This Week In Toledo History Week Of 10/3/2022

Oct. 2
1908 - Addie Joss, a Toledo resident, sports writer and pitcher for Cleveland Bluebirds pitches a perfect game. Faced only 27 batters in a shutout victory over Chicago.
1920 - Coal famine in Toledo. Many families suffer from lack of heat and complain to mayor for help.
1932 - Congregation shocked when pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Toledo has jazz orchestra play instead of traditional church music.
1934 -Several Toledo teachers are accused by the school board of teaching “radicalism” and one teacher, Clyde Kiker of DeVilbiss High School, is reassigned to janitorial duties after he is accused of being a radical. He resigns in protest.
1936 - Street lights are turned off in Point Place because of dispute with Toledo Edison.
1940 - GOP presidential candidate Wendell Willkie makes campaign stop in Toledo, speaks to a crowd of 20,000 in front of Lucas County courthouse.
1950 - At Toledo Sav-Way Markets, a can of salmon is selling for 25 cents and fresh chicken is 43 cents a pound.

Oct. 3
1903 - Mayor Samuel Jones, once again proves his physical prowess as he challenges the fire laddies at the Central Fire Station to see how far they could climb the brass fire pole hand-over hand. The mayor, in his 50's, beat all of the younger firemen at the test of strength, making it all the way, two stories, to the ceiling
1911 - James Corbett “Hobo King” arrested in Toledo for kidnap of 13-year-old boy in Shelbyville, Indiana. Corbett is acquitted a few months later.
1922 - A Toledo Police officer “Spike” Hennessey joins a “big game” hunt in Hardin County to find two lions have been killing cattle, dogs and other animals in that area.
1933 - First class of Ohio State Patrolmen candidates arrives at Camp Perry in Ottawa County to begin training.
1943 -First Italian POWs arrive at Camp Perry in Ottawa County, to be housed for duration of World War II.
1953 - The historic passenger ship, “Put-in-Bay,” burns in Lake St. Clair.
1955 - The end of a baseball era is announced when news breaks that the long time Mud Hens stadium at Swayne Field at Monroe and Detroit will be sold. Developers are to build a shopping center on the site.

Oct. 4
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, who would later reside in Fremont and become President of the United States, is born in Delaware, Ohio.
1903 - National political figure William Jennings Bryan, while on a northern Ohio tour, speaks to Democrats in Napoleon, Wauseon and Oak Harbor.
1911 - The Rev. Joseph Schrembs becomes first bishop for the newly created Toledo Catholic Diocese.
1929 - Six Toledo area people arrested in what federal agents announce was an international narcotics ring.
1934- Well known Toledo gambling figure and rackets king, Jimmy Hayes, found murdered in a Detroit alley. It's believed he was murdered elsewhere and dumped at that location.
1992 - A magnitude-2.5 earthquake is felt throughout much of Wood County.

Oct 5
1813-The highly respected and powerful native American leader in the region, Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, killed in the Battle of the Thames in Ontario Canada by American troops.
1904 - Lightning causes major blaze in oil tank at Findlay refinery.
1941 - City of Toledo dedicates new $10 million Lake Erie water intake system.
1951 - Toledo hero of World War II Carl Winzeler, who lost his legs and one arm in the war, dies of heart attack at his new Talmadge Road home - a home which had been built by grateful citizens of Toledo for his service to the country.
1959 - Raceway Park opens as a horse racing track after being a stock car venue for 10 years.
1966 - Partial meltdown of Fermi One Nuclear Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan occurs. It is one of the first major nuclear mishaps in the United States.

Oct. 6
1873 - Last volunteer fire company in Toledo shuts down operations.
1897 - Rail station agent from Elmore is missing. J.C. Meacham is believed to have stolen thousands of dollars in railroad funds and alleged to have run away with a French actress.
1903 - Toledo city council passes an anti-flirting ordinance.
1927 - Toledo Mud Hens win the International League Championship by defeating the Buffalo Bison at Toledo’s Swayne Field in the “junior” world series. Casey Stengel is the Hens manager.
1930 - Toledo gambling figures Abe “The Punk” Lubitsky and Norman Blatt shot dead on the corner of Franklin and Woodruff avenues in continuing mob war. Toledo-based mobster Thomas “Yonnie” Licavoli is later convicted and implicated in ordering the hit.
1933 - The Civic Auditorium is jammed with 4600 people attending the News Bee cooking school.

Oct. 7
1845 - Bank of Toledo opens for business.
1856 - Moses Fleetwood Walker is born. He later becomes first black man ever to play in professional baseball, playing first for the Toledo Mud Hens.
1901 - Toledo saloon keeper Christian Keller found shot to death in the basement of his bar at 413 Summit St.
1919 - King Albert of Belgium makes visit to Toledo with Brand Whitlock, the Ambassador to Belgium and former mayor of Toledo.
1935 - Detroit Tigers win the World Series against the Chicago Cubs in six games (4-2). The victory is a boost to residents of the depression weary area.
1936 - Toledo officials demand an investigation to determine the extent of Black Legion activities among TPD officers and city employees. The Black Legion was a secret and shadowy hate group that espoused terror against Catholics and Jews.

Oct. 8
1897 - Fire destroys several buildings in downtown Gibsonburg.
1909 - A genuine German Mauser .43-caliber rifle is on sale at W.L. Milner Department Store for just $5.75.
1925 - Mystery trunk found at Toledo’s Union Station. It was first thought to contain a body because of a strong, foul odor, but police discover the trunk contained a dozen heads of stinking cabbage.
1942 -The Blade reports three young children escaped tragedy after jumping from tree house on Eastmoreland Drive when it caught fire.