Mercy planes search for missing Lockheed transport in Sierra Madre crash
A large aerial hunt deploys nearly two dozen planes for a missing Lockheed 14 transport with nine aboard amid fog over the Sierra Madre near Los Angeles. Names include Sidney Willey and Fred Whittemore. flight originated from Union Air Terminal en route to St. Paul for Northwest Airlines.
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Los Angeles
Mercy
Lockheed
Sierra Madre Range
St. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Union Air Terminal
Mint
Yon
Sidney Willey
Fred Whittemore
Henry Salisbury
Carl B. Squier
Llola Totty
Glendale
California
Evelyn Dingle
Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Commercial Airlines
Forest Rangers
Mount Gleason
Willey
Daggett
Mojave Desert
Las Vegas
Nev
Warsaw
Bridger Mountains
Montana
Seat 11 Jurymen In Trailer Case
Hillsboro Ohio May 17 AP three women and eight men seated tentatively on a jury to try Demery Mullikin 32 for first degree murder in the death of his wife Margaret 31 in their trailer home Mullikin arrested April 5 after she was found dying in the trailer They say he struck and kicked her Mullikin denied the charge but admitted quarreling with his wife to Prosecutor Ralph Pence
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Hillsboro
Demery Mullikin
Margaret
Mullikin
William Tompkins
New Petersburg
Ralph Pence
Actor Virgil Dougherty Found Dead in Hollywood Hills
Hollywood police report Virgil Jack Dougherty 43, former film actor, died apparently from car carbon monoxide fumes in a parked automobile in the Hollywood Hills last night. He was the husband of the late La Marr, star of the show.
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Hollywood
Virgil Jack Dougherty
Hollywood Hills
la ‘Marr
Wettest Water on Exhibition At Petroleum Show
In Tulsa on May 17 AP describes a chemically treated water shown at the International Petroleum Exhibition. The water is used in oil wells to increase production by becoming extremely wet and penetrating rock pores, even threatening a duck’s buoyancy.
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Tulsa
Miner Crushed to Death in Slate Fall at Mur ray City
Chester Meryl Lanning twenty four lost his life when a slate fall at No. 5 Mine of Sunday Creek Coal Co. crushed him instantly while a fellow worker survived. Funeral plans set for New Pittsburgh church with burial at Carbon Hill Cemetery. Lanning was unmarried and a cousin of Logan police chief Lew Reynolds.
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Sunday Creek Coal Co
Murray City
Chester Meryl Lanning
Lanning
John T. Lanning
New Pittsburgh
E. A. Person
Carbon Hill
Stout & Co
Nelsonville
Florence
Delbert and
Russell
Walter
Gates Mill
Ohio
Lew Reynolds
Logan
Davey Highway funds proposal met with GOP opposition
In Columbus on May 17 AP reports Gov. Martin L. Davey faced strong Republican opposition and lukewarm support from his party for his plan to shift a sizeable sum of Highway Department funds from construction to maintenance. Sen. Verner E. Metcalf called it a political move to hire campaign workers, questioning why the proposal was made so close to the primary. The governor argued the transfers were needed to repair 5,000 miles of country roads recently placed under the department without extra funds.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Highway Department
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Toledo Guaranty Head Sentenced in Fraud Case
William R. Parmele of Arlington Virginia president of the Toledo Guaranty Corp. was sentenced to 10 to 38 years in Ohio Penitentiary and fined 20000 dollars by Judge John M. McCabe in common pleas court. He and four other officials were convicted last week on charges of fraud and issuing fraudulent checks.
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Toledo, O
Willam R. Parmele
Arlington
Toledo Guaranty Corp
Ohio Penitentiary
John M. McCabe
Common Pleas Court
Rural Solons Probe Cities Relief Needs
A rural-dominated Ohio legislative investigating committee set out from Columbus to determine if 17 million dollars is needed to support the state's poor relief for the year. The 11 members planned to visit Cleveland Toledo and Akron to gauge feeding clothing and shelter costs and may extend to other counties. They aim to report by June 1 and will be accompanied by relief examiner O P Van Scheik.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
House
William McCulloch
Miami County
Ohio League of Municipalities
Joseph T. Ferguson
A. Lee Fair
D-Holmes
O. P. van Scheik
State Auditor
Relief Sit-Down Protest Over Relief Orders Hits Cleveland
About 150 relief clients occupy the Cleveland city council chamber in a sit-down protest demanding restoration of regular relief orders. The action follows a chaotic council session with roughly 1,000 relief dependents present and a telegram to Gov. Martin L. Davey labeling the relief situation a national disgrace.
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Cleveland
City Council
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Nation Eyes Pennsylvania Polls Clash Over Party Unity
May 17 AP In Philadelphia Pennsylvania Democratic leaders clash over a unity slate proposed by National Chairman James A Farley amid bitter factional battles. Farley urges harmony to avoid harming November prospects. Key fights center on labor leader John L Lewis influence and the governor and senate nominations.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
Farley
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
George H. Earle
S. Davis Wilson
Earle
Senate
Charles Alvin Jones
Kennedy
Seven Die In Subway Crash At Victoria Embankment
At least seven people were killed and scores injured in a rear end collision of two crowded underground trains beneath Victoria Embankment. Panic spread through the tunnel as passengers fled the wreckage and emergency crews responded swiftly.
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London
Victoria Embankment
New York Town Tests Air Raid Defense First
Farmingdale New York May 17 The blackout civil defense test in the United States for air raid terror has been tried for the first time and it delivers a spectacle like a three ring circus.
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New York Town
Harold K. Miles
Farmingdale
N. Y
Europe
United States
Weinrich Claims Failure To Kick In Cost Him Loan Job
Forest E. Weinrich, Logan attorney, alleges he was discharged as local counsel in the Citizens Savings Association liquidation in January 1938 for refusing a five percent campaign contribution. He says appointment was with warning he would owe no obligation. The blackout raid on Farmingdale tested civilian passive resistance as Mayor Scholl noted full cooperation aside from one store owner.
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Weinrich
Forest E. Weinrich
Logan
Ohio
Scripps-Howard
Citizens Savings Association
Department of Attorney
Herbert S. Duffy
Duffy
Davey
John Bricker
Daily News
Frank G. Scholl
Farmingdale
62Nd Coast Artillery
Rev Lauer Launches Logan Scout Drive For Youth Work
Rev C F Cap Lauer former Logan minister and penitentiary chaplain led the sustaining membership drive for Logan Boy and Girl Scouts at an early breakfast gathering. Ed C Paul urged a speedy campaign to raise 950 dollars for both organizations. Harry Stevenson and Mrs Harry Mack head local Scout efforts as 12 units serve about 300 youths in Logan.
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C. F
Cap” Lauer
Logan
Chamber of Commerce
Blosser's
Lauer
Pennsylvania Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Ed C. Paul
Harry J. Stevenson
Hocking
Harry Mack
Girl Scout Central Committee
Demand Action On Works Plan In Relief Bill
Senate backers urge quick start of federal spending and ask agencies to list projects ready to begin within 30 days after enactment. Senator Hayden wrote to a dozen bureaus seeking qualifying projects while Ickes and Wallace pledged rapid initiation and expansion of rural subsistence loan programs.
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Washington
Senate
Hayden
D-Ariz
Ickes
Wallace
Adams
D-Cole
Lutheran Pastors Convene In Logan
Thirty Lutheran ministers from Perry County Local Conference gathered at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan for morning and afternoon sessions. A noon picnic at Rev. Amos L. Heyde’s parsonage preceded tonight services tied to Hocking County's Lutheran hundredth anniversary. Rev. C. F. Lauer, former pastor at St. Matthew, will deliver the sermon.
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Perry County
Perry
Hocking
Muskingum
Fairfield Counties
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
East Hunter Street
Amos L. Heyde
Logan
Hocking County
C. F
Cap” Lauer
St. Matthew Church
Boy Admitted After Bicycle Fall Causes Concussion
Ten days ago Jack McGuire a 9 year old son of Mr and Mrs J R McGuire Union Furnace was admitted to Cherrington Hospital with a concussion from a bicycle fall. Last night he returned with a cut above his left eye requiring several stitches after a fall at school.
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Jack McGuire
J. R. McGuire
Union Furnace
Cherrington Hospital
Jack
Shoe Factory Worker Killed On Route 33
William Darnell 26 of West Logan died when a borrowed motorcycle he rode north on Route 33 near Falls Mill Road lost control and overturned. He was dragged about 100 feet and suffered a fractured skull and fatal injuries. Witnesses noted high speed and wheel wobble. Darnell survived by wife Mary, parents, siblings. Funeral set for Thursday at Logan A B Church.
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Logan
William Stanford Darnell
West Logan
Darnell
H. C. Godman Shoe Company
J. S. Cherrington
Ernest Shaw
Poling
Hunter Street
Silver Fox Farm
Kenneth Helber
Marion Township
Helber
Falls Mill Road
Mary
Samuel Darnell
Clifford
Hubert
Henry
Raymond
Lena
Ralph Dunn
Logan A. B. Church
A. B. Mingus
Millfield
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Benesch Says Funds Returned From Campaign Donations
Commerce Director Alfred A. Benesch said civil service employees contributions to Governor Davey’s third-term campaign were refunded after the attorney general ruled voluntary classifications by workers illegal. Benesch testified before a special grand jury examining solicitation charges while noting a cabinet meeting urged a five percent wage deduction, though the governor forbade solicitations from civil service employees.
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Columbus
Civil Service
State Commerce Department
Martin L. Davey
Commerce
Alfred A. Benesch
Benesch
Herbert S. Duffy
Davey
Man Charged With Failure to Provide for Minor Children
Thomas Mouser returned to Logan from Colum by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith. Mouser faced a charge of failure to provide for two minor children before Squire B Whitehart. Charge filed by Josephine Mouser. Mouser pleaded guilty and was held to the grand jury on a $500 bond.
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Logan
Columbus
Nellis Smith
Thomas Mouser
Squire
B. Whitehart
Josephine Mouser
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Reliefers Act
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Air Corps
G. H. Q. Air Force
Rev. Lauer
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
William S. Darnell
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