President Hoover calls for unity in action on non partisan program
Washington dispatch describes President Hoover urging unity between White House and Congress to restore economic stability. He outlines 11 priority steps including unemployment relief, farm credit, home owner aid, bank depositor support, and a reconstruction finance plan, signaling a battle with Congress over taxation and spending.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Hoover
Federal Reserve Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Treasury
Norwalk Post Office Contract Awarded in Gary Indiana Firm
The Treasury awarded the Norwalk Ohio post office contract to Ideal Construction Co. of Gary Indiana. A limestone exterior will be used and work will finish within 360 calendar days after actual start, with construction to begin within 20 days.
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Norwalk
Washington
Det
Norwalk, Ohio
Ideal Construction Co
Gary
Ind
Treasury
Ohio forecast clouding up with snow or rain Sunday
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness in Ohio with a chance of snow or rain late tonight or Sunday. Tonight will be colder especially in extreme east portion with a drop in temperatures. Yesterday's high in New Orleans was 34 and in Jacksonville 80 with a low in The Pas near minus twenty.
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Ohio
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Montgomery
Havre
Medicine Hat
Sharp Tumble Of Mercury Forecast In Ohio
Winter’s chill moves into Ohio from the west as a rapid temperature drop follows a record high of 60 degrees Friday. The Weather Bureau predicts freezing weather tonight and Sunday with scattered snow possible across the state tomorrow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Janaita Bridge Case
A hearing on an injunction to block payment of 26 400 to architect Wendell P Brown in the 2 000 000 Lorain bridge case is set before the Ohio Supreme Court on January 11 Wesley Grills Lorain attorney will appear Brown claims county commissioners already paid 35 600 and still owe 26 400 Brown alleges the fee for his work.
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Wendell P. Brown
Lorain
Supreme Court of Ohio
Wesley Grills
Brown
Court of Appeals
Snowbound Mission Struggles for Fuel in Ganado Arizona
Fences and frame buildings were demolished at the Ganado Presbyterian Mission to furnish wood for 300 snowbound workers and Navajo schoolchildren. The mission, 68 miles north in the Navajo reservation, has been cut off since Wednesday. Only a shaky phone line connects, as trucks with coal are trapped in drifts 23 miles from the mine. Officials say three days more will be needed to clear roads after this blizzard and plows have made little progress.
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Gallup
N. M
Presbyterian
Ganado
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
C. G. Salsbury
Prince Refuses To Renounce His Bride
Prince Nicholas of Roumania relinquished his royal rights and military titles to wed Mile. Lucila Detetj, a commoner. He sent a letter to King Carol, who threatened exile and income suspension. The marriage was annulled by the superior court over an unqualified officiant.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Prince Nicholas of
Mile
Lucila Detetj
Carol
Nicholas
Emmanuel Lutheran Church To Be Dedicated Tomorrow
The Emmanuel Lutheran church will be dedicated starting tomorrow and continue until December 25. The new edifice sits at Princeton and Starford avenues, modeled after an English Wayside Chapel with an inviting exterior and light-filled interior. The nave features a symbolic cross, arches, and a chancel with choir, organ, and brass furnishings. the basement houses a 250-seat assembly room. Plans include future educational space and a Sunday School unit.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Princeton
Starford Avenues
Yoder Funeral At Smithville Monday
Former Elyria Home for the Aged superintendent Rev. R. M. Yoder dies at his Smithville home. He led the local Home from 1915 to 1917 and announced a $5,000 gift to the Home. He served as pastor in several Ohio churches over 37 years. Survived by four children. funeral Monday at the Smithville Methodist Church.
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R. M. Yoder
Elyria
Smithville
Ohio
Atmithville
Home For the
Sand Ridge
Orange
Dalton
Barberton
Apple Creek
Trinity Church
Cleveland
North Ohio
Methodist Church
Tiffin
Elyria Scholvis
Canal Fulton
Emil Kasper Slightly Improves After Elevator Fall
Oberlin Ohio December 12 Emil Kasper who fell down an elevator shaft at Warner Hall Wednesday evening is slightly improved this morning. He has not regained consciousness but doctors are hopeful for recovery as his condition shows progress.
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Oberlin, D
Emil Kasper
Warner Hall
DROWNED CREW OF VENUS TRawler REPORTED
LONDON December 12 The 32 crew members of the German steam trawler Venus were drowned when wrecked in bad weather north of Flora Lloyds agent at Bergen reported today A lifeboat with seven men missing The trawler was reported a total wreck Columbus Ohio December 12 A heat record for December 11 of 32 years standing was broken when the temperature climbed to 86 12 degrees Cincinnati reported 69 Youngstown 67 and Cleveland 64
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London
Flora
Lloyds
Bergen
Columbus
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Cleveland
Merrie and Christy Secretly Snug Before Christmas
Merrie and Christy creep into bed, the pillow cushions their bright curly heads. Christy sighs tiredly, Merrie coos. They count the days, noting it is ten short days until Christmas.
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Merrie
Christy
Pastor Rev Harold A Sayles Leads Elyria Emmanuel Lutheran
The Rev Harold A Sayles became Elyria Emmanuel Lutheran churchs first pastor in 1929 after preaching there before the church was named. A Hamma Wivinity school alumnus, he graduated from Wittenberg College in 1926 and from the Ham ia Divinity School in 1929. Ordination occurred October 24 at Glenwood Lutheran church Toledo by Rev Joseph Sittler D D Ohio Synod president.
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Harold A. Sayles
Elyria
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Glenwood Lutheran Church
Toledo
Ohio
Joseph Sittler
Ohio Synod
Man convicted of murdering son in Augusta
Rev. J. M. Williams was found guilty of killing his son Raford Grady Williams, a pharmacist’s mate, U. S. N. He received a life sentence from Richmond County Superior Court after a 16 hour jury deliberation. A prior jury had deadlocked, leading to a mistrial earlier.
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Augusta
J. M. Williams
Raford Grady Williams
U.S. N
Richmond County Superior Court
May Have Roses for Christmas in Mr Bush's Yard
Georges Bush of 469 Hamilton Street believes he may pick roses for Christmas if warm weather holds. He reported finding a beautiful rose and several buds on a rosebush this morning, signaling a possible bloom season extension.
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Georges Bush
Hamilton Street
Prohibition Agents Close Seven Road Houses Near Cleveland
Federal prohibition agents from Cleveland closed seven road houses near the Medina Summit County line in a series of raids. Seven men and two women were arrested in the operation conducted today and the steps followed raids across the area.
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Cleveland
Madina
Summit County
Wellington Man Seeks to Stop Project Nurses Home
An injunction to halt construction of a nurses home at the tuberculosis sanatorium began in Judge A R Webber's court. Dr C B Weedman of Wellington sues citing ten legal objections including misalignment with the ballot project and compensation terms for the building commission. Witnesses include Ellenberger and doctors from northern institutions as the hearing extends into the afternoon.
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A. R. Webber
C. B. Weedman
Wellington
Building Commission
Ellenberger
Frank Ellenberger
Laintiff
Guy Findley
Roy Vandemark
Don Myers
Wiseman
Amherst
Nomination slate for Elyria Foremen’s Club officers named
The Elyria Foremen’s Club announces 12 nominations from four companies for club officers for 1932. Three candidates vie for president and three for each vice president post, to be voted at the December meeting with officers to serve January through year end.
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Elyria
Elyria Foremen’s Club
Henry Whitney
General Industries Company
Harry Warren
Colson Company
P. W. Hines
Harshaw Chemical Company
Glenn Shoemaker
Western Automatic Company
M. A. Giles
Ohio Public Service Company
Arthur Hiscox
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
General Industries
Albert Veltzen
Fox Furnace Company
George Stark
Steel and Tubes, Inc
W. C. McClellan
Powers To Hang March 18 1932 Verdict Sentencing
Harry F. Powers sentenced to hang on Friday March 18 1932 by Judge John C Southern after conviction for the bluebeard murder of Mrs Dorothy Lemke of Northboro Massachusetts. The sentence followed a court verdict denial and motion to set aside.
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Reel
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Bluebeard
Mra
Dorothy Lemke
Northboro
Mass
John Co. Southern
Raskob Denies Dictatorial Role in Democratic Campaign
Washington December 12 Chairman John J. Raskob of the Democratic National Committee told state chairmen he will not seek a party dictatorship. He spoke while canvassing support for the Victory Fund Drive and warned against concentrating power in one man or group. He also criticized President Hoover for dictatorial control of the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Raskob
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Three convicts die in break from Leavenworth
Six desperate inmates obtained weapons during a failed escape from the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas. Three convicts George Curtis Grover Currill and Will Green died in an apparent self inflicted pact as guards with machine guns and riot guns swept the walls. The men were serving 25 year terms from Oklahoma.
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Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kang
George Curtis
Grover Currill
Will Green
Okla
Toll of dead and wounded in prison escape attempt
Deaths include George Curtis Grover Durrill and Will Green all from Oklahoma City. each had 25 year sentences for an Oklahoma City mail robbery and had served six years eight months. Wounded include Warden Thomas B White Captain James Galvin and guard Irwin Mooney, all injured by gunfire at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
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Leavenworth
Kan
George Curtis
Oklahoma City
Grover Durrill
Will Green
Thomas B. White
James Galvin
Irwin Mooney
Oklahoma City Mail Robbery Break Details
A daring escape at Oklahoma City prison left warden Thomas White gravely injured by a shotgun blast while saving an 18 year old girl. Prison guards Galvin and Mooney wounded as four convicts seized the facility, kidnapped a farmer, and stole cars. Victims and suspects include Tom Underwood, Charles Berta, Stanley Browning, and Earl Thayer among others, with six hours of terror ending as authorities pursued across the countryside.
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Homa City
Tom Underwood
Duluth
Charles Berta
San Francisco
Stanley Browning
Fargo
N. C
Earl Thayer
Oklahoma City
Liberty
Thayer
Thomas B. White
Green
James Galvin
Irwin W. Mooney
E. H. Eckholdt
Emerson
Salisbury
White
Eckholdt
Hoover Urges War Debt Moratorium Aid
Washington Dec 12 The Hoover administration moves to ease the 9 billion war debt burden as Congress opposition grows. Officials say Europe must not be forced to pay while ratification of a one year moratorium is pending and that debt relief serves American interests. Secretary Mellon insists adherence to bond terms would fail American obligations and the debtors must be aided temporarily.
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Washington
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Congress
IUP
Hoover
Europe
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Mellon
Spanish Cabinet Resigns in Madrid After Inauguration
MADRID Dec 12 The Spanish cabinet resigned today after assuming duties with the new Republic. The move comes one day after the inauguration of President Niceto Alcala Zamora.
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Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Fire engine stolen in Hanover Neck New Jersey
The Hanover Neck volunteer fire department’s new red $4,000 fire engine delivered Tuesday vanished Friday morning and was found last night eight miles away with the tank empty. Trustee Oscar Kent blamed “spite work” and secured the fire house with a padlock.
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Hanover Neck
N. J
Rec
Y Valunteer Fire Department
Oscar Kent
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