Confesses To Kipton And Berea Robberies
Stanley Korowski 25 Lorain WPA worker and father of two confessed to the Kipton bank robbery last Monday the Berea bank robbery on May 15 and a Milan gas station holdup on May 6. His wife’s statements aided the confession and two accomplices were named as sought by officials. He said three different stolen cars were used and $3000 was taken in total. He is held on a $50000 bond as investigators pursue the two accomplices.
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Stanley Korowski
Lorain
WPA
Berea
Milan
Carl R Finegan
Korowski
Kipton
Robert Scheid
Korowskis
Hussand
Chris Lewis
Cordy
Finegan
Howard R. Butler
Preston L Coor
Man Indicted In Betting Probe Pleads Guilty
James A Collins of Sheffield Lake village, the last of five indicted in a grand jury horse race betting investigation, pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. The court returned to Collins three telephones and two headsets seized in the raid. Other pleas and fines: Max Jacobs 250 dollars, Louis Jacobs 100 dollars, Fritz Bauer 100 dollars, Lawrence Marino 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A Collins
Sheffield Lake Village
Common Pleas
Guy B Findley
Collins
Carl R Finegan
Max Jacobs
Louis Jacobs
Fritz Bauer
Lawrence Marino
Weather Summary for Ohio and Nearby Regions
The report notes fair and cooler conditions tonight with Saturday also fair and moderate temperatures. Sunday brings clouds and showers with a 24 hour weather snapshot showing an eastern disturbance over the St Lawrence Valley and extending southward to the Atlantic Coast States, a trough from Alberta to Arizona, and highs centered over Manitoba and the North Pacific Coast. Showers were reported from the St Lawrence Valley and North Atlantic States toward the upper Ohio Valley and northern Rockies, while the rest of the area remained generally fair and cooler in the upper Lake region, Missouri, upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, and the Pacific Coast States.
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Ohio
St Lawrence Valley
Atlantic Coast
Alberta
Arizona
Manitoba
North Pacific Coast
North Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Missouri
Mississippi
Pacific Coast States
Sub Squalus salvage resumes after plunge to ocean floor
Navy salvage crews restarted attempts to raise the sunken submarine Squalus off the Isle of Shoals after a heavy ground swell forced divers to abandon work. 26 bodies remain on the ocean floor as engineers reassess damage and the potential reuse of pontoons in the salvage effort.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Isle of Shoals
Narlowk
Cauying
223 Arrested At Harlan Ky in Bloody County Clash
Genelle ibee W Carter state commander of the national guard reported calm today in Harlan Kentucky after a battle at the Mahan Ellison mine in Stanfill. One miner was killed and several guardsmen and miners were injured as 223 people, including 181 miners and women relatives, were arrested on charges of banding and confederating. Hearings set for Monday.
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Harlan Ky
Geneleibee W Carter
National Guard
Harlan County
Stanfill
Harlan
Former Associates Present Gift To Grant Schrock
City hall associates of J Grant Schrock 71 former mayor s clerk for 25 years presented a $21 cash gift to Schrock when Mayor Joseph Q Petro and Police Chief E J Stankard delivered it. Schrock retired on pension July 1 but actual retirement began after an accident on June 6 delaying his return home from Elyria Memorial hospital.
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City Hall Associates
J. Grant Schrock
Schrock
Joseph Q. Petro
E J. Stankard
Shrock
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cornell Avenue
Severe Storm Wrecks Warren Businesses and Streets
A July 14 electric storm tore away a 15 foot false front of Quality Auto Body Garage causing 15000 dollars in damage. Bricks spilled onto the sidewalk and roofs were ripped from Warren Fire Department central building and Telegraph Co warehouse. Two other storefronts wrecked and phones out of service. Newton Falls and Lordstown briefly lost electric lights. Warren street lamps darkened on north and east sides. In 40 minutes 87 of an inch of rain fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Quality Auto Body
Central Fire Department
Warren Telephone Co
Newton Falls
Lordstown
Akron Storm Leaves City in Turmoil
Akron was hit by a sudden wind and rain storm that toppled roofs and knocked down scaffolding. Peak winds reached 55 miles per hour as lightning struck six homes. A ton sized steel piece fell from the North Hill viaduct into a rail depot roof, with no one inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
North Hill
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Broun Graves Co
Linden Products Co
Heat Wave Grips Nation With High Fatalities Across Regions
A second severe 1939 heat wave spreads over the South and West while Midwestern relief comes from cooling breezes. At least 38 deaths are blamed on heat prostrations and drownings as states report numerous fatalities and record temperatures from Kansas to New Mexico.
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U. S
J R Lloyd
Chicago
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Illinois
Edmund Jackson
Parkersburg
Wv2
Beald
Michigan
Ohio
New Mexico
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Wyoming
Iowa
Indiana
Lloyd
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Kan
Yuma
Ariz
Injuries Prove Fatal In Head-On Collision
In Salem a head-on crash last week near Unity caused the death today of Maurice E. Sorg aged 50 of Castle Shannon Pennsylvania. The accident injuries proved fatal.
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Salem
Unity
Here
Maurice E. Sorg
Castle Shannon
Tests Weaken Case Against Torso Suspect
Cleveland July 14 a key fragment in Frank Dolezal’s murder case collapsed after a lab report said dried blood behind the bathtub was dirt. The defense prepared for a grand jury July 24 while prosecutors rely on two knives and a contested confession. Dr. Enrique Ecker of Western Reserve University found no human blood on the samples he tested.
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Cleveland
Shea Martin LcDonnells
Frank Dolezal
Dolezals
O’vennell Wll
Sheiff
Hich
V. Tyons
Lyons
Florence Pollilo
O'Donnell
Enrique Ecker
Western Reserve University
Ecker
Cooler Weather For Ohio Promised After Sweltering Spells
After a three day heat wave across Ohio readings reached into the 90s and a high of 101 in Van Wert the hottest since 1936. The Columbus weather office forecast a break tonight with a cooler weekend as temperatures drop to moderate levels.
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van Wert
Lima
Wilmington
Sidney
Cincinnat
Marion
Columbus
Ashland
Parkersburt
W Va
Ohio River
Marietta
Community Chest To Elect Officers
Officers for Elsina Community Chest Inc will be elected at a 7 30 p m meeting of the board of trustees Monday at the Community Chest headquarters. Positions include two vice presidents secretary and treasurer.
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Elsina Community Chest, Inc
Community Chest
Britain enacts giant blackout defense drill across Midlands
In a nationwide blackout test tens of thousands in 17 Midlands counties worked through the night as air raid sirens cried out. Air force planes simulated raids and defenses while fire, ambulance and gas units activated. Cities including Birmingham Sheffield and Leeds staged precautionary measures with shielded lights and screened chimneys.
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London
Great
Birmingham
Sheffield
Leeds
st.Iis
Unearth Pile of Mammoth Bones Near Buckeye Lake
Workmen digging for an outlet canal between Buckeye Lake and Jonathan Creek unearth a bone pile believed to be mammoth remains. Dr. Henry C. Sherrone of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Museum confirms the find and its prehistoric significance.
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Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Jonathan Creek
Henry C. Sherrone
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Museum
Upholds Gravity on Leominster Hill as Illusion
Leominster high school principal Dwight W Davis tested a spirit level on his car and concluded the magnetic hill is a 3 to 4 degree downgrade. Roscoe J Whitney suggested a natural lodestone under the roadway to explain vehicles appearing pulled uphill.
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Leominster
Mass
Leominster Hill
Dwight W Davis
Leominster High School
Davis
Roscoe J. Whitney
GM President Announces UAW Talks to End Tool and Die Strike
Detroit July 14. General Motors President William S Knudsen says GM will open negotiations with the United Automobile Workers Union to settle the tool and die makers strike without abrogating the current contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William S Knudson
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Tool and Die Makers
Funds Earmarked for Rural Housing Bond Increase
Washington July 14 The House Banking and Currency committee adopted an amendment to the Senate approved Housing Bill earmarking 200 million for rural housing from a proposed 800 million U S Housing Authority bond authorization increase.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
U. S. Housing Authority
Conn to Defend Title in September Showdown
New York July 14 Gus Lesnevich will meet light heavyweight champion Billy Conn in September for the title. Johnny Ray Conn's manager announced the Pittsburgh bout location and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gus Lesnevich
Cliffside Park
N.d
Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
Johnny Ray Conn
Amendments Refused on Local Security Bill in House
The House refused Senate amendments to the Local Security Bill and sent it to conference. The amendments would provide a minimum Old Age pension grant of 25 dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Man drowns woman after disturbance at doorway
In New York a man shouted at an elderly neighbor prompting her objection. He dragged her into his doorway and drowned her in a bathtub. He then fought police and died, apparently of heart disease, after going naked to bar entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate panel seeks State Department opinion on embargo power
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee decided to ask Secretary of State Cordell Hull to draft an official legal opinion. The request concerns questions about the legality of a proposal to grant the President power to impose embargoes against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cordell Trull
Roosevelt
Japan
Open Champion Sets Fast Pace In Golf Tourney
Byron Nelson shot a 65, matching his prior round, and led F J Harrison by six strokes after 18 holes in the 22nd National Championship semi finals at Pomonok Country Club New York. Landy Picard and Dick Metz were three and two holes back respectively in the same morning round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomonok Country Club
New York
Byron Nelson
F J
Dutch) Harrison
Oak Park Jr
Professional Golfers’ Association
Landy Henry Picard
Hershey
Handsome Dick Metz
Lake Forest
Ohio Unemployed Receive 62,000 Benefits in June
The State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports 62,000 Ohio unemployed received 2,961,427 in June. Total benefits paid since January reach 12,500,408.
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Columbus
Jay
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
Union Officer Hurt and Another Arrested at Fisher Body Plant
In Cleveland today police and pickets clashed at the Fisher Body Plant injuring A. E. Stevenson, secretary of the Cleveland Industrial Union Council, and leading to the arrest of recording secretary A. De Vito of Local 45. Stevenson, treated after being struck by a police horse, and De Vito, released on signing a disorderly conduct waiver, sparked renewed tensions as non strikers’ cars were blocked. Captain Michael Blackwell ordered talks with workers as mounted officers dispersed the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A. E. Stevenson
Cleveland Industrial Union Council
Stevenson
A. de Vito
C. I. O.-United Automobile Workers’ Union
de Vito
Michael Blackwell
Blackwell
Lorain Plant to Increase Steel Production Next Week
National Tube Company plant at Lorain will boost output with three blast furnaces and nine open hearths in operation, up from previous levels. Finishing departments stay at pre-shutdown levels as workers return from repairs and vacations.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Mrs Fallis Leads After First Eighteen Holes In Ohio Title Match
Toledo champion Mrs Lin ton Fallis holds a two up lead over Columbus rival Mrs Edith Begg Goddard after 18 holes of the 36 hole Ohio women's golf championship. Fallis shot 42 on the second nine as a wind picks up, including an eagle at the 14th.
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Toledo
Linton Fallis
Edith Begg Goddard
Columbus
Ohio
Falls
Mrs. Fallis
Mrs. Goddard
Mrs. Falls
Hunt Lorain Man Who Missed Train
Columbus police searched for Stephen Kuhes, 21, of Lorain, who missed train connections to Cleveland last night. He had come from Cincinnati. His baggage was found in a locked Big Four sleeping car.
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Columbus
Stephen Kuhes
Lorain
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Real Estate Market Signals Rising Prices Warn Buyers
Advertisers warn that a real estate surge is coming as demand grows and homes become scarce. Early buyers can secure down payments as low as 10 percent, with rental costs increasing if delays persist. The notice urges readers to act now and check Want-Ad Real Estate for Sale listings for the best deals.
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Wise
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Grant Schrock
Acme
United Press
Britain
G.M.C
Conn
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