Canton Faces Battle Over Traction Removal And Paving
Council committee efforts to railroad traction measures sparked debate on Mahoning road, paving costs, and future bus lines. Tracks on multiple streets were slated for removal by Jan 1 1931 with liability insurance and overhead costs debated. New York welcome for Stimson and peace mission ends with ticker tape greeting.
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Karl Bauer
Irman
Bryan
Cleveland Av NW Traction
Bauer
Cil
Utility Committee
Commuet
Traction Company
Bryan Av
Varrerd
Clevenv
Cleveland
Public Square
Market Av
Market
9Th St
McKinsey
Oxford
Mahoning
Winfield Way
Orchard Av &H
Walnut Av
Het SE
Mahoning Rd
Trac
H . Bercaw
A. C. Blinn
Iied Council
Ane Sman
James Beecombe
Utility
Northern Ohio Power Light Co
Ohio Penitentiary Violence Widens Unrest After Fire
Ohio Penitentiary faces new violence as guards fire on unruly prisoners after a week since a deadly fire. Martial law is declared with Col. Robert Haubrich taking command and a Fort Hayes machine gun unit aiding National Guardsmen to restore order. Governor Cooper pledges restored order.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio National Guard
Harry W. Sharpe
United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Preston EK. Thomas
Robert Haubrich
Fort Hayes
Col. Haubrich
Haubrich
Myers Y. Cooper
National Guard
Work for Married Women Is Defended
Rodney Dutcher NEA Service writer reports the U S Department of Labor defending married women workers amid unemployment fears. Mary Anderson, head of the women’s bureau, argues most married women work out of real need and not to displace men, noting many rural factories employ wives at night for low wages.
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Department of Labor
Mary Anderson
Mies Anderson
Women's Bureau
Council to Impound Motorists Vehicles for Unpaid Fines
The council adopted a resolution to impound autos of motorists who refuse to settle traffic fines. Cars would be towed to a police lot and held until fines are paid. The move aims to curb nonpayment amid many violators holding multiple fines.
Geese Gem Bits Of News From Classifieds
Fragments describe assorted bargain items in a city classifieds section. Mentions include a wrist watch, eight feet fleet display, a top plate, ranges and a refrigerator with low prices, plus various other affordable household goods and notices.
New charges in Parker fray widen senate debate
In Washington on April 29 United Press reports new charges in the Parker confirmation fight. Senator Borah continues his legal attack on John J. Parker for the supreme court post over the yellow dog contract. Senator Black cites alleged concealment of evidence by Parker in war frauds cases.
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Paul BR. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Parker
Senate
Sen. Borah
Idaho
North Carolina
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Borah
Black
Att
Daugherty
United States Harness Co
D. Lawrence Groner
Richmond
Flight plan for young pilot resumes from St Louis
Frank Goldsborough, a 19 year old pilot, prepared to take off from St Louis on April 29 for another leg of his hazardous flight between the Atlantic and Pacific routes. The record notes the danger of the lanes as he resumes the journey.
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ST. Louis
Atlantic
Pacific
Frank Goldsborough
Capone Aide Laughs At Chicago Crime Board
Reece Fannelli, aide to Scarface Al Capone, arrived in London on vacation and boasted about U.S. liquor laws. He dismissed the Chicago crime commission listing him as a public enemy, claiming they cannot stop them and that the people will treat them as such.
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Capone
Aide
CHI Crime Board
Ondon
Reece Fannelli
Fannelli
America
Land of the
Chicago Crime Commission
Chicago
Nurse Refused Citizenship In World War Era Case In New York
Marie Averill Brand a Canadian nurse who tended American soldiers in World War I sought US citizenship. She stated she would not bear arms, awaiting a ruling on whether she could become a citizen or be barred like Rosika Schwimmer for refusing the oath to bear arms.
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New York
Marie Averill Brand
Rosika Schwimmer
Hoover to Get Treaty Tomorrow
Secretary of State Stimson and part of the American naval conference delegation arrive in Washington to present the Naval Treaty of 1930 to President Hoover at the White House tomorrow morning. Hoover likely to submit the treaty to the Senate before week’s end. Four of seven delegates will meet the president. Ambassador Dawes and Ambassador Gibson remain at their posts. Senator Reed did not return with the Leviathan crew.
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Hy United Press
New York
Europe
Stimson
Leviathan
United States Lines
Macom
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Dwight W. Morrow
Grover Whalen
Lower Broadway
Naval Conference
Joseph McKee
James J. Walker
Washington
American Naval Conference
T Hoover
White House
Hoover
Senate
Ambassador Dawes
Ambassador Gibson
London
Brussels
Sen. Reed
Pennsylvania
Tragic Condor Sinking Kills 200 On Padma River
Calcutta reports a disaster as the Steamer Condor capsized in a tornado on the Padma River near Nagabari. Two hundred drowned, only eighteen saved, with survivors recounting the sudden broadside gusts and men clinging to lines amid scorching heat and churned waters.
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Calcutta
India
Padma
Ganges
Nagabari
Driver freed in accident quiz
John Caruso aged 19 the driver of the so called death car was dismissed in Akron police court after arraignment on a manslaughter charge tied to a fatal crash that killed Canton boxer William Young Dorsey 19 and Isador Stern a Canton youth near Akron two weeks earlier Caruso rode the vehicle that collided with a truck standing roadside between Canton and ron
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John Caruso
William “Young” Dorsey
Canton
Isador Stern
Akron
Caruso
Ron
Rajah Blindfolded Pilot Dazzles Canton Traffic
Canton Daily News reports Rajah Raboid, a vaudeville mentalist, driving a Chrysler sedan through Canton blindfolded using radio mental direction. Mile Orpha, in a second car, directs via mental impressions as Raboid maneuvers past near-obstructed streets under professional inspection.
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Rajah Raboid
Palace Theater
Canton
Maloney-Zwick Co
Milo
Palace
Tis Path
Chrysler
Maloney Zwick Co
Canton Daily News
Mile. Orpha
Raboid
Mile Orpha
George Schoner
Pennzoil
Paul Pfouts
Daily News
Market Uv
Market
Fife
Convicts Freed Early After Ohio Penitentiary Mutiny
United Press dispatch from Columbus reports 34 inmates, including Quinones of Stark County, paroled early from the Ohio Penitentiary on Tuesday to ease crowding. A mutiny erupted as guards faced demonstrators with shotguns, and convicts fled crying butchers amid tense standoff and cryptic claims of dead men inside.
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Quinones of Stark
Ohio Penitentiary
United Press
Columbus
Astronomers study total eclipse of Sun observers report
Scientists gathered in nine California counties to record the sun’s eclipse with photographs and spectrograms after a two and a half hour observing period. Observers noted a near total eclipse and temporary darkness as temperatures fell, with some sites troubled by clouds and light leaks but overall optimism for results.
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Bfy Lested Press
Francisco
Masonic Notice for Lathrop Lodge 676 Apr 29
Special communication of Lathrop Lodge No 676 on Tuesday April 29 invites Master Masons. F C degree to be conferred. John H. Barnes serves as W M and Geo C Mast as Secretary Adv.
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Lathrop Lodge No
F.C
John H. Barnes
W. M. Geo
C. Mast
Sec'y
Adv
Irene Shrader refuses to sign affidavit in gas station hold up case
In New Castle Pa on April 20 Irene Shrader refuses to sign an affidavit confessing the West Virginia gasoline station holdup. Her lawyer Thomas W. Dickey said the signature could not be obtained. Edward O. Keifer visited her in cell with the affidavit. A man and woman already serving time deny the crime. Irene and her lover Gienn Dague, also condemned, likely committed the holdup.
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New Castle
Irene Shrader Tionde
Corp
Brady Paul
West Virginia
Thomas W. Dickey
Edward O. Keifer
New Martinsville
W. Va
Irene
Irenes
Gienn
Troops Move Against Bandits Looting Kingeuchen
Shanghai garrison commander orders troops to overtake roughly 500 bandits who looted Kingeuchen. Also an advertising line notes damp wash specials and laundry services, and a Klingstedts ad for business cards and envelopes.
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Peiping
China
Shanghai
Kingeuchen
Klingstedts —Adv
New Era Forecast By U S Chamber Leader
President William C Butterworth of the U S Chamber of Commerce predicted a new economic era based on cooperation and research at the annual meeting before 3000 business leaders. He warned against business baiting by lawmakers and urged intelligent cooperative leadership over domination and decrees.
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Washington
William C. Butterworth
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chambers
Napoleon
David
Goliath
McCuskey and Morris Attend U.S. Chamber Meeting
FE A McCuskey national councilor of the United States Chamber of Commerce and Charles E Morris Canton chamber manager were in Washington Tuesday attending the annual meeting of the United States chamber.
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FE. A. McCuskey
United States Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Morris
Canton Chamber
Washington
United States Chamber
Gasoline Prices Rise in New York Territory
Standard Oil Co of New York announced a one cent per gallon price increase across its territory today matching an earlier rise by Tidewater Oil Co. The move tightens fuel costs as markets adjust to evolving competition and supply dynamics.
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New York
Standard Oil Co
Tidewater Oil Co
More Time in Talk on Trains and Phones
A Hill Cal story recalls a Will Rogers special in which passengers on a Canadian train talk with London. The piece jokes that invention is driven by time saving, noting endless phone chatter and fees eclipsing congressional talk as time remains the scarce commodity.
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Will Rogers
Hill&, Cal
Canada
London
England
Jones
Congress
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Easure
U. S
Battery
Pen
Labor Bureau
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Rome
Council
Chen Ae
Nnton Daily
DIAL
Sen. Black
Justice
Hy Taited Press
Indian River
Rajah
Henry Shriver
California
San Francisco
Us&s Weather Bureau
Royal Laundry Co
U.S. C
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