First Aid Saves Child After Bus Incident
An incident near Nelsonville saw a school bus lunge into a tree due to a broken spring. Floyd Shelton a Carbon Hill high school student who attended a Red Cross first aid class applied pressure point techniques to stop life threatening bleeding before a physician arrived. Virgil See Schlotz, a school bus driver and Red Cross student, stopped bleeding of a child struck by a car then escorted the victim to a physician.
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Floyd Shelton
Carbon Hill
Howard Wiseman
Wiseman
Shelton
Nelsonville
Virgil Seescholtz
Red Cross
Logan
Orlandeth Lehman
See
Choltz
Amos Dicken residence to skip Christmas decorations after 35 years
For the first time in 35 years the Amos Dicken residence will not be decorated this Christmas due to the owner’s severe blood poisoning and his daughter's influenza. The home had previously won the Phi Sigma Chi cup for its distinctive lighting, and the owner announced the change to avoid Logan residents visiting the Dicken Addition expecting the display.
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Amos Dicken
Dicken
Logan
Icken Addition
Study Modified Processing Tax to Finance Parity Payments
Washington reports President Roosevelt directed fiscal officials to study a modified processing tax to finance parity payments to farmers. Last year parity payments totaled 225 million dollars, raising farm purchasing power to wartime levels. Morgenthau D Smith and Eccles met with Secretary, discussing a certificate plan, with comments withheld pending another meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Administration
Supreme Art
Wagner Act revisions eyed by House committee
A House committee weighing major Wagner Act amendments recalls NLRB Cincinnati regional director Philip G. Phillips for questions as five members discuss revisions. The panel signals intent to debate changes while affirming retention of core Wagner Act principles.
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House
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Philip G. Phillips
NLRB
Cincinnati
Phillips
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Telegram
Paul Fuller
CIO
Washington
Communist Party
Husband’s Affections Worth $6500 to Mate
Mrs. Catherine E Wray must pay Mrs Edith Crawford 6500 for alienation of affection of Crawford. District Court of Appeals reduced jury verdict by 2000 but Crawford accepted the award after the court offered a new trial option.
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Tiffin
Catherine Emerine Wray
Fostoria
Edith Crawford
John Crawford
West favors third term for Roosevelt in 1940
Back slapping Charlie West campaigns for a renomin ation for President Roosevelt at a Columbus town meeting. He argues there is no justification to limit presidential terms and clashes with Rep Thomas A Jenkins over the unwritten precedent against a third term.
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Columbus
Charlie West
Roosevelt
Charlie
Howdy
Joe
Mike
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Congress
West
Jenkins
Forestry Officials All Land Use Meeting
H C assistant forester of Wayne National Forest and R B Schaaristrict forester outlined forestry policy at a Hocking County Land Use Committee meeting in the county extension office. They noted about one million acres suitable for forestry with 40 000 acres purchased to date and that 25 percent of federal forest income is returned to the county in taxes. M B Predmore reviewed the committee’s work and plans for a rapid completion of a land use map led by Carl Wetherill. Attendees included James R Smoot Ralph Drescher Elmer Nihiser Forest O Wolf Russell Berry Jesse Lanner O Culp Carl Good B L Thompson Francis Davis Frank Pierson W H Mowrey.
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National Forestry Department
H. C
Wayne National Forest
R. B. Schaaristrict
C. d. Hocking County
M. B. Predmore
State Committee
Columbus
Carl Wetherill
Hocking County
James R. Smoot
Ralph Drescher
Elmer Nihiser
Forest O. Wolf
Russell Berry
Jesse Lanner
O. ©. Culp
Carl Good
B. L. Thompson
Francis Davis
Frank Pierson
W. H. Mowrey
Was Germany Justified in Sinking Graf Spee
An editorial examines the Graf Spee scuttling during the Atlantic war, arguing no war code obliges needless sacrifice. It notes internment as an alternative but cites the risk to crew and strategic reasons, while pondering Hitler's order and the expected sacrifice.
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Graf Spee
Montevideo
Herr Hitler
Rites Planned for Mrs George Ford in Logan
Funeral services are set for Nora Marie Ford 33 at 2 30 PM Thursday at Logan United Brethren Church She died after childbirth at St Anns Hospital Columbus infant Frances Marie still born Survived by husband George Ford and children Bobby Sammy Frankie Sally Ann plus mother sister and brother Services led by Rev C B Clendenen with Rev E B White assisting Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Bodies prepared at Leonard funeral home
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Logan United Brethren Church
Nora Marie Ford
George Ford
North Market Street
St. Ann’s Hospital
Columbus
Frances Marie
Loveann Mundy
Logan
Thomas Mundy
Charles Disbennett
Frank Hillyer
Bert Rowley
Toledo
Order of the Eastern Star
Rebekahs
Leonard Funeral Home
C. B. Clendenen
E. B. White
Oak Grove Cemetery
Marietta’s Ed M Hawes chosen to direct Gallipolis centennial
Ed M Hawes of Marietta was selected last night to direct Gallipolis Ohio centennial celebrations for the coming year.
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Gallipolis, O
Ed M. Hawes
Marietta
Gallipolis
Shotgun Accident Claims 16 Year Old Near Mineral Bridge
In Youngstown Ohio a hunting companion's accidental shotgun discharge killed 16 year old William Hammell of Mineral Bridge yesterday. The incident occurred during a hunting outing in the area and authorities are investigating the exact sequence of events.
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Youngstown, O
William Hammell
Mineral Bridge
Break in Consul Murder Sparks Toronto Arrest
Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Ryan announced Ernie Haas, 28, a boxer, was arrested in Toronto for the killing of Dr. Walter Engelberg secretary of the German consulate in New York. Haas allegedly beat Engelberg to death in his Brooklyn home on December 5. a store sales girl alerted police after a woman mentioned Haas and Toronto plans. The body was found 24 hours later by a consulate employee.
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New York
John J. Ryan
Ernie Haas
Toronto
Canada
Walter Engelberg
Ryan
Haas
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Frank Bals
Dr. Engelberg
Youth Admits Killing Brother Six Years Ago
In Columbus Ohio an 18 year old, Lewis Nixton Jr, tearfully admits killing his brother six years ago. He now faces second degree manslaughter charges in a traffic collision that killed three people. Police say the brothers George and Robert were home alone when George found their father’s pistol and a misfire led to George's fatal chest wound.
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Lewis Nixton, Jr
Nixten
George
Lewis
Robert
Thomas A. Scully
Kenton
Scully
Robbery Probed at Laurelville Laurel Sohio Station
The Pickaway County sheriff reports no developments in a burglary at the Laurel Sohio filling station near Laurelville. Discovered Saturday by Charles N. Reynolds the thief entered through a rear window, stealing $70 in cash and about $19 in checks from a small box. About $100 was left untouched and other items were undisturbed.
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Circleville
Sheriff's Department
Laurel Sohio
Pickaway County
Laurelville
Charles N. Reynolds
Lloyd Armstrong
Chillicothe Highway Employee Fired for Political Activity
Walter M. Hughes, instrument man for the State Highway Department at Chillicothe, was discharged today effective December 22 for political activity in violation of civil service rules.
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Columbus, O
Walter M. Hughes
State Highway Department
Chillicothe
Civil Service
Christmas Broadcast Schedule Changes In Logan
Time for the Retail Merchants Division of the Logan Chamber of Commerce changed the late program to start at 9 PM this Tuesday through Friday while the 7 PM choir concert remains on schedule. Downtown shoppers heard the Nazarene Choir Monday night and St Matthew Lutheran Church originated a broadcast via telephone to the Court House balcony.
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Retail Merchants
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Nazarene Choir
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Court House
Ner
Ralph Henderson
Joe Walburn
Betty Byers
Oscar Bartholomew
Jerry Hutchinson
Harley Myers
Santa Claus
Logan
C. H. Reichley
Trinity Lutheran Choir
Ohio Power
Soviet Airmen Foiled In Helsinki Foray Amid War Council Moves
Britain reports sweeping sea victories while Germany claims heavy aerial losses. Soviet bombers were repulsed above Helsinki with no bombs dropped. The Allied War Council in Paris decides on moral and material aid for Finland as battles widen across Europe. Churchill cites naval actions including sunk and crippled cruisers and the Graf Spee’s scuttling near Montevideo. Roosevelt orders full accounts of South American actions.
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Europe
Britain
Germany
Helsinki
Supreme War Council
Paris
Finland
Helgoland
North Sea
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Leipzig
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Churchill
England
France
Russia
Pitkajarvi
Petsamo
Sweden
White House
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hull
Engineers Approve Newark Flood Wall Project
Army engineers approved a $1,000,000 flood control plan for Newark. Lieut. Col. J. D. Arthur Jr. announced the project includes a pumping station earth and concrete levees along the Licking River and widening and deepening of smaller streams.
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Newark
Army Engineers
J. D. Arthur, Jr
Huntington
W. Va
Licking River
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Graf
Chillicothean
Gibisonville
Ohio Power Company
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Janet White
James Horwell
Waveline Meyer
Margaret Whitcraft
Mable Harble
Paul Grifan
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