Robber Flees In Plain Sight Of Police In Cleveland
A 35 year old garage attendant McHenry Bailey was beaten to death by a robber at a Cleveland Club garage. The killer fled in view of police delayed by wrong information while he loaded tires and the cash register into a stolen car. Police tracked a bloodstained shirt at a nearby home as the stolen vehicle's chain of theft unraveled.
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Cleveland
McHenry Bailey
Cleveland Club
Bailey
Sergt
Alex McClosky
Carl Dunch
Campbell
H& Owner
Plea Of Innocence For Clyde Baby's Mother In Court
Velma Baker Fink a 22 year old Clyde Ohio divorcee faced an arraignment for allegedly killing her 11 week old son Haldon Fink. The hearing before Justice E H Buchman lasted three minutes with Fink not appearing and attorney Ben H Dewey waiving preliminary examination due to her absence in Sandusky County jail. Sheriff H L Myers acted as plaintiff as prosecutor A L Hyzer was absent from illness.
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Fremont
Velma Baker Fink
Clyde
Ohio
Justice of Peace
E. H. Buchman
Sandusky
A. L. Hyzer
Fin
H. L. Myers
Dewey
Enrollment rising for Camp Iss-See-Kes second period
Camp Iss-See- Kes on the Vermilion river expects a second period enrollment matching the first as 25 boys have already enrolled. Eleven campers will stay for another session, with a campfire Friday closing the first period and drawing parents and friends tonight.
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Camp
Iss-See- Kes
Elyria Y. M .C. A
Vermilion River
Carl Wagner
Wagner
Weather report from Ohio and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy with local showers and thunderstorms expected Wednesday in extreme west portions tonight. Temperature steady with slight atmospheric pressure changes noted over Atlantic States. Showers and thunderstorms observed from the upper lake region westward through North Dakota Montana and the Prairie Provinces and in the southern plains.
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Ohio
Atlantic States
Great Plains
Upper Lake Region
North Dakota
Montana
Southern Plains
Senate Votes To Repeal Devalue Authority And Silver Policy
The Senate opposed President Roosevelt by repealing the dollar devaluation authority and boosting domestic silver subsidies. A House battle looms as silverites align with Republicans to halt devaluation, with votes 48 to 30 on silver subsidy and 47 to 31 on withdrawal of devaluation. If House agrees, the dollar stays at 55.06 cents, gold at 100 cents prior to the 1934 orders.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
House
Treasury
Alben W. Barkley
D. K
United States Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
New Deal Senate
West
Atlantic Air Service To Begin Tomorrow
New York June 27 Pan American Airways launches a 22 hour passenger service across the Atlantic. The Dixie Clipper, 41 tons, with 16 men and four women aboard, departs Port Washington at 2 PM EST for Marseilles via Azores and Lisbon. The Lisbon leg lasts 22 hours, with a total 4 650 mile trip to Marseilles in 48 hours including an overnight stop.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Atlantic Ocean
Christopher Columbus
Wil
Port Washington Sea
United States
Europe
Marseilles
France
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Windsors To Reside In England
The Evening Standard reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will live in England in October. The Duke abandons the fight to have Wallis Warfield Simpson recognized as Her Royal Highness, a barrier to their visit to England. The paper notes a possible U S visit next year.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Duchess of Windsor
England
the Standard
Wallis Warfield Simpson
United States
Plan for Reorganization of Romeo Pump Co
A plan for reorganizing the Romeo Pump Co of Elyria, bankrupt, calls for about 70,000 dollars in new capital and 300,000 new shares. 29,000 will swap for existing shares at 1-for-7, 85,000 shares offered at 90 cents, underwritten by Charles D. Gentsch.
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Romeo Pump Co
Elyria
Union Commerce Building
Cleveland
Charles D. Gentsch
Gentsch
Weatherhead Company
King Fauver
Ebria
Cleveland Police Confronted With Stolen Horse Case
Cleveland reporters describe a theft of Squaw a 12 year old strawberry roan mare owned by William Samuels from a Euclid barn. Louis Dregan 20 testified he awoke to a woman's voice and saw a man leading the horse away. Samuels noted the thief selected the temperamental mare over a horse that could bite.
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Cleveland. O
Squaw
William Samuels
Euclid
Louis Dregan
Dregan
Samuels
No Primary Elections In Wellington Or Oberlin This Year
Stetson announced there will be no primary elections in Wellington or Oberlin due to a new election law removing the need when no contests exist. Wellington and Oberlin will save about $200 each by not opening six precinct booths, with no Democratic contests in Oberlin and only two Republican candidates for two council seats in Wellington.
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Wellington
Oberlin
Stetson
Election Board
F. A. Statson
Pri
Elyria
Earl K Long sworn in as Louisiana governor amid graft probe
Earl K Long becomes governor after Richard Leche resigns amid the University of Louisiana scandal. Investigators pursue fugitive ex university president Dr James Monroe Smith for embezzling funds while Long vows a ruthless purge from within the Huey Long political machine as a federal grand jury probes the case.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
James Monroe Smith
The
State University
Louisiana State University
Long
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Huey Long
United
Louisiana
Earl Long
Huey
Richard Leche
Acme
Lost Diamond in Duck Gizzard Reveals Backyard Heirloom
In Carlisle township Mrs. Kieper finds a diamond and five white gold pieces in her duck Blackie’s gizzard. The diamond belongs to Mrs. Beal, who lost it six weeks ago in a Mother's Day dishwashing incident. Beal must replace the mounting. Juanita’s pet duck is left without its owner.
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Harold Kieper
Juanita
Blackie
Convicts Take Woman Visitor Hostage at Indiana State Prison
Prison prisoners seized Ruth Joiner of Crawfordsville a Montgomery County Welfare Board worker during a tour and held her hostage in the physician's office. Guards clashed as inmates rushed the office prompting halting of all shop activities and confinement of prisoners.
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Michigan City, Ltd
Indiana State Prison
Ruth Joiner
Cread
Patrick
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County Welfare Board
Cone
Patrick H. Weeks
Man Accused Of Stealing Rails On Trial Today
Grand Larceny charges accuse Harry W. Huffman of 415 Cleveland Street of stealing 138 tons of railroad rails from the old Ramsey line now owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. A jury of five men and seven women hears the case in Judge Guy B. Finkley’s court. The rails were sold to an Elyria scrap dealer. Huffman says he acted for a man who claimed a contract to remove the rails.
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Harry W. Huffman
Cleveland Street
Ramsey Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
Italian Fascist leader Cos tanzo Ciano dies at villa
Rome reports Count Cos tanzo Ciano aged 62, head of a new Fascist chamber and father of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, spent his final days at Ponteacete villa in Tuscany before death.
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Rome
Costanzo Ciano
Chamber of Ootions
G Ciano
Ponte Acete
Tuscany
Governors Push nationwide drive against crime and corruption
At Albany the National Governors conference heard Missouri Governor Lloyd C Stark urge a united campaign against crime and politico-criminal alliances. Stark cited the Pendergast case and said governors are the chief law officers in their states. The session also touched on New Deal spending and Roosevelt relief programs as 1940 campaigns approach.
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Albany
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Stark
Pendergast
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Organization
Roosevelt
United States
Cincinnati GOP leaders among 53 indicted in cemetery sales case
Cincinnati June 27 53 people including city Republican chairman Dr J Stewart Hagen and Hamilton county prosecutor Stewart Cooper were indicted by a federal grand jury in a probe of cemetery lot sales. Defendants face conspiracy and mail fraud charges. bail set at 2500 each. U S District Attorney James Cleveland said about 1 million dollars had been invested in nearby cemetery developments.
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Cincinnati
J. Stewart Hagen
Hamilton County
Stewart Cooper
Morton Gilbert
Charles Eisen
Alfred le Feber
John M. Hover
Gilbert
Dr. Hagen
le Feber
H. E. Mau
U. S
Nau
Hoover
Cooper
Eisen
James Cleveland
Harry
Davidson Refuses To Transfer Salaries In County
County Commissioner Chairman John E. Davidson refused to transfer $300 from the auditor and treasurer departments to cover two weeks of salaries. He noted past raises and warned funds are tight, with Sheriff Finegan's department $800 short for the period. The six month appropriation ends and salaries will follow the same basis, with next six months expected about $25 000 less. Continued on page 2.
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John E. Davidson
C. S. Kelser
Walter J. Wright
Davidson
Carl Rfinegan
Kelser
Wright
No Majority For Either Union At Lorain
Lorain Ohio June 27 450 votes cast at American Stove Co bargaining representation election failed to produce a majority for either of the disputing unions. Steel workers ware 22 ballots. results leave representation unresolved.
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Lorain
Lamplover
American Stove Co
National Labor Relations Board
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U. S. Fleet
E. C. Kalbfus
California
J. O. Richardson
Long Beach Harbor
Admiral Richardson
Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic Air Service
Bulletin
Romeo Co
Coent Ciano
G.O.P
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