Virginia Brandy Identified After Van Wert Arrest
A woman held by Van Wert police was identified as Virginia Brandy who escaped from the Marysville Ohio Reformatory for Women on June 19 with three others. Welfare director Sherwood said the fugitive is wanted in Winchester Virginia for robbery and will be released to Virginia authorities.
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van Wert
Virginia
W. J. Smith
Akron
Virginia Brandy
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Marguerite Reilley
Reilley
Sherwood
Winchester
Miss Brawdy
Virginia Miller
Canton
Virginia Brawdy
Robert van Steenberg
Feather bags 17 pound groundhog during farm hunt
Clerk of Courts Don Feather hunted near Ewing Monday evening and brought home a 17 pound groundhog along with two squirrels.
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Don Feather
Feather
Ewing
REA Announces New Electric Line Allotment in Ohio Counties
REA officials announced an extra allotment to build about 94 miles of power line serving 346 members in Hocking Fairfield Perry Pickaway and Ross Counties. Work is underway in Hocking County along Route 180 Gibisonville and Camp Hocking with pole setting already in progress. About $24 575 will cover initial project expenses not funded by the construction loan. The cooperative received allotment details and instructions and money becomes available as work details are finalized. Construction will create nearly 20 000 direct labor man hours.
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Hocking
Fairfield
Perry
Pickaway
Ross Counties
REA
Hocking County
Gibisonville
Camp Hocking
Lawyer awaits medical ruling to free Velma Fink from hospital
Velma Baker Fink, 22, acquitted of slaying her infant son, was admitted to the state hospital for the criminally insane in Premont for a 30 day examination and observation. Counselor awaits medical authorities decision before seeking release.
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Lima
Velma Baker Fink
Girl's clothing found near Erie sparks search for 16 year old
A blood-stained outfit linked to Viola Straub, 16, was found east of Erie Pennsylvania, triggering a posse led search for her. Authorities say the discovery raises concern about her safety and intensify the hunt.
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Erie
Viola Straub
Here
Convicts recaptured after prison hostage escape bid
Four long term inmates abducted the warden and three officials at Northern Michigan Branch Prison and fled in a car after overpowering guards. Their escape ended when the vehicle crashed near Menominee. all captors and hostages survived with minor injuries.
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Marquette
Mich
Northern
Michigan
Exec's Mate Slain by Intruder in Norristown Suburb
Mrs. Clara Buchanan 36, wife of a Philadelphia paper company executive, was found strangled in her Norristown area home. Troopers hunted a prowler after her son Edward Jr, 17, discovered the body on the dining room floor. The $20,000 colonial house near the woods was torn and ransacked as investigators pursued every lead.
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Norristown
Philadelphia
Clara Buchanan
S On
Edward, Jr
Here
Akron Coal Co. Leader William Rigby Sr. Dies
William Rigby Sr., president of the Akron Coal Company and a prominent Southeastern Ohio mine operator, died at his Cambridge home today from a heart ailment.
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Cambridge, O
William Rigby
Akron Coal Company
Southeastern Ohio
Buchtel Youth Shot in Face While Hunting
Eugene Graham a 17 year old from Buchtel was struck in the face by buckshot from another hunter as he rose from a rock while watching for squirrels. He was taken to Cher rington Hospital where doctors said his condition was fair and the wounds were extremely painful.
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Eugene Graham
Earl Graham
Buchtel
Cherrington Hospital
Graham
Miami Schoolgirl Recalls Slayings On Road Trip
Jean Bolton testifies about the trip from Miami with a self-styled talent scout. Prosecutors allege Charles Jefferson bludgeoned 17 year old Frances Dunn to death after luring the girls with promises of fame. He is accused of raping Dunn and killing her on a Boca Raton road, with body found August 10.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Jean Bolton
Miami
Charles Jefferson
Frances Dunn
Miss Bolton
Miss Dunn
Phil O'Connell
Jefferson
Dunn
Boca Raton
Toledo seeks relief funds amid $750,000 back bills crisis
Toledo, with 290 718 residents, seeks funds to resume relief halted since September 15. Officials aim to press merchants for deficiency judgments to lien next year's revenues, erasing the $750,000 debt. Council has pro rata paid $38,000 to creditors and spent $150,000 from operating funds, risking payrolls while 16,560 people remain on relief.
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Toledo
Addison Q. Thatcher
Referendum Back in Court in Bricker Civil Service Clash
In Columbus Ohio on September 26 AP reports the Bricker administrations civil service act faces fresh court action. Attorney General Herbert tests Gov Bricker appointment of Herbert W Mitchell to the civil service commission as hearings determine referendum petitions rejected by Earl Griffith and tied to November ballot efforts. The case clarifies signatures and court rulings amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Columbus
Bricker
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
Herbert W. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Earl Griffith
Griffith
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Court of Appeals
State Democratic Organization
Civil Service Law
Mitchell
Comedian W. C. Fields Bill Cut By Court Ruling
Riverside Calif Sept 26 AP A Superior Court jury cut $10 000 from a $12 000 doctor bill for comedian W C Fields after a trial without a jury Dr Jesse Citron treated Fields for 23 days in 1936 with pneumonia a retrial was ordered
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Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Superior
Jesse Citron
Fields
Logan student bitten by dog on North High Street
Police reported Michael Howdyshell of Webb Summit was bitten Monday by a dog owned by Harry St. Clair of North High Street. No medical treatment was required. Howdyshell attends the Logan schools.
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Michael Howdyshell
Webb Summit
Harry St. Clair
North High Street
Howdyshell
Logan Schools
Famous fiddler slated for Fox Hunters event in Logan
Logan hosts the Ohio fox hunters state meeting week of October 29 with a fiddling contest. Fred Evans, famed old time fiddler known from WSM Nashville, will perform. Prizes include 15 dollars and a trophy. A square dance caller is sought. Contest entrants from other cities expected.
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Hallowe
Ohio
Fox Hunters
Logan
Lafe Hammond
Fred Evans
WSM
Nashville
Darley Kitchen
Carlos Gaffin
L. P. Mooney
James D. Wells
Lad Stages Judas Act on Ohio Sheriff
Sheriff James Maloney said he was too lenient with a 14 year old prisoner from Houston Missouri who escaped Lake County jail in Painesville Ohio by climbing a skylight and swinging 25 feet to the ground after stealing $10 from a filling station. He explained placing the lad on the third floor to separate him from other prisoners, a decision he now questions.
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Painesville, O
James Maloney
Houston
Lake County
Funeral Rites Held for John H. Greenslade in Bellevue
Rear Admiral John Greenslade arrived from Washington to attend funeral services for his father John H. Greenslade who died after a brief illness at age 83 in Bellevue Ohio.
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Bellevue
John Greenslade
U. S. Navy
Washington
John H. Greenslade
Storm kills at least 50 in Los Angeles area
A tropical storm swept Southern California causing at least 50 deaths and more than 1 million dollars in property damage. The storm’s fury eased today but the toll and destruction remained high across the region.
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Los Angeles
California
Legion parade in Chicago under rain recalls Argonne memories
The American Legion marched in heavy rain through Michigan Avenue in Chicago to honor youth and veterans. Veterans, some aged since World War I, recalled the Argonne offensive begun September 26, 1918, as they carried out the annual parade despite the poor weather.
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago
American Legion
France
Belgium
General Pershing
Legionnaires
Battle of the Argonne
Tipster's call on Akron fruit stand holdup backfires
Akron police detained a man who phoned in a tip about a $7 fruit stand robbery at Carl Staushich's stand. The caller later confessed to witnessing the crime and was questioned by authorities.
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Akron
Carl Staushich
Nazis Launch New Attack on Polish Capital
The German assault on Warsaw intensifies as battles rage on the western and eastern fronts. French and German artillery clash south of Dweibruecken while Poland reports 2,000 prisoners taken near the capital and widespread air losses for Poland.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Dweibruecken
Rhine
Paris
Swiss
Switzerland
Poland
Drought Pummels Ohio Crops and Pastures
Ohio farmers face heavy losses as a weeks long drought dries fields. Fruit crops like apples and peaches drop to the ground unharvested, soybeans yield a third less, corn ears fail to fill, potatoes weaken, and pastures burn down forcing extended livestock feeding under warmer conditions warned by State Director John T. Brown.
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Columbus
Ohio
John T. Brown
Brown
Congress Set For Scrap Over Neutrality Policy Fight
Senate leaders told the White House and State Department to stay hands off in the Congressional fight over the neutrality program. Roosevelt urged Congress to choose its own method to safeguard neutrality. Some admin officials offered to speak for the President’s proposals to modify arms embargo and commerce rules. Several Democrats opposing the administration are supporting the measure, and delays were approved to let opponents study it.
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Washington
Senate
White House
State Department
Congressional
Executive Branch
Congress
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Two Fugitives Face Return to London Prison Farm
Curtis Allen of Athens County one of 14 escapees arrested in Nelsonville while Jack Downs, 27, held in Rockford Illinois, faces return to the London Prison Farm. Downs admitted escaping May 8 1938 from the same institution while serving a sentence for Robbery of an Akron jewelry store.
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London
Curtis Allen
Athens County
Nelsonville
Jack Downs
Ohio
Rockford, Ill
Williamc. Bell
Downs
Akron
Myers & Bro. Co to Pay 5 Percent Bonus to Employees
Ashland Ohio September 26 AP the F FE Myers & Bro Co will give all employes a five percent bonus for the third year in a row payable October 20. Directors also approved an extra dividend of 50 cents per share payable October 26.
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Ashland
F. FE. Myers & Bro. Co
Sald
Kenyon students adopt peace pledge against entering any foreign war
Kenyon College students in Gambier Ohio pledge opposition to U S entry into any war fought on foreign soil. The move reflects campus activism during a tense national period.
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Gambier, O
Kenyon College
United States
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