Reed Likely Confirmed as Sutherland Successor This Week
Washington January reports say Stanley F Reed is certain to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice this week to succeed George Sutherland whose retirement becomes effective at midnight. Reed, 53, would join Hugo Black on the court, with the judiciary committee sending the nomination to subcommittee for review.
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Sutherland
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
Rush Holt
D-W Va
Holt
Judiciary Committee
Reed
George Sutherland
Ashurst
D-Aziz
Logan
Farm Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Reeder
Brandeis
Cardozo
Stone
Black
Youthful gunman slain cop shot in Mt Vernon incident
Knox County authorities consider action against Walter Lehman 17 of Galena after a gun battle near Mt Liberty during which his companion Edison Watts 19 died from a shot to the abdomen and Deputy Sheriff Oliver Walker was wounded. Sheriff Clyde Biggs said Lehman was not armed and did not fire.
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MT. Vernon
Knox County
Walter Lehman
Galena
Edison Watts
Clyde Biggs
Oliver Walker
Mt. Liberty
Walker
Biggs
Lehman
Clarence McLarnen
McLarnen
Watts
Merton Pinney
Delaware County
Delaware
Murray hopeful on renewed steel contracts next month
Pittsburgh January 17 AP Phillip Murray chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee said he is hopeful negotiations will begin February 7 with 4353 steel companies and that SWOC’s record last year supports a renewal of contracts with these firms. He spoke to about 600 steel workers in Homestead urging optimism for new terms.
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Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Homestead
Blum Fails To Form Cabinet In France Crisis
Paris Jan 17 AP President Albert Lebrun asked Camille Chautemps to end France's cabinet crisis as Leon Blum, Socialist leader, abandoned attempts to form a national union government. Blum's withdrawal came after opposition to a People’s Front lineup and efforts to draw centrist support. Bank of France allowed resumed foreign exchange dealings limited to legitimate business needs.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
France
Leon Blum
National Union
Chautemps
Blum
Georges Bonnet
People’s Front
Bank of France
Four policemen held after tavern killing in Cleveland
In Cleveland four off duty policemen faced hearings after John J. Rainey shot and killed Jon Mancuso in a beer parlor altercation. Rainey claimed a money mishandling dispute prompted the incident while Mancuso tried to intervene and remove him from the scene. Separately in Philadelphia a 12-year-old boy swallowed a nail and was undergoing X ray checks at Temple University hospital with surgery not yet scheduled.
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Cleveland
John J. Rainey
Jon Mancuso
Anthony Mika
John O'Malley
Fred Bartlett
Rainey
Mancuso
Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
Doloris Edwards
Copley
Ohio
Jesse Harper Dies in 1938 Traffic Crash Near Logan
Hocking County records the first 1938 traffic death as Jesse Harper 26 of Logan a shoe factory worker was killed when his car was struck by Henderson Wolfe of Logan who lost a hand and later claimed he could not see due to oncoming lights. Harper stood beside his car during tire change near the Diamond on Route 31. Abner Cohagan survived with a knee gash while Harold Vor’s and Harold Locke sustained minor injuries. Wolfe’s car overturned after impact and was later found damaged near Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in Green Lawn Columbus.
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Hocking County
Jesse Harper
Logan
Thre
Diamond
Harper
Henderson Wolfe
Cherrington Hospital
Abner Cohagan
Wolfe
Cohagan
Harold
Dub) Vor
Eagles Club
Murray City
Harold Locke
Fat” Barron
Haydenville
Locke
Barron
Nelsonville
H. D. Henery
Nenuto
Nellis Smith
Rudolph Brandt
North Walnut St
Helen
Raymond
Floyd Harper
Washington, D. C
Carl
Lester
Columbus
Lester Dutton
Logan Aerie of Eagles
Leonard Funeral Home
Rev. R, CC
Babylon
Green Lawn
Ohio weekend traffic toll rises with 13 dead in crashes
Thirteen people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend. A crossing collision between a auto and a freight train in downtown Hamilton killed Mrs. Mary B. Seeman, 35, of Middletown, and injured her husband Carl as well as others. Please turn to page 5 for details.
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Ohio
Hamilton
Mary B. Seeman
Middletown
Carl
Wright Bill Aids In Solving County's 1938 Relief Problem
Ohio's Hocking County relief program hinges on the Wright Bill to issue notes against anticipated surplus. The measure allows three funding streams including state appropriations and a 50 cent match from local funds, totaling potential relief of about 34 thousand dollars for 1938, with further allowances under existing acts.
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Wright
Hocking County
Ohio
Sai Shoki Dancer Poses in San Francisco Ahead of World Tour
Sai Shoki, noted Korean dancer, poses for photographers in San Francisco as she launches a world tour. She has been a leading theatrical attraction in North China Manchukuo and Japan, dressed in elaborate Korean costumes for her interpretations.
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Sai Shoki
San Francisco
Miss Shoki
North China
Manchukuo
Japan
Tokyo notes plan for central Chinese government in Shanghai
Tokyo proposes establishing a central Chinese government based in Shanghai as a follow up to Japan withdrawing recognition of Chiang Kai-Shek's regime. Shigeru Kawagoe, Japan's ambassador to China, said Japan would pursue pacification of east Asia by aiding a new cooperative Chinese regime.
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Yangtze River
Nanking
Wuhu
Chwansha
Pootung Peninsula
Shanghai
Pootung
Paotow
Suiyuan
H. H. Kung
China
Tokyo
Berlin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shigeru Kawagoe
Japan
East Asia
Kawagoe
Domei
Hold Woman in Partner's Death
In Detroit, January 17 AP reports the state plans to charge Julia M. Barker, a former wealthy real estate dealer, with the slaying of her friend Edith Mae Cummings. Barker, 38, was transported after refusing food and sleep as investigators aligned on the scene near Belleville, where Cummings was killed following a contentious business partnership. Barker had claimed self defense, alleging Cummings threatened to kill her and ruin them financially in their land deals.
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Derroit
Julia M. Barker
Detroit
Edith Mae Cummings
Belleville
Mich
Debate over Ohio River cleanup meeting in Cincinnati
Jan 17 AP report on a joint conference in Cincinnati where eight state representatives and officials from the Ohio Valley stream purification commissioners discussed anti pollution legislation and a proposed interstate treaty for pollution control amid flood conditions a year earlier.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Interstate Commission
Ohio Basin
Local Factories Boost Production in Logan
Evidence the business recession may be ending in Logan as Godman shoe factory announces another production increase. Present output is the largest since mid November, with the No 1 plant of the National Fireproofing Co at Haydenville nearing peak production as another shift begins this week.
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Logan
Godman
National Fireproofing Co
Haydenville
Mrs Baruch Dies in New York at 65
Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch, 65, wife of financier Bernard M. Baruch, died last night in New York City. The death ends a long illness and follows the couple’s high profile in business and civic life.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Government buy out of Tennessee Valley utility debated
Washington January 17 AP Willkie proposed that the government purchase the largest private utility group in the Tennessee Valley as a last resort in a desperate situation Representative Rankin showed guarded support if price avoided inflated values Chairman May opposed any price and Senator King rejected government purchase Willkie framed it as a reply to Roosevelt's suggestion utilities sell distribution systems to cities in the area
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Washington
Tennessee Valley
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Willkie
Rankin
D-Miss
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
King
Utah
Roosevelt
Logan Legion to Host Eighth District Conference in May
Logan Legion Post No. 75 commander Harold Larimer announced the district conference will be held in Logan in early May. District Commander Everett Eveland sent the notice as posts from Fairfield Perry Athens Vinton Jackson Gallia Meigs and Hocking counties prepare to participate in what is expected to be the district s largest gathering. The local post meets tomorrow night to form committees and arrange details. The average district membership runs about 2300.
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The
American Legion
Logan
Harold Larimer
Notestone Brothers Shootout Leaves One Critical in Logan Hospital
In South Perry, George Notestone, 50, was hospitalised in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the arm shoulder and chest after a barnyard shooting by his brother John Notestone, 45. John was arrested in Logan and jailed as officers awaited the wounded man's condition. Sheriff Joe Farbearn said long-standing bad blood fueled the incident at the Jacob Notestone farm, near Route 180.
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George Notestone
South Perry
Cherrington
Notestone
Cherrington Hospital
Joe Farbearn
John
Jacob Notestone
Farbearn
George
Route 180
John Notestone
Logan
Nellis Smith
House committee approves defense budget hike for Navy
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a $553.27 million Navy appropriation for the next fiscal year, up $26.72 million from now. It funds start of 22 new ships including battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and auxiliaries, while supporting over 70 ships underway with a total of $138.96 million in new and continuing construction, down $9.64 million from requests.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Portland papers shut down by three-way strike
Portland, Ore. marked its first day without regular printed news as 245 members of the Multnomah Typographical Union walked out, pausing the Oregon Journal, Oregonian, and News-Telegram. Publishers and union reps held meetings while calls poured in seeking publication resumption.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah ‘Typographical Union
Oregon Journal
Portland Oregonian
The
News- Telegram
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Stanley Reed
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C. H. Kennard
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Stump
Murray
Shore
Associated Press
Yangtze Valley
Chiang Kai- Shek
Eighth Army
Shansi
Harry H. Wright
Far
Logan Legion
Logan Hospital
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