Public Inquest In Clinic Disaster Opens In Cleveland
In Cleveland a public inquest into the cause of 124 deaths from a clinic disaster opens with Coroner A J Pearse presiding. Buffalo Boges the last in the X-Ray storage room will be first witness. Officials of the Clinic Board may be called as witnesses as 36 victims remain in hospitals with five in serious condition. A proposed ordinance to regulate X-Ray film storage and fire safety gains Pearse support.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
A. J. Pearse
Buffaly Boges
Pearse
George W. Crile
William E. Lower
Clinic
Tough Pennsylvanian Fights Sheriff and Fine
John Schochol from Pennsylvania zig zagged down a road and clashed with Sheriff Clarence Adams. Taken to county jail to sober up, he faced Justice S. J. George who fined him 200 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and barred him from driving for six months.
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John Schochol
Keystone State
Schochol
Clarence Ef, Adams
Adams
Schochel
Masonic Temple
S. J. George
Pennsylvania
Iron Man
S.J. George
Justice George
H K Day Twenty One In Elyria Hardware Music Store Owner
H K Day grew up near Elyria and at 21 worked in his father’s hardware store at 421 Broad Street. He and brother George ran the store for about 20 years, opened a music shop in 1920, and serves as director of Lorain County Savings and Trust and trustee of Elyria Y M C A. He lives at 219 Park Avenue with his wife and enjoys Y M C A, shunting, and fishing. He recalls a Lorain Elyria streetcar incident where Tom L Johnson, then motorman, could not stop the car and it derailed briefly.
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H. Kellogg Day
Broad Street
Elyria
Day
George
H. K. Day
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Elyria Y
Two planes ready to hop off across the Atlantic
In May 20 report, two monoplanes ready at Teterboro New Jersey to attempt an Atlantic crossing to Rome, aiming to beat the Lindbergh Paris flight record. Williams and Yancey seek a 4700 mile flight with a 50 hour endurance aboard the Bellanca Will. Three Frenchmen delayed at Roosevelt Field due to weather hope to start within days with Bernard monoplanes and a 600 horsepower Hispano-Suiza engine seeking the Paris record.
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New York
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Roger O. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Clarence Chamberlain
Germany
Teterboro
New Jersey
Old Orchard
Rome
Rene LeFevre
Jean Assolant
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Roosevelt Field
Atlantic
Williams
Yancey
Arturo Ferrarin
Major del Prete
Brazil
Bellanca
Belgium balks on concession amid reparations talks
At a four power meeting Belgium refused further concessions on Germany's reparations. The stand centers on Belgium's demand for 25 million marks compensation for wartime currency deflation, blocking progress as the United States offered a limited reduction in Germany's annuities to aid a settlement.
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Paris
United States
Belgium
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Thomas W. Lamont
Norman Armour
Hoover
Owen Dr. Young
England
Young
President Hoover Suffers Black Eye At Camp
Washington May 20 President Hoover sustained a black eye while walking through Shenandoah National Park over the weekend a branch whipped back and struck him. The injury is not serious though the eye is badly discolored. Dr Joel T Boone attended and treated him.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Shenandoah National Park
Joel T. Booné
Traffic Lights Planned For City Intersections This Week
Service Director John N. Eidt announced installation of four traffic lights at dangerous city corners within the week. Three lamps will rise on Lodi street at West avenue West River street and Furnace street while a fourth at Fourth street and East avenue goes up this week. The Five Points light at Lodi and Lake avenue will be set later and a more complex light has been ordered.
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John N. Eidt
Lodi Street
Five Points
Lodi
Lake Avenue
West Avenue
West River Street
Furnace Street
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Severe quake recorded near Georgetown University
A severe earthquake was recorded today at 4 600 miles east southeast of here on the Georgetown University seismograph. Seismologist Father Londorff announced the quake began at 12 04 a m and peaked between 12 28 and 12 37 a m, ending about four hours later.
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Washington
Here
Georgetown University
Father Londorff
Detroit Cleveland air run sets new speed record
May 20 in Cleveland flier notes new speed mark for Detroit to Cleveland route. R L Bishop piloted the amphibian Miss Erie for Thompson Aero nautical Corp, leaving Detroit at 9:50 a m and landing at 9:33 a m, 4 minutes faster than prior record at an average 135 mph.
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Cleveland
R. L. Bishop
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Bishop
Detroit
Miss Erie
May Gook to Free Capone From Jail
Chicago reports Frank Nitti, called the brains of Capone’s beer mob, left for Philadelphia to aid Capone’s release. Ralph Capone heads Chicago funds and a lawyer as efforts to free Al Capone intensify. Torrio, the former overlord, is said to have returned to reclaim control.
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Chicago
Frank Nitti
al Capone
Philadelphia
Capone
Ralph
Nitti
Johnny Torrio
Torrio
Jury Drawn for 15-Person Petit Jury Duty
Fifteen names were drawn today by order of Common Pleas Judge W. B. Thompson to report tomorrow at 9 AM for petit jury service. The list includes M. J. Watson Oberlin and Mrs S A Williams Wellington among others from Lorain Elyria Amherst and Elyria addresses.
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Court House
Order of Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
M. J. Watson
Oberlin
S. A. Williams
Wellington
Pearl Cook
Washington Avenue
Lorain
Taylor
Middle Avenue
Elymia
W. E. Chapin
Oberlin v Avenue
Goldie Richards
Parkview Avenue
Carl Ernst
Amherst
Don Schibley
Cornell Avenue
Elyria
Carl Wolf
Eighth Street
Maud Brattin
Ralph Hobii
Fourth Street
Thomas Armstrong
Broad Street
Frank Marcross
Oberlin Avenue
John Hope
Mia
Edward R. Bierman
Cleveland Street
Indictment Charmes Earl Francis Peacox Torch Slayer
White Plains May 20 grand jury voted an indictment for first degree murder against Earl Francis Peacox named as the torch slayer of his wife.
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White Plains
N. Y
Earl Francis Peacox
Planes and autos claim many in Sunday crashes
Across the United States a string of tragedies from air and road crashes leaves several dead and many injured. Major Josef Noyes, aviation inspector, dies in a Kankakee crash during a student pilot test while other incidents include a Muskegon parasol plane wing failure, a Roosevelt Field takeoff accident, and multiple automobile collisions near Detroit, Glendale, Racine, Lexington, and Pawhuskz.
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New York City
Josef Noyes
United States Department of Commerce
Kankakee
Waco
Maj
Noyes
Muskegon
Mich
George King
Morris R. Mellinger
King
Archibald Bryant
U. S. Air Corps
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
War Breathes Fire As Feng Declares War On Chiang Kai-Shek
Reports from Shanghai via the Daily Mail say Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, one of China's strongest war lords and former war minister, has declared war on Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek after an ultimatum to disband his armies. Both leaders rush preparations as Feng moves troops into Henan and Shensi, with estimated damages of five million dollars from ongoing destruction.
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London
China
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshall Feng
Chiang
Marshal Feng
Henan
Shensi
Debenture Clause Sparks Senate House Farm Plan Talks
Five senators and five representatives concluded their first conference on farm relief plans today in Washington with disagreement over the debenture provision. The talks ended after an hour and will resume tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Death of Berea Surgeon Donald Edwards Reported
Word has reached here of the death of Dr. Donald Edwards of Berea Kentucky. The meagre report states he was burned to death. Dr Edwards was a resident surgeon at Elyria Memorial Hospital for over a year.
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Donald Edwards
Berea
Kentucky
Edwards
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Waterspout-like Lake Erie storm floods shore coast
Windsfrom the lake buffeted a twenty mile front along Lake Erie coast causing widespread damage. Inland flooding inundated cottages and camps while wrecking small shipping and docks. Islands suffered as Pelee Island reported destroyed tobacco and damaged onions. The eighth spring storm battered the shore as the fishing industry suffered.
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Sandusky
Lake Ewe
Pelee Island
Canadian Lake Erie
Phantom Armies Ready for Conflict in Mock Maneuvers
Columbus May 20 Phantom armies 800000 strong entrench on the Big Darby for ground maneuvers. Blues 600000 mythical troops attack Columbus while Reds defend east bank. Cavalry battle west of London expected before nightfall. Air fleets scout strike and bomb roads. Only 3000 officers will participate on ground. rest are panels on maps. A simulated attack on New York precedes refueling flights from Bolling Field.
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Columbus
Big Darby
London
Fairfield Air Depot
Urbana
Springfield
Mechanicsburg
City of
New York
Bolling Field
Washington
Odes Moon
Atlantic City
Woman Injured in Fall From Auto Near Cleveland
An elderly Cleveland woman, Mrs. Jasper Ritter, 66, fell from a moving car on Cleveland street about eight miles east of the city limits Sunday. Her right shoulder was dislocated and she was shocked. She was riding with her daughter Mrs. John Roner and her driver son-in-law. the car door opened suddenly and she tumbled out. She was taken to Memorial hospital and is recovering. Her home is 7806 St. Clair avenue.
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Cleveland
Jasper Y.ltter
Cleveland Street
John Roner
Carnegie Avenue
Ritter
Memorial Hospital
St. Clair Avenue
Traffic toll in Ohio as weekend crashes kill and injure
A United Press survey details multiple fatal and serious crashes across Ohio over the weekend. Victims include Mrs Gusta Leonard 45 and her son Lester 10 near Toledo struck by a New York Central train. George H Conner 57 and Florabel Delgaro 2 killed in Columbus hit and run. Frank Willison 38 of Roseville killed near Zanesville. One man dies in Cincinnati and a zebra of injuries in Beth el. Two Toledo athletes, Ralph Ingraham 19 and Albert Schipp 18, were seriously hurt when their car hit a freight train. Ingraham is a star linesman on Central Catholic high school football.
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Ohio
United Press Today
Toledo
New York Central
Gusta Leonard
Lester, Jr
George H. Conner
Florabel Delgaro
Frederick Hollified
Bethel
Chisel
Zanesville
Frank Willison
Roseville
Theodore Colbern
Roland Savage
Bank Yegg Wrecks Interior in Nitro Blast
A yegg attempted to rob the Westwood Bank & Savings Company in Cincinnati using nitro glycerin. The blast wrecked the interior, cracked walls, shattered windows, and toppled concrete while robbers accessed the vault from the roof then dropped onto the vault through a skylight. last July a $9,000 robbery was reported.
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Cincinnati
Yeggman
Westwood Bank & Savings Company
County Schools Near End Of Term Close In Lorain County
Lorain County schools near term end as 4,000 of 6,700 pupils begin final week of 1928 1925 school year. Fifteen centralized and twenty-one others close Friday. Amherst TaGranse and Wellington close later. Exams in progress through tomorrow with varied plans for Wednesday and Thursday. Grade cards and promotions to conclude Friday. many schools plan picnics to celebrate. One hundred and two students finish high school this week, bringing total to 249 graduates with Amherst LaGrange and Wallington.
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Lorain County
Amherst
TaGranse
Wellington
LaGrange
Wallington
Plane Set to Break Endurance Flight Record Near Fort Worth
Reg L Robbins and Jim Kelly attempt a new refueling endurance record flying a rebuilt Ryan mono plane. They launched at 11 33 am Sunday and aim to exceed 150 hours 40 minutes 16 seconds aloft, needing one more hour to reach 7 13 16 pm Saturday for official recognition. Army officials monitor the flight.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Reg. L. Robbins
Jim Kelly
Army
Robbins
Kelly
Ankle 13 Broken After Eight Mile Motorcycle Ride
Elmore Baker eighteen of 239 Cornell avenue is in Elyria Memorial Hospital with a badly broken left ankle from a crash on the Elyria Oberlin road. He rode eight miles after the impact to seek help, describing a car turning into a drive and striking his ankle. a license plate could not be obtained. Doctors say a silver plate will be needed for recovery.
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Elmore Baker
Cornell Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria-Oberlin
Baker
Clarence E. Adams
Oberlin
Hns
Padlocking Petitions To Be Filed In Common Pleas
Prohibition action seeks padlocks on two raided sites the Slovenian National Home and Jack Williamson residence as County Prosecutor Don W. Myers plans to file petitions in common pleas court at Baynaham’s request. Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and agents John Cole and George Baynaham are involved in the raid context. The filing was anticipated in Elyria with Baynaham in town today.
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John ©. Cole
George Baynaham
Sherif
Clarence E. Adams
Common Pleas Court
Don W. Myers
Baynaham
Elyria
Cole
Jack Williamson
Myers
State Banking Supt To Be Replaced In Ohio
TARLETIN COLUMBUS, O May 20 State Banking Superintendent E H Blair Democrat of Brown county will soon be relieved and a Republican appointed in his place reliable authority said Blair was appointed in 1927 after Scott resigned Scott had been appointed by Governor Davis The job is a high salaried state post Governor Cooper has declined to indicate a replacement but S Gray of Cadiz Speaker of the House and Prohibition Commissioner Rupert R Beetham of Cadiz are among those considered
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Tarletin
Named assistant director of agriculture in Ohio
Lorain County agricultural extension agent Rowland has been named assistant state director of agriculture under state director Perty Green. His resignation as county extension agent was accepted with regret. HR Horton Alxter of Geauga County becomes Rowland’s successor. Miss Wilma Bonar of Newark becomes assistant county agent handling girls' club work. Bonar graduates from Ohio State on June 11 and starts June 12.
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County Farm Bureau
Onecat
Farm Bureau Home Committee
Rowland
Columbus
Lora’s
Horton Alxter
Geauga County Extension
Wilema Bonar
Newark
Torex
Rowland’ Alger
Geauga County
Sion
Hoe
Ohio, State University College of Agriculture
Miss Bonar
Ohio State University, College of Agriculture
Ohio State
Agricultural College
Railroads Win Valuation Case in Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court reversed a St Louis federal court ruling and held the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot base valuations on current reproduction values for rate making. Justice McReynolds stated the essential question is the weight given to current values, not whether to consider them.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
High Court
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
McReynold
Interstate Com Commission
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