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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1940

Page

2

Long Fails To Get Majority Of Votes Cast

New Orleans January 1 The US District Attorney’s office opened a federal inquiry into the Tuesday state Democratic primary citing mail delivered tally sheets to Baton Rouge as federal jurisdiction. Huey Long era candidates headed by Governor Earl K Long failed to win a majority and face a runoff February 20 with five opposition groups.

New Orleans United States District Attorney’s Office Baton Rouge Huey Long Earl K. Long

Louisiana precinct returns show voting figures for several candidates

Incomplete results from 1094 of 1704 precincts list Long with 150773 votes, Sam Houston Jones 101458, State Sen James A Noe 76917, James H Morrison 25611, and Vincent Moseley 7399 as the tally unfolds amid fraud concerns.

Louisiana Long Sam Houston Jones James A. Noe James H. Morrison Vincent Moseley

Five Indicted For Bank Holdup In Guernsey County

Five men were indicted by Guernsey County Common Pleas Court for participation in the December 2 Senecaville National Bank robbery. Indicted are Lawrence Curtiss and Ralph W. Curtiss of Hollidays Cove West Virginia, Mixe Merckinton of W Va, William A. Morrissey of Summerfield Ohio, and James E. Fife, 19, of Hollidays Cove.

Cambridge Guernsey County Common Pleas Court Senecaville Lawrence Curtiss Hollidays Cove W. Va Ralph W. Curtiss Anesville Mixe Merkick Ton William A. Morrise Summerfied James E. Fife

British Steamer Cairnross Sinks After Mine Explosion

London reports the British steamer Cairnross of 3494 tons struck a mine and sank off the English west coast. Sixteen crew from the Norwegian steamer Unid were seized after being attacked by a German submarine, while forty eight Cairnross crewmen were landed at a southwest coast port. It is believed all Unid crew were saved.

London Cairnross England Unid

Eleven Scarlet Fever Cases Prompt School Closure in Findlay

Findlay Ohio January 18 McComb centralized school shut for the week by Dr Sean F Whisler Hancock county health commissioner due to cases of scarlet fever among pupils. several students affected and precautions ordered.

Sheffield Lake Bible Class Hears Report

The Sheffield Lake Full Gospel B Class met at the home of Mrs. Nora Lee Tyler on West Shore Blvd. The evening opened with singing and prayer. Mrs. Coon Underhill reported on healing miracles by Ethel R. Willets in Cleveland on January 10. Rev. Francis Gibson led the Romans 6 23 lesson. The next meeting will be at the Tyler home on January 24. Everyone is welcome.

Sheffield Lake Nora Lee Tyler West Shore Coon Underhill Ethel R. Willets Cleveland Francis Gibson Tyler

Brother Of Faith Hope And Charity Born In Back-Country Cabin

In Jasper Alabama on a Saturday birth, quadruplets siblings Faith Sunday Hope and Charity named Franklin by mother Mrs Clyde Short wife of a sharecropper. The Walker County Board offered a home and care. Short and Dr H J Sankey who delivered them named legal guardians.

Jasper Ala Faith Hope Franklin Clyde Short

Farmer Fatally Hurt By A Buck Deer

DEFIANCE O Jan 18 Charles McCollister 79 died yesterday from injuries after a buck deer gored him on his farm almost two months earlier. The buck, on the farm for years, was killed. TRUCK DRIVER KILLED WASHINGTON C H O Jan 18 Carl E B Overholser 25 of Eaton was killed when his truck skidded into a Baltimore and Ohio freight train on US Route 35 five miles NW of here. Albert Young 24 was cut severely. Cars derailed. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINDLAY O Jan 16 Orla B Gilliland 51 of Patterson was killed when a 22 caliber automatic rifle discharged accidentally as he crawled through a fence while hunting a chicken hawk. The Netherlands Indies will obtain medicinals from the United States instead of Ger.

Defiance Charles McCollister Washington, C. H. O Carl EB. Overholser Eaton Baltimore & Ohio Here Albert Young Findlay Orla B. Gilliland Patterson, O

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