Hold Ex-Convict As Kidnaper Of Wealthy Recluse
Russell Gotherman, 33, an ex convict, was held to Clinton county jail on charges of kidnapping Frank J. Schofield, 78, a wealthy recluse who lived near Wilmington. Ora Slater, a Cincinnati private detective, aided by CCC workers searched the Schofield farm for clues. Gotherman denied knowledge of Schofield's fate and gave conflicting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Russell Gotherman
Clinton County
Frank J. Schofield
Wilmiington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Schofield
Clarkaville
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Slater
Gotherman
Ohio Penitentiary
James Gotherman
Here
Pauline Rabenstine
Dayton
Arraignments In Slot Cases Set For Saturday
Arraignments of Adam Hampel and William Rooney on gambling device charges were continued to 9 a m Saturday on request of attorney Don W. Myers. Prosecutor Howard R. Butler agreed after a conference. Hampel and Rooney were arrested last Thursday and three slot machines were found at Hampel’s Detroit Road establishment and one at Rooney’s Cleveland Road place. The confiscated machines are held at the Flora police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don W. Myers
Adam Hampel
William Rooney
Lorain County
Howard R. Butler
Myers
Common Pleas Court
Butler
Hampel
Rooney
Oscar G. Dunn
Kate Kreuzer
Detroit Road
Cleveland Road
Floria
Deaths and funerals in Lorain area prompt notices
Obituaries list Clara J. Moore of Lorain county born July 11 1858 who died at 1 30 am at a daughter’s home with seven children surviving Funeral at Nichols Funeral Home and Ridgelawn cemetery Also Elizabeth Mary Logue widow of John E Logue died at Elyria Memorial Hospital survivors include two daughters and two siblings Services at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Saint Agnes Church and burial at St Marys Cemetery Louella Smith funeral arrangements set for Thursday at 1 30 from Kipling Street home and 2 00 at St Johns Lutheran body to be moved from Taylor’s today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara J. Moore
Cleveland Road
L. R. Hadaway
Uhrichsville
Ohio
Lorain County
Church of Christ
Arthur C
Lawrence
Michigan
Alvin G
Cleveland
Fred N
Denison
Clara Harr
Elyria
Harold E. Moore
South Amherst
R. E. Gibson
Nichols Funeral Home
Will Foster
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Elizabeth Mary Logue
John E. Logue
Griswold Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Logue
Cora
Catherine Logue
Mary Fortin
R. D
John Zimmer
Sudro- Curtis Funeral
St. Agnes Church
Leo Brissell
St. Mary's Cemetery
List of potential successors to a New York judicial seat
The passage lists many possible contenders for a high court role including Justice Ferdinand Pecore, Senator Robert Wagner, Harvard professor James Landis, former SEC head, Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Felix Frankfurter, Donald Richberg, Interior Secretary Harold L. Seckes, Judge John J. Parker, Judge Florence Allen, Judge Seth Thomas, Judge Kimbr o ugh Stone, and Sam Bratton, spanning several circuits and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Ferdinand Pecore
New York County Supreme Court
Robert Wagner
New York
James M. Landis
Harvard Law
SEC
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Ardent New Dealer
Donald Richberg
NRA
Harold L. Seckes
John J. Parker
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Florence Allen
Sixth Federal Circuit
Seth Thomas
Kimbrough Stone
Eight Circuit
Jude Sam Bratton
Tenth Circuit
Board of Education Expands Jazz Education Citywide
New York May 19 Board of Education adds Hot Cha to high school music courses to teach jazz alongside cultural music. Leaders including Renny G Tad Rudy Valeo Dike Kilington Wayne Kins George Gere Leo Reisman and Red Nichols plan weekly lectures in all city schools. Carterville Mar 19 Taxicab driver T McKitchen recalls picking up three hitchhikers as Paul Davie and his wife, parents of a 7 12 pound boy, headed to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahied
New York
Board of Education
Ira
Renny G . Tad
Rudy Valeo
Dike Kilington
Wayne Kins
George Gere
Leo Reisman
Red Nichols
Cartersville
Fia
T. McKitchen
Paul Davie
Columbus
Chicago
W R C to hold all day wreath making meeting in Oberlin
The W R C will meet Friday May 21 at 10 30 a m to prepare wreaths for Decoration Day with a noon pot luck for committee members. Oberlin Encampment 1 0 0 F O will entertain Bay Scouts 101 and 102 at a fish supper 6 30 p m Thursday in the Odd Fellows hall. Mrs Elsie Lonnstatt of Fort Dodge is visiting her sister Mrs J Rudekoff. Others note attendances and hospital news from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Bay Scouts
Odd Fellows Hall
Elsie Lonnstatt
Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. Rudekoff
North Pleasant Street
Rudekoff
Detroit
Clyde Rudekoff
Sandusky
Sherwood
J. H. Nichols
East College Street
J. L. Porter
The
Peoples Banking Company
C. C. McKea
H. W. Barone
Oberlin Savings Bank
Ohio Bankers Association
Columbus
Plans for Oberlin Summer Music School
Oberlin Ohio May 19 plans are under way for the seventh annual Summer Music School conducted jointly by the Oberlin Conservatory Department of School Music and Oberlin Public Schools. Director Don Morrison and associate Robert Melchior manage the program. A daily band rehearsal will be led by Lawrence Gill, new Oberlin High School staff member, named by the Business Men's club to direct the Summer Band. Enrollment for the school will be on Wednesday June 9 at nine o'clock in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, O
Department of
Oberlin Conservatory
Oberlin
Don Morrison
Robert Melchior
Lawrence Gill
Oberlin High School
Business Men's Club
Bigh School
Former Oberlin Resident John L Morris Dies in Lake Bluff
John L Morris, born January 14 1898 in Oberlin, died after a week's illness of pneumonia at his Lake Bluff Illinois home. He was an Oberlin College graduate 1920 and studied at Wharton, later advertising manager for Fred Harvey Inc. Survived by wife Eleanor De Groff Morris, one son, two daughters, mother Mrs Mary Morris of Oberlin, sisters Mrs Drage, Mrs Clars Brooks of Oberlin, and Mrs James Orr of Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Bluff
Ilinois
John L. Morris
Morris
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Fred Harvey, Inc
Eleanor DeGroff Morris
Mary Morris
Drage
Clars Brooks
Operlin
James Orr
Lakewood
Mrs Helen Berthoff Opens Book Review Series At Oberlin Inn
This evening at 7 34 o clock at Oberlin Inn Mrs Helen Berthoff will present another in her series of book reviews. She will review Maxwell Andersons Broadway hit High Tor. The event invites attendees to hear a critical reading of the play and its themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Inn
Helen Berthoff
Maxwell Anderson
Park bears to get outdoor roam after screen roof installed
Cascade Park will allow its two black bears Popeye and his smaller companion to roam outside their pen once a wire roof is completed, ending months in the bear house. Popeye’s escapes have kept the bears indoors while workers finish other park tasks, with the roof designed to deter climbing and provide fresh air and summer viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Park
Popeye
Popeye Athletic
Bear House
Popere
Court House Notes and Local Legal Actions
In And About The Court House LaGrange, against Arthur Died iick of LaPorte, indefinitely continued due to plaintiff's ill mother. Miss Pearce sues Roy Pearce for $3,9090 for injuries from a dog bite Aug 9, 1926. Four divorce suits filed: Clark v Clark, Hribar v Hribar, Blair v Blair, Ursic v Ursic. Cars driven by Tankin Elyria and Sharer Brunswick damaged in Route 58 crash near Pittsfield. District Court of Appeals affirms foreclosure judgment for Home Owners Loan Corporation against Carl Roth of Lorain for $6,300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Arthur Diediick
LaPorte
Cleveland Clinic
Miss Pearce
Roy Pearce
Sarah Clark
Elrria
Algie B. Clark
Elizabeth Hribar
Lorain
Stanley Hribar
Julia Blair
Leo Blair
William Ursic
Harriet Ursic
Leon Tankin
Lake Avenue
Elyria
Olga Sharer
Brunswick, C
Pittsfield
Sheriff's Department
District Court of Appeals
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Carl Roth
Crow Bounty Set at Ten Cents a Head by Ohio County
Lorain County Fish and Game Association committees led by George Day W K Johnson and Robert Conag of Florida urged a bounty of 10 cents per crow despite state law allowing 25 cents. The move aims to curb crow numbers harming farmers game birds and rabbits. Hunters must hold a $1.25 annual state license. To claim the reward, the crow head must be delivered to the township trustees clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Fish and Game Association
George M. Day
W. K. Johnson
Robert Conag
Floria
Day
Nazis Stirred By Cardinal Speech in Chicago Critique
Berlin May 1 The Nazi press reports stir over Cardinal Mundelein's Chicago speech criticizing Nazi immorality and the church campaign. It says the regime demands a Vatican repudiation of the Archbishop of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal
Berlin
Mundelein
Chicago
Vatican
Kiwanians To Hear Life Insurance Man
The Elyria Kiwanis Club meets at noon Thursday at Hotel Bil Hoxhurst with Lawrence McDonough of the Cleveland Life Underwriters as guest speaker for National Life Insurance Week. Next week's program will honor Memorial Day with GI and patriotic group members as guests. club members plan to attend future events including the University Circle Kiwanis Club anniversary dinner in Cleveland and the Sixth Division golf tournament at Lakewood CC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Kiwanis Club
National Life Insurance
Lawrence McDonough
Cleveland Life Underwriters
Bil Hoxhurst
G. A
G. A. R. Post, Key, J. A. Katey, of Elyria, and Capt. LaFayette Stough
Amherat
Elyria
University Circle Kiwanis Club
Cleveland
Lakewood Country Club
Sixth Division Council
Nominees Named For Y-Indus Club Officers
Ten Y-Indus Club members advanced in the primary for upcoming officer roles with two candidates per post. Presidential candidates are Kenneth Beal and Al Struck. vice president Charles Mason and Leonard Delle. secretary Richard Smith and Robert Bearer. treasurer Norwood Baumhart and Earl Schacfer. chaplain Fred Greene and Charles Hupp. A June 13 co-ed party was planned, with committee chair Leonard Fowls and members Norwood Baumhardt, Richard Smith, and Eugene Hubbard. Dues were raised to five dollars annually, and the club will operate year round rather than suspend activities in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y-Indus Club
Tace
Kenneth Beal
al Struck
Charles Mason
Leonard Dellefield
Richard Smith
Robert Bearer
Norwood Baumhart
Earl Schacfer
Fred Greene
Charles Hupp
Leonard Fowls
Nor‘wood Baumhardt
Eugene Hubbard
Ohio University Student Missing in Ohio University Case
Donald Trout, 22, a student at Ohio University Athens, vanished four days after leaving his parents home near Plattsburg on Saturday morning for Columbus. He was a cafeteria cashier with orderly accounts, and his roommate alerted the family. Police search launched as another Ohio university student had disappeared recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Donald Trout
Ohio University
Athens
E. G. Trout
Plattsburg
Columbus
Young Trout
Trout
William Cooney
Ruth Baumgardner
Lakewood
Ohio Wesleyan University
Nationalists Prepare Final Bilbao Drive In Spain
Amorebieta Spain May 19 Nationalist columns awaited good weather to day to start their final drive for Bilbao It was admitted that in the 10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amorebieta
Spain
Bilbao
Riles
Galdanaco
Emilio Mola
Tee
Builbao
Chicks Exhibit Wins Big At Purdue Show
Wilford's Hatchery of Oberlin Road captured 16 of 27 prizes at the Purdue University chick show in LaFayette Indiana. With 18 entries the hatchery earned four first prizes including a silver cup for best display featuring White Leghorns White Rocks Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. Other silvers went to White Wyandottes Rhode Island Whites and Burt Orpingtons with high scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford
Oberlin Road
Purdue University
LaFayette
Indiana
Barred Rocks
White Wyandottes
Rhode Island
Burt Orpingtons
Strikers Publish Unfair List of Screen Actors
Hollywood May 19 The strike action pits the Screen Actors Guild leaders against nine major studios as actors boycott films of Robert Montgomery Frank Morgan Franchot Tone Humphrey Bogart and Edward Arnold while union leaders push back and accuse the five Guild directors of failing to back industry solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Frank Morgan
Franchot Tone
Humphrey Bogart
Edward Arnold
Screen Actors Guild
Technicans
Vernon Murdock
Federation of Motion Picture Crafts
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Six Lawrence County Officials Indicted in Election Fraud Case
IRONTON Ohio May 19 Six Lawrence County officials including the auditor were indicted by a special county grand jury on two charges tied to alleged election frauds in last November’s election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton, O
Lawrence County
Duke and Warfields to Keep Separate Finances at Marriage
Monts France May 19 The Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield will maintain separate assets under a separation of goods in their marriage contract signed in Monts The document in Mayor Charles Mercier’s file says the wife’s possessions pass to her husband none of the usual community property rules apply The ceremony is set for June 3 at the Chateau and the couple will travel to Wasserleonburg Castle in Austria by July 1 Doors will open with the Duke in a cutaway The royal family’s absence from the wedding is attributed to government advice in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Warfield
Charles Mercier
Wartiela
Mercier
Chateau
Herman L. Rogers
Wasserleonburg
Austria
United Press
London
Sunny Stitchers Four-H elects officers at schoolhouse meeting
An organization meeting of the Sunny Stitchers Four-H Club was held at the school house on May 16. Officers elected were President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny Stitchers Four-H Club
Cleveland livestock and markets mood across grains and poultry
Market notes from Cleveland and Toledo show live cattle prices steady to firm with steady calves and hogs. hogs advance 5 to 35 cents, cattle mixed by class. Grain futures in Toledo wobble as wheat and corn bids hover, Butter and eggs quoted with regional variations and several local names noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chicago
Reca
California
U.S
U. St
Florida
South Carolina
Sucka
Texam
Erates Spaulding Rose
Sumnach Bu
Virginia
Arkanans
North Missionarys
New Jersey
Louisiana
U. S
North Carolina
Mexico
Texas
Ohio
Erhart Junior Girls to Washington under Red Cross sponsorship
Lorain County Erhart Junior girls were selected to travel to Washington D C for a Red Cross sponsored trip. They spent one week in the nation’s capital before returning home. The report also notes numerous Sunday visits and family gatherings across Medina and nearby towns with residents such as Evelyne Cahoon, Dolores Haury, Chas Gross, Ralph Gross, Maud Gephart, and Geo Gross among those mentioned. Marie April is listed among the attendees in a fragmentary line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Washington
Chas. Gross
Ralph
Dean Regal
Spencer
Evelyne Cahoon
Dolores Haury
Medina
J. G. Haury
Bill Shaffner
Rose Neufield
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Mike Dubess
Emil Stanko
West River Street
City
Dubess
Stanko
Clare Parker
Gascade Park
Charles L. Snow
Stop
Beauty
Juneau
Alaska
Eskimo
M. C. Edison
Good Housekeeping
Garden
Bluebird
Voc
O'Donnell Paint & Wall Paper CO
Elizabeth Logee
Federal
Ey Union of
Riverview
Eshe Hood
Viorothy Nauh
Oberlin College Library
Trenton
R. L. Jackson
May Blackwell
East College Strees
L. H. Trufant
South Prospect Street
South Manchester
Connecticut
Bert Locke
Woodland Avenue
Allen Hospital
Bulletin
F. A. Humphrey
Y-Indus
Sederis Restaurant
Duke
Mrs. Warfield
Cleveland Phoot
Grady
Young
Idaho
Mania
Calli
Su-Il
Bax
Alabama
Youisiana
Cromphr
Toledo
Betty Garretson
Helen Osborn
Arlene Austin
Alma Box
Nettle Little
Leroy Shirkey
Wilson Little
Merle White
Irving Mohler
Edward Marriott
Avon
Erhart
Gottiaeb
Wally Simpson
George VI
Broad St
Grafton High School
Crystal
Street
la Grange
Roy Baker
Auey Man
Indianapolis
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