Winter Gales Lash Europe and Midwest Flood Threats
Severe winter storms across the Northern Hemisphere caused numerous deaths and extensive damage. Europe faced blizzards and gales with fishermen among the dead along the Adriatic coast, while the Midwest and West saw snow, floods, and fires raising property losses and fuel shortages. Authorities urged conservation and possible confiscation of supplies.
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Montana
Mississippi River
Middlewest
Atlantic
Europe
Adriatic
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Moony Hansen Aids LI Police In Double Murder Case
Retired New York police sergeant Frederick Hansen known as Moony volunteers to help Long Island officers investigate two murders, drawing on his unusual behavior during full moons.
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Long Island
Frederick Hansen
New York
Moony
Snow and Rain Hit Ohio Amid Thaw Fears and School Closures
Snow blankets northern and central Ohio from two to six inches while southern areas shift to rain. Colder air is forecast with a 16 to 20 degree drop and more snow. Tuscarawas County orders rural bus drivers to return children home. Canton and Columbus report several inches of snow. The Ohio Coal Conference asks UMWA to let miners work an extra day to relieve fuel outages caused by weather and shortages.
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Nothern
Ohio
Weather Bureau
W. H. Alexander
Columbus
Charles Barthelmeh
Tuscarawas County
Zanesville
Washington D. H
Dayton
Canton
Portsmouth
Ironton
Ohio Coal Conference
Trade Association of Retail Coal Dealers
John L. Lewin
United Mine Workers of America
Tetlow Appointed to National Coal Commission
Percy Tetlow of Ohio, president of District 6 United Mine Workers, was confirmed by the Senate as a member of the national bituminous coal commission. The appointment was approved Wednesday.
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Tetlow
Coal Board
Washington
Percy Tetew
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Naional Bituminous Coal Commission
Senate
Carrots and Currents in a City Classified Mockup
A jocular note cites a Columbia University chemist claiming carrots aid night vision as a joke about electric lights. A Messenger classified mockup imagines a headline Carrote and Currents. The text also includes a brief ad: 2 tons alfalfa and mixed hay for trade, plus a 12 hp Pairbanks Morris engine in good condition.
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Columbia University
Ising
H. P. Pairbanks-Morris
J. L. Sewell
Athens
Hauptmann Defense Staff Welcomes Leibowitz
In Trenton, C Lloyd Fisher said Bruno Hauptmann’s defense chief welcomed Samuel S Leibowitz as the new attorney but doubted his effectiveness Leibowitz will rely on Hauptmann's long held tale of innocence and the defense remains confident in the defendant's story as told since arrest.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Leibowitz
Fisher
Bronx
Flemington
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Two Missionaries Released to Resume Work in Ethiopia
The Rev. Harold Street of Paxton Illinois and the Rev. John Trewin of Toronto were released from custody in Southern Gamo Province and cleared to renew missionary work in Northern Gamo. Government confirmation came after an investigation into their arrest last month.
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Addis Ababa
Harold Street
Paxton
Iil
Fear of Meningitis on Training Ship Eases
In San Francisco a fear of meningitis aboard the training ship California State lessened after officials announced a seriously ill cadet likely did not have the disease. Willard Moore, 19, died aboard the vessel Monday. it remains unclear if he contracted meningitis.
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San Francisco
California State
Veese
Willard Moore
Why Not Offer Praise While a Man Is Still Alive
A Cobb letter from Houston Texas argues that praise should be given to leaders while they are alive. He notes the tradition of deprecating public figures during life and suggests praising Charles Curtis now to encourage effort and counter future scolding after death. He jokes about crafting a final barb at a prominent man.
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Cobb
Houston
Texas
Charles Curtis
Irvines
Ayes on Farm and Neutrality Bills Expected
Senate gears for quick action on farm relief and neutrality measures while the House moves toward a vote on the army bill. Norris assails AAA decision and urges a Democratic led push to curb the court. Federal Reserve silent after advisory council warns reserves over 3 billion could fuel inflation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Norris
R. Nebr
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Advisory Council
Advisory Council
Ralph Hannah Killed in Mine
Nelsonville report says Ralph Hannah a 35 year old timber man at the Kimberly Mine was killed by a noon coal fall. He lived with his widowed mother on Pleasant View Ave. and is survived by brothers Jack and Ross.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Hannah
Kimberly
Hannah
Pleasantview Ave
Jack
Ross
Bounties Offered for Wolves Near Chicago
Wolves driven south by cold camp near Chicago as Lake County supervisors offer 12 dollar bounty per wolf. Frank Calzavara claimed the first payment after finding one in his chicken coop.
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Chicago
Lake County
Board of Supervisors
Frank Calzavara
Louise Scott 19 Ruled Unconscious After Alleged Push
Louise Scott aged 19 was found unconscious in a roadside ditch early Monday after allegedly being pushed from a car. Doctors fear possible amputation of both legs as the condition is reported critical.
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Middletown
Louise Scott
Three-armed men steal $800 in Kent cigar store
Police hunted three armed suspects after a Wednesday night robbery at a Kent cigar shop. The bandits forced three customers and four clerks to the floor while rifling the cash register and escaping with about $800.
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Kent
Mrs Coolidge Sails for Europe on Bremen
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge departed New York on the Bremen late last night amid secrecy. The former first lady’s travel plans to Europe remain undisclosed as the liner clears for sea.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Europe
Bremen
Tulsa diners embrace crow meat as new delicacy
In Tulsa Oklahoma Dr T W Stallings promotes crow as a protective game bird and edible pest. Hospitals schools and households back crow cookery with a market price set while butchers post a dozen for one dollar. Local officials and residents taste crow in banquets and express enthusiasm.
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T. W. Stallings
Tulsa
Poor Alfie Spoiled Fun In Sally Rand Show Incident
In St Petersburg a boy named Alfie Krei berger was caught entering a Sally Rand performance with an airgun and a slingshot after costing his father 28.50 in city court for popping a bubble dancer's balloon. Alfie admitted to the act and quipped he would have avoided trouble had he chosen a different aisle.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Alfie Kreiberger
Alfie
Sally Rand
Miss Rand
Five Die in New York Fire Then 120 Hurt in Blazes
Twenty six deaths and seventy one injuries were reported from four fires and an explosion. A New York Chinese restaurant blaze killed five and wounded forty one as a crowd fled to two exits. Lakewood New Jersey saw fourteen dead from the Victoria Mansion Hotel fire with over twenty injured. A Chicago tunnel explosion killed two workers and injured seven. A Montreal convent fire injured three nuns.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas P. Brophy
Lakewood
N. J
Victoria Mansion
Chicago
Fie
Montreal
Snowbound film unit hit by illness in high Sierra
Film actress Mary Astor and director Elliott Nugent were reported ill with influenza while a Columbia motion picture company at Brockway in the Sierra Nevada faced disruption. Glen Lowers with three companions braved a snowstorm to bring word. Dr J H Bernard said the troupe of about 150 likely has influenza. provisions are running short.
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Glen Lowers
Brockway
Tahoe City
Nugent
Miss Astor
Cyclist Marjorie Stoll Dies After Highway Collision
In Superior Arizona seventeen year old Marjorie Stoll on a motorcycle exceeded a family car on a highway. The car pursued and caught up to the motorcycle which lay crumpled in a ditch. Marjorie was dead.
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Superior, Ariz
Marjorie Stoll
Stolls
Marjorie
Dayton repair shops closed after wage dispute quits
Daytons automobile repair shops shuttered as 14 water agencies members of the Dayton Automobile Dealers Association suspended work following a walkout by mechanics over failed wage negotiations.
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Dayton
Dayton Automobile Dealers’ Association
Lincoln Day Rallies Voicing Sound Money Stand
Ohio Republican speakers across Lucas County Delaware and Van Wert voiced support for sound money honest values and party unity. James R Garfield warned on taxes Clarence Brown cited tax take as a tax drag Henry Fletcher discussed coalition cabinet notions Arthur Robinson pressed tariff protection and Moscow risk Taft warned on Roosevelt policy child labor in Japan query noted during GOP events.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio
van Wert
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Dinera
Landon
Frank Knox
William EF
Borah
Arthur Vandenberg
Herbert Hoover
Lester Dickinson
David Ingalls
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Cooper
Youngstown
Republican
Germantown
Republican Club
Japan
United States
Factory To Reopen Under Armed Guard
Piqua report says the Crow Kills Furniture plant will reopen under armed guard after a week-old strike. Receiver Harry FE Sims announced the move. over 70 percent of workers favored returning but fear kept them away.
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Crow Kills
Harry FE. Sims
Federal order halts demolition of transient camp
Federal authorities ordered Lieut. C. S. Vaill superintendent of a federal transient camp to stop its demolition and transfer the site to relief recipients for homes.
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Kenton
Lieut. C. S. Vaill
Hoover Highlights and the New Deal Fear Narrative
The piece argues the New Deal fuels fear and confusion in the economy. It claims unemployment stems from New Deal currency policies and argues for a balanced budget and stable currency to restore work. It questions devaluation as wage cuts and criticizes political manipulation of relief. It calls for consistent constitutional change to meet evolving national needs.
Ohio U Enrollment Hits New Midyear Total
Ohio University registrar Frank B. Dilley reports 2,191 students registered at noon for the second semester with an expected 100 more by week’s end. Last year’s second semester total was 2,132, surpassed by 59. Evening and Saturday classes last year totaled 2,230. Many students enrolled late after the Monday start and noon cutoff. Classes began yesterday afternoon.
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Ohio University
Frank B. Dilley
Dilley
Wife Follows Mate in Death in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Laucille Chidister former Nelsonville resident ended her life with a gun at her Pittsburgh home. Despondent since her husband Ralph Chidister died in Daytona Beach last December, she leaves her mother in Pittsburgh and a 15 year old son Ralph Jr.
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Nelsonville
Self
Pittsburgh
Mation
Athens
G. O'Bleness
Ralph Chidister
Daytona
Fla
Grueser Fined for Driving With Denier's License
Edmund Grueser of Pomeroy was fined 25 dollars and costs for driving with a denier's license. He was arrested by State Highway Patrolman M La Davis of the Athens Sub-Station in Middleport on Wednesday night.
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Edmund Grueser
Pomeroy
J. F. Harley
Middleport
Grueser
M la Davis
Athens
Burns Prove Fatal to Girl in Gallia County
Ruth Hanna Rupe, age 5, died from burns after her clothing caught fire from a grate in her home in Gallia County. The death marked the fourth burning fatality in 24 days, with Vandalea Ileen Watson, 8, Guyan Township. Melissa Spires, 89, Morgan Township. and Jenny Whiting, 1, Gallpolis, among the other victims. Funeral services were held at Kyger Methodist Church with interment there.
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Gallia
Vandalea Ileen Watson
Guyan Township
Melissa Spires
Morgan Township
Jenny Whiting
Gallipolis
Rupe
Kyger Methodist Church
Flier Falls From Cliff After Plane Crash
In San Bernardino California soldiers and foresters prepared to recover the body of Lieut John T Helma from the San Bernardino National Forest. The flier apparently fell over a 30 foot precipice at night while attempting to bike out after a plane crash. The body was found Wednesday.
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San Bernardino
Calif
John T. Helma
San Bernardino National Forest
Roman Feast of February Roots of Valentine’s Day
The article traces St. Valentine’s Day origins from the Roman Feast of February and the love lottery to Christian saints, Chaucer poetry, and Esther Howland’s American importation turning into a major industry. It notes the festival’s spread to Britain and Europe and how Valentine cards began in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Juno
England
Scotland
Chaucer
America
Esther Howland
Worcester
Mass
Former President to Address Young Republicans in Colorado
Former President Hoover labeled the current New Deal administration as fostering a "Fountain of Fear" and took a lead role in criticizing the government. He told Lincoln Day banquet attendees of plans to speak to Colorado's young Republicans in Colorado Springs on March 7.
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Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Cuyahoga County
Moscow
Akron
Bertrand W. Gearhart
California
Abraham Lincoln
Colorado
Lincoln Day
Colorado Springs
Hoover again in GOP tilt after Lincoln Day speech
Greensboro report notes Sennster L. L Dickinson of Iowa announces a presidential bid but will not seek pledged delegates. Hoover, speaking on The Confused State of the Union, blasts the New Deal as causing fear and inflation while touting a balanced budget and stable currency to spur employment.
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Greensboro
N.C
Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Athens Dances Raise Funds for Polio Fight
Three events in Athens netted over 300 dollars for the President's Birthday Ball. Mayor Len B. McCune said seventy percent funds infantile paralysis care and correction locally, thirty percent supports the Warm Springs Foundation for the nationwide polio campaign. University event brought in more than last year. attendance up though ticket and merchandise sales were halted.
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Athens
Len B. McCune
Warm Springs Foundation
University
McCune
Skinner Skinned He Loses Faith in Humanity
Skinner alleges loss of faith after an itinerant buys lard with a quarter, discovers three chickens gone and traced to a frying pan full of lard bought with that money. The next day a stranger borrows a sack to haul corn and is seen filling it from Skinner's crib.
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Ruth Hanna Rupe
Hollis Rupe
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