Heroic rescues amid storm as Missouri town fights isolation
Chicago dateline reports heroic rescues of two people and efforts to reach 200 villagers cut off by a month of winter weather. CCC youths, state crews, and an airplane race to deliver food as fuel runs low. Nearby救 single farm emergencies, and deaths from cold and accidents tally amid ongoing severe cold across central states.
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Chicago
Hatfield
Missouri
CCC
Bedford
Dale Sleep
Gentry
Eli Williams
St. Joseph
Ohio River
Paducah
Central States
Williston
N. C
Havre
Mont
Rhinelander
Wis
River Rouge
Mich
Midwest
Moline
Violet Barber
John
Minnie Barber
Chilren
Dr. G W Allison to Address Forum Here Tomorrow
Dr. George W. Allison of Fort Wayne will speak at the Community Forum at the YMCA Tuesday evening at 8. The topic is Can Mars Be Changed with focus on current neutrality legislation. After the address attendees may discuss the subject. The forum moved its meeting night for this week only from Wednesday to Tuesday.
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YMCA
George W. Allison
Fort Wayne
Allison
Mars
Violence erupts after election across Spain with deaths
In Madrid a clash between demonstrators and police left one dead and four injured. Dispatches from Cartagena report 900 prisoners mutinied, killing a warden and burning the jail.
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Madrid
Spain
Cartagena
Italians Win At Amba Aradam In Ethiopian Campaign
Field dispatch from Asmara reports the Italian Northern Army sealed victory on Amba Aradam after six days of fighting. About 6,000 Ethiopian soldiers were killed while Italian losses were 107 dead and 325 wounded. Badoglio directed 70,000 troops with fortifications, air bombardment, and mountain artillery to seize Enderta, Makale, and Amba Aradam ahead of the rains.
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United Press
Asmara
Eritrea
Amba Aradam
Amba Alagi
Enderta
Makale
Tembein
Ras Siyoum
Pietro Badoglio
Mt. Aradam
Ras Mula Getta
Ras Kassa
Badoglio
No Man's Land
Makale Front
Sceliot
No Man's Town
Sabaudia
Sila
Assiett
Central Manufacturers Mutual Insurance hosts regional meeting series
District managers and field men from across the United States arrive for a three day meeting at Central’s headquarters. Noted insurance leaders address attendees on topics including the mutual universe, borrowed money insurance, advertising, use and occupancy insurance, and sales engineering insights.
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Central Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Co
United States
Hotel Marsh
C. H. Tinsdale
Portland
Oregon
J. F. Winn
Syracuse
N. Y
D. M. Berlin
Oklahoma City
Okla
R. A. Brock
New York City
Mass
H. G. Kates
Roanoke
S. C. Roper
Spartansburg
8. C
Sam Chandler
Macon
Walter E. Love
Columbus
Ohio
James McDonald
Cincinnati
H. N. Coldwell
C. M. Purmort
The
Central
L. G. Purmort
Edwin L. Poor
Chicago
Journal
American Insurance Insurance
Mutual Universe
T. A. Murphy
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Vernon E
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Mansfield
Howard Swink
J. H. Marsh Company
Marion
R. E. Nelson
E. J. Raabe
M. L. Landis
the Central
False Fire Cry Triggers 13 Injuries at Dome Theatre
A false cry of fire caused by a fire extinguisher fluid on a hot radiator led to a mass rush at the Dome Theatre in Youngstown on February 17. Thirteen people were injured, four seriously, as theater staff tried to stop the panic while the show continued in darkness.
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Youngstown, O
Dome Theatre
Youngstown
J. A. O'Day
Fort Wayne man suffers fractured arm in ladder fall
C. L. Rison of Fort Wayne, well known in Van Wert, fractured his left arm Saturday after falling from a ladder while working at the 8S. F. Bowser company.
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C. L. Rison
Fort Wayne
van Wert
8S. F. Bowser Company
Fire department douses roof fire at Marlett home
Firefighters responded at 7 30 a m to L W Marletts home 417 North Market Street and extinguished a roof fire caused by sparks. Damage described as light.
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L. W. Marlett
North Market St
Roosevelt becomes grandfather for sixth time
President Roosevelt welcomed a granddaughter, an eight-pound girl born at Lying-in Hospital to Mrs. James Roosevelt, his eldest son, marking the sixth time the president has become a grandparent.
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F. R
New York
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Townsend candidate Washington plan to announce today
A reported plan by John McGroarty to have his name used in a Townsend campaign surfaces as major figures in New Jersey politics press for Hauptmann confession. Mrs Evalyn McLean, Samuel Leibowitz, and Gov Harold Hoffman meet to press Hauptmann with hours of cross examination in the prison death house as Justice Trenchard prepares to re sentence the Lindbergh baby killer.
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Trenton
N. J
America
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Lindbergh
Evalyn Walsh Mclean
Samuel Leibowitz
Scottsboro
Harold G.hoffman
Leibowitz
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Band Fathers Organize Plan Boxing Show
Fathers of Van Wert High School band formed the Band Fathers Association to raise funds to send the band to Washington in May. F Roy Shaffer named press officer and committees for program publicity equipment tickets and date were set, with no event date yet chosen. A large amount of money has been raised in the past by the Band Mothers Association.
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Otis A. Leist
A. C. Feigert
Eugene Agler
Barner Blank
H. W. Lehning
Phil Conn
Guy Simpson
W. C. Trapp
M. Forwalter
J. R. Foote
E. B. King
Shaffer
A. E. Diener
C. P. Bowdle
Band Mothers Association
Kennedy enters race for state secretary nomination
W J Kennedy of Cleveland announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in Columbus. He cites election law changes to improve economy and efficiency as campaign basis. Kennedy served four terms on Cleveland city council and was once state welfare director under former Governor White before becoming director of public service under Mayor Ray T Miller. For two years Miller has led the Cleveland office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation.
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Columbus
William J. Kennedy
Cleveland
Kennedy
White
Ray T. Miller
Miller
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Coroner rules Bodey death a suicide in Urbana
Coroner David H. Moore announced that William H. Bodey aged 46 whose body was found Sunday in Urbana with a bullet wound to the right temple died by suicide.
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Urbana
David H. Moore
William H. Bodey
Jury Selected For Veach Damage Suit In Van Wert
A jury for the Veach damage suit against the city of Van Wert was chosen after morning jury selection and afternoon case outlines. Ralph R. Veach seeks 15000 dollars for alleged Town Creek pollution damaging his 110 acre Hoaglin township farm.
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Ralph R. Veach
van Wert
Hoaglin Township
Town Creek
Sumner E. Walters
DeWayne Brubaker
Ohio City
B.F. Tummel
Clark Weaver
Wiltshire
Perry Shilts
Oscar Bauer
Union Township
Berniece Duprey
Ridge Township
Henry Thomas
John Dull
M. M. Agler
Donald Eichar
Cora Davies
Grace Putman
Columbus
Knepper, White
Smith and Dempsey
Lindemann
Delphos
Jesse F. Beam
Kernsright
Hoke and Right
Hugh Waltz
Irvin Ditto
John A. Jones
Edna Harvey
Near Cavette
Franklin School Operetta Presented for Rotary Club
Franklin Fourth Ward school staged its annual operetta last Friday and a portion was shown today at the YWCA Rotary meeting. Betsy Ross Made Old Glory was dramatized. Teachers drilled pupils. Miss Miller and Mary Margaret Shaffer directed and provided piano accompaniment. Lincoln School will be next.
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Franklin
Mager 71 of York Tp Dies After Stroke Rites Wed
William Mager 71 of York township died Sunday morning at Van Wert County Hospital after a paralytic stroke in a East End A and P store. He had lived on farms in Ridge and York townships, married 45 years, survived by his widow and two brothers John Ridge Town and Andrew Oklahoma. Funeral services Wednesday at Bethel M E Church, burial Ridge Cemetery.
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William Mager
York Township
van Wert County Hospital
Mager
A and P
Dayton
van Wert
Ridge Township
Mr. Mager
John Mager
Ridge To
Andrew Mager
Oklahoma
Kniffin Files For Re election In Fifth District
Congressman Kniffin of the Fifth District filed his candidacy for re election on the Democratic ticket at the Van Wert county election board's office today. He is the first candidate with the exception of party committee seekers to file for the May primaries, Kniffin is serving his third term.
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Kniffin
Fifth
van Wert County
Roy D Chapin Dies in Detroit Motor Leader of Hudson Company
Roy D Chapin, president of Hudson Motor Car company and former secretary of commerce under Hoover, died at Henry Ford hospital after a pneumonia illness. He had long propelled Detroit’s auto industry, joining Olds Motor Works early in his career and moving to Hudson in 1908, becoming chairman in 1910 before serving in Hoover's cabinet.
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Detroit
Roy D. Chapin
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hoover
Henry Ford Hospital
Chapin
Olds Motorworks
BE. R. Thomas Detroit Hudson Motor Car Company
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Robert P.lamont
Chances Few on Bowes Program and Van Wert Entrants
Radio Guide reports Major Bowes receives about 15 000 amateur letters weekly with only 700 to 900 reaching auditions. Four staff open mail and two sort it, many letters are discarded. Of those auditioned 16 to 20 are chosen, with typical pay of five dollars and a one in 70 000 chance at fame. Richard Perry’s sister and friends in Van Wert hope for a Sunday night spot as their letters await response after a recent delay.
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Radio Guide
Major Bowes
Richard Perry
Laurie Weck
Glenn Angevine
Oliver Perry
Richard
Weck
van Wert
Supreme Court backs TVA power plan in New Deal case
The United States Supreme Court upheld the government’s right to develop and sell power from Wilson Dam as part of the Muscle Shoals TVA project, signaling broad approval for government power production along the Tennessee River. The ruling comes amid a tense, rumor-filled atmosphere as the court weighs constitutionality and potential limits on government business.
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Washington
New Deal
United States Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee River
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
United Press
TVA
NRA
AAA
Louis D. Brandeis
Congress
Stanley Reed
Walter Smith Recovering After Gas Incident
Walter Smith of South Chestnut street is recovering after being overcome by artificial gas while working on pipe connections in a trench near Jefferson and Sycamore streets Saturday afternoon. Miles Thatcher of North Harrison street assisted him. Thatcher and Smith were working on gas mains to improve service for North Jefferson street residents. Smith was taken to the hospital and is now home.
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Walter Smith
South Chestnut St
Jefferson and
Sycamore Sts
Van
Smith
Miles Thatcher
North Harrison St
North Jefferson St
Thatcher
Winter Games End With Norway Dominance
Norway topped the unofficial Olympic winter championship with 121 points after 11 days of competition. The U S team faded to fifth with 38 percent, while American athletes head to further European meets. Canada beat the U K in ice hockey, Britain clinching the title as the Americans depart for Prague and Munich. The bobsled team sails home on the President Harding, with two two man sled champions from Lake Placid still holding the U S title.
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Garmisch -P
Germany
Norway
U. S
Canada
Restet
Great Britain
Prague
Munich
Harding
Hamburg
America
Lake Placid
Ivan Brown
Alan Walshbond
Kenne Valley
Paul M Legion Seeks Republican Nomination for Ohio LG
Paul M Legion, Columbus, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He was the party's nominee in 1934 but lost in the primary.
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Paul Herbert
Columbus
Paul M
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Wahl
W. J. Kennedy
R.R. Veach
Plaintiff’s Farm
Franklin School
Rotary Club
Wm. Mager
York Tp
Hudson
Bowes
Hughes
Justice Brandeis
Stone, Roberts and Cardozo
Alabama Power Company
John A. Reichmann
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