Logan Day by Day by Ed Staff Insect Halts Program
Florence Scott of the Scott Sisters missed a WHIO Dayton radio engagement due to a possible black widow bite. The duo rescheduled the Logan Theatre appearance for July 22 as fans sent dozens of letters. Coal movement in Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys rises via C and O and Pennsylvania lines through Columbus Toledo and Sandusky as docks expand.
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Florence Scott
Hocking County
WHIO
Dayton
Miss Scott
Daytona
Chakeres Theatres Inc
Scott Sisters
Logan Theatre
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Ohio
West Virginia
Lake Ports
Columbus
Toledo
Presque Isle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sandusky
Pennsylvania
End in sight for deportation trial of Harry Bridges
In San Francisco on July 19 AP reports the deportation trial of Longshoremen leader Harry Bridges may end early as the government mulls calling six to eight witnesses under subpoena. If not called, government testimony could conclude early next week while defense lawyers warn the presentation may take a month. One witness testified yesterday before Trial Examiner James L. adjourned the hearing until this morning.
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San Francisco
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
Raphael P. Bonham
James L
Plans Set for Farm Women's Annual Camp at Camp Ross
Miss Ruth Stone county home demonstration agent said final plans are underway for a large attendance at the Women's Camp to be held at Camp Ross Hocking on July 23. She urged all interested women to contact her immediately for reservations.
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Ruth Stone
Camp Ross-Hocking
Miss Stone
Inspectors Find 78 of 929 Bee Colonies Diseased in Hocking
Inspector Carl reports to date 929 bee colonies inspected in Hocking County with 78 found diseased in a morning briefing.
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Hockingty
Carl
Body Identified After Found in Tree Near Brush Creek
The body of a man found in a tree near Brush Creek in Portsmouth Ohio was identified by his brother as James Hughes of St Hughes.
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Portsmouth, O
Brush Creek
Ester
St Hughes
Oil coating on SR 664 to begin between Logan and Cedar Falls
Work starts this week on adding a dust reducing oil coat to the Logan to Cedar Falls segment of State Route 664 and nearby stretches. Hocking County maintenance head Lewis Price notes weather may delay start. a private contractor will perform the oiling along Route 374 to Route 56 and Route 678 through Gibisonville. A WPA project may follow with relocations grading and bituminous surfacing under Parks Committee plans. Dr. Walter E. Brehm discussed local highway improvements with district engineers in Marietta.
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Logan
Hocking State Parks
Lewis Price
Hocking County
Price
Gibisonville
Hocking
Fred Hulls
Walter E. Brehm
General Assembly
Marietta
Division Engineers
Death by Own Action Ends Nudist Scrap in Hollywood
Dawn Blood Noel, 19, wife of band leader Herbert Noel, died from a self inflicted wound after an argument over her four hour absence from a nudist colony where they spent the weekend. Police Captain Patton said the investigation supports a death by own action. Noel described hearing a shot after scolding an acquaintance for taking Dawn away from the camp. He found her dead in their North Hollywood bedroom with a temple wound.
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Hollywood
Dalton R. Patton
Dawn Blood Noel
Adele Blood
Herbert
Jimmy) Noel
Noel
North Hollywood
Lions Escape When Cage Collapses at Salem Circus
Collapse of a cage during a Blue Ridge Shows performance freed two lions causing panic among 250 spectators in an athletic field. One lion was corralled quickly while the other roamed the area for about 15 minutes. Crowd fled toward gates. one woman fainted and a bystander was briefly hurt.
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Salem
W. Va
Blue Ridge
Otis Maxon
Restaurateur Michael Molnar a Suicide After Shooting Wife
In Ashtabula Ohio on July 19 AP reports city solicitor Tom R Bailey said Michael Molnar 52 a restaurant owner for 20 years shot and killed himself after firing a bullet that grazed his estranged wife Julia 50 authorities described the fatal incident as a suicide following the earlier shooting of his wife.
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Ashtabula
Tom R. Bailey
Michael Molnar
Julia
Records Show 64 Divorce Cases Filed in 1938 39
The annual report by Clerk of Courts Don Feather for the year ending June 30, 1939, shows 64 divorce cases filed in the Court of Common Pleas, up from 62 the prior year. Sixteen cases were pending July 1, 1938, and 23 pending June 30, 1939, with alimony in 16 cases.
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Clerk of Courts
Don Feather
Court of Common Pleas
Feather
School Leaders Delay Action on Grievances
A joint meeting of four boards and state representatives left Washington Starr and Laurelville Perry unions unresolved. Parents urged dissolving the Washington Starr merger to keep Ilesboro high, citing travel hardships and road conditions. The State Department noted Ilesboro’s limited educational options and stressed charter requirements.
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Laurelville-Perry
Washington-Starr
County Board
Robert Roy
State Department of Education
Washington- Starr
Washington
Ilesboro
Union Furnace
Carlos Brashares
Logan
Washington Township
Ilesboro High School
Brashares
Roy
State Department
State Director of
Tresboro
S. H. Dillon
Dillon
Baby slaying trial set for September eleventh
Fremont Ohio July 19 The first degree murder trial of Velma Baker Fink 22-year-old divorcee accused of throwing her 10 week old son Haldon Fink into a creek near Clyde Ohio was tentatively set today for Sept 11 by Common Pleas Judge A V Baumann.
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Fremont, O
Velma Baker Fink
Haldon Fink
Clyde
Ohio
Common Pleas
A. V. Baumann
Ohio Atty. Gen. clarifies Whittemore act on delinquent taxes
Landowners or lienholders may use the Whittemore act to pay delinquent taxes in installments before the foreclosure sale date. The ruling was issued today by Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert in Columbus Ohio on July 19.
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Columbus, O
Thomas J. Herbert
Garner in jovial mood meets labor leaders in D C
Vice President Garner jokes with labor chiefs in Washington as William Green of the AFL smiles while Harry Bates of the bricklayers union and Herbert Rivers of the building trades department appear puzzled.
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Garner
Washington, D. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harry C. Bates
Herbert Rivers
Building Trades Department
A. F. of L
Plans Pushed for New Test Oil Well near Logan
Preparations for a test oil well on the John Dougher farm south of Logan are under way. The Rachelmacher Estate has leased the acreage and moved materials for the derrick to the site. Surveying is finished. drilling should begin in about ten days with leases covering Falls and Green Townships and mineral rights secured on the Hocking County fairgrounds property.
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John Dougher
Logan
Rachel- Macher
John Dougherty
Rachelmacher
Dougherty
Old Town Creek
Old Town Highway
Old Hocking Canal
Falls
Green Townships
Hocking County Fairgrounds
Westenhaver
England
Hartmann Farms
Clinton
Vinton Highway Chief Discharged in Ohio Purge
Four state highway department employees were discharged for political activity and a laborer in charge was removed for apparent drunkenness. New hires in agriculture include two assistant seed analysts at $110 monthly and a stenographer at $85 monthly, appointed by Agriculture Director John T. Brown.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Department of Agriculture
Harry Wilson
Marietta
Washington County
Nicholas Siebenauer
Tiffin
Seneca County
Delbert A. Radcliff
McArthur
Vinton County
Herman C. Ahrens
Ravenna
Portage County
John T. Brown
Helen L. Dorsey
Marion
Martha L. Owen
Newark
Wynnette L. Waugh
Wyandot County
Two youths drown in Sandusky Bay boat capsizing
In Sandusky, Ohio, on July 18 18 year old William Loeb and 22 year old Leverett Bo ger drowned when their small boat capsized in Sandusky Bay. Two companions were rescued including Eddie Delange a radio actor and Cedar Point leader who aided in the rescue.
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Sandusky
William Loeb
Leverett Boger
Sandusky Bay
Eddie Delange
Song
Cedar Point
State Executive Unperturbed by Scoffers Threats
Loren D. Dickinson, 80, governor of Michigan, faces threats of recall but plans a radio temperance speech. He recounts his New York conference protest of liquor and remains skeptical about next year’s Mackinac Island meeting. His career spans farming and church work, with seven prior terms as lieutenant governor.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Loren D. Dickinson
National Conference of Governors
New York State
Mackinac Island
Dickinson
Frank D. Fitzgerald
South Penn Oil cancels oil purchases in Buckeye lines
Pittsburgh dispatch reports South Penn Oil Company will stop buying Pennsylvania grade oil in Buckeye Pipeline Company lines after July 31 and will not post a price for the crude. Declining refinery demand cited. industry expects southeastern Ohio output may move directly to refineries, with Buckeye production impact uncertain.
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Pittsburgh
South Penn Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Buckeye Pipeline Company
Ohio
Martins Ferry editor T. M. Aldredge dies at 47
The Martins Ferry Daily Times editor T. M. Aldredge, aged 47, died today in Martins Ferry Ohio. He led the paper for many years and was recognized for his editorial work.
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Martins Ferry
T. M. Aldredge
Danzig Police Arrest 20 Marxian Socialists
Police in Danzig announce the arrest of 20 Marxian Socialists suspected of links to a hostile foreign power. They allegedly stored explosives to blow bridges and face treason charges as inquiries probe possible connections to Poland and Russia.
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Associated Press
Free
Danzig
Poland
Russia
Junk yard race tester dies from skull fracture
Piqua Ohio July 19 AP Howard J. Mabbitt aged 29 died early today from a skull fracture after a car he was testing for a junk yard race crashed into a ditch on Saturday.
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PIQUA
Howard J. Mabbitt
Fiddler Bert Covault Dies in Ohio at 68
Bert Covault an old-time fiddler aged 68 died yesterday in Piqua Ohio from a heart ailment. He was known across western and southern Ohio for his fiddling talent and performances.
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Piqua, O
Bert Covault
Ohio
Merchants Discuss Cooperation as Logan Retail News
Logan business shows improvement says Burr Nixon at a Merchants Division meeting. Plans for Fox Hunters of Ohio events include Main street curb displays, Halloween corn shocks, and committee appointments. Dollar Days set for August 18 and 19 with further talks on Community Days and Christmas decorations.
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Logan
Burr Nixon
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Nixon
Fox Hunters of
Ohio
Retail Merchants Division
C. of C
James Wells
Fox Hunters’ Association
Wells
Main Street
Hallowe'en
Merchants’ Committee
Roosevelt weighs call for special session on neutrality
Washington July 19 AP A White House aide said President Roosevelt would need a special session of Congress to act on neutrality if Europe crisis develops after adjournment. Early noted the president hopes no new crisis arises before reconvening in January.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Stephenee
Early
Senate
Cde
Johnson
Calif
Borah
Idaho
Pacific
Hull
United States
Garner
Foreign Service
Foreign Relations Committee
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