Census of Business to Begin January 2 Akron District
Census work in Summit Portage Medina and Lorain counties starts January 2 under the U S Department of Commerce. Supervisors Wise and Holmes announce a comprehensive 1935 business survey covering retail and wholesale stores hotels banks trucking real estate and finance. Enumerators will gather data on numbers of concerns total sales payrolls and employment with results tabulated in Philadelphia.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Akron
Joseph H. Wise
Summit
Portage
Medina
Lorain
Wise
Municipal Building
Philadelphia
L. H. Holmes
Break In Cold Wave Within Next 24 Hours
Ohio faces a break in its severest cold wave within 24 hours as W. K. Alexander forecasts rising temperatures after subzero nights. Central Ohio records subfreezing lows while two more deaths are attributed to the cold in Conneaut and Cleveland. The infant died from suffocation in a coal-heated home with limited warmth.
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Ohio
W. K. Alexander
Roland Britton
Conneaut
Alexander Turner
WPRA
Cleveland
Machines Guns Captured By Ethiopians Near Takaze
Rome report says Ethiopians cut the Makale Tambien road and captured 11 Italian machine guns. Italian losses include six Italians and three Askari killed. 50 on the Italian side wounded. Badoglio’s communique notes heavy enemy losses and continued aviation activity along the front.
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Rome
Afgaga
Takkaze
Addis Abara
Makale
Tambien
Pietro Badoglio
Af- Raga
President Roosevelt to address Congress in person
Washington officials indicate President Roosevelt will deliver the annual message to the second session of the 74th Congress in person. Speaker Joseph W Burns stated the plan during the day, outlining the anticipated address and its formal setting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Burns
Weather Ohio Cloudy Snow Saturday Central West Regions
Ohio forecast shows cloudy skies with snow on Saturday and possible snow tonight in western and central portions. Expect light to moderate accumulations with gusty winds and brief travel impacts in affected areas.
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Ohio
Leaders Look To Supreme Court For Important Rulings
Washington lawmakers gather for a new session and await Supreme Court rulings on New Deal laws including the AAA Bankhead Gatton Act Guffey Coal Control Wagner Labor Disputes Act and Utility Holding Company Act The court’s decisions could reshape federal power and prompt constitutional change or legislative substitutions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Executive Council
The
America Federation of Labor
Federation
AAA
Utility Holding Company
Boy Awarded for Averting Freight Train Wreck
Ellis Moore Jr., 11, signaled a broken rail on the New York Central lines south of Paris Ohio during a snowstorm. He waved a red bandana as a freight train approached, stopped meters away, prompting a collection by crew and officials promising a reward for his bravery.
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Athens
Ellis Moore, Jr
New York Central
Paris
Ohio
Deep Cold Grips Nation As Toll Grows Across States
Gales from Canada and a blizzard sweeping the west pushed the nation into record lows with nearly two thirds under zero. Deaths rise to about 150 since Christmas Eve as temperatures shatter forty year records from Florida to North Carolina. Winter harshness strains relief services while states guard against further frost in coming days.
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Canada
United States
Florida
Great Plains
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
New Orleans
Raleigh
N. C
Plan Drive For Quick Action On Inflation Issue
Washington notice: Roosevelt strength in the House will be tested in the first two weeks of the session. The Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill seeks a potential 8 billion currency expansion. Sponsors hope to force a vote with 30 state legislatures backing memorials. 11 names needed to trigger a vote. Democratic leaders plan to block petition completion. The Frazier Lemke group canvassed members during recess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Frazier-Lemke
Operators Threaten To Close Coal Mines
Washington December 27 Daniel T Buckley representing northern West Virginia coal operators told the National Bituminous Coal commission that operators in his district were considering closing their mines if present ruinous prices continue.
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Washington
Daniel T. Buckley
West Virginia
National Bituminous Coal Commission Today
Babson 1936 Outlook Forecasts Prosperity by 1937
Babson predicts a brisk 1936 outlook with a positive recovery, a rising income and active year rents, and a 1937 prosperity milestone. The forecast notes a ten percent gain for the year, a continued bull market, higher real estate and advertising activity, but a two billion dollar deficit and pockets of slower growth in some sectors.
Portrait Of Daddy Allen Presented To Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital honored Edgar F. Daddy Allen with a large portrait by George Personius unveiled at a Christmas dinner. Hospital leaders praised Allen’s lifelong service and noted the gift as a lasting record of his work. Allen thanked the groups and highlighted their collective effort toward the hospital’s goals, with messages of gratitude from peers and colleagues.
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Daddy
Allen
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Edgar F
Daddy” Allen
George Personius
Elmira
New York
F. A. Smythe
Smythe
Daddy Allen
S. H. Squire
Elyria
J. T. Fawcett
Frank W. Hoover
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Howard Barbour
R. B. Lersch
Four Nations Pledge To Support Britain In Crisis
London reports four nations France Yugoslavia Turkey and Greece assure they will loyally carry out the League covenant if Italy attacks British forces or interests. They promise aerial and naval cooperation as part of British insurance against a hypothetical contingency. Spain and Portugal were also asked for replies.
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London
France
Jugoslavia
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Britain
Six Ethiopians Die In Surprise Outpost Attack
Dol o Ethiopia report states six Ethiopians were killed and many wounded when Southern Ethiopian army troops attempted a surprise strike on an Italian advance outpost at UVebe Gebtro on December 21. The outpost, 60 kilometers beyond the front line, was manned by seven Dubats. The information was released belatedly today.
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Dolo
Ethiopia
Mogadiscio
Benson Appointed U.S. Senator to Finish Schall Term
ST. PAUL December 27 Elmer A Benson state banking commissioner was appointed United States senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Thomas D Schall by Governor Floyd B Olson.
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ST. Paul
Elmer A. Benson
United States
Thomas D. Schall
Floyd B. Olson
American gasoline shipments to Italy rise sharply
Washington reports large increases in American gasoline shipments to Italy and the Italian war zone. The surge coincides with State Department efforts to discourage shipment of chromium from the Philippine Islands to Italy.
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Washington
Italy
Italian War Zone
State Department
Philippine Islands
Uruguay Breaks Relations with Soviet Russia
Montevideo reports Uruguay severs diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia over subversive Communist activity. Foreign Minister Jose Espalter announced the act with an official communication due at 3 p.m. and said the Russian legation staff will be expelled amid alleged links to Brazil’s revolutionary movement.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Russia
Hc Ense
Jose Espalter
Brazil
Alexsandro Minkin
Surplus Food Distribution Ironed Out in Lorain County
Federal surplus food will be distributed to about 1,344 relief families in Lorain County under a new county organization approved at a morning meeting of relief authorities. Lorain’s Nelson McFarland named county relief director at 150 dollars monthly. Arthur Gloson named county case supervisor at 100 dollars monthly. Remaining workers, paid partly from a 144,000 dollar relief bond fund, will continue relief duties to ensure eligible families receive surplus food.
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Lorain County
FE. W. Patton
FERA
Ohio
Oscar G. Dunn
Patton
Lorain
Nelson McFarland
Lorain City
Arthur Gloson
Elyria
Pesent
Marie S. Gilman
Dorothy Cunningham
Corrine Dolbear
Helen Erhart
McFarland
FRERA
Plan To Fight Lava With Aerial Bombs
Natives near Mauna Loa sing to Madame Pele as 12 U. S. Army bombers prepare to drop 30 tons of high explosive to plug lava vents and divert flows toward the Wailuku river, threatening Hilo, with pilots noting lava 15 miles from the city yet unlikely to reach it soon.
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Hilo
T. H
Madame Pele
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Wailuku
Henry W. Mueller
Inter-Island Airways
Doris Duke Cromwell
James Croomwell
Mueller
Plan to establish ten or twelve Little Washingtons
Administration officials proposed creating ten to twelve regional centers called Little Washingtons to streamline federal operations. The plan, led by Ickes and supported by Wallace Roper Perkins, envisions 10 to 12 unified regions aligned with state secretariats to speed administration and planning across the country. Potential sites include Boston New York Knoxville Chicago Portland San Francisco Salt Lake City Cincinnati Pittsburgh and others. A wider expansion to 16 or 18 centers was also discussed.
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Florida
Everglades
Tennessee
Knoxville
Atlanta
Deep South
New York
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Midwest
Chicago
Minneapolis
St.Paul
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Cleveland
St. Louis
Denver
Helena
Salt Lake City
Seattle
San Francisco
North Dakota
Devil's Lake
Bismarck
Washington
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Midwestern
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Southwest
Denven
Intermountain
Great Plains
Omaha
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
St. Paul
Duluth
Great Lakes Forest
Ickes
United States
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Charlestown
W. Va
Burglars Leave Doors Open Cause School Freeze Damage
Elyria school officials lament burglars did not close Jefferson Junior High doors on a below zero night. The open doors froze and cracked plumbing fixtures, with repair costs estimated at 200 to 590 dollars. No items were taken though desks showed rummaging.
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Elyria
Jefferson Junior High School
Germany Reveals Plan for Mighty Naval Air Force
Germany announces in the German Air Force Annual a formidable naval air force program aimed at restoring great power status. Plans include torpedo seaplanes, bomber aircraft with machine guns, big carriers, catapulted warships, and smoke screen seaplanes to mask fleet maneuvers. General Goering says air power is vital for navy and coast defense as treaties collide with Versailles rules. Crews will be navy trained and air schools will host training, under a naval air strength expansion of 47 000 tons of carriers per a German British accord.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Goerring
Great Britain
Republicans Face Tough Battle Says Col. Knox
Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and New Deal critic, told Columbus reporters the 1936 election will be a close fight for Republicans. He doubts victory, accusing the New Deal of delaying relief expenditures to maximize political impact and citing large unspent work relief funds as evidence of central Washington power and rising costs.
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Columbus
Frank Knox
Chicago
New Deal
Col. Knox
Republican Party
Washington
Col Nnor
Treasury
Yam
Wea
Br Central Authority
WPA Workers Locked Out Over Hour Quotas in Niles
In Niles Ohio today about 200 WPA workers were sent from their jobs by official order after allegedly reaching their weekly hour quota. The workers protested they had been locked out and threatened to contact State and federal WPA authorities.
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Niles. O
WPA
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Bulletin
Babson
LABOR
Schall
Soviet Russia
Little Washingtons
Interior
Harold J. Ickes
National Resources Committee
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Frances Perkins
George H. Dern
Philippines
Harry L. Hopkins
Frederick A. Delano
Charles E. Merriam
Wesley C. Mitchell
Col
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