Four-Year Record Broken In Ohio Four-Year Cold Snap
United States Weather Bureau reports frigid conditions across the Midwest with Ohio temperatures plunging below zero. Chicago sees slight warming while Ohio towns like Napoleon reach 17 below, Marietta 12 below, and Dixie regions stay largely freezing. Schools close as arctic winds sweep east and south.
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Ohio
Mid-West
Mercury
United States Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
Dixie
Florida
New York State
Lake Erie
New England
Middle West
Napoleon
Marietta
State Highway Department
Sabotage Hinted in Blaze At British Electrical Plant
Reports from Britain describe a mysterious fire at an electrical plant near the Waltham Abbey gunpowder factory site. Scotland Yard leads the inquiry amid wartime sabotage rumors stretching to Ireland and Germany, with cold northern Europe conditions worsening hardships.
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British Electrical
Great Britain
Waltham Abbey
Scotland Yard
Apc
Paris
Oeuvre
London
Gibbstown
New Jersey
Adolf Hitler
Juvenile Judges Vote New Case Procedure in Ohio
A state association meeting accepted a committee recommendation to stop direct commitment of juvenile offenders to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster. Instead, youths would be referred to a state bureau to determine placement in Lancaster, a feeble-minded institution, or a defective delinquents facility.
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Columbus
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Ohio State Association of Juvenile Wedges
Food shipments reach Ohio totals in December
In Columbus Clint C Brunner Ohio state director announced 420 carloads of food were shipped into Ohio in December by the Surplus Commodities Corporation. Also in Columbus 78 year old Dr William A Cole founder of the old Ohio Medical College died in the city.
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Ohio
Columbus
W.P
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Clint C. Brunner
U.P
William A. Cole
Old Ohio Medical College
College of Medicine of
State University
Ohio Receives Four Million in Pension Funds
The Federal Social Security Board granted Ohio 4.426 million dollars for the first quarter of 1940 to finance old age pensions. Tom McCaw, state pension chief, said 9622 Ohioans were flagged in 1936 for verification issues, with 175 cases unresolved and 2881 dollars still deducted. Further audits threaten larger future deductions.
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Columbus
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Tom McCaw
McCaw
Ice Covers Ohio River Along Gallia Waterfront
Ice covers the Ohio River along the Gallia County waterfront as rising water dislodges gorges and edges grind against each other. Onlookers line the city front while river interests report no damage.
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Ohio River
Gallia
Gallipolis
Eliza
Gallia County
Light Damage in Carbondale Fire at Postmaster Home
Carbondale notices slight damage to the home of Postmaster D. B. Lowry when a fire from a defective flue started this morning. Volunteers used buckets of water to extinguish the flames and early discovery prevented serious loss.
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Carbondale
D. B. Lowry
British planes sink German submarine in North Sea gale
British aircraft reportedly sank a German submarine in the North Sea during a gale. The report comes from French military quarters today detailing the wartime action.
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Paris
North Sea
Cross Country Hiker Dies in Texas Car Crash
Gallia County relatives confirm Velma Spencer former Velma Gibson Marshall died in a Texas motor accident while hitchhiking across the continent. The twenty-something California resident rode with a traveling salesman who fell asleep at the wheel as their car plunged down a steep embankment. Both occupants were killed.
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Gallipolis
Thivener
Gallia County
Velma Spencer
Velma Gibson Marshall
Texas
Illinois backs Roosevelt as third-term drive grows
Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago declared Illinois' 58 delegates will vote for Roosevelt for renomination with or without the President's consent. Florida's Sen. Claude Pepper aligned 14 delegates with Roosevelt as Ohio's 52 Buckeye delegates indicated support if a first ballot convention favors him.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Illinois
Claude Pepper
Fla
Arthur Limbach
Ohio State Democratic Committee
Youth Fined and Jailed for Kicking Invalid Mother
Anson Ryder, 22, was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to six months in the workhouse by Police Judge Oscar C. Bell after being found guilty of kicking his crippled mother Mrs. Carrie Ryder, 53. Ryder’s grandmother Mrs. Alloria Hammond, 78, wept as he was led away while the mother kissed him.
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Cleveland
WU P
Anson Ryder
Oscar C. Bell
Carrie Ryder
Alloria Hammond
Ryder
Unemployment Fraud case yields jail for Federskee
Ignatz Federskee aged 49 of Warren pleaded guilty to falsifying his earnings report to obtain unemployment compensation. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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Columbus
Ignatz Federskee
Warren
Roosevelt library fire damages Hyde Park scaffolding
President Roosevelt’s library under construction suffered slight fire damage when a plaster-drying burner ignited scaffolding last night in Hyde Park New York. The incident caused minor smoke and heat damage to the site housing private and state papers.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Mettler Urges Group To Map Plan of Action
The Ohio Coal Foundation in Nelsonville votes to back State plans to buy 100000 tons of coal from Southeastern Ohio mines to aid miners and ease relief needs. A committee led by Dr. B. B. Buckley and Charles Guinther, with Sen. H. T. Phillips, is to craft a concrete action plan under Executive Secretary Harry A. Mettler.
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Nelsonville
Paul Herbert
Ohio
Ohio Coal Foundation
Foundation
B. B. Buckley
Charles F. Guinther
H. T. Phillips
Harry A. Mettler
Mettler
Taber challenges contract authorizations in Congress
Rep. John Taber moves to halt future government contract authorizations, risking delay to defense programs. He used a point of order to strike a $150 million Maritime Commission item from the independent offices bill, part of a 1941 budget package. He vows to apply similar action to all future contract authorizations.
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Washington
U.P
John Taber
N. Y
Congress
Taber
Maritime Commission
House
Engineers Can Check River Stage Instantly
U S engineers in Huntington can read river stage at Pomeroy instantly with a button press. Installed about three weeks ago, the new device replaces daily gauge readings mailed to Huntington, allowing near real time monitoring.
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Pomeroy
U. S
Huntington
South African Leader to Seek Peace with Germany
CAPE TOWN SA Former Premier Gen J B M Hertzog United Party leader told parliament he will introduce Tuesday a motion calling for peace with Germany.
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Cape Town
South Africa
U.P
J. B. M. Hertzog
United Party
Germany
Unemployment Focus of UMWA Golden Jubilee
Columbus reports 2000 UMWA delegates opening a jubilee convention with emphasis on unemployment. Philip Murray advocates a national unemployment conference with labor, farmers, bankers, business leaders and officials. Wheeler to speak. 1800 resolutions filed. Athens County relief to be discussed.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Philip Murray
UMWA
Labor Organization
Congress of Industrial Organizations
America
Murray
Congress
Thomas Kennedy
Resolutions
U. S
Burton K. Wheeler
John Owens
Athens County
Ohio
Villagers Balk at Flood Benefit Taxes in Newcomerstown
Newcomerstown enters its second annual tax strike over flood benefit assessments by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. Property owners again refuse real estate taxes, echoing a 1939 protest after Attorney General Herberts ruled taxes must include the flood fee. Drugstore leader George Beers says the village has more reason to resist now with federal plans to buy and maintain 14 flood control dams.
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Muskingum Watershed
Schine Theater Chain Extension Ruled Legal
The Schine Theater chain won a first round victory in an anti trust case allowing it to extend holdings beyond 150 theaters in New York Ohio Kentucky Delaware and Maryland. The ruling by Federal Judge John Knight lets the chain expand despite objections from the federal government.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Schine Theater
John Knight
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Delaware
Maryland
Snow Cruiser Escapes Damage in Polar Mishap
Admiral Byrd reports the $150000 Snow Cruiser nearly capsized after slipping from a ramp at Little America during unloading from the North Star. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter of Chicago controlled the slide and prevented catastrophe.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
North Star
Navy Department
Byrd
Thomas C. Poulter
Chicago
Four Die in Houston House Fire. One Critical
Four persons burned to death and another was critically injured when a resident swept a residence in Austin Texas today. Fire officials said the blaze with unknown cause left the building in ruins and a survivor was treated at a local hospital.
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Austin
Tex
O.R
Miss Nancy Linton Dies in Chicago
Ohio University graduate Miss Nancy E. Linton died Tuesday in Chicago after a brief illness. Her body will go to her brother Daniel Linton near Frost for funeral services at Centennial Church north of Frost at 1 30 p m Saturday. She taught in Ohio and Pennsylvania before moving to Chicago where she lived in retirement. She is survived by sisters Mrs Mary Smith Hawarden Iowa and Mrs Pauline Andrews Frost, and brother Daniel Frost plus nieces and nephews.
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Nancy E. Linton
Ohio University
Chicago
Daniel Linton
Frost
Centennial Church
Miss Linton
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Linton
Mary Smith
Hawarden
Iowa
Pauline Andrews
Daniel
Car Strikes Truck Fined Driver in Local Incident
Chester Hanning age 31 of The Plains was fined 10 dollars and costs by the Ohio State Patrol on a reckless driving charge after his car collided with a truck owned by the municipality in Chauncey. The incident occurred near Mayor Hines’ home as officers reported the crash. Burgstahler and President Burgstahler Burgstahler were not involved in the decision.
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Chester Hanning
The
Plains
OSPF
Hanning
Delaware
U.P
Ohio Wesleyan Uni
Alversity
Chauncey
Hines
Herbert J
Burgstahler
Four-Year Cold Mark Noted In Local Readings
Mrs. C N France reported a government thermometer at East Bridge registered 11 degrees below zero last night. Mrs. Charles L Creamer of 72 Richland Ave disputed that, noting 26 below at her home. She recalls 24 below in 1936 and 40 below in 1899 at the Osmond home near South Bridge.
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C. N. France
East Bridge
Charles L. Creamer
Richland Ave
James Osmond
South Bridge
Temperature Reading Mixup Reported in Greenville and Ironton
A weather note reports a reading of 20 below in Greenville Ohio with a correction stating it was eight above in Ironton. The discrepancy suggests a misprint or instrument error affecting the local forecast.
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Greenville
Ohio
Ironton
Weather Forces Suspension Of Ohio WPA Projects
The Ohio WPA suspended outside projects as sub zero weather halted work for more than 85,000 workers. Wages losses this month are estimated at 4 to 6 million dollars, with 50 percent of scheduled time completed and only 65 hours of lost time restorable later. Inside projects employ about 35,000 of 135,000 laborers while some deep sewers continue. Driving conditions were hazardous in the north central area with heavy snow drifts and roads open. Temperatures around the state ranged from 4 to 20 below zero aligned with the coldest period since 1936.
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Pareas
Finland
Arctic
Salla
North Central
Markajaervi
Kemi
Rovaniemi
Gulf of One
WPA
Ohio
Highway Department
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Medina
Napoleon
Wilmington
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Lima
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Ravenna
Tiffin
Circleville
Cincinnati
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Cleveland
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Newark
Akron
Cambridge
Sunbury
Borah Weaker In Life Battle
Washington U S Senator William E Borah Jr of Idaho lay critically ill with a cerebral hemorrhage diagnosed Tuesday. Secretary Cora Rubin reported the 74 year old veteran weakening as physicians warned there is little hope for recovery.
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Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Ida
Cora Rubin
Borah
Miss Rubin
Mine Inspection Bill Clears Senate
Washington United Press report says the Senate unanimously passed a bill by Sen. M. M. Neely Democrat West Virginia requiring annual inspections of all coal mines in the United States and sent it to the House for action.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
M. M. Neely
W. Va
United States
House
Glouster Gets New 36000 Athletic Field
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins announced federal approval for a 36000 high school athletic field stadium in Glouster. Construction should start within 30 days, employing about 100 men for five months. The concrete stadium seats 1200 and includes night lighting and a perimeter fence. A municipal playground with a baseball diamond and tennis courts will lie south of the field.
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Glouster
Thomas A. Jenkins
Browder to Take Stand in Passport Fraud Case
Earl Browder, longtime general secretary of the Communist Party, may testify today in his passport fraud trial. The defense plans to begin after the government finishes calling handwriting expert Walter G. Blackburn, who will compare Browder’s signature on the passport form with signatures on three other applications.
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NEW York
U.P
Earl Browseder
Communist Party of the United States
Walter G. Blackburn
Browder
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