Relocation of Route 31 to cost $263000 at Rockbridge
The contract for a 263 000 dollar Route 31 improvement at Rockbridge will be let on Tuesday June 29 sealed bids due by 10 A M Highway Director John Jaster announced the 263 713 99 estimated cost covers brick paving 1522 miles of roadway grading a concrete beam bridge and drainage structures paving width 20 feet roadway 36 feet Buck Run bridge span 40 feet with two 3 foot sidewalks. The new highway runs southeast from near Rockview filling station to rejoin current route near Buck Run road. A hearing on adding the new section to the state system is scheduled for Friday June 25 at the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockbridge
John Jaster
Buck Run
Rockview
George Mathias
Fred Bailey
Hocking County Court House
State
Brashares pushes Route 31 plan at Enterprise hearing
Josef Brashares appeared before the Route 31 hearing urging the village route be widened to a three way traffic plan rather than the two way option. He argued a wider road at lower cost better serves Enterprise as traffic grows and a large fill would be unnecessary while the planned two way road would be costly and inadequate for future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
The
Daily News
Josef Brashares
Brashares
Sherrill Chosen as Cincinnati City Manager
Col. C O Sherrill president of the American Retail Federation accepted appointment as Cincinnati city manager, returning to the post he left seven years ago. The Army veteran, known as a "doer", replied with elation to the offer and said no news has ever been more gratifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col. C. O. Sherrill
American Retail Federation
Cincinnati
C.O. Sherill
United States
Russell Wilson
General Cronkhite Dead in St Petersburg
Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, 76, U S Army retired, died in a St Petersburg hospital after a weeklong illness. His death was reported on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronkhite
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Adelbert Cronkhite
U. S. Army
Ohio Senate to reconvene in extra session
In Columbus on June 15 AP reports an economy bloc in the Ohio Senate plans further budget cuts of about 4 million from a 90 million appropriation bill after Governor Martin L. Davey called a special session to consider biennial appropriations. The regular session adjourned with funds for state departments after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Ohio Senate
Martin L. Davey
Edward N. Waldvogel
Hamilton
Waldvogel
Davey
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Senate
Wind and hail damage hit Marion Township crops
A storm swept Logan yesterday evening delivering strong winds and hail to Marion Township damaging crops. An apple tree was blown down and a coal shed at Simon Rutter’s home collapsed. Large hail destroyed a strawberry patch and windows were broken at a local farmhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Marion Township
Simon Rutter
Jury seated for murder trial of John Agnew in Spensel death
Five men and six women were seated today on a jury to try John Agnew, 34, on a first degree murder charge in the death of patrolman Arthur Spensel. William Hobbs, 32, was convicted last Friday and awaits sentence to death in the electric chair. Charles V. Rose of Metamora, Ind. is scheduled to go on trial next Monday.
Tax Probers Agree On Publicity For Dodgers
Washington June 15 AP Two leaders of the congressional tax inquiry backed exposing names of alleged tax dodgers after meeting with President Roosevelt The six member committee plans to begin testimony tomorrow and decide whether to publish individual returns Morgenthau likely first witness and scrutiny will focus on millionaires near millionaires on a treasury list Some witnesses may refuse to testify while the panel vows to protect honest taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthau
Washington
Congressional Tax Inquiry
Har
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Treasury
Harrison
Youths Fight To Save Sister Fails In Fire Tragedy
Nineteen year old Delbert Clark fights to recover in a Columbus hospital from burns sustained while trying to save his sister Helen eleven from a kerosene explosion that ripped through their Aust in Ross County home. Helen died en route to hospital after the blast that sprayed burning oil and ignited the house. Their mother Mrs Archie Clark was seriously burned while aiding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Delbert Clark
Columbus (University
Helen
Austin
Ross County
Delbert
Archie Clark
Seven Drowned Off Delaware Bay Sinking
A 35 foot cabin boat sank six miles off Bowers Beach Delaware Bay late yesterday. Coast guard Lewes reported three survivors and seven bodies recovered. ten men were aboard. Nine of the crew were from western Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers Beach
Del
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
Lewes
Pennsylvania
Roberta Jonay Leaves White House for Broadway Fame
The 17 year old protege of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roberta Jonay from St. Petersburg Florida, completed two weeks at the White House and headed to New York's Broadway to seek fame. She roomed at the executive mansion while appearing in a Washington night club and met Mrs. Roosevelt by chance two years ago in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. . Roosevelt
Roberta
Jonay
White House
New York
Broadway
Miss Jonay
St. Petersburg
Fla
Executive Mansion
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dayton Arena Lumber Yard, Foundry Fire Scars City
Dayton Ohio was struck by its most disastrous blaze in years as firemen battled a major fire that destroyed the Gondert and Liencsch Lumber yard and a foundry. The blaze endangered nearby buildings within four blocks of downtown. Three firemen were injured, twelve residents fled a nearby rooming house in night clothing. No immediate loss estimate was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Gondert and Liencsch Lumber Company
SAY CARNEY TOOK LOAN NOT BRIBE
The defense argues Edward T. Carney assistant chief of the state securities division took a loan, not a bribe, asserting jurors were told he received $5,000 from Elmer F. Harsch president of Consolidated Motors Corp. of Lima and repaid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Edward T. Carney
State Securities Division
Carney
Elmer F. Harsch
Consolidated Motors Corp
Lima
Ex Judge Charles Malsbury Dies at 81 in Dentist Office
Charles F. Malsbury, an Hamilton County probate judge from 1904 to 1909, died late yesterday while seated in a dentist’s office. He was 81. Local records note his service and long public career in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Charles F. Malsbury
Hamilton County
Bloodshed as Steel Strike Spreads Across Great Lakes
The CIO siege of steel widens with 80,000 idle workers in seven states. Violence erupts in Ambridge Pennsylvania and Detroit amid talks of peace led by Governor Davey in Columbus. Union leaders seek wage gains and broader bargaining rights as tensions mount near a General Motors truce expiring August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Great Lakes
Detroit
Ambridge
A. F. of L
National Electric Products Company
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Pillars Damaged At St. Peter's Cathedral
Vatican City June 15 AP Huge sections of marble pillars inside St. Peter's Cathedral collapsed onto the pavement. The falling blocks did not threaten tourists. Cardinal Pacelli and Monsignor Pellizzo acted quickly to ensure visitor safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
St. Peter's
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
Luigi Pellizzo
Faces Death for Armed Hold Up at Midway Bank
Edgar Perkins, 25, captured in Lexington after an armed robbery at Citizens Bank of Midway. He confessed being the lone bandit, taking 1576 dollars. Geneva Smith, 20, driver of the car, was arrested. both deny accompanying him. Perkins faces the electric chair under Kentucky law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Citizens Bank of
Midway
Edgar Perkins
Kentucky
Perkins
Geneva Smith
Brunet
Smith
Miss Smith
Robinson To Decide On Court Bill Debate
Washington June 15 AP Administration forces leave it to Senate Leader Robinson to decide when to begin debate on the Roosevelt Court Bill. The Arkansan urged to delay or push ahead as reports of a private compromise circulate, while judiciary committee backs a fiery report opposing enactment. Any member may demand consideration, and an objection could trigger a forced vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robinson
D-Ark
Senate
Arkansan
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Seventy Girls Faint at Lille Sugar Mill
In Lille France on June 15 AP reports seventy female workers collapsed in two mass faintings at a sugar refinery. Thirty fell in the morning and forty more in the afternoon disrupting plant work as experts investigate a mysterious gas fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
France
Dead May Furnish Replacement Parts For Living
A Mayo Clinic scientist suggests salvaging tissues from recently dead bodies could repair living patients. Dr Walter Alvarez notes tissues can survive after heart stoppage, with autolysis being a major hurdle. He cites experiments on red blood cells and varying preservation times across body regions, warning of defibrillation timing and brain injury risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Baltimore
Walter ©. Alvarez
Alvarez
Division of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Quarterly Review of Biology
Rebels Thrust Toward Bilbao in Civil War Driving Advance
June 15. Insurgent forces under Generalissimo Francisco Franco pushed toward the Basque cities of Begona and Galdacano as Bilbao’s besieged defenders fell back to rear lines. Massed infantry with fast tanks, heavy artillery, and bombing squadrons led the attack amid sustained frontal pressure. The two outposts were described as critical in breaking Bilbao’s iron fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Begona
Galdacano
Francisco Franco
Destroyer Kane Arrives Quietly at French Port
The navy said the American destroyer Kane arrived yesterday at St. Jean De Luz on the Bay of Biscay near Bilbao as a routine operation with no special significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Kane
St. Jean de Luz
Bay of Biscay
Bilbao
Ohio Grand Army of the Republic encampment dwindles
Auxiliaries of the Grand Army of the Republic carried on as remaining Civil War veterans falter in their annual state encampment. Fewer than 50 of about 200 in Ohio registered as the encampment began Sunday. Only 29 stayed for yesterday's sessions and five attended the Memorial Hall greetings meeting last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Hit-Skip Crash Claims 68-Year-Old In Tiffin
Tiffin Ohio reports that Adam Stuckey, 68, died yesterday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Police seek witnesses and urge caution on roads. The incident occurred in the city, and investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and nearby traffic patterns for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Adam Stuckey
Garbage men offer new angle in Parsons disappearance
Two garbage collectors told federal agents they were blocked from entering the Parsons Long Island home when they called last Wednesday the day Mrs. Alice McDowell Parsons vanished. They described being met by a Russian housekeeper and a note in the car. Federal investigators pursued a growing list of suspicious details as a large search resumed around the 22 acre estate with about 50 agents involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Parsons Long Island
Arthur Chadwick
George Winfield
Earl Connelley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lindsay Henry
Suffolk County
Anna Kupryanova
Henry
Connelley
Parsons
Trim White Farm
Blaze at county home injures six inmates and two firemen
In Cincinnati on June 15 AP reports four Hamilton County Home inmates overcome by smoke and two firemen injured as a blaze in a two story center wing of the main building forces evacuation of about 81 aged inmates and about 700 men housed there. Officials estimate property loss at 50000 dollars. Dr. Charles A. Neal, superintendent and former Ohio health director, notes the blaze started in the wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Charles A. Neal
Ohio Director of Health
Neal
Suspect questioned in suspected Clark Montgomery gambling war
Police questioned a suspect held on open charges in a gambling war tied to Clark and Montgomery counties. He was arrested last night in front of a downtown hotel after an attack by two men in which two shots were fired. one bullet split a plate glass window but no injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Clark
Montgomery
Interurban motorman finds body on tracks near Sharon
An interurban motorman discovers the body of Eli Bataik, 50, from Masury Ohio, on the track line between Sharon and Youngstown. The left leg appears severed, and authorities investigate the blunt details of the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Eli Bataik
Masury, O
Youngstown
Mia
Minneapolis elects mayor in landslide race
Minneapolis voters chose Brig. Gen. George Leneh, a World War II hero and Republican, as mayor yesterday, defeating Minnesota football star Kenneth Haycraft, who had Labor party endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
George &. Leneh
Minneipapolis
Kenneth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherrill
Cincinnatians
Harlow
Jean Harlow
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Cal
Miss Harlow
William Powell
Jean
Marion
Coughton
Sister
THINK
Roberta Jonay
National Labor Relations Board
Common Pleas
George Gessner
CIO
Republic Steel Corp
ST. Peter’s
Meuse
Belgium
U. S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!