Williamson Named President of New York Central Railroad
Elyria ties run deep as Frederick Ely Williamson ascends to NY Central presidency. His mother Edith Ely hailed from Elyria’s early frame Lis homestead now Knights of Columbus hall. Williamson’s lineage includes Colonial-era ministers and Yale education, with war service steering troop movements. Elyria residents celebrate his ascent and family influence on regional rail history.
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Frederick Ely Williamson
New York Central Railroad
Mr. Williamson
Edith Ely
Leman Ely
Elyria
Lis
Knights of Columbus
Chronicle-Telegram
Wilhem
Williamson
Cleveland Toledo Railroad
Ely
Elsha
Cleveland Toledo
Lake Shores
Michigan Southern
New York Central Lines
Western Reserve University
Yale
Jim
Mrs Benjamin Thaw Dies in Paris at 70
Mrs Benjamin Thaw Sr of Pittsburgh died in Paris after a three month illness at her family home. She was 70. Her son Benjamin Thaw of the U S Embassy staff in London arrived yesterday and was at her bedside, with another son Col Thaw of Pittsburgh also present. Funeral plans not yet made.
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Buletin
Paris
Benjamin Thaw Sr
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Thaw
United States
London
Col. Thaw
Weather forecast for Ohio region and surrounding areas
Cloudy tonight and Saturday with rain in the south portion. Cooler tonight in the south. Yesterday’s highs listed for several locations and a general 1u hour outlook. Forecast indicates unsettled conditions due to low pressure with light rain at times and a shift to cooler, then fair weather by Saturday.
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Ohio
South
National Tube increases operations at Lorain plant
An official notice from E. W. Brown, General Superintendent, reports National Tube Company will run No. 3 Seamless Mill for about one month to fulfill a recently released order for 20 inch pipe. This requires another blast furnace, four more open hearth furnaces, extra coke ovens, and additional rolling mills. Other plant units remain unaffected, signaling potential future business.
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National Tube
Lorain
Chronicle- Telegram
E. W. Brown
Brown
National Tube Company
Well Drilled on Harvey Klooz Farm Tops County Output
The Columbia Township gas field gains another large well. The Harvey Klooz farm well, completed by McMillen Owl and Gas Company, produces about 0.0 million cubic feet daily and is the ninth well by Wenlillen and associates in Lorain County in under two years. A new well will start just south of LaPorte.
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Harvey Klooz
Columbia Township
N Mellen Owl
Gas Comyan
Wenlillen
Lorain County
McMillen
Todas
LaPorte
MEN CONFESS 10 ROBBERIES
Two men in Columbus confessed to multiple bank, post office, and restaurant robberies. Robert Hathaway of Philadelphia and Dan Fallon of Columbus claimed a crime spree spanning nine Columbus gasoline station holdups in one night and the Richwood Bank heist with about $10,000 taken, plus a Canton restaurant robbery. They were arrested in Wheeling, West Virginia, with two women and brought back for questioning.
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Buletin
Columbus
Richwood Bank
Glouster
Robert Hathaway
Philadelphia
Dan Fallon
Wheeling
W. Va
Hathaway
Fallon
Richwood
Canton
Theft of apples leads to fines for three men
Fines of one dollar and costs were assessed against Martin Cairn, Joe Corhop, and Stanley Izworks for theft of apples. They were arraigned before Justice Walter H. Watts yesterday on a charge of stealing apples from an orchard on the Ridgehill Memorial Park company property at Ridgeroad and Oberlin avenue.
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Martin Cairn
Joe Corhop
Stanley Izworks
Lorain
Walter H. Watts
Ridgehill Memorial Park Company
Ridgeroad
Oberlin Avenue
Crowley retires as NY Central president takes advisory post
Patrick E. Crowley, president of the New York Central Railroad, resigns effective January 1, 1932 but remains with the company in an advisory role and as a director. A renowned figure, he began his career in 1878 as a telegraph operator with the Erie Railroad.
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Patrick E. Crowley
New York Central Railroad
The
Road
Erie Railroad
Bank Heist in Rahway Sees $82000 Stolen
Five men held up Citizens National Bank in Rahway New Jersey early today and escaped with $82000. Bank employees reported preparing payrolls. One robber watched doors, another stayed with the car engine running, while three entered the bank with guns and seized bundles of cash. They loaded bills into a suitcase and fled, joined by two guards.
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Buletin Rahway
VN. d. Sov
Citizens National Bank
Holdin
Missing Lakewood football gear recovered after game
Lakewood High School equipment vanished after a Saturday game. Coach Smith and a police officer traced the missing two helmets and a football to a group of boys, and recovered the paraphernalia during an unannounced visit this morning.
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Lakewood High School
Small Insurance Cost Promises Big Estate Value Rise
A Chronicle Telegram advert promotes a life and accident policy claiming a $125 yearly premium can increase an estate from $10,000 to $1,000, highlighting 33,000 auto fatalities last year and one in twelve people facing an accident annually to urge readers to purchase coverage. Call or use the paper’s form for details.
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United States
Chronicle- Telegram
France and Germany reopen reparations question in principle
Berlin and Paris report high authority disclosure that France and Germany will study the entire German financial and economic structure as a preface to readjusting reparations. Talks continue to settle formalities. Laval, returning from the United States, urges reopening via a German appeal to the bank for international settlement. Leopold von Huesch again discusses the issue in Paris.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Pierre Laval
United States
Bank For International Settlement
Young Plan
Paris
Leopold von Huesch
Eleven Survivors Of Foundered Boat Arrive At Colon Today
Eleven survivors of a sunk schooner rescued after three days adrift aboard the minesweeper Swan were expected to reach Colon today. Captain Hewitt Watler of Alabama was injured, and five other sailors died when the vessel foundered in heavy seas off the Columbia coast. Rainwater and clothing provided limited relief as the crew awaited medical checks and transport.
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Colon
Panama
Swan
Hewitt Watler
Alabama
Baden Baden
Columbia Coast
Pan-American Airways
Canal Zone
Adolfo Schoneck
Hans Lau
Timoteo Ramos
Emerito Rosales
Maximilian Solano
Cook
Watler
Halder
Control of City at Stake in Manchuria Front
Reports from the Nonni River front indicate heavy fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops in Manchuria with Tsitsihar a key objective. Chinese commander Ma Chan-shan denies Soviet aid to Japan, while Chian Hsueh-liang rejects a Japanese ultimatum over Tsitsihar as Henry Pu-yi reportedly moves toward Mukden under Japanese protection. Japan invites foreign military attaches to tour the war zone and supports a League of Nations neutral commission.
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United Press
Manchuria
Tsitsinar
Ma Chan-shan
Tsitsihar
Russia
Chand Hsueh-liang
Henry Pu-yi
China
Mukden
Japan
League of Nations
First Hearing Set for Avon Lake Gable Ditch Improvements
Commissioners report a first hearing on proposed improvements for the Gable ditch at Avon Lake to be held in the county commissioner's office on December 16. They will view the ditch on December 9.
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Avon Lake
Man Fined 350 for Liquor Offense After Raid
James Gatens of 814 East Broad Street was fined 350 and costs after pleading guilty at arraignment before Mayor James A. Hewitt. Police found about two gallons of liquor and many empty bottles in a basement during a raid around 715 PM yesterday. He said he bootlegged due to being out of work.
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James Gatens
East Broad Street
James A. Hewitt
Polite
Pig theft report at South Prospect street pen
Willie May Spencer reports to police that a 100 pound pig was stolen from its pen on South Prospect street yesterday. She notes a one week old pig was stolen a few days earlier and that 25 chickens have been stolen over a period of time.
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Willie May Spencer
South Prospect Street
Po- Hce
Eagles Increase Chest Pledge To $350
Elyria Eagles raise their Community Chest pledge to $35000. Max Goldstein of the committee A in the Chest drive announced today. Goldstein praised the club for its fine effort and noted many members are actively helping. Jake Shafer and Don Myers urged larger gifts and supported the drive.
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Elyria Eagles
Max Goldstein
Goldstein
Eagles
Jake Shafer
Don Myers
Mr. Goldstein
Community Chest Campaign Opens in Elyria With Pledges Rising
Report covers start of the 1932 Elyria Community Chest drive as 250 workers begin door to door and businesses, schools, and clubs pledge. Notable gains include Omo Fuel Gas employees with payroll cuts pledging more, Elyria Police Department boosting pledges by 60 percent, Fortnightly Club contributing 100 dollars, and Elyria High School setting a ten cent per student goal with thermometers tracking progress.
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Elyria
Ile Omo Fuel Gas
Yeat Kon
Elyna Polie
Waht
Elyria High School
Community Chest
Ely
Central Outdoor Advertising Company
Chest Campaigns Under Way Across Ohio Communities
United Press reports community chests in Ohio beginning drives with Springfield aiming at 185000 after reaching 59411 Friday final day. Zanesville reported 125589 subscribed as drive sweeps toward 103000. Cleveland plans a 6650000 campaign launching Monday. Columbus and Ashland set start dates and targets.
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United Press
Springfield
Zanesville
Cleveland
Columbus
Oon
Ashland
Young Signor Dino Grandi Faces Diplomatic World
Portrait depicts Dino Grandi at 36 years old as the world’s youngest foreign minister. He appears youthful in a Van Dyke and tissue tache while preparing to influence international diplomacy. He travels as a guest of the I O A and may counsel President Hoover on international issues.
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Signor
Dino Grandi
Alye
Gert
Cher Oo
Hoover
Enthusiasm at Elyria Chest Opening Dinner
Rev C H LeBlond urged workers to unite in the 1932 Elyria Community Chest drive, noting 250 attendees at St Pauls Evangelical Church and detailing cases of unmet need in Cleveland and Elyria. Mayor Hewitt announced the fourteenth campaign for relief funds totaling $85,000 with ongoing division talks and upcoming report meetings.
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St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
James A. Hewitt
Elyria Community Service Council
Elyria Community Chest
C. H. LeBlond
Catholic Charities
Cleveland
Smythe
Hewitt
W. O. McClellan
Jack Flynn
Edward Barbour
Masonic Quartet
J. Martin Beck
Ralph Williams
Walter C. Smith
Harland D. Brown
Walter Hinkle
Max Suppes
Edwin Gillis
E. F. Allen
Boosters
A. C. Hudmutt
J. B. Johnson
Ralph Murbach
Ray B. Findle
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