Resignation of Councilman Paul Wainwright Stuns City
Councilman Paul Wainwright Republican of the sixth Ward tendered his resignation, accepted by the council. He cited business duties demanding time out of the city. Petitions to fill the vacancy were filed by Frank Spencer Jr Edward Krebs Albert C Wirtzen and Thomas Murray. The successor will be appointed at the next regular meeting.
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Paul Wainwright
Sixth
Wainwright
Coupe
Frank Spencer, Jr
Spruce Street
Edward Krebs
Albert C. Wirtzen
Foster Avenue
Thomas Murray
High Street
France Will Sacrifice Reparations Proportionally
Paris reports Premier Pierre Laval stating France will reduce reparations payments to Germany only as its creditors cut intergovernmental debts. He reaffirmed no waiver of reparations and linked arms policy to League of Nations guarantees while noting a two billion franc plan to develop resources and boost domestic markets.
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Paris
France
Germany
Pierre Leval
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
League of Nations
Laval
Hindenburg Increases Tariffs Under Emergency Powers
Berlin reports President Pagita von Hindenburg used emergency powers to raise tariffs on goods from countries off the gold standard and those lacking trade treaties with Germany. Under Article 48 the measures impose a sliding equalization duty on such products and a straight duty hike for nations without treaties or with higher tariffs.
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Berlin
Jan
Pagita
Fburg Usin
Germany
von Hindenburg
Ohio Weather Forecast Warns Warmer Clouds and Light Rain
Ohio forecast shows increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Light rain is likely in the extreme north, with an eastward drift bringing generally fair but colder conditions tonight followed by warmer, cloudier conditions and possible rain by Wednesday night.
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Ohio
TPR
Europe must work out own problems says Stimson
Washington reports that America will tell Europe to devise its own plans for the war debt issue. Secretary Stimson received a Paris summary from Ambassador Edge of Laval talks. Laval asked about extending the Hoover moratorium set to expire June 30.
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Washington
America
Europe
United Press
Stimson
Edge
Paris
Laval
United States
City Asked To Widen Rural Road Near Elyria
State highway survey on Route 20 widening from Elyria to the county line calls for widening the Abbe road to city limits section about 1000 feet eastward. City Engineer Powell estimates a $5000 cost, fundable from gasoline and auto tax. Lagron expects state work to begin early spring.
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State Highway Department
Cleveland Road
Elyria
Cuyahoga County
Council
Abbe Road
Cleveland
J. M. Powell
A. P. Lagron
Lagron
Pirates on Yangtze River Capture American Sailors
River pirates on the Yangtze, said to be Communists, seized American barge captain Charles Baker west of Hankow and held six Chinese crew. The American gunboat Oahu responded, as pirates shelled the steamer Chita on the Upper Yangtze, killing one Chinese sailor and wounding another, amid rising river traffic disruption.
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Peiping
Yangtze
Charles Baker
Hankow
Oahu
Economy to host Jackson Day banquet in Uhrichsville
Economy plans a Jackson Day banquet on Thursday night in Uhrichsville Ohio with a menu featuring mush and milk pork gravy beef corn pone jelly and buttermilk. Tickets cost 50 cents and a phonograph will provide music.
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Uhrichsville
Downtown Elyria traffic blamed on local business parking
City council members fault business people, lawyers and office workers for downtown parking woes. They say two hour limits and re-parking to dodge tickets clog spots, with some using alarm clocks. Proposals include 15 minute banking parking, right turn on red, and removing streetcar tracks pending federal action.
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Elyria
William Smith
W. D. Taylor
Carl Curtis
Leonard Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Koln
Banks Smith
Lodi
Broad Street
Council
Smith
Middle
Fourth Street
Cleveland Street
Kohn
American heiress visits New York after four years
Nanecy ethe cha, an American girl married to a former Maharajah of India valued at $30,000,000, arrived in New York today aboard the Conte Biancamano from Naples. She left immediately for Seattle to visit her relatives, marking her first trip home in four years.
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York
Nanecy
India
New York
Naples
Seattle
Wash
Railroads Offer Work Guarantee In Exchange For Wage Cut
Nine railroad presidents and 241 executives discuss a one year payroll reduction plan. Union leaders ask to guarantee total man hours worked as in 1920. If accepted, workers would accept a 10 percent wage cut to revive the industry.
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Chicago
Enicon
David B. Robertson
Council Deliberates Gas Rates Stay As Talks Continue
Elyria council, after receiving a letter from gas official I A Ludwig, plans to pause further talks and gather more data on gas pricing. Leonard Smith, council gas committee chair, presents the stance that rates should not rise during interim while Public Utilities Commission review proceeds.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Council
I. A. Ludwig
Leonard Smith
Public Utilities Commission
Elyria
Howard Butler
The
Utilities Commission
Mississippi Flood Relief Moves Under Way In Tallahatchie Basin
Jackson Mississippi January relief efforts expand as Gov Bilbo orders attorney general to assess National Guard needs and a legislative committee travels to the flood zone. A new break at Lambert in Quitman county worsens the Tippo basin flood covering 15000 more acres and depths up to 30 feet. About 2000 people remain marooned with little food as refuge camps form and towns Distal Highpoint Philip face abandonment. Belonzi and Greenwood home to 15000 residents are severely threatened as convicts assist levee crews.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
Tallahatchie River
Lambert
Quitman County
Distal
Highpoint
Philip
Belonzi
Greenwood
Three Oil Tanks Explode in Oklahoma City Tragedy
Explosion at the No. L Ashby well area of Scott and Co. near Oklahoma City kills EF. Russell and injures four others. Firemen fight flames as two workers Jessie Cox and Lee Hickam escape with minor injuries and George W. Davidson H. M. Bostwick suffer serious burns.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
No. L Ashby
Scott & Co
EF. Russell
Jessie Cox
Lee Hickam
George W. Davidson
H. M. Bostwick
Tragedy as Timber Collapses After Mine Blast
In Uhrichsville Ohio a timber loosened by a mine blast fired by Samuel Hart a 63 year old man toppled and crushed a worker, killing him instantly near the site.
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Uhrichsville
Samuel Hart
Here
Red Cross To Hold Annual Meeting
The Elyria chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting in the directors’ room at Lorain County Bank on January 28 at four o’clock. The announcement was made today by the secretary.
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Elyria
American Red Cross
Lorain County Bank
Six Men Die In Deep Pulaski Mine Blast
Bodies of six miners Frank Seffered Dewey Seffered Harvey Seffered Ernest Snead Foster Boyd and Artie Boyd were recovered after hours of rescue work in a Pulaski anthracite mine. Officials say the blast likely killed them instantly and the cause may remain unknown. The rest of the night shift emerged safely amid gas and debris.
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United Press
City Takes 11 Cases Before Grand Jury
Elyria mayor's court presents 11 cases to the grand jury signaling a record number for consideration. Five cases were slated for today with prosecutor Don Myers not stating how long the session would last.
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Elyria
Lloyd Sweet
Don Myers
Bloodshed Marks Louisiana Democratic Primary in Hammond
In Hammond Louisiana on January nineteenth a gun battle on a downtown street killed Elmer Dunningswan and wounded two others including Gates of Kentwood and Kinchen Bridges. Democrats began voting to nominate a successor to senator Huey P. Long and choose state officers amid Long’s political influence.
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Hammond
Louisiana
Elmer Dunningswan
Ned” Gates
Kentwood
Kinchen Bridges
Dunnington
Bates
Huey P. Long
Long
O. K. Allen
Dudley J. Leblanc
George S. Guion
Allen
County Officials Enforce 10 Percent Wage Cut
Ashtabula Ohio county commissioners announced they will stand by a decree for a 10 percent salary reduction for all county employees, despite protests from department heads. Chairman F O Green said they cannot set wages but can cut appropriations to save the county about $23000 in 1932.
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Ashtabula. O
F. O. Green
Battle to Save Nation's Food Supply From Insect War
Washington reports a dramatic push in a quarter-billion agriculture bill as experts describe a long war against pests and diseases threatening food supply. The gypsy moth, Japanese beetle, and other threats trigger funding and research efforts across the country, with New England and New York frontier battles shaping the outcome.
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Washington
Committee of the House
Department of Agriculture
Harvard University
France
Japan
Medford
Mass
Massachusetts
New England
New York State
Men and Ministers Hear Fellowship Rally at First Methodist
About 150 lay men and ministers from the county gathered in the First Methodist chapel for nearly three hours of fellowship. The program included songs led by J Powell Jones, prayers by Dr G A Reeder, recognitions of Brotherhood officers, carnations for ministers, and short addresses urging civic minded church action led by A M Keep.
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First Methodist Church
J. Powell Jones
G. A. Reeder
Wm. Joyce
Lorain
T. Reese
Delaware Avenue
First Church of
20Th Street Church of
Wellington
A. M. Keep
Union organizers reveal injuries from Lynch Kentucky attack
Joe Weber of Pittsburgh an organizer for the National Miners Union and Bill Duncan of Pineville Kentucky returned to Knoxville Tennessee reporting they were assaulted by men described as tied to the Harlan County authorities. They said they fled Lynch Kentucky after threats and spent days recovering in Appalachia Virginia. They were found in a Knoxville hotel today after missing since Friday night.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joe Weber
Pittsburgh
National Miners’ Union
Harlan County Law
Lynch, Ky
Weber
Bill Duncan
Pineville
Duncan
Appalachia
Colombia President Denies Mellon Oil Concessions Talk
A cablegram from President Olaya of Colombia told the U S House Judiciary Committee that Mellon never discussed oil concessions with him. The committee considered impeachment proceedings against Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Olaya
Colombia
House Judiciary Committee
House Calls for Thorough Inquiry Into Public Utility Firms
The House authorized a wide ranging investigation into public utility holding companies across sectors including radio, telephone and telegraph, aviation, pipelines, buses and other transportation and communication agencies.
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Washington
House
Hospital Open To Everyone Who Needs Care
Memorial hospital supt Frank Hoover told Elyria council the hospital is open to all in need and will not delay care over payment. He projected $6500 needed for six months, $32000 from Community Fund for uncollected accounts, and urged denial of abuse reports while council approved the $4500 indigent care appropriation under suspension of rules.
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Hoover
Council
Elyria
Frank Hoover
Memorial Hospital
Council Chamber
Edward Notley
Notley
Anna Kennedy
G. E. French
Leonard Smith
United States
Hoover announces Dawes to head finance corporation
President Hoover names Charles G. Dawes to lead the Two Billion Dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation with Eugene Meyer as chairman of the board. Secretary Stimson to head the Geneva Arms Conference delegation, while Dawes departs for Europe. Amb A Gibson to act as delegation chair.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Jan
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Great Britain
Stimson
Dawes
Eugene Meyer
Fed
Eral Reserve Board
The
Finance Corporation
General Dawes
New Construction Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Hoover
Pack of 12 police dogs captured near Detroit road
A dozen stray police dogs terrorizing farms in Eastern Lorain County near Detroit road were captured last night by Dog Warden Lee Minkler with Sheriff Clarence Adams and Deputy Bob Rodgers. The animals had killed poultry and rabbits and menaced hogs and cattle, found crowded under a barn and netted as they emerged.
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Lorain County
Detroit Road
Lee Minkler
Clarence Adams
Bob Rodgers
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