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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1931

Page

3

Mortgage Tax Proposed Also A Machine Tax

Columbus Ohio May 26 Two tax bills were introduced in the Ohio legislature joining others in the joint Senate and House Taxation Committees Rep P E Ward Geauga County Rural bloc seeks a mortgage recording tax one half of one percent on all mortgages collected before recording and in addition to ordinary recording fees Rep F W Hall Guernsey County aims a tax on labor saving machines based on the value of the produced articles Ward says the mortgage and loan secured by it would not be taxed further Hall calls the measure revenue to replace real estate tax cuts and aid farmers and homeowners

Columbus Senate House P. E. Ward Geauga County F. W. Hall Guernsey County Ward Hall

Tax on labor-saving devices debated in Guernsey County bill

The proposal, introduced at labor organization request, would impose a ten percent tax on the net value of articles produced by labor-saving machines installed after the bill’s effective date, reflecting a targeted industrial levy under the new law.

Guernsey County

Pantages Faces Trial Today On Moral Charges

In San Diego on May 26, Alexander Pantages and three others faced moral charges involving minor girls. The case centered on Willliam Jobelmann who threatened to expose a Hollywood network supplying girls as party companions for wealthy men. Jobelmann, who announced he would plead himself, and Mrs Olive Clark were accused of bringing Lydia Nitto and Helen Livingston, both said to be 17, to a party at the El Cortez hotel last October with guests including Pantages, Jesse Shreys, and John P. Mills, who pleaded guilty to two counts.

San Diego Calif Alexander Pantages L. N. Currentine Willliam Jobelmann Pantages Hollywood Jobelmann Olive Clark Lydia Nitto Alice Blake Helen Livingston el Cortez Jesse Shreys John P. Mills

Unusual horticulturist grows rare trees near Amherst

Otto Wits of North Ridge road near Amherst pursues flowers and trees as a lifelong hobby. He grafts and trims to form living art, raises nuts and fruiting trees, shares specimens with neighbors, and greets visitors daily for guidance and displays at eighty four. He and his wife, with six children and twelve grandchildren, cultivate a famed garden that draws crowds on Sundays.

Amherst Otto Wits Germany Russia Township Oberlin North Ridge Road Witte Chronicle-Telegram Frank Steal Frank Ladd Henry Rothe Robert Cromwell Albert Witte Minnie Brown Lorain Shirley Ann Brobst Dale Brobst

Mine Fire at Kolar Claims Thirty Eight Bodies

Casualties rose as rescuers dug through smouldering mine ruins in Mysore State. Thirty eight bodies recovered and eight rescued miners who later died, with thirty more entombed and believed dead. Authorities warn this may be one of India's worst recent mine disasters. Relatives and dependents gathered at the pit head in hopeful despair.

Madras India Kolar Mysore

Film Actress Under Bond as Windows Slipper Incident Emerges

Los Angeles report states film actress Jocelyn Lee was freed on $100 bond after charges that she smashed 18 windows and caused property damage during an alleged domestic dispute. Authorities allege she wrecked a house and knocked a man down with a slipper.

Jocelyn Lee Los Angeles

Romeo Pays For Murder In Chair At Ohio Penitentiary

Romeo, 30, convicted of first degree murder in the July 16 1930 bank guard slaying, was executed in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary He entered at 5 35 p m and died three minutes later at 5 38 p m The condemned man walked to the chair with a crucifix and received final rites from prison chaplain Rev Albert O Brien He spoke nothing during the procedure and was pronounced dead by Dr George W Kiel

Columbus James Romeo Ohio Romeo Charles N. Riblet First National Bank of Canton Ohio Penitentiary Albert O’brien George W. Kiel

Wife strikes with slipper during dispute over children

Ivan St Johns, Hollywood writer and friend of Luther Reed, testified that Miss Lee, ex-wife of Reed, attacked him and damaged property after Reed took their children for a ride. Reed said Lee demanded to join, threatened by his attorney’s instruction to avoid contact. Reed described prior alleged incidents from their marriage, including silver dollars thrown and an ink stand hit.

Ivan St. Johns Hollywood Luther Reed Miss Lee Reed Georgia Bullock St. John’s Home Agua Caliente Misa Lee Oncs

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