Roosevelt outlines vast Tennessee power plan for public works
President elect Roosevelt unveils a sweeping New Deal blueprint centering on cheap power from the Tennessee watershed. The Muscle Shoals project would employ up to 75,000 in year one and eventually 200,000, affecting ten states with goals of land use, reforestation, flood control, and expanded hydroelectric power.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
America
Tennessee River
Columbia River
Senator Hull flies to White House for cabinet talk
Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee left Warm Springs with Professor Raymond S Moley after a second conference with President elect Roosevelt. Friends believed the talks centered on a cabinet invitation though Hull refused comment beyond stating the general economic situation was discussed.
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Warm Springs
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Raymond S. Moley
Elvira High School Band to Present Concert Tomorrow
The Elvira High School band will present its first 1938 concert tomorrow morning at a school assembly in the auditorium. A student rally will follow the concert. Director J. Martin Beck announced selections including Regiments Return, March Noble, Exemplar of Peace, Loyalty Day, The Admiral overture, and Military Escort in Five Ways. Forty five players will participate as a practice for spring activities.
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Elvira High School
J. Martin Beck
Crosby
Bach
Rosenkranz
Russell
Fillmore
Beck
Elyrian Driver Sustains Serious Chest Injuries
Harold Bainbridge, 107 Floral Court, sustained serious chest injuries when the car he was driving on Case Road ran off the highway into a ditch and culvert about 8 p m yesterday. Deputies Paul Chapman and Samuel Provenza investigated the crash two miles north of Center Ridge Road.
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Harold Bainbridge
Floral Court
Case Road
Paul Chapman
Samuel Provenza
Center Ridge Road
The Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with some age drift and Friday fair conditions across the region.
Ohio House Delves Into Governor White's Tax Plans
Ohio lawmakers take up Governor White's emergency taxation package aimed at raising about 25 million dollars plus a separate bill for a state wide earned income tax. Proposals include taxes on soft drinks cigars tobacco amusements and malt products with funds redirected for unemployment relief and education salaries.
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Columbus
White
Ohio
House of Representatives
P. E. Ward
Geauga County
Senate
John A. Lloyd
Portsmouth
D. J. Gunsett
Dem
van Wert
Lloyd
Gunsett
Bickenberry
House
Douglas
Cuyahoga
Brenneman
Morrow
Frick
Scioto
O’neil
Summit
O'Neil
Red Cross Bread Purchases Questioned by Local Chair
A. L. Werner, chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, attacks city bread buys for the needy while Red Cross supplies provide flour and clothing worth 35,000 dollars. He notes families already receive more than 600 sacks of flour weekly from the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
A. L. Werner
American Red Cross
Groundhog Day Legend Debunked By Kansas Zoologist
Kansas State College zoologist Dr. George E. Johnson says groundhogs rarely awaken during winter and are not dependable weather prophets. He notes awakenings occur sporadically, influenced by ground temperature, with humdrum biology such as slow heart rate and minimal respiration in deep sleep and much higher rates when awake.
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Manhattan
Kan
George E. Johnson
Kansas State College
Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Postgraduates Return To Elyria High As Noncredit Students
Nearly half of Elyria High School’s 96 January graduates returned to the building for post graduate study. C P Shively reports 41 January graduates plus 37 alumni from June and January of last year total 78 post graduates. Courses include commercial subjects advanced math chemistry physics and languages.
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Elyria High School
C. P. Shively
Shively
Chinese Ready for Jap Drive in Manchuria
Consular reports from Mukden say Japanese troops are concentrating for a spring offensive toward Jehol province. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang’s spokesman claims Chinese forces are ready for the Japanese advance, with intelligence noting moves south from Mukden and north from Shankhaikwan.
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Phiping
Manchuria
Jehol
Mukden
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Shankhaikwan
Moratorium halts farm auction in Malinta area
A 60 day moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures halted an auction at Albert Roehl's farm near Malinta as 2000 neighbors gathered to push for low bids. Roehl was informed the moratorium shields him from sale and a state inquiry into the farm debt clash begins. A rope noose at Roehl's barn marks the penny auction protest as farmers pivot to next Tuesday's sale at Walter Crozier's farm in Haskins.
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United Press
Middle West
Washington
Corn Belt
Congress
Towa
Iowa
Miles Reno
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Malinta
Albert Roehl
Roehl
Intercounty Finance Company
Bowling Green
George White
Walter Crozier
Haskins
Ohio
Farmer
State Highway Board weighs Duck Pond and Butternut Ridge roads
County officials and residents from Fairview and North Olmsted met with Highway Director Q W Merrill in Columbus to discuss the state taking over Duck Pond road and Butternut Ridge road from Route 20 to Wooster road in Rocky River. The department cannot promise action until this year’s limits are known. County maintenance costs on Butternut Ridge road run about $5,000 annually.
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State Highway Department
Duck Pond Road
Butternut Ridge
Fairview
North Olmsted
Q. W. Merrill
Columbus
Route 20
Wooster Road
Rocky River
Highway Department
C. D. Murray
Butternut Ridge Road
W C T U Vows to Fight Any Prohibition Repeal Move
In Columbus on February 2 the Ohio W C T U warned it will oppose any repeal or amendment of state prohibition laws. The temperance committee of the House met to consider Rep John F Hunter s repeal bill for Crabbe and Miller Acts as Earhart led opposition and the session adjourned without a conclusion. Hunter faced criticism over the prohibition department and signaled possible further action if amendments pass.
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Columbus
Ohio
90Th General Assembly
Temperance Committee
House of Representatives
John F. Hunter
Dem
Toledo
Charles M. Earhart
Earhart
Hunter
State Prohibition Department
Miller
Prohibition Department
Crabbe
Cleveland ballistic expert testifies in Dare store holdup case
D L Coles of Cleveland testified as trial opened for Virgil Dackin in Grand Rapids Ohio. Dackin is charged with the holdup murder of Alfred W Dare, a shoe store manager. The panel includes five women and seven men.
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Dayton, O
D. L. Coles
Cleveland
Virgil Dackin
Grand Rapids
Alfred W. Dare
Investigation urged into failed RF C loan recipients
Rep. Fish of New York pressed the House Banking and Currency Committee to probe affairs of firms that collapsed after securing Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. He warned of crookedness and called for R. S. Hecht of New Orleans, RCFC advisory committee chair, to be removed.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Banking and Currency Committee
Rep. Fish
Republican
New York
Fish
R. S. Hecht
New Orleans
Former Alien Property Custodian Regains U S Citizenship
President Hoover restored Thomas W. Miller, a former alien property custodian, to citizenship. Miller had served under Harding and was later sentenced to 18 months in Atlanta for defrauding the government in 1928.
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U. S
Washington
Hoover
Thomas W. Miller
Miller
Harding
Atlanta
Attempt to Abolish Farm Board Fails in House Vote
Washington February 2 Federal Farm Board funding was defeated in the House without record vote. The bid to abolish the board by striking its entire appropriation from the Independent Offices Supply Bill was led by Congressman Fuller of Arkansas.
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Farm Board
Washington
U.P
Federal Farm Board
House
Fuller
Dem
Ark
Senator Robinson blocks Senate gag rule adoption
Objection by Senator Robinson of Indiana blocked a modified Senate gag rule intended to speed up appropriation bills. The move leaves time before March 4 to consider emergency legislation.
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Washington
Robinson
Indiana
Senate
One killed in Hamburg clash between Communists and Nazis
One person died and eight were seriously wounded in Hamburg during a clash between Communists and Nazis. Police intervened at Adana and opened fire as the riot escalated.
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Germany
Hamburg
Adana
Romanian Government Seeks War Debt Reconsideration
The Romanian Government asked the U S State Department to reconsider its 44.59 million dollar war debt to the United States after President elect Roosevelt takes office.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Roosevelt
Club Begins Bible Study Series For Senior Hi Club
Members of the Senior Hi Club start a Bible study series this week with an introductory meeting. The series, led by L. W. Mahn, aims to give the boys a deeper understanding of the Bible.
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L. W. Mahn
Publisher of Denver Post Dies at 72
Denver Ohio dispatch reports Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, died in Denver from pneumonia at age 72. He founded the paper and led it for decades.
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Denver, Cinc
Frederick G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Hitler outlines four year plans to revive Germany
Berlin February 2 Hitler vows a national resurrection with two four year plans to save farmers and curb unemployment. He calls for compulsory labor rural settlement and curbing communism while warning against currency instability and arming nations. He pledges to repair in four years the damage of the past fourteen.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Pioneer resident of Henrietta dies at 97
Marcene Peabody, Henrietta's oldest resident, died at 8 30 p m yesterday at his home. Born in a log cabin near South Amherst he lived in Henrietta most of his life. He served 24 years as assessor and three terms on the Lorain County infirmary board. Survived by four daughters two sons a sister and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday at Zilch Funeral Home Amherst.
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Marcene Peabody
Henrietta
Peabody
Walter A. Krueck
South Amherst
Lorain County Infirmary
Henrietta Township
Cora Walcox
Pittsfield
Carl Hesenpfing
Fred Brandan
Brownhelm
L. M. Kelly
H. D. Peabody
Wakeman
Ossie
Hattie Neal
Mt. Coral
Iil
Zilch Funeral Home
Amherst
Tells Of Recent Trip To Florida
Henry Miller spoke at the Junior Mik Club meeting at the Y M C A describing experiences from a recent trip to Florida. He highlighted key differences between life in the South and Ontario. About thirty members attended the gathering.
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Florida
Henry Miller
Mik
South
Onto
Miverlng
Wai
Ani
Seuser
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