Ten Die As Northwest Liner Crashes In Snow
In Bridger Canyon near Bozeman Montana a Northwest Airlines luxury liner crashed in a blizzard killing ten people including pilot Nick B Namer and eight passengers plus co pilot Fred West and others. The wreck occurred on the Seattle to Chicago route with the body recovery soon after.
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Bozeman
Mont
Woodchoppers
Forest Rangers
Northwest Airlines
Bridger Canyon
A. L. Croonquist
Billings
Roosevelt
Dude Ranchers’ Association
James Roosevelt
Bridger Mountains
Flaming Arrow
Nick B. Namer
Fusselage
Namer
Wiis
Seattle
Chicago
Butte
W. R. Diteman
Dude Ranch
Pilot Namer
Spokane
Northwest
Art Walker
Bridges Mountains
Montana
Nick Namer
Frank West
Acme
Weather report from Ohio and surrounding regions
Rain and warmer in the south with mixed precipitation in the north tonight. Wednesday turns to snow and colder. A Saskatchewan low moved to the plains with 29.48 inch low in Omaha. Highs and lows vary. light to moderate snowfall from northern Rockies to Ohio Valley and beyond with rain in the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Ohio
Saskatchewan
Plains States
Omaha
Nebraska
New England States
Northwest
Rockies
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Northern Plains
Papal envoy tells Hitler mankind calls for peace
In Berlin a papal envoy warns Hitler that mankind calls for peace while Hitler pledges to cooperate with all nations. The scene includes uniformed foreign envoys and Nazi officials as Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo, dean of the diplomatic corps, delivers the peace appeal amid Vatican Nazi tensions.
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Berlin
Pius
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Feuhrer
Wilhelmstrasse
Vatican
Cesare Orsenigo
Japan's Imperial Conference Sets Long Range China Policy
Tokyo reports Japan's imperial conference presided by Emperor Hirohito planned a long range program for action in China. Premier Konoye and Chief of General Staff Kan-In attended with high army and navy officers. Rumors swirled of war or severed relations, but the meeting was described as a turning point amid a prolonged Far East clash that has cost tens of thousands of lives.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Far East
Hirohito
Army
Navy
Fumimaro Konoye
Hotohito Kan-In
Miroyasan Fushimi
Canton
Germany
War Office
Konoye
Sugiyama
Busy Days Ahead At Romeo Pump Company
Romeo Pump Company on East Bridge Street anticipates 24 hour operations as Roosevelt calls for greater national defense. War Department inspectors studied the plant for expansion while Romeo pumps, first tested at Wright Field, are standard in government air service and used by United Air Lines and other carriers without pump failures.
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Roosevelt
Romeo Pump Company
East Bridge Street
Washington
War Department
United States
Europe
E. W. Beichler
Beidler
Tully
Martell Packing Company
Elyria
Wright Field
Dayton
United Air Lines
Transcontinental and Western Airways
American Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines
Col Ayres Urges Undistributed Profits Tax Repeal
Col Leonard P Ayres predicts the recession will hit bottom in early 1988 and urges repeal of the undistributed profits tax to restore business confidence. He notes the key role of electric utilities and says investment return would boost railroads steel and auto sectors. Wallace warns farm relief funds may prove insufficient.
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Washington
Henry A Wallace
Wallace
Senate
Congress
Ayres
Elect St. Andrew's Church Officers
St Andrew's Episcopal church elected S 8S Rockwood senior warden at the parish meeting. W A Dehm is junior warden, Edward Champion treasurer, R G Rockwood missionary treasurer, and vestrymen S W Henson M E Hendricks George Dyke Walter A Davies Leland Minch for 1938. Reports show activity, all obligations met, surplus, and a $1000 missionary pledge paid in full. Rector Dr E B Redheard delivered annual stats and church progress.
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Rockwood
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
W. A. Dehm
Edward Champion
R. G. Rockwood
S. W. Henson
M. E. Hendricks
George Dyke
Walter A. Davies
Leland Minch
E. B. Redheard
Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania Weakens in Vienna
Vienna reports say Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania, 62, is gradually weakening with recovery considered unlikely. She remains engaged in politics and art, reads when able, but suffers pain with any movement and has reduced hearing and vision, with nurses reading to her for hours.
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Vienna
Austria
Marie
Elyria Board Sets 1938 School Appropriations at 655029.07
Elyria City Board of Education approved the 1938 school budget totaling 655,029.07 dollars at a special meeting. The general fund stands at 523,469.34 with a bond retirement allotment of 129,073.61, plus 18,317.73 unencumbered balances. Major items include 345,000 for teachers payroll and 46,000 for officers and janitors, with careful notes on free textbooks and library funding amid anticipated needs for Jefferson Junior High and library requirements due to district accreditation standards.
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Elyria
Elyria City
S. Rockwood
Rockwood
Urge Slowing Up Delinquent Tax Drive
County Commissioners Edward DeChant and John E Davidson urged slowing the delinquent tax foreclosure drive to cut costs this year and give taxpayers a breathing spell. They said pushing the foreclosure at the current rate would cost about $20,000, more than the county can spare without harming operating funds, as budgeted figures fall short by about $7,000 for the year.
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Edward DeChant
John E. Davidson
Davidson
DeCham
Nine Dollars Stolen From Ely School Cabinet
The theft of about $9 from a metal cabinet in the Ely School office was reported to police. Lieut. Detective Lloyd Sweer said there was no sign of break in, suggesting the thief entered during a basketball game and left after the crowd dispersed.
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Ely School
Lloyd Sweer
Policy on Illness Absences For Elyria Teachers Adopted
The Elyria City Board of Education adopted a new policy last night at a special meeting. Teachers and other contract employees will receive full pay for up to 10 illness days a year with accumulations to 30 days over three years. Funeral leave totals three days yearly with full pay. Over three days, a physician certificate is required. The policy takes effect January 1 but covers the current school year. Estimated annual cost rises to about $1,500.
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Elyria City
R. C. Maston
Ohio
Annual Meeting At St. Pauls Church
St Pauls church held its annual congregational meeting last evening after a fellowship supper at 6 43. About 150 attended. Pastor Rev Ernst Irion and council officers presented reports. Henry Pallas Henry Manne M P Gerke and A C Wockenfuss were elected to three year terms on the council. President Karl Klein presided and showed the congregation a prosperous condition.
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St. Paul's Church
Ernst Irion
Henry Pallas
Henry Manne
M. P, Gerke
A. C. Wockenfuss
Karl Klein
Megan
Ion
Roosevelt convenes talks with utility chiefs and industrial leaders
President Roosevelt will meet with public utility executives and major industrial leaders at the White House to discuss business conditions and cooperation with government. Attendees include A B West Daniel Green John Carpenter Alfred P Sloan Ernest Weir M W Clement Lewis Brown Colby Chester.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. B. West
Nevada-California Electric Corporation
Daniel C. Green
Central Service Corporation
Chicago
John Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Dallas
Tex
White House
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corp
Ernest P. Weir
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
M. W. Clement
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewis Brown
Johns- Manville Co
Colby Chester
General Foods Corps
National Association of Manufacturers
Representative National Industrial Leaders
Stephen T. Early
Blizzard Heads Toward Great Lakes From Saskatchewan
Chicago January 11 A blizzard driven by strong winds sweeps toward the North Central States from Saskatchewan Forecaster C A Donnell says the storm will reach the middle west tonight or tomorrow marking the 50th anniversary of the West's worst blizzard. Deaths numbered in the thousands in 1888 with over 1000 in the Dakotas. The current system centers over Alberta and Saskatchewan and already brings snow to the Northern Rockies upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Temperatures are expected to plunge further across the middle west.
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Chicago
Saskatchewan
U. S
C. A. Donnell
Middlewest
West
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Donnell
Alberta
Rockies
Mississippi
Missouri
Canadian
Great Lakes
Justice Cardozo Shows Slight Weakness, Physician Says
Washington report notes Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, 68, remains stable but a trifle weaker than last night per physician Dr. John Paul Earnest Jr. after a bedside visit. Doctors provided brief update on condition.
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Washington
Benjamin N. Cardozo
John Paul Earnest, Jr
Faw
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St. Andrew’s Church
Marie of
Roumania
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Ohio School Foundation
Massey Trust Fund
R C Maston
Jefferson
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Elyria High School
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Maston
Board of Education
St. Paul’s Church
Bulletin
Great Lakes Region
Justice Cardozo
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