Probe of Colo Prison Break Ends in Blood and Fire
In Canon City Colorado authorities probe the 20 hour riot at the state penitentiary where five convicts led a siege with military force. Three guards were killed and four prisoners murdered while five convicts died, one by suicide, as the National Guard restored order. Debris cleanup and reconstruction planning began with officials blaming inside connivance and smuggled weapons.
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Canon City
Colo
State Penitentiary
Colorado
National Guard
William H. Adams
F. Eugene Crawford
Postal Receipts Increase Here
Elsha post office receipts for September rose 358.53 over 1928. Local postmaster J. W. McHenry reported totals of 15,021.89 this September versus 10,663.35 in September 1925. Money orders in the registry division are not included.
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Elsha
J. W. McHenry
Mayor's Office September Receipts Reported
The mayor's office reports total September receipts of 1213.60 dollars. Fines and costs amount to 1145.10 dollars, building permits bring in 61.90 dollars, and miscellaneous amounts to a small sum.
Elyria Buick executive Fred A Brown's early life and career
Fred A Brown started as a bookkeeper at Elyria Buick and served in World War I. He returned to Elyria Buick, then moved to California for Standard Oil before joining Nichols Motor Sales in Lorain as a Packard salesman. He later joined Colgan Motor Sales in Lorain and, with James F Colgan, acquired the Elyria Packard agency in 1927, bought Colgan’s stake in 1928, and lived at 324 Oxford Avenue with his wife and two children.
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Fred A. Brown
Elyria Buick Company
California
Standard Oil Company
Nichols Motor Sales Company
Lorain
Packard
Colgan Motor Sales Company
James F. Colgan
Elyria
Brown
Colgan
Rean
Oxford Avenue
Hoover and MacDonald Explore Empire of Friendship
Washington October 5 Close harmony between President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald on the aims of informal talks shows no Anglo American alliance. Both insist on no entangling commitments while planning a weekend at Hoover’s mountain camp to discuss broad international issues and mutual views.
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Washington
Hoover
MacDonald
France
Hoover Mountain
England
America
World Court
League of Nations
Canada
Great Britain
Real estate broker faces embezzlement charges in Cleveland
County Prosecutor Don Myers arraigned Cleveland broker Joseph Anderson before Judge A R Webber on embezzlement charges. Bond set at 3900 despite request for lower. three mortgages totaling 11000 allegedly fraudulently secured on George Burr’s farm west of Belden. Burr, in poor health, has an administrator appointed. quick action by the prosecutor and sheriff stopped further mortgages. Anderson to be tried for embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Anderson
Cleveland
A. R. Webber
Don Myers
Anderson
Myers
George Burr
Belden
Burr
Sheriff's Department
Burt
Local Eagles To Host Officers In October Meeting
Hir ia Aerie No. 31 will host about 150 officers of Eagle Lodges in the district on Sunday October 20 in their hall. State President Gerald C. Nau and other leaders are expected to attend as plans for fall and winter programs are discussed. Aerie Secretary A R Grabber said each lodge will send its president, secretary and three executive committee members. The all-day session includes a secretary round table and will cover membership campaigns welfare work and support for an Old Age Pension law for Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Mathis
State Organization Department
Hiria Aerie No
Ohio and
Grand Acries
Gerald C. Nau
Elvira
M. L. Brown
Springfield
Henry J. Berrodiz
Akron
Johan Abel
Marion
Grand Aerie Trustes
A. R. Grabber
Aerie
Ohio
Eight Lodgers At City Jail From Frosty Weather
Eight lodgers were housed in the city jail last night due to cold weather. The harsh frost drove transients and travelers to seek shelter, keeping the jail full as winter pressed on.
Unidentified man decapitated along railroad tracks
The body of an unidentified man decapitated was found near the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks three miles east of Xenta. It was kept in a morgue as authorities awaited identification.
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Xenta. O
Lloyd George Stricken by High Fever in Nottingham
Nottingham England October 5 Lloyd George was confined to bed with a high temperature and abnormal pulse, raising anxiety. He reportedly contracted a bill at the Liberal Mass meeting yesterday. The attending doctor said he improved but ordered him to stay in bed. Traffic violations surged to twelve, with five over time parking six no lights and one improperly parked tagged by police.
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Nottingham
Eng
Lloyd George
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed in Elyria 1929
Mayor proclaims October 7 to 12 as Fire Prevention Week. Cites national losses from fire in 1928 and local impact in Elyria including property loss of $60,158 and three injuries. Urges care with matches and heating, warns fire waste is paid by citizens through premiums, and calls for year‑round precautions beyond the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
America
Elimination of Two Dangerous Road Curves in Lorain County
Lorain county officials announce the elimination of two dangerous bends on County Highway No. 2. Construction will add gradual curves to improve visibility at LaGrange Elyria Oberlin roads near Elvia and Oberlin Kipton Vermilion roads near Kipton. Concrete pouring is imminent. The bends have caused crashes due to railroad tracks and obstructed views at a filling station. Officials deem the project a worthwhile safety investment.
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Lorain County
LaGrange
Ely- Yiz-Oberlin
Elvria
Oberlin
Kipton
Vermilion
Biggs Seid
Southwestern Electric Railroad
Biggs
Public to Inspect New Maternity Department at Elytia Memorial
The general public may inspect Elytia Memorial Hospital's new maternity department Sunday from 2 to 5 PM. No children under six will be admitted. Fatally burned by acid. Joseph Leighton, 22, died in Cleveland, Ohio, after burns from boiling acid at Grasselli Chemicals plant.
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Elytia Memorial Hospital
Cleveland, D
Joseph Leighton
Grasselli Chemical
Bretagne Crew Rescued After Listed and Flooded Voyage
Nineteen crew members of the French motorship Bretagne were rescued 15 miles south of Umatilla Reef light ship by steamer Whitney Olson. The captain and his wife and daughter were also saved. The vessel, en route from Vancouver to the South Sea Islands, listed and flooded. it was unclear if it sank or drifted. The Olson was sailing toward San Pedro.
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Portland
Ore
Umatilla Reef
Whitney Olson
Mackay Radio
Olson
MacKay
South Sea Islands
Vancouver
B. C
Finger Injury At General Industries Reported In Lorain
Mrs. Mary Ferguson of 504 West 23rd Street Lorain suffered lacerations to the index finger of her left hand yesterday when her finger was caught in a punch press at General Industries. She was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital emergency room.
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Mary Ferguson
West 23Rd Street
Lorain
The
General Industries
Elyria Memorial Hospital
County Infirmary Visit Urges Modern Hospital Building
Chronicle Telegram reporters toured the County Infirmary on Murray Ridge Road and found clean, well kept facilities, with patients well cared for. They noted the existing hospital wing is inadequate and condemned, urging voters to approve a bond issue for a new one story hospital to complete a modern care complex for the county home.
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J. Clare George
A. C. Hudxint
Chronicle-Telegram
R. B. Balls
Infirmary
Murray Ridge Road
Four Russian fliers report crash landing in Alaska
A Russian monoplane Land of the Soviets was forced down near Waterfall Craig Alaska on its Sitka to Seattle flight. All four fliers were uninjured and the craft was undamaged according to a Coast Guard message received yesterday. OHIOAN HAS TWO UNUSUAL PHILATELIC COLLECTIONS
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Seattle
Wash
Waterfall
Craig
Alaska
Sitka
United States Coast Guard
Two Men Injured At Lake Ave Crossing
Two New London men Dan Hill and George W. Smith were hurt at 8 p m when they crashed through lowered gates at the Lake Avenue B and O crossing in front of a backing freight car. Both were taken to Elyria Memorial hospital with noncritical injuries. Hill had fractured ribs and head lacerations while Smith suffered head and arm cuts and multiple abrasions. A nearby bystander, B Amidion, helped transport them to the hospital.
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New London
Dan Hill
George W. Smith
Lake Avenue B. & QO
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Hill
Smith
B. Amidion
Paving Plan for Gulf Road Heads to County Officials
Elyria Township Trustees pass a resolution for Gulf Road paving from city to north township, with 224 foot pavement past Gulf Farms and Spring Valley property. Abutting owners pay 72 percent, township 25 percent, county 60 percent. Proposal to complete half this fall. Public support from local property owners. City Council urged to pave Gulf Road to city limits with 39 foot pavement.
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Elyria Township
Otto K. Mischka
Elyrie Township
William J. Hillier
Arthur Neiding
Gulf Farms
Spring Valley
Atty v
Lawrence H. Webber
Ror Miller
Gulf Road
Y M C A Enrollment Week Nears Close in Elyria
Elyria's annual Y M C A enrollment drive wrapped up last night for seven men's teams and today for ten boys' teams. The campaign added 300 memberships to reach 575 total as of reporting. Henry Itserson led the men's teams with 5 memberships, winning the cup for two years straight. Rotary Club's team had 44 memberships in second place. Officials will finish tallying high point individual awards and resolve standings.
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Elyria
Henry Itserson
Theind Thas
Rotary Club
seTesn
Alliance student fined for reckless driving
William Marshest, an Alliance College student, was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice J. George after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Deputy Webb Beaver arrested him following a hill pass at speed, and reports from Oberlin said he sped through town damaging traffic signs.
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William Marshest
Alliance College
Justice &. J. George
Marshest
Webb Beaver
Oberlin
Court of Appeals affirms and reverses seven cases
The Court of Appeals handed down seven decisions, affirming five common pleas court judgments and reversing two. Joan Lidgstein wins a zoning case against Elyria City, upheld after a police court conviction reversal. Lorain wins a property return suit by Leo Billings. The court upholds probate rulings in Leonard vs Cleveland Electric, reverses Rushinsky vs Storch, affirms American Shipbuilding Co. vs Hudziesko, reverses Holowecki vs McAlister, and upholds two Eddie Dave convictions for Lorain.
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Joan Lidgstein
Lorain
Leo Billings
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Lawrence ‘Leonard
Cleveland Electric
F. E. Rushinsky
George A. Storch
American Shipbuilding Company
Joseph Hudziesko
Harry U Holowecki
C. B. McAlister
Eddie Dave
Dave
Marion textile mill strike eases as talks begin
In Marion North Carolina on October 5 efforts to ease the textile strike began with talks among union leaders bank officials and a mill owner. Judge Townsend and Governor Gardner's aide arranged a Raleigh meeting while Col. Copeland agreed to allow limited picketing. Two meetings were planned to avoid further friction.
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Marion
N.C
J. L Jenkins
Ashe- Ville Bank
N. A. Townsend
O. Afax Gardner
Gardnner
Raleigh
Col. Copeland
National
Boyhood Friends Reunite After Sixty-Two Years in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs a long separated pair reunites after 62 years. Stewart and James Watson, once boys who drifted apart when Watson’s family moved, meet for a reunion dinner. Watson becomes a Chicago businessman with a summer home near the Black Forest. Stewart is a law minister in the Methodist church at Phoenix.
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Colorado Springs
Cole
Tewart
James Watson
Mark
Jim
Watson
Chicago
Black Forest
Stewart
Phoenix
Dog’s teeth pulled to keep woman’s companion
A seventeen year old dog reportedly sacrificed his teeth to avoid separation from his 50 year old owner Mrs Francis Edwards. Police charged the dog as vicious after it allegedly bit two people. In court, the aged woman pleaded for her pet’s life and Judge Calloway ordered the dog returned to her after his teeth had been extracted.
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Pittsburgh
Ower
Francis Edwards
Calloway
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