Soldiers Replace Police on Ulster Border War Looms
London report says Ulster premier James Craig urged aggressive action and soldiers began replacing police on the Tyronne county frontier amid ongoing fighting between republicans and Orangemen. Craig and the Marquis of Londonderry met Premier Lloyd as troops dug entrenchments to defend positions.
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London
James Craig
Ulster
Pen
Tyronne
Marquis of Londonderry
Education
Overland Co buildings in big transfer
A real estate move exceeding 1.6 million dollars was filed at the courthouse. The Willys-Overland Co. shifted all holdings in the city to Willys Overland branches incorporated in Delaware. Two deeds cover factory land and Abb Road property with combined checks of revenue stamps totaling 1,919 dollars.
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Court House
Willys-Overland Co
Allts
Willys Overland
Delaware
Abbe Road
Abb
West Sider booster paper born on Elyria’s West Side
The West Sider, Elyria’s newest booster paper, is issued by the West Side Chamber of Industry. It aims to awaken residents to benefits of united effort for a bigger, better West Side and to make it a real place to live. The issue is full of West Side businessmen and advertisements and closes with the line we mean business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Siderhhamber of Industry
West Side
Insane Man Murders Wife Then Takes Own Life
Urbana report states Andy Lee of North Lewisburg killed his wife by throat slashing last April in an escape from a Columbus hospital for the insane. He fled authorities, ran around the house, and swallowed carbolic acid, dying soon after.
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Urbana
Andy Lee
North Lewisburg
Hospital For Insane
Columbus
Lee
Con
Probate Court Closes for Johnston Funeral Rites
The probate office closed at noon today for the funeral of Paul Johnston, longtime probation officer of the juvenile court for ten years. Court officials will attend. other offices will be closed.
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Paul Johnston
Judge Vacates $3,800,000 Judgment in Oil Case
Judge Cobbalan of the New York Supreme Court vacated a $3,800,000 default judgment against Dominion Oil Company and its Mid States Oil subsidiary. He ruled they were not in default and no judgment could be justified, in the June 1 decision.
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New York
Cobbalan
Supreme Court Ofew York Today
Dominion Oilompany
Midge States Oil Company
Underwear Demand Falls in May Report
Washington reports the Federal Reserve board notes a noticeable drop in underwear shipments and shipments across May. The survey indicates cooling demand as warmer weather approaches and consumer buying slows in the apparel sector.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Murdered man visited Ward's office often
White Plains report states Charlie Ross and Tack companions of Clarence Peters, killed by Walter S Ward, frequent visitors to Ward Baking Co executive offices. An employee said the two men, alleged conspirators with Peters, had access to Ward's private office and visited for ten minutes to half an hour.
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White Plains
Charlie Ross
Tack
Clarence Eters
Walter S. Ward
Ward Baking Co
Ward
Peters
Balloon lands near Fort Wayne in elimination trials
Balloon number 11 with Bernard von Hoffman as pilot and Ralph K Vincil as observer from the St Louis Advertising Club landed seven miles north of Fort Wayne at 10 am amid contrary winds. Other balloons were sighted over Litchfield and various Michigan towns as Milwaukee’s entrant and other gas bags competed in the national endurance race.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Bernard von Hoffman
Ralph K Vincil
St Louis
Detroit
Michigan
Milwaukee
Muskegon
Adrian
Jackson
Tecumseh
Lake Erie
Monroe
Three Men Suspended From New York Cotton Exchange
Announced from the rostrum of the New York Cotton Exchange that A H Lamborn J Marks and John F Clark were suspended for six months for conduct detrimental to the best interests of the exchange.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Today
A H. Lamborn
J. Marks
John F. Clark
Wife seeks husband missing since April in Lakewood
Mrs. Lillian Monismith of 11 807 Franklin avenue Lakewood has written to the police to locate her husband Claude D Monismith who left home April 4 to come to the city for work and has not been heard from since Police have not located him.
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Lillian Monismith
Franklin Avenue
Lakewood
Claude D. Monismith
Rail shop crafts face wage cuts under board order
Chicago June 1 The United States railway labor board nears a decision on wage reductions for about 400000 shop crafts union members amid a looming nationwide strike. The order may cut 5 to 3 cents per hour for blacksmiths machinists boilermakers sheet metal workers car men and helpers, saving railroads roughly 50 million dollars annually. B M Jewell, president of the union, leads the group in this dispute.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
B. M Jewell
United States to negotiate repayment of French debt
Washington June 1 The United States has notified France that the American debt funding commission is ready to negotiate payment of the 3,000,000 French debt to the United States. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced this afternoon.
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Washington
United States
American Debt Funding Commission
Treasury
Mellon
Hall of Elyria Children Report At Clinic
A clinic at First Congregational church hosted by the Woman's Civic Club child welfare department examined 274 children. Only ten met standard expectations for weight and measurement. 148 were underweight. Specialists identified defects in tonsils skin hair eyes ears teeth adenoids glands muscles bones heart lungs liver spleen genitalia feet hernia goitre rachitis and mentality. parents were advised to consult physicians to address the issues.
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First Congregational Church
Child Welfare Department
Woman's Civic Club
Bank Holdup in Michigan Nets $6500 Loot
Two of three bank robbers were captured in a swamp near Flint after raiding the Metamora bank of $6500. The third robber remains at large. Captured suspects were wounded. they said residents of Metamora fired as they fled the bank.
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Lapeer Midh
Metamora
Flint
Indiana executes Donovan as daughter pleads for justice
Mabel Donovan 17 and her letter to Governor McCray preceded the electric chair death of William E Donovan at Indiana State Prison. Donovan claimed innocence, alleging his wife’s accidental shooting. daughter witnessed the killing and urged forgiveness and reprieve.
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Mabel Donovan
Michigan
Gils
Indiana State Prison
Wiliam E Donovan
Donovan
Indiana
Daugher
Laura
Harrodsburg
Warren McCray
Wiltshire Trapped Seamen Rescue Efforts Under Way
Sydney reports eighty seamen aboard the British steamship Wiltshire stranded on the Great Barrier Reef with rough seas hindering rescue. Later lifebuoys and lines aided by rescuers revived hope of saving the crew as attempts continue. In Deal England the overturned lifeboat from the Peninsular and Oriental liner Egypt aided the rescue of Dimantino survivors who reported abandoning hope before being picked up.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Wiltshire
Great Barrier Reef
Deal
England
Jealous wife maims husband with scissors in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 1 Mrs. Ethel Nolan attacked her husband Thomas J. Nolan a 24 year old hay merchant as he slept at home using scissors and severely mutilated him. She was taken into custody on a mayhem charge. Nolan received treatment at the receiving hospital and his condition was listed as serious.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ethel Nolan
Thomas J. Nolan
Nolan
Avon Resident Drops Dead in Porch Chair
John Schlecht aged 79 died at his Avon home last night while sitting on his porch chair. A former Cleveland resident, he had lived in Avon about a year and is survived by his wife six daughters ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home at 10 o'clock Saturday morning conducted by Rev Peck of the MEB church Valley City.
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John Schlecht
Avon
Cleveland
Rev Peck
MEB Church
Banal
Valley City
Turks Slay 160 Greek Notables in Asia Minor Massacre
June 1 report from Athens cites Foreign Minister Baltazar of Greece saying 168 Greek notables were seized and massacred by Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor. The Greek assembly protests to the allied powers over continued killings and the ruin of Greek villages. girls are said to have been carried off. In Riverside Park, boys enjoyed rides and snacks before a booth ticket theft led to arrests.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Baltazar
Greece
Greek National Assembly
Asia ‘Minor
Riverside Park
Mike
Joe Furza
Frank Panza
Nick Kronoak
Stankard
Jack Howlett
Prosperity Special Passes Through Ohio with Twenty Engines
A Baldwin locomotive Works train loaded with twenty engines traveled through Bucyrus this morning. Pulled by two Pennsylvania engines and pushed by one, the 23 engines moved at fifteen miles an hour toward a southwestern railroad.
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Bucyrus
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pennsylvania
Southwestern
Ford's Muscle Shoals Offer Deemed Unsatisfactory
Secretary of War Weeks called Henry Ford's original offer for the Muscle Shoals project totally unsatisfactory before the senate agriculture committee. He objected to Ford's 100 year tenure proposal as harmful to national interests.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Weeks
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ford
Man Charged Over Attempted Hanging Of Daughter
Rochester report says George Mclean, a railroad worker, was under observation at the county hospital after an alleged attempt to hang his 14 year old daughter Althea. Washington dispatch adds Attorney General Daugherty warned that sinister influences may threaten prosecution of government war contract frauds.
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Rochester
George Mclean
Althea
Washington
Daugherty
Many County Residents Plan Europe Tour
Lorain county records show a large group of residents preparing European travel for the summer. A few head to Germany and Russia, with most outlining visits to England, Holland, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain. Names and trips listed include Elyria residents John Jehle, George Sharp and others. Oberlin travelers Prof W. T. Upton, Rev Nicholas Van der Pyl, and several professors and spouses. China-bound travelers include D G Heggie and family, and Elyria’s H Olds heads to Japan.
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Lorain County
Europe
Elyria
Japan
China
England
Holland
Netherlands
France
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Germany
Russia
John Jehle
George Sharp
William Sharp
J I. Burke
H. M Ebert
George H Lewis
Oberlin
W. T. Upton
Roland Guild
Grabil
Nellie F. Harper
Howard Huckins
Gertrude Lehman
C C McNicol
L Lord
Nicholas van der Pyl
Graham
Rufus Emery
Rufus
Aliss Chapin
R. H. Stetson
Sivick
Roht. Adams
W. K. Beckenridge
Loran
D. G. Heggie
Margaret
D D. Lewis
Joseph Svete
Gertrude Single
Francis S. Hutchins
H. Olds
Lake Avenue Woman Sues For Ten Thousand Dollars
Pearl Smith files suit against Ella Muller claiming defamatory statements tied to divorce filings damage her character and reputations. The complaint alleges Muller published insinuations of adultery saying she and Henry Miller were seen with her husband Carl Smith, harming Smith’s standing among neighbors.
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Pearl Smith
Ella Muller
Miller
Henry Miller
Smith
Plaintiff
Eighteen Dead in German Coal Mine Blast Near Essen
Eighteen persons are known to be dead in a coal mine explosion near Essen today. Eight miners were buried alive. The blast occurred in a German coal mine causing multiple casualties.
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Berlin
Juba
Essen
Frank Billings Files for Lorain County Commissioner
Frank Billings a deputy sheriff and patrol officer on Lorain county highways has filed his declaration and candidacy for county commissioner on the democratic ticket He is the first Democrat to file for a county office thus far Billings formerly served as trustee of LaGrange township and now resides on Middle avenue in Lorain city.
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Frank Billings
Lorain County
Billings
LaGrange Township
Middle Avenue
Elyria Milk Shippers to Meet Saturday
There will be a meeting of the Elyria Milk Shippers association at the courthouse on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Matters pertaining to the welfare of the association will be discussed.
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Elyria
Elyria Milk Shippers Association
Court House
Priest Indicted for Slaying Half Brother in Montreal
Montreal Que June 1 King s bench court returned one true bill against Rev Father Adelaide Delorme accused of murdering his half brother.
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Montreal
King’s Bench Court
Adelaide Delorme
Building Permits Reach $550,030 in May Boom
May permits totaled over half a million dollars in the city, surpassing prewar months. The Aud-War hotel permit led with $450,090 while twelve new dwellings were approved, ranging from $1,000 to $22,500, signaling renewed building activity.
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Joseph Rauh
Timberman Denied Habeas Relief by Judge Redington
Attorney Wesley Grills failed to free C Timberman from Lorain County Jail on habeas corpus. Judge H G Redington refused the writ and denied bail with Timberman confined in the penitentiary. Grills plans appeals to the court of appeals and possibly the Supreme Court.
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Wesley Grills
C C Iimberman
Lorain County
H. G Redington
Timberman
Court of Common Pleas
Grills
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Redington
Backus
$25 000 Damage Suit Settled For 400
Nelson Bolling settled the $25,000 damage suit against the city of Elyria for 400 and costs after a medical exam revealed a disease that could have caused his condition regardless of the previous ice fall blamed for the injury.
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Nelson Bolling
Cty
Elyria
Bolling
Union Official Sentenced 15 Years for Assault Plot
Jacob Reichert business agent for the Amalgamated Garment Workers was convicted of assault with intent to kill for hiring Frank Solderuts and Irwin Leischer to slug non union workers. Judge Stanley Rostt inger imposed the maximum fifteen year term in Cincinnati on Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Reichert
Amalgamated Garment Workers
Frank Solderuts
Irwin Leischer
Stanley Rosttinger
Prineville Fire Destroys Downtown District on June Day
A major blaze in Prineville Oregon destroyed four blocks of the business district and caused about 1,000,000 in damage. Fire officials dynamited areas to protect homes, but no lives were lost.
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Prineville
Ore
Lorain Leader Levi Wilcox Dead After Brief Illness
Levi Wilcox, 70, president of Lorain Lead & Paint Co., died at his Hast Erie avenue home after a brief illness. A former Elyrian, he moved to Lorain three years ago and is survived by his wife. Funeral arrangements are not yet set.
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Lorain
Levi Wilcoxton
Lorain Lead & Paint Co
Erie Avenue
Elyria
Runaway Youth Found After Night at Police Station
Howard Pollock, sixteen from Philadelphia, spent the night at the police station. He said he lived with an aunt in Philadelphia. his father is in Chicago. He had traveled west seeking him, stayed in Cleveland days. police arranged his return to Cleveland after aunt sent for him but offered no funds.
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Howard Pollock
Philadelphia
Jim Kenelly
Pollock
Chicago
Cleveland
Contempt of Court Cases Set for Saturday Session
Two contempt charges and a temporary alimony motion will be heard by Judge Thompson next Saturday. Lorain resident Ignatz Kordelski is cited for $230 in alimony arrears to Francia. Edna Hearne cites Ralph Hearne with $241 in arrears. Ella Miller seeks temporary alimony in her divorce from Henry Muller.
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Thompson
Ignatz Kordelski
Lorain
Francia
Edna Hearne
Ralph Hearne
Ella Miller
Henry Muller
Local man released after theft case dropped
F B Bradner was arrested by Patrolman Southern for stealing several articles from a coat hanging in a greenhouse belonging to Hecock Floral Co. The theft happened outside the city, he was turned over to the sheriff, and later released when the victim refused to prosecute.
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F.B Bradner
Southern
Hecock Floral Co
Sheriff's Office
Toledo Carmen Refuses Wage Offer Amid Strike
June Anahale reports a strike in Maumen Valley Electric where workers rejected a wage offer dropping from 50 to 45 cents. Buses were pressed into service as protesters gathered, affecting transit and public services.
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Toledo
Anahale
Maumen Valley Electric Rede Wat
Aecrion
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