Traffic Hard Hit by Rain on Ice Across Van Wert County
Roads in Van Wert County were severely slick due to rain on ice. State crews spread sand on Route 30 and U S Route 127 to curb the hazard while buses and cars slid, with several fender-battering minor collisions and no major accidents reported.
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van Wert
State Highway Department
Delphos
Paulding
van West West
Indiana Line
D. A. Snyder
Grove
Fort Wayne-Lima
Lima
R. B. Stevens
Wapakoneta
Bluffton High
Auditorum
Giffin Gallogs
Timin College
C. L. Shaffer
York
Honglin-Jackson
Wiltshire
Tax Return Help Schedule For Van Wert And Surrounding Counties
Fred Wollenhaupt deputy collector of internal revenue will assist taxpayers in Van Wert and Putnam counties from February 17 to 19 and March 6 to 16 in his Post Office office. He will also visit Payne Antwerp Continental Leipsic Paulding Ottawa Columbus Grove Delphos on listed February and March dates to aid federal income tax return preparation.
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Fred Wollenhaupt
Internal Revenue
van Wert
Putnam
Payne
Antwerp
Continental
Leipsic
Paulding
Ottawa
Columbus Grove
Delphos
Fractured Hip Suffered By East Keplar Resident In Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Dixon mother of Mrs O Z Hartman of East Keplar street fractured her left hip in a fall on ice at the Hartman home this morning and is hospitalized at Van Wert County Hospital. Ziegler Ill Feb 14 firemen to be paid four first responders $3 each per fire announced by council.
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Elizabeth Dixon
O. Z. Hartman
East Keplar Street
Hartman
van Wert County Hospital
Ziegler, Ill
Planes To Aid Snowbound Towns In South Dakota
Snowbound communities in western South Dakota await aid as planes with supplies prepared to fly to 11 isolated ranching towns. A record winter and blizzard conditions hindered ground routes and raised the death toll beyond 320 while other storms lashed California and the plains.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Central States
Tituard Grounds
Federal
Lester Iee
Rapid City
Red Owl
Advance
Cooper
Camp Crook
Stoneville
Herford
Patrport
Cedar Canyon
Bishop
Calif
California
Mt. Lowe
Alhambra
Oklahoma Panhandle
Witnesses Called in Damage Case Veach Versus Van Wert
The common pleas court hears defense witnesses in Ralph R Veach versus the city of Van Wert for $15,000 damages due to Town Creek pollution. W E Jackson E C Humphreys C E Lawhead Caples Foster W B Jones W D Williams F E Longwell Dayton Hard F W Leslie and O W Priddy were summoned today as defense witnesses. Veach resides in Honglin Jp. and sues the city for pollution damages.
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Common Pleas
Ralph R Veach
City of
van Wert
W. .E. Jackson
E. C. Humphreys
C. E. Lawhead
Caples Foster
W. B. Jones
W. D. Williams
F. E. Longwell
Dayton Hard
F. W. Leslie
O. W. Priddy
Veach
Honglin Jp
Town Creek
Two Sea Rescues and Vessel Sinks Off Nantasket Light
Coast guards rescued two persons today near Nantasket Lightship while battling a southeast blizzard. A bing vessel sank in the rough seas prompting the rescue operation and prompting alerts along the coast.
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Boston
Coast Guards
Nantasset
Green Discusses Farm Bureau Work at YMCA Meeting
Perry L. Green of the Ohio Farm Bureau outlined bureau functions at a Thursday YMCA gathering with representatives from Putnam, Paulding and Van Wert counties. O. J. Birch presided as district trustee. Eirich spoke on Need of Organization and Gradner led Cooperative Education.
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Farm Bureau
YMCA
Putnam
Paulding
van Wert
O. J. Birch
Union Jo
Perry L. Green
Ohio Farm Bureau
Eirich
Herbert Gradner
Findlay
Stanley Kerr
Ottawa
B. Wortman
W. D. Brentlinger
Defense rests in Liggett case in Minneapolis trial
The defense in the Isadore Blumenfeld murder case announced it would rest today after eight witnesses testified. Blumenfeld, the former bootlegger nicknamed Kidd Cann, was alleged to have killed Walter Liggett. defense testimony concluded with Blumenfeld in a downtown barber shop when Liggett was killed on December 9.
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Minneapolis
Isadore
Kidd Cann
Blumenfeld
Walter Liggett
Sparks Fly as Byrns Shakes Hands in Washington Mystery
A comic sketch portrays Speaker Byrns greeting visitors with a spark that zaps his fingers. Experts debate causes from rugs to air conditioning while Secretary Robertson jokes she generates shocks with every call and file.
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Byrns
Washington
Ray
Burns
Congress
Margeret Robertson
Benjamin Franklin
Summer
MR. Washington Summer
Tax Returns Timetable Announced for Feb 15 to Mar 31
Tax returns must be made in duplicate between February 15 and March 31 with one half of the tax paid when filed. Household goods are not taxable unless used in business and automobiles are not taxable unless held for business. Deputies will visit outlying districts on dates to be published later.
Death Cheating Act Is Awaited
Carter the Great, famed magician who fooled audiences with stage illusions, dies in Bombay at 61 after illness since January. He pledged to join Houdini in returning from death if possible, while opposing spiritualist phenomena. His wife Corinne led his affairs, and he leaves a legacy alongside fellow magicians in early 20th century show business. Ice cream hour plans surface in Seattle as manufacturers push a 3 pm daily treat cue.
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San Francisco
Carter
Bombay
India
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Earth
Los Angeles
Ike Houdini
Corinne
Thurston
Hermann the Great
Keller
Blackstone
Niccolo
Golden
Sea Cliff
Van Wert Song Birds Hope for Major Bowes Audition in New York
Dick Perry known as Dick, from Van Wert high school and the local paper carrier, travels with sister and pianist to New York to audition on Major Bowes Amateur Hour. They tour city sights while awaiting word and are backed by local businessmen who fund their trip.
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van Wert Theatre
New York
Glenn Angevine
Major Bowes
St. Patrick's Church
Madison Square Garden
Jack Dempsey's
Radio City
Empire State Building
New York Times
Brooklyn
The
Aquarium
Ben Bernie
New York Women's Symphony Orchestra
Woman Heads Pan American Peace Mission
Miss Heloise Brainerd, chairman for Latin America of the People's Mandate, left Washington February 10 to tour Mexico and Central America gathering signatures for a 50,000,000 signature drive against war. The tour starts in Mexico City, then Guatemala City, San Salvador, and moves to Tegucigalpa, Managua, with plans to visit Costa Rica and Panama in April.
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Washington
Mexico
Central America
Heloise Brainerd
Latin America
People's Mandate
Don Francisco Castillo Najera
Mexico City
Miss Brainerd
Pan American Union
Guatemala City
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Western Hemisphere
Far East
Europe
Paris
Mary E. Woolley
United States
Mount Holyoke College
Mass
Mable Vernon
Mary Moss Wellborn
Equal Rights Movement
Mandate Committee
Argentina
Chile
Cuba
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Haiti
Uruguay
WPA workers list protests in Ohio demand higher wages
Ohio WPA workers plan a Saturday meeting with state administrator Dr. Carl Watson to push for wages at least equal to prevailing labor rates. They seek relief for weather-related time losses, 66 hour daily work periods, and sick pay or relief. Local 481 leader John T. Ray helped initiate the conference through the Youngstown union chapter.
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Columbus
Ohio
WPA
Carl Watson
Watson
Columbus Federation of Labor
John T. Ray
How Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
S Aid
Youngstown
Ice gorge in Ohio River breaks near Carrsville Ky
The Ohio River ice gorge near Carrsville Kentucky broke late yesterday. Ice floes moved downriver for miles above Hurricane and Plow Islands where eight government workers are marooned. If the gorge widens floods could threaten upstream islands and a houseboat 35 miles north.
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Paducah
Ohio River
Carrsville
United States Engineer's
Carraville
Here
Middle Stream
Supreme Court of Ohio studies refunder case in session
The Ohio Supreme Court reviewed the Ambruster-Lawrence road bond refunder case after arguments. The court may delay action while the legislature is in session. The law’s validity was challenged as benefiting a narrow class of property owners. Van Wert County joined 48 counties in the suit. Provisions shift 10 percent of motor vehicle license receipts to a state fund to retire bonds, canceling post 1935 assessments.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ru ‘Combe
Gilbert Bettman
van Wert
Bettman
Ethel L. Thrasher
Geauga County
Melbert F. Cooley
T. M. Dye
Cleveland
Ning Cooley
Thomas A. Jones
Will P. Stephenson
Dye
Handicraft Class Planned at Horace Mann School
A free handicraft class directed by Miss Marie Jones will be organized at Horace Mann First Ward school Friday at 2 30 PM. Open to anyone interested to attend.
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Marie Jones
Horace Mann
First Ward
Leibowitz Sees Hauptmann Break In Prison Visit
Samuel Leibowitz, famed defense lawyer, met with Bruno Hauptmann for about an hour in the Trenton state prison. Hauptmann cried like a child, and Leibowitz said it was a very satisfactory interview as he seeks information to petition for a new trial.
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Trenton
N. J
Samuel Leibowitz
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Trenton State Prison
Bruno
Leibowitz
Anna Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Flemington
Thomas W. Trenchard
United States Supreme Court
Hoffman
Leibowits
Lelbowitz
Death House
Akron sit down ends at Goodyear plant
Akron workers at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co resumed the second shift in plant 2 ending the fourth labor sit down in recent weeks.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak in Dayton March 2
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, will address Dayton Business and Woman's clubs on March 2. The topic has not yet been announced.
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Dayton
Eleanor Roosevelt
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