Mass Funerals Mark Solemn Sunday in Little Texas
In New London Texas on March 22 the town held mass funerals for 455 pupils and teachers killed in a London school blast. A military court heard testimony about gas piping and insulation, while Superintendent W C Shaw, grieving father and survivor, testified and was removed for emotional distress.
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Texas
Associated Press
New London
Tex
East Texas
NEW
London
W. C. Shaw
D. L. Clark
Parade Gasoline Company
J. R. Kern
Earl Clover
Pleasant Hill
Hi Y Club Assembly Program at Logan High
The Hi Y Club presented an assembly at Logan High School showcasing a view of motion picture production. Bob Ralston acted as a temperamental director while an orchestra led by Joe Stoughton performed between skits.
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Logan High School
Bob Ralston
Joe Stoughton
Akron labor troubles ease as 9100 return to work
Akron center of Ohio labor difficulties sees about 17,800 workers idle statewide, most at Firestone in Akron as 9,100 return to work. WPA employees, Ohio Match Co. and Enterprise Co. workers resume, while 600 at Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co. in Cleveland are laid off. Pickets protest Woolworth five and ten stores in Akron and Barberton, as the Firestone dispute nears its third week.
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Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
WPA
Ohio Match Co
Enterprise Co
Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co
Cleveland
Woolworth
F. W. Woolworth
Barberton
General Retail Store
Van Winkle Dead In Cincinnati At 68
Edwin C. Van Winkle 68 veteran educator born in New Market Ohio and a Ohio University Athens graduate died last night in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Edwin C. van Winkle
New Market
Ohio University At
Athens
Spring Arrives At Heels Of Dust Storm
Housewives and auto owners in Hocking county curse the arrival of spring after a dust storm. Thunder announced the season at 7 45 PM Saturday as milder morning weather gave way to colder Sunday. A late Saturday dust storm from the Southwest left autos coated with silt and a pale ecru sky over Logan’s hilltop area.
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Hocking County
Detroit Police Drive Out Striking Workers at Henry Print Co
Detroit police moved into the Henry Print Co plant to remove about 30 strikers who had occupied the building since March 11. Fifty officers surprised the occupiers, who surrendered without violence. A court had issued an order to show cause why an injunction should not issue, and officials warned of further raids on captive plants. Mayor Couzens said raids would continue and urged unity against non-employees among occupiers. A labor demonstration was set for Cadillac Square at 5 P.M. Tuesday.
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Detroit
Thomas P. Henry Print Co
Homer Ferguson
Raps
Ferguson
Thomas C. Wilcox
Frank Couzens
Nazi Church Rift Hinted After Vatican Letter
Berlin March 22 AP A Papal pastoral letter accusing the Nazi regime of violating the German Vatican Concordat sparks talk of a Vatican Concordat breach. Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter editorial signals possible breach while the Reich pledges education rights to the church in exchange for political restraint.
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Berlin
Vatican
Adolf Hitler
Voellkischer Beobachter
Pius XI
Catholic Center Party
Hocking County Names Election Officials for Ward Township Bond Vote
The Hocking County board of elections held a special meeting to name judges and clerks for the Ward Township bond issue election set for April 20 concerning a new high school building.
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Hocking
Ohio Extension Agent George Kreitler Visits Office
George Kreitler of Pomeroy Meigs County extension agent visited the local extension office today on his way to Columbus. He is one of the first extension agents in Ohio with more than 12 years of service in Meigs County.
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George Kreitler
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbus
Agent Kreitler
Ohio
START WPA ROAD PROJECT ON Blackburn Hill ROAD
Work began today on a WPA funded project to improve over four miles of the Blackburn Hill Snortin Ridge Road in Perry Township.
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Blackburn Hill
Perry Township
Shortage of Labor Threatens Farmers in Ohio
Ohio faced a labor shortage and wet weather delaying spring plowing as farmers planned larger crop plantings than 1936. H. C. Ramsower of Ohio State University warned labor demand at 93 percent, with wages around 25.50 monthly plus board, higher than 1936.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. C Ramsower
Ohio State University
Ramsower
Place Bank On Colored Chicks In Easter Trade
William Rannels, president of the Columbus Humane Society, said all four area hatcheries will sell chicks in their natural colors. He urged action against dyeing chicks for Easter, noting many become blind from the dye and are used as toys by children who discard them after the holiday.
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Columbus, O
William Rannels
The
Columbus Humane Society
Rannels
Death Claims Flem Lock 47 Furniture Worker
A long illness proved fatal yesterday to Flem Lock a 47 year old furniture worker who died at 4 PM at his home 479 East Front Street He is survived by his wife Margaret his father James Lock of Logan four sisters Mrs Chas Sewel Mrs Paul Farr Mrs Martie Six of Columbus and Mrs Jacob Johnson Logan and two brothers Mont Detroit and Curtis Columbus Friends may call at the home until 11 AM Tuesday Funeral services will be held at 2 30 that afternoon at the Warren Funeral Home in Nelsonville with Rev C B Clendenin in charge Burial will be at Green Lawn cemetery.
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Flem Lock
Front St
Margaret
James Lock
Logan
Chas. Sewel
Paul Farr
Martie
Columbus
Jacob Johnson
Mont
Detroit
Curtis
Warren Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Rev
C. B. Clendenin
Green Lawn Cemetery
Kerr’s Condition Good After Thyroid Operation
R Kenneth Kerr U S Marshal and Logan Daily News publisher was reported in good condition at Holmes Hospital Cincinnati following thyroid surgery last week. He underwent the operation and is receiving care.
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Kerr
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
R. Kenneth Kerr
U. S
Logan Daily News
Mrs Jack Spence Reported Critically Ill at Home
Mrs Jack Spence is reported critically ill at her home today. No other details are provided in the brief notice.
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Jack Spence
Seven Die in Island Riots in Ponce Puerto Rico
In Ponce Puerto Rico March 22 police and nationalist demonstrators clashed as a ban on a nationalist parade sparked street fighting. Seven people died including one policeman and 50 were wounded as riot guns sub machine guns and tear gas were used. Police say a nationalist fired from the crowd, triggering the clash. Five police officers were gravely wounded and several civilians were seriously injured among 34 wounded.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
United States
Felipe Blanco
Woman Stages Sit-down Strike at Court House
A lone woman staged a sit-down protest beside the Court House on a Friday afternoon over unrequited love. After a man and another woman left a car there, she refused to vacate for about an hour as county officers declined to intervene. Court house staff observed until arbitration persuaded her to depart.
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Logan
Court House
Court Chief Justice Says Increase in Justices Not Helpful
Senator Wheeler opens opposition to the Roosevelt Court bill citing a letter from Chief Justice Hughes. Hughes states that adding justices would impair efficiency and deter prompt decisions, arguing the court now functions without congestion and that a division of labor would not improve outcomes.
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Washington
Hughes
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Brandeis
Montana
Farmer Kills Neighbor Near West Union
On March 22 AP report states Sheriff George Baldridge watched from his car as Jack Green 55 a farmer shot and killed Roby Williams 36 a neighbor last night in West Union.
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West Union
George Bald
Ridge
Jack Green
Roby Williams
Hartman Announces 1937 Best Dressed Women List
Emil A. Hartman, director of the Fashion Academy, reveals the 1937 medal winners from eight fields of feminine leadership. The list features Carole Lombard, Jessica Dragonette, Lily Pons, Helen Gleason, Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, Dorothy Mac Kilcalien, Eve clubs, and Ruth Bryan Owen, among others, based on a poll of America’s leading figures in stage screen attire radio and public life.
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Emil A. Hartman
Fashion Academy
Academy
America
Helen Gleason
Carole
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