Bandits Rob Birdsboro Post Office Van Cash
Three bandits held up a post office registered mail messenger in Birdsboro Pennsylvania today and stole a Federal Reserve Bank package from Philadelphia containing about 25 thousand dollars destined for Birdsboro National Bank. The incident involved J Webster vans and the money was en route to the bank.
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Birdsboro
J. Webster
Federal Reserve Bank
Philadelphia
Birdsboro National Bank
Chicago Faces New Gang War Amid Beer Racket Collapse
In Chicago on November 1, authorities warned of an emerging gang war fueled by economic collapse in the beer trade. Rival cliques clash over gambling houses as West Side, South Side, and North Side gangs invade each other. Eight bombings in 48 hours mark the first flare of the conflict, with theaters and vice targets damaged in apparent black hand actions.
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Chicago
West Side Gang
South Side
North Side
Hammond
Two Prisoners Escape From Fremont County Jail
Two prisoners Lawrence Dull 21 and Nick Mornao Cleveland convicted bootlegger escaped Fremont County jail using saw blades a braided blanket rope a broomstick and a table leg as a lever. Jail break discovered when police in Tiffin reported Dull seen on the street at daybreak. Five other prisoners escaped thru the delivery area before being recaptured.
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Shue
Deseret Car Found On Lind Street By Police
Police found a Hudson coach with heating numbers 646 581 on Lind Street early this morning near West Street. The vehicle was moved to a local garage and is being held under police orders.
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Lopt Street
Lindstreet
Weat Street
Paraga
Man Named Kindness TANNG Sal Sought After Cash Theft
Police search for a man who used a warm reception at the Cedar and Broad Standard Oil station to steal $30 from the cash register. Attendant Dave Lyman left momentarily, returning to find the visitor gone with the money.
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Dave Lyman
Standard Oil
Cedar and
Broad Streets
Lyman
Elyrian Fined for Having Liquor
Jack Davis of Pain Street was fined 500 dollars and costs with 100 dollars suspended by Mayor Harry Hinkson in police court after pleading guilty to possessing liquor. Davis was arrested Saturday night when six gallons of ooze were found on his premises. He had earlier pleaded not guilty but changed to guilty at trial. He admitted no further intent to continue the business.
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Jack Davis
Pain Street
Harry Hinkson
Davis
Polie Court
Tn Zuilty
Three Farm Groups Plan Unified Farm Relief Program
Washington November 10 executive officers of the American Farm Bureau Federation the National Grange and the Farmers Union of America announced a plan to unite the three great farm organizations on a single program for farm relief. They could not agree on Muscle Shoals or general relief but did concur on 34 legislative matters at the two day conference.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Farmers Union of America
Governor Donahey Glad His Son Lost Local Race
In Columbus on November 10, Governor Donahey commented on the defeat of his 24 year old son Robert Donahey who ran for councilman in Shaker Heights, a Cleveland suburb. He said he was glad of the outcome and suggested it might deter further political pursuits for the Donahey family.
Marshall bill fight not wet day issue says Bender
Ohio state senator George H. Bender denied claims by the association that it defeated the Marshall bill in the election. Capitan Stayton, national chairman, said the group operated under a smoke screen and was the main factor against the measure. Bender said there was no wet and dry issue and stressed opposition to the establishment of evil fee courts. He warned no future inferior court legislation would be allowed to substitute for the Marshall bill. The anti saloon league’s rebuttal was described as self created and the public weary of oppression.
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Cleveland
George H. Bender
Association Against
Ohio
Capitan W. H. Stayton
Association
Anti-Saloon League
Stayton
Bender
Ronder
Slayton
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
League
Governor Donahey faces decision after Marshall bill defeat
Columbus Ohio November 1 Governor Vic Donahey undecided on calling a special legislative session next year. He weighs election reform and a new inferior county court system to replace justices of the peace amid pressure from factions and competing priorities such as utilities rates library funding and bovine tuberculosis eradication. He had hoped the last legislature would act but did not.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Marshall
Donahey
Rotarians Hear Pastor And Clown At Newell Hotel
Dr. Leroy Lawther spoke to Kiwanis about a child rights concept, arguing parents must be clean in mind and body, provide companionship, and raise children in a Christian home. Joe Gould, former Elyrian now circus clown, followed with tales from behind the scenes and songs.
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Leroy Lawther
Lakewood
Lawther
Joe Gould
Elyrian
Gould
United States
Joe
Report on smallpox spreading in the United States
Public health officials report rapid spread of smallpox across states. During the week ending November 6 there were 489 new cases, up 202 from the prior week, with Missouri showing the largest increase of 82 cases compared with 25 the week before. Federal officials blame crowding due to cold weather.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Missouri
Community Chest drive opens with Middletown event
Sixteen captains and 228 team workers will take part in the Community Chest drive, opening with a dinner at the Methodist church Friday evening. G. B. Findley, chairman, says details are ready and the campaign will begin after an opening address by Frank B. Pauly, Middletown civic leader and editor.
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Middletown
Methodist Church
G. B. Findley
H. M. Redington
Ralph Bevari
Jos Boddy
BE. W. Rowland
J. H. Brown
George Chamberlain
B. F. Pyler
Edward P. Hayes
Matt Jenkins
Martimer Kramer
Carl Niemeyer
Horace Nye
Roy Reisinger
J. W. Smith
John G. Whitney
Mose Wilder
Harvey Winckles
King Fayver
Rev. W. M. Auld
H. Geo. Allen
Victor Breitenstein
Lee Bright
Win, Damm
Wm. Dengate
Elmer Harp
Louis C. Hecock
Ray Jackson
Br. C. QO. Jaster
H. W. Merriman
Bernard O'Donnell
Oscar Townsend
Robt
Vestal
Lawrence Wagner
Greenland
Russell Lucas
W. C. McClellan
Don Myers
Carl Taylor
E. G. Mathews
John Rankin
Joseph Birdsall
Harry L. Fowl
Don L. Granger
James A. Hewitt
Edwin Kirby
F. A. Lawrence
R. H. McClure
Geo. Nicholas
John Parsch
BH. B. Redhead
Ralph Standen
Fred J. Roth
E. A. Welsh
J. B. Johnson
J. Ky. Betteridge
Walter Bleck
Harry §. Burr
Chas. G. Clark
Robi. Crehore
E. J. Fellow
Henry Kancock
H. K. King
G. E. Mover
H. D. Reynolds
George Robson
G. A. Reeder
We U
Chas. Murrar
Joan K. Nece
Miles Petry
Jack Powell
Paget
Frank B. Pauly
Ohio
Elyria Community Chest
Bureau of Trade and Commerce
Boy Scouts’ Court of Honor
M.C. A
Mecca
Ohio Society For the Welfare of the
Rotary Club
Middletown Journal
Associated Press Editors of
Community Service Council
Pauly
Organize For Chest Drive At Fox Furnace Co
George Stevens chairs the Commun ity Chest drive and says Fox Furnace Co. is the first city manufacturer to report organization. Frank LaFon runs Fox Chest efforts with assistants Wharton Harr and Thayer. Departmental lineup includes Lindauer Burley Blake Heuser Kushinsky Strinka Vietzen Owens Warner Spieler Tulk Moff Smith Wegat Sheldon Bosram Younstuss Oseka Warmee Grouse Fisk Travers Fyler Seward Page Fyler Se ward Page Se ward retail, Frank Page, service branch.
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Fox Furnace Co
George Stevens
Frank LaFon
Thhe Fox Furnace
Frank Wharton
Um Harr
R. L. Thayer
Fred Lindauer
Kenneth Burley
Jim Blakely
Ed Heuser
Fred Kushinsky
Andy Strinka
Albert Vietzen
Tudor Owens
Milo Warner
Henry Spieler
George Tulk
Herb Moff
Frank Smith
Walter Wegat
Lon Sheldon
T. W. Bosram
Stave Berry
A. Younstuss
John Oseka
Paul Warmee
John Grouse
Leonard Fisk
C. L. Travers
Everett Fyler
R. Seward
Frank Page
Two Infants Die in Columbus Fire
Two infant children of Mrs Melvin Sweazy burned to death when fire destroyed their Columbus Ohio home. Mrs Sweazy was visiting a neighbor when the blaze started, believed caused by a coal stove.
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Columbus, O
Melvin Smeazy
Armistice Day Observed Quietly in Hiyria
Armistice Day will be observed quietly with no civic celebration in Hiyria. At eleven oclock a two minute period of silence will honor fallen soldiers. In Ashland Ohio two wounded veterans remain hospital-bound after a gun battle during a robbery attempt. the American Legion plans a minstrel show and a banquet tonight amid the tense incident.
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Hiyria
Ashland
American Legion
Charges Filed Against 21 Pickets at Bannock Mine Riot
Twenty one affidavits were filed today against union pickets accused of rioting near Bannock Mine yesterday as negro miners were attacked entering the shaft. Superintendent Harry Taylor filed the charges.
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Bulletin ST
Clatksville
Bannock
Harry Taylor
Ladies division teams named for 1927 Community Chest drive
Chairman G. B. Findley announced the complete Ladies division with Mrs. A. M. Han ford in charge. Teams are listed by numbers and captains, detailing numerous Mrs. and Miss names across nine or more groups for the community effort.
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G. B. Findley
A. M. Hannaford
H. H. Stiffler
W. O. McClellan
Geo. Johnson
Chas. Yell, Jr
Dan Symons
Lawrence Webber
Hing Fauver
A. v. Hu
Roll Call Of Red Cross Shows Surging Elyria Response
Annual Red Cross roll call in Elyria closed with reports incomplete but quota likely exceeded. Over five thousand names to be added after returns. Wellington begins a campaign on Nov font teeth, with rural county districts continuing through Nov 20. H S Calvert, chairman, lauded a splendid response and fine record.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Elyria
Ineal
Wellington
Fontteeth
H. S. Calvert
Judge Fead rules Michigan cult a public nuisance
In Lansing Michigan Judge Louis Fead declares the House of David cult led by Benjamin Purnell a public nuisance for immortality practices spanning over 25 years The court denies dissolution but orders a receivership to protect members and their property up to 6 008 060 while settling claims The injunction bars Purnell from women’s contact under protective conditions and keeps him from receiving property or new members pending the decree finalization by the attorney general and further amendments by the court
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Lansing
Mich
House of David
Michigan
Louis Fead
Benjamin Purnell
Fead
Purnell
Benjamin
Hotel of David
W. W. Potter
Bomb found on rail near Pittston after school blast
In Pittston Pennsylvania on November 10 a home made bomb with a timed fuse was found on the LaAKE and Wyoming Valley Railroad tracks in South Pittston. The blast had wrecked Pittsine's new $1,000,000 school minutes earlier. Police say the device contained about fourteen sticks of dynamite and investigators consider possible attempted bombing.
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Pittston
Pittsine
Laakeawanna
Wyoming Valley
South Pittston
Body of Man Found in His Home Near Wiffen
WIFFIN, O., Nov. 1. The body of Lawrence Hoffman, 52, was found in his home near here in what investigators believe was a recent death. A small pet stove was burning, and friends who visited Tuesday found no answer to knocks. Neighbors entered and broke a door to reach him. Hoffman had recently returned from the steamer or repair work, authorities said.
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Wiffin
Lawrence Hoffman
Here
Dar
Hofman
Bern
Hoffman
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