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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1937
Page
1
A behind the scenes struggle over crop control and wage hour bills threatens passage in the House. Labor advocates push to bring the wage hour bill to a vote while southern lawmakers resist cotton provisions in the farm bill.
The court of appeals denied a motion to keep Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn in jail in Cincinnati while she appeals a death sentence for the poisoning murder of Jacob Wagner. She told her visiting son in cell that her mother’s going to be all right.
The Social Security board examined Ohio unemployment compensation law to allow benefit payments after January 1, 1937, a year earlier than planned. Governor Martin L. Davey said retroactive provisions met federal requirements for five years of job insurance taxes.
Anna Marie Hahn, 31, condemned to die for the murder of Jacob Wagner, was ordered ready at a moment's notice for transfer to Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. A court of appeals hearing at 9:30 a.m. was scheduled, with a trip possibly today or Thursday at latest. She will be escorted by two deputy sheriffs, a matron nurse, and a deputy's wife. She reassured her son Oscar, saying she will be all right, while not seeing her estranged husband.
London and Paris plan to sound out Czechoslovakia and Austria on willingness to concede to Hitler on German minority issues. The move follows French British talks and aims to ease tensions in Europe as part of a broader security effort.
Michael Ritter a 77 year old shopkeeper is jailed on charges he murdered an 11 year old girl and wounded her companion after children scribbled on his sidewalk fronting his store in Newport News Virginia. Witnesses say Ritter fired from behind his screen door as the girls fled and neighbors found Sue Stokes mortally wounded and Mary Ellen Coles crying nearby.
In Shanghai on December 1 AP reports Japan returned an American owned launch seized by Japanese sailors. Two American flags were restored and two Italian vessels were also returned with apologies claiming the seizure was a mistake. The United States protested prior to the apology.
Federal officers planned to arrest three youths from Niles C along with a 16 year old girl after a stolen car allegedly taken from Warren. Suspects Pete Polinsky 20 James Myrne 19 and Frank Soda 18 face federal charges for transporting the vehicle across the West Virginia border at Weirton. The girl Ruth Peckens 16 will be sent to juvenile authorities in Toronto. The car remains held for the owner.
Representative Ashbrook said the War Department approved a bill to clear Lester Cooley of Croton Ohio of desertion by error. Cooley, 94, was listed as a deserter after failing to return from a 20 day furlough while recovering from wounds, due to his surgeon's advice and a notification lapse.
Japan formally recognized the Spanish insurgent regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco as the cabinet had announced earlier. The move marks official acknowledgment by Tokyo of Franco's government.
Mrs Henry Myers of Union Pur nace is described as dealing with complications in her health. No further details are provided due to incomplete text.
Cleveland December 1 AP John L Conner federal labor conciliator pressed to reach a settlement between striking bus drivers and nine Greyhound lines before the noon deadline. He met late into the night with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen officials and company representatives and said he was more hopeful. BRT president A F Whitney called the ultimatum a boomerang as pickets gathered at the Cleveland bus terminal and officials said service is only partly curtailed across the 14 state strike area.
Marion Ohio December report by coroner M F Axthelm finds How ard Hoffhine aged 70 died by his own action after killing his pet dog with a hammer. Hoffhine’s body was found yesterday in a well near his farm home ten miles east of town along with the dog’s fresh grave.
Arch W. Naylor agreed to testify before a special grand jury in Columbus Ohio about irregularities in the parole system. He will be granted immunity from indictment and may implicate others as Atty. Gen. Herbert S. Duffy seeks to expand the record with details from Naylor. Mrs Naylor suffered a heart attack after testifying and may be recalled.
Officials of the bituminous coal commission announced a minimum price schedule aimed at reviving the $11 billion soft coal industry. Home fires will pay less while commercial users face higher costs. the plan covers most mines east of the Mississippi and in Iowa. Violations carry a 19 percent tax. Miners secured an $85 million wage rise last April.
One of three Haifa policemen kidnapped by terrorists escaped to report that his two companions were killed. The report comes as authorities investigate the abortive kidnapping and assess security impacts in Palestine.
The county grand jury convenes to review the attack slaying of Louise Hornbeck 19 of Grafton. Three youths are held as witnesses, with Josph Eberhart identifying a stranger following Hornbeck on Oct 17. The next morning her body was found in an orchard. Confessions exist from two suspects. one denied his account.
Opening testimony was scheduled in the murder trial of Johan nes Borgwardt 23 charged with the shotgun slaying of his former mother in law Mrs Ruth Cranston Borgwardt said she interfered in his marriage to Evelyn his wife and divorce followed the killing occurred in Lisbon D Dec 1 AP report
The Christmas spirit arrives in Logan as two 15 foot trees are prepared for the courthouse entrance and Main Street is decorated with lights. Santa Claus portrayed by Coon Beichley will visit December 11 to 24 with a gala reception and parade planned. Local civic groups prepare Christmas charity efforts.
Senate Leader Keith Lawrence introduced the administration bill to start unemployment benefits next January with a $900,000 general revenue appropriation to cover six months of operations. The only remaining item is the supplemental appropriations bill to fund state department operations as the special session proceeds. Nine other bills were introduced and a $132,900 special-session expense bill was sent to the governor after passage.
More than 100 Ohio labor union representatives condemn Gov. Martin L. Davey's 50 50 relief plan as monstrous and impractical and back the joint legislative committee proposal with reservations. Both plans are before the Ohio legislature. The governor's plan would cost 15 million annually with state and local contributions. the committee plan seeks 16 million, with 12 million from the state.
Thompson Jackson of Gaysport told the sheriff yesterday he found his wife hanged from a basement rafter in their home near Zanesville Ohio. authorities investigated the death as a possible suicide.
John L. Lewis and William Green will chair a Washington meeting with CIO head Philip Murray to seek reconciliation of the AFL and CIO divisions. Key issues include one large union vs craft by industry, semi independence for CIO, executive council powers, enforcement machinery, and voting weights in a joint convention.
Police in Cleveland say they have captured one man who confessed to taking part in the holdup slaying of Fred Raymont a 68 year old confectionery proprietor who was shot when he refused to yield ten dollars in change. Detectives pursue a second gunman, both suspects identified as Negroes.
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