Streetcar Abandonment Case Heard In Ohio Court
Federal Judge Samuel H. West took under advisement the Cleveland Southwestern Railway bid to abandon 287 miles of northern Ohio track by February 28. Opponents include 250 employees and several municipalities. They claim assets were misused and that the Reserve Power and Light Company benefits from the rail line’s costs. More than 1500 people could be affected if service ends.
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Elyria Bus Company
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Light Company
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28 Miners Die In Gas Explosion At Little Betty Mine
At Ton, Ind, an explosion trapped miners a mile back in the Little Betty Mine shaft. Twenty eight bodies were recovered or left in the mine with ten survivors. Rescue crews battled poison gas as they worked through the night to recover the dead and assist the living. Officials said gas release from a slate fall exposed porous limerock. Survivors described a burning cyclone as resupply efforts continued.
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John Engleman
Templeton
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Earl Bedwell
Lotus Mitchell
Mitchell
Welfare director John McSweeney to speak at church meeting
Ohio's new state welfare director John McSweeney will address the Men's Club of the First Congregational Church at its February 19 gathering. The event, announced today, will be held at the church and invites attendees to hear the official discuss welfare matters and state programs.
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Ohio
First Congregational Church
Ohio Forecast Sees Warmer Weekend Amid Cloud Increase
Ohio forecast calls for fair and slightly colder conditions in the east tonight with increasing clouds tomorrow as temperatures rise. Friday brings warmer air and cloud cover expanding across the state.
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Ohio
Yesterday's High Scores Report
Yesterday's basketball scores show Los Angeles defeating Phoenix 84 to 78 and Miami posting a 76 point result. The brief notes a pair of Southeast wins with the other team totals left unspecified.
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Phoenix
Miami
Weather outlook for region turns fair and cooler tonight
A low pressure system moves from Minnesota to New York bringing light precipitation in the Lake region and East to the Coast. In the next 36 hours cold nights give way to rising temperatures Friday as clouds increase, with generally fair conditions tonight and warmer later in the period.
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Weather map forecast by region and temperatures
The bulletin lists regional temperature forecasts with highs: North 10 to 15 above, South 35 to 40 above, East 30 to 35 above, West 25 to 30 above, and the far Northeast at zero above. Details indicate a mixed, nonuniform warming pattern across zones.
Eberhart Granted One Year Parole in Ohio Indictment
Albert Eberhart, 78, Lorain County's oldest prisoner, pleaded guilty to shooting William Felch on November 2 in Grafton. Judge W. B. Thompson parole him to Cyril Maple, his attorney, for one year. Maple will seek admission to the County Home.
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Lorain County
Eberhart
William Felch
Grafton
W. B. Thompson
Cyril Maple
Maple
Ohio Senate creates panel to draft new tax laws
In Columbus on January 29 the Republican majority in the Ohio Senate approved a resolution to form a three plus three plus governor appointed committee to frame new tax laws. The plan passed 18 to 12 after rejecting a minority proposal to relieve the governor of naming three members. The final panel vote was 17 to 14 with Taft Whittemore and Greenland named among the Senate appointees. The Democratic minority denounced the move as politics.
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Veterans to Receive Cash Compensation Debate in Congress
Washington January 29. Republican leaders in Congress expect further compensation for World War veterans despite administration opposition. Hearings on veterans legislation set by Senate and House committees as Mellon may oppose the plans. The same day, fights over appropriation bills and Muscle Shoals power extend the Senate deadlock. Mellon’s opposition frames the broader fiscal clash, while Norris and Black press for a four milliwatt hour power sale and broader tax implications.
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Ohio cities could fund emergency relief by bonds
Ohio legislators consider Rep. W. R. Pringle's bill to allow cities to issue temporary emergency bonds for relief and charity work, capped at five years and one tenth of one percent of the city tax duplicate. The measure has backing from Cleveland and Toledo law officials and would target unemployment and industrial downturn needs.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
Martin S. Dodd
Toledo
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Burton
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Congress
Joseph N. Ackerman
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Hardin
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Reynolds
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Herner
Monroeville
Winter storms bring high death toll in French Alps
Snow and avalanches ravage southeastern France as 21 Italian soldiers die in Haute Maurienne. Rescue efforts hampered by constant snowfall, with trains halted near the Italian border and telephone service disrupted. Some rescuers and searchers were buried but later found.
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Haute Maurienne
Red Cross Will Meet Friday in Elyria
A. L. Werner announces a Friday meeting at 4 p m in the Lorain County Savings and Trust directors room to review Elyria chapter drought relief efforts and campaign progress toward a $3200 quota. He notes good public response but calls for more donations, especially large gifts, and urges subscriptions to group chairmen or the Red Cross office. No door to door solicitation will occur.
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American Red Cross
A. L. Werner
Elyria
Red Cross
Werner
Lorain
Magicians and sailors held in fatal magic shop assault
In Lorain Ohio two sailors and two magicians are jailed for the murder of Norman Waite a 60 year old scholar found beaten and dragged behind a magic shop curtain Waite a Chicago descendant educated at the University of Chicago and long associated with the Board of Trade died en route to a hospital The accused say Wallace the magician plotted with the sailors but Wallace denies involvement The amount seized from Waite was rumored to be sewn in his clothing but investigators found only 3 75 dollars
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Chicago
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Salvation Army
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Maurice W
Jack) Rice
Wallace
Rice
Spencer Stevens
Edward Nolan
Spencer
R. A. van Dandam
More Join In Food Donation Effort Here
The Elyria Savings and Trust Company building volunteers will add their donations to the bank's ongoing drive to aid the needy. Interest remains high as daily food arrives and is distributed to homes with acute need.
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Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Threatening Note Found On Barn Door In Russia Township
A note threatening Simeon Nash’s life was pinned to his barn in Russia Township. Sheriff Clarence Adams received the case for investigation and said a suspect is likely but arrest awaits more evidence. The message was made from letters cut from printed matter and pasted to paper.
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Simeon Nash
Russia Township
Clarence Adams
Nash
Adams
Volunteers urged to not await solicitor calls
The speaker stressed that subscriptions are entirely voluntary and warned that some may be waiting for solicitor contact. He urged those people not to wait any longer since such calls will not be made.
Grafton Farm Bill Approved By Committee
P H Rogers of Grafton reports the committee favorably the bill to make Grafton prison farm a separate state institution. There was no dissent in the committee. The bill will go to the House next week for consideration.
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P. H. Rogers
Torch murder case grips Clyde area as two still sought
Fremont Ohio January 29 a gypsy woman and two young men once with a traveling carnival are being hunted as two remaining suspects in the Clyde torch murder of Russell Gibbs. Gibbs was beaten and burned in his car on the eve of his wedding. Charles Jeffrey, 28, of Clyde, already in Sandusky county jail, is held after arrest in Columbus. Authorities search Albion Michigan for the woman and man, confident arrests will solve the crime and have delayed questioning Jeffrey.
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Clyde
Charles Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Columbus
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Toledo
Tom Pask
Delora
Pask
Police Radio Plans Completed for County System
Sheriff Clarence Adams announced the police radio project is ready for final steps with only equipment purchase left. He said the county commissioners approved building a station at the jail and equipping squad cars with receivers to improve response to crime. Estimated station cost around $1,000. installation of car radios in Lorain and Elyria planned once operational.
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Clarence Adams
Radio Commission
Adams
Lorain
Elyria
Score Hurt As Bus Overturns
A bus from Mt Jackson Consolidated School overturned on the Westfield Grange road in New Castle Pennsylvania injuring several pupils. Thirty five students were aboard. two remained unaccounted for as relatives and motorists began delivering children home. Matilda Meneth age 11 and Elizabeth Meneth age 14 from Enon Valley were treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital emergency room. extent of injuries not yet known.
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New Castle
Mt. Jackson
Secretary of Navy orders Butler court martialed
Secretary of Navy Adams orders Major General Smedley Butler court martialed after Butler stated in Philadelphia that Mussolini said a single life is nothing compared to the state. Secretary Stimson apologizes to Italy to Mitigate the incident. The apology and action follow Butler's unauthorized remarks about Mussolini and a child’s death during Mussolini’s car incident.
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Philadelphia
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Butler
Marine Corps
Giacomo de Martino
State Department
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Secretary of Navy
Navy orders general court martial for General Butler
Washington Jan 29 The Navy Secretary ordered a general court martial for Major General Smedley D Butler after a protest over remarks about Premier Mussolini. Butler was directed to report to the Marine Corps camp at Quantico Va and confine himself to the post. Officials said three or four days would be needed to set up the court martial and begin the trial.
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Lost dog ad spreads across LaPorte area
Monday noon Sport, a cocker spaniel with license number 2481, wandered from home toward LaPorte. His owners urged Chronicle-Telegram to help locate him, reporting a sighting about a half hour after the paper went to press. Contact phone number ending in 9803.
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