Mississippi flood forces evacuations along Tallahatchie River
Mississippi residents in about a dozen villages flee as the Tallahatchie floods overwhelm sandbag levees. More than 60,000 acres submerged and 2,000 residents relocate by boat or freight car as patrols guard breaks and convicts return to prison.
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Glendora
Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Parchman
Cassidy Bayou
Macel Levee
Charleston
Aubrey Falls
Here
Tallahatchie Valley
Calls Secretary Adams Disloyal To President
Rep. McClintic of Oklahoma urged the House Naval Affairs Committee to demand Secretary of the Navy Adams resign for disloyalty to the President. Adams testified he was loyal to Hoover and supported naval construction within the London Treaty limits amid calls for fiscal restraint.
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Washington
Rep. McClintic
Dem
Oklahoma
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Adams
Vinson
Hoover
Plan to consolidate eastern railroads proposed before ICC
Four major eastern railroads seek to unite into four systems affecting about 53 000 miles of track and nine point eight billion dollars in property. The plan, presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on January six, aims to reshape rail operations and ownership across the region.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Four Die In Mexican Apartment Fire
Four people perished in a January blaze at an apartment house in Jaurez. Firemen believed all occupants escaped. after the flames were out the bodies of Mrs. Maria Hernandez 30 her son Jose 11 Maximio Aguirre 35 and an unidentified man about 35 were recovered. Officials cited an exploding stove as the cause.
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Jaurez
Mex
Maria Hernandez
Jose
Maximio Aguirre
Ohio forecast shows clear, cold air through Thursday
Ohio residents can expect generally fair and cold weather tonight and Thursday with possible snow flurries in the extreme north. Temperatures will fall to freezing or lower tonight as clear, colder conditions persist in the area through the period.
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Ohio
Escaped Convict Shoots Sheriff And Deputy
Sheriff H. T. Hunter and Deputy Thomas Stoots were wounded when they tried to arrest an escaped county workhouse inmate at a farmhouse. Hunter was lightly wounded by birdshot and Stoots was more seriously hurt. both were taken to a hospital in Brownsville Tennessee.
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Brownsvill2
Tenn
H. T. Hunter
Thomas Stoots
Hunter
Stoots
Elyria High Students Win Trips to Washington
Two Elyrians, Muldred Brevoort of First M. E. Church and Willard Harper of First United Presbyterian, won free trips to Washington, D C as top scorers in a county wide Anti-Saloon League contest. They will travel January 14 to 21 as guests of the league, following high marks in shoe nomination exams.
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Elyria
Ohio
S. H. Strickler
Elyria W. C. T. U
George C. Southwell
Anti-Saloon League
Muldred Brevoort
First
M. E. Church
Willard Harper
First United Presbyterian Church
Elyria High School
R. P. Vaughn
Tom Thumb Club in Cleveland Closes after raid
The Tom Thumb Club in Cleveland was closed today after a visit by Federal prohibition agents. Police had raided the club four times since last May, and federal action ended its operations. the bar dining room and furnishings were loaded onto trucks for storage.
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Cleveland
Bombs Found on Doorstep of Italian Consulate in Geneva
Two small bombs were found today on the doorstep of the Italian consulate in Geneva. An anti fascist plot was suspected.
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Geneva
Elyria Tax Rate Change Delays Bills and Starts
County Treasurer N. D. Backus announced Elyria district tax collections will begin in a week or ten days due to an error in rate calculation. Elyria rate fixed at 23 mills. Carlisle Elyria district at 23.6445 mills. About 1,500 tax bills and 26,000 items must be redone. Other districts begin January 11 with multiple collection offices listed in Lorain, Amherst, Oberlin, Wellington, Grafton, LaGrange, and Kipton.
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Elyria
N. D. Backus
Carlisle-Elyria
Backus
Lorain
National Bank of Commerce
The
City Bank
Amherst
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Oberlin
J. N. Stone
Wellington
First National Bank
Grafton
Grafton Bank
LaGrange
Kipton
Four Injured By Bomb Blast In Chicago
Four people including a woman were injured when a powerful street bomb exploded outside an undertaking establishment in uptown Chicago. The blast rocked the neighborhood, throwing pedestrians to the street. the most seriously hurt were Mrs. George Klaner and Clinton Rarick.
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Chicago
Uptown
George Klaner
Clinton Rarick
Brindle's Successor To Be Named Soon
State Highway Director O. W. Merrell said a successor to T. S. Brindle who resigned as Chief Engineer of Highway Division Three will likely be named this week. Division three includes Erie Huron Lorain Medina Wayne Ashland Richland and Crawford counties.
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Brindle
Columbus
O. W. Merrell
T. S. Brindle
Ashland
Erie
Huron
Lorain
Medina
Wayne
Richland
Crawford Counties
Elyria Ends 1931 With $172 606 Free Balances
City auditor A C Schilleman certified a year end report to the county budget commission showing Elyria's free balances totaling 172 606. General fund 31 914 water works 2 592 automobile tax 1 280 gasoline tax 7 009 sinking fund 46 405 bond retirement fund 383 452. The balance should cover expenses for January 1932.
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Elyria
County Budget Commission
A. C. Schilleman
Ohio
Schilleman
Stimson says Japanese regret counts as apology
Secretary of State Stimson said that Japan's expression of regret for the beating of Consul Chamberlain by Japanese soldiers amounted to an apology. He spoke in Washington in response to questions on the incident and the Japanese gesture.
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Washington
Stimson
Chamberlain
Man Confesses to New Year Kidnapping
Donald White, 23, confessed to the New Year’s Eve kidnapping of Adda B. Ruhl, saying he was drunk and only recalled being in his garage with the child in his car. White, paroled from Mansfield reformatory in December, was arrested after police inquiry. the girl was missing about six hours and was not attacked.
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Columbus
Donald White
Adda B. Ruhl
John F. O’connor
White
Mansfield Reformatory
Hecock Heads Elyria Township School Board
L. C. Hecock elected president of the Elyria township school board at the organization meeting. C. J. Smith re-elected vice president and C. Q. Schmitkens re-elected clerk for two years. Mrs. Cora Fesler is acknowledged as former board president.
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Hecock
Elyria Two
L. C. Hecock
Elyria Township
C. J. Smith
C. QO. Schmitkens
Cora Fesler
Attendance Record at Elyria High Exceeds One Thousand
More than 1,000 Elyria High students posted perfect attendance in December with 532 boys and 520 girls, totaling a 97.11 percent attendance rate and 200 tardies. Girls led in punctuality, while the home room of Ida Coffland won the attendance banner.
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Elyria High School
E. D. Adams
Adams
Kiss Ida Coffland
Robbers Force Victim in Cleveland to Lose Trousers
Two holdup men entered a Cleveland filling station and robbed attendant Adolph Miller of 40 dollars. They then forced him to remove his trousers so they could not be pursued before fleeing in a car.
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Cleveland, O
Adolph Miller
Duly Found Ih nOad Duly Found Ih nOad OTC
A well dressed man about 35 years old was found murdered with four bullet wounds in a roadside ditch four miles north of Oak Harbor. Coroner J Weisler said the victim bled to death, possibly after being thrown from a car. Two tattoos dated 1915 and Liver pool Eng were found. identity and papers were removed. The body was taken to a local mortuary.
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Oak Harbor
Here
J. Weisler
Liverpool
Eng
Maumee Physician Killed In Electric Train Crash
Dr. William Rhonehouse 43 prominent Maumee physician died when his car was struck by a Springfield Express electric streetcar at a Cincinnati and Lake Erie crossing near Toledo. The impact pushed the car 100 feet along the tracks before the motorman Pressley Harris stopped the car. Four car passengers were unharmed. Rhonehouse, en route to a patient, died at Community Hospital Perrysburg. He leaves a widow and two sons.
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Toledo
William Rhonehouse
Maumee
Here
Rhonehouse
Pressley Harris
Lima
Ohio
Perrysburg
Animal pictures move to Tuesday editions weekly
The Chronicle Telegram announces a weekly animal picture coloring feature will switch from Mondays to Tuesdays. The next image, an African Lion, will appear in Tuesday editions.
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Animal
Chronicle-Telegram
Two Women In Plane Lost In Mountains
Five private planes searched the Sterett's Gap area near Harrisburg Pennsylvania for Mrs Ruth Stewart of St Louis and Mrs Debbie Stanford of Toronto who disappeared in fog over the mountains. Pilot Gentry Shelton reported enlisting Captain Frank Hawks fleet to assist and said army planes might be called if not found by mid afternoon.
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Harrisburg
Ruth Stewart
St. Louis
Debbie Stanford
Toronto
Sterett’s Gap
Gentry Shelton
Congress moves to float stalled business with large credit package
Washington reports Congress rushes to approve a $2 billion Reconstruction Finance Corporation credit plan to aid banks and railroads. Senate Banking and Currency Committee backs the measure while House committees study related relief and a separate $125 million land bank equity proposal faces debate.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
House
Treasury
Not An Empty Stocking Fund Bills Are Paid
Not An Empty Stocking Committee reports nearly 300 Christmas dinners funded and paid for. Treasurer A. C. Schilleman says all received bills have been paid, with $548.60 spent and $39.14 remaining. He seeks any additional bills to finalize the fund balance and acknowledges donor support. Major revenue came from Rivoli and Capitol Theatres benefit shows totaling $272.55 and downtown store can collections of $33.22.
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A. C. Schilleman
Schilleman
Rivoli
Capitol Theatres
Elyria Woman Hit by Automobile at Court and Third
Mrs. Corfman of 142 Park avenue sustained a cut over her eye and minor injuries after a car driven by M R Hastings of 1018 East avenue struck her near Court and Third streets about 605 PM. Her daughter Mildred Crowder was knocked down but not injured. Spectacles broken. She was taken to the Clinic and then home.
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Mr. Corfman
Park Avenue
M. R. Hastings
East Avenue
Court
Third Streets
Mildred Crowder
Corfman
Four Sheep Killed and Two Hurt by Dogs on Penfield Farm
Four sheep were killed and two injured, totaling 49 dollars in damage, when two dogs attacked the flock on George Whitehead’s farm in Penfield yesterday. Dog Warden Lee Minkler said efforts to locate the dogs were futile.
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George Whitehead
Penfield
Lee Minkler
Bonds Recovered After Long Lincoln Bank Robbery Search
A suitcase with $575000 in bonds was found on a Chicago street corner ending an 80,000 mile chase for the Lincoln National Bank loot. Investigators from the Secret Six, led by Roy Steffans, chased thieves through 40 states before the discovery near a lamp post. The recovery, witnessed by Lincoln officials, reduces the bank’s loss and prompts proof of bond destruction.
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Chicago
Lincoln
Nebr, National Bank
Roy Steffans
Steffans
Charles Touzimsky
Hal Roberts
Alexander Jamie
Max Towle
W. E. Barclay
D. E. Love
Lincoln Bank
Jamie
Towle
Women Attacked In Cleveland Amid Street Crime Wave
In Cleveland on January 6 a series of assaults targeted women. Mae Passafiume, 30, was choked and robbed while Annette Alben, 40, a dress shop manager, was robbed of $35 jewelry and bound with twine. A teen, Leonard Colman, 19, confessed involvement in the Dec 26 beating of Dorothy Skonesny and was identified in connection with a Dec 13 attack on Helen Gidish.
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Cleveland, CO
Mae Passafiume
Alben
Leonard Colman
Dorothy Skonesny
Helen Gidish
Far East tensions rise as USJapan seek peace action
Washington reports new danger spots in the Far East as Japan's Manchurian drive is followed by riots against Japanese and Russians in China. U S consulates in Harbin and Foochow report disorders. A U S warship stands by at Foochow and officials seek united action with Britain and France to maintain peace.
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Washington
Far East
Japan
Harbin
Foochow
U. S
George C. Hanson
United States
Great Britain
France
China
Secretar of State
Stimson
Ronald Lindsay
Paul Cla
Beth
Culvert Chamberlain
Mukden
Debuchi
State Department
France to Seek Japan’s Plans on 1905 treaty clauses
Paris reports the foreign office instructed the French ambassador in Tokio to outline treaty clauses to the Japanese government. At the same time the French British and American ambassadors will request information on Japan's plans from Tokyo.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Tokio
Japan
Effort To Find Oberlin Girls
Sheriff Clarence Adams seeks four Oberlin High School girls who allegedly left their homes for a hitchhike trip to California. Bertha Stanfield 15 Jane Turner 16 Marguerite Grand 15 Elma Grand 13 left Elyria yesterday around 2 p m after failing to recruit local boys. Families and homes linked to Oberlin and Cleveland.
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Oberlin High School
California
Clarence Adams
Bertha Stanfield
Jane Turner
Marguerite
Elma Grand
Adams
Elyria
Clayton Stanfield
Bertha
Turner
Oberlin
Cleveland
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Ralph Sutliff
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