Denver Bakery Manager Held for Fifty Thousand Ransom
Benjamin P. Bower, manager of Campbell-Sell Baking Co in Denver, was kidnapped from his home by five robbers demanding $50,000 and threatening to kill him if not paid by noon. The group also robbed a nearby bakery the prior week and forced two women to drive them to the Bower residence. Police mounted a wide manhunt as the case unfolded.
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Denver
Colo
Benjamin P. Bower
Bower
Roger D. Knight
Campbell-Sell Baking Company
G. H. Winbourn
Clara Fool
Explanation of Freak Winter Browne predicts rare climate cycle
Herbert Janvrin Browne, a Washington weather forecaster, claims a 11.20-year solar cycle and an 18.6-year lunar cycle combine to produce unique weather effects every 55.8 years. He says this explains snow in California while the Midwest and East plow, with the Gulf Stream pushing northward and cold currents spreading from the Aleutians and across the Pacific coast.
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Herbert Janvrin Browne
Washington, D. C
Browne
California
Middle West
East
Gulf Stream
Manchuria
Pacific Coast
Aleutian Peninsula
Arctic
Bank Robbery Family Kidnapping At Mundelein Bank
Five robbers seized the Mott family cashier of Mundelein State Bank early today and held them six hours in the bank basement before rifling the vault of $3,000. The abduction mirrors a previous April crime that yielded $10,000. Paul Mott, 24, eldest son, was driven to Wauconda and pushed from the car after threats of death for alarm.
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Chicago
M. C. Mott
State Bank of
Mundelein
Paul Mott
Wauconda
Norwalk Gas Rate Talks With Elyria Solon Delegation
Mayor W. H. Van Oster with Councilmen Carl Curtis William Smith and W D Taylor attended a Norwalk council meeting to hear a discussion on gas rates. The delegation said Norwalk representatives were not far from settling the issue.
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W. H. van Oster
Carl Curtis
William Smith
W. D. Taylor
Norwalk
Wilkins To Give Address At Cincinnati Meeting
Oberlin College president Dr Ernest Hatch Wilkins will deliver the principal address at the American College Association annual meeting in Cincinnati. He will speak on Society and the College and be accompanied by Dean Cole.
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Oberlin, O
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Oberlin College
The
American College Association
Cincinnati
Dr. Wilkins
Dean Cole
Japanese mob burns factory as Shanghai violence erupts
In Shanghai the Japanese mobilize for more warships as 2000 demonstrators clash with Chinese and police. Two Chinese policemen and one Japanese dead, several injured. Marines patrol the settlement while guards tighten road entries. Four Japanese warships anchor off the bund amid anti Japanese tensions.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Bund
Nine Arrested in Alleged Huge Swindle
Buffalo dispatch reports nine men held in four cities in a probe into a multi hundred thousand dollar theft from the Railway Express Agency. Eleven others are under watch and could be arrested soon as authorities close in on the alleged ring.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Railway Express A Agency, Inc
Carlisle Township Farm Bureau elects officers at annual meeting
Carlisle Township Farm Bureau elected Roy Robson as chairman H H Drusendahl as vice chairman and Julius Sheldon as secretary at the East Carlisle School last night. RK E Campbell Lorain County Farm Bureau secretary spoke on the taxation program.
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Officar
Carlisle Township
Bureau
East Carlisle
Roy Robson
H. H. Drusendahl
Julius Sheldon
RK. E. Campbell
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ohio Weather: Cloudy and Warmer South with Lake Erie Cooler
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures in the south and slightly cooler air near Lake Erie tonight. Thursday should be cloudy with a chance of rain in the west and north regions. Overall, conditions favor cloudy and unsettled weather with no major temperature changes.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Crowds flood court house as tax appeals rush in
On the last day to file valuation complaints crowds gather on the courthouse floor and around the auditor's office. Auditor C. S Kelser reports several hundred complaints filed for review by the tax board, with June tax bill adjustments possible if sustains. Taxes must be paid this month to avoid penalties. Deputy Sheriff Jack Breagger guards funds in treasurer's office amid steady lines of taxpayers.
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Court House
Auditor’s Office
C. S Kelser
Tax Board of Revision
Kelser
Board of Revision
Jack Breagger
Elyria High School to Hold 78th Commencement Tomorrow
The Elyria High School 78th commencement will be held tomorrow night in the high school auditorium. Dr. Robert E. Brown of Oberlin College will deliver the address. The ceremony includes invocation, speaker introduction, class presentation, diplomas, a quartet by four graduates, and a flute solo, with an orchestra prelude and the processional as graduates depart as students.
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Elyria High School
C. P. Shively
Robert E. Brown
Oberlin College
R . Ketcham
First Baptist Church
Willoughby Battle Quells City District Fire
A four hour blaze in Willoughby's business district, aided by five departments from five municipalities, cut telephone service city wide after destroying the Ohio Bell Telephone Exchange. Night operator Anna Johnson stayed to sound the alarm as crews from Painesville Willowick Kirtland and Wickliffe helped suppress the flames.
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Willoughby, CO
Willoughby
Kirtland
Ohio Bell Telephone Company Exchange
Willoughy
Painesville
Willowick
Wickliffe
Anna Johnson
Exchange
Bridge Contract Awarded in Eaton Township
The state highway department awarded the Elyria-Twinsburg road bridge contract in Eaton township to the Ohio Engineering Company of Lorain for 315 438. The creosoted timber bridge will be built as reported by the Columbus Dispatch.
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Eaton
Elyria-Twinsburg
Eaton Township
State Highway Department
Ohio Engineering Company
Lorain
Columbus
Jury pool forms for Winnie Ruth Judd murder trial
Phoenix report notes that a jury of 29 is to be chosen to decide if Winnie Ruth Judd killed Agnes Anne Leroi with filings showing most jurors are middle aged family men. Completion of the panel was expected today as Judge weighs strikes amid Judd’s aloof demeanor.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Tlp
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Arizona
Mrs. Leroi
Miss Hedvig Samuelson
Miss Samuelson
Former MP Mary Agnes Hamilton to Speak at Oberlin
Mrs. Mary Agnes Hamilton, noted British writer and former member of parliament, will discuss Can England Come Back at Oberlin College Friday evening. A Laborite and Ramsay MacDonald supporter during three campaigns, she later broke with him after his Nationalist shift.
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Oberlin, O
England
Mary Agnes Hamilton
Oberlin College
Brown Recommends 3 Cent Postage
Postmaster General Brown urged the House Ways and Means Committee to raise first class rates from two to three cents. He estimated the move would add about 100 million dollars in postal revenue, easing the post office deficit after Congress appropriated 195 million dollars for the current fiscal year.
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Washington
U.P
Brown
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Post Office Department
Congress
Emergency Credit Plan Nears Action in Washington
Washington January 20 UR The administration's 2 billion emergency credit corporation is nearly ready to start. Congress presses to finish the measure as conferees reconcile Reconstruction Corporation bills. President Hoover has named Charles G Danes to head the entity while Baruch and Hurley are unlikely to join.
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Washington
Congress
Hooter
Charles G Danes
White House
Senate
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Bernard Baruch
New York
Edward §. Hurley
Chicago
Japanese quince blossoms in January surprise town
George H. Chamberlain of 238 Ninth Street found several Japanese quince blossoms at his home and brought samples to downtown to show others the unusual January bloom.
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George H. Chamberlain
Ninth Street
Hollis Brown Held for Grand Jury in Shooting Case
Hollis Brown owner of a pool room at 23 West Avenue was bound to the grand jury under 1000 dollars bond after pleading not guilty to shooting with intent to kill. He arraigned before Mayor W H Van Oster following hospitalization for an elbow injury from a gunfight with Joseph Jordan who was also bound to the grand jury on a charge of shooting with intent to wound.
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Hollis Brown
West Avenue
W. H.van Oster
Brown
Joseph Jordan
Jordan
Grand
Rifle Club To Hear Of Trip In Canada
Rev. F. E. Eastman of Amherst will address Elyria Rifle Club members at the Methodist Church tonight at 8. He will discuss his summer trip through northern Quebec detailing experiences including a degenerate band of Indians and travel 300 miles beyond civilization.
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F. E. Eastman
Amherst
Elyria Rifle Club
Methodist Church
Eastman
Quebec
Elyria Foremen's Club to Install Officers Amid Safety Awards
The Elyria Foremen's Club will install officers for a one year term at the January meeting at the Y M C A. Thomas P. Kearns of Columbus and Wellington T. Leonard of the Industrial Commission will speak. Seventeen awards go to winners of 17 divisions and 132 to plants with no accidents. The new officers are Harry Warren president Albert Veitzen first vice president Claude Wigfield second vice president and Glen Shoemaker third vice president. A Hill Billy Show sketches and Bill Struck's orchestra provide entertainment. reservations are strong across the county.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Thomas P. Kearns
Columbus
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Wellington T. Leonard
Industrial Commission
Harrys Warren
Albert Veitzen
Claude Wigfield
Glen Shoemaker
Chamber of Commerce
Hill Billy Show
Bill Struck
Plans for reconstruction of Baumhart Road in Brownhelm
Brownhelm township will receive plans and specifications for about two miles of Baumhart road from the county surveyor. The project, between the Milan Elyria road and Middle Ridge road, calls for water bound macadam 18 feet wide and must be submitted to the county commissioners before April.
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Baumhart Road
Brownhelm Township
Milan Elyria Road
Middle Ridge Road
Lorain and Medina County Hold Road Improvement Meeting
A joint meeting of Lorain and Medina county commissioners convenes this afternoon to consider improving the Erhart Northern road for about a mile and a half. The action aims to address surface condition and traffic flow on the route between local communities.
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Lorain and
Medina County
Erhart
Prisoners Describe Abuse at Ohio Penitentiary in Senate Testimony
Convicts including George Bentley testified before the Senate Committee on prison conditions alleging mental cruelty by guards at the Ohio Penitentiary. Bentley urges improved guards and an end to the stool pigeon system, and gives his account of Bobby Hunt’s death amid alleged prison unrest. Funds for detective work to probe parole abuses were approved by the State Control Board.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Senate Committee
George Bentley
Bentley
Bobby Hunt
Hunt
State Control Board
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L S& Steel
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