Wage Parley Stalemate Over Rail Wages Continues
Chicago December 17 UR Railway Labor and rail managers remain at an impasse over wage cuts. Alexander F Whitney for the unions asserts 1 560 General chairmen have unlimited authority to negotiate and rejects changing the 10 percent wage deduction. Whitney reaffirms unions will bargain to the conclusion of the proposal, signaling no shift from labor’s position.
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Chicago
Alexander F. Whitney
Whitney
Twenty-One Race Horses Die In Blaze At Hawthorn Farms
A fire swept a stable at Hawthorn Farms on Samuel In sull's estate in Libertyville Illinois destroying twenty one prized race horses valued at more than 100000 dollars. The horses were owned by Ralph Gallet, Chicago night club proprietor, and were destroyed early today.
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Libertyville
Samuel Insull
Hawthorn Farms
Ralph Gallet
Chicago
Dynamite destroys railroad bridge near Sicily in coal strike
Taylorville Illinois December 17 dynamiters today wrecked a railroad bridge near Sicily ten miles west of town amid a bitter coal mine labor dispute. Blasting the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railroad line is expected to halt coal shipments from four mines operating there.
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Taylorville
Sicily
Here
Christian County
Chicago & Illinois, Midland
Snow Predicted Over Weekend In Ohio
United Press reports the US Weather Bureau expects snow in Ohio tonight or Sunday with little temperature change. Sub zero cold gives way to milder weather, temperatures rise to 10 to 25 above. Welfare agencies note ongoing relief efforts as towns request fuel food and clothing. Southeastern Ohio schools shut due to inadequate clothing as cold persists. Fishermen in Sandusky and other Lake Erie ports report good catches through the ice.
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United Press
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Sandusky
Lake Eyre
U. S. Public Health Service
Indiana
Owls Head
N. Y
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
New York
U. S
Charles D. Reed
Des Moines
South American
North America
Florida
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Great Traing
Gulf Ports
Texas
Raleigh
N. C
Atlantic Coast
Christmas Picture by Elyria Home Resident Draws Wide Admiration
Mrs Elnora J Rugg a resident of the Elyria Home for the Aged created a large wall display depicting the first Christmas The Madonna and Child angels and shepherds form a pictorial scene intended to remind viewers of the birth of Jesus The artist long active in Bible lessons and Sunday school work has lived in Rochester Wellington New London Cleveland and Toledo and once served as Lorain County Primary 5 Superintendent The feature notes the display is one of her largest works and a labor of love for residents and visitors of the home.
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Elyria
Elnora J. Rugg
Jesus
Christ
Rugg
Lorain County
Rochester
Wellington
New London
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio Cloudy With Snow Tonight In North East Border Areas
Ohio forecast shows cloudy skies with snow tonight across east and extreme north portions. Sunday morning expected to be cold with little temperature change and light accumulation possible in higher elevations.
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Ohio
Brief respite from extreme cold ends for nation
United Press reports a short thaw followed by fresh arctic blasts. Sub-zero temperatures grip most regions, triggering unemployment distress and fatalities from exposure in Chicago as four men die, while fire crews battle widespread alarms and frozen feet. Influenza cases rise as shambling cold drives schools to close and shelters fill.
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United Press
Chicago
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Wichita
Quebec
Canada
Taschereau
Gaspe
St. Louis
Mississippi
Blaze at Frank Jesse Home Destroys House and Contents
Firemen battled a stubborn blaze at 537 Irondale Street for nearly an hour. The overheated furnace caused the fire which started in the basement, burned through the ceiling and partitions, and damaged the outside wall. Estimated damage stood at $500 to home and contents, per Fire Chief W N Bates. The hole in the wall was patched to keep out the cold.
Hoover May Ask Debt Funding Commission
President Hoover weighs three plans to handle World War I debts with a review board as the quickest path to data gathering. He may delay firm action until Roosevelt takes office while preparing a debt funding commission proposal to Congress next week.
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France
Sted Roosevelt
White House
Congress
World War Debt Funding Commission
Hoover
Railroad Rate Case Reopened to Decide After March 1933
Washington December 17 The Interstate Commerce Commission voted to reopen the 15 percent railroad rate case to determine whether existing freight surcharges should continue after March 31 1933 The move followed a petition by the Association of Railway Executives urging indefinite continuation of surcharges and requesting revenues be retained by individual roads rather than pooled to aid needy carriers
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Washington
Interstates ‘Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Mystery death case at standstill in Lake Erie area
Developments in the Eva Volpe death investigation show little progress beyond tracing telephone calls to Sheriff Clarence Adams. Prosecutor Don Myers expects a grand jury next month, with Otto Miller Jr named as a potential witness, as authorities search for the auto owner linked to the governess’s final night near Avon Lake.
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Eva Volpe
Lorain
Clarence Adams
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Don W.myers
John Harding
Myers
Myer
Otto Miller Jr
Miss Volpe
Elyria High Girls Win Intramural Athletic Awards
Elyria High School presented athletic awards to 16 girls during a Friday morning assembly in the high school auditorium. Miss Marian Kemble, girls physical education director, said awards recognized intramural participation. Rosetta Dyer received the highest award, a guard pin.
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Elyria High School
Marian Kemble
Kemble
Rosetta Dyer
Auctioneer dies suddenly after starting Baptist bazaar sale
E. Baylor sixty seven? 70? a veteran auctioneer of Lorain county collapsed moments after stepping to the block at Rochester Hall to conduct a church bazaar sale. He died likely of a heart attack and was active in the area for 50 years. His widow and daughter survive, with funeral plans pending word from a son C. H. Baylor of Clearwater Florida.
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E. Baylor
Rochester Hall
Baptist Church
Baylor
Lorain
Keith Andrews
Wellington
Mildred Miller
Elyria
Nan
C. H. Baylor
Clearwater
Fla
United States signals no debt reduction plan in talks
The Hoover administration informed debtor nations of its willingness to continue debt negotiations but opposed a general war debts conference. Officials indicated no positive action toward downward revision of debts. The president and Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills discussed the complex issue for over an hour.
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Washington
United States
America
Hoover
Ogden Mills
Messages Ask Leniency For Author Convict
Georgia seeks extradition of Robert Elliott Burns, fugitive from a chain gang, to be heard Wednesday as Governor A Harry Moore reports ongoing pleas from across the country for clemency for the man who wrote and inspired the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.
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Chain Gan
Robert E. Burns
Georgia
Chain ‘Gang
East Orange
Chain
Gasig
Trenton
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
A. Harry Moore
Burns
Inland Steel Mills Resume Operation After Five Months
In Chicago the Inland Steel Company reports its combination rail and structural mill operating again for the first time in five months. Niles Graseli Chemical Co issued calls for workers to resume production at its local plant. Boston mills show better employment in cotton goods over the last three months than in two years. Dr Julius Klein announces about 170 million dollars of toys will be purchased in the U S this Christmas.
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Chicago
Inland Steel.Co
Niles, C
Graseli Chemical Co
Boston
Washington
United States
Julius Klein
Brit ten to push bill on wartime debt defaults
Rep Britten Republican Indiana announced in Washington he will introduce in the House a bill directing the Ways and Means Committee to consider retaliatory measures immediately against France and other nations that recently defaulted their war debt payments.
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Jashington
U. P
Britten
France
Plans for 1933 extension activities outlined by committees
Three branch committees of the agricultural extension service will begin plans for 1933 activities at meetings next week. The vegetable committee meets Monday, poultry Tuesday, and fruit Thursday, to discuss winter school ideas and yearlong programs led by chair T. H. Breyley and members Kellogg Shirkey Whitney Reisinger.
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C. J. Hummell
T. H. Breyley
Wellington
F. KE. Kellogg
Litchfield
Leroy
Shirkey
Blytta
M. Whitney
Kipton
Ernest Reisinger
Columbia
Fruit Committee
Elyria Gift Guide for Him Opens Savings
A short guide highlights attractive gifts for father brother or the boy friend available at savings from multiple stores advertising in the Gifts for Him column on the Classified Page. The Fine Buyer's Guide promises a pleasant shopping experience with this reminder.
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Globe
Joan Grawford
Felt
Constance Bannett
Dent ‘Hoover
New
Department of. Land
Interstate Commerce
Arthur
Francis
North Carolina
Francis’ Feens
Ives
Dayton
Dymamite Bridge
Debt Funding Commission
Avearch
E. C. Fuller
Mansfield Reformatory Bureau of Identification
Elyria High
U. 3
Hronicle Telegram Comic Stars
Sarah
Sarah Peabody
fcOinnie
Etta Kett
Freak Moereiw
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