Coast Guard Rescues Four After Night Boat Fire Splash
Two youth and two girls adrift off Grand River near Fairport Harbor after their 25 foot boat motor failed in choppy Lake Erie. They ignited gasoline soaked cloth as a flare to signal a passing lookout, the Coast Guard cutter towed them to the Fairport station. All suffered only seasickness.
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Prosser
Grand River
Kitzel
Fairport Harbor
Chagrin River
Olive France
Cleveland
Kiwanis District Governor Praises Citizenship Service
Guy O'Donnell, governor of the Ohio Kiwanis District, spoke at a Kiwanis Club meeting about developing a serviceable, aggressive and intelligent citizenship as a key community service. He praised service clubs, especially Kiwanis, for benefiting their communities.
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Kiwanis
Unness
Guy O’donnell
Kiwanis, International
Kiwanis Club
Guy O'Donnell
Ohio Kiwanis District
O'Donnell
Clevelanders Held Up by Gunmen and Woman
On June 20 three gunmen and a woman accomplice held up H C Royal and Col L W Blyth with their wives in front of the Blyth home in Cleveland Heights. They fled in Royals auto with $100 cash and jewelry valued at $3,000. Blyth and Royal run the Cleveland office of Ernst and Ernst, the national accounting firm. The party, in evening dress, had just returned from a dance when the attack occurred.
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Cleveland
H C. Royal
Col L. W. Blyth
Blyth
Cleveland Heights
Royal
Col Blyth
Ernst and Ernst
National
Robbery Targets Royal Party Figures as Cars Abandoned
Dits commanded the party including Joseph Simon the Royal's chauffeur to step from the car and surrender valuables while the woman stayed at the wheel of the robbers' car. The bandits fled in two autos, later found abandoned. Royal and Col Blyth are noted as prominent business figures in the area.
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Dits
Joseph Simon
Escape Foiled at Seneca County Jail in Tiffin
June 20 report from Sheriff George Burkett says 15 prisoners nearly fled Seneca county jail through a tunnel bored in a brick wall near a window. Two inmates Raymond Marks of Fostoria and Gerald Galladay of Tiffin admitted involvement. sheriff cites six more likely implicated. All prisoners to be kept in cells as jail remains crowded.
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Tiffin. O
Seneca County
George Burkett
Burkett
Raymond Marks
Fostoria
Gerald Galladay
Tiffin
Shumate Promoted B&O To Vice President Freight Traffic
Golder Shumate elected Vice-president in charge of freight traffic mail and express and commercial development departments at a New York board meeting, succeeding Archibald Fries, who is deceased. Shumate has led Baltimore and Ohio Freight Traffic for nine years, prior serving as Eastern Lines chief since March 1 1920 after railroads returned to private operation.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Golder Shumate
Archibald Fries
New York City
Shumate
Baltimore and Ohio
Eastern Lines
Baltimore
Ridgeville 4 H Club Holds Meeting at Fortune Home
The Ridgeville 4 H club met at the home of Misses Doris and Lois Fortune with nine members present. After games, refreshments were served. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 24 at 1 30 PM at the home of Miss Betty Beahr.
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Ridgeville
4-H
Doris
Lois Fortune
Betty Beahr
Sale of Puy-de-Dame volcanic slope portion
A portion of the Puy-de-Dame volcano and a considerable part of its eastern slope were recently sold. The transaction highlights a regional shift in land ownership and may affect future access and development plans.
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Puy-de-Dame
France
City to form water department. Austin named superintendent
Hoquiam council plans a water department to fix civic oversight. E J Austin was appointed water superintendent last October, but no department exists for him to supervise. Separately, Liverpool pension group pushes free tram rides over 70 if council approves.
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Hoquiam, Wash
E J. Austin
Liverpool
Liverpool Tramways
Miner Szigert Ends Life With Dynamite And Smoke
Berlin report says Joseph Szigert, a Hungarian miner, chose suicide by swallowing a pound of dynamite, taking more for good measure, and lighting a cigarette. The act prompted authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the casualty and the miner's motive.
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Berlin
Joseph Szigert
Ban Stunt Flying in Prussia After Two Aerial Fatalities
The Prussian government bans stunt flying after two accidents in one week kill aerial acrobats. Authorities cite danger to spectators and participants and order immediate prohibition of stunt aerial performances across the region.
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Berlin
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