Sloan Rejects Invitation Of Secy of Labor
Secretary Frances Perkins announces a new plan to settle the General Motors strike. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. reaffirms GM stance in a letter to over 100000 would-be returners. Perkins renews talks with John L. Lewis and UAW officials without GM at a scheduled conference.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
General Motors
Detroit
Alfred ‘P
General, Motors
Miss Perkins
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
Lewis
UAW
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sloan
Weather drift toward warmth spreads across Ohio Valley
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight followed by rain and warmer to south with rain or snow and warmer in the north. The eastern half of the country is under an anti cyclone over the St. Lawrence Valley with a high of considerable intensity. Warmer area over the Plains is expected to spread, bringing a further rise in temperature to the Ohio Valley and eastern districts in the next day or two.
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Ohio
St. Lawrence Valley
Montreal
Canadian Northwest
Missouri
Mississsippi
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Missouri Valley
Plains States
Cincinnati Flood Damages Put At 15 Million Dollars
Unofficial estimates place Cincinnati proper flood damage at 15 million dollars with additional losses in Hamilton County and across the river in northern Kentucky. Coast Guard boats and 44 men plus 6 officers departed Cincinnati to follow the flood crest toward Louisville to aid areas in need.
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Cincinnati
U. P
Ohio River
Hamilton County
Kentucky
U.S. Coast Guard
Louisville
Coast
Waste Of Our Natural Resources Contributes To Floods
Elyria Rotary Club heard Prof. C. M. Finfrock of Western Reserve University School of Law describe how wasteful use of timber land and swamps worsens Ohio River floods. He cited Darton floods of 1913 and noted dams help but Ohio River damming is unlikely. urged conservation along tributaries to curb floods.
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Ohio River
Elyria Rotary Club
Cc. M. Finfrock
Western Reserve University School of Law
Ohio Basin
Darton
Miami Valley
Elyria to Send Police Reserve to Louisville Flood Area
Elyria Lorain Police will dispatch four officers to Louisville Kentucky to aid flood relief. Chief E J Stankard announced the plan after Louisville Mayor Neville Miller requested volunteers from other cities. Officers J E Borgs Paul Palmer L D Brown and Loren Biller will join four Cleveland and Lorain volunteers with two per shift selected. Transit arrangements are being coordinated with Cleveland Police Chief George J Matowitz and the group is expected to depart by air later today.
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Elyria
Louisville
E.J. Stankard
Neville Miller
Cleveland
Lorain
J.E. Borgs
Paul Palmer
Stankard
Don. A. Baird
George J. Matowitz
Unified Effort Urged in Elyria Flood Relief Work
Mayor D A Baird urged unification of effort in Elyria flood relief as several organizations offered help. He asked groups to work among their members to gather funds food and clothing to send immediately while broader actions are prepared for mounting needs.
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Elyria
D. A. Baird
Elyrians
Elyria Student At Cincinnati Medical School Tells Of Flood Conditions
Elyria student Ben V. Myers now at Cincinnati Medical School writes of the flood along the Ohio river. He notes Cincinnati’s crest above 82 feet, isolation of Newport and Dayton workers, and streets flooding Mt. Washington. He recalls water everywhere and scarce drinking water as unfolding disaster.
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Elyria
Cincinnati Medical School
University of Cincinnati Medical School
Ben V. Myers
East Avenue
Myers
Medical School
Chronicle-Telegram
Relief Forces Rush Aid to Flood Victims
Fresh relief units moved into flood ravaged states by air train and auto to aid exhausted workers. Doctors and nurses mobilized to combat an influenza and pneumonia epidemic feared to worsen into disaster. Ohio river valley residents plead for help as deaths rise and damage tops 306 million dollars. Red Cross calls it the greatest national emergency since World War I. Authorities mobilize eight cities sending hundreds of police by air to Louisville to support relief for more than 200000 homeless people.
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Ohio
trans-Mississippi
American Red Cross
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Neville Miller
Louisville
Red Cross Seeks 10 Million For Midwest Flood Relief
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, said more than 1,400,900 people are homeless and need relief from midwestern floods. The Red Cross has raised about 1,222,000 of a 14,000,000 appeal in public contributions.
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Washington
Cary T. Grayson
The
Red Cross
Edith Metcalf
Hi. C. Cheney
Elyria
Elyrians
Tiliacea
City
Oberlin
Wellitton
Brishton
Camden
Carlisle
Elsha Township
Grafton
Looting And Disease Rise In Flooded Ohio Valley
In Columbus Ohio on January 27 reports say looting and disease are rising as National Guard troops are rushed to flood stricken towns along the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati mobilizes 200 Guardsmen including units Tt and K and Company G. Ironton meanwhile receives 130 troops as a broader mobilization expands.
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Columbus
National Guard
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Ironton
Evacuation Plan Expanded Along Mississippi Flood Zone
The War Department and President Roosevelt authorize evacuating low ground for 50 miles on both sides of the Mississippi from Cairo Illinois to New Orleans. About 33 000 trucks and thousands of rail cars will move residents to safety as engineers prepare the nationwide relocation, with Jackson Mississippi as headquarters.
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Washington
U. P
War Department
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
Mississippi
Ohio River
Army‘ Engineers
High Command
War
Army Engineers
Jackson
Aliss
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Ohio
Elyria and Lorain County flood relief drives surge
Relief efforts speed to Washington and the Ohio River Valley as Elyria and Lorain County residents send funds food and clothing. A $1200 check pushed the weekly total to $3000 for the Elyria Red Cross chapter with more donations expected as effort expands.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Washington
Ohio River Valley
Elytia
American Red Cross
American Legion
Elytia Block
Louisville
Lorain
Cleveland
Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Louisville Placed Under Martial Law As Flood Struggle Escalates
In Louisville Kentucky Mayor Neville Miller assumed dictatorial powers to command police National Guardsmen and regular army troops in fighting looting pestilence fire and destitution. Two hundred federal troops march in to receive orders while guardsmen patrol flooded streets. Dozens of firemen and police rushed in from other cities to bolster a peace time army. The city suffers 700000 dollars in damage and potential 200 deaths amid fear and food and water shortages. Regular soldiers are stationed six miles from the city and may enter only if insurrection is declared.
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Louisville
Neville
Miller
A. B. Chandler
Ina Radio
Retired Grafton Farmer Dies Suddenly
Nicholas Sife, 74, a retired Grafton farmer and uncle of radio announcer Tom Manning, died of a heart attack while chopping wood at his home. Neighbor Michael Barton saw him fall. Dr Shurgot pronounced him dead. Sife lived near Carlisle and Grafton townships, was a member of The Church of The Immaculate Conception, and is survived by his daughter Genevieve Henry, two brothers Mathew and Joseph, and sisters Mrs Mary Beall and Mia Jack Reeder and Mrs Catherine New. His wife died 40 years ago. Burial and funeral arrangements were announced tomorrow at Abe Biegan Funeral Home.
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Nicholas Sife
Grafton
Tom Manning
Michael Barton
Dr. Shurgot
Carlisle Township
Carlisle
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Genevieve Henry
Elyria
Mathew
Joseph
Cleveland
Mary Beall
Mia
Jack Reeder
Lakewood
Catherine New
Beneland
Abe Biegan
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Louisville, Ky
American Air Lines
Sec’y. of Labor
By Ben Myers
Ising
Newport
Daston
Mt. Washington
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