Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas in Night Storms
In Texas tornados struck Coahuila? No, Texas towns including Nordheim and Frost suffered heavy damage. Relief teams reported 63 bodies recovered with 25 in Nordheim and 23 in Frost. The late night storms battered the east central and Gulf coast regions.
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Gulf Coast
Nordheim
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Frost
Range
Karnes County
Hill County
Mertens
Bynum
MacClennan County
San Antonio Flying Field
Oklahoma City
Navarro County
Corsicana
Norheim
San Antonio
Dewitt County
Brownhelm and Pittsfield No.7 win permanent possession of chronicle telegram cups
Brownhelm and Pittsfield No.7 retain the Blue Ribbon contest cups for Class A and Class B schools. Brownhelm edged a tight race amid strong health progress reports at South Amherst East Carlisle Lake Avenue and others. Pittsfield No.7 led Class B with Murray Ridge Carlisle Two contesting for second, as the drive highlighted school health improvements funded by Parent-Teacher associations.
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Brownhelm
Pittsfield
Chronicle-Telegram
South Amherst
East Carlisle Schoors
Lake Avenue
East Carlisle
Murray Ridge
Carlisle
Fire claims life of Ohio mother of eight in Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio police investigate the death of Mrs C W Owens 45 mother of eight who died from smoke and flames when a clothes press near her bed chamber caught fire A man who moved her to the yard said two men were in the house but fled during the commotion The fire’s cause is not yet determined
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Zanesville, O
C. W.owens
Cooper Griswold Tour London Prison Farm
Governor Cooper and Welfare Director Griswold visited the London Prison Farm in London to study expansion plans. Plans call for 1000 prisoner capacity and 500 more quarters funded with available state money, with occupancy possible in three months. A ten year program will address classification and employment, with no immediate abandonment of the main penitentiary.
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Columbus
Cooper
State Welfare
Griswold
London
Ohio Penitentiary
Gov. Cooper
London Farm
First Heat Victim of Year Reported in Zanesville
ZANESVILLE OH May c To Miss Ella H Dunkel of Zanesville goes the unfortunate distinction of being the first heat victim of the year. Miss Dunkel was overcome yesterday while at work in the Hazel Atlas glass plant where the temperature was around 90. She was resting easily today.
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Zanesville, O
Ella H. Dunkel
Zanesville
Dunkel
Hazel- Atlas
Lawsuit Refiled Over Lake Road Car Crash Injuries
Anna Kaspirek of Lorain filed a $23,000 suit seeking $25,000 in damages for injuries from a February 9 accident at Stop 52 Lake Road when her car was struck by the defendant’s vehicle. The case was refiled in Lorain before John E. Mattson.
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John E. Mattson
Lorain
Anna Kaspirek
Stop 52
Lake Road
Bold Star Mothers and Widows Begin Their Pilgrimage
In New York on May 7 Ameri can Golden Star mothers and widows start a government funded pilgrimage to cemeteries in France and Belgium. Two hundred forty four women form the first group of about 7,000 visiting eight American cemeteries this summer and through 1933, at roughly 840 dollars per person. Groups sail from New York weekly into August, each absent about a month, under Army guard and care.
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New York
France
Belgium
America
War Department
Hoboken
Trubee Davison
Secretary of War For Aviation
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Health Day Parade Plans Highlight County Schools
County schools prepare for Health Day with a 3000 pupil parade and an afternoon program at the fair grounds. The event, the third annual Health Day, will feature drills, marches, stunts and songs. Scheduled to begin at 1 30 p.m., the day marks one of the year s busiest.
Health Day To Be Observed Friday In County
County schools will observe Health Day Friday at the county fair grounds per County Superintendent R P Vaughn correcting a prior notice that placed the day on Saturday. Saturday features a truck meet at Oberlin with county activities shifted accordingly.
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Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Oberlin
Rioting After Gandhi Arrest Triggers Indian Strife
Riots erupt across India after Mahatma Gandhi is jailed, as Hartal and protests paralyze Bombay mills and commerce. Delhi and Calcutta see the heaviest clashes with dozens injured. troops mobilized, arrests rise, and European and Moslem tensions flare amid a tense national scene.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Delhi
Calcutta
India
Gandhi
George Berger
Allahabad
Howrah
Calcutta Stock Exchange
Ghandi
European Association
Moody Still Hunting Bride in Court Battle
Moody and his wife remain separated despite a habeas corpus writ issued by Judge A R Webber. William Sutton, the bride’s father, initially refused to recognize the writ but was ordered to bring Dessie Sutton Moody to court. A hearing was set for Saturday as the court processes the writ.
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Dessie Sutton Moody
Kenneth R. Moody
A. R. Webber
William Sutton
Moody
Sutton
Judge Webber
Webber
Willys-Overland plant to close in Elyria May end
Toledo orders cessation of operations at the Willys-Overland plant in Elyria with May completion. Body building and export work to finish by May 25. Some machinery moved to Toledo, office equipment stays. Local plant may reopen if demand rebounds. executives reassigned to Toledo. Elyrians hope the downturn is short and the plant remains a city asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Willys-Overland
Chronicle-Telegram
Mater
Elyria
Willys-Overland Company
Shrine Shweda Gon Pagoda Damaged by Burma Quake
A Burma earthquake on Monday damaged the Shweda Gon Pagoda in Pegu and caused extensive destruction in Rangoon. The jewel studded weather vane atop the octagonal tower, valued at 1.25 million, collapsed. Fifty nine killed and 204 injured in Rangoon. Pegu death toll uncertain but high. Many buildings burned after the quake.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Asia
Boy Near Death After Shooting By His Brother
In Alliance on May 7 Robert Eaton three was critically wounded by his brother Jimmy five while playing in an auto in front of the family home. The youths found Cecil Eaton’s .25 caliber pistol and a firing accident left Robert with a bullet in the head. Surgeons reported he could not recover after surgery.
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Alliance
Robert Eaton
Cecil Eaton
Sebring
City Hospital
Jimmy
Convicts Taken To Breakfast By Guards
Convicts at the state penitentiary in Columbus were escorted to breakfast by regular guards for the first time since the Easter Monday cell block fire. National guardsmen stood watch inside the walls as conditions gradually returned to normal and work planned in shops and factories resumed. Some inmates welcomed return to labor, while holdouts were placed in solitary confinement on bread and water.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
Naval bill totals $379 million with ship construction set
Washington May 7 The house appropriations committee reported the 1931 naval appropriation bill totaling 379,036,086 dollars including 49,400,000 for new ship construction under the New London limitation treaty. The report originally backed the London naval treaty but the section was held up as the naval appropriation sub committee met in executive session to reconsider it.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Naval Sub-Committee
North Central Ohio Library Association Meeting in Elyria
Library officials from thirty seven libraries in Northern Ohio converge at the First Congregational church in Elyria for the annual North Central Ohio District Library Association meeting. Topics include book censorship county and high school library work. Prof Fowler of Oberlin College will speak on Summer Reading and Riv Muir Auld will discuss Sir Walter Scott.
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Northern
Ohio
First Congregational Church
Elyriay Library
North Central Ohio District Library Association
Charlotte Brooks
Elyria
Juhan $. Fowler
Oberlin College Library
Riv
William Muir Auld
Sir Walter Scott
Mary Downing
Ohio State Library
Twelve High School Bands Entered In Contest
MANSFIELD OH May 7 Twelve outstanding high school bands will compete Friday and Saturday in the eleventh annual state band contest. Bands entered include Akron West Lakewood Columbus North Tramston Akron South Ashtabula Akron North Ashtabula Harbor Shaw Hish East Cleveland Portsmouth Martins Ferry Mansfield all Senior High Class A. Four judges have been chosen Edward Chenette New York City St L L K Harrison London Ont Canada Albert Cook Harold Bachman Chicago. The average band will contain 100 pieces and 1100 players are expected here. The contests will be held Friday and awards made Saturday.
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Mansfield
Akron West
Lakewood
Columbus North
Tramston
Akron South
Ashtabula
Akron North
Ashtabula Harbor
Shaw
East Cleveland
Portsmouth
Martins Ferry
Edward Chenette
New York City
St. l
Plans for HIV Mother and Son Banquet at YMCA
Plans for the Senior HIV Mother and Son Banquet to be held next week will be discussed tonight at the clubs weekly meeting. Every member will be assigned duties related to the event at the YMCA meeting.
Health Day observations mark Boys and Girls Week in Elyma
Health Day activities in Elyma schools featured a high school assembly by Dr. J H Nichols Oberlin College intramural athletics director and pamphlet distribution on health. He urged good health for enhanced achievement through diet rest and recreation and participation in physical education. Tomorrow shifts to Boys Day and Girls Day with a high school talk by Dr Z Pitcher and a Mother Daughter program with orchestra performances by students and several dances. Citizenship day included tours of county and city offices and two cooking demonstrations attended by 250 and 75 respectively.
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Elyma
Elyma High School
J. H. Nichols
Oberlin College
Z. Pitcher
J. M. Beck
W.W. H. Wheaton
Cleveland
Lavone Searight
Letty Bishop
Linette Schaeffer
A. C. Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Slain bandit not identified after bank raid
Dayton Ohio May 7 police sought to identify the companion slain when two robbers attempted to loot the Union Trust Co on Xenia avenue. James Rowan of St Louis alive but unable to name the other youth. A watch with initials G E M and a wig worn by Glenn were noted.
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Dayton
James Rowan
St. Louis
Xenia Avenue
Union Trust Company
Glenn
Rowan
Clenn
W. T. Dempsey
Frank Gehle
Pique
Pique National Bank & Trust Co
Henry Matthews
Dempsey
B. J. Hoch
Pen Fire Death Toll Rises With Inmate Dies
William W. Young, 41, died in Ohio penitentiary hospital from double pneumonia caused by smoke inhalation in the west cell block. He was serving life for murder of a Merietta police officer and was allied with Pat McDermott, the Canton slayer of Don Meklett, in an escape over a year ago.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
William W. Young
Penitentiary Hospital
Young
Merietta
Pat McDermott
Canton
Don Meklett
Senate Rejects John J. Parker for Supreme Court
The senate rejected President Hoover's nomination of John J. Parker as associate justice, ending a bitter long fight marked by administration pressure and opposition from organized labor and negro groups. The vote stood 39 to 41, leaving the vacancy after Justice Sanford's death to be filled by another nomination.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
John J. Parker
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Sanford
Parker
White House
Curtis
Defend Purchase of Trucks For County
County commissioners defended buying four trucks this year amid accusations of overpaying. H T Winckles, who had offered GMC trucks, claimed fleet owner discounts and said he may be the only dealer to present such a discount. The four bids came from B H Vogler Lorain Colgan Motors Lorain P M Chapman Elyria and Central Garage Elyria with prices 32800 3479 4734 4912.
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H. T. Winckles
Winckles
George Rhoades
Dodge
B. H. Vogler
Lorain
Internation&s al
Colgan Motors Company
White Truely P. M. Chapman
Hilyria
International
Elyria
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