State Gripped by Sub Zero Temperatures
Ohio endured one of its coldest stretches in years as Valley Crossing near Columbus hit 19 below zero. Wilmington and Lancaster also reported extreme lows, while ice clogged Lake Erie and the Ohio River froze. Two deaths were linked to the cold, a Kell City fire caused $30,000 in damages, and the steamer Mascot faced a seven hour ordeal amid thick ice. The Felicity fire started in a grocery store and spread to other shops.
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Valley Crossing
Columbus
United States Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Lancaster
Glendale
Cincinnati
Wooster
Hamilton
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Cleveland
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Edward Braithwaite
Cincinati
Vinton Cox
Gallipolis
Kell City
Batavia
Sandusky
Put-In-Bay Island
John Frederick
North Bass
Middle Bass Islands
Put-In-Bay
Felicity
J. W. Wells
Four Bandits Get 3418 In Robbery Cincinnati
Four well dressed armed men seized a downtown Cincinnati lobby paralyzing six men and detaining them until two payroll clerks returned with a Globe Tailoring payroll of 3418. They herded captives into an elevator and sent them to the eighth floor where the payroll was taken.
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Cincinnati
Globe Tailoring Company
Fourth and Elm Streets
New Manager to Take Over R. F. C. Activities
Sidney B. Congdon will assume the Reconstruction Finance Corporation post in Washington D C as M J Fleming resigns to devote full time to duties as deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland Fleming resigns after leading the agency in Cleveland and moving to the federal reserve role Congdon steps into the agency leadership in Washington D C covering regional RF C activities
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Washington, D. C
M. J. Fleming
Cleveland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank
Sidney B. Congdon
Six Months Prison for Abduction Attempt in Hamilton
Albert Cunningham of Hamilton pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to six months in prison. The charge stemmed from an alleged attempt to abduct Alfred Cooper, a department store manager, in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Albert Cunningham
Hamilton
Alfred Cooper
Record Cold Engulfs Wilmington in 1926 Style Chill
Wilmington and Clinton County endured a brutal cold spell Friday with 16.5 below zero readings, the lowest in six years and second coldest in the state behind Valley Crossing. Officials cited lingering effects, fuel shortages, and increased demand for food and clothing as residents hunkered down and waited for relief.
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Wilmington
Clinton County
Erskine R. Hayes
Chamber Stands Against Insurance Plan in Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce delivers 12 point memorial to Governor George White opposing compulsory unemployment insurance. Delegation of 50 business leaders warns it would tax thrifty workers, freeze funds, push state socialism, pull $50 million yearly from Ohio capital markets, and deter shorter work weeks while driving industry out of the state.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
George
Chamber
Ohio
White
General Assembly
Roosevelt to Attend Victory Dinner in Albany
President elect Roosevelt moves on to New York for a dinner with Democratic workers after facing New York financial issues. He may return to Hyde Park for the weekend and could sign state bills allowing up to 40 million dollars in city relief measures.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Roosevelt
New York
Hyde Park
Akron Grand Jury Indicts 54 in Session
Akron dispatch reports fifty four indictments by the county grand jury. Cleveland boxer Louis Babe Triscaro, 19, faces highway robbery charges linked to an October 29 Portage Lake holdup. Anthon y Pasco of Salem is indicted for manslaughter in a fatal auto accident.
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Akron
Louis “Babe” Triscaro
Cleveland
Boxer
Portage Lake
Anthony Pasco
Salem
Wheat slides to bottom in Winnipeg pit
Wheat prices on the Winnipeg grain exchange fell to record lows with December futures near 38 cents a bushel after four days of declines. Stop-loss selling piled up as May futures hovered around 40 cents and July at 42 cents, with a slight rally later.
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Winnipeg
May
Sheriff-elect Setty Receives Badge at Presentation
On January 2 Frank Setty will be inducted as sheriff. His friends in Blanchester, members of the Junior Order Lodge where he is a Past Counselor, presented the gold badge to him on Wednesday night. H. C. Reed made the presentation. The badge bears his name the office and the county.
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Frank Setty
Blanchester
H. C. Reed
Nations Await Hoover Word on War Debts Conference Called
President Hoover weighs a nationwide debt strategy as Britain and England push for an international debt conference. Britain and France clash over preconditions for talks while Roosevelt avoids endorsing Hoover’s reexamination plan. Debtor nations face June deadlines as Washington awaits a decisive message to Congress.
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Hoover
France
Camille Chautemps
Washington
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Three Children Die as Train Hits Auto Near Rocky Hill
In Rocky Hill Kentucky a Louisville and Nashville passenger train struck an automobile yesterday killing three children of Mr and Mrs Cook. Harold Cook age 20 the driver Willow Dean Cook 12 and Murrell Cook 9 died in the crash near their home. The disaster occurred as the family traveled near their residence.
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Rocky Hill
Alex Cook
Louisville and Nashville
Harold Cook
Willowdean
Murrell
Former U. S. and S. C. Home Superintendent Dies at 83
Columbus telegram reports Andrew J. Walker, 83, former superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia, died of paralysis at his Columbus home. He once supervised stables at the government depot and moved to Columbus 35 years ago from Athens.
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Columbus
Andrew J. Walker
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xenia
Athens
Treatment with 2 500000 Volts Stops Cancer?
Berlin doctors Dr Fritz Lange and Dr Arno Brasch conducted a lab experiment delivering 2 500 000 volts to Heinrich Wanke a 55 year old farmhand and cancer patient The charge was claimed to have saved his life though details remain uncertain and risky treatment hung on outcome
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Berlin
Germany
Heinrich Wanke
Fritz Lange
Arno Brasch
Wanke
Youth denies killing brother and girl in first degree trial
Loren Truesdale, on trial for the murder of his brother Earl and a girl named Thelma Woods, denied the killings and disputed a witness's claim that he confessed, shouting that Mrs Woods lied and accusing officers of coercing his confession as cross examination revealed his emotional reactions.
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E. M. Botkin
Truesdale
Loren
Botkin
Four Held in Triple Killing in Kentucky
Four suspects were in jail in Manchester Kentucky and a fifth was sought for a triple feud killing in the remote Double Creek area of Clay and James counties. John and Albert Myers Joe Harris were arrested in a mountain cabin by officers. Henry Harris, the murder warrant target, was not located.
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Manchester
Double Creek
Clay and
Jim
John
Albert Myers
Joe Harris
Henry Harris
House to Vote Next Tuesday on Beer Bill
Washington report notes the House plans a Tuesday vote on a 3.2 beer proposal after Ways and Means approval of a Volstead act modification. Debate centers on legalizing light wines exclusion, projected $175 million annual revenue, and efforts to curb liquor imports into dry states.
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Washington
House
Ways and Meats Committee
Collier
Lea
D. Cal
Senate Judiciary
United States
Teachers Cut Pay to Operate School in Montville Township
Chardon Ohio December 16. With funds scarce Montville Township teachers agreed to keep schools open until June 1 while taking half pay until regular vacations. Trustees had planned January 1 shutdown. buses will be provided and parents will arrange transportation for pupils.
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Chardon
Montville Township
Crying child saves family in Wilmington area fire
Elon Dalton, his wife, and three children Billie Sam and Naomi escaped a two story frame home fire in the Lanes Community four miles southwest of Wilmington. The infant Naomi woke the mother and the family fled as flames spread. Six thousand dollars in losses were reported with insurance. Neighbors and volunteer firefighters battled the blaze in subzero conditions. Dalton plans no rebuilding yet.
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Elon Dalton
Lanes Community
Clinton County
Billie
Sam
Naomi
Lanes
Wilmington
Dalton
Ronnie
Charles T. Webb
Dennis Dalton
Fire at Shirokiya Department Store Kills Ten in Tokyo
A spectacular blaze at the Shirokiya department store in Tokyo killed ten and wounded about a hundred. The fire started from Christmas tree lights and spread through celluloid toy stacks, destroying the upper five stories of the seven story building. About 690 to 700 people, mostly salesgirls, were on upper floors during the panic, with some leaping or suffocating before rescue efforts by ladders, ropes, and canvas chutes. Army planes dropped rope ladders, troops controlled crowds, and firemen restored order as the shell of the building remained. The loss was unofficially estimated at 20 million yen, roughly $4 million.
Hoover Decides on Florida Vacation Plans
President Hoover has virtually decided on a Christmas vacation trip to Florida spending at least a week in the South by boat and automobile. He may cancel the White House New Year reception if Congress adjourns for holiday recess or if unexpected crises arise, with final decision pending.
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Washington
Hoover
Florida
South
Congress
White House
Building and Loan Plea for Funds Disapproved
Theodore Tangeman, Ohio state director of commerce, said the Ohio Building and Loan League would likely oppose requests for Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to building and loan associations. The remark came at a meeting of 30 manufacturers in Columbus yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio Building and Loan League
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Theodore Tangeman
Burns kill Greenup woman before open grate
Miss Susan Kilgore aged 78 died in Greenup Kentucky from burns after her clothes ignited while standing before an open grate on Thursday night. She was found by a relative and transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to injuries.
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Greenup
Susan Kilgore
Insurance Agents Listed for Local Coverage
FRANK SKIMMING and E. E. TERRELL appear as local insurance agents with contact numbers 2135 and 2350 respectively, indicating a small business directory entry for insurance services in the area. The listing emphasizes agent names and phone contacts for consumer inquiries.
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Frank Skimming
Marines Battle in Nicaraguan Revolt
Major General B H Fuller reports marines in Nicaragua logged 149 successful contacts with bandits over 13 months as U S forces withdraw. He notes the year was marked by extensive bandit operations across the country with encounters involving marines and the native guard.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Central American Republic
B. H. Fuller
U. S. Marine Corps
Congress Debates Philippine Independence Bill and Panel Hearings
Congress continues debate on Philippine independence bill as joint veterans legislation committee hears Administrator Hines. Judiciary sub-committee persists in considering repeal of prohibition. House Agriculture panels press on with farm relief hearings.
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Joint Committee On Veterans Legislation
Administrator Hines
Judiciary
House Agriculture Committees
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Setty
Mr. Hoover
Loren Truesdale
Woods
Kentucky
Senate
Tokyo
Department Store
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City
Shirokiya
E. E. Terrell
Insurance
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