Mother Faces Murder Charge In Baby's Death
A Clyde Ohio case centers on a 22 year old mother who confessed to dumping her 11 week old baby Halden Fink into a creek after an argument with her husband and father of the child Ervin Fink. Prosecutors may seek the electric chair with the defense considering temporary insanity. The family sought legal help as the mother remains in nervous collapse awaiting arraignment. The Rev Frank A Jordan influenced the confession citing moral retribution and an all seeing eye.
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Fremony
Velma Fink
Edwin
Bud
H. L. Myers
Oren Baker
Ervin Fink
Fink
Halden
Buster" Fink
Bakers
Clyde
Green Creek
Frank A. Jordan
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
St. Matthew
Collins Enters Not Guilty Plea in Betting Ring
John A. Collins of Sheffield Lake appeared in common pleas court and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with setting up a room for recording wagers. Bond set at $2000, signed by John and Margaret Ferner. Four other indicted men also pleaded not guilty and were released on bond. trials expected to begin next week.
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Grand
John A. Collins
Stop 86
Sheffield Lake
Common Pleas Court
John
Margaret Ferner
Fritz Bauer
Denison Avenue
Elyria
Max and
Louis Jacobs
Lorain
Lawrence Morena
William Wickens
Joe Curcillo
Henry K. Moore
Wiliam Jones
Charles Wottring
William Fallon
Victor Maletic
Roy Rudes
Weather update for Ohio shows showers and warmer trend
Weather forecast notes local showers and a slight warm up tonight with Tuesday showers. It details a trough from Manitoba through the Great Plains to Texas and an Ohio Valley disturbance lingering over eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania with diminished intensity. Rainfall totals include 3.40 inches in Marion, over 4 inches in Delaware, and over 3 inches in Prospect with rising streams.
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Ohio
Manitoba
Great Plains
Texas
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Plains
Olentangy
Scioto
Marion
Delaware
Prospect
Velma West and Four Escape From Reformatory in Ohio
Velma West age 33 and three other inmates escaped from the Marysville Women's Reformatory after Mrs. West wrote that she wanted a last fling before dying. West, serving life for the hammer murder of her husband, fled with Virginia Brandy Mary Ellen Richards and Florence Sheline, while authorities hunted for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Catherine van Woert
Velma West
Marysville
Painesville
West
Ripley
Wests
Perry
Cleveland
B. L van Weert
Marion
Reformatory
Ohio weekend claims thirteen auto crash deaths
United Press reports thirteen people died in Ohio auto accidents over a weekend amid slippery highways and unusual crashes. Victims include a Dayton woman hit by a train and a Mansfield man killed by a culvert impact near Alliance, with several from out of state among the dead.
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Ohio
Caroline Schmidt
Dayton
Pennsylvania
Amerson Larr
Alliance
Black Fork Creek
Mansfield
Carl Nipper
Robert E. Rhodes
Stanley M. Viers
Shelby
Spring Mills
George Pender
Cleveland
Wiliam McCracken
Detroit
Mich
Margaret Heuser
Charles K Stahl
Springfield
Jess Ranes
Findlay
Julia Artrup
Portsmouth
Shela
William
Ray Janus
Lake Erie
Rotarians To Hear Cleveland Minister Speaker
Dr Edwin McNeall Poteat pastor of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland will address the Elyria Rotary Club at the Elks Restaurant at noon tomorrow. He spoke last November at the Elyria Community Chest Campaign finale after years as a missionary in China and as an associate professor at the University of Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin McNeall Poteat
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Elyria Rotary Club
Elks
Poteat
Elyria Community Chest
China
University of Shanghai
Tornado Kills 16 and Rash of Damage in Anoka Area
National Guardsmen police and volunteers under Gov. Stassen clear debris after a tornado struck Anoka Minnesota and nearby towns. At least 16 dead and more than 200 injured with property losses estimated at 500000 as martial law and a 9 PM curfew govern the catastrophe.
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Anoka
Minn
National
Harold E. E. Stassen
Mississippi River
Stassen
Corcoran
Minneapolis
Champlin
Cedar
H. G. Groat
Edward Morrisette
Walter Israel
G.syring
Lee Kidd
Osseo
Fred Zimmerman
Anna Freeman
James Bradley
Roads Closed By Flood Waters In Central Ohio
Central Ohio faced widespread flooding after weekend rains. In Delaware the Olentangy river rose to 14 feet with 46 inches of rain in 24 hours, threatening bridges and submerging parts of the Ohio Wesleyan campus. Livestock escaped to safety as a Route 37 bridge near Alexandria collapsed in Licking County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Delaware
Olentangy
Uedar
Ohio Wesleyan
Alexandria
Licking County
State Highway Patrol
Two Injured In Accidents In County
In Lorain County over the weekend two persons were seriously hurt while a bicycle rider escaped with only skin abrasions. Frank Johnson of Oberlin Road sustained severe cuts when his auto overturned on Route 113 west of Elyria. Clyde Rekart, 18, of Milan was injured on Route 18 west of Brighton but not believed seriously hurt. A bicycle rider on Murray Ridge Road suffered abrasions after an impact with a car driven by H J Elbert of Elyria. Multiple minor fender benders and hit and run incidents were reported in Elyria, Lorain, and surrounding streets.
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Lorain County
Frank Johnson
Oberlin Road
Sheriff's Office
Elyria
Carl R. Finegan
Lorain
Johnson
Amherst Hospital
Paul Mori
State Highway Patrol
Brighton
Clyde Rekart
Milan
Rudolph Rekart
Highway Patrol
Ralph Schuster
Murray Ridge
H. J. Elbert
Clinton Avenue
Ely Tia
Sheriffs Office
Elbert
Theresa “Botka
1625 East
29Th ‘Street
Broad Street
May Haulk
West 22Nd Street
East Avenue
A. E. Giles
Giles
Tom Ball
Eastern Heights Boulevard
G. R. Handley
Bellefield Avenue
Maynard Dahl
Stop 14
Lake Avenue
Four Escape From Grafton Prison Farm
Four inmates escaped from the honor camp of the Ohio State Reformatory at Grafton and were hunted today. They walked away last night and boarded a freight train toward Cleveland. the escapees are William Copeland 23 Glenn L Minser 23 George Patton 24 and Walter Taylor 21, all sentenced from Cuyahoga or Muskingum counties for robbery or auto theft.
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Grafton
Ohio State Reformatory
Cleveland
William Copeland
Cuyahoga County
Glenn L. Minser
George Patton
Walter Taylor
Muskingum County
County Budget Commission To Study Financial Situation
The county Budget Commission may be called soon to study the county's finances for the latter half of 1939 amid a noted shortage in funds for county government operations. County Auditor C S Reiser says extra sales tax receipts might barely offset the shortage. Transfers of funds to salary accounts face resistance from Commissioners Davidson and Dunnis, with court action expected this week on a mandamus suit to compel transfer of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Reiser
J. E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunnis
Davidson
Howard R. Butler
Guy B. Findley
Chamberlain Hopes For Local Settlement At Tientsin
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that a local settlement in the Tientsin incident is still hoped for. He noted Japan has not formally presented demands and said Britain and allies remain in close contact to clarify the situation.
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London
Néville “Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tientsin
Chamberlain
Chamberlsin
Lord Halifax
France
United States
Tokyo
Japan
British Troops Move Foods Amid Japanese Tensions
Domei says Japan plans to seal the blockaded British and French concessions with 30 miles of 220 volt wire. British authorities may seek mediation from Admiral Yarnell as tensions rise. British troops delivered seven truckloads of vegetables into the blockaded area to ease a growing food shortage.
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Shanghai
Domei
Tientsin
Harry E. Yarnell
Far East
Yarnell
Enroll Today In Elementary Summer School
The Elyria elementary summer session begins at Elyria High School with 62 enrollees. Superintendent J. D. Severs notes staff in charge includes Harley Carnicom Miss Florence Pichoda Bernt Leiby and Miss Florence Goldie. Six week program runs through July 3 with high school classes starting last Monday and ending later in July.
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Elyria High School
J. D. Severs
Harley Carnicom
Ely
Florence Pichoda
Bermit Leiby
Florence Goldie
Schreck Recovering At His Home
John Grant Schreck 71, clerk to Mayor Joseph Q. Petro, is recovering at his home after being released from Elyria Memorial Hospital yesterday. He sustained a fractured left leg when struck by an automobile on June 6 near City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grant Schreck
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Schreck
Joseph Q. Petro
City, Hall
Bomb devastates Haifa market killing fifteen Arabs
A time bomb exploded in Haifa's crowded Arab vegetable market killing fifteen Arabs and wounding forty five. Simultaneous blasts damaged telephone wires and booths across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haifa
Palestine
Three Die In Fire At Roger Williams Manor Apartment
In Cranston Rhode Island on June 19 three people died as flames engulfed the Roger Williams Manor a 20 unit fireproof building. Eddie Healey a 46 year old former vaudeville actor died from burns and a broken skull after leaping from a fourth floor window. William A Booth 82 and his 18 year old wife were recovered eight hours after the blaze. A $250000 fee dispute prompted investigations into the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
William H. Vanderbilt
Edward
Eddie Healey
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Roger Williams Manor
Healey
Gremer
Willam A. Booth
Deficit For 1940 To Reach Four Billions
Washington announces that by 1940 the deficit will reach about four billion dollars despite economy efforts in the House. Appropriations total about ten billion for the season with defenses and relief funding shaping near record highs. Military outlays are expected to exceed one point six nine billion, with further war department obligations awaiting approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
War Department
War and Navy Departments
Thomas Seward Dies A Longtime Elyria Resident
Thomas Seward 79 a lifelong Elyria resident died at St Johns Hospital Cleveland at 10 am He was born April 6 1860 on Broad street and lived here while commuting to Cleveland for 47 1 2 years He retired at 70 and later lived with his son Albert Seward in Lakewood He was an 1880 Elyria High School graduate one of eight living class members Funeral plans pending burial in Elyria with services at Welsh Funeral Home West Bridge Street
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Thomas Seward
Elyria
St. John’s Hospital
Cleveland
Mac- Mahon
Broad Street
New York Central Railroad
Middle Avenue
Albert Seward
Lakewood
Seward
Elyria High School
Mr. Seward
Anna Seward
Etta Seward
J. B. Seward
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Anna
Ond
Heey
West Bridge
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Finland
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Hjalmar Procope
United Press
County Budget Commission
Kansas
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Newton
Lynnn Woods
Samuel Inman
Bulletin
Parkers
Pwapap
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