Navy Bill Gets Tentative O.K. In Custody Fight
In New York four year old prodigy Jean Kathleen Demers, famed for world affairs knowledge, faces a custody dispute as a second woman claims maternity in Halifax. In Washington, tentative 20 percent fleet increase boosts administration optimism for a large naval program passing Congress.
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Jean Kathleen Demers
Jean
New York
Alfred Demers
Anna Marie Murray Moir
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Washington
Administration
House
Goveror Davey plans special relief session in Cleveland
In Cleveland Gov. Martin L. Davey announced he will call a special legislative session to expand relief funds tied to Mayor Harold H. Burton's program. Burton and Benedict Crowell reviewed relief options, including local and state taxation, with plans to draft a feasible bill to mitigate the approaching relief crisis.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Harold H. Burton
Burton
Benedict Crowell
Crowell
City posts go to pair with highest grades
Service Director Roy Loomis appoints Roy Stallsmith as chief and Gerald McLaughlin as assistant chief of the Logan Fire Department for a 90 day provisional term starting March 31 and June 1 respectively, based on top civil service exam scores. Stallsmith tops at 100 percent, McLaughlin at 92. Salary specifics and benefits noted, with duties including fire department oversight, police assistance, uniforms, and fire school attendance.
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Roy Loomis
Roy
Snowball) Stallsmith
Logan Five Rtment
Gerald (Irish) McLaughlin
Loomis
Dallas Kinser
Stallsmith
Ernest Price
Alva P. Bray
McLaughlin
Richard Reynolds
Lawrence Evans
Slayer Of Three Dies In Chair
Lester Brockelhurst, 24, confessed hitchhiking killer, was executed by electric chair at Tucker Farm Arkansas for slayings of Victor Gates in Little Rock and others in Rockford and Fort Worth during a hitchhiking tour across 18 states. He preceded his death-house cellmate Joe Sims, a WPA worker convicted of axe murder.
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Tucker Farm
Ark
March
Wis
Lester Brockelhurst
Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gates
Little Rock
New York State
Gates
Toether
Bernice Iton
Rockford
Ill
Albin Theander
Jack Griffith
Fort Worth
Texas
Joe Newt Sims
WPA
Plan Dams In Hocking County
Engineers from the Ohio Conservation Department will survey possible sites for small stream dams in Hocking County next week. Potential sites include farms of Paul Shaw in Midway and George Blum on Sauerkraut road. Dams would be built by NYA labor with materials from the Conservation Department. Farmers who sponsor the dams would receive a 40 percent tax deduction. Impounded water would be stocked with fish and open to the public for fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Conservation Department
Hocking County
Ed Eberst
Paul Shaw
Midway
George Blum
Sauerkraut Rd
NYA
Conservation Department
Eberst
Paroled Larceny Convict Dan Carr Released Today
Dan Carr of Hocking County received a parole from the Ohio Penitentiary for larceny and is to be released today by the state board. The action marks a transfer from imprisonment to conditional freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Carr
Hocking County
Ohio Penitentiary
State Board
Park In Green Two Project Aimed At Forest Park
CCC enrollees at Camp Nelson began work on a 12 acre public park on national forest land north of Haydenville in Green Township. About 20 men prune brush and clear trails as planners install fire places picnic tables springs latrines and parking. The park will feature safe hiking trails two large caves with a 50 foot drop guarded, a walled natural spring with a pipe, and a Maydenville road end parking lot. It should be ready this summer.
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CCC
Camp Nelson
National Forest
Haydenville
Green Township
Roland Scharr
U. S. Forestry Service
Forestry Service
Tinker'’s Cave
New Straitsville
Maydenville
Jury Draw Set for April Term at Court House
Jury commissioners Nelson Delong and Ed Turner will draw grand and petit jurors for the April term at the court house tomorrow morning. The grand jury begins Monday April 4 and the petit jury on Monday April 18. The January petit jury will reconvene to hear the trial of Craven Nihisery Haydenville indicted for second degree manslaughter in the Logan traffic death of Mrs Mary Krannitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Delong
Ed Turner
Court House
Craven Nihisery Haydenville
Mary Krannitz
Logan
Patrolman Harrisom Litherland to Aid Saturday Traffic
Harrison Litherland who successfully passed civil service exams last week for police patrolman will serve as an extra patrolman Saturday afternoon and evening to help enforce traffic regulations in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Litherland
Nepine
Miner Confesses Lampcord Killing
BELLAIRE O March 18 AP Police Chief Francis Moran announced today the solution to the lampcord slaying of Nora Burkey a 32 year old enamel factory worker whose nude body was found by a neighbor five days after her death Francis Smith a 32 year old coal miner was charged with second degree murder after pleading guilty once he signed a confession alleging he killed Burkey after she refused to resume keeping company with him A lampcord was found around her neck though autopsy showed skull fracture Moran quoted the powerfully built miner saying I hit her with my fist I didn t mean to hit her so hard I only put the cord on her neck to make it look like suicide
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Francis Moran
Nora Burkey
Moran
Francis Smith
Whitney Read Out Of Exchange Expelled For Life
Richard Whitney, once a Wall Street power, was expelled from the New York Stock Exchange for life on March 18. The bankrupt broker faces possible 20 years in prison for grand larceny. His $60,000 membership bought in 1912 will be sold to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Congressman Harold Claypool Visits Logan to Announce Reelection Bid
Congressman Harold Claypool of the 11th District stopped in Logan this afternoon and announced he will seek reelection. The visit highlighted his campaign plans and continued service in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Claypool
Logan
Boettcher Condemned to Die in Ohio Electric Chair
Carl Boettcher a 24 year old Cleveland man is condemned to death for the Feb 4 bank robbery slaying of Detective Robert Cline. A three judge court ruled the death penalty must be imposed despite Boettcher's paralysis from a bullet wound. His motion for a new trial was filed by his attorney.
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Columbus
Carl Boettcher
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Boettcher
Robert Cline
Dana F. Reynolds
Henry L. Scarlett
Cecil J. Randall
West Side
Stephen Figuli
Cleveland
Ohio National Bank
Apply Stone To Secondary Roads
State highway workers under Fred Shively maintenance superintendent continue applying native limestone to secondary roads in Hocking County. Limestone quarried on Whitcraft farm near Smith's Chapel by Orla Wolfe crew. about 50 tons daily. Roadwork focuses on Bremen Ash Cave route 25 miles to be limestone covered. Green and Ward townships see most limestone due to heavy coal truck traffic. High water disrupted roads, Queer Creek flooded Route 56 near South Bloomingville and blocked Union Furnace Starr and New Straitsville Greendale roads.
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Fred Shively
Hocking County
Whitcraft
Smith's Chapel
Orla Wolfe
Bremen- Ash Cave
Green and Ward
South Bloomingville
Queer Creek
Union Furnace Starr
Straitsville
Greendale
National Wildlife Week Starts Sunday Observance Planned
Plans were completed for National Wildlife Week set to begin Sunday. The National Resources Council aids the observance with local groups, aiming to stimulate conservation of animals birds and fish to prevent extinction. Will Mowery and Ed Eberst organize county events with schools and clubs expected to join. Hocking County’s lands could play a key role in a broader preservation program and local refuges.
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National Resources Council
America
Will Mowery
Ed Eberst
Hocking County
Logan High School Announces First Honor Roll Leader Ann Bowen
Logan High School names Ann Bowen the top honor student with a straight A record over three years, follows by Josephine Iles Thelma Johnson Luther Heyde and others in a list of 17 honor students. The top six will attend a Class Night ceremony, with commencement set for Tuesday May 31 1938.
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Logan High School
Ann Bowen
F. Meade Bowen
E. Hunter St
Josephine Iles
Edward Iles
Logan Route 2
Thelma Johnson
Jacob Johnson
Luther Heyde
A. L. Heyde
Dorothy Krumlauf
Mike Krumlauf
June Grooms
Newell Grooms
Fred B. Burchfield
Judge Robison Talks Tonight at Hocking Welfare Dinner
Judge Henry Robison chief of the Ohio Department of Public Welfare will be principal speaker at a 6 30 p m dinner meeting of the Hocking County Board of Public Assistance at the White House Esther McClain head of the division of aid to dependent children will attend and speak Newly appointed board members Mrs Earl Elberfeld and Mrs Darley Kitchen will attend their first meeting Also listed are Judge E L Ewing Will Hansel Commissioner W E Evans James Barker A R N Truelson County Commissioners Dr W B Lacock health nurse Bertha Madlener Margaret Lutz Cora Brown Alfred Campbell and Dessie Hanna all connected with the child welfare program and juvenile court duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Robison
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Hocking County
E. L. Ewing
Will Hansel
W. E. Evans
James Barker
A R. N. Truelson
W. B. Lacock
Bertha Madlener
Margaret Lutz
Cora Brown
Child Welfare Department
Alfred Campbell
Dessie Hanna
Army fliers die in Manila crash near Fort Stotsenburg
Two United States Army observation planes locked wings in midair near Fort Stotsenburg and crashed killing Second Lieut William McBee and Private Harold Nordquest while injuring a third. The fliers were on a routine flight.
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Manila
United States Army
Midai
Fort Stotsenburg
William McBee
Harold Nordquest
Education official to speak at Hocking County meeting
Dick Smith, assistant director of the State Department of Education, will address the Hocking County Schoolmasters' Club at Carbon Hill on Tuesday March 22 at 6 30 p m. New officers named are Joe Archer president Joe Stone vice president and Clyde Jones secretary treasurer.
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Dick Smith
State Department of Education
Hocking County Schoolmasters’ Club
Carbon Hill
Joe Archer
Joe Stone
Clyde Jones
Phone Change for New Straitsville and Perry County
The Ohio Utilities Commission approved an agreement between Ohio Bell Telephone Co and Perry County subscribers to install automatic exchanges in Corning Glenford New Straitsville Shawnee Somerset and Thornville. Rates will follow New Lexington levels with 4 for business independent 2 25 for business two party 3 for business rural 2 75 for residence independent and 2 for residence four party across the county.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Perry County
Corning
Glenford
New Straitsville
Shawnee
Somerset
Thornville
New Lexington
Hitler defends Austrian absorption and warns on Poland
Adolf Hitler proclaimed that Austria’s incorporation strengthened Germany and lamented democracies. A Berlin source said Germany withdrew opposition to Polish action in Lithuania in exchange for Warsaw’s consent to a German claim over the free city of Danzig, with Memel and Danzig seen as potential flashpoints.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Austria
Hitler
Lithuania
Danzig
Joseph Beck
Poland
Swinemuende
Nazi Party
Memel
League of Nations
Warsaw
Wilno
Baltic Sea
France
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Chamberlain
Baltic
Vatican
Spain
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Valencia
Czechoslovakia
Ler
Reichstag
Hia
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Bill
Jean Kathleen Demerspawn
Kriffin
United States
Asiatic
Litvinart
Maxim Litvinoff
Pittman
D-Nev
Pitman
Hull
National Press Club
Litvinoff
State Department
Great Britain
Manchoukuo
Vienna
Miner
Lampcord
Whitney
Claypool
Nat’l Wildlife
Blytheville, Ark
Blytheville
Jeanne Webb
Marjorie Tschappat
Dorothea Boring
Phyllis Nixon
John Schaal
Maxine Terrel
Mary Belle Scholl
Betty Parry
Jean Barker
Violet Brooks
Florence Rechenwald
Judge Robison
Smith
Peace of Europe
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