Coal Becomes Precious In Five States
Five Midwestern states face coal shortages amid sub zero cold. Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio and Missouri ration coal as mines run 6 hour weeks and demand booms. Officials warn of worsening fuel famine with slowed movement from West Virginia and Cincinnati exchanges seeking longer mine hours.
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Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
America
Northland St
Ben Heitzman
Cincinnati Coal Exchange
Cincinnati
Tce
Ohio River
West Virginia
East Ohio
Laundry Boiler Explodes injuring one in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio on February 1 a laundry boiler exploded at the New Was Linen Supply Co plant. Waterthlaim Christie 42 a stoker was severely scalded and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Arnim Schonbrun president of the laundry had momentarily left the boiler room. Two partitions were blown out and a fire from coal blown from the boiler’s fire box was extinguished by firemen.
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Schonbrun
Christie
Rules Bankruptcy Act is Unconstitutional
Federal Judge T M Kennerly ruled that the Wrazier Lemko bankruptcy act as amended August 28 1935 is unconstitutional in the case of Henry Tschoepe and Mrs Tschoepe owners of a 100 acre farm in Nueces county Texas.
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Moulton
Tex
T.M. Kennerly
Henry Tschoepe
Tschoepe
Nueces County
Texas
Weather Ohio Sees Cloudy Skies and Light Snow Likely
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions across Ohio with light snow possible in the southern portion. Overnight temperatures dip to just under 20 degrees in the south. Sunday brings more snow but milder cold conditions overall.
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Ohio
South Portion
Local Couple Suffer Minor Injuries in LaPorte Crash
Mr and Mrs E D Chapman were injured after their car collided with Albert Ross's machine at Taylor and Warren in LaPorte yesterday at 145 pm. Mr Chapman was thrown from the car. Mrs Chapman bruised her head and knee. Police noted. A second incident: C G Whitener reported a Charles Held Transfer Co truck backed into his parked car on East Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets.
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E. D. Chapman
LaPorte
Albert Ross
East Avenue
Taylor Street
Warren Avenue
Mr. Chapman
Chapmen
C. G. Wiheter
Chestnut Street
Charles Held Transfer Company
Third
Fourth Streets
No Bluff Threat To Cut Lorain Children Home License
Mrs Luetta Magruder says the state welfare department will revoke the Lorain County Children’s Home license if more than one social worker is not employed to supervise over 200 foster children. County officials dispute the claim. new social worker hired at 85 dollars monthly. Dunn notes Lorain’s low receipts vs. other counties and questions past investigator positions.
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Board of County Commissioners
Luetta Magruder
State Welfare Department
Lorain County
Oberlin
LiIome
Masrivdér
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
John FE. Davidson
Carnegie Tech
Ohio State University
Ohio
Hlome
Onlu
Freighter Robert Juanchenbach Damaged by Sea Fire
A fire broke out on the freighter Robert Juanchenbach at sea on Thursday and was extinguished early today. Steam controlled the No 3 hold fire as hatch was opened flames rose high. Fire boats and land units fought the blaze. damage described as considerable. The Luckenbach arrived yesterday from Seattle.
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New York
Robert Juanchenbach
No. 3
Luckenbach
Seattle
Boy Hurt in Coaster Accident at Cascade Park
Charles Hansen aged 14 of 248 Winck Iees Street was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital around 10 45 p m for minor injuries after a sled hit a rock at Cascade Park Hillsdale Court causing the sled to go over a bank into the river. A piece of wood lodged in his chin. Miss Cleo Lee riding with him was unharmed.
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Charles Hansen
Winck Iees Street
Elyria Memorial H Hospital
Cascade Park
Hillsdale Court
Cleo Lee
Inflationists seek union to finance soldiers bonus drive
Inflationists in Washington push to unite House and Senate blacks to force Roosevelt to issue up to 7 billion in new currency for the soldiers bonus and farm programs. They aim to block tax legislation and bond issues until the treasury issues currency against idle gold and silver. Senator Elmer Thomas and the House bonus committee leaders discussed a Senate move to pursue this tactic.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Elmer Thomas
Ohla
Birc
Treasury
Inflationists seek new currency to fund veteran bonds
Washington reports Rep. Wright Patman gathers House inflationists to push issuing new currency backed by idle gold and silver to pay veterans adjusted service certificates. Administration opposes tax increases and additional borrowing to close a budget gap of 3.9 billion dollars. Roosevelt would need to authorize roughly seven billion in new currency, with action likely delayed on page two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Noalnoanan
Wright Patman
D. Tex
Ttaso
Treasury
Congress
Rep
Wiight Patman
Tex
House of Representatives
United States
Pipe Mill Operations at National Tube Plant To Rise
The National Tube Company plant at Lorain will show a slight uptick in activity next week under the tentative schedule. Two blast furnaces and 12 open hearth furnaces remain in operation while the Bessemer converter shuts from 3 p m Sunday to the following Saturday. The rain mill finishes Monday and then sits idle the rest of the week. Butt mills 2 and 6, lapp mills 2 and 5, and seamless mill 1 run five days starting Monday, while seamless mill 3 operates four days starting Monday.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
3000 Italians Are Reported Killed
An official communique claims 38,900 Italians killed in a northern front battle that ended Thursday. It says a Fascist Blackshirt division was completely wiped out with 6,000 wounded and 18 tanks and many guns captured. Ethiopian losses were about 1,200. The action north of Abbi Addi in the Tembien area affected Italian lines toward Adigrat and Akumba.
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Addis Ababa
Upan
Abbi Addi
Tembien
Mahkale
Pietro Badoelio
Cholet
Adigrat
Acumwa
Train Jumps Rails Trainman Killed in Indiana Crash
ROAM Ind Feb 1 A northbound Pennsylvania freight train jumped the rails at a grade crossing near here. One trainman was killed and another burned critically as the train plunged into a ravine.
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Roam
Ind
Pennsylvania
Trains Collide In Cincinnati Injuring Thirteen
A head on collision on a trestle near the riverfront sent at least 13 people to hospitals in Cincinnati. The Chesapeake and Ohio Sportsman and Louisville and Nashville Southland collided on the same tracks causing cars to plunge and a lemons refrigerator car to be demolished. One seriously injured man, Anthony Netherland of Knoxville, Tenn., suffered possible skull and spinal injuries. Ambulances and police rushed to the scene as traffic stalled and trains were held at the terminal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Anthony Netherland
Knoxville
Tenn
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sportsman
Washington
Southland
Florida
Suenals
Sormals
Union Terminal
Auditor clarifies vendor license requirements and exemptions
County Auditor C S S Kelser explained that all sales tax vendor licenses remain valid unless a business changes location. The old license expires with the sales tax law on March 80, 1937. State and political subdivisions are exempt from sales tax purchases, and blanket exemption certificates must be recorded for each vendor. Once issued, subdivisions may make further purchases from that vendor without new certificates.
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C. SS. Kelser
Lawyers Club Meeting on Jury Trials Speaker Judge Findley
Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley was scheduled to speak before the Filyria Lawyer's Club today on the subject Jury Trials. The meeting marks Attorney John Neco's first as president.
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Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Filyria Lawyer's Club
John Neco
Relief Jobs Sold to Needy in Ohio WPA Scam
Ohio WPA officials exposed a case of relief job corruption in Dayton where three men were charged with taking money from relief clients seeking WPA work. Governor Dr. Carl Watson pledged swift prosecutions, citing payments of 5 and 20 dollars and alleged job selling, with all three suspects held on bonds totaling 1,900 dollars each. The investigation began December 26 under Dudley Frank and Eugene L. Martin, accusing them of violating the 1935 relief and conspiracy acts.
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Columbus
Ohio
WPA
Carl Watson
Dayton
Dr. Watson
Arthur Bradford
Herbert Florn
FERA
Dudley Frank
WPA Bureau of Investigation
Detroit
Eugene L. Martin
Horn
Cass
Bradford
Health Conditions Good In Elyria
Elyria board leadership will stay with R L Stearns as president for 1926 after January re election. City health reports note low contagious disease in January with 13 chickenpox, 3 scarlet fever, 1 measles, 1 whooping cough, and 2 tuberculosis cases. Public health nurse Kathryn Fulton logged 120 visits including prenatal, infant welfare, school, tuberculosis work, chickenpox cases, and multiple clinics.
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R. Ll. Stearns
Elyria Board of Wealth
Elyria
Kathryn Fulton
E.G. Curtiss
Curtiss
Blow. Williams
Sanitary Police Oficer
Williams
Fatal Car Train Collision Near Rye Beach
SANDUSKY O Feb 1 Gus tav A Thomas 60 was killed today near Rye Beach when his car was struck by a New York Central passenger train. It was believed Thomas did not see or hear the train.
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Sandusky.o
Gustav A. Thomas
Rye Beach
New York Central
Thomas
Cassius MacDonald Receives 15-Year Kidnaping Sentence
St Paul report states Cassius MacDonald convicted last week as a money changer in the Ed ward G Bremer kidnaping was sentenced today to 15 years in Leavenworth penitentiary.
Bricker to Speak at Emviia Churches Meeting
Ohio Attorney-General John Bricker will address the Federation of Men's clubs of Emviia churches at the First Methodist church on Friday evening February 21 at 6 30. A committee at the YMCA will meet tomorrow at 2 30 to finalize plans. General chairman is B H Long. About 400 men are expected. Dinner served by the church Aid Society.
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Ohio
John Bricker
Federation of Men's Clubs
Emviia
First Methodist
B. H. Long
Aid Society
McKinley Day Banquet Expected To Draw Big Elyria Crowd
Reservations for the McKinley Day banquet at the First Methodist Episcopal Church are due by Monday. Frank A. Stetson, Lorain County Republican Executive Committee chairman, says preparations aim for one of Elyria’s largest gatherings. Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleveland will speak, with guests including Judge Roy Williams, Carl Dr. Sheppard, T. J. Herbert, and Arthur W. Doyle. Local entertainment features the Lorain Women’s Republican Club quartet and Robert Wilcox the xylophonist.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank A. Stetson
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Roy Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Carl Dr. Sheppard
Akron
Congress
T. J. Herbert
Ohio
Common Pleas
Arthur W. Doyle
District Court of Appeals
Lora Womens Republican
Ub Quartet
Robert Wilcox
Parrot car report and oddities spark Seattle police inquiry
A chaotic string of oddities in Seattle and Columbus reports includes a parrot describing a stolen car with a gray body and a green stripe, a garage fire wiping out Steve Vikas's life savings, and surfacing curios about February paydays and extra Saturdays benefiting leap year proposals.
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United Press
Seattle
Parrot
Parrott
Colimvbus
Steve Vikas
Comeaux Confesses 31 Thefts From Church Boxes
Chicago on February 1 Walter Comeaux aged 28 confessed to stealing from church contribution boxes. He produced a small notebook claiming it would prove his innocence and it revealed 31 thefts. Loot ranged from a penny to fourteen dollars.
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Chicago
Walter Comeaux
Ohio Promised Relief From Extreme Cold
Ohio officials forecast rising temperatures but snow as a cold snap lingered. State meteorologist W H Alexander said a cold arc over Ohio would move east, bringing relief yet keeping subzero nights. Tonight’s low was seen at 10 to 15 degrees above zero with Sunday highs in the high twenties and more snow possible Sunday. Bucyrus reported ten degrees below zero as the state endured record low temperatures.
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United Press
Chicago
Midwest
J. R. Lioyd
He- Hef
Oscar E. Blewitt
Ohio
W. H. Alexander
Bucyrus
Music Contest Results Are Announced At Lorain County
Students from Columbia La Grange and Henrietta share honors at the Lorain County solo and ensemble contest at Clearview school. Excellent ratings go to Donna Stinchcomb Dorothy Koepke William Spicer and Esther Whaetzel. Morning delays left Columbia performers shivering but still singing. Seventeen more soloists and ensembles posted very good ratings with others earning good or fair marks as the event continues this afternoon under judges J. Martin Beck and Edward Kiefer.
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Columbia la Grange
Henrietta
Lorain County
Clearview
Donna Stinchcomb
Dorothy Koepke
Columbia
William Spicer
la Grange
Esther Whaetzel
Glenuretta
Eaton
Elyria
Betty Churchward
Rowenangersoll
Fighteen
John Evanoff
LeRoy Forthoffer
Avon
Joan Duckett
Lois Youtzy
Dorothy Stinchcomb
Betty Garrettson
Viola Cartwright
Frances Knowles
Frances Farbush
May Amsbury
Iha Grange
Shirley Jasper
Janet Irons
Ridgeville
Thelma Cartwright
William Preston
Wellington
Mary Cherry
Ardith Baumen
Virginia Clodwick
Janis Preston
Wilma Brewer
James Doyle
Lois Portman
Phyllis Portman
Jielen Cherry
Mary Baumen
Beulah Kinsley
John Bryant
Donald Bryant
Ralph Forthoffer
Barbara Terry
Joan Mary Williston
Rita Camp
LaGrange
Martha Schriver
Belden
Virginia Putt
Robert Ulm
Josephine Stocking
William Davidson
Gladys Merrill
Brighton
Elizabeth Moore
Earl Putt
George Raschall
J. Martin Beck
Elyria High School
Edward Kiefer
Lorain
Baby Chick Buyers Boost Early Hatch Figures
A local market note highlights January demand for baby chicks as buyers stock up early, signaling a trend that could lift October totals. The piece mentions farm suppliers and backyard poultry enthusiasts preparing for spring flocks.
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John Ta. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Exchange
Towa
Bulletin
Chapman
U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D.C
J. C G. Benzing
Alvin W. Hall
C. R. Lone
Alvin R. Meissner
Dessye
Lawyers Club
Bricker Will
John W. Bricker
Michael W. Straus
Secretary of Interior
Harold J. Ickes
National Press Club
Straus
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