Fire bug terrorizes Elyria Cleveland area fires five buildings
East side district shaken as a fire bug sets five apartment buildings ablaze in rapid succession. Firemen battled flames in the East 9th Street and Lowell Avenue area, displacing scores of families and injuring residents including Ben Gomberg’s mother. Police hunted the suspect with several fires previously reported in seven months.
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Cleveland
East Side
Battalio
Emmett Burns
East 9Th Street
Lowell Avenue
Husband Sares
Ben Gomberg
Anna
Sarah Gomberg
Byrne
Fred Weber
George W. Metz
Clara
Four Arrested in Shooting Affray at Stop 4 Elyria
Four men were arrested and a fifth sought over a shooting at Stop 4 Elyria avenue last night. Mrs Mary Mielcarek, 49, was shot in the leg. John Uszak charged with shooting to wound. Others, including John Sapp and Paul Hanyak, face assault and intoxication counts. Robert Mielcarek, 20, defended his family with blows. Deputies tracked suspects to Hanyak home as they fled.
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Mary Mielarek
Elyria Avenue
Mielcarek
John Uszak
John Sapp
Robert Mielcarek
Sapp
Paul Hanyak
Andy Skorvanik
Uszak
Skorvanik
Hanyak
Robert Mielearek
Mielarek
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Fred Brownsworth
Brownsworth
Miekarek
Firefighters Aid Dormitory Roof Fire In Mansfield
Mansfield Ohio May 11. A fire on the roof of the Carpenter honor camp dormitory was fought by 40 prisoners using milk pails. The blaze was brought under control without injuries as inmates aided in extinguishing the flames and preventing spread to adjacent areas.
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Madrid
Marist College of Cuatro Caminos
Mansfield
Carpenter Honor Camp
Here
Ohio Assembly Reopens With Tax Plan Backlog
The eighty ninth Ohio General Assembly reconvenes at 7 30 P M after a month recess to update records, receive governor messages, and ready for business. The $70 009 000 biennial appropriations bill will be introduced in the House by Rep L P Mooney, while the joint taxation committee report and tax bills from the recess are presented for consideration.
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Columbus
Eighty-Ninth General Assembly
White
Senate
House
L. P. Mooney
Hocking County
House Finance Committee
Special Joint Taxation Committee
Assembly
Six Burke gang members held for Chicago witness parade
Six men, tied to Fred Killer Burke's gang, are held in a county jail awaiting transfer to Chicago for a May 11 show-up before a large group of witnesses. Captured in an East St. Louis raid, three were identified as Lincoln Nebraska bank robbers, with other suspects named alongside them and linked to further heists across multiple states.
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Chicago
Liberty
East St. Louis
Lincoln, Nebr
Thomas P. Connors
Howard Lee
Thomas Hayes
Connors
Plano, Til
Lee
M. C. Mott
Mundelein State Bank
John Britt
Edward O'Hara
William McQuillan
Burke
Elyria Community Service Council to elect officers Thursday
Elyria Community Service Council will hold its annual spring meeting at the Elyria Country Club Thursday evening to elect officers for the coming year. The session begins at 6 50 p m with a dinner and any other business to be discussed.
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Elyria
800 Men Return To Work At Niles
In Youngstown on May 11 about 800 workers resumed jobs at Empire Steel Corporation Falcon sheet plant in Niles after six weeks idle as demand for black and galvanized sheets rose. Fifteen sheet mills are now rolling, moving valley output to its highest level since late March.
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Youngstown
Empire Steel Corporation
Falcon
Niles
Empire Steel
Notable gang members linked to St. Louis and Indiana crimes
Federal authorities sought O'Hara on an $11,000 bond forfeiture tied to a Terre Haute liquor conspiracy. Police tied the John Shelton gang in St. Louis and the Joe Traum gang in Indiana to about 24 murders and several bank robberies totaling roughly $10,000 in loot.
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John Shelton
St. Louis
Joe Traum
Indiana
O'Hara
Terre Haute
Ind
Hunt Youth Sought in Ohio Double Murder Near Canton
A statewide manhunt is underway for Ray Witt of Waynesburg, a 17-year-old youth tied to the killings of Edward R. Thomas, 46, and his wife Ethel, 44, found murdered and stuffed in a clothes closet on the Waynesburg Road farm southeast of Canton. Authorities say the Thomas Ford, license A 10 360, is missing and Witt may be driving it. Robbery is suspected as the motive.
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Canton
Edward R. Thomas
Waynesburg Road
Here
Ray Witt
Waynesburg
Thomas
Roscoe Oberlin
Ethel
Ohio State Medical Association Meets in Toledo
The 5th annual meeting of the Ohio State Medical Association opens in Toledo on Tuesday with hundreds of Ohio physicians and surgeons expected to attend the sessions.
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Toledo
Ohio State Medical Association
Ohio
Ohioans Die In Plunge Of Plane Near Point Pleasant
A plane from Dayton to Columbus crashed near New Haven Ohio after a forced landing. Passengers J E Morrow 46 of Youngstown and Frances Miner 22 of Dover died in the wheat field fire. Morrow was a cash register salesman.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven
Here
J. E. Morrow
Youngstown
Ohio
Frances Miner
Andover
Dayton
Columbus
Morrow
Miner
Half A Million Dollar Fire Destroys Randall Furniture Plant
CHICAGO May 11 A large blaze damaged the Randall Furniture Company plant on Chicago's far south side. One firefighter, John McInerney, was seriously burned after a four story fall and was not expected to survive. The fire burned for three hours with equipment arriving from across the city.
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Chicago
Randall Furniture Company
John McInerney
Rum Runner Confession Tangles Marion Police Case
Jack Finney of Columbus admitted involvement in a liquor running case as one of two men who escaped Bucistus police Saturday night. He was detained after an officer grew suspicious of his unusual house slippers.
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Marion
Jack Finney
Nezro
Columbus
Bucistus
Finney
Condemnation Proceeding For New Telegraph Road Bridge
State road officials announce condemnation actions in probate court to acquire land for a new overhead bridge over the New York Central tracks on Telegraph road. Estimated cost is 150000 dollars with 50 percent railroad funding and 20 percent each from state and county. Names of affected property owners and offered damages are listed in the filings.
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WN. Y. C
New York Central Railroad
Telegraph Road
T. S. Brindle
Trobate Court
Elmer and
Gladys Beal
John Schaible
Samuel A. Beal
Nellie Kennelly
Witham
Carrie Hagenmeyer
Brindie
Hospital Party for Babies At Elyria Delayed to Wednesday
The National Hospital Day party for babies born at Elyria Memorial Hospital and their mothers has been postponed from tomorrow afternoon to Wednesday. F. W. Hoover, the hospital superintendent, announced the delay.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
F. W. Hoover
Public meeting on Highway 20 by Federal Association
A Friday evening meeting of the Federal Highway No. 20 Association will be at the YMCA in this city at eight oclock. Senator William Herner of Monroeville will speak on highway matters. Mayor James A Hewitt chairs. A brief Q and A follows. The group, formed in Oberlin last October, promotes tourism on U S Highway 20 from Rocky River to Maumee with signs and publicity. The committee recently met state officials in Columbus and reported strong cooperation. Large attendance is expected Friday.
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Federal Highway No. 20 Association
William Herner
Monroeville
Herner
James A Hewitt
Oberlin
U. S. Highway 20
Rocky River
Maumee
Columbus
Devastating East Coast Storm Causes Losses and Fatalities
Farmers and residents tally hundreds of thousands in crop and building damage as a historic storm sweeps the east. Two inch hail pounds Windsor North Carolina killing a woman and injuring a man, while New York towns report wind rain and lightning destroying buildings and crops. Thousands of chickens beaten to death by hail at Hoosick Falls. Bethlehem windows and porches torn away by high winds. Albany records three strikes in a single day.
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New York
Windsor
N.C
Alban
N Y
Hoosick Fall
N.Y
Bethlehem
N. Y
Albany
N. C
Jim Grag O
Thousands Pay Tribute To Health Day Parade Honor
Thousands attended Health Day at Logain County Fair Grounds as 1600 pupils paraded for obedience to health laws. La Grange School Blue Ribbon winners led with fruit and health-lesson costumes, judged by Mayor Hewitt and local officials. multiple school groups followed with bands and colorful banners.
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King Health
Logain County Fair
la Grange
James A. Hewitt
Harl D. Bacon
Elyria
Murray Ridss
Pittsfield
Russia Township
Brownhelm Marchers
East Carlisle
Columbia
Ridgeville
Amherst
Wellingstor
South Amherst
Avon
Brownhelm
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