Severe Thunderstorm Hits Ohio Killing Three Fishermen
A thrice tested storm swept Ohio causing a 20 to 25 degree temperature drop and widespread damage from Cleveland to Ada. Three Ashtabula fishermen, John Kibimaki 43 his son Im er 21 and Enoch Arkilander 55, drowned when their boat capsized. Coast guardsmen rescued two others on Lake Erie. damage included downed poles and broken windows across major cities.
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Ohio
Ashtabula
John Kibimaki
Imer
Enoch Arkilander
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Beaver Township
Xenia
W. H. Howard Construction Company
Second District Court of Appealsg
Harry J. Sousley
Ada
Warren
Toledo
Mansfield
Newark
Kent
New Philadelphia
Dawes Pushes Bill to Expand Federal Reserve Credit
President Charles G. Dawes, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, urged the House Banking and Currency Committee to speed a measure expanding Federal Reserve rediscount privileges to a broader class of collateral. The panel moved to act quickly with hearings in the Senate also held and a possible vote next week. Dawes appeared weary but pressed for the administration’s plan to increase credit and currency if needed.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Federal Reserve
Dawes
Senate
Australia’s Kingsford Smith eyed as China air chief
Sydney reports that China may hire famed flyer Charles E. Kingsford-Smith to command its air force with an Australian squadron leading. Kingsford-Smith said he offered a price for his fleet from Australian National Airways and would consider a position as he is currently "out of a job."
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London
China
Charles E. Kingsford-Smith
Daily Herald Today
Sydney
Kingsford-Smith
Ohio forecast shows cold, partly cloudy end to week
Partly cloudy and cold tonight in Ohio with light rain or snow near the Lake Erie shore. Saturday brings similar conditions with chilly temperatures and lingering precipitation along the lakeside region.
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Ohio
China Seeks General Assembly Over Far Eastern Crisis
Geneva February 12 China asked the League of Nations to convene a general assembly to address the Far Eastern crisis amid absent China and Japan. If denied, China may request a direct convocation for an extraordinary session to discuss a potential world economic boycott of Japan.
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Geneva
U.P
Council of Twelve
League of Nations
China
Japan
League of Nations Council
General Assembly
League
United Press
Assembly
Students Join Lincoln Tribute At Elyria High
Elyria High School students gathered for a Lincoln memory assembly in the school auditorium. City solicitor Howard Butler gave the keynote, praising Lincoln’s perseverance and honesty and urging students to emulate these traits. The program featured the school orchestra and a trombone quartet.
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Elyria High School
Abraham Lincoln
Howard Butler
Lincoln
David Everard
William Davis
Ernest Harlor
Jack Harrison
Pope Appeals For Peace on Pope Pius XI Day
In Vatican City on the tenth anniversary of his coronation Pope Pius XI called for peace as world disarmament delegates meet in Geneva. The broadcast came through Vatican radio though not picked up across the Atlantic. Dressed in pope robes he appeared on St. Peter's throne chair delivering a message to the pope’s distant and near followers alike.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Atlantic
Geneva
St. Peter's
1800 Chinese Soldiers Killed in Harbin Occupation
Regimental reports from Harbin indicate 1,800 Chinese soldiers killed and 2,000 wounded as Japanese troops advance ends with occupation of the city.
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Tokio
Harbin
Probations Granted to Four After Plea
Probations were granted to Joe Nemeth Joe Vargo Frank Oldenburg and Charles Moore by Judge A R Webber after they pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with robbing Kenneth Hopebrand of 69 dollars. Detective Lloyd Sweet was named probation officer January 9.
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Joe Nemeth
Joe Vargo
Frank Oldenburg
Charles Moore
A. R. Webber
Kenneth Hopebrand
Lloyd Sweet
Big Guns Roar in New Bombardment
Secretary of State Stimson met with diplomatic advisers in Washington to discuss Far East tensions. Several plans were reviewed but no agreement reached. Observers think Japanese forces in Shanghai cannot drive Chinese from Chapei and Woosung, with trench warfare on a narrow front favoring Chinese defenses.
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Washington
U. P
Stimson
Far East
Shanghai
Chapei
Woosung
Refugees endure renewed bombardment in Shanghai Chapei area
H R Ekins reports from Shangh ai on February 12 as heavy artillery returns to the Chapei front near the International settlement. Thousands flee as truce collapses, while Japanese and Chinese forces clash and aid workers, nuns, and refugees struggle through shell torn streets.
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Shanghat
Chapei
Yangtze
Woosting
Shanghai
Waly
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Miles Lampson
Henri Wilden
France
Nelson T. Johnson
Shigemitsu
Lampson
Edwin 8. Cunningham
United State
Wilden
Johnson
Jukong Road
Red Cross
Col
Hayley Bell
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Father Jacquinot
Harry Adamson
United States List Infantry
Woosung
Adamson
Germany
Nanking
19Th Route
Shanghai- Woosung
Chapel
From dry goods clerk to brigadier general in China
The article traces Moishe Abraham Cohen, an American Jew, rising from a Vancouver dry goods store clerk to a brigadier general under Chiang Kai Shek after Sun Yat Sen’s death. It notes his Canadian background and notable service in China.
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Moishe Abraham Cohen
Sun Yat Sen
China
Sen
Cohen
Chiang’ Kai Shek
Vancouver
British Columbia
Man and Grandson Narrowly Escape Barnett Chimney Crash
In Columbia on February 12 a 60-foot chimney toppled at the Barnett greenhouse on Route 22 during a severe wind. Jesse Burnett and his grandson had just left a service room minutes before the collapse and, fearing the other was inside, learned they both escaped injury. Wind shifted barns, blew out windows, and damaged small structures nearby.
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Columbia
Jesse Burnett
Barnett
Route
Johnson Attacks Relief Plan in Senate Speech
Washington February 12 Senator Hiram Johnson California Republican assailed the administration's relief program and opposition to direct Federal relief for the unemployed. Senators tentatively postponed the La Follette Costigan 750 million relief bill vote until Monday due to absences at Lincoln Day events. Johnson supported the Idaho Republican Bérah's earlier position.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Johnson
Bérah
Idaho
Maple Syrup Season Boosts Geauga County Farmers
Geauga County farmers prepared to meet tax bills tomorrow due to an unprecedented early maple syrup season. Hundreds opened sugar camps last month and in early February with favorable weather producing thousands of gallons of maple syrup sold. regular season starts in March and camps opened last month will reopen then.
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Chardon
Geauga County
John Daniels and Son Released on Bonds in Prohibition Case
John Daniels Sr. and his son John Jr. were released on bonds of 1000 and 2500 after pleading not guilty in Federal Court Cleveland. They face charges of possession of intoxicating liquor and maintaining a nuisance at Daniels Villa road house and possession and sale of liquor respectively. Arraignment followed arrests by two federal prohibition agents posing as patrons.
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John Daniels
Daniels’ Villa
Cleveland Road
John, Jr
United States
D. D. Nicola
Cleveland
Daniels
Bank robbery at Bartlett Farmers Bank yields $20
Two small safes were dynamited early today by robbers in Bartlett Ohio. They escaped with only twenty dollars in currency while the main vault remained untouched. The Bartlett High School building was also ransacked but nothing of value was taken.
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Marietta, O
Bartlett Farmers’ Bank
Bartlett, O
Bartlett High School
Old Ford's Theatre Reopens as Public Shrine for Lincoln Relics
Washington reports Ford's Theatre becomes a public shrine housing the Oldroyd collection of 3000 Lincoln relics. The rebuilt interior displays Lincoln family items, wartime prints, law books, license records, a Booth pistol, and the play manuscript. Government plans also restore the adjacent red brick house.
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Lincoln
Washington
John Wilkes Booth
Oldroyd
Berry
Abe
Moe
Grant
Seward
Booth
Laura Keen
Men Called Back To Jobs At Newark
Approximately 750 furloughed employees of the Pharis Tire and Rubber Company will be recalled to work in the next few days. A large order just received will require a 24 hour operation.
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Newark
Pharis Tire and Rubber Company
Death of Elyria resident Rinaldo R. Stetson at age 87
Rinaldo R. Stetson, long time Elyria resident and publisher, died yesterday at 3 50 PM at 321 Eighth Street after a period of illness. Born March 22 1844 in Newberry Port Massachusetts he lived in Rochester New York before moving to Oberlin Ohio and eventually Elyria. He married Mary E Read in 1868 and is survived by three children six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren along with three brothers. Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 PM at Taylor's Funeral Parlors with burial in Westwood Cemetery Oberlin.
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Rinaldo R. Stetson
Elyria
Eighth Street
Newberry Port
Mass
New York State
Rochester
New York
Ohio
Oberlin
Silyria
Methodist Episcopal Church
King Solomon’s Lodge
Marshal Chapter
Rinaldo R. Jr
8. L. Bristol
Florence E. Stetson
Frank A. Stetson
Benjamin L
N. Y
George R
Palmyra
Thomas
Niagara Falls
Biggest Dry Raid Nets Half Million in Baltimore Alcohol Equipment
Prohibition agents seized equipment valued at about 500000 dollars in a Baltimore raid described as the biggest dry operation in the city’s history and possibly in the nation. Local justice department operatives stated the seizure is a major enforcement milestone.
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Baltimore
Prohibition
Justice Department
United States
Adopt Policy Of A Sales Tax By House Ways And Means
Washington February 12 The House Ways And Means Committee adopted a policy to levy a manufacturers sales tax on a wide range of products. A sub committee chaired by Democratic Floor Leader Rainey asked the Commerce Department for data on the manufacturing industry to determine which units can best bear the burden and help balance the budget.
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Washington
House
Wars and Means
Rainey
Commerce Department
Gandhi health good as he quits milk at Yeravda
Ma hatma Gandhi has given up goat s milk as part of his diet at Yeravda prison where the Indian nationalist leader is held. He is reported in excellent health and weighs 107 pounds.
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Gandhi
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Yeravda
Manufacturer dies in New Philadelphia
A. B. Hays aged 48 president and manager of the Ohio Vitrified Pipe Company died in New Philadelphia Ohio after a year long illness.
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New
Philadelphia, O
A. B. Hays
Ohia
Committee Drafts New Tax Bills in Congress
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed on increases to income and corporate taxes and a Federal gift tax. Chairman Crisp said Treasury Secretary Mills will also propose measures to raise revenue to balance the federal budget.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Crisp
Dem
Secretary of Treasury
Mills
Treasury
Arctic hunt for Albert Johnson intensifies by storm
In Aklavik Northwest Territories on February 12 a manhunt for Albert Johnson, a suspected slayer, presses on as bitter winds and freezing snow hamper Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Captain W R May ferried supplies but bad weather blocks reinforcements. Johnson evades capture in the snowbound barrens.
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Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Albert Johnson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Johnson
Here
Wold
Ute
Pease
W. R
Quash Indictment Against Bishop Cannon Jr
Justice J M Proctor in the District of Columbia Supreme Court sustained the demurrer to the indictment of Bishop James Cannon Jr for violating the corrupt practices act. The ruling quenches the case unless the government appeals and gains reversal in higher courts.
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Bulletin
Washington
J. M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James Cannon Jr
Cannon
Justice Proctor
No Funds Close Spring Valley Schools in Ohio
Xenia Ohio February 12 All schools in Spring Valley township closed indefi nitely by the township board of education due to lack of funds. The district serves 321 pupils at New Burlington and Spring Valley. Teachers and bus drivers have been unpaid for six weeks as boards appeal Monday for aid to Ohio education director Dr. B O Skinner.
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Xenia
Spring Valley Township
Township Board of Education
New Burlington
Spring Valley
B. O. Skinner
Ohio
Tires for sale steer buyers to daily Want Ad page
If you are thinking of a new car see the Esed Car ads daily on the Want Ad page. Every good car in Elyria is listed for sale there by reliable dealers. If your old car needs repairs expert service men can be located by seeing the Want Ads. IF IT'S TIRES LOOK TO DAY A sale of good tires and prices lower than you ever dreamed of paying.
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Elyria
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