WPA Work Ramps Up In Hocking County Projects
In Hocking County 1,043 men and 74 women on WPA labor forage a $55,000 monthly payroll. Edwards C. Collins reports 121.5 miles of road done with 43 more 65 percent finished, plus a five mile Salt Creek levee and 1.7 miles of Snow Fork Creek channel work completed.
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Snow Fork Creek
Ward Township
East End
Logan
Oak Grove Cemetery
Hocking County
Hocking Valley
Deputy Sheriff N Spencer Bags Record Groundhog
Deputy Newton Spencer shot a 14 pound groundhog during a rural district trip on Tuesday while on duty. This marks the largest groundhog he has killed since 1931 when he shot an 18 pounder along Rush Creek.
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Logan
Newton Spencer
Rush Creek
Publication of Unpaid Tax Is Still in Doubt
Logan officials doubt the delinquent tax list will be published in Hocking County due to lack of appropriation. Auditor W S Yaw says next year's three year list must be published to prepare for property sales, with delinquent taxes around 200 000 though actual totals await year end. Whittemore Act provisions encourage payments, reducing totals by near 100 000 over 2 1/2 years as large companies prepare to pay.
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Logan
Ohio
Hocking County
W.S. Yaw
Ford Enters District Race
Logan May or James K. Ford of Chillicothe announces his run as an independent for the 11th District congressional seat. He faces L. P. Mooney of Logan a Republican and Harold K. Claypool of Chillicothe the regular Democratic nominee. The move may unsettle a district that usually leans Democratic by about 3500 votes.
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Logan
James KE. Ford
Chillicothe
Ford
Democrat State Central
L. P. Mooney
Harold K. Claypool
Heavy Rains Leave Logan Streets Muddy After Flood
Heavy rainfall Tuesday left several Logan streets covered in mud as floodwaters receded. A curb and gutter project on Mound and I streets was partly finished when gravel and sand washed onto Warner Avenue and Church Street. Service department workers spent Wednesday cleaning the mud with fire hoses.
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Logan
Mound &I
Warner Ave
Church St
Zeigler Travels Between Athens Jamestown for 4-H Work
Local naturalist Charles W. Zeigler attends a 4-H Camp faculty in Athens Georgia with 500 club members. He plans a second trip to Jamestown Virginia from August 17 to 25 and expects to return by month end.
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Logan
Charles W. Zeigler
Athens
Jamestown
Old Mohawk Medicine Ad at Gallaher Drug Store
Guaranteed refund offered if Old Mohawk Indian Medicine fails to relieve rheumatic and neuritis pain and other ailments. The 6 dose plan aims to stop arm, back and leg pain with 12 doses reducing stiffness and swelling. One dose may ease gas and indigestion. a week of use may regulate bowels. Big $1 bottle offered for 49 cents at 166 Court St. Sole agents.
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Gallaher Drug
Blore
Human Splinters and a Highway Tragedy
A dramatic depiction of a crash showing wood and steel as human splinters to condemn thoughtless driving. The piece blames speed, split-second errors, and faulty design for deadly highway crashes and urges elimination of such factors.
Columbus Man Is Sued For Divorce in Logan
Olga Swaney filed for divorce from Judson Swaney in Logan noting separation since April and marriage in Portsmouth Kentucky on October 16, 1931. They have two children aged 4 and 2, and she seeks the decree custody and alimony. Swaney resides in Columbus.
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Logan
Olga Swaney
Judson Swaney
Portsmouth
Swaney
Columbus
Vacationing family reports snow storm on West trip
In a telephone message from Fred E Huls delivered Wednesday night at Grand Lake Colorado he said he along with Mrs Huls and daughter Barbara encountered a snow storm during a two week West vacation. Also noted is Pearl Pratt of Ironton seriously injured near Conneaut earlier in the week in the same accident that killed former Sheriff E W Bennett of Lawrence County. Dr H M Boocks of this city is on a brief Magnetic Springs vacation.
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Logan
Fred E. Huls
Grand Lake
Colo
Pearl Pratt
Ironton
Conneaut
E. W. Bennett
Lawrence County
Charles EB. Pratt
Dr. H. M. Boocks
Magnetic Springs
Logan Brief Social Notes
Sunshine Girls class of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School gave Marguerite Cooper a farewell party hosted by teacher Mrs. A T Spears. Attendees included Dorothy Bryan Shirley Mooney Phyllis Leonard Lenora Humphrey Ruth Thomas Virginia Fitzgerald Wilma Bratton Marguerite Cooper and others. The Griffith and Higgin families plan their annual reunion at Old Man's Cave this Sunday.
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Sunshine
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Marguerite Cooper
Black Fork
A. T. Spears
Dorothy Bryan
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Shirley Mooney
Phyllis Leonard
Lenora Humphrey
Ruth Thomas
Virginia Fitzgerald
Wilma Bratton
Freida Napp
Speara
Griffith
Higgine
Old Man's Cave
American Legion Auxiliary Picnic Set at Cantwell Cliffs
Arrangements are made for the annual American Legion Auxiliary picnic to be held Monday evening at Cantwell Cliffs. The group will meet at the American Legion Hall at four o'clock and members with cars are asked to bring them. Committee members include Mrs Phil Tschappat Mrs Walter Huffman Mrs Irma Powers and Mrs Joe Rowley. Jonathan Walker age 22 is serving his fourth prison term after a two year sentence for transporting a stolen car from Shigois to Missouri.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Cantwell Cliffs
American Legion Hall
Phil Tschappat
Walter Huffman
Irma Powers
Joe Rowley
ST. Louis
Jonathan Walker
Leavenworth
Shigois
Missouri
Methodists Win In Final Rally Over Catholics
Methodists defeated Catholics 6 to 3 in a Wednesday game. Leonard pitched for the Methodists and Meyer for the Catholics. Jimmy Richardson returned to the Methodist lineup after a month away as both teams traded two runs in the first inning before a four run rally secured the victory in the sixth.
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Logan—Methodists
Catholics
Methodist
Meyer
Leonard
Jimmy Richardson
Methodists
Wedded in Logan Amid Murray City Nuptials
Charles Max Russell 22 a miner of Murray City son of Mr and Mrs Sherman Russell wed Rachel Hester Darnell 21 at home Murray City The ceremony was performed by Magistrate S B Whitehart in the probate court room on Wednesday afternoon
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Logan
Charles Max Russell
Miner
Murray City
Sherman Russell
Rachel Hester Darnell
S. B. Whitehart
Probate Court Room
Snipe Hunt Prank Causes Sheriff Call in Logan
A Zanesville group visiting Logan staged a corn field snipe hunt that frightened neighbors into calling the sheriff. They hid a victim in a sack while they pursued the game and fled in a car whose license number neighbors provided to officers. The car was later found and the prank ended with a laugh.
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Logan
Sheriff's Office
Zanesville
Auto Driver Injured In Unusual Accident
Charles Bensonhaver of near Ewing sustained a compound fracture of the right leg above the ankle when caught between his car bumper and a garage. He was taken to Cherrington Hospital after releasing himself. X rays showed the leg bone crushed. Bensonhaver said he tried to move the car by hand, it ran out of control, and struck him.
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Logan
Charles Bensonhaver
Near Ewing
Cherrington Hospital
Bensonhaver
Blum seeks divorce in Logan petition for neglect and cruelty
Myrl Blum files for divorce from Iva Ruth Blum whom he married in Logan on February 21 1929. They have two children aged 7 and 2 years and custody is sought along with the decree.
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Logan
Myrl Blum
Iva Ruth Blum
Logan-Pearl Timberlake Burns Leg Carrying Hot Water
Logan-Pearl Timberlake of North Street suffers severe burns on his left leg after slipping with a pail of hot water to the basement. He is expected to be incapacitated for some time. In Bayonne France a Basque Museum clock with one dial tells world time.
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Logan
Pearl Timberlake
North St
Bayonne
France
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