Farley under pressure over Roosevelt third term bid
Chicago July 13 AP Farley faced intense requests to stay as Democratic National Committee chairman and possibly steer the 1940 Roosevelt campaign amid convention preparations. Reported wavering and a lone past party defection accompany his public denial of stepping aside. Principal witnesses include Edward A. O'Neal and Josephine Roch.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Farley
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Joseph V. McKee
James J. Walker
John P. O’brien
Tammany
Fiorello la Guardia
Resolutions Committee
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Josephine Roch
Rotary
the Treasury
National Consumers League
Two Die In Auto Crash Into Bridge Abutment
In Columbus Ohio an automobile failed to make a curve and struck a railroad bridge abutment. Victims are Edna Justice Luzader 18 and Charles Johnson 22. Driver Howard W Elias 20 was seriously injured.
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Columbus
Edna Justice ‘Luzader
Charles Johnson
Howard W. Elias
End of Strike Looms in Lakewood Die Casting Plant
The CIO National Association of Die Casting Workers plans to end its strike at Precision Casting Company's Lakewood plant if the National Labor Relations Board approves a bargaining election following a hearing on the union's request.
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Cleveland
CIO National Association of Die Casting Workers
Precision Casting Company
Lakewood
National Labor Relations Board
Plan improvements at Ohio State Fairgrounds approved
Columbus July 13 AP WPA approved a $46 260 project adding to the horticulture building and other improvements at the Ohio State Fairgrounds to begin next week per John T Brown director of agriculture.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
John T. Brown
WPA
Hitler Confident of Victory as German War Rages
Allied observers note Hitler shows no hesitation about victory as Luftwaffe raids on Britain continue for a sixth day. German losses mount while British air attacks strike at targets in France the Netherlands and Germany. Petain reshapes French government naming Laval as successor amid a broadened totalitarian regime.
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Britain
Adolf Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Fuehrer
Lochner
England
Scotland
Wales
Netherlands
Germany
France
Albert le Brun
Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Suspect Arson In Cincinnati Fire Claims Six Lives
Cincinnati July 13 AP police sought a former home employee after fire chief report that Holy Family Home blaze on St Francis Hospital grounds began in a basement storage room. Six residents died and at least seven were injured as 30 people were trapped on the third floor. Theresa Burghart 78 of Cleveland died after hospital treatment.
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Cincinnati
Holy Family Home
Louis Schraffenberger
St. Francis Hospital
Barney Houston
Theresa Burghart
Cleveland
Two Bicycle Thefts Reported In City
Two reports of bicycles stolen were received by city police Friday. Samuel H. Dillon said his son's red and white bike with extras including a front wheel brake speedometer luggage carrier and headlamp was taken from 107 South Market Street. Karl Poling reported a black and red bike stolen from 138 Fountain Street.
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Samuel H. Dillon
Dillon
South Market Street
Karl Poling
Fountain Street
90 000 Militia to Train Year
President Roosevelt and Henry L. Stimson announced a plan to call about 50 000 National Guardsmen into camps for perhaps a year of intensive training. Congress must approve this peacetime expansion. Four divisions and multiple regiments would be mobilized from states including New York New Jersey Tennessee the Carolinas New Mexico Oklahoma Arizona Colorado Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Congress
Stephen Early
New York
New Jersey
Tennessee
Carolinas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arizona
Colorado
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Sheriff Relieved After Concluding Reichley Disappearance
Sheriff Joe Farbearn expressed relief that the disappearance of Conrad H. Reichley is solved after four months of investigation. Dozens of residents were questioned and officers logged about 3,000 miles while searches included five creeks eight wells and a CCC crew. The case drew help from state and local agencies and lie detector tests were conducted.
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Joe Farbearn
Conrad H
Farbearn
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
CCC
Benton Township
Columbus
Leo Phillips
Sgt
C. C. Cole
al Gaulke
County CCC Quota Increased for July
Hocking County relief Office in the Court House accepts CCC enrollment applications all day Monday and Tuesday morning. A supplemental July quota has been allotted to Ohio. local youths must apply now as forms must go to the Columbus divisional CCC acceptance office by Tuesday. Approved applicants will depart for camp around July 24.
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Hocking
Hocking County Sales Show Big Increase
Hocking County sales of pre paid sales tax stamps rose in the first half of 1940, with receipts $1 234 38 higher than 1939. The six month total reached 32 484 12, up 4 percent, while statewide collections for January to June 1940 summed 24 620 208 70 versus 22 240 469 18 in 1939, per State Treasurer Don Ebright.
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Hocking County
Don Ebright
Logan
Ebright
Sam Cole Announces Free Pickup for Fen ton Dry Cleaning
Sam Cole will launch a new service starting Monday offering free pick up and delivery to Fen ton Dry Cleaning patrons residing at Union Furnace. The service operates on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Sam Cole
Fenton
Union Furnace
Last act in rustic tragedy ends for old man of Old Man's Cave
The body of Conrad H Reichley known as Santa Claus, 77, was found at the foot of a 40-foot cliff near Chapel Ridge in Hocking County. Sheriff Joe Farbeann announced the four month search concluded with the grim discovery after he was last seen on March 4. The body lay in a ravine about 500 yards from Ed Shaw’s residence along Route 56 east of Bloomingville. Coroner Vance Brian and Sheriff Farbeann led the investigation.
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Conrad H
Coon) Reichley
Benton Township
Hocking County
Santa Claus
Chapel Ridge
Queer Creek
Joe Farbeann
Jack
Vance Brian
Robert Butler
Prosecutor finds no further investigation into Reichley death
County Prosecutor Hubert D. Lappen announced no reason for additional inquiry into Conrad H Reichley. With no post-mortem ordered, funeral services were scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
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Bulletin County
Hubert D. Lappen
Conrad H (Coon) Reichley
Aged Man Found Dead After Cliff Fall Near Ridge
Coroner rules death by accident in case of Reichley found near a woodland cliff. Investigators note displaced moss and a broken tree top indicating a loss of footing. Fragments in his pockets include coins and a Logan newspaper dated February 29, suggesting death in early March.
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Chapel Ridge
Reichley
Farbearn
Brian
Logan
South Bloomingville
Miyake Volcano Erupts Killing and Missing Thousands
The Miyake eruption off Tokyo Bay injured and killed 19 known persons with 30 reported missing. Lava hissed into the sea as a cloudburst drenched islanders seeking rescue aboard warships and steamers amid rushed food and medical aid.
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Tokyo
Miyake
Nichi Nichi
Tokyo Bay
Yokohama
Corn and Wheat Yields Cut by June Rainfall
Ohio crop experts report excessive June rainfall sharply cut 1940 corn and wheat yields. A July 1 survey shows corn at 132 million bushels versus 171.25 million in 1939. Expected yield per acre remains not unfavorably affected by hybrid seed use.
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Columbus
Ohio
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Ask Farley
W. B. Ragsdale
Coon Reichley
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Conrad H. Reichley
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