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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
1
France's Socialist government moves to dissolve armed political leagues led by the Croix De Feu and prosecutes extreme Leftists amid rising civil tension. Premier Blum accuses the right of aiming for civil war while labor unrest subsides and workers return to jobs.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York leads the crafting of the party platform in Philadelphia. Observers expect a strongly pro labor and liberal tilt reflecting his influence and the Democrats’ national aims.
Luther Kneece of near South Bloomingville was fined 10 dollars and costs by Magistrate S B Whitehart on a charge of assault in a menacing manner filed by Grace Wine of South Bloomingville. Kneece was arrested last night in Pickaway county and returned to Logan by Deputy Sheriff Newton Spencer. The offense was committed Sunday afternoon near Haynes.
Riverside California June 16 AP W C Fields film comedian stricken with pneumonia four days ago was reported by his personal physician to have registered slight improvement.
Senate debates Wagner housing bill while the military affairs committee studies a proposal to erect an airport in New York harbor. The House considers Vinson bill regulating the coal industry as Rules committee meets on Walsh Healey labor standards in government contracts. Yesterday G-Men benefits approved and Guffey substitute advanced by interstate commerce committee. Mayor La Guardia testified on harbor airport. Interior Department appropriation and chain store regulation reports adopted and conference report sent to White House. Agricultural committee approved bill for large AAA benefit payments.
President Roosevelt signed the Jones Smith commodity exchange bill to curb speculation in grains cotton rice and related markets. The act imposes trading limits and control markets and outlaws indemnities and wash sales. It will be administered by the Grain Futures Administration under a new Commodity Exchange Commission.
Robert Carpenter of Pine Meadow was spanked by a motorist while strolling in New Hartford. The driver stopped, leaped out, and struck him about the hip pockets as Carpenter’s trousers caught fire from ignited matches in his pocket.
Congressional conferees reached a near agreement on the deficit bill totaling 2.37 billion dollars for next year's relief funds. Two items remain to be voted on again by the House.
United States Senator Vandenberg announced he asked the Justice Department for a report on state investigations into Black Legion activity. If inadequate, he would seek FBI action rather than a slow Congressional inquiry. Senator Couzens supported a Congressional inquiry. In Canada, vandalism at a Hamilton church prompted police to probe Black Legion links. In Detroit, Dayton Dean testified about a blood pact and a plot to kill a publisher.
Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 P M at Logan A B Church for Mrs Sarah Dis Bennett who died after a long illness at her Ball school Falls township home at 9 05 last night She leaves her husband and one sister Mrs George Burris of Logan Officiating ministers are Rev John A Toy and Rev B C Peters Burial at Pleasant Hill by Leonard Funeral Service.
Ray Stevens aged 31 of Chillicothe died from injuries after his car struck a concrete bridge eight miles east of Hillsboro. He had been en route to Bethel Clermont County where he worked, and was hospitalized after the Saturday night crash.
Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg says Clark Gable is not handsome but possesses sex appeal, explaining why he omitted Gable from his six handsomest film actors list alongside Gary Cooper George Brent Ronald Colman Robert Taylor Cary Grant and Francis X Shields.
The U S government finished distributing 1.65 billion dollars in World War II baby bonds to 3 million veterans and shifted to cash for those who preferred it. Yet several potential beneficiaries indicated they would not accept cash or bonds, influencing ongoing distribution efforts.
Ohio authorities link two Akron men, Anthony Gaylon and Saul Ackerman, to the June 4 Bremen National Bank attempted robbery. DOJ agents investigate connections while Fairfield County Sheriff cites ballistics match to a gun taken from the suspects in Akron. Bank officials tentatively identified the pair as suspects.
William D Armstrong, a Garfield farmer, was killed when his car was struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train yesterday. The accident occurred in Ohio and was reported by AP.
Belgium called out troops as a 200000 strong strike crippled industry and disrupted public services. At night clashes left several injured while the government sought to prevent wider unrest amid labor protests across Europe.
A special Sunday morning service at Logan First M E Church will dedicate new hymnals donated in memory of departed members. Grandchildren of the deceased will lead, with Mrs Nellie Adams explaining the hymnals and new hymns.
Defiance Ohio three faculty vacancies remain after the resignations of L Ward McCreynolds biology professor of 20 years Edwin W Schoenberg public speaking professor and F H Zimmerman business manager and commerce instructor leaving gaps in the college staff.
About 250 pastors teachers and church workers attend the 40th annual convention of the state Luther League in Shelby Ohio with a visit to the Mansfield reformatory on the schedule for the event.
Police pursue a tall thin man described by Beatrice Moore as the killer of Daniel McFarlan Moore, 67, former Edison associate. Investigators plan to inspect Moore’s private papers for clues while examining a plaster footmark and two .22 shell casings. Moore’s daughter says her father identified the man as someone he had discussed inventions with three years ago.
The 13 000 member organization reports 500 to 600 veterans refused personal use of their bonds, gifting them to the treasury to aid wounded ex soldiers and war widows. New York Mayor LaGuardia and Judge Leòn Yankwich said they did not expect to claim bonuses. Distribution of veteran bonds to government checks begins soon with minor delays to be resolved.
Chinese authorities from Nanking and Canton issued a peace effort to prevent demonstrations against Japan. The move was supported by the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, which kept warships at Shanghai to reassure residents. Negotiations were under way in Hunan between Nanking and Canton representatives.
At 9 PM a couple rushed to St Luke's Hospital and sat for three hours before entering at 12 05. Dr FDA White asked if the woman feared the hospital. The man answered that they waited to save a day on their bill.
A theater fire in Hyderabad on Sunday night trapped twenty women and children in the balcony, with fears that all may be dead. The AP report notes the blaze swept through the venue, leaving rescuers struggling to reach the trapped victims.
A proposed quick repeal of a 3 percent sales levy on home food faces Republican opposition led by Akron’s Frank Whittemore and Cincinnati’s J Har ry Asmann. Lawmakers favor study to protect revenue for relief, schools, and subdivisions while weighing a $6.5 million relief bill and unemployment insurance changes. Rural lawmakers push work requirements. new relief rules target relief chisellers with fines and possible prison time.
Edward B. Good 74 founder and executive of Hocking Glass Co Lancaster died at Grant Hospital. He led the firm for 26 years and had interests in theaters hotels newspapers and banks. Active in Republican politics death linked to complications from an auto crash near Carroll two years ago.
Callander Ontario report says a 12th child is due to the Dionne family. Mrs. Dionne is expected to give birth around September 1 with physicians already informed and involved in the pregnancy.
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