Deadly Snake Run Riot In Hotel Sparks Montreal Panic
In Montreal on May 6 a four‑foot adder loose in the Alne Hotel terrified guests as police sealed the room of snake collector Edward E Smith and summoned snake charmer Miss Flarce Zoda. Smith, bitten and in hospital, faced amputation and a coma while authorities hunted the other reptiles.
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Montreal
Miss Flarce Zoda
Edward E. Smith
Shrieber
Smith
Anh
Hostal
Zoda
Alne Hotel
Louisiana
Democratic Leader Gongwer Il_l, Hospitalized After Surgery
Gongwer, Democratic leader for twenty years, is seriously ill in Cleveland at a hospital after an acute appendicitis rupture. Doctors reported a favorable night following surgery by Dr W Raymond Barner. He missed office Sunday and Monday with stomach pains not initially deemed serious.
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Cleveland
Ir Gongwer
Fahoza
Wag
Clereids
Gongwer
W. Raymond Barner
Gongner
Weather outlook for northwest region shifts to showers
Forecast indicates cloudy conditions with warmer temps followed by showers. A cold front arrives late tonight into the northwest portion, with cooler temperatures after midnight and by Thursday morning.
Elyria Eagles Public Mother's Day Program
Elyria Eagles announce a public Mother s Day program at the local aerie auditorium Thursday at 7 15 p m in tribute to mothers and Frank E Hering father of Mother s Day Special music includes vocal and instrumental numbers duets quartets violin piano bells chimes and orchestra A dramatic piece The Old Spinning Wheel will be staged and featured groups include the Elyria s Quartet A reading from Hering will be shared by the audience The Ladies Auxiliary drill team officers and men in dress uniforms will attend Floral decorations and electrical effects will decorate the event Dancing will follow the program open to the public
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Elyria Eagles
Frank E. Hering
Aerie’s
J. L. Mathis
Mathis
Health work highlighted to cut crime at Lorain council
Howard R. Butler county prosecutor told the seventeenth annual Lorain County General Health District advisory council meeting that health efforts reduce crime. Reelections included W. Hitchcock as council chair, C. Goss as vice president, Major C. Comings as secretary, and E. Cotton to a five year board term. Dr. Dew reviewed county tubercu losis work with Hindman noting state and national recognition as 46 people attended, including 17 council members.
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Howard R. Builer
Lorain County
County Board of Health
Butler
Board of Health
F. R. Dew
L. B. Hindman
Four Rescued From Submerged Auto in Ohio River Incident
VAN WERT Ohio May 6 Four members of a family rode on the running board as their auto plunged into the Hittle Anglaize river near Venedocia. They waited in water up to their necks for 29 minutes until rescuers reached them. Charles C Prichard hardware dealer Spencerville Ohio lost control at a bridge on Route 116. The car overturned and landed upright in the 40 foot wide river. Prichard his wife their daughter June 8 and a neighbor girl opened doors and stood on the running board until two fishermen brought aid from Venedacia.
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van Wert
Anglaize
Venedocia
Charles C. Prichard
Spencerville
Route 116
Prichard
Venedacia
Kiwanians Hear Dorothy Fuldheim At Elyria Meeting
Dorothy Fuldheim, noted reader and lecturer, will discuss The European Merrs Go Round for Elyria Kiwanis Club at Hotel Newell. The noon Thursday gathering will be opened to both men and women due to speaker popularity.
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Dorothy Fuldheim
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Newell
Tragic Bonfire Accident Claims Life of 3-year-old Theresa Gannon
Springfield officials report a child death after a bonfire near a yard play area where Theresa Gannon, age three, was playing. She died in hospital shortly after the incident. details indicate the fire caused fatal injuries.
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Springfield
Theresa Gannon
Citizenship Granted To 80 Residents In Lorain County
A large class of 80 Lorain County residents was sworn in yesterday as citizens in a proceeding before Common Pleas Judge D A Cook. Hearings were led by Federal Naturalization Officers S H L Ewing and F A Ault, with four applicants denied for various disqualifications. Localities listed include Lorain and R R 1 2 3 areas, with origins spanning British Poland Slovakia Hungary Italy and more.
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Lorain County
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Naturalization
S. HL. Ewing
F. A. Ault
Cleveland
Mike Gondi
Elyria
Gondi
Czecho Slovakia
Germany
Hungaria
Hairy
Jugo Slavia
Poland
Roumania
Mexico
Lorain
Adolf Kubat
Kostanty Zajac
Karol Zilka
Slovakia
Ignac Zima
Antonio Leone
Italy
Helen A. Borle
Scotland
Lidia Nagr
R. R
Dutton Road
John MacBennett
Ireland
Dominik Galanie
Jugo-Slavia
Michael Ascherl
Austin Little
England
Hungary
Walter Eichholz
Flavia Burasz
Vincenzo D’orazio
Aly. Elsra
Doris J. P. Hanrock
Mary Shaffer
Kazimiera Nagorka
Elizabeth Roberts Schneider
Mona Hoffman
Sylvia Wilson
Engeland
Merchants Gauge Support for Summer Wednesday Closings
The merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce will survey all Cleveland merchants on whether to close stores on Wednesday afternoons during summer. A meeting yielded no decision, with calls for broader input. Despite tradition, concerns about tourist traffic from the Great Lakes Exposition prompt discussion. Memorial Day and July 4 fall on Saturdays this year, so stores will stay open until 5 PM on May 29 and July 5.
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Elrmia
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cleveland
Merchants’ Division
Republican Meeting Tonight Draws Expected Large Crowd
Alexander H. Marlim is added as a speaker for the Col ored Republican Club event and Joe Thomas of Cleveland, candidate for congressman at large, will also speak. The Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on Broad Street hosts the meeting at 8 p.m. with public access and music featured.
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Alexander H. Marlim
The
Colored Republican Club
Joe Thomas
Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Broad Street
Tire wage boosts at Akron four plants cited
Wage increases at Akron's four major rubber plants will add at least 3.3 million dollars monthly to payrolls. Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich announced raises, with Goodyear and Firestone offering five to ten percent increases, while General cited upward adjustments without figures. About 40,900 workers will benefit.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
General Tire Andubber Co
B. F Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear
Firestone
General
Goodrich
General’s
Unemployment Census Asked By Roper
Washington Mark Secretary of Commerce Daniel C Rover said he sent a letter to President Roosevelt requesting authority for a general unemployment census. The move follows calls for broader national labor data and aims to assess joblessness across the country.
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Roper
Washington
Mark
Daniel C. Rover
Roosevelt
Great Airliner Hindenburg Heads to United States Flight
Web of fact from 1936 reports the Hindenburg airliner departing Friedrichshafen for its first north transatlantic flight to Lakehurst New Jersey. The ship carries 49 passengers plus crew, with seven women aboard and non journalist passengers paying $500. The voyage aims for a quick crossing as Capt. Ernest Lehmann and Dr. Hugo Eckener plan to fly over major East Coast cities and New Jersey. The Zeppelin program showcases German pride with prior lively record, and a sister ship LZ130 is planned for Atlantic service within 18 months.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Friedrichsh AF
Germany
United States
Frankfort
Dirigible
Lakehurst Air Station
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Ernest Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Washington
Baltimore
Newark
Delaware
New York
South America
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Lehman
London
Scott Ernest Pack
United States Navy
Carl Fickes
Harold Dick
Goodyear Zeppelin Company
Akron
Ohio
Roosevelt Wins California Primary as Landon Lags
In California, landslide Roosevelt support left Landon trailing by about 75,000 votes with delegates pledged to him behind. South Dakota yields a split delegation as Borah and Sinclair compete. Democratic contest shows Roosevelt favored. Indiana and Alabama primaries hint at broader party division in delegate selection.
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United Press
Alf M. Landon
California
Herbert Hoover
South Dakota
Kansas
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Epic Teader
John Steven McGrearity
Townsend Pension Plan
Indiana
Alabama
Circus Folds Up Leaves Oberlin With No Elephant
Oberlin college students planned a mock Republican convention with an elephant from James M Cole Circus and paid 210 in advance. The circus folded after four days in Cleveland, forcing a substitute paper mache elephant and a bid to recover 110.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin
James M. Cole
Cleveland
James Moore
Carl Helms
Alien Bailey
Cleveland Chief Recalls 42 Years in Fire Service
James E. Granger, Cleveland fire chief, spoke at Elyria Post No. 12 American Legion meeting recounting his 42 years with the Cleveland Fire Department. He described hazards, showed colored lantern slides of dramatic blazes including the Edlington Apartment fire, and was introduced by W. Bates. A Shriners group and a veteran Cleveland photographer accompanied him.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Fire Department
James E. Granter
Elyria Post No
American Legion
Granger
Edlington
Legionnaires
Hisra
W. Bates
Chief Granger
O Elsina
Fixes Bond Of Karpis Henchman At $200000
New Orleans May 6 Bond of 200000 was set for Fred Hunter henchman of Alvin Karpis when arraigned on harboring and concealing charges. Hunter chained waived preliminary hearing before Commissioner Reginald Carter and was remanded to federal jail to await grand jury action. He was captured with Karpis and a woman last week and is a suspect in the 46000 Garrettsville mail robbery.
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New Orleans
Fred Hunter
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
Hunter
Reginald Carter
Italy to Formally Annex Ethiopia on Saturday
Rome reports Mussolini will assert Ethiopian territory as Italian after a formal annexation. The Chamber of Deputies would then proclaim sovereignty across the country. Badoglio named Giuseppe Boitai governor of Rome as Verne’s column tightens control near Ijiga and Harar. Citizens celebrate with flags, gatherings, and mass demonstrations.
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United Press
Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Pietro Badoglo
Giuseppe Boitai
Addis Ababa
Vittorio Verne
Ijiga
Ras Nassibu
Harar
Venice Palace
Italy Keeps Open Door in Ethiopia Says Mussolini
Rome May 6 Italy pledges to maintain the open door in Ethiopia and not threaten Egypt or other powers Premier Benito Mussolini told a reporter at the Venice palace amid celebrations. He said Italy will help reorganize the League of Nations and focus on European problems while delaying action in eastern Ethiopia. He stressed league reform and proportional tasks.
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Rome
U.p.trair
Ethiopia
Egypt
Benito Mussolini
Mec
Venice
Europe
League of Nations
Italy
League
Italian Guards Protect Americans at Addis Ababa
Italian guards assigned to safeguard the American legation in Addis Ababa withdrew after disarming marauders, as natives retaliated against the diplomats. The brief note notes continuation on page 2.
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Washington
Addis Ababa
Italians Seize Addis Ababa in Early Occupation
Italian patrols controlled four streets of Addis Ababa and stationed troops outside foreign relations compounds. Italian soldiers occupied public buildings as Marshal Pietro Badoglio, governor general of Italian East Africa, took over administration of 358,000 square miles and about ten million people.
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CPV
Addis Ababa
Hakan
Badogna
Pra
Fighting continues in Addis Ababa despite Italian occupation
Paris dispatch reports French minister Paul Bodard wireless that fighting persists in Addis Ababa. Italian troops clashed with Ethiopian bands in the streets, with Bodard noting he expected Italian Askari troops to guard his legation.
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Paris
Paul Bodard
Addis Ababa
Bodard
Askari
Legation
Railroads urge sinking fund relief in tax bill
Washington May 6 Senate Finance Committee was urged to revise the 893,000,000 tax bill to let railroads build sinking funds to meet burdens. R V Fletcher of the Association of American Railroads and Fred Sargent of Chicago and Northwestern argued for relief to prevent many carriers from failing. Sargent noted 25 percent of railroads are in receivership, representing about 24 percent of road capital. Frederick V Geter warned the machine tool sector faces wide fluctuations and urged allowing reserves before tax calculations. Democratic members hinted they would oppose Roosevelt processing taxes if possible.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
R. V. Fletcher
The
Association of American Railroads
Fred Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Sargent
Frederick V. Geter
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
Roosevelt
United Press
Driver Fined After Sensational Chase Through City Streets
Harry Reynolds 21 of 25 Adams Street faced a $50 fine and costs for driving while intoxicated after a dramatic downtown Elyria pursuit. Police described him weaving through lanes, sideswiping a parked car, and crashing into a laundry building and another vehicle before arrest. A minor intoxicated passenger was held in jail. Reynolds case referred to Mansfield reform school authorities.
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Elyria
Harry Reynolds
Adams Street
Dow A Baird
Kernolds
Kernold
Mansfield Reformatory
American Legion
E.trad
L. D. Brown
Reynolds
Lodi Street
Rernolds
North Sireet
O Cers
North Street
Mazhatyan
Brown and Olmstead
Pavel Palmer
Lochasd Road
West Avenue
Frank Brenzan
Third Street
Breagan
Jnsciile
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Piquett
Cell
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G. Ward Price
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