Cold Wave 10 Sweep Plains As Midwest Hit By Blizzard
The weather bureau warned a cold wave would sweep Ohio tonight bringing sharp temperature drops and snow flurries. Northern Ohio cities faced ice coated streets and stalled interurban cars while Akron passengers slept on trains. In the Midwest a blizzard closed highways and rail lines with subzero readings across Iowa, Colorado, and Montana, and a sixteen inch snow cover in Iowa.
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Columbus
Menara
Ohijo
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Akron
Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Colorado
Montana
Government Weather Bureau
Battle at Elyria Water Works Plant Causes Ice Blockage
Engineers battled needle ice forming in the intake pipe at Elyria Water Works yesterday. Ice delayed water flow for nineteen hours before releasing at dawn. Back pressure and high flow attempts moved 50,000 gallons to ease the congestion while officials say a larger intake will soon be needed to meet rising demand.
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Needle Fee
Elyria
Nature
John N. Eidt
Eilat
Eidt
Anti-Saloon League Leader Must Serve 60 Days Sentence
Indianapolis January 25 Federal Judge Baltzell remanded Rev F E Shumaker long time Anti-Saloon League superintendent to Indiana state farm for contempt of the State Supreme Court. He faces a sixty day sentence to be served on the state farm.
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Anti-Saloon League
Indianapolis
Tod
Robert C. Baltzell Lodar
Rev. FE. &. Shumaker
Ndiamna Anti-Saloon League
State Supreme Court
Tao
Inliana State Farm
High school delegation to Billy Sunday rally attends tonight
Elyrion High School students, one of the largest delegations, attend the Billy Sunday meetings in a reserved social section. The event features a high school rally atmosphere with the school band performing and cheerleaders leading students from all grades.
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Elyrion High School
Tey
Sleet coats county with icy coat and fatalities
Sleet covered streets and trees as sheriffs described driving as perilous yet no accident calls were reported. Ice disabled interurban streetcars causing delays while a man named Louis Papp, 32, died after a fall on ice and six others were hospitalized with injuries from the icy conditions in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Louis Papp
Local Coaster Injury On Icy Street Collision
Elsha reports a six year old, Mickey Kopcar of 129 Elbe Street, fractured skull after a truck hit him while playing on an icy street corner at Huron and Elbe. The truck driver Tony Malik of 154 Woodfern Avenue transported the boy to Memorial Hospital. exams found facial lacerations and a skull fracture, but he was not considered critical. Police released the driver.
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Elsha
Mickey Kopcar
Elbe Street
Mickey
Huron
Elbe
Tony Malik
Woodfern Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Malik
Two Hurt When Auto Goes Over Embankment
Atty Richard Horan and ex Rene Finegan of Elsha were badly bruised Wednesday night when their automobile went over a steep embankment near Ashland and pitched into icy water. Neither was seriously injured. doctors treated their bruises before they returned to Elyria.
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Atty
Richard Horan
Exrene Finegan
Elsha
Ashland
Elyria
Sunday Attacks Modern Creeds in Icebound Sermon
More than three thousand people attended Rev. William Sunday’s evening sermon “Timid Woman” amid ice and sleet. He condemned modern creeds and theology while praising Christianity as mankind’s greatest boon, urging faith in the Bible and Jesus Christ.
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William
Billy) Sunday
Earth
Sunday Preaches Pointed at Amos on Go05 Arrow
Rev. William A. Sunday delivered a forceful sermon titled Gods Arrow condemning vice. A sizable audience heard him urge a wartime stand for purity decency and social reform. He praised militant faith and cited Martin Luther’s defiant stance as a model for fervent religious action.
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Amon
William A
Billy
Gardner
Winnipeg
Africa
Jesus Christ
Martin Luther
Martin
Two Victims Unidentified In Bellevue Chagh Crash
Bellevue O Jan 25 Two bodies a negro woman and a white man among 19 victims of the grade crossing crash remained unidentified today. Three were identified yesterday William Rinke Bun nell Fla T A Rodat Flint Mich and Louis Wells Homestead Pa Officials of Lake Shore Electric and adjacent railroads will appear before the Utilities Commission Feb 4 to justify safety measures Coroner Inquest set for Feb 5 and a two day proceeding likely.
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Bellevue
William Rinke
Bunnell
Fla
T. A. Rodat
Flint
Michigan
Louis Wells
Homestead
Lake Shore
State Utilities Commission
Electric Line
New York Central
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
The
Utilities Commission
C. L. Bell
E. G. Martin
Bellevue Hospital
A. W. van Valkenberg
Green Springs
van Valkenberg
Russell Mack
Albion
Mich
Lst
Billy Sunday sermon warns Elyria of coming upheaval
The speaker claims a dramatic event will shake devils in hell and mocks scientists for unknowns about hatch times. He asserts no compromise with evil and likens theology to botany, arguing true faith remains unchanged despite new theories.
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Elyria
Hell
Despondent Man Hangs Self in Youngstown Home
Frank Sopcayk, 45, of Youngstown Ohio, ended his life by hanging after a family dispute left him despondent. Police report he drove his family away earlier and then took his own life in his residence on January 25.
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Youngstown, CO
Frank Sopcayk
Detroit stirred by Wood case headline shifts focus
Ralph A. Wood, alleged intended victim in an estranged wife Grace Wood and Cecil Holt, a state witness, were charged with complicity in a December Sturgis National Bank robbery. Five men escaped with 15000 in cash and 69009 in securities. Identification came as they met with prosecutors. Wood has one arm mirroring a robber. Holt described as the bandit who seized the money. Mrs Wood faces 50000 bail and a forthcoming assault to kill exam. sensational developments expected next week.
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Detroit
Ralph A. Wood
Grace Wood
Cecil Holt
Wood
Miss Crztno
Holt
Tragedy Culminates in Fatal Family Firearm Tragedy
In Lorain and Akron reports, George Thomas, 30, shot and killed his four year old son Robert, wounded his two year old daughter, gouged out his wife Helen Thomas’s eyes, and then killed himself. Helen, 22, is believed permanently blind. The couple’s bitter quarrel since their 1922 Lorain marriage is noted. Mrs. Thomas, a Firestone employee, recounted abuse before the attack. Robert died in his mother's arms. Rose, the infant, lay critically injured. Helen was found by a neighbor and taken to a hospital. The scene ended with detectives securing the home as Thomas died hours later.
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Lorain, CO
Helen Thomas
George Thomas
Akron
Lorain
Thomas
John F. Cregeur
Hamilton Avenue
Cregeur
National Tube Company
Marsailles
France
Robert
Rose
Helen
B. ¥. Goodrich Rubber Company
Firestone
Elyria Schools See Rise in Second Semester Enrollment
Elyria schools expect about 160 more students in the second semester based on Maston estimates. About 225 children will enter school for the first time, including kindergarten and first grade entrants. An extra classroom at Garford and another teacher will be needed to handle the increase, with only one vacant room remaining in Hamilton. Birth certificates will be required for entering students.
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Elyria
R. C. Maston
Maston
Garford
Hamilton
226 Bills Introduced As Ohio Legislature Adjourns Week Three
In Columbus on January 25 the 112th General Assembly closed its third week after completing major acts on partial appropriations and highway relief. A total of 226 bills have been introduced, with the House submitting 134. The assembly will reconvene Monday night.
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Columbus
Ssth General Assembly
House
Assembly
Daring leap fatal to parachute jumper
Hollywood, Jan. 25. Liza Belle Wichart, 22, a stunt parachute jumper, died after leaping from a speeding biplane during the filming of Winged Horsemen. She completed 140 parachute jumps and fell 3,000 feet when her chute failed to open. Universal Pictures officials said she had a small part and denied she was doubling Ruth Elder.
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Hollywood
Liza Belle Wichart
Miss Wichart
Universal Pictures
Hoot Gibson
Ruth Elder
Gibson
Truancy Decline Noted In Elyria Schools After Break
Elyria attendance officer C. M. Williams reports fewer truancy cases since schools reopened after Christmas. He cites exams and illness as possible factors, while noting more working permits issued for school age and over 18 workers. Birth certificates or passports required for permits. foreign born children may need additional documentation.
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Elyria
C. M. Williams
Williams
Williame
Wiliams
Blood poisoning ends career of Crawford physician Blair
Dr. George O. Blair of Bucyrus Ohio died at a local hospital from blood poisoning traced to a minor thumb scratch. A 33 year Tito practice and recent heavy work during a influenza epidemic are noted as contributing factors. Blair, 61, was president of the Crawford County Medical Society.
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Bucyrus
George O. Blair
Crawford County Medical Society
Tito
Here
Muenza
Atlantic gales threaten ships in two more cases
Reports from New York indicate two vessels in distress from Atlantic gales. The Fernlane, about 600 miles southeast of Bermuda, has damaged rudder and stern frames and seeks aid from Meritt Chapman and Scott Salvage Company. The Dixiano, a 6300 deadweight ton American tank steamer, lies on a reef off Cay Cuba awaiting salvage. Salvage tugs Warbler and Relicl head to assist, with Relicl departing Norfolk to help Fernlane carrying soy beans.
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New York
Meritt Chapman and Scott Salvage Company
Fernlane
Bermuda
Dixiano
Cuba
Dixitano
American Sugar Transportation Corporation
Zarza de Fuera
Cay
Warbler
President Garfield
Bahamas
Key West
Relicl
Norfolk
New York to honor heroic Florida rescue crew
The crew of 32 from the Italian freighter Florida, rescued after a brutal Atlantic storm, will be honored in New York. Capt. George Fried and Capt. Harry Manning led a lifeboat rescue amid raging seas. Eight crewmen aboard the America helped in the rescue and are singled out for praise as ill and injured Florida sailors are tended.
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New York
America
States Line
Florida
George Fried
Harry Manning
Manning
Nelson Smith
United States
Fried
Ambrose Channel
Hoboken
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Grover Whalen
Walker
Smith
Congress
Assessments On Walker Ditch Approved
County commissioners approve assessments on the Walker Ditch, Avon Village and Shemfield Village. Construction of the ditch is slated to begin in the near future.
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Walker Ditch
Board of County Commissioners
Wal
Avon Village
Shemfield Village
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