Blizzard Covers Ten States As Snowbound Midwest Reels
Winter storms sweep the Dakotas and spread eastward with heavy snow in Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Iowa Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho and northern New Mexico Wisconsin sees moderate amounts. The storm drifts up to 45 mph winds hampering traffic with 12 to 15 inches reported in Sioux City Sioux Falls and Hartington. The weather bureau notes snow reaching Washington Pittsburgh and Cleveland while winter wheat gains from the moisture.
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J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
North New Mexico
Wiscon
Wisconsin
Michigan
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Lloyd
Washington
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Middlewest
Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux City
Hartington
Neb
New Jersey
Alabama
California
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Minois
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
S. Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Georgia
Union Leaders Move Into Flint For Conference
Flint, Mich. Jan 2. Automobile union leaders arrived for a major conference on a model collective bargaining plan with General Motors to end strikes that have idled nine GM plants and left 27,000 workers out. Homer Martin and union organizers from 19 GM cities will seek blanket authority to strike if demands are not met. Martin accused GM of discrimination and warned strikes could spread nationwide without national bargaining.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
John I. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
U.A.W
Martin
William S. Knudsen
Coperation
Influenza Fatal To Financier Thaver In Chicago
Eugene Van Rensselaer Thaver. 55, former Chase National Bank president and Mississippi Valley Utility Investment Company receiver, died in St Luke's Hospital after influenza led to pneumonia. He fell ill while en route to Chicago for a Stewart Warner directors meeting. His wife Elizabeth Prince, daughter of former Federal Reserve governor W P G Harding, traveled to arrange the funeral. Thaver held roles on Bethlehem Steel, Coca Cola, Otis Elevator, AT&T boards and was a prominent banker and broker born in Boston.
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Chicago
Eugene van Rensselaer Thaver
Chase National Bank of New York
Mississippi Valley Utility Investment Company
Thaver
New York
Stewart-Warner Corporation
St. Luke’s Hospital
Thayer
Elizabeth Harding Prince
W. P. G. Hardinz
Federal Reserve Board
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Coca Cola
Otis Elevator
American Telephone & Telegraph
Boston
Ohio Weather: Rain Tonight Turning to Snow Flurries
A weather bulletin for Ohio forecasts rain tonight then snow flurries Sunday morning. Colder air moves in with a much colder Sunday and Sunday night, especially in the west portion.
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Ohio
West Portion
Seven Injured In East Liverpool Street Car Crash
EAST LIVERPOOL OH Jan 2 Seven persons including four passengers were injured today when a street car collided with a truck. Injured are Lloyd Dyer and Robert Doughty of Cleveland the driver and helper William Ronshausen 60 Charles Goodman 55 motorman Mrs Pauline Smith William Lafferty and Mrs Goldie Milani all of East Liverpool Dye the driver is held by police pending investigation.
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Liverpool
Lloyd Dyer
Robert Doughty
Cleveland
Willam Ronshausen
Charles Goodman
Pauline Smith
William Lafferty
Goldie Milani
Dye
Drug Addict Sought In Kidnaping Case
A 37 year old Tacoma musician and drug addict who is a known car thief is sought for questioning in the Mattson kidnapping of 10 year old Charles Mattson. Police describe the suspect as matching the description given by three children and possibly under the influence of drugs or liquor. Investigations continue as officials seek proof the boy is alive before any ransom payment.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mattson
Charles Mattson
William W. Mattson
Olympia
Seattle Times
Tim
Virginia Chatfield
Seattle
Halbert Reynolds
Reynolds
Charles
Woman And Three Children Die In Gas Tragedy
New York January 2 A woman Mrs Jane Schuck about 32 and her three children Edward 3 George 5 and James 7 were found dead in their gas filled apartment after tenants reported smells. Police and gas workers used oxygen in attempts to revive them but death by own action was deemed apparent.
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New York
Jane Schuck
Edward
George
James
Schuck
Workers Begin Pension Tax Deductions In New Year
Washington January 2 Several million wage earners saw their pay envelopes shrink as a 2 percent payroll tax to fund Old Age pensions began under the 1942 plan. The deduction for the first two days of the year was one percent of pay for employees.
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Washington
Fire Trucks Do Not Travel Far In Year
Elyria’s 1936 fire fleet logged modest mileages despite a busy year. Hose Company One ran 310 miles responding to 168 alarms, Engine Company One added 63 miles for 11 alarms, and a 30 year old ladder truck endured 49 miles across 27 runs. The service truck totaled 1 575 miles for the year, while the older apparatus remained citybound and largely reserved for major blazes.
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Elyria
Hose Company Number One
Central Fire Station
Engine Company Number One
President's Son Is Allowed To Sit Up
Boston January 2. Frank Hn Roosevelt Jr son of the president convalescent spent a comfortable night and was not over tired attendants report. He may sit up but will likely remain in his room at Massachusetts General Hospital for a few more days. His mother Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt returned to Washington and his fiancée Miss Ethel du Pont extended her stay with friends.
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Boston
t.m—Frank Hn D. Roosevelt Jr
George Loring Tobey Jr
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eleanor Roosevelt
Washington
Ethel du Pont
Increase National Tube Co Schedule
National Tube Co at Lorain issues a tentative next week schedule showing higher operations after holiday slowdowns. Four blast furnaces stay open, the fourth added this week, eleven open hearths in use, Bessemer converter to run double turn, with mills 7 2 1 2 5 and skelp mills 1 5 slated for varying days starting Monday.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Butt
Japp
Lapp
Pope Pius Foro Pain Deepens Vatican Anxiety
Vatican City January second report says Pope Pius XII endures renewed pain in their swollen leg and interrupted sleep. Officials note blood circulation improves slightly and mood is fair, yet fear of complications remains. The Pope, nearly 80, has seen weeks of gradual decline, with physician Aminta Milani making three long visits as the Vatican mournfully monitors his condition.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Aminta Milani
Explosion kills two after dynamite plot near Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls police seek three men after a remote shack explosion. Harold Baker is believed dead. Helen Seiler survived after dragging herself away from a fuse lit blast that shattered nearby homes. The pair were tied to a crime spree including a jewelry store robbery in Sioux City. Police across five states search for the suspects. Seiler, injured, recounted the escape and blast details as investigators probe the WPA dynamite stockpile incident.
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Sioux Falls
M. D
Harold
Larson Hardware Company
Ed Lacey
Miss Seiler
Moe Hospital
Sioux City
Baker
Ehlermen Jewelry
Harry Morstad
Ed Baker
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Elyria Records Heaviest Fire Loss in Seven Years
Elyria endured the year 1936 with the largest total fire loss since 1929, estimated near 100000 dollars. The biggest blaze destroyed the J E Robson home at 280 Washington avenue on January 18, with about 75000 dollars of damage. Several fires remained mysteries, including the Aug 14 fatal blaze that killed Mrs Pauline Cecil and her young daughter Geraldine, and the October 18 house fire at 203 West River street forcing five to flee in their nightwear. An assistant state fire marshal assisted Chief W N Bates in investigations as the year closed.
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Elyria
W. N. Bates
J. E. Robson
Washinston Avenue
Claes
Pauline Cecil
Geraldine
Mike Banik
West River Street
Fire at LaGrange Likely Started by Bomb
Frank Soules’s six room LaGrange home burned yesterday afternoon in what is believed to be incendiary. Soules said a note threatening bodily harm if he did not leave by January 15 preceded the blaze. Deputy Nau heard a muffled explosion, and smoke and flames engulfed the house within a half hour. Firefighters fought until 9 p.m. but could not save the dwelling, valued partly by Soules at 1500 dollars for furniture. The state fire marshal will oversee any investigation.
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Frank Soules
LaGrange
Sementha Soules
Frank
Soules
Ger
Ald Nau
Nau
Italy And Great Britain Sign Agreement
Rome reports an Italian British Mediterranean cooperation treaty signed at noon by Count Galeazzo Ciano and Sir Eric Drummond with Mussolini resting at Rocca Della Caminate. The pact titled exchange of assurances aims to align Mediterranean interests and could influence Europe’s political balance and Italy’s ties with Nazi Germany.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Galeazzo Ciano
Eric Drummond
Benito Mussolini
Rocca Della Caminate
London
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Italian
Libya
Egypt
Mussolini
France
Churches To Open Prayer Week With Union Service
Union service at 7 30 Sunday at Second Congregational kicks off National Prayer Week with all city churches participating. Following, each church hosts daily meetings honoring the theme Custodians of the Pilgrim Spirit, featuring readings prayers hymns scripture and sermons by local clergy.
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Second Congregational Church
Second Congregational
Nina Ramser
Lord
Father of
Ernst Irion
Muir Auld
Jesus
Hyme
J. L. Urich
E. J. Bond
Bela P. Bacso
G. A. Brown
Court Reporter Reappointed With Salary Increase
Gare Morgan, a court shorthand reporter, was reappointed by Common Pleas Judges Guy B Findley and PD A Cook for one year. His salary rose from 200 to 215 dollars monthly amid advisement that Henry Moehiman, also a court shorthand reporter, sought 250 dollars monthly after earning 200.
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Gare Morgan
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
PD. A. Cook
Henry Moehiman
Moehiman
Sheriff Grall To Move In On Monday
Lorain sheriff elect William F Grall faced early hurdles moving into the county jail headquarters as Sheriff Clarence Dick indicated it was not ready. Commissioners found the jail in apple pie order. Grall plans to handle civil work with Chief Deputy William G Smith and said four more deputies would be announced soon.
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William F. Grall
Lorain
Clarence Dick
Gral
Grail
Board of County Commissioners
John E. Davidson
E. M. Wickens
Grall
Foster Armstrong
Ten Lose Lives In Ohio Traffic Tragedy
United Press reports scattered New Year holiday crashes across Ohio killed ten people. Names and ages include Morgan Day 35 in Dayton, Mrs John Krumilauf 58 in Mt. Blanchard, Keith Furnival 12 in Toledo, Edward Heffner 45 in Cincinnati, and others in Columbus Salem Canton and Cleveland.
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United Press
Ohio
Morgan Day
Dayton
John Krumilauf
Ralph Clinger, Jr
Mt. Blanchard
Hancock County
Clinger
Keith Furnival
Toledo
Charles Shook
Edward Heffner
Cincinnati
Columbus
Lucille Summers
Joseph Saltz
James R. Richardson
Mail Boat Is Destroyed By Explosion in Lake Michigan
CHARLEVOIX Mich Jan 2 Coast Guard power boats and a freighter hunted icy upper Lake Michigan for survivors from the mail boat Marold II after a Friday night explosion tore loose the vessel and set an abandoned tanker ablaze Flames on Beaver Island 15 miles away signaled the tragedy as the Marold I sank quickly Five crew members were missing Captain William Ludwig led the night search with Coast Guard units and the J Oswald Boyd tanker remained involved Everett Cole Ray Cole Captain L Lohr engineer L A Hill and mate Roland McDonald were named as missing as authorities sought a lifeboat sighting and coordinated air support from Grand Haven and Sault Ste Marie
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Charlevoix
Mich
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Toaay
Beaver Island
J. Oswald Boyd
William Ludwig
Beaver Te Land
Everett Cole
Ray
L. Lohr
L. A. Hill
Roland McDonald
Coast Guards
Ludwig
Grand Haven
Sault Ste. Marie
New Year with Tragedies Noted Across States
United States records more than 200 violent deaths as New Year arrives. Police report 196 fatalities in the worst NYE since 1929, with about 100 fewer than Christmas. Auto crashes account for most deaths, plus explosions and personal crises. States list deaths by totals, including New Jersey three, New York six, California twenty, and Pennsylvania nineteen among others.
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U. P
United States
District of Columbia
200 Navajo Indians Trapped by Snow Near Zuni Mountains
Gallup dispatch reports over 200 Navajo Indians trapped by deep snow in the Zuni Mountains. Hunters gathering pinion nuts were caught by storms, food running low after three days, with men women and children awaiting rescue by tribal and government workers. Two half‑starved Navajos reached Zuni reporting the plight and deaths from exposure feared.
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Gallup, N. N
Zusi Mountains
Zuni
Exel
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