Tragic Canton drowning claims 11 year old boy
Charles Pritchard 11, son of Mr and Mrs T G C Pritchard of 1633 Harrison Ave SW Canton, died Thursday noon after diving into a five to six foot deep stream by Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks near Central Alloy Steel and Metropolitan Paving Brick Co. A pool with sharp stones claimed his life. rescuers and bystanders failed to revive him. His body, recovered by local workers and a Timken engine crew, is at Hiller Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Charles Pritchard
T. GC. Pritchard
Harrison
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Central Alloy Steel Corporation
Metropolitan Paving Brick Co
Canton
Pritchard
Harold Shumaker
Roy Shumaker
Ralph Shumaker
Hoppie
Roy Shear
Peter Fohl
Smith
Fred Vogley
Rush D. Hiller
Bes
Tne
Hiller
Schaeffer Trails At 18th In Akron District Golf
Brad Rang of Anna Dean Club Akron led Walter Schaeffer of Congress Lake Club by 2 up after the first 18 holes in the Akron district golf championship match. The 36 hole affair began with 18 holes this morning and was to be completed this afternoon starting at 2.
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Congress Lake Club
Aug
Brad Rang
Anna Dean Club
Akron
Walter Schaeffer
Missouri primary tightens senate race as late returns come in
Late Missouri primary returns show dry Democratic Charles M. Hay leading wet James A. Collet by about 22,000 votes for the U S Senate. In the Republican contest dry Roscoe Patterson overcomes an early wet lead by Nathan Frank, with a plurality potentially around 10,000.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
United Sates Senate
Charles M. Hay
James A. Collet
United States
Roscoe ©. Patterson
Nathan Frank
Resignation Accepted as Tigert to Lead Florida University
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Dr. John J. Tigert as commissioner of education. The Interior Department advised that Tigert will become president of the University of Florida.
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Washington
Coolidge
John J. Tigert
Interior Department
Gay
Dr. Tigert
University of Florida
Florida Breeze Roils California Papers In Will Rogers Special
Beverly Hills reports a stiff breeze across California as Florida editions arrive causing extras to speculate on a looming tornado. The note mentions Al facing a debate with clergy and comments on politicians losing their early flair after nominations while a correspondent signs off as yours.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Florida
California
Love for girl made Tunney real fighter
The Canton Daily News reports that Gene Tunney, famed heavyweight champion now retired, owes his drive to love for Mary Josephine Lauder, daughter of a wealthy New York family. They plan marriage this autumn or winter in New York, with engagement details confirmed by friends of Tunney and the Lauder circle.
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NEA Service, Inc
Telephoto
New York
Mary Josephine Lauder
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Miss Lauder
Canton Daily News
Greenwich, Conn
George Lauder, Jr
Lauder
Mary Josephine Laudler
Edward Dewing
Hartford
Conn
Dewing
Three Hurt As Bus Overturns Near La Grange
A Chicago to Cleveland bus overturned in a ditch six miles west of La Grange Indiana injuring three seriously. Injured include Grace Iverson of Minneapolis C W Johnson and Mrs C W Johnson of Cleveland Chicago driver Charles Ruthger and several other passengers suffered cuts and bruises.
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LA Grange
Ind
Cleveland
Here
Grace Iverson
Minneapolis
C. W. Johnson
Charles Ruthger
Chicago
Sky fireworks may show here on Perseids night
Alliance August 9. A brilliant fireworks display may light the sky Saturday as the earth passes through the Perseids meteors orbit. Prof. Elmer Trott of Mount Union College says astronomers disagree on the display type but expects a yellow shower of shooting stars as the Perseids remnants intersect the Earth between the 10th and 12th of the month.
Chicagoan Tony Bututita Shot by Two Men
Tony Bututita, 50, a well known police character, was shot to death in Chicago. He was attacked by two men using sawed off shotguns and died instantly. Police blamed Black Hand activities for the murder.
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Chicago
Tony” Bututita
Bututa
Tunney and Girl Differ in Religion
Gene Tunney plans to marry Mary Josephine Lauder and remains a devout Catholic. Miss Lauder attends the Episcopalian Church. Friends say no reason exists for either to abandon faith after marriage.
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New York
Gene Tunney
Mary Josephine Lauder
Miss Lauder
Episcopalian Church
Man Drops Dead After Banquet Trip in Chardon Ohio
John C. Dick, 32, an engineer with the Geauga County surveyors office, collapsed and died today after returning from Akron where he attended a banner reunion event. An ad lists a Keg unit reunion at Hotel Northern this Sunday August 12 with Col Dick and Don McSweeney, and a banquet plate for $1. Call H. & ¢ 827 Cleveland avy NW for reservations.
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Chardon
John C. Dick
Geaugaco Surveyors Office
Akron
Salvagers Recover Treasure From Sunken Belgian Liner
Salvagers after treasure recovered seventy dollars in British and Belgian currency from the Elizabethville sunk by a German submarine in World War I. Ten tons of ivory tusks also were recovered, sufficient to cover the expedition costs after weeks of hazardous diving off St Nazaire.
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ST. Nazaire
France
Elizabethville
Two Suspects Held In Murder Probe At Northwestern
Evanston, Aug 9 Two suspects John Burke 45 and Willis Wolfe 37 held for questioning in the Miss Jennie Constance murder near Northwestern University Library. Blood-stained clothes and a heavy iron pipe found nearby are key clues as residents report screams and odd figures on Foster street. The English instructor at Polytechnical Institute Peoria had been doing summer work toward a PhD at Northwestern. A special council meeting was suggested to authorize a reward for the capture of the slayer.
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Evanston
Jennie Constance
Bradley College
Constance
Foster Street
Northwestern University
Wolfe
Siegal
Siegel
Northshore
George Peak
Miss Constance
Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
University
Pwanston
Brown takes GM finance chair after Raskob resignation
Donaldson Brown acting chairman of GM's finance committee fills the post left by John J. Raskob who resigned to lead the Democratic National Committee. Brown, also GM vice president in charge of finance and a director since 1921, assumes duties.
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New York
Donaldson Brown
General Motors Corporation
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Brown
Canton urged to seize airport site for prestige and progress
The Canton chapter of the National Aeronautical Association urges Mayor C. C. Curtis to act now on securing an airport site, arguing a vetoed $100,000 bond for Harrisburg road site risks losing priority for air mail, rail intercontinental routes, and Canton’s aviation standing. Immediate study of aviation progress is urged to boost future development.
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Canton
National Aeronautical Association
C. C. Curtis
Harrisburg Rd
Ohio Cities
Curtis
Thousands Die as Rokatinda Volcano Ravages Paloeweh
Dispatches from Batavia report one thousand killed and 600 injured as six villages on Paloeweh are destroyed by the eruption of Rokatinda. Casualties and property losses focus on the island s southwest. Nine ships were sunk off Celebes. Paloeweh lies off Flores north coast. south of the Philippines and southeast of Borneo.
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Amsterdam
Rokatinda
Paloeweh
Batavia
Celebes
Island of
Flores
Flores Sea
Philippines
Borneo
One Killed Two Hurt By Auto In Mayfield Incident
In Cleveland area Mayfield last night an auto driven by Frank J. Deibel Lyndhurst struck three youths. Richard Dunnebeck 14 was killed while his cousin William Wike 11 and Ernest Keller 12 were injured. Deibel faces manslaughter charges and is jailed in 20000 bond.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Deibel
Lyndhurst
Mayfield
Deibel
Richard Dunnebeck
William Wike
W. Z. Wike
Mayfield Heights
Ernest Keller
Canton Upgrades as Hiner Structural Steel Expands
Canton area industry grows with Hiner Structural Steel reporting 30 to 33 percent rise in production and payroll in the first seven months of 1928 versus 1927. The firm, which designs, manufactures, delivers and erects structural steel, has plants near Louisville, keeps Canton offices, and hires many Canton residents. The president, Guy C. Hiner, expects further growth into 1929 as demand increases.
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Canton
Ohio
Tee
John G. Greenetween
Hiner Structural Steel Co
Weiwas
Guy C. Hiner
Hiner
Canton Rim Co
Louisville
Former Canton Man Given World Honor
William E. Weiss, formerly of Canton and now in Wheeling West Virginia, received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Cologne Germany for his work expanding Germany United States commercial relations. Weiss, born in Canton, studied Pharmacy and helped build Sterling Products Inc., a major maker of Bayer Aspirin Phillips Milk of Magnesia and Castoria.
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Canton
William E. Weiss
Gi. City
Wheeling
W. Va
University of Cologne
Germany
Weiss
United States
Mr. Weiss
A. H. Diebold
Sterling Products Inc
River Menace Strikes Salina Kansas Area
Torrential rains push Smoky Hill River over its banks flooding the Bide residential district of Salina and forcing residents to evacuate. The Smoky Hill and its tributary Saline River rose, closing nearby highways and threatening the business district as authorities warned receding waters were needed.
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Emoky Ayy
Salina Residenial
Salina
Wang
Smoky Hill
Adea
Indictment in famous Montgomery murder case
Samuel T. Robertson, 38 year old contractor, faced indictment in the Mills dairy case known as the shame murder. Mills was shot on his farm four years ago. An unsigned typed confession alleging intimacy with a married woman was found on Mills. Evidence tied a note to Robertson and linked a gun to the fatal shooting after a neighbor dispute.
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Montgomery
Samuel T. Robertson
Edoward L. Mills
Mills
Robertson
Corning Official Vanishes After Message From Chicago
Town clerk Merle, town clerk here and assistant paymaster at Corning Glass Works, disappeared Sunday night. A note postmarked Fostoria says he left due to financial difficulties and would never return to Corning. No deficit found in his books. he planned to go to Chicago.
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Corning
N. Y
Merle
Corning Glass Works
Chicago
Denies Guilt In Girl's Murder In Delaware Case
In Delphia Wyoming a suspect faced murder charges regarding a young girl's death. The court record shows a grand jury returning a murder indictment while the baby’s death was not connected to the case in the filing. The defendant remained held on the indecent charges.
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Delphia
Belize
Ear biometrics eyed to aid police tracing of crime
Police pursue a separate ear based identification system as an adjunct to fingerprints. Officials note ears are unique and not two sets alike, hoping to improve criminal tracing and certainty in inquiries.
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Paris
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial details for a local public sale with readable fragments naming the sale action and local officials.
Gulf hurricane eases after 24 hours of destruction
The tropical hurricane that snarled Florida for more than a day churned toward the Gulf of Mexico north of Tampa. Officials hoped the worst of the disturbance was over as communications into Tampa and nearby coast cities remained down.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Telegraphic Delay Warning Issued As Florida Storm Lingers
Western Union reports definite delay on telegraphic traffic to points south of Melbourne including Miami. Storm center north of Tampa with minor damage in St. Petersburg. Citrusco towns cut off. No deaths or serious injuries. Miami unaffected by this edge of storm, winds up to 80 mph. Continued on page five.
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New York
Melbourne
Florida
Miami
Western Union Telegraph Co
Sanford
Wildwood
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Citrusco
Hickman to Get Death Sentence Again in California
Los Angeles August 9 William Edward Hickman known as Fox and killer of 12 year old Marion Parker will be sentenced to death by the Los Angeles Superior Court for a second time He will not be present when the court reads the hanging sentence The execution is to occur between 60 and 90 days after pronouncement with a date set between October 8 and November 7
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Fox
Marion Parker
Cosin
Tony
Superior Court of
Hickman
Thug Kills Woman in Cleveland Bed As Robbery Motive
August 9 report states Mrs. Agnes Klosowski, 69, was murdered in her bed by a thief. Authorities tie the motive to robbery as the assailant choked her, with her hands bound, a bag over her face, and rope around her neck. Stella Volk, 26, a roomer, found the body.
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Cleveland
Agnes Klosowski
Stella Volk
Massive dynamite blast planned near Akron quarry
The Lehmiller Co plans a 4 to 6 pm blast at a Copley quarry near Akron using 10,000 pounds of dynamite. No police investigation will follow, as the explosion is prearranged. Explosive rock blasting will scatter rubble, then rock loading into trucks begins.
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Copley
Akron
Lehmiller Co
North Industry
Columbia Silica Sand Co
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