Gold as shield in trade war eyed by Nazi planners
New York AP reports the United States with a 20 billion dollar gold hoard may be forced to defend gold as a cornerstone of international exchange. Berlin’s strategy, echoed on Wall Street, seeks to pressure US gold position for postwar trade, while Funk warns against gold as base for European currencies.
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New York
United States
Wall Street
Berlin
Europe
France
England
British Empire
Walther Funk
Funk
Germany
Sam
Logan Day by Day by Ed Staff Burned in Forest Fire
Mrs Rex Keller reports that Logan’s Charles Mecum is recovering from burns suffered while battling a forest fire with a CCC crew near Napan Idaho. One enrollee died in the blaze. Mecum teaches forestry and tree surgery at the Idaho camp.
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Rex Keller. Logan
Charles Mecum
CCC
Napan
Idaho
Mecum
Glouster
Tin roof piece reveals long forgotten workman name
While tearing off an old tin roof at the 1.0.C.F. building workmen found a tin fragment inscribed George L. Blosser Sept. 10, 1902. Blosser, long deceased, had worked for the Armstrong hardware company. the engraving likely dates to his roofing work about 38 years ago.
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Dursday
C.F
George L. Blosser
Blosser
Armstrongardware Company
New Wildlife Regulation Bulletin Issued on Fur Bears and Game Birds
A bulletin posted Friday by Clerk of Courts Don Feather outlines dates and open seasons for mink muskrat fox raccoon opossum and skunk and sets regulations and limits for pheasants Hungarian partridges ruffed grouse and similar game birds.
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Don Feather
English farmer captures German bomber pilot
In stocking feet farmer B. J. Parsons, 47, chased and seized a parachuting German bomber pilot in south west England. He raced across the farm yard with a double barreled shotgun to make the capture.
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Farmer
London
B. J. Parsons
England
Parsons
King couple illustrate flower arranging for Logan Garden Club
Mr and Mrs W R King of Parkersburg presented an illustrated lecture on arranging flowers in vases at the Logan Garden Club meeting held Thursday night on church lawn. About 30 attended. Mr King, Coca Cola Co representative, distributed pamphlets and served Coca Cola. Officers elected: L T Worley president, Ed Hockman vice president, Mrs James Blosser secretary, Mrs Lawrence Hack treasurer.
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W. R. King
Parkersburg
Logan Garden Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
King
Coca-Cola Co
L. T. Worley
Ranger
The
Rock House
Ed Hockman
James Blosser
Lawrence Hack
Move to Curb Draft Dodging
The Senate Military Committee studied penalties for draft evasion under the Burke-Wadsworth bill proposing five years in prison and fines up to $10 000 for 18 to 65 year old men who dodge conscription. It advanced amendments protecting civilian jobs for conscripts and restoring them to payroll after service. Senators Clash Over Defense Funding and Troop Needs.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Wheeler
Dmont
Reynolds
D-N. C
Vandenberg
R-Mich
High Command
Pabst Named President at Rio Grande College
Gallipolis Ohio July 26 AP Dr Charles E Holzer president of the board of trustees announced the appointment of the Rev R Lloyd Pabst pastor of the East Cleveland Baptist Church since 1934 as president of Rio Grande College.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
R. Lloyd Pabst
East Cleveland Baptist Church
Rio Grande College
Argentina Holds Out Against U S Proposals at Pan American Talks
Havana July 26 AP Argentina defies general commitments on trusteeship over European possessions in the Western hemisphere urging use of regular diplomacy and rapid measures for defense Argentina argues future status must be decided by affected peoples without outside pressure Leoboldo Melo heads the delegation insisting no force over American territory even in treaty form Hull’s stance on collective trusteeship looms large
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Havana
Argentina
Americas
Leopoldo Melo
Melo
United States
Brazil
Cordell Hull
Girl Injured at Logan High Building During Band Practice
Bernice Rider of Cincinnati, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Rider formerly of Logan, sustained a forehead gash during band practice after striking a stairway window frame. Twelve stitches were needed. She was treated by a local physician and ordered to rest several days at her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Charles Lyke in Logan.
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Bernice Rider
Cincinnati
Joe Rider
Logan
Rider
Charles Lyke
Fearing War Duty Man Kills Sheriff in Tennessee
In Alamo Tennessee Sheriff E G McLean was shot dead by Finis Avery a 35 year old tenant farmer recently released from an asylum Avery believed the sheriff came to take him to war He barricaded with his wife and five children before fleeing as about 50 men joined a west Tennessee search for him.
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Alamo
Tenn
E. G. McLean
Elmo Randle
McLean
Finis Avery
Avery
Randle
West Tennessee
Akron Woman Dies After Car Crash That Killed Husband
Mrs. Heber C. Spicer, 65, died at Akron after injuries from an auto accident that claimed her husband several days earlier.
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Akron
Heber C. Spicer
Heat Wave Dips Expected After Frantic Friday
Logan and Hocking County residents faced record heat with 100 plus readings downtown and 96 at noon. Thunderstorms and a cooling mass from Chicago were forecast for Friday night as deaths linked to the heat rose nationwide.
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Merc
Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Barn
Main Street
Charles Eberst
Municipal Swimming Pool
Municipal Pool
Chicago
Ohio
Mercury
Youngstown
Springfield
Sandusky
Columbus
Toledo
Kenton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
James Clevenger
Clarence B. Finlay
Hardin County
Atwell Hilliard
Paul B. Baird
Philipsburgh
Mass
Ellie
Kas
Goodland
Junction City
Ohio draft machine readies for action in 1940 plan
Ohio officials estimate 1 in 28 men aged 21 to 31 would be drafted if a national compulsory training law passes. About 20,000 Ohioans would join 400,000 nationwide in the first draft, with 565,324 state residents in the 21 to 31 age group.
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Columbus
Ohio
Burke- Wadsworth
Ohio National Guard
Army and Navy
General Light
Romania Sends Envoys to Berlin for Conference
Romanian envoys arrived in Germany for talks with Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop as Balkan mediation lines to be set for a new era under Nazi influence. Romania seeks oil exchanges to offset territorial pressure while preparing to meet Bulgarian and Slovak officials.
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von Ribbentrop
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Salzburg
Landslides Kill Over 100 on Chilean Coast
In Antofagasta region and Tocopilla area, sudden rainstorms trigger landslides burying towns and flooding mines along the nitrate and copper desert. Radio reports say casualties may exceed 100 with many missing as communications are disrupted.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Tocopilla
Andes
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Luxembourg
Annapolis
U. S. S. Trenton
Alix-Joseph E. Davies
Felix of Bourbon
Parma
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Philaide
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Charles
Elizabeth
Hugh E. Legalasis
Luxembourg Tion
Roland Young
Young
Marjorie Kummer Young
Los Angeles
Hollywood
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U.S
Girl
Logan High
Man
Posse
Rumania
Netherlands Radio
NBC
Roosevelt
Hague
Romania
West
British Isles
R.A.F
Britain
Great Rock
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Brattain
English Channel
Meknes
DNB
Portland Naval
Wally
Earl Winfield Spencer
Norma R. Johnson Spencer
Santa Monica
Spencer
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Spencers
Chilean
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