Three Battles Impending in Mexico Report
Three battles loomed across Central and Northwest Mexico as revolution forces press toward Torreon in Durango and Mazatlan in Sinaloa while a third column aims to retake Naco Sonora. Rebels claim a cavalry clash drew first blood at Toddeon, with clashes and prisoner losses reported as Calles’ forces maneuver from the south and east.
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Nogals
Ariz
Mexico
Torreon
Durango
Plutarco Ellias Calles
Naco
Sonora
Mazatlan
Sinalo
Gulf of California
Toddeon
Calles
Saltillo
Federals close in on Torreon in Mexican rebellion
Federal troops surrounded Torreon Coahuila from three sides and prepared to attack as Calles forces beat back insurgents near Durango. Fourteen rebels killed and seven prisoners executed. Calles set temporary HQ at Frio Zacatecas near the Durango border as Portes Gil claimed the rebellion was collapsing.
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Mexico City
Toreon
Coahuila
Plutarco Elias Calles
Durango
Presidencia
Torreon
Calles
Canitas
Durance
Frio
Zacatecas
Portes Gil
Grimsby to Elyria native becomes mayor and banker
Jas A Hewitt left Grimsby Ontario at twenty one to seek fortune in Elyria. He entered the canning business, joined local organizations, and rose to mayor while serving as Secretary of the Northern Savines and Loan Association and Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Temple Co. He is married with two children and lives on Park Avenue.
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Jas, A. Hewitt
Grimsby
Ontario
Elyria
Northern Savines and Loan Association
Masonic Temple Co
Cenfer on Lake Road Project
The Board of County Commissioners and County Auditor Munroe Hl. Welty are in Columbus to discuss appropriations for the Lake Road in Sheffield Lake village. Final details have not yet been worked out.
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Board of County Commissioners
Munroe Hl
Commissioners Tighten Up On Paroles In Lorain County
Lorain County commissioners announce no paroles for imprisoned liquor law violators, shifting fines and costs to be collected by the prosecutor. County Judge Thomp son indicated parole pleas will be rare, with indigent offenders remaining jailed until serving time.
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Lorain County
Don W. Myers
Board of County Commissioners
Myers
W. BR. Thompson
A. KR. Webber
Thompson
Board of
Lorain
Buckley Receives Penitentiary Sentence in Bribery Case
Former Ohio state treasurer Bert B. Buckley of Dayton was sentenced by Judge Benson W. Hough to two years six months and a day in Atlanta federal prison for conspiring to bribe a federal dairy agent. He was fined 1000 dollars. Sperber, Jackson Brewery official, drew four months and a 200 dollar fine for pleading guilty. Buckley’s sentence runs concurrently with four other counts, and if he cannot pay the fine, he must serve it in Montgomery County jail. Buckley appeared with his wife and daughter and filed an error petition after sentencing. Sperber wept as his attorney sought a suspended term but was denied. Buckley was convicted on February 2 after a sensational Ohio trial.
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Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
Dayton
Atlanta
Benson W. Hough
Buckley
Joseph Sperber
Biewmeister
Jackson
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
John J. Schrimper
John Eckhart
Peu Levenyinsi i Buckley
Brumbaugh
Hough
Montgomery County
Buckler
U. S. Marshal's Office
Sperber
Ohio
Mexican Government Buys Planes at Troy
The Mexican government purchased four aircraft from a local manufacturer. The planes are en route to Mexico for pursuit and observation duties.
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Mex. Govt
Troy
Mexico
Nine Dead in 5.0 Tornado at Liberty South Carolina
A March 14 tornado ripped through six mile community near Shoelock Liberty SC killing nine people. G N Garrett Pickens County deputy sheriff and three children died. mother and three children in another family perished. School church and village store were destroyed or badly damaged. About twenty displaced residents were brought to safety under police care.
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Liberty
S.C
Six Mile
Shoelock
G. N. Garrett
Pickens
Debates and Music Contests Planned at Elyria High
Elyria High hosts Lake Erie League events with Elyria and Lorain high schools debating the jury system repeal in Ohio. Music contests feature violins and piano with judges from Oberlin College and local officials. Separate Lorain and Elyria choruses perform The Cheery Lights of Home and All in the April Evening.
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W. E. Utterbach
Oberlin College
Lake Erie
Elyria High School
C. P. Shively
Lorain High School
James Hurst Hall
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Elyria
Lorain
A. H. West
Egative
Lakewood High School
Lakewood
Navin
Robertson
Ohio
Elvira
Glenn Cowen
Grace Milliken
Virginia Pope
To- Tain
Sheriff Aims to End One-Light Driving in Lorain County
Sheriff Clarence Adams and deputies pledge a hard drive against one-light motorists in Lorain County. Last night a dozen drivers were fined and four arrested, including John Liss, Henry Rahl, S J Grove, and Charles Butchko, who must appear by March 18. Fines range from 25 to 509 dollars with progression for repeat offenses, and jail terms up to 30 days. The campaign began a month ago after warnings and aims to stop the practice entirely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence IX. Adams
Lorain County
John Liss
Amherst
Henry Rahl
Mivria
S.J. Grove
East Avenue
Elyria
Charles Butchko
Erie Avenue
Lorain
S. J. George
Kidnap of 19 Year Old Girl In Akron
Akron O March 14 Anna Lopiccolo 19 daughter of Michael and Mary Lopiccolo was kidnapped by three men early today while en route to work at the B F Goodrich plant. The men drove alongside the curb two remained in the car the third leaped out grabbed Anna and pushed her into the car. Neighbors attracted by screams could not obtain the car license number as the assailants sped away. Police and deputies were called but no trace of the girl was found by late hour.
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Akron
Anna Lopiccolo
Michael
Mary Lopiccolo
B. F. Goodrich
Anna
Fear Flood In Three States Looms Over Flooded Plains
MEMPHIS March 14 The 1927 flood memory looms as Mississippi River in Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi climbs toward new highs. Officials warn the river will rise at least a foot more with heavy rains in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. Levees are swollen and backwaters threaten lowlands as residents move families and livestock to higher ground while highways flood and schools close. Cairo remains stationary while other gauges show rising water and damage mounts in western Tennessee and eastern Arkansas.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cairo
Vicksburg
Miss
Missouri
U.S
F. W W. Brist
Tennesse
Tony
Taxation panel kills three measures in Ohio House
Columbus reports the House taxation committee killed three bills. One by Rep. Gordon would let boards of education buy or build homes for staff and lease them to workers. Rep. Morgan’s measures would require bond issue ballots to state current bonded debt and demand a two thirds vote for public improvement bonds. Washington says 300 more troops ordered to border near Naco Arizona, with 400 to 500 already in or headed there.
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HOUSE
Columbus, O
House Taxation Committee
Gilbert Morgan
Cleveland
J. H. T. Gordon
Logan County
Gordon
Boards of Education
Morgan
Washington
Mar
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Naco
Ariz
War Department
Hoover Plans Judicial Reform Inquiry Committee
President Hoover held a long conference with Yale Law School Dean Robert M. Hutchins and Yale Law Faculty professor Charles I. Clark to outline the plan and scope for a national commission of inquiry into law enforcement and judicial reform.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Commission of Inquiry
Robert M. Hutchins
Yale Law School
Charles I. Clark
Yale Legal Faculty
Senate committee backs U K proposed amendment on sub divisions
In Columbus Ohio on March 14 the senate committee on political sub divisions recommended adoption of a proposed constitutional amendment allowing adjoining counties to merge by popular vote in affected counties. Sponsored by Senator George H. Bender of Cleveland, it must pass the senate and house before a public referendum. Barbers license bill killed in committee
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Columbus
Senate Committee On
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Senate
House
Lewis
Board of
Barber Examiners
House Health Committee
Finance Committee
Tax Returns Beat Expectations In Early Treasury Report
Wastlington March 14 Revenues from income tax returns due March 15 are far above forecasts and the treasury will likely close the year with a small surplus. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced today that returns through March 13 were 45 million pounds higher than estimated.
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Wastlington
Mar
Treasury
Mellon
Public inspection of tax refund decisions ordered
March 14 Hoover issues executive order to reveal all Internal Revenue Bureau decisions granting refunds credits or abatements over 20000 dollars This openness includes brief factual summaries and the judicial authority cited per treasury regulations Secretary Mellon recommended public access to tax dispute records and related summaries
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Wasitington
Hoover
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
White House
Lindbergh to Return to U S From Mexico City
Charles A Lindbergh prepared to leave Mexico City for the United States after a three week visit with his fiancée Anne Spencer Morrow. He was due to depart for Brownsville Texas at 9 30 a m E S and then likely fly to New York along the regular air mail route with a planned stop at Tampico amid marriage plans still unclear.
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Mexico City
Charles A Lindbergh
United States
Anne Spencer Morrow
Lindbergh
Brownsville
Texas
Derstand
New York
Lindhersh
Shegular
Browastas Chich
Tampico
Mexico
Cuernavace
Miss Morrow
New York Firm Conferred In Toll Bridge Plans
Negotiations proceed with a New York firm to build a toll bridge over the Black River at Lorain, Ohio. If finalized, the firm would construct the Wendell P. Brown design, operate it tollwise for years, then title would revert to the county. Brown’s comment was unavailable. The plan could resolve disputed $41,400 payments to Brown for supervision of the Memorial Bridge and the county’s rights to the plans are established. Details on operation duration remain to be settled.
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New York
Black River
Lorain
Ohio
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe H. Welty
Columbus
Wendell P. Brown
Cleveland
Brown
Rochester
N. Y
Lorain Memorial
Charles D. Murray
Spring Opening Showcases Merchants Division Fashions
Crowds view the annual Spring Opening of the Merchants Division of the Board of Trade with window displays. Departments show gowns, hats, and footwear in spring colors and styles, while men’s and boys’ clothing reflect the season. Furniture and hardware stores present new home comfort items as the cooperative opening continues through tomorrow.
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Merchants Division
Board of Trade
Elyria
Former Prosecutor to Address Elyria High Students
Don Baird, former county prosecutor, will speak to the three upper grades at Elyria High in the auditorium Friday morning announced by principal C. P. Shivler. The assembly includes a Lake Erie High School league debate and music contest feature and a musical program by the high school orchestra.
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Don Baird
Elyria High School
C. P. Shivler
Lake Erie
Elyria
Lotain
Lakewood
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