23 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
1
An enviable three year attendance record at Logan schools ended Friday when Miss Evelyn Johnson and her father Judd Johnson visited Logan for Christmas shopping. He distributed a large sack of Grimes Golden apples to Court House employees on the third floor. the fruit came from his farms.
CIO leaders will visit poor families in Toledo to prove actual hunger this Christmas in an industrial city that removed employables from relief rolls last fall and now restores aid on a need basis. Clarence A. Benedict says the city cannot feed employable childless adults while Louis Didasse cites severe food shortages and plans to film needy families for church groups and lawmakers. Relief workers estimate at least 3,000 could receive no city aid under the $100,000 monthly program and rely on private or small rations of federal aid.
An army plane crash at Indianapolis municipal airport left Capt. Frank Irwin seriously injured with a possible skull fracture and his passenger H. W. Kellhofer bruised. Irwin, 37, from Bowen Field Washington D C, was hospitalized at Methodist Hospital. Kellhofer, about 30 from Dayton Ohio, sustained minor injuries.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt host a White House East Room party and charity distributions as cabinet families depart for holidays. Anna Roosevelt Boettner arrives with baby Johnny and siblings Eleanor and Curtis Dall join. The Roosevelts plan a Christmas tree lighting Sunday with the President’s nationwide greeting at 5 11 P M EST.
The Mutual Hospitalization Association of Cleveland may continue business pending a January 13 hearing on John A. Lloyds petition for an injunction due to alleged insolvency. Common Pleas Judge Dana F Reynolds modified the restraining order to permit operations until the hearing.
Abraham L. Shushan and four Louisianans were convicted of mail fraud tied to a 1936 levee board refunding contract. The trial, part of Louisiana political scandal investigations, occurs during the New Orleans governorship race as Huey P. Long era figures face legal action. Shushan helped split a 496 000 dollar fee from a 5.5 million bond refunding.
Ceferino Garcia defended his middleweight title by KOing Glenn Lee of Nebraska in the 13th round of a 15 round bout in Manila.
The Daily News presents a 12 page Christmas Greetings Edition with messages from business firms and professional men. Advertisers extend hearty greetings to residents and thank customers for their business during the year.
Two deadly rail collisions in wartime Germany kill 182 and injure 139. A head on crash between Marksdorf and Klostern leaves 50 dead and 30 injured, while another collision at Genthin claims 132 lives and 109 injuries. Authorities cite a series of wrecks blamed on wartime blackout conditions.
The Golden Gate Exposition will reopen in 1940 on Treasure Island with bigger exhibits than 1939. The opening is set for May 25 and closing for September 29. A bankruptcy court approved a revival plan for the $55 million show, aiding creditors owed over $4 million.
The Daily News will not publish on Monday December 25 Christmas Day. The office and plant will be closed all day Sunday and Monday, allowing staff a double holiday with their families.
Treasurer Robert N. White released figures showing prepaid sales tax stamp sales totaling 2291.01 this week, up from 1957.74 before last Christmas, 1636.07 in 1937, and 1542.99 in 1936. The rise highlights stronger business, noting that tax applied to food in 1936 and 1937 as well.
Democratic representative from Colorado since 1933 John A. Martin died in Washington at 71 after a weeklong illness. He was stricken on a train from Pueblo and treated for ptomaine poisoning with heart ailment, later taken to Naval Hospital where he passed away.
Nearly 1,100 youngsters pack the Logan Theatre to see Gene Autry in Prairie Moon. The free Christmas event was hosted by manager Ed C. Paul and Logan Lodge No. 452 BPOE with Boy Scout Troop 163 helping seat the crowd.
Six county jail prisoners receive a holiday week end release as a Christmas gift from Sheriff Fred F. Miller in Marion Ohio. The six are to be freed this afternoon and return Tuesday to finish short sentences, while others in jail will receive turkey dinners.
A weather outlook predicted a White Christmas for a large portion of the United States with rain or snow in the lower Appalachians Ohio Valley Tennessee and parts of the North Atlantic States. The West and Midwest faced precipitation and the East had similar patterns. Light mountain snow was forecast for Oregon Washington and California with occasional rain elsewhere. The South also expected snow or rain.
Allied warships alert as German forces reportedly dash home to ease the blockade. Finnish forces seize the initiative on the Karelian Isthmus while repelling Russian counter advances and gaining ground in the north. Red army cites steady gains, Finland endures heavy losses as reports of a Finnish leaders arrest circulate.
Edison Warner age 22 of Attica died in a collision between an automobile and a truck in Bellevue last night. He was Huron county's 19th traffic fatality of the year.
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