Nine Perish In Snowdrifts In The West
Nine people died and at least 19 feared lost as arctic weather swept Western states. Snowbound yak herders near Pleasant Valley Nevada and Mack Reese of Dillon Montana were reported missing amid extreme cold and 22 below zero. Schools closed to curb influenza in California's San Joaquin Valley as record low temperatures spread, with Meacham Oregon at 44 below and Tule Lake 21 below. Frost threat hit Southern California citrus and Yuma Arizona saw a rare snow storm.
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Pleasant Valley
Nevada
Fay
Mack Reese
Dillon
Mont
Reese
San Joaquin Valley
California
Weather Bureau
Meacham
Oregon
Bieber
Cal
Oregon Line
Tule Lake
Soda Springs
Sierra Nevada
San Francisco
Utah
Montana
Yuma
Ariz
Rain and cold snap hit Ohio and Midwest soon
Weather bulletin notes a storm moved from eastern Kansas toward the Lake region, bringing heavy rains east of the Mississippi, along with snow in the Missouri valley. Temperatures fall across the upper Mississippi valley with unsettled conditions expected for the next 36 hours. Ohio rivers rise with flooding in southern lowlands.
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Ohio
Kansas
Lake Region
Cochrane
Ontario
Mississippi River
Plains
Missouri Valley
Middle Plain
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Grand Jurors Return 14 Indictments
In a fast one day session grand jurors returned 14 indictments, two secret. Names will not be revealed until arrests. Top charges include burglary against four Cleveland youths at a Oberlin road station and robbery against Frank Varone of Cleveland. Other indictments cover theft, war support, and concealed weapons.
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William F. Grall
Cleveland
Matt Gardner
Oberlin,road
Charles Presti
Jack Bruno
Anthony Tanno
Nick Germano
Frank Varone
William Case
Columbia Township
Varone
Edward Szmania
Frank Hajtinger
Grafton
Larson
Harry Halderman
Chicago
Obe
Ang
Fined $100 For Permitting Gambling at 400 Club
After a Saturday night raid by Sheriff Grall and deputies, the 400 Club on Oberlin avenue near Lorain was closed. Joe Guserou, named proprietor, pleaded to a charge of permitting gambling and was fined $100 plus costs totaling $107, with the seized money to be applied to the fine. The two confiscated slot machines were to be destroyed and their contents turned over to the club operator, while the jackpot debate and disposition of the remaining proceeds were unresolved.
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William F. Grall
Oberlin Avenue
Lorain
Joe Guserou
Guserou
Justice of the Peace
Preston Coon
Pope Suffering Intense Pain Forces Pause in Audiences
Vatican officials report Pope Pius the XII endured severe neuritic pain in both legs last night and this morning causing a temporary suspension of audiences. The pope was said to be almost sleepless due to the recurring pain as officials provided the update from Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Mrs Roosevelt Greets 4000 At Public Functions
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to more than four thousand people over sixteen hours of public duties in Washington. She planned a "normal" day with a Molly Dewson round-up, a luncheon hosted by Mrs Henry Morgenthau Jr., and meetings with various guests while continuing her syndicated column. Her mother, Mrs James Roosevelt, accompanied her and notably chatted with guests, adding to the day’s bustle.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Molly Dewson
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
White House
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
United States
Columa
Roosevelt backs reciprocal trade authority to aid world peace
President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend the presidential reciprocal trade authority in a letter to Robert L. Coughton as hearings began on a resolution to renew the program. He defended the trade policy as a means to lasting global peace.
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U. P
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert L. Coughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Benoit pleads not guilty in trooper murder case
Aleida Benoit a 24 year old parolee known as Frenchy pleaded not guilty today in Monroe municipal court to first degree murder in the shooting of State Trooper Richards Hammond. After waiving preliminary examination he was ordered held for Circuit Court trial next month. He was captured about 15 hours after the trooper’s body was found handcuffed to a rural mailbox and returned to Monroe County Jail without bond.
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Monroe, Mich
Aleida (Frenchy) Benoit
Richards Hammond
John Faucher
Benoit
Monroe
Chrysler Plants To Shut Down Tonight
Detroit bulletin notes say Chrysler will shut all four divisions from tonight through Monday due to glass shortages. About 39,000 production workers affected. five days of work this week postponed while new glass shipments expected tomorrow and Saturday to resume full production next week.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler
Railroaders To Ask Pay Increases
In Chicago on January 21 five railroad brotherhoods with a combined 300000 members prepared wage increase demands. If granted the raise would cost U S railroads about 116000000 annually. The "big five" groups engineers conductors switchmen train men firemen and enginemen formed a united front after ten days of negotiations that at times seemed deadlocked.
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Chicago
Portsmouth Faces Serious Flood
The Ohio and Scioto rivers threaten Portsmouth Ohio as they rise toward the city wall. River men predict the wall may be overtopped late Friday forcing about 3000 families to evacuate their homes.
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Portsmouth. O
Ohio
Scioto
Portsmouth
Sit Down Strikers Bar to Parley in GM Strike
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said the main obstacle to resuming direct peace talks in the General Motors strike is the continued occupation of GM plants by sit down strikers.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
General Motors
French Cabinet Granted Six Month Powers Over Volunteering Crisis
Paris January 21 The Senate approved the government's program to stem the flow of French volunteers into Spain. The cabinet will receive blanket powers for six months to address the problem.
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Paris
Senate
Spain
Residents On Island Pray For Rescue
Flood waters on Allen's Island in the St. Francis river threaten the 50 residents still on roofs and crude buildings. Army engineers ready 15 boats to evacuate at dawn as guards patrol levees across sw Missouri and northern Arkansas to deter tampering. Big Lake Arkansas area braces as sandbagging workforce expects a two foot rise.
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Kennett
Allen’s Island
St. Francis
Army
Army Engineers River Service
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Big Lake
Social Reforms Face Court And Congress In New Deal Era
President Roosevelt presses a second New Deal urging aid for the ill housed ill clothed and ill nourished while Congress debates labor standards unemployment relief housing and power measures. The Supreme Court looms with cases on the Wagner Act and state wage laws as February arguments approach and a ruling is anticipated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
America
Washington State
New York
Judge Weygandt to Speak at Elyria Dinner Feb 22
Judge Carl V. Weygandt chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court will address the Federated Men's Clubs of Elyria at their annual dinner February 22. The event at First Congregational church draws members from 10 Elyria churches and typically attracts a large crowd, following last year’s turnout of about 350 at First M.E. church when John W. Bricker spoke.
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Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Federated Men’s Clubs of
Elyria
First Congregational Church
M.E
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Two Ships Sink in Baltic. German Welle Sunk with All Hands
Berlin reports the naval experimental ship Welle sank in the Baltic east of Kiel with about 20 crew plus the commander Lieut. E. Bohne ng. It foundered in a snow storm while aiding the schooner Dubnen and steamer Fairplay near Fehmarn. Minesweeper 126 helped the two vessels to safety. In Norway, twenty six crew members of the Finnish steamer Savonmaa are believed drowned after grounding near Songvaar during a hurricane. wreckage found near Kristiansand.
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Berlin
Welle
Baltic Sea
Kiel
Lieut
E. Boehnng
Dubnen
Fairplay
Fehmarn
Oslo
Kristiansand
Norway
Songvaar
Duke Of Windsor Skids In Vienna Car Crash
In Enzesfeld Austria on January 21 the Duke of Windsor was involved in a minor collision on an icy Vienna street. After the crash the duke, unshaken, took the wheel from his shaken chauffeur and drove the car 25 miles back to Enzesfeld. The right front mudguard and radiator were damaged. The duke had attended a cocktail party at the British Embassy in Vienna.
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Enzesfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Vienna
Will Take Bids On Two New Lake Freighters
In Cleveland Ohio on January 21 bids will be received for two new lake freighters for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co announced by U S Steel officials in New York. Ships to serve the ore trade will exceed 12009 tons each and the Pittsburgh fleet stands at 73 ships with only two new acquisitions since 1929.
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Cleveland,o
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
U. S. Steel Co
New York
Pittsburh Steamship Co
Flood Devastates Ohio Valley, Displacing Thousands
Evansville reports a catastrophic Ohio River flood with ten thousand five hundred homeless across Indiana Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Illinois Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee. Eight dead and numerous missing as levees fail and bridges highways and homes are destroyed. Red Cross shelters CCC WPA workers and volunteers rush sandbags and hay to fortify smaller levees while rescue boats and rail lines support relief efforts.
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Evansville
Ind
Red Cross
Ohio River
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Cincinnati
U. S
W. C. Devereau
Louisville
Hazelton
White River
CCC
WPA
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Portsmouth
Vincennes
Cairo
Portsmorth
Louisville and Nashville
Tllinois Central Railways
Ohio River Rising Flood Swamps Cincinnati and Towns
The Ohio River rose rapidly to 63.5 feet by 10 am in Cincinnati, threatening a crest above 66 feet. The Little Miami River backed up, flooding Lunken Airport and isolating eastern county areas. Louisville and Ripley warehouses faced inundation, with 350 families evacuated.
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Cincinnati
Miami
Ohio
Lunken
Ripley, O
Louisville
Pittsburgh Faces Crest At Five Feet Above Flood Stage
Western Pennsylvania rivers surged to forecast peaks unseen since last March. The weather bureau projected a Pittsburgh crest around 30 feet, five feet above flood stage, with the Ohio at 23.7 feet early this morning and rising. Evacuations began as lowland residents prepared while businesses reinforced flood barriers in the Allegheny and Monongahela basins. The Monongahela and Allegheny were expected to crest in the afternoon and late afternoon respectively near Pittsburgh’s golden triangle.
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Pittsburgh
Gpp
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Monogahela
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Monongahela
Johnstown
Stony Creek
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Golden Triangle
Great Ohio
Court Rules In Lorain Bank Case
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to stop the transfer of 434000 from People's Savings Bank of Lorain to Cleveland Trust Co. Bank, liquidating under supervision, had been authorized to pay to cover losses amid Lorain County cases. The ruling also refs other Lorain matters including Roessier contract claim and a deed dispute involving Webg and inherited properties.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
State Banking Department
People’s Savings Bank
Lorain
Cleveland Trust Co
Lorain Bank
Sophie Arndt
Supreme Court
Lorain County
A.C. Roessier
Romeo Pump Co
Fower
Louis J
Jean Hetaler
Conrad Webgand
Cnerts
Ter Weigand Im Gydag
Dream Shop
Lerela
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Newport
Pope
Mrs. Roosevelt
Judge Weygandt
Ironton
West End
Pomeroy, O
Main Street
Kanawha
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