Robbery at Laurelville Post Office Stuns Local Village
A heavyset bandit armed with a revolver robbed Laurelville’s post office at 1:15 PM, binding clerk Miss Florence Allen with tire tape and fleeing with about $90 in cash and money order blanks. A blue Plymouth was sighted nearby, and Sheriff Joe Farbearn investigated with Prosecutor Hubert Lappen.
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Laurelville
Florence Allen
Frieda Lappen
Miss Allen
Joe Farbearn
Hubert Lappen
Buster Dumm
George Dumm
Dumm
Farbearn
Lappen
Clara Allen
Logan
Goering Warns Colonial Issue Not Closed Amid War Debates
Adolf Goering addressed 1,500 delegates in Berlin citing Germany’s hunger for raw materials and colonies. He asserted Germany would pursue self sufficiency and resist economic dependence as Spain’s civil conflict influenced Allied and Axis views.
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Goering
Associated Press
Paris
Moscow
Berlin
International Chamber of Commerce
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Wurzburg
Spain
Reich
Youth Admits Starting Fires in Cincinnati
A young resident confessed to setting a rooming house fire near Ninth and Vine Streets in Cincinnati. Fire Chief Edward Steinway reported the blaze killed W. E. Williams, a 50 year old hod carrier. Over 18 months, 29 fires in tenements and hotels, with several deaths and multiple injuries, are linked to arson.
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Cincinnati
Soren
Drunken Driver Pleads Guilty in Pearl Street Crash
Athens man Kenneth McWilliams pleaded guilty to drunken driving after a Saturday collision with Mrs. Clar ence Skinner on Math Street. He was fined $100 and costs by Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald. The report notes additional fines for Kenneth in, totaling $5 and costs.
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City Polfice
Clarence Skinner
Math S&t
Pearl McWilliams
Athens
Kenneth Pitegerald
Kenneth In
Tallest patrolman directs traffic in Cincinnati
Patrolman Harry Koester, six feet nine inches, a familiar downtown sight in Cincinnati, directs traffic at a busy corner. Bystanders, including Nora D. Hall, often ask him to confirm his height, making him a well known local figure.
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Cincinnati
Harry Koester
U.S
Koester
Nora D. Hall
Ohio toll reaches 14 from crashes and drownings
Ohio tallies weekend deaths from an airplane crash six traffic accidents three drownings and two train wrecks Raymond J Burer 23 of Stockton Ohio killed near Hamilton he was a student pilot Philip Rowe 19 of Roseville died in a crash near New Lexington Fred Watkins 27 a WPA worker drowned in the Muskingum River near McConnelsville
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Raymond J. Burer
Stockton, O
Hamilton, O
Philip Rowe
Roseville
New Lexington
Fred Watkins
WPA
Muskingum River
McConnelsville
Back-to-work momentum grows in Youngstown strike
Major General Gilson D. Light reported about 15,500 Ohio National Guard troops and workers returned to strikes affected steel plants amid a 33 day strike. SWOC leadership questioned employer counts and said the fight has just begun. Reopened plants included Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube with thousands entering daily while Calumet Chicago area plans sought re-opening under a temporary truce pending NLRB testimony.
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Youngstown
Gilson D. Light
Ohio National Guard
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
Inland Steel Company
SWOC
Ie Cio
Light
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Mahoning Valley
Sheet and Tube
Campbell
Calumet
Chicago
National Guardsmen
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
National Labor Relations Board
Daily Market Reports for Hocking County Farmers
Logan Daily News begins daily market reports for Hocking County farmers listing grain livestock and produce prices and trends. Reports are transmitted via Associated Press services from Chicago Cincinnati and Columbus with daily updates appearing in print.
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Logan Daily News
Hocking County
Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Associated Press
Grain
FDR Jr and Miss Du Pont Quietly Prepare for Wedding
In Wilmington Delaware Franklin Roosevelt Jr and Ethel Du Pont keep a low profile as their wedding nears. They attend family parties at Owl's Nest and drive the Delaware hills in Roosevelt's roadster, avoiding public view. The ceremony plans involve bridesmaids fitted by a New York designer and gifts already exchanged between the couple with details kept private.
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Wilmington
Del
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Ethel du Pont
Owl’s Nest
du Pont
Delaware Hills
Roosevelt
Bridai
Philadelphia
New York
Solons Face Long Session in Congress
Washington dispatch says Democrats plan a heavy administration program likely to extend into fall. Weekend picnics with President Roosevelt on Jefferson Island bolster resolve to stay in session to enact major bills including court reform government reorganization and wage and hour measures. Senate leader Robinson warns court bill debate may wait until after July 4 while tenant farmer aid moves through the House as Secretary Wallace signals possible farm legislation pronouncements.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
House
Wallace
Ford calls NLRB charges untrue in Detroit filing
A Ford Motor Company attorney called the National Labor Relations Board charges of unfair labor practices untrue. He said no violation occurred and offered no further comment. The remarks came as the NLRB filed a formal complaint in Detroit.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Senate bill seeks additional federal judge for Ohio
The Senate approved a measure to add one more federal judge to the Southern District of Ohio and sent the bill to the House for consideration. The action aims to alleviate docket backlogs and streamline federal court proceedings in the region.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ohio
Path to electric chair for Easter Beekman Hill murders
New York reports that Robert Irwin, a 29 year old artist with a troubled history, faces three counts of first degree murder in the Beekman Hill slayings of Veronica Gedeon, her mother, and a male roomer. Police and district attorney announce grand jury indictments as extradition completes. Irwin was arrested in Chicago after surrendering to Herald and Examiner staff and was flown to New York in detective custody.
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Robert Irwin
Veronica Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
New York
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Universal Service
Associated Press
Moody
Beekman Hill
Lewis J. Valentine
William G. Dodge
Musut Deaajuagen
Irwin
Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Debonair Sculptor Robert Irwin Held in Beekman Hill Slayings
New York June 28 AP Robert Irwin a former divinity student turned sculptor was held without bail in two brief court appearances for the Beekman Hill triple slayings on Easter Sunday. He hired renowned criminal lawyer Samuel Leibowitz and won a postponement of arraignment to June 30.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Debonair
Beekman Hill
Samuel Leibowitz
Confesses Three Killings by Young Sculptor
A grand jury joint statement indicates Irwin dictated to the Herald and Examiner a confession to three murders and additional statements to Chicago and New York police. He argues his years in prison might spare him the electric chair.
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Valentine
Dodge
Irwin
Herald and Examiner
Chicago
New York
Vote Trial in Second Week in Ohio Ballot Tampering Case
Lawrence County's ballot tampering case, described as the worst election fraud in Ohio's history, enters its second week of trial. Witnesses John Zeek and Dan C Rapp testified they aided four defendants to alter about 200 ballots to favor Republicans in county government. Defendants: William C Dickens Pearl A Pratt Wade Webb Elizabeth Griffith. They face charges of ballot tampering and entrance to election offices.
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Tronton
Lawrence County
Ohio
John Zeek
Dan C Rapp
William C. Dickens
Pearl A. Pratt
Wade Webb
Elizabeth Griffith
Board of Elections
Legion stays neutral in labor disputes in Ohio
Columbus, June 28 AP Sam H. Cobb commander of the Ohio Department of the American Legion ordered posts in strike centers to maintain a hands off policy in all labor controversies.
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Columbus, O
Sam H. Cobb
Columbus
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Flood danger at Bellevue diminishes as waters recede
Bellevue Ohio June 28 AP flood waters threatening the town of 6000 receded into underground streams. A 2000 acre lake behind a 30 foot railroad embankment remained dangerous though falling. 300 homes flooded. $100000 in damage. Emerson Zippernick 20 drowned. Charles Davis burned in a gasoline explosion. State officials planned disease prevention measures as clean up began.
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Bellevue
Ohio National
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Emerson Zippernick
Charles Davis
L. E. Railroad
Wilber Stout
Columbus
Castalia
Sandusky
Ohio
Exhumed Negro Worker George Summers Autopsy Findings
The body of George Summers, Logan Negro WPA worker, was disinterred after burial to perform an autopsy. Dr. A K Smith at Leonard Funeral Home determined the cause of death as cerebral hemorrhage. Summers died last week after a stroke following WPA project work. officials ordered the post mortem in connection with a compensation claim.
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George Summers
Logan
WPA
Leonard Funeral Home
A. K. Smith
Summers
Comne
Fear missing girls feared slain in Inglewood California
In Inglewood California on June 26 police chief Oscar E Campbell said the fear grows that three missing girls Madeline Everett seven Melba Marie Everett nine and Jeanette Marjorie Stephens eight may have been lured away by a degenerate and slain. More than 500 officers and volunteers searched vacant houses and hills with federal agents assisting. The girls last were seen in a park near their homes on Saturday.
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Inglewood
Calif
Oscar E. Campbell
American Legionnaires
Federal Department of Justice
Madeline Everett
Melba Marie Everett
Jeanette Marjorie Stephens
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NLRB
Sister
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