Bank President and Wife Seized by Bandits in Muncie
Two armed bandits bound and held Oliver Storer, head of the Muncie Banking Co., and his wife for two hours at their home in Muncie Indiana before forcing the bank cashier to deliver 2000 dollars. The thieves tied Miss Thedla Haffner, a bank clerk, to a chair and fled. The trio freed themselves after an hour and notified police.
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Muncie
Ind
Oliver Storer
Storer
Piatol Point
Florida
Thedla Haffner
Miss Haffner
Wallace Beery Secures Gun Permit in Threat Case
Hollywood star Wallace Beery obtained a gun permit after a kidnap threat against his six year old adopted daughter Carol Ann. The extortionist demanded ten thousand dollars and federal agents are investigating. Beery retrieved his child to the sheriff’s office and said he would keep firearms on hand.
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Hollywood
Wallace Beery
Carol Ann
Sheriff's Office
Death Separates Elderly Couple Only Hours
In Columbus Ohio an elderly couple married 54 years died within hours of each other. Peter J Wunderlin 78 died early after a long illness. His wife 78 died five hours later of a heart attack. The closely timed deaths echoed a long married life ending in shared fate.
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Columbus, G
Peter J. Wunderlin
Wunderlin
Shanghai siege tightens as shells hit consulate and ships
During heavy fighting near Shanghai the U S Consulate General was shelled leaving four Chinese dead near its entrance. The American destroyer Isabel came under fire as Japanese bombardment swept the Whangpoo river area and nearby power and oil plants. Japanese officials promised to bomb all refugee trains while noting Chinese resistance stiffened battles near Lotien and other positions north and east of the city.
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VA. P
Shanghai
United States
Isabel
Whangupeo
Chapeai
International Settlement
Japan
Pootung
Lotien
In And About The Court House Hazel Finile sues for divorce
Hazel Irene Finile filed suit yesterday for divorce from Raymond Finile of 121 Cleveland Street Elyria charging cruelty. They were married in 1930 and have two children. Gust Zaffer restaurant waiter pleaded not guilty to a sales tax charge and was released on $100 bond for a hearing next Tuesday in Justice Petro's court. He was charged with failing to cancel prepaid sales tax receipts after collecting the tax. Floyd M. Hall was committed to the county jail on August 31 in default of a $200 bond in a peace proceeding and released on his own bond this morning by Justice Petro, who said magistrates may dismiss peace near-term cases on own bond if the defendant will keep the peace.
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Hazel Irene Finile
Dioore
Raymond Banning Finile
Cleveland Street
Elyria
Gust. Zaffer
Joseph Q. Petro
Zaffer
R. O. Perrott
Floyd M. Hall
Petro
Merchants Plan Cooperation For Elyria Lorain County Fair
Elyria merchants discussed fair participation and voted to close stores Wednesday afternoon September 22 during the Lorain County Fair. They urged Lorain and county village merchants to follow suit and to display upcoming prize items in windows two or three days before opening. A committee was authorized to draft a Christmas heritage program with a later report.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Merchants’ Committee
Stock Market Gains Amid Broad Sector Advances
New York stocks closed higher with volume about half of yesterday. Farm and steel shares led the rise as rails recovered. major gainers included Steel at 99 7-8 up 27-8, Bethlehem 6 3-4 up 3 3-8, and Chrysler 100 3-4 up 3 1-2.
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New York
Bethlehem
Nationa
Republic
Chrysler
General Motors
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Atchison
New York Central
Texas Corporation
Standard of New Jersey
Montgomery Ward
Murray Ridge School to Close in Elyria Township
The Elyria Township Board of Education votes to close Murray Ridge School amid state funding concerns and rising taxes. The board cites lack of state approval for 1937-38 operation, potential savings of about 4300, and need to reassign pupils to Lake Avenue and Markes schools for efficiency and economy.
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Elyria Township
Ohio
Wea
Murray Ridge
Elsha
Lake Avenue
Markies i
Union Veterans Vote on Gettysburg Reunion With Confederate Veterans
Union Civil War veterans at Mabis on September 9 vote on a joint 1938 Gettysburg reunion with Confederate veterans. The plan, June 25 to July 6, 1938, faces flag display objections over the Confederate banner while the Stars and Stripes remains the U.S. flag. Roosevelts envoy Frank T. Hines sent greetings praising veterans devotion to country and flag.
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Gray
Mabison
Wis
Grant
Lee
Gettysburg
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Paul L. Roy
Gettsburg
James W. Willett
Tama
C. H. William Rube
Roy
United States
Willett
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Frank T. Hines
Rotary talk on rubber uses by Zahrt from Akron
William D. Zahrt of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company addressed Elyria Rotary Club at Elk's Restaurant. He outlined rubber’s expanding role in farm machinery and tire construction improvements that extend tire life, and highlighted ongoing research yielding new rubber applications.
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Elyria Rotary Club
William D. Zahrt
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Elk’s
Banking group to join nationwide radio commencement
Lorain County Chapter of the American Institute of Banking will take part in the annual nationwide radio commencement exercises for 2,867 graduates. The program, broadcast on a national chain including WGAR Cleveland, will feature Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals as principal speaker with the topic The Score Board. The Lorain chapter plans its 1937 38 year starting early October, offering courses in economics and public speaking.
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Lorain Country
American Institute of Banking
WGAR
Cleveland
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Lorain
Jealousy Slaying Case Heads to Grand Jury
In Richmond Indiana 16 year old Hollys Sagester faces a Wayne county grand jury for first degree murder over the shooting of his former sweetheart Martha Markey 15 Martha daughter of Ross and Mrs Markey formerly of New Paris Ohio Sagester allegedly grew jealous over attention to Markey by other boys borrowed a .22 rifle and fired a fatal shot The case moves to indictment as the school term begins.
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Richmond
Ind
Hollys Sagester
Wayne County
Joan Britten
Martha Markey
Sagester
Markey
Martha
Ross Marker
New Paris
Upward Trend In Steel Prices Continues At Chicago
In Chicago stockyards on September 9 prices held firm as steel costs rose. A new high of 1.75 dollars per hundredweight was set, the strongest level since January 1928. Cattle strength boosted hogs and swine, with hogs gaining to 11.90 per hundredweight, up 20 cents from Wednesday.
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Chicago
County Schools Enrollment About Same As Last Year
Lorain County village and rural schools kept opening figures near last year as two more schools reported. Twenty schools yesterday listed 3972 students, five more than the opening day a year ago. Today Clearview added 171, Columbia Township 285, with elementary and high school splits noted for both. No report yet from Wellington Target Henrietta or Vincent.
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Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Clearview
Columbia Township
Wellington
Target
Henrietta and
Vincent
Two Families Escape From Burning Homes
STOCKTOX Ohio Sept. 9 A girl Caroline Irwin awakened by smoke enabled two families to flee burning homes early today. The fires destroyed the Irwin home and a neighbor’s house as bucket brigades failed to save them. Loss estimated at 2000 dollars. Cause undetermined.
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Stocktox
Caroline Irwin
Bruce Irwin
John Sauer
J Arthur House Granted Parole December First
Washington September 3 The Justice Department announced J Arthur House a former official of the Guardian Trust Co Cleveland Ohio convicted of violating national bank laws has been granted parole effective December 1 House 67 is confined at Northeastern Penitentiary Lewisburg Pa where he was sent October 29 1935 to serve a six year term.
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Washington
Justice Department
J. Arthur House
The
Guardian Trust Co
Cleveland
House
Northeastern
Lewisburg
Golde Family Linked to Local Tragedy in Early Report
The article notes Katherine Keyser and nurse Lpain assisted an ambulance victim after a crash. Golde, once running a canning business at his home, is described as father of Florence Olde, Edison school teacher, with nephew John Golde killed by a hit and run on September 8, 1935 in front of their home.
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Katherine Keyser
West 23Rd Street
Lpain
Superior Invasion of Stars and Tubes, Inc
Golde
Florence Olde
Edison School
John Golde
Chicago Has Eleven New Poliomyelitis Cases
Chicago health officials report 11 new polio cases raising the total since August 1 to 198, with eight more suspected. Weather trends bring a drop in cases while the board plans a special meeting to review records and consider convalescent serum use. A conference with physicians also leads to a mass trial of zinc sulphate nasal spray as a preventive measure.
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Chicago
Herman Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Onparig
Health Service
Bundesen
Board of Health
Death notices for Wacker and Britting in Grafton
Funeral services for Mrs. Doro thea Stina Wacker are set for Saturday at 2 00 p m at St Paulis church with Rev Ernst Irion officiating. Burial will follow at South Murray Ridge cemetery. EMILIE M BRITTING Enlie M Britting 67 died at her Elm street home in Grafton after a week long illness Born Germany March 1870 she lived in Grafton twelve years from Buffalo NY Surviving husband Minrad Britting a son Fred C Britting of Grafton a daughter Mrs Johanna Rinker of Alliance and three grandchildren The body remains at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Emilie M. Brieting
Enlie M. Britting
Elm Street
Grafton
Britting
Germany
Buffalo
New York
Methodist
Minrad, Britting
Fred C. Britting
Johanna Rinker
Alliance
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Britain and France plan anti submarine talks at Geneva
NUMBER TWO continued from page one reports Britain and France mean business against the submarine threat. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden heads to Switzerland with Sir Robert Vansittart and Admiral Sir Ernle Chatfield to join talks. Eden will dine in Paris with Yvon Delbos as debates consider shifting the conference site from Nyon to Geneva despite boycotts.
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Britain
France
Anthony Eden
Switzerland
Robert van Sittart
Ernie Chatfield
Eden
Paris
Yvon Delbos
Nyon
Geneva
Italy
Germany
League of Nations
League Council
Markets Show Mixed Food Prices and Livestock Receipts
Market listings from Cleveland include fruits vegetables and dairy prices with lettuce cucumbers grapes peaches and radishes listed by basket or crate. Livestock receipts show cattle calves sheep and hogs with steadier to higher bids and noted ranges for prime to common grades.
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Svuakgruivers
Cleveland
Echolee
Flbogg
Iloe
Connioy
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Jackson’s Orchestra
SUDRO
Curtis Ambulance
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Court St
U.S
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East River Street
Sanday
Toledo
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Murbach Coal
Bridge Street
Creates TV
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Cleveland Pradice Kutter
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New Jersey
Sheets Elevator Co
Montana
American Shoe and Hat Cleaning Shop
Capitol Theater
Altman & Ackerman
Broad St
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Crisco
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