Two Men Stage Holdup At Wellington
Two robbers armed with a nickel plated revolver held up Franklin M. Jones gas station on Route 18 at 2 this morning in Wellington. They escaped with about $65 after locking John Swesey in a restroom and fleeing west on Route 18. Swesey described the height weight attire of both suspects and noted the revolver bearer wore a light brown suit while the partner wore a dark gray suit. police hunted suspects across northern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swesey
Franklin M. Jones
Wellington
Ohio
Swesey
Sheriff's Department
Annual Sack Rush At Ely Stadium Tomorrow
Rivalry between Elyria High School junior and senior classes peaks tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the annual sack rush at Ely Stadium. The senior team is led by captain Harold King with Jud Wehman as lieutenant, while the juniors are captained by Robert Shumar with John Simon as lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Ely Stadium
Harold King
Jud Wehman
Robert Shumar
John Simon
Weather Ohio Forecast Update
Fair tonight and Wednesday with possible local showers in extreme southwest areas. Thursday showers expected. Temperature little changed. Low pressure fronts over Kansas and Manitoba bring scattered showers and thunderstorms, while high pressure dominates Atlantic States and Pacific Northwest.
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Ohio
Kansas
Manitoba
Atlantic States
Pacific Northwest
Toledo woman suffers neck injury in rear-end crash
Mrs Stella Wachowiak aged 42 of Toledo sustained a strained neck ligament Sunday afternoon when her car was rear ended on Lake avenue near St Marys Cemetery. Driver A J Mayher 35 of 435 Third street was entering the cemetery when Betty Holcomb 17 of LaGrange struck him from behind. Deputy Sheriff Anthony Pollock investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Wachowiak
Toledo
A. J. Mayher
Third Street
Betty Holcomb
LaGrange
Mayher
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Lake Avenue
Anthony Pollock
Strike Ends At Goodyear Plant In Akron Ohio
Workers returned to the three Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants after a strike by the United Rubber Workers ended. A peace conference at Akron Armory produced pledges to negotiate a written agreement and review grievances since January 1. 60 National Guard units stood by as 1000 strikers and 100 police fought four days earlier.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers Union
National Guard
John House
Goodyear
Alan Heywood
New York
Committee For Industrial Organization
Woman Held In Kidnapping Case
Mrs. Anna Legare aged 49 faces kidnapping charges for allegedly taking four year old Betty Jane Hobbs to Coolville Ohio and hiding her with a sister. She was held without bail by the Niagara County sheriff with a hearing set for June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tonawanda
WN. Y
Anna Legare
Betty Jane Hobbs
Niagara County
Local Policeman Suffers Fracture of Right Wrist
Officer Russel Payne of Elyria police department injured his right wrist in a Saturday evening motorcycle accident on West Bridge street near Lake avenue. While escorting Governor Martin L. Davey, the motorcycle skidded on loose ciriders, Payne was thrown, treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital, fracture reduced and discharged.
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Russel Payne
Elyria
Martin L. Davey
Payne
West Bridge Street
Lake Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyrian Suffers Serious Injury From Tree Climb Accident
A picnic accident along the Vermilion river left Nelson Harbert 21 of 225 Wolf Court with a possible fractured vertebra after falling from about 15 feet while tree climbing. He drove home to Elyria before collapsing and was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Vermilion River
Nelson Harbert
Wolf Court
Myron Averbook
Earlcourt
Harbert
Elyria
Averbeck
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Memorial Day Parade Ends Elyria Observances
Memorial Day activities in Elyria culminated with a cemetery ceremony at Ridgelawn and a downtown parade featuring school children bands and civic groups. Civil War veteran Rev J A Kaley rode in an automobile while Capt LaFayette Stough was absent but rumored in an airplane tribute. Awards went to Franklin and Allen schools for participation and attendance.
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Ridgelawn
Elyria
Grand Army of the Republic
J. A. Kaley
Richard Allen Post
G. A. R. Rev. Kaley
LaFayette Stough
Amherst
A. J. Funnell
Sandusky
145Th Infantry
America
Franklin School
Allen School
Legien
June Furney
Ely
John Hofmann
Washington School
Woman’s Relief Corps
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Elyria Eagles Aerie and Ladies Auxiliary of the
Aerie
Polish Army Veterans’ Association
Elyria High School
Salvation Army Band
Lorain Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kidnapers Fail To Return 5 Year Old In Florida Case
James Cash Jr. remains at risk as kidnappers who collected a $10,000 ransom did not deliver the boy by noon. Florida farmers gather in tension while officials wait for a safe outcome. James B Cash Sr. reports a contact with abductors and expects the child back soon with details undisclosed. The boy’s kidnapping joins a string of cases linked to professional criminals since 1923.
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Princeton
Fla
James Cash Jr
Florida
James B. Cash
James B. Jr
Cash
Peter Levine
Long Island Sound
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davenport Neck
Amos Squire
Westchester County
N. Y
Reed Vetterli
New York
FBI
Acme
Saturnino Cedillo
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
McAllen
Texas
Senorita
Maria Pantaleon Cedillo
Homobone Cedillo
Margarita
Maria Luz Cedrillo
Magdalena Cedillo
Senora Elena Cedillo
J. C. de Luna
Senora
Engracia Cedillo de Luna
Leopoldo Palencia
Cedillo
Acme Telephoto
Sleep Walker Fractures Jaw in Sleepwalking Accident
John Andrews, 52, of Woodland avenue, Elyria, remained at Elyria Memorial Hospital with a fractured jaw after a sleepwalking incident at about 5:15 a.m. He walked from his bedroom window and fell roughly 12 feet to the ground. a neighbor transported him to the hospital where he was admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andrews
Woodland Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Andrews
Headless Levine boy tied to Mattson case in 1930s kidnap tale
G men linked the Peter Levine case to the 1936 37 Mattson kidnapping in Tacoma noting similar ransom sums and brutal deaths. Investigators searched Davenport Neck waters near New Rochelle hoping to recover the missing head as they pursue two of the era’s unresolved abductions.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Long Island Sound
Mattson
Charles
Peter
W. W. Mattson
Everett
Levine
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Davenport Neck
Levine Home
Memorial Day Violent Death Toll In U S Drops From Last Year
A United Press survey notes 247 deaths over the three day Memorial Day weekend in the United States. Traffic fatalities were far below last year with 132 deaths from miscellaneous causes totaling 247. Illinois reported 23 deaths and California 21. A flood at Manchester Kentucky drowned a mother and eight children, and a spectator died at the Indianapolis 500 after a wheel hit him. Ohio registered 23 deaths, no fatalities in West Virginia.
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United Press
Bastiae
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Manchester
Tobey Creek
Cumberland Mountains
Indianapolis
Cheboygan
Midh
Nora Boyce
Old Bridge
N. J
Ohio
West Virginia
Judge Charles Selzer Dies at 79 in Avon Lake
Avon Lake Ohio judge Charles Selzer 79 and longtime Cleveland municipal court official died at his home after four years of bed confinement from a broken hip. Funeral services were set for 2:30 p m at Young Baker Funeral Home in Cleveland. Survived by wife Cora and two sons Robert and Frank.
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Avon Lake
Charles Selzer
Cleveland
Lake Road
Young Baker
Euclid Avenue
Cora
Robert
Frank
Styles In Newspapers Change Chronicle Telegram New Dress
The Chronicle-Telegram adopts Excelsior seven point No 1 type on eight point body, aiming to reduce eye strain and improve readability. The redesign blends art and science, calling the move a contribution to newspaper language and reader ease.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Art
Science
Excelsior Seven Point No
Supreme Court ends term without reopening Kansas City stockyards ruling
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider the 1936 Kansas City stockyards rate orders amid New Deal disputes. The term also upheld the National Labor Relations Board in Republic Steel and Remington Rand cases, while Mooney's release review remained unresolved. Failure to act delays any announcement until October.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Kansas City Commission
Thomas J. Mooney
California
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Republic Steel Corp
Labor’ Board
Remington Rand, Inc
Republic Steel
Old Motor Co
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Covington
Sixth Circuit
Republic
Sixth Cirseid
Ford
Kansas City
Republic Labor Board
Denver
Cleveland Officer Shot To Death
Patrolman Raymond H. Griffin, 29, off duty, was found shot dead with five bullets in Cleveland. His wallet and .32 pistol were missing, doors of his car open, and a nearby witness recalls a stickup and a scuffle. Griffin had previously killed an armed robber eight weeks earlier in a taxicab incident in front of Public Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Raymond H. Griffin
Griffin
Norma Todd
Townsend to Address Ohio Senate Taxation Panel
Dr Francis E Townsend founder of the Townsend plan is to appear before the Senate taxation and relief committee in Columbus to press a joint resolution urging Congress to submit a constitutional amendment embodying his proposal. The measure, sponsored by Sen Bernard McCluskey proposes a 2 percent gross tax on all money and property transfers with pensions up to 200 dollars monthly for people over 60.
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Columbus
Francis E. Townsend
The
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Senate Taxation and Relief Committee
Congress
Bernard McCluskey
D. Cuyahoga
McCluskey
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Helmet Strong
Louis Iselin
Iselin
Elyrian
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
R. F. Leemhuis
Legion and Auxiliary
Ely Park
Harvey C. Cheney
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Hicks
Boy
G-Men
Slayers
U.S
Sleep Walker
Selzer
National Labor Relations Board
Dr. Townsend
Ohio Senate
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