Grafton Case Still Baffles Authorities
Authorities remain puzzled over the October 1 attack murder of Louise Hornbeck as Dr. Reuben Strauss reports partial clarifications from the autopsy. A 23-year-old Pennsylvania hitchhiker remains uncharged pending corroborating evidence, while another 19-year-old confessor is detained awaiting transfer to Michigan authorities.
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Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Reuben Strauss
Howard R. Butler
Pennsylvania
Strauss
Butler
Tom
County Jai
Marshall
Michigan
Urges Abolishing Wagener Labor Act
Dr. David Friday, a Washington economist, urged a labor law suited to American conditions at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce convention in Dayton. He called for eliminating the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board, blamed a building buyers’ strike and high costs for the slump, and criticized governors Murphy and Davey for yielding sovereignty to labor leaders while warning of tax reinvestment delays and a complex unemployment system.
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Dayton
David Friday
Washington
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Relations Board
Friday
Murphy
Michigan
Davey
Ohio
Arch Schultz
State Chamber
Frank B. Cliffe
General Electric Code
Music Teacher Missing Near Danville
Sheriff Clyde A. Biggs searched for Josef F. Jirec a 25 year old music teacher from Danville Colorado missing since last Saturday. He left without baggage and relatives in Springfield had not seen him. Jirec has been in Danville since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Verxox
Clyde A. Biggs
Josef F. Jirec
Danville, CO
Springfield
Jirec
Danville
Weather overview Ohio Valley warm with approaching showers
Cloudiness increases and temperatures rise tonight across Ohio Valley with showers expected Friday and warmer readings in the southeast. Friday night turns colder in the extreme west, amid a general pattern of high pressure over the eastern half and a Manitoba low.
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Ohio
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Manitoba
Winnipeg
United States
South Atlantic States
Georgia
Plains States
Extension Agent Miss Eckert begins Lorain County women work
Extension agent Miss Frances Eckert begins preparations for the Fall and Winter program of women’s activities in Lorain County. She succeeds Mrs George A. Dustman and is a Bowling Green State College graduate, returning to the county after living in Wood County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Eckert
Lorain County
Miss Eckert
Wood County
George A. Dustman
Aliceard
Eckert
Bowling Green State College
Assistant Prosecutors Appointed for Tax Foreclosures
Prosecutor Howard R. Butler announced two new assistant county prosecutors Richard Baird of Elyria and Virgil Burgett of Lorain to handle tax foreclosure work. They will be paid $1503 tenth. first cases filed Monday with 3,400 already certified, reaching 6,000 total cases to foreclose about 25,000 parcels and roughly $2,000,000 in delinquency. A title search by Land Title Guarantee and Trust Co at $10 per case will accompany each sale, yielding clear certificates of title. If no issues arise, sheriff sale could occur about nine weeks after filing. Property owners may redeem by paying taxes and costs before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Butler
Richard Baird
Elyria
Virgil Burgett
Lorain
Butler
Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Adviser To Three Presidents Dies
Henry M. Robinson banker and adviser to three presidents died yesterday from a heart lesion after a fall. He declined cabinet posts under Wilson Coolidge and Hoover. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Youngstown Ohio. Funeral planned for 4 PM Friday at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.
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Pasadena
Calif
Henry M. Robinson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Youngstown
Robinson
Wilson
Coolidge
Hoover
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Many Contests Are Close In Townships
Unofficial results show close races across numerous townships and villages with several officials elected or leading by small margins. Avon area names include W J Bommer and Dorothy Baldauf Meyers, while LaGrange lists William Wolf as mayor and Wilma Rundle as clerk among others.
Fremont Manufacturer Called By Death
LK Hodes president of the Hodes Zink Manufacturing Co died last night after a short illness. He had formed the Hodes Zink Co in 1915 with Howard Zink and previously worked as a theatrical agent and salesman for a Fremont carriage firm. He leaves a daughter Mrs J Merdith Miller of Huntington Long Island and a grandson.
Landon Urges GOP To Elect Delegates For 1937 Convention
Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential candidate in 1936, urged Joseph W. Martin Jr. to push the GOP to elect new delegates to attend the proposed 1937 off year convention in a letter from Topeka Kansas dated November 4.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Boston
Government offers loans on corn to stabilize prices
The government set corn loans at 44 to 50 cents a bushel to orderly marketing. Wallace said the plan would stabilize prices by withholding part of the anticipated 2.56 billion bushels from the market. Wheat acreage could exceed this year’s record, with a potential crop over 1 billion bushels if planted on 1 million acres. Loan administration nears readiness for Dec 1 delivery in main corn states.
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Washington
Henrya. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance
Plan to Persuade Japan to Enter Peace Talks
Brussels reports a new effort by Britain France and the United States to induce Japan to begin peace negotiations over China. A mediator committee of eight powers may be formed with Germany invited, and a second conference could be convened if an armistice terms are agreed. Japan appears unlikely to join.
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Brussels
Belgium
Great Britain
France
United States
Japan
Tokyo
China
Germany
Far East
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Britain
United Press
Supa
Norman H. Davis
Anthony Eden
Yvon Lesbros
Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Davis
Eden
Delbos
County to fund 36th Street Ditch Improvement Plan
Ditch County commissioners after a conference with Lorain City and Sheffield township officials agreed to improve the 36th street ditch, to be financed by the county city and township. Estimated total cost is 1500 dollars with bids to be sought. County 700, Lorain 500, township 300.
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Lorain City
Sheffield
36Th Street
Lorain
French Ship Sunk By Bombs Off Catalan Coast
Madrid reports say a French minelaying ship was sunk by bombs from a hydroplane off Mataro on the Catalan coast early today. Earlier, air battles were reported at Mataro between three government chasers and a three motored Nationalist plane, with one government aircraft said to have been shot down.
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Madrid
Mataro
Catalan
Co B Reunion Promises To Be Well Attended
Elyria's Company B reunion draws interest from 30 to 60 former members with 43 reservations already. attendees travel from Sault Ste. Marie Hamilton Van Wert Lima and beyond. Some reports note deaths among former members and many addresses were previously unknown. The event at the Elks Club on Saturday marks the first gathering in five years for a company with roots in National Guard and World War service.
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Elyria
The
Elks’ Club
Joe
Fred Wiltett
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Mather Jenkins
Hamilton
Ontario
van Wert
Lima
Charles Billman
Army Signal Corps
Panama
Cart Cully
California
Wadsworth
Foster Sheller
National Guard
France
Belgium
National Corn Husking Title Contest Near Marshall Missouri
Marshall Mo November 4 The National Corn Husking championship drew a massive crowd and state teams from ten corn states. Twenty huskers faced a grueling field with 75 bushels per acre yields as officials managed traffic. The winner earns 100 dollars and a free trip.
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Marshall
Missouri
Weber Farm
Bill Rose
Kewanee
Illinois
Joe Endrese
Speer
Rose
National Guard
Roosevelt to Confer With LaGuardia in New York
President Roosevelt arrives in New York and will confer with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia who led a reform coalition to a sweeping victory over Tammany Hall. They plan a luncheon after the visit before Roosevelt returns to Washington. The talk centers on political shifts and the looming plan to clean out racketeers and graft in the city.
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New York
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
la Guardia
New York City
Washington
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
LaGuardia
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Herbert H. Lehman
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Republican Party
American Labor Party
Democratic Party
Tammany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York County
Capture Suspect In Holdup Murder
NEW BUFFALO Michigan State police captured a man who gave his name as James Russin a suspect in the Buchanan service station holdup and murder. He was unarmed and wounded in the left wrist and right shoulder from the prior gunfight. Herman Reinke a young station attendant died after resisting two bandits. One wounded bandit fled with an accomplice as the wounded suspect was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Buffalo
Mich
Michigan State Police
James Russin
Buchanan
Herman Reinke
Reinke
Remke
Russia
Sandusky Bay Bridge Nears Toll Free Operation
Ohio bridge officials announced that all three state toll bridges will pay for themselves and operate toll free by 1945. George C. Hill, chairman of the State Bridge Commission, told Governor Davey that the Sandusky Bay Bridge, bought May 1, 1936, has yielded more revenue than expected and should be toll free about seven and a half years from purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George C. Hill
State Bridge Commission
Davey
Sandusky Bay
Hill
Industrial Division leads Elyria Chest drive kickoff
Alan W. Fritzsche of General Industries Company chairs the industrial division for the Elyria Community Chest campaign. He directs plans to mobilize industrial workers for the drive which opens November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Community Chest
Allan W. Fritzsche
General Industries Company
Community Chest
Revolt Grows Over Undistributed Profits Tax Reform
Washington November 4 congressional revolt forms as House Ways and Means subcommittee opens a study of the federal revenue structure. Rep Vinson leads the panel awaiting Treasury recommendations for tax changes while Sen Van Nuys drafts amendments to ease business burdens. Buck cites broad opposition for stifling new firms and hampering expansion. Van Nuys reports cross chamber support for amending the law despite Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means
House
Fred M. Vinson
Treasury Department
Frederick van Nuys
D. and
Frank H. Buck
Calif
van Nuys
Senate Finance Committee
Trustees Elected in Shef Field Township Contest
Raymond Waters and Thomas Peebles won four year terms as trustees while Stead Booth secured the two year post. Helen Jones was elected township clerk with J. W. Knight as alternate. Effie Moulton and J. C. Thompson were chosen for the Clearview Board of Education.
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Sheffield Township
Raymond Waters
Thomas Peebles
Stead Booth
Helen Jones
J. W. Knight
Effie Moulton
J. C. Thompson
Clearview Board of Education
Sheffield Village Reelects McAllister
Clyde B. McAllister was reelected mayor of Sheffield Village on Tuesday according to county election board officials. Other officials elected include clerk Andrew Schmitz treasurer Mrs Arthur Dechant marshal Fred Winter and council members Arthur J Dechant John Moats Robert Rue Theodore Schmitz Mike Bruder Laurence Traxler as well as board of education members Mrs Theodore Schmitz and Elis D Hoag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde B. McAllister
Sheffield Village
County Election Board
Andrew Schmitz
Arthur Dechant
Fred Winter
Arthur J. Dechant
John Moats
Robert Rue
Theodore
Schmitz
Mike Bruder
Laurence Traxler
Theodore Schmitz
Elis D. Hoag
Board of Education
District Supervisor Named for Public Assistance Bureau
James H. Stiffler of Akron was named district supervisor of nine northeast Ohio counties for the Public Assistance Bureau. He will lead the program in Lorain Medina Columbiana Trumbull Ashtabula Lake Geauga Wayne and Portage counties while Miss Beatrice Fisher is ill. His Akron office will serve as headquarters and he previously worked in the WPA office and graduated from Hiram College.
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Columbus
James H. Stiffler
Akron
Public Assistance Bureau
Beatrice Fisher
Cleveland
Stiffler
Lorain
Medina
Columbiana
Trumbull
Ashtabula
Lake
Geauga
Wayne
Portage
Suffler
WPA
Hiram College
Early sheriff raises breakfast time in Litchfield county
Sutherland Beckwith, newly appointed county sheriff, ordered prisoners breakfast moved from 5 30 a m to 7 a m. He said the earlier rise served no purpose and the change would better fit daily routines.
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Litchfield
Conn
Sutherland
Beckwith
Chinese Are Suffering Heavy Losses In Northern War
Peiping dispatches report a Chinese retreat in Shansi has become a rout as Japanese forces press toward Taiyuan. A motorized unit seized Towean 25 miles north of the Shansi capital while Japanese claim control of Hsinkow north of Taiyuan and moving toward the Peiping-Hankow corridor within 30 miles of Peiping. The clash north of Taiyuan is described as among the bloodiest in the northern front.
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Peiping
Shansi
Taiyuan
Towean
Shans
Hsinkow
Peiping-Hankow
Man Confesses to Murder of Two Sisters in Eminence
Eminence Missouri November 4 sheriff says Douglas Shedd 27 WPA worker confessed to killing Bertha Gregory 67 and Lillian Gregory 54 elderly unmarried sisters whose bodies were found burned in their home. Tripp tied by tire tracks. $600 robbery claim from a year ago denied. Preliminary hearing date not set. possible transfer from Howell county jail amid mob fears in Shannon county where sisters taught many years.
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Eminence
Freeman Powell
Douglas Shedd
WPA
Bertha
Lillian Gregory
Shedd
Tripp
Powell
Howell County
West Plains
Shannon County
Botfly lecture in Wellington maps extermination plan
Dr Walter Krill of Ohio State University spoke on the botfly and control methods before sixty members and guests of the Northern Draft Horse Association at Wellington Grange hall. The group announced a Lorain county project with township by township work under local veterinarians and named township chairmen to recruit horse owners. A follow up meeting is set for November 16 and a doughnut match dance is planned for Belden on November 17. the project is open to non members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Walter Krill
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ohio State University
Northern Draft Horse Association
Grange Hall
Paul T. Burnside
Welington
C. J. Hummell
Lorain County
Wellington Grange Hall
Belden
Indicted for theft in Montgomery County grand jury
Dr. Phillip Margolin former chiropodist at Clleve land was indicted by the Montgomery County grand jury on a burglary charge for looting offices in his building at night. E. P. Rinehart of Marietta was appointed assistant chief of the Game Management Bureau. the new post pays 2400 dollars annually. Heinrich Wels died at a village firm while celebrating his 55th birthday with friends.
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Dayton
Phillip Margolin
Clleveland
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Columbus
E. P. Rinehart
Marietta
Lnak Walton League
Game Management Bureau
State Conservation Devisinn
L. A. Wooddell
Budapest
Heinrich Wels
Wels
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Avon
W. J. Bommer
Lewis Bennett
Dorothy Baldauf Meyers
A. W. Brown
A. J. Bruder
Merle Hall
Leslie Fitch
Joseph Ackerman
Charles Klingshirn
A. G. Riegelsberger
Gustave Jonson
Klingshirn
Eugene Huobard
Carl Rink
H. H. Plas
Peter J. Forthofer
LaGrange
William Wolf
Wilma Rundle
Carl Jackson
Lewis Stranahan
Arthur Dushenske
Allen Hopkins
F. J
Mildred Rowland
Ralph Rowland
G. A. Davidson
J. A. Jewett
Wade Knapp
Giles Seger
C. D. Setterfield
L. J. Trippe
Rochester Township
James Langon
Dell Richards
A. Pohlman
Harold Ringler
Graydon Jewett
Dale Winfield
Cliff Cowie
Esther Babcock
Jess Knapp
Harry Miller
Homer Anderson
Amherst Township
Edward H. Brucker
Neal B. Ludwig
Lewis Merchant
E. L. Moebius
E. H. Mays
John Sharp
Earl J. .Whits
Ed Stang
William Horn
Black River Township
Fred Wilms
Forest L. Mason
J. Powell Jones
J. R. Culbertson
A. B. Weaver
A. C. Erhart
Albert Miller
Brighton Township
W. C. Day
C. 0. Goss
Ira W. Lee
M. T. Rolf
Fremont
Landon
Gov't
Bulletin
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wiscasin
Indiana
President Roosevelt
East 65Th Street
Sandusky Bay Bridge
McAllister
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