Britain Leases Base Sites In Great Swap Of Destroyers
The United States moves quickly to swap 50 destroyers for base sites in six British possessions. Bases at Bermuda and Newfoundland were gifts, with others to be in the Bahamas Jamaica St Lucia Trinidad Antigua and British Guiana. A 99 year lease backs the deal while Britain gains ships for defense.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Boston
Royal Navy
Bermuda
Great Sound
Newfoundland
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
British Guiana
Congress
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Britain
South America
U. S
British Guina
Most Local Defendants Enter Pleas of Guilty
The annual criminal statistics report by Clerk Don Feather shows 41 defendants disposed in Common Pleas Court from July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940. Pleas guilty totaled 36 after various charges including liquor laws, drunken driving, minor assault, larceny, embezzlement, forgery, and weapons. Sentences ranged from state imprisonment and probation to local jail terms and fines.
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Don Feather
Common Pleas Court
Pacific fleet remains in British and American waters
The United States plans to keep its fighting forces in the Pacific while Britain pledges never to surrender or scuttle its fleet. The discussion with British ambassador Lord Lothian also touched on the fate of Britain’s fleet if driven from home waters and the 50 over age destroyers traded for bases in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Pacific
Hull Lord Lothian
Great Britain
Cval
Atlantic
Shock Kills 70 Year Old After Auto Plunge
Painesville Ohio September 4 AP Henry Fehlau 70 died of shock after his car ran over a bankment and he described the accident to friends, escaping injuries but succumbing to shock early today.
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Painesville, O
Henry Fehlau
Akron Man Dies After Auto Strike
Akron O Sept 4 AP A man named Paul Diesz was struck by an automobile and died yesterday authorities said.
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Akron
Paul Diesz
Socialist Party Files Petitions For Ballot Access
The Socialist party prepared petitions to qualify candidates for the November 5 ballot in Columbus. Norman Thomas planned to submit the petitions to Secretary of State George M. Neffner. Gov. Bricker said a grand jury inquiry could be ordered if widespread petition fraud is found during review.
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Columbus
U. S
Ept
Socialist Party
George M. Neffner
Norman Thomas
Neffner
Communist Party
John W. Bricker
National Guardsmen May Vote If Sent Out of State
Ohio Secretary of State George M. Neffner said National Guardsmen deployed outside the state for training may vote in the November election. They must apply for absentee ballots between October 5 and 31 and return them by November 1.
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Columbus
National
Ohio
George M. Neffner
Russia Calls Up More Reservists Amid European Turmoil
The report notes Russia calling two more classes to the colors as Britain and Germany wage a tense air war. In Romania King Carol II faces a political shakeup with Premier Ion Gigurtu resigning and Antonescu invited to form a military cabinet amid martial law.
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Carol
Romania
Carol II
Iron Guard
Ion Gigurtu
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
Russia
Foes Rally Behind Draft Delay Proposal In House
House fees of the pending conscription bill backed a 60 day postponement plan to test the voluntary enlistment system. Senate rejected the idea 43 to 41. Rep Fish hinted he would offer the amendment as Roosevelt Britain destroyer deal shifts votes. Debate also touched on wartime peacetime power to seize plants if owners balk at defense contracts. Senate approved Overton Russell amendment to condemn plants, a stance opposed by many.
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Washington
Senate
Fish
R-N.y
Roosevelt
Great Britain
House
Army
Navy
Utah Senator Kings Job In Grave Danger
Utah election outcome shows Rep. Abe Murdock winning the Democratic senatorial nomination, signaling a potential end to William H. Kings 24 year Senate tenure. The result surprised veterans and indicates a strong show of support for Murdock in the primary.
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Utah
Senator King
Salt Lake City
William H. King
United States Senate
Abe Murdock
King
Highway beautification bid invites for Route 33 section
The Ohio Department of Highways seeks bids to beautify a 2.48 mile stretch of U S Route 33 from the Ben Carpenter farm north of Logan to the Enterprise school building. Estimated 14970 will cover sodding and seeding banks vines shrubs and trees with erosion work near Enterprise. Bids due at the state highway director's office in Columbus by 10 A M Friday September 20.
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Ohio Department of Highways
Ben Carpenter
Logan
Enterprise School
Rockbridge
Enterprise Relocation
Enterprise
State Highway Director
Columbus
Pupils attend teacherless Orient school daily
Parents of 33 pupils at Orient grade school say the children will come every day until a teacher is appointed. The Pickaway County school board closed the building and sent pupils to Commercial Point school.
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Columbus, O
Orient
Pickaway County
Commercial Point School
Autocar Crashes in Lorain and Oberlin Kill Two
Richard Senft 21 of Cleveland died when his car struck a tree in Lorain and four companions escaped injury. Mrs Gertrude Robinson 26 of Lorain died when her car overturned near Oberlin.
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Lorain
Richard Senft
Cleveland
Gertrude Robinson
Oberlin
Francis Gordon Earns Master's at Ohio State University
Francis Gordon son of Mrs Eunice Rodman completed a master degree at the close of the summer quarter Ohio State University His thesis titled The Early History of Hocking County highlights regional archival work and local history scholarship.
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Francis Gordon
Eunice Rodman
Ohio State University
Hocking County
Convicts Release Girl To Make Escape Deal
Five Arkansas convicts dodged about a thousand possemen and released one of two high school girls used as shields in a bid for freedom. The girl, unnamed, led authorities to the swamp hideout where the escape plot began.
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Columbia
Arkansas
Convicts Surrender After Hostage Standoff Near Columbia
In Mississippi on September 4 AP reports three of four Arkansas convicts surrendered to a1,000-strong posse near Columbia. They freed one more hostage, sent a girl to police with a truce demand, and released two high school students unharmed who had been held since Monday night.
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Columbia
Miss
Arkansas
High school girl hostage plight in Arkansas escape case
Convicts who fled the Arkansas penal farm on Labor Day hide to trade the girl and a boy for a car and a clear road. Three shots rang out as armed guards scout the area. 10 suspects recaptured, one posseman killed, others still sought as the youths remain captives.
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Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Frank Gartman
Stores Open Thursday All Day in July and August
Logan stores will stay open all day on Thursdays throughout July and August, after previously closing Thursday afternoons during those months.
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Logan
Pastor Defends Jews In Logan Kiwanis Talk
Rev. Cecil Harding Jones spoke at a Logan Kiwanis meeting on The Problem of the Jew. He traced Jewish history and argued against scapegoating, noting Jewish contributions in literature music science and other fields while addressing religious differences. Forty members and three guests attended at the White House.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
White House
Cecil Harding Jones
Rev. Jones
Mr. Jones
Plan Resources Exhibit At Hocking County Fair
Plans for the Hocking County fair on September 26 27 and 28 are moving forward James H Barker secretary of the Agricultural Society said Wednesday a special exhibit will feature the resources of the Hocking Valley with clay coal and oil industries represented from within and beyond the county. Clarence Matheny chairs arrangements and salt works in Pomeroy may participate. Displays of products from local plants and factories are also sought.
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Hocking County
James H. Barker
The
Agricultural Society
Clarence Matheny
Hocking Valley
Barker
Pomeroy
Miss Washington Seeks Miss America Crown in Atlantic City
Peggy Mason a 19 year old Tacoma lingerie shop salesgirl travels to Atlantic City to compete as Miss Washington for the Miss America title. She stands five feet four inches and weighs 115 pounds and aims to be a professional model with no interest in a film career.
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Eggy Mason
Tacoma, Wash
Atlantic City
N. J
Washington
Peggy
Judge decries welfare department at Ohio hospital
Common Pleas Judge W R White accuses the State Welfare Department of irregu larities at the Ohio Hospital for epileptics as Byron C Bodimer the ex clerk is sentenced to one to 10 years after pleading guilty to grand larceny forgery and embezzlement of institution funds.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
W. R. White
State Welfare Department
Ohio Hospital
Byron C. Bodimer
Hocking County Fair Grounds Fence Project Announced
James H. Barker invites volunteers to the Hocking County fair grounds on Thursday to finish constructing a fence around the race track. Workers are asked to bring hammers and saws to aid the effort.
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Hocking County
James H. Barker
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