Jury Acquits Woman in Honor Slaying Case
Margaret Drennan, 20, acquitted in the so called honor slaying of Paul Reeves, father of her unborn child, by a Middlesex County Court jury after three hours of deliberation. Reeves, a married man with two children, was slain at his home on September 7. The verdict drew mixed reactions with Reeves's widow Myra critical of the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iselin
N. J
Margaret Drennan
Paul Reeves
New Jersey
Secretaria
Reeves
Ture Gutn
Miss Drennan
Middlesex County Court
New York World-Telegram Today
Thomas McGovern
Holy Cross Church
Woodbridge
N. J. McGovern
Myra Reeves
Mary B. Neumann
Services Announced at Elyria Second Baptist Church
The Second Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 9 15 with the lesson Christian Renewal. At 10 45 the morning service features the pastor with the subject An Eagle Stirs Up Her Nest, from Needful dislodgment Perfect example and Effectional help. Special music is by the choir directed by F R Davis. Old hymns and gospel preaching are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Stewart
F. R. Davis
Two Auto Accidents Reported To Police
Two minor traffic incidents were logged by police yesterday. Virginia DeFazio of 1800 West Avenue sideswiped a parked car owned by Earl Boggs of Telegraph Road. A collision at West Third and West River streets damaged cars driven by George Andress of Sheffield Lake and John Bakon of 205 West River Street. Carl Lingenfelter of 154 Oak Street reported his piccolo stolen from a locker at Elyria High School. Instrument valued at 50 dollars. Over 16,090 miles of highway have been built in China in the last two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia DeFazio
West ‘Avenue
Washington Avenue
Broad Street
Earl Boggs
Telegraph Road
George Andress
Sheffield Lake
John Bakon
West River Streets
West Third
West River
Piccolo
Carl Lingenfelter
Oak Street
Elyria High School
Local Licenses Filed For Four Elyria Area Individuals
Four Elyria area residents listed for licenses including James G Cox 38 of Lorain Gladys Collins 23 of Lorain Elden Smith 26 Elyria a theatrical producer and Frances Nilsen 23 of 110 Elizabeth Street Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Cox
Lorain
Hneman
Gladys Collins
Elden Smith
Elyria
Frances Nilsen
Elizabeth Street
Plan To Introduce Letters Monday In Mrs Hahn Trial
In Cincinnati Ohio October 23 letters addressed to Albert Palmer calling him My Dear Sweet Daddy will be entered as evidence Monday in the Anna Marie Hahn murder trial. State prosecutors seek to show Hahn befriended elderly victims to gain savings while defense fights some related deaths as testimony unfolds about Palmer Obendorfer and other associates. The case centers on Palmer 72 and a gardener George Oberndorfer 67 with the trial paused due to defense counsel illness.
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Clincinnate
Albert Palmer
Sweet Daddy
Anna Marie Hahn
Palmer
Alard
Jacob Wagner
Charlies
Bell
Habbo
Joseph Houdin
Eahelle
Elyria Man Fined For Disorderly Conduct
Howard Sasse of No 1 West avenue was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Leonard Smith after Stella Putra ska filed a complaint. He allegedly broke a door at 650 Lodi street during trouble at 9 35 p m yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sasse
No. 1
West Avenue
Leonard Smith
Stella Putraska
Lodi Street
Highway Safety Rally Speech by Judge Williams
Judge Roy H. Williams of the Ohio Supreme Court urged listeners to help make highways safer at the annual safety rally sponsored by General Industries Company. He blamed speeding drivers and older cars for numerous deaths, citing faulty brakes and steering. Other speakers were William Lehmittgen and Carl Kohler, with entertainment by Russell Schmittgen Roger Barnard The Elyrians quartet and Gene St Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
General Industries Company
Williams
William Lehmittgen
General Industries
Carl Kohler
Russell Schmittgen
Roger Barnard
Elyrians Quartette
Gene St. Marie
Death notices for Gertrude Minnich and Katherine Gates
Funeral plans are set for Gertrude Minnich of 511 West River Street with services Monday at Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home and burial in Fields Cemetery. Antonia Brader dies at daughter’s home. body to Detroit for services. Katherine Gates, 62, of Avon Lake, dies after seven months illness. services Monday from home and St Marys church Avon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Minnich
West River Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Will Foster
Fields Cemetery
Hoffner and MacDowell rites set in Ohio
Theodore A. Hoffner 72 of Amherst died Friday at his Cleveland home his wife predeceased him by four weeks. Surviving: son Paul daughter Mrs Ethel Thomason two grandchildren and a nephew in Amherst. Funeral 4 30 p m Monday at Brownhelm cemetery. Also Mrs Lilie Maria MacDowell 79 died at Amherst hospital born in Henrietta township wed there her life. Surviving Ralph and Archie two sons Mrs George Paige Berlin Heights one sister Mrs William Leppus and one brother Bert Lambert Berlin Heights. Funeral 2 p m Monday at home Rev R G Pforrer officiating burial in South Amherst Byers Green cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. van Arsdale
Cleveland
Elyria
Methodist Sunday School
H. C. Bartter
Pomona Grange
Columbia Town Hall
Harry Blackburn
Martinsburg
Ohio
Samuel Jackson
Blackburn
Victor Morlock
Leste Harrington
Acma Grange
William Roth
Minbury
Wood County
Fred Ball
Worthington
C. W. Ball
Springfield
H. R. MacKnight
Maple Heights
Anna Carpenter
H. J. Knopf
Edward Bohbnar
Victor Mortock
Howard Bauer
Medina
Kenneth Mortock
Robert Craig
Berea
Ivan Wbartter
F. C. Ives
Murreie Fish
Evan Walker
Oberlin
Amherst, O
Theodore A. Hoffner
Brownhelm
Paul
Ethel Thomason
Harry A. Hoffner
Amherst
Eutle Maria MacDoweLl
Amherst Hospital
Henrietta Township
Henrietta Evangelical Church
Ralph
Archie
Flenrietta
George Paige
Berlin Heights
William Leppus
Bert Lambert
R. G. Pforrer
Byers Green
South Amherst
Funeral services for Michara Chambers held Monday
Richard Chambers funeral services are set after his death at home on East Avenue. The service will begin at 1 26 from the residence and continue at Nichols Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Reverend R Neighbour will officiate. Born in England February 27, 1859 he was a retired farmer. He and wife Belle observed their golden wedding May 12. Survived by widow and daughter Ethel and daughter in law Susan Van Wagnen. The body rests at home on HaAt Avenue until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Chambers
Michara Chambers
East Avenue
Nichols Funeral
R. Neighbour
Mr. Chambers
England
Belle Chambers
Chambers
Ethel Chambers
Susan van Wagnen
Haat Avenus
Idol Chatter and Hollywood Odds in Oct 23 Hollywood Star Column
Idol Chatter surveys twenty men to name the actress with the most sex appeal with Janet Gaynor leading. The column parodies industry trivia from Ba jail to Zanuck, with notes on designers, actors, stunts, and peculiar studio anecdotes, including Mickey Rooney's car prank and Olivia de Havilland quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Bajail “Rathbone
Helen Vincen
Fox
Bing Crosby
Meine Watford Oteaubucte Au Charis
Holywood
Bickford
Darryl Zanuck
Shirley Temple
Jack Oakie
M-G-M
Arthur Treacher
Bim
Olivia de Haviland
Edwina Booth
Binnie Barnes
Dlondined
Screen Star
Sisk Fined After Red Light Crash In Lorain
Lorain resident Robert J. Sisk drove through a red light at Court and Second streets yesterday while two patrolmen watched. He also ran a light at Third Street and Middle, then turned south on Court. Sisk was fined $2 and costs after arraignment before Mayor Leonard Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Sisk
East
Erie Avenue
Lorain
Court
Second Street
C. E. Andress
H. J. Indicoth
Sisk
Court Street
Third Street
Third
Middle
Leonard Smith
Hollywood Hearts and Extras Dominate Spring Pictures
The column muses on height in star potential with Lupe Velez and Lupe’s garden misadventure, notes a boom for extras in Hollywood amid giant spectacle films, and compares the era’s car trends to a rush of five year old Cadillacs. Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery rehearse a winter sequence amid a playful feud vibe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dog Stolen From Lodi Street Home
Fred D. Rogers of Lodi reports to police that his coon dog was stolen from 311 North Street last night, prompting a police investigation into the theft of the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Rogers
Lodi Street
North Street
Markets Toledo grain close and quotes for wheat corn and oats
Market notes from Toledo show grain prices and quotations for wheat corn oats and hay. Prices listed include No 2 red and No 2 white wheat and various corn and oat grades, with flour and milling figures and tied to local elevators and mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Sheets Elevator
Moneinna Milling Co
Rail Heads Seek More Freight Rate Increases
Railroad executives plan to seek additional rate boosts to add about 200 million dollars to annual revenues, supplementing 47.5 million already approved for basic commodities by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The push targets machinery, chemicals, drugs and other finished goods, with new tariffs due in 30 days unless protested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Coal Association
Sterilization of Girls Reported at Beloit School
Topeka report states state officials were asked to probe the sterilization of scores of girls at the State Industrial School in Beloit. Former congresswoman Kathryn O Laughlin McCarthy said records show 52 of 148 girls sterilized with 28 more slated for the procedure before a political shift last year.
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Topeka
Kan
Beloit
Kathryn O'Laughlin McCarthy
Hays
Democratic Club
Wiehit 4
Walter A. Haxman
Alf M. Landon
Man Fined 30 Dollars for Disorderly Conduct
Curtis Alien, held by police as a transient, was fined 30 dollars plus costs by Mayor Leonard Smith this morning for disorderly conduct. He was arrested at 11 p m yesterday for threatening the manager of the Colored Elks Club on Cheriin road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Alien
Leonard Smith
Ll P. mi
Colored Elks Club
Cheriin Road
Court actions and crop notes from Elyria docket
Di vorce filing by Cleve LeGere against Ferdinand LeGere cites neglect and cruelty. Home Owners Loan Corporation sues Ben Fitzpatrick et al for 32441 seeking foreclosure. Additional lines list grain and seed items with various grades and quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Ben Fitzpatrick
Amherst Style Show Highlights 1957 Hospital Events
Amherst on Oct 23 hosted a full house style show at the school auditorium under the Amherst Hospital Auxiliary Ways and Means Committee. The program featured era fashion parades from 100 years ago through 1957 with live music, plus a radium ballet by 25 young women and protégés. Also noted are a shower for Miss Myrtle Berger, a Senior Hi chapel program, Circle 3 meeting at St. Ann's Society, and hospital admissions including the death of Mrs. Etta McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Ways and Means
Amherst Hospital
E. G. Pieter
Hope McClarlin
Max Egland
Hope To Present Affidavits From Montague Friends
Elizabethtown New York October 22 1930 plans to file affidavits by Montague friends in California to support his claim of an upright life over seven years as the Montague trial for robbery resumes. District Attorney McDonald evaluating the documents while prosecutors cite evidence linking Montague to the Kin Hana roadhouse robbery and a car found with a Moore license and Montague belongings. Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark announces plans to oversee the farm gift near Aalborg.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
James Noonan
Montague
Hollywood
Kin Hana
Noonan
Thomas McDon
Vald
H. C. Durand
LaVerne Moore
Bribes Reported Incomplete Local Note
Mrs. Jon Strohmeier spent Friday in Wigria. Mrs. A C Kreeger is reporter at her home on E Martin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Strohmeier
Wigria
A. C. Kreeger
E. Martin Street
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Elyria Church
China
SQ. Dee LP
Peter T. Toner
Hahn
Toner
Anna L. Palmer
Columbia
Rolland Cartright
Farmer’s Institute
Columbia Institute
Elk’s
Minnich
Antonie Brader
Arthur E. Smith
Oxford Avenue
Albert Brader
Bohemia
Joseph C. Brader
Detroit
Michigan
Smith
Harvey A. Neeley
Grand Avenue
Mrs
Katherine Gates
Avgn Lake
Centar Road
St. Mary's Church
Avon
George Stuber
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Gates
Lorain County
Avon Lake
Theodore Ae Hoffner
Mrs. Ettie My Macdowell
Jimmie Fidler
Mickey Rooney
Specilal Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Spence
Mickey
Spencer
Rooney
Kansas
Garbo
Dixie Dunbar
Lupe Velez
Lupita
Lupe
Nature
Timothy
Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
L. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Idaho
U.S
Colorado
Ruse
Burbanks
North Dakota
Uuss
Stusea Lads
Wiscon
Pelsow
Fisher
Timothy Clover
Aweet
Dutch Boy
Eagle
White
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
Cleve LeGere
Ferdinand LeGere
Suma
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
Myrtle Berger
William Youngless
Jackson Street
Edwin Lines
Walter Kiser
Jacob Berger
Dorothy Berger
Frank Yowne
Otis Baht
Constance Crias
Henrietta
Ernest Ingold
Elyin
Mary
Helen Kurth
Irma Staden
John Younetes
Mew
Henes Rerenr
Rudolph Berger
Frank Towne
Otis Bahl
Myrule O
Arthur Engle
Margaret St. George
Ruth Ehrman
Thelma Mays
Muth
Beverly Bruce
F. K. Powers
Maria Yelzerow
Circle
Peter Wohlever
Franklin Avenue
Circle 3
St. Ann’s Society
St. Joseph's Church
William Gillis
Olvia
Wiegand
John Michael
Gust Torno
Gust Torne
Peter Niesen
Jacob Delfing
William Wenzel
Arnold Flock
Aa. Craig
Jennerond
Hospital News
Etta McDowell
Ingrid
Denmark
Aalborg
Seeple
East Ave
Brow
C. Lieward Peivrs
Mgr
F. A. Humphrey
Laffit Off
Pegi Ete
Elyria Sar. & Trust
Lee
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