Migria High School
Mtsic
Boys’ Glee Club
Francelia Menhams
Greepley Haynes
Charles Whit
Keith Kelt
C. P. Shively
Robert Lpecke
Flooded cellars hit Oberlin as rivers swell
Oberlin Ohio faces rising water from heavy rains and melting snow. Black River crests flood lowland areas and city playgrounds while cellars fill and furnaces fail. County officials receive numerous complaints as fields flood and fears of broader floods grow. No major damage reported yet as conditions persist.
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Black River
Rains Flood Ohio Rivers Prompt Local Disruptions
Heavy overnight rains sent rivers and creeks surging across Ohio with minimal damage reported. Lowlands suffered as homes flooded and residents sought higher ground while streams rose near Marion Prospect Green Camp and Findlay. The Columbus Delaware Marion Traction suspended service briefly as Meander lands and rivers like Scioto Olentangy Cuyahoga and Muskingum rose.
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Columbus, O
Jan
Taswollen
Marion
Delaware
Columbus, Delaware and Marion Traction Company
Scioto
Olentangy
Prospect
Green
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Ben Kushner
Amherst
Lorain County
Justice 5
J. George
West River Road
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Justice 8
Sheriff's Office
William B. Hopkins
Maurice Maschke
West Point
Alonzo Parham
Military Academy
Parliam
William K. Smith
Roumania
Bucharest
Euclid Village
Euclid
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University of Wisconsin
Hortense Darby
Superior
Wis
William Lusby
Eputy
Fords
Oenloha
Grand Jury
John Harding
Baker Ditch
Henrietta Township
Oberlin
Cascade Park
Oho Rafere
Rinpige
Mahoning River
Warren
Trumbull County
Cuyahoga
Tuscarawas
Muskingum
Sadie Uhaninan
Tan Wondford
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