Davey Woods Athens rally backs higher Ohio Univ funding
Democratic candidate Martin L. Davey urged Athens listeners that Ohio University should receive a record appropriation tied to enrollment gains for the next biennium. He contrasted Bricker era cuts with his proposed, enrollment based funding and warned against alleged Bricker administration abuses at the university.
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Ohio University
Martin L. Davey
Athens High School
Davey
Bricker
Ohio State
Ohio Garden Club Elects New Officer
The Garden Club of Ohio chose Mrs. William A. Moeller of Sagamore Hills as president replacing Mrs. Florence M. Clegg of Youngstown. The Akron Daughters' Garden Club won the best civic project award, with Canton and Lisbon clubs also earning honors.
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Cleveland
Garden Club of
Ohio
William A. Moeller
Sagamore Hills
Florence M. Clegg
Youngstown
Daughters’ Garden Club
Akron
Canton
Lisbon
Port Clinton Man Named Ohio Knights of Pythias Leader
W A Petti bone of Port Clinton becomes grand chancellor of the Ohio Knights of Pythias. Concurrently the Ohio Pythian Sisters complete their 51st annual convention and install new officers including Mrs Sylvia Bur ford of Middleport as grand manager and Mrs Dora Jadwin of Crooks ville as grand outer guard.
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Cleveland
W. A. Pettibone
Port Clinton
Ohio Knights of Pythias
Ohio Pythian Sisters
Sylvia Burford
Middleport
Dora Jadwin
Crooksville
Grand
Woman Pleads Guilty to Hammer Killing of Husband
Mrs. Catherine Smythe aged 36 pleaded guilty to killing her husband Henry with a hammer as he slept on October 27. She was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Marysville Reformatory.
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Youngstown
Catherine Smythe
Henry
Marysville Reformatory
Messenger to Answer Queries on Conscription Rulings
Milton Bronner, manager of NEA Messenger, will answer reader questions on selective service rulings and interpretations. Submit inquiries to 1013 Thirteenth St NW Washington DC with a postage prepaid postcard or stamped self addressed envelope.
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Milton Bronner
Athens Messenger
NEA Messenger
Selective Service Information Bureau
Thirteenth St
Washington, D. C
Willkie Outlines Campaign Itinerary Across Farm Economy
On the Willkie train en route to Omaha he announced a 20 major addresses plan across key states. He will speak on foreign policy in Cleveland Oct 2 and broadcast his remarks 9:30 to 10 p m EST. He urged farmers to gain markets and an expanding economy, criticizing the New Deal for stagnant farm income.
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Willkie
Omaha
Midwest
Wendell L. Willkie
South Dakota
West
Cleveland
Roosevelt
National Broadcasting Company
Montana
North Dakota
Dickinson
N.S
Taber Urges Cooperation With All Americans
In Broken Bow Nebraska L. J. Taber head of the National Grange called for teamwork across agriculture labor and industry to defend the nation from dictators and war profiteering. He urged all citizens from the humblest to the millionaire to pay taxes according to ability and to unite against the common enemy.
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Broken Bow
L. J. Taber
National Grange
America
Americas
Fifteen Boys Isolated at Lancaster School After Illness
In Lancaster fifteen inmates of the Boys Industrial School were segregated following a tentative diagnosis of infantile paralysis in Duane Blake, 17, of Belmore, Putnam County, after an illness.
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Lancaster
Boys Industrial School
Duane Blake
Belmore
Putnam County
Army seeks gear for 1.4 million by next June
The Army plans clothing and personal equipment for 1,400,000 men by June 30, with $165,262,093 requested to fund this plus existing appropriations bringing total to $468,635,937 for soldiers gear. The hearing also revealed a goal of 20,000 airplane pilots by June 30, 1942 and aircraft procurement totals of $315,000,000 across services.
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Washington
Edmund B. Gregory
Executive House
Appropriations
Gregory
Army
Jacob E. Fickel
Air Corps’ Training and Operations Division
Navy
Athens painter dies in three story scaffold fall
Floyd Graham 50 of Carpenter Street Athens died instantly at 11 45 am when a rope broke on scaffolding over Worstell Building causing a three story drop to the sidewalk. Harry Mitchell was painting elsewhere when the accident happened. Graham’s body was taken to an Athens funeral parlor awaiting coroner A L Pritchard’s inspection. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs Addison Graham of Albany sister Mrs George Ford of Athens and brothers Emory of Nashville and Harold of Indianapolis. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Albany home. friends may call Friday evening.
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Floyd Graham
Carpenter St
Athens
Worstell
N. Court St
Graham
Harry Mitchell
Stimson
Mitchell
A. L. Pritchard
Addison Graham
Albany
George Ford
Emory Graham
Nashville, Tenn
Harold
Indianapolis
Ind
British Buying Reserve Still Intact in U S
New York report finds British reserve buying power in America largely untouched after over a year of war. England holds gold and securities, while British purchases of war supplies rise, contributing over 1 billion dollars in annual dollar exchange. U S buys of rubber tin and other materials aid Britain's reserve.
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New York
England
United States
France
British Isles
London
State Takes Kidnap Case
The FBI turned Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich over to California for speedy prosecution and potential life imprisonment for kidnapping three year old Marc De Tristan Jr. He resisted publicity but allowed a photo after federal agents moved him from San Francisco. San Mateo County grand jury to convene Friday to consider indictment.
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Redwood City
Calif
FBI
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Marc de Tristan, Jr
San Francisco
San Mateo County
Bevis Warns Freshmen At OSU Against Isms
Ohio State University president Dr. Howard L. Bevis spoke to nearly 3,400 freshmen in Columbus warning against anti democratic isms. He urged enthusiasm and patriotism while embracing study of all governments but rejected efforts to tear down democracy.
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Bevis
OSU
Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Six Canadian Soldiers Killed in Auto Collision
Six privates of the Canadian active service force died early today when their automobile collided with a fruit truck that had stopped at a highway traffic light in Newmarket Ontario.
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Newmarket
Ont
Active Service Force
Jacksonville Women Meet in Cora Householder Home
The Women's Sunday School Class of Jacksonville Methodist Church will gather Friday at 7 o'clock in the home of Mrs. Cora Householder for a meeting.
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Jacksonville
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Cora Householder
Burns Prove Fatal at Cleveland Light Plant
Max Thompson, 50, electrician at the municipal light plant, died overnight from burns suffered Monday when he fell against an 11,000 volt switch. The accident occurred at the plant where he worked.
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Burns
Cleveland
Max Thompson
Municipal
Enlistments Fill Army Quota Early
War Department officials predicted the army would reach 375,000 regulars by mid November, ahead of schedule as enlistments surge. September may exceed 40,000 recruits, far above July and August tallies, with 324,000 already in service by Sept. 21. Advertising and mobile recruiting stations boosted the drive.
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Washington
War Department
Wooden Guns For Students at Miami University
More than two decades after dummy wooden rifles were used by training units, Professor Thomas Van Voorhis cleaned them and plans to issue them to 1 200 students. He will form 12 companies and run military drill twice weekly as part of the national defense program.
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Oxford
Industrial Arts
Miami University
War Department
Thomas van Voorhis
Stratoliner Sets New Speed Record Across Midwest
Transcontinental and Western Air announced a TWA Stratoliner flew from Dayton to Columbus 71 miles in 11 minutes, averaging 387 mph for the fastest speed in the airline's commercial transport records. The 33 passenger craft flew at 17 000 feet with a tailwind over 100 mph. pilot was Capt. Dick Hansen. The flight was on a Chicago to New York route.
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Columbus
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
TWA
Dayton
Dick Hansen
Chicago
New York
Two Casualties Mark First Day of Hunting
Ohio openS squirrel hunting in near freezing air left two casualties. Henry Edwards of Middletown fractured his back and ankles after a fall from a tree while retrieving a squirrel. Myron Burt of Warren, 25, a steel worker, was shot in the groin when his rifle discharged while he stood on a stump.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry Edwards
Middletown
Myron Burt
Warren Steel
Ohio Solon Purchases West Virginia Coal
Rep. Robert Secrest of Ohio expects to save about 21 on his coal bill this winter after joking he would pay 7 a ton for coal delivered to his Washington residence. A miner delivered coal from Keyser West Virginia over a 125 mile route. Retail coal prices in the capital exceed 10 a ton.
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Washington
Robert Secrest
Ohio
Keyser
W. Va
Sales Tax Total Tops 1939 by Four Million Dollars
Columbus state officials report September sales tax revenue nearly four million dollars ahead of 1939. The 1940 year to date totals reach 34,666,522 versus 30,898,826 for the same period last year, per State Treasurer Don Ebright.
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Columbus
Don Ebright
Old Film Star Marguerite Clark Dies in New York
Marguerite Clark a silent film star aged 53 died today in Leroy Sanitarium New York of pneumonia listed as the immediate cause.
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New York
Marguerite Clark
Leroy Sanitarium
Plans To Fight Plane Sale to Great Britain
Senator Clark D. of Missouri pledged to speak on the Senate floor to oppose transferring army long distance bombers to England. He warned the move echoes a prior destroyer deal and could lead to battleships and men being sent into war. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts cited reports England may receive 32 of 46 long range bombers and argued it would hinder training of skilled crews.
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Washington
Clark D
Senate
England
Missouri
Lodge
Mass
Vets Vote No On Isolation at Legion Convention
Boston reports American Legion delegates at its 22nd annual convention voted against an amendment to the foreign relations resolution. The voice vote rejected reaffirming neutrality and peace in favor of a policy of neutrality, defense, and Monroe Doctrine support.
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Boston
American Legion
Veterans
Scrap iron sale restricted by F D Roosevelt order
President Roosevelt restricted scrap iron and steel exports to post October 16 destinations only in the Western Hemisphere and to Great Britain. Japan was not mentioned. The move is seen as a signal of U S dissatisfaction with Japan's Far East policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Berlin raids and London air defenses underline WWII night battles
Berlin acknowledged five killed and five wounded in British raids over Germany with eight Berlin apartment houses destroyed in a five hour attack. London survivors emerge from shelters after a dusk to dawn assault as fires flare across the capital. RAF night raids hit Kiel as German planes fall to anti aircraft and fighters.
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Braltar
North Africa
England
China
United States
Japan
Indo-China
Pacific
Great Britain
Dakar
French West Africa
Berlin
Vichy
Resolution
Barham
Kent
Renown
Gibraltar
Channel
RAF
Boulogne
Dunkerque
British
Air Ministry
Tempelhof
Germany
London
British Press Association
Empire
Kiel
Britain
Japs May Back Nazis If United States Enters War
A Tokyo informant says Japan would actively support Germany if the US joins the European war. He claims Tokyo is convinced the US opposes Japan'sOrient expansion and notes strengthening the Axis anti comintern pact is a key goal. He suggests a non aggression pact with Soviet Russia is possible while Japan seeks peaceful Far East penetration.
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United States
TOKYO
Japan
Germany
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Tion
Far East
Spain
Britain Faces possible Axis widening and global alliance shifts
In a wartime column Dewitt Mackenzie weighs England’s peril as Japan and Spain could join the Berlin Rome Axis. He ponders Russia Turkey and the Muslim world, Britain’s likely allies, and the risk of a four against one confrontation if Japan and Spain side with the Axis. He notes Churchill’s challenge as Nazi aims seek to compel broader participation.
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Spain
Britain
Great Rock
Gibraltar
Berlin
Japan
Rome
Mediterranean Sea
AXIS
Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Nippon
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Balkan
Balkans
Dardanelles
Ankara
Egypt
Churchill
Italy
Hitler
Mrs Flora Williamson To Be Buried Friday
Funeral services for 87 year old Mrs Flora Williamson who died yesterday at her Kerrs Run home after a heart attack will be held Friday at 2 pm at Finsterwald Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Chester Cemetery. She is survived by brother Charles Radford of Flatwoods and sister Emma Radford.
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Pomeroy
Flora Williamson
Kerrs Run
Finsterwald
Chester
Charles Radford
Flatwoods
Emma Radford
German Cargo Ship Weser Seized by Canadian Forces
Ottawa reports the Canadian armed merchant cruiser Prince Robert captured the German express cargo ship Weser off Manzanillo Mexico. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald said the Weser had been laid up in a Mexican port for several months.
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Ottawa
Prince Robert
Manzanillo
Mexico
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Rural youth outreach falls short by eight in ten
The Rev. F. W. McDermott told delegates at the Lorain and Huron Baptist Association convention that churches fail to reach eight of every ten young people in rural areas.
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Sandusky
F. W. McDermott
Lorain and Huron
Sturgeon First Catch in Years Nets Major Prize
In Conneaut Meigs Grow, a 90 pound five foot sturgeon was netted yesterday by a commercial fisherman marking the first such catch in several years.
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Meigs Grow
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