Hope fades for British transatlantic flyer MacDonald
Lisut Commander H. C. MacDonald, sole pilot in a tiny gypsy Moth, disappeared after taking off from Newfoundland toward Ireland. With 26 foot wings, 850 horsepower? 100 gallons fuel, and storms along the Atlantic, hopes linger while croydon and London monitor the missing man stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lisut
H. C. MaceDonald
North Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
MacDonald
Warrior Grace
New Foundland
New York
Hardenberg
Leviahan
Irish
Atlantic
Bags
Trey
Scotland
British Isles
Lexington
Icotland
Pitise Isles
Far East
Harris Named Manager of Tigers for 1929 Season
Detroit announces Stan Ley Harris as manager of the Tigers for the 1929 season. He succeeds George Moriarity, who resigned after two years seeking a top AL finish. Jackie Warner was traded to Washington for Harris. Also, Frank Sharp was electrocuted at the State Prison in Lincoln for murdering his wife, dying at 6:32 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cbulletin
Detroit
Mich
Stanley “Bucky” Harris
Detroit Tigers
Frank Navin
Detroit Baseball Club
Harris
George Moriarity
Tigers
Jackie Warner
Washington
Lincoln
Neb
Frank Sharp
State Prison
Sharp
Elyrian Victin and Pilot Die in Akron to Cleveland Crash
Harry Robertson, 30, a prominent Elyria resident, was killed when the airplane he rode in from Akron to Cleveland crashed. The pilot died of heart failure while aloft. Robertson is survived by his wife Lillian and his parents, D. Y. and Mrs. Robertson. A WWII veteran, he served in the air service and belonged to the American Legion and the 112th Observation Corps in Cleveland. He previously worked at Studebaker Garage and for eight months ferried Lincoln cars for Ford from Cleveland. Ford officials noted his considerable success in this work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Robertson
Elyria
Akron
Cleveland
Robertson
Lillian
D. Y. Robertson
Woodlawn Avenue
Lving
American Legion
112Th Observation Corps
Studebaker
Lincoln Motor
Ford Motor Company
Coolidge May Enter Campaign To Back Hoover
Washington reports President Coolidge may break with tradition and enter the campaign to defend administration claims amid Alfred E. Smith attacks. Aimed at Hoover’s favor, the move would echo past presidents who campaigned while in office and could unfold in New York Massachusetts or Washington within a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Smith
New York
Massachusetts
Fredericksburg
Fined $100 For Driving While Drunk
Sam Savino, 52, of East Bridge Street, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after his car struck a parked vehicle on Third Street. Mayor Hewitt fined him $100 and revoked his license until January 1, 1929. Savino, a huckster, could not pay the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Savino
East Bridge Street
Savino
Third Street
Hewitt I
Indiana Anti-Saloon League Leader Pardoned Upon Arrival
Dr. E S Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League secretary, arrived to begin a 60 day sentence in prison but was pardoned by Gov Ed Jackson overnight. He was admitted as a prisoner and released after the pardon was sent to the warden by telegraph. Rev E S Shumaker stood to serve the sentence surrounded by ministers and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Farm
E. S. Shumaker
Ed Jackson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Train wreck injures four near Galena with 69 aboard
Pennsylvania line train No. 833 derailed at Plum's crossing near Galena Ohio. Two passengers and two crew injured. engineer scalded. fireman's collarbone broken. eighteen more hurt slightly. Train blocked right of way for a quarter mile. ambulances and doctors from Sunbury Centerbury and Westerville aided.
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Galena
Sylvania
Columbus
Cleveland
Plum's Crossing
Akron
Denver Banker Killed In Fall Of Monoplane
ATLANTIC CITY N J Oct 19 W Oday Chanute a Denver banker was killed and seven others injured when a Junkers monoplane fell 600 feet and crashed in the Mud Flats near the Lulu Temple Yacht Club The crash occurred during the 17th annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association Chanute who died three hours after the crash was 53 and an aviation enthusiast He was an intimate friend of Col Charles A Lindbergh who has been a guest in his Denver home.
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Atlantic City
N. J
W. Oday Chanute
Denver
Junkers
Lulu Temple Yacht Club
Investment Bankers Association
Chanute
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Trail of Fox ends as Hickman hanged at San Quentin
William Edward Hickman known as The Fox was executed at 10:10 a.m. Pacific time at San Quentin for the 1928 murder of Marion Parker in Los Angeles. The youth, once bold, stood in the condemned cage as Father William Fleming read prayers and the execution chamber doors closed. His burial plans were arranged, with the body to be cremated or buried near his boyhood home, as his family faced financial limits.
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San Quentin State Prison
Calif
William Edward Wickman
San Quentin
Marian Parker
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Hickman
James Holohan
Jagen
William A. Fleming
San Rafael
Mholohan
Father Fleming
William Edward Hickman
the Fox
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Thomas Hickman
el Paso
Tex
Edward
Arkansas
Hlickman
Smith to Tour Chicago in Auto
Governor Alfred E. Smith heads to Chicago for a 40 mile motor parade and farewell night speech at the 131st Regiment Armory. Police will guard the route to curb crowds while Smith plans to reveal his chosen speech topic later, as Chicago leaders rally behind his bid and a labor delegation voices support. He will proceed to Indianapolis tomorrow noon for a parade and a visit to Thomas Taggart, hospital neighbor and Indiana Democratic leader.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
131St Regiment
Smith
George Getz
Dvernor
Albany
Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Boston
Labor
New York
Condemned man Hoppe granted week stay of execution
Charles Hoppe, condemned for the murder of 7 year old Dorothy Szelagowski in Toledo will not be executed until November 2 after a one week stay granted by the Ohio Court of Appeals. The stay allows time to review his petition in error filed after his October 26 original death date. Hoppe pleaded insanity and intoxication. doctors said the child was assaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Court of Appeals
Charles Hoppe
Dorothy Szelagowski
Hoppe
Columbus
Prieve
Szelagowski
Hallowe en Meeting At City Ball Tonight
Elyria prepares a Hallowe en gathering as delegates from fraternal and service groups meet Mayor James A. Hewitt at 7 30 p m in the council chamber to decide city Halloween celebrations.
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Hallowe'en
Elyria
Tariff bulwark of prosperity says Burton rally
Oberlin Oct. 19 Theodore Burton Republican senator candidate addressed a large Finney chapel rally after a parade by local groups. He endorsed Hoover for president and Curtis for vice president citing prosperity under Harding and Coolidge, praising the tariff as the nation’s chief economic prop and noting tariff duties largely support farm products and agricultural supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Finney Chapel
Theodore ©. Burton
Oberlin College
Hoover-Curtis Volunteer Club
Elizabeth C. Clark
Ohio
C. J. Anderson
Burton
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Harding
Coolidge
Panieltts
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
League of Nations
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Sidelights On The Cicco Trial
Court morning session covers defendant Louis Cicco and witness Miss Betty Heywood as jurors are questioned. Judge Thompson and State Senator George Bender attend. photo crew hones in on principals while Baird resists posing. Miss Heywood cooperates. Cicco smiles amid scrutiny. crowd reacts to newspaper lore about case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Heywood
Richard Heywood
Court House
Cieco
George Bender
Cleveland
Lorain
Miss Heywood
Dry Raiders
Elyria
Three Year Old Drowns While En Route to Grandmother
William Hillman aged three, son of Dr. and Mrs. Carlton Hillman of Jerome township Union County near Plain City, drowned Thursday while walking home from his grandmother’s place to go wading a short distance from his home. The accident occurred near the Hillman residence in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William Hillman
Carlton Hillman
Jerome Township
Union County
Plain City
Truck Driver Fined for Disorderly Conduct
On Fifth street a minor auto collision led to a verbal argument and a fistfight drawing police. Harvey Welton of Dean court swore out a warrant for Harold Hutchinson of Fourth street on disorderly conduct. Hutchinson pleaded not guilty but was found guilty by Mayor James Hewitt after a jury trial and fined ten dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
Harvey Welton
Dean Court
Harold Hutchison
Fourth Street
Hutchinson
James Hewitt
Jury selection in Cheo trial progresses in Lorain
The Cheo murder case nears a jury as four tentative jurors are replaced by three alternates. The panel of 25 faces further questioning while the court plans to seat 12 jurors by day’s end. A second trial related matter, Louis Cicco, Lorain dry raider, opens in common pleas court with a packed audience.
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C. F. Gardner
de Gou
L. V. Comings
David E. Stevens
Hst
Louis Cicco
Lorain Dry Raider
Betty Heywood
Elyria
Common Pleas Court
A. R. Webber
George Lim Glitch
Cheo
Francis Stack
Don A. Baird
Howard Butler
William Barbery
Lorain Dairyman
Glitsch
del Johnson
S C. F. Gardner
Lorain
Frances McAllister
J. G. Starr
Cc. J. Erwin
Amherst
Webbes
Deeense
Gott
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Mander MacDonald
Newfoundland
Elyrian Victin
Capegt Coolidge
Ampaien
Hoosier Anti-Saloon League
Frank Klady
Lorain Dry Squad
Cicco
Miss Hersabd
Gardner
W. B. Thompson
Webber
Bel Johnson
Baill Judson Jackson
Baird
Bose
RAI
Newton D. Baker
Woodrow Wilsor
Democratic National Committee
Baker
Columbia
Tulka
Okla
W. Gongwer
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