Maine Voters Eye State Election In National Context
Maine voters head to the polls as the quadrennial state election unfolds with Governor Louis J. Brann and Senator Wallace H. White Jr. leading a high profile contest. National leaders monitor Maine results as polls show potential national sentiment signals ahead of November. Other states hold primaries in Massachusetts New Hampshire Wisconsin New York and Michigan with notable races for the Democratic and Republican nominations.
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Maine
Pine Tree
Louis J. Brann
Wallace H. White, Jr
New Hampshire
H. Styles Bridges
George H. Moses
Senate
Henry W. Keyes
Wisconsin
New York
Michigan
Family Reunion Ends In Tragedy
Harold Edwards 20 drove a car at three cousins during a family reunion along Route 56 near Laurelville and Haynes. Ruth Blick 15 Sugar Grove and Turley Jackson 16 near Rockbridge were killed. Florence Miller 15 near Rockbridge was seriously injured. Manslaughter charges to be filed by Prosecutor Gerald Lanning as investigators, with Sheriff Joe Farbearn and others, continued.
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Harold Edwards
Salt Creek Township
William Edwards
Laurelville
Haynes
Ruth Blick
Sugar Grove
Turley Jackson
Rockbridge
Florence Miller
Young Edwards
Gerald Lanning Wing
Joe Farbearn
Newton Spencer
Vance Brian
Flu Fatal to Lucius Miller
Funeral services for Lucius Miller 62 were held at Leonard Funeral Home at 2 30 P M today after he died from influenza at his son Dewey s home 555 Bowen Street Logan He is survived by three daughters Geraldine Anthony Suzanna Jones and Mary Fidler all of Columbus and two brothers Rev John A Toy led the service Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service.
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Leonard Funeral Home
Lucius Miller
Dewey
Bowen St
Logan
Geraldine Anthony
Suzanna Jones
Mary Fidler
Columbus
John A. Toy
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Logan Eagles Plan Banquet for Second Year
Logan Eagles will hold their second annual banquet Tuesday September 15 at the K of P Hall officials of the lodge announced today. Following the banquet lodge members and their wives will attend and there will be dancing at the Eagles Hall with music by the Buckeye Buddies orchestra. Honored guests will be State President and Mrs James Kel.
Avalanche kills 74 in Norwegian towns
Rescue teams searched the Bodal Nesdal area in Loen Norway after a massive rock slide into a lake triggered a flood. The disaster swept a valley, killing 74 residents of the twin villages near Rogne Mountain and washing away homes as officials pursued bodies amid damaged roads and disrupted tourism.
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Loen
Norway
Soen
Bodal
Nesdal
Rogne
Deible Rites At St John's Church
Funeral services were held at St. John's Catholic Church at 9 A M for Arthur Deible 23 who died Thursday night in a Columbus hospital of burns from an auto accident Labor Day. Survived by father Henry two brothers Harry and Harley Logan and three sisters Iretha Dewey Howdyshell and Blanche Schwerbauer. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery by Heinlein Bros.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Arthur Deible
Columbus
Deible
Henry
No. Walnut Sr
Harry
Harley
Logan
Iretha
Dewey Howdyshell
Blanche Schwerbauer
Dayton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heinlein Bros
Hitler backs private trade in Germany says no to state control
Nurnberg Germany September 14 1936 Adolf Hitler declared Germany would guard private enterprise and would never permit bureaucratization of industry. He denied plans to marshal all industry under government control and reiterated commitment to private business.
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Associated Press
Nurnberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Greta Garbo Illness Halts Camille Production in Hollywood
Greta Garbo's illness stopped filming of her first picture of the year Camille. Ras, a publicity effort, hindered studios from learning the nature of her ailment, and the halt was admitted.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Ras
Camille
Seeks Divorce Money Tries To Wreck Train
COSHOCTON Ohio September 14 AP The 30 year old mother of four month old child and three men await grand jury action on charges they attempted to wreck a Pennsylvania railroad train and rob passengers for money to fund a divorce. Prosecutor Russell E Lyons said four confessed Wayne Hartley 24 Norman Hartley 30 and Buckmaster confessed. The mother Mrs West sought funds to divorce Charlie West so she could marry Hartley.
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Coshocton, CO
Russell E. Lyons
Wayne
Norman Hartley
Lyons
Pontiff Calls for Militant Fight Against Communism
Pope Pius XI addressed the faithful worldwide urging a strong stand against communism as a threat to order and civilization. He pardoned killers of bishops and priests in Spain and urged action by those with duties in the matter as Fascist forces push on in Basque country.
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Fius XI
Holy
Spain
San Sebastian
Pamplona
Orio
France
Death Claims Guy Trimmer at 54 in Cherrington Hospital
Guy Trimmer 54 of Third Street died of pneumonia at 4 30 P M Saturday in Cherrington Hospital He is survived by his wife Doris two daughters Mrs Anise Ewart Logan and Mrs Elizabeth Emerick Lancaster three brothers A I Zanesville Corwin Columbus and Carl Akron and seven sisters Mrs J L Cor Mrs Lucille Luckhaupt Mrs Charity Roberts Mrs Fred Adams and Miss Martha Trimmer all of Columbus Mrs Thornton Miller West Virginia and Mrs Goldie Smith St Louis Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery with services at First U B Church Leonard Funeral Service in charge Friends may call at Leonard Funeral Home until 1 P M Wednesday then at the church until 2 P M the hour of services.
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Guy Trimmer
Third St
Cherrington Hospital
Doris
Anise Ewart
Logan
Elizabeth Emerick
Lancaster
A. I
Zanesville
Corwin
Columbus
Carl
Akron
J. L. Cor
Lucille Luckhaupt
Charity Roberts
Fred Adams
Martha
Rites Tuesday for Mrs Fox
Mrs Effie Fox 63 widow of William Fox died in her home at 44 7% Second St after ill health. Survivors include three brothers Phillip Blackston Alliance Wesley and Simeon Marion Township and two sisters Mrs W D Flowers Millersport and Mrs Margaret Hodge Thurston. Funeral at 9 A M Tuesday at St John’s Catholic Church Rev Fr J T Nevin to lead. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service.
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Effie Fox
William Fox
Phillip Blackston
Alliance
Wesley
Simeon
Marion Township
W. D. Flowers
Millersport
Margaret Hodge
Thurston
St. John's Catholic Church
J. T. Nevin
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Trucker Suffers Arm Fracture in Coal Truck Accident
Har Old Gompf was hurt Saturday when he pulled from his coal truck and suffered a severe arm fracture and a dislocated elbow. He was taken to Grant Hospital in Columbus for treatment.
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Harold Gompf
Grant Hospital
Columbus
McMahon Guilty of Revolver Plot Aimed at King
George Andrew McMahon was convicted of producing a revolver near King Edward VIII with intent to alarm him during a July procession. He received twelve months at hard labor and was acquitted on two charges after admitting he fired a loaded revolver at the monarch. He claimed a foreign power sought his help to shoot the King and to enlist him as a spy.
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London
George Andrew McMahon
Edward VIII
McMahon
Constitution Hill
Britain
Expect Richman and Companion To Land Short ly After 4 P. M
After seven hours of radio silence Harry Richman and pilot Dick Merrill aboard Lady Peace were heard by New York area stations at 10 05 A M EST. The aircraft flying Atlantic return from London was about 2500 miles from England heading for Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn with a landing expected after 4 P M It was unclear what Richman said due to garbled transmission from static and guidance signals.
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New York
Harry Richman
Atlantic
Dick Merrill
America
Eastern Air Lines
Newark
N. J
Press Wireless, Inc
Merrill-Richman
Lady Peace
Richman’s
England
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Youth Admits Assault in 91-Year-Old Woman Death
In Portsmouth Ohio on September 14 AP reports Prosecutor Emory Smith prepared to seek the death penalty after Mary Prescott aged 91 died of injuries from an August 24 attack. The accused youth Alton Thurman Peters confessed to the assault and was identified by the victim, who recalled a similar attack four years earlier.
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Portsmouth
Emory Smith
Mary Prescott
Smith
Alton Thurman Peters
Keegan Confesses Role in Cincinnati Hold Up Slaying
Detective Chief Emmett D. Kirgan says Frank Keegan, held as a suspect in Patrolman Lawrence Robbins slaying, signed a confession admitting participation. The case connects to Alonzo Thompson of Chesapeake West Virginia, serving a life sentence in Ohio penitentiary for the same crime.
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Cincinnati
Emmett D. Kirgan
Frank Keegan
Lawrence Robbins
Alonzo Thompson
Chesapeake
W. Va
Ohio
Auto Pioneer Edwin Ross Thomas Dies in Miami Beach
Edwin Ross Thomas 85 of Miami Beach Fla pioneering auto maker died last night. He built the Thomas Flyer the only car to finish the 1908 around the world endurance race and gain fame for the vehicle and the firm.
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Auto Pioneer
Buffalo
N. Y
Edwin Ross Thomas
Miami Beach
Fla
Pioneer
Farmer-Labor Leader Magnus Johnson Dies of Pneumonia
Magnus Johnson a 64 year old Swedish immigrant and former U S Senator and U S Representative died after a three week illness in Litchfield Minnesota He led liberal politics in the state and had previously worked as a sailor and glass blower before settling in America Johnson joined the Nonpartisan League in 1916 and was elected to the State Senate where he served four years
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Litchfield
Minn
Magnus Johnson
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Minnesota
Johnson
Wisconsin
Varmland
Sweden
America
Nonpartisan League
State Senate
William Lawson Former Marion Township Resident Dies
William Lawson longtime Marion Township resident died this afternoon at Hocking County infirmary. Funeral services are set for 3 p m tomorrow at the county home, with burial in the county cemetery. Leonard Funeral Service officiating.
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William Lawson
Marion Township
Hocking County
Leonard Funeral Sery
Kerr Heads Ohio Democratic Press Group For Third Year
R Kenneth Kerr publisher of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette and Logan Daily News headed the Ohio Democratic Press Association for the third successive year after the third annual meeting held at his Lancaster home. About 150 attendees included national and state figures and journalists from across the state with speakers and dignitaries listed among the attendees. The event marked the continued leadership of Kerr, a founder of the association in 1834, with coverage continued on page 4.
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Kerr
Ohio Democratic Press Group
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Logan Daily News
Ohio Democratic Press Association
Association
Charges Filed In Central Ohio Slaying Case
Prosecutor Gerald Lanning filed second degree manslaughter charges against Harold Edwards of near Laurelville for a fatal Route 56 collision that killed Ruth Blick and Turley Jackson. Sheriff Joe Farbear departed for Salt Creek Township with a warrant to return Edwards to Hocking County Jail.
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Gerald Lanning
Harold Edwards
Laurelville
Ruth Blick
Turley Jackson
Joe Farbear
Salt Creek Township
Edwards
Hocking County
Joe Farbearn
Lanning
Young Edwards
Trio of cousins killed as car crashes on Route 56
After a reunion dinner, a car driven by Edwards struck three cousins on Route 56, killing Ruth Blick instantly and Turley Jackson at Cherrington hospital from internal hemorrhage. Florence Miller survived with a severe leg fracture. Prosecutor Lanning and Sheriff Farbearn investigate. manslaughter charges anticipated. Edwards’ path described as zigging then skidding into the group.
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