Elyria board praises business manager and saving plan
The Elyria City Board of Education credits James F. Brown with substantial savings after five months as business manager. They note a $3600 salary under the initial agreement and expect annual electric and coal cost cuts, including a $3000 first year saving from reduced rates and avoided electrical work.
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Elyria
Ohio Public Service Company
Edison
Allen
China and Russia reportedly near defense alliance
Late news dispatches from Rio report a tentative defense offensive pact between China and Russia. Unofficial government sources say Eugene Chen, the Chinese nationalist leader, discussed the proposal with the Russian embassy in Paris.
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Rio
China
Russia
Eugene Chen
Paris
French Fliers Start 6200 Mile Nonstop Flight
Lucien Boussoutrot and Maurice Rossi left Istres near Marseilles at 7 49 A M for a nonstop 6200 mile journey to Buenos Aires aiming to set a new world long distance flight record. The attempt began despite caution from officials about weather and fuel limits.
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Istres
Marseilles
France
Lucien Boussoutrot
Maurice Rossi
Buenos Aires
Elders Leave On Return Hop Across the Atlantic
Buenos Aires reports Jean Mermoz and six companions in the Monoplane Avies left early to break records on a return flight across the Atlantic to Istres, Marseille. He planned a nonstop leg to Rio de Janeiro.
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Buenos Aires
Jean Mermoz
Avc-en-cies
Istres
Marseilles
France
Mermoz
Rio de Janeiro
Major General Edgar T. Collins Dies After Long Illness
Major General Edgar T. Collins assistant chief of staff and veteran of the Spanish American War and World War I died at Walter Reed Hospital after a long illness. He served as a senior Army officer and held key staff posts in the U S armed forces.
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Collins
Washington
Edgar T. Collins
Walter Reed Hospital
Depreciations in Value of R F C Collateral Revealed
Large depreciations in the value of collateral posted with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for railroad loans were revealed to a senate sub committee. In some cases the loans outweighed the current value of the government security.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Wire tapping outlawed after funding dispute
Washington February 10 Senate appropriation committee refused to cut another ten percent from prohibition enforcement funds but banned wire tapping as a method to detect liquor violators. The enforcement fund was restored to eight million four hundred forty thousand dollars as approved by the house.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover Meets With Snell Wood Over New Deal Reorganization
House Minority Leader Snell and Representative Wood of Indiana conferred with President Hoover at the White House today regarding the Democratic proposal to grant President-elect Roosevelt sweeping power to reorganize the government for economy.
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Washington
House
Snell
Rep
Wood
Ind
Hoover
White House
Roosevelt
Kiwanians Hear Mort Plan Talk at Hotel Newell Lunch
Elyria Kiwanians heard M. C. Helm member of the Fairport Harbor School Board and property owner present a talk advocating support for the Mort Plan Bill to equalize educational opportunity across the state.
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Elyria Kiwanians
Hotel Newell
M. C. Helm
Fairport Harbor
Federal warrants issued in Lindbergh kidnap extortion case
Three warrants were issued for Norman Harvey 28 Joe Bryant 19 and Mrs Norman Harvey charging them with sending threatening communications to extort 50000 from Col Charles A Lindbergh Jr Det. agents questioned them overnight and bonds were set at 25600 for each man and 5000 for Mrs Harvey The trio denied guilt and claimed Bryant found a 17000 check in a tree stump
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Norman Harvey
Joe Bryant
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
U. S
P. X. Parsons
Charles P. Fox, Jr
Harvey
Bryant
Ijr
Colonel Lindbergh
Robert C. Johnson
Harvay
East Carlisle School TB Kept Open
East Carlisle residents persuaded the Board of Education to reverse an earlier plan to close the school early. The school will stay open through May instead of closing next month, with a committee to review 1933 appropriations and cut costs.
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East Carlisle
East Carlisle Board of Education
Bus Plunged as Freight Train Hits School Vehicle Near Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana a Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train crashed into a school bus. Driver William Springer ordered 22 children to leap from a rear door as brakes froze and a train neared. All survived except Springer and 14 year old Frank Skinner who were slightly hurt.
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Sullivan
Ind
William Springer
Springer
Frank Skinner
Saugatuck Disappears in Deadly Long Island Sound Storm
A six-plane US search and rescue effort scoured Long Island Sound for the schooner Saugatuck missing with ten aboard after a ferocious gale. The vessel carried Captain James Mulhaley and family members, while weather across the coast brought record cold, flooding, and relief efforts for stranded Newfoundland residents.
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United Press
Westport
Conn
National Guard
Long Island Sound
Clarence Chamberlain
Edward Connally
Pecky's Edge
John Mulhaly
Edward
Alexander Hauser
Betty Mulhaley
James Mulhaley
Cold Wave Grips Ohio as Temps Stay Below Zero
Ohio begins rebound from a 24 hour subzero spell with warmer readings reported statewide. Firemen in several cities battled blazes from overheated furnaces. two Cleveland firefighters injured as they worked an apartment fire. Captain John Pursey and Lieutenant Carl Volkman were hurt on ice. Albert Kroger, 50, died from cold effects.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Carl Volkman
John T. Pursey
Riviera Bakes Under 98 Degree Heat Wave
A heat wave hit the Riviera with temperatures reaching 98F at Nice and other resorts. Two people were overcome in Nice as beaches remained crowded and no relief was forecast.
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Riviera
Nice
France
Civilian Death Toll Reported in Jehol Bombardment
Geneva February 10 The Chinese delegation to the League of Nations reported that 900 civilians including women and children were killed in aerial bombardment in Jehol province.
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Geneva
U.P
Jehol
League of Nations
Miss Louise Andrews Dies From Dress Fire At Church
Newark Ohio report states 75 year old Miss Louise Andrews died after her dress caught fire in the Plymouth Congregational church kitchen. She suffered burns Thursday and died the same day.
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Newark
Louise Andrews
Plymouth Congregational Church
City Receives Grant to Divert Gas Tax Funds
The Ohio relief commission approved diverting 8000 dollars from gasoline tax funds for relief efforts in Columbus. Local relief commission to receive the funds for aid from January 1 to March 1, 1938, covering 2000 for food 2000 for fuel 2300 for hospitalization and medical services with the remaining balance for other essentials.
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Ohio Relief Commission
Columbus Dispatches
Local Relief Commission
Bright Spots In Business World
Domestic mills used 40000 bales of cotton in January, down from December and last January. Baldwin Loco Works January orders reached 517000 dollars, up from December. U S auto output rose to 115915 units, first gain since 1921 versus last year. Central Cold Storage Co. posted 18700 dollars net income in 1932 after a 90198 loss in 1931.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Chicago—Central Cold Storage Co
Penny Army movement seeks to curb foreclosure sales
Wellington Ohio February meeting aims to form a farmer led group to stop unjust foreclosures. Ralph K Weaver Allan Lane and A W Crosby slated as speakers. Organizers say the effort is orderly and may trigger moratoriums and commission proposals to aid debtors.
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Wellington
Ralph K. Weaver
Fostoria
Weaver
Allan Lane
Bowling Green
A. W. Crosby
Lorain
S. E. Prosky
Two Armed Men Rob Bank in Ashley Delaware County
Two masked bandits entered Farmers Savings Bank in Ashley eight miles northeast of here at 10 15 am held up cashier F D Riley and clerk Winifred Raines and fled with between 600 and 700 dollars. They escaped in an automobile driven by a third man who waited outside as H T Westbrook and W P Stephens were in a back room. The car headed west on an unpaved road toward Norton Delaware County.
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Delaware
Farmers Savings Bank Company
Ashley
Here
F. D. Riley
Winifred Raines
H. T. Westbrook
W. P. Stephens
Norton
Delaware County
St Lawrence waterways treaty favorable raise in Senate panel
The Senate foreign relations subcommittee reported the St Lawrence waterways treaty to the full committee with a 5 to 2 vote in favor of ratification. Senators Glenn of Illinois and Wagner of New York opposed the action.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Canada
Glenn
Ilinois
Wagner
New York
Want Ads Really Are for Cold Season Calls
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Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County
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