British flier wins greatest speed race in Australia
In Melbourne Albury and surrounding towns bore witness as American pilot parries and Dutch crew vie for second place in the England to Australia air race. Scott and Campbell Black and other contenders pushed across northern Victoria while Roscoe Turner and Panghorn aimed for Darwin. Widespread fatigue marked the field with Landings near Charleville and Melbourne late yesterday. The race, touted as the greatest airplane speed event, saw Tul and Black claim top marks with a 24,000 mile challenge spanning from England to Australia.
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Melboural
Australia
K. Parmentier
AL Scott
T. Campbell Black
England
Victoria
Alebury
Albury
Victorias
New South Wales
Roscoe Turner
Panghorn
Wasteslin
Darwin
Mebbourak
Men Hall
Aelbournes
Aeday m
T. Toureer
Ponghorn Lefl
I. S. Tul
Wold
de Haviland
C. W. A. Scott
Form Republican Club At Avon Lake
Avon Lake Republicans organize a club with Arthur Hinz as temporary chairman and Frederick Joleman as temporary secretary. A six member committee led by Charles Gilman and six others drafted a Constitution and By-Laws. The report will be presented tomorrow evening at the Hills residence and a permanent officers and executive committee will be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Arthur Hinz
Frederick Joleman
Charles Gilman
Garnett Spade
Hugh Fitzgerald
Ella DeCumbe
Thomas Duke
Frederick Coleman
Co. R. Hills
Avon Center
Weber Roads
Believed effort to blast county bridge investigated
Deputy Sheriff Gerald Nau probed a suspected dynamite attack on a steel bridge over a culvert on Jenne Road between Telegraph and Middle Ridge roads. Henry Rahl of Jenne Road reported a large hole at the northwest corner and a blast heard last Thursday night. A stone was thrown at Rahl’s home Sunday night, but not linked to the bridge incident.
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Jenne Road
Telegraph
Middle Ridge Roads
Gerald Nau
Sheriff's Department
Westerdy
Henry Rahl
Rat
Nau
Nan
Damaye
Rahl
Tnl le
Teachers Convene in Cleveland Northeastern Ohio Meet
In Cleveland on Oct 23 15 000 teachers gather for the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association annual convention. Dr William E Hocking of Harvard and Ti William J Hutchins of Berea College head Friday sessions with Dr Charles Clayton Morrison of the Christian Century on Saturday. Separate sectional meetings Friday afternoon feature Dr Jerome H Bentley Jerome Davis Paul H Douglas and Dr Jesse T Williams.
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Cleveland
Northeastern Ohio Teachers’Association
United States
Willian E. Hocking
Harvard University
William J. Hutchins
Berea College
Berea
Charles Clayton Morrison
the Christian Century
Jerome H. Bentley
Adjustment Service
New York City
Jerome Davis
Yale University
Paul H. Douglas
University of Chicago
Jesse TF. Williams
Columbia University
Liquor Permits Revoked in Lorain County
State liquor control commission revoked four Lorain county permits after hearings in Toledo on October 12 and 13. A L Becker of Oberlin and Lorenzo Montalto of Stop 65 Lake Road had beer permits canceled for selling liquor. James Gavin of Detroit Road Avon also lost his beer permit. Bila Justin of 1708 East 28th Street had a liquor permit revoked for alleged sale of nonstate liquor.
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Lorain County
Toledo
Columbus
A. L. Becker
Oberlin
Becker
Lorenzo Montalto
Stop 65
Lake Road
James Gavin
Detroit Road
Avor
Bila Justin
East 28Th Street
State Department of Liquor
Weis man to Speak at Alyra Credit Rating Bureau Event
Weis man, a writer for the Cleveland Main Nedler, will address the Alyra Credit Rating Bureau annual meeting Friday night at the Hae rel Nowell. He will discuss Some Agportts to the New Den. Dinner at 20 p.m. Three directors for the coming year will be elected by members. one director is appointed by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Aseelf Weisman
Cleveland
Nedler
Alyra Credit Rating Bureau
Haerel Nowell
Bureau
Oner
Chamber of Commerce
Jury begins selection in Florence Lee murder trial
A large crowd gathered as the first degree murder trial against Florence Lee began jury selection before Judge A R Webber. Lee faces the death penalty if convicted for shooting her sweetheart and business partner Michael Carren after a quarrel at the 400 Bridge Club in Lorain. She surrendered to police and showed tears while recalling the incident.
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Florence Les
Lorain
A. R. Webber
Miss Lee
Ohio
Michael Carren
Carren
Mike
400 Bridge Club
Carreo
Joseph Yankowski
Yankowski
Rapid progress in setting up Community Chest drive plan
Organization is forming for the Community Chest campaign opening November 13. Industrial division leaders prepare solicitations and pledges, Committee A targets large pledges, class A cards. Ladies division teams finished, most men's divisions nearly complete. Slogan committee narrowed to five, winner to be chosen soon. Posters ordered for factories, schools, and public spaces. stickers to mark pledges to prevent duplicate solicitations. Kids to receive donation pins, solicitors to wear badges. Steering committee meets Thursday 7:30 PM at Chest headquarters.
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Maodus
Star
Chest Campaign
Chest
Many Resolutions Before Legionaires at Miami Convention
In Miami Florida October 23 the American Legion opened its national convention with a long line of veterans marching to recall World War I. A parade and martial music filled the scene as about to be discussed are resolutions seeking nearly three billion dollars for immediate payment of adjusted service certificates. The issue will be taken up on the convention floor tomorrow morning under National Commander Edward A Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Legion
Edward A. Hayes
Mrs Frances Robinson Pleads Not Guilty in Kidnapping Case
Mrs Frances Robinson wife of the fugitive kidnapper of Mrs Alice Speed Stoll pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Federal Judge Charles I Dawson in Louisville Kentucky. Her trial was tentatively set for October 29.
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Louisville
Frances Roinson
Alice Speed Stoll
Charles I. Dawson
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Heads Toward Higher Altitude
Debris of reports tracing the Piccard balloon as it drifts from Akron toward Pittsburgh with Prof. Jean Piccard and his wife aboard. Ground crews at Ford Airport report the craft rising slowly as technicians monitor the ascent and instrument readings.
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Dearborn
Mich
Piccard
Akron
Pittsburgh
Edward J. Hill
Hill
Piccards
FORD
Bearhorn
Jean Piccard
Jeanette
Pirrard
Ledger Entries Reveal $10 Million Bond Deal Sham
In Cleveland today Fred E. Hamilton, former Union Trust bookkeeper, described how a $10,000,000 government bond purchase by Union Trust was recorded in the general ledger and then echoed in the bank’s public condition, inflating its finances by about 26 million. He testified at the trial of J. K. Nutt and Wilbur M. Baldwin on 12 counts of false entry.
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Cleveland, .C
General Ledger
Union Trust Co
Fred E. Hamilton
Union Trust
J. K. Nutt
Wilbur M. Baldwin
van Sweringen Corporation
Steel merger vote gains approval in Cleveland area
Stockholders of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co vote for merging Corrigan McKinney Steel with Republican Steel Corp. First to act, they set Oct meetings for McKinney Holding and Republican Corrigan sites. Merger details include 11 bonds and stock swaps, boosting Republic’s control and extending to Trussey Steel Co. Assets of the merged group exceed 325 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland- Cliffs Iron Co
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co
Steel
Republican Steel Corporation
McKinney Steel Holding Co
Ite* Publican
Corrigan
McKinney
Republic
New Republic
Trussey Steel Co
Youngstown
Baby Shepherd Born Survives 30-Minute Postbirth Appendectomy
In Baltimore on October 23 doctors at Maryland General Hospital reported tiny amounts of oxygen aiding Baby Shepherd in a rare operation performed only 30 minutes after birth. The infant, still named, showed vitality and was placed in an incubator with attendants hopeful for survival. The baby’s mother is Mrs. Marcia Shepherd of Fullerton, Md.
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Baltimore
Shepherd
Maryland General Hospital
Marcia Shepherd
Fullerton
Jury Selected for Phantom Murder Trial in Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio October 23 The state and defense prepare to complete a jury for the Phantom murder trial of David D Ascanio in common pleas court. A tentative panel of seven women and five men has been drawn with six peremptory challenges remaining. D Ascanio is accused of killing several steel plant workers. motive remains unknown.
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Steubenville, C
David D' Ascanio
Common Pleas
D’ascanio
Ohio Enlarged FERA Program Details For Winter
The Ohio relief effort outlines an enlarged FERA Works plan for winter, to aid about 204000 workers for 18 thirty hour weeks or 255012 for 13 weeks, using 01 federal funds and local funds. The plan, not an application but a guidance proposal, was prepared by state relief officials and sent to FERA director Jarry L. Hopkins in Washington. It reflects last winter’s CWA experience and may extend into spring if needed.
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Columbus
FERA
Ohio
Jarry L. Hopkins
Washington
State Relief Commission
Adj
Frank B. Henderson
CWA
Bke
Henderson
Elyria High Orchestra Prepares For Public Debut
The Elyria High School orchestra with 33 members, led by J. Martin Beck, remains nearly the same size as last year and gains seven new players including Kenneth Walker Owen Irvin Helen Baldau Margaret Taylor Virginia Damirjian Julia Davis and Alan Katz. Irene Hollis is named concert mistress. Regular rehearsals continue as the group plans several concerts later this year.
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Elyria High
J. Martin Beck
Ags
Irene Hollis
Or Orchestra
Kenneth Walker
Owen Irvin
Helen Baldau
Margaret Taylor
Virginia Damirjian
Julia Davis
Alan Katz
Fred Winters
George Pallas
Ethel Ryan
Gordon Holton
Eugene Dulty
Watson Beal
Helen Farmer
Everett Witham
Ada May Stanford
Albert Helmling
Louis Hecock
Howard Hinkleman
Lois Eldred
Bandit 16 Shot Down in Ohio Cornfield
On October 23 in East Liverpool Ohio a manhunt ended as bandit Charles Pretty Boy Floyd was shot dead on a farm near the city. Federal agents and local police claimed Floyd killed or aided in the Union Station massacre in Kansas City. John H Fultz chief of Wellsville polisi resisted surrender of Floyds lieutenant Adam Richetti while Melvin Purvis chased justice.
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East Liverpool
Wellsville
Kansas City Union Station
Charles
Pretty Boy
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Chicago
Thomas B. Basa
Kansas City
Richetti
Floyd
Here
Purvis
Fultz
Missouri
Bush
Ohio
Richett
Crib
Outlaw's Wife Displays Loyalty After Slain Man's Death
Fort Smith Ark Oct 22 Mrs Charles A Floyd wife of the outlaw slain yesterday in Ohio remains loyal to him amid news of his death She says he tried to reform after early run ins with the law and doubts he was involved in the Union Station massacre Federal agents claim proof he helped kill in Kansas City She traveled with her year old son Jack Dempsey Floyd on a tour for Crime Doesn't Pay and recalls their marriage in 1924 when she was 16
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Fort Smith
Ark
Charles A. Floyd
Yegterday
Ohio
Charley
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