Auto plunges into Hocking River injuring evangelist
A speeding coupe carrying evangelist Rev. Robert Rine 22 and his sister Juanita 21 left the north end of Herrold Bridge and plunged 35 feet into the Hocking River. Rine was rescued in fair condition. Juanita drowned. Faye, the other sister, later was found safe in Sistersville, West Virginia. The couple had been en route to Baker Settlement for revival meetings.
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Baker Settlement
Herrold Bridge
Hockingver
Robert Rine
Sheltering Arms
Juanita *E
Coshocton
Charles Bayless
Faye
Sistersville
W. Va
Rine
Juanita
Baker Settlement Church
Fred Fields
Athens
Fields Home
State St
Sistersvill
Millican
Metcalf
Aine
Sheriff's Office
Fire Department
State Highway Patrol
Charles Evans
B. C. Day
Four Bills OK Solons Depart
The joint Senate and House poor relief committees adjourned in Columbus after approving four of seven proposed bills to be sent to a special session. The measures include raising sales tax revenue for relief to 6.5 million in 1938 and letting local subdivisions approve tax levies outside limits by a bare majority, including statutory relief levies.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
House
Wife of WPA Leader Dies After Long Illness
Washington report states Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins wife of Works Progress Administration administrator died at Garfield Hospital shortly after 7 a m following several months of pulmonary illness.
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Washington
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Garfield Hospital
Fighting Stops As Heavy Rain Sweeps Shanghai
Torrential rains flood trenches and streets in the Shanghai area. International Settlement areas are submerged as water and wind worsen suffering of Chinese refugees sleeping in doorways. Rain halts fighting on the Shanghai Front while Japanese bombing devastates towns and rail lines across north central and southern China. Civilian casualties rise near Pachiang from Canton Hankow Railway bombardment.
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Shanghai
U.P
International Settlement
China
Chinese Central News Agency
Canton
Pachiang
Norman Thomas to Address Church Convention in Cincinnati
Socialist leader Norman Thomas was slated to speak today before the League for Industrial Democracy, an unofficial body aligned with the Protestant Episcopal Church, at its triennial general convention in Cincinnati. The league sparked debate by inviting UAW president Homer Martin to another session during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnativ
U.P
Norman Thomas
League For Industrial Democracy
Protestant Episcopal Church
League
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Funds Approved for Co-Operative Electric Lines in Ohio
The Rural Electrification Administration approved requisitions totaling 139000 dollars for six REA farmers' co operative electric lines in Ohio. Funds cover poles wire transformers and other construction gear. Holmes Rural Electric Co operative in Millersburg received the largest grant of 49368 dollars for 285 miles of line.
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Washington
U.P
Rural Electrification Administration
REA Farmers’ Co-Operative Electric
Ohio
Holmes Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
Millersburg
Sunspots Portend Market Slumps Says Scientist
Dr Harlan T Stetson of MIT warned Amateur Astronomers Association that record sunspots may presage stock market lows in 1939 40 or 41. He noted a pattern where major downturns followed peak solar activity by two to three years and cited Wall Street correlations with solar disturbances.
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New York
U.P
Harlan T. Stetson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amateur Astronomers Association
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Engineers' Report Justifies Dream of Ohio-Erie Canal
Army engineers propose a 110 mile waterway from Rochester Pennsylvania to Wheeler Creek near Ashtabula Ohio linking Beaver and Mahoning rivers with a Grand River channel. Cost estimated at 152 million dollars with 14 locks and a 30 mile Grand River reservoir. Railroads oppose. alternative routes rejected.
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Rochester
Ashtabula
Ohio
Washington
U.P
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Wheeler Creek
Beaver
Mahoning
Pennsylvania
Grand River
Austinburg
West Farmington
Beaver and Mahoning
Lake River
Beaver- Mahoning
St. Mary's
Auglaize
Maumee
Extra Session Seems Certain in November Call
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt will call a special session of Congress to convene around November 15. Agriculture officials push to start the farm program. Secretary Henry A. Wallace denies official knowledge of the plans.
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Washington
Tiu.p
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio Potato Growers Favor Crop Control
Ohio potato growers voted 257 to 147 in favor of the Federal Government plan to control the 1938 crop. The poll, conducted Sept 20 to Oct 2 in 51 counties, was part of a national survey in four districts and was reported by A. J. Patch of the Agricultural Extension College at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. J. Patch
Agricultural Extension College
Ohio State University
Rudy Vallee to Marry Indian Born Film Dancer
Rudy Vallee and Gloria Youngblood engaged and likely to wed within three months. Youngblood 21, daughter of a Cherokee Indian father and German mother, recently moved from Alton, Illinois to Hollywood to pursue acting. She acted with Gary Cooper in Adventures of Marco Polo and is soon in The Goldwyn Follies.
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Rudy Vallee
Hollyw
Od-U.p
Gloria Youngblood
Miss Youngblood
Alton
Lil
New York
Vallee
Man Confesses to Slaying Eleven Year Old Niece
Harry Bates a 37 year old man confessed to killing his 11 year old niece Vallie Bates after she resisted his advances. He led police to an abandoned coal mine in Derry Township where the body was hidden wrapped in a burlap sack. Vallie left home about 6 pm to buy tobacco for her uncle and was later found slain with evidence at Bates residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Harry Bates
Bates
Derry Township
Vallie Bates
Vallie
Martin Bates
Cooperstown
Latrobe
Miss America of 25 Seeks Eighth Divorce
Virginia Cogswell Raymond, Miss America 1925, filed for divorce from Husband No. 8 in Peoria Illinois. She cited cruelty and said she does not seek alimony, calling it a racket unless needed for children or independent income. She claimed she eloped with Dick Raymond and was slapped on Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Virginia Cogswell Raymond
Oberlin Coeducation Centennial Celebration
Oberlin College prepares to mark the centennial of its coeducation experiment in a campus ceremony. Four pioneering women Mary Hosford Mary Kellogg Elizabeth Pratt and Caroline Rudd who enrolled in 1837 will be honored as part of the observance.
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Oberlin
U.P
Oberlin College
Mary Hosford
Mary Kellogg
Elizabeth Pratt
Caroline Rudd
Parole violator returned from Joliet to Ohio Penitentiary
Warden James C. Woodard of Ohio Penitentiary travelled to Joliet to bring back John F. Hagerty a 46 year old parole violator from Cuyahoga County. Hagerty was admitted to Ohio Penitentiary 19 years ago and paroled August 15 1929. He was recently arrested for robbery and sentenced to Joliet Illinois State Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
Joliet, Jr
John F. Hagrerty
Cuyahoga County
Illinois
Joliet
Ohio Education Week Proclaimed by Governor Davey
Governor Davey designated October 25 to 31 as Ohio Education Week, urging public schools and educators to highlight improvements and priorities in K through 12 and higher education across the state.
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Columbus
Davey
Ohio
AFL Leaders Seek Jap Goods Boycott Vote
AFL leaders predicted an overwhelming vote at the annual convention in Denver for a Japanese goods boycott amid U S charges of aggression and treaty violations. 3800000 American families could join if adopted. advocates proposed a jail term for buyers and linked the boycott to funding for war lords while labor blocs blocked reconciliation proposals.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
United States
Japan
William Green
A. F. of L
Matthew Woll
Charles P. Howard
Typographers
Committee For Industrial Organization
I. M. Ornburn
Union Label Department
Howard
Ornburn
Cast Out Japs Pittman Urges
Sen. Key Pittman urged ostracism of Japan by civilized governments to halt the China invasion within 30 days without firing a shot. He said Britain and other Nine Power Pact signatories must respond to Roosevelt's quarantine proposal and compel Japan to desist from its warfare.
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RENO
U.P
Japan
China
Sen
Key Pittman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Pittman
Chicago
Low bid submitted for Ohio University Howard Hall addition
State officials announce C. L. Knowlton of Bowling Green submitted the low general contract bid of 86700 for the Howard Hall addition at Ohio University. Schooley said bid tabulations would go to the university trustees for recommendations on award of the general and minor contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
C. L. Knowlton
Bowling Green
Howard Hall
Ohio University
Schooley
Mussolini's Son Heads Home After U S Visit
Vittorio Mussolini, 21, son of Italy's dictator, left Hollywood after an unplanned departure from the movie colony. He was en route eastward by airplane with Hal Roach denying reports that Mussolini acted on command.
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Hollywood
U.P
Vittorio Mussolini
Italy
Hal Roach
Mussolini
Secret indictments returned against gambling operators
The Columbiana County Grand Jury returned 14 secret indictments today against East Liverpool and Wellsville operators of alleged numbers houses and gambling establishments.
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Lisbon
Columbiana County
East Liverpool
Wellisville
Ohio men held on federal liquor law charges
Columbus U S Commissioner Robert Newton today sent James Ossman and Robert Kennedy of Kimberly to the grand jury on charges of violating federal liquor laws. They were released on bond of 1000 dollars each.
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Columbus
Uu.r
U. S
Robert Newton
James Ossman
Robert Kennedy
Kimberly
Melton and Rulting Mound Foes in Second Series Tilt
The Giants face the Yankees in game two of the World Series with Cliff Melton beginning for New York against Red Ruffing. Gusts of warm sun greeted the clubs as crowd estimates hovered around but below Wednesday’s 60,573, with upper seating sparsely filled.
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New York
Yankees
Giants
Chick Fulmer
Cincinnati Reds
Fred Goldsmith
Chicago White Stockings
Melton
Rulting Mound
UPR
Cliff Melton
North Carolina Hills
Sterling
Yankee
Carl Hubbell
Yanks
J. Moore
Crosetti
Bartell
Rolfe
DiMaggio
Ripple
Gehrig
McCarthy
Dickey
Chiozza
Hoag
Mancuso
Garr Brothers Trial May Start Next Week
Shelbyville Kentucky U P reports brothers Jack Garr Rey Garr and Dr FE S Garr indicted for the murder of Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt, sister s slayer. Arraignment on a blanket true bill will set the date with both sides seeking an early trial possibly starting Monday.
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Shelbyville
U.P
Jack Garr
Rey Garr
FE. S. Garr
Henry H. Denhardt
Shelby County
City Librarian Becomes Ohio Library Association President
Edward A. Henry of the University of Cincinnati was elected president at the Ohio Library Association three day convention closing in the Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus. Other officers include Mrs. Mary Gilman as vice president and Dorothy Weightman as second vice president. A separate U P report notes a violent storm hitting central Italy disrupting Rome Europe communications.
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Columbus
Edward A. Henry
University of Cincinnati
Ohio Library Association
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Mary Gilman
University of Toledo
Dorothy Weightman
Nelsonville Public Library
Machine Men Killed in Blast In Ohio Mine
Steubenville report says an explosion at the Wolf Run Coal Mine of Warner Brothers' Collieries killed two machine men Frank Lapus aged 29 and Richard Woodcock aged 61. Their bodies were found 20 feet apart a mile from the main shaft after they went on duty at 11 p.m. Wednesday. An investigation into the blast's cause was started. Four men died in a December 1955 Wolf Run Mine explosion.
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Steubenville
INS
Wolf Run
Warner Brothers
Frank L. Lapus
Richard Woodcock
Lapus
Woodcock
Miners Listen to Radio On Third Day of Strike
Forty three coal miners press in at 1350 feet below the surface in the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company mine at Colordale as they stay on a sit down strike demanding higher wages. They pass time reading magazines and listening to the World Series game via a radio.
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Coaldale
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
Sister Rescues Bobby Breen From Death at Cliff Edge
In Honolulu Bobby Breen nearly fell 1000 feet from Nuuanu Pali cliff while filming Stowaways in Paradise. His sister Sally Breen Roth sprinted to the edge and pulled him to safety as a gust threatened a fatal drop.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Bobby Breen
Sally Breen Roth
Bobby
Paradise
Nuuanu Pali
Hawaii
Zola Knight
United States Eyes Involvement in Nine Power Treaty Talks
Washington awaits invitation to join consultations with signatories of the Nine Power Treaty. Observers expect U.S. action with League nations to halt Japan's undeclared war on China. The Roosevelt pledge to back practical measures to end international anarchy underlines the anticipated next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
League of Nations
Japan
China
United States
Dispatch
Roosevelt
United States May Join Nine-Power Treaty Consultations
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the United States may participate in consultations among Nine-Power Treaty signatories once invited. Observers deem the invitation likely after the League of Nations condemned Japan for violating the pact and Kellogg Briand Pact. Britain and France weigh a possible international conference on the China war with Hull, while France vows support for efforts to halt fighting. In Tokyo, denunciations and fears Japan may denounce the Nine-Power Treaty rise as Tokyo considers breaking from postwar pacts. Also, Celina city official W R Cook is indicted for failure to place names on a political publication during the August primary election.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
United States
League of Nations Assembly
Japan
League Powers
League Assembly
China
Jin
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
London
State Department
Britain
Camille Chautemps
Chicago
Spain
Chautemps
American Club
Paris
Tokyo
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
League
Manchuria
American State Department
Celina
Mercer County Grand Jury
W. R. Cook
Mrs. Richmond Dies at 75 in Glen Easton West Virginia
Mrs. W. P. Richmond, 75, died Tuesday at her Glen Easton home. She was mother of Mrs. Leta V. McLaughlin of Guysville. Funeral at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Church near Proctor six miles north of New Martinsville on Route 2. Her husband died two weeks earlier from injuries from a fall. she had been in a Pittsburgh hospital for an operation.
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W. P. Richmond
Glen Easton
W. Va
Leta V. McLaughlin
Guysville
St. Joseph's Church
Proctor
New Martinsville
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Clerks Join CIO Charter Issued in New Lexington
John Owens state director of the Committee for Industrial Organization announced that charters had been issued to the Retail Clerks Union at New Lexington. The action marks organizing momentum for retail workers in the region under the CIO banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Columbus
John Owens
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
Retail Clerks’ Union
New, Lexington
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Auto
Hocking River
Solons
WPA
Cio
Memphis
Watkins Overton
Norman Smith
Man
AFL
Green
Japs Pittman
O. U
GIANT
Garr Brothers
Rome
Milan
Europe
Sister
Chiff
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