Lorain Chronicle Telegraph Sale Tied to Campaign, Testimony Reveals
In a Lorain County court, A Horvitz testified that purchasing the Lorain Chronicle Telegraph in 1924 would aid a mayoral bid by W F Grall. Emil Calman described introductions to Horvitz by Grall and his safety director. The case involves a $50,000 libel suit against Horvitz and David Zipson, with testimony reading in part from Calman’s deposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Horwie
Vria
Wikior F. Grail
Emroerai
Lorain
Ommon Pieas
A. J. Webber
Breashing
J. Peer
Horvitz
David Zipson
Pud
Frank €. Scott
Peer
Emil Calmen
Ormer Eirrla
Amesour
Calman
J. F. Burke
E! Shronicle-Telegram
Hronicle-Telegram
Horpitz
Grall
Harry Shift
Horyttz
Caimans
Stanford Avenue
Elyria
Caiman
Lorein Chronicle- Telegraft
Lorain Jourmal
Tim Calman
Burke
Mergers In The Offing As Wall Street Sees Big Consolidations
New York March 27 reports from Wall Street observers predict a wave of mergers in 1920. Key potential deals include Bethlehem Steel with Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Sears Roebuck with Gimbel Brothers, United Aircraft & Transport absorbing National Air Transport, and a massive Standard Oil and Vacuum Oil consolidation. Notes on Colorado Fuel and Iron, U S Steel, Inland Steel, and Van Sweringen railroad interests suggest further cross industry upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Compact
Bethlehem Sre Corporation
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company of
New Yo
Vacuum Oi Company
Ae i. Union
Sears Roebuck
Gimbel Brothers
Gimbel
National Air Transport
United
Ational Air Tansport
Sindsir Consolidated Oi & Gas
Corporation
Prairie QU & Gas
Temporanis
Bethelehem
Youngstown
Sheer & Tune
Youngstown Cocknolders
Siromg
Colorado Fuel & Iron
U. S. Steel
Repubic Steel Corporation
Bethieem Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughin
Pittsburgh
Inland Steel
Cicago
Gulf States Steel
van ‘Weringen
van Sweringens
Chicago & East Illinois Railroad
Let Contract for Bleacher Seats at Ely Stadium
The Republic Structural Iron Works of Cleveland won the bid to furnish and install 3,504 bleacher seats at Ely stadium for 7900 dollars. The award followed a special meeting of the Ely City Board of Education, with two other bids noted. The project includes seats on iron frames with wood bottoms and footrests, and a floodlighting system for the athletic field will be let soon to allow night football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Stadium
Republic Structural Iron Works
Cleveland
Eicria City Board of Education
Ac Nishe
Missouri State Prison mutiny escalates with guards, rebels
In Jefferson City on March 27, hours of mutiny at the 100 year old Missouri State Prison ended in a courtyard clash as guards used clubs and tear bombs against convicts who broke from the mess hall. Extra guards, riot guns, and National Guard mobilization followed as about 49 mutineers were pushed toward solitary confinement amid shortages of food and renewed threats to work stoppages.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Prison
Missouri
Caulfield
National Guard
St. Louis
Kansas City
Watchman Killed As Train Hurls Auto on Him
In Cleveland Ohio on March 27 WRHK report railroad crossing watchman Joe Hurley was killed when an auto he attempted to flag was struck by a train and hurled onto him. Louis Czervengy the auto driver suffered a fractured skull as snow limited visibility and the train bore down.
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Cleveland
Joe Hurley
Louis Czervengy
Erie
Two Cleveland bootleg murders shock grim feud scene
Two cousins identified as Anthony Borselline were found strangled and crammed into a coupe in a Brecksville sand pit. Police probe possible Akron link and rival bootleggers. A reported car seen at a garage near Cleveland preceded the killings and a guard case of ongoing violence in the bootleg war.
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Cleveland
Sedar
Anthony Borselline
Fitzwater Road
Brecksville
Brecksville Road
Akron
George E. Larkman
Fitz Water Road
H. R. Kleninger
Detla Paida
M. J. Lopez
Borsellino
Isadore Fuerstman
Schiller
Twenty Two Planes Leave For Mimic War Maneuvers
In Clemens Michigan on March 27 after weather delays the first army pursuit group of 22 planes led by Mayor Ralph Royce departed for mime war maneuvers in Sacramento. The formation planned stops at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois for lunch and Fort Crook Nebraska for overnight, with earlier weather forcing a return to Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Clemens
Mich
Army
Ralph Royce
Sacramento
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Fort Crook
Neb
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Lorain area appoints officials across several cities
In a regional appointment rollout spanning Lorain, Elyria, Amherst, Oberlin, Wellington and other county areas, officials announced a wave of new and upcoming positions. Names listed include Jeanette R. Williams and Helen R. Holcomb in Lorain, Mabel B. Locke and James E. Brown in Elyria, and Viola Sondergeld in Amherst among many others, with further postings anticipated before April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora
Tod
Soe
CefuSue Suppertiso
Medina
Lorain
Jeanette R. Williams
Helen R. Holcomb
Reba R. Cobb
Elizabeth Faragher
Edna G. Basore
Arbdelle C. DeWeerce
Melva J. King
Lydia Lecke
Frances Schreck
Nellie F. Leve
Frances R. Montalto
Marian C. Anderson
Myrtle D. Bickel
Anna Goodfriend
Jennie ¥. Ponds
Belle Wells
L. G. Newton Miller
George M. Smarr
Grace B. Welder
Amherst
Viola Sondergeld
Xina B. Lueszler
Byrd H. Richmond
Oberlin
Lena Foster
Leta van Ausdais
Wellington
Edgar C. Bleschard
Dorothy E. Baldau
Edwin T. Casper
R. H. Fairchild
Frank ©. Weeks
Frank Rahi
John F. Snell
George V. Cornish
Hick R. Johnston
Mary M. Aldrich
Alma K. Portman
H. D. Bowen
Charles Ss. Adams
John E. Ely
Walter Z. Nevins
Tempe G. Burrell
Eaton at Scene of Stock Battle in Youngstown
Cyrus Eaton of Republic Steel arrives in Youngstown to oppose Bethlehem Steel’s merger with Youngstown Sheet and Tube. He appeals to the Chamber of Commerce and citizens, arguing the Bethlehem deal would slash wages and move mills to Pennsylvania. Schwab and Grace warn of needed outside affiliations to boost business and markets.
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Eaton
Youngstown
Cyrus
Republic
Steel
Middlewest
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstoan Sheet & Tube Company
Charles M. Schwab
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
Chamber of Comuerce
Youngston
Schwab and
Grace
Sheet & Tube
Pennsyvvania Bethlement
Al-Ohin Corporation
Obie
Ohio
Young-toen
Pennsylvania
Schwab
Schwabian
Hethlehem
Grafe
Eston
Eleven Die As Midwest Snowstorm Paralyzes Chicago
Chicago region reports eleven deaths from the storm with 19.1 inches of snow and 45 hours of continuous snowfall. Roads blocked across Illinois and Michigan, rescue crews clearing routes as 1.6 million people rode the elevated transit record. schools closed. food and milk shortages feared. one mother froze to death while seeking her sons.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Wis
Rockford
la Salle
Peoria
St. Louis
Toledo
Detroit
Highway Department
Mirs
O'Hare Foltz
Charleston
Ohio Roads Mostly Open Despite Snow and Ice
Columbus March 27 Nearly all Ohio roads are open but snow and ice hinder traffic statewide. A E Bannard of the Columbus Auto Club reports plows clearing drifts and icy stretches with cinders. Routes East of Norwalk 18 closed bridge out. 13 between Somerset and Jacktown closed by snow, open late today. National Highway East T 44 bad drifts. Chillcotbe and Cincinnati area open with slow traffic. Mansfield and Ashland cindered. traffic normal. All Chicago routes broken. National Highway to St Louis blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
A. E. Banard
Columbus Auto Club
Norwalk
Somerset
Jacktown
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Ashlang
Chicago
National Highway
St. Lowis
Blizzard Delays City Traffic As Snow Returns
A winter blizzard hits the city slowing traffic to a near standstill. streets iced over, drifting up to three feet on county roads, trapping autos along major thoroughfares. Winds from the west drove the storm from Chicago, leaving a twelve inch snow blanket.
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Chicago
Rhode Island Bishop Named Primate of Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. James De Wolf Perry, 58, Bishop of Rhode Island, was elected primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States at a House of Bishops session. Only seven ballots were cast. Perry is described as liberal and a zealous advocate of church unity and serves in religious education and social service at the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Episcopal Church
Chicago
James de Wolf Perry
Episcopal Church of the
United States
House of Bishops
Perry
Department of Religious Education and Social Service
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Bank Bandits Take $7,000 From Germantown Bank
Two bandits robbed the First National Bank in Germantown shortly after opening at 8 35 a m grabbing $7 000 and fleeing two suspects entered the bank five minutes after doors were opened and escaped with the money through the town center authorities reported no injuries in the brief heist
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Germantown Germantown
First National Bank
Patients at Hollinger Sanitarium seize guns in breakout
Evansville dispatch reports three patients at Hollinger Sanitarium near Newburg escaped their rooms and invaded the office, taking all firearms and ammunition before barricading themselves inside. Officials were driven out as police declined aid due to county lines. The facility, a drug treatment center, was described as fortified and defensible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Hollinger Sanitarium
Newburg
Vandenberg County
Plenary Naval Conference Session Set in London
A plenary session of the Naval Conference will meet today after a meeting of chief delegates at St James Palace. The American delegation will discuss the conference progress toward a future date, though the agenda remains incomplete.
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London
St. James Palace
Allotment of Funds for Inland and Harbor Projects
Washington March 27 Allotment of 10 913 500 among 31 inland waterway and harbor projects was announced by Secretary of War Hurley The funds were obtained under the first deficiency act signed by President Hoover yesterday 31 086 500 reserved as a contingency fund for future allotments Public Building Bill Sanctioned in Final Form Washington March 27 The 230 000 000 public building bill was sanctioned in final form by the White House for signature
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hurley
Hoover
White House
Stay Granted in Evans Death Penalty Case
The state supreme court granted an indefinite stay to Robert Evans of Cincinnati while it reviews his murder case. Evans is condemned to die in the electric chair for killing his common law wife Louise Robertson. Reports state the woman was burned after an alleged gasoline basin was used and ignited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Robert Evans
Cincinnati
Bureau Procures Jobs For Three More Persons
The employment bureau under Major James A. Hewitt reduced three unemployed from the roster yesterday and this morning. Two were crossed off the long list while two others were sent to prospective employers though job availability was unclear. Despite the drop, at least eight more names were added to the unemployed list by Hewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balt
James A. Hewitt
Major Hewitt Resierdar
Unsigned contract for county infirmary awarded to T J Hume
The contract for the Infirmary building at the County Home remains unsigned after a Loram County Building Commission meeting at the Court House. The contract had been awarded to contractor T J Hume, and rain interrupted further action this afternoon.
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Loram County Building Commission
Court House
T. J. Hume. le
Rain
Second Lieutenant Kay resigns post from Ohio National Guard
Second Lieutenant Albert A. Kay, founder of the local unit Headquarters Company, 146th Regiment, resigns due to business pressure. The resignation will be read at the company meeting tonight and forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Kay
146Th
Adjutant General
Ohio National ‘Guard
Congressman Howard declines Virginia Founder’s Day invite
Rep. Howard Nebr Dem refuses Founders Day at University of Virginia April 13 invitation by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. Senator Fess Rep. Ohio to be principal speaker. Howard cites Jeffersonian principles and absence from event.
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Washington
March
Howard
Univer. of Virginia
Auepher
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Fess
Repa
Foundation
Jeferson
United States
Jeffersoniam Prince
Iorat
Want Ad Mystery: Furnishings Sold After Second Insertion
Chronicle-Telegram ad notes at least 15 inquiry calls for advertised furniture. Advertiser canceled after second insertion, claiming furniture sold and price met. No buyer details or dates provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Bridge Beam Tragedy Kills Three Injures Six in West Virginia
At a Nicholas County construction site near Charleston three men were killed and three others were seriously injured when a 100 foot bridge beam lifted by a derrick slipped its supports and plunged 79 feet to rocks below. The victims were identified as C. C. Davidson of South Point Ohio Ray Johnson of Grove City Ohio and George R Hash of Summerville West Virginia. Injured workers from Ohio and Pennsylvania suffered compound fractures and were treated in local hospitals with blood transfusions and grim prospects. The Mt Vernon Bridge Company employed the men. investigators suspect broken cables as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Nicholas
Fayette and Greenbrier
Nicholas County
C. C. Davidson
South Point
Ray Johnson
Grove City
Flight of Dague and Schroeder case nears end in Arizona
New Castle Pa March 27 witnesses recounted the flight of Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague from Pennsylvania to Arizona as the murder trial nears its end. Dague appeared brighter today, smiling at his wife Theresa Dagne who testifies for the defense. Indications say defense will not pursue an insanity plea.
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New Castle
The
Commonwealth
Irene Schroider
W. Glenn Dague
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Dague
Highear
Brady Past
Dagne
Theresa Dagne
Viola
W. Va
Schroeder
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Dhe Turtie
Valley City
TDF
Theers
United Press
Dolores Handin
Evelin
Kath-leen
Tunney
Bridgeport
Conn
John S. Fogarty
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Tex
James J
Gene) Tunney
Homer S. Cummings
Stamford
Superior Court
Edward
Yeomans
County Home
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