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Newspaper
Zanesville Signal
Location
Zanesville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1937
Page
1
A troubled man identified as Robert Irwin confessed to kidnapping and killings connected to Veronica Gedeon and Ethel Byrnee, detailing plans and the abortive moments before his alleged acts. Chicago police widened the search as investigations spread across the Midwest following reports from Cleveland and other cities.
Police hunted a car involved in two accidents on North Seventh Street and at a Refiners’ building injuring attendant George Butler. A Buick coupe from Norval Lent, Route 3, was traced. driver sought. The Ford company faced alleged union suppression and coercion charges as a broader labor dispute tied to Madrid and Basque insurgent actions were noted by the Associated Press.
Bellevue Ohio June 9 a national guard unit arrived to reinforce workers guarding a railroad embankment that held back a growing flood lake threatening a town of 6000. One drowning victim Robert Zippernick 90 was recovered. Fires, oil leaks, and under ground tanks added danger as towns nearby mobilized Red Cross and riot relief crews while traffic rerouted on Route 20.
Cleveland reports Thomas Schmelter Jr a machinist confessed to slashing to death 23 year old Mary Mathews after she refused him. Hogan said the suspect admitted jealousy and that he saw her with another man then stabbed her five or six times and fled. He was arrested after driving at 70 mph through a steel strike barricade in Girard, with identification by a car license tag.
One man was killed and several injured when an eastern Michigan motorbus collided with a gasoline truck on highway 23 near Mt Morris. The bus driver Gus Peckuson of Pontiac was identified among the dead or injured, with others including Belvedere of Flint and Harold Owen of Pontine, among the injured. State police and local fire crews investigated after extinguishing a fuel fire.
William B Graham in Kinga Mill tonight questioned over the stabbing of a youth and a woman during a street brawl. Leonard Peters, 67, and Delbert Roxch, 14, and Mrs. Early Ward, all of Frock-Sin, were stabbed but expected to recover.
Laughing Larry Kelley Yale football and baseball star rejected a $95,000 offer from the St Louis Cardinals. He will tour Europe, then take a teaching post at Peddie Institute New Jersey while pursuing graduate work at Princeton. Cardinals’ wire from New England rep Leroy Dinsmore confirmed the rejection.
A Bridgton Construction Co worker, 18, Edinboro Pennsylvania, died after being struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train while assisting with a new airway under a highway under construction near Cleveland. The incident occurred late today as the man was working under the tracks.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor executive board expelled 87 locals affiliated with six CIO unions including the United Mine Workers of America and United Auto Workers. The action, ordered by William Green of the AFL, bans all CIO unions from state federation membership.
Youngstown dispatch reports Governor Davey resisting federal mediation while labor leaders press to keep steel mills operating. Perkins suggests subpoena power to force talks. Davey warns against autocratic moves. National Guard remains in mill towns as unions vow to press for settlement.
Governor Martin J Davey responded to CIO pressure from steel and auto plant workers in Ohio amid a back to work dispute. He refused to use federal power to close plants or move troops, citing lack of authority and risk of court action. He defended peaceable protest while noting that major firms like Republic Steel Purell and Inland Steel resisted signed contracts.
Walker reports at 8 47 p m a crew abandoned ship as the President Pierce speeds from Marseille to New York toward the scene. The Castle’s crew and vessels including Sandgate Castle and Comet guard boat join the search. The cargo is listed as general cargo. ship is Union Central Multitteamship Co Ltd of London.
Mary Pickford, now third time married, wed Actor-Drenestra Leader Chartier Rogers in a double ring ceremony at her home in Hollywood. The event drew many relatives and friends, with police directing a street parade as Pickford wore a blue gown and carried a spray of fuchsia.
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