Intense Blizzard Strikes East as Ships Report SOS
A violent blizzard hits the Eastern Seaboard with at least five dead and widespread damage. Distress signals from the freighter Northern 4 near Winthrop Mass are joined by Coast Guard efforts to reach a stricken vessel amid four foot snow drifts and freezing temperatures across New England New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Coast Guard
New York
U.P
Northern 4
Winthrop
Mass
Coast Guards
Northern
Winthrop Head
Gant
Atlantic Seaboard
Marly
Belgian King Leopold II Lies in State at Royal Palace
Thousands gather amid mournful pageantry as King Leopold II lies in state in the Royal Palace chapel. Prince Leopold, heir to the throne, is expected to be proclaimed king on Friday February 2, with a royal procession and solemn attendance by dignitaries and royalty.
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King Leopold
Belmud
Chappelle
Royal Palace
Leopold
Attia
Fide
British workers call for minimum wage amid strikes
In the United Kingdom on February 20, five bun workers rallied at Hercules Cloth factory over wage conditions. They demanded a minimum wage, citing low pay and poor working conditions as the basis for the action.
Car Stolen From Union Street Area
A Chevrolet car was reported stolen from Union Street near Poston Mill Street by the Post Office mailing lot. The vehicle is described as a 190 Chevrolet with front seals bearing markings. Police are investigating the theft.
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Union Street
Poston Mill Street
Wes Union Street
Etie 190
Chevrolet
Athens weighs using PWA funds for water plant upgrades
City Council last night discussed repurposing part of a Public Works Administration loan and grant for the Athens waterworks pumping station. Engineers Burgess and Nipie proposed using federal funds to install needed pumps and buildings, with a local pump maker offering $7,100 in equipment cost and a $3,000 yearly power savings.
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Athens
Ing
Burgess & Nipie
Columbus
PWA
West Athens
Ohio Water Pump Manufacturing Company
Council
Nazi Force To Renew Battle In Austria Crisis
Theo Habicht German Austrian Nazi leader warned European leaders of a pending crisis as Austrian Nazis were ordered to observe a noon today to noon February 28 armistice against Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. If Dollfuss fails to reach a German solution during the truce the Nazis would resume fighting.
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Paris
Theo Habicht
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Habicht
Telephone Company Asks for Rehearing
In Columbus on February 1 the Ohio Bell Telephone Co asked the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for a rehearing of its rate case. The utility seeks changes to the commission valuation, allowed rate of return, depreciation, and certain expenses after an order to refund 13 million dollars to subscribers.
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Ohio Bell Telephone
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
CWA Painters Begin Work At Athens Armory
The Athens Armory is being painted inside and out by CWA workers. They started yesterday and will postpone the exterior coat until better weather. The project is expected to take about a month to finish.
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CWA
Athens
War on Crime Starts in Congress Today
Washington February 20. Senate Judiciary Chairman Henry F. Ashurst pledged to press bills aimed at kidnapping and racketeering as part of a new vigorous war on crime begun in Congress.
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U.P
Congress
Henry F. Ashurst
Senate Judiciary Committee
Be Sensible Rather Than Brave Is Will's Advice to Army Pilots
Will Rogers argues to army pilots to be sensible over brave, urging caution and disciplined judgment. He cites Col. Arnold in the West, notes young fliers eager to prove themselves, and asks President Roosevelt to warn trainees about overreaching bravado while valuing lives.
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Will
Ohio to Sign Pension Bill for Aged This Afternoon
Gov. George White prepared to sign an old age pension bill appropriating 3 million dollars for July to December payments. A skeleton legislative session was called to sign last week’s appropriations. White plans to seek 2 million more for the Muskingum Conservancy District project when the Legislature reconvenes March 6, hoping to resolve court delays and avert higher local taxes.
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Feb. C
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House
Senate
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Muskingum
Chalk hurled in scuffle blinds student at Ohio University
Thomas A. Cotton 17, an Ohio University sophomore, was struck in the right eye by a billiard chalk thrown during a hall scuffle in the Men's Union. The eye is totally blind. he is under a specialist’s care with an uncertain outcome. He is from Athens, son of Thomas B. Cotton, formerly a grocer and restaurateur, now living in New York, staying with Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Henry at 61 North Congress Street.
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Ohio University
Cotton
Men's Union
Thomas 8. Cotton
Athens
New York
J. L. Henry
North Congress Street
Austria Mourns Dead of Socialist Revolt
Vienna reports a mass funeral for Socialist Revolution victims as strict censorship orders silence press messages and citizens are urged to wear black and fly black flags. Socialist leader Koloman Wallish, captured near Bruck, was executed at Leoben last night.
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U.P
Koloman Wallisch
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Leoben
John J. McGraw in grave condition after illness
New York on February 2 reports John J. McGraw former manager of the New York Giants is gravely ill with uremia and has spent a comfortable night with no change in his condition.
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New York
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Army Fliers Push Mails On Schedule
Army air mail operations pressed on schedule with a Newark route known as Hell's Stretch facing bad weather. Planes left for Boston and Chicago while private lines cut mail services and furloughs and cutbacks followed. Senate discussion hinted a return of private contractors under possible legal changes.
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Delays Threaten Ohio Liquor Store Opening March 15
Officials in Ohio weigh the risk of postponing the March 15 opening of state liquor stores amid potential glitches in certification and store readiness. civil service leaders say 15 000 examinations completed last week will be tallied in 10 days, as pressure mounts to hit the target. In Washington, three Cleveland packing firms plan to supply 600 hogs daily to the Federal surplus relief program over the next 20 days.
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Frank Deitrick
Ralph W. Emmons
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U.P
Cleveland Packing Companies
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Bonus Veto Urged by White House Says Roosevelt
Speaker Henry Rainey announced the president cannot approve any extra pay bill now and will veto or block bonus legislation as the House petitions push toward a vote. Roosevelt authorized Rainey to make the statement during a White House visit.
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Roosevelt
Mercury Falls One Below Zero in Ohio Area
The thermometer dropped below zero last night with one degree below zero as the lowest in Athens County as a light snowfall froze to the ground. Ohio saw a second cold wave this week with Norwalk recording 21 below and a morning rise to 12 below as sunshine returned and forecasts called for warmer weather ahead.
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Athene County
Ohio
Norwalk
Ohio CWA Receives Two Million Dollar Allocation
Washington February 2 The Civil Works Administration announced a new 2 000 000 allotment for Ohio CWA work for non payroll purposes The grants apply to all states as maximum amounts and may fund materials team and truck hire equipment purchase or hire Obligations beyond the allotment would not be honored
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Ohio
Civil Works
Harry L. Hopking
Hopkins
University Ter observer notes first robin sighting in Athens
F Beverage reports sighting what he believes is the first robin in Athens on Monday. He notes robins arrive later this year than in previous seasons and follows arrival and departure of local birds.
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F. Beverage
University Terrace
Athens
Mr. Beverage
Monkeys Paint Town Red at St Louis Zoo
Two educated chimps named Sammy and Billy volunteered as substitute painters at the St Louis Zoo. When CWA workers began near their cage the pair climbed out, grabbed brushes, and covered floors rails and walls with paint. Keeper Max Mall chased them up stairs as the chimp duo fled with paint on their bodies.
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Billy
Max Ma
Mall
U.S. Treasury Post Office Factory Plan Sparks Battle
Senate and House clash over a $500000 subsidy for a Reedsville West Virginia factory to produce Post Office equipment as part of a Treasury Post Office bill. Senator Bailey brands the move as socialism while Neely counters with questions about aid to workers in West Virginia and North Carolina.
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U.P
Post Office Department
Reedsville
W. Va
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Treasury Post Office
Josiah W. Bailiey
North Carolina
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
Beedeville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Bailey
Republic
Matthew M. Negry
Neely
Picketing OK in NRA Fights Judge Rules
In Cleveland on February 2 Judge George B. Harris ruled in favor of a trade association allowing picketing and boycott methods against a business as fair NRA tactics. The decision dissolved a temporary injunction and upheld the right to report picketing. The ruling said boycotts may target violators of Blue Eagle Pricing, stating fixing prices to restore order is public policy and court injunctions cannot shield violations.
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Common Pleas Court
George B. Harri
Ers
Cleveland Retail Cleaners’ and Tailors’ Association
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Donahey Tangles for Senate Nomination Opposes White
Vic Donahey six year Ohio governor will seek the Democratic nomination for United States senator with Gov. George White as his chief opponent, a race shaping up after White announced his candidacy a month earlier.
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U.P
Vic Donahey
Ohio
United States
George White
Federal Income Is Short of Expenses in Fiscal Year
Washington Feb. government expenditures for the fiscal year have surpassed 4.0 billion dollars, about half of Roosevelt’s full-year target. Treasury data show spending from July 1 to Feb. 17 at 4.034 billion, implying roughly 1.5 billion monthly outlays needed through June to meet the budget. Revenue rose but lagged behind mounting outlays.
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Feb
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Ohio parole board frees four London Prison Farm inmates
The Ohio Parole Board granted paroles to four prisoners from London Prison Farm. Andrew Bower of Athens County will be released April 1 after breaking and entering. Amos Hayburn for automobile theft releases May 1. Fernsell Tisdale of Hocking County leaves April 1 for non-support. H. T. Wheeler of Meigs County is sent to West Virginia for defrauding, April 1, along with W. Garfield Willie for burglary and larceny on March 10 and George W. Davis for forgery on April 1. Cecil Sanders of Gallia County faces March 15 for burglary and larceny.
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Ohio Parole Board
London
Athens County
Andrew Bower
Amos Hayburn
Hocking County
Fernsell Tisdale
Meigs County
H. T. Wheeler
West Virginij
W. Garfield Willie
George W. Davis
Gallia County
Cecil Sanders
Malta Man Dies in Head-On Collision
Zanesville reports 40 year old Rad ford Hickerson of Malta Morgan County died at Bethesda Hospital from injuries sustained in a Sunday head-on crash that also killed his wife and James Burnet 24 of Crooksville 13 miles south of Zanesville.
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Radford Hickerson
Malta
Morgan County
Bethesda Hospital
Fire Fatal to Ten Aged Civil War Widows in Brookville
Ten women aged 65 to 94, survivors of Civil War veterans, were killed in a frame hospital in Brookville Pennsylvania when a fire started by defective wiring swept through the building. Firefighters saved five of 15 inmates as zero temperatures and dense smoke hampered efforts. The hospital housed dependents of veterans and was adjacent to a brick building where 25 more aged women resided. Witnesses reported an explosion and trapped victims found silent in smoke.
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Brookville
U.P
Jefferson County
Western Avenue
Longview
Federal Aid Reaches Ohio University Students
Ohio University will gain 425 dollars monthly from federal aid and about 3500 dollars for the rest of the year. The government plans to support up to 100000 students with a six million dollar fund. Students will work without cash pay as aid covers term fees and reduces student accounts.
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Ohio University
BE. B. Bryan
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Hillsboro Editor To Address Journalism Students
Granville Barrere editor and publisher of the Hillsboro News-Herald will speak to Ohio University journalism students Thursday at the Colonial Hotel. A preceding banquet sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi invites all interested in newspaper work. Barrere, a close friend of Hugh Fullerton, has a statewide reputation and his paper was voted the best weekly in Ohio.
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Hillsboro News-Herald
Hillsboro
Ohio
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Colonial Hotel
Sigma Delta Chi
Barrere
Hugh Fullerton
Columbus
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