Logan News In 101 Years Ago From The Cuff
Street notes show Myers advertising slippers 37c to 75c and men’s shoes 75c to $1.00 while Logan Cash Store offers liberal trade for tobacco. Michael Moore opens carriage shop at former Beyer site. Falls Township offers a six cent reward for runaway farmhand Peter Walter. Mrs Schrader in Logan departs for Miami to see son Lawrence graduate, while son Joe returns from furlough. War-time talk, OPA ration notes, and letters from servicemen mark daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Logan
Michael Moore
Jacob ‘Beyer
John D. Zeller
Falls Township
Peter Walter
Miami
Fla
Lawrence
Cpl
Joe ‘Schrader
Joe
Lawrence Schroder
Lafay ette Foltz 70 Dies in Columbus After Fall Injuries
Lafay ette Grant Foltz aged 70 native of Hocking County dies Friday at his Columbus home from injuries from a fall. Retired building contractor. Funeral services set for Sunday in Pickerington. Survived by wife Ella S Foltz and son Hugh Dwight Foltz of Cousins. Also two siblings Aliie Campbell of Orthington and Edward Foltz of Logan.
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Pickerington
Lafayette Grant Foltz
Hocking County
Columbus
Ella S
Hugh Dwight Foltz
Aliie Campbell
Orthington
Edward Foltz
Logan
Matilda Stracke Rites Held After Death in Athens
Rev A L Heyde conducted services at the nite funeral home for Matilda Stracke 77 a former Logan resident who died Wednesday night in Athens Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery with pallbearers Fred Eastman Stracke Eastman Barney Eastman Charles Stracke Lewis Frasch and Earl Hamilton listed among the pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stracke
A. L. Heyde
Nite
Matilda Stracke
Logan
Athens
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fred Eastman
Stracke Eastman
Barney Eastman
Charles Stracke
Lewis Frasch
Earl Hamilton
Miner Hospitalization Report After Friday Injury
A miner was brought to Cherryington Hospital Friday at 11 o clock after an accident. He suffered a compression injury but is reported stable and receiving treatment.
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Miner
Henry Winville
Cherrington Hospital
Youth admits killing twins in Cleveland suburb
A parolee from a reform school led police to the bodies of 13 year old twins Charles and James Collins, shot in a wooded Bay Village area after they left to caddy at a suburban country club. Henry Hagert, nearly 18, confessed to the killings saying he did it for the heck of it. He also admitted a Wednesday assault on 9 year old Jack Buchanan, found dazed in a field. The twins’ mother fainted at the police station upon hearing the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
James Collins
Cleveland
Henry William’ Hagert
City Hospital
International
Bay Village
Frank W. Story
Henry Hagert
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Jory
Story
Hagert
Jack Buchanan
E. B. Buchanan
Buchanan
Westlake Village
George C. Collins
Central
Collins
Goodby
Lakewood Country Club
Rocky River
Inspector
Invasion From England Forecast By U S General
Lt Gen Jacob L Devers told 71 Officer Candidate School graduates that Allied invasion of Europe will come across the Channel and North Sea. He said the Nazi regime will be overthrown with unconditional surrender and urged graduates to prepare to follow up the destruction with future campaigns.
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London
Jacob L. Devers
U. S
English Channel
North Sea
England
Devers
O.C.S
Eighth Air Force
Royal Air Force
Craig Named to U S Air Staff
Brig. Gen. Howard A. Craig 45 is named assistant chief of air staff by the War Department. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Barney M. Giles as head of operations commitments and requirements. Craig, from Philadelphia, has served as chief of staff of the Mediterranean air command.
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Washington
Howard A. Craig
War Department
Barney M. Giles
Craig
Philadelphia
Mediterranean Air Command
Commissioners Approve Bills in Hocking County Meeting
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved payment of bills and conducted routine business during their Friday session at the Court House headquarters. A spokesman reported that other routine affairs were considered during the meeting.
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Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Court House
Ohio Included In New Ruling For Midwest Gas Rationing
The Office of Price Administration cuts gas coupon value in the Midwest and Southwest from 4 to 3 gallons and hints that the northeastern pleasure driving ban may lift by Sept 1 if current restrictions are observed. Ohio and 20 other states are affected. eastern bans remain in effect pending stock buildup.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
Southwest
Chester Bowles
Bowles
East
Atlantic State
District of Columbia
Principal named for Laurelville High School
Kay Kruger of Vinton County was named principal of Laurelville High School to replace Harold D. Archer who joined the U S Navy. Kruger will teach science and assist with athletics, and has previously taught in Vinton Rural Schools.
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Kay Kruger
Vinton County
Laurelville High School
Harold D. Archer
U. S. Navy
S. H. Dillon
Kruger
Ohio University
Vinton
Mary Baker
Pickaway County
Maxine Weinrich
Laurelville
Grace Anderson
Anne Morehead
Union Furnace
Fred McClelland
South Perry
Supt. Dillon
Two Die as Storms Rake Northern Ohio killing two
Tornadoes and high winds strike northern Ohio Friday night causing two deaths Mrs Josephine Lowe 64 of Cleveland and John Selby 25 of Waynesburg along with the Knapp couple at Vermilion wreckage and a Canton CCC Trucking Co garage loss. War production halted at Carnegie Steel Ba rnum Stainless Diebold Canton plants. Damage includes damaged homes lightning strikes shattered windows blackouts and numerous hospital admissions including Leavittsburg Warren areas.
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Ohio
Josephine Lowe
Cleveland
Charles M. Knapp
Vermilion
John Selby
Waynesburg
CCC Trucking Co
Canton
Reporter travels 2000 miles on black market gasoline
Mark Miller of The Brownsville Herald reports a border to border trip of 2000 miles fueled entirely by black market gasoline. He alleges he bought gasoline without surrendering ration coupons and acquired B C T and E stamps to buy 190 gallons, with five of six stations refusing service.
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International Falls
Minn
Mark Miller
The
Brownsville
Tex
Herald
Miller
Auto Crash near Lodi Kills Man, Hurts Two
An automobile accident east of Lodi killed Russell Bishop, 40, of near Marshallville and injured two others.
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Lodi, O
Here
Russel Bishop
Marshallville
McNutt Calls for Broader Social Security Plan
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt urged expanding the social insurance program on the eighth anniversary of the Social Security Act. He proposed a single national contributory system covering all workers and families, funded by a 5 to 6 percent payroll deduction, with self employed included except for temporary disability and unemployment. He noted more than 60 million workers have earned credits and $359 million in wages paid from 1937 to mid-1944 in the old age and survivors program.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Social Security Board
County Home Agent Resigns in Hocking County
Ruth Bennington resigns as Hocking County home demonstration agent after five years effective September 1. James Smoot announces Helen Evans of Jackson recommended for placement subject to OSU board approval. Evans previously served Allen County as home agent and taught vocational home economics in Junction City.
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Ruth Bennington
Hocking County
Ohio University
Bennington
Tiltonville School
Paul Bennington
Hocking-Vinton County
James R. Smoot
Helen Evans
Jackson
Board of Trustees
Ohio State University
Jackson County Production Credit Association
Blosser Divorce Granted After Court Hearing
Adrien Blosser was granted a divorce from Nelson Kaye Blosser on grounds of gross neglect of duty after a hearing before Judge Phil A. Henderson in the Court of Common Pleas. Adrien Dodds was restored to her maiden name. Court entry assigns costs to the plaintiff.
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Adrien Blosser
Nelson Kaye Blosser
Phil A. Henderson
Court of Common Pleas
Adrien Dodds
Stratton Reported Missing in Action from Navy
Clifford Andrew Stratton of Richwood Ohio was reported missing in action by the Navy department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Stratton.
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Washington
Clifford Andrew Stratton
Leonard E. Stratton
Richwood, O
Navy Department
Allied Drive Clearest Break in Sicily and Salamaua Raid
Allied forces press the Sicilian push toward Messina with Randazzo Floresta and Piraino gains as Mt Etna falls. in New Guinea a massive 177 ton raid leaves Salamaua in ruins, signaling intensified Pacific operations and ongoing battles.
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Russia
Smolensk
North Africa
Sicily
Randazzo
Floresta
Cape Orlando
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Hocking Sentinel
OPA
Orto
E.a
Marines
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Dave Milné
Seven Seas
Dave
Pfc
Donald Réed Salsberry
Nashville
Tenn
L. G. Foltz
U. S. Air Staff
Messina
U.S. Army Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Storm
Associated Press
Salamaua
Austria
Mt. Etna
Alton L. Blakeslee
Hitler
Greater Reich
Middle East
Wiener Neustadt
Vienna
Italy
Japan
New Guinea
Chinatown
Kela
Salamaura
Guina
Mubo
Mundo
New Georgia Island
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