France Upends War Debt Status Roils Washington
In a parliamentary report France calls its 4 billion U.S. debt a political debt not to be paid promptly, provoking official concern and looming across the Senate floor. Officials say the move tests Franco American relations and may prompt a strong note from Washington.
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Washington
France
United States
Senate
Eliot Wadsworth
the Treasury
American Debt Funding Commission
State Department
Hughes
Doctor Denies Report on Paroled Inmate’s Condition
County physician Dr. G E French denied making any report to the Veterans Bureau about Andrew Kruzattit of South Amherst. Kruzattit, jailed for parole, showed a contagious illness similar to tuberculosis, prompting release after examinations. The Veterans Bureau would cut disability pay from 75 to 50 dollars monthly from February 1.
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G. E French
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Andrew Kruzattit
South Amherst
Kruzattit
Walter H. Watts
John P. Rankin
Harrd G. Beyer
Lorain
Veterans’ Bureau
French
Red Cross
Typhus Germ Theory Probed in McClintock Death Case
Chicago report on the death of William McClintock, the so called millionaire orphan, notes health commissioner Herman N Brundesen was summoned to the district attorney to discuss typhoid germ cultures and the possibility of laypersons obtaining them. Assistant DA George E Gorman said he would question Brundesen about typhoid germs their prevalence and mortality rates.
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Chicago
William McClintock
Herman N. Brundesen
District Attorney’s Office
McClintock
Brundesen
George IE. Gorman
Young McClintock
Tragic Norwalk Auto Poisoning Leaves Two Dead
A 17 year old girl Lucy Landoll and her 21 year old companion Joe Gang died or were near death from engine fumes in a car near Norwalk. The father found the girl dead and the boy unconscious from the fumes. An investigation continues with Dr Wan B McNally reporting “matters of interest” as the coroner awaits formal submission.
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Lucy Landoll
Friend
William E Davis
Malcolm Court
Norwalk
Joe Gang
Collins
McClintock
Wan B McNally
Bully McClintock
McNally
Police refute poisoning link in Lorain death case
Police announced they doubt the Lorain youths died from poisoned liquor and instead suspect complications from alcohol. A chemist’s report from Columbus may trigger action against the bootlegger, while Mayor Hollman seeks new marijuana controls amid raids and youth drug use.
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Lorain
South Lorain
Fr.day
Juan Fransto
Columbus
State Chemical Laboratory
Amon
George Hollman
Ohio
Fransto
Mother-in-law of Rev Kirby dies in Cleveland
Rev Edwin Kirby mourns as his mother-in-law Mrs B C Taylor dies after a brief illness in Cleveland Ohio Early Monday morning She leaves husband B C Taylor four children Courtney A and Benjamin C Taylor of Cleveland daughters Mrs Chas Davis and Mrs Guy Nuesrush also one daughter predeceased Funeral services in Cleveland will be followed by burial in Ravenna Ohio with her daughter Mrs Edwin Kirby.
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Edwin Kirby
B. C. Taylor
Cleveland
Taylor
Courtney A
Benjamin C. Taylor
Chas. D. Davis
Guy Nuesrush
Ravenna
Thieves Break Into Witt Music Store
Thieves broke into the Witt Music Store at 728 Broadway Saturday night and stole two banjos and three saxophones valued at 700 dollars. The front door was jimmied in.
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Lorain
Witt Music
Newark Man in Frostbitten Plight Near Zero Temperature
W. D Gilbert aged 90 former City Council member and longtime Newark resident wandered in underwear at daybreak in ten below zero conditions. He was frostbitten on hands and feet and rushed to the county jail for restoratives before being returned home. his condition remained serious.
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Newark
W. D Gilbert
George Henneman 57 Died After Evening Illness
George Henneman age 57 of 1154 East River Street died Sunday night at 6 30 in the hospital. Survived by wife and one son Albert. Remains at Welsh Undertaking Rooms for viewing. Funeral from St Marys Church Wednesday at 9 00. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. Moose Lodge member.
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George Henneman
East River Street
Albert
Welsh Undertaking Rooms
Moose Lodge
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Five Lorain Men to Attend Water Parley
A five member Lorain committee appointed by Mayor George Hoffman will attend the Great Lakes Harbors Association conference in Cleveland on January 15 16. They will discuss diverting water through the Chicago river and its impact on lake levels.
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Lorain
George Hoffman
Great Lakes Harbors Association
Cleveland
Chicago
Hoffman
C. C. Miller
William Campbell
Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Woman Die From Burns After Open Grate Fire
Mrs. Ray Gundy of Newark died in a local hospital yesterday from burns suffered ten days earlier when her clothing caught fire from an open grate.
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Newark
Ohio
Ray Gundy
Mysterious Epidemic Kills 200 in India
Despatches report a mysterious epidemic along the Persian Afghan border with 200 deaths in ten days. Allahabad in British India, about 450 miles from Calcutta, notes doctors cannot diagnose the illness. Victims bleed from the nose and eyes and bodies turn yellow.
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India
London
Allahabad
Alshabad
British India
Calcutta
Electric bootblack may cost jobs of many in England
London December 29 The invention of an automatic electric bootblack threatens to deprive many Greeka Italians and negroes of work. The machine can clean and polish ninety pairs an hour and is reported infallible except it cannot process black and brown shoes together. The process uses a chute linked line and individual shoes are tipped into the device and come out polished in about forty five seconds.
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London
Put-in-Bay Doctor Improves. Planned Transfer Across Ice
Put-in-Bay O h a Dec 29 A though weak Dr H L Sowash whose illness prompted the state board of health to rush a physician to Put-in-Bay is better today. Arrangements are made to take the sick physician across the ice of Lake Er ie and Sandusky Bay tomorrow to a mainland hospital for a necessary operation. A number of automobiles made the trip across the ice today.
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Put IN Bay
H. L Sowash
State Board of Health
Lake Ernie
Sandusky Bay
Robbery in Lorainends with $522 loss near East 31st St bridge
Obe Exai of the Yellow Line reported to police that two men held him up at gunpoint after he stopped his auto to put on chains. They refused to help and one produced a pistol when asked for a match, taking $522. The incident occurred east of the East 31st Street bridge.
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Lorain
Obe Exai
East 31St Street Bridge
Granddaughter of General Purdy Faces Tragic Local Plunge
In San Francisco on December 249 Mrs Fannie G Purdy 34 grand daughter of General U S Gromt died after leaping from a hospital building after eluding a nurse in whose care she was. Friends said she recently suffered a nervous breakdown due to ill health.
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San Francisco
Fannie G. Purdy
General U.S Gromt
Fifteen Die in New York From Gas Leak
Fifteen deaths from illuminant gas reported in twenty four hours with fifty four more overcome in a Brooklyn apartment building. A postman detected the odor and a patrolman forced entry to help residents. Victims include Mary Irwin 42 and her children James 17 Dorothy 14 found unconscious and hospitalized.
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New York
Brooklyn
Mary Irwin
James
Dorothy
Elyria Woman Struck by Public Service Truck in Lorain
Mrs Samuel McFadden of Elyria was struck by an Ohio Public Service Co truck driven by Chet Dufford of Avon at Broadway and Court street Lorain. She was thrown to the pavement and taken to St Joseph's hospital with a number of bruises but nothing serious.
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Lorain
Simuel McFadden
Elyra
Ohio Public Service Co
Chet Dufford
Avon
Broadway
Court Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Son Kills Father After Divorced Wife Weds Him
Johnstown New York police say William Levi Baker of Syracuse is charged with first degree murder for shooting his father Daniel E. Baker 50 in the Baker home. The elder man died after being shot five times following a struggle as he shielded his ex wife, now his step mother, from attack. Baker sought their two children as Mrs Baker, his ex wife, was ascending the stairs to collect them.
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Johnstown
N. Y
William Levi Baker
Syracuse
Daniel E. Baker
Baker
Nathan Littauer
Gloveraville
Eight Hundred Chinese Soldiers Executed in Kalgan Looting
London dispatch reports eight hundred Chinese soldiers charged with looting after pay delays were drawn to their barracks on Christmas day then executed near Kalgan, Northern China. The Central News dispatches say they were promised pay, locked in, and shot.
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London
Kalgan
China
Great Wall
Hungarian Bishop Desider Baltazar Visits Lorain Church
Sunday marked a notable visit by Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop Desider Baltazar of Hungary to the Hungarian Reformed church on West T River street. He received a city key from Service Director James A. Hewitt, a loving cup from church women, and spoke on Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself. The day included a noon banquet and an evening banquet with several speakers. An amount of 300 was raised for Debrecen’s non sectarian college, including 203 from Lorain Jews via Joseph Gould. The visitors will take home a golden key, loving cup, and Chronicle Telegram copies for the museum in Hungary.
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Andrew Kalassey
Wchirector Hewitt
Baltazar
Debrecen
Hungary
4. R. Webber
Lorain
Joseph Gould
Baja
Alex Csutoros
Cleveland
Archdeacon Baja
Louis Baltazar
Andrew Friedman
Chronicle-Telegram
Third Severe Storm Strikes Chicago Amid Freezing Cold
Chicago ends a ten day cold wave with a 13 below zero low as eight deaths in the city and nearly twenty more across the Midwest are linked to the chill. Icebound ships and grounded ferries, including the Pere Marquette, mark the storm's toll while the Aquitania battles hurricane gales to reach New York.
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Chicago
Midwest
Great Lakes
Wastonein
Holland
Mich
Wisconsin
Alabama
Grand Haven
Pere Marquette
Coast Guard
Quintania
International News Service
Cunard
New York
Charles
Marion men charged in post office robbery
Three Marion men Ralph Gibson Howard Hollaway and Arthur Mills were turned over to Cleveland and federal authorities after confessing to a post office robbery in Carrollton on December 19. Two others John Wasnaugh and Alvin Ayres are detained in Canton on complicity charges.
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Marion
Camplhe City
Carrolton
Ralph Gibson
Howard Hollaway
Arthur Mills
Cleveland
James Thompson
John Wasnaugh
Alvin M Ayres
Formrely
Canton
Gibson
Hallaway
Thompson Laws
President William Green Returns to Washington From Ohio
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor returned to Washington to maintain headquarters before spending New Year's Day at home in Coshocton. He plans to visit the United Mine Workers of America headquarters in Indianapolis, where he held the miners' office as secretary treasurer.
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Coshocton
Wiliam Green
Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Miners’ Organization
Golfer J. H. Taylor Advocates Virtues From Game
London dispatch reports J. H. Taylor told Bristol Rotary Club that nine of ten men who love the game gain virtues of a positive character. He said no man who truly loves a game and plays hard becomes contemptible. He added a duffer can be happier than a champion if he strives to improve.
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London
J. H. Tayior
Bristol Rotary Club
Ridgeville Man Blake Bultman Dies After Illness
Blake Bultman 48 died at his Ridgeville home on Station Road after a paralytic illness Sunday evening. He recently moved from Cleveland four years ago and is survived by his wife and sister Henrietta Bultman. He belonged to J O A N of Cleveland and the Knights of Pythias. Funeral services led by Rev. E C Young were held at his home and at Ridgeville Congregational. Burial followed in Ridgeville cemetery.
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Blake FE. Bultman
Station Road
North Ridgeville
Ridgeville
Cleveland
Henrietta Bultman
Order of the Knight
Baby found on rubbish heap in The Bronx hospital bound
A naked blue-eyed newborn boy, found in a burlap bag by children among debris in The Bronx, was rushed to Lincoln hospital. Doctors say the infant is about one hour old and in critical condition as police investigate the strange discovery.
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New York
Lincolm Hospital
Frankiiaav
Bronx
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