Knife stabbing and hammer attack ends Elyria man life
Police probe two held in death of 35 year old George Glenn of 509 North Street. He died at Memorial Hospital from a knife wound to the skull and hammer blows after being found on a porch at 508 North Street. His former mother in law and the divorced wife’s brother in law are in custody as investigators seek murder warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Glenn
North Street
Memorial Hospital
Glenn
Alza Wall Glenn
Colenn
BE. J. Stankard
Glenns
Wali
Moore Undertaking Establishment
Oberlin
Last Week Begins for Lorain County Schools Diploma Ties
The last week of the 1920 31 school year starts today for nearly 6 000 pupils in Lorain County. Next week begins a three month summer vacation. Over 200 students will receive high school diplomas during the week as sixteen commencements are planned. Amherst and Wellington close in early June. others end Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Amherst
Wellington
Ohio forecast fair and cooler tonight into Tuesday
Weather forecast for Ohio indicates generally fair and cooler conditions. Yesterday’s highs included Phoenix 96 and El Paso 94, with today’s lows around Flagstaff 36 and Calgary 38. light rain possible this afternoon in parts before a dry, fair Tuesday.
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Ohio
Phoenix
el Paso
North Platte
Flagstaff
Calgary
White River
Lorain County Road Project Bids Sought in June
The state highway department plans to receive bids June 9 and 16 for over two miles of the Cleveland Sandusky road in Lorain County. The project is estimated to cost 77000 to 108000 depending on materials. Twelve Ohio projects total an estimated 2000900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland-Sandusky
Lorain County
Ohio
State Highway Department
Columbus
O. W. Merrell
Pilots Death on Air Mail Route near Mt Nittany
James D. Cleveland, 25, added to the list of air mail pilots killed on the Eastern air mail route. The National Air Transport flyer crashed into Mt Nittany near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, while carrying 1000 pounds of mail from Newark to Cleveland. His body was brought home to Rocky River Village as investigators prepared a formal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James D
Jimmy” Cleveland
Air Mail
Pennsylvania
Eastern Air Mail
Mt. Nittany
Bellefonte
Rocky River Village
Stanton
Samuel J. Samson
Clarence Hudson
Department of Commerce
Riot at Vandalia Penitentiary Fire Loots Five Buildings
Four inmates attempted an escape at the Vandalia Illinois state farm for misdemeanors triggering a violent riot. National Guardsmen guarded barbed wire while guards and inmates fought, with five buildings burned and about a dozen injured. Police and firefighters aided as mobs surrounded the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Illinois
State Farm
C. J. Metzger
Charley Rogers
William Simonds
Arthur Ragan
Charles Lewis
C. A. Hubbard
Memorial Services at Brownhelm Cemetery Recall War Veterans
Memorial Day services were held Sunday at Brownhelm Cemetery with Rev. R. H. Albright delivering the invocation and benediction by Rev. R. E. Albright. The Elyria Drum Corps led a procession before hundreds of attendees and children decorating graves. Guy B. Findley of Elyria spoke on remembrance as soldiers from every war, including a Confederate veteran, were honored. About 500 attended and nearly 100 veteran graves were decorated.
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Brownhelm
R. H. Albright
Elyria Drum Corp
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
R. E. Albright
Brownheim
Tribute Paid To War Dead At Two Memorial Services
Two memorial services were held yesterday for members of the nation’s defense forces. The morning service at Capitol theatre drew five patriotic groups including G A R United Spanish Veterans American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Sons of Veterans. Rev W C Fowler urged gratitude to God for moral uplift and warned that U S moral progress required sacrifice. An afternoon service on Washington avenue bridge conducted by the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary featured speakers Mayor James A Hewitt S A Williams W Thobaben Dr A E Piper and a floral tribute to the dead by participating groups and the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Washington Avenue Bridge
United Spanish Veterans
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sons of Veterans
W. C. Fowler
Church of Christ
Assembly
Israel
Staes
Sons of Union Veterans
Louise Goodman
Broad Street
A. R. Agate
S. A. Williams
Wellington
Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary
Women’s Relief Corps
Charles Abbey
American Legion Junior Auxiliary
80 Children Examined At Elyria Clinic
A Sum mer Round-Up clinic at Elyria Memorial Hospital examined 80 preschool children, a record for the city. Doctors report the entrants are a healthy group as the program opens under the City Council of Parent-Teacher Associations with representation from every school district. Hospital dieticians prepared lunch for the children before noon under Frank W. Hoover, the hospital superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Jocal
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank W. Hoover
Trial resumes in penitentiary fire murder case
In Columbus on May 25 the trial of Clinton Grate, Dayton convict, for murder by arson linked to the Ohio penitentiary fire that killed 322, resumes amid disputes over admissibility of evidence of alleged guards negligence and a defense claim that faulty wiring caused the blaze. Grate and Hugh Gibbons signed confessions claiming they started the fire to escape.
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Columbus
Clinton Grate
Dayton
Ohio
Don Hoskins
John Connor
Grate
Hugh Gibbons
Cleveland
Gibbons
Connor
Cecil Randall
Hoskins
Lawrence Perry
Westerville
Penitentiary
Perry
Charles Mooman
Cincinnati
I and K
Walter Parrish
Husband Of Niece Of Taft Suffers Fatal Injuries
Pittsburgh May 25 Attorney George H Snowden 47 former vice president of the Monongahela National Bank Brownsville Pa and a relative by marriage of the late President William Howard Taft was fatally injured today when his automobile struck a safety post Snowden wife Louise Taft a niece of Taft and Chief Justice died five years ago. Snowden is survived by three children Marion Louise Charles P of Maysville Ky and Henry T Snowden a Yale freshman His home was in Shields Pa
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Pittsburgh
George H. Snowden
Monongahela National Bank
Brownsville
William Howard Taft
Snowden
Louise Taft
Marion Louise
Charles P
Maysville
Henry T. Snowden
Yale University
Shields, Pa
Receive Bids On Three Roads In Local Townships
Bids for repairing Fuller road in Carlisle Township and for improving Pitts road in Wellington Township and Chamberlain road in Grafton Township are to be opened today, outlining contractor proposals and project scope.
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Fuller
Carlisle
Pitts Road
Wellington Township
Chamberlain Road
Grafton Township
Tragedies Claim Lies Of Wg Onoan
A United Press survey tallies 19 Ohio deaths over the weekend from traffic crashes, a train collision, a quarrel related shooting, and other accidents. Victims include T. E. Burke 65 and William Redigan 60 in Cleveland area crashes, Nick Stefan and Mrs Ze pka killed in Hubbard train strike, and Thomas Longnecker 23 of Toledo killed in a car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United Press
Cleveland
T. E. Burke
William Redigan
Joseph Mihalek
Charles F. Guittard
David Law
Nick Stefan
Anna Zepka
Hubbard
William Dickson
McKees Rocks
Elizabeth Cowan
East Liverpool
Thomas M. Longnecker
Toledo Times
Dartmouth College
Toledo
Effie Hazelbaker
Dayton
Davis
Robert T. Gregg
R T. Gregg
Lima
Marsha Palmer
Newark
Frank Osho
Yorkville
Racinald Erea
Akron
Gail Rice
Ravenna
Percival Weller
Williamsdale
Burglars Reported In Grocery Store On East Bridge Street
Police rushed to Ben Francis’s grocery store on East Bridge Street after a neighbor saw a flashlight in the building Sunday evening. Officers found a man with a flashlight moving toward the basement intent on starting a fire in the furnace.
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Ben Francis
East Bridge Street
County Commissioners Report At 1 P M Today
Report filed by county commissioners at 1 P M detailing actions taken, decisions made, and pending items as part of the day’s official proceedings.
Oberlin Postmaster Delivers 70 Year Old Civil War Letter
Oberlin Ohio May 25. Postmaster Eugene G Dick delivered a letter mailed seventy years ago found in the Rowan County Courthouse attic Salisbury North Carolina. The note from Mary Lucretia Cole to Stephan Cole led to a search through Oberlin records and college archives. The letter revealed Marys graduation plans from Oberlin College in 1862.
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Oberlin
Eugene G. Dick
Rowan County
Salisbury
N. C
R. C. "Jennings
Stephan
Mary L. Cole
Stephen Cole
Stephan M. Cole
Mary Lucretia Cole
Oberlin College
Summer Bible School Opens June 15 Elyria
The seventh annual Summer Bible School of Elyria opens Monday morning June 15 and runs through July 2, daily 8:30 to 11:30 except Saturdays Sundays. It is undenominational, hosted by First Baptist Church with staff from Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Classes run kindergarten to high school, with locations at East Avenue House and church building. Attendance last year averaged 206 from eighteen denominations. enrollment may exceed prior years. The sessions are free for city families.
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Elyria
First Baptist Church
Second Street
Middle Avenue
East Avenue
East Avenue House
Carburetor Fire Damages Schultz Car on Broad Street
An overflowing carburetor caused a fire that damaged P. H. Schultz’s automobile at 381 Broad Street yesterday afternoon. Gasoline ignited from the hot engine but the blaze was limited to the carburetor and wiring.
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P. H. Schultz
381 Broad Street
New Citizen to Be Honored at Citizenship Night
Twenty one newly naturalized citizens from nine nations will be honored at the Citizenship Night Program at First Congregational Church. Elyria Social Settlement Association hosts the event with speakers, music, and official presentations by local officials and organizations.
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United States
First Congregational Church
Elyria Social Settlement Association
Geo. H. Chamberlain
Walter Piskuran
Julia Papp
Charles Snoble
Elyria
James A. Hewitt
James Hamilton
Doris Todd
Settlement House
Mabel Marsh
Women's Relief Corps
Confesses to serious case of her two children
Mrs Bernice Sanders, 30, surrendered to police in San Francisco after the bodies of her two children were found in the rear of a lunch room. A note beside the bodies read I hate to do this. I just couldn't let the children face the hard life I have fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bancisco
Bernice Sanders
Secret 10 day drive nets 14 arrests in Lorain County
A secret 10 day raid against bootlegging in Lorain County led to 14 arrests, mainly in Elyria and Oberlin. State agents led by C. P. Davis and W. C. Walters made 10 arrests. three suspects pleaded guilty and were fined. Padlock actions may be sought against violators, with the grand jury in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria
Oberlin
C. P. Davis
W. C. Walters
S. J. George
Davis
Don W. Myers
Lorain
Robert McLain
John Johnson
Ralph Nichols
Art Nokes
McLain
Seven Killed in Plane Crash in Wallingford Conn
An airplane crash near Wallingford Connecticut killed pilot Raymond Meck Corkle and two passengers, John Cole and Francis L. Colbey all of East Berlin. The craft, owned with partners John Karhut and Anthony Spolite, plunged about 1000 feet, apparently from a wing collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Conn
Raymond Meck Corkle
John Cole
Francis L. Colbey
East Berlin
John Karhut
Anthony Spolite
Plane crash kills Ritter during aerial circus display
In Atlantic City on May 25 an airplane crash killed James H. Ritter during an aerial circus maneuvers watched by about 5,000 spectators. Authorities cited lack of wind beneath the plane as the cause of the fatal accident.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James H. Ritter
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