Public Opinion Ends Pekin Strike A Compromise Settlement
Public opinion was credited with ending Pekin Illinois general strike after 48 hours. American Distilling Company kept plant closed during arbitration, amid earlier district tear gas clashes between police and pickets. Distillery workers sought union recognition and arbitration, while business leaders urged normalcy and a mass mobilization of National Guardsmen was stood down.
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Pekin, Illl
Pekin
Pekin Labor Assembly
American Distilling Company
Harry Donahue
Provatrike
Neadsy
President Roosevelts relief funds study and tax plan
President Roosevelt is studying funds needed for relief through July 1 and reviewing tax and spending policies. He discussed the farm financing plan of about 500 million dollars with spending agency heads and signaled a restraint on three years of peacetime spending. He already announced a one billion dollar cut in agency authorizations and considered avoiding taxes for the bonus to curb inflation demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Miners Allowed To Work Extra Day To Meet Coal Shortage
The United Mine Workers authorized miners to extend work beyond the 35 hour week in regions facing actual coal shortages. President John L. Lewis proposed the measure after an emergency committee meeting addressing a deepening fuel crisis amid a severe cold wave.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Union
Weather Ohio fair with cooler south and east tonight
Ohio forecast shows fair conditions with slightly cooler temperatures in the south and east tonight. Saturday’s outlook suggests continued pleasant weather with cooler air moving in from the south and east.
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Ohio
Air Liner Wins Two Hour Duel With Storm
A two hour duel with a sleet storm over Florida and Georgia ended with Eastern Air Lines pilot Freddie Cann landing a two motor air liner on a water covered field near Pensacola. Cann, his co pilot Bob Minnick and four passengers survived the frightening flight after radio contact failed and fuel ran low. The tense voyage stretched from Jackson ville to Charleston and back toward Jacksonville before reaching Pensacola with scant gasoline left.
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Pensacola
Fla
Freddie Cann
Eastern Air Lines
Jacksonville
Charleston
D. C
Florida
Cann
Bob Minnick
Atlanta
Minnick
RCA
Palm Beach
Eastern Airlines
Georgia
Col Knox To Make Announcement Soon
Col Knox, the Chicago publisher, traveled from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh after three talks with Ohio Republicans on entering the Ohio Presidential primary on May 12. He did not comment on seeking Ohio delegates, but sources say he may announce an important development within a week amid harmonious discussions with state leaders.
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Cincinnati
Frank Knox
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Knox
Clarence J. Brown
Ed Schorr
State
Republican Central Committee
Elyria Coal Dealers Say Shortage Not Yet Acute
Local coal dealers in Elyria report no imminent shortage as most can supply orders with some limiting and substitutions. Several dealers expect carloads to arrive soon, with estimates of ten days to two weeks of stock for most, and only one dealer noting a near shortage.
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Elyria
Court Rules 20 Day Window For Water Main Case
The appellate court ruling favors the city over taxpayer T. R. Cookston, delaying installation of a $124,000 water main under PWA for at least 20 days after journal entry before the case can go to the Ohio Supreme Court. Wayne C. Black and Lawrence Webbe said no decision on further litigation yet.
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PWA
T. R. Cookston
Ohio Supreme Court
Wayne C. Black
Lawrence Webbe
Cookston
Lytle
Elyria
Ohio
Appropriation Bill Passes House Moves To White House
Washington-Feb 7 The House approved the conference report on the 367 million deficiency appropriation bill after brief debate. The measure now goes to the White House, following Senate approval of the report yesterday.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate
Names for Oberlin Children's Home trustees named
County commissioners reviewed candidates for the Oberlin Children's Home trustee post due to Mrs. D. E. Stephen of Torain nearing term expiration. The Lorain Women’s Republican Club proposed Mrs. William Dolde, Mrs. W. N. Jeffrey, and Mrs. George Kileffner. Mrs. Stephen is also a reappointment candidate.
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Obberlin
D. E. Stephen
Torain
Women’s Republican Club of
Lorain
William Dolde
W. N. Jeffrey
George Kileffner
Stephen
Davidson States His Position In Home Controversy
Commissioner John E. Davidson the sole Democrat on the board states he supported the Home's funding with one investigator and urged trustees to make the arrangement work. He denies Dunn represents him and says he opposes any move to lower the Home's standing. Governor Davey sought Magruder's resignation after a discussion with Dunn and Magruder.
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Children’s Home
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Luetta Magruder
Oberlin
Charities
Wefare Department
Hlome
Dunn
Davey
County Commissioners
Magruder
Davidson
Record Snowfall In Nation's Capital
Snow blanketed Washington with over a foot of snow in nine hours and kept Congress near motionless. A heavy wind drove drifts while two Senate roll calls were needed to reach a quorum. Snow continued to fall at about eighteen inches per hour during the day.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Lorain Man Found Dead In Cab Of His Truck
A truck driver named Craig Berry, 31, of Lorain Ohio, was found dead in the cab of his truck on Telegraph road three miles north of Monroe Michigan. Coroner Ernest Durell planned a post mortem to determine if death resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning or natural causes. The running truck motor suggested possible CO exposure, though residents noted the vehicle had been parked since midnight.
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Monroe
Mich
Craig Berry
Lorain
Telegraph Road
Here
Ernest Durell
Berry
Heavy Snows Boost Wheat Crop Prospects, U S Ag Finds
The U S Department of Agriculture reports heavy snows and deep freezes may revive wheat yields to levels seen in 1931 32. Winter and spring wheat areas in the north and southwest benefit from improved soil moisture, reduced chinch bug damage, and anticipated heavier spring planting while much of Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa expect better conditions.
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United Press
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
F. C. Bisson
Bisson
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Formal Announcement By The President Is Expected Soon
Washington Feb 7. President Roosevelt is expected to make a formal announcement of his candidacy for Democratic renomination. He is likely to file formal consent in Ohio for selection of national convention delegates, following a precedent set by his predecessor. Senator Borah of Idaho is the lone Republican entrant in Ohio so far.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ohio
Hoover
William F. Borah
Idaho
Convicts Escape From Kentucky Reformatory
Four prisoners at the Kentucky state reformatory overpowered guards by feigning orders to leave for medicine. They disarmed guard Robert Wells, broke into the arsenal near the gate, hijacked a passing taxicab, and fled. Two of the escapees are convicted of murder.
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Frankfort
State Reformatory
Robert Wells
Three Names Certified As Eligible For Elvra Postmaster
Congressman Don Harter announced to the Chronicle Telegram that the Civil Service Commission has certified Charles J. Sartor, William G. Smith, and Fred A. Underhill as eligible for Elvra postmaster. Harter submitted Sartor's name to the Postmaster General after an intensive inquiry, praising Sartor as a well regarded citizen and businessman active in local Democratic circles.
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Chas. J. Sartor
Cornell Ave
Elvrra
Chronicle-Telegram
Don Harter
Civil Service Commission
Charles J. Sarter
William G. Smith
Fred A. Underhill
Sarter
Congressman Harter
Hauptmann death near certain as reprieve ends
TRENTON New Jersey February 7 1936 The Department of Justice refusal to re enter the Lindbergh case and political squabbles heightened prospects of Bruno Richard Hauptmanns execution likely in late March The reprieve granted by Gov Harold G Hoffman expires February 15 and Justice Thomas W Trenchard plans re sentencing after which the execution date would be set for the last week of March
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Trenton
N. J
Department of Justice
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Republican State Committee
Hauptmanon
Homer
Cummings
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Hoffman
Schwarzkopf
Thomas W. Trenchard
Lewis Refuses Salary Rise From Union Convention
Washington February 7 John L Lewis head of the United Mine Workers declined the raise approved for him at the union convention. He said he would not take the salary increase while efforts to heal rifts within the organization continued.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Salvation Army Post To Observe Special Day
Salvation Army posts observe Young People's Annual on Sunday February 9 with a two to four PM program. Miss Helen Osborn speaks at two, Rabbi Marcus Kramer at three on The Stuff of Faith. Paul Wainwright will sing. Services open to the public.
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Salvation Army
Helen Osborn
Marcus Kramer
Paul Wainwright
Bitter Cold and Floods Sweep Across Regions
Bitter cold grips the northwest as the midwest breaks briefly from subzero, while an ice storm heads up the eastern coast from Florida. Coal shortages widen distress in Iowa and the deep south, with miners pressed to speed production. Swollen Dixie rivers force relocations, and thousands face fuel and milk shortages amid closed camps and halted deliveries.
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Northwest
Midwest
Florida
Iowa
Deep South
Dixie
Alabama
Clyde Herring
Wisconsin
Rocky Mountain
Gillette
Wyo
Helena
Mont
Art Allison
British Columbia
Washington
Milwaukee Road
Hyak, Wash
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Muskegon County
No Levy For Bonus Is Expected
President Roosevelt directs New Deal agencies to curb three years of peace‑time federal spending. Indications show a planned reduction of lending powers by 1.0 billion dollars and a shift away from new taxes to finance the soldier bonus, with congressional leaders urging inflation as the alternative. Byrnes predicts the inflation push will fail.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
White House
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Wright L. Patman
Tex
Byrnes
Fire endangers 80000 barrels of gasoline in Cleveland
In Cleveland the fire threatened about 80000 barrels of gasoline stored in two Gulf Refining Co tanks near an Erie Railroad bridge. Oil slick on the Cuyahoga river ignited and spread to the freighter Spokane. Woodwork on the stern burned but the ship was not seriously damaged. Erie passengers on a train were shuttled downtown by taxi as the blaze blocked the main line.
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Cleveland
Erie
Flats
Gulf Refining Co
Cuyahoga
Spokane
Chrysler Plant Blaze Injures Two in Detroit
DETROIT Feb 7 Fire at the Chrysler Motor Car Company east side plant burned two men seriously. Three alarms were sounded as crews battled the blaze with the extent of damage not immediately clear.
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Detroit
East Side
Chrysler Motor Car Company
Nine Persons In Auditor's Office To Get More Pay
An extra 1200 dollars was shifted from the dog and kennel fund to raise salaries for nine lower paid staff in the county auditor's office. Commissioners Dunn and Davidson approved the transfer, likely without Shaw's knowledge, as Auditor Kelser advocates restorations for previously reduced wages. The move comes after a prior budget showing higher general operations but no salary increases.
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Dog and Kennel Fund
Oscar G. Dunn
Joan E. Davidson
Harry L. Shaw
C. S. Kelser
Kelser
Closed Bank Pays 99 Percent Of Its Claims
NORWALK O Feb 7 The Farmers Banking Co of Greenwich near here closed during the banking crisis has paid 99 percent of its claims. The third and last dividend amounted to 54 4 percent.
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Norwalk
Farmers Banking Co
Greenwich
Washington chosen by miners for next convention
The United Mine Workers' convention adjourned in Washington after selecting the city as the site for its next meeting in January 1938.
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Washington
United Mine Workers’ Convention
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