Liner Aground Off Formosa Safely Landed 500 Passengers
The Dollar Line liner President Hoover ran aground on a Formosa reef about 30 miles off Formosa. About 503 passengers and the crew of 300 were landed by launches and small boats to safety on Formosan shores. Salvage ships and the President Whinley rushed to the scene. no immediate danger reported.
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President Hoover
Formosa
Hoishoto Island
Formose Group
Dollar Line
Hong Kong
Keneth Park
Hoover
President Whinley
Shangha
George Yardley
Preussen
U. S
Domei
Taikoku
Yardley
California
Dollar
Philippines
Hoishoro
Buffalo
Florida
Texas
Devils Lake
N. D
Bismarck
Greenville
New York City
Kansas City
San Francisco
Miami
Weather update from Ohio and regional conditions
Generally fair in Ohio with milder southwest tonight. Sunday brings increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. High pressure sits over the Mississippi Valley while a weakening low expands from the Dakotas eastward. Cold east of the Mississippi persists. the Central and Northern Plains warm. Heavy rain persists on the Pacific coast. light to heavy snow affects the eastern lake region.
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Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Plains
Pacific Coast
Lake
Grand Jurors To Reopen Grafton Case Tuesday
Lorain County grand jurors adjourned and will reconvene at 934 A W Tuesday to resume the Grafton murder inquiry. The panel heard 60 witnesses over four days as Prosector Butler outlined a wide span of testimony in the investigation into Louise Hornbeck's death.
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Grafton
Lorain County
A. W
S. van Dine
Howard R- Butler
Louise Hornbeck
Speaker cites Christianity as path to morality in lecture
Rev Leonard R Otting of John Carroll University spoke at St Marys Parish Hall arguing modern man lacks God and morality without Christian guidance. He urged Christian parenting to instill ideals and purpose in children, stressing Gods law and the need for firmer will and goals to renew morality.
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Leonard R. Otting
S. J
John Carroll University
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Keep Ford Plant Free Of Pickets
Police kept the Ford Assembly Plant in Kansas City free of pickets as a United Automobile Workers strike began. The plant stayed in operation while officers cleared picketers, arresting 49 men a day earlier. a shot was fired at Union Hall nearby from a speeding car before a meeting. UAW workers were told to work but not return.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Advance Date For Hearing Plea Of Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission, pressed by President Roosevelt for early determination of the railroads plea for 517,000,000 dollars per year more revenue, today advanced the case nearly a month by revising its schedule of hearings.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Hogan Will Upheld By Appeals Court
The district court of appeals upheld the will of Tate John Hogan of Lorain, leaving property valued at sixty thousand dollars to his second wife and twenty five dollars to each of his two children. The children, Bernice Ruth Hogan and Frank Hogan, had sued to invalidate the will on grounds of unsound mind and undue influence. The jury had previously ruled in the children’s favor, a verdict reversed by the appellate court.
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District Court of Appeals
Tate
John H. Hogan
Lorain
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Bernice Ruth Hogan
Frank Hogan
Japanese Press on Nanking Fall By Nightfall
Thousands of Japanese troops breached Nanking defenses inside the city and pressed toward a formal entry, with commanders saying encirclement was advancing rapidly. Heavy artillery and tanks battered walls while Chinese defenders faced stiff resistance in the docks area amid fierce street fighting.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Kuang Hua
Mornig
Prince Yasuhiko
Japan
Supreme War Council
Domei
Yasuhiko
Purple Mountain
Yangtse
Plans to provide Yule dinners for Elyria families
Plans to provide Christmas dinners for Elyria's needy families are moving fast as the Not an Empty Stocking Committee met at City Hall. Agencies pledged support while fund intake grows slowly. a later boost is expected as Christmas nears. 225 baskets are projected versus 210 last year, with names of needy families still arriving. Police will aid in basket delivery and groups may distribute baskets to prevent duplication.
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Elyria
Elyria High School
Rivoli
Lincoln Theatres
Salvation Army
E. J. Stankard
Police Department
Henry Hillier
Alturas Hit by Torrents as Dam Breaks
Severe Pacific coast storms flood Alturas and Downieville in Sierra county California. Pine Creek reservoir dam half a mile above Alturas collapses sending thousands of gallons into the city. Pitt River floods streets, stores, and homes while rescue crews evacuate patients from the county hospital and search for missing residents.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Downieville
Cal
Nevada Line
Yuba
Sierra County
Alturas
Pine Creek
Pitt
Winter's Bitter Advance Hits Coast to Plains
Winds floods and heavy snows grip the nation causing hardship. West Coast cities face pounding gales while Buffalo endures a decade's worst snowstorm with residents snowbound and 13 rescued from a garage. Downieville isolation and rising Yuba River flood threats compound the crisis as temperatures plunge across the Northeast and South.
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Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Buffalo
Red Cross
Central States
U. S
C. A. Donner
North Central States
McKenzie River
United States
Yuba
Downieville
32 Killed In Train Crash In Scotland
Glasgow dispatch reports an Edinburgh to Glasgow Express crashed into a stationary passenger train at Castlecary amid a blizzard with six inches of snow. At least 22 fatalities were initially reported with 57 injured. several bodies remained in wreckage as crews worked to recover victims.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Edinburgh
Castlecary
Britain
Gretna Green
Four Sentenced To Reform School For Robbery Case
Four more members of the Loran robbery gang were sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory by Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley after pleading guilty to robbery. The defendants Kuznier 23 Calapiese 19 Simko 20 and Ger 18 receive terms 10 to 25 years. Frank Toth 17 was deferred. Three others Foster 21 Fisher 23 and Kolody 20 were sent to state prisons.
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Lorain
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Joseph Kuznier
Pete Calapiese
Andrew Simko
Joseph Ger
Ohio
Frank Toth
Toth
John Foster
James Fisher
Steve Kolody
National Executive Committee of GOP to Meet in St Louis
Washington December 11 Alf M Landon’s refusal to be a prospective 1940 Republican candidate is expected to shape discussions at the national GOP executive committee meeting in St Louis next week. The gathering will select 100 Republican men and women to study party problems, with Landon’s stance likely to influence debates on leadership and harmony.
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Washington
Alf M Landon
GO. P
St Louis
Kansas
Fifty-one Welcomed To Citizenship At City Ceremony
Fifty-one new Americans living in Elysia and nearby were welcomed to citizenship during a Citizenship Night at the dwelling Hall. About 250 attended as certificates and silk flags were presented to new citizens. Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley and Mayor-elect Joseph Q Petro lauded the newcomers and noted the Constitution’s 150th anniversary. The pledge and remarks highlighted law obedience and Americanization efforts through WPA classes.
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Elysia
Dwly’ Hall
Common Pleas
Guy B Findley
Joseph Q. Petro
Kindley
United States
Judge Findley
James L. Hupp
WPA
H. B Agate
Blysa
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Lamberton
Arthur W. Huse
Slight Increase in Operations at National Tube
Finishing operations at the National Tube Company plant in Lorain will show a slight increase next week while steel production remains at the present level. Two blast furnaces and five open hearths operate. the Bessemer converter runs single turn. the rail mill and skelp mills No 1 and 5 run four days, starting Monday. butt mills No 2 and 6 and seamless mills No 1, 2 and 3 run five days starting Monday. Schedule tentative and subject to change depending on orders.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Skelp
Butt
Unusual traffic crash injures Oberlin man in Portman area
Harry Hacker, 59, of 366 West Lorain street, Oberlin, was hurt when a car backed into another, striking his leg as he helped push a Portman vehicle at 1222 Lake avenue. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital. A second incident crowded a car off West River road at 7 P M and another collision occurred on Winckles street involving D O Root and Robert Mahl.
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Harry Hacker
West Lorain Street
Oberlin
Portman
Lake Avenue
Hacker
Loren Portman
J. W. Harper
Kenyon Avenue
Fortman
Carl] Strohsack
Elyria
Harper
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Monson Jones
Louisiana Avenue
West River Road
Mr. Mayoras
East 34Th Street
Lorain
Jones
D. O. Root
Winckles Street
Robert Mahl
East Broad Street
Root
County probes Vice and Gambling await Lorain action
A county wide inquiry into vice and gambling in Lorain advances as Police Prosecutor Austin O'Toole intensifies oversight. The probe, tied to 17 women arrested in raids, will be aired in municipal court as cases proceed. Details include operations of houses of ill fame and race betting, with outcomes pending.
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William Wickens
Austin O’toole
Lorain
O'Toole
Wickens
O’toole
Fage 3
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