Fascist Forces Seize Toledo in Spanish Civil War Advance
September 28 report from Spain describes Gen. Francisco Franco’s insurgent army overrunning Toledo after heavy bombardment. Government troops retreat south and east toward Madrid as insurgents cut the road north of the city. Government casualties run high with hundreds killed and many wounded.
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Associated Press
Spain
Toledo
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Olias del
Franco
Alcazar
Government admits defeat at Toledo
Madrid reports the Spanish government acknowledged Toledo fell and called militiamen to barracks while suspending rights of public functionaries. Officials claimed defenders retreated to the city outskirts as bombardment continued from the gates of the ancient city.
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Toledo
Associated Press
Madrid
Treasury launches nationwide narcotics and liquor crackdown
Washington Sept 28 AP Treasury mobilized 2,500 narcotics agents and law enforcement officers for a nationwide drive against narcotics and illicit liquor. Raids were to occur in scattered cities, aiming for hundreds of arrests, under Harold N. Graves, assistant to Secretary Morgenthau and coordinator of Treasury enforcement.
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Washington
Treasury
Harold N. Graves
Morgenthau
Nine planes enter Johannesburg flight for 50000 prize
A field of nine airplanes was entered in the Johannesburg exposition flight at Portsmouth England. The racers will cover 6500 miles across dangerous waterless wastes and swampy jungles for a 50000 prize. Led by Flight Lieutenant Tomm.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Tomm
Tear Gas Disperses Students During High School Strike
Police Chief Frank Cunningham used two tear gas bombs to break up a Memorial High School strike crowd in Campbell. About 1,000 students faced transfer controversy over Michael Graban’s move to a grade school. Three boys arrested as classes were suspended and most students refused to enter the building. Dr. E. L. Bowsher commented that tear gas was a tough measure.
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Michael Graban
Supt. of
Andrew Klinko
Memorial
Reed School
Columbus
E. L. Bowsher
Campbell
Industrialists to Be Guests at Logan Chamber Banquet
A Nelsonville and Athens business group will attend a 6 30 P M banquet at Mason Hall honoring a prominent local figure. Rotary and Kiwanis cancelled meetings to allow attendance. Dusty Miller of Wilmington is principal speaker with Dr C F Rauch as toastmaster. Tickets are one dollar per plate from Marie Lines at the Chamber office.
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Barton A. Hall
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville
Athens
Masonic Hall
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Dusty” Miller
Wilmington
C. F. Rauch
Marie Lines
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs William Logan Recovers After Goiter Operation
Mrs William Logan who underwent a goiter operation at Cherrington Hospital ten days ago was sufficiently recovered to return to her home Saturday.
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William Logan
Cherrington Hospital
American seaman sentenced by Nazis in Berlin trial
Lawrence Simpson, an American sailor on the S. S. Manhattan, was convicted of sedition by Berlin’s peoples court and sentenced to three years in prison minus 14 months served. He admitted aiding three German communist allies in attempting to form a popular front government using three balloons and anti Nazi packages.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lawrence Simpson
Peoples Court
Simpson
S. S. Manhattan
Nazi Germany
Blizzard Strikes Colorado Prompting Warnings and Fires
Denver dispatch reports a blizzard dropping eight inches of snow. Police broadcast warnings warn motionists to avoid falling power lines as ten fires erupt, including a five story building being leveled.
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Denver
Davey defends Roosevelt record in debt comparison
Cleveland dispatch reports Governor Martin L. Davey countering critics of FDR by noting national debt increases under Roosevelt and Hoover. He cites recoverable expenditures, claiming Roosevelt added seven and a half billion dollars while Hoover increased debt by six billion.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Airline fares cut to winter rates on TWA system
Chicago Sept 28 AP reports reductions in airplane passenger fares effective November 1 as special winter rates on the Transcontinental and airways system. The company says minimum air travel on TWA will approximate regular train costs and be considerably cheaper than extra fare trains.
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Chicago
TWA
Runaway Buggy Injures Michael Boltz in Stone Creek
Dover Ohio September 28 A. P. reports Michael Boltz of Stone Creek is added to Ohio’s injured list after a cat frightens his horse causing a runaway. Boltz was thrown from his buggy and suffered a severed artery.
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Dover
Ohio
Michael Boltz
Stone Creek
Boltz
Holt says watch and apparel stolen from car in Solon’s Watch
Sen. Rush D. Holt of West Virginia reported last night that clothing and a wrist watch valued at 315 dollars were stolen from his automobile in Solon’s Watch, Van Wert Ohio, after he parked to dine.
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Solon
van Wert
Rush D. Holt
D-W. Va
Parliament Meets to Devalue Franc in Global Shift
The Associated Press reports five nations move toward currency adjustment as France leads with a devaluation plan amid a Blum victory in parliament. Swiss, Dutch, Latvian and Greek steps follow with stabilization efforts while Moscow denies pound sales aim to push the rate lower. Swiss franc devaluation is about 30 percent with strict price controls and higher living costs.
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United States
France
Great Britain
Associated Press
Europe
Leon Blum
Switzerland
Netherlands
Latvia
Greece
Moscow
London
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Finance Committee
Mickey Mouse Birthday Milestone in Hollywood
Hollywood observes Mickey Mouse turning eight as Walt Disney, now 34, earns about 500000 annually from the character. Disney recalls starting with a stray studio mouse in Kansas City before moving to Hollywood in 1923 with little more than a cartoon sample and forty dollars.
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Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney
Mickey
Kansas City
Hollywood
Gong
Oswald the Duck
Mine Project Logan Street Improvements Begin Tuesday
The Hocking County unit of the New Straitsville Mine Fire Project will begin labor tomorrow under WPA engineer Ed Collins with 24 men clearing the right of way. Full operations are expected within a week as 100 men are hired in the county. Additional units in Perry County start tomorrow, along with resurfacing on Spring Street Hill in Logan and paving on Zanesville Avenue. Sidewalks at Logan High School will be cemented, and bleachers due this week for Friday’s Athens game. Other roads and projects include Mann Thompson Road and Tick Ridge Road. Over 1,000 workers are employed across 41 WPA projects in Hocking County.
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Hocking County
Straitsville
Ed Collins
WPA
Collins
Perry County
Spring St. Hill
Logan
Zanesville Avenue
Logan High School
Athens
Rock House
Tick Ridge Road
Starr Township
Steel operations hit new high mark in year
Cleveland report notes Steel magazine data show steel operations at 73 percent capacity in the week, above the national 51 percent rate of the prior year and far above 25 percent in 1934. The industry posted a notable recovery as demand rose and production levels improved.
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Cleveland
Steel Reported Today Steel
Soviet Attacks Nazi Fascism at League Assembly
Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov opened a fierce speech in Geneva condemning Nazism and Fascism and opposing league admission for any nation based on racial and national inequality. He described these ideologies as the deadly enemies of working people and civilization, without naming Germany directly.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Litvinoff
League
Tully Thomas Given 25 Year Term in San Quentin
Tully Thomas, 25, son of Jim Tully the hobo author, must serve 25 years after the state board of parole denied his plea. He had been in San Quentin on an indeterminate sentence for a criminal attack and was given the definite term upon the board's action.
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Thomas A. Tully
Jim Tully
San Quentin
Cal
Young Tully
State Board of Parole and Pardons
Solons Study Political Acts in Pennsylvania Campaign
Senator Lonergan of Connecticut chairs the Senate campaign funds investigating committee as it meets to review claims that WPA funds were used for partisan political purposes in Pennsylvania. Democratic charges allege Carnegie-Illinois and Jones & Laughlin Steel employees faced political intimidation, raised by David L. Lawrence, Pennsylvania secretary and state Democratic chair.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Lonergan
D-Conn
Davis
R-Pa
Keystone
Carnegie-Illinois
Jones & Laughlin Steel Companies
David L. Lawrence
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State Democratic Committee
Hold Second Youth In Store Robbery Case
A 16 year old from Orbiston was taken in custody by Probation Officer Alfred Campbell for breaking and entering John Mauers store on Sept 5. The youth faces Probation Court action. Ralph Wade of Orbiston remains out on $800 bond after a not guilty plea to the same charge before Magistrate S B Whitehart. Wade was arrested last Monday by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith.
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Orbiston
Alfred Campbell
John Mauer
Ralph Wade
S. B. Whitehart
Wade
Nellis Smith
Hocking County Democrats Schedule Joint Meeting
A joint meeting of Hocking County Democratic executive and central committees will be held at headquarters Preston Building Wednesday at 7 30 p m It was announced today.
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Hocking County
Democratic
Preston Bldg
Logan man arrested after wife’s complaint is released
Chauncey Huston of Logan was arrested Sunday after his wife told Sheriff Joe Farbean she had been beaten. Huston was released from county jail today when Mrs. Huston withdrew her charges.
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Joe Farbearn
Chauncey Huston
Logan
Hocking Valley Brick Co plant at Diamond reopens after three years idle
The Ohio plant of Hocking Valley Brick Co at Diamond resumes operations this morning, employing about six men. It is a branch of the company with brick plants at Logan and Nelsonville. The Diamond plant makes fire-proofing material and building tile, while the others produce brick. J. R. Matheny will lead the plant, with W. H. Parks noting encouraging prospects for continued operation through year end. Nelsonville plant has run without interruption for several months. Logan plant details follow.
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Ohio
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Diamond
Logan
Nelsonville
J. R. Matheny
W. H. Parks
Oregon timber blaze devastates towns and
A large fire swept through coastal Oregon and nearby Northern California areas, destroying several timber towns. Myrtle Point and Marshfield reported heavy damage as winds shifted, with 3,000 firefighters on the lines and thousands of acres burned. Another settlement near Coquille faced destruction, while rains or wind shifts were seen as the only hope to halt further spread.
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California
U. S. Forest Service
Myrtle
M. M. Craven
Myrtle FP
Bandon
Coquille
North Bend
Marshfield
Redding
Butte
Yuba
Flood Menaces South Texas
Waco Texas September 28 flood menaces the Brazos Valley as residents flee their homes. The disaster recalls 1921 when 224 lives were lost in the state and four people died this time, with one more feared drowned as water spreads.
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Waco
Tex
Seybold Founder Charles T. Seybold Dies in Dayton
Charles T. Seybold, 18, who came to the United States from Germany as a youth of 19 and helped found Dayton's Seybold Machine, which later merged with Harris Botter Co. of Cleveland, died yesterday in Dayton.
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Dayton
Charles T. Seybold
Germany
Seybold Machine
Harris Botter Co
Cleveland
Man Dies in Blast at Hospital
Hospital attendants reported the blast left several injured and warned that some casualties might perish. The incident details and exact location were not fully disclosed.
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Pital
Thieves Net Over $2,000 in Canton Burglaries
Canton area reports a string of burglaries and robberies netting more than two thousand dollars in cash. Police pursue leads as victims tally losses and note the daytime timing of several incidents. The string of crimes has unsettled residents and prompted increased patrols.
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Canton
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