Logan Day by Day by ED Staff
A delayed labor payment check for the county maintenance force, held since 1937, was claimed after address attempts failed. Twin calves born at the E. W. Estep farm, one red white and the other black white, are noted as rare by County Agent James Smoot. Fred Hugh plans a public display of a 4000 bee swarm in a Daily News window at Dicken Addition, illustrating a local beekeeping exhibit.
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James Smoot
Daily News
Fred Hugh
Dicken
Hugh
Hock- Me County
Beekeepers’ Association
Leisure Emerges as Hocking County Melon Patch Champion
If current weather holds, C. B. Leisure of Logan Route threatens to become the county’s top melon grower. Neighbors report Leisure’s patch as one of the finest in years, noting the thriving plants and promising harvest prospects.
Brown Drives Modern Wheat Harvest With New Combine
Henry Brown a prominent Good Hope Township farmer reports record time harvesting wheat with his new combine. The device, rare in Hocking County, handles cutting and threshing in one pass and also may be used for clover and other crops, signaling a versatile farming breakthrough.
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Brown
Henry Brown
Good Hope Township
Hocking County
Garden fruits ripen early claims spark race for date
Mrs John Daubenmier of Logan Route 2 reports picking ripe tomatoes on June 24 the earliest date. Clifford Tes 340 Zanesville and Mrs Mason Campbell Route 5 picked garden fruit on July 1 while Tie’s garden had tomatoes ready June 30.
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Ohn Daubenmier
Logan
Clifford Tes
Zanesville Ue
Mason Campbell
Ties Garden
Progress Toward Settlement Sought in GM Auto Strike
Detroit July 183 AP Progress toward settling a General Motors strike involving 6700 led employees was reported as union and management negotiators met James F Dewey federal labor official said talks were satisfactory Fisher Body Pow plant where 130 state police were on duty after skirmishes in which a few were hurt UAW CIO leaders had called all available pickets to...
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Detroit
General Motors
Corporation
United Automobile Workers
James F. Dewey
Fisher Body
Pow
Uty
Fev
Uaw-Cio
Salvage Lifts Squalus with 26 Bodies From Sea
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the salvage operation for the Squalus reached the crucial lift step. The submarine and its 26 bodies were hoisted from the ocean floor into a cradle of pontoons aboard the salvage ship Falcon. Bubbles signaled the rising pontoons as the process began at 10 05 A M EST.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Falcon
Submarine Phenix Sinking Rescue Fails First Try
Salvage vessels fail in first attempt to raise the French submarine Phenix which sank June 15 in the China Sea with 77 men aboard off Saigon French Indo China.
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Saigon
Indo - China
Phenix
China Sea
Salvage Fleet Prepares Squalus Lift In Ocean Tow
Observers aboard a private, telephonized craft report seven salvage ships in a line as ballast water is admitted to lift the submarine Squalus. Air pumps begin after the bow rises, aided by Sculpin near Falcon, with Rear Admiral Cole initiating the operation at 7:30 AM fifty-two days after the plunge.
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Associated Press
Sculpin
Falcon
C. W. Cole
Metz shoots 66 to lead Runyan in PGA quarterfinal
New York July 13 Dick Metz of Lake Forest NL carded 66 six under par to finish the morning 18 holes four up on defending champion Paul Runyan in their 36 hole quarterfinal match at the National PGA Championship at Pomonok Country Club.
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New York
Dick Metz
Handsome Lake Forest
Pomonok Country Club
Paul Runyan
Gunman Robs Couple in Columbus Parked Car
A masked gunman held up Leo Sloan of Franklin Pennsylvania and Betty Koehler in a parked Columbus car. He robbed Koehler of a $45 watch and forced the couple to drive him several blocks before escape. Patrolmen Eugene Gramm and Harry Carson reported.
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Columbus
Leo Sloan
Franklin
Betty Koehler
Miss Koehler
Eugene Gramm
Harry Carson
Senator Norris Hopes Roosevelt Rejected in 1940
Nebraska Senator George W Norris told interviewers on his 78th birthday in the capital that he hopes President Roosevelt will be rejected in 1940 but that there are others he would choose if given his way.
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Gorge W. Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Jury Indicts Baby's Mother in First Degree Murder
Velma Baker Fink 22 of Clyde indicted by Sandusky County grand jury on first degree murder in the slaying of her 10 week old son Haldon Baker Fink. She confessed to throwing the infant into a creek near a Clyde Fremont bridge after missing from his carriage. The body was found in a creek between Fremont and Clyde. Fink, recently divorced, had taken lie detector tests before the confession.
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Fremont, O
Velma Baker Fink
Clyde
Sandusky County
Haldon Baker Fink
Bible Reader Flees After Theft Attempt
John Westenberger confronted three boys as they tried to break into his car in downtown Columbus. They fled when spotted, leaving behind a dropped copy of a New Testament.
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Columbus
John Westenberger
Westenberger
Chinese Executed in Ohio for Holdup Slaying
Pang Young, the first Oriental to be executed in Ohio, was put to death in the electric chair for the holdup slaying of James Hill, a 60 year old Black man. He maintained his innocence, asked for mercy, and blessed by Rev. K. E. Wall who baptized him before the departure. He picked flowers as he was led to the death chamber.
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Columbus
Pang Young
Cincinnati
Ohio
Young
James Hill
K. E. Wall
Dolezal Denies Torso Murder Charge Before Grand Jury
Fred P. Soukup, attorney for Frank Dolezal, says his client will deny the Polillo slaying and the torso-murder charges when the case goes to the grand jury later this month. Sheriff O'Donnell cites two confessions, while a doctor reports subnormal mental status but no injuries. Civil Liberties Union committee alleges civil rights violations by O'Donnell and Justice of the Peace Penty.
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Cleveland
Fred P. Soukup
Frank Dolezal
Florence Polillo
Martin L. O’donnell
Dolezal
Soukup
Polillo
Baz
L. J. Sternicki
The
Civil Liberties Union
Odonnell
Justice of the Peace
Myron J. Penty
Say Dreams May Ruin Careers for Working Women
Dr Viva Boothe of Ohio State University told the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention that the belief a princess will rescue a woman from work can undermine a career. She warned many young women treat employment as a temporary phase until the right husband arrives. The stress on romantic hopes can erode focus needed for advancement in business or professional fields.
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Kansas City
Ivory Tower
Viva Boothe
Columbus
Bureau of Business Research
Ohio State University
Boothe
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Dr. Boothe
Vachias Protests Arrest of Brazilian Officials
Raul Vachias Brazilian Consul in Danzig protested to the Free City's senate against the arrest of Joao Ruy Barbosa first secretary at the Brazilian legation in Warsaw. Barbosa and Jorge Kirschofer Cabral Brazilian consul in Gdynia were detained by a Danzig police officer while photographing aging riverfront ships along the dead arm of the Vistula River.
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Free City OF
Danzig
Raul Vachias
Free City
Joao Ruy Barbosa
Warsaw
Barbosa
Jorge Kirschofer Cabral
Gdynia
Vistula
Philip Hahn to Remarry After Anna Marie Hahn Case
Philip Hahn, 36, widower of Anna Marie Hahn the first Ohio woman electrocuted for murder, will remarry. He and his prospective bride Marguerite C. Kellogg, 31, obtained a marriage license today and plan to wed Saturday.
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Philip Hahn
Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio
Hahn
Marguerite C. Kellogg
New York World's Fair Mechanical Parachute Dares Rathbornes
Mr and Mrs J C Rathborne of New York socialites faced a five hour horror suspended 100 feet up after a pulley jumped from a wheel during a five minute ride. Firemen police and thousands gathered as two mechanics freed them by cutting the jammed guide wire and lowered them to ground.
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J.C. Rathborne
New York
Rathbornes
Limbach Asked to Quit Post
In Columbus on July 13 AP reports demand for Arthur L. Limbach to resign as Democratic state chairman. Party leaders met to plan a July 29 rally at the fairgrounds. Limbach did not attend and critics cited a 1938 deficit and time at headquarters.NEW PHILADELPHIA, July 13 AP notes Limbach, at home, refused to consider the resignation demand, saying he does not care to view the complainant.
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Columbus
Arthur L. Limbach
Fairgrounds
Limbach
New
Philadelphia
Meteor Fragments Found Near Dresden Ontario
Four chunks of molten stone believed to be meteor pieces were located within about a mile of Dresden Ontario after a meteor sighting last night. The largest piece weighed 100 pounds and measured 15 by 12 inches, landing near Mrs. Dan Solomon’s beet field close to her home with her four children nearby.
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Dresden
Ont
Ontario
Dan Solomon
Thousands Dismissed For Ignoring WPA Jobs
The AFL moves to restore the prevailing wage amid a wave of WPA dismissals for workers who ignored jobs for five days. William Green convenes a strategy meeting in Washington as unions press Congress and the President on the relief act.
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AFL High Command
WPA
William Green
AFL
Washington
Congress
Britain Calls 12 000 Naval Retirees for Autumn Fleet Maneuvers
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that 12 000 retired naval officers and pensioners would be called up to participate in autumn fleet maneuvers. Warships in reserve will take part in combined fleet and air exercises as Britain boosts its war chest while France seeks Soviet cooperation.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Common
Great Britain
France
Russia
Committee weighs flood control bill for Muskingum District
A Senate commerce subcommittee reserved time to consider House approved legislation to place the Muskingum Conservancy District under the 1938 Flood Control Act. The act authorizes the federal government to pay all costs for flood control reservoirs and take title to lands. The $50 million Ohio development includes 14 flood control reservoirs and began after local governments funded lands easements and rights of way.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio
Woman Backs Claim With Death Papers
In Miami on July 13 an African American widow presented papers to Florida Power & Light claiming a $6.75 refund check for her late husband. A clerk questioned the claim, and she allegedly replied that she shot him and had proof. She produced a coroner's certificate listing the death as caused by the wife. The clerk handed over the check.
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Miami
Fin
Florida Power & Light Company
Gemanuted
Ohio Supreme Court preserves provisional workers ruling during recess
The Ohio Supreme Court begins its summer recess without issuing a mandate to reinstate two provisional state employees. A rehearing petition by the attorney general remains pending, delaying action until after the recess ends on September 26. A new civil service law taking effect September 6 allows heads of state departments to discharge provisionals, potentially undoing any restored positions.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Bricker
State Department
Sional
Thomas J. Herbert
Congress Focuses on Lending and Social Security Bills
Washington July 13 AP reported Congress moved ahead with the administrations lending and social security measures while shelving the arms embargo issue and considering adjournment by August 5.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio Hears Plan for $40 Aged-Nepension Change
Columbus July 13 The national House proposal would grant indigent aged persons up to $40 a month. If adopted a special general assembly would be needed in Ohio to apply the bill. Ohio and the federal government now share costs of a $30 monthly pension. The increase would require state appropriation.
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Columbus
National House Ofate
General Assembly
Ohio
Postponing neutrality debate tied to Roosevelt message
Advocates urge delaying neutrality fight as a presidential message may revive repeal efforts in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Republican Leader McNary predicts adjournment by early August while House Democrats also expect a July break. Senate isolationists press against Pittman export curb and seek to keep neutrality on calendar for next session. The administration hints only "safe" measures like the social security and lending programs. Senate and House banking committees study the neutrality issue as social security amendments pass, with a Connally amendment boosting age assistance outlays.
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Preside
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNary
Pri
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Senate
Pittman
D-New
Japan
Clark
D-Mo
Borah
Idaho
Relations Committee
Connally
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Harrington
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