Bus plunges through drawbridge into river tragedy
A Greyhound bus with faulty brakes plunged through an open drawbridge into the Appomattox River near Hopewell Virginia killing 14. Driver T G Alford of Raleigh and several unidentified passengers were among the dead. Authorities marked burned rubber on the pavement indicating emergency braking. Bodies were recovered and identified where possible as crews toiled in the river bottom for hours.
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Hopewell
Appomattox
T. G. Alsford
Raleigh
N. C
Lacy McNair
Greyhound
Ife
Alford
Wilbur Masser
John Belch
Ruby Matthews
Richmond
Bag
Eden named British secretary sparks Italian fury
Rome reacts with outrage to Anthony Eden becoming foreign secretary of Britain. Italians warn of possible war if he pursues an oil embargo against Italy, while Mussolini plans to bolster Libya forces and accelerate the Ethiopia campaign amid stalled peace proposals.
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United Press
Rome
Anthony Eden
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Britain
Eden
Italy
Missolini
Libya
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Armed Police Guard Bethlehem Streets Amid Christmas Tension
Bethlehem braced for Christmas as armed police patrolled the narrow lanes to curb rioting spurred by the Italian Ethiopian conflict. Extra guards ringed the town while the Church of the Nativity prepared for a solemn service and Ethiopian and Greek Orthodox tensions fed a tense religious landscape.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Jerusalem
Ohio Weather Report Clouds Scatter Snow Night
Forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow developing tonight and likely affecting the east and north portions Tuesday. Temperatures to turn colder across the region as precipitation moves in.
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Ohio
British Army Will Undergo Reorganization
In London on December 23 1935 Britain signals a sweeping army reorganization and mechanization while Anthony Eden is named foreign secretary. Mussolini faces a firm British stance as tensions rise across Europe alongside East Med movements and diplomatic shifts. Eden is poised to take full charge of foreign affairs with Sir Samuel Hoare remaining in the cabinet.
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United Press
London
Europe
Anthony Eden
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Tibya
Egypt
Sudan
Nahim Pasha
C. J. B. Hay
Irak
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Italy
Eden
Mussolini
League
League of Nations
Samuel Hoare
Storm Forces Clipper To Turn Back
Pan American Airways China Clipper, carrying about a ton of air mail and the first air express across the Pacific, turned back about 700 miles west of San Francisco amid a severe mid‑ocean storm. Captain Edwin C. Musick said headwinds intensified north of the flight lane. the aircraft landed at Alameda at 6:50 a.m. after departing San Francisco Bay at 3:15 p.m. yesterday.
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Alameda
Cal. de
Pan-American Airways
Honolulu
Pan American
Air Express
Pacific
San Francisco Bay
Manila
Edwin C. Musick
Musick
Relief Officials To Meet Here Over County Relief
County Commissioners will meet with relief officials from Elyria Lorain and other county subdivisions at 10 a m tomorrow to discuss federal surplus relief distribution. An extension to December 21 allows more study of relief investigation as it pertains to distribution of supplies. A FERA Ohio official will join Friday to review the situation. The board opposes forming a county relief organization to monitor investigations by local subdivisions, and federal officials warn that without such an organization surplus commodities may be withdrawn from Lorain County.
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Elyria
Lorain
FERA
Ohio
Lorain County
Executive Order Will End NRA
Washington December 23 Roosevelt to sign an executive order ending the National Rifle Association and transferring remaining functions to the Departments of Commerce and Labor. The White House announced the action will be signed later today.
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Washington
NRA
Departments of Commerce and Labor
President Roosevelt
White House
Ohio Assured Of A White Christmas
Ohio faces a second heavy snowstorm with near zero temperatures and a warmup expected tonight. Snowfall totaled two inches in central Ohio as winter weather continues across the Midwest and Northeast. Highways remain open though rail schedules shifted up to three hours and flights ran behind. Two deaths in Youngstown from exposure and a Cleveland blaze fatality highlight cold hazards.
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Ohio
Wit. Alexander
Mid-West
State Highway Department
Ohio Automobile Club
Port Columbus
Youngstown
Cleveland
Jemima Jackson
Mary F. Danturo
Michael Benak
Shland
Portage
Accidents Black Elyria Scene Over Weekend
Hazardous driving and reckless action produced multiple wrecks in Elyria and nearby counties. Lester Schenfield of 247 Mast Broad Street reported his car damaged at 2 15 p m Saturday when another vehicle, owned by H T Shell of Columbia Station and driven by two unidentified youths, struck his car on entering a driveway. A second crash involved 7 B Watson of 221 South Maple Street whose vehicle on Lake Avenue near Oak Street was hit by a vehicle numbered No 7 around 6 p m Saturday.
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di En
Elyria
Lester Schenfield
Mast Broad Street
H. T. Shell
Columbia Station
7. B. Watson
South
Maple Street
Lake Avenue
Oak Street
Johnson Memorial Bequest Funds Elyria Memorial Hospital
David L. and Arthur E. Johnson donate 50000 dollars in hospital bonds to retire 48500 dollars of the hospital debt. When paid, the balance will be surrendered for cancellation. The nurses home and annex will be named Johnson Hall School of Nursing in memory of Melvin Blake Johnson and Mary Laundon Johnson with a bronze plaque. The donors are Lorain County figures linked to Elyria High School and local business interests.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
David L. Johnson
Arthur E. Johnson
Johnson Hall School of Nursing
Melvin Blake Johnson
Mary Laundon Johnson
Lovain County
Elyria
Johanson
Telegraph Road
Ouch Press
Beal Lumber Co
Elyria High School
Johnson
A. G. Bean
Third Street
West Avenue
Baldwin, Laundon and Nelson
Cleveland
M. B. & Hi. Lf. Johnson
Mer
Lorain County
E. F
Daddy” Allen
Arraignment Held In Sen Schall Death Case
Sen Thomas D Schall 58 a Republican from Minnesota died after a highway crash in Maryland as his driver Lester Humphries of Hyattsville was ordered arraigned on a manslaughter charge. Funeral plans were announced and the senator’s body was taken to Hyattsville for services at 2 30 P M in Lakewood cemetery chapel.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Schall
Minnesota
Lester G. Humphries
Hyattsville
Tom
Minneapolis
Buriar
Lakewood Cemetery
Charles Pax Davis
Heaviest Christmas Mail In Elyria Pours In Post Office
The Elyria post office battled a flood of Christmas mail as last minute senders dispatched packages and ecards. Saturday marked the year's heaviest volume with as many as 300 people in the lobby and over 209,990 pieces handled. three parcel post trucks ferried full loads as workers rushed to prep deliveries for today and tomorrow.
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Elyria Post Office
R. B. Lersch
Baskets For Needy Will Be Packed Tonight
Baskets for 250 Elyria families will be filled with a Christmas dinner including chicken and all the usual trimmings. The Not an Empty Stocking campaign organizes 950 baskets to be packed tonight at Salvation Army headquarters and delivered tomorrow by police, fire, and volunteers. Adjutant R W Amore cites generous donations from the public, with packing overseen by Salvation Army workers and volunteers.
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Elyria
Salvation Army
Broad Street
Elyrians
Salvation Armyv
R. W. Amore
Flyrianus
Tur
Police Cliof B. J. Stankard
World Gift Guide Aids Last Minute Shoppers
Last minute shoppers are advised to consult the World Gift Guide for ideas. The guide will appear again tomorrow for convenient access and additional suggestions.
Lindberghs flee to England for son’s safety
Col Charles A Lindbergh and wife flee to England with their three year old Jon to escape kidnapping threats and possible harm as Hauptmann’s case nears its end. They travel secretly by boat and may reside at Aubrey Neil Morgan's Welsh home while plans are kept private.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Jon
United Press
Lindberghs
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus, Jr
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Week of Prayer Set to Begin in Elyria Churches
Elyria ministers convened to plan a city wide Week of Prayer starting Sunday January 5 with a union service at First Congregational Church led by Rev Will J Foster. A second union service at Church of Christ on January 12 will feature Dr J L Urich. Multiple churches including First Congregational Methodist St Pauls Evangelical St Andrews Episcopal Second Congregational Church of Christ Emmanuel Lutheran United Presbyterian will participate with invitations extended to others in the community.
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Elyria
Elyria Ministerial Association
First Congregational Church
Will J. Foster
Church of Christ
J. L. Urich
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
First Congregational
First Methodist
St. Paul’s Evangelical
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Second Congregational
Emmanuel Lutheran
United Presbyterian
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