Ohio Shivers In Near Zero Weather
The United Press reports a brutal cold wave across Ohio with near zero and sub zero readings. Columbus records its coldest Feb 23 since 1885. Port Columbus shows two below. Cleveland and Cincinnati endure second coldest days of winter. Bucyrus reports three below, Marysville one below. Weather may ease to the twenties this evening. Cincinnati officials note cold may reduce respiratory infections. A water main burst in Martins Ferry cuts water to Bridgeport and Martins Ferry, triggering school closures and a $1,000 fire damage. Firefighters rescue two families from a burning structure. Lake Erie searches for the Gulf Oil Tanker Paratex continue after a second disappearance in a week. the vessel carries 30 men and 300,000 gallons of gasoline and may be trapped by ice.
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United Press
Ohio
Columbus
U. S
Port Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bucyrus
Marysville
Mercury
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Brookside
Lake Erie
Toledo
Influenza Closes Several Indiana and Ohio Schools
Flu outbreaks lead to closures in Byhalia Magnetic Springs Muncie Vevay Anderson and Bloomington. Officials report a very mild state of disease with most cases confined to schools and no wider public meetings banned beyond local actions.
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Marysville
Byhalia
Magnetic Springs
Muncie
Ind
Vevay
Anderson
St. Charles Catholic
Bloomington
Believe Conclave Of Cardinals Will Be Short
Vatican City February 23 The Conclave of Cardinals to elect a successor to Pius XI is expected to last only two or three days. The cardinals will meet March 1 and vote with a two thirds majority after the first ballot next morning. Observers foresee quick agreement to present a united church front.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Bellaire's Last Civil War Veteran Dies
Dr. E. C. Temple aged 93 of Bellaire, the town’s last Civil War veteran, died today. He served in the Army of the Potomac and, at retirement three years ago, was Ohio’s oldest practicing dentist.
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Bellaire
E. C. Temple
Army of the Potomac
Ohio
Weather Ohio Report Partly Cloudy With Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy with snow flurries in north Ohio tonight and northeast Friday. Rising temperatures tonight and Friday in central and south portions. Highs yesterday moved from Plains to Gulf states with fair, cold weather. Freezing temperatures reach southward to the Gulf in Mississippi, Alabama, and into northern Florida. Atmospheric pressure high over the Rocky Mountain Plateau. A disturbance over the Upper Mississippi Valley brings light snowfall.
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Ohio
North East
Plains States
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Mississippi Valley
River bank trees cut. city warns of fines
Safety Service Director E. D. Faxon warns that chopping trees along river banks is illegal. The city owns banks to the high water mark, and destruction will be prosecuted.
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Safety Service
E. D. Faxon
Faxon
Lorain Fire Rescues Child From Pearl Street Blaze
Firefighters battled a two story Pearl Street fire in Lorain after a volunteer rescues a child from a second floor apartment. The mother escaped unharmed. Loss is estimated around 7500 with cause believed defective wiring. Several stores on the first floor were damaged while the second floor housed the Vienna Beauty Shop and the Torres family apartment. Three Lorain Fire Department companies fought the blaze from 2:35 PM to 6:30 PM amid ice and burst lines.
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Lorain
Frank Duijava
Pearl Street
Duijava
Pearl and
East Thirty-first Streets
David E. Hatt
Hatt
Atlantic and Pacific
Dan Rebman
Vienna
Frank Torres
Retired Oberlin Farmer Dies In His Sleep
Oberlin resident A. Rhodes aged 75 died in his sleep at his son Floyd Rhodes’s home at 712 Sherman Street. Rhodes, born in Rushton, quit farming in 1918 and later worked in Cleveland before retiring five years ago. Survived by wife Ella, daughter-in-law Mary Lindner of Ironton, and two brothers Frank and Charles. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home led by Rev. Frank Hicks. burial in Oberlin.
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Taylor
A. Rhodes
Oberlin
Floyd
Sherman Street
Russia Township
Rhodes
Cleveland
Ella
Mary Lindner
Ironton
Frank
Charles
Frank Hicks
Woman Jailed For Violating Parole in Cleveland
Helen Engleman Le Breton, 33, was sentenced by Judge Fred J. Walther to ten days in jail for parole violation. Previously, in 1937, she received a two year sentence to Marysville reformatory for forgery. Probation chief William B. Dillon said she broke parole by playing piano in a local nightclub after vowing to return home to Kent to teach. His court note cited her notorious reputation and referenced her Kent State ties and musical talent.
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Cleveland
Helen Engleman le Breton
Fred J. Walther
Marysville Reformatory
William B. Dillon
Kent
Dillon
LeBreton
Kent State University
James O. Engleman
Walther
Meigs County GOP in patronage dispute turns to kidnapping charge
Laura Bishop files a warrant charging Charles Warner with kidnapping Timothy Bishop, a Meigs County Republican Central Committee member, as the party faction feud over patronage grows. Timothy Bishop, missing since Tuesday, was last seen leaving with companions toward Parkersburg and Columbus. police assistance is sought to locate him.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
I.p
Charles Warner
Timothy O. Bishop
Meigs County Republican Central Committee
Bishop
Laura
County Republican Committee
Downing-Swift
Warner
Albert Russell
Republican Committee
Ed Schorr
Tom H. Leifhert
Parkersburg
W. Va
Tim Bishop
Zanesville
Columbus
Leifhert
John Bricker
John Downing
Sen
Tom Jones
Henry Swift
Middleport
McNary urges FDR to cut government expenses
Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon says President Roosevelt could restore business confidence by supporting lower government spending. He notes Roosevelt is willing to aid industry and pass necessary bills while helping reduce the public debt and taxes that burden new business.
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Washington
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Roosevelt
McNary
Senate Republicans
Congress
Morgenthau Urges Businessmen To Take Risks
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr urged businessmen to drop a what's the use attitude and take normal business risks in expanding operations. He noted the Roosevelt administration intends no measures harmful to business and plans no new taxes, basing financing on existing taxes plus improved business. He warned the prevailing mindset may be dampening expansion plans.
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Bulletin
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Adjutant at Sandusky Home Dies after Illness
Major E. T. Thorson adjutant at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home for six years died in a Sandusky hospital after several months illness He came from Fremont and served in the Spanish American War He is survived by his widow a son Carl at Fremont and daughter Beryl a teacher in Woodville schools
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Sandusky, C
E. T. Thorson
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky
Fremont
Carl
Beryl
Woodville
Ship May Have Struck Mine in the Atlantic
The navy department advanced a theory that the unidentified ship reporting it had been torpedoed may have struck a floating mine. A drifting mine was known to be in the general Atlantic area where the SOS call originated, raising doubts about torpedo damage.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Seek Speed On Legislation In Congress
Senate leaders from both parties pressed to accelerate action on major bills stalled in committees. Majority Leader Barkley called chairmen to a Friday conference to coordinate a faster program for Senate consideration before adjournment. Republican Leader McNary supported speeding up the process.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
D. Ey
Charles L. McNary
Barkley
Congress
Three Sisters Die in Fire in Obellia Home
In Obellia Ontario on February 23 a fire killed three sisters Lorraine Mel Laughlin 15 Audrey 14 and Marjorie 10 while their 17-year-old brother escaped. The children’s parents were away visiting friends when the incident occurred.
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Obellia
Ont
Lorraine MelLaughlin
Audrey
Marjorie
Cecil McLaughlin
Akron Tribute to Charles Goodyear in Rubber City ceremony
Akron observes a tribute to Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber, as more than 25,000 people including industry executives, civic leaders, and national figures gather for the bronze statue unveiling in the Rubber City. The event marks Akron as the world tire center.
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Akron
Charles Goodyear
Goodyear
Father Horne to discuss nation's social factors
Rev. Edmund C. Horne of John Carroll University will close his lecture series on Our Domestic Problems with a talk on social factors in the nation’s current issues. The Friday night event at Knights of Columbus Hall begins at 8 15 P M and is open to the public, following two earlier talks on economic and political factors.
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Edmund C. Horne
John Carroll University
Knights of Columbus Hall
Father Horne
Knights of Columbus
Confesses To Theft Takes Police To River Bank Cache
Archie Skeels, 29, of 751 West River Street, was arrested for burglary after confessing to stealing $50 from Stanley's Cafe on Lodi Street. He led police to a river bank cache in Cascade Park with $16.50 recovered. he spent the rest. He was arraigned before Mayor Petro and bound to the grand jury under $1,500 bond.
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Archie Skeels
West River Street
Stanley
Lodi Street
Skeels
J. Stankard
Cascade Park
Joseph Q. Petro
Grand Jury
Virginia Martin Dies After Skull Injury in Accident
Bucyrus reports 11 year old Virginia Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs William Martin died in a hospital from a skull fracture suffered February 12 when struck by an object in an incident.
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Bucyrus, O
Virgina Martin
William Martin
Unions Dispute Closes Three Auto Plants
DETROIT Feb 23 The United Automobile Workers union presses a factional feud as 28000 members sit idle with Chrysler Plymouth and Dodge plants shut. Briggs Manufacturing Mack Avenue plant faces an ultimatum to recognize the UAW CIO backed committee or endure a prolonged strike. Local 212 head Emil Mazey demands Plymouth workers back only after Chrysler recognizes the Lamotte led committee. GM says it will bargain with local shop committees regardless of faction splits.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Macks Avenue
UAW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Emil Mazey
Briggs Uaw
Mack Avenue
Chrysler
Leo Lamotte
Lamotte
CIO
Homer Martin
Mazey
General Motors
County Adopts Lower Load Limits On 21 Roads
County commissioners approved a resolution this morning to reduce the load limit on 21 county highways to 7 percent of tons effective March 1. Proposed by County Engineer Harry L. Dunham, the measure aims to protect lighter pavement during the spring thawing season.
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Harry L. Dunham
Scarlet fever strikes 13 of 18 Weaver children in Amish family
In Middlefield Ohio on February 23, 13 of the 18 Weaver children, part of an Amish farming family, are ill with scarlet fever in an epidemic that has shuttered local schools. One third of the school population, about 100 pupils, are reported ill with scarlet fever or mumps. Three Kemp children nearby also fall ill. Doctor W C Corey, the health commissioner, says the outbreak is under control.
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Middlefield
Abe Weaver
W. C. Corey
John Kemp
Weaver
Tax Collection Period Extended in County
Approximately $900,000 has been collected in the current real estate tax period, which runs to March 1. County Treasurer Walter J. Wright announced the extension, with an estimated total near $1,500,000 likely to fall short. The State Tax Commission authorized extending the period from January 20 to February 23, and Wright will close the books March 1. Taxes paid before closure avoid penalties.
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Walter J. Wright
State Tax Commission
Wright
Post Office Clerks And Guests Banquet In Lorain County
About 125 Lorain County post office clerks and guests attended the annual Washingtons Birthday banquet of the Lorain County Post Office Clerks Association at the Second Congregational Church. New officers were elected: Nick Smith president, Michael Kienzle vice president, Ernie Spazotto secretary, and M. C. Walker treasurer. Dusty Miller of Wilmington was principal speaker, introduced by Wellington postmaster W. H. Sutiff. The event featured entertainment by Merthes Junior Maestros, magician Haden, Y's Guys band, and Vernon Heifner, with tributes from local officials and telegrams of regret from several postmasters and a congressman.
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Lorain County
America
L. E. Falmer
Elyria
Floyd P. Moulton
Lorain
Joseph Q. Petto
Ely«ria
M. H. Sandow
Goldie Kreger
Curtis
O. J. Sartor
Merthe
Haden
Wellington
Guys
Elytia
Vernon Heifner
Helen Swisshelm
Toledo
Ed Franks
Canton
W. R. Rhoades
Dayton
Hans Hagen
Akron
Franklyn Williams
Leo Dunkle
Wooster
Ohio
Earl McHugh
Cleveland
Edward Notley
Don W. Harter
Indictment Hears Wage Law Case Against Boston Firm
A federal grand jury indicted the Brown Stitching Contract company of Lawrence and its treasurer Nathan Brown for violating the federal wages and hours law. They are charged with failing to pay minimum wages and falsifying company records to conceal the nonpayment.
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Boston
Brown Stitching
Lawrence
Nathan Brown
Deficit Liquidation Plan Approved By Ohio Legislature
Columbus Ohio February 23 The general assembly passed the administration bill for refunding and gradual liquidation of a 17 million dollar school foundation fund deficit. The House concurred with Senate amendments by a 103 to 8 vote. Amendments let the state treasurer bid on refunding notes with private banks and serve as paying agent. The bill guarantees state interest payments and future appropriations to retire the debt.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
House
Senate
Russia Rejects New Demands By Japan
Moscow reports say Russia rejected Japan s new demands in the Siberian fisheries dispute after a two hour Litvinov Togo conference. Japanese sources called the talks unsatisfactory and said further discussions would be held with no date set. Togo reportedly stated Japan refused concessions Russia had withdrawn and urged waters be restricted for national defense while promising to protect Japanese fishing rights by any means.
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Moscow
Japan
Siberian
Russia
Maxim Litvinov
Shigenori Togo
É “Togo
Litvinov
Hussia
Togo
Lithvinov
Annual Banquet For Fathers And Sons At Y Next Week
Plans near completion for the annual Father and Son banquet of the Y.M.C.A. boys division to be held next Thursday night. David K. Stewart known as Scotty Stewart will be principal speaker, a Cleveland speaker with six years at Central National Bank and past assistant to Dr. Edward De Witt Jones. Police Chief E J Stankard will be toastmaster. invocation by Dr A E Kemp. songs led by Alan Van Wormer. toasts by Douglas McKay and Harvey C Cheney. music by The Guys harmonica band and Note Jugglers. Banquet at 6 30 p m with ticket sales closing next Wednesday night.
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Y. Mc.a
David K. Stewart
Scotty” Stewart
Cleveland
The
Central National Bank
Detroit
Edward DeWitt Jones
Federated Churches of America
Middle’ West
E. J. Stankard
A. E. Kemp
Second Congregational Church
Alan van Wormer
Douglas McKay
Harvey C. Cheney
Guys
Geyer
Tax lien filed against Skidmore holdings in Chicago
The federal government filed a 200000 dollar tax lien against William R. Skidmore and his wife Ethel for tax on income from 1933 to 1935, demanding 178753 dollars in taxes, penalties and interest. An assessment against Skidmore alone covered taxes for 1938 and 1937.
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Chicago
William R
Billy) Skidmore
Skidmore
Ethel
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