City Eyes Festive Garb For Conference Parade
Mayor Kinser says Main street will close from Ideal Grocery to Spring Sunday 7 AM to 3 PM for district American Legion conference and parade. Market Street also blocked from Hunter to Main. Festive preparations include flags and streamers with the city set to place flags Saturday. Logan hosts 28 posts and visiting bands for a 1:30 PM parade, then a State Commander speech and drum corps competition with $100 prize for first. Logan High School, American Legion Band, Murray City, Thorneville, and Bremen bands invited.
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Dallas Kinser
Main Street
Ideal
Spring Street
James Suhr
Logan High School
American Legion
Murray City
Thorneville
Bremen
Nye Embargo Move Tabled By Senate Foreign Relations
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17 to 1 to table the Nye resolution to lift the arms embargo on the Spanish government. Secretary Hull opposed action now and Chairman Pittman said the move meant action on the Nye resolution was postponed indefinitely, effectively killing it.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nye
United States
Hull
Pittman
D-New
Foreign Relations Committee
Child Burned In Oil Explosion Near Knox Meat Market
Patty Knox, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Knox of 59 East Main Street, was burned on Wednesday when the oil she threw on an open stove exploded in the Knox Meat Market rear kitchen. A physician treated the burns.
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Patty
Fred Knox
East Main Street
Knox Meat Market
Odds Against Baby Paul Donahue Surviving Surgery
Physicians in Boston place odds at 1000 to 1 against the newborn Paul Donahue surviving an operation for a malignant foot tumor. Parents in Boston confront a decision similar to Chicago case baby Helaine Colan whether to amputate or let the tumor spread.
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Paul Donahue
Boston
Helaine Colan
Chicago
Push Investigation Of Miss Ludwig's Activities
The article reports a push to investigate Miss Ludwig's activities amid the evolving peace moves and new tests of diplomacy. It notes Dr. W K Wellington Koo threatening sanctions on Japan if China does not receive war aid, while Konrad Henlein is invited to London to hear Britain’s stance on settling his dispute with Czechoslovakia for European appeasement.
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Geneva
London
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
W. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations Council
Japan
China
Henlein
Laurelville Man Sentenced in Tax Law Liquor Case
Thomas Pritchard of Laurelville was sentenced by Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood to one year in prison and fined 600 dollars for tax law violations in connection with illegal liquor manufacture. Two New Straitsville men, Alva L. Slatzer and Charles A. Thrapp, received prison terms and fines for liquor law violations.
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Thomas Pritchard
Laurelville
Mell G. Underwood
New Straitsville
Alva L. Slatzer
Charles A. Thrapp
Federal auditors establish HQ at Court House to audit social security records
Two federal auditors set up headquarters today in the Court House to examine social security cases. The review will cover old age pensions aid to the blind aid to dependents and crippled children programs.
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Court House
Glioma sufferer dying in Toledo hospital
James Stevens, 64, stricken last October with glioma, the disease that drew national attention to baby Helaine Colan in Chicago, was reported near death today in County Hospital in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Helaine Colan
Chicago
James Stevens
County Hospital
Renewed probe in Mrs Cable slaying centers on Theresa Ludwig
In Canton Ohio AP reports the case revisits Theresa Ludwig a 46 year old divorcee linked to the Mrs Deuber Cable murder in a fatal triangle Authorities say a death note mentions hired killers and a birdshot shot fired March 11 1937 Police Chief Manderbaugh says a 50 50 chance exists of solving the case as relatives of Ludwig are questioned in Conneaut Ohio where the contractor husband died by carbon monoxide fumes Cable denies knowledge of Ludwig s claims and remains in custody while his lawyer says he wants to help investigators.
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Miss Ludwig
Confessed Love Slayer Employs Theatrical Disguise
Jefferson staff writer reports 22 year old Steve Kovalcik held on first degree murder after confessing to killing Walter Kangas 31 of North Geneva. Prosecutor Ward Cross says Kovalcik used makeup and false disguise to stage a holdup before shooting Kangas in his home.
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Jefferson, D
Steve Kovalcik
Ward Cross
Kovalcik
Walter Kangas
Geneva
Walter
Cross
Cleveland
Joe Pugliese
Kangas
TVAS Critics Friends Object To Probe Delay
Washington reports critics and backers of the Tennessee Valley Authority clash over delays in a congressional probe. Senator Norris, the “father of TVA,” grumbles hearings have not started while Senator King calls postponements unjustified. The joint committee will decide next Wednesday whether to call Dr. A. E. Morgan and two TVA directors as first witnesses.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
King
Utah
TVA
Senate House Committee
Norris
Ind- Neb
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
A. E. Morgan
Roosevelt
King and Bridges
R-Nh
Dr. Morgan
Senate OKs billion dollar naval expansion bill
The Senate passed the administration's billion dollar naval expansion bill and sent it to the White House. The decision was announced on May 13 by AP reporting from Washington.
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Washington
Senate
White House
AAA Officials Urge Farmers On Corn Reduction Plan
AAA officials told farmers that noncompliance with voluntary corn acreage cuts could trigger compulsory controls at harvest. With a surplus estimated twice normal, the agency asks a 20 percent reduction in planting. Growers may comply or ignore. widespread overplanting could lead to a Wallace referendum to limit sales via marketing quotas.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Wallace
Relief food to Cleveland aids 75000 in danger of hunger
Federal Surplus Commodities Corp ships 96136 dollars of food to Cleveland this month to ease a relief crisis. The supply matches the usual monthly allotment but is expedited because of the city’s dire need as over 75000 direct relief recipients face starvation with exhausted city funds and no new state appropriations.
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Cleveland
Federal Surplus Commodities Corp
Roosevelt nominates Slattery for Interior Undersecretary
President Franklin D Roosevelt appoints Harry Slattery of South Carolina as Undersecretary of the Interior to succeed Charles West. Slattery, a personal assistant to Secretary Ickes, moves to the Senate for confirmation amid Wests resignation. West, a former Democratic Congressman from Ohio, awaits a new post while Ickes seeks a quick replacement.
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Washngton
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
South Carolina
Interior
Charles West
Slattery
Ickes
Interior Department
Senate
White House
West
Stephen T. Early
Ohio
Morgenthau
City workmen clean Logan cemeteries for condition
City employees have spent days tidying both old and new Logan cemeteries. They have cleaned grounds and cut grass. Headstones in the older graveyard are being reset and straightened.
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Logan
Hope For Babe In Woods Ebbs Yet Hunt Goes On
In Bradford Pennsylvania weary volunteers resume dawn search for four year old Marjory West missing since Sunday. Mayor Hugh J. Ryan says more than 3000 men answered the call as leaders decide to extend the field operation into the forested northern Pennsylvania mountains. Shirley M. West, exhausted, sits with search leaders as the effort continues after Marjory wandered off during a family outing to pick flowers.
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Woods
Hunt
Bradford
Little Marjory West
Pennsylvania
Hugh J. Ryan
Ryan
Shirley M. West
Marjory
End of collective security dream as Selassie loses throne
Observer notes Haile Selassie’s defeat in Ethiopia ends the era of the League of Nations as a global peace instrument. Italy claims the throne, Britain and France back Mussolini, and the United States reiterates non recognition of conquest, signaling a pivotal shift in international order.
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New York
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Italy
Selassie
England
League
Herod
Britain
France
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Council
China
Wellington Koo
United States
Dick Chaffin Dies at Portsmouth
Friends report the death of former Logan resident Dick Chaffin this morning in Portsmouth. He is survived by his wife Anne, who ran Anne's Beauty Shoppe here for three years. The couple moved to Portsmouth last October to open a beauty shop there. no further details were provided.
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Dick Chaffin
Logan
Portsmouth
Mr. Chaffin
Anne
Chaffins
Rush on aid measures in Ohio relief plan
Ohio cities and Gov. Davey administration rush to finalize a new relief program for 1938. The Legislature will meet in a special session Monday to consider proposals. cities estimate 17 million dollars needed. Senators warn against bond financing using 1939 40 revenue streams as risky for relief funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Horace W. Baggott
Montgomery
Harold D. Nichols
Clermont
John M. Carew
Carlton S. Dargusch
Joseph H. Crowley
Martin Dodd
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio Sales Tax Receipts Decline in Early 1938
Ohio State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley reported a sharp drop in sales tax receipts for the first four months of 1938 versus the same period in 1937. Receipts totaled 12,370,094 compared with 16,123,531, with automotive taxes tumbling from 3,771,408 to 1,900,507, a nearly two million decline that strains the school foundation program.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Kinsley
Anti-Roosevelt Senators Seek Restrictions on Relief Bill
Democratic critics pressed for curbs on Roosevelt relief and public works funds totaling 3 billion dollars. Byrd and Adams debated earmarking, while the bill poised for Senate floor by mid week amid mid June adjournment hopes. House approved 329 to 70 after a three day Republican fight, with 25 Republicans and 11 Democrats voting no.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Byrd
D-Va
Adams
D-Cole
Appropriations
Senate
Death claims A J Emmons in Hocking County
Andrew Jackson Emmons 83 died after two years of ill health at 7 30 P M Thursday at his daughter Mrs N C Bowers home near Laurelville He was a lifelong Hocking County farmer living with daughter Mrs Irvin Krinn near Ball School Survived by three daughters Mrs John Collison Mrs H Harley and Mrs Russell and three sons Harley Russell and Charles Services will be Monday at 1 30 P M at Union Church Logan Rev A P Cohagan will preach Burial is Oak Grove Cemetery Logan Body at Heinlein funeral home then Krinn residence near the church.
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Andrew Jackson Emmons
N. C. Bowers
Laurelville
Emmons
Hocking County
Irvin Krinn
Ball School
John Collison
Clear Fork
Harley
Walnut Valley
Russell
Lancaster
Charles
Cuyahoga Falls
Union Church
Logan
A. P. Cohagan
Oak Grove
Heinlein
Krinn
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Deuber S. Cable
Theresa Ludwig
TVAS
Morgan
U.S. Food For Relief
Edward Strode
By Dewitt MacKenzie
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PWA
National Youth Administration
Appropriations Committee For Rural Electrification
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