Ohio River Rising High At Cincinnati Flood Threat
Heavy rains in the upper Ohio Valley pushed the Ohio River toward flood levels at Cincinnati with a crest forecast around six feet. Officials warned of rising water in the Little Miami and Kanawha basins as residents along riverfronts prepared for possible evacuations. Krooked reports cited a fragile situation in Pomero’s main street and other lowland areas, with neighborhoods edging toward major flood stages.
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Cincinnati
Llo
Devervilla
Pittsburgh
Catre
Pouisvn
San
Lewis' Tolay
Little Miami River
Oh Tiver
Parkershburz
Wva
Point Pisasani
W. Va
Portsmouth
102 Cases Of Typhoid Fever At Mansfield
Mansfield health officials trace a typhoid outbreak to water contamination amid a March epidemic. Dr Hanson reports the disease has reached several groups while nearly 7,980 people have been immunized as authorities seek the infection source.
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Mansfield
Hans On
Hanson
World War General Dies in France Header Chronology
Gen Philippe D Ans elme dies in Aix en Provence France. He commanded in World War battles including Champagne Verdun and the Somme. The report notes his service and leadership in major campaigns.
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Aix EN Provence
France
Philippe D'Anselme
Champagne
Verdun
Somme
Weather Ohio expects fair, cold tonight then clouds and showers
Ohio forecast calls for generally fair and cold tonight then increasing clouds on Saturday with a likely shower risk Saturday night. The pattern suggests cool air, rising humidity, and light precipitation possible in the higher terrain and southern counties.
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Ohio
Soil Conservation Meetings Delayed in Lorain County
Lorain County Agricultural Extension Agent C I Hummel announced postponement of the soil conservation meetings. The series will start later to allow committee members to gather more complete information on program phases. The county committee includes E L Pallaser Baton Fi Le PUTT Eo iach and H Cc Brownheim.
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Lorain County
C. 1 Hummel
Hummel
Wedars
Columbus
EL TR
Highway Program In Full Swing Soon
Columbus report states Director John Jas predicted program improvements in Ohio will begin soon. Mentioned funding around 1,000,000 dollars, with plans moving forward and projects ready for approval.
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John Jas“. Todas
Fon de
Ohio
Columbus
Anovices
Mn Agile
Oeady
Prajs
Spinal Meningitis Spreads In Kentucky
In Louisville on March 27 the spread of spinal meningitis led to a quarantine of all public gathering places in Covington. Dr W F Caudill reported 48 deaths in Kentucky since January 1 with active cases concentrated in Pike and Letcher counties. Health officials distributed anti toxin to curb the outbreak.
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Louisville
Covington
W. F. Caudill
The
Board of Health
Caudill
Kentucky
Pike and Letcher
Toetors
Townsend Old Age Pension group income revealed
Washington March 27 Robert H. Creme presented records of the Townsend Old Age Pension organization on a congressional table. He estimated late last year receipts would net at least large sums. The effort aimed to show income and operations of the CARP network and related offices with dates and figures from headquarters.
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Washington
Robert EH
Creme
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Anne
Old Age Reveivine Pensions. Ltd
Coaid
Oddities and incidents from midwestern cities
A collage of scattered crime and disaster notes from March, including injuries from a drinking incident in Kansas City, a monthlong arrest delay in Richmond, flood arrests and Red Cross aid in Wheeling, a coat button clue in Cleveland, and Toledo police seeking grocer Martin Bellman missing after bank withdrawal.
Young heckled at Akron banquet during speech
At an Akron Democratic Women’s Federation banquet Rep. Stephen M. Young, seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor, was loudly heckled by part of the 459 attendees as he attacked the Carter administration’s policies. Tennis Dunlavy also spoke defending the sales tax and old age pensions, praising Carter administration savings.
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Akron
Stephen M. Young
Democratic Nomina
Democratic Women’s Federation
Young
Perry Stevens Teastmaster
Davey
Ohio
Tennis Dunlaver
Attorner General
Hoffman Would Grant Hauptmann Reprieve If Possible
In Trenton on March 27 Governor Harold G. Hoffman said to a reporter that if he had the power he would grant a reprieve to Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He argued Hauptmann did not receive a trial aligned with American standards of justice.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Gay
Srant
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Committee Named To Make Industrial Survey
Washington March 27 a committee of industrial analysis was created by executive order to summarize results and accomplishments of the National Recovery Administration which ends April 1. The order transfers 100000 in WPA funds to enable the committee to provide information on industry hours wages child labor and labor conditions. Members are Daniel C. Roper Henry A Wallace and Frances Perkins.
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Washington
Geni Roosevelt
Na Tonal Recovery Administration
Commerce
Daniel ¢. Roper
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Labor
Frances Perkins
Rain And Snow Bring New Flood Danger
Rain and melting snow trigger new flood threats in Minnesota Wisconsin and nearby states. The Louisville weather bureau warns rise in flood danger as Coast Guardsmen rescue 2,090 people near Louisville. Evacuations are ordered for La Crosse Red Wing and nearby areas with sandbagging and drainage checks as rivers rise.
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Renturs
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
Easat
Kankakee
Nuresu
Southwerern
la Crosse
Red Wing Inn
War Department
Lowian
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa
Dancer
Mathis Elected Fair Secretary
J. L. Mathis of Elyria was appointed secretary of the Lorain County Fair Association at a special meeting of the fair board trustees. The position was offered after Charles Adams declined due to health. The December meeting cut the secretary salary and added a full time grounds keeper to maintain and pull the grounds.
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J. L. Mathis
Elyria
Lorain County Fair Association
Fair Board
E. P. Clements
Mathis
Charles Adams
la Grange
SIAD
Alor
Foster Road Improvement Planned in Penfield Township
The county board of commissioners and township trustees discussed improving about seven-eighths of a mile of Foster road in Penfield township. The project includes filling most of the low land passes and widening the road to more than two feet above water level, with costs to be paid by the township in the court action of an old road, valued at 1.95 a yard.
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Foster Road
Penfieid
Board of Coun’r Commissioners
Ihroy ii
President Enjoying Complete Relaxation on Bahamas Trip
President Roosevelt remains at ease during a Bahamas voyage aboard the converted coast guard cutter Potomac. He maintains administration contact via relayed messages from a temporary White House at the Miami Biltmore Hotel, with telegraph lines and radio links from the destroyer Dickerson to the Potomac. Two other destroyers, the Dale and Monaghan, accompany the President’s yacht.
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Fla. M
Island
Rooosevelt
Bahamas
Dickerson
Dale
Monaghan
Express Train Leaves Rails Two Killed
MANOR Pa March 27 The Black Philadelphia night express of the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed while rounding a curve at high speed early today. Its two engineers were killed and his two firemen seriously injured. Five coaches followed the two locomotives off the tracks. Passengers in coaches that remained on the rails were not injured. The dead engineers were F F Snider Altoona Pa and George Kuhn Rossdale Pa. Firemen Roy V Mitchell Derri Pa and Harry Grove Juniaia Pa were scalded. A train traveling in the opposite direction was wrecked on the adjoining track. Railroad men blamed a freight car that may have broken free from its trucks.
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Roy V. Mitchell
Derri
Harry Grove
Juniaia
Auto kills girl in curb crash in Cleveland O
A child driven car loss control and mounted curb striking two girls. Jewel Strons died and a friend was injured as the auto sped through a city street in Cleveland Ohio. The driver is identified as four year old Robert Sayers. Local authorities investigate the deadly incident.
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Jewel Strons
Fiera 5
Robert Sayers
Labor and price talks spark farm versus consumer clash
Washington chatter cites Maren Ford and old critiques of economic policy amid calls to curb abundance. The letter references past leaders like Hoover and Henry Wallace, arguing price rises pin consumers against farmers while urging more acreage for grass as a wartime measure.
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Washington, D.C
Maren Ford
Henre Wai
Jace
Crass
Hoover
Alice Longworth
McNaught Syndicate
Mountain Liner Crash Kills 14 Tourists in Mexico
In Mexico City authorities reported the mass death of 14 aboard a three motor Pan American liner en route from Vera Cruz. Victims include Prince Adolf of Schaumbert Lippe, Princess Elizabeth, Baron Sigismund Van Steiber, and passengers from Austria Germany Hungary the United States and Costa Rica. The plane disappeared from radio contact near Amecameca after departing for Guatemala. Rescue teams found the burning aircraft in a mountain pass with all aboard dead and badly burned.
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Mexico City
Americas
Adrian Borchers
Philadelphia
Mexico
Helen Forster
Vassar
Ridgewood
X. J
Prince Adolf of
Schaumbert- Lippe
Elizabeth
Sigismund van Steiber
Pan American Fine
Hamburz Americane
Vera Cruz Marci
Theria
Guatemala
Fray Victoria Titein
Central Air Port
Zumpanzo
Amecameta
Popocatapet
Ixtaecthuati
Aise
St. Mexican
Radeifu
Daniel Madrizai
Adon
Frai Matia Harder
Frau
Dora Thein
Fraulein
Elizabeth Eer
Mass Estevi Isler
Five Killed In Plane Crash
Five people died in a plane crash during an event in the mountains. Survivors and authorities investigated the scene after the crash, with local officials confirming casualties and noting ongoing emergency response.
Hospital Officers Reelected After Feb Meeting
Hospital officers reelected at yesterday and last night’s meeting are F A Smythe president FE F Alien president emeritus ROB Lersech vice president J E Thatcher treasurer 4 R Seward assistant treasurer and F W Hoover secretary and superintendent February reports show the hospital averaged 9M patients per day, the highest monthly average since last April.
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F. A. Smythe
Pressanother Hospital
Dent
FE. F. Alien
Emersine
Rob Lersech
J. E Thatcher
R. Seward
Assistang
F. W. Hoover
Pie Hospital
Air liner missing after 20 hours with four aboard
United States and Mexican forces searched for a four seat Cessna liner missing between Douglas and Tucson after it took off Wednesday night for Phoenix. Pilot Paul Odneal and four companions were believed lost near the Catalina mountains with few clues to its fate.
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Douglas. Ariz
Here
Tucson
Phoenix
Joventino Espinosa
Sonora
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Paul Odneal
Coppertlad Airways
Odneal
Fhiarold A. Marks
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paul C. Swaser
John Powles
Chamber of Commerce
Phas
Catalina
Cananea
Agua Prieta
Arizona
Auto Runs Off Road Killing One and Hurting Another
LANCASTER March 27 One man was killed and another injured when a car left the highway miles north of here Police identified the dead man as Ruth Thomas 30 Sissonville West Virginia His companion was believed to be Marvin Ruiz 25 Guthrie Va Identification of Thomas was made through an auto operator s case found on row while Ruiz was identified through a bit fold The accident occurred on a curve in the highway It was believed the car was traveling at a high rate of speed Service Director T T Faxon was in Cleveland today with City Engineer J W Power makes a personal study of air compressor types preparatory to setting contract for the purchase of compressor and truck Fason and the contract probably would be set next Tuesday or Wednesdey
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Lancaster. O
Here
Lancaster
Rul Thomas
Sissonville
W. Va
Marvin Ruitz
Guthrie. Va
Thomas
Irow
Auitz
T. T. Faxon
Cleveland
City Encnset J. VW
Power
Ras Fen
Fason
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