Former John Carroll football star admits arson spree
A 22 year old former John Carroll University student Eugene Goodwin confessed to starting at least 75 fires in the St. Clair avenue Fast 10th street district over seven months. He said employment woes and envy drove him to set apartments, houses and stores alight, sometimes lurking after fires without thrill. Police caught him after witnesses saw a car he drove near the latest blaze. the car was stolen from M. M. Seskin.
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Cleveland, O
John Carroll University
St. Claire Avenue
10Th Street
Eugene Goodwin
John Carroll
Cleveland
Goodwin
James Horkan
Bratenahl Village
Cleveland Police
Sfire
Horkan
George O'Brien
Brat‘enahl
M. M. Seskin
Seskin
Carpenter Dead After Fall At Zanesville Garage
Daniel Head a 70 year old carpenter was killed in Zanesville Ohio after slipping into a 12 foot elevator shaft at the Ellis Motor Company garage while walking through an alley. He fell under a guard plate into the shaft.
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Carpenter
Zanesville, O
Daniel Head
Ellis Motor Company
Jaspar Cabinet Resigns in Belgium Capital
Belgium reports the cabinet led by Prime Minister Henri Jaspar resigns in Brussels on May 21. No replacement named yet. The move follows political tensions impacting governance and policy direction.
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Jiaspabr
Brussels
Belgium
Henri Jaspar
Ohio forecast of fair cool weather with frost risk
Ohio remains generally fair and cool tonight and Friday with light frost in exposed areas away from the lake. Yesterday's highs reached Phoenix 92 and San Francisco 86, while Cheyenne 24 and Williston 26 led to ongoing calm conditions. The forecast calls for fair, cool weather for the next 36 hours in the region.
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Ohio
Phoenix
San Francisco
el Paso
Urges Housewives To Keep Doors Locked
Detective Lloyd Sweet urged housewives to keep doors locked when they leave home or go to the garden. He said thefts blamed on unlocked homes are rising and advised calling police if suspicious persons are seen. He warned roving impostors posing as agents to probe unlocked doors.
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Lloyd Sweet
Sweet
Department
Bender Pleads Not Guilty In Ohio Perjury Embezzlement Case
Cleveland stadium commissioner George H. Bender, also a former state senator, today pleaded not guilty to charges of perjury and embezzlement involving $22,750 from the constitutional government league in 1927. Arraigned before Judge James B. Ruhl, he posted a $5,000 bond, with trial set for June, after a leave of absence from stadium management was granted.
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Cleveland
George H. Bender
Cleveland Stadium
Constitutional Government League
Common Pleas
James B. Ruhl
Bender
William J. Corrigan
Guy O Farquharson
Gerald J. Pilliod
Pillard
Corrigan
Government League
Daniel E Morgan
Taylor Enters Race For Council
William D. Taylor announced he would seek the Councilman at Large Republican nomination in August. A longtime city figure in insurance and real estate, he helped organize and serves as trustee in the Elyria Insurance Board and Lorain County Real Estate Board, and is newly admitted to the Bar. He said local businessmen should participate more in city government and hopes to serve the people by serving on the Council.
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William D. Taylor
Taylor
St. George, Taylor & Co
Elytia Insurance Board
Ellyria Lorain County Real Estate Board
City cuts noonday feeding at three Elyria schools
Mayor Hewitt reports noonday meals for undernourished children will stop at Garford Allen and Ely Schools due to lack of refrigeration and odors disrupting classrooms. Feeding continues briefly at the Y W C A for Franklin Hamilton St Marys and Holy Cross students. Noon lunches remain at Settlement House while nurses monitor families for potential relapse.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Garford
Allen
Ely
Franklin
Hamilton
St. Mary’s
Holy Cross
Vulcan Street
Tax Bills Multiply in Ohio General Assembly Session
Columbus May 21 The House added two tax measures bringing the total tax bills before the General Assembly to 21. More bills are expected as lawmakers anticipate at least two income tax proposals next week with higher rates than those from the special tax committee. Democratic leaders show growing support for an income tax though Governor opposes it. Representative J Freer Bittenger Ashland supports income tax in place of the classified intangible bill.
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Columbus
House
General Assembly
Special Tax Committee
Rep. J. Freer Bittenger
Ashland
Fire Damage at 169 Lexington. Garage Burns, Residence Damaged
Fire estimated at nearly 1000 dollars destroyed a garage and damaged a residence at 169 Lexington around 2 a.m. The garage owner Edward Mertz occupied the garage, while the connected one story house was unoccupied. Firemen battled over an hour as a burst oil barrel worsened the blaze. cause undetermined but suspected overheated coal stove in the garage.
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Lexington
Edward Mertz
Hose Company No 1
Engine Company No. 2
Police Probe Theft From Wendorf Home On Columbus Street
Police were asked to investigate the theft of 24 dollars and various food items from the home of B F Wendorf at 227 Columbus Street yesterday afternoon, as Mrs. Wendorf reported the incident.
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B F Wendorf
Columbus — Street
Barnes urges remedies to mood of depression
Washington May 21 Julius H Barnes chairman of the United States Chamber of Commerce outlines 11 commands for government and business to lift the depression. He urged removal of unemployment insurance barriers liberal anti trust reform and tax revisions plus protection of private enterprise. He spoke at the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks at the Mayflower hotel.
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Washington
Julius H. Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Mayflower
Barnes
Trade Association Movement
White House
World Court
Notorious New York Racketeer Stabbing Victim
Vannie Higgins a leading New York beer runner and racketeer was stabbed in Flushing and admitted to Polyclinic Hospital in critical condition. He told detectives his wife may know the culprit as police hunted the attacker and checked for her whereabouts while Higgins’ 5 year old son and his sister in law remained with Mrs. Higgins missing.
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New York
Vannie Higgins
Higgins
Brooklyn
Jack
Diamond
Long Island
Leesburg Bank cashier held on false entry charge
Charles C. Redkey chief cashier of the Leesburg Bank in Leesburg Ohio was bound over by the Highland county grand jury on a 7590 bond after the state banking department seized the bank on May 8. Redkey who had 30 years service pleaded not guilty.
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Hillsboro
Charles C. Redkey
Leesburg Bank
Leesburg
Ohio
Highland County Grand Jury
Redkey
State Banking Department
Award contract for fourteen bridges on Wakeman Relden Road
County commissioners awarded the project to Dolmare and Strickland of LaGrange for $12,900. The firm was the low bidder on the bridge and drainage structures project.
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Wakeman-Relden Road
Dolmare and Strickland
Wendorf Away When Door Unlocked Police Told
A door was found unlocked during Wendorf’s absence and police were informed about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendorf
Glarenge Brown to Speak at Cornerstone Laying
Clarence Brown secretary of state will be principal speaker at the cornerstone laying of the 425000 tuberculosis sanatorium on June 7 at 2 p m. County Commissioner C D Murray announced the plan as organizers prepare the program Governor George White was invited but cannot attend.
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Clarence Brown
C. D Murray
Trial of Libel Suit Near End in Lorain Journal Case
The $50,000 libel suit of M F Peer against the Lorain Journal nears completion as both sides rest. Plaintiff witnesses include Dr D Seiler and C F Adams asserting Peer’s good reputation prior to 1926. defense lists Mrs A L Hill and Rev Grant among those testifying to a bad Lorain reputation. The case centers on a 1926 liquor cleanup that led to Peer’s arrest and newspaper coverage calling him a bootlegger. The defendants Samuel Horvitz and David Gibson face ownership questions while Horvitz admits road paving company debts to the paper.
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M. F. Peer
Lorain Journal
A.J Robinson
A. E. Bernsteen
United States
Bys
Bernsteen
David Gibson
Grand Jury
Peer
Journal
Lorain
Mike Peer
Rom Hing
A. L. Hill
Joseph Baker
E. Rogers
Tyna Stone
Grant
Earler
Dr. D. Seiler
C. F. Adams
E. L. Biggs
Charles M. Irish
H. J. Reilley
David E. Hart
Samuel Horvitz
Horvitz
The
Highway Construction Company
Arrest Man In Abduction Of Girl
Bluffton Ohio May 21 Man Schmidt 32 Lima was arrested pending questioning in the alleged abduction of 16 year old Avonelle Stratton who vanished with two co defendants Martin Schmidt 33 and Norman Weiss 32 Herman Schmidt married was arrested on contributing to the delinquency of another girl authorities said they believe he intended to join his brother and Weiss in holding Miss Stratton captive He was to be questioned today A trail of alleged worthless checks is tied to the trio as police pursue the case
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Bluffton, O
Herman Schmidt
Lima
Avonelle Stratton
Schmidt
Martin
Norman Weiss
Weiss
Miss Stratton
Martin Schmidt
County schools announce 178 teachers for next year
Lorain County educators list 178 teachers for next year with only nine new hires. Avon Lake and several townships reemploy most staff, while Croyle and Allen add new teachers. The county office releases names for high and grade school posts across Amherst Wellington LaGrange and other districts.
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Lorain
County Board of Education
Amherst
Wellington
LaGrange
Somo
Avon School
Waldo E Blake
Helen Lawrence
Helen Mack
Mildred Reitz
Helen Lowe
Margaret Pendergrast
Frederica Wilford
Lila Wearseth
Wareine Pierman
Mary Allis
Edith Diedrich
Billman
Yocom
Brighton Township
M. G. Baylor
Rachel Hannon
Glen Stevenson
Lucille Murray
Hazel Long
L. D. Hardy
Ray Rowland
Brownhelm Township
Bart Lautenschlager
Devona Lehman
Nettie Wood
Jessie Meller
Louise Kerr
Croyle
Clearview Rural School
W. J. Darling
Cramer
Dorothy Helfrich
Normalee
Kathryn Eckler
Harry Frankfather
Carlotta Schwartz
Mildred Meister
Mildred Moulton
Edna Earich
Pauline Clutter
Eleanor Myers
Pauline Ross
Vincent School
L. Anderson
Hazel Heston
Kathryn Davis
Alice Howe
Grace Clara
Olive Lutz
Lillian Hardy
Columbia Township
G. H Garwood
Ralph Vogel
Mabel Rice
Harriett Deitrich
Robert Painter
Theresa Crum
Grace Lapp
Lucile Churchward
Roberta Churchward
Isabel Dittmer
Fast Carliste
Gertrude Smith
Loretta Westrick
Genevieve Garrett
Irma Gayeska
Marian Meinke
Agnes Westrick
Gra Prindle
Sylvia Wilson
Eaton Township
E. F. Litzenberg
William Smith
Philip Wallace
Velma Leity
Margaret Jantz
Mary Charlton
Dorothy Decker
Pearl Flas
Children to Be Examined in Week at Elyra Clinic
The annual Summer Round-Up Clinic at Elyra Memorial Hospital will be held next Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Carl Martin, president of the City Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, says many children have been gathered and the project aims to reach all youngsters entering schools with PTAs. Local doctors will conduct physical and dental examinations.
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Elsra
Elyrra Memorial Hospital
Carl Martin
Elyria Mayor Urges Wide Budget Cuts for 1932
Mayor James A. Hewitt calls all Elyria city departments to trim their 1932 budget estimates as taxes fall and real estate valuations shrink. He seeks reductions in nonessential items, opposes raises, and aims to cut the overall city appropriation from 938,865 for the year, noting a 25 percent real estate tax cut and a projected 20 percent valuation drop.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Budget Commission
Hewitt
Mother of Owen D. Young Dies in New York State
Mrs Ida Brandon Young 93 mother of Owen D Young died at her Van Hornesville home after a fall downstairs more than a month earlier She was at her son’s bedside when she passed away The elder Young was prominent as a financier and longtime chairman of the board of General Electric observers noted
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Owen D. Young
van Hornesville
KN. Y
Ida Brandon Young
Young
General Electric Company
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Flora Pike
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Lafayette Melvin
Thelma Schnaah
Myrtle Livermore
Sarah Oscood
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Crowe
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South Ridge
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Murray Ridge
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