Three Die as Pennsylvania Train Wrecks In Indiana
Three trainmen were killed and six injured when Pennsylvania passenger No. 6 derailed at Blue Point Illinois, 35 miles from Terre Haute. Engineers George Munch Daniel Walsh and fireman Edward Zimmerman died. injured include three mail clerks an express messenger and E W Harper. No passengers injured. Cause under investigation with broken rail suspected.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Pennsylvania
Blue Point
Iulinois
Here
George Munch
Daniel Walsh
Edward Zimmerman
E. W. Harper
J. D. Etter
Bradford
Ohio
J. Parkinson
Mailclerk
Columbus
Ohi
Flory
Hichmond
H. T. Hardwick
Indianapolis
Harper
Britain declines to call disarmament conference
London May 14 Premier Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons Britain sees no need to initiate a disarmament conference now. He said the issue is under consideration by the League of Nations and thus not advantageous for Britain to summon a conference at this time.
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Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations
Britain
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Presbyterian General Assembly Set for May 21 Start
In Columbus on May 14 delegates and guards prepared for the Presbyterian General Assembly sessions beginning May 21 and running through May 28. Early talk centered on moderator candidates between Dr Charles B. rdman and Dr W L McEwan amid a potential contest. Dr W O Thompson of State University was mentioned as a possible compromise candidate. Evangelistic meetings begin next Tuesday with the council meeting on the following Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ad‘cn
Ne Presbyterian General Assemuy
Scott W
W. L. McEwan
Pittsburgh
Sheffield Man Held on Three Charges
Louis Geid of Sheffield was arrested by police and booked on three charges reckless driving disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons A blackjack was found on him he claimed to be a deputy marshal and had a right to carry it He was released on 700 bail and to appear in court Monday
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Lorain
Louis Geid
Sheffield
Ohio Women Voters set November convention and officers
Ohio League of Women Voters opens sixth annual session in Dayton with a constitutional change proposal to move the convention to November. Nominated officers include Sybil Burton Zanesville for president and Mrs Malcolm McBride Cleveland as first vice president along with Agnes Dillon Columbus and Graze Peters Columbus as other officers. Youngstown Automobile Club halts auto license tag sales starting July 1 due to Lippe Bill provisions, citing $40,000 annual expense for plate distribution.
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Ohio League of Women Voters
Dayton
Ohio League of Wortern Voters
Sybil Burton
Zanesville
Malcolm McBride
Cleveland
Agnes Dillon
Cincinnati
Vic
Wm. E Henderom
Columbus
Graze Peters
Ague
Frank Wright
Neeson
Youngstown
Youngstown Auomobile
Ridgeville Justice Hit by Motorcycle
Justice of the Peace Frank Rollin of Ridgeville is hospitalized with a badly broken leg after a motorcycle strike. He was walking near his home when the rider was thrown, recovered, and fled the scene. Rollin was later taken to Memorial hospital.
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Frank Rollin
Ridgeville
Memoral Hospital
Mr. Rollin
Rabbit and Cary Club Is Formed in Lorain County
A meeting at Joe Hazelton's home organized a Rabbit and Cavy Association for Lorain county. Hazelton was chosen temporary president and R A Jones of Lorain temporary secretary. The group plans a later meeting to complete the organization and the Lorain County Fair Association will offer two prize series to rabbit and guinea pig breeders at the upcoming fair.
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Joe Hazelton
Lorain County
Hazelton
R. A. Jones
Lorain
Ohio Farm Bureau to study non assimilable alien laws
Ohio officials plan an inquiry ordered by the Farm Bureau Federation to review laws in other states on non assimilable aliens. The probe will focus on limiting the proposed import of 300 Japanese laborers to Northern Ohio and will seek data from California and other states.
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Wf AP
Invasionolumbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
California Farm Bureau Federation
Murray D. Lincoln
Elyria Bailiff Breaks Arm Chasing Naughty Boys
Lorain May 14 Bailiff Charles Jfeiman of Elyria suffered a broken arm while pursuing youths at the terminal grounds. He had been on special police duty watching boys who allegedly carried a taser and threatened others, and he fell over a tent stake during the chase.
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Elyria Court
Lorain
Charles Jfeiman
Elyria
Elyria Hotel Robbery Sparks Police Search
A young man robbed the Elyria hotel cash drawer of 27 dollars while the clerk was away for gum. He fled in a waiting car with a girl toward Lorain. A patrolman noted the auto number and a description, aiding an expected swift arrest.
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Elyria
Lorain
Dayton To Probe Police Force In Special Committee
Dayton Ohio May 14. A three member special committee appointed by the City Manager will investigate the police department. Two members have accepted. the third, an attorney, will reply this afternoon. Rumors of serious charges include shady liquor raid transactions. The panel will organize promptly to begin substantial inquiry.
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Dayton, O
Dayton
Oberlin Matron Fined After Park Incident
A Riverview park auto stumble led to a petting party bust. A Oberlin woman Alice Powers and Lorain man Albert Watkins pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Powers fined five dollars and costs, Watkins ten dollars and costs. husbands later paid both fines and took the women home.
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Oberlin
Lorain
Riverview Park
Alice Powers
Albert Watkins
Watkins
Ridge Street school building up for sale Monday
The board of education will sell the Ridge Street school building next Monday after an appraisal to set a proper value. They plan full property appraisals by experts to determine insurance needs and an independent survey at no charge with the insurer seeking a stake in the insurance.
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Board of Education
Ridge Street
Plan merger order in nickel plate merger under study
Washington May 14 reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission planned to order the Van Sweringen Brothers to revise their billion dollar Nickel Plate Railroad merger before unification action is taken. Confirmation was not available at the commission today.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen Brothers
Commission
Re-Employ Teachers For City Schools
The board of education met yesterday afternoon and re employed forty one high school teachers fifteen special teachers and seventy seven grade teachers. Salaries not yet at maximum received usual increases as the budget for salaries rose to 269785 for the coming year from 258445 last year and new teachers were added for growth. The first list includes C P Shively as high school principal and numerous named educators.
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Board of Education
R. C. Maston
Natur
Auto Club Campaigns Against Roadside Courts in Lorain
May 14. Fred Caley of the Cleveland Automobile Club leads a local campaign opposing roadside courts. He urges fined individuals to secure receipts and hand them to the Cleveland club for potential prosecution use.
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Lorain
Fred Caley
Cleveland Automobile Club
Cleveland Club
Four armed bandits hold up Cambridge payroll at Lever Brothers
Four masked men robbed the Lever Brothers soap plant in Cambridge taking a $20,000 payroll. The incident occurred at the factory and the thieves escaped with the money. Separately in Atlantic City Samuel B. Crowell of Philadelphia was re elected president of the National Retail Coal Merchants Association.
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Cambridge
Mass
Mary
Lever Brothers
Atlantic City
Samuel B. Crowell
Philadelphia
National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
Ausable Forks Blaze Wipes Out Main Street
A devastating fire in Ausable Forks Essex county wiped out most of the business section causing losses between 400000 and 500000. The blaze started after midnight and raged until 9 am. The Ausable House Bank Drug Co Smith Department Store and several dwellings were destroyed. Firefighters from Plattsburg Ausable and others aided. Lefebre of Plattsburg was injured and another firefighter collapsed. The blaze began behind a candy store and also damaged churches and the Trumbull home.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Ausable Forks
Essex County
Ausable House
Ausable National Bank
Ausable Drug Company
Smith Department Store
Candy Land
Mesont Fruit Store
Plattsburg
Ausable
Lefebre
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal Church
Trumbull
Iowan Handshake With King George Stuns Wembley Crowd
Des Moines millionaire glove maker John Downie and his son caused a stir at the Wembley Exhibition when Downie improvised a greeting and shook hands with King George and Queen Mary. Newsreels and papers labeled the moment surprising and humorous. Downie, president of Cownie Glove Company, traveled from Des Moines with his son on a world tour begun March 7.
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England
King George
John Downie
Wary
America
George
Queen Mary
Cownie
King” Cownie
Jack Dempsey
John Jr
Downie
Des Moines
New York
Adriatic
Orient
Fire Ravages Kumagaya Leaving Thousands Homeless
Twenty five thousand people are homeless after fires destroyed most of Kumagaya near Tokio. The Tokio fire department could not assist due to fires in Tokio, leaving 1,000 homeless there as well.
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Tokio
London
Kumagaya
Times
Former Kansas Governor on Trial Seeks Bribe Allegations
In Topeka Kansas May 14 the trial of former Governor Jonathan M. Davie enters its fourth session. He faces charges of conspiracy and soliciting a bribe from A. L. Oswald of Hutchinson. prosecutors focus on Davis actions in the Fred Pullman case where Russell Davis is accused of delivering a pardon for $1,250.
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Peka
Kas
Jonathan M. Davie
A. L. Oswald
Hutchinson
Davis
Fred Pullman
Russell Davis
Pollman
Local Elyria Stores Plan Memorial Day Closure
Merchants in Elyria announce store closings for Memorial Day with grocers and meat markets opening Friday evening May 29 to aid holiday provisions. Other shops will close Friday night and reopen Monday morning, continuing regular hours thereafter. The plan follows a Merchants Board of Trade meeting.
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Elyria
Board of Trade
Steward Surrenders After Indictment Over Mortgage Frauds
J P Steward, previously at large in Lorain, turned himself in to the sheriff after being indicted by the last grand jury for soliciting signatures by false pretenses. He faces charges of defrauding General Motors Acceptance Corp by passing forged battle mortgage signatures totaling 3596 dollars. George Clark signed his $2000 bond.
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J. P. Steward
Lorain
Sheriff's Office
George Clark
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Battle
W. H Horwitz
Charles Handerhand
Charles McPhail
J. B. Williams
Lytell and Windsor to Wed in Juarez Mexico
Los Angeles May 14 Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell, screen stars, travel toward Juarez Mexico to marry this morning. Windsor, formerly Ola Keown, was divorced from William Bowes five years ago. Lytell divorced from Evelyn Vaughn in October 1924 at Independence Missouri.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Claire Windsor
Bert Lytell
Jaurez
Mexico
Ola Keonk
Wiliam Bowes
Lytell
Evelyn Vaughn
Independence
Vone Windsor
Robs Hotel of $25 and Car Stolen in Lorain and Paris Report
Robert Gaston of the Pastime hotel told police a cash register was robbed of $25. Soon after he said an unidentified person entered his garage and took his automobile. In Paris, French troops relieved most besieged block houses near Bibane, leaving two still under threat.
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Lorain
Robert Gaston
Jury Digareel Ines Fnl Jury Digareel Ines Fnl
Father of Lucille Jones reacts to the hung jury in the case. The jurors failed to reach a verdict after nearly ten hours, and Judge Webber discharged them. The crowd waited in the courthouse as the deliberations ended with no agreement on the evidence.
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T. Howard Jones
Lucille Jones
Lucille
Marysville Reformatory
Judge Webber
Death of William C Kalling at Sugar Ridge
William C Kalling aged 45 died at his Sugar Ridge home after a several month tuberculosis illness. He is survived by his wife, daughter Mary 19, and siblings Mary Elizabeth Lows Cleveland Peter 263 Columbus St and Mrs Mary Place 32 Seventh St. He was a member of St Peters Church Ridgeville and the Eagles lodge. Funeral services Saturday at 9 30 from St Peters Church Ridgeville with Father Rue officiating.
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William C. Kalling
Sugar Ridge
Mary
Mary Elizabeth and
Lows
Cleveland
Peter
Columbus Street
Mary Place
Seventh Street
St. Peters Church
Ridgeville
Lodge of Eagles
Father Rue
Fire Station Plan Recasts Old Station as Police Center
Lorain May 14 The building and land committee recommends reconstructing old Fire Station No 7 abandoned two years ago to house a central police station and municipal court. The plan also envisions using the present court and police station as a city hall with a park, but remains tentative and work may start this year.
Lorain Youth Sold Parties Linked to Lucille Jones Case
Lorain Ohio May 14 Police Chief Theodore Walker disclosed a LT year old girl in a downtown Lorain hotel described wild parties run with a dentist present. She named about twenty other girls who attended. The dentist may be arraigned in probate court on contributing to delinquency.
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Lorain
Lucille Jones
Theodore Walker
Walker
Kiwanis Hear Findley On Palestine and Egypt Visit
Guy Findley spoke at a noon Kiwanis gathering detailing his recent trip to Palestine and Egypt. He described conditions under British rule as primitive yet improving, noting chafing but compliant local attitudes, and highlighted improvements in roads and telegraphs despite the harsh colonial context.
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Kiwanis Club
Guy Findley
Egypt
Palestine
Rairoads
Church Edition Dedication Prompts Special Circulation Notice
Community announces a church edition dedication in the Chronicle Telegram with copies available Saturday. Readers are asked to call 2515 before 22 oclock to indicate how many copies they want for distribution.
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Iumn Chronicle-Telegram
Edisi
Elyria
Siduais
Og Chronicle
British author Sir Harry H. Rider Haggard dies in London
Mary 14 reports the death of Sir Harry Rider Haggard 359 renowned British author known for adventure novels. He passed away in London today leaving a prolific literary legacy.
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London
Mary
Sir Harry Rider Haggard
Singer Spits Upon Rival During London Performance
A London stage incident reports singer Mme Qierewaska and rival Marie Olzewaska clashing during a duet in the State Opera. The management reportedly dismissed the spitting act and the involved performers, with controversy over apologies and possible appeals.
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London
Mme
Qierewaska
Maria Olzewaska
State Opera
Jeritza Cormupeir
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