Body of Unknown Man Found in Old Mine Near Longstreth
The heavily dressed body of a man about 55 to 60 years old and six feet tall was found in an abandoned room of a truck mine near Longstreth. Investigators, led by Sheriff Joe Farbearn, recovered a revolver and cartridges. identity remains unknown after days of questioning and no missing persons report.
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Joe Farbeann
Longstreth
Logan
Potter’s Field
Hocking County
Woodard Funeral Service
S. B. Whitehart
Farbearn
Harold Boling
George Galentin
William McManaway
Boling
Ivor Johnson
Logan Day by Day Nice Catch
Harold Spang nabbed two shovelhead catfish totaling eight pounds from the Hocking River near the Mulberry Street bridge using soft shelled crayfish as bait. One fish weighed five pounds and the other three.
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Harold Spang
Hocking River
Mulberry Street Bridge
Spang
Librarian Miss Gibson Receives Hull Taft Correspondence
Miss Hortense Gibson, librarian, prized a letter bearing Cordell Hull’s autograph. She had written Senator Taft for a pamphlet about foreign service appointments, Taft forwarded Hull’s reply and pamphlet.
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Hortense Gibson
Cordell Hull
Miss Gibson
Robert A. Taft
Foreign Service
Taft
Secretary Hull
Bethany U B Church Sets Sunday School Attendance Record
A record was set as 100 people attended Sunday School at Bethany U B Church Route 75 two miles north of Logan on Sunday morning. Pastor Rev T C Gregory believes few one room churches can match this turnout. The previous record was just under 100 last winter.
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Bethany U. B
Logan
T. C. Gregory
Bethany
Ohio Coal Exhibit Planned at State Fair
The Burn Ohio Coal Foundation plans an exhibit of Ohio mined coal at the Ohio State Fair with fair space donated. Coal operators will ship samples to Columbus and distribute information on burning qualities at the booth. A luncheon for Capital City coal dealers will be held July 20 at the Neil House in Columbus.
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Burn Ohio Coal Foundation
Columbus
Ohio
Neil House
Capital City
New Boysenberry Display At Daily News Office
Ten specimens of the new boysenberry grown by Fred Hugh in Dicken Addition are shown in a Daily News window. This cultivated berry blends traits of raspberry dewberry blackberry and Loganberry. Each fruit measures about 1½ inches long and % inch in diameter.
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Fred Hugh
Dicken
Daily News
Taft Proposes State Administration Of Relief Costs
Gen Robert A Taft urged today that both direct and work relief be administered by the state with the federal government covering about two thirds of the total cost.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Britain prepares to warn Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain, described as seriously considering adding Winston Churchill to the cabinet, met King George VI at Buckingham Palace for a noon audience. It was unclear if the audience aimed to inform the cabinet.
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London
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Arm in Arm Sisters Drown in Youghiogheny River
In West Newton Pennsylvania three Mirella sisters aged 18 20 and 22 died after leaping from a sinking skiff while their companion Margaret Skrjane 20 survived by grabbing a tree branch and reaching shore. Firefighters battled to locate the victims through the night.
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West Newton
Youghiogheny
Margaret Skrjane
Pennsylvania
Elenore Mirella
Ann
Louise
Collinsburg
Mirella
Margaret
Hope for air corps of 6000 planes in two years
Washington reports that mass production fuels optimism for a 6000 aircraft air corps within two years. Congress authorized up to 6000 but funding was officially enough for 5500, in the $300 million expansion now underway.
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AIR Corps
Washington
Army
Congress
Logan Plans Quiet Fourth Observance In Town
Logan residents arrange picnics excursions to resorts and visits for a subdued Fourth of July with a baseball game at the fairgrounds as the only scheduled event. Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith urges careful use of fireworks and cautions that injuries could lead to a future fireworks ban. City offices close and postal service changes accompany the holiday. In Bethel, Ohio, 103-year-old Dr. William E. Thompson, famed as the nation’s oldest practicing physician, is seriously ill ahead of his 104th birthday Thursday.
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Logan
Ameri
Can Legion
Maxville
Fairgrounds
Roy Stallsmith
Stallsmith
Main Street
Bethel, O
William E. Thompson
Bethel
Haydenville Man Held After Wreck
Haydenville resident Raymond Brown is held in the city jail on a drunken driving charge after a Sunday night collision at Front and Mulberry streets. Oscar Blum of near Logan drove the other car. his daughter Helen suffered minor facial cuts from flying glass. both cars were damaged.
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Raymond Brown
Haydenville
Dallas Kinser
Brown
Oscar Blum
Near Logan
Front
Mulberry
Helen
Waverly Man Held After Murder Plea in Slaying
Hoye Wiley, 44, was jailed without bond after pleading innocent to first degree murder in the Friday slaying of 22 year old Charles Rutledge. Sheriff Robert E. Mercer said Wiley confessed the shooting happened during a drunken row.
No Paper on Tuesday Daily News Independence Day
To allow employees to observe the holiday there will be no edition of the Daily News on Tuesday Independence Day.
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Daily News
Congress Votes 13 Billion Outlay And Debate
Washington July 3 AP Congress has authorized federal expenditures of 13 11 billion for the new fiscal year a peacetime record. Much of the rise stems from old age pensions railroad retirement and permanent appropriations like interest on the national debt. President Roosevelt criticized increases notably 338 million added to the agriculture department for parity payments and surplus disposal urging taxes to fund the spending.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Agriculture Department
WPA Hour and Rate Changes Announced for WPA Workers
WPA announces changes in working regulations and pay periods beginning July 1. Foremen notify workers reporting for duty about rate changes and hours limits, with 48 hours allowed to make up lost time. Districtwide and project start dates span July 2 to July 14 across multiple counties and programs.
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WPA
L. C. Gibson
Zanesville
Athens
Coshocton
Gunmen Kidnap Attendant in Delta Station Raid
Sam Slater of Delta Ohio reported two gunmen abducted him from a firing station near Wauseon. They bound him to a tree with wire, took 75 dollars from the register, his watch and a 50 dollar wallet before Slater freed himself after about an hour and alerted Sheriff Harley Loveland. Authorities searched wooded areas for the suspects.
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Wauseon, O
Sam Slater
Delta
Slater
Harley Loveland
Louisiana officers pursue fugitive LSU president in Canada
Two Louisiana officers left Cleveland airport headed for Ottawa to extradite Dr. James Monroe Smith, former LSU president, to face charges of embezzlement and graft. The party planned immediate return once custody was secured, pending grand jury action.
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Cleveland
Louisiana
Brockville
Ont
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Ottawa
Canada
Murphy Roden
State Police
Bryan Clemmons
District Attorney’s Office
Roden
J. P. Frame
Clemmons
Dr. Smith
University
Brodhyilis
Isianans
Clemons
Grand Jury
Ohio Weekend Starts Badly With Multiple Deaths
The holiday weekend opened with 13 traffic deaths and five drownings in Ohio. Victims include Daniel Cahill and Edward McAnally from Chicago in an Akron crash, and Norman Altman 21 of West Farmington near Warren. Drownings include Robert Guilmette 10 and Richard Miley 13 at Elyria.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Daniel Cahill
Edward MeCanley
Chicago
Akron
Henry Coffman
Piqua
Pleasant Hill
Joseph Ernst
Galion
Mansfield
Gilbert John Wolf
Hugh Lorimer
Youngstown
R. Leroy Seiple
Defiance
Norman Altman
West Farmington
Warren
Robert Chase Reid
Cleveland
Chesterland
O. Carl Ray
Columbus
John F. Bloor
Floyd Willis, Jr
Clevelan
Richard Jacalone
Sandusky
Robert Guilmette
Richard Miley
Elyria
Jane Quinin
West Alexandria
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Oregon
Mex
Texas
Mexico
United States
Willard
Pai
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States of America
Hal Hull
Plan Coal
Britain
Germany
Court House
Logan Post Office
Paul L. Dolllison
Man
Jackson
Muskingum
Jefferson
Belmont
Guernsey
Carroll and Lawrence
Holmes and Tuscarawas
Gallia
Harrison and Vinton
Meigs and Noble
Perry
Hocking
Morgan
Monroe
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