Blizzard-Driven Cold Grips Nation From Canada South
A frigid cold wave swept from Canada into the United States driving temperatures to sub zero and record lows. Forecaster J R Lloyd warned the eastern two thirds would feel extreme cold with 40 mph gales in theDakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin and 10 foot snow drifts on high walls. Jamestown N D logged 11 below and Bismarck 8 below while New York looked for 10 degrees tonight. Lower temps stretched to Texas as a dust storm joined the cold in Oklahoma.
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United Press
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United States
North Central States
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Wausau
Wis
Arctic
Rocky Mountains
Ohio River Valley
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Mayo
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Colder Weather Predicted For Tonight
Ohio residents face colder conditions tonight with a low five to ten degrees in parts of the state. Northwest winds bring sleet and snow in the northern counties while high pressure systems make later week weather uncertain. Roadways in Cuyahoga Summit Stark and Portage counties iced over after a storm, with crews removing snow then applying cinders as rain iced roads.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cuyahoga
Summit
Stark
Portage
State Highway Department
Weather summary for Ohio and Great Lakes region
Generally fair weather in Ohio with colder readings in east and central areas. A central Great Lakes storm brings moderate to heavy snowfall to the Lake region and St Lawrence Valley. North Dakota and Canadian prairies report subzero winds as high pressure grips plains. temperatures near Nebraska and Iowa drop toward zero.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Plains States
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
Canadian Prairies
Start Of Job Insurance Claims In Lorain County
Unemployed Lorain County workers begin filing for unemployment compensation as scheduling stations open in Elyria Oberlin Wellington and Grafton. About 500 applications daily expected at Elyria office serving multiple townships. First checks set for February with three weeks waiting period after January 1.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Broad Street
Council Chamber
Oberlin City Hall
Falls Clinic
Wellington
Grafton City Hall
Rochester
Huntington
Brighton
Penfield
Grafton
LaGrange
Pittsfield
Camden
Henrietta
Russia
Carlisle
Eaton
Columbia
Ridgeville
Elyria Townships
Fred L. Biechele
Commission
Biechele
Italian Troop Movements Reported in East Africa
Paris dispatches say French Somaliland faces Italian troop concentrations on the frontier and demonstrations. Governor General in Djibouti urgently sought army and navy reinforcements, with aid already sent. Reports from Paris Soir and two other papers confirm heavy Italian movements in East Africa.
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Paris
Paris Soir
Djibouti
East Africa
Two Babies Born At Local Hospital On Christmas Day
Elyria Memorial Hospital welcomed two newborn daughters on Christmas Day. Mr and Mrs Philip Barr of 1418 East Avenue reported the first birth, while Mr and Mrs Harry Sanders of 234 Bell Avenue announced the second. Both girls arrive as Santa marked the holiday.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Santa Claus
Philip Barr
East Avenue
Harry Sanders
Bell Avenue
Funeral services for William A. Rousseau set at Grafton church
William A. Rousseau a 37 year old unemployed Grafton father killed Friday by shotgun pellets and his wife Mae 29 critically wounded remain in hospital. Services for William will be held at 19 A. M. tomorrow at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Father Patrick Feran officiating. Mrs. Rousseau's condition worsened after a temporary improvement yesterday and she is expected to receive another transfusion. The couple’s home was attacked in what police call Christmas tragedy. 84 year old William Case of Columbia township is accused of the shooting. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Grafton, with The Welsh Funeral Home in charge.
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William A. Rousseau
Grafton
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Patrick Feran
Rousseau
Mae
Wiliam Case
Columbia Township
Evergreen Grove
Elyria Memorial Hospital
J. W. Rose
Geraldine
Sarah
R. J. Whalen
Cleveland
Godfrey Rousseau
Chicago
Sarah Dahm
Welsh Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Lorain Man Finds Wife And Daughter Asphyxiated
Lorain Ohio December 27 five minutes after a daughter Kay nine telephoned to summon him home George Cooley found his wife and girl dead on a couch both suffocated by fumes from a smoldering fire in the davenports upholstering. A wire from an electric wall plug at the rear of the couch was blamed for the blaze. The girl cried mama is sick before he drove home.
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Lorain, O
Kay
George Cooley
Davenport
S. C. Ward
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Conshohocken
Bernard MacFadden
Eldorado
Ohio
Chicago
Birmingham
Mich
Jones Named Ohio Director of Commerce
Charles H. Jones, Jackson County Republican leader, named State Director of Commerce by Governor Bricker. Former assistant attorney general, ex-Ohio House member and majority floor leader, Jones holds a law degree from Ohio State and was an Ohio State track and football star known as "Speedy." The $6500 annual post succeeds Alfred A. Benesch. Bricker will soon fill other cabinet posts as his term begins January 9.
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Columbus
Charles H. Jones
Jackson County
John W. Bricker
Jones
Bricker
Ohio House of Representatives
90Th General Assembly
Jackson
Ohio State University
Liberal
Alfred A. Benesch
Davey
Jackson City
Board of Education
Oak Hill
Ohio State
Denison University
Woman narrowly escapes Christmas day fire in Elyria
Mrs Mary Sobieski awakened to smoke in her second floor Elyria apartment as she prepared for a family Christmas. She crawled to the stairs with her three sons outside while the fire department responded. Damage was estimated at 500 to 600 dollars and the incident delayed their Christmas dinner. Continued on Page 9.
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Ravenna
West Avenue
W. N. Bates
Elyria
Henry
Felix Koniarski
Stanley Koniarski
Bandits Shoot Man At Lorain Get No Loot
Lorain police hunt a masked bandit with a leg wound as two youths failed a hold up at 1832 East 32nd Street. John Windt of Youngstown, 49, was wounded while grappling with one robber. a second shot hit the chest but was deflected. The third bullet struck Windt’s ally in the leg. Bandits fled with no money.
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Lorain
John Windt
Youngstown
George Schenker
East 32Nd Street
New Lorain Theater
Pearl Avenue
Windt
Schenker
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wendt
Johnny
Battle for Control of Dem Party
Washington dispatch outlines a coming struggle in the 76th Congress over Democratic Party leadership and direction. Anti administration Democrats seek to steer New Deal policy toward conservative candidates for 1940 while Roosevelt weighs messages and defense plans as Congress debates budget and WPA funding.
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Washington
U.n
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Governor orders probe into Kansas City crime
Gov Lloyd Stark criticizes Prosecutor W W Graves Jr of Jackson County Missouri for dismissing the case against Charles Gargoula and orders State Atty Gen to investigate crime and vice in Kansas City as reported by Acme Telephoto.
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Roy McKittrick
Missouri
Lloyd Stark
Kansas City, Mo
W. W. Graves, Jr
Jackson County
Charles Gargoula
Stark
Kansas City
Holiday Fatalities Soar Amid Christmas Toll Totals
Violent deaths over the Christmas holiday reached near 500, with 509 projected as a three day period. Traffic accidents accounted for about 350 deaths, hunting fires drownings and suicides added 158. States report varied totals while several regions had no violent fatalities. Prominent men survived airplane crashes. others died in auto incidents and self-inflicted gun or street wounds.
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Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming
Attempt To Block Opening Of Bids On State Highway Jobs Fails Today
In Columbus Ohio an effort to block bids on 3.5 million dollars of state highway work failed as Judge John R. King refused a temporary injunction. The court set January 9 for a hearing, allowing State Highway Director Ivan Ault to proceed with bid openings and noting the late filing hindered a fair hearing.
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Columbus, CO
John R. King
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Preston Davis
Citizens Tax League
King
Ivan R. Ault
Charles S. Druggan
Hot Mix
Ohio
Duffy
Allen Pretzman
Davis
Taxpayers League
Nationalists Drive On In Western Catalonia Front
Spanish Nationalist forces under General Franco launched a triangular offensive across a 40 mile front in Western Catalonia. Insurgent dispatches claimed rapid gains including Vilanova De Meya and a push toward Artesa De Segre while threatening Borias Blancas near Lerida. Loyalist authorities urged civilians to evacuate to fortify defenses.
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Hendaye
Catalonia
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Vilanova de Meya
Tremp
Artesa de Segre
Borias Blancas
Lerida
Tarragona
Elyria Tragedy Hits Christmas Eve Streets
Christmas traffic in Elyria and nearby areas claimed two pedestrian lives and left a third seriously hurt. Victims include Mike Pavelick 60 of Ethel street and John Neff Nagel road Ridgeville. Ann Thomas 32 of Bath street was struck crossing Lake avenue at Adams street by a Lorain Tower Supply truck and transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital with possible fractures and extensive injuries.
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Elyria
Mike Pavelick
Ethel Street
North Ridge Road
Lodi Street
John Neff
Nagel Road
Ridgeville
Cleveland Road
Ann Thomas
Bath Street
Lorain Tower
Morris Berman
Lorain
Lake Avenue
Adams Street
L. Walters
Miss Thomas
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elmer Webber
Oak Street
James Boggs
Russell Payne
Pavelick
Mendelson Reduction Company
Wykrant
Kenneth Wottring
Harvard Avenue
Louise
Peter
Joseph
St. Vitus Church
Nazi Press Reports U.S. Defeat at Lima Conference
Berlin dispatch reports the Nazi controlled press calling the U S effort to form a united front at the eighth Pan American Conference in Lima a failure. The Nacht Ausgabe claims the dollar failed and accuses President Roosevelt of siding with Jews in an alleged imperialistic plot to dominate South America.
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United States
Lima
Nacht Ausgabe
Roosevelt
South America
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