Devastating Cuban Hurricane Kills Hundreds and Displaces Towns
Relief efforts mobilized as official counts estimate 300 to 1,200 dead with over 1,000 injured after a hurricane struck Camaguey and Santa Cruz Del Sur in Cuba. A wall of water up to 20 feet swept ashore, destroying Santa Cruz Del Sur and scattering bodies inland. survivors describe mass drownings and extensive destruction in marshland towns and nearby keys.
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Havanna
Cuba
HUP
Camagucey
Satilalava
Santa Crus del Sur
Havana
Windred
Camaguey
Santa Cruz del Sur
Eloy F.gueroa
Jatihonico
Santa Clara Province
Figueroa
Jatibonico
Gene Figueroa
Martinez Barcena
Santa Cruz
Queens Gardens
Keys
Baptist Young People Rally Set At First Baptist Church
About five hundred youths from Ohio Association of Independent Baptist churches will attend the autumn rally at the First Baptist church on Friday. Rev. C A Blackmore from Erie Pennsylvania will be principal speaker and ten youths will take part in the afternoon program. Rev. George Bates of Spencer will lead services and Harlie Stevick of Elyria will direct music.
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Ohio Association of Independent Baptist Churches
First Baptist Church
C. A. Blackmore
City Mission
Erie
Pennsylvania
George Bates
Spencer
Harlie Stevick
Elyria
Snow flurries and cold air expected tonight
Weather report notes snow flurries in the south and frigid conditions tonight with more snow possible on Saturday in northern areas.
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Owhio
North Portion
Elyria Observes Armistice Day Quietly on 14th Anniversary
Elyria and Lorain County marked Armistice Day with a moment of silence at 11 a.m. Observances included school assemblies, wartime songs by the high school orchestra, and a commemorative address by Rose Bodik. The American Legion held a dance in the evening, while flags fluttered in light snowfall as the nation remembered World War dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Elyria
Elyria High School
J. Martin Beck
Raymond Huston
Rose Bodik
American Legion
Lorain County
Armistice Day Remembers Elyria Company B Casualties
Armistice Day recalls Elyria’s Army Company B roster from the 145th Infantry with a list of dead and wounded from Meuse Argonne and Ypres Lys offensives. Major Roy E Hitltz found the roster among a trunk noting local guardsmen who served in Mexico and World War I.
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Roy E. Hitltz
Gates Avenue
Elyrias
Mexico
Elyria
Lorain County
145Th. Infantry
U. S.A
Kaiser Declares Germany Not Responsible For War
Former German Emperor Frederick Wilhelm II says Germany was not responsible for the World War calling the accusation an infamous lie. The statement comes as monarchist sentiment rises and Germany seeks arms equality and a revision of the Versailles treaty. He has not commented on returning to Germany, though friends say he is ready if desired.
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Germany
United States
Europe
United Press
Doorn
Holland
Frederick Wilhelm II
Prussia
Doorn House
Hohenzollern
Versailles
Itia
Wilhelm
Llewellyn Thomas
Aberpergum
Wales
Britain
Kaiser
United Preas
Orain Bridge To Be Subject Of Discussion
Lorain officials and Lake Shore Route Association members meet November 17 at Hotel Antlers Lorain to discuss a modern high level bridge over Black River linking Detroit road and Lake road traffic to Route 2. Topics include funding options, cost estimates around 1.5 million dollars and potential employment impact.
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Black River
Lorain
Lake Shore Route Association
Hotel Antlers
Charles Tucker
Harry Shaw
C. D. Murray
J. Gordon McKay
Division of Highway Economies
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Detroit Road
Lake Road
Lorain County
Laram
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wendell P. Brown
Joseph Conley
Edward Burrell
Sheffield Lake Village
Hugo F. Bouse
Avon Lake
George Wilkens
F. J. Racey
President Hoover Heads East for Washington Resting at Palo Alto
President Hoover plans a swift cross country trip by presidential special train leaving Palo Alto for Washington, with a single longer stop at Avugleadle outside Los Angeles. He aims to reach the capital by Tuesday noon, avoiding public remarks amid war debt revision rumors.
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Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Washington
Lawrence Richey
Washingttn
Richey
Los Angeles
Yuma
Tucson
el Pano
Texas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Baltimore and Ohio
KIWANIANS HEAR GENERAL COXEY AT LUNCHEON
General Jacob S. Covey spoke at the Kiwanis Club luncheon in Massillon Ohio presenting Coxey’s plan for government to coin money and finance itself without interest. Guests Ed Notley J B Johnson H A Lattin A L Runyon Elyria and Charles Wampler Massillon attended.
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Jacob S. Covey
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Newell
Massilton
Ohio
Coxey
Ed Notley
J. B. Johnson
H. A. Lattin
A. L. Runyon
Elyria
Charles Wampler
Massillon
Chest Dinner Tuesday Opens Elyria Community Chest Drive
Jim Armitage was named chairman of the music committee for the Elyria Community Chest campaign to begin with a 6 20 P M dinner Tuesday at the First Congregational Church. Workers pay 50 cents for dinner to keep costs low, with William R. Hopkins as speaker to motivate the drive under the slogan Lets Keep A Goin .
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Jim Armitage
Community Chest
Elyria
Armitage
First Congregational Church
William R. Hopkins
Cleveland
Howard R. Butler
City Relief Board Proposed To Manage Winter Aid
The Chronicle-Telegram reports a council resolution to place the city relief program under a five member committee. The panel would include a Red Cross representative a Legion official a fraternal orders liaison a citizen at large and a council member. They would investigate and set up a winter relief plan serving without pay to maximize efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Red Cross
Legion
Thas
Fervent Prayer For Peace Marks Armistice Anniversary
United States and Europe observed the 14th Armistice anniversary with two minutes of silence at 11 A M. in many cities. England’s King joined Cenotaph services, Paris marked the tomb of the unknown soldier, and patriotic pilgrimages occurred nationwide while President Hoover was away in California.
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United Press
United States
Europe
England
Whitehall
Albert Lebrun
Paris
Hoover
California
Washington
the Unknown
Woodrow Wilson
Large gas well brought in in Eaton Township
A new gas well near Route 57 in Eaton Township southeast of Elyria struck a producing 14 foot sand at 2 440 feet. The 2 700 000 cubic feet per day open flow marks the first producer in Eaton Township. Drilled by C A McMillen and Elyrian investors, it lifts the district’s four well average to about 5 000 000 feet daily with another well expected soon.
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Hlyria
Frank Kovarik
Haton Township
Eaton Township
C. A. McMillen
Elyrians
McMillen
Erciany
Roosevelt Announces Weekend Rest at Hyde Park Home
President elect Roosevelt plans a back to the farm weekend at Krum Elbow Hyde Park. He will rest and avoid news, saying no cabinet decisions will be made for two months while serving as New York governor.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Krum Elbow
Hyde Park
State of
New York
Secret Service
Washington
Mark Graves
Great Britain
Europe
Judge Weygandt Urges Moral Fabric for Leaders
Judge Carl V. Weygandt of Cleveland spoke to the Methodist Men’s club at First M. E. church on the world’s spiritual disturbance and the certainty of Christianity. He argued leaders need strong moral training, noted debates over appointive vs elected judiciary, and predicted Ohio voters may soon face a decision on the issue.
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Carl V. Weygandt
Cleveland
Methodist Men's Club
M. BE
Weygandt
Supreme Court of Ohio
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
A. R. Webber
Lorain County
W. H. van Oster
Robert T. Moore
Great Britain seeks extension of wartime debt moratorium
London reports that Great Britain informed France and Italy of a war debt note to the United States seeking re examination of the wartime debt settlement and an extension of the Hoover moratorium. The note also indicated expectations regarding American horizons.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Bright Spots In Business World
Dun's Weekly Trade Review notes surprising endurance in most trade branches amid election and Armistice days. Graham-Page Motors orders valued at 1.5 million dollars for delivery Dec 1 through Feb 1. St Louis Southwestern Railway adds 221 workers, reaching 425 in shops. Lehigh Portland Cement plant in Ogler y Illinois reopens with 200 workers. B L Bruce Co lumber finishers raise payroll about 10 percent since July, to about 1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Dun’s
Weekly Trade Review
Pine Bluff
Ark
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Chicago
B. L. Bruce Co
Five Family Dead in Tennessee Plane Crash
The bodies of Joseph H. Hurst and four relatives were found in a wrecked airplane on a hillside near Kempville Tennessee. Residents heard the motor and crash after a night of sputtering and reports identified Hurst by papers found on him.
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Kempville, Tenn
Joseph H. Hurst
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Hurst
Tentative Jurors Seated in Lenaran Murder Trial
Six men and five women were tentatively seated as jurors for the murder trial of Frank Lenahan, a former Lorain police sergeant, at Lorain's court yesterday. The panel may shrink as defense and state may remove six peremptorily, with final seating to occur Monday as the case resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lenahan
Lorain
A. R. Webber
Long Avenue
Venire
Samuel Wragg
Amherst
Cleverland Quarries Company
Robert Lewis
Jeancourt
Elyria
George Snowden
Carpenter
James Thompson
Lergin
John Lettman
Louis Smith
Foster Avenue
Edward Mack
Eaton Township
G. H. Knott
Stanford Avenue
Edward O’neil
Fred Koegle
J. F. Ryan
Third Street
Edward J. Maple
Gratton
Walter Holstein
Willis Hines
Wellington
Plot To Blow Up Lorain Newspaper Plant Fails
Lorain November 11 an attempt to destroy the Lorain Journal plant failed when a dynamite bomb in the doorway did not explode due to a defective fuse. Police began a roundup of underworld figures after publisher David Gibson said the bombing stemmed from a newspaper campaign against gambling and illicit conditions. A man found the satchel bomb outside the plant and alerted officers, leading to further investigations.
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Lorain
Lorain Journal
Af Underworld
Daevid Gibson
Gaminor
Ain
Song Graham
Business Moneger
Cireham
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Anthony Pi Sandro
John H. Evans
William Hickman
Alexander Matusik
Roy Maxon
Joseph McDyer
Joseph McMullen
Walter Meyers
Zigmund Siwinski
George A. Tallhamer
Ernest Tinney
Robert C. Rusk
Roy M. Bowers
Norman M. Bradley
Irvin R. Conger
Carl Cully
Earl E. Davis
Howard W. Dietz
Jerome C. Tovo
Joseph D. West
Charles Truax
Ypres-Lys
Lewis P. Magas
Mathew McGee
Charles D. McGinnes
Arthur B. Staley
Patrick Cannon
Andrew Chernock
Martin J. Dooley
Raft Fenich
Charles Hinger
Russell Hottry
Alfred J. Hopkins
John McDermott
Nick Menas
Zygmunt Milczarek
Gustave J. Pauli
Clark Simpson
Roy J. Stripe
James C. Watson
Howard G. North
Laniville
James G. Brennen
Elmer Winters
Spencer W. Megonegal
Orain Bridge
Dr. McKay
Capitol
General Goxty
City Relief Board
Eaton
Judge Weygandt
WEED
Militant Church
Detroit
Graham-Page Motors Corp
Oglery, Ill
Lehigh Portland Cement
Lenaran
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