Old Tavern at Rochester Burns as Fire Destroys Historic Inn
A historic Old Tavern at Rochester in Ohio was ruined by a morning fire discovered at 2 30 A M. Fire crews from Wellington fought the blaze eight miles away as most of the building burned. loss estimated at 3500 dollars. The 12 room tavern once hosted social and political life and later served as hotel and store. The fire cut power when a high tension line broke and repairs began.
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Rochester
Ohio
Lorain County
Harry Rieske
Lynn Coates
Wellington
Norton
John Currey
Currey
James Murray
C. H. Hodgkin
Tax collections in Lorain County rise versus year ago
Lorain County officials report improving tax receipts with a rise from $672,981 on Jan 20, 1932 to $770,311 on Jan 20, 1933. Taxpayers had paid $97,330 more this year than on the same date last year, according to County Treasurer N. D. Backus.
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N. D. Backus
Lorain County
Sheriff Divides Civil and Criminal Work in Sheriff Office
Sheriff Clarence W. Dick announced a new policy creating two divisions for civil and criminal tasks. Civil matters will be handled at the courthouse office, while criminal work moves to the county jail with a classified filing system for constant access.
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Sheriff’s Department
Clarence W. Dick
Gerald Nau
Paul Chapman
Ohio Weather Forecast: Rain Tonight and Sunday Night
Occasional rain anticipated for Ohio tonight and again Sunday night. Forecasters warn of possible showers and light winds across the region as the weekend weather unfolds.
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Ohio
Lame Duck ends as 20th Amendment nears ratification
The 20th Amendment to end lame duck sessions nears ratification with three states needed. It shifts congressional and presidential inauguration dates, moving the oath to January 20 and ending March 4 deadlines. Senator Norris of Nebraska authored the measure opposed by Wilson’s critics.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Wilson
George Norris
Rotarians to Hear City Auditor A C Schilleman
Elyria Rotary Club will host city auditor A C Schilleman at the Elks' Club noon Tuesday. The club member will discuss Opportunities Before Rotarians.
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A. C. Schilleman
Elyria Rotary Club
Elks’ Club
Schilleman
MacDonald to lead Britain’s debt talks with U S
London reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will head Britain’s debt mission to the United States. He is credited with the Lausanne reparations settlement and is expected to press to finish the remaining work. He regards the debt issue as Britain’s outstanding problem and will give personal attention to settlement efforts.
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London
United States
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Lausanne
Britain
Heroic Sea Rescue Of 22 British Sailors
The S S American Merchant rescued 22 crewmen from the Exeter City in the North Atlantic after a dire SOS. Four men were lost, the Exeter City wrecked, both ships battered by heavy seas as the liner pressed into the gale to effect the line transfer and lifeboat rescue.
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New York
North Atlantic
Giles G. Stedman
Exeter City
E. D. Legg
Stedman
Wedding halted as jail term begins for Lorain youth
A Lorain man 22 and his 18 year old fiancee saw their wedding halted as he received a Mansfield reformatory sentence for burglary and auto theft. The couple, who applied for a marriage license three weeks prior, must wait for parole and release to wed. Joe Lautner and accomplices Ralph Yuhas Louis Koss and Paul Yuhas were convicted after a Christmas Eve store break in Pearl Avenue and auto theft.
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Joe Lautner
Lorain
Joe
Mansfield Reformatory
J. C. Jackson
Ralph Yuhas
Louis Koss
Pearl Avenue
Paul Yuhas
Ralph
W. B. Thompson
Governor of Bank of England Weds in Secret Registry Office
Montagu Norman the Bank of England governor, aged 61, wed Priscilla Celia Maria Worsthorne, 33, in a Chelsea Registry Office ceremony. The couple’s nuptials, not previously known, drew reporters as Norman arrived with family and departed by car through a side entrance.
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London
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Chelsea Registry Office
Priscilla Celia Maria Worsthorne
Worsthorne
Norman
Bandits Fail In Attempt To Rob Bank
SUNBURY CO Jan 21 Two bandits failed in an attempt to rob the Farmers Bank today after firing a shot at cashier Charles Armstrong who dodged behind a door They fled driving away in a green coach or sedan despite heavy fog the license number of the car was obtained
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Sunbury, CO
Farmers’ Bank
Sunbury
Delaware County
Charles Armstrong
Armstrong
Famous Irish Novelist George Moore Dies in London
George Moore, famed Irish novelist and erstwhile enfant terrible of British letters, died in London at age 80. Born in County Mayo, he wrote Esther Waters and Heloise and Abelard, lived quietly in London, and critiqued modern machines while remaining unmarried.
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London
George Moore
Moore
Esther Waters
Heloise
Abelard
County Mayor
Ireland
France
Dublin
England
Epury Street
Woman awarded $5000 for loss of arm in shotgun accident
Magdalene Chertok of Lorain won a $5000 verdict against Tomasz Piwinski for the loss of her left arm sustained December 3, 1931, when she was accidentally shot while visiting his home. The jury returned the verdict in Judge A R Webber's court yesterday afternoon.
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Magdalene Chertok
Lorain
Tomasz Piwinski
A. R. Webber
Japan warns China to stay out of Jehol Province
Tokyo cites clashes near Manchukuo border as China forces concentrate near Jehol. Foreign Minister Uchida says Japan will not alter policy in Manchuria and warns China against further moves risking grave consequences. Monroe doctrine style appeal issued to Orient.
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Tokio
China
Jehol
Japan
Manchukuo
Count Uchida
Far East
Manchuria
Uchida
Manchoukuoan
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Hallauer Road Improvement Ordered by County Officials
County commissioners ordered improvements on Hallauer Road from Route 20 to Route 58 a distance of 5.3 miles and authorized work on Griggs Road from Route 68 west for 2.4 miles. County Surveyor J. W. Warden to supervise both projects with slag application.
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Hallauer
Griggs Road
J. W. Warden
Correct Dates Set for Lorain County Farmers Institutes
A transposition in dates caused an error in the Farmers Institutes notice. The corrected schedule has institutes at Henrietta on Monday and Tuesday, at Brownhelm on Wednesday and Thursday, and at Eaton on Friday and Saturday.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Lorain County
Henrietta
Brownhelm
Eaton
New officers named to head the Lorain County Board of Education
At the organization meeting in the Ilyria Block offices Walter Hadaway Carlisle Township was elected president succeeding James Davidson Avon. Alma K. Portman Henriet ta was chosen vice president. R P Vaughn remains ex officio clerk. No action yet on the vacancy from the death of C T Winckles Ridgeville.
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Lo- Tain County
R. P. Vaughn
C. T. Winckles
Ridgeville
Chamber committee backs gas survey for Elyria rate fight
The Elyria Chamber utilities committee recommends a city gas survey to uncover facts in the gas rate dispute. An expert should be hired to conduct the survey and present findings to the chamber's board for action. The board must approve before the recommendation becomes chamber policy.
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Eilyria
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Utilities Committee
Chamber
Grandma Nolan Dies After Long Hospital Stay
Mrs Martha Nolan known as Grandma Nolan died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 11:05 PM after more than three years as an in patient. Born October 1 1843 in Ashland county she lived through pioneer days and spent her later years caring for relatives. She leaves three nephews George Davidson Elmer Davidson and James Davidson. Funeral arrangements were set with Fitch Funeral Home New London.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Grandma” Nolan
Martha Nolan
Nolan
George Davidson
Rochester
Elmer Davidson
Savannah
James Davidson
Nova
Fitch Funeral Home
New London
Debt reduction talks eyed between US and Britain after March
Washington and London plan to cut Britain's wartime debt of about 4.5 billion pounds. Secretary Stimson told Ambassador Lindsay the United States will discuss debt relief shortly after March 4. A British commission will be invited to Washington as Hoover and Roosevelt coordinate prompt negotiations and prep work.
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United States
States
Stimson
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Washington
White House
Hoover
Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
British Commission
Secretary
Treasury Mills
Treasury
Dynamite Blast Kills Thirty in Michoacan
Mexico City January reports say thirty people were dead and several injured after a blast at Morelia Michoacan where sixty boxes of dynamite exploded. The blast destroyed the Morelia hospital and nearby homes, with fire follow up damage estimated at 159,960 pesos. The dynamite was destined for road construction.
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Mexico City
Morelia
State of Michoacan
Universal
Change in Course of Burrell Ditch Proposed
Ditch Engineer D D Andrus to present a proposal for altering the Burrell ditch in Sheffield Lakeville to the commissioners on February 15, as reported by the commissioners.
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Burrell
Sheffield Lakeville
D. D. Andrus
Cleveland man arrested in arson plot ties to Ellington fire
Ray I. Turk of Cleveland was arrested in Akron for questioning in a multi state arson plot linked to the Ellington Hotel fire on June 7 that killed 13. Three other suspects from Pittsburgh and Aliquippa Pa. were in custody as first degree murder warrants were issued.
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Cleveland, CO
Ray I. Turk
Cleveland
Akron
Ellington Hotel
Frank J. Merrick
Turk
Samuel Neaman
Paul Childs
Pittsburgh
Neaman
L. J. Kamons
Pennsylvania
Western Penitentiary
Benjamin Hirsch
Aliquippa
King Neaman
Childs
Kamons
Hirsch
Kamon
Ohio
West Virginia
Hindis
Indiana
Ellington
Merrick
Tte
Frank Cullitan
James E. Granger
Patrick Barrett
John Corso
Lieut. Flannagan
Ashland
The
Law
Sentness
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