Snowbound Midwest Faces Extended Siege As Storm Worsens
Blizzards cripple the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa as fuel shortages bite rural areas. Iowa mines reopenings halted by new storm. many families burn furniture for heat. Peoria and Marshalltown guard coal supplies while aid lags. Frozen ships and two men lost on Lake Michigan underscore the danger. Clayton Brown, a fisherman, survived after eight miles on ice.
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United Press
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Middle- West
North Central
Great Plains
Midwest
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Illinois
E. N. Woodruff
Peoria
President Roosevelt seeks Latin American peace conference
Washington dispatches indicate President Roosevelt plans a conference of all American Republics to strengthen Western hemisphere peace machinery. Letters to all heads of Latin American governments have been dispatched but the texts are being withheld until delivery is complete. Favorable weather delays were noted by the state department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Winter Weather Outlook for Ohio Tonight and Thursday
Snow is expected across Ohio tonight and Thursday with colder conditions in the north. The southern portion will see milder temperatures tonight as a brief moderation in cold air arrives. Local forecast notes capes and anomalies in the pattern but emphasizes accumulating snow chances in northern counties.
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Ohio
South Portion
Cape
Old and Young Visit Tomb Of Lincoln
Civil War veterans and younger crowds gathered at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield on the 127th anniversary of his birth. The event, led by the American Legion, included J Ray Murphy and wreaths laid on the sarcophagus. The day also featured a Lincoln Day meeting by Illinois young Republicans and a tour to Lincoln's home and New Salem State Park.
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Springfield
III
Abraham Lincoln
American Legion
J. Ray Murphy
National Legion
Frank Belgrano
Arlington
Oak Ridge
Roosevvelt
Lincoln
Jacob Yocum
Williamsville
Ilinois
Murphy
Henry Turner
Melville Mucklestone
MW Legion
New Salem State Park
Sangamon County Court House
Van Sweringen Tells Story Of Finance
Oris P. Van Sweringen testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on Mid-American Corporation, formed to buy Van Sweringen assets after Morgan foreclosed. He outlined how a Ball Tomlinson group acquired $50 million in securities for about $3 million, and described Mid-America as a private arrangement with two stockholders, Ball and Tomlinson, alongside himself.
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Washington
Oris P. van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hig
van Sweringen
Cleveland Midalay
Mid-Atlantic Corporation
American Finance
Mid-America
J. P. Morgan Co
M. J
J. P. Morgan
Mid-American Corporation
J. A. Ball
George A. Tomlinson
Ball
Muncie
Ind
Allegheny
New York
G. A. Ball
Tomlinson
Ohio
ICC
Fort Worth
Flying boat search widens in South Atlantic
Paris february 12 a sister seaplane and four dispatch boats searched the south atlantic today for the great four motor flying boat city of buenos aires missing off st. pauls rocks on a flight from natal brazil to the african coast.
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Paris
South Atlantic
Buenos Aires
St. Paul's Rocks
Natal
Brazil
Ohio Conservation Chief Urges Unified Banquet Action
Ohio Conservation Commissioner Larry Wooddell spoke to about 250 at the Lorain American Legion Hall urging a permanent federation of conservation groups to restore hunting and fishing. He proposed a national plan by the National Junior Chamber to unite counties states and districts, urged cooperation among farmers sportsmen and government, and suggested controlled quail hunting and school conservation programs.
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Ohio
Larry Wooddell
Commissioner of Conservation
American Legion Hall
Lorain County Fish and Game Association
Wooddell
United States
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
City
Chamber of Commerce
Hospital Co Members Will Hold Annual Meeting Tonight
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company members gather for the twenty eighth annual meeting at the hospital dining room to review the past year and discuss the world outlook for crippled children work. Paul H. King will speak on the international society’s work and E F Daddy Allen will present Historical Souvenirs. Elections for six company members and six trustees, reports from treasurer J E Thacher and superintendent Frank W Hoover, and doctors staff papers are on the program with Mrs H Carbour leading the Auxiliary update. A Symthe will chair the session.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
Paul H. King
International Society For Crippled Children
Elyria
Detroit
Ely
Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable robbed by gunmen
Chicago February 12 Jackie Coogan former child star and his fiancee Betty Grable 18 were robbed of rings valued at 3000 in the Loop gunmen halted their car as they returned from a hotel supper. Coogan said a well dressed youth pointed a pistol and forced them to the curb. The thief took a 4000 dollar five carat diamond a ring valued at 1000 and 50 dollars in cash.
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Chicago
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Coogan
Betty
Amherst Hospital Levy Approved
The Amherst Hospital won a decisive ballot, 644 to 59, approving a mill levy to fund operations and provide about $3,500 annually via township trustees. The hospital, with 18 beds, is the only facility in the area and faces annual operating costs near $10,000.
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Amherst Hospital
John Fritz
Hospital Association
Fritz
William E. Ashbolt
Ashbolt
Mellon Income Tax Case Comes To Close
The Board of Tax Appeals closed its hearing in the $3,000,000 Andrew W. Mellon income tax case after brief testimony by two Mellon witnesses which served to clear up the lengthy record already introduced.
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Washington
Frb
Board of Tax Appeals
Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon
Mrs. McLean Voices Dissatisfaction With Lindbergh Case
Washington February 12 Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean who spent 104000 of her fortune in the search for the Lindbergh baby said she was not satisfied with the termination of the case.
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Washington
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Foremen's Club To Attend Elyria Forum Meeting
Members of the Elyria Foremen's Club will join the Elyria Chamber of Commerce forum at First Congregational Church next Wednesday night. George B. Chandler, secretary of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, will speak on the Social Security Program, a topic of interest to both groups.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Elyria Chamber
Ghommerce Forum
First Congregational Church
Foremen’s Club
George B. Chandler
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Foremen's Club
Chamber of Commerce
Ice Packs Search For Two Men Off Lake Michigan
Coast guard planes over ice floes west of Goodhart locate two bodies adrift after a storm. Clayton Brown, 20, survived 48 hours in an open boat with Claude Beardsley and Fort Cunningham. Brown recuperates in Charlevoix hospital with severely frostbitten feet.
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Earl Cunningham
Charlevoix
Mich
Coast Guards
Lake Michigan
Goodhart
Coast Guard
Clayton Brown
Goodheart
Petoskey
Brown
Charlevoix Hospital
Claude Beardsley
Fort Cunningham
Coast Guardsman
Four Army Fliers Parachute To Safety In Crash
In Atlanta four Army fliers parachuted to safety with no injuries after their B-6 bomber ran low on fuel while approaching land. The crash occurred during the landing attempt as the group of 24 aircraft from Langley Field, Virginia, to France Field in the Panama Canal Zone continued toward their destination.
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Atlanta
Langley Field
France Field
Pananga Canal Zone
Lorain arrests target I W W organizers at union hall
Lorain police held Frank Cedervall of Cleveland and five others on suspicion of organizing a meeting without a city permit for the Industrial Workers of the World. The arrest followed at Union Hall where about 60 people were gathered. four more were detained as they arrived. Lorain officials cited a permit rule and said no permit had been filed. The I W W had linked to the American Stove Company's Dangler division, with plant staffing at 443 and planned to reach 650 if allowed.
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Lorain
Frank Cederval
Cleveland
Industrial Workers of the World
T. M. Sourbeck
Sourbeck
EB. A. Braun
Theodore E. Walker
Dwight Rogers
American Store Company
Crop Production Seed Loan Bill Adopted by House
Washington reports the House adopted a conference report on the 1906 crop production seed loan bill totaling 50,000,900 dollars. The measure, a compromise between 40 million in the House and 60 million in the Senate, would loan money to farmers for seeds and aiding harvests with a maximum of 500 dollars per loan and moves to the Senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Germany Marshalls All Citizens Abroad
Berlin Feb 12 The government issued an ordinance today marshalling for labor and military service all German citizens living temporarily or permanently abroad.
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Berlin
Storm Toll Rising Across Europe From Storms
Storms harass Europe from the British Isles to the Aegean killing at least 65, with 21 in England and 16 in Italy. Bulgaria reports a deadly train wreck tied to a blizzard with 13 dead and eight injured. Macedonia faces earthquakes as vessels in the Aegean issue distress calls.
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Europe
British Isles
Aegean
England
Italy
Greece
Macedonia
Famous Lawyer Visits Hauptmann Case Discussions
New York reports Samuel Leibowitz, famed criminal lawyer, plans to visit Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the death house at Trenton to seek the full truth of his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping as a condition for accepting Hauptmann’s defense. Mrs Hauptmann also visited Leibowitz today, asking him to take over the case. Leibowitz pledged to issue a statement later.
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New York
Samuel Leibowitz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Leibowitz
Death of W H Coin Harvey in Montene Ark
Montene, Ark February 12 W H Coin Harvey dies of peritonitis in his hermit s refuge He was known for introducing William Jennings Bryan to the 161 silver theory and for his daily reform efforts toward a money system he believed would enrich the nation Harvey remained vigorous to the end and was a vocal critic during the country s economic crisis He influenced a few but shaped a notable strand of reformist thought through a long life of public debate and advocacy.
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Montene
Ark
W. H
Harvey
William Jennings Bryan
Tie
Dunn Attacks Lorain County Children's Home Management
Lorain County Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn opened a series of public meetings to present charts asserting mismanagement at Oberlin’s Lorain County Children's Home. Trustees Nabakowski and Barrick replied, denying collusion and warning of further action as Dunn cited overspending, wage hikes, and staff counts despite fewer residents.
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Dunn
Lorain County
Lorain
Oscar G. Dunn
Oberlin
August Nabakowski
KF. L. Barrick
Antlers
Grange Hall
Columbus
J. G. Holland
Fire Rips Victoria Mansion Hotel Lakewood N J
A spectacular blaze at the Victoria Mansion Hotel in Lakewood New Jersey killed two women and a man while seven others were rushed to hospitals with severe burns and injuries. Seventeen guests and staff remained unaccounted for as identification began with three presumed victims from the Bronx New York including Ruth Shearman Mildred Cohen and Harry Gerlach.
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Lakewood
N. J
Ruth Shearman
Mildred Cohen
Harry Lelhrich
Bronx
N. Y
Victoria Mansion
Harry Gerlach
Sixteen Local Scouts Are Rewarded
Sixteen Elyria Boy Scouts of Troop 105 received tenderfoot pins at a Scouting anniversary ceremony at the First Congregational Church. Scoutmaster H P Gates and J C Gelwicks outlined a Ten Year Program while Rev William Muir Auld spoke on Scout laws. About 150 people attended including 46 scouts with Jack Elton performing a piano piece and taps by William Birkley.
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Elyria
Boy Scouts of America
Scouting In
America
First Congregational Church
H. P. Gates
J. C. Gelwicks
Lorain
Firelands
Boy Scouts
William Muir Auld
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Jack Elton
William Birkley
David Hoffman
William Leedale
James Simpson
Philip Hoffman
Charles Hancock
Thomas Pallardy
Peter Peterman
George Brookhauser
William Hockaden
Jack Esker
Richard Bright
Richard Meckley
James Hurlbut
Lester Christian
Robert Reese
John Price
Robert Daykin
Robert Holmes
Dale Sewell
Thomas Reese
Elaina Johnson
David Evans
William Vinson
Charles Demos
John Murbach
Paul Eckler
Lucius Jenkins
Edwin Basset
George Christian
David Hill
Peter Smith
County Auditor Reports on 1935 Receipts and Expenditures
County general fund receipts for 1935 totalled 693052 with expenditures 623861. Beginning 1935 with a balance of 138692, the year closed at 207882. Major income came from general property tax 408454, motor vehicle tax 50058, and sales tax 36000.
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C. S. Kelser
Onlo
Tares School
Iterteta
New Coatiar
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George Emmet
League of Ohio Sportsmen
P. HT. Rogers
General Assembly
Ed Deibe
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Germany
William L. Mitchell
Tuctors Hospital
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Luetta Magruder
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