Eastern U S Shivers claim 71 deaths across the East
A cold wave after Thanksgiving snow and sleet swept the eastern seaboard, causing at least 71 fatalities. Temperatures plunged to subzero in the Adirondacks and upper New England, with widespread ice and deep snowdrifts hindering travel. Rescue efforts included the Mendota guiding the Marsala with 25 cadets aboard. other ships ran aground or broke apart, and fires from overheated stoves killed a mother and five children in Amsterdam New York. Deaths spanned New England and neighboring states with varied counts by region.
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New York
Seaboard
Adirondacks
New England
New York City
Coast Guard
Mendota
Cape Henry
Marsala
American Nuanteal Academy of
Washington
Nova Four
Margaretsvile
New Brunswick
Eastern Steamship Line
Falmouth
Eaton’s Neck
Long Island
Amsterdam
N. Y
Eastern
Pennayivania
Upper New York
Palatial movie star homes menaced by new brush fire
Los Angeles November 26 brush fire menaced palatial homes of Shirley Temple Mary Astor and W C Fields in Mandeville Canyon. Fire lines and 800 firefighters battled flames fanned by wind. Homes of Stephen McGosson ChesterPham and Mrs John Hay Whitney at risk amid dozens of fires in Santa Monica mountains.
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Los Angeles
Mandeville Canyon
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Mary Astor
W.C. Fields
Pimure
Ralph Scott
Stephen McGosson
Chester Pham
Rustic Canyon
John Hay Whitney
Sullivan Canyon
Madeline Carroll
Las Flores Canyon
Santa Monica Mountains
Ocean
Italian Jews Eliminated From Italian Sports
Rome reports that Italian Jews have been removed from all branches of Italian sport effective immediately. The directive, cited as from a reliable source, marks a sweeping exclusion affecting athletes officials and affiliated organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Light snow in Ohio with colder nights and fair Sunday
The Ohio weather forecast shows light snow this afternoon and tonight with colder air in the west and extreme north. Sunday should be generally fair and colder, with possible snow flurries in the northeast. Warmer conditions are expected Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Plains States
Lake Region
Canadian
Prairie Provinces
New England
St. Lawrence Valley
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Indiana
Mississippi
Central
More Independence To Mark Next Congress
Senate Minority Leader McNary said the next Congress will show increased independence with a natural cohesion of forces opposing the New Deal. Republicans aim to hold balance of power amid eight extra seats and gain committee leverage, while planning a minority conference before Christmas and talks with Majority Leader Barkley on ratios. He warned against a coalition with conservative Democrats and emphasized safeguards for a possible government reorganization bill if endorsed by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McNary
Republican Party
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Former Sandusky City Commission President Dies
Robert C. Beebe aged 65 former president of the Sandusky City Commission died after resigning a year earlier due to illness. Beebe, an electric supply dealer, advocated a municipal light plant which voters approved but never built because of technical difficulties.
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Sandusky, O
Robert C. Beebe
Sandusky City Commission
Beebe
San Gusky
Former Elyrian Dies In Los Angeles
Relatives report the death of former Elyrian Joseph L. Tedrow at his home in Los Angeles California He leaves his wife Eva a mother Mrs L Harrington of Fuller Road Elyria three brothers Arthur Harry of Elyria and Edward of Lorain two sisters Mrs C W Hange of Elyria and Mrs T L Barth of Grafton
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Joseph L. Tedrow
Los Angeles
California
Eva
L. Harrington
Fuller Road
Elyria
Arthur
Harry
Edward
Lorain
C. W. Hange
T. L. Barth
Grafton
Ambassador Wilson On Way To Warm Springs
American ambassador Hugh R. Wilson, recalled from Germany, traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia to confer with President Roosevelt. He arrived in New York and boarded the Santa Clara for a brief meeting with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who was en route to Lima for the Pan American conference.
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New York
U. S
Hugh Wilson
Sam
Germany
Cordell Hull
Wilson
Manhattan
Hull
Santa Clara
Peru
Acme
Hugh R. Wilson
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Lima
Death Ends Lorain Mayor Bretz Career at 72
Lorain Mayor George P. Bretz, 72, died at St. Joseph's Hospital last night after three months of illness from uremic poisoning. A book and music store owner on Broadway for 39 years, he was a three-time councilman-at-large and a sharp critic of city expenditures. Acting Mayor Albert Matuzak has taken over the duties, with funeral arrangements to be announced after relatives arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
George P. Bretz
Cleveland
St. Joseph's Hospital
Broadway
Brett
Bretz
Electric
Treasury
Matuzak
Albert Matuzak
Brettville
Indiana
Detroit
Houston
Texas
Sioux Falls
Eighth Street
William F. Grall
Grall
William L. Bretz
Columbus
Randolph Bretz
Paul Mikus
Burns Fatal To Child in Lima Stove Oven Fire
Cecelia Helmig, seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Helmig, died in a Lima hospital from burns when her clothing caught fire from a stove oven fire.
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Lima
Cecelia Helmig
Clarence Helmig
Toledo Lawyer George Beckwith Dies at 82
George H. Beckwith aged 82, dean of the Toledo Bar Association, died at his home in Toledo yesterday. He was a longtime fixture in local law and community affairs.
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Toledo
George H. Beckwith
The
Toledo Bar Association
F H Williams to Retire from Elyria Health Dept
Preparations begin for two civil service exams in Elyria to fill vacancies in the municipal service. Sanitary police officer position opens due to F H Williams retirement after 25 years, and fire department vacancy from Edson A Stokes death. Williams, a Kipton native who moved to Elyria 32 years ago, worked as a cheese maker before his health role. Exams require high school education. winner attends state funded public health course. Fireman exam slated for December 13. sanitary police officer date uncertain.
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Elyria
F. H. Williams
Edson A. Stokes
Williams
Sanitary Police
Elyria Board of Health
Kipton
Lorain County
Sanitary
Civil Service Commission
State Department of Health
Public Debt Reaches All Time High This November
Washington November 26. The nations public debt stands at 33,584,212,458 and may exceed 39,000,800,000 within three weeks. The daily Treasury statement for November 25 shows the debt near record levels and likely to rise as mid-December financing plan unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Industrialist Dies in San Francisco Death
Warner Dave Huntington NY City industrialist and former chair of the Manufacturing Chemists Association died in San Francisco from a brain tumor. He will be cremated and ashes sent to Sandusky vault. He served as a director of major chemical firms and worked with the War Industries Board during World War II. His wife Edna Thomas Huntington witnessed his passing. two children from a prior marriage live in Baltimore and Plainfield.
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San Francisco
Warner Dave Huntington
New York City
Manufacturing Chemists’ Association
Sandusky, O
Huntington
Honolultu
War Industries Board
Edna Thomas
William Huntington
Baltimore
Robert Bradford
Plainfield
N. J
Hunting Licenses for Jews Canceled in Reich
In Berlin on November 26 Field Marshal Wilhelm Goering in his capacity as Reichmaster of the Hunt canceled the hunting licenses of all Jews. The decree cites the Reich hunting law forbidding licenses to persons who endanger public safety.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Goering
Senior Four-H Club To Elect Officers
Lorain County Senior Four-H Club will elect officers for 1939 at a West Ridge school meeting. Nominations come from the committee led by Norman Youngeberg with Lois Youtzy and Gerald Hasenpflug. A special recreation program is planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
West Ridge School
Norman Youngeberg
Lois Youtzy
Gerald Hasenpflug
Synagogue Partially Wrecked By Bombs in South Africa
A synagogue at Benoni near Johannesburg was partially wrecked by bombs during an anti semitic demonstration last night. Police blamed the attack on anti Jewish agitators and stepped up patrols in the area. No injuries were reported though windows were shattered and debris scattered around the prayer hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Benoni
Two Women Killed In Crash Near Springfield
Two women died when an Erie freight train struck their car at a grade crossing north of Springfield Ohio. Identified as Mrs Mildred Ervin and Mrs Mary Owens both 35 from Dayton. The car’s driver Glen Hickman 34 of Springfield, a former policeman, was hospitalized in serious condition after the mid night crash.
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Springfield
Erie
Here
Mildred Ervin
Mary Owens
Dayton
Glen Hickman
Five Judgments Affirmed By Appeals Court
The District Court of Appeals today affirmed five judgments from Common Pleas Judges D. F. Cook and Guy B. Findley. It upheld Findley’s decree for the City of Lorain in Ralph Weimer’s challenge to the mayor’s authority to dismiss him as humane officer and affirmed Meister’s lack of entitlement to 3232 pay during suspension. Cook’s rulings for defendant John Kern against the National Cash Register Co. for 135 and six were sustained, and the partition decree in Alonzo Taylor vs Sith Taylor et al of Elyria was also upheld.
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District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
D. 4. Cook
Guy B. Findley
Judge Findley
City of
Lorain
Ralph Weimer
Findley
Fred W. Meister
Lerain
Cook
John Kern
National Cash Register Company
Alonzo Taylor
Wellington
Sith Taylor
Daladier weighs action as mass protests rock France
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier plans strong measures to quell growing labor and left wing protests over reform decrees. More than 5 million workers to strike for 24 hours, threatening nationwide disruption. Government notes possible dissolution of the Communist party as thousands of guards display strength and plants in Paris region evacuate despite strikes. Railway workers halt suburban departures in show of defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Communist Party
Bourret
de Camps
Stenographer Slain By Jealous Suitor
New York City November 26 Miss Marion Wheeler a 32 year old stenographer was shot and killed today in the accounting office of the New York Central Railroad by a man believed to be a jealous suitor who then killed himself in a corridor near the Grand Central offices on the seventh floor of the Grand Central building adjacent to the terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marion Wheeler
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central
Grand Central Terminal
Escaped Youth Surrenders After Six Days in Snow
Raymond Steiner aged 19 surrendered to Blair County jail after six days of eluding capture. He had escaped by scaling the wall with a curved pipe, spent days in a shanty near the prison, and said he traveled to Ohio before deciding to return as cold weather settled in. He is serving a two year term for larceny.
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Hollidaysburg
Raymond Steiner
Blair County
Steiner
Ohio
Pope Pius XI Rallies From Heart Attacks In Rome
Pope Pius XI was recovering rapidly after a series of heart attacks and would resume normal activities after rest. He left bed, sat in an armchair near St. Peter's Square, received Cardinal Pacelli, and was examined by Father Gemelli as attendants noted his satisfactory condition.
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Rome
Navy
Pius XI
Howver
Vatican
Cardinal Pacelli
Aminto Milani
St. Peter's Square
Agostino Gemelli
Father Gemelli
Two Youths Confess To $500 Holdup
Warren Ohio November 26 state highway police held two youths Reed Russell 17 and Homer Bigley 18 both of Toledo after they confessed to a $300 holdup at North Jackson Feed and Supply using a revolver stolen from Norwalk police. They were captured by Sergeant M M A Mock after Carl Lehman and two customers were robbed. The youths said they took the weapon from a Norwalk police station where they had been questioned yesterday after a stolen auto was wrecked and burned. Norwalk police released them after questioning then the pair stole a second car in Norwalk and drove to North Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Norwalk
North Jackson
Pound of Baloney Saves Butcher $100
In Steubenville Ohio a robber entered Agosto Billia's store and demanded money. Billia fired baloney from behind the counter, striking the bandit between the eyes. The hijacker fled, and the baloney’s impact saved him $100.
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Baloney
Steubenville
Agosto Billia
Billia
Poultry Congress Committee Heads Meet Wednesday
Plans for World Privy Congress membership work in Lorain County will be discussed next Wednesday evening at a meeting of all township committee chairmen in the county. The list of township chairmen includes M J Ellingshire Avon W W A Morris Amherst and Black River Donald Day Brighton F E Sharp Camden William Kneisel Brownhelm Paul Portman Henrietta Joseph Rapking Huntington Harry Rowland Rochester William Barber Wellington Robert Pickworth Pittsfield Chester Nash Russia John Baker Elyria Sheffield Raymond Streicher Carlisle Adrian Buswell La Grange Ira Starr Penfield A C Bennett Grafton Carlton Blane Eaton John Worceeer Ridgeville and Willard Hathaway Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
M J. Ellingshire
Avon
W.W. A. Morris
Amherst
Black River
Donald Day
Brighton
F. E. Sharp
Camden
William Kneisel
Brownhelm
Paul Portman
Henrietta
Joseph Rapking
Huntington
Harry Rowland
Rochester
William Barber
Wellington
Robert Pickworth
Pittsfield
Chester Nash
Russia
John Baker
Elyria
Sheffield
Raymond Streicher
Carlisle
Adrian Buswell
la Grange
Ira Starr
Penfield
A. C. Bennett
Grafton
Carlton Blane
Eaton
John Worcee'er
Ridgeville
Willard Hathaway
Columbia
Youths Injured in Icy Lima Crashes Two Sentenced
William Hole 21 and Robert Wehner 14 were in critical condition after separate auto accidents on icy Lima streets. Wehner lost a right leg due to injuries. Hole sustained serious injuries.
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Lima
William Hole
Robert Wehner
Wehner
Thousands Of Lights Flash Cheery Christmas Greeting
Elyria hosts its annual holiday light display as Mayor Petro flips the switch in Ely Park. Crowds gather despite cold as lights stretch across downtown and buildings glow with Christmas displays. local merchants sponsor a light count contest with cash prizes. Ruth Barnhart wins first prize, Ford Brown second, M J Graff third.
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Elyrians
Elyria
Joseph Q. Petro
Ely Park
City Hall
Court House
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Barnhart
Spruce Street
Ford Brown
Riverside Court
M. J. Graff
Middle Avenue
Auto Workers Stage Sit In Strike Ends in Detroit
DETROIT Nov 26 A sit in strike by 200 United Auto Workers members at the Chevrolet Gear and Axle Company plant ended today. The workers protested suspensions by sitting at their jobs last night and evacuated shortly before 9 o'clock. Company officials expect normal operations to resume soon as negotiations on the dispute continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Chevrolet Gear and Axle Company
UAW
McCulloch Poised as House Speaker in Ohio
In Columbus on November 26, Rep William McCulloch of Piqua was all but assured as speaker of the next Ohio House after rival Henry H Medall withdrew, leaving Rep R R Bangham of Wilmington as the remaining candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William McCulloch
R. Piqua
House of Representatives
Henry H. Medall
R. R. Bangham
Wilmington
Fall Proves Fatal for Police Radio Engineer
Victor D. Gettys, 39, chief radio engineer for the Youngstown police, died from injuries after a 60-foot fall from an antenna pole four days earlier when his safety belt broke. He succumbed today in Youngstown Ohio.
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Youngstown, O
Victor D. Gettys
Youngstown
Wing of plane collapses in Biggs field crash
A naval airplane from San Diego crashed after takeoff at Biggs Army Field in El Paso. Pilot Aviation Cadet L. T. Rowe and Machinist Mate C. K. Wise, both of San Diego, were killed, and Howard Willis, a Filipino mess attendant, was slightly injured. The right wing collapsed at about 50 feet, causing a 60 foot skid and the aircraft to flip. A naval board from San Diego will investigate the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Biggs Army Field
L. T. Rowe
C. K. Wise
Howard Willis
Naval Board
President Roosevelt Ends Confer With Eccles In Georgia
President Roosevelt met with Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve board, at Warm Springs Georgia. Officials offered no comment, but the gathering was seen as part of preparations for a committee to study monetary and economic policy. Roosevelt also anticipated a report from Hugh R. Wilson, the recalled U.S. ambassador to Germany, who was due to arrive tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
86 Years Old Takes Five Mile Hike on Birthday
James Jones, 86, of Niles, Ohio, trudged through biting winds to repeat a five mile walk from Niles to Warren set 34 years ago. He attended the Warren Niles football game with his son Elmer Jones, deputy Trumbull county auditor, and plans to try again in about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren, O
James Jones
Niles
Warren
Warren- Niles
Elmer Jones
Trumbull County
Jones
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Wilson Cenfer
Elyrian
Ambassador Wilson
Burns
Health Dept
Sandusky
Bulletin
Appeals Court
Pope
U.P
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Poultry Congress Committee
Oberlin
Karl Geiser
Oberlin College
la Guardia
Geiser
Department of Political Science
United States
Velma Robison
Kentucky
Jones Greene
Wyckliffe
Tallula
Edward Robison
Velma
Margaret Pratt
Greene
Robison
Tae
Telke
Elyris
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