Navy Bomber Missing With Seven Aboard Off California
Three hundred navy planes and 24 warships hunted the seas between Santa Barbara and San Diego for a giant service patrol bomber missing since Wednesday with seven men aboard. Cadet Seth Hawkins, tied to the Cruiser Chicago, fell from a rear cockpit and disappeared into the Pacific off 100 miles offshore.
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San Pedro
Calif
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Naval
Seth P. Hawkins
Chicago
Pacific
Alva D. Bernhard
Ernest J. King
Kennedy gets Bingham post ambassador to Britain
President Roosevelt names Joseph P. Kennedy chairman of the federal maritime commission as ambassador to Great Britain. He succeeds Robert W. Pintham. Roosevelt also selects Joseph E. Davies as ambassador to Belgium and Hugh R. Wilson as ambassador to Germany, replacing Hugh Gibson and William E. Dodd respectively.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Federal Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Robert W. Pintham
Kentucky
Kennedy
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Belgium
Davies
Hugh Gibson
Senate
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
Wilson
Plac
William E. Dodd
Funeral services for Orin Kelly 69 engineer dies
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Orin Kelly 69 veteran engineer who aided coal field development in Southern Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia He died yesterday at his home in Columbus Ohio An Ohio Northern University graduate he served as city engineer at Wellston for years Survivors include brother Frank Kelly Springfield and sister Miss Clara Kelly Portsmouth
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Columbus
Orin Kelly
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Kelly
Ohio Northern University
Wellston
Frank Kelly
Springfield
Clara Kelly
Portsmouth
Two Gunmen Sought After Kentucky Liquor Hijacking
Police hunt two gunmen who hijacked a liquor cargo near Cattlettsburg Kentucky and kidnapped W F Athey a 29 driver and Robert Roberts 27 Beckley West Virginia. The truck was abandoned near the city jail after the pair forced the men into a car and held them for three hours.
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Steubenville
Cattlettsburg
W. F. Athey
Robert Roberts
Beckley
Athey
Roberts
FBIHunt For Youthful Farm Hand In Triple Slaying
In Youngstown Ohio on January 7 AP reports the FBI joined the search for a young farm hand suspected in the triple murder of Henry Baumeister his wife and his father Theodore at a North Lima farm. Coroner D H Hauser sought federal aid as it is believed the suspect crossed the state line into Pennsylvania or West Virginia.
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Youngstown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Henry Baumeister
Theodore
North
Lima
D. H. Hauser
Natco No 1 Plant Reopens Monday
Natco No 1 Plant of the National Fireproofing Co at Haydenville will resume production Monday morning, announced by Natco superintendent Clarence Matheny. The unit employs 150 men at full capacity, while No 2 plant has operated at about 25 percent since November.
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National Fireproofing Co
Haydenville
Clarence Matheny
Natco
Matheny
County approves 1938 funds and crow bounty plan
Hocking County commissioners finalize the 1938 budget with total appropriations of 213127.59 dollars, establishing a 500 dollar crow bounty fund to be dispensed through township trustees. Road funds total 108607, general fund 144520, amid staff continuities and the added relief program supported by state sales tax revenue.
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Hocking County
Onio
Harry H. Wright
Brooks
Knudsen predicts GM recovery by spring
William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors, testified before the state committee investigating the recession. He said there will be a business upturn by spring and suggested that a policy statement from the administration would improve conditions. He was pictured testifying.
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William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Knudsen
Auto thefts end jailbreaks in the Midwest
Two Fort Wayne jail escapees lost their freedom after car thefts linked to the breakout surfaced. Charles W. Thomas Jr., 19, of Detroit, was arrested in Somerset, Pennsylvania, for two car thefts. Raymond T. Cooke, 43, of New York, was found asleep in a stolen car in Elyria and held in connection with a Rocky River auto theft near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles W. Thomas, Jr
Detroit
Somerset
Raymond T. Cooke
New York
Elyria
Rocky River
Children ill with chicken pox and intestinal influenza
Rennie Eaton son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Eaton is ill with chicken pox Richard Brown son of Mr and Mrs Joe Brown is suffering from intestinal influenza.
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Rennie
Kenneth Eaton
Richard
Joe Brown i
OAP Office Moves From Court House
Hocking County office of the Ohio Division for Aid to the Aged relocated from the first floor of the Court House to the building formerly occupied by Dr. C F Rauch near Worthington Park on S Market St. The move adds space with four rooms in the new quarters, while the vacated room reverts to war veterans headquarters.
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Hocking County
Ohio Division For Aid
Court House
Dr Roberts Named City Health Commissioner
Dr George Roberts was chosen to serve as city health commissioner during Dr HI M Boocks absence February to May. Boocks will study public health at the University of Michigan, while Mayor Dallas Kinser presided over the Logan Board of Health meeting.
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George Roberts
HI. M. Boocks
University of Michigan
Logan Board of Health
Roberts
Dr. Boocks
Ohio relief program clears major hurdles in 1938
Ohio's 1938 relief program advances with Gov Davey's approval and Senate House agreement on funding. The Senate enacted four relief measures to boost administration of sales taxes and fund relief, while a 55 percent levy bill moves to the House. Cleveland sees food deliveries to 65,000 relief clients and city leaders seek $100,000 notes to bridge anticipated surplus tax collections for statewide relief.
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Columbus
Ohio
Matin L. Davey
Senate
House
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga
Lawrence
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
King Coals Inc Takes Over Pattonville Docking Site
King Coals Inc, incorporated in Columbus, takes over all property and business of the Docking Valley Coal and Storage Co at Pattonville near Route 31, five miles south of Logan. A new coal tipple for grading and storage has begun on the old site after demolishing an unsafe wooden structure. Incorporators include E W Distlehorst, C W Brownfield, and Lyman Brownfield of Columbus, with 600 shares of no par value stock.
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Docking Valley Coal and Storage Co
Pattonville
E. W. Distlehorst
C. W. Brownfield
Lyman Brownfield
Columbus
Brownfields
Distlehorst
Columbus Capital
Leonard McKinley Faces District Final for Prince of Peace Contest
Leonard McKinley, of Green Town ship, polishes his prize winning oration as he prepares for the district finals at Northminer Presbyterian Church in Columbus Sunday evening. The district meet is one of 16 statewide, with the winner earning a gold medal and a shot at the state finals. McKinley previously won the county title.
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Leonard McKinley
Green Township
Northmineer Presbyterian Church
Columbus
McKinly
Columbus man wins 15000 in railroad injury suit
James Conken of Columbus received 15000 in U S district court against the Norfolk and Western railroad for injuries suffered when he was thrown from a freight train at Portsmouth Ohio on November 2 1935 while serving as a brakeman, seeking 40000 in damages.
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Cincinnati
Jan
James Conken
Columbus
U. S
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Portsmouth
Columbus graft inquiry faces challenge as attorney refuses
William J. Goggin, Columbus lawyer, defies a special senate committee by claiming lack of lawful power to inquire into state dealings. Hardware salesman H. F. Steele says his state highway business dropped from 50000 to 8000 after he stopped paying commissions to Goggin. committee counsel vows to proceed.
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Columbus
Senate
William J. Goggin
H. F. Steele
State Highway Department
Goggin
James Metzenbaum
Ohio Governor Faces Grand Jury Testimony
Gov Martin L Davey, under scrutiny over pardons and commutations in the state parole system, is the principal witness as Ohio’s special grand jury investigates irregularities. Observers doubt a governor had testified before a grand jury here previously. Davey was invited to appear and was not subpoenaed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
State House
Judson Harmon
Edward C. Turner
George White
Davey
Duce Increases Naval Strength amid Europe Turmoil
Rome reports Italy will begin immediate construction of two 35,000 ton battleships named Roma and Impero, along with 12 destroyers and a substantial number of submarines. Mussolini, urging a top notch fleet, set ships to be built in Trieste and Genoa with the total submarine count described as important.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Mussolini
Roma
Trieste
Genoa
Local CCC Recruits Report for Camp Nelson Exam
Six Hocking County youths enrolled for CCC duty were taken to Camp Nelson near Nelsonville for examinations today. They will be assigned to CCC camps in various regions. Among them three hail from Rockbridge, two from Logan, and one from South Bloomingville.
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Hocking County
Camp Nelson
Nelsonville
Rockbridge
Logan
South Bloomingville
Tragic discovery along Baltimore and Ohio tracks
Portions of a man were found beside the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad early today after an engineer spotted a shoe on the rails. Investigators reported two legs an arm and part of a face nearby with the torso still missing.
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Youngstown
Baltimore & Ohio
Debates Slow Down Work in Congress
In Washington on January 7, AP reports anti-lynching bill opponents delay Senate action with filibuster threats, prompting talk of longer workdays. House proceeds slowly on the first appropriation bill for $1.14 billion for independent agencies, while farm and housing conferees remain far from agreement.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
U S Takes Hand In Robinson Case
The United States embassy in Moscow presented a formal note to the Soviet foreign office seeking to confirm if Ruth Marie Rubens of New York is under arrest in Russia and on what charges. The note, sent on Washington's instructions, requests full information on the December 9 disappearance from a Moscow hotel of Mrs Rubens who traveled to the Soviet Union November 6 with Donald L Robinson who vanished December 2.
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Moscow
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
New York
Russia
Washington
Rubens
Donald L. Robinson
Crossing accident victim dies at hospital
Richard Jarrett, 44, injured in a crossing mishap Tuesday night in Hamilton Ohio, died yesterday in hospital AP report notes.
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Hamilton, O
Jan
Richard Jarrett
Welfare Director Praises B I S Work
Margaret Allman, Lancaster Welfare Director, praised the Lancaster Boys Industrial School for rehabilitation efforts despite obstacles. She noted adequacy in academics but shortcomings in social training, citing Eric Bell’s report on admitting more troubled youths. Judge Hoffman called reformatories often penal, yet saw Lancaster as typical and capable of modernization.
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Columbus, O
Margaret Allman
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Eric Bell
Lancaster School
Allman
Charles W. Hoffman
Cinennati
Hoffman
Lancaster
AFL Chief Pushes Hour Limits to End Slump
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor urged regulation of maximum hours to curb unemployment as he testified before a Senate unemployment committee. He outlined a seven point recovery program including shorter hours, maintained wages, public works, housing support, home building, expanded social security, and relief funding.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Green
Senate
Robert E. Woods
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atoorney
Robert H. Jackson
Ickes
Roosevelt
AFL
Wood
Wm. S. Knudsen
General Motors
Knudsen
Cincinnati Quits Buckeye Grid Loop
The University of Cincinnati withdrew from the Buckeye athletic conference today. Officials said independent status would allow a more comprehensive sports program and denied interest in another loop. The 1938 football schedule would be fulfilled as planned.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Buckeye Athletic Conference
Slain Ohio patrolman identified by cap and shield clues
State highway patrolmen examined the uniform cap and shield of Patrolman George Conn to glean the identity of his killers who left his bullet ridden body in a ditch near Freeport last September 26. The cap and field were discovered yesterday by Clendening Dam workmen near the burial site.
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Columbus
George Conn
Freeport
Clendening Dam
Weather Turns Cloudy as Cold Returns to Logan
Cloudy skies and freezing temperatures end Logan's string of mild days dating from the start of 1038. The month had seen sun and warmth until today, breaking a daily sun pattern that began earlier in the year.
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Logan
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