Ohio governor urges 10 year welfare program for state institutions
Governor White proposes a 10 year state welfare plan costing about 43.8 million to build and improve facilities for feeble minded delinquents epileptics and the insane. The program includes new institutions at Grafton Otterbein and elsewhere plus expansion of London prison farm and multiple hospital upgrades with financing possible from current revenues or bond issues.
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White
Grafton
Columbus
Eighty-ninth General Assembly
George White
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Lorain County
Otterbein
London
Athens State Hospital
Cleveland State Hospital
Hawthornden
Columbus State Hospital
Dayton State Hospital
Lima State Hospital
Longview State Hospital
Bank Robber Newman Sentenced to Life in Ohio Court
Jim Newman received life imprisonment in common pleas court after a Dec 12, 1930 bank robbery of Westerville savings of 6500. Jury deliberated 45 minutes. trial started yesterday. His brother‑in‑law Wilbur Garland, already in penitentiary, testified but did not implicate him.
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Bullletin
Columbus
Jim Newman
Ife
Common Pleas
Bank of
Westerville
Wilbur Garland
Newman
Sixteen Convicts in Knife Battle at Illinois Prison
STATEVILLE PRISON JOLIET ILL March 17 Sixteen convicts armed with knives fought in the bandroom at the new Illinois prison Five were hospitalized seriously before guards quelled the riot Warden Hill was summoned from the old prison three miles away amid reports of a plan to blow up the chair factory Two attackers were sent to solitary confinement and others returned to cells while threats were muttered at guards posted after the riot began yesterday at the old penitentiary
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Stateville
Joliet
New Illinois
Henry C. Hill
New Prison
Old Penitentiary
Ohio Weather Forecast Quietly Warms Overnight
The forecast notes fair conditions in southwest Ohio tonight with rising temperatures. Wednesday should be fair and warmer with more clouds eastward as pressure systems drift, bringing higher temperatures and light winds.
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Ohio
Akron Mary 3 Story Detracts From Alibi in Potter Case
Detective Chief Cody says alibi by "Akron Mary" Outland for her sweetheart "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin is full of holes and worthless as a defense. He remains confident she will eventually be the state's ace witness against Martin as investigators move to Pittsburgh to verify her tale of being in Dormont the night of February 8. Mrs. Joseph Berger will first view the girl to identify her amid claims of an attractive blonde with a dark complexioned man seen near the murder suite and related locations.
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Mary Outland Woodfield
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
William E. Potter
Hymie Martin
Akron Mary
Cleveland, O
Akron
Martin
Cornelius W. Cody
Huimle
Cody
Mary
Dormont
Potter
Joseph Berger
Orders Bolt And Nut Assn To Dissolve
Federal Judge Frank J. Coleman ordered the dissolution of the Bolt Nut and Rivet Manufacturers Association, a national group of 49 major steel and machine product makers with $75 million in annual business. The decree enjoins further activity as the association controlled about 95 percent of the trade in nuts bolts and machine products.
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New York
Bolt, Nut and Rivet Manufacturers Association
Frank J. Coleman
Bombs explode in Belgrade three blasts hit public buildings
In Belgrade three bombs exploded simultaneously in front of the tourist ministry military academy and war ministry. A fourth bomb failed to explode until an army major accidentally set it off and was severely wounded. No other casualties reported. The fourth device was hidden near the sidewalk outside the old army barracks.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Tourist Ministry
Military Academy
War Ministry
Weaver May Be Paid For Imprisonment
In Columbus on March 17 the Silbert Bill to pay Joseph Weaver of Cleveland sixteen thousand dollars for twenty two months imprisonment in the death house at Ohio penitentiary while awaiting execution for a murder he was later acquitted of was recommended for passage by the house county affairs committee.
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Weaver
Columbus
Silbert
Cuyahoga County
Joseph Weaver
Cleveland
Ohio ‘Penitentiary
House
Legion Convention Set for Cleveland August 16 18
The Ohio Department of the American Legion will hold its annual convention in Cleveland August 16 to 18. About 7,000 members and auxiliary members are expected to attend, per State Commander John A. Elden’s announcement.
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Cleveland
Ohio Department of the American Legion
John A. Elden
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Senator Johnson Praises Progressives for Open Debate
Washington March 17 Senator Hiram Johnson Republican running mate of Theodore Roosevelt praised Progressives for public discussion of social and economic issues. He urged Republican leaders to reflect and study rather than jeer at the recent Progressive conference noting only Progressives brought such topics into open debate and urging a thoughtful approach to party unity.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Johnson
Scouts Extinguish Blaze in Ely Woods
Fifteen boys from Scout Troop 19 under Scout Master William Glover halted a potentially disastrous forest fire in Ely woods last Sunday. They observed flames on the opposite bank, crossed downstream, and used systematic methods to extinguish the blaze before it grew out of control.
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Scout Troop 19
William Glover
Ely Woods
Sanatorium Fire Costs Five Lives
Five persons died and two were hospitalized after a cottage fire at a private sanatorium in Jamestown. Eleven others at the Bates operated institution escaped unharmed and the tragedy occurred last night.
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Jamestown
R. 1
William Lincoln Bates
Junior Safety Patrol Planned for Elyria Schools
A meeting of city and school officials, automobile club directors, and PTA representatives will organize a Junior Safety Patrol for three Elyria schools. Seventh and eighth grade boys will guide crossing near Hamilton Franklin and Gates Schools with badges and equipment to reduce accidents. The plan, backed by the PTA and Lorain County Automobile Club, aims to start next Tuesday and may be sponsored by either group.
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Elyria
Automobile Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Ream
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Safety Patrol
Hamilton
Franklin
Gates
Parent-Teacher Association of
Lorain County Automobile Club
Parent- Teacher Associations
Arthur R. McConnell
Canton Automobile Club
J. Arthur Ferris
Columbus
Ohio State Automobile Association
McConnell
Canton
James A. Hewitt
BE. J. Stankard
R. C. Maston
Board of Education
Carl Martin
Tenth Street
Canton Superintendent of Schools
Parent
Ireland Enjoys Peace And Progress
Ireland Meets St Patrick's Day 1931 with peace and progress under Cosgrave. Ireland has joined the League of Nations council, diplomats from major powers visit Dublin, and government debt remains low. The 1932 1500th anniversary honors St Patrick and Dublin hosts the 1932 International Eucharistic Congress, signaling strong ties with the United States and a welcoming mood for visitors.
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William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
United Preas
Dublin
St. Patrick's Day
Council
League of Nations
Vatican
United States
France
Germany
Wall Street
St. Patrick
Ireland
America
Elyria Industrial Plan Aims to Attract New Companies
Elyria heard leaders urge active efforts to draw new industries. The Elyria Investment Company seeks to fund stock purchases for undercapitalized or relocating firms, with projections of a 2000-employee prospect and plans modeled after successful efforts in other cities. Mayors and business figures argued for united action to restore payrolls and offset tax cuts.
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United Ffort
Elyria
Elyria Investment Company
St. Paul’s Church
M. Hannaford
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jay Howentstine
James A. Hewitt
A. H. West
K. R. Jenson
Ralph Murbach
R. C. Maston
C. W. Phillips
Alex Altfeld
Karl Plocher
Earl Bacon
Henry Heidrich
Carl F. Wolf
J. B. Johnson
Don Sotherden
Charles E. Tucker
Hewitt
West
Warren
Jenson
Worth
Survivors of Viking Disaster on Horse Island
Survivors of the Viking wreck, half starved and injured, are cared for on Horse Island as 118 people survive and 25 remain missing after the sealer explosion. Captain Abram Kean Jr reports believing the three Americans Varick Friscell Henry J Sargent and A E Penrod were killed.
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United Press
ST. Johns
N. F
Viking
Barren Horse Island
Varick Friscell
New York
Henry J. Sargent
Boston
A. E. Penrod
Connecticutt
Ottis Bartlett
Horse Island
Abram Kean, Jr
Kean
Governor Signs Relief Bond Measure
Governor White signed the Pringle-Roberts act making cities counties and townships eligible to issue emergency bonds to fund relief for the poor and unemployed. The measure, enacted as emergency legislation, takes effect immediately without a 90 day referendum. Bonds may be short term under five years for up to one twentieth of one percent of the subdivison's 1936 tax duplicate, only for relief in the current year and not after December 31.
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Columbus
Mary
Senate
House
White
Cardinal Maffi Dies at 73 in Pisa Italy
Cardinal Maffi archbishop of Pisa and noted mathematician and astronomer dies at 73 after heart trouble and pneumonia. Once considered for the papacy, he was a long friend of King Victor Emmanuel and communicated to Pope Pius XI. His famed work mapped the skies through the cameras in a landmark tome.
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Pisa
Italy
Pietro Cardinal Maffi
Sacred College
Pius
Victor Em Manuel
Cardinal Maffi
Health Is Bad, Man Paroled
Joe Leitner who had been in county jail since December 36 serving out a $206 liquor fine was paroled today by county commissioners on the recommendation of Dr. G. and French health commissioner. Leitner's health was declared to be in too poor condition to keep him confined.
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Joe Leitner
G. & French
Leitner
Steamer and Crew of 11 Lost After Salt Schooner Founders
Lunenburg N S March 17 Thirty three days out from Turks Island for Lunenburg with a cargo of salt the schooner Ethelyn Captain John Strum and a crew of eleven men is believed to have encountered severe storms and foundered. The department of marine is asked to aid in locating wreckage and ascertaining the fate of the vessel.
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Lunenburg
N. 5
Turks Island
Ethelyn
John Strum
Nova Scotia
Department of Marine
Four Deputies Struck in Illinois Labor Battle
Bulletin from East Saint Louis reports four deputy sheriffs wounded in a firefight with 106 striking metal workers near Monsanto Illinois. Deputies ambushed by strikers in a hollow near an abandoned farmhouse. five deputies fire back, wounding several strikers. Wounded deputies named Goff, Watkins, McMurray, Johnson, and Gottsch. one member of the party also injured.
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East
Gotts
Lot
Grand jurors sift five indictments in one-day session
In a one day meeting grand jurors returned five indictments and declined to indict Arthur Rhinehart of Lorain for shooting at his wife's boyfriend during an incident near Sheffield Lake on March 4. Named defendants include Charles McDonald for robbery in Oberlin, Louie Beckey for carrying concealed weapons in Lorain, Walter Huparski for auto theft, Nick Gonshroff for robbery in Amherst, and Charles Barton for manslaughter in a Huntington auto crash. Port City Mortgage Company investigation postponed due to missing transcript. next grand jury will revisit.
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Arthur Rhinehart
Lorain
Rhinehart
Walter Stanton
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake
Stanton
Charles McDonald
Eddie Thompson
Oberlin Read S
Louie Beckey
Walter Huparski
Floyd Gul=lett
Whiskeyville
Nick Gonshroff
Amherst
Mike Poley
Charles Barton
Spencer
Jerry Pusateri
Huntington
Port City Mortgage Company
Don W. Myers
Body of Woman Found in Street in Youngstown
Miss Mary Stiles, 26, a Truscan Steel stenographer, was found dead on Belmont Avenue near the north city limits. Three companions from last night, Mr and Mrs Sharlan Whittaker of Dundee Michigan and a male friend of Stiles, are sought for questioning as police investigate a possible murder. All three were missing today. Mrs Whittaker was formerly a Youngstown resident and a close friend of the dead woman.
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Youngstown
Mary Stiles
Truscan Steel Company
Belmont Avenue
Grandchild of the President Visits with Her Father
Pegsy Ann Hoover, granddaughter of President Hoover, arrived today in Asheville to celebrate her sixth birthday with her father Herbert Hoover Jr who is convalescing at Blue Briar cottage.
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Asheville
N. C
Pegsy Ann Hoover
Hoover
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Blue Briar Cottage
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