Akron men faces federal charges in nationwide auto theft ring
The federal case targets two Akron men Harry Segal 54 and Edward Braske 21 nicknamed dangerous gunman after DOJ agents halted their hideout with gunfire at Five Corners near Akron. Five ring members were to be rounded up in days with four stolen cars recovered in Orrville and Massillon and others scattered through central Ohio.
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Cleveland
Sanders
Akron
Harry Segal
Edward ‘Pollock
Braske
Department of Justice
Five Corners
Lasalle
Donald C. van Buren
U. S
Ring
Orrville
Massillon
van Buren
Ohio
Segal
Firemen Battle Gas and Oil Sewer Blaze at Falcon Knight Plant
Fire companies battled a two hour blaze in an 18 inch sewer at the Falcon Knight plant on Clark Street. Flames from gas and oil shot into the air after an explosion that displaced four manhole covers. Fire crews used two hoses to keep the fire confined. Investigators seek how gas and oil entered the sewer and suspect ignition by fumes from a New York Central engine.
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Falcon- Knight
Clark Street
Falcon-Knight
New York Central
Bain
Driving While Drunk Fined in Police Court
Charles Carros of Clark Street was fined £100 and costs after pleading guilty to driving a car while intoxicated in police court this morning. He was arrested Monday for drunken driving on East River and Clark streets under Mayor James A. Howitt presiding.
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Charles Carros
Clark Street
James A. Howitt
Carros
East River
Clark Streets
American film stars wed in Paris city hall
Adolphe Menjou and Catherine Carver, American film stars, were married today at the Sixteenth District City Hall in Paris. The couple began their courtship on Hollywood lots and plan to tour England and Italy before returning to the United States.
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Paris
Adolphe Menjou
Catherine Carver
Sixteenth District
Hollywood
England
Italy
United States
Oberlin mock convention selects Hoover and Lowden as GOP standard bearers
Oberlin College hosts a lively mock Republican Convention with music and antics as Hoover wins the nomination on the fourth ballot and Lowden secures the vice presidency on the first ballot. The event features Grove Patterson, student bands, and spirited vote trading as delegates debate limits and allegiances.
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Oberlin
Hoover
Lowden
Fire at Wittenberg Dorm Sparks Official Probe
Springfield May 16 Officials probe the blaze that destroyed Woodlawn Stall Girls Dormitory at Wittenberg College. one co ed died and several injured. The last patient, Miss Nolen McClain of Troy, prepared to leave hospital with a fractured heel and back injuries. Hilda Sipes, 20, of Shelby, perished from smoke inhalation.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Woodlawn Stall
Nolen McClain
Troy
Hilda Sipes
Shelby
Political Battle in Brief on Delegates and Campaign Testimony
Governor Alfred E. Smith is assured of 7 28 Democratic delegates and 21 Republican delegates with possible seven more as party conventions loom. Montana and Vermont Democrats pledge support for Smith while Wyoming and Alabama set delegations. Hoover delegates already in nine counties, more counties to decide. Roosevelt foresees Smith nomination. Lowden discusses farm relief and past vice presidential decline amid campaign chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Smith
Commerce Moorer
Alabama
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Alx
Weirton Steel To Expand Production in Ohio Facility
STEUBENVILLE Ohio May 16 J C Williams vice president and general manager of the Weirton Steel Company announced plans for expansion to begin today with a total expenditure of 1 350 000 A new open hearth with a production capacity of 250 tons will be added along with an addition to pit furnaces a new stripper building new soaking pits and additions to the 10 and 16 inch mills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
J. C. Williams
Wierton Steel Company
Herrick Fined for Second Offense in Prohibition Case
Herrick of Hobart Wellington was fined 31000 and costs by Judge W B Thompson in common pleas court on a second offense liquor possession charge after a raid by sheriff's deputies and state prohibition agent W L Wilcox. He was arrested after a tussle with Deputies Claude Bavin and Harvey Crehore as he attempted to discard a pint of alleged booze. He will be charged in Justice S J George's court with resisting officers in the line of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Tferrick
Wellington
W. B. Thompson
Common Pleas
W. L Wilcox
Yerrick
Claude Bavin
Harvey Crehore
Lie
Court of Justice
J. George
Thompson
Herrick
Quakes Wreak Damage in Peru Killing Several
Earthquakes of great intensity continued through Monday and Tuesday causing major damage in Peru. At least three people were killed and 11 injured. The center was at Chachapoyas in Amazonas where residents fled their homes and tents were set up in the city plaza and surrounding fields. Church towers toppled and most buildings damaged as debris filled streets.
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Lima
Peru
Chachapoyas
Amazonas
Memorial meeting to discuss Ely Park founder memorial
Citizens will gather Thursday at 7 30 p m in council chamber to discuss plans for a city founder memorial in Ely Park. Several proposals will be considered as the meeting proceeds.
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Council Chamber
Ely Park
Italia meet squalls in Northland
May 16 text reports General Umberto Nobile’s dirigible Italia, en route to the North Polar Regions, battling a 30 mph head wind and heavy ice coating. Nobile says no land sighted yet and notes improved weather forecast by Tromose. He recalls reaching Cape Germania and plants of Josef Land as fog and wind hinder progress.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
North Polar
Nobile
Mussolini
Italia
Kings Bay
Cape Germania
Rauz Josef Land
Tromose
Spitzbergen
Twenty-Five to Be Given Naturalization Papers in Elyria
Twenty-five residents from Elyria Amherst and Wellington will receive naturalization papers Tuesday evening May 22 at 745 when the Elyria Social Settlement house led by Miss Doris Todd holds a program honoring newly admitted U.S. citizens. Nine nationalities are represented Albania Greece Czechoslovakia Great Britain and Ireland Hungary Norway Poland Roumania and Turkey. The event at First Methodist Episcopal church assembly rooms includes remarks by M W Simpson from the state department of education and welcome by E D Adams. Konstantinos Museetis replies for the new citizens. Mable Marsh will present the papers. A flag is to be given by the Women’s Relief Corps and citizenship manuals by the DAR. Special music will conclude the program.
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Elyria
Amherst
Wellington
First Methodist Episcopal Church
M. W. Simpson
State Department of Education
E. D Adams
Konstantinos Museetis
Mable Marsh
Women's Relief Corps
Albania
Gust Demetria Resta
Middle Avenue
Begg Cooper and Turner speak at Cincinnati forum
Three Republican gubernatorial candidates James T. Begg Sandusky Myers Y. Cooper Cincinnati and Attorney General Edward C. Turner shared headlines from the same platform at the Republican club forum Begg and Cooper urged state economy while Turner attacked the Anti Saloon League saying it dominates Ohio politics He noted the Coolidge era reduced federal debt but Ohio with a Republican legislature and Democratic governor increased the state debt fivefold Cooper said the Democratic administration inherited 20 million in the treasury and left a deficit of over 15 million in four years Turner argued the Anti Saloon League has not helped elect a Republican governor and warned he would back the party’s nominee if the League opposes him.
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Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Myers Y. Cooper
Edward C. Turner
Republican Club Forum
Begg
Cooper
Turner
Ohio
Coolidge
Anti Saloon League
League
Olo
Contractor Says He Gave $70,000 To Help Smith
Washington May 16 A New York contractor Kenny testified before the senate campaign investigating committee that the entire 70000 dollars given to Governor Alfred E Smith’s campaign chest was a donation He claimed he did not know 359000 was a loan as testified by George R Wannamee Smith’s New York manager Also discussed were 10100 received by Rush L Holland for the Hoover campaign and a 5000 contribution by William Todd who said he admired Smith New York City contracts cited but no New York state contracts were noted Kenny noted his companies had no state contracts in the Smith administration or others and said he had 242407 in NYC fire department contracts over 11 years
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Oberlin
Herbert Clarke Hoover
Commerce
Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Ohio
Thedore E. Burton
Nicholas Longworth
Norris
Lowden
Dawes
Hughes
Coolidge
Curtis
Idaho
William F. Borah
Indiana
Watson
New Mexico
Albert E. Fall
James Wadsworth
New York
Donald Eldred
Vermont
Massachusetts
London
ofTughes
Grove Patterson
Toledo
Frederick
Dutch) Stolter
Ben Turpin
Ford
Henry Rood
Holder
Washington
Wailham WF. Kenny
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Alfred E Smith
Ife
George R. Wannamee
Smith
Kkenny
Rush L Holland
Daugherty
South
Wiliam Todd
New York City
New York State
Kenny
Prince Carol of Roumania Leaves England for Continent
Prince Carol of Roumania departed Oakhurst Surrey for Dover today and was reported to be bound for the continent, likely Belgium, in an official announcement.
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Prince Carol
Belgium
London
Roumania
Oakhurst
Surrey County
Dover
Carol
Westrick Sues Duchos Over Auto Collision Damages
Alfred Westrick filed in common pleas court seeking 2450 in damages from Mike Duchoslav after a Sept. 19 1926 collision at the Walker and Jaycox roads intersection. Duchoslav allegedly rammed the rear of Westrick’s car, sending it into a ditch.
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Alfred Westrick
Common Pleas Court
Mike Duchoslav
Walker
Jaycox
Duchoslav
Westrick
Troops mass for battle in northern China
Tokio May 16. The northern Chinese army holds an 80 mile front below Peking and faces likely fall of the city within a month to the southern nationalist army. General Chang Tso Lin commands about 150000 men who vow defense. Demoralization and numerical inferiority favor the nationalists, with Feng Yu Hsiang at 200000 and Chiang Kai Shek at 100000 on advancing fronts.
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Tokio
Peking
Chang Tso Lin
Feng Yu Hsiang
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Shantung Province
Vandemark to Argue Lorain Bridge Case Before Supreme Court
Assistant County Prosecutor R F Vandemark left for Columbus to argue for certification of the Lorain Memorial Bridge injunction appeal to the Ohio State Supreme Court. A 9 am hearing on the motion for certification was set for tomorrow. If successful, the high court would review the appeal reversing the Court of Appeals ruling that granted the permanent injunction against the bridge sought by Joseph Finegold of Elyria.
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R. F. Vandemark
Board of County Commisssioners
Lorain Memorial Bridge
Columbus
Ohio State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Vandemark
High Court
Joseph Finegold
Elyria
Memorial Day program planned at Ely Park
Memorial day exercises in Ely Park are set for the afternoon of Wednesday May 30 with a parade to Ridgelawn cemetery after the address at 1 38. A public speaker is tentatively secured and civic and social groups are invited to participate. The event aims to honor fallen heroes and remain free from sports or celebratory activities.
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Elyria
Bed
Sons of Veterans
American Legion
Ely Park
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Clayton Smith
Memorial Day Committee
Dan Symons
J. H. Howlett
S_ QO
E. F. Leifer
Lews Warburton
Charles Adams
Alva Smith
Virgil Jasper
George Robeson
Stresemann Shows Slight Improvement In Berlin
BERLIN May 16 The condition of Dr Gustav Stresemann German Foreign Minister continued grave today though some slight improvement was shown in the last hours An official communique said his gastric and intestinal disorders were slightly better while the kidney inflammation remained unchanged.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
French Aviator's Plane Crashes In Asia Flight
Calcutta May 16 Lieut Pelletier D Oisy a noted French aviator crashed in his airplane at Akyab near Chittagong today during a flight to Indo China to survey air routes. D Oisy was not hurt but both companions were injured and taken to a hospital. The plane was wrecked.
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Calcutta
Pelletier D’oisy
Akyab
Chittagong
Indo-China
D'Oisy
Youngstown Kidnapping Case Spurs Murder fears
In Youngstown Ohio on May 16 authorities hunted a man matching the abductor’s description in the case of 10 year old Beatrice Rosenbaum who vanished after entering a car with a man about 40. Police fear murder as a widespread search and a neighbor recalled seeing her enter the vehicle. Her father, Beatrice’s uncle, and store employees were among witnesses as detectives note possible links to a similar Los Angeles crime. The missing girl remains unlocated despite a city wide hunt and ongoing inquiries.
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Youngstown
Bernice Rosenbaum
Beatrice
MM. B. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Lice
Tor Hickman-Parker
Lb Angeles
Dorosady Parker
Bew Wo
Wim
Peary
Seerch
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
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Lindy
Lindbergh
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Oberlin College
Toledo Blade
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Dowie
Zion City
Jim Armitage
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Sandman
Ayhieh
Lowdon
Holter
Billies
Theodore Burton
Secretary of Commerce
Wittenberg
Montana
Democrats
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Franklin D. Roosevelt i
Chicago
Hooston
Weirton Steel
Northland
Methodist Church
Cooper, Turner
China
Haat
Beatrices Howenbawm
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