Earthquake Devastates Santiago De Cuba Stricken City
The February 4 quake left 12 dead, about 609 injured, and thousands homeless in Santiago de Cuba. Ambassadors and Cuban officials coordinate relief as millions in property damage are estimated and field kitchens are set up for refugees.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Santiago
Harry F. Guegerheim
Havana
Jose Barcelo
Arnaz
Reef
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Guantanamo
Proposes Duty On Imports Into Britain
Neville Chamberlain proposes a general ad valorem duty of 10 percent on all British imports with exemptions for wheat bread raw cotton raw wool and tea. The plan, presented in the House of Commons, signals a shift to protection after nearly a century of free trade.
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London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Commons
Britain
Wood replaces coal for Elyria families in aid plan
A Diagonal Road farmer offers two thirds of 300 to 400 cords of wood to Elyria city if the city provides labor to saw it. Ten men, approved by Associated Charities, began work today and will be paid in wood, easing fuel costs for needy families while the city and charities save funds.
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Elyria
City
Associated Charities
Weather forecast for Ohio turns wintry tonight
Cloudy and colder conditions grip Ohio with light rain in the south and snow in the far north and east tonight. Friday brings partial clearing but cooler conditions across the state.
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Ohio
Two Congressmen Succumb to Heart Attacks in D.C.
In Washington on February 4, Democratic Rep. Percy J. Quin of Mississippi and Rep. Samuel Rutherford of Georgia died from heart attacks. Rutherford died at his hotel while Quin passed away at the Naval Hospital where he had been treated for an acute illness. Rutherford was 7:15 a.m. and Quin 8:20 a.m. Quin chaired the House Military Affairs Committee and Rutherford led the Committee on Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Percy J. Quin
Mississippi
Samuel Rutherford
Georgia
Rutherford
Quin
Naval Hospital
House
Congress
Mellon Named Ambassador to London in Hoover White House Move
Ogden Mills will be named Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Andrew W. Mellon, the White House announced. Mellon chosen to be Ambassador to London. succeeds Dawes who resigned to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mellon, 77, one of the nation’s wealthiest men, is known for reticence and public avoidance.
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Washington
Ogden Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
White House
UPI
Hoover
London
Mellon
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ogden L. Mulls
Treasury
Mulls
Treasury Administration
London Post
Court of
United States
Ailsa
David K. Este Bruce
the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
British Sub In 108 Feet Of Water
Divers studied plans to raise the submarine M-2 found in Dead Man's Bay beside a German U boat. M-2 missing since January 26. it lies about 5.8 miles off Portland Bill in 108 feet of water. Twenty four hours after disappearance divers had inspected nearby wrecks.
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Portland
England
Dead Man's Bay
Portland Bill
Twenty Missing in Oil Tanker Blast
Sun On Bidwell tanker exploded near Marcus Hook Pennsylvania, killing and injuring crew and workers. Thirty-three rescued, twenty missing, including a woman, with several severely burned and hospitalized. Survivors describe chaotic escape as flames engulfed the forward tank.
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Marcus Hook
Bidwell
Stephen Mars
Philadelphia
Chester Hospital
Chester
Crozier Hospital
Tere
Trainer
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Bidweil
Ivor Kimander
Lorain Man Enters Race for County Commissioner Nomination
Harry L Shaw 103 Arkansas avenue Lorain announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county commissioner subject to May primaries. Born in Penfield 1876 he served in the Spanish American War in Company A Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He has engineering and contracting experience in city county offices highways pavements sewers waterworks and heavy machinery sales in Canada and as Thew Shovel Co assistant manager. Affiliated with Congregational church Masons USW V Rotary Garden clubs.
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Harry L. Shaw
Arkansas Avenue
Lorain
Shaw
Penfield
Lorain County
Ohio State University
Company A
Fifth OQ. V. I
Baltimore and Ohio
L. A
Canada
Thew Shovel Company
United States
Congregational Church
Masonic Orders
Rotary Club
Garden Club
State scores in Jordan trial at Elyria barbecue shooting
In the Jordan shooting case at 23 West Avenue New Years Eve the state wins a point when Assistant Prosecutor John Harding elicits that Jordan did not flee Hollis Brown after Brown fired from a revolver. Jordan says he fired toward Brown believing a fight to discharge his shotgun was justified. Brown, fronting the barbecue as a poolroom owner, pleaded guilty to shooting to kill after an argument over language in front of women guests.
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Joseph Jordan
Elyria
John Harding
Jordan
Hollis Brown
West Avenue
New Years Eve
Brown
Lorain County Taxpayers League names 15 exec members
Fifteen men from Lorain county were selected as the executive committee of the Lorain County Taxpayers League. The group will meet Monday night at the Lorain County Savings and Trust Company to organize. Members include W. G. Caskey and J. A. Hewitt of Elyria, Otis McKee of Oberlin, Walter G. Nord of Amherst, and others from Amherst, Avon, Lorain, Wellington, Sheffield Lake, and Lo rain. The committee will draft a plan for the league to study taxation and public expenditures and seek reductions where possible.
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Lorain County
Injuries Fatal To Mail Pilot
Francis H. Rust a 34 year old reserve air mail pilot died in Kalamazoo hospital after being found sixteen hours after his plane crashed on the Kalamazoo Mid Chicago run Officials said death was due to exposure and loss of blood at Kalamazoo hospital.
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Cleveland
Francis H. Rust
Air Mail
Kalamazoo
Chicago
Commissioners plan probe of Soldiers Relief Commission
County commissioners George Rhoads and C. D Murray ordered an inquiry into the Soldiers Relief Commission. A state examiner may be called as relief checks are held pending the investigation. Investigators Herzog and Wiegand billed 212 and 853 for January, prompting scrutiny of per case charges and total fees.
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Soldiers’ Relief Commission
George Rhoads
C. D Murray
Relief Commission
Murray
Edgar Herzog
Frred Wiegand
Soldiers’ Relief Fund
County Finds Savings in Road Work By County Forces
County Surveyor C. T. Biggs reports a total saving of 8237 by county crews on last year’s road projects versus private bids. Eight roads were improved, contracts for four were recessed, and in one case the county avoided a loss of 3328 by not accepting the lowest bid. Savings excluding machinery depreciation of 8500 are noted, with specific bids yielding 115, 701, and 3938 savings on three jobs.
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C. T. Biggs
Tax Looms On Electricity And Gas
Washington civil 4 Feb A 5 percent consumption tax on electricity and gas appears in the Ways and Means committee bill. The plan would add to electric and gas bills for millions of consumers. Crisp estimates 107 million from electricity and 346 million from gas annually totaling 153 million.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Crisp
Dem. Ga
Federal Trade
Women soldiers guard Shanghai Woosung front trench
In an inactive sector near Shanghai on February 4 reporters found a camouflaged trench held by about a dozen Chinese women armed with old rifles. The women in blue makeshift uniforms said they guarded the River Road to stop a Japanese push into Chapei from Woosung, with no male troops nearby.
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Shanghai
Shanghai-Woosung
Woosung
Chapei
French envoy asks Japan to respect Shanghai settlements
Paris announces that French Ambassador Count De Martel has made new representations to the Japanese government urging respect for the Shanghai International Settlement and the French concession.
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Japan
Paris
Foreign Office Today
Count de Martel
Shanghai International Settlement
Britain will not ban arms exports to China and Japan
Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, told the House of Commons that Britain does not propose at present to prohibit exporting arms and ammunition to China and Japan. The statement clarifies government policy amid growing tensions in the Far East.
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Britain
Orient
London
China
Japan
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
War Declared on Slugger Dollar Hoarding in America
President Hoover urges citizens to release 1.3 billion dollars hoarded in mattresses stockings and jars to invest or deposit in sound institutions. He frames the drift as a national war to end depression and asks business agricultural labor churches and clubs to form a national organization to lead the drive.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Child Is Victim of Strangler
The body of five year old Florence McDonnell, missing since yesterday, was found strangled in a Brooklyn tenement basement. Police reported the death and described the search from her home to within 20 blocks. a patrolman discovered the body in Bushwick, 75 feet from her residence.
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New York
Florence McDonnell
Brooklyn
Wis Hrlee McDonnell
Bushwick Settlement
Announcement Of Candidacy By Miss Marsh
Miss Mabel Marsh Lorain County clerk of courts announced she will seek re election to succeed herself in the office subject to the Republican primaries. Her decision rests on her record in the office.
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Mabel Marsh
Lorain County
Witness accounts bombardment of Woosung forts near Shanghai
D C Bess reports aboard the Dairen Maru witnessing the Japanese naval bombardment of Woosung forts. He describes eight warships, three light cruisers and five gunboats firing until about 1 p m, with aircraft directing the attack. Forts silenced as ships of several nations gathered, Woosung left desolate by shelling with shattered batteries and ruined homes.
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D. C. Bess
United Press
Shanghai
Yanetze River
North China
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Chinese Students in America Ready to Defend Home Country
At Ohio State University Samuel C H Tung Chinese president of the Chinese Student Club and Isao Mikami of Tokyo discuss strong friendship amid rising tensions over Shanghai and Nanking. Tung says Chinese students in America are ready to return home to defend their country if needed and would resist Japanese advances in self defense.
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America
Columbus
Samuel C. H. Tung
Isao Mikami
Shanghai
Nanking
Ohio State University
Tung
Kewiyang
Mikami
Tokio
Car Wreck Injures Three on Route 20 Duck Pond Road
Three Lakewood residents were injured at 2:30 a m when their car failed to make a turn onto Route 20 at Duck Pond road and struck a utility pole. Injured are Joe Dobrovic 42 with a fractured knee and multiple lacerations George Spisak 45 with a fractured right hip and lacerations and Steve Kovac minor lacerations. driver George Kovac uninjured. taken to Memorial Hospital.
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Lakewood
Duck Pond Road
Bob Rodgers
Joe Dobrovic
George Spisak
Steve Kovac
George Kovac
Memorial Hospital
U3 Now Awaits Reply From Japan
Admiral M. M. Taylor reports Japanese patrols have evacuated American and British defense sectors near Shanghai easing the situation. Japanese forces renewed bombardment of Woosung forts. Houston sighted a force south of Woosung under Vice Admiral Nomura. Japan’s official peace reply to British American proposals awaited at State Department.
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Washington
M. M. Taylor
Shanghai
Navy Department
Taylor
Woosung
Houston
Nomura
Shiosawa
Baron Samejima
State Department
Japan
Ohio River Flood Looms Over Cincinnati Area
Flood fears grow as heavy rains in eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio push the Ohio River toward flood stage. The river hits 49.6 feet, with forecasts for a 2 to 4 foot rise before Saturday, threatening farm lands and small river towns along its banks.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ohio
W. C. Devereaux
United State
Ashland
Elyria Child Marks Third Leap Year Birthday
Norman Schroeder of 225 Howe Street will be 12 on February 29 this year but will celebrate only his third birthday. Born February 29, 1920, he has had only two actual leap year birthdays so far. He is the second to answer The Chronicle Telegram request for leap day birthday observers in Elyria and vicinity.
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Norman Schroeder
Howe Street
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Coxey to Fly to North Dakota for Primary Petition
Massillon Ohio February 4 1911 General Jacob S Coxey plans to fly to North Dakota to file his petition in the Republican primaries seeking the presidency.
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Corey
North Dakota
Massillon
Jacob S. Coxey
The
United Sates
A Sketch Strip History of Japan Begins Today on Page
R. 3. Scott presents a graphic concise history of Japan the rise of Japan in a strip form. The piece aims to entertain and instruct both grownups and children.
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Japan
R. 3. Scott
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State Department Today
Harry F. Guggenheim
Bulletin
Dawes
Ogden L. Mills
Cook
Kimander
River
Crosier Hospital
Roy Hamilton
Marietta
Edward Tellow
Indiana
Olaf Rosmessen
Edwin Russell
Lorain Wan
Commissioner Rage
Tate
Tarpayers’ League Committee
Far East
Miss Marsh
Witnes
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