Severe winter forecast and fire toll across cities
Weather bureau warns Ohio of a harsher cold wave moving from Canada as temperatures rise briefly. Twelve deaths attributed to yesterday's extreme cold include two in Detroit and seven in New York. overheated furnaces sparked fires across several cities. A blizzard trapped twenty five children at the Bethesda orphanage in West Kumpley, New Jersey as the flames struck.
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Washington Weather Bureau
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New York
Philadelphia
Bethesda
Weat Kumpley
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Athens Weather Records Highlight Historic Cold Snap
The Athens thermometer fell to record lows with a Sunday 1 a.m. reading and notes the coldest January 16 in 1895 at 12 below and the warmest in 1906 at 54. A forty eight hour temperature table shows readings across Saturday and Sunday with highs near the upper teens and lows in the single digits.
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Athens
Mercury
Coldest Morning Sees Zero in Nelsonville
The thermometer at the Hocking Valley depot dropped to zero at 6:36 am Sunday, January 17, the coldest morning of the season. Previous low reading for this winter stood at eight above.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Logan Cold Snap Lowers Thermometer Readings
Logan records their coldest of the present winter as temperatures dip below zero early Sunday. Many thermometers show two to five degrees below, with some as low as eight. By 9 a.m. readings began to rise.
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Temperature Dips Then Climbs in Amesville
In Amesville the temperature rose from 1 degree below zero at 8 AM yesterday to 15 degrees above zero by 7 AM today as recorded by local forecasts.
Maine Recovers From Winter Storm Across State
Maine today faced the effects of the season's harshest storm with 8.4 inches of snow. High winds created drifts and left most highways and country roads impassable, while steam and electric railways and shipping were severely handicapped by the storm.
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Portland
U.P
New York Mobilizes Snow Crew After Six Inch Storm
Twenty thousand snow shovelers and 671 snow plows were deployed across Manhattan and surrounding boroughs to clear Saturday's six inch snowfall. Temperatures warmed gradually as the Weather Bureau forecast higher readings. seven deaths attributed to the storm were reported in the city.
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Weather Bureau
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motorists lucky escape at Buckeye Lake shore ice
Harold Groves aged 22 and Helen Murtaugh aged 17, both of Lancaster, were driving on Buckeye Lake when the car broke through thin shore ice. They narrowly escaped drowning yesterday as rescuers pulled them to safety.
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Lucky
Testimony on Federal Valley operation before ICC
Athens and Amesville representatives urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow continuing operation of the Federal Valley railroad arguing public good and district prosperity. They cited transport uncertainty harming coal and clay industries and potential benefits if New York Central takes over short lines. The decision is expected in months as owners struggle with earnings.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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C. M. Giovehn
J. Woolley Athens
Frank Gifford
Harry Henry
Frank L. Thomas
Dewey Goddard
Amesville
Washington, D. C
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Federal Valley Railroad
New York Central
Commission
Athens
Federal Valley
Peru Delivers Tacna Arica Reply to U S
Peru's ambassador Velarde handed to the U S State Department a reply to Secretary Kellogg's Tacna Arica settlement proposal. The exchange follows ongoing talks over the disputed provinces between Peru and Bolivia and was delivered in Washington.
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Velarde
Marines Declare Rama Neutral to Halt Bombardment
In Bluefields Nicaragua on January 17 United Press reports General Dan Mena liberal commander says Rama interior town has been declared a neutral zone by U. S. marines as liberal artillery prepares to hit the conservative garrison. Mena says his forces will persist in fighting and criticizes a U. S. deal while Admiral Latimer could declare the whole country neutral if liberals win.
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United Press
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Julian Latimer
Chinese college treasurer attacked by six students in Swatow
United Press report from Hong Kong describes Dr H Page American Baptist Mission college treasurer wounded as six students attack over funds. His wife aided in repelling the assault with a revolver. The incident sparks anti American sentiment and requests for a gun boat. In Fuchow violence follows discovery of dead children at an orphanage as mobs loot and authorities fear further foreign clashes.
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United Press
Swatow
China
H. Page
American Baptist Mission College
Shanghai
Final Figures in Athens Community Chest Drive
Final figures on the Athens Community Chest campaign were not yet ascertained at Chest headquarters as teams had not completed their canvass. Campaign manager S. M. Johnson said final totals could come tomorrow. The drive, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, aimed for $10,000 to aid Athens welfare organizations.
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Athens
Bank Robber Mayo At Large In Tulsa After Jail Break
John Mayo a convicted bank robber and Osage murder trial witness escaped Sunday and fled to downtown Tulsa. He entered a hotel armed with two revolvers and a machine gun seeking his wife. Mayo forced jailers to release him then robbed the jail cash drawer of 36 dollars and commandeered a taxicab to drive away.
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U.R
John Mayo
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Controversy Over Seating Smith Reaches Critical Point
Controversy over seating Smith in the Senate intensified as a designating Senator from Illinois prepares to present credentials. The dispute centers on seating procedurals and party alignment amid ongoing confirmation debates.
Senate action looming over Illinois Senator-designate Smith
United Press reports that Frank L. Smith plans to present credentials to the Senate on Wednesday triggering a fight over seating. Senator Robinson will move to refer credentials to the elections committee without oath. Republicans fear a protracted debate and possible extra session.
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United Press
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Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate
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Chicago
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Arkansas
Elections’ Committee
Woman Credited With Idea of the W C T U Dies
Springfield January 17 Mrs Marietta Enoch Kinney dies at her home credited with conceiving the idea of the National Wom en's Christian Temperance Union She organized women at a revival service in 1874 and led them to saloons to sing and pray She is survived by a daughter Florence Kinney active in Billy Sunday revival work Homer Rodehaver song leader to lead funeral singing at St Paul Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow afternoon
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U.P
Marietta Enoch Kinney
National Women’s Christian Temperature Union
Kinney
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
General Assembly To Meet To Consider Mass Legislation
About 50 bills face two houses as committees convene tonight. Anticipated relations between Democrats and Republicans are expected to be tested.
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Donahey
Ohio General Assembly Opens With Budget Talks
The eighty seventh Ohio General Assembly convenes in Columbus as committees meet for the first time to tackle roughly fifty bills. Governor Donahey’s appointments to the state industrial commission are under Senate consideration, signaling early friction and possible amicability.
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Ohio hosts pacifist drive to end ROTC in schools
Ohio meetup drew 500 post commanders from across the state at Columbus. Paul V. McNutt, Indiana legion leader and law dean, spoke in an address before the group at the Chamber of Commerce. Harley Moler of Athens and A. E. McConkey attended as officers.
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Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
Harley Moler
K. T. Crossen
Athens
A. E. McConkey
Carroll Granted 30 Day Stay In Perjury Case
New York January 17 The U S Court of Appeals granted a thirty day stay of execution of a one year and a day sentence for perjury in the Joyce Hawley bathtub case. The stay follows a petition by attorney Herbert G Smyth to allow time for appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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U.P
Kurl Carroll
Joyce Hawley
U.S. Court of Appeals
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Carroll
U. & Supreme Court
Burkhardt Ends Life After Two Failures
Henry Burkhardt a 55 year old Canton restaurant owner hanged himself in his basement after attempting suicide twice by lying in front of street cars.
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Wild Boar in Wisconsin Finally Slain After Two-Year Rampage
LACROSSE Wis Jan 17 The wild boar that roamed through this Wisconsin area for two years and menaced huntsmen and farmers has been killed near Linxville by Percy Hagon who hunted it for two years. The creature stood about one height of a cow and weighed 850 to 900 pounds with tusks ten inches long and eight feet eight inches long. The boar once trapped Hagon for hours after it charged him into a tree.
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U.P
Lacrosse
Wis
United Press
Percy Hagon
Linxville
Hagon
Eagon
Three Die in Collision Between Trolley Car and Auto
An investigation began into a crash yesterday near Harries station in which a traction car struck an automobile after a church outing. Three persons were killed and five injured, two of whom may die, as the collision occurred between the Springfield and Columbus trolley line and the auto.
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Columbus
Pilot survives forced landing of mail plane in Ashland
Ashland Pennsylvania January 17 Pilot William Hall of New York escaped injury when he force landed a government mail plane early today after a smash.
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William Hall
New York
Senate's Right To Force Testifying Upheld by Court
The U S Supreme Court on January 17 affirmed the senate’s power to compel testimony in investigations. The ruling upheld the arrest of Mal S Daugherty, brother of former AG Harry Daugherty, for contempt for defying a senate committee probe into the Justice Department era.
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United States Supreme Court
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Daugherty
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Justice Department
Mal Daugherty
Supreme Court
Ministers urge separation from in laws in marriage talks
New York ministers from Protestant and Catholic groups urged young couples to separate from their in laws and treat marriage seriously. They cited Judge Lindsay’s companionable marriage idea and warned against overbearing parental influence, with calls for broader views on divorce and modernizing marital norms.
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W.A
Ben Lindsay
Denver
Colo
Hold Man Thought To Be Strangler In Middlewest
Petersburgh Indiana January 17 A key suspect in the so called gorilla man strangler case is Peter O Jere a foreigner arrested for terrorizing women. County officials say he matches the description of the killer whose recent attacks were in Kansas City Missouri and who has claimed fifteen victims across the western coast and the Midwest. Sheriff Kendall notes he speaks English only when excited and refuses to discuss his past.
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Middlewest
Peter O’jere
Kansas City
Thomas M. Kendall
Hall Funeral Held at Home in Athene s
Leander Hall funeral conducted by Rev C M Coulter at First Methodist Ath ens, burial at Bicknell cemetery Meigs county. Hall died Friday afternoon at his home 60 Stimpson Avenue.
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Athens
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Meigs County
Oil Battle Begins In Mexico Over Confiscatory Laws
The dispute between American oil firms and the Mexican government opened today with Sinclair obtaining an injunction to stop a Mexican firm from exploiting an oil concession by the department of labor and industry in Tampico reports.
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U.R
Tampico
Sinclair Company
Department of Labor and Industry
Navy supply bill boosts battleships and air power
The Senate appropriations committee approved additions to the naval supply bill, overruling President Coolidge and the budget bureau. The measure funds three more battle cruisers increases Navy personnel and adds airplanes, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration.
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U.R
I Coolidge
Budget Bureau
Senate Appropriations’ Committee
Senate
Peace at Work Shaped in U S Foreign Policy Debate
Washington dispatch notes administration effort to maintain Mexican policy amid criticism. Kellogg denies change while factions push arbitration for Central America and Nicaragua. Talks involve Columbia University’s Nicholas Murray Butler and ex-ambassador Beecher as pressure to influence U S stance. Debate centers on a possible new government and general election in Nicaragua.
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