Freight wreck explodes as cars pile up on Wellington tracks
Firemen battled a freight wreck near Wellington at the Big Four and Wheeling Lake Erie crossing. As many as 40 cars burned including eggs, furniture, meats, lumber and groceries. A gasoline car exploded on leaving the track starting the blaze. No injuries reported and rail traffic expected to be halted for hours.
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Wellington, CO
Wellington
Big Four
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Wellington Machine and Stamping Company
Western Union
Reed demands expulsion of Ware from Senate seat
Missouri senator Reed urges the senate to exclude senator-elect William S. Ware of Pennsylvania, asserting the investigating committee has done all it can and Vare’s illness is not a delay. Reed says ample opportunity to appear was offered before his illness last August, while leaders plan no action this session, risking a political disruption.
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Washington
Senate
Nigsouri
James A. Reed
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Reed
Vare
Missourian
Congress
Leagers Sar
Notartans to Hear Oberlin Debaters at Rotary Luncheon
The Oberlin Vallezoe Debate teams will present arguments at the Rotary Club luncheon on Tuesday noon. The event will be held at the Hotel Newell with attendees invited to hear the exchanges on current topics.
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Notartans
Oberlin
Oberlin Vallezoe
Rotary Club
Newell
Cardinal Vico Dies In Rome
Antonio Cardinal Vico, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, died in Rome at age 81. He ranked second in seniority among Cardinal Bishops and was created in 191. His death leaves several vacancies in the Sacred College, with Cardinal Tosi and Cardinal De Lai having died earlier. The vacancies will likely be filled by a secret consistory soon, following the last secret creation in December 1927.
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Rome
Antonio Cardinal Vico
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Cardinal Vico
Sacred College
Cardinal Tosi
Cardinal de Lai
Fugitives Escaped Jail Break Flees Through Six States
Huntington West Virginia Feb 20 Three Huntington officers pursue four Charleston County Jail escapees across six states. The gang, including Dane and Adrian Bias and William Morrow, robbed a Rome Georgia store, seized eight cars, kidnapped owners, and are headed toward Florida toward possible West Indies port. Sheriff Tyree appeals to forty Florida cities as chase runs twelve hours behind.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charleston
Georgia
Dane
Adrian Bias
WM. Rk. Morrow
Julian Liebel
Florida
West Indies
Frank Tyree
Rome
Kanawha County
Tyree
Chris E. Hall
Boyd Wentz
M. R. Duke
Hoover to Have Dolg Retaried
President elect Hoover moved toward inauguration with cabinet gaps and a new White House executive office plan. He adds a policy coordinating secretary to centralize government matters. Julius Klein will hold that post with two political secretaries and a personal secretary, all earning ten thousand dollars yearly. Five cabinet slots remain unsettled including War, Commerce, Labor, Agriculture and Attorney General.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Congress
Julius Klein
Commerce Department
George Akerson
Lawrence Richier
Secret Service
Commerce
Agriculture
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Treasury
Andrew W. Melton
Pittsburgh
Interlor
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Navy
Charles Francis Adams Rostow
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ohio
James W. Good
Chicago
Henry
Evangelist Billy Sunday bids Elyria farewell after six week revival
Rev William A Sunday ends six week Elyria revival with 5000 in attendance and gifts totaling 9109.41 for his six week campaign. He preached 12 sermons in Elyria with more than 250000 total attendance and 3500 at the sawdust trial. He heads to Corpus Christi then on to New Orleans Shreveport Houston and other cities.
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Elyria
Sunday
Cleveland
Lorain
Ashland
Wellington
Erie
Pennsylvania
Winona Lake
Indiana
Corpus Christi
Texas
New Orleans
Shreveport
Louisiana
Houston
Sterling
Colorado
Coffeyville
Kansas
Joplin
Missouri
Mayor James A. Hewitt Receives Thank You Message
Reverend William A. Sunday sent a letter of thanks to Mayor Hewitt noting appreciation for city administration courtesies. The letter praised prompt responses to requests and the smooth cooperation during the visit.
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James A. Hewitt
William A
Billy
Dempsey Shot At In Miami Beach Home Incident
Unidentified man fired at Jack Dempsey early today in Miami Beach living with Harry Mott of Chicago. Dempsey told police he was awakened and the intruder fled after the shot pierced a wall. a separate New York dispatch claims a similar attempt occurred at Main Beach with Dempsey awoken by a voice and the assailant firing as he turned on the light.
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Miami Beach
Jack Dempsey
Harry Mott
Chicago
Dempsey
Jack
Pleid Fitzsimmons
Detroit
New York
New York Evening World Today
Vincent Treanor
Main Beach
Frank M7
Billy Sunday High Spots Speech Fragments
Excerpts from Billy Sunday sermons urge urgency about mortality and salvation. The speaker warns listeners that time is racing toward tomorrow and that many are near spiritual peril. He contrasts now’s victory with tomorrow’s defeat and invokes death and obituary fears.
Sunday closes Elyria revival with 600 seekers
Rev. William A. Sunday wrapped up a six week Elyria revival urging faith against sin and the devil. About 5000 filled the base tabernacle with many turned away before the start and nearly 600 people greeted the evangelist after the final sermon as they sought to reconsecrate or confess. The campaign ended amid appreciation for all helpers and a closing exhortation from the Exodus passage about God blessing obedience.
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William A
Billy) Sunday
Elyria
Sunday
Homer Rodeheaver
Favorable Report On Jones Bill
The Jones bill to impose up to five years in prison and a £10,900 fine for prohibition violators was favorably reported by the House judiciary committee. Chairman Graham announced the panel instructed him to bring the measure to the House this week.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Graham
House
Toledo Threatened by Serious Flood
Toledo faced a severe flood threat as predictions of rain spurred precautions along the waterfront. Harbor Master Clarence Labeau warned danger would grow only with two days of rain while river levels seemed able to handle a 12 hour downpour. Merchants moved stock to upper floors and extra piling was added at the Pennsylvania docks to reinforce moorings.
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Toledo, CO
Toledo
Clarence Labeau
Pennsylvania
Water Street
Midwest Faces Deep Freeze As Snowstorm Looms
Chicago reports a severe weather panorama with snowslides threatening Rocky Mountain regions while the Midwest braces for a temperature collapse. Heavy snow and cold air stir anxiety as Den ver rail traffic delays persist and long freight routes risk further disruption.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Sterling
Coté
Denver
Silverton
Mysterious Kidnaping Man Believes He Found Father
F H Bixler a Kent truck farmer nicknamed the man kidnaped as a baby in 1891 received a letter from A A Wilhite Kansas City claiming to be his father Wilhite says his wife Jewel matches a name Bixler recalled and that the son was three when abducted tracing the duo to Columbus Ohio before vanishing The case hinges on a long unsolved mystery and a family link sought by the letter writer
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Kent. O
F. H. Bixler
Kent
A. A. Wilhite
Kansas City
Bixler
Wilhite
Columbus
Ohio
Jewel
Wilkte
Merchants Co operating In Cooking School Opens Tuesday
Elyria merchants join the Chronicle Telegram for a third cooking school at Elyria high school auditorium starting tomorrow afternoon. Miss Aace McCarren of Westinghouse will demonstrate Modern appliances and proper food prep, with Ohio Public Service supplying a Thor ironer refrigerator and Westinghouse ranges.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria High School
Aace McCarren
Westinghous Electric and Manufacturing Company
Ohio Public Service Company
Thor
Westinghouse
Hughes
Richwine Ice Cream Company
Roublin Brothers
City Hardware Company
Lindbergh Keeps Whereabouts In Mexico City Visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh refuses to reveal wedding plans during an interview at Embassy Dwight Morrows home in Cuernavaca or Mexico City after arriving from Eagle Pass Texas to join his fiancé Anne Spencer Morrow. He hints at a decision in a few days as reporters press for a date.
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Guerna
Mex
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight Morrow
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Morrows
Anne Morrow
Mexico City
Eagle Pass
Tex
Anne Spencer Morrow
Col
Cuernavaca
Break Windows at Manhattan Laundry Vandalism Suspected
Early Sunday morning windows were broken at the Manhattan laundry on West avenue. An unknown man reported seeing three young men flee the scene near Broad and Lodi streets. Police could not locate the youths and later stopped three youths at Westavenas and Broadstreet, but the suspects could not be identified.
Welty to Speak at Young Men's Club Meeting
Monroe Welty Lorain county auditor will address the Young Men's Club gathering at the YMCA tonight announced by W C McClellan Y M C A general secretary.
Foch Surfers Relapse
Paris reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch shows a relapse with new lung congestion causing fever and rapid pulse. Doctors plan a five physician consult and continued watch today.
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Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Board of Trade aims for four hundred memberships in Elyria
Henry Clark of the American City Bureau spoke at the Newell Hotel as Elyria’s Board of Trade reorganizes for a three year sustaining fund. He urged representative membership from all community sectors, a democratic board, and a practical program of work. Clark noted new directors will be chosen by a renewed slate and emphasized money as a means to accomplish goals, not an end.
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Board of Trade
Henry Clark
Chicago
Elyria
Newell Hotel
Elyria Board of Trade
Clark
Washville
Tennessee
Has
Board of Trades
Eisha
Chamber of Commeres
Clarx
the Elks
Man Seriously Hurt Changing Tire Near Lake Avenue
Phillip Bohley, 79, of Cleveland, was struck by a passing car while changing a tire near Lake Avenue. He was hospitalized with injuries described as not serious overall but with severe back injuries. He remained under care at Memorial Hospital.
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Lake Avenue
Phillip Bohley
Neville Street
Cleveland
Bowtley
Memorial Hospital
Bohley
Dozen Injured by Severe Twister Bulletin
A February Dallas bulletin reports two tornadoes in Texas causing four deaths, about a dozen injuries, and 25 buildings demolished. The first strike near Grand Prairie killed Alfred Gibson and his wife. a second hit Cooper near Paris, killing Mr and Mrs N F Jones. Cooper suffered a 100 foot wide path with 25 dwellings collapsed and five more injured by debris.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Grand Prairie
Alfred Gibson
Cooper
Paris
N. F. Jones
Three Arrested in Grain Theft Case
Joseph Lasky and his brothers George and Andrew were accused in a grain theft ring after a two week probe by Sheriff Clarence Adams. Lasky pled guilty to breaking and entering Vega's granary on Bechtel road and was bound over to the grand jury. George and Andrew will face Juvenile Court. A missing bars clue and a tracked snow trail helped advance the case.
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Joseph Lasky
Joseph Lashinsky
George 13
Andrew
Clarence Adams
Justice Ss. J. George
Steve Vega
Bechtel Road
Lasky
United States Marine Corps
H. C. Wilcox
Adams
Vega
Revelry Ends As Sheriff Swoops In
A late night revelry on Follett Street ended when Sheriff Clarence Adams and officers found 12 people in a house at 2 2 a m Sunday. Louise Moore of Oberlin was fined £5 and costs for disorderly conduct by Justice S J George. Mrs Moore's husband serves a $590 liquor fine in county jail.
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Louise Moore
Oberlin
S. J. George
Clarence Adams
Follett Street
Writ Sought for Release of Mrs. Mazure From Reformatory
Habeas corpus petitions filed in Union County Common Pleas Court seek release of Mrs. Juliana A. Mazure of Lorain mother of seven children. She is jailed with her two week old baby for a six month term and a $500 fine from Lorain Municipal Court after a third offense liquor conviction. Judge Porter to hear the writ Wednesday afternoon amid claims she was unlawfully detained under a Lorain ordinance and that she should have been indicted by a grand jury for a third offense before trial.
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Marysville
Juliana A. Mazure
Lorain
Union County Common Pleas Court
Arthur S. Katz
Mazuare
Common Press
Judse &. W
Comanensicas
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Ecluston OF
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Billy Sunday
Hell
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Sunitay
God
Joseph
Jesus
Jones Bill
Wey
Hot Point
Park Home Dairy
Knowles Fish Market
Borlan’s
Nielsen Laboratories
Glade Thomas
McDougal
Day's Hardware
Easy
Baron Jewelrr
Holmes and Edwards Silser
Heldmyer Hardware
Victor Automatic Electrola
Foch
Surfers
Relapse
Julian Mazure
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