Seven Rhode Island youths rescued from Cape Cod Bay ice cakes
Coast Guard crews lifted seven men marooned on ice cakes in Cape Cod Bay after more than 22 hours in ice, snow, and rain. The Harriet Lane cutter ferried them to Provincetown for hospitalization. rescued youths include John Fitzsimmons, 19, and six others from Rhode Island. Hunger and exposure were noted as they were saved, with emergency food drops aiding the effort.
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Brewster
Mass
CCC
Coast Guards
Cape Cod Bay
P. G. Miller
Coast Guard
Harriet Lane
John Fitzsimmons
Portsmouth
Rhode Island
Albert Papa
West Warwick
Nicholas Scunzio
Thornton
Harriet Law
Concord
N. H
Orleans
War department appropriation bill for 1937 fiscal year
The House Appropriations Committee reported a peace time war department bill totaling 543,341,000 for 1937. It strengthens air, land, and coastal defenses, with a 10,444,000 increase over last year and a 29,200,000 cut from the budget estimate. Major provisions include 50,000 enlisted, 565 new planes, 8,300,000 for seacoast projects, 200,000 National Guard personnel, and 374,981,000 for military purposes.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
National Guard
National Guards
Prisoners Shot By Pair Demanding Lodging In Jail
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio February 10 Six prisoners in the Perry County jail were wounded when Sally Davis Conn 65 and his son John 21 forced open the outer door and fired into cells after being denied lodging They claimed they were taxpayers and threatened murder if refused Two transient inmates Frank Nelson 45 Brooklyn New York and Frank Riley 62 Fairmount Kentucky were among the victims as Prosecutor T B Williams investigates The pair had demanded refuge in the crowded jail.
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New Lexington
Sally Davis Conn
John
James Adrian
Frank Nelson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Riley
Fairmount
Perry County
T. B. Willams
Weather Ohio Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
The Ohio forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Tuesday with little change in temperature.
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Ohio
Supreme Court Delays Ruling on TVA Constitutionality
Washington February 10. The Supreme Court again failed to rule on the TVA constitutionality while in a separate decision it upheld one provision of New York milk control law affecting advertising differentials and struck down another as invalid.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
New York
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana newspaper tax
The U S Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision invalidating Louisiana's gross receipts tax on newspapers, ruling the measure violated the First Amendment and struck at the core of press freedom. The ruling anchors broader protections for media against state levies.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Bombing Strikes Home of Local Beer Parlour Owner
In Girard Ohio on February 10 the home of Guy Acerra owner of a beer parlour was bombed with no injuries reported Acerra said he had no knowledge of a motive for the attack and offered no immediate suspects.
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Girard, O
Guy Acerra
Acerra
Mrs Long Succeeds Husband In Senate Sworn In
In Washington on February 10 a dark haired woman who baked a cake for Sluey Pierce Long 26 years ago and later became his wife was sworn as successor to the slain Kingfish in the United States Senate.
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Washington
Sluey Pierce
Becne
Kingfish
United States Senate
Roosevelt nominates Wilford S. Alexander as Alcohol Control Admin
Washington February 10 President Roosevelt nominated Capt Wilford S Alexander of Meriden Connecticut to be the Federal Alcohol Control Administrator. He will succeed Franklin C Hoyt who resigned.
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Washington
Roosevelt Todas
Wilford S. Alexander
Meriden, Conn
Ifranklin C. Hoyt
Senate recesses in respect to Curtis
The Senate recessed today in honor of the late Vice-President Charles Curtis and will reconvene tomorrow.
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Senate
Curtis Washington
Charles Curtis
County School Board Receives $7688 State Funds
The Jorain County Board of Education received a $7,688 check from the state auditor covering the first half of 1936, more than half the annual budget. The second half will be sent in May, per County Superintendent C A Gibbens. At February's meeting the board deferred a few bills due to insufficient funds.
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Jorain County
Three Killed In Ohio Traffic
Three deaths were reported in Ohio traffic incidents over the weekend. Mrs. Andrew Everspaugh of Newark, 19, died from injuries when her car skidded and hit a post. her husband and infant daughter were injured. Harry Burke, 62, was fatally struck by a car in Cleveland. A 52-year-old woman died in a Toledo crash.
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Ohio
Andrew Everspaugh
Newark
Harry Burke
Cleveland
Toledo
Eleven Workers Marooned On Houseboat Amid Flooded Ohio
In Paducah Kentucky rising Ohio River ice dam threatens a houseboat where 11 government workers have been marooned since Friday. Rescuers say the raft has food and fuel for four to five days while men on a mid channel diversion project wait as ice cakes threaten to crush the vessel if the dam breaks.
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Paducah
Ohio River
Formean
R. L. Ryan
Here
Fire Destroys Pittsfield Home Overnight
A fire at about 2 a.m. yesterday destroyed a small house on Pitts road owned by Jean Sheffield of Pittsfield township. Sheffield, who lived alone, said he retired near 1 a.m. and was awakened by the flames about an hour later, but the fire had too much headway to save anything. Deputies said the blaze was believed caused by an overheated stove.
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Jean Sheffield
Pitts Road
Pittsfield Township
Yester
Sheffield
Death Toll Near 250 As Cold Hangs On
CHICAGO February 10 WP food and fuel famines grip the blizzard bound Midwest as sub zero temperatures persist for the 17th of the last 20 days. Almost 250 people have died from exposure fires or traffic accidents amid widespread transportation paralysis. Trains are snow bound and many towns face milk and bread shortages while coal deliveries are limited and isolation grows in Des Moines Sioux City and nearby areas.
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Chicago
Midwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Arnolds Park
Eagle Grove
Waterloo
Dickinson
Tax Collection Offices Open with 20 000 Bills Mailed
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright announced the opening of tax offices and mailing of 20,000 real estate and public utilities tax bills totaling about 1.5 million dollars. A $329,000 advance payment has already been received since the last six months ago collection. Offices will stay open until March 1, with inland banks in Lorain and Amherst handling outside collections. Elyria courthouse collects locally. Lincoln's birthday will close the courthouse Wednesday.
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Walter J. Wright
Wricht
Elyria
Court House
National
Lorain
Savings and Loan Company
Wellington
Peoples Bank
LaGrange
Lincoln
Wright
Dog Credited With Saving Four Lives
In Toledo on February 10 a German shepherd named Peggy alerted his sleeping mistress to smoke filling the Heller home. Mrs. Heller woke her husband who lowered their 12-year-old son Edward to safety through a broken window. She carried their 14 month old Linda Mae to a relative as the blaze endangered the family.
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Toledo
Adolph Heller
Peggy
Fear 3 Men Perished In Lake Michigan
Three men adrift on a crumbling ice floe in Lake Michigan were believed dead after a late night search. Coast guardsmen returned to the scene as wind split the floes and a snow storm began. Rescued were Cleo Lapeer and son Lloyd, and Gene Bearss. two fishermen Claude Beadsley and Clayton Brown were missing. Coast guardsman Tarl Cunningham risked the rescue but the floe drifted away. A prior attempt to launch a motor launch was blocked by ice and weather.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast
Gene Bearss
Cleo Lapeer
Lapeer
Lloyd
Cunningham
Iee
George Kelterhouse
Body Of Former Vice-President Charles Curtis On Way To Topeka
The body of former Vice President Charles Curtis who died of a heart attack will travel from Washington to Topeka Kansas for funeral services and burial. The funeral train left Washington Sunday night and will arrive tomorrow morning. The service is set for 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Kansas Senate Chamber. Washington paid tributes as officials and lawmakers gathered around the casket adorned with White House and Herbert Hoover flowers. Curtis, a congressman and vice president, had been ill with a cold but died suddenly.
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Washington
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Valuable Horses Perish In Flames At Lexington Farm
A fire destroyed a storage barn on the W. C. Goodloe farm near Lexington Kentucky killing 26 horses. An imported stallion Strath leves and prized runners Red Head Dam of Head Play Bewitching Wild Girl and Morest died in the blaze fueled by high winds. The loss was estimated at 30000 dollars and the cause could not be determined.
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Lexington
W. C. Goodloe
Iona
Strathleves
Red Head
Head Play
Bewitching
Wild Girl
Morest
Congress trims sails for dash to early adjournment
Washington Feb 10 Congress moves toward early adjournment after President Roosevelt signaled no long legislative program for now. Leaders eye May 1 as possible adjournment. focus on emergency and routine measures amid looming issues like farm and neutrality legislation and potential TVA or soft coal actions. House and Senate plan farm bill votes midweek with Roosevelt expected to send a roughly 500 million dollar tag for farm program funding.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol
Supreme Court
TVA
Guffey
AAA
Senate
House
Child Narrowly Escapes Death in Street Incident
Barbara Jane Kolopos, 4, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kolopos, narrowly avoided being crushed by a car while coasting in front of her Foster Avenue home. Her sled was crushed but she sustained only minor bruises and lacerations. Police reported several other vehicle incidents nearby, including collisions on Broad Street and East Avenue, damage from culvert guard rails on Abbe Road, and further crashes on Broad Street involving multiple drivers from Elyria Lakewood North Olmsted and Chicago.
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Barbara Jane Kolopos
John Kolopos
Foster Avenue
Mason Smith
Elyria
Harris Yancer
Dewey Avenue
Homer Stevens
Park Avenue
Broad Street
East Avenue
C Jiljenhback
R.D . Elyria
Abbe Road
Wayne van Warmer
Lakewood
Earl Donaldson
North Olmsted
R. E White
Elyria Automobile Club
Middle Avenue
1Lth Street
Theodore Patefield
Chicago
Two Children Die In Cottage Fire Near Dayton
DAYTON Ohio February 10 two children aged two and three were burned to death when a cottage at Fairfield near Dayton burned. Their mother was seriously burned and listed in critical condition. A defective flue is believed to have started the fire as Fairfield and Osborn fire departments battled the blaze.
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Dayton, O
Ray Simmons
Fairfield, O
Here
Controversy Over Childrens Home Funds Shocks Lorain County
A county dispute over a Children’s Home has wider echoes as a transfer of 1200 from the dog and kennel fund to fund auditor salary increases is questioned. Dog lover Florence Martin alleges inconsistency with claims of insufficient funds to operate the county. Dunn defends approval, noting his son’s pay, while Keiser confirms nine raises in the auditor’s office, including Dunn’s son, now earning 125 monthly.
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County Auditor's Office
John E Davidson
Florence Martin
Gracecourt
Lorain County
Oscar G. Dunn
Dog and Kennel Fund
Dunn
Ronald
Keiser
Danns Ron
Raives
Breeteta
Army Planes Take Food To Island Folks
Army bombers at Langley Field loaded 4000 pounds of food for Tangier and Smith Islands in ice bound Chesapeake Bay. Earlier 1000 pounds were dropped on Tangier by Capt. Bentley’s bomber as water routes were blocked by ice. A dirigible from Washington carried 1000 pounds of food to aid Tangier. A Maryland board of inquiry was convened in Baltimore to probe Friday’s failed sled expedition that cost a state trooper’s life.
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Washington
Langley Field
Tangier
Smith Islands
Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island
W. C. Bentley
Baltimore
Harry Nice
Maryland
$24,000 Included In Bill For Lorain Harbor
Washington Feb 10 The army appropriations bill before the house this day carries a 545 726 dollar appropriation for the national rifle matches at Camp Perry Ohio an increase of 200 000 over 1925 The matches were trimmed by three days to fit funds Other Ohio items include river port maintenance miles and harbor work with sums listed for various ports and projects
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Washington
Army
House
Camp Perry
Ohio
Maletenance River
Landardy
Cleverend
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Portamouth
Tony Bay
Norman Beaulieau
Pawtucket
Manuel Bottello
Niagara Falls
Facca
Bartonville
Ill
Nome
Girard
Mrs. Long
Husband
County School Board
United Press
Fear
Curtis
Bulletin
Lorain Harbor
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