Ziegler Completes Summer 4-H Camp Work Near Atlanta
Hocking County naturalist Charles Ziegler finishes his series of summer 4-H camp engagements near Atlanta Georgia this week. He will conclude with a wildlife conference Saturday and return to Logan to resume teaching at Oak Grove School Maysville. He notes the Atlanta camp cabins and mess hall are the most elaborate he has seen.
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Ziegler
Charles Ziegler
Hocking County
Atlanta
Logan
Oak Grove
Maysville
Ohio State Fair Milking Contest Winner Named Betty Angel
Betty Angel of Dundee won the milking contest finals at the Ohio State Fair drawing 5.8 pounds of milk from a Jersey spigot in two minutes. Ruth Keck of Hocking County placed third after missing a finals bid, while Angel had been second in the preliminaries Tuesday night.
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Betty Angel
Dundee
Miss Angel
Ruth Keck
Hocking County
Harvesting hops on Buck Run in Hock County
Daily News correspondent Effie Woltz and her mother Christena Woltz describe a local harvest of hops near Buck Run. The piece notes how few younger residents recognize the crop and explains hops are used in the home for yeast and other purposes beyond beverages.
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Buck Run
Effie Woltz
Daily News
Christena Woltz
Hydrangea display at county agent’s office draws crowd
Four large hydrangeas, each as big as a hat, are shown in the office of James R. Smoot, county extension agent. The snowball varieties were plucked from Smoot’s garden where many similar plants have recently been gathered.
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James R. Smoot
Smoot
No Paper Monday Holiday Notice
Logan Daily News will not publish an edition on Monday in observance of Labor Day to allow all employees to take the holiday.
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Logan Daily News
France orders mobilization amid Poland crisis
Paris reports general mobilization and siege as France summons parliament after Germany invades Poland. 8 million French may be placed under arms with mobilization set for tomorrow and officials convening Daladier, Gamelin, Campinchi, and Darlan as Paris braces amid bombings.
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Paris
France
Germany
Poland
Algeria
Havas
Warsaw
Krakow
Gdynia
County WPA Officials Confer Over Hocking Program Speedups
County Commissioners and district WPA officials conferred on accelerating the Hocking County WPA program to speed project work and funding effectiveness.
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Coun
Hocking County
German Troops Move Toward Polish Border
WARSAW Sept 1 AP German warplanes raided Polish cities and German troops began heavy movement toward the Polish frontier from East Prussia. Bombs were heard in Warsaw as foreign office workers took shelter. reports cited air raids on Krakow Katowice Czestochowa Tczew and Grudziadz with unknown damages or casualties.
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Warsaw
East Prussia
Just
Foreign Office
Edward Kulikowski
Washington
Krakow
Katowice
Poland
Czestochowa
Tczew
Grudziaz
France
London
Ain
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Danzig
Albert Forster
Free City
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Fuehrer
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Britain
White House
Congress
Srusectial
World Wheat Stock in 1939 Exceeds Previous Records
The 1939 world wheat harvest stands in the bin with bulging granaries and a record carryover. Government estimates show about 5.29 billion bushels in reserve, 120 million more than last year and 1.45 billion above normal usage, factoring in hoarding by European powers.
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Chicago
Russia
China
Stolen War of 1812 Saber Recovered in Logan
A rusty saber and scabbard were found by A B Moore along the Hocking River near Logan and later identified by Miss Margaret McBroom as the artifact stolen from her parents’ Route 664 summer cabin about two years ago. The saber was returned to its owner and will stay on display in the Logan Daily News window for several days.
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Hocking
Logan
A. B. Moore
Lincoln Street
Moore
Logan Daily News
Margaret McBroom
Ebert McBroom
Route 664
Lawyer Recalled in Parole Inquiry In Ohio
The Ohio pardon and parole commission recalled Cleveland lawyer Harry Karr for the third time as it probes an alleged parole brokerage racket reaching into Ohio Penitentiary and other state prisons. He was summoned over efforts to obtain parole for Harry Weiss, a convicted cleaning industry racketeer in prison.
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Cleveland
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Harry Karr
Ohio Penitentiary
Karr
Harry Weiss
Bry Cleaning Industry
Wheat Prices Jump On War Sparked Market Rally
Wheat prices surged at the opening on September 1 as war fears drive buying. September wheat opened at 75 cents a bushel, up seven cents from the previous close. December and May contracts rose five cents to 13 and 74 percent, hitting daily limits.
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Chicago
Europe
Board of Trade
Eight Chillicothe Men Sue to Regain State Jobs
Eight Chillicothe men and one Zanesville resident filed a common pleas court suit to regain state positions dismissed by the Bricker administration. The Ohio plaintiffs include Elmer Elbeat shovel operator Theodore Minney truck driver Harry Jennings shop foreman Harry Langdon carpenter Floyd Blain grader operator William J. Robinson investigator Grover C. Smith truck driver Dougal P. Pickens truck driver and Lea J. Haren clerk from Zanesville.
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Columbus
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Common Pleas
Bricker
Elmer Elbeat
Theodore R. Minney
Harry Jennings
Harry Langdon
Floyd Blain
William J. Robinson
Grover C. Smith
Dougal P. Pickens
Lea J. Haren
Roosevelt appeals to major powers to spare civilians
President Roosevelt urged Great Britain France Germany Italy and Poland to publicly pledge not to bomb civilian populations or unfortified cities during the current war. He warned that hundreds of thousands of innocent people would die if aerial bombing continues, signaling a tense day in Washington as war raged in Europe.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Poland
Europe
Radio Reveaoe Eee
State Department
Atlantic
Bullitt
Paris
Warsaw
Krakow
Berlin Air Raid Warning as World War II Tension Rises
Berlin civilians fled to cellars as air raid sirens blared signaling incoming enemy planes. Paris reportedly considers a German ultimatum demanding immediate halt to the Poland campaign and withdrawal from Polish territories. In Washington the United States, noting neutrality, received Germany’s warning not to violate airspace over Danzig and Poland.
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Berlin
Paris
Germany
Poland
Washington
United States
Danzig
Poland Bombarded as German Troops Move Toward Frontier
The Associated Press reports German warplanes strike Polish cities Krakow Katowice Czestochowa Tczew and Grudziaz while Poland seeks aid from Britain and France and mobilizes its forces. Hitler backs Goering as successor and Danzig is claimed as part of Germany amid rising tensions.
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Associated Press
Pol
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