Logan Day by Day by Ed Staff: Cavalry Brigade Moves Through Ohio
Paul Little of Oroville serves in the mechanized Seventh Cavalry Brigade as it moves across Ohio from Fort Knox Kentucky to Plattsburg New York for First Army maneuvers. The convoy of 425 motor vehicles spans 10 to 12 miles and will stop Thursday night in Ashland with a Logan party greeting the travelers. The troop train is slated to reach Plattsburg on August 8.
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Paul Little
Oroville
Logan
Mechanized
Seventh Cavalry Brigade
Ohio
Fort Knox
Plattsburg
N. Y
First Army
Ashland
Little
Russell James
Marjorie Brandt
Pat Wolfe
Joe Karshner
Cincinnati
Platisburg
Bowen Named as Timers for National Air Races in Cleveland
Bill Bowen of Berea Ohio son of Charles G Bowen and Mrs Bowen is chosen as one of the timers for the annual National Air Races held in Cleveland. Bowen formerly resided in Logan.
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Bill Bowen
Charles G. Bowen
Berea
Ohio
Cleveland
Bowen
Logan
West Virginia Youth Commissioned Marine Reserve Lieutenant
Clarence Ray Schwenke son of Mr and Mrs George Schwenke of West Front street has been commissioned as second lieutenant in the Marine Reserve and assigned to the Chemical Company First Brigade Fleet Marine Force at Quantico Virginia. The rank followed three summer training sessions at Quantico with Major General Hokum presenting the commission. Schwenke was among 15 of 30 applicants to earn the rank and one of two assigned to the chemical company. He required special exaction for chemical company applicants. Lt Schwenke graduated from Ohio University where he pursued a pre law course and was one of two OU students chosen for Marines training.
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Clarence Ray Schwenke
George Schwenke
West Front Street
Marine Reserve
Chemical Company
First Brigade
Fleet‘Marine Force
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Logan
Hokum
Schwenke
Lt. Schwenke
Ohio University
County Schools Set to Open September 5 City District Also Plans Start
County schools will open on September 5, a Tuesday, after Labor Day per County Superintendent S. H. Dillon. He notes a Christmas vacation from December 22 for ten days with dates to be announced later. Logan city schools also begin September 5.
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H. Dillon
Dillon
Logan City
Grade School Band Concert Postponed by Weather
Inclement weather cancels the Logan school band concert at the municipal pool scheduled for Thursday night. Senior band will feature Bill Knapp on euphonium and Bob Price on sousaphone at the Saturday performance. Little Cruise vocal solo canceled due to recent tonsil illness.
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Logan
Municipal Pool
James Horwell
Horwell
Bill Knapp
Bob Price
Sapolis
Little Cruise
Child Dies From Poison In Van Wert
A month-old baby named Archiee Neer died yesterday after swallowing a contaminant, reported from Van Wert with an AP dateline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Archiee Neer
Garbo Laughs on Hollywood Set in Light Comedy
Greta Garbo, the Swedish actress, is captured laughing on a Hollywood set between scenes of a new film where she plays a light comedy role. The moment highlights her charm as cameras roll during production.
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Greta Garbo
Hollywood
Garbo
Fox Hunters Meet Monday In Hocking County
The Hocking County Fox Hunters Association plans its regular monthly meeting Monday at 8 P M on East Main Street. Committees will be named and preparations for the state association meeting in October discussed, along with entertainment plans and field trial site selections. Local landowners are invited to discuss hunting facilities and a Midwestern foxhound beach show in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Middlewest
Logan
Rain Brings Hope of Relief from Heat in Hocking County
Rain in Hocking County offered relief from three days of heat. The State Highway Department observer reported temperatures at 92 degrees Wednesday afternoon and 74 degrees Thursday morning, with cooler conditions not expected until Thursday night.
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Hocking County
Henry Leach
State Highway Department
The
Mercury
Driver Arrest Reported in Athens Reckless Driving Charge
Al ton Holland of Athens was charged with reckless driving and ordered to appear before Mayor Dallas Kin ser Thursday night. He was arrested late Wednesday by Patrolman A F Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Holland
Athens
Dallas Kinser
A. F. Evans
Tokyo Army Feels Push Toward Axis Alliance
United States ends 1911 trade treaty with Japan and Britain and France plan to send a Moscow mission. Tokyo officials say army and ultra nationalist factions gain momentum for a Japan Germany Italy military link as Britain and France prepare talks with Soviet Russia. Rising flood waters threaten bridges and could shift traffic to the international settlement easing travel restrictions. Critics fear London Berlin policy could echo Munich.
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Associated Press
Japan
Germany
Italy
Britain
France
Russia
Tokyo
Rome-Berlin
United States
Moscow
Tientsin
Chamberlain
Munich
Chieftain Squad Reports for Two-Week Practice Call
Coach Tom Bender issues first call for 1939 Chieftain football practice. The squad will report Monday August 21 for fall workouts under State Athletic Association rules. About 60 boys expected, with only three returners in backfield: Bob McBride captain Bill Bryan and Bill Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bender
Chieftain
State Athletic Association
Bob McBride
Bill Bryan
Bill Shaw
New Troubles Ahead For Administration
Washington reports indicate the Roosevelt administration faces fresh congressional opposition on August 3. The $800 million housing bill faces near-certain House defeat while a $119 million loan fund to bolster farm prices prompts Senate debate. Deficiency bill cuts total $161.7 million below White House estimates, risking continued congressional wrangles into next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Short
Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
House
Senate
White House Budget Bureau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Burglary Charge Tollows Actor Clark Gable Home
Willard J. Broski is jailed in Van Nuys California on burglary charges in connection with an invasion of actor Clark Gable’s home. Gable overpowered the youth and turned him over to police after a struggle for money.
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Clark Gable
Willard J. Broski
van Nuys
Cal
Gable
Convict Escapes London Prison Farm. One Caught
Four inmates fled the London Prison Farm after breaking from the hospital ward. Charles Adomach 41 Cuya hoga County crawled from a soybean patch and surrendered. Vandervort 36 Clinton County Curtner 39 Miami County and King 47 Lucas County remain at large. Police fear retaliation and have orders to shoot on sight if Vandervort is found.
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London, O
London
Charles Adomach
Cuyahoga County
Louis Vandervort
Clinton County
Wilmington
Harold Curtner
Miami County
Nathan King
Lucas County
Adomach
Prison Farm
Vandervort
Everett Dowling
Legion team leaves for state tourney
Fifteen members of the American Legion junior baseball team, district champions at Jackson, departed Thursday for Springfield to meet Louisville in a first round state tournament game. Eldon Carr Jonas Morris and Bill Johnston joined from Camp Lazarus. Manager Marion Allen and Sam Buchanan accompanied the squad from Columbus to Springfield.
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American Legion
Jackson
Springfield
Louisville
Columbus
Eldon Carr
Jonas Morris
Bill Johnston
Camp Lazarus
Marion Allen
Sam Buchanan
Ohio Attorney General ruling saves state 113000 a year
The Ohio Attorney General Thomas Herbert ruled that contributions of the Bureau of Public Employees Retirement System to employment compensation must be paid from administrative funds provided by the federal government, saving the state $113,000 annually.
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Columbus
State of Ohio
Atty
Thomas Herbert
Bureau of Unpublic Employes Retirement System
Conn sues Jack Benny for 45000 over breach of contract
Harry W. Conn, a writer of jokes and sketches, sues radio and screen comedian Jack Benny for 45000 claiming breach of contract. He says Benny owes him for help making him who he is today.
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Los Angeles
Harry W. Conn
Jack Benny
Conn
Drownings Rise In Cleveland Area As Youth Die
Two boys died in Cleveland area drownings raising Cuyahoga County 1939 total to 23. Ernest Conklin Jr., 10, and Anthony Di Matteo, 9, were among the latest victims reported by the AP.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ernest Conklin, Jr
Anthony di Matteo
Taft Ready to Enter 1940 Presidential Race
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio stated in a letter to George F. Elgrich, Cincinnati GOP chair, that he would be willing to be a candidate for the Republican nomination if the time came. He said he would consent to be named as first choice by delegates, noted the demanding nature of the presidency, and urged Republicans to support a reformist course against New Deal policies. The county committee urged Taft to have his name used as the first choice for Ohio delegates to the 1940 convention.
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George F. Elgrich
Republican Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Eyrich
Ohio
United States
Pickets Rove At Fisher Body Unit
In Cleveland on August 3 AP reports roving bands of CIO-UAW pickets visited homes of non strikers around the Fisher Body plant. About 150 union members and allies were dispersed near one home as police maintained a strike zone and reduced night force at the plant. None of the 498 workers stayed overnight, passing through short picket lines without incident.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body
General Motors
Cio-United Auto Worker
George Matowitz
Bricker orders Pike County election probe amid teacher funding allegations
Gov. Bricker calls a special grand jury to probe 1938 Pike County voting after Secretary Griffith charges hundreds of illegal votes. Dietrich says rumors of teacher fundraising for elections persist but lack concrete proof. investigation to begin within a week.
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John W. Bricker
Pike County
Earl Griffith
County Elections Board
Griffith
Dietrich
Pike
Crarg Davis
Thomas J. Herbert
Parole Denied for Beeman Leasure of Ross County
Circleville news notes Beeman Leasure 29 of Ross County was denied parole for the Ohio Penitentiary murder case involving the Crawford couple killed May 9 1938. A hearing held July 11 was continued to March 19 1940 for renewed consideration.
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Circleville
Beeman Leasure
Ross Countian
Lewis O. Crawford
Whisler
Ohio
Leasure
State Parole Board
Ohio Faces Rising Direct Relief Costs After WPA Dismissals
Ohio Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson warned that July indigent relief costs rose as 4,000 former WPA workers moved to direct relief, with 50,000 more expected to be laid off. He noted 10,000 WPA job losses led to 7,000 new relief cases and that WPA enrollment stood at about 165,000, far below a year earlier.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ottawa to Host Canadian American Conference on Pacific Defense Routes
The state department announced a Canadian American conference in Ottawa to outline air routes linking the United States Canada and Alaska and to strengthen American defenses toward the Pacific.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Alaska
Pacific
Ottawa
State Department
Roosevelt Nominates Two Ohio Postmasters
President Roosevelt announced postmaster appointments for Ohio. Florent G. Orr is named at Basil and Clarence T. Zwickel is named at Bremen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Florent G. Orr
Basil
Clarence T. Zwickel
Bremen
Coast Guard seeks ship Dunkwa fire sinking mystery
A Coast Guard search for a British tanker Dunkwa after a perplexing distress signal shows the vessel sinking 90 miles southwest of Miami. The operator, with incoherent messages and multiple positions, cited a fire and explosion. no lives lost except the second mate. Lloyd's list ties Dunkwa to Rotterdam.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Liverpool
Lloyd’s At
London
Rotterdam
Coast Guard
Five wounded in two clashes at Green Mountain Dam
Colorado National Guardsmen were deployed to Green Mountain Dam after two gun battles left five injured as back to work forces clashed with strike sympathizers. Gov. Carr declared a state of insurrection and mobilized 200 guardsmen to restore order at the site along the Blue River near Dillon and Kremmling.
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Green Mountain Dam
Colo
Colorado National
Art Morrow
Denver
W. J. Blalock
George Judy
Yuma
Ariz
Bill Deming
Dillon
Golo
Ralph L. Carr
Glenwood Springs
Herbert Hoover
Colorado
Harold H. Richardson
45Th Tankpany
Golden
Craig
Loveland
Byron G. Rogers
Blue River
Kremmling
Falls Mill Bridge Repair Delays Traffic on Route 664
The Falls Mill bridge on State Route 664 closed Wednesday as Brookville Bridge Co. workers relay the floor with steel stringers. Repairs, expected to take a week, run 7 AM to 7 PM with nighttime opening and a flagman. A detour is in place during closures.
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Falls Mill
Brookville Bridge Co
Lost plane lands safely at Athens
A reportedly lost plane circling Athens was guided by airport staff who directed it to land safely on beacon lights. Pilot Harold Carrom was at the controls as residents alerted authorities to assist the approach.
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Athens
Harold Carrom
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Chieftain Squad
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Legion
Gagster
Benny
GOP
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Fisher
James McHugh
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Columbus, O
E. N. Dietrich
WPA
Key West
Falls Mill Bridge
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