Blizzard Rages Across Nation With Record Cold In Many Regions
Chicago reports relief from the cold wave, forecasts fair weather and possible snow. Temperatures hit 15 to 20 below in the northwest, near zero in the southwest and old south, Culbertson Montana at 53 below. Rail service delayed, air mail halted, fires from stoves costly, livestock suffering, roads blocked.
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Chicago
U.P
District Weather Bureau
Northwest
Great Lakes Territory
Southwest
Old South
Culbertson
Mont
Colorado
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
New Lexington Savings President Dies Suddenly
Robert L. Essex 42 president of New Lexington Savings & Loan and coal interests owner died at his New Straitsville home from heart trouble last night.
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New Lexington
U.P
Robert L. Essex
New Lexington Savings & Loan Company
Ohio
West Virginia
New Straitsville
Toledo party guests rescued after island shelter during Maumee storm
Twenty two Toledoans were rescued in row boats after spending almost 24 hours confined on Galbraith island in the Maumee river near Waterville. They had gone there Wednesday night to celebrate the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Green as a storm trapped them on the island.
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Toledo
U.P
Galbraith Island
Maumee River
Waterville
Merritt Green
Attorney Oscar W Kuhn Dies After Health Book Offer
Ohio report says Oscar W Kuhn, former University of Cincinnati board of trustees chairman, collapsed and died hours after being asked to write a book titled How To Be Perfectly Healthy. The death occurred in Cincinnati on December 9.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Oscar W. Kuhn
Kuhn
University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees
Weather Update From Athens as Cold Wave Hits County
King Winter pressed into Athens and surrounding county with 7 degrees at 8 am and a low in the last 24 hours, light snow overnight. By noon the sun shone, wind calm, thermometer at 15 degrees, with milder feeling due to sunshine.
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King Winter
Athens
Vermont
Toledo
Cleveland
Elks Gather Evergreen Boughs for Court Street Lights
The Athens Elks committee met to collect pine boughs and trees for lighting standards on Court Street from the Armory to Union Street and west to the post office. They will not sponsor a community tree this year to direct funds to hunger and cold relief. Eight trees are cut for the YMCA and Ohio University, with placements in the gym, schools, and churches for Christmas observations.
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Athens Elks Committee
Elks Quarters
Torch Hill
Court Street
Armory
Union Street
Court West
Elks
Athens Lodge
Ohio University
Juror Kidwell Reveals Key Details in Sinclair Fall Trial
During recess in the Burns Sinclair contempt case Juror Edward J Kidwell went to the U S Attorney Peyton Gordon office and made a voluntary statement officials call one of the most important revelations. He reportedly discussed an approach to him via an unnamed intermediary connected to the Fall Sinclair oil trial.
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Washington
Burns- Sinclair
Edward J. Kidwell
U. S
Peyton Gordon
Kidwell
Sinclair Oil
Gordon
Frost Warning for Women and Frost Bite Prevention
The clothes commissioner warned that frost can affect limbs like ears and face. He advised rubbing frost spots with snow and urged proper clothing with wool stockings long underwear and galoshes to prevent frost bite to the legs for girls wearing silk stockings.
Severe cold grips Ohio and Great Lakes region
Ohio and the Great Lakes area faced extreme cold that slowed traffic and caused fires from overheated stoves. The weather bureau warned the cold would ease later, while floods and snow affected parts of the nation. At least twenty people died from exposure or weather-related accidents and ships were feared lost on Lake Ontario.
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Great Lakes
United States Weather Bureau
Columbus
United States
Lake Ontario
Will Rogers Finds Fun All Over the Planet
The Athens Messenger recounts Will Rogers as the world trotting humorist and writer whose daily wires, tours, and weekly articles keep him in the public mind. It notes his Oklahoma ranch training, Cherokee heritage, and friendships with figures like Sir James Barrie and Mussolini. December 12.
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Dro
Will Rogers
Athens Messenger
Rogers
Oklahoma
James Barrie
James
Will
Barrie
Maude Adams
Europe
Rome
Woodrow Wilson
Mussolini
Claremore
Okla
Rogers County
Prohibition Agents Arrested 64,986 During Last Year
Prohibition agents in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927 made 64,986 arrests and aided states to 13,506 more. They provided information leading to 1,587 additional arrests, with fines totaling 5,775,225 and 11,818 sent to jail for 4,477 years.
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Washington
U.P
J. M. Doran
Jewel Heist in Cleveland Yields 25000 in Gems
A lone thief in Cleveland December 9 looted jewels worth 25000 from Max Green Jewelry Store. He bound and gagged the clerk and rifled display cases before fleeing.
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Cleveland
Max Green
Robbery attempt fails as Walter Johnson battles intruder
Dallas report says Walter Johnson, manager of the Newark club of the International League, woke during an early morning break in at his hotel room and drove off the intruder, ending the attempt.
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Dallas
Tex
Walter Johnson
Newark
Bandits steal $5888 from Akron company secretary
Three youths held up the secretary of Wise Furnace Co in Akron as crowds passed, escaping with 5888 dollars after the secretary and a guard left the premises. A police search is under way for the juvenile suspects.
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Akron
Wise Furnace Company
League Names Permanent Economic Committee for World System
The League of Nations council in Geneva announced the creation of a permanent consultative economic committee to supervise a reconstructed world economic system. The move follows a May world economic conference that approved plans to knit together nations’ economic relations and promote peace amid European tensions.
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League of Nations
Committee On
Geneva
U.R
League of Nations Council
Strikingly Uniformed Diplomats Attend White House Reception
Washington hosts the diplomatic corps for the first time featuring Canada Governor General Viscount Willingdon and Viscountess. President Coolidge leads the event with Mrs Coolidge in powder blue velvet as Sir Esme Howard stands out among uniformed guests. Also present are Vice President Dawes, Secretary Hoover, Senators Curtis and Willis, and Speaker Longworth.
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Washington
U.R
Diplomatic Corps
White House
Dawes
Commerce Hoover
Curtis
Kansas
Willis
Ohio
Longworth
Peace settles over Dry League amid education drive
The Anti Saloon League moved toward Sobriety Education as Dr Ernest H Cherrington of Westerville Ohio led a pledge drive for 620000 toward a hoped for 10000000 sum. General superintendent F Scott McBride welcomed Cherrington as the new leader. Bishop Thomas W Nicholson of Detroit ordained him to head the league's education and publicity efforts. Sebastian S Kresge pledged 500000 and urged Henry Ford to contribute, linking prosperity from prohibition to demand for better machines.
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Washington
Ernest H. Cherrington
Westerville
F. Scott McBride
Cherrington
Thomas W. Nich
Olson
Detroit
Methodist Church
League
Sebastian
Kresge
Henry Ford
Ford
Ohio Plans $112 Million Road Budget For 1928
W A Alsdorf executive secretary of the Ohio Good Roads federation spoke at the 18th annual meeting forecasting about 112 million dollars for road improvements in 1928. He said car owners would pay an average 21.25 dollars per year and property taxes would contribute 44.82 dollars per car for road building. The state would allocate 36.5 million dollars for new construction and repairs, the largest yearly sum. Over five years Reconstruction and maintenance would total about 184.594 million dollars, potentially requiring an additional five dollar per car tax.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
W. A. Alsdorf
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Winter Wheat in Ohio This Year Tops Last Season
Ohio farmers seeded 1,918,000 acres of winter wheat this fall, up 19 percent from last year and just under the five year average. Corn yield is preliminarily 34 bushels per acre with 114,784,000 bushels produced, down 30,000,000 bushels from the five year total. Potatoes average 105 bushels an acre totaling 12,390,000 bushels, over a million above the five year average. apples reach 65,600,000 bushels, grapes and pears below normal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles V. Truax
Truax
Psychologists to convene for 36th A P A meeting in Columbus
Psychologists from across the country will gather in Columbus on December 28 29 and 30 for the thirty sixth annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
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Columbus
American Psychological Association
Narcotics Chief Reports 4458 Convictions in 1927
Col. L. G. Nutt head of the Treasury narcotics division announced 4,458 persons were convicted for violations of the drug laws during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927.
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Washington
Col. L. G. Nutt
Narcotics Division of the Treasury
Coolidge Proposes International Civil Aviation Conference
President Coolidge proposed an international civil aviation conference and exhibition to be held here next December in conjunction with the annual Commerce Department aeronautical conference.
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Washington
Coolidge
Jannual Commerce Department
Compromise offered on Vare Senate seating
Washington December 9 a compromise to admit Senator Elect William S Vare Republican Pa conditionally to the Senate was offered as a vote neared in his case. Senator David A Reed Republican Pa introduced a substitute resolution to permit Vare to take the oath of office and refer his case to the privileges and elections committee for investigation with a report due by February 8.
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Washington
U.pr
William
Vare
Senate
David A. Reed
Privileges and Elections Committee
Perjury Charges Considered in Remus Trial
In Cincinnati on December 9 the grand jury weighed perjury counts against John C. Clippinger, a key Remus witness, as prosecutors sought indictments. George Remus also moved to discharge driver George Klug from bond as a material witness in the Eden Park killing case.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Remus
John C. Clippinger
George Klug
Eden Park
Chester R. Shook
Children Burned In Saulte Ste Marie Fire Tragedy
In Saulte Ste Marie Michigan a brother eight and sister six died in a house fire. Woken by smoke they fled downstairs but were overcome by flames. Their mother and uncle, waking nearby, found the children missing and forced to jump from a window into a snow bank.
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Saulte Ste Marie
Mich
Buckeye Weather Improves Amid Cautious Optimism
In Columbus the sun broke through dull clouds and forecast says milder air should prevail today and tonight with pleasant conditions expected tomorrow. Weatherman Alexander predicted the worst had passed as moderating temperatures return to Buckeye weather.
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Columbus
Alexander
Prospects of Hoover Rise as Others Considered Out
Friends of Secretary of Commerce Hoover say his chances improve if President Coolidge and Charles Evans Hughes withdraw as candidates. They argue Hoover could be seen as heir apparent to Coolidge, and Hughes' exit may help him win eastern votes, with a campaign managed by Interior Secretary Work.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
New York
Interior
Amundsen Resigns From Royal Geographical Society
South Pole explorer Roald Amundsen quits honorary corresponding membership after recalling a 1900s remark by the late Marquess Curzon praising dogs that accompanied his polar expedition. He refused to withdraw the statement and handed in his resignation.
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London
U.R
Marquess Curzon
Roald Amundse
South Pole
Amundsen
Royall Geographical Society
British Society
Fine Candies May Be Made at Home
The Washington Information Bureau offers a 144 recipe candy booklet for home kitchens without special appliances. Priced at six cents postage and handling, the Caney Recipes booklet can be obtained by sending six cents in coin with a coupon to Frederic Haskin, Director, Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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Washington Information Bureau of the Messenger
Self Defense Plea Foreseen in Velma West Murder Case
Velma West, a blonde nursery owner’s wife, is expected to plead self defense in a hammer murder case. Details of her confession allege five attempts by Thomas West to strike her, with Velma striking back and hoping to mislead authorities about a robbery. A full confession is promised Monday at her hearing.
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Thomas KE. West
Mre. Weat
Perry
Painesville
U.R
Velma West
Thomas Edward West
Lake County
Mra. West
Marvin H. Helter
Bostwick
B. L. van Woert
van Woert
Seth Paulin
Raymond E. Spence
George Barnett
East Cleveland Society
Davis Held in Conspiracy Case Tied to Rail Bond Theft
William K. Davis is under arrest in St. Louis on conspiracy charges in a July 1925 theft of railroad bonds valued at $20,000 from the Fashion store in Dayton. Prosecutor Ralph Hasket plans to bring Davis to Dayton for trial.
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Dayton
William K. Davis
St. Louis
Ralph Hasket
Davis
Tripped by Cat Causes Woman's Fatal Fall in Wilmette
Miss Stella Leighe tripped over a cat in her home in Wilmette Illinois, fell to the floor and died minutes after being assisted. The incident is reported by local authorities and outlines no further details of injuries or causes.
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Wilmette
Ill
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