Trunk Murders in Self Defense Winnie Judd Says
Logan Theatre to host a free Christmas party for Logan youngsters under 14 with no admission. Ed C. Paul partners with Logan Lodge No 452 to provide candy apples oranges and a Gene Autry film program including shorts Santa Claus will distribute gift packages.
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Trunk
Winnie Judd
Logan Theatre
Logan
Ed C. Paul
The
Logan Lodge No. 452
Paul
Gene Autry
Boots and Saddles
Santa Claus
Insane Slayer Returned to Hospital Cell in Arizona
Winnie Ruth Judd told officers her planned self defense killing of two friends and an alleged accomplice who hired a doctor to dispose a body. She was returned to the Arizona State Hospital for the insane after detailing an eight year old rape case and escaping from a private cell. She complained about confinement among screaming patients.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Rapher
Logan Day by Day by ED STAFF
LoganPost Office reports more than a dozen letters to Santa received since Christmas season began. Santa delivers to C H Reichley who forwards to Logan Channel of Commerce for reading. Autograph seekers note Hortense Gibson at Logan Public Library received J P Marquand novel Wickford Point with writer’s signature. Mark Wylie, Gibisonville High School guard, excels on trombone and in school popularity as Gibisonville beat Murray City 45-19 Friday.
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Santa Claus
Logan Post Office
C. H. Reichley
Logan Channel of Commerce
Hortense Gibson
Logan Public Library
Wickford Point
J. P. Marquand
Apley
Boston
Mark Wylie
Gibisonville
Wylie
Laurel Township
Murray City
Hocking County Car Sales Stay Steady in December
Clerk Don Feather reports last week’s vehicle sales in Hocking County were normal. Seventeen new cars have been sold this month, a slight increase over the same period last month.
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Hocking County
Don Feather
Feather
Wheat price rise keeps farmers waiting for market rally
In Chicago on December 16 the wheat market hovered near its best levels since 1937 as farmers with about 164 million bushels on hand and 114 million dollars in government loans delay selling. Prices rose as loan rates lagged, with December wheat closing at 1.0358 dollars and traders predicting extended holding through spring.
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Chicago
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Stires Dies at Cherrington
Funeral rites will be held at Nelsonville for the infant born dead at Cherrington Hospital early Saturday. Attending physicians report the condition of the mother is fair.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Stires
Cherrington Hospital
Recommendations To Fill Village Post Office Vacancies
Hubert D. Lappen announced two candidates for village post office jobs in Hocking County. Evelyn Moore is proposed for Gibisonville postmaster, succeeding her retiring father William Moore. Velma Belle Hinerman is proposed for Union Furnace, replacing Cynthia Cunningham upon retirement.
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Hubert D. Lappen
Hocking County
Democratic Executive Committee
Harold K. Claypool
Lappen
Evelyn Moore
Gibisonville
William Moore
Velma Belle Hinerman
Union Furnace
Cynthia Cunningham
Laurel and
Starr
WPA project approved to transcribe county school records
A 3 287 WPA project to transcribe and compile pupils cumulative record cards from 1924 to the present has received approval in Washington. The Hocking County Board of Education sponsors the effort led by Congressman Harold K. Claypool.
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Hocking County
Washington
Harold K. Claypool
Must Eat to Fly Joseph G Freeberg Goals Weight
Brockton Mass youth Joseph G Freeberg twenty two pounds himself into the U S air corps by December twenty fifth. He weighs 121 pounds seven pounds under the minimum for his height and plans a hearty Christmas dinner to reach the required weight.
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Joseph G. Freeberg
Brockton
Mass
U.S. Air Corps
Joe
Logan Board Dinner Meeting at High School Cafe
Logan Board of Education members and officials attended a dinner meeting in the high school cafeteria served by home economics students. Edward Leach was hired as janitor of Central Grade School replacing Charles Bright who moved to East Grade School. Attendees included Superintendent George E. Carr Principal Fred B. Burchfield Howard Kirk Harold Saxton C Wood Bowen and L A Kruger PWA inspector for new East and West auditoriums.
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Logan Board of Education
Edward Leach
Central
Charles Bright
East
George E. Carr
Fred B. Burchfield
Howard E. Kirk
Harold Saxton
C. Wood Bowen
L. A. Kruger
PWA
Gibisonville Junior High
Logan
West
Logan High School
Martha Sue Cruise
L. P. Mooney
Luther Heyde
Nazarene Choir
United States Tightens Moral Embargo On War Materials
The U S government acts to halt shipments of plane making materials to nations that bomb civilians. Officials extend the moral embargo to include molybdenum and aluminum, prompting speculation it could affect Germany as well as Russia and Japan. Public opinion backs the voluntary ban, which lacks enforcement power.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Japan
Germany
State Department
President of Panama Dies at 59 in Penonome
Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena, 59, president of Panama, died of heart disease in Penonome after a November attack and a six week hospital stay. He had resumed duties December 4 and earlier chief roles included keynoting the Panama conference last September on a neutrality zone for shipping amid the European war.
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Panama
Juan Demostenes Arosemena
Republic of Panama
Penonome
Arosemena
Legation
Order of the Sun
Dr. Arosemena
Fingerprint Expert Probes Three Schools Robberies
A fingerprint expert investigates robberies at New Lexington Crooksville and Somerset school buildings on Thursday night. About 390 dollars was stolen from safes and cash boxes across the three sites.
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New Lexington
Crooksville
Somerset
Hi Y Club Banquet Committee Named at Logan High
Bud Fox Bob McBride and Harold Frazier form the committee to arrange Logan High School annual Hi Y Club banquet. Bob Jurgensmier serves as president of the Logan High School organization.
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Bud Fox
Bob McBride
Harold Frazier
Bob Jurgensmier
Logan High School
Youths Invited to Inter-Church Basketball Meet
Announcement Friday invited Logan youths to attend a meeting about forming an Inter-Church Basketball League. Zeigler urged attendance at 7:30 PM Monday at the Methodist Church.
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Logan
Wellington Zeigler
Methodist Church
Car taxi crash at Spring and Hunter Streets injures none
George Fox of Mound Street drove an auto that collided with Paul Harrison's taxi at the Spring and Hunter Streets corner Thursday evening. Mrs. Stanley Baker was a passenger in the taxi. No injuries were reported.
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George Fox
Mound Street
Paul Harrison
Spring
Hunter Streets
Stanley Baker
Downtown Christmas Choir Broadcasts Begin in Logan
A sequence of Christmas music programs starts Monday at 7 P M from a church on the Court House balcony with St Matthew Lutheran Church supplying the sound via telephone lines. A 9:30 P M series from the Ohio Power Co window studio follows, with varied local school groups and soloists rotating each day. James Horwell oversees both programs with detailed schedules for each evening.
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Logan
Court House
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Ohio Power Co
James Horwell
Trinity Lutheran
Methodist
United Brethren
Presbyterian
St. John’ Catholic
St. Matthew
Logan High School
Santa Claus
Charles Lyke
Logan Home Telephone Co
Frank Ricketts
Swedish cabinet keeps Per Albin H Svenson as head of four party group
The revised four party cabinet led by Per Albin Hansson commits to Finland material aid against Soviet Russia to the extent allowed by Sweden's capacity. The coalition spans Socialists Conservatives Agrarians and Liberals and remains united on assistance.
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Sweden
Per Albin Hannson
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Plans for 4-H Banquet in Hocking County
Rapidly prepared plans for the annual Hocking County 4-H club advisors banquet set for Tuesday at 6 P M at Kline Memorial Church Enterprise under Logan Kiwanis Club. OSU agriculture dean Lyman E Jackson will speak with several local musical numbers. James R Smoot county extension agent will toastmaster. About 64 advisers and leaders from the county are expected. The event was arranged by William Martin Kiwanis Paul Shaw and Smoot.
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Hocking County
Kline Memorial Church
Enterprise
Logan Kiwanis Club
Lyman E. Jackson
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
James R. Smoot
William Martin
Kiwanis Club
Paul Shaw
Agricultural Committee
Smoot
Boys
Well-Dressed Men Sought in Kidnapping Case
Cincinnati report says two well dressed men kidnapped and robbed Jack Elias, a transportation company cashier. Elias said the pair forced him at gunpoint to drive to Hamilton after stopping his car by a downtown bank, taking $167 he planned to deposit, then fled on arrival.
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Cincinnati
Jack Elias
Elias
Hamilton
Graf Spee given deadline to sail or intern at Montevideo
Uruguay charters a naval board verdict that the Graf Spee is seaworthy and orders Captain Langsdorff to sail by 5 PM Sunday or face internment. British battlefleet presses near Montevideo after a 14 hour clash with the German ship amid Allied demands for internment or departure.
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Spee
Hans Langsdorff
Great Britain
Germany
Ajax
Achilles
Exeter
Cumberland
Britain
Urquay
Graf Spee
Foreign Office
Italy Signals War Readiness and Guarded Interests
Italian Foreign Minister Ciano told the Chamber of Fasces that Italy remains out of the European conflict by agreement with Germany while pledging to safeguard Italy’s land air and sea traffic prestige and future power. He said three years were needed to prepare war means due to Ethiopian and Spanish wars. He noted no claim of unpreparedness during the Salzburg visit with Hitler and Ribbentrop.
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Rome
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Taly
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzburg
Retreating Finnish Army Leaves Towns in Ashes
Stockholm dispatch reports the Finnish forces falling back before Soviet Russian pressure in Salmijarvi mining area. Villages burned while bridges were blown and lake ice blasted to hinder the advance. Nickel mine properties at Salmijarvi wrecked as Russian troops from Petsamo approach. General Kurt Wallenius warns the war could last a year and hopes heavy snows will aid Finnish defense.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Salmijarvi
Petsamo
Kurt Wallenius
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Uruguay
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Joseph Froeberg
Logan Board
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CAGE
Dean Jackson
County Advisors
I Duce
Harold K. Miles
Montevideo
Admiral Graf
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