Beekeepers Brace for Winter Losses Amid Drought
Hocking County beekeepers warn of heavy colony losses this winter due to extreme drought and heat in late August and September. Pollen shortfalls threaten food for bees, prompting state experts to urge sugar syrup feeding. Logan Chamber head James D. Wells to discuss forest fire control on WLW with Frank Crow and Ed Mason on the program to air Friday morning.
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Hocking County
James D. Wells
Logan Chamber of Commerce
WLW
Cincinnati
Wells
Frank Crow
Wayne National Forest
Ed Mason
Everybody
A Knight in Armor Joins County Squirrel Hunt
Clifford Smith a 17 year old Logan resident wearing a full upper body brace joined the Hocking County hunters in a Monday field expedition against squirrels. He used a .410 shotgun due to fear of discharge from his harness though he reported the trip a great success even without bagging any squirrels.
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Clifford Smith
Edna Smith
Logan
Hocking County
Smith
City Council Hears Odd Ditch Complaint
President Stanley Baker read a Logan couple's letter describing a ditch beside their property overgrown with weeds and harboring crickets mosquitoes and snails. They claimed a snake was seen in the jungle. Council forwarded the issue to the city health commissioner for investigation.
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Stanley Baker
Logan
Toledo Solons Plan to Pay Relief Bills
Toledo officials seek relief funding to cover $800,000 in back bills from creditors. The Association of Toledo Banks provisionally approves loans to merchants, contingent on bank approval and creditors pooling debts for a court judgment against the city to restore relief orders.
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Toledo
Solons
Association of Toledo Banks
Past Officers Meet at Logan Rotary Social Evening
Past presidents and secretaries of the Logan Rotary Club held a social meeting in the banquet room of the Sportsman on Tuesday evening.
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Logan Rotary Club
Sportsman
Movie Scout Admits Guilt in Boca Raton Slaying
Charles Jefferson, 29, testified in his murder trial that he beat Frances Dunn, 17, to death with a hammer and shot her after she refused to join a kidnapping ruse for publicity. Jean Bolton, a schoolmate, testified she witnessed the killing.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Charles Jefferson
Frances Dunn
Miami
Boca Raton
Jean Bolton
Frances
Jegerson
Miss
Jefferson
Mayor Slauterbeck Dies In Self Inflicted Wound
Port Clinton Ohio September 27 The campaign for re election of Mayor Fred Slauterbeck was closed by his death from a self inflicted shotgun wound. Coroner R R Lemon said the mayor died last night after a nervous breakdown.
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Port Clinton
Fred Slauterbeck
R. R. Lemon
Slauterbeck
Victory Seen for FDA Policy Repeal Debate
Washington reports a 56 vote edge for supporters of the neutrality bill aiming to repeal the arms embargo and bar American ships from carrying cargoes to belligerents. Opponents claim at least 35 votes and vow a long Senate fight while Alfred E. Smith planned a Sunday radio address supporting the President.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Johnson
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
CBS
American Union
Thunderstorm Hits Youngstown Area
A severe morning storm drenched Mahoning County with about 1.5 inches of rain aiding pastures. Lightning caused damage totaling several thousand dollars including a barn fire that killed a bull. Three homes and a church were damaged but did not burn.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
L H S Gridder Suffering From Rare Disease
Logan High School junior Bloomfield regular right tackle was admitted to University Hospital Columbus for treatment of actinomycosis or lumpjaw diagnosed by Dr F Rauch. The illness may be linked to a recent tooth extraction and a neck swelling affecting his eyes. A past neck injury in the Logan Glouster game is noted as a possible predisposing factor. Bloomfield is the son of Mrs Ruth Bloomfield, Logan telephone operator.
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Junior Bloomfield
Logan
University Hospital
Columbus
F. Rauch
Bloomfield
Logan-Glouster
Ruth Bloomfield
Parley at Moscow Signals Major World War Developments
The planned Russo German Turkish talks in Moscow could reshape the war balance. Observers weigh a possible military pact between Germany and the Soviet Union and its impact on Anglo French opposition. Daladier acts against communism as talks loom. Possible issues include a buffer state between Nazi and Soviet Poland and Warsaw’s fate.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Daladier
France
Poland
Berlin
Warsaw
Budapest
Child dies from coffee scalds after percolator upset
Seventeen month old Charles Amidon died from burns suffered when coffee spilled from a percolator after being toppled by his four year old brother.
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Cleveland
Charles Amidon
Brick Company Changes Hands in Perry County Transfer
A deed filed this week in Perry County courthouse transfers New Straitsville area property from Thomas C. and Ida T. Moulding to Straitsville Brick Co. The plan aims to resume plant operations with potential Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan support, covering land along Logan New Straitsville road, fireclay and shale tracts, and related parcels in New Straitsville.
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Perry County Court House
New Lexington
New Straitsville
Thomas C
Ida T. Moulding
Wilmette, Tl
Straitsville Brick Co
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Logan-New Straitsville Road
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Co
Tractor overturns. 18 year old Edward Stevens killed near South Perry
Edward Stevens died at 7:30 am after a tractor overturned into a ditch near South Perry. He was trapped beneath the tractor and his chest was crushed. A passing trucker freed him, but he never regained consciousness. He leaves parents, three brothers Nolan Gerald Tommy, and sister Wanda. Funeral plans pending with Rev. S N Root. Burial by H E Defenbaugh and Son.
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Edward Stevens
Raymond Stevens
South Perry
Nolan
Gerald
Tommy
Wanda
South Perry Methodist Church
S. N. Root
H. E. Defenbaugh and Son
Hobo Nation Ousts Davis as King for Paid Train Ride
In Duluth on September 27 the Rambling Hobo Fellowship of America ousted Jeff Davis as king after suspicions he paid fare for a ride from Dayton to Cincinnati. Dr J Leon Lazarowitz is named president as hoboes shift to neutrality and oppose aggressor nations.
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Duluth
Minn
America
Jeff Davis
J. Leon Lazarowitz
United States
Rambling Hobo Fellowship of America
David
Dayton
Cincinnati
Hook Warns War Would Hurt Industry in Address
Middletown Ohio September 27 AP Charles R Hook president of the American Rolling Mill Company said in an address that war brings only great loss and warned that industry would not welcome the United States entering war.
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Middletown
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
United States
Fire damages Cleveland Bowling Pin Co plant
Assistant Fire Chief J. F. Sweeney estimated $30,000 in damage from a fire at the Cleveland Bowling Pin Co plant last night. The blaze started by an explosion in a fur furnace.
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Cleveland
J. F. Sweeney
Cleveland Bowling Pin Co
Probes WPA Graft Targeting Subcommittee
General counsel for a new congressional subcommittee plans to probe irregularities in WPA fund handling. J O Connor Roberts is pictured in Indianapolis. Gurney G Derbyshire and his son in law, both Southport residents, are held over alleged use of 100 WPA workers to build private roads.
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Congressional
J. O’connor Roberts
Indianapolis
Ind
Gurney G. Derbyshire
Southport
Steel magnate condemns war gains for steel industry
Tom M. Girdler of Republic Steel Corp denounces war prosperity as a delusion. He told Founder Engineering Societies that U S war profits vanish after taxes and postwar downturn, and warned that war business disrupts trade. He urged repeal of the arms embargo in the neutrality act.
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Cleveland
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corp
Girdler
United States
Republic
Plea Bargains in Ohio Shootings and Robbery Case
Woodrow Dobson of Zanesville posted bond after pleading not guilty to shooting to kill and attempted robbery of Ed Collins of Dresden. Noble Thomas pleaded guilty to similar charges, while Fred Cunningham admitted guilt to attempting to rob.
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Zanesville, O
Woodrow Dobson
Ed Cullins
Dresden
Noble Thomas
Fred Cunningham
Former Findlay Mayor E L Groves Dies at 78
E L Groves longtime Findlay mayor and Hancock County sheriff died yesterday at age 78. He served the city and county in various public roles during his career.
Engineer’s Bravery Saves Train in River Crossing
J M Bland of Little Rock was hailed as a hero after guiding the Memphis section of the Missouri Pacific Sun Shine Limited through a fuel lake and fire. He sped the nine car train to 50 mph across a river trestle, saving passengers and bringing the locomotive into North Little Rock yards where the blaze was fought.
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Little Rock
J. M. Bland
Memphis
Missouri Pacific
Sunshine Limited
Little Rock Yards
Bland
Arkansas River
Twin Cities
War intensifies on land and sea as frontlines surge
Paris reports heavy artillery across the western front as Siegfried line portions are wiped out amid a blaze of shelling. Warsaw reportedly surrenders with German advances north and south of the capital. Baltic and Balkan diplomacy intensifies as Moscow hosts talks on alliances and regional guarantees while a Panamanian meeting considers a joint sea patrol.
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Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Wissembourg
North Sea
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Sukru Saracoglu
Balcan
Estonia
Russia
Bucharest
Balkan
Rumania
Bessarabia
Western Hemisphere
Panama
United States
Commandery Plans Field Day for October 8 Anniversary
Logan Commandery No. 116 Knights of St. John meets at James Building to arrange the Fourth Regiment anniversary celebration in Logan. The event will bring companies from several cities to Logan for a field day on Sunday October 8.
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Logan Commandery
Knights of St. John
James
Logan
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South Perry Youth
Ignacy Borkowski
Admiralty
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N. Y
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FDA
FDR
War and Navy Departments
War Resources Board
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Area
L. H. S. Gridder
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
Communist Party
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Brick Company
New
Davis
Bo King
Siegfried Line
Paris
The
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