Six Convicts Escape Prison Farm After Slugging Guard
London Ohio July 28 six convicts slugged guard and escaped the city prison farm over a 10 foot barbed wire fence shortly after 2 AM. Two hundred other prisoners stayed put. Fugitives named Sheldon Waits Edgar Russell Edward Brown Harry Zenz Stewart Bennedum and Chester Phelps. Supt Jenkins said the break was well planned and the guard Madden was only lightly hurt. Authorities scoured roads and notified all Ohio officials. 1750 inmates remain at the farm.
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London
Sheldon Waits
Brown County
Edgar Russell
Cleveland
Edward Brown
Butler County
Harry Zenz
Hamilton County
Stewart Bennedum
Montgomery County
Chester Phelps
Union County
T. ©. Jenkins
Prison Farm
William J. Madden
Madden
Madison
Ohio
Jenkins
Ohio Penitentiary
Barbara and Count Reach Separation Agreement
London July 29 Lawyers for Count Court Von Haugwitz Reventlow and his wife Barbara Hulton Woolworth heiress announced an agreement of separation. The deed gives the Count the final say on Lance’s education religion and career. Custody and future of Lance were central to the dispute. The settlement provides that the couple shall live apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Court von Haugwitz Reventlow
Barbara Hulton
Woolworth
Lance
Barbara
Burmese Riots Rage Across Rangoon Suburbs
In Rangoon on July 29, Buddhist and Indian Muslim groups clashed savagely in eastern and western districts. Troops were ordered to fire when necessary as police and soldiers struggled to quell the violence. British reinforcements were requested amid mobs wielding staves, bludgeons, and knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Weather snapshot Ohio tonight and Saturday
Generally fair conditions across Ohio with cooler air in the southeast tonight. A ridge of high pressure spans from the Pacific Northwest to the South Atlantic States, with scattered showers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the Lake Region, and a narrow band from the Ohio Valley toward Kansas Oklahoma and Eastern Colorado. Temperature changes are mostly minor except cooler winds over the Lake Region and Ohio Valley.
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Ohio
Washington
Oregon
South Atlantic States
Atlantic
Gulf
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Speaker Launches Sales Drive In Elyria Campaign
Dr. George W. Allison of Edison Electric Institute urged about 400 Elyria salespeople to boost selling efforts under the "Sales Mean Jobs" campaign. He argued the country has ample money and resources and warned against reducing advertising or buying. Allan W. Fritzsche and J. B. Johnson underscored that every worker is part of a sales system and that the campaign has success in 500 cities. Group singing preceded the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
George W. Allison
Edison Electric Institute
New York City
Dr. Allison
Allison
Allan W. Fritzsche
General Industries Company
J. B. Johnson
Paul Wainwright
Dr. R. R. Bevard
Elyria Summer School Ends With 18 Diplomas
Summer vacation begins for 224 Elyria students as the six week 1938 session ends. Eighteen high school seniors receive diplomas in a simple closeout in a high school classroom. Final exams concluded yesterday morning for 141 high school and 83 elementary students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
J D. Severs
New York City Feels Earth Tremor Heard Citywide
A 3:44 A M tremor shook New York City and extended to suburbs, with heavy impact in the Bronx Queens and Westchester. Fordham University seismographs logged the quake as police and fire departments fielded about 200 calls within the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Bronx
Queens
Westchester County
Fordham University
Fire Department
Pope Criticizes Italy's Racial Nationalism
Caster Gandolfo dispatches that Pope Pius denounced Italy's drift toward racial nationalism akin to Nazi policy. It marks the second such warning this month and reports say an encyclical on anti semitism may be issued soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caster Gandolfo
Pius
Italy
Nazi Germany
the Holy Father
Supervisors Named to WPA Playgrounds in Elyria
WPA supervision has been added to two city school playgrounds. Carl W. Wagner Elyria Recreation Commissioner reports Harry Jones will oversee Roosevelt playground and Harold Sheldon at Crisp Field. Additional playgrounds with WPA supervisors include Allen with Frank Bayless and Jefferson with Paul Byers in charge.
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WPA
Carl W. Wagner
Elyria
Harry Jones
Roosevelt Playground
Harold Sheldon
Crisp Field
Allen
Frank Bayless
Jefferson
Paul Byers
Seek New Record For Endurance Flying
In Columbus on July 29 Cliff Haney and Bill Bullock completed 24 hours in the air and continued toward a lightweight plane endurance refueling record. They reported having loads of fun after refueling with 14 gallons and noted the night did not seem over two hours. The targeted record is 63 hours 45 minutes of sustained flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cliff Haney
Bill Bullock
Convinced That Boys Did Not Drown, Gives Up Search
SANDUSKY July 29 Captain William Holmes of the Marblehead Coastguard station ended the search for five boys reported missing in a rowboat on Lake Erie. He said his crew covered 100 square miles near Rye Beach and Huron, sighted a red metal row boat on the beach, and believed the boys had beached their boat and left. Sheriff William Souter said no missing boys were found.
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Sandusky
William Holmes
Marblehead
Lake Erie
Holmes
Rye Beach
Huron
William Souter
Loyalists Claim Further Advance Around Gandesa
Loyalists along the Ebro river front report a drive of over 3 miles aided by their communique noting more than 600 prisoners captured and two 4 inch artillery batteries taken. Nationalists still hold Gandesa’s main communications hub with Loyalists nearly surrounding the city as day air bombardments continue.
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Hendaye
Ebro
Gandesa
Brownhelm Township appoints Franks as high school teacher
Roderick Franks of Millersburg was employed by the Brownhelm Township board of education last night as teacher of industrial arts and mathematics at Brownhelm High School. Franks, a Muskingum College and Ohio State University graduate, will succeed Karl I. Dryer who taught those subjects last year.
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Roderick Franks
Millersburg
Brownhelm Township Board of Education
Brownhelm High School
Franks
Muskingum College
Ohio State University
Karl I. Dryer
Defends Having Arsenal For Protection
Washington July 29 Frank Purnell president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube testified before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee defending the companys arsenal as strike protection and property defense After 1916 violence at Republic Iron and Steel he argued the need for prep La Follette Jr showed inventories of 452 revolvers 314 rifles and four Lewis machine guns registered under Ohio law but not the federal act Purnell said guns were to be kept away Woltz testified they were buried and later destroyed He said espionage is against company policy and unhelpful to labor relations The testimony also covered a union representation plan costs and past security measures including outside detectives and isolated incidents at the plant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Purnell
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Prog
Wis
LaFoliette
J. C. Argetsinger
Ohio
James M. Woltz
Youngstown
Woltz
la Follette
Sheet and Tube
Ohio Fuel Gas Co Managers Meet at Elyria Club
District managers of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co and company officials from Columbus met at Elyria Country Club for their monthly conference. The company has 12 district managers statewide and summer meetings are held at country clubs near served cities. A lunch at noon was a feature of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Columbus
Elvrra Country Club
Elyria
New Manchukuo Border Incident Reported
Tokyo dispatch from Domei News Agency says ten Soviet soldiers invaded Manchukuo territory north of Changkufeng and fired on Japanese patrols before retreating into Soviet territory after about an hour of clash. The report cites Japanese army headquarters in Korea.
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Tokyo
Domei
Korea
Manchukuan
Changkufeng
Ford To Celebrate 75th Birthday Tomorrow
DETROIT July 29 Henry Ford celebrates his 75th birthday tomorrow. Young and old will join in felicitating him. A party will be held in the fairgrounds Coliseum tomorrow morning. Eight thousand school children from 120 city playgrounds will give a pageant. In the evening civic and industrial leaders from all parts of the state will join Ford's friends and neighbors at a birthday banquet at Masonic Temple. Sixteen hundred persons will be seated, Ford will be guest of honor at both parties.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Ford
Masonic Temple
270 Families to Receive Child Aid Checks
Probate Judge H. H. Nye announced that 270 families totaling 10 817 in Aid for Dependent Children will be mailed August 1. The 776 children in these families share the funds, with an average per person distribution of 8 97 this month down from 9 15 last month due to limited funds.
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H. H. Nye
Doris Todd
Four Indicted On Charges of Bribery
Columbus July 29 Two former State Securities division officials a former securities examiner and a stock broker were indicted on bribery charges by the Franklin County grand jury Edward T Carney Cleveland former assistant securities division chief and Edwin Judy Columbus former attorney examiner face charges for soliciting and accepting bribes from Elmer Vossler Findlay and Cincinnati broker and from Toledo Guaranty Corp officials Vossler head of Vossler and Vossler was indicted for giving 3000 stock in Ohio Mines Inc to influence a dealer license Edward Bolinger Fremont a former division examiner is charged with accepting 2500 in bribes from Parmelee and Rossel to affect registration of the company stock in 1936 Bolinger also faces Lucas county indictment on bribery charges Parmelee and Russel convicted of fraud in the Guaranty collapse Dan Moore securities division chief refused to renew Vossler license in January April hearing Vossler testified Carney Judy accepted bribes Bernard W Funk Democratic candidate for Congress accused of being paid to enter the race to split anti Lamneck vote.
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Columbus
State Securities Division
Franklin County
Edward T. Carney
Cleveland
Seerlies Division
Edwin Judy
Elmer Vossler
Findlay
Cincinnati
Toledo Guardanty Corp
Vossler
Vossler & Vossler
Carney
Bolinger
Lucas County
Guaranty
Parmelee
Russel
Guaranty Corp
Dan ‘T. Moore
Judy
Bernard W Funk
Congress
Arthur Lamneck
Penfield Co Profited Big On Whisky Receipts in Ohio
In Columbus July 29 Dan T Moore of the Securities Division charged the Penfield Co of Dayton with profits from 52 to 57 percent on whisky warehouse receipts sales. Franklin Black Penfield president disputed Moore's method and struggled to answer how customers could profit. Moore noted purchase prices from 29.40 to 36.75 for 49 gallon barrels and public prices from 50 upward. The hearing saw interruptions as Black and associates argued. Moore warned he could clear the room. A letter from D E Ross claimed a promised 6 percent profit and return of investment but not fulfilled. Black could not recall details. Black also accused Moore of pressuring unsatisfied customers and claimed complaints would be settled if customers were sent to the company.
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Columbus
Ilmm
Penfield Co
Dayton
Ohio
Dan T. Moore
Securities
Franklin Black
Penfield
Moore
Black
D. E. Ross
Alfred Humphrey
Ross
Father of Seven Drowns After Fall From Bridge
Walter Schey, 49, of Leipsic, a father of seven, was drowned late yesterday after falling into the Auglaize River from the Fort Winchester bridge where he was working.
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Lee Lewes
Walter Schey
Leipsic
Auglaize
Fort Winchester
Sudden Squall Forces Rescue Off Clifton Beach
A sudden squall on Lake Erie near Clifton Beach capsized an 18 foot sailboat, dumping two boys into the water. William Olsen, 15, of Elyria, and William E. Boeddener, 17, of Rocky River, were rescued within minutes by a cabin cruiser from Rocky River and a Clifton Beach lifeboat. Olsen was unharmed. The incident followed by reports of storm damage across Cleveland as the electrical tempest swept the area.
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William Olsen
C. A. Olsen
Overbrook Road
Lake Erie
Clifton Beach
Cleveland
Olsen
William E. Boeddener
Rocky River
Boeddener
Elyria
J. Ray Davis
Cleveland Yachting Club
Judge Defers Decision On Probations In Elyria Case
Common Pleas Judge D. A Cook delayed ruling on probation for four youths and a 21-year-old girl who admitted joy riding in autos without owners’ consent. The group includes Richard Cornell 19 Stanley Cebula 19 George Karkellie 18 and Eleanor Vaas 21. Cornell took seven cars over about six weeks and was called the ring leader. Karkellie admitted taking three cars and breaking into two companies after police surfaced other offenses. The court will receive a health report on Cornell and consider probation for the others, though investigators oppose probation for Karkellie citing lack of cooperation. Cornell cited parental neglect and health concerns. a Saturday examination was ordered.
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Common Pleas
D. A Cook
Elyria
Richard Cornell
Bon Air Avenue
Stanley Cebula
North Olive Street
George Karkellie
Cleveland Road
Eleanor Vaas
Lake Avenue
Cornell
Karkellie
William Wickens
Schroll Coat Company
Homer Baker
D. H. Minnis
Pleasant View Sanatorium
Dr. Minnis
Hawaii Clipper missing with six passengers and nine crew
Manila dispatch reports a Pan American Hawaii Clipper carrying six passengers and nine crew is missing after not sending a radio update. Navy destroyers and army planes searched from Guam toward Manila as authorities feared a forced down 565 miles from the Philippine coast.
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Manila
U.P
Navy
Army
Pan American Airways
Guam Island
Pacific
Hawaii
Guam-to
Leo Terletsky
Falo Alto
Cal
M. A. Walker
Berkeley
G M. Davis
Oaxdard
J. M. Sauceda
Oakland
J. W. Jewett
H. L. Cox
Alameda
Offcer T. B. Tatum
Honolulu
T. H
W. McCarty
I. Parker
McKinley
College of Medicine
George Washington University
Rockefeller Foundation
Adisory Commission
Philippines
University of the Philippics
Pacific Ocean
Vam Island
San Francisco
Guam
Pan-American Airways
Samar Island
Philippine Islands
Samar
Auckland
N. Z
Edwin C. Musick
Bar Association Backs Labor Institute Proposal at 61st Convention
Cleveland July 29 The American Bar Association board of governors approved a proposal for a labor institute to study labor industry disputes and invite leading labor and industrial lawyers to participate. Delegates urged condemnation of bombings in China and Spain as officers were elected unopposed.
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Cleveland
UAH
American Bar Association
Board of Governors
Labor Institute
Association
China
Spain
Frank J. Hogan
Washington
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Newark
N. J
Thomas B. Gay
Richmond
George M. Moris
House of Delegates
John
American Refugees Face Food Shortage In Kuling
July 29 Shanghai report notes fifty seven American refugees in Kuling near Kiukiang facing serious food shortages as fighting intensifies. US consulate says no word from residents for three days while a Japanese army spokesman cites grain loss and plans to drop food parcels near the foreign settlement. Chinese and foreign supplies are described as cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Kuling
Kiukiang
United States
Shuangchienshan
Martial Law Declared on Crete as Troops Land in Canea
Government forces landed on Crete to quell a revolt led by a nephew of Eleutherion Venizelos. Martial law imposed as airstrikes and pamphlets urged peasants to avoid joining the insurrection. Rebels reportedly began abandoning positions in Canea.
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Athens
Crete
Canea
Eleutherion Venizelos
Trial of Four Suspended Union Leaders Adjourns
Detroit reports the trial of four suspended leaders of the United Automobile Workers Union was adjourned today as President Homer Martin reportedly fell ill amid proceedings, with observers noting unclear next steps and potential impacts on union actions.
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Detroit
C.P
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
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Republic Steel Corp
James L Williams
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
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