Hitler's Rule Extended As Reichstag Grants Decree Power
In Berlin on January 30 Adolf Hitler announced Germany would cooperate for peace and progress while purging Nobel prizes and nationalizing the Reichsbank and railroads. The Reichstag extended his power for four years, enabling rule by decree without legislation, as he stressed Germany’s return to world power. He warned against Communism and outlined a new criminal code and arts prizes, projecting Europe toward cautious peace.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Hitler
Reichsbank
Carl von Ossietsky
West Bridge St. bridge work okayed by county
County commissioners approved beginning repair work on West Bridge Street bridge after a revised cost estimate raised the total from 500 to 1200 dollars. County Engineer Harry L. Dunham will supervise with a rented pile driver from G. Randall of Lorain to install interlocking metal piling as support for the east approach. Work to start next week with about 750 dollars in material.
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West Bridge Street
Harry L. Dunham
Dunham
G. Randall
Lorain
Wreck of Mexican National train at Mesa kills several
Laredo Tex January 30 reports say the engineer and fireman and an undetermined number of passengers were killed when a Mexican National Railways passenger train wrecked at Mesa near Lampazos, 65 miles south of Nuevo Laredo. The engine baggage and a sleeping car overturned and another sleeping car derailed. Hospital trains were sent from Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey. Early reports indicate several passengers killed and many injured.
Weather Ohio Rain Tonight Then Snow Sunday
The forecast notes rain tonight in Ohio with Sunday turning to snow in the afternoon or night. Warmer tonight, colder Sunday afternoon and much colder Sunday night. Precipitation spreads from the upper lake region southwestward into Texas and west of the Rockies. Snow is reported over Minnesota and Iowa this morning and rain to the south. It is warmer this morning over the lake region and southwestward into the west gulf states, elsewhere a trend to colder.
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Ohio
Upper Lake Region
Texas
Rockies
Minnesota
Towa
Lake Region
West Gulf States
Appointments At Postoffice Are Announced
Three regular carriers two substitute carriers and two substitute clerks at Elyria post office announced by Postmaster Sartor. Final appointments come from the First Assistant Postmaster General and take effect Monday February 1. Regular carriers Otto T. Strempel Lorenzo S. Todd Norwood Baumhardt fill vacancies from retirement transfer and death. Substitutes Dana Judson Fox Frederick M. Morton and Peter S. Naughton Vance R. Shaw to receive full time work and potential regular status as vacancies occur. Todd Morton have been Ho. 4 Continued on Page 2.
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Elyria Post Office
Charles J. Sartor
Sartor
Otto T. Strempel
Chestnut Ridge Road
Lorenzo S. Todd
Fifth Street
Norwood Baumhardt
Spruce Street
George E. Yost
N. W. Smith
Cc. L. Rhodes
Dana Judson Fox
South Oak Street
Frederick M. Morton
Cleveland Street
Post Office
Peter S. Naughton
Lake Avenue
Vance R. Shaw
Princeton Avenue
Todd
Morton
Probe Mysterious Death Of Lorain Man
Lorain police investigate the death of 63 year old Martin Schuster a National Tube Company painter whose body was found along Lake Road west of Lorain with a crushed chest and a fractured skull. Two Lorain youths and a 40 year old Lorain woman who admits being with Schuster at a night club Tuesday are being checked as possible involvement. Schuster was last seen Wednesday at 430 PM after leaving the German Club on Apple Avenue where he was a member. He had been paid Tuesday and deposited part of his pay at the German Club drawing $15 on Wednesday. Funeral services were held today.
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Martin Schuster
National Tube Company
Lorain
Schuster
Lake Road
Apple Avenue
Flood Relief Fund Totals Over Six Million
The American Red Cross announced that Flood Relief Fund contributions reached 6,417,000 dollars. The initial goal was 10,000,000, but Admiral Cary T. Grayson warned that demand may grow as the disaster’s full extent becomes clear.
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Washington
Gfth
American Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Elyria Sees Boost in Sales Tax Revenue This Year
Lorain County budget commission projected total sales tax funds of 314501 to be apportioned among the county and subdivisions. Elyria will receive about 72000, up 14000 from prior estimates, while Lorain's share is set at 101000 with potential increases. Some townships may get none due to strong finances.
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Elyria City
Lorain County
County Budget Commission
Budget Commission
Elyria
Lorain
C. S. Kelser
Walter J. Wright
Howard R. Butler
State Tax Commission
Bolsheviks Await Death Before Firing Squad
Moscow January 30. Four veteran revolutionists and nine other Bolsheviks await a government order and a march to the prison courtyard to die before a firing squad as traitors. They were sentenced to death by the military collegium for conspiring with Japanese and German intelligence to overthrow the government and restore capitalism. Four others received prison terms.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Russia
Cairo Becomes Island City As River Splits
Cairo Illinois faces isolation as the Ohio River floods into the Cache and Mississippi, splitting the city and creating an island. Government engineers race to assess relief potential while protecting 15 000 residents with levees and emergency measures.
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Cairo
Begin Cleaning Up At Portsmouth
Portsmouth Ohio residents begin cleanup as Ohio River water drops quickly. Courthouse and city hall floors dried. WPA workers remove debris. Coroner reports Everett Connelly drowned at Haverhill. Portsmouth Times staff narrowly escaped drowning when their skiff sank. they were rescued by nearby boats while cleaning the office.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
WPA
Everett Connelly
Haverhill
J. D. Rose
Portsmouth Times
Elyrian Describes Flood Conditions In Louisville
Moran reports Louisville submerged with around 1 900 blocks underwater as floodwaters rose in rain. He traveled from Elyria with aid donations, crossing the Ohio on the Cincinnati suspension bridge and noting Cincinnati's distress as Louisville's crisis deepened.
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Moran
Louusville
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cinncinnati
Louisville
Cincinnati Firemen Use Water From Tank Wagons
Cincinnati firemen fought a blaze in a three story brick flat using water from tank wagons due to a city water shortage. Seven people were saved and two firefighters were overcome by smoke. Rev and Vere Ren Tzorfas and their three children were carried down from the third floor, while George C. Hart and Moss Virginia Gerhan were also rescued. Lieut. Leo Herker and Fireman Damon Podesta were affected by smoke. The fire began in a rubbish pile in the basement.
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Cincinnati
Hrich
Amoke
Vere Ren Tzorfas
George C. Hart
Moss Virginia Gerhan
Leo Herker
Damon Podesta
Weather forecast for Ohio Valley flood relief
Weather bureau predicts more rain and snow for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee next week with cold spells and a warmer day near Thursday. Officials say the worst flood phase lessens as rivers including the Mississippi, Ohio, Arkansas, and Tennessee fall toward normal levels. Refugee hardship may continue with cold weather and flu illnesses expected, while the Ohio river crest may surpass 60 feet.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
North
Mississippi River
Ohio
W. J. Moxom
Arkansas
Cairo
Louisville
Maxom
Castro
Trials Set For Oberlin Robbery Suspects In Cleveland
The trial date for Louis Cuilli of Cleveland, 25, charged with robbing Oberlin College treasury about 18 months ago, is tentatively set for February 15. Prosecutor Howard R. Butler announced Cuilli is one of three suspects who held up treasury employees and escaped with about $1.50. One accomplice, Edward Webber, a former Oberlin student, was fatally shot in Cleveland last March in what police call a possible assassination. The other suspect remains at large. Ernest Daniels and Alex Berlin, Clevelanders charged with the Foster-Fitch Company burglary here last October, will be tried immediately after Cuilli's.
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Louis Cuilli
Cleveland
Oberlin College Treasury
Howard R. Butler
Cuilli
Edward Webber
Oberlin College
Ernest Daniels
Alex Berlin
Clevelandere
Foster-Fitch Company
Canlli
Minor Quake Adds To Terror In Tennessee
In Memphis Tennessee and Tiptonville engineers rushed 1000 extra men to strengthen levees after a minor earthquake threatened the Mississippi flood safeguards. The tremor at Tiptonville lasted about a minute with window panes rattled and phones shaken and officials warned further damage could endanger levees along a 1200 mile stretch from Cairo to New Orleans. Evacuations and ongoing repairs as river waters press against Missouri levees heightened regional tension.
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Memphis
Ten
Wpp—Army Engineers
Tiptonville Levee
Tenn
Tiptonville
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Phil Campbell
United Press
Campbell
Reelfoot Lake
Hickman
Sioush Landing Neck
Mississsippi
Cairo
New Orleans
Slough Landing Neck
Missouri
New Madrid
Arkansas
Bessie Point
Linda
Williams Point
Dense Fog Blamed for Night Collision Near Lorain
Dense fog blanketed the area last night causing near zero visibility and a traffic accident just before 11:50 p m. at the Nickel Plate and Lake Terminal crossing on Detroit road. Charles E Herdendorf Jr 19 and Katherine Root 19 both of nearby Sheffield Lake and Sheffield Village were hospitalized in fair condition with serious injuries. A four year old boy Louis Moorhead was critically injured after being struck by a machine near his Lorain East 31st street home. Police also noted two minor fender benders on Cleveland Street and Lake Avenue.
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Charles E. Herdendorf, Jr
Lake Breeze Road
Sheffield Lake
Katherine Root
Sheffield Village
Nickel Plate and
Lake Terminal
Detroit Road
Heidendorf
Miss Root
St. Joseph’s Hospital
B. Findley
John Fulton
John Hudak
Louis Moorhead
Richard Moorhead
East 31St Street
Lorain
John Hemminger
Jack McCamey
Washington Avenue
Shunk
Gulf Road
Cleveland Street
W. J. Hasely
Eames Street
Lake Avenue
E. J. Rousseau
Wakeman
River Recedes In Cincinnati Flood Recede and Relief Efforts
The Ohio River in Cincinnati fell to 76.1 feet and is expected to drop to 52 feet by next Saturday. City officials warned against smoking near flood zones amid gasoline fumes from submerged tanks. about 5,000 refugees received typhoid vaccines as relief efforts continue. WPA workers cleaned debris while public water distribution ran at roughly one gallon per person. City officials sealed meters of six laundry users. Red Cross reported 10,000 housed in relief stations and 50,000 fed daily.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Coast
National
Cairo
Cache River
Cincinnati
WPA
C. A. Dykstra
The
Red Cross
Shawnee Liner Arrives After Fire in Hold
The $3,500,000 passenger liner Shawnee docked in New York escorted by fire boats after a blaze in No 2 hold. About 190 passengers disembarked as hundreds of relatives waited, relieved to see the ship had not sustained fatal damage.
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New York
Shawnee
Dreserd
Alleged killer arrested in Atoka Oklahoma deputy slaying
Jan 26 arrest reported of Jackaeee and Lewis from Missouri for alleged role in the slaying of Deputy Steri at Al vis Jones, aged 28, with other Oklahoma officers injured last night.
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Atoka
Okla
Tom Kilmer
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Cairo, Ill
Here
Golconda Gap
Cache
Ney
Elyrian
Russell A. Moran
Kenyon Avenue
Columbus
Kentucky
Elysia
Elysians
American Legion Post
Lexington
Aillerr
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