Winter Heat Wave Ends as Snow and Rain Spread
The United States returns to seasonable weather after weeks of a midwinter heat wave. Snow falls in the Midwest and parts of the South receive rain, with temperatures dropping from below freezing to around the freezing point. rainfall in Arkansas reaches normal monthly totals. Canada reports 22 degrees below zero in Winnipeg.
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U. S
Chicago
U.P
United States
Middlewest
Tinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Canada
Winnipeg
One Danger Past and We Are Not Bankrupt
Bright editorial notes a safer period for the economy and a broad opportunity ahead. The piece frames current danger as past and asserts resilience without insolvency. It urges confidence and vigilance as markets and society move forward.
Jury Canvass Started in Bank Closure Case
A jury of two women and ten men was chosen in Common Pleas Court to hear criminal charges against Mal S. Daugherty, 68, former president of the Ohio State Bank, tied to the bank’s May closing. Jurors include four Washington County residents, with others from Fayette County villages.
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Washington, C. H
Common Pleas Court
Mal S. Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Washington D. H
Fayette County
Veterans Bureau hospital funding debated in House panel
Picome’s bid to obtain 2.9 million dollars for Cincinnati veterans hospitals was to be decided at a Veterans Committee meeting. A bill seeking 52 million dollars for new hospital construction was introduced by Representative Edith Norse Rogers, chair of the sub committee on hospitals.
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Washington
U.P
Picome
Veterans Bureau
Cincinnati
William E. Hess
Veterans Committee
House of Representatives
Edith Norse Rogers
Massachusetts
Couple perishes in blaze in Danbury cottage
In Danbury Connecticut an elder couple died in a fire. Ada Jennings Gilbert aged 70 and William F. Gilbert 73 were found locked in embrace after Ada could not move her invalid husband from his chair. Both perished in the blaze.
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Danbury
Conn
U.P
Ada Jennings Gilbert
William F. Gilbert
Betty Zane Grey to Marry Robert Carney Next Monday
Betty Zane Grey 18 daughter of Zane Grey will wed Robert W. Carney 22 in the bride’s Itadena home. An 18 month South Seas voyage aboard her father’s yacht will follow.
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Betty Zane
Los Angeles
Betty Zane Grey
Zane Grey
Robert W. Carney
Itadena
South Seas
Cheerful Charlies and Gloomy Guses
In the 1931 outlook, adversity will sort the able from the idle. Winners will be those who kept hope, faced hard knocks with a smile, and built character during the Great Depression. Cheerful Charlies, not gloomy Gus's, lay the foundations for future fortunes.
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Charlie
Relief Fund Drought Aid Sparks Congressional Debate
President Hoover and Congress agreed on a $20,000,000 drought relief loan funded by taxes on the prosperous. Critics warn the measure could delay prosperity’s return and trigger rumors of further action after lawmakers return home. The piece argues seven million idle workers cost far more daily than this relief and that misdirected spending offers little relief.
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Hoover
Congress
Red Cross
Employment Figures Hint at Large Workforce In 1930s
A newspaper snippet notes that over forty million Americans remain in gainful work, implying earnings around $120. The fragment references continued details on the next page.
Father stabs son in Cleveland after family feud
Police search for Charles Siesko who stabbed his seven year old son Carl after failing to reconcile with his wife Lydia. Lydia and children Carl and Myrtle aged 15 have been staying with Lydia’s sister Mrs. Carl Uransky for a week.
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Cleveland
U.R
Charles Siesko
Carl
Siesko
Lydia
Myrtle
Carl Uransky
Convict Swanigan Found After Walkaway in Ohio
Carl Swanigan, serving one to fifteen years for burglary and larceny, walked away from the penitentiary garage Sunday. He was found in Kenton where the sheriff said he had returned home for his brother’s funeral and would be taken back to prison.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl Swanigan
Kenton
Thomas
Swanigan
Treasury says January money in circulation falls slightly
The average person's pocketbook declined by $2.80 in January compared with December. Treasury figures show total money in circulation at end of January reached $4,609,000,000, averaging $37.11 per person.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Bomb Rocks Print Plant in Chicago Outrage
Acting Police Commissioner John Alcock vowed action as a bombing at the R. K. Donnelley plant injured one man, shattered windows, and caused about 5 000 dollars in damage. The blast followed a string of six attacks on major mercantile firms since December. The injured man, Lee Barnes, 22, was hospitalized after glass struck him on the second floor.
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Chicago
U.R
John
Alcock
R. K R. Donnelley and Sons
Lee Barnes
Urge Cut in Ohio Budget Seeks Revenue Alignment
Ohio Chamber of Commerce representatives urged Gov. George White to reduce the biennial budget to match anticipated state revenues. They warned that without curtailment, an $11 million tax hike would be needed. Proposals include trimming expansion programs and personal services, with a two year building holiday except in Highway and Welfare.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
George White
Chamber of Commerce
Eighty-Eighth General Assembly
Mother and two alleged bandits sentenced in bank robbery case
In Monroe Ohio two alleged bandits including a 20 year old mother pleaded guilty before Judge C D Boyd. Mrs America Longworth of Middletown was sentenced to Marysville Reformatory and Rex Wiremen, 19 also of Middletown, to Mansfield Reformatory. Noel Craft, 16, had his case referred to Juvenile Court.
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Hamilton
U.R
Monroe National Bank
Monroe
Butler County
C. D. Boyd
Common Pleas
America Longworth
Middletown
Marysville Reformatory
Rex Wiremen
Mansfield Reformatory
Noel Craft
Will Rogers Describes Oklahoma Charity Effort
Fort Smith Arkansas reports Will Rogers noting Tulsa audiences paid 30000 in one show and Oklahoma spent 100000 in a week. He says the charity feeds the hungry by supporting work and then providing funds for food, referencing his travels to Rogers Arkansas and Fort Smith.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Tulsa
Rogers
Will
Forty-Two Believed Drowned After Ship Sinks
In Tokyo a U NER Kiku sui Maru sank after a collision with the French liner Porthos late yesterday. Forty two persons are believed drowned in the disaster.
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Tokio
U.R
Joseph Wood Dies at Home After Long Illness
Joseph Mauck Wood eighty, judge of the Sub-District Common Pleas Court for 22 years, died at 22 West Washington Street Athens at 8:30 p m Monday after asthma and heart trouble. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at his residence with Rev A Y Wilcox officiating. Burial in West Union Cemetery. Survived by two sons Robert mayor of Athens and James of Cleveland firm Hogsett Tolls Ginn Morley. a brother J Perry Wood. Mrs Wood died Feb 1924. Born July 28 1850 in Gallia County. He taught at Cheshire Academy Atwood Institute, became principal at 22, studied law, admitted 1878. Served as city solicitor and Athens school board member. was mayor of Albany. Elected to Common Pleas 1896, opened court in Pomeroy. Directed reforms against robbers. presided over Athens Washington Monroe Vinton Perry counties. Preceded by Judge L G Worstell in 1918. Owned a 600 acre farm in Alexander Township. Married Emily Bingham Pullins March 29, 1872.
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Joseph Mauck Wood
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
West Washington Street
Wood
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
West Union Street
Judge Wood
Robert S. Wood
Athena
James P. Wood
Hogsett, Tolls, Ginn and Morley
Cleveland
J. Perry Wood
Athens
Cheshire Academy
Atwood Institute
Albany
Woods
Rudolph DeSteigner
Pomeroy
L. G. Worstell
Alexander Township
Emily Bingham Pullins
Prisoners Escape From Newport Jail After Assault
Two inmates escaped Newport Jail after overpowering turnkey Edward Mader. Escapees James Glaze 30 held for auto theft and Jess Coker 26 alias Red Morgan fled. fellow prisoner John Moore 30 from Wyandotte Mich captured after police surrounded the building. Moore faces grand jury action for alleged murder of Mildred Humphries.
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Newport
Edward “Ducky” Mader
Turnkey
James Glaze
Jess Coker
Red’ Morgan
John Moore
Wyandotte
Mich
Michael Sadus
Moore
Mildred Humphries
Arsenic Fatal in Brownwood Baking Powder Mix
In Brownwood Texas a family tragedy is attributed to arsenic in baking powder. Two children Hilary ten and FE V six died. five other relatives are critically ill while Lonnie Jones sixty and his wife and three other children are not in danger. Health officer Dr C W Gray found arsenic in the kitchen and suspects bread containing poison was eaten.
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Brownwood
Tex
U.P
Lonnie Jones
Hilary
FE. V
C. W. Gray
Hotel Man Dies in Ohio Tuberculosis Death
Funeral services for Harry Byron Grove, 31, former assistant manager of the Chittenden and Winton Hotels, will be held at 9 a m Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Church. He died Sunday midnight at his home on State Road Worthington after a four year illness.
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Columbus
Harry Byron Grove
Chittenden and
Winton
State Road
Worthington
Immaculate Conception Church
Trial to Begin in Daugherty Criminal Case in Ohio Bank Crash
With the jury box tentatively full, testimony in the trial of Mal Daugherty on criminal charges related to the Ohio State Bank crash, which he once headed, was to begin today in Washington.
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Washington
D. H
U.P
Mal
Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Fascist Deputies Walk Out of Reichstag
In Berlin on February 10, 107 Fascist Party deputies dramatically left the Reichstag vowing not to return until defending the nation from the alleged treachery of Parliament.
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Berlin
U.R
Fascist Party
Reichstag
Dope Peddlers Held in Cleveland on Narcotics Charges
Six alleged narcotic peddlers, five men and one woman, were held for the Federal Grand Jury under heavy bond today in Cleveland charged with violations of the Harrison Narcotic Act.
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Cleveland
U.R
Federal Grand Jury
Norwalk Woman Dies in New York Window Fall
Mrs. Martin O'Mara, 41, of Norwalk, killed after falling from a thirteenth floor New York City apartment window last Sunday. She was a Norwalk native and is to be buried here tomorrow.
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Norwalk
U.P
Martin O'Mara
New York City
Tax Committee Opens Work After Governor Visit
In Columbus on February 10 the Special Legislative Committee on Taxation began drafting proposed levies for the General Assembly. Senator Taft reported the governor declined to appoint three Reynolds Resolution seats but offered cooperation. The panel aims to draft intangibles based measures by April 1 with hearings by Senate and House tax committees. Governor White called it a good start and pledged support while the committee outlined its organization.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
George White
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Reynolds
Taft
Senate
House
Assembly
White
Break Theft Ring In Wheeling Leaders Named
Six men held in Ohio County Jail Wheeling WV charged with conspiracy to violate the federal motor theft act. Names include David Goldberg 24 and Hyman Goldberg 22 Wheel ing High School stars Rudolph E Cline 33 Akron Ohio Hiram E Cline 22 Youngstown Ohio Gus Hunter 29 and Arthur Kearne 26 Akron Ohio. a woman said to be leader to be arrested soon.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Ohio County
Ohile
David Goldberg
Hyman Goldberg
Wheeline
Rudolph E. Cline
Akron
Hiram E, Cline
Youngstown
Gus Hunter
Arthur Kearne
Gun Found Linked to Potter Murder Case in Cleveland
A blood stained 38 caliber revolver with hair on the butt and four cartridges in the chamber was found today. Police ballistics expert David J. Cowles examined it. The gun was found in the home of Cleveland officer Harry Mizer, given by a citizen who found it on a lawn.
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Cleveland
U.P
William FE. Potter
David J. Cowles
Harry Mizer
Ohio Senate to introduce bill abolishing death penalty
Senator Paul Yoder of Dayton announced a measure to end capital punishment in Ohio. The bill would impose life imprisonment for crimes that currently carry the death sentence including poison deaths and murders during arson, burglary, or train wrecks, and the killing of a peace officer on duty.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Paul Yoder
Dayton
Six Indicted in Bank of United States Closure
Six individuals were indicted on felony charges tied to the Bank of United States shutdown. The indictments name several banking corporation officials in connection with the event surrounding the $200 million institution.
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New York
Bank of United States
Banking Corporation
Rum Runner Testimony Aids Ohio Veteran Claim
A World War veteran presented sworn proof to Attorney General Gilbert Bettman in Columbus showing he hauled alcoholic beverages before and after prohibition. He testified he drove beer between Detroit and Toledo for about a year before the war and later transported liquor across the Detroit River. He cited the prewar employer’s death in a gang fight as preventing an earlier supporting affidavit.
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Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
Sold Em Cheap
A charge of receiving stolen property was expected against Max Frank a 32 year old music store proprietor in Cincinnati. Police said radios bought by Frank’s customers may be seized. Frank allegedly bought 18 stolen radios from Byron Rose who faced theft charges in Ohio and Indiana. Frank claimed Rose posed as a radio dealer and sold the items at one third of market value.
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Cincinnati
Max Frank
Frank
Byron Rose
Newtonville
Washington D. H
Ohio
Indiana
Rose
Clews Form Basis of Potter Murder Probe in Cleveland
Cleveland police focus on one clew to identify the killer and reopen inquiry into the 1928 city playground land deal graft scandal. Detective Inspector Cody plans to question Liston Schooley and his son Lis ton Jr. in the Ohio Penitentiary for roles in the graft case.
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Cleveland
U.R
William E. Potter
City
Cornelius W. Cody
Cody
Columbus
Liston G. Schooley
Liston Jr
Ohio
Probate court actions name Huffman McLean Woodworth
The will of Henry Huffman was filed in probate court and the will of Cincinnatus McLean admitted to probate. R. J. Jones was appointed administrator and granted letters of administration in the estate of Maude L. Woodworth. W. H. Logan Carl Beasley and BE. H. Walker named as appraisers.
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Henry Huffman
Cincinnatus McLean
R. J. Jones
Maude L. Woodworth
W. H. Logan
Carl Beasley
BE. H. Walker
Gas fumes drive 500 from Ohio State Chemistry Building
Five pound bottle of liquid bromine shattered during a demonstration at Ohio State University and released deadly fumes. Three instructors and a student were overcome and 500 students were evacuated from the Chemistry Building. Bremer suffered serious burns and all were treated at University Hospital. most injuries were bronchial and none seriously hurt.
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Ohio State
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Clarence Bremer
Holland
Mich
Lee Genung
Claude Schmitt
Toledo
Ruth Dwyer
Jumbua
Bremer
University Hospital
Genung
Schmitt
Mise Dwyer
Anti-Trust Law Changes Are Certain
Washington February 10 The agitation for changes in anti trust laws has gained momentum and officials expect modifications in the next session of Congress. Business groups press for a clear official opinion body on proposed mergers and trade agreements to replace uncertainty under Sherman Law prosecutions.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Commerce and Justice Departments
C. J. Junkin
Commerce Department
Sige
Santa Claus at New York Toy Fair Promises Educational Toys
An unshaven man calling himself Santa Claus visited New York for the Toy Fair at the Hotel McAlpin. He suggested 1931 onward children will seek toys with education value and linked play to reading about inventors like Watt and Fulton.
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New York
Santa Claus
McAlpin
Clara
City Hall
Queen Marie
Adolphus
Unfilled US Steel Orders Rise in January 1930
United States Steel Corporation reports January 1930 unfilled orders up 188,755 tons to a total of 4,132,351 tons. By year end December 1930 unfilled tonnage stood at 3,943,956 tons, with earlier months showing lower levels.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Recovery findings target ex sheriff Blank for 7043.43
Findings for recovery amounting to 7043.43 dollars were reported against former Montgomery County Sheriff Robert M. Blank. The report was submitted to State Auditor Tracy by W. F. Bowen, examiner in the Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Montgomery County
Robert M. Blank
Tracy
W. F. Bowen
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices
Senate approves tariff inquiry into foreign and domestic costs
Washington Feb 10 The Senate passed a resolution by Senator Wagner Democrat New York directing the Tariff Commission to investigate comparative production costs abroad and at home for craft copper steel and other nyet
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Washington
Senate Today
Wagner
New York
Tariff Commission
Co-ops Loan Totals Highlight 1930 Farm Credit Activity
Washington reveals that 12 Federal Intermediate Credit Banks discounted notes totaling 109,047,068 with proceeds loaned by local lenders. Outstanding loans at year end reached 64,377,067, including 89,000,000 on cotton and 9,000,000 on wool, marking a record year for cooperative lending since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federeal Farm Loan Board
Who Was Blond? Mystery in Potter Murder
Cleveland police examined two .28-caliber revolvers amid the William Potter murder probe. A taxicab driver described picking up a long-nosed man in a fuzzy blue hat and scarf, then guiding him to the apartment where the Republican politician's body was found. The driver, Howard Taft, said the man returned with a blond woman after a 15 minute wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wiliam Potter
Conneilman
Howard Taft
Bill to pay withheld dividends on Youngstown merger
A bill to require immediate payment of about 1.6 million dollars in withheld dividends to stockholders who dissented from the Youngstown Sheet Tube Co merger with Bethlehem Steel was to be introduced in the Legislature by Senator John Ackerman. The measure targets all Ohio corporations with pending merger deals and aims to restore voting and dividend rights for Youngstown stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Youngstowt Sheet & Tube Co
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
John Ackerman
Youngstown
Weather snapshot shows mixed regional readings yesterday
Yesterday's highs included pyrarel 76 in Los Angeles 72 and river area 82. Ste. Marie reported 20 below in the Upper Ohio Valley and Lower Region saw storm remnants from the Middle Eastern States move off the coast. Shippers forecast east winds 1 to 20 and west winds 200 to 23 with variable conditions across the East Districts.
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Pyrarel
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ae River
Ste. Marie
Cochrane
Middle-Eastern
Sales
Las Ours
Ohio Valley
Shippers
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John H. van Deventer
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Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
State Chamber of Commerce
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Reformatory
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Joseph Wood
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