Arraignment After Thanksgiving Night Murder in Elyria
Hugh Thornton, colored, was arraigned before Mayor James A Hewitt on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Mrs Lisey Vorhees. Emmert Phillips was wounded in the shoulder as Thornton allegedly fired into the Vorhees home after a drinking party. Witnesses including eight year old Meary Allen Vorhees Jr and two white men Andy Novak and Al McCallum described the events at 291 Chestnut Street. Thornton claimed no shooting but police say the gun used belonged to him. He was found near East Broad Street and the revolver recovered at the scene. The hearing was set for 4 p m.
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Hugh Thornton
Tharse
Lizey Vorhees
Emmret Phillips
Kly*ig Memorial Hospital
Pete Cameron
Thornton
Vorhees
Chestnut Street
McCalinm
Novak
Farm
McCalimm
East Broad Street
City Hall
E. J. Stankard
Stankard
Elyria
Prospect
Prowler Strikes Woman With Lamp in Apartment
Mrs Jessie Simmons and her sister encountered a prowler in the Woodford apartment while investigating a lamp firelight. The assailant, named William Pierce alias Nascoe Pierce, struck Simmons over the head, causing a deep forehead gash before fleeing. her husband Dick Simmons took her to the hospital.
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Nolsen
Jessie Simmons
Woodford
William Pierce
Nascoe Pierce
Steamers Race to Aid Stricken Chief MaQuilla near Seattle
Three steamers the Montreal Maru the Sondonfo Maru and the Atlantic City rush to aid the distressed Chief MaQuilla drifting about 2000 miles from Seattle. The Montreal Maru said it was 52 miles away and would reach about 10 p m Pacific time. The Chief MaQuilla reported 17 feet of water in the engine room and asked that red flags be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Pacific
Seattle
Mackey Radio Co
Atlantic City
MaQuilla
Montreal
Copeland Asks Coast Guard To Explain Firing On Boat
Senator Royal Copeland of New York asked Admiral J C Billard for an explanation of the coast guard firing on a Lake Ontario motorboat yesterday. The cutter 2364 fired five shots after the boat reportedly ignored a challenge. Carl Anderson was killed and Edmund Sabr seriously wounded. No liquor was found aboard.
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Washington
Royal Copeland
New York
J. C. Billard
Coast Guard
Coast
Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls
Copeland
Billard
Rum Smuggling Plot Uncovered in Detroit Area
A federal probe uncovers a large rum smuggling ring possibly involving fifty U S customs border patrol inspectors. Nine inspectors were arrested on charges of conspiracy to import liquor and taking bribes after eight months of investigation. Also included is a report of panhandling arrest in Elyria with a Cleveland man jailed for intoxication and abusive language at a Broad Street store.
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Elyria
Hisria
John Dole
Cleveland
City
Doyle
Broad Street
Burglars Enter Sixth Street Home
Mrs. A. WH. Stoddard returned to her Sixth Street home Wednesday night to find thieves had entered through a back door with a key. They ransacked her purse and stole three ladies rings and two dollars in cash, escaping with nothing else disturbed.
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Sixth Street
A. WH. Stoddard
Portes Gil Inauguration Marks Mexico City Transition
Mexico City crowds packed the Congress Building for the noon inauguration of Emilio Portes Gil as provisional president. A two day holiday will honor Calles as civilian rule begins, with Portes Gil to name a cabinet next week and secure military backing for labor reform.
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Congress
Gil
Mexico City
Mexico
Congress Building
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexican Republic
Portes Gil
Alvaro Obregon
Calles
Pottery Merger Aims at 25 Million Across Multiple Plants
Financialmen pressed to gather early details of a proposed 25 million merger of Ohio potteries that may involve twenty plants in ten cities. Potential participants include Homer Laughlin at East Liverpool and Newell West Virginia with plants in Trenton New Jersey and several Ohio firms such as Atlas Globe Owens Sebring Crescent Alliance Steubenville National Salem Knowles Taylor and others. First signs show W B Stewart of Cleveland named acting chairman on a temporary board. each plant would keep its identity while operations align under a state headquarters. Police seek help to catch a robber described as a light colored 24 year old Negro in Lorain who robbed Stanley Leseky of 110 dollars wearing a light colored suit and cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Homer Laughlin Pottery Co
East Liverpool
Newell
W. Va
Trenton
New Jersey
Atlas Globe Pottery Co
M7 Bridge
Owens China Co
Minerva
Sebring Pottery
French China Co
Limoges China Co
Saxon China Co
E. H. Sebring China Co
Sebring
Crescent China Co. Alliance
Steubenville Pottery
National China Co
Salineville
Salem China Co
Knowles Taylor and Knowles China Co
Fast Liverpool
Tope-Gesser Pottery
Coshocton
Albright & Carrollton Co
Carrollton
W. B. Stewart
Cleveland
NEGRO
Autos Collide at East and Fourth Streets
At noon yesterday two cars collided at the Fourth street intersection of East avenue. James L. Fisk of 251 Princeton avenue and Mr. Beexing of Amhersat drove the autos, both vehicles sustained damage.
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James L. Fisk
Princeton Avenue
Beexing
Amhersat
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Chicago Cleanup Drive Promises Tight New Law Enforcement
Chicago on the eve of a new administration launches a sweeping cleanup campaign. Police seize liquor and gambling devices from beer halls cafes and nightclubs disrupting Thanksgiving festivities for about 225 residents. The drive aligns with the upcoming induction of new State's Attorney A Swanson and a restructured prosecutor staff.
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Chicago
A. Swanson
King George Shows Mixed Progress On Illness
November 30 reports from London and Buckingham Palace indicate the King’s condition has slight improvement in lung inflammation and temperature but remains unsettled. Bulletin notes a fairly comfortable night, some sleep, and continued slow recovery with no new developments, while some observers fear lingering anxiety at the palace.
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London
George
British Empire
United States
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Hewett
Dawson
Penn
Unite Press
Tau Liter
Driver fails to stop triggers collision on Eighth Street
William Iyer of Akron driving west on Eighth Street failed to stop for Middle Avenue safety cue and collided with a truck coming from Middle Avenue. Iyers car sustained partial rear fender damage and minor impact overall.
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Elyria
William Iyer
Akron
Eighth Street
Middle Avenue
I Myer
Hyer
Farmer Jacob Grube Found Dead Near Urbana Road
County authorities investigate the death of 67 year old farmer Jacob Grube whose body with a crushed chest was found in a road two miles west of St Paris Champaign county It is believed he was struck by an auto while driving cows home from pasture.
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Urbana
Jacob Grube
St. Paris
Champaign County
Panture
Coasting fatality details from Kenyon student account
Kenyon college student Carl Ericsson described the first statewide fatal coasting accident. Daniel Leach, 11, of Mt. Vernon, died after his sled struck the rear of Ericsson’s car while coasting down Academia Hill near Mt. Vernon. Coroner and prosecutor cleared Ericsson. Leach left eight brothers and three sisters.
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Carl Ericson
Kenyon College
West 11Th
Daniel Leach
Mt. Vernon
Ericson
Academia
Ericsson
Chronicle-Telegram
Leach
Eugene Ebrbar
Hast River Street
Kenyon
Elyria
Ohio gets new lieutenant governor Braden of Warren
Columbus November 30 George C Braden of Warren Republican was elected without opposition for the short term as Ohio lieutenant governor succeeding Democrat William G Pickrel of Dayton. Braden will serve until January 14 when John T Brown Republican of Mechanicsburg takes office the present officer presiding only during the January 7 to 14 legislative week.
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Columbus
Ohio
George C. Braden
Warren
Braden
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Vic Donahey
Birl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
Bloom
Cyrus Locher
Cleveland
U. S
Frank 3. Willis
John T. Brown
Mechanicsburg
State Senate
Crime Rampant In Akron
Akron police faced a Thanksgiving surge of burglaries thefts cuts fights highway robberies and shootings. Patrolman Robert Miller shot and killed an unidentified highwayman during a hold up at Metro Aghialusig, 45, of Marker ton. Miller fought one attacker as two others fled, and the killer gave his name as James Croghan.
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Akron
Robert Miller
Miller
Metro Aghialusig
Markerton
Hame
James Croghan
Peculiar Elyria Accident Tangles Street Car and Auto
A Elyria city trolley and an auto collided at Abbey street when the trolley came off a switch. The wire pulled down a telegraph pole, bending the auto front axle and tearing a fender. The auto was driven by R N Harrison of 1104 Lake Avenue.
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Elyria
Cara
Abbey Street
R. N. Harrison
Lake Avenue
Jones Seeks Senate Leadership Amid Rivalry
Senator Wesley Jones of Washington bid for the Senate leadership, saying he would accept if Vice President elect Curtis resigns. The move signals a leadership clash with Senator Watson of Indiana who has also expressed willingness to take the post. Jones is currently Senate whip and outranks Watson in seniority.
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Washington
Wesley Jones
Wash
Senate
Jones
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Ind
Two Will Die At Ohio Penitentiary On Thanksgiving Eve
Charles Hoppe of Toledo and John Rucker of Cincinnati face execution in the electric chair at Ohio State Penitentiary Toledo afterdeath row convictions for the murder of a police officer and the kidnapping and killing of Dorothy Szcelagowski. Gov. Donahey has declined clemency. the warden marks his fifty sixth birthday as the pair prepare to die.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles Heppe
Toledo
Death Row
John Rucker
Cincinnati
Hoppe
Rucker
Death Town
Vic Donahey
Toppe
S. P. Dunkle
Donehey
P. E
Thomas
Sloppe
Dorothy Szcelagowski
Missionary Dr Elliott Osgood to Speak at Church of Christ
Dr Elliott T Osgood a medical missionary and author will speak at the Church of Christ on Sunday He spent nearly three decades in Changhai China and one year near Tibet before returning to America in 1927 He has written A History of China Mission Breaking Down Chinese Walls and Shi the Sters Teller He is a Tiiram College and Cleveland College graduate Fights a garage fire on Quincy street after a short circuited wiring caused a blaze at N A Carothers residence
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Elliott T. Osgood
Church of Christ
Iy On
Osgood
Chaehow
China
Thibet
America
United Christian Missionary Society of the
Disciples of Christ
Tiiram College
Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons
Local Falcon-Knight plant to boost Elyria jobs
The Falcon-Knight plant in Elyria signs a one year contract to build 250 to 300 closed car bodies daily and over a hundred truck bodies daily for Willys-Knight. Employment will rise from 500-1000 to about 2000 with the addition of skilled body builders and local hires trained on site.
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Willys-Knight Company
Falcon-Knight
Elyria
E. A. Barnes
Willys-Overland
Barnes
Chronicle- Telegram
Falcon
Man Slashed In Scuffle At Thompson's Dance Hall
Police report details a scuffle at Thompson's Dance Hall on Oberlin road after Martin Butler demanded a dance from Ursula Johnson of 1616 West avenue. Butler slapped Johnson, then was cut and stabbed amid a riot as Zeke Albright and his brother fled. Butler hospitalized then taken to city hall.
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Martin Butler
Ursula Johnson
West Avenue
Miss Johnson
Butler
Thompson
Oberlin Road
Zeke Albright
Albright
City Hall
1929 Ohio Auto License Tags On Sale Tomorrow
Ohio will place over 1,700,000 license tags on sale in 88 counties starting tomorrow. The State Commissioner urged drivers to purchase early to avoid December 31 rush. Tags feature a light green background with black numerals. Francis Clark of Kenton injured in an automobile collision near Columbus. he suffered a badly cut forehead after the car skidded on wet pavement and struck a bridge.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kenton
Francis Clark
Grand Hospital
Jackson Vike
Clark
David Clark
H. A. West
Commercial Point
Garage Fire Destroys 1925 Ford Sedan in Morning Blaze
A morning garage fire destroyed a 1925 Ford sedan and nearly consumed the structure. Hose Company No 1 and Engine Company No 2 extinguished the blaze after about twenty minutes of hard fighting. A hose was laid and water from a hydrant played on the James from inside and outside. Damage was estimated at about $500.
THREE OBERLIN MEN FINED BY JUDGE
Three Oberlin colored men were arrested yesterday by state prohibition agents Curtis and Kes terton and sheriff's deputies Cre bore and Cowle in a raid on a suspect's automobile. Four bottles were recovered. Arraigned before Common Pleas Judge A R Webber this morning Henry More and Lonnia McClane were each fined 500 dollars and costs. H S White, driver of the car, was found not guilty.
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Oberlin
Curtis and Kesterton
Crebore
Cowle
Commor
A. R. Webber
Henry More
Lonnia McClane
H. 5. White
Lights Stolen From YVIRE Fire Truck Alarm Chief Bates
Fire Chief W N Bates laments theft of two walker lights from Squad No 1 during a grass fire on Infirmary Road. He says the lights, city property, are easily identifiable and notes the act shows the thieves’ audacity.
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W. N. Bates
Bates
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James A. Hewitt
Hugh Thorn
Lisey Vorhees
Rialiy
Stanley Hewitt
Ofm
N. A. Carothers
Quincy Street
Gloria Caruse
Enrico Caruso
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