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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
1
Amelia Earhart departed Natal Brazil for Dakar Senegal in a 1900 mile leg through light rain. She left at 1 16 A M EST and radioed after more than four hours that everything is going fine.
Democrat Tate Schrader becomes the first candidate to file for the upcoming race, signaling the start of the campaign season. Local party officials confirm the filing as the early step in assembling a slate for the contest.
London AP Scotland Yard announced a nationwide search for 21 year old Diana Battye a society girl and aspiring film star who vanished June 1 after a forehead wound she received on coronation night. She had been staying with Viscountess Long and was reportedly en route to post a letter to her fiancé Michael Asquith.
On June 7 aboard Maestrale off Naples Il Duce Mussolini staged a simulated combat with Field Marshal Von Blomberg to showcase fascist Italy’s naval strength. More than 70 submarines and 150 warships joined the exercise at 30 mph as Italian officers boasted of mobilizing underwater craft swiftly. The display followed coordination of Italo German policy, including Franco support, in recent talks.
Funeral services for Phoebe Ann Schaeffer of 146 North Mulberry Street will be held Tuesday at 3:30 PM at home. She died after a several week illness yesterday at 4 PM. Survived by husband George Schaeffer, brother George Slisher of Dayton, sisters Mrs Ben Wellman of Logan and Mrs Ella Michaels of Wyandotte Michigan. Rev W N Shank to conduct. internment at Oak Grove by Woodard Funeral Service.
In Cleveland on June 17 and 18 the Ohio Federation of Republican Clubs will sponsor a statewide rally with the approval of the Republican State Central Committee. The meeting aims to debate whether the party should stay conservative shift liberal or adopt a middle of the road policy, gathering leaders and rank and file for lively discussion.
Senate opponents of the Roosevelt Court bill near completion of a report denouncing it as a threat to democratic government. The document from 10 of 18 judiciary committee members will challenge arguments for infusion of new blood and cite the Supreme Court docket to claim adding justices won’t speed cases. It will support the court’s right to refuse reviews to many petitioners.
Two airplane crashes and three drownings marked a deadly Ohio weekend, totaling 12 fatalities. Pilot Cleland Hess, 21, of Cleveland Heights died after a biplane crash near Lake Erie. Donald Glendenning, 28, president of Cleveland Air Service Co., died when his plane spun during an attempted landing.
Lew Wallace Shadaker, 28, with a high school diploma under his arm, studied today the possibility of supporting a family and attending college. He fulfilled his father’s last wish to get all the education you can by resuming high school studies he was forced to abandon in 1925. He walked to school with his tended the fourth grade.
Mrs. Hubert Lappen suffers torn ligaments in her left ankle after an incident Saturday night. Nearby witnesses reported the injury occurred during an evening activity, and she received medical attention.
A senate judiciary subcommittee approved a bill authorizing the appointment of an additional federal district judge for the southern Ohio district. The measure aims to expand judicial capacity and handle growing caseloads.
Nevada City dispatch reports a 39 year old wife claimed she was sold for 20 dollars to a woodchopper. Sheriff deputies hunt Ray Delama and woodman William Ebaugh, 29, of Willow Valley, who allegedly paid the money and injured the woman by grappling her and breaking her ribs.
The skull and bones found in a burlap sack under a Cuyahoga River bridge were identified as the ninth victim of Cleveland's mad torso slayer. Authorities noted seven mutilated bodies were found in greater Cleveland over three years and suspected a single killer, likely sane, responsible for all the slayings.
In Chillicothe Ohio on June 7, AP reports the resettlement administration will start a building program for 49 new houses at Scioto farms once materials arrive. Some existing homes in Ross and Pickaway counties will be remodeled. Plans include a Zaleski Forest lake project with a five mile shoreline and extensive recreational facilities. Homes will be four to six rooms on 60 to 80 acre tracts to improve farm tenancy opportunities. The government may offer 40 year payment terms to purchase the tracts.
Four men robbed the First National Bank of North Baltimore and fled south toward Findlay with law enforcement in pursuit. In a separate item, Philip A. Goodman, 75, Republican congressman from New York's 27th district, died last night.
Los Angeles bulletin reports the death of film star Jean Harlow at Good Samaritan Hospital after a cerebral edema from acute uremic poisoning. The actress, famed for her blonde roles, died at 11:37 PM after a rescue inhalator squad failed to revive her following a recent influenza illness and a gall bladder ailment.
Heavy rain and wind storms hit Hocking County over three days damaging grain crops near Gibisonville. Farmers report unprecedented downpours and ruined hillside corn fields. Topsoil piled at a hillside foot, and more wheat damage is under review. Trees blown down including in Logan. Erosion risk noted for cornfields.
John L. Lewis told a joint congressional committee that his union supports administration wage and hour legislation but rejects wage fixing as against American practice. He urged a nationwide minimum standard to boost purchasing power and employment while insisting the minimum basic wage is a fundamental employer right and should not be undermined by wage-fixing experiments.
Guards guard the crash site near Lone Peak as crews search for seven victims from the Western Air Express flight. jewelry was left exposed and a reward of 1000 dollars was offered for information. Pilot S J Samson co pilot William Bogen and stewardess Gladys Witt were among the lost, with other victims identified as Mr and Mrs Wolfe Dwight and others from Chicago Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
William Hobbs, 32, faced murder charges in Hamilton Ohio for the April 13 death of Patrolman Arthur E. Sponsel. Prosecutors said Hobbs admitted firing multiple shots in a signed confession as Sponsel approached a parked car to investigate suspicious activity.
A crowd of thousands took over downtown Lansing as workers join a general labor holiday protesting the arrest of eight UAW pickets at Capitol City Wrecking Company. Six men and two women were jailed during dawn raids as Governor Murphy headed to the city to mediate.
Striking steel workers in Youngstown Ohio appeal to President Roosevelt as they pursue action against three major independent producers. The scene focuses on the ongoing drive and possible federal involvement amid labor dispute tensions.
Naval observers and national geographic society astronomers stood vigil on Canton Island in the mid Pacific for a total solar eclipse. They expected unexcelled visibility as the moon obscures the sun at 2 06 P M EST with a maximum totality of seven minutes four seconds, hundreds of miles east of the island.
Russell Kirbert a 22 year old from Cincinnati an amateur pilot and Ohio State University senior was pulled from a plane wreck after his flaming aircraft struck a high tension cable and landed in a yard narrowly missing several houses He said he felt like a lucky person today despite minor injuries sustained in the mishap yesterday due to motor trouble after takeoff.
Former Ohio State football star Frank Boucher married Virginia Gaiters in Kent Ohio on Saturday after a day of school events led by Buckeye star William Tippy Buckeye.
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