White House conference on neutrality embargo repeal
President Roosevelt convened 15 party leaders at the White House to push quick action on neutrality law changes. A broad push favored repealing the arms embargo and possibly the entire act, while opponents warned of a tough Senate fight but agreed that avoiding war remains the public goal. The gathering foreshadowed a crowded session as lawmakers return to Washington with licenses, cash and carry debates in the air.
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White House
U.S. Neutrality
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Congress
United States
Garner
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Logan Day by Day by Ed Staff
Ed Staff prints a letter from Vinton Carpenter of Enterprise denying major allegations about his marksmanship. Carpenter suggests a facetious source fabricated details about a nightmare incident with a bronze squirrel and a gun, and Ed Staff expresses regret for publishing a falsehood.
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Ed Staff
Vinton
Turtles Foretell Dry Fall And Cold Winter
Local sportsmen and amateur naturalists forecast a dry fall and unusually cold winter based on muskrat-hole turtles in Hocking County. They claim turtles retreat into banks where water remains in dry spells, predicting a cold season ahead as a sure sign. Ed Staff will watch for confirmation.
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Hocking
Salute to Autumn Signals Early Cold Spell
Smoke rises from chimneys as furnaces fire up to ward off morning chill. Homeowners stockpile wood and fuel while coal trucks head north. Hocking County mines report high demand as workers return. Cooler Tuesday boosts fall and winter garment sales. Weather observers note the coldest night since spring.
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Ohio
Hocking County
Grinsteds Move From Logan After 25 Years
Ed Staff sends good wishes as Mrs Claude Grinstead and her husband leave Logan after 25 years residence to relocate to 920 East 18th Avenue Columbus. Mrs Grinstead works with the ee and Ohio Railroad in t 5.
Dahlia Grows Tall at Mrs Mack’s Garden
Mrs Charles Mack of 67 North Mull Street shows a dahlia towering at 11 feet in her garden. Neighbors are welcome to view the remarkable plant at her home as word spreads about its unusual height.
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Charles Mack
North Mull Street
Lon
Tahlia
Pigs' Ownership Contested in Arbitrary Court
The case in Frank St. Clair's office argued five pigs claimed by Herman Hopkins Logan and William Hansel near Logan. Hansel testified he purchased the sow and the brood, with the arb it rary court siding with Hansel.
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Frank St. Clair
Fred Murray
Herman Hopkins
Logan
William Hansel
Near
Hansel
Carl Sparnow
Melvin Heft
N. L. Brown
Hubert D. Lappen
Bodies recovered of two drowning victims in Ohio River
Two girls Dorothy Nightling aged 19 and June Farra aged 18 were recovered from the Ohio River near Dam 23 at Apple Grove Ohio. They were among four youths who vanished after a Sunday night boat trip. Ralph Donahue and Robert Friend, both residents of West Virginia, were found the following day.
Mother Bases Plea on Childbirth Insanity in Murder Trial
Velma Baker Fink, 22, a divorced mother, seeks acquittal on first degree murder charges claiming postpartum insanity led her to drown her 10 week old son, Halden. Prosecutors call for a jury verdict amid psychiatric testimony supporting both insanity and premeditated murder theories.
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Fremont, CO
Velma Baker Fink
Brunet
Mnnk
A. L. Hyzer
Steel output soars as three more plants open
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation increasing blast furnaces to 24 and boosting coal output by 20 percent in Connellsville. Three furnaces begin at Duquesne Works Carrie Furnaces in Rankin Pa and Ohio Works in Youngstown, signaling a strong 1937 boom pace.
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Pittsburgh
Connellsville
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel
Duquesne Works
Carrie
Rankin
Ohio Works
Youngstown
Ohio Ranks High in Soft Coal Output
Ohio produced 17,920,000 tons of bituminous coal in 1938, accounting for 5.20 percent of the nation's 344,630,000 ton total. West Virginia led with 92,922,000 tons and Pennsylvania was second with 177,040,000.
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Washington
Ohio
Westee
Pennsylvania
Dalinda Arms Deals Under Scrutiny by House Committee
The House committee on un American activities pressed Joseph Dalinda a Russian born promoter in major munitions ventures. Counsel Rhea Whitley noted a large file of Dalinda correspondence for forthcoming testimony. Dalinda testified about a Soviet proposal to purchase a large battleship in the United States.
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Washington
House
Joseph Dalinda
Rhea Whitley
Dalinda
Russia
United States
Fay defeats Kenneally to lead 12th assembly district
In New York on September 19 James H. Fay backed by the Roosevelt slate won the Democratic primary to capture the 12th assembly district leadership, ending William P. Kenneally's 32 year reign as chairman of Tammany Hall's executive committee and reinforcing Fay's congressional seat win from last year.
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New York
New Deal
Tammany Hall
James H. Fay
William P. Kenneally
Democratic Organization
Fay
Congress
John J. O'Connor
Roosevelt
Kenneally
Democrats 60 to Court Over Petition Issue
Dems accuse Secretary of State Earl Griffith of delaying a referendum on civil service reform. Arthur Limbach says court will compel Griffith to forward rejected petitions to county election boards for signature checks. Bricker's appointee and injunction add to ongoing legal contest over the measure.
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Columbus
Earl Griffith
Arthur L. Limbach
Limbach
Griffith
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
Herbert W. Mitchell
St. Clairsville
Civil Service Commission
Bricker
Herbert
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Reynolds
Cemetery Heads Hit Funeral Processions Proposal
Dr Hubert Eaton of Glendale California argues cemeteries should offer complete funeral services within their grounds. The proposal bars funeral processions from city streets and is presented to the 53rd annual convention of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents.
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Columbus
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents
Hubert Eaton
Glendale
Calif
Steel scrap prices rise to new high in market shift
Dow Jones reports steel scrap jumped another one dollar per ton to a new high of 20.50 to 21.00 dollars per ton for number one heavy melting in Pittsburgh and New York dispatches.
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New York
Dow Jones, Inc
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville Man Sentenced in Ontario Kidnapping Case
James R. Johnston of Nelsonville Ohio received seven years in Kingston prison after being linked to auto theft and kidnapping a Dunnville woman. Harry Gardiner of Toronto drew 18 months definite and six months in definite. Johnston was arrested near Hamilton August 20 after a woman reported being taken in an automobile. The stolen car crashed in Dunnville.
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Cayuga
Ont
James R. Johnston
Nelsonville
Ohio
Kingston
Harry Gardiner
Toronto
Gardiner
Ontario Reformatory
Johnston
Ham
Ilton
Dunnville
H. E. Reese
Route 664 to Undergo Quick Repairs for Autumn Tourists
Route 664 linking Logan with Hocking State Parks will receive a second oil coating and light repairs as autumn crowds begin. Local crews will grade the highway and fix potholes while officials plan a major rebuild with a hard surface and relocations next year. Large new signboards arriving in Logan will be installed by highway workers from Marietta.
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Logan
Hocking
Lewis Price
State Highway Department
Price
Park District
Marietta
Gessaman and Green Named for Mayor in Columbus
Two Republicans Myron B. Gessaman and Floyd F. Green advance to the November mayoral race in Columbus after a nonpartisan primary. Gessaman led with 22,768 votes to Green's 21,738 as nearly 70,000 ballots were cast. Democrats Shade Lewis and Dailey trailed.
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Columbus
Myron B. Gessaman
Floyd F. Green
Gessaman
Green
David A. Shade
John M. Lewis
W. Herbert Dailey
Ward Township Trustee Charles Foster Resigns for State Highway Post
Announcement Tuesday states Charles Foster resigns as Ward Township trustee to join the local division of the state highway department. Foster had been named trustee after the death of John Lovett.
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Charles Foster
Ward Township
State Highway Department
Foster
John Lovett
State Patrolman Clark resigns before civil service hearing
State Highway Patrolman B. H. Clark of the Wilmington sub station resigns rather than face possible discipline after discourtesy complaints from motorists. Sept. Lynn Black noted the action as the hearing before the State Civil Service Commission approached.
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Columbus
B. H. Clark
Wilmington
State Civil Service
Lynn Black
Geslin Heads Legion Post
Tom Geslin was elected commander of Post 78 American Legion at its annual officers election held Tuesday night in East Main Street club rooms. Other officers named were Walter Starr vice commander Melrose Harbaugh adjutant Virgil Martin treasurer George E Carr chaplain Frank Judy historian. Three to executive committee were Floyd Duffy Lawrence Adcock and Boyd V Wright. The post voted to donate club rooms for the Ohio Fox Hunters Association state meeting in Logan the week of October 29. Refreshments followed with John McBroom in charge of arrangements.
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Tom Geslin
Post 78
American Legion
East Main Street
Walter Starr
Melrose Harbaugh
Virgil Martin
George E. Carr
Frank Judy
Floyd Duffy
Lawrence Adcock
Boyd V. Wright
Legion
Ohio Fox Hunters’ Association
Logan
John McBroom
Attempted escapees under pen sentence in Elyria
Stanley Koroski 25 of Lorain and Wheeler Smith 27 of Wellington were sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty. Koroski received 20 years for July robbery of Ripton Bank. Smith drew 1 to 20 years for traffic manslaughter in the death of his wife in an accident on June 3.
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Elyria
Stanley Koroski
Lorain
Wheeler Smith
Wellington
Lorain County
Ohio
Koroski
Ripton
Smith
Donahey and Taft to Return for Special Congressional Session
Sen Vic Donahey of Ohio was expected back today from Indian Lake for the special session opening tomorrow. Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio said he will not return until Monday and spoke in San Francisco on a western speaking tour about hoping England and France wipe Hitler from the map.
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Washington
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Indian Lake
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Taft
San Francisco
England
France
Keating and Stieber Named Aged Aid Investigators
James J. Keating of Chillicothe and Emma Stieber of Dover were named investigators today in the Ross and Tuscarawas County offices of the Division of Aid for the Aged.
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Columbus, O
James J. Keating
Chillicothe
Emma Stieber
Dover
Ross and
Tuscarawas
Division of Aid For the
Hitler Speech Leaves London Officials Cold
Britain denounces Hitler's Danzig speech as full of misstatements while war intensifies on multiple fronts. Warsaw clings to allies France and Britain as Soviet forces advance into Polish and Ukrainian territories and Lithuania cooperates with Moscow on new frontier lines.
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Hitler
London
Germany
Britain
Europe
Warsaw
France
Blies
Ukraine
Lwow
Poland
Wilno
Tass
Lithuania
Russia
Information Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Iance
Berlin
England
Gdynia
Baltic
Starzinski
Rainy spell extends into Hocking County with showers
Forecast calls for additional showers Wednesday after a wet Tuesday that eased pastures and orchard crops. Temperatures dipped to 61 in Logan Tuesday night. Thursday is expected to be fair and cooler.
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Logan
Escapee Jesse Brown Sought After Leap From Deputy Car
Authorities searched for Jesse Brown 32 of Newport Kentucky after he leaped from a deputy sheriff vehicle near the Hamilton County Courthouse and escaped while being returned to jail following an arraignment in Batavia on a burglary charge.
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Cincinnati, O
Jesse Brown
Newport
Mobile
Hamilton County
Brown
Batavia
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