Cold Wave Devastates Midwest With Dozens Dead
Chicago dispatch reports a brutal cold snap across northern states causing about 50 fatalities. Minnesotas Warroad hit 87 below? zero readings. Minneapolis tied a 19 day zero record. Schools closed. trains delayed or canceled. coal shortages trigger emergency measures asEvictions halted and relief trains moved fuel to Chicago schools.
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Chicago
Warroad
Minn
Minneapolis
Mackenzie Basin
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Omaha
Cert
Michigan
Detroit
Eveleth
Mercury
Hallock
Grand Forks
N. D
Waterton
S. D
Milwaukee
Iron Mountain
Mich
Marshalltown
Mundelein
Clyde Herring
Chicago Board of Education
Parrish Refuses House Pay Check Said He Resigns
George F. Parrish state registrar of motor vehicles resigned his seat in the house of delegates and asked State Auditor Edgar B. Lima to return his 1936 salary check to the treasury. He refused legislative pay after resigning and noted precedents including J. J. P. O'Brien who returned his salary in 1835.
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George F. Parrish
J.J. P. O'Brien
Ohio
Willie Willis Name and Social Etiquette Note
Willie Willis declares personal conduct differs at home versus public, stating he can match others in company despite potential slips at home.
Sheriff Calls For Troops As Pekin Strikes Grow
In Pekin Illinois 600 Corn Products Refining workers voted to join a general strike, boosting total strikers to about 2100 as refinery employees plan to walk out at 10 PM. Sheriff Ralph Gear requested National Guard reinforcements amid a city of 17 000 and a 1500 worker walkout across 31 labor crafts.
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Pekin
Corn Products Refining Company
Strlke
Pekin, II
Ralph Gear
Safety on Streets film targets Kansas City pedestrians
Kansas City plans a police department produced film to educate pedestrians after 58 of 87 traffic deaths last year were pedestrians. Police Director Otto P. Hickey and City Manager H F Moray announce 22 scenes depicting 22 accident types with Mayor Bryce B Smith and City Manager McElroy playing auto victims. The project costs about 10 to 12 dollars and will be furnished to any organization.
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Kansas City
Ederklane
Otto P. Hicer
H. F. Moray
Higgins
Stara
Bryce B. Smith
McElroy
Newspapersmian
Paul Redfern Alive and Well Reported From Jungle
A missionary in Dutch Guiana says aviator Paul Redfern, missing eight years since his 1920 flight from Brunswick, is alive with Indian tribes near the Tapanahoni headwaters. An American Legion rescue party departs Albina in canoes carrying supplies to recover him and return him to the United States.
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James A. Ryan
U. S. Albina
Dutch Guiana
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Rilo de Janeiro
Redfern
American Legion
U. S
Albina
House Gets Finance Bills
Washington reports show business improvement and a large appropriation bill totaling 989,624,820 for the treasury and post office departments. The measure expands enforcement in postal inspection, coast guard, secret service, forensics, plus funds for trans Pacific and potential trans Atlantic services by spring.
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Washington
Treasury
Postoffice
House
Postal Inspection Wing
Coast Guard
Secret Service
Forentics Bureau
Eye to Measure Sunburn Rays Developed in Northwestern
Evanston researchers unveil a magnesium photo detector that senses only ultraviolet rays in the 2700 to 3300 angstrom range linked to sunburn and vitamin A production. The device, housed like a tiny diver’s helmet, uses a nickel disk to collect electrons and ignores visible light. It could test UV lamp efficiency and guide irradiation levels for foods to achieve desired vitamin A.
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Evanston
Cof
Robert Cashman
Northwestern University
Ture
Daughter Prisoner 22 Years in Room Held Insane Mother
A Fayette County case reveals Minnie Coleman of Shadecreek kept her daughter Dama Coleman, now 33, in a darkened room for 22 years. The daughter, described as white, thin, and unable to talk, was taken to McKendree State Hospital after police and deputies found her.
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Fayette County
Minnie Coleman
Shadecreek
Victor
Dama Coleman
McKendree
O. R. Kincaid
G. T. Davis and
Forome
Dy le
Mukeis
Fayetteville
Caleman
Kinrain
Fmncial
Kincaid
Cheap Loans For Housing Suggested to President
Advisers to President Roosevelt propose a nationwide program of cheap federal loans to local communities to expand home ownership for low income groups and spur economic recovery. The plan envisions a long term building effort with very low interest rates and may reach as many as one million families, with administration seeking congressional legislation this session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Rouusevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Stock Exchange Shares Pass Fifty Billion Marker
New York report states the total value of all shares traded on the stock exchange reached fifty billion dollars as of February 1, the highest level since April 1, 1931. The latest figure stood at 50,164,547,052 dollars, with a prior month at 46,045,581,555 and a year earlier at 52,997,025,003.
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New York
Mine Union Heads For Crisis If Guffey Act Falls
Washington February 5 Percy Tetlow coal commissioner warned United Mine Workers to prepare for a crisis in the bituminous industry within three months if the samere court rules the Guffey act unconstitutional and if federal regulation of marketing is not implemented Wage reductions could follow as current price schedules fail to support present wages Charles N Hosfard Jr commissioner chairman told miners he expected the high court to uphold the act aimed at keeping coal prices and wages stable
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Washington
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers Today
Samere
Tellow
Charles N. Hosfard, Jr
Commission
High Court
Chemical Blast Fatal to North C O North
C O North 45 general manager of the Ohio Apex Chemical company was fatally burned in an explosion at the Nitra laboratory and office. Secretary Margaret McMorrow also burned while trying to extinguish the flames. North died at Charleston hospital after first aid. The blast occurred about 1 50 o clock yesterday morning as a vacuum distillation plant ignited, with North rushing to his office as McMorrow fought the fire. Firemen and Dr Miloan responded and the blaze was under control by 1 15.
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C. O. North
Ohio Apex Chemical Company
Nitra
Margaret McMorrow
North
A. W. Mithoan
al Nitra
Barlow
Charleston
Mise MaeMorrow
James Reynolds
Mise McMorraw
Ex-Convict Scoffs At Escape Plot
Detroit report quotes ex convict Joan Saynd once Leopold cellmate scoffing at claims Richard Lork and Nathan Leopold planned an escape. Saynd says Lach could have walked out anytime and had no case permitting outside access. He served three years at Stateville for robbery and was Leopold's cellmate 14 months.
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Detroit
Richard Lork
Nathan Leopold
Joliet
Leopold
Joan Saynd
Peisoner
Loch
James Day
Lach
Seyvnd
Hoe
Erhanse
Stateville
Farley Attacks Liberty League At Miami Dinner
James A. Farley, DNC chairman, blasted the American Liberty League as the center and soul of predatory powers in a Roosevelt dinner speech at the Miami Biltmore hotel. He while avoiding naming Alfred E Smith, said the League would perpetuate the Mulrays and Meargans policy hurting 3 percent of people.
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Miami
Fla
American Liberty League
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E Smith
Farley
League
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Miami Biltmore
Smith
John W. Davis
Mulroys
Trague
Washington
Morgan Yawns At Dull Session
Washington February 5 17 The senate munitions committee heard from J P Morgan partner Thomas W Lamont that little hope remained for early U S collection of World War debts largely in default The hearing traced how U S funds paid Allied indebtedness to American bankers and firms and questioned if current deals could convert 11 5 billion in war debts into marketable public notes Lamont said fresh agreements would not aid collection saying if we had rather have a half nut than no bread at all we might achieve no satisfactory agreement with the chief debtors The Morgan witness spoke as the committee prepared to continue the night session into the closing phase of the probe.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan
U. S
Thomas W. Lamont
Treasury
U.S
Sendenburg
R. Mich
Lamontoh
Morgan
World's Smallest Baby Has Good Chance to Live
In Oakland California a one pound premature girl was born at Peralta hospital. Doctors said she is normal for her weight with a good chance to live. The infant, daughter of Mrs Anne Voxlet, is months premature and her mother is reported to be well as well.
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Oakland
Cal
U S
Peralta Hospital
Mra Anne Voxlet
Farm Bill Row Looms On Senate Floor Today
Senate committees approve a new farm measure to allow state led adoption of a federal state cooperative plan for soil conservation and subsidies. House votes repeal of Bankhead cotton control Kerr-Smith tobacco and potato acts amid debates on taxes and federal spending. Inflation bloc mobilizes for early currency expansion vote while White House strategizes budget cuts and restraint ahead of kite house conference.
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Senate
Washington
White House
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D.S.C
Sail Conservation
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Megas Committee
Burns
Hauptmann case probe to continue after reprieve expires
Gov. Hoffman said the Lindbergh kidnap murder investigation will continue for other possible accomplices even if Bruno Hauptmann is executed. The 30 day reprieve ends February 15 and a new death warrant could be issued between March 16 and April 11. Col. Schwarzkopf, heading the search for accomplices, awaited the governor’s conference on the new inquiry and submitted weekly reports.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Dan
Attorney General
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Park Finds Page 4 Marker on Page 1
A terse note directs readers to Page 4, Park 1, with unclear context. The fragment suggests a navigational cue or column reference within the edition. No further readable details available to identify person, place, or event.
Wage Increases Urged by Green
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged wage increases immediately to counter currency inflation. He argued inflation harms labor and that wage rises should precede higher commodity prices, with the federation determined to safeguard wage earners’ interests.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Federation
Police Brutality Charged and Nurse’s $5000 Claim
Woonsocket reports state Assemblyman James H Ginn of Providence plans to introduce a bill seeking 5000 for Marie Sevigny the nurse tied to the alleged mercy killing of her employer Mrs J Valmore Normandin The grand jury scolded police for bungling and uncivil methods and said indicting Sevigny would be a miscarriage of justice They noted Sevigny sought to shield Normandin's family and had acted after Normandin killed himself with ammonia before authorities.
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Woonsocket
James H. Ginn
Providence
Marie Simone Sevigny
J. Valmore Normans
Manchester
N. J
Grand Jury
Bng
Misa Sevigny
Max
Normandy
Miss Sevign
Mr. Normandin
Edgewood Club Plans Approved for New Building
Warne Tucker Silling firm awarded contract to draw up detailed plans for Edgewood Country Club building. W F Ficklen named chairman of the building committee. Plans call for a southern colonial stucco structure about 200 feet wide, with a central two story section and portico, estimated cost near 360000, bids to be requested soon.
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Edgewood Country Club
Warne-Tucker-Silling, Lormal Architects
Build Ling
W. F.ficklen
Kanawha
Ficklen
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United States
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Shade Creek
State Policr
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Ansted
Yvoung
Edward Coleman
Mount Hope
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Selby Maxwell
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Bruno
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Solons
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