Senator-elect Vare Near Death in Atlantic City
Senator-elect William Ware, seriously ill after a stroke, has worsened at his summer home in Atlantic City. Dr. Ellwood Kirby reported his condition deteriorating with rising temperature, weak pulse, nonreactive pupils, and increasing skull base pressure. a coma-like state left him unable to speak. A rumor of death circulated as Mrs. Vare fainted on leaving the room.
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Atlantic City
William
Ware
Ellwood Kirby
Sen. Vare
Kirby
Naval treaty worries U S officials in disarmament talks
Washington officials fear the Franco British naval accord may affect American interests and the Washington arms treaty. Secretary Kellogg notes delicacy in public comment and plans to seek explanations in Paris as he reviews the document. The British note is now believed to be only a summary rather than the full text.
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Washington
Paris
Kellogg
Quake Shakes Parts of Italy and Mexico
Earth tremors were felt in Italy including Liguria and Tuscany and in Mexico City and nearby towns. Officials reported no damage. shocks were recorded in Massa, Viareggio, Fivezanno, and other towns as residents fled their homes.
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Liguria
Tuscania
Chiaver Massa
Viareggio
Fivezanno
Fisherman Loses Teeth and Catch in Line Tug
In Hull Massachusetts on August 4, amateur fisherman Joan Barry reported a missing set of false teeth and a fish he had hauled in after a tug on his line. He claimed the teeth vanished when he cried out during the struggle, while the fish slipped away.
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Hull
Mass
Joan Barry
Boston
Barry
Hoover Begins His Busiest Campaign Week in 1928
Hoover starts a week of rapid campaigning with a Stanford Stadium 7,000 word acceptance speech before 100,000 in California. In New York, Rep. Tilson plans a national speakers bureau after meeting Hoover, while a strong anti Smith stance shapes the national race and campaign strategies.
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Canton Daily News
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Tilson
Gov. Smith
Hoover
Smith
Confession Linked to Murder Aide in Georgia Death Case
In Atlanta Mrs. Clifford Thompson clung to a sensational confession claiming she and her lover plotted a murder to clear her husband. She named an elderly Chatsworth storekeeper and said Osborne knew too much. Thompson and Jim Moss were executed shortly after a judge denied a respite. Her appeal awaits Georgia Supreme Court action.
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Atlanta
Slover
Jim Mossanegro
Clifford Thompson
Thompson
Moss
Guv Hardman
Fultonco
Georgia Supreme Court
Osborne
Insurance man dies by self inflicted gunshot in Coshocton
Auge Howard Norris, 55, prominent Coshocton insurance man, took his own life today by a bullet to the forehead. Bad health and financial worries were given as the motive. An advertisement for Home Builders savings at 5 percent is noted.
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Coshocton, O
Howard Norris
Coshocton
New Buildings Rise to Cover Large Canton Plant Expansion
The Timken Roller Bearing Co plant undergoes a $4,500,000 expansion with new buildings west of the old facility along Harrison to 19th Street. By December 1 the complex will form a continuous 2,100 foot east side steel and bearing production line. Building A adds to the 35 inch mill, with most work on the west side.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton Industries
Harrison
15Th St
19Th St
Blaze Destroys Old Warehouse in Broaday Fire
A fire of unknown origin consumed an old frame warehouse on 21st NE Saturday night, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage. The building, once part of The Canton Art Metal Co. plant and now leased to Leo Breitenstein, saw firemen save about half the structure after flames began in the northwest end. Nearby, another blaze at 330 Broaday damaged an ironing board when an electric iron set it alight.
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21St NE
Leo Breitenstein
Canton Art Metal Co
Broaday
C. E. Moore
Alliance-Built Plane Debuts At Flying Circus
The Alliance Aircraft Corp. christened its first airplane in Alliance on August 4 before 2000 spectators at the E State road flying field. Miss Wanda Hess broke a bottle over the propeller after a briefing by W. E. Trump, as the motor hummed for the first time.
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Wanda Hess
Adrian
Aubrey Hess
Heat Wave Kills Two in Ohio as Scorching Weather Rages
In Crestline Ohio railway worker Harry M Schroyer 55 was found dead in his room from heat prostration amid a day of extreme heat. Two men, Robert Cole 21 and Betel Moore 27 of South Row were struck by lightning while carrying a pair of blackberries, killing one. New York reports tie New York to a record heat.
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Coumapus
Aus
Colum- Sands Petro
Harey m. Sehroyer
Crestline
Labanon
Robert Cole
Betel Moore
South Row
Cleveland
Great Lakes
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Soldiers blamed for food poisoning in multiple states
Eighteen members of Company G national Guard 412th Infantry in Erie Pennsylvania were hospitalized after eating contaminated sandwiches at Camp Meade. Major Kenneth Momeyer said the men fell ill two weeks into their two week camp period, with one local man and his son also affected after tainted meat illness near Richmond Indiana.
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Erie
National Guardg 412Th Infantry
Wayne Nyers
Kenneth Momeyer
Toombs Faces Inquiry Over Insurance Company Deficit
Roy C Toombs president of International Life Insurance Co may explain a deficit of 3,141,000 in the company accounts. The statements suggest a political show of scrutiny as investigations unfold in Chicago.
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Aus
Attam
Roy Co
Toombs
International Life Insurance Co
cCompany
Ohio highway department launches $13 million in 1928 upgrades
Columbus report shows the state highway department let contracts for 233.50 miles of new pavement worth $9,215,543.56 and spent $3,641,521.76 on grading bridges and other improvements in the first half of 1928. Beightler notes aims for safe durable roads.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Roberts. Beightler
Beightler
Enormous Mastodon Tusk Found Near Newtown Ohio
A massive mastodon tusk about eight feet long and 22 inches in circumference was unearthed near Newtown, Ohio. Workers could not locate the curved anterior end yet and two men carried the heavy specimen.
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Cincinnati
Newtown
Pike to Picnic showcases Stark County political potpourri
The 29th Pike to Picnic drew about 5000 attendees with speakers including gubernatorial candidates James T. Begg and Martin L. Davey, Rep John McSweeney, and Judge Florence Allen. Allen drew attention for non political remarks while George H. White commented on national politics amid a broad turnout.
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Stark Co
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Florence Allen
State Supreme Court
John McSweeney
Wooster
Ohio State Supreme Court
George H. White
Marietta
National Democratic
Youth Slugger Held After May Attacks Near Mayfield
William Blair, 1634 May of NE, a youth tied to two alleged attacks on girls and charged with issuing bad checks and car thefts, was arrested by Detectives McDonald and Minesinger at the fair grounds. Police say he forced into a neighbor’s home around midnight May 16, assaulted a girl with a brick and car gear lever, then fled but his identity was established.
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William Blair
May
McDonald and
Minesinger
Fairgrounds
Blair
Pennsylvania
Smiths Meet in Galveston Smith Day celebration
In Galveston Texas on August 4 Mr Smith and his family will be honored as the centerpiece of Galveston's first Smith Day. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce the event invites Smiths from Texas and nearby states with prizes for various Smiths including best looking fattest and largest family.
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Galveston
Tex
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Presbyterians sue former treasurer over church funds
COSHOCTON August 4 The First Presbyterian Church files suit in common pleas court against E A McNaughten former treasurer accusing him of converting 3057 dollars paid by church members to his own use.
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Coshocton
First Presbyterian Church Here
Common Pleas Court
E. A. McNaughten
Opera tenor Forest Lamont performs as mother dies
At Zoo Opera in Cincinnati Forest Lamont sang despite learning his mother in Vermont was gravely ill. He pressed on through the show, directing focus to his role with notable power while awaiting final travel to Vermont, via Columbus and New York.
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Cincinnati
Zoo Opera
Forest Lamont
Charles G. Miller
Lamont
Vermont
itUte
Walter
Isaac van Grove
van Grove
Columbus
New York
Robinson Is Going Fishing in Arkansas Campaign
Senator Joseph T. Robinson the Democratic vice presidential nominee spent a secluded weekend fishing near Stuttgart Arkansas the trip kept free from interruptions by postmen and messengers. He traveled with law partner Joe W. House and Associate Justice F E L McElhaney of the state supreme court.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Stuttgart
Joe W. House
FE. L. MccElhaney
State Supreme
Curt
Plane crash near Fairview injures pilot and nephews
In Erie Pennsylvania on August 4 a plane piloted by Dan McCray crashed after diving near Fairview, twelve miles from Erie. McCray suffered a broken leg and was removed from the wreckage. His two nephews, passengers, sustained less serious injuries. The aircraft owner, McCray’s brother, runs a flying field at Fairview.
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Erie
Dan McCray
Fairview
Here
McCray
Child Homicide In Cleveland Arising From Accidental Strike
Police in Cleveland investigate the death of 16 month old Gilbert Hartford after a screwdriver thrown by the child's stepfather struck him on the head. The stepfather is held pending the investigation and claims the incident was an accident.
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Cleveland
Gilbert Hartford
Polish Transatlantic Plane Missing Overdue in U S News
In New York, crowds watch Mitchel Field as Polish Air Force Majors Louis Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala remain missing after departing Paris for New York. Reports from ships tracking a lone Transatlantic craft place the plane northeast of the Azores, with hopes fading after 45 hours aloft.
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New York
Paris
Louis Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Jan Ciechanowsky
le Bourget Field
Amakura
Arctec
British Isles
Azores
Four Ohioans Die in Colorado Train Collision
A car carrying four Ohioans, including Earl H. Turner and three Turners from Dayton, crashed into a Denver Rio Grande passenger train near Fountain Colorado. The party had been touring from Santa Monica California and were en route home. Bodies were taken to Colorado Springs for relatives.
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Fountain
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande
Earl H. Turner
Dayton
Ohio
Beulah Ann Turner
Central Av
Jennie R. Turner
John Edward Turner
Colorado Springs
Santa Monica
Cal
City police coat rule eases uniform for summer
Mayor CC Curtis ordered police may remove heavy coats in hot months. White shirts with black bow ties will be worn on duty to improve neatness and comfort. The order takes effect immediately and covers August and September.
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CC. C. Curtis
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