Forecast Of Snow And Cold Grips Ohio
Ohioans faced one of the season's heaviest snowfalls as a statewide station shows 26.7 inches this winter. State Meteorologist W H Alexander warned of colder weather tonight with 16 to 20 degrees and unsettled conditions into Friday. Travel was hazardous with mixed precipitation in some areas. transcontinental flights were grounded at Port Columbus as trains and buses ran near schedule.
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State Weather Bureau
Ohio
New York
Kansas City
Port Columbus
Middlewest Snow Storms Lash Midwest With Warmer Forecast
Snow swept the Middlewest as governors urged rationing of food and fuel in Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Ski planes and rescue crews reached isolated towns, 27 children moved to safety, and communities faced heavy drifts and arctic cold as forecasters predicted rising temperatures.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Clyde JL. Herring
Cooper
Advance
Red Owl
South Dakota
Marcus
Milwaukee Children’s Hospital
North Dakota
C. A. Dennel
Weather Ohio Snow Tonight and Friday Morning
Ohio forecast calls for snow tonight with lingering flurries through Friday morning. Temperatures will drop sharply, with colder conditions expected in central and western portions tonight into Friday.
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Ohio
Central
West
Elyria Memorial Hospital reports strong year and debt reduction
Elyria Memorial Hospital workers reviewed a successful year with the largest volume since 1930, a balanced budget, and reduced bonded indebtedness. Income from patients totaled 154 386.14 with operating expenses 157 11180, yielding an operating loss of 22 725.60. Other income included 19 927 from the Community Chest and 12 442.70 in endowment income. Debts fell by 18 644.47, assets stood at 775 953.57, and bonded debt was halved to 87 500. The hospital celebrated linen improvements and the opening of the orthopedic pool at Gates Hospital for Crippled Children, all aided by donor gifts and fundraising efforts.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
J. E. Thatcher
Community Chest
Thatcher
F. A. Smythe
Frank W. Hoover
David L. Johnson
Arthur F. Johnson
Melvin Blake Johnson
Mary Laundon Johnson
Johnson Brothers
RR. B. Lersch
Hoover
Gates Hospital
Johnson Brother
KE. F
Daddy” Allen
Hospital
Trowel Presented to Elyria Memorial Hospital for 1907 cornerstone
Elyria Memorial Hospital owns the trowel used on November 18, 1907 to lay the cornerstone. The instrument, held by E. F. Allen at the hospital’s annual meeting, was passed for inspection by about 100 members and guests. An inscription notes Allen’s use and the mortar spread on the cornerstone.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Hospital Company
E. F. Allen
Allen
Six Trustees Elected By Local Hospital Company
Five Elyrians and 28 Medina men were elected as members of the Elyria Memorial Hospital Company and six trustees were elected at the annual meeting in the hospital dining room last night. New members are B. C. Franklin of Western Automatic Machine Screw Co, C. H. Merthe of C. H. Merthe Co, C. R. B. Smythe and H. J. Reynolds of Thew Shovel Co, Neely Powers of Colson Co, and N. H. Root of A. T Root Co at Medina. Root was elected because of Medina County work done for the hospital. Four trustees whose terms expire this year were reelected.
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Medina
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
Hospital Company
B. C. Franklin
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
C. H. Merthe
C. H
A. T Root Company
Root
Medina County
Proposal For Dog Pound Protested
Protests over relocating the dog pound to a site at the city disposal plant added new complications to the issue of giving doomed canines a humane final home. Gulf road residents oppose a nearer pound, hearing dogs yelp from their properties, as Humane Society officials plan a committee meeting with the county commissioners to seek better care and disposal methods than shooting.
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Ford Road
Humane Society
Oscar G. Dunn
Gulf Road
Senators push to curb Supreme Court powers in open debate
A group of young senators joined Sen. Norris to urge Congress to curb the court's power to rule acts unconstitutional. The drive bands with the Bankhead Jones farm relief bill. Pope proposes a two thirds plus majority requirement. Minton and Schwellenbach back limits on court authority. Open debate looms this session.
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United Press
Washington
United Today
Senate
Supreme Court
George W. Norris
Congress
Bankhead- Jones
James P. Pope
Ida
Sherman Minton
N. Ind
Judiciary Committee
Pope
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
AAA
Iie
High Tribunal
Record Hospital Census Reaches 111 Patients
Elyria Memorial Hospital set a new high mark with 111 patients at one time, matching yesterday’s peak after briefly dipping to 107. The surge includes several severe pneumonia cases and sparked heavier work for staff, with the oxygen tent credited for saving lives.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank W. Hoover
Hoover
Agree To Probe Of Townsend Pension Plan
Washington February 18. House Democratic and Republican leaders have agreed to a non partizan congressional investigation of the Townsend old age pension plan. The accord came as a step toward a formal inquiry into the scheme and its funding.
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Townsend Pension Plan
Washington
Townsend
House
Secretary Swanson in serious condition after fall
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson is in serious condition with pleurisy on the left side, traced to a fall that caused a broken rib. Naval Hospital attaches describe his state as serious but not necessarily hopeless, noting the injury occurred at his home when he struck a chair.
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Washington
Claude A. Swanson
Naval Hospital
Swanson
Believe 15 Perished In Hotel Fire
Police believe today that 15 persons died in the Victoria Mansion Hotel blaze at Lakewood New Jersey with eight confirmed dead and seven missing. Coroner Raymond A. Taylor led an informal inquest as fire and police sifted ice bound wreckage. Four dead were children under seven. Many bodies were pulled from rubble after dark by volunteers under floodlights. Two mothers among the missing were identified as Irene Eller and others from New York City. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Lakewood
N. J
Victoria Mansion
Raymond A. Taylor
Walter A. Curtis
Romyn Feldman
Robert Eller
Florence Eller
Charles Abramowitz
Marty Ehrlich
Ruth Sherman
Wildred Fischer
New York City
Register
Florence
Irene Eller
Caroline Sommer
Jerry Abramowitz
Charles
Armand Marko
Halperin
Benny Kellman
Louis Kellman
Evelyn Fain
Miss Fain
Minnie Malvin
Water Main Project May Begin In March
Legal obstacles delaying the city’s 124000 PWA water main since last September are expected to clear early next month after the Sixth District Court of Appeals issued an opinion. The court dismissed taxpayer T. R. Cookston’s suit but kept the temporary injunction in place for 20 days after the journal entry to allow a possible appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. If no further action is taken, the city and contractor C. F. Ytle may proceed with work on March 4.
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PWA
Sixth District Court of Appeals
T. R. Cookston
Ohio Supreme Court
C. F.ytle
Bernstein Convicted Of Embezzling County Funds
Cleveland bulletin reports former Cuyahoga county treasurer’s chief deputy Alex Bernstein convicted by a seven man five woman jury on all five counts of an embezzlement indictment totaling 1,181,000 dollars from the county treasury.
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Cleveland, C
Alex Bernstein
Cusahoga County
Supreme Court Challenge to County Road Bond Refunder Act
Former Attorney General Gilbert Bettman of Cincinnati attacked the Armbruster Lawrence road bond refunder act in the Ohio State Supreme Court as unconstitutional. He argued the measure infringes rights of the majority of counties and benefits a restricted class of property owners in a few counties.
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Columbus
Armbruster Lawrence
State Supreme Court
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
Senators Call Meeting On Neturality Law
Washington February 18 Senate supporters of a permanent neutrality law called a conference today led by Senator Gerald P Nye Republican of Rhode Island co author of a drastic proposal to safeguard American peace in event of war abroad Opponents of extending the existing temporary neutrality act to May 1 1937 were invited to meet with Nye at 2 PM local time
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Washington
Senate
Gerald P. Nee
Ron. D
Nye
Roosevelt's Name Filed for Illinois Primary Ballot
Springfield Illinois February 13 Franklin D Roosevelt's name was filed for placement on the Illinois April 14 primary ballot to express his Democratic party presidential preference.
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Springfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ollinois
Coalition cabinet talk surfaces after deal loss
Washington February 13 Chairman Keary P. Fletcher of the Republican National Committee said there has been a good deal of talk about forming a coalition presidential cabinet if the new deal is defeated next November.
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Washington
Keary P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Questioners Today
U S Increases Silver Share in National Reserves
Treasury figures show heavy government purchases boosted silver to more than 22 percent of the nation's monetary reserves, elevating the silver to gold ratio. The policy appears aimed at shoring up reserves amid market considerations.
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Washington
Treasury
Illinois Man Nominated for Assistant Treasurer Post
President Roosevelt nominated Wayne C. Taylor of Illinois for assistant secretary of the treasury to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lawrence L. Roberts. The action was announced in Washington on February 13.
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Illinois
Washington
Roosevelt
Wayne C. Taylor
Secretary of the Treasury
Lawrence L. Robert
Lorain Medina Counties Get $237,700 Electric Line Loan
Rural Electrification Administration approved a 237700 loan to build 163 miles of transmission lines serving 604 farm homes in Lorain and Medina counties. About 87 miles lie in Lorain and 76 in Medina. Contracts expected within ten days with construction to start soon after. Existing plans include extensions totaling 400 miles.
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Lorain
Medina Counties
Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
REA
Lorain-Medina
Rural Electrification
Ohico Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Merritt Powell
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
Lorain County
Medina County
Former Avon Lake councilman dies in icy fall
Frank Bolek, 65, a former Avon Lake council member for six years, was found dead at the granary after slipping on an icy walk. He suffered a broken neck and a fractured forehead. Survived by wife Minnie, daughters Viola Walker and Helen Fitch, two sisters, and laid to Clifford Pease Funeral Home Dover Center.
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Frank Bolek
Avon Lake
Minnie
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows
Woodmen of the World Fraternal Orders
Viola Walker
Helen Fitch
Matilda Horwedel
Elizabeth Vacha
Lakewood
Clifford Pease
Dover Center
Truck Crashes Into Train At Avon Crossing
A truck carrying ten tons of freight collided with a Nickel Plate freight train at the Route 254 Avon crossing around 42:45 p m yesterday. Louis Lang of Buffalo said poor visibility from falling snow prevented him from seeing the train. he was unharmed. Deputies noted the truck was badly damaged and cited several prior accidents at this crossing.
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Nickel Plate Railroad
Route
Avon
Louis Lang
Buffalo
William Holst
Paul Chapman
Clarence W. Dick
Death summons assistant matron at Oberlin Home
Miss May Durand, 49, assistant matron at the Oberlin Children's Home, died Thursday forenoon at Oberlin Hospital. Cause listed as infection probably contracted at the Home. Born in Florence, she was prominent in civic affairs and a member of the Wakeman Order of Eastern Star. Funeral services from the Florence home Saturday at 2 p.m.
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May Durand
Oberlin Children's Home
Oberlin Hospital
Florence
Wakeman Order of Eastern Star
Choose Equipment For New Jefferson Junior High
The Jefferson Junior High School board chose equipment for the new building including a Honeywell electric temperature and ventilation control system, Sturdevant heating units with a separate unit per room, and Medart recessed wall lockers. Approval by architect Alva C. Smith was granted, with no extra cost beyond the contract price.
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Jefferson Junior High School
Board of Education
Alva C. Smith
Honeywell
Sturdevant
Medart
Patrolman George Walton Injured in Winter Slip
Patrolman George Walton was added to the list of those injured by falls on slippery pavements this winter. While inspecting rear doors and windows of bawl wee places near Treosel about 2:30 a.m., he slipped and injured his left arm. He was taken to do not have more details.
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George Walton
Walton
Treosel
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