Lightning strikes tractor killing boy near LaGrange
Harvey Serette ten years old, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Serette, was killed when a bolt of lightning struck as he rode with his father on a field tractor. The father survived after being unconscious for about an hour. The accident occurred as they sought shelter from an approaching storm. Harvey suffered severe burns and died at the scene. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:30 PM at the family home. Burial in La Grange Cemetery.
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Harvey Serette
Paul Serette
LaGrange
Serette
Harvey
Mr. Serette
Myles E. Perry
Perry
Mason Powers
la Grange
Flames Destroy Ferry Boat Louis Adams
The ferry Louis Adams operating between New Richmond Ohio and South New Richmond Kentucky was destroyed by fire today at about 6:30 a.m. The New Richmond fire department could not control the blaze and the boat burned to the water’s edge. Engineer Richard Youngs and pilot Bruce Scott were aboard at the start of the fire.
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New Richmond
Louis Adams
Here
Richard Youngs
Bruce Scott
Life of Claude B Bivin Lorain County Sheriff and Local Leader
Claude B Bivin, 21 when he helped erect a Maumee telephone exchange, later served as Lorain County Sheriff from 1911 to 1915. He aided in resolving the Amherst quarry strike, was deputy sheriff under Underhill and Mathews, ran a shoe shop on Middle Avenue, and opened a Broad Street restaurant last November. He is married with two sons and lives at Stop 2 Lake Avenue. his hobby is raising chickens.
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Claude B. Bivin
Maumee
Ohio
Lorain County
Amherst
Underhill
Mathews
Middle Avenue
Broad Street
Heis
Stop 2
Lake Avenue
Pony Killed By Lightning At Wellington
Star a pony owned by Mrs. William Evans was struck and killed by lightning during a severe storm in Wellington. The pet pony entertained local children and was seen by the Manning children on their porch when the bolt struck.
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Wellington
William Evans
Fred Manning
Lorain Grudge Project to be Abolished Meeting Friday
State Representative C. R. Summers of Oberlin and Chief Engineer Frank L. Raschig will discuss state aid for building a high level bridge over the Black River at Erie Avenue Lorain on Friday July 26 in Columbus. Summers invites all Lorain county residents with an interest to attend and participate. He said the bridge, on a state highway, warrants state funding of part of the construction cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Black River
Erie Avenue
Lorain
C. R. Summers
Oberlin
Summers
Frank L. Raschig
Columbus
Lorain County
Judge Carpenter says juries have too much power in Ohio civil cases
Judge Irving G. Carpenter of the Huron County Common Pleas Court told Elyria Kiwanis Club juries wield excessive influence in civil lawsuits in Ohio. He cited Cleveland vote fraud trials where convictions were few despite overwhelming evidence, urging judges to guide legal elements for fairer justice.
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Ohio
Irving G. Carpenter
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Elytia Kiwanis Club
United States
Carpenter
Cleveland
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Elyria
Wickersham Letter Pushes Prohibition Debate Toward 1932
Washington July 19 The Wickersham letter shifts the prohibition debate to moral obligation of states and possible effects on the 1932 presidential race. Maryland Governor Ritchie leads the dry camp against the letter while New York Governor Roosevelt weighs the issue alongside the merger topic. Republicans debate Hoover’s stance on enforcement as national party lines harden amid a split Democratic outlook.
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Washington
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Conference of Governors
Albert C Ritchie
Maryland
Alfred E Smith
Roosevelt
New York
Ritchie
Smuiin
Wickersham
Democratic Party
Iis
Senator Caraway
Arkansas
Raskob
Prohibition
Bank Truck Robbery In New Orleans Unfolds
Six bandits halted a bank truck in New Orleans, forced out the guard and driver, and fled with $21,990 in cash and securities of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company. The incident occurred today, adding to concerns about bank security in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orwans
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Girl Loses Life in Collision of Machines
Richmond Indiana July 19 Miss Ruth Chamness twenty Hyde Park Cincinnati was killed and Mrs George E Bendigs Cincinnati seriously injured in a collision between their auto and one driven by McClelland White farmer near here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Ruth Chamness
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
George E. Bendigs
McClelland White
Soviet Russia declares no invasion of China
Moscow reports a high official states Soviet Russia has no plan to invade Chinese territory to retaliate for the seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railroad. Jan Rudzutak says troops massed at the frontier to guard borders against White Guard invasion, not to attack China unless China strikes first.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Jan Rudzutak
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Rudsutak
Lie of liquor ring ends with judge fines near Elyria-Oberlin road
In commons pleas court Judge A R Webber hears a tale of cockfights petting parties craps and liquor orgies near a Hickory mut grove close to stop 90 on the Green line. William Maloney admits liquor possession and is fined 1090 after denying involvement and claiming no sales or drinking.
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Common Pleas Court
Elyria-Oberlin Road
William Maloney
A. R. Webber
Maloney
Clarence E. Adams
Judse Webber
Traffic violations cited in police report
Police logged twelve traffic violations on Thursday using red tags. Nine motorists violated street parking rules after dark without a tail light. Three two hour parking limits were recorded.
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Mit
Heavy Cannonading Near Pogranitshava Reported
Harbin dispatches report heavy cannonading on the Manchurian eastern border near Pogranitshava at 10 am as Soviet forces attacked a mixed Chinese and white Russian border patrol. Cavalry action noted and both sides withdrew after brief engagements. Additional reports mention tunnels on the Chinese Eastern Railway destroyed nearby and Russian warships nearing Sanfen-ho with Chinese mine laying in the channel.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Pogranitshava
Sun
Manchuna
Pozranitchaia
Sanfen-ho
Pogranitchaya
Sea of Japan
Russian White Army Officers Receive Orders
Secret orders have been issued to Russian White Army officers worldwide including in the United States to be ready for instantaneous mobilization due to the Russo-Chinese situation in Manchuria. The executive staff and Russian council remain in telegraphic contact with exiles in Paris reporting growing readiness.
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Paris
United States
Manchuria
United Press
Russian Council
Picket Inunction Suit Opened In Common Pleas Court
A lengthy legal battle opened in Judge A R Webbers common pleas court as an injunction suit against Electro Alloys striking moulders began. Witnesses were questioned as plaintiffs sought to halt picketing while defense argued no active strike existed.
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Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Electro-Alloys Company
Belaw
Carl Mills
William Cunningham
Attr. King Fauher
Electro-Alloss
KR. Morris
Cleveland
Fauver
Mills
St Louis Robin Plane Pursues 246 Hour Endurance Record
In St Louis on July 19, the St. Louis-Robin mono plane, taking off at 7 17 am last Saturday, remained aloft and reported everything OK. Pilots Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine aim to exceed the 246 hour endurance mark after flying over 140 hours. The sister Mussouri-Robin, piloted by Joseph Hammer and W Gentry Shelton, has logged over 41 consecutive hours aloft.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
Joseph Hammer
W. Gentry Shelton
Snook to fight sanity hearing over Hix murder
Dr. James H. Snook formerly of Ohio State University faces a sanity hearing in Columbus on charges he killed Theora Hix, a 25 year old medical co ed. Three state alienists appointed by Judge Scarlett will inform the jury about his mental state as the trial date looms. The hearing, expected to last a week, precedes any possible first degree murder trial and potential death penalty if found sane.
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Columbus, CO
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora K. Hix
Snook
United Press
Columbus
Theora Hix
Ohio State University Medical Coed
State Asylums
Common Pleas
Henry Scarlett
Feir
W. H. Vorbau
Lima
Arthur G. Hyde
Massillon
Guy H. Williams
Cleveland
Scarlett
Earthquake shock felt in Italy causes alarm across towns
An eight second earthquake shock was felt in Florence and surrounding countryside today prompting widespread fear and the abandonment of many houses. There were no casualties or serious damage reported though several buildings cracked in Boreo San Lorenzo Barberino and Vicchio.
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Florence
Italy
Boreo
San Lorenzo
Barberino
Vicchio
Lake Erie On Rampage
Lake Erie lashed the lakeshore with high winds sending water levels above normal. Docks vanished, waterfront land flooded, and summer cottages near Rye Beach collapsed as sand and gravel undermined foundations, hindering access to summer boat traffic.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
Rye Beach
Tragic crash kills Elyria man Louis Yournich
Louis Yournich 21 of 120 Middle avenue Elyria died after an auto overturn on the Amherst road between Elmwood cemetery and Oberlin avenue. Mike Swetz 22 of 333 Beach street was seriously injured with a broken shoulder and possible internal injuries. The coroner withheld verdict as Sheriff Adams investigated. Yournich’s body to Taylor’s funeral parlor then to his in law’s home. Holy Cross Church services set for Monday at 9 AM.
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Louis Yournich
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Mike Swetz
Beach Street
Elmwood Cemetery
Oberlin Avenue
Amherst Road
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Yournich
Swetz
Yourrich
Burnell Schuster
Robert Smith
M. E. Perry
Clarence BE. Adams
Taylor
Quincy Street
Holy Cross Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Seven Die in Logans Ferry Aluminum Plant Blast
July 19 report from New Kensington Pa. says seven men died after last night’s explosion at United States Aluminum plant a subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America. Victims include Jos Paustenbach 47 Taren tum Andrew Kautzman 60 East New Kensington B Lopez New Kensington Michael Hazimalis New Kensington Anthony Larios Arnold John Giansanti Arnold and James Gallardo New Kensington.
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New Kensington
Logans Ferry
United States Aluminum Company
Aluminum Company of America
Jos. Paustenback
Tarentum
Andrew Kautzman
East New Kensington
B. Lopez
Michael Hazimanolis
Anthony Larios
Arnold
John Giansanti
James Gallardo
Faustenbach
Kautzman
George Hauros
John Hrones
Akanitzman
Pausternbach
Couple Admits Killing Elderly Woman Over Fear of Evil Influence
Kalamazoo Michigan July 13 A 75 year old minister’s widow Loretta Fairchild was beaten to death by Exyrene Burgess 53 and his wife Pearl after fearing her claimed evil influence They confessed after police found a battered body weighted and hidden in a cistern at the Burgess home The couple said she claimed she had killed over 100 people annually for 25 years through a supposed power.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Loretta Fairchild
Exyrene Burgess
Pearl
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Dewey Noyes
Mes L. M. Thaden
Phoebe Fargrave Omlie
Elino
Pur
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America
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Lady Heath
England
Louise Thaden
Ruth Elder
Elinor Smith
Phoebe Omlie
Bobby Trout
Soviet
Aory Fail TE Gonvinge
Man
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