Ohio marks independence as deaths from Fourth listed
Ohio celebrated the Declaration of Independence with festivals and patriotism while reporting 11 deaths from accidents. Nine traffic fatalities occurred as nearly 75,000 attended Cleveland’s Festival of Freedom and more than 50,000 watched the Buckeye Republican show in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Lakefront
Citizen Bureau
Miami University
Robert Grosse
John Tebroski
Canton
Detroit
Jackson
William Specht, Jr
Leona
Doris Lee Buckler
Cincinnati
Dick Myers
Portage Lake
Herman Robinson
Steubenville
Civilian Conservation Corps
Cambridge
Seneca Lake
Clyde Frazier Sentenced to Life in Ohio Penitentiary
Clyde Frazier 38 of Middleport pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Meigs County Court for the fatal stabbing of Homer Hendricks 20 in Middleport on April 27. Judge W R White imposed life, with Frazier to be sent to the state penitentiary within three days. Richard Qualls also pled guilty to forgery and received one year probation.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Frazier
Middleport
Ohio State Penitentiary
Meigs County
C. E. Peoples
Holzer Hospital
George Beards
Frazier
Richard Qualls
Dems and Willkie Map 1940 Campaign Plans
In Washington four months from election day Democratic leaders push for a July 15 convention and Roosevelt third term draft rumors. Willkie weighs a three man strategy board in New York and plans to meet Monday with running mate Senator Charles L. McNary in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sonja Henie Weds Millionaire Dan Topping in Private Ceremony
Norwegian figure skater and film star Sonja Henie married Dan Topping, a New York sportsman, in a quiet ceremony attended by close friends and her relatives. Henie wore a wedding ring and a large sparkler from the groom.
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Chicago
Sonja Henie
Dan Topping
New York
Acrobat Loses Thumb But Show Goes On
Acrobat Frank Torrence lost a thumb when his trapeze swivel ripped it off during a carnival act in Osceola Mills Pa He finished the act gripping the injured limb with his teeth to keep his wife from panicking as she swung below him and the crowd cheered at the midway.
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Osceola Mills
Frank Torrence
Terrence
E. L. Lambert Dies At Middleport Home
Middleport mourns E. L. Lambert 70 president of Jordie Manufacturing Co who died at his home after a stroke. Survived by three daughters Alice Jane at home Mrs D C Miller Middleport and Marian Cleveland and son Gordon Cleveland. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Middleport
E. L. Lambert
Jordie Manufacturing Co
Alice Jane
D. C. Miller
Marian
Cleveland
Gordon
Lillie Huffmaster Dies In Athens Home
Mrs. Lillie Frost Huffmaster, 79, died early Friday at her home at W Washington and Shafer Streets in Athens. She is survived by a sister in law, Mrs. Theda Frost of Lake View, Michigan. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 1 30 PM at Jagers Funeral Home with burial in Orange Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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Lillie Frost Huffmaster
W. Washington and
Shafer Sts
Theda Frost
Lakeview
Mich
Jagers Funeral Home
Orange Cemetery
Pow er aide injured after horse shies from bonfire
Columbus Ohio Gov John W Bricker executive secretary Don C Power suffered a left leg fracture when thrown from a horse that shied at a bonfire. The accident occurred yesterday and left Power hospitalized in stable condition.
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Columbus
Don C. Power
John W. Bricker
Boy loses four fingers in fourth toy mishap
Charles Stanley age 12 of Kerrs Run lost four fingers when a toy cannon exploded in his hands. Three fingers were removed at the left hand joint and one on the right at Holzer Hospital. His grandfather was cut by debris and his father injured slightly. June Clark and Ollie Foster, both residents of Pomeroy, sustained hand burns from firecrackers.
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Pomeroy
Charles Stanley
Lewis Stanley
Kerrs Run
Holzer Hospital
June Clark
James Clark
Ollie Foster
Ed Foster
Britain Blamed for Arandora Star Tragedy
Berlin charged that Britain violated international law by transporting German and Italian captives aboard the Arandora Star through a war zone toward Canada. The 15,501-ton liner was sunk off Ireland with about 1,000 missing. the German high command claimed a submarine sank her and warned belligerents must shield prisoners from danger.
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Berlin
Britain
Canada
Ireland
Aluminum Strike Threat Resumes Talks In Pittsburgh
Officials of the Aluminum Company of America and the CIO Aluminum Workers union resume conferences today over a 10 cent an hour wage rise for 15 000 workers. The union threatens a strike if unmet, with government officials watching due to aluminum's role in national defense and airplane production.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
CIO Aluminum Workers Union
418 Ships of Warring Nations Held in U S
Washington reports a survey of foreign ships in American waters under President Roosevelt's proclamation. Detained vessels total 418, with 120 British, 76 Norwegian, 36 Danish, 25 Italian, 23 Dutch, 11 French, nine Belgian, two German and two Romanian ships among them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Weaver Rites Sunday
Funeral services for Clyde Weaver who died Wednesday at Racine will be held at his home at two o'clock Sunday afternoon with interment at Letart Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Weaver
Racine
Letart Cemetery
Local Man Rescues Boy From Sandusky Bay Splash
Edward Lacher heard a splash near a Sandusky Bay pier and dove in to rescue six year old James Murphy of Fostoria who had been playing nearby yesterday.
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Sandusky
Edward Lacher
Sandusky Bay
James Murphy
Fostoria
Lacher
Naval clash looms as British ships trap French fleet in Alexandria
British warships hold French units in Alexandria Harbor ready to attack if defiance continues. The French admiralty reported Bretagne sunk and Dunkerque and Provence set ablaze after six hour ultimatum. German and Italian air raids hit Alexandria and Portland with heavy casualties. Soviet troop movements in Bessarabia fuel bets Stalin will press Balkan and Baltic aims.
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Associated Press
Oran
North Africa
Casablanca
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Petain
French Tunisia
la Rochelle
Rumania
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Bretagne
Dunkerque
Provence
Mogador
Gensoul
England
Portland
Air Ministry
Russia
Red Army
Bessarabia
Stalin
Balkan
Balkans
Baltic
Germany
Europe
Petitions Sent To Governor On State Fairground Use
Columbus reports Jehovahs Witnesses seek governor’s authority to use the Ohio State Fairgrounds for a July convention amid protests and a canceled ground contract. The suit to override was dismissed, and petitions circulated across several states with nearly 1.5 million signatures.
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Columbus
Jehovah's Witnesses
John W. Bricker
Ohio
John T. Brown
Brown
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
C. S. Hessler
Reinforce Guards for Elections in Mexico
Reports say scattered pre election disturbances prompted Mexican officials to reinforce order keeping forces for Sunday presidential balloting. They summoned 3,000 military college students to supplement 5,000 soldiers.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Fifth Column Drive Hits In Ohio WPA Rolls
Ohioans on WPA rolls dropped for failing to sign affidavits of non membership in subversive groups. Six from Toledo area, two in Cleveland, two in Cincinnati, one in Akron. Congress requires all WPA workers to declare no association with un American parties.
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Columbus
Founder of Ohio River Packet Lines Succumbs
Funeral services set for Capt. James Henderson 98, longtime Pittsburgh river shipping leader who died of pneumonia. He served as vice president of the Pittsburgh Warehouse and Transfer Company and ran the old Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet lines in earlier years.
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Pittsburgh
James Henderson
Henderson
Pittsburgh Warehouse and Transfer Company
Cincinnati
Britain strengthens sea power as French fleet seized
The war column notes Britain's seizure of the French fleet boosts England's naval might while complicating Allied blockades. It warns of parts supply issues and the broader impact on Franco British ties and postwar politics, with England holding a substantial tonnage and efficiency edge over rivals.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
England
France
Europe
Churchill
Germany
Pacific
Bomb Explosion At New York World's Fair Kills Two Detectives
Police rounded up radicals across the metropolitan area after a flame throwing bomb exploded at the World’s Fair injuring five others and killing Detectives Joseph Lynch and Ferdinand Socha. The device targeted the British pavilion and prompted a citywide crackdown led by Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine.
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N. Y. Fair
New York
New York City
Lewis J. Valentine
Columbus Circle
Daily Worker
Joseph J. Lynch
Ferdinand A. Socha
William J. Federer
Joseph Gallagher
Martin J. Schuchman
Emil Vyskocil
John J. McLaughlin
Fourth of July Death Toll in Nation is 128
A nationwide tally shows 128 deaths on the Fourth of July including two fireworks fatalities in Colorado and Maine caused traffic, drownings, and lightning. A Fort Worth display caused a boardwalk collapse with 40 injuries but no deaths.
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New York
C?m
Associated Press
Colorado
Maine
Fort Worth
Tex
National Safety Council
Pennsylvania
McVay Named Head of Ohio Farmers Insurance Firm
C B D McVay formerly of Athens and husband of Ethel Beckley was elected president of Ohio Farmers Insurance Co and Ohio Farmers Indemnity of Le Roy. A native of Athens he studied at Athens High School Ohio University and Ohio State University Law School. He joined the firm in 1922 and has served as director vice president and executive vice president since 1938.
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The
Concern
F. P. McVay
Athens
Lawrence County May Take Over Toll Bridges
Lawrence County Ohio gains authority from the War Department to acquire and operate privately owned toll bridges across the Ohio River. President Roosevelt signed the legislation after approval by the Federal Works Agency. Three bridges exist in the county, one already acquired by Ohio and the other two privately owned.
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Washington
Lawrence County
Ohio
Ohio River
War Department
Roosevelt
Federal Works Agency
State of
British Fighters Down Seven Enemy Planes
Royal Air Force communique reports six British fighters shot down seven of nine enemy fighters in yesterday afternoon encounter. Fighter losses and outcomes remain unconfirmed according to the briefed tally.
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Cairo
Royal Air Force
Education Program for Defense Opens Monday
Bellevue high school starts a 10 week education program for national defense in the vocational department. The schedule runs five days a week for five hours daily totaling 250 class hours and continues until September 6 under Principal W. L. Arnholt. The program is among the first in the state with many other schools planning similar openings.
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Bellevue, CO
Bellevue
W. L. Arnholt
Ohio industries take part in federal survey
Edward J. Noble under secretary of commerce disclosed cooperation of many Ohio industries in the monthly industrial survey. He said data from firms was essential and covered orders, shipments and inventory levels across iron and steel machinery chemical food paper and rubber sectors.
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Ohio
Washington
Edward J. Noble
Noble
Buckeye
Bund Leaders Arrested at New Jersey Rally
Three Bund leaders including acting nationalfuehrer G Wilhelm Kunze were arrested at Nordland camp in Andover Township New Jersey on charges of inciting racial and religious hatred. They were jailed in Sussex County and expected to be freed on bail after a night in custody. Bail failed as the deadline passed.
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Andover
N. J
Bund
Nordland
Nationalfuehrer
Sussex County
Newton
G. Wilhelm Kunze
August Klapprott
New Jersey Bund
Mathias Kohler
New Jersey
Charles van Ness
McArthur Jeweler Dies After Heart Attack
Charles KE Lowry 69 a longtime McArthur businessman died this morning after a heart attack two weeks earlier He was an optometrist and jeweler Funeral arrangements not yet set He is survived by son Harold of Columbus daughter Mae Lomax of McArthur daughter-in-law Mable Lowry and foster mother Louisa Hamilton of Zaleski
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Mcarthur
Charles KE. Lowry
Lowry
Harold
Columbus
Mae Lomax
Mable Lowry
Louisa Hamilton
Zaleski
Detroit Union Files Notice of Strike Plan
Michael J. Manning president of a United Automobile Workers local filed with the State Labor Board a five day notice of intent to strike Universal Cooler Corp in Detroit. The union says moving the plant to Marion is an effort to evade the collective bargaining agreement.
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Detroit
Michael J. Manning
United Automobile Workers (Cio
State Labor Board
Universal Cooler Corp
Manning
Marion, C
Bus Driver Dies in City Collision Near Sandusky
Frank Munenchow, 60, died while driving a Lake Shore coach lines bus in city traffic when the vehicle rammed a parked car. The mishap occurred yesterday in Sandusky area streets as the bus collided with the stationary auto.
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Sandusky
Frank Munenchow
Lake Shore Coach Lines
Sales tax revenue up in Columbus through June 22
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright reported sales tax revenues through June 22 totaling 23,057,125 dollars, up 1,851,941 dollars or 8.7 percent from the same period in 1939.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
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