Ohio River Floods Rise Steady In Cincinnati
Ohio River spills over banks in Cincinnati with forecast highs in the Ohio Valley. Officials predict crests near 58 or 59 feet by Tuesday or Wednesday while warnings spread from Pittsburgh to Cairo. Rainfall over the weekend averaged roughly one inch. Tributaries swell as Marietta reports 54.1 feet and forecasters warn of riverfront flooding and impacted businesses.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Marietta
Ohio
River
W.C. Devereaux
U.S
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Muskintum
Miami
Kentucky
R. P. Powell
Flood Threat Grows As Rain Spreads Across Mid states
Rain threatens the most dangerous winter floods since 1927 across Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Missouri as refugees endure makeshift shelters. National Guardsmen patrol and WPA workers assist as levees are reinforced against rising rivers in Missouri Illinois and Ohio. Four more National Guardsmen are summoned to plug gaps with sand bags while warnings persist of more rain inland.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Red Cross
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
WPA
National
St. Francis River
St. Francis
Ark
Cardwell
Kennett
Weather Ohio: Fair tonight and Tuesday with colder turn
The forecast notes generally fair conditions in Ohio tonight and Tuesday. A sharp drop in temperatures brings much colder air tonight and through Tuesday, with continued cold conditions outlook.
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Ohio
Zilch Elected President of County Board
Lorain County Board of Education reorganized naming Werner Zilch Amherst as president for 1937 and William A. Schmittgen Ridgeville Township as vice president. Absent were Zilch and Hadaway. Mason, Schmittgen, and Cotton formed a quorum. The board set monthly meetings for 2 pm on the first Monday.
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Werner Zilch
Amherst
Lorain County Board of Education
A. D. Mason
William A. Schmittgen
Ridgeville Township
General Industries Company
Zilch
Columbus
Walter Hadaway
Carlisle Township
Virginia
Mason, Schmittgen
E. F. Cotton
Grafton Man Injured in Road Collision
John Carlson of Grafton suffered a head laceration around noon today after the car he drove collided on La Grange Penfield road with a machine operated by Harold Duffy of West Salem. Deputy sheriffs reported the collision occurred three miles south of La Grange.
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John Carlson
Grafton
Harold Duffy
West Salem
la Grange Penfield
la Grange
Death claims one of Eaton Township's oldest residents
Mrs. Alice L. Giles 83, longtime Eaton Township resident since age eight, died at home after a lingering illness. She was born February 13, 1854 in Berea Ohio and married William H. Giles October 8, 1871, celebrating their 65th anniversary last year. Survived by husband three children Stella Longbon Arthur E. Giles and Cora G. Ross three grandchildren and siblings C W Stebbins and Nettie Rogers. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at North Eaton Church of Christ, Rev Archie Stevenson and Rev fy A Escher officiating. Burial in Butternut Ridge Cemetery. Body at home. friends may call.
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Eaton Township
Alice L. Giles
Giles
William H. Giles
Berea
Ohio
North Eaton
Ladies Aid Society
Cleveland
North Eaton Church of Christ
Archie Stevenson
Fy. A. Escher
Butternut Ridge
Kidnaping Case Leads Police Across Pacific Northwest
Federal, state, and city police chase every lead in the Charles Mattson kidnap murder case. Suspects include a disgruntled WPA worker described as bearded and swarthy, last seen near Everett where the victim was abandoned and a pit investigated. Authorities also probe Lee Haskell Fowler and question Ruth Graham and Wachtang Tavdsuidkze amid arrests and held incommunicado.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
WPA
Everett
Charles
W. W. Mattson
Young Mattson
FBI
Lee Haskell Fowler
Bellingham
Ruth Graham
Wachtang Tavdsuidkze
Tavdguidkze
John Miller
Seattle Detective Force
Seattle
Tardguidkze
Graham
Rotarians Hear W R U Grid Coach Bill Edwards
Western Reserve University football coach Bill Edwards will address the Elsria Rotary Club at noon Tuesday at the Elks Restaurant. Roy B. Ciimer will lead the program and Edwards will present motion pictures of Reserve versus West Virginia and other games. The district reports 49 clubs back dividing the district into two, likely effective July 1, with Elyria one of 20 clubs voting against.
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Bill Edwards
Western Reserve University
Elsria
Elyria
Man Dies In Effort To Save Four Persons
LAS VEGAS NEV Jan 19 Three women a man two cats and a dog were snowbound for 22 days in a car. A male companion froze to death while trying to save them. Another man battled a blizzard for 22 hours as the others huddled in the snow covered auto. Miller volunteered to seek help but was killed by the second blizzard. Poe then set out to reach a distant cabin, knowing two days meant life or death for the group.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Lee Prettyman
Yucca Pass
Fred Miller
Miller
Bob Smith
Poe
Auto Strike Talks Falter as Flint Plants Sit
Detroit dispatch reports zero hour negotiations between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers collapsed. Homer Martin accuses GM of bad faith for reopening the Cadillac plant and baring picketing at Guide Lamp. Union cites GM breach for not removing sit down strikers from Flint plants by 11 A.M. and vows to stay until a settlement is reached. Gov. Murphy stays in Detroit as talks stall.
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U. P
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Martin
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Flint
Cadillac
Anderson
Ind
United Presa
Mich
Fisher
Inauguration Day Foretold for Roosevelt in Washington
Advance guard of a vast crowd converges on Washington for Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inauguration. The date moves to January 20 under the 20th Amendment, with Vice President Garner to take oath outdoors on the Capitol east front. Chief Justice Hughes will administer the presidential oath amid tensions over constitutional interpretation.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Congress
Charles Evans Hughes
Mr. Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
House
Auto skids and tips over in deep Lorain ditch
Mrs. Mary Bibby, 78, of 427 Cleveland street, was killed instantly when a car carrying four others skidded and tipped into a four foot ditch on Oberlin avenue near 30th street as a man walked along the road. Mrs. Warner sustained a fractured right arm. three others, including a 15 year old granddaughter and a 3 year old, were unhurt or not seriously hurt. The party had been with Dr. S. C. Ward, coroner, and were returning to Elyda from his home. Mrs. Bibby, from Brooklyn six months, is survived by two sons in New Jersey.
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Brownhelm Township
Amherst
Amherst Village
Lorain County
Parent-Teacher Associations
Schmittgen
J. E. Davidson
Avon
Stop 73
Cleveland Road
Ridgeville Township
Grafton
Belden
C. A. Gibbens
Gibbens
Mary Bibby
Cleveland Street
R. H. Walton
East River Street
Oberlin
30Th Street
Lorain
Marseilles Avenue
Joan Baker
Warner
Margaret Walton
Eight Ohio Highway Fatalities From Torrential Rains
United Press reports eight people died in Ohio over the weekend as storms and a freeze caused dangerous driving. Four deaths occurred when cars plunged into swollen streams. one wreck near Lisbon sent three men over an embankment into Beaver Creek. Herbert McBride, 60, and Hugh Reed, 42, were among the victims.
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United Press
Ohio
Lisbon
Beaver Creek
Herbert McBride
Hugh Reed
Elyria Teacher Dies Suddenly After 19 Years of Service
Elvira Taft Lee 45 longtime Elyria second grade teacher died suddenly Sunday at home 137 Pasadena Avenue. She taught at Garford School since 1918 and enjoyed Saturday theatre with husband Clair M. Lee. Survived by husband son Robert E. Lee father E L Taft of Wauseon and three sisters. Funeral set for Tuesday at Nichols Funeral Home and Wauseon home with Dr E J Bond officiating.
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Elvira Taft Lee
Elyria
Pasadena Avenue
Garford School
Clair M. Lee
Wauseon
Ohio
E. J. Bond
M. E
Nichols Funeral Home
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