Logan Day by Day Broadcast on Forest Plans
A noon Saturday WBNS radio program features James D. Wells of the Logan Chamber interviewing Frank Crowe new supervisor of the Wayne National Forest about the future of the U S forest program. The government may purchase up to 100000 unfilla ble acres to add to existing holdings. The Wayne Purchase Unit reaches into Hocking County including Ward Falls Gore and Green Townships. The Powell family of Union Furnace marks three birthdays this year with Marilyn turning three Harold turning 23 in July J C Powell grandfather aged 43 in July and Marilyn’s great grandmother Lizzie Powell turning 63 in September.
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Hocking
WBNS
Columbus
James D. Wells
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Frank Crowe
Wayne National Forest
U. S. Forest
Wayne Purchase
Hocking County
Ward
Falls-Gore
Green Townships
Powell
Union Furnace
Marilyn Powell
Harold Powell
J. C. Powell
Marilyn
Harold
Lizzie Powell
Sepember
WPA strike sparks Roosevelt pledge and government action
President Roosevelt said there could be no strikes against the government and that a WPA strike constituted such action. Dismissals of striking WPA workers continued, with at least 16,000 discharged by last night as the government moved to enforce penalties for threats against relief workers. A federal probe was dispatched to East St Louis to investigate intimidation claims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Associated Press
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Chicago
Murphy
United States
East St. Louis
Till
Ballplayer killed by brother's pitch in Iowa sandlot game
In Burlington Iowa on July 14 a 14 year old, Norman Inghram, died after a foul tip struck him in the chest while catching pitches from his 14 year old brother Willard during a sandlot game. A doctor said the ball probably ruptured a vital nerve near the heart.
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Burlington
Norman Inghram
Norman
Willard
Woman bank president Cora B. Clark dies at 72
Miss Cora B. Clark, 72, longtime head of the first National Bank of Utica, Ohio, died at her Utica home after a four months illness. She led the bank for 36 years in a period when few women held such posts.
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Newark
Cora B. Clark
Ohio
Utica
First National Bank of
Bridges Deportation Trial Testimony Highlights Communist Claim
Major Lawrence Milner of the Oregon National Guard testified as one of two witnesses at the deportation trial of Harry Bridges accusing the west coast CIO leader of being a Communist. John L. Leech also testified to the accusation Bridges denies.
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Lawrence Milner
Oregon National Guard
Harry Bridges
CIO
John L. Leech
Communist Party
Bridges
Man Stabbed at Country Dance Sparks Manslaughter Charge
In Portsmouth Ohio a fight after a church dance left William Bartee dead. Arthur Horner admits stabbing but claims self defense after Bartee knocked him down. Coroner and Sheriff seek manslaughter charges and motive remains undetermined. The dance hall had seen a prior fatal beating last Labor Day.
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Portsmouth
William Bartee
J. D. Rose
Arthur Horner
Rose
Horner
Bartee
Earl C. Brandel
Thomas Ash
Sex Slayer Repeats Lord's Prayer Before Dying
Howard W. Long 33 was hanged at Concord after reciting the Lord's Prayer learned hours earlier. He was convicted of killing 10 year old Mark Neville Jensen of Laconia with an automobile jack on Sept 10, 1937, while on parole from a Massachusetts institution.
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Concord
N. H
Howard W. Long
Mark Neville Jensen
Laconia
Massachusetts
Long
Ohio Amateur Golf Tour Plans Move to Cleveland and Toledo
The 1940 Ohio amateur tournament will be at Shaker Heights Country Club in Cleveland and the 1941 event at Inverness Club in Toledo. Both events are set for the last week in June. Association president is E. R. Randolph of Dayton.
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PLAN
Columbus
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
Inverness Club
Toledo
Ohio Golf Association
E. R. Randalph
Dayton
223 Union Miners Face Charges After Battle
In Harlan Kentucky federal agents arrive to probe clashes between national guardsmen and miners after a deadly pitched battle. 223 union men are jailed with 42 released on bonds as CIO appeals for support. Governor Chandler CIO head Lewis and Rep Hoffman debate responsibility amid militia injuries.
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Harlan
National
State Law Department
Bert Howard
CIO
Washington
A. B. Chandler
John L. Lewis
Hoffman
Pollution Bill May Reach House In Next Week Vote
The Barkley stream pollution control bill, approved by the Senate, may go to a House vote next week. Proponents say it would create a Public Health Service agency to work with states and industry to purify streams, while opponents claim it lacks enforcement teeth.
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Washington
Barkley
House
Senate
Public Health Service
Mansfield
D-Tex
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Meanest Man Steals Penny Bought Bike
Pittsburgh report: 12 year old Franklin Langsdale saved pennies for eight years to buy a $25 bicycle. After three days, a thief parked outside his grandmother's bakery stole the bike. The boy hopes for its return and laments the long wait to save again.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin Langsdale
Princess Elizabeth wins events at London Ba club swim
Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret Rose each win their events at the London Bath club annual swimming tournament for women and children. Elizabeth appears regal in a bathing suit as heir to the throne and attends with royal poise.
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Elizabeth
London Ba Club
Princess Margaret Rose
Leaders 10 Study Wage-Hour Issue
House leaders agreed to consider compromise wage-hour amendments to exclude farm and white collar workers. If the labor committee does not act soon, the rules committee may push them to floor debate. Rep Barden proposes a $150 monthly salary threshold with no minimum week. Norton offered $200 flat.
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Washington
House
Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Norton
D-Nj
Rep
Barden
D-Nc
Walter F. Heer Considers 1940 Democratic Governorship Bid
Walter F. Heer a leading Colum bus Democratic figure and businessman acknowledged today that friends urged him to seek the party's nomination for governor in the 1940 primary.
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Walter F. Heer
Columbus
Midwest Relief After Three Days Of Heat
A mass of cool air brought relief to the Midwest ending three days of searing heat blamed for at least 10 deaths and many prostrations. Temperatures topped 100 in Illinois Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa Indiana Arizona Utah and Washington with Yuma Arizona the hottest at 115. Chicago recorded 97 the warmest July 13 on record as cooler conditions were expected to spread from the Ohio valley to the lower lake region by Friday night and Saturday.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Inllinois
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Grain
Arizona
Utah
Washington
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Logon and Hocking County Storm Destroys Trees and Property
A strong wind storm swept Logan and parts of Hocking County causing downed trees and damaged crops. In Logan a large tree fell in front of the Harry English property on East Main Street and branches and shrubbery were flattened. A twister in Warren business district damaged the central fire station and a garage, with total damage about $10,000 per Fire Chief Oldacres.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harry English
East Main Street
Warren
Central Fire Station
Edwin Oldacres
Parole Granted for Warren Man Convicted Exposives Case
Joe Cracher of Warren Ohio and three others were convicted of unlawful possession and use of explosives during the Little Steel strike of 1937. Cracher’s parole becomes effective October 1 from Mansefield Reformatory, where he served a one to twenty year sentence.
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Columbus
Joe Cracher
Warren
Mansefield Reformatory
Japan Orders U S Chorus Girls To Leave
Sixty three chorus girls mostly American were forced to sail for Honolulu after arriving in Yokohama to perform in Japan. Police refused them shore access citing lack of funds and no cabins or tickets, forcing them to wait aboard the liner Empress of Japan until other arrangements could be found.
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Japan
U.S
Yokohama
Honolulu
Orient
Compile Evidence Against Dolezal in Cleveland Decapitation
Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell began his solo effort to gather evidence against Frank Dolezal in the decapitation of Florence Polillo, the third of Cleveland's torso murder victims. The 52 year old bricklayer is charged with first degree murder. the grand jury meets July 24. O'Donnell plans to present the case without prosecutor or police department aid.
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Cleveland
Martin L. O'Donnell
Cuyahoga County
Grand
Frank Dolezal
Florence Polillo
Dolezal
O'Donnell
WPA worker admits two bank robberies in Ohio
Sheriff says Stanley Korowski a 25 year old Lorain WPA worker confessed to the Kipton bank holdup of 900 dollars on Monday and a 650 dollar loan company holdup in Berea on May 15 He also admitted taking part in a 50 dollar Milan filling station robbery on May 6.
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Elyria
Carl R. Finegan
Stanley Korowski
Lorain
WPA
Kipton
Berea
Finegan
Korowski
Milan
Squalus Submarine Sees New Effort To Salvage
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the Navy launches a fresh salvage push for the Squalus after a near cataclysm as the vessel dlips back to the sea floor with 26 dead. divers survey damage while officials map a new action plan aboard the rescue ship Falcon.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Falcon
Two Injured as CIO UAW Strike Clashes at Fisher Body
In Cleveland a police picket clash at Fisher Body plant injured two and led to one arrest. Mounted officers separated about 100 pickets as bricks and fists flew briefly while John De Vito 36 Local 45 UAW recording secretary tried to slug foremen entering the plant.
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Cleveland
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
John de Vito
UAW
de Vito
Amendment May Halt U S Aid in Social Security Overhaul
The Senate approved liberalizing changes to the social security law and sent an amendment to the House. It would compel states to contribute $10 per month for each old age beneficiary starting 1941 and would require a $2 to $1 federal match up to $15 monthly per pension, risking loss of federal aid for 28 underfunded states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Toledo Building Permits Jump in First Half of 1939
Toledo officials report building permit expenditures totaled 3.623 million dollars in the first six months of 1939, a 50 percent rise over Toledo's total in 1938.
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Toledo
Tokyo Demonstrations Roar as Anti British Sentiment Surges
In Tokyo 50 000 Japanese protest Britain over the Far East stance while in Paris and Britain massive parades and displays mark united armed readiness. U S. property warned Pittman predicts a ban on shipments to Japan amid mounting global tension.
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Associated Press
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Tokyo
Britain
Far East
Japan
Standard Vacuum Company
UK Arms Ban to Japan Prompts Senate Debate
Senate Foreign Relations chair Pittman predicts quick passage of a resolution to ban shipment of war supplies to Japan amid a fight with isolationists who seek full debate. Roosevelt eyes revival of neutrality questions as Congress nears adjournment while a social security act revision clears a key hurdle 57 to 8.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Dnew
Apoval
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Senate House Committee
Editor dies in Putney after long career
Pred Richard Marvin editor in chief of the former New York Daily Fercial and author of Gold died last night in Putney Vermont. The obituary notes his influence in journalism and as a writer, with memory of his work at the publication and his literary contributions.
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Putney
Richard Marvin
New York Daily
Fercial
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