Scenes From Washingtons Life Show Nation's First Chief
A commemorative display marks anniversary of George Washington with views including Wakefield birthplace reconstruction, Washington crossing the Delaware, and a portrait of the father of his country. Selections also feature Martha Washington, a young Washington in the colonial militia, his first inauguration, an oil by Clyde O Doland, and Mount Vernon.
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Nation
Washington
Wakefield
Delaware
Trenton
Martha Washington
Clyde O. Doland
Mount Vernon
Potomac
George Washington
United States of America
Heaviest shells fired on Japanese positions near Hongkew
Chinese artillery pounded Japanese positions near Hongkow just outside the International Settlement at 8 45 P M. The bombardment produced terrific reverberations and alarm among foreigners. Infantry attack on Kiangwan Road accompanied the shelling as Japanese units used machine guns to hold their lines.
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Shanghai
Hongkow
International Settlement
Kiangwan Road
Hongkew Park
Oberlin to Build Noah Hall Dormitory for Men
Oberlin College trustees authorize construction of Andrew Hale Noah Hall a nine hundred eighty six bed Georgian Colonial dormitory funded mainly by Akron philanthropist Andrew H Noah. The project costs about 165000 furnished excluding site to house 450 men as part of a proposed Men’s Campus from Woodland Avenue to North Professor Street with first units on Woodland and completion aimed by October 1932.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin Board of Trustees
Andrew H. Noah
Akron
Ohio
Andrew Hale Noah
Woodland Avenue
Professor Street
Woodland
Blagden Admits Kidnap Story Is Untrue
State Police Captain Broadfield said he received a letter from Harry H. Blagden a noted sportsman admitting his kidnapping tale was false. Blagden disappeared a week earlier from a Lake Placid Club cottage and later reappeared in Cleveland after reporting an abduction.
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Ohio Bank Deposits Rise On Anti Hoarding Drive
Cleveland, Feb. 22 Deposits in Ohio banks have shown a steady rise during the past two weeks as a result of President Hoover s anti hoarding campaign Senator Atlee Pomerene announced today He is chairman of the Ohio committee on anti hoarding Preliminary plans for the anti hoarding drive which probably will start March 7 are nearly completed Pomeren said
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Cleveland
Ohio
Hoover
Atlee Pomerene
Pomerene
Ohio Committee On
Pomeren
The Weather Forecast Ohio Fair and Cold Tonight
The forecast says Ohio will be fair and colder tonight with a rise in temperatures in the western portion. Tuesday will be partly cloudy as warmer air moves in from the west.
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Ohio
President Hoover Honors Washington As Founder Of Liberty
Hoover defends Washington against humanizing myth and urges the nation to draw inspiration from the patriot as founder of liberty and builder of national life. He calls for renewed purpose, citing Washington’s faith in the people and the enduring strength of American government.
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Washington
Hoover
George Washington
Capitol
Congress
Jie
Geo. Washington
State Bank Examiner Clyde Sharp Dies Sudden
Clyde Sharp aged 56 and a state bank examiner for fifteen years died suddenly at his Ada home from apoplexy. He had been working in Toledo on state investigations and the reorganization of closed banks there.
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Ada
Clyde Sharp
Toledo
Students Build Washington Models For Bicentennial Observance
Elyria students in art classes undertake Washington centennial projects including accurate Mt. Vernon estate and Christ Church models. They seek precise dimensions and pew counts by contacting the church rector and Grace School supervisor Miss Dorothy Jones, while also creating pictorial maps scrapbooks and competition covers for a Washington edition of the school paper.
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Elyria
Washington Estate
Mt. Vernon
Christ Church
Alexandria
Washington
Miss Dorothy Jones
Grace Schools
Miss Jones
Military Party Leads In Japan
Tokyo reports general election returns showing Premier Inukai’s government winning a substantial lower house majority as Japan sustains its Shanghai offensive. Seiyukai gathers 158 seats, Minseito 96, Laborites 3, others 6, with 466 seats contested. Inukai had forecast 240 to 255 seats.
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Tokio
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Shanghai
Seiyukai Party
Minseito
Laborites
Minseito Party
Reijiro Wakatsuri
Seiyukai
Inukai
Publisher And 3 Others In Accident
ERIE Pa February 22 Bernard McFadden publisher saved himself and three passengers when his plane struck a tree upon landing after returning from a Lansing Michigan flight weather forced him back witnesses called it a miracle the aircraft landed safely McFadden turned back at a low ceiling and alighted within a few hundred yards of the field the gear hit a tree top causing minor damage to the leading gear and a heavy branch was clipped
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Erie
Bernard McFadden
Lansing
Mich
McFadden
Four Men Rob Theatre Cashier and Managers in Columbus
Four men disarmed a policeman and robbed the Keith's Palace theatre in Columbus Ohio stealing about $4950 from the cash box and the safe. They trapped cashier Geneva Neil patrolman Howard Hinton manager Edward Masters and assistant manager Edward Stevens in the theatre office.
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Columbus, O
Keith's Palace Theatre
Quarter Century Review At Elyria Memorial Hospital Meeting
Elyria Memorial Hospital will review a quarter century of service at the annual meeting of the Elyria Memorial Hospital Company held in the hospital dining rooms. E. F. Allen will deliver a history of the hospital and Mrs. Charles S. Johnson will discuss the ladies auxiliary, both organized in 1907. Six board members will be elected and guests from out of town are to attend, including Leyton Carter and Dr. C. H. Heyman.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
E. F. Allen
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Charles S. Johnson
F. A. Smythe
F. Allen
Alex Altfeld
R. L B. Lersch
J. C. Parsch
Charles E. Tucker
B M. O'Donnell
H. C. Barbour
Frank W. Hoover
Smythe
Leyton Carter
Cleveland Foundation
C. H. Heyman
Cleveland
Paul H. King
Detroit
International Society For Crippled Children
Dr. Haynes
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan State Society For Crippled Children
Allen
Hospital Company
W. W. Box’ton
William N. Gates
Samuel F. Rawson
Jorn P. Saia
Ohio Weekend Crash Toll Rises With Six Dead
United Press reports a deadly weekend across Ohio. Leo Tachel and Chas Sedore involved in a Youngstown plane crash. multiple auto wrecks claim several lives in Cincinnati Toledo Martins Ferry and Lorain. injuries include Melvin Lammer Fred Herning Ruth Rudio Lawrence Haynes and Loren Simpson.
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United Press
Ruth Rudio
Lawrence Haynes
Toledo
Melvin Lammer
Fred W. Herning
Martins Ferry
Baltimore and Ohio
Herning
Alex Pappas
Lorain
Springfield
Brownsville
Loren Simpson
Newark Hospital
Benzak Trial To Begin Tuesday In Eaton Township
Michael Benzak a 32 year old Eaton farm hand faces a murder charge in the death of his estranged wife to be tried in common plea court Tuesday. The body of Alice Dernier Wedic a 21 year old divorcee of Grafton was found shot on Durkee road last November. Benzak suffered a self inflicted head wound and had a gunshot injury pending trial. Lawyers Lawrence Webber and Richard Horan were appointed to defend him. Prosecutor Don W. My leads the case.
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Michael Benzak
Eaton Farm
Benzak
Alice Dernier Wedic
Grafton
Lowely Durkee
Eaton Township
Elyma Firemen Respond to Three Sunday Alarms
Elyma firemen answered three calls Sunday the busiest day in memory. A grass fire on Denison avenue started by a discarded cigarette and was quickly stamped out. Edward G. Flood’s home on West street suffered roof fire from chimney sparks. O O Strohl’s car on Middle Avenue caught fire from a worn starter cable shorting insulation in the battery area.
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Elyma
Denison Avenue
Edward G. Flood
West Street
O. O. Strohl
Middle Avenue
Second Street
Japanese Drive to Envelop Shanghai Chinese Forces
Japanese brigades close in on Kiangwan Tazang Chenju as hand to hand fighting and heavy artillery isolate Kiangwan. Ugeda directs from Kiangwan. Chinese 88th Division identified. Sniper threat grows near the International Settlement.
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United Press Shanghai
Tazang
Chenju
Kiangwan
Chapel
Woosung End
Chapei
Shanghai
Kenkichi Ugeda
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kianswan
19Th Route Army
Akron dirigible crash halts Pacific maneuvers flight
The Akron broke from ground crew at Lakehurst New Jersey, rose 20 feet, then slammed down in a gusting 32 mph wind. Two crew injured, naval hospital. Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl blamed damaged lower fin. repair to take time. Auron Pacific maneuvers canceled.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Congressional
Akron
Naval Hospital
Rosendahl
Pacific
Garner Declares End To Truce In Washington
Speaker Garner announced the end of the truce with the Hoover administration accusing cabinet spokesmen of using Democratic cooperation to aid Hoovers re election. He urged cooperation but rejected administration dictation and signaled Democratic resolve amid Capitol hostility.
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Washington
Garner
Hoover
Capitol
Congress
Six More Apartments Needed Ad Prompts Quick Rental
An ad posted at the counter by Mr P seeks renters for an apartment. The notice notes seven callers and a rapid rental on the following day. Our Want Ads bring results, urging readers to call 4412 4413 to secure a unit by March 1.
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