Indictments Return in Brief Session 11 Charged
January grand jury returns 11 indictments after a short session. Craven Nihiser of Haydenville charged with second degree manslaughter in a Route 31 crash that killed Mary Krannitz of Logan. Additional cases include thefts, assaults, and a jail inspection report. Several defendants arraigned. others held for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Ryan
William Davis
John Holliday
Craven Nihiser
Haydenville
Mary Krannitz
Logan
Nihiser
Steelmaker says state barred him from bids
In Columbus on January 4 AP testimony from Youngstown sheet metal firm president Thomas Farrell alleges repeated denials of bid opportunities on state purchases from 1935 to 1937. He linked declining state sales to Gov. Davey’s term, citing letters claiming ban based on political gossip. Farrell says he finally bid on 300 tons of steel sheets in 1937 but only won 150 tons amid higher-priced competing orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Youngstown
Senate
Thomas Farrell
James Metzenbaum
Farrell
Martin L. Davey
Metzenbaum
Glenn A. Horn
Witnesses Arrive Too Late to Testify in Nihiser Case
Two Columbus men scheduled to testify before the Hocking County grand jury in the Nihiser case arrived too late, missing their opportunity as the jury convened. Robert Emith, driver of the truck involved in the crash that killed Mrs. Mary Krannitz of Logan, tried to reach Logan after departing Canal Winchester. Sheriff Farbearn and Deputy Smith coordinated efforts to bring them in, but they reached at 5 p.m. as the jury indicted Nihiser without their testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hocking County
Grand Jury
Craven
Canal Winchester
Joe Farbearn
Nellis Smith
Lancaster
Farbearn
Deputy Smith
Logan
Nihiser
Gov Davey Urges Probe of State Government
In Columbus, January 4, Gov. Martin L. Davey presses for rapid action by the pro administration House to back his demand for an investigation of state government politics and lobbying. He accuses an ugly conspiracy against high administration and seeks a nine member board of inquiry to reveal all to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
House of Representatives
Senate
Davey
Rotarians Enjoy Student Offerings at Logan Meeting
Logan Rotarians heard student performers from Logan junior and senior high schools last night. Kathryn Brooker and Eleanor Anthony delivered recitations, Don ald Knapp played a xylophone solo, Harold Kessler offered a violin piece, Martha Ann Kinser read, and Dorothy June Shriner tap danced. Accompanists were Ann Bowen and Rosemary Fox. Darley Kitchen was welcomed as a new member. Visiting Rotarian Tom Donoghue of Nelsonville attended, along with Walter Leonard, funeral director, returning after appendix surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Brooker
Eleanor Anthony
Donald Knapp
Harold Kessler
Martha Ann Kinser
Dorothy June Shriner
Ann Bowen
Rosemary Fox
Darley Kitchen
Tom Donoghue
Nelsonville
Walter Leonard
Daring Panay bombing images on Fox newsreel
Chakeres Logan Theatre manager Ed C Paul announces that Panay bombing photos in the Fox newsreel arriving Thursday are the most daring shots yet filmed. The footage, shot by a Fox cameraman aboard the Panay during the attack by Japanese planes, was expedited to Washington by China Clipper after customs in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed C. Paul
Chakeres Logan Theatre
Panay
Fox
China
Washington
China Clipper
Ohio governor seeks sweeping probe of state government
Governor Martin L. Davey wins House Finance Committee backing for a $100,000 inquiry into legislators lobbying and politics. He names Lieut. Gov. Paul Yoder, ex-Atty. Gen. John Bricker, and 11 senators in a verbal indictment and calls for a probe of campaign funds and potential graft. The plan faces Senate uncertainty as a rival graft inquiry looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P. Yoder
Atty
John W. Bricker
Davey
House Finance Committee
Bishop Kilpatrick
D-Trumbull
House
Senate
Bricker
Yoder
Open study of job scarcity aims for conciliatory tone
A special senate committee opens a study of unemployment pledging no blame on business or government. Chairman Byrnes says cooperation among employers employees and officials is sought to determine possible legislation to create jobs and relief programs. Isador Lubin testifies job losses from October to mid December were sharper than after the 1929 crash with an estimated 1.475 to 1.55 million people losing work in November and early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Byrnes
D-Sc
Congress
Isador Lubin
Labor Statistics
First Committee
Japanese Armies Drive Southward in China Battlefield
Japanese forces push through Shantung toward Tsinan and Hankow with air support targeting rail junctions. Reports say Chufu, Confucius birthplace, captured, along with other towns. Teruel remains deadlocked in Spain as Mustapha Nahas Pasha vies to restore Wafd in Egypt amid street clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Holy Land
China
Shantung Province
Chufu
Confucius
Tsinan
Hankow
Yangtze River
Spain
Teruel
Egypt
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
WAFD
Chamber of Deputies
Cairo
Former Gov White weighs bid against Bulkley in Ohio primary
Columbus Ohio January 4 Former Governor George White of Marietta said he was seriously considering challenging Senator Robert J Bulkley for renomination in the Ohio Democratic primary and would announce his decision this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George White
Marietta
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Roosevelt Urges Cooperation With Business Amid Crisis
Washington Jan 4 AP Several Republican leaders joined most Democrats in calling President Roosevelt’s pledge to cooperate with business if it ditches harmful practices conciliatory Others criticized his economic views and awaited a special message on business legislation Administration aides called his congress opening speech constructive and reassuring Some officials contrasted his tone with recent remarks by Secretary Ickes and Assistant Attorney General Robert H Jackson Roosevelt said only a small minority of business leaders have shown poor citizenship by dishonest or harmful practices Observers noted Secretary Wallace’s Pittsburgh address echoed the theme Workers and government should not fear capital but work with it to aid labor and agriculture
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes
Attorny
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Pittsburgh
Wallace
Washington Ave First 38 Baby in Bay County
Logan Dexter son of Mr and Mrs Jack Dexter born at Cherrington Hospital at 6 10 am Monday January 3 in Bay County Attending physician Dr Cherrington reports both mother and child doing well No other births reported yet final New Year Party winner announcement postponed to Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ave
Bay County
Jack Dexter
Logan
Cherrington Hospital
Hocking County
Dexter
Wallington Ave
Cherrington
Miller Sees Czech Club Tactics Shift Shoe Prices
Miller, president of the H. C. Godman Co., spoke at the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association convention in Chicago. He warned that cheap Czech shoes press American prices, urging higher import duties and real value improvements to counter wage cuts and plant shifts while defending U S industry prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Miller
H. C. Godman Co
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Shoe Industr’s
United States
Logan
Godman Company
Desperadoes Nabbed in North Carolina Bank Robbery Case
Desperadoes Hil Payne and Wash Turner were captured in Banford North Carolina after eluding officers for nearly eleven months. Eleven men seized the escaped convicts yesterday without a shot fired. Payne and Turner faced charges of bank robbery murder kidnapping and highway robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banford
N. C
Hil Payne
Wash .Turner
North Carolina
Payne
Turner
Prisoner fatally burned at Columbus workhouse
Kid Lewis aged 45 from West Jefferson, confined in the Columbus workhouse, died after his clothing ignited near a bonfire. Officials report the incident occurred late yesterday as he stood beside the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kid Lewis
West Jefferson
Lewis
Missing Bennett daughter and Russell Hughes elopement hunt
Detroit police and agents searched for 18 year old Gertrude Bennett, daughter of Ford executive Harry Bennett, and Russell Hughes after reports they wed in Auburn Indiana. The pair had not been located as investigators, including the FBI, pursued theories from abduction to elopement while Bennett’s prominent family faced past threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Donald
Leonard
Michigan State Police
Gertrude Bennett
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Co
Russell Hughes
Auburn
Ind
Carl Walters
Ypsilanti
Mich
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Don Leonard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss Bennett
Michigan Normal College
Michhigan Normal College
Erd Clog
Ivan Boutson
Russell
Billie Bennett
Bennett
Capt. Leonard
Hughes
Hudson Motor Co to recall 6000 workers in shift to lift output
Detroit AP report says Hudson Motor Car Co president A. E. Barit announced 6000 workers will be recalled in the next weeks to boost production and reanimate employment. The move will raise factory personnel to about 12,000 and monthly payroll by 1.25 million dollars. He also said a new car will begin production this week in the lowest price field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
A. E. Barit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Hudson Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Cecil
Wellston
John Collins
Logan Home Telephone Co
Cecil
Scott’s Creek Falls
Carl Adkins
Springfield
Lancasters
Joe Thomas
Adkins
St. Mary's
W. Va
Mansfield Reformatory
Raymond
Arthur Buskirk
Vinton County
South Bloomingville
South Perry
Ernest Evans
Ward Township
Harry Weakley
Frank Pieteroucki
Phil A. Henderson
Raymond Buskirk
Vinton Co.p
Roy Cavince
Arthur Buwiécirk
Myrna Smith
Logan Rotarians
Pulletin
Elasts
Fred L. Adams
Bowling Green
H. D. Byrne
Kent
John F. Connolly
Toledo
Tom L. Gal
President Roosevelt
Congres
Bulkley
Miller
Hudson Motor CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!