Murder trial opens as defense says impulse justified
Antonio Dzouclis 38 faces first and second degree murder charges for the March 11 killing of his son in law William Dineff. Defense counsel asserts Dzouclis acted from a God given impulse to right a wrong amid family disapproval over Sophia Droucls engagement followed by Dzoucls efforts to locate his daughter. State witness Cecelia Frasco testifies about Sophia Droucls and Dineff at the Lorain meat market and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Dzouclis
Charles Adams
Lorain
William Dineff
Dzouclis
Adams
John Harding
Dineff
Sophia Dzoucls
Macedonia
Harding
Sophia Drou Cls
Basil
Or William) Dineff
William
Mial Dineff
East 29Th Street
Tony Droucls
Wellsburg
W. Va
Dzoucls
Lorain County
Amherst
Fast 21St Street
Canada
Droucis
Tony
Dineft
Bill Diner
Sophia Droucls
Yeade
Cecelia Frasco
East 23Th Street
Miss Frasco
Sophia
Young Dineff
Paveye
Farmers Joyful At Day Open After Long Drought
Rain fell last night and this morning ending a long drought in Lorain county. Farmers and truck growers expect thousands in benefits as crops, thirsty for a drink, will begin to grow in earnest. May had been the driest in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Jealous widow claims as Dr Scully's wife in murder probe
Cleveland May 14. Police opened a case into the death of Dr Alfred P Scully after Eunice Mitchart Rockwell of Mt Vernon Ohio appeared claiming to be his widow. She said their secret 1915 marriage followed a warning from an insane jealous woman. She arrives from Florida with her son and says Dr Scully sent money and spoke of the other woman being out of his life.
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Cleveland, O
Alfred P. Scully
Cleveland
Mt. Vernon, O
Eunice Mitchart
Mt. Vernon
Dr. Scully
Baldwin-Wallace College
Eunice Rockwell
St. Petersburg
Fila
Scully
Rockwell
Fremont
Toledo
Attle
California
Florida
Alfred
Jerry Scully
Los Angeles
Hugh Duffy
John T. Feighan
Morris
260 More Gold Star Mothers Embark
More than 260 Gold Star mothers sailed from Hoboken on the liner Republic for France to visit sons’ graves. The group is the second of a three year pilgrimage organized by the government for over 7,600 mothers, with most from New York and others from California and Idaho.
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Hoboken
N. J
Republic
France
New York
California
Idaho
Sportsmanship message from champion Charles Paddock at Elyria High
World track record holder Charles Paddock told Elyria High School students that overconfidence is a key danger in sports and life. He urged a spirit of sportsmanship, teamwork, courage, and perseverance, praising Jim Thorpe as perhaps the world’s greatest all around athlete.
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Charles Paddock
Elyria High School
Paddock
Painesville
Bedford
Cleveland
California
Jim Thorpe
Dartmouth Students Proclaim Shorts Protest on Campus
Hanover May 14 Dartmouth undergraduates joined a mass protest against male attire by wearing shorts. About 600 students gathered, exposing bare legs as they wore abridged breeches amid a khaki color scheme. Local shops ran out of shorts and orders were sent for more. Notables linked to the movement, including Nelson Rockefeller and Walter Chrysler Jr, were reported in shorts though confirmation was incomplete due to cold weather.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Nelson Rockefeller
John Y D. Rockefeller, Jr
Walter Chrysler, Jr
Canton Chest Fund Surpasses Goal in Seven Day Drive
Canton Ohio reports Cantons Community Chest exceeded its $403,109 goal for the ninth straight year. The seven day campaign pledges reached $403,188 with over $76,000 raised on the final day. A victory dinner concluded the drive yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Old Timer Billy Goldberg Visits Elyria After 30 Years
An 82 year old pioneer lamp lighter known as Billy Goldberg, long familiar to Elyria residents, appeared in Elyria with his Montana property and former local ties recalled. He lit lamps by torch in earlier days, rode a horse for gas lamps, and lived on East Bridge Street near the Martell Packing site. He and his wife are visiting Cleveland and Elyria, with Constable Charley Lord recognizing him at Ely Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Billy” Goldberg
Billy
Anaconda
Montana
East Broad Street
Bill
Germany
East Bridge Street
Martell Packing Company
Cleveland
Charley Lord
Elyria Township
Ely Park
Turner Fails to Beat Transcontinental Speed Record
Col Roscoe Turner blamed strong headwinds and bad weather for failing to beat the Lindberghs in the transcontinental flight. He landed at Curtiss Field after Los Angeles, about an hour behind the target, with the plane running out of gas near Roosevelt. Turner made one stop at Wichita for fuel and carried a 12,000 foot average altitude, with the Lion mascot unharmed. He was fatigued upon arrival and undecided about another attempt.
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New York
Roscoe Turner
Charles A. Lindbergh
Turner
Curtiss Field
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Lindberghs
Wichita
Kan
Ruling on school funds allows general levy for buildings
Columbus May 14 Attorney General Bettman issued an opinion to Prosecutor Don W Meyers Lorain County holding funds from a general levy may be used for permanent improvements including school buildings even if not specified as a levy purpose The law permits use of general levy funds for permanent improvements and construction of school facilities though not listed among levy purposes.
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Columbus
Bettman
Don W. Meyers
Lorain County
Lorain Man Seeks Injunction Over Police Closure Threat
Thomas Cholakan of 1810 East 28th Street Lorain filed in common pleas court to stop Lorain officials Theodore Walker Paul Goldthorpe and Geo W Carson from stationing a police officer at his coffee shop. He says on April 22 Carson announced the mayor’s order to close the business and threaten daily eight hour police presence. Cholakan seeks injunction and 5000 dollars damages for alleged business harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Walker
Lorain
Paul J. Goldthorpe
Geo. W. Carson
Common Pleas Court
Thomas Cholakan
East 28Th Street
Carson
Cholakas
Guilty pleas enter for Fairfield dog track operators
In Xenia Ohio May 14 prosecutors wrap up cases against Fairfield Amusement Park officials for gambling law violations linked to pools sales. Charles Fay chair of the board and G W Heintz former manager receive $500 fines and six months suspended sentences. C G Kantz of Fairfield gets the same penalty. Twenty four ticket sellers are fined $10 and costs each. Fines drawn from 83175 seized in July raid.
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Xenia
Fairfield
Frank L. Johnson
Charles R. Fay
Middletown
G. W. Heintz
Hamilton
C. G. Kantz
Sheffield Steel and American Rolling Mills Form Merger
Sheffield Steel Corporation in Kansas City and American Rolling Mills in Middletown Ohio announce a formal consolidation. They will operate as units under a partnership style arrangement, as stated by Sheffield president W L Allen at a meeting of stockholders.
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American Rolling Mills CO
Sheffield Steel Combine
Kansas City
Sheffield Steel Corporation
American Rolling Mills Company
Middletown
Ohio
Sheffield
W. L. Allen
Kansas City Corporation
Northern armies defeated in China capture 10000 prisoners
The National Government of Nanking announced that Marshal Yen Hsi-shan's northern armies were defeated at Puchow. Government troops captured 10,000 prisoners, six field guns, and 7,000 rifles.
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China
Shanghai
Nanking
Yen Hsi-shan
Shansi
Puchow
Byrd Returns to American Soil After Antarctic Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd touched American soil at Balboa Canal Zone after a two year Antarctic voyage. The explorer, smiling in uniform, said he was mighty glad to be back and would make a brief public call and a May 19 flight before working on reports most of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Richard E. Byrd Balboa
Canal Zone
Antarctic
South Pole
Caplorer
Navy
Amendment to bar poison in denatured alcohol
Washington May 14 Senator Tydings proposed an amendment to prevent use of poison in denatured alcohol as the senate opened debate on the Williamson Bill to transfer the prohibition bureau from the treasury to the justice department He said he would demand a record vote on poison use in alcohol
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jydings
Dem
Senate
Williamson
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
Tydings
Tariff bill to get real test in Senate Friday
Senate conferees on the Hawley Smoot tariff bill decided to bring the measure back to the senate Friday for its big test of the export Debenture and Flexible Tariff provisions. The fate of the bill rests on Friday votes after house conferees refused to negotiate further and adjourned in deadlock.
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Senate
Washington
House
Population shifts in local villages from 1920 to 1930 census
Preliminary figures by Frank A. Stetson show Eaton Township, Grafton Village, Avon Lake Village, and nearby areas gaining residents over the decade. Jaton Township reports 1138 residents this year, up from 933 in 1920, with 168 farms listed. Grafton Village rises from 300 to 935, while Avonake Village soars from 304 to 1499, with 109 and 100 farms respectively in the areas. South Amherst Village declines from 944 to 914, documenting a 30-person drop.
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Eaton Township
Grafton Village
Avon Laxe
South Almherst
Frank A. Stetson
Lorain
Medina
Jaton
Grafton
Waton Township
Grafton Township
Avonake
South Amherst
Rabbi Brickner to Speak Tonight at Jewish Temple
Rabbi Brickner of Cleveland will deliver an address this evening at the Jewish Temple on Lake Avenue on the subject of Allied Jewish Relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Brickner
Cleveland
Lake Avenue
President Hoover to review US fleet at Norfolk
President Hoover will view actual war vessels at Norfolk Virginia next Monday as Commander-in-chief. The Salt Lake City, a new 19 000 ton post conference cruiser, will serve as the President's reviewing platform as ships pass before him off the Virginia capes.
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Washington
Hoover
Norfolk
United States
Salt Lake City
Virginia Capes
Two Sisters Reunite After Sixty One Years in Ohio
Mt. Vernon Ohio May 14 Two sisters Mrs Charles Van Wicklen 63 of Mt. Vernon and Mrs Marion Flood 67 of Los Angeles met for the first time in 61 years. They were separated when their father died in Brooklyn and their mother took a daughter and son to California leaving Charlotte Weeks with grandparents in Brooklyn. Flood came to Mt. Vernon while Van Wicklen was ill and wished to see her.
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Mrs. van Wicklen
Organizing a Local Garden Club in Elyria
A local garden club organization began Tuesday afternoon in the Lorain County Savings and Trust Company building after a lecture on Roses and Their Care by Fred Bruce Shaker Heights rose expert. Dr. George Nicholas chaired the meeting and seven members formed a committee to draft the constitution and by laws, with Mrs Harry Redington as chair. The club invites all garden enthusiasts to attend Monday nights meeting and hopes to reach a roster near a hundred within weeks.
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Elyria
Lorain
Morday
Lorain County Bank
Harry Redington
W. G. Sharp
Robert Wirth
F. A. Smythe
Walter Ayres
Thomas Cook
Frank Wilford
Naval Officials Stage Sham Battle for Hoover Entertainment
A naval review portrayed a mock clash between aircraft carriers and battleships for President Hoover's amusement. Officials planned the exercise as a public demonstration of fleet strength and discipline, using dummy maneuvers and staged signaling aboard seaborne vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir Hoover
Mystery battleship trading point revealed by Stimson
Secretary Stimson told the Foreign Relations Committee that the proposed 35,000 ton mystery battleship was a trading point to win concessions from Britain. He said the plan aimed to balance the US and British fleets by modernizing remaining ships or building a new battleship, part of a treaty to create a balanced navy. He noted the idea was cabled to the committee during negotiations and faced cross examination about delegation unanimity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Wyoming
Great Britain
Johnson
Schedule For Y Camp Elyria Y M C A Camp Activities
Elyria and Lorain county youth will find a busy summer at the Vermilion river camp. Activities include swimming baseball track meets volleyball aquatic meets treasure hunts hikes tennis goofy golf croquet camp fires Bible study stories songs stunt nights and tests. Daily hours run 6 30 a m to 9 p m with periods from June 16 to September 1 for Junior Senior County Four H Rotary Lorain Y M C A Y W C A and Lorain Rotary Club segments.
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See-Kes
Elyria
Vermilion River
Lorain County
Rotary Club
Lorain Y. M.C. A
lLorain Rotary
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