Heroic rescue of flood victims as blizzards trap travelers
Heroism and sacrifice by rescue workers mark a bleak day across central and western America. Hundreds of men in at least a score of parties battled snow bound canyons to reach missing people and marooned travelers. Kip Rhinelander and three companions were saved near Las Vegas Nevada after a week of isolation in Campbell Park. The party, led by District Attorney Harley Harmon and Postmaster Robert Griffith, endured deep drifts before rescue.
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Chicago
Central
America
Kip Rhinelander
Las Vegas
Nev
Campbell Park Mountain
Harley Harmon
Robert Griffith
Rhinelander
Mike Mahlan
Jay Simmons
Pat Rooney
Ohio floods recede after cold wave hits state
A northwest cold spell slowed rising Ohio rivers as floods eased across the state. Massillon, Strasburg, Ottawa and tiems saw water recede, though towns remained isolated and emergency rescues occurred. Families were marooned on upper floors as the Blanchard and other rivers breached banks.
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Tuscarawas
Coshocton
Strasburg
Ottawa
Blanchard Ro
Maumee
Cies
Harry Becker
Dixie Tane
Columbus Grove
Cascade Park floods as Black River roars over wrecked trails
Elyria Chronicle Telegram staff photographer captured Cascade Park in chaos after an ice storm and current floods. Water pours over the auto trail and tennis courts, with muddy pool water from southern farms. A large tree trunk washed downstream hints at Niagara Falls like spray near Washington Avenue bridge.
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Elyria
Cascade Park
Chronicle-Telegram
Ladi
Biack
Washington Avenue
Niagara Falls
Unemployment Protest Violence in Hartmannsdorf
Three died and twenty were wounded in an unemployment demonstration in Hartmannsdorf Saxony as about 1000 protesters clashed with police. Thirty officers fired pistols, while several officers were injured by thrown stones.
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Hartmannsdorf
Saxony
Dan
Thrree
Lorain County Farm Bureau Honors 125 Members at Annual Meeting
About 125 Lorain County Farm Bureau members will be honored at the annual meeting Saturday at the First M. E. Church for 10 or more years of membership. Morning session begins at 9:45 with button presentations, treasurer and Grange reports. Governor Myers Cooper will headline the afternoon with an address, followed by Extension reports and officer elections.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
Bureau
M. IE
Grange
Myers ¥. Cooper
County Agricultural Extension Agenta
France seeks larger navy than Italy at five-power talks
France plans to argue for a bigger navy than Italy at the five power conference. The ministry of marine prepared statistics on coastlines sea lines and overseas empire to support higher French naval requirements. French delegates will push for each nation to state its minimum needs based on coastline length and related factors.
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France
Italy
Ministry of Marine
Quat d- Orsay
United States
Great Britain
London
Reichsbank Chief Accepts Revision At Hague
Dr Wialmar Schecht president of the Reichsbank today accepted the revised protocol from The Hague reparations conference. It requires the Reichsbank to participate in the Bank of International Settlements.
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Reichsbank
Hague
Wialmar Schecht
Bank of International Settlements
Five Indicted Over Textile Riot Fatality in Gastonia
Jan 15 four men and ten others were involved in the textile strike riot at Gastonia. Five of fourteen men held were indicted before the Gaston County Grand Jury for the fatal shooting of Ella May Wiggins. Indicted were Fred Morrow, Troy Jones, O H Tanisford, Lowry Davis and Tarncer Wheeler. The shooter among them was identified. nine others were freed.
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Gastonia
N.C
Ella May Wiggins
Vic
Gaston County Grand Jury
Fred Morrow
Troy Jones
O. H. Tanisford
Lowry Davis
Tarncer Wheeler
Botrod
Crew of Coast Guard Boat Exonerated
Providence county grand jury clears the crew of the coast guard patrol boat CU-290 of responsibility in the Black Du rum killings after 17 witnesses, including Charles R. Travers of Fairhaven Massachusetts, testified. verdict delivered last night.
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Providence, R. 1
Coast Guard
CU-290
Providence County Grand Jury
Charles R. Travers
Fairhaven
Mass
Black du
Mo Dill
Flexible U S Program at Naval Meet in London
Arrival of the George Washington in Plymouth sets the stage for a naval conference in London. Henry L. Stimson leads the U S delegation as discussions begin on postwar tonnage limits and broader League of Nations questions. France seeks a two point approach with possible compromise while American delegates push for flexible, action oriented talks without signaling concessions.
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George Washington
Plymouth
Delet Tower Naval Conference
London
Cretarys
Henry L. Stimson
United States
France
Andrew Tardi
League of
British battleship Ramillies runs aground at Malta
The British battleship Ramillies, a 25,750 ton Royal Sovereign class vessel completed in 1917, grounded today at Fort Santo Angelo near the Customs House in Valletta. She carries eight detach pins and twelve 6 inch guns and is 480 feet long.
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Malta
Fort Santo Angelo
Customs House
Ohio Motorists Pay 38 Millions In Taxes
Ohio motorists paid a gasoline tax of 3547 in 1929, State Auditor Tracy announced. Increase of about 8,000,000 over 1928 suggests over 88,000,000 expected this year. Gasoline consumption up 12 percent since 1927. Motors paying four cents a gallon in tax.
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Ohio
Columbus
Pan
Joseph TL Tracy
Tracy
Elyria Odd Fellows Install Officers in District Lodge
Officers of the Elyria Lodge of Odd Fellows were installed last night with over a dozen attendees. New Noble Grand James Renouard and other officers were named. a district report noted a substantial membership increase and next month’s Grant Assembly in Columbus. The lodge plans the first degree ceremony next Tuesday evening.
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Elyria Ladg
Odd Fellows
James Renouard
Noble
Thomas Robson
HW. Gannett
W. H. van Oster
T. Waitewarden
A. Bryden
Stock
BE. T. Brecknock
RR. Rydlehart
Karl Leh
Cerg
F Pr. Lumimel
O. Co. Strohl
W. M. Smith
Ed. Whitehead
C. M. Williams
W. D. Smith
Hummel
Grant
Columbus
James Kenouard
Everning
Elyria Legion Home Opening Confirmed In Lorain County
Local Post 12 announces a public open house this Sunday at the new Elyria Legion home on Charnes Avenue. Immediate plans include a campaign to reach 509 members, gifts to the post, and a March 1 anniversary banquet in Port Clinton with state and local dignitaries.
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Post
Charnes A
Elyria
Lasion
Ohio
Louvel Legion
Bo 'Min
Legion
Garl Wolf
A. RK. Agate
Terion
Elyria Post
Myers Y. Cooper
Wigria Post
Dear Tierzog
Lorain County
A. L. Garford
Iyoria Post
National Legion
Port Clinton
Dudley White
Norwalk
Frazier Rehnes
Mran Doyle
Lawrence and
Solon
Mrr. Williams
Wellington
Grand Army of the Republic
Wiliams
Wlyria
Rorain
Avon
Amherst
South Amherst
Oberlin
Legion Post
Day Symons
Legion Home
Washington
Legis
A. J Lehman
Walter Brenail
Te Huffman
Jerry Persnson
Nichols
Jer
A. R. Agate
Carl Wolf
Alva Smith
American Legion
Edgar Terzog
5. C
Soldier's Relief Commission
Flood Waters Threaten Vincennes and Indiana Farmlands
The Wabash River surged toward Vincennes Indiana threatening levees as 1928 flood levels were feared to be exceeded. Residents evacuate while Red Cross volunteers police and guardsmen rush relief efforts with docks and highways cut off by rising waters.
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Nes
Ind
Soutiern Indiana
Wabash
Lew
Vince
Knox County
Vincennes
Red Cross
J. W. Kimmerl
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Shawneetown
Terre Haute
Jarville
Nih? and Tacdar
T. HW
Cliyton
White River
Bedford
Polots
Mississippi Valley
Federal Prohibition Chief in Toledo Is Fired
Toledo January 16 With Ian A Appleman chief of the federal Prohibition forces here for three years and three of the five captains who served under him were dismissed from government service today The action follows a civil service exam outcome though names and exact reasons remain unclear Frank Clyde Traines and Ruggle Haines were among those released Haines had been transferred from Indiana four months earlier and had passed examinations and expects to apply for reinstatement
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Toledo
Ian A. Appleman
Tim
Frank Clyde Traines
Ruggle Haines
Talede
Indiana
New Trial Asked Over Lorain Manslaughter Verdict
Three Lorain jurors are accused of misconduct in the trial of William May, with affidavits alleging prejudice before deliberations. Allegations name Blanche GeMeiner Frank Norcross and Charles Heeps for statements and overheard conversations suggesting bias and improper influence on the jury.
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William May
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
May
W. B. Thompson
Blanche GeMeiner
Frank Norcross
Charles BK. Heeps
GeMeiner
Norcross
Whitlam
W. J. Clark
Heeps
Imaemuch
Willian May
Charles F. Adams
Richard Horan
Coonsel
Frances Leser
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Tuskcarawas
Massillon
Gibraltar
Wnrichetta
Agibraltar
Marichetta
Frange
NAVAL
FED. Radio Commission
Federal Radio Commission
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Senate Inter-State Commerce
Road Exposition Service
John N. Bidt
Jack Powell
Atlantic City
Office
Cage
Lake Ye
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