Atwater recounts graft in Cleveland playground case
Neal Atwater named City Clerk Fred W. Thomas and Councilman William E. Potter as participants in the Cleveland playground land graft. Major figures including Councilman Herman H. Finkle and Liston G. Schooley face implications as prosecutors press questions and recall Atwater for further testimony in the grand jury investigation.
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William E. Potter
Fred Thomas
Cleveland
Herman H. Finkle
Harmon S. Atwater
Finkle
Liston G. Schooley
Atwater
Florida
Fred W. Thomas
Schooley
Michael Froetch
Rmon G. Atwater
Hephenisd
William E Power
Jed Thomas
Ray T. Bill
Miller
Atater
Ction
Tomor
Printing pioneer Wilmot built Lorain Times Herald and more
When 21 he was foreman of a newspaper plant in Urbana Ohio later moving to Springfield Sandusky and Elyria returning in 1926. He joined Henry G Peat Printing Co until 1923 when he owned Lorain Times Herald. He then started a printing business with his brother on April 15 1924 and has run it for nearly 20 years. He is married with three daughters and lives at 255 Pasadena Avenue. His hobbies include livestock and gardening. His boyhood ambition was to be a railroad engineer.
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Don A. Wilmot
Urbana
Ohio
Springfield
Sandusky
Elyria
Henry G. Peat
Unti
Lorain
Wilmot
Asadena Avenue
Lorain Fatal Freight Car Crash Kills Man
A Lorain Ohio freight yard accident killed John Dowdell 28 and injured Henry Watts as a switching car struck a spreading track. Dowdell pinned beneath the car died. Watts treated at St Josephs hospital with a broken hip and uncertain injuries. Edwin Kalkison also injured after falling from a freight car.
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Lorain
John Dowdell
C Street
Henry P. Watts
21St Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Seventh Street
Broadway
Dowdell
Watts
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miles E. Perry
All Quiet on World Series Front Heads to Philadelphia
All is quiet on the World Series front with teams shifting aims to the eastern front. The Cubs head toward Philadelphia to resume hostilities Friday if weather allows, as sports writers fill the void with speculation. Connie Mack’s Athletics must win two of three at Shibe Park to avoid another Chicago rematch, with veteran Jack Quinn likely on the mound and Guy Bush a possible turn for McCarthy’s plans.
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Philadelphia
Cubs
McCarty
Connie Mack
Shite Park
Chicago
Jack Quinn
McCarthy
Guy Bush
No Changes in Number of Precincts in County
The County Board of Elections announced no changes in the total precinct count of 137 for the county. Lorain has 47 precincts, Elyria 36, Oberlin 6, and the rest total 45. registration dates for the November election will be set the week before the vote.
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County Board of Elections
Lorain
Elyria
Oberlin
Lorain Y M C A secretary resigns to take new post
Thomas Wilson, the Lorain Y M C A general secretary for three years, resigned at a board meeting and will move to Pueblo Colorado to assume a similar position. His family resides in Pueblo. Nicholas Johnson, 26, starts a solo endurance attempt in Cleveland tonight aiming to sit in a chair atop a building for 125 hours, with a loss if he falls asleep. He cites prior records in Philadelphia and Chattanooga.
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Lorain
Thomas Wilson
Lorain Y. M. C. A
Board of
Pueblo
Colorado
Cleveland
Nicholas Johnson
Johnson
Philadelphia
Chattanooga
Fall Bribery Trial Delayed By Doctor's Report On Fall
Albert B. Fall former interior secretary and senator faces a postponed bribery trial after Dr Thomas A Crayton reported lung congestion. Justice William Hitz had the doctor examine Fall in his hotel room as he remains weak and unable to sit unaided. Prosecutor Owen J Roberts weighs next steps with President Hoover possibly delaying indictments.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Thomas A. Craytor
William Hitz
Fall
Sterling Ruffin
Falt
Thomas A. Crayton
Hitz
Ruffin
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Doheny
Miss Richards to teach piano in Lucknow India
Miss Marjorie Richards of East College street will depart from New York in November to serve three years as a piano instructor at the Isabela Thobult College for Women in Lucknow India. An Oberlin Conservatory graduate, she studied four years there and is sent by the Methodist Women’s Foreign Missionary Society. Daughter of the late Dr. E H Richards, longtime Africa missionary, she travels alone and plans to return after her term with no fixed future plans.
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Oberlin, O
Maryjorie Richards
East College Street
New York
Lucknow
India
Isabela Tho Bult College
Miss Richards
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Methodist Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
E. H. Richards
Africa
Conditions at Gillghool to Be Proed
Delaware County grand jury will convene in special session next Wednesday to investigate the Girls Industrial School at Winson Hill. Youthful County Prosecutor Winson W Hill states the inquiry will cover cruelty to inmates immorality theft of state property drinking among staff and failure to enforce laws including reports that young girl inmates are allowed to smoke. The school is a state correctional institution for girls under 13. Mr and Mrs F P Hleou, appointed by former Governor Donahey six years ago, are in charge.
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Delaware
Delaware County
Girls’ Industrial School
Winson W. Hill
United Press Today
Hill
F. P. Hleou
Vic Donahey
Chronicle Telegram baseball extra praised for completeness
Readers lauded the Chronicle Telegrams baseball extra for its complete coverage including the score by innings, size-up, play by play, and photos. An extra will follow each day’s game during the series with full United Press coverage and a new electrical scoreboard at the office for fans.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Baseball Extra
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Chronicle Telegram
United Press Wire
Chronicle- Telegam
Man in Custody Admits Driving in Fatal Crash
Camillo Fiorilla also known as Mike Cerroni, likely from Akron, admitted to Sheriff yesterday that he drove the car that struck a Brighton group of schoolchildren on Sept 26, killing 10 year old Jeanette McConnell. He is to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge before Judge W O Thompson. arrest followed in Detroit and return to Elyria.
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Camillo Fiorilla
Mike Cerroni
Common Pleas
W. O. Thompson
Fiorilla
Akron
Clarence E Agems
Brighton
Jeanette McConnell
John Doe
Detroit
Elyria
Pam Chapman
Frank Stronie
Six Year Old Girl Injured by Auto at City Intersection
Dorothy Spear, 6, of 1017 West River Street, stepped from behind a coal truck into the path of a car driven by I. T. Bahr at Lake Avenue and Lodi Street. She sustained minor injuries and was taken to Elria clinic, later released. Earlier, 7-year-old Theodore Bosmery of Jefferson School suffered a fractured skull and a broken wrist, condition improved today.
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Dorothy Spear
W. River St
I.T. Bahr
Lorain
Bahr
Lake Avenue
Lodi Street
Elrria Clinic
Dorothy
Theodore Bosmery
Light's Golden Jubilee marks Elyria Edison tribute
Elyria joins the nation October 1 to 21 to honor Thomas A Edison with the Chamber of Commerce led festival. Window displays prize money of 20 10 and 5 dollars encourage progress themes over the last fifty years with limited downtown lighting exhibits and a large Edison portrait unveiling on October 18 in Ely Park.
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Elsria
Thomas A. Edison
Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Ely Park
Telluride banker pleads guilty to mail fraud
Charles Delos Waggoner, of Telluride Colorado, pleaded guilty in Federal Court to using the mails to defraud and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He admitted conspiring to obtain 500000 from six New York banks to aid his Telluride bank, where he was president.
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Telluride
New York
Charles Delos Waggoner
Colo
Waggoner
Telluride Bank
United States Accepts Invitation To London Conference
The State Department announced the United States accepts the British invitation to the London naval conference next January. Secretary Stimson said the full text of the response to Foreign Minister Henderson would be released tomorrow. the document was sent to London for delivery to the British Foreign Office likely today. France and Italy were hints for similar replies.
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United States
Washington
State Department
London
Stimson
Henderson
France
Italy
Rescue five from Akron fires
Five persons were rescued in two fires in Akron, routing six families from their homes. Roy Hart and an invalid, G. G. Lian, were saved from flames that gutted a three story frame building. Mrs. G. Bailey saved her two children from a second floor fire after a defective stove sparked the blaze. In Cleveland, merger of Hubbell Advertising Agency and the E. D. Wolaver Company was announced.
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Akron
Roy Hart
G. G. Lian
Cleveland, D
Cleveland
Hubbell Advertising Agency
E. D. Wolaver Company
Buckley Appeal Denied by Federal Court of Appeals
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals denied a rehearing for former State Treasurer Bert B Buckley who was convicted in Columbus of attempted bribery and conspiring to violate prohibition laws. Buckley received a sentence of two and a half years in the federal system.
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Cincinnati
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Bert B. Buckley
Columbus
Buckley
Buckley Penalty and Brewery Convictions Highlight Case
BERT B BUCKLEY faced a fine of 21000 after conviction following federal raids on Jackson Brewery in this city. His attorneys expect to appeal to the United States Supreme Court within 30 days to perfect the final appeal. Additional indictments include John L. Scrimper and Joseph Sperber, with Schrimper and Sperber serving sentences. Former federal officer John K. Eckhart testified Buckley sought to bribe him to tip off raids.
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Atlanta
United States Supreme Court
Buckley
Jackson
John L. Scrimper
Joseph Speber
Schrimper
Sperber
John K. Eckhart
Elyria Growth Depends on Cooperating Citizens
Elyria must unite business leaders service clubs and residents to drive growth over the next decade secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Earl Bacon told the Elyria Kiwanis Club. He argued Elyria lacks natural assets and will not grow by luck and urged full community backing for development efforts.
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Elyria
Elyrians
Earl Bacon
Chamber of Commerce
Bacon
Elstia
Elysca
Elvria
Eistia
Elvre
Hhirers
Eis
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L. G. Schoviey Jr
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Booley
Bunowitz
Harrison W. Ewing
C. L. Biggs
George S. McEachren
Schooley and W
Biggs
McEachren
Thomas
MacEachren
Scheeley
MacDonald
America
Miss Ishbel
Ian
Marjorie Richardas
Gillghool
Chrongle-Telegram Baseball
Edison
Mellon
Federal Land Bank
Secretary of Treasury
Mellor
Brookhart
Iowa
Caraway
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Smith
Dem
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Carl Williams
White House
Ohio Knights Templar
Grand Commandery
John L. Cannon
van Sweringen
Shaker Heights
Little
Federal Court OF Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Bert . B. Buckley
Cooperatic
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