Freighter Newfoundland Rescues 150 From Sinking Ranger
The British freighter Newfoundland raced through rough seas to save 150 seamen from the sinking Ranger near St John’s Newfoundland. The Ranger battled flooding for hours, crew jettisoned cargo, and radioed for help as pumps failed and hull seams opened.
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ST. Johns
New Foundland
U.P
Newfoundland
Ranger
John Babcock
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Babcock
Ohio Prison Warden Is Suspended
Ohio penitentiary warden James C. Woodard is suspended for 30 days for disciplinary reasons. Acting warden F Amrine assumes duties. Woodard loses access to the warden’s office and files. Civil service appeal rights are unchanged if removal charges are filed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
U Pj
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles L. Sherwoai
F. Amrine
Woodard
Amrine
Amline
Sherwood
Civil Service Commission
Resigned Judge Indicted In New York Case
Martin T Manton, former senior judge of the second US Circuit Court of Appeals, and George M Spector, an insurance man, were indicted by a federal grand jury on three conspiracy counts and one substantive count charging fraud against the US Government. The indictment stems from investigations into the federal judiciary and a litigation matter involving the Switch Dry Shaver Company. Judge John C. Knox received the indictment as its session began, with John T. Cahill overseeing the judiciary inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin T Manton
US Circuit Court of Appeals
George M Spector
Manton
John C. Knox
Thomas E Dewey
Hatton W Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Switch Dry
Knox
John T. Cahill
Frank Murphy
Weather notes Ohio and West Virginia warming with rain
Ohio sees fair and warmer tonight and Friday with clouds and rain later. West Virginia stays fair but not as cold in the northwest, Friday warms with cloud increase. Across the map disturbances from Florida to Canada’s Prairie Provinces bring variable precipitation. Atlantic states report moderate to heavy rain while the Northwest has light precipitation.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Florida
Canadian Prairie Provinces
South Atlantic
Atlantic
County Commissioners Boost Relief Funds After Tight Economy
In a tense session led by Chairman John E Davidson the county slashed several expenditures then approved transfers totaling 5,000 for relief. Soldiers Relief received 3,000 and Aid for Dependent Children 2,000, with Dunn abstaining on the latter.
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Soldiers Relief
Department of Aid For
John E Davidson
Davidson
Acid cache found by U S agents near Mexican coast
Secret naval files disclosed at espionage trial reveal U S agents recovered a potent acid cache just south of the border in Mexico. The acid reportedly could threaten battleship armor, with drums moved by a German freighter to Ensenada in 1937 and later transferred to a Japanese boat before ashore delivery.
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Los Angeles
Naval Intelligence Department
United States
Mexico
California
Edna
Flying Cloud
Ensenada
Naval
Banquet Tonight Attracts 180 Fathers And Sons
More than 180 fathers and sons are expected to attend the second annual YMCA Father and Son banquet tonight. Principal speaker is David K. Stewart of Cleveland known as Scotty Stewart, with 30 years in manufacturing and banking talks. Police Chief E J Stankard will be toastmaster.
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David K. Stewart
Cleveland
Scotty Stewart
E J. Stankard
Empress Nagako Delivers Daughter in Tokyo
The Empress Nagako gave birth to a daughter at 4 35 PM today in Tokyo. The announcement came via radio and was greeted by sirens across the empire. The newborn is the sixth living child in the imperial family, with Prince Akihito as heir apparent.
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Tokyo
Nagako
Empire
Akihito
Park proposal report set for Friday meeting
City residents are invited to a public meeting called by Mayor Joseph Q Petro at 4 pm in the council chamber to hear the full report of a special citizens committee. The panel favors buying the fairgrounds via bond issue, estimated at about 40000 dollars, to convert for park use.
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Joseph Q Petro
Council
Elyria Savings & Trust Company
Fear 21 Dead In Hotel Fire At Halifax
Halifax NS March 2 fire yanked 26 mile winds to raze the Queen Hotel and two nearby structures leaving 21 dead and 25 injured, with 45 missing as crews fought the blaze and searched for survivors in the smoldering wreckage.
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Halifax
Woman Eats Herself Toward Death in Kansas City
Dorothy Barber 20, wife of a WPA worker, voraciously eats at General Hospital in a strange compulsive hunger. Doctors say she may die unless her abnormal appetite is treated or diagnosed. she has lost 25 pounds in a year while consuming enough food for a large family.
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Kansas City
Dorothy Barber
WPA
General Hospital
Barber
R K Simpson
Denial of Franco Asking Italy to Withdraw Troops
Rome reports that Gen Francisco Franco asked Premier Mussolini to pull Italian legionnaires from Spain were dismissed as fantastic by a government spokesman. Paris rumors about Gen Gastone Gambara delivering Franco's message were said to conflict with Italy’s military and diplomatic procedures.
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Rome
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Spain
Paris
Gastone Gambara
County Receives State Relief Funds
Lorain County received 22 424 dollars from a statewide relief distribution of 1 250 000 dollars announced today by State Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood. Thirty five counties out of eighty eight are entitled to any distribution at this time under state provisions.
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Lorain County
Charles L. Sherwood
Voters Recall Miami Mayor and Two City Commissioners
In a decisive vote the Miami mayor Robert R Williams and Commissioners John W Dubose and Ralph B Ferguson were recalled by about 4 to 1 margins. Alexandria Orr Jr takes Ferguson seat, C D Van Orsdel replaces Dubose, and E G Sewell replaces Williams after indictments over a $250000 bribe allegation.
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Miami Fla
Miami
Robert R Willams
John W Dubose
Ralph B Ferguson
E G Sewell
Ferguson
C D van Orsdel
Dubose
Willams
Florida Power and Light Company
Muzzle Preacher Attacks Garner Questioned On Air
The Rev John Lovell known as the radio preacher from Ranger Texas planned further broadcasts despite being muzzled by KTAT after an on air attack on Vice President John Nance Garner a 1940 candidate. The minister deviated from his text linking Garner to Wall Street and the broadcast was cut off for public welfare concerns.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Lovell
KTAT
John Nance Garner
Calvary Baptist
Ranger Tex
Dr Lovell
Dublin
Garner
Wall Street
Mr Garner
Len Finger
Lovells
Lovell
Caihvuhes
Eaton School 12th Closed By The Flu
Eaton School in Terai County closed for the rest of the week after 50 absences, nearly one fifth of 256 students, due to influenza and related illness. Ten public and two parochial schools face similar closures as officials assess lost days and emergency measures.
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Eaton
Terai County
Helon Seno
Columbia
Gerald M. Frank
A. T. Smith
C A Gibbens
Former Elyria Hotel proprietor dies in Chicago
Kathryn McCoy Mussey former proprietor of the Elyna Hotel in Elyria died at her Chicago home Tuesday afternoon. She and her husband moved to Elyria to run the Elyria Hotel and after his death she stayed on a time before returning to Chicago. She was active in the First Church of Christ Scientist in Elyria and a Christian Science practitioner in Chicago. Survived by daughter Mrs Harry Moseley and sister Mrs Danforth Dickson of New York City.
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Kathryn McCoy Mussey
Elyna Hotel
Chicago
Mussey
Elyria
First Church of Christ Scientist
Harry Moseley
Danforth Dickson
New York City
Tobin Declines Place In Labor Peace Talks
Washington March 2 The American Federation of Labor sought a new peace negotiator to replace Daniel Tobin as its unity advocate with the CIO. Tobin, head of the Teamsters, had gained attention from Roosevelt and Perkins but refused the peace committee role due to press of duties.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Daniel J. Tobin
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Topin
Teamsters
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Pope Pius XII Elected On His 63rd Birthday
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli elected pope on his 63rd birthday. Crowds in St Peter's Square cheer as smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel announce the vote on the third ballot. Pacelli, longtime Secretary of State under Pius XI, will lead the church as Pius XII.
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Pope Pius XI
Vatican City
U.P
Eugenio Cardinal] Pacelli
Pope Pius AI
Pius XII
Pius XI
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Sistine Chapel
Camillo Cardinal Caccia-Dominioni
Fatal Auto Race Basis Of Suit
Rita Amenhauser of Oberlin sues Sam Garretson administrator for $25,000 for injuries as a passenger in a crash on Grafton road near Elyria on February 7 1937. Garretson and Eleanor Hange of Oberlin were killed. seven rode in Garretson car and two died, five injured while racing with Stanley McAlpine of Grafton who led the other car at about 70 miles per hour.
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Rita Mowatt Amenhauser
Oberlin
Sam Garretson
Eaton
Robert Garretson
Amenhauser
Rita Mowatt
LaGrange
Garretson
Grafton Road
Elyria
Stanley McAlpine
Grafton
Eleanor Hange
Benefits Restored For Some Aid For Dependent Children Families
County commissioners approved a $2,000 supplemental appropriation boosting Aid for Dependent Children funding from $21,725 to $23,175 for the first half of the year. The move will readd 69 families to the aid rolls and leverage additional federal funds, per Doris Todd, supervisor. The board also granted $3,000 to Sokkier's Relief and $2,000 to Blind Relief for the period.
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Aid For Dependent Children
Doris Todd
Miss Todd
Sokkier
Board of Public Assistance
Yester- Lut
Resignations Prompt Change At Lorain County Home
J G Holland and his wife resign after 12 years at the Lorain County Children's Home in Oberlin. Robert Hubbard and Mrs Hubbard named provisional replacements, set to assume duties by April 1 and to seek a permanent appointment via civil service exam.
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J G. Holland
Lorain County
Oberlin
Board of
Holland
Robert Hubbard
Amherst High School
Hubbard
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Cardinal Pacelli
PW SP
Sheriffs Office
National Surety Corporation
Oscar G. Dunn
John
Dunn
Edward DeChant
Soldiers Relief Fund
A.D C DeChant
DeChan
U.S
Lieut
H de D Clayborne
San Pedro Calif
Benjamin Harrison
Mikhail Gorin
Intourist Bureau
Natasha
Hafis Salich
Naval Intelligence
Japan
Russia
U. S. Naval Base
Franco
Bulletin
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Tobin
Caccia-Dominioni
Christus
Christ
J. G. Holland
Route
Wellington
Elyma
Amherst
Ohe State University
Amherst High
Lutheran Hospital
Lakeside Hospital
August Nabakowski
M. A. Houghton
Houghton
Mire
Rain
E L. Barrick
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