Snow storms lash east. 42 dead as blizzard grips north
Storms sweep eastern U S with tornadoes in the south and heavy snow in the midwest and northeast. At least 42 dead today from direct or indirect storm effects, with eight killed in a United Air Lines crash near Salt Lake City and multiple auto and bus crashes blamed on blinding snow.
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United States
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Air liner crash near Lake City claims seven lives
Lake City Utah February authorities report seven men dead after a two engines passenger plane crashed into a canyon near Parleys Summit. Pilots Don Broughton and Lloyd Pigralied failed to return after takeoff from Parleys Canyon and were later found with the wreckage blocking the wrecked fuselage. Search efforts faced poor visibility as crews from United Air and airlines based in Chicago aided the recovery and investigation.
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Lake City
Utah
Oxgen
CWA Orders 10 000 Ohio Workers Cut From Civil Works
Frank D. Henderson of the Ohio Civil Relief today says Washington ordered about 10 000 CWA employes cut. Officials were told to carry out the measure with Ohio areas facing heavy impact. The move, announced February 26, affects rural counties most and aligns with a broader reduction planned for mid February.
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Frank D. Henderson
Ohio Civil Ration
Washington
CWA
Pile High in York City Streets
A major blizzard hit York City with huge snow drifts piling in streets and causing severe winds unseen in years. Officials warned residents to stay off roads as crews cleared the heavy blanket of snow from last week’s storm.
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York City
Tork
Reopens Control Plan for Farmers Contracts and Payments
The article notes the control plan reopening to permit farmers with contracts to receive payments. Davis announces signing, with plans tied to 1933 and the 1934-35 pay periods as part of the administration's adjustments.
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UPR
Nstment
Davis
Tragedy at Dartmouth Fraternity Nine Die From Gas Fatalities
Nine Dartmouth College students died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a Theta Chi fraternity house after an evening of gaiety. The victims, seniors and juniors, included William Fullerton and Edward Moldenke. A white Siberian sled dog also perished beside Wentworth’s bed. President Hopkins delayed public notice for hours.
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N. H
U.P
Dartmouth College
Merton D. Little
Theta Chi
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Doctor Hopkins
William F. Fullerton
Cleveland Heights
Edward F. Moldenke
East Fifty-Fourth Street
New York
Wentworth
50 Cent Minimum Wage Urged for County CWA
The Complaint and Adjustment Committee in Athens County urged a new CWA pay scale to align with private industry. Skilled workers would earn 85 cents, semi skilled 36 to 75 cents, and unskilled 50 cents per hour. The plan requires state approval and aims for a living wage amid a 15 hour week, with officials to discuss relief across townships.
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CWA
Athens County
Theodore H. Smith
Smith
Confesses Killing and Ends Life in Prison
CAMBRIDGE Feb 26 U P Marvin Carroll 25 who was said to have confessed shooting a gasoline station attendant at Butte Mont in a hold up Aug 12 1932 committed death by own action by hanging in jail here Officials were attempting to reach Carrolls parents in Denver Colo whom Carroll said he had not seen since 1931 Authorities received a communication from Butte asking that Carroll be held The communication did not say whether the hold up victim was wounded fatally by Carroll
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U.P
Marvin Carroll
Butte
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Carroll
Denver
Colo
Carrol
Gasoline tax funds aid to Lima relief
Lima Ohio reports $10,208 already transferred from the gaso line tax fund for poor relief. Officials seek diversion of $9.57 to support local aid programs.
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Lima
Sikebigag
Educators from Athens travel to Cleveland for convention
Athens City Schools superintendent Harper Pen dry and Ohio University education director A B Sias join about four thousand National Education Association delegates in Cleveland. District teachers attend discussions rather than speeches with 77 committees tackling topics from teacher education to public welfare and finance. Examinations assess group findings, with conclusions to be delivered to the convention.
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National Education Association
Harper C. Pendry
Athens City
Ohio Groceries Show 4.7 Gain in 2 Months
Columbus reports wholesale groceries in Ohio rose 4.7 percent in December and January reversing a prior trend of losses. The Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research notes the gain contrasts with the typical 7.7 percent decrease seen in these months.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Charge Sdje
Ford and NRA Battle Over Code Compliance
The NRA threatened a detailed probe of Ford Motor Company labor practices after Ford refused to bargain collectively and did not attend a February 23 conference on grievances. NRA compliance director William H. Davis cited ongoing disputes with Henry Ford over the Blue Eagle pledge and code compliance. Edsel Ford was advised of the impending investigation, while company secretary B. J. Craig said Ford would not attend the meeting.
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National Recovery Administration
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
William H. Davis
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Davis
Edsel Ford
Gallipolis Man Sues for Five Thousand Over Alienation
Bay Clear, Gallipolis, filed suit in common pleas court against his mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Tabit, seeking 5000 damages for alienation of his wife’s affection. He alleges Mrs. Tabit influenced his wife, Margaret Tabit Claar, to leave him and pursue a divorce, affecting their social, domestic, and religious relationships.
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Bay Clear
Common Pleas Court
Mary Tabit
Margaret Tabit Claar
Claar
Ohio Restaurant Codes Are Effective Today
The code for restaurant operators became effective today in about 15 000 Ohio food establishments. Copies were sent to many restauranteurs. operators without copies will still be held responsible.
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Columbus
Ohio
T. T. Frankenburg
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Train Strikes Auto. Three Ohioans Killed in Toledo
TOLEDO Feb 26 Three people were killed when a New York Central train struck an automobile carrying Raymond Williams Marie Williams and Eli Grigaby as they returned from ville where Grigsby s father was.
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New York Central Railroad
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Marie
Eli Grigaby
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Grigsby
Bas Cie
Plane wreck found near Salt Lake City after storm
An airliner missing since last Friday was located on a mountain slope near Salt Lake City Utah. Seven men and one stewardess were found dead in the wreckage.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Auto Workers Threaten General Strike in Michigan
Detroit February 26. Labor trouble in the automotive industry grows as strikes spread and a general walkout is threatened. Thousands of Michigan workers await William Green’s AFL decision before acting. Toledo meeting with 5,000 members from the Automobile Workers Union Machinists Union and the Union of Blacksmiths and Drop Forgers votes today on a general strike in Toledo.
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Automotive
Michigan
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Toledo
Automobile Workers Union
Machinists Union
Union of Blacksmiths and Drop Forgers
Two Trainmen Die as Truck Derails at Crossing
A Pennsylvania Limited passenger train from New York to Chicago crashed into a motor truck at a Main Street crossing in Delphos Ohio. Locomotive engineer G. C. Lehman and fireman Andrew Palmer, both of Fort Wayne, were killed. The truck driver Phillip Lang was critically hurt and taken to a Lima hospital.
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New York
Chicago
G. C. Lehman
Andrew Palmer
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Phillip Lang
Lima
Lehman
Palmer
Rural Bloc Weighs in on Ohio Sales Tax Drive
Columbus reports hint at an alliance between sales tax interests and a rural bloc. A proposed deal would cancel 50 million dollars in state, county, and township road assessments if rural legislators back the sales tax, discussed by a special tax committee subcommittee last week.
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Ohio
Swartz Urges Feed for Birds After Snow
B F Swartz state game protector in Athens County urges sportsmen to feed birds buried by heavy snow. He advises clearing snow in rural areas to create protected feeding spots and placing wheat and cracked corn under cover. In towns birds like red birds robins sparrows and others seek sustenance.
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Mid-South Storms Kill and Injure Dozens in Tornado Route
Relief workers battled fallen trees and wreckage across Mississippi Alabama and Georgia after a tornado roared through the region late Sunday. At least 12 died and nearly 100 were injured with 32 critically hurt. Names of the dead and injured include Carl Calvert and family at Center Hill Mississippi Curtie Bishop and an unidentified man in Kefawnee Mississippi Mrs Mannie Kais siah in Calera Alabama Rev Wheeler in Ashland Alabama and Mr and Mrs W T Phillips in Carrollton Georgia. American Legion posts led local relief efforts with 40 injured in Ashland and eight serious cases.
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Pennsylvania Highway Workers Battle Snow
Snow blanketed nearly every Pennsylvania county for a second time this week as the state highway department deployed over 2,000 workers to keep roads open and traveling conditions manageable today.
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Harrisburg
Highway Department
New York Weather Fellows Promise Bigger Storm Production
Will Rogers notes New York weather fellows advertised a bigger storm in rehearsals and ready to deliver. He mentions Clark Gable's return and Wall Street brokers moving to Washington as clients appear on the stand, implying a staged weather event.
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Tariff Policy Parley Called
Washington February 24 The UPA conference with administration experts to craft tariff policy and outline an export credit bank will convene late today at the White House President Roosevelt to meet with Cordell Hull Daniel C Roper Henry A Wallace Rexford Tugwell and Harry F Payer of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and others The talks aim to provide a basis for a broader program after subsequent meetings.
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UPA
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Cordell Hull
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Daniel C. Roper
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Harry F. Payer
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Three Green Pastures cast members injured in Huntington crash
The Green Pastures cast suffered injuries after an early Monday morning auto accident in Huntington West Virginia. Alma Lillie Hubbard was treated at Memorial Hospital with a skull fracture, while Gertrude De Verney and Sterling Rex sustained minor bruises and will still sing tonight. Ivan Sharp notes the choir selections were chosen by Hubbard at Marc Connelly's request.
Bandits Escape With $4000 Hotel Receipts
Three men transporting $4000 to the Lowry Hotel auditor’s office were held up by two bandits in St Paul. The loot, weekend receipts, included checks and cash and the bandits fled with the money.
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U.P
Lowry Hotel
H. E. Reynolds
Blizzard paralyzes Ohio as 24 hour storm sweeps state
A 24 hour blizzard blankets Ohio with five inches officially measured yesterday and today, driving drifts up to a foot or more. Air travel halts at Columbus and Cleveland, trains behind schedule, and relief agencies see rising demand as crews clear roads and sidewalks. Temperature drops tonight with a warmer forecast tomorrow.
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U.P
Ohio
Mre. C. N. France
County Observer
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City Service Department
Six Cremated In Hotel Fire In Utica
A morning Utica hotel fire at the Mirone Hotel killed six people. Identified victims include Salvatore Teja, 40, a marble worker, and Dominick Bevi acqua, 45, a CWA worker, both Utica residents. Philips Heidt, 80, was rescued but in serious condition from smoke inhalation.
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Mirone
Salvatore Teja
Dominick Beviacqua
CWA
Philips Heidt
Divorces Sought By Millican And Tanner At Athens Court
Worthy C Millican files for divorce from wife Iva Millican in Athens County Common Pleas Court claiming absence since 1923. Lola Tanner sues Edward Tanner for divorce and restoration to Lola Osler, stating he is confined to Ohio State Hospital. couple married in 1922.
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Worthy C. Millican
Athens County
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