Circleville Bank Robbery Nets 11500. Bandits Escape
Armed men roped 15 customers and staff into a rear room of Circleville Savings and Banking Co and rifled the vault for about 11500. They forced bank president N. E. Reichelderfer to open the vault, then fled as a State Highway Patrol blockade formed south central Ohio. Pickaway County officers pursued, but the robbers escaped.
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Circleville Savings and Banking Co
Circleville
N. E. Reichelderfer
Toledo and Cleveland in Most Dangerous Positions
Ohio officials sought to avert a total relief collapse as Toledo and Cleveland face large deficits. Mayor Burton pressed Gov Bricker for a special session while Bricker urged cutting costs locally. Cleveland planned bonds and fare relief for 18 000 people, Toledo eyed auto tax and license funds, Dayton faced red ink, all amid tax caps and rural urban tensions.
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Toledo
Cleveland
Burton
Harold H. Burton
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Dayton
Ohio
Clarence A. Benedict
Grash Action to Go Before Jury in Fatal Collision Case
The damage suit of Mrs. Erminie Merritt of Columbus against J A Isselstein of Deanville will go to a jury Monday morning December 11 per Judge Phil A Henderson. The case arises from a December incident in which a car struck a cement abutment at an overhead railroad crossing near Enterprise, plunging 40 feet to the tracks and killing two people while injuring three others. Heirs of the victims seek almost $50,000 in damages alleging Isselstein’s vehicle contributed to the fatal crash.
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Erminnie Merritt
Columbus
J. A. Isselstein
Deanville
Phil A. Henderson
Merritt
Enterprise
Isselstein
Low new car sales in Hocking County in early December
Clerk Don Feather reports only three new cars sold by Hocking County dealers in the first five days of December. Records show sales in the last three months lag behind the average, with a total of 30 vehicles sold last month.
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Hocking County
Don Feather
Feather
Jenkins barred from resuming post at London Prison Farm
Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced that T. C. Jenkins, suspended superintendent, will not be allowed to return. Jenkins faces potential removal charges after a 30 day disciplinary suspension amid graft, mismanagement, and illicit activity claims at the prison farm. Acting head William F. Amrine is expected to succeed Jenkins.
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Columbus, O
Charles L. Sherwood
T. C. Jenkins
London
Sherwood
Jenkins
William F. Amrine
State Department of Corrections
Amrine
Judge Won't Let Parents of Dead Boy Adopt Pal
Fifteen year old Buford Loney who killed his best friend in a hunting accident faced a ruling as juvenile court judge G B DeWitt refused to authorize adoption by Arthur Combs Jr.s parents. Buford was committed to the State Bureau of Juvenile Research for observation and may be sent to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster.
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Hepburn, O
Arthur Combs, Jr
Arthur
Arthr
Buford
DeWitt
Pearl McClaren
Auto Wreck on East Main Injures Five
Five persons escaped with minor bruises when two trucks and an automobile collided on East Main Street Tuesday morning. H A Blauser of Pickerington struck Vaughn Hansel of Logan, pushing his truck into Ed Hamblin’s car. Mrs Hamblin, Mrs Violet Darnell, and her five year old son Ed were in the car but uninjured. Police Chief Lew Reynolds and Deputy Sheriff W R Brandt investigated.
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East Main Street
H. A. Blauser
Pickerington
Main Street
Vaughn Hansel
Logan
Heine Packing Company
Hansel
Blauser
Ed Hamblin
Russian Operations Strain Axis in World War Context
DeWitt Mackenzie reports that Russian actions in Finland are stretching the Berlin Rome axis. Mussolini may drift toward the Anglo French camp as Hitler seeks alliance with Stalin. The anti Soviet stance remains, while Finland’s misfortune may aid Allied aims.
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Russia
Finland
Berlin-Rome
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Italy
Kuhn Sentenced for Bund Larceny and Forgery
Fritz Kuhn German American Bund leader was sentenced to two and a half to five years in prison after being convicted of grand larceny of Bund funds. The term includes counts of grand larceny in the James D. C. Murray transaction and two counts of forgery in that case.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Ambassador to Cuba Wright Dies After Surgery
J Butler Wright, 62, United States ambassador to Cuba, died late last night at the Anglo American Hospital Havana two days after pancreatic operation. Consul General Coert Du Bois said the body would be sent to Washington Thursday likely on a U S Warship. Funeral services will be held at the National Cathedral in Washington.
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Havana
J. Butler Wright
United States
Cuba
Coert du Bois
Washington
National Cathedral
FDR May Run Again Only in Emergency
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt unlikely to seek a second term unless a major international crisis arises next summer. Friends say his domestic program is largely finished and his influence on policy remains, but the White House life is demanding and another leader might better carry his agenda.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Huffman Named Editor of Logan High Yearbook Aerial
John Huffman, senior, chosen by Logan High School faculty as editor of The Aerial yearbook. He was assistant editor last year. Bob Fickel and Bob McBride are named business and advertising managers, respectively, with elections for remaining staff set for Wednesday.
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John Huffman
Logan High School
Fred B. Burchfield
Huffman
Bob Fickel
Bob McBride
Daugherty Speaks Before Logan Rotarians On Social Security
J A Daugherty of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce addressed Logan Rotarians on state social security laws at the rural urban acquaintance meeting held at the White House Monday night. Ten Hocking County farmers attended the session led by President Howard Kirk with Robert White of the Ohio National Bank present. An informal get together followed the program.
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J. A. Daugherty
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Logan
White House
Hocking County
Howard Kirk
Robert White
Ohio National Bank of Columbus
Logan Board of Health to Host Milk Dealers Meeting
Logan milk dealers will be guests of the Logan Board of Health at City Hall Tuesday night. The informal discussion will cover the city's milk supply.
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Logan
Logan Board of Health
City Hall
Scandinavia Urges Peace Talks as Finland Fights On
Sweden mobilizes about 40 000 more men bringing total to 150 000. Norway invites Sweden and Denmark foreign ministers for a Thursday peace conference. Russia presses into Finland from south and north, with advances on the Karelian Isthmus and Petsamo Fjord, while Finland strengthens Aaland Islands defenses. Rome sees anti Soviet demonstrations. Britain warns of shipping losses and secret parliamentary session on war supplies. King George visits troops in France as Western Front remains quiet aside from artillery.
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Finland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Russia
League of Nations
Karelian Isthmus
Petsamo Fjord
Arctic
Aaland Islands
Moscow
Helsinki
Terijoki
Molotoff
Geneva
Soviet Union
Argentina
Uruguay
Rome
Legation
Britain
Admiral Scheer
South Atlantic
Doric Star
New Zealand
Australia
Chamberlain
Liberal Party
George VI
George V
France
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W. B. Ragsdale
Congress
Fickel
McBride
Daugherty
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