Willys-Overland Plant to Close in Elyria Auction Planned
Announcement says the Willys-Overland plant in Elyria will close with auctioning of surplus stock and equipment on October 21 and 22 and 24. General Manager Frank Anding confirms sale ends factory operations and buildings likely available for new occupants, with 24 workers affected and potential larger future employment.
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U. S
Opera
Ion
Pontiac
Michigan
Bel Y
Uni
Electr Auto-Lite Co
Toledo
Frank Anding
Anding
Willys-Overland
Fire Wrecks Home Of Robert Jackson Couple
An elderly man and his wife barely escaped as a fire destroyed much of the Jackson home at 38 Lake Ave around 1:30 a.m. Sterling Scott alerted the couple on the second floor. Edgar Herzog moved in to rescue the aged man. Firefighters from No. 3 station contained the blaze, with assistance from No. 1 station, five minutes later. The cause is undetermined. The Jacksons, burned out for the second time, faced several hundred dollars in loss, partially insured.
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Barley
Robert Jackson
Lake Ave
Lorain
No. 3 Station
No. 1
Bates
Jackson
Jacksons
Robbers Loot Two Safes in Ohio and England
In Cleveland on October 4 robbers carted away and cracked a Producera Milk Co safe, stealing about 133,443 dollars. Police found the ripped safe on the city’s outskirts. In East Liverpool, robbers broke into the Ceramic Theater ticket office, taking about 105 dollars in cash and stamps and a 200 pound safe, with locals believing they hid there after the last show.
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Cleveland
Producera Milk Company
East Liverpool
Ceramic Theater
Day agents Fage charge of bribery
In Cleveland on October 4 two city agents from Dover Hawkin’s office will be arraigned for accepting a bribe. John H. O’Brier and John T. Higgen allegedly took 75 dollars from William Sullivan after finding illicit liquor in a soft drink saloon. Sullivan reported it to police, leading to arrests. In Glouster on October 4 a heavy guard surrounds a state game preserve amid fears of increased illegal hunting as coal miners idle and families face hardship.
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Justice
Fence Hawkin
Dover
John H. O’brier
John T. Higgen
William Sullivan
Sullivan
Glouster
Train wreck at Aviston injures many after bandits strike
Aviston Illinois October 4 bandits wrecked the Baltimore and Ohio mail train injuring engineer Van Olman fatally fireman Purcell and fifteen passengers. Eight coaches left the track as a switch fault dumped the train into a ditch. Farmers saw men near the wreck hours before the crash on the St Louis to Washington route.
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Baltimore and Ohio
van Olman
Kired
Purcell
St. Louis
Washington
Indiana
Divorce suits dismissed after long in Common Pleas
Two divorce actions filed in 1922 and 1932 were dismissed in Common Pleas Court this morning as not tried. Florence Grant versus Otis Grant and Paula Mackovyak versus John Mackovyak were the cases dismissed without trial. Separately, Captain George W. Steels of Marion Indiana, then with the dirigible ZR-3 in Germany, is slated to command the naval air station at Lakehurst upon his return to the United States, per Navy announcement.
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Otis C. Grant
Paula Mackovyak
John Mackovyak
Washington
George W. Steels
Marion
Ind
Germany
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
United States
Navy Department
Giants and Senators Open World Series In Washington
Washington held a carnival as the Giants faced the Senators in the opening game at Griffith Stadium. Weathered by 1903 jabs, Ban Johnson led a brewing clash with Judge Landis while fans watched a crowded scene with firemen and makeshift seating amidst the ballpark's ironclad security and asbestos bases.
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Washington Senators
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Bluege
Peckinpaugh
Ruel
Johnson
New York
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Terry
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Nebs
Citadel
Ban Johnson
O'Connell- Dolan
Judge Landis
Chicago
Giants
Squire to Join Forest City Steamship Co. as Secretary
S H Squire first vice president of Lorain County Savings and Trust Co resigns to become secretary and treasurer of Forest City Steamship Co of Cleveland effective November 1. He has long been prominent in Lorain social and business life, once city councilman and Rotary governor, and will keep residence and bank ties while joining the steamship firm.
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Forest City Steamship Co
Cleveland
H. Squire
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Squire
Steamship Company
First National Bank
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Board of Education
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Tucker
Rotary Club
Rotary
Bainburgh
Scotland
Pennsylvan ia Railroad Chief Samuel Rea to resign at 70
Samuel Rea, renowned transportation executive, will resign as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad in a year. Company rules require officers to retire at 70, and Rea reaches that age on September 26, 1925.
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Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rea
Oldtime Republican Rally Set in Wellington
A large audience is expected tonight in Wellington for a Republican rally to energize Lorain County voters in support of the Coolidge Dawes campaign. Attorney General C G Crabbe will headline with Mrs. Thomas J Maxwell and Arthur J Doyle also slated to speak. Judge Ross W Funk may attend and address the crowd. The event starts at 7 30 in the Wellington Opera House with Republican leaders reporting strong interest locally.
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Thomas J. Maxwell
Fremont
G. O P
Arthur J. Doyle
Akron
Congress
Ross W. Funk
Wooster
Court of Appeals
Republican
Elyria
Wellington Opera House
Extradition Refused In Non-Support Case
Michigan authorities refused to honor extradition papers and Patrolman Corbett Southam, deputized to bring Jesse Proper back from Flint to answer to a charge of non support, returned empty handed. A hearing was held in the Michigan city. Through lack of sufficient evidence, Michigan police refused to release Proper to the Ohio officer.
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Michigan
Corbett Southam
Jesse Proper
Flint
Michigan City
Proper
Ohio
Slayer of Landlady Near Death After Shootout
Willam Wolfe, a 37 year old clay miner, killed his landlady Mrs Floydie Dearth, 56, in her East Liverpool restaurant following a quarrel over his investment. He then shot himself in the jaw and is dying in city hospital from a self inflicted wound. In a separate case, Harry Bradthus, 45, was fined $1 and costs for intoxication after an arrest at 1 15 a m.
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East Liverpool
Willam Wolfe
Clay Miner
Floydie Dearth
Wolfe
Harry Bradthus
Prospect Avenue
Justice St. George
Woman Dies in Shreveport Hotel Fire
A hotel fire in Shreveport Louisiana killed Mrs C P Robinson 25 who was asleep on the third floor and trapped by the blaze. Her husband and child were seriously injured and several others hurt. Separate dispatch reports New York notes the Democratic party reframing toward Woodrow Wilson world peace as John W Davis shifts his presidential bid to foreign affairs.
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Shreveport
Charles
C. P. Robinson
New York
Woodrow Wilson
John W. Davis
Foreign News Nuggets from Across War-Torn Europe
Reports from LIVERND BALBOA SAN SEBASTIAN LONDON MADRID MURKODEN SHANGHAI and PERING dated Oct 4 describe collaborations with fascist governments, athlete delegations from Havana University, Moroccan campaign talks, royal christening, and seizures of railway assets. Notable items include Prince Gereld David birth and Chang Tso Lin actions affecting the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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Pering
Chang Tso Lin
Coolidge dedicates WWI monument and reaffirms independence
President Coolidge, in Washington near the State War and Navy Building, dedicates a monument to the five thousand dead of the First American Division. He oposes alliances that would force the U S to follow another power and calls for peace through independence and mutual understanding. He supports treaties that reinforce American policy and envisions Germany restored to productivity and civilization.
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War
Coolidge
United States
Great Brotherhood of Mankind
America
Earth
Peece
Germany
Lawsuit Filed Over Auto Crash Injuries in LaGrange
A civil suit seeks 5000 in damages from Orville Hastings of LaGrange alleging he sped on West Avenue and struck a boy, causing a fractured skull and permanent injuries. The filing lists John Metera as plaintiff, aided by his mother Veronika Metera, with Els ria noted in the record. The action references an April 17 incident date.
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LaGranze
John Metera
Veronika Metera
Els~ria
Hastings
West Avenue
Ohio Alerts on Texas Cattle Shipments
Columbus October 4. Director of Agriculture Truax declared an embargo on shipments from Texas to safeguard Ohio from hoof and mouth disease. The order takes effect immediately and bans cattle and sheep, with strict rules for dressed carcasses hides and wool shipments.
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Ohio
Texas
Columbus
Truax
Cleveland Man Wounded as Elyrian Is Arrested
Fred Griffis, 33, colored, was shot in the right hip by Patrolman Milton Obitts during a chase on Infirmary Road after officers pursued Griffis and companion Clarence Jackson for transporting liquor. Griffis was hospitalized and Jackson arraigned with bond set at $200.
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Milton Obitts
Fats
West River Street
Toad
Griffs
Memorial Hospital
Obitt
Griffis
55Th Street
Cleveland
Clarence Jackson
West 16Th Street
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Obitts
Birkling
Infirmary Road
H. J. Austin
Birkline
Jackson
S. J. George
Elyria Y M C A Sets Sights On Largest Membership
Leaders announce a major drive to push Elyria Y M C A to surpass previous totals, aiming to reach about one thousand members. The campaign centers on building character with the slogan Build Men, seeking both young participants and civic-minded adult support.
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Lncal “Y
Elyria
Ohio
Elysia
Assara
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Two Homes And Oil Station Robbed
Police missed a suspect after PF W Sullivan reported a prowler at his Hamilton Street home last night. A neighbor’s home and the Hi Speed station on Huron Street were burgled, with a battery, flashlight, and small loot taken.
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Hamilton Street
Sullian
Sullivan
Huron Street
Carl Shinn
City acts to curb rogue contractors amid tornado relief
Lorain authorities and the Red Cross pledge action against unreliable builders who repair part of homes and quit before completion to demand more funds. Chamber of Commerce secretary H. G. Curtis plans to swear to an affidavit against a contractor Monday.
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Lorain
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
H. G. Curtis
Rahmer Divorce Granted After Short Trial
Mrs. Bonnie I Rahmer was granted a divorce from Louis M Rahmer on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty before Judge A R Webber. The Stop 7 Lorain Line resident received property and an additional $500. They wed in Chicago in October 1923. no children. The proceedings were among the shortest in the court’s history, taking about 30 minutes.
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Bonnie I. Rahmer
Louis M. Rahmer
Fined 148 Times For Drunkenness Turns to Water Wagon
In Cleveland a 73 year old man, Thomas O Mallia, famed for 148 drunkenness court appearances, asks to reform and begins a water cure. Judge Sam Sielbert approves, giving a 30 day plan with twenty glasses of water daily under probation supervision.
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Cleveland
Thomas O'Malhn
Sam Sielbert
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