Floods Threaten New York and Pennsylvania Regions
In Ithaca New York on July 10 heavy cloud bursts caused floods across southern New York and northern Pennsylvania, submerging 200 square miles and claiming several lives. Water levels rose on Cayuga and Canisteo rivers and Lakes Cayuga and Seneca, while Dam Van Nadla weakened. Authorities warned typhoid risk from contaminated drinking water and began inoculations. Rescue and relief teams, including National Guardsmen, battled debris removal, with towns like Bath, Hornell, Arkport and Hammondsport hit hard and rail service disrupted for weeks.
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Ithaca
New York
Pennsylvania
Messimanic
Cohorton
Canisteo
Cayuga
Wheuha
Seasca Lake
Iland
van Nadla Dam
Arkport
Hornell
Hammondsport
Cohocton
Bath
Red Cross
Thomas H Parian, Jr
State Health Department
New York State
Louise Young
Norristown
Joe
Frank Turczinski
Easton
Elwood Deck
Bittner’s Creek
Jacob Burkhart
George Sergeant
Susquehanna
Maryland
Tre
Binghampton
N. Y
Watkins Glen
TERA
New York City
South
Ohio Farmers Will Get Two Millions
Washington reports that Ohio farmers cooperating with the 1935 wheat program of the agricultural adjustment administration will receive about 2,000,000 in benefits. Administrator Chester C. Davis announced the payments, amounting to roughly 53 cents a bushel, versus 29 cents a bushel in 1934.
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Washington
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chester C. Davis
Ohio Weather Forecast: Fair Thursday With Temperature Shift
Ohio reports fair conditions with a mild temperature change expected on Thursday. Forecasters alert residents to light winds and small fluctuations in daily highs and lows.
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Ohio
Fittie
Utilities Fight Now A Free For All
Washington July 14 The power struggle on Capitol Hill escalates into a free for all as House and Senate battles unfold over the holding company bill and the death sentence provision amid lobbying and intimidation charges. Dieterich withdraws motion to instruct conferees. Senate leaders push Tennessee Valley Authority amendments while a House investigation probes influence peddling
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Washington
Whlities Holding Company
William HH Dieterich
D. I
Senate
Batton K Wheeler
Mont
House
Capitol Hill
New Deal
Senate Audit and Control Committee
Hugo L Black
D. Ala
William H. Dieterich
Attity Holding Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
House Committee
Ralph O. Brewster
Har
Thomas G. Corcoran
RFC
Brain Trust
Brewster
Corcoran
Salaries Out Of Line Says Sherrill Report
The Ohio government survey committee led by Col. C O Sherrill says salaries are generally out of line and lack standardization. Clerks earn 95 a month in private industry and up to 125 in state policy employ for similar work, with some state pay twice private rates. The panel urges a complete job and wage study by the civil service commission in each department to correct inequalities.
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Columbus
Ohio Government Survey Committee
Col
C. O. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Col. Sherrill
Civil Service Commission
Missionaries Stay In Abyssinia Amid War Threat
Evacuation of foreigners continued as war looms in Addis Ababa. 125 Americans, mostly missionary families, will remain at their posts despite warnings. Mixed Italian Abyssinian children are noted as future mothers of a new generation. Officials say Italy eyes attack while Abyssinia prepares to defend. delegates planned to depart Scheveningen. Paris and Geneva show limited confidence in diplomacy with Mussolini.
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London
Addis Ababa
United Press
Ethiopa
Warlnings
Abyssinia
Maria Delia Consollata
Haile Belassie
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Paris
Italy
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Geneva
League of Nations
Ohio to Have 500 PWA Projects Under Way
Washington July 10 Ohio will have at least 500 PWA projects under the new work relief program representing an expenditure of 25,000,900. L A Boulay acting state administrator said Ohio already has 200 applications for funds at Columbus and 100 more are in preparation.
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Washington
Ohio
PWA
L. A. Boulay
Columbus
Fleming Begins Term In Ohio Prison
Grover Fleming of Belle Center Ohio editor of the American Examiner began a one to five year sentence in Ohio penitentiary for distributing obscene literature. At 53 he says he has been jailed in 25 cities and counties while facing 60 affidavits. He carried a small box of belongings and entered the prison alone. He quipped about sweeping floors or writing for a prison paper if allowed.
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Columbus
Grover Fleming
Belle Center
Ohio
American Examiner
Fleming
Abyssinia seeks League council on Italian invasion
Addis Ababa reports Haile Selassie calls for immediate summoning of the League of Nations council to address the projected Italian invasion. The move follows the conciliation commission's collapse over border disputes and Italy's refusals to review territorial ownership and add a fifth arbitrator.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Haile Selassie
Conciliation Commission
Italy
Ualual
Arbitration Commission
Grafton Officials To Study Light Plant Costs
Grafton officials will study installing a municipal electric plant and contact manufacturers to estimate installation costs and current suppliers. The move follows a suit against Revere Power and Light overcharges and a potential settlement that never occurred, delaying trial to September term.
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Grafton
R. F. Vandemark
Elyria
Reserve Power and Light Company
Vandemark
Common Pleas Court
Power Company
Tthe
Imayor
GOP Delegates Score Democrats At Regional Meet
In Cleveland the Republican Crusaders Congress adopted a mixed platform after a six state gathering. Delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia criticized the New Deal and pressed for a balanced budget and sound currency while endorsing some Roosevelt program ideas such as unemployment insurance old age pensions and abolition of child labor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mitchigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Republican Crusaders Congress
George H. Bender
President Prods Congress Vetoes Recess Proposals
President Roosevelt pressed a weary Congress to act on his must bills and vetoed summer recess proposals. House leaders reported he wants adjournment only after Labor Day and targeted extensive legislation on taxes, gold, TVA, and banking to finish this session. The talks highlighted strong opposition and a revolt against parts of the new deal program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
White House
Joseph W. Burns
Byrns
Burns
TVA
Waility Holding Company
New Deal
Byres
Four Nature Study Groups To Be Organized For Elyria
The emergency schools summer health and recreational program announces four nature study groups for Elyria children. J W Lersch will direct with groups for bays girls and boys aged 12 to 11. Camps include hikes, sketching crafts and games at Cascade Park with sessions at 9 a m and 3 p m tomorrow and Friday.
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Elyria
Cascade Park
Ernest J Holmes
J. W. Lersch
Holmes
Ohio Retail Tax Law Challenged in Bast Case
Canton, July 19. A demurrer challenging the constitutionality of Ohio s retail tax law and a motion to quash were on file in Rep. Charles Bast s case for failing to collect one cent on a 50 cent beer sale. The demurrer argues the affidavit does not state an offense, lacks jurisdiction, and that the tax violates state and federal constitutions. The motion to quash says the affidavit is unintelligible and imprecise. Judge Feist ordered new briefs for July 20.
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Canton
Charles Bast
Diamonds and cash stolen in hotel room robbery
Two men robbed racehorse trainer Carl Drake at the Brown Hotel around noon taking $600 in cash and his diamond ring. They fled in a southbound car on East avenue after forcing several guests into another room. Drake did not recognize the robbers, whom he described as a large man in brown and a smaller man in a light suit. Police alerted nearby cities.
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Brown Hotel
Carl Drake
Drake
East Avenue
Otel
Wheat Crop At Mercy Of Tiny Parasite
CHICAGO July 10 The wheat crop faces disaster from a tiny parasite called black rust a fungus that dwarfs plants and shrivels grain with outbreaks across the spring wheat belt. News of rust in the northwest and Canada sent grain prices rising at major markets with Chicago Board of Trade gains of 3 3-4 to 4 1-8 cents Kansas City Exchange up 14 1-2 cents and Minneapolis up 4 1-4 to 4 3-4 cents.
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Chicago
Northwest
Canada
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City Exchange
Minneapoli
Bound Over To Jury In Grand Larceny Case
Dave Wilkins, 22, of 615 Sea vile avenue Cleveland, arraigned before Justice Joseph Q Petro on grand larceny charges. He waived exam and was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond, which he could not post, remanded to county jail. Wilkins allegedly stole five chickens from Leigh Monesmith on Tadian Hollow Road last Friday after a three mile Leavitt Road chase. a companion is being sought as an accomplice.
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Dave Wilkins
Seavile Avenue
Cleveland
Joseph Q Petro
Wilkins
Leigh Monesmith
Tadian Hollow Road
Charles Cameron
Obertin
Leavitt Road
Oil Tank Cars Ignite in Campbellport Fire
In Campbellport Wisconsin on July 10 Six men were injured one critically as fire spread from nine burning oil tank cars to buildings in the west end of town. Property damage reached $100000. Worker Jack Whalen suffered severe burns, Clem Nett was hurled 75 feet in an explosion, and others named were Charles Van De Zander James Bast Lews Schwandt and Floyd Bauer. The depot burned and nearby towns sent aid until the blaze was controlled just before it would have hit a 300000 gallon gasoline tank. Three cars containing 880 gallons each were destroyed.
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Campbellsport
Wis
Jack Whalen
Clem Nett
Charles van de Zander
James Bast
Lews Schwandt
Floyd Bauer
Chicago & Northwestern
Oil Company
Hearing Delayed for Bus Driver in Fatal Route 20 Crash
The hearing for L H Dunton 29 of New York City charged with manslaughter was postponed due to Sheriff Clarence W Dick's vacation. Dunton, bus driver for Bernard Bus Co, struck an automobile on Route 20 near Dover on July 4 killing Henry Kuczewski 50 and his stepdaughter Therese Kocinski 22. Three others injured. Dunton free on $1000 bond.
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Clarence W. Dick
L. H. Dunton
New York City
Dunton
Bernard Bus Company
New York
Dover
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Q. Petro
Detroit
Henry Kuczewski
Therese Kocinski
Dunion
Return Of The Hapsburgs To Austria Authorized
Vienna July 10 The Federal Diet unanimously approved a bill authorizing the return of the Hapsburgs and the restoration of confiscated property ending years of exile. The measure paves the way for young Archduke Otto to return to the former Austro Hungarian throne under his mother Empress Zita. About 165 archdukes and archduchesses would be allowed to come back.
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Vienna
Steeneckerzeel
Brussels
Hansburg
Europe
Elyrians Plan To Attend Lorain Expo
A large Elyria delegation is expected to attend tomorrow night's Lorain Exposition session in Lorain. A. H. West, president of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce, reports directors will attend, along with many ticketed members. Other sessions will draw additional attendees.
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Elyria
Lorain
A. H. West
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Des Moines
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Lorain County
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Wellington
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Martin Amen
South Arberet
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