Britain Faces Axis Push on Gibraltar and Gas Fears
British and Berlin reports warn of an Axis campaign to seize Gibraltar and strike England in October while gas mask distribution rises in Berlin. Dover and Calais endure shelling as Luftwaffe raids heighten alert with fires in Liverpool and reports of renewed diplomatic moves involving Rome Moscow and Madrid.
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Moscow
Spain
Rome
Calais
French
Dover
English
Aberdeen
Liverpool
Merseyside
Nazarene Pilgrimage Aids Olivet College Move
The Good Samaritan Pilgrimage with Rev C B Clendenen and others from Logan joins a motorcade en route to Kankakee Illinois home of Nazarene University. The Ohio Nazarene Young People sponsor the effort to raise 5000 dollars and 60 000 pounds of canned food for Olivet College serving about 500 students.
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C. B. Clendenm
Robert L. Clendenen
Clyde ‘Oodard
Ralph Miller
Erma Hysel
Church of the Nazarene
Good Samaritan
Kakee
Ill
River Nazarene College
Nazarene Young People of
Ohio
Charles A. Gibson
Columbus
Olivet College
Man near Logan shoots opossums during hen house raid
A resident near Logan awoke to a commotion in his hen house. In underwear with rifle and flashlight, he chased the intruders to the coop. He shot two opossums during the ordeal and denied intent to roast them, while one played dead.
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Logan
Checken Coop
Slump in Hocking County Auto Sales Cited by Dealers
By Monday noon of the last day of September only 14 new cars were registered at the certificate of title office for Hocking County with one sale outside the county. Dealers blamed buyer interest in new models and efforts to clear used stock for floor space, noting the year long average of about one car sold per day each month.
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Certificate of Title Office
Hocking County
New Addition At Oak Grove Cemetery Draws Interest
Requests flood the office of Service Director Roy Loomis for plots in Oak Grove’s new section at the southwest end. The area will be grassed and terraced, with a widened border road. Proceeds from lot sales go to the cemetery fund to defray project expenses.
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Roy Loomis
Oak Grove
Ohio toll of weekend traffic and train deaths rises
Ohio logged a grim weekend toll with at least 11 people killed in traffic and train incidents. Victims include Jack Hoffman 19 of Fremont killed at Bettsville and John Sinkvich 46 of Youngstown in a crossing crash. Others die across Wapakoneta Marfan area Lorain and Cleveland as routes 422 277 claim lives.
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Ohio
Jack Hoffman
Fremont
Bettsville
John Sinkvich
Youngstown
Erie
David O’brien
Girard
Honolulu
Army Air Corps
John Ridenour
Wapakoneta
Walter Graham
Martins Ferry
Louis Caponi
Patsy
Westlake
Lorain
John McCafferty
Cleveland
Chillicothe
Oil Firms Named in Antitrust Suit
The government sued the American Petroleum Institute and 22 major oil firms for unlawful monopoly price fixing and conspiracy under the Sherman act. It alleges the defendants controlled most crude oil for refining and harmed independents, asking a DC federal court to restrain oil reserve acquisitions for monopoly purposes.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
Justice Department
Federal District Court For
District of Columbia
Central P T A to Meet on Tuesday
The first Central Parent-Teacher Association meeting is set for Tuesday October 1 at 2 45 P M in the art room of the Central Grade building Plans for the membership drive will be discussed A social hour follows the meeting Mrs Irwin Matheny serves as president
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Central Parent-Teacher Association
Irwin Matheny
Final action near after revision on excess profits tax
Congress tops the calendar with a $1 billion excess profits tax bill and raises the corporate income tax to 24 percent, while keeping lower rates for smaller earnings untouched. The measure, part of defense financing, was finalized in a Sunday conference session and President Roosevelt may sign this weekend to speed the defense program.
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Congress
Senate House
Senate
House
Harrison
FDR
Roosevelt
Urges Liberality In Handling Work Deferment Claims
New Orleans Sept. 30 Local selective service boards told to avoid fanatical diligence and liberally grant deferments for civilian work. Major Joseph F. Battley urged not to press all 21 to 36 year olds into training and warned against disrupting normal national functions. He cited England's demilitarization of 25,000 front-line men as warning against over-mobilization.
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New Orleans
Joseph F. Battley
Joint
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Draft Board
Battley
England
Germany
Flanders
War widening warned as Pravda comments on Axis pact
Pravda editorials claim the triple Axis pact signals a broader war, with Russia remaining neutral. The piece notes perceived U S and Britain military cooperation spurring the conflict expansion across Europe, Africa, and the Far East, as Japan joins in. Officials report about 21 000 attended the fair in Hocking County, Ohio, with 4500 Friday and 500 Saturday unofficially.
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Communist Party
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United States
Great Britain
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Russia
Germany
England
Europe
Africa
China
Japan
Italy
Hocking County Agricultural Society
Boy 10 Dies of Heart Failure While Playing
James Wesley Rayner 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rayner of 298 South Culver Street, collapsed while chasing a playmate near home. Coroner ruled death due to heart failure from over-exertion, with autopsy noting heart displacement and congenital liver abnormality. funeral set for Tuesday at Leon ard funeral home.
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Leonard Funeral Home
James Wesley Rayner
Thomas Rayner
South Culver Street
Vance Brian
A. K. Smith
Paul Hiles
Rayner
Logan election results finalize Fair Board candidate withdrawals
George Malloy of Logan withdrew from one of two city Fair Board vacancies after tying with Fred Carpenter at 18 votes for the other seat. James McNamee was elected to succeed Clarence Heine, with Carpenter facing Malloy in the remaining race. Malloy praised Carpenter’s work on the revived exposition, supporting Carpenter’s re election.
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George Malloy
Logan
Fred Carpenter
City Fair Board
James H. Barker
Hocking County Agricultural Society
James McNamee
Clarence Heine
Malloy
Carpenter
Thomas assails U S war aid to Britain
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for president, said in Columbus that the United States is near war without belligerency and that the wartime aid to Britain is unprecedented. He argued peace-time conscription is unnecessary for defense and warned it leads to fascism, imperialism, and eventual war.
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Columbus
United States
Norman Thomas
Britain
Thomas
Ohio Poll Results in Columbus Dispatch The Candidates
Ohio results from the Columbus Dispatch show Willkie leading with 8964 votes, Roosevelt 8488, Bricker 7695, and Davey 4915 in today’s statewide polls. The vote totals reflect early returns across multiple counties.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Willkie
Roosevelt
Bricker
Davey
Noted novelist Courtney Cooper found dead by hanging
New York reported the death of Courtney Cooper a 53 year old author famed for circus themes. He was found hanging by a rope from a pipe in a hotel closet with Circuses enthusiasm earning him the nickname Circus Fan No 1. His notable works include Lions n Tigers n Everything Annie Oakley The White Desert The Last Frontier Caged and Pioneers.
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New York
Courtney
Ryley Cooper
Caswell Jacobs
Annie Oakley
White Desert
Logan Included In U. S. Airport Defense Plans
A Civil Aeronautics Administration program to defend civil aviation lists Ohio airports and improvement funds. The Logan Nelsonville site is allocated 83 000 dollars, Athens 202 600, Lancaster 161 800, New Lexington 73 000, and Chillicothe 226 000 as the tentative Ohio totals subject to Congressional approval.
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Washington, D
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Earl L. John
Congress
Logan-Nelsonville
Athens
Lancaster
New Lexington
Chillicothe
Vitt Leaves Town as Season Ends in Cleveland
Oscar Vitt departed for California after Cleveland Indians finished second in the American League with a 3 to 2, 14 inning win over Detroit. Vitt declined comment on his future as board of directors prepares a decision in coming weeks while Alva Bradley heads to the Georgia coast. Players and fans bid him farewell amid reflections on hitting struggles and a hoped pennant for Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Oscar Vitt
California
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Detroit
Vitt
Alva Bradley
Hershey Named Temporary Director of Selective Service
Lt. Col. Lewis B. Hershey, who attended grade school at Hell's Point, was named temporary head of the nation's first peacetime draft program. Pending a permanent appointment, President Roosevelt by executive order conferred all powers of director of selective service upon Hershey.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Hell's Point
Roosevelt
Hershey
Selective Service
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