Ohio Endures Cold Wave as Deaths Rise to Nineteen
A brutal cold wave grips Ohio with temperatures as low as eight below zero. At least 18 fatalities are linked to the weather across Cleveland Akron Cincinnati and other towns. Traffic accidents and river ice threaten travel while snow blankets the state up to 17 inches in places.
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Cleveland
Akron
Cincinnati
East Liverpool
Middletown
Sandy Springs
Portsmouth
Dam 36
Columbus
Weather Bureau
Christmas Holiday Toll Tops 150 in U S and Abroad
Traffic accidents led the holiday fatalities with 26 dead in a German train wreck and many more victims from fires, crimes, and exposure. Notable shootings in Philadelphia left several dead including a stepmother. domestic incidents killed multiple others. A boardinghouse kill marked by Walsh and ONeill deaths in Butte, a Carthage tragedy, and deadly theater fire in Hot Springs plus Oklahoma and other blazes filled the toll.
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Associated Press
John Rogers
Philadelphia
Joseph McElroy
Lillian McElroy
Butte
Mont
Frank Walsh
Tom O'Neill
Harry Knight
Blake Maness
Carthage
N. C
Hot Springs
Ark
Oklahoma
New
Mrs. Goldie Minch Denies Alienation Suit Claim
Mrs Goldie Minch wife of the former Electric Auto-Lite president testified she had only hospitable relations with Dan Delisi guard at the 1934 Toledo strike and denied charges of stealing his love in a $100 000 alienation of affections suit filed by Delisi's wife.
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Dan Delisi
Toledo, O
Goldie Minch
Delisi
Methodist bishops oppose alien control in New Deal debate
Three Methodist bishops Edwin H. Hughes A W Leonard and E G Richardson said the New Deal smothers a proposed constitutional amendment to exclude aliens from census counts for district reapportionment They urged ministers to support the American Christian Alliance to block alien conspiracies in Congress and noted past committee reports favoring the amendment.
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Washington
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington, D. C
A. W. Leonard
Pittsburgh
E. G. Richardson
Philadelphia
American Christian Alliance
Congress
Christian Alliance
House Judiciary Committee
Ohio liquor tax collections for 1934 total $27,015,239.56
State Auditor Joseph T. Tracy reports Ohioans paid 27,015,239.56 in liquor taxes in 1934. More than two thirds, 18,527,290.57, went to the federal government, while 8,487,848.99 supported state and local subdivisions. State tax and permit revenues totaled 5,050,323.6 and 3,437,512.35 from permits largely funded political sub divisions.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
Taxation Drives Hagenbeck Wallace Circus to End
The Hagenbeck Wallce show the second largest circus in the world and a 40 year staple ends amid heavy taxation. Now wintering at Peru Indiana the company disbands immediately and its 1936 schedule is divided among other tours.
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New York City
Peru
Ind
U S Reports New Gains in Living Costs
The Labor Department reported a 0.4 percent rise in the cost of living for wage earners in large cities from July 15 to Oct. 15. Food costs were steady while clothing rose 0.3 percent, rent 4 percent, fuel and light 3.6 percent, and furniture 1 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Man walks ten miles to work in freezing weather
John Coy, 66, of New Holland ten miles east of Washington, braved near zero temperatures to reach a railroad section crew job at 6 30 A M completing the daily trek despite the cold and wind.
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Washington D. H
John Coy
New Holland
Here
Republicans Prepare to Intensify Fight Over New Deal
Washington reports split plans for the 1936 session with Roosevelt seeking a short, smooth session and Republicans vowing a wider assault on New Deal programs. The clash over the $2 billion soldiers bonus tops the agenda as the GOP accuses relief funds of building a political machine.
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Roosevelt
Republican National Congressional Committee
Grocer Bert Logan Endures Frozen Hands After Car Crash
Bert Logan a grocer from Zanesville was hospitalized with frozen hands after a minor collision en route from Cleveland. Doctors said his left hand may require amputation while the right could be saved, Logan stated he fought the incident to continue driving.
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Zanesville
Bert Logan
Logan
Cleveland
Airliner Service to Span Atlantic Opens Next Summer
New York reports that Trans Atlantic air service is planned for next summer with a 25 ton Pan American flying boat under four powerful engines. American aircraft firms prepare to launch airmail and passenger runs as nations vie for Atlantic routes and markets.
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Christopher Columbus
Wright Brothers
Blushing Bridegrooms Enliven Chicago Marriage Office
Sidney Summerfield, head of Cook County marriage license bureau, notes brides now rarely blush while grooms blush at filing fees. He cites a 50 percent rise in matrimonial tickets paid by women and a drop in average ages for both sexes. Total licenses issued in 1935 expected around 41,100, compared with 41,754 last year.
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Chicago
Sidney Summerfield
Cook County
Summerfield
Pleas for Peace Rise Above War in Christmas Observance
Christmas day reports note peace appeals amid global conflict. Ethiopians pause fighting as Bethlehem pilgrims pray for an end to war. King George V broadcasts a peace message to Britain. Retail trade climbs nearly ten percent while Roosevelt, Morgan, and Lindberghs mark holiday with family events aboard the Ameri can Importer. A blizzard hits the Midwest with record cold and a Santa Claus statue dedication amid festive activities.
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Sara
White House
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles Dickens
Lindberghs
High Seas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
England
United States
A. R. Dafoe
Callender
Ont
Mama
Papa Dionne
Joyeux Neel
Harvard University
Thomas W. Lamont
New York
Devils Lake
N. D
Santa Claus
Ind
December Blizzard Halts Traffic In Clinton County
Heavy snowfall blanketed Wilmington and Clinton County on Sunday action of one of the region s worst Decem ber storms in years. More than seven inches fell with sub zero readings as high as 25 degrees drop in half an hour. Roads were impassable and hundreds of cars left ditches while state highway crews cleared main routes and warned of more cold weather after a brief warm spell.
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Wilmington
Clinton County
Mercury
William Johnson
New Vienna
City Service Department
Port William Pike
U. S. Weather Bureau
African force routed by Italian legion in East Africa
Italian dispatches report a Danakil irregulars attack on a caravan moving toward Ethiopian salt fields east of the northern front. Ethiopians were routed with heavy losses. Badoglio police rounded up 12 natives in Italian uniforms. three executed and nine imprisoned. Kellogg Briand pact debates stir U S neutrality views.
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Associated Press
Danakiil
Danakil
Pietro Badoglio
United States
America
Boy's Hand Mangled in Farm Machinery
Ralph Osterhout a 15 year old from Haskins was hospitalized after his right hand was mangled and amputated following an attempt to pull a corn stalk from a shredder on his father's farm. The accident occurred near Bowling Green on Christmas Day.
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Anadarko
Okla
Eakly
Emma
Bowling Green
Ralph Osterhout
Haskins
Osterhout
McCain Rejects AAA Gift Plan For Surplus Farm Goods
J R McCain comptroller general rejected a proposal to buy and distribute surplus farm products to relief clients using funds under the AAA amendments. In Managua Nicaragua birth of quintuplets reported in the local press.
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Ashington
J. R. McCain
Managua
Nicaragua
Pop Corn Ad Racks Up Sales in News Journal Classifieds
An ad in the News Journal classified section ran three days at 45 cents and sold several pounds of corn. Mr. Snyder notes the ad paid for itself and continues to generate phone calls with plenty of corn priced right. News Journal ads move merchandise daily, encouraging buy sell trade through this medium.
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News-Journal
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