Traffic safety campaign urged by cantons churches and road groups
Canton police announce a national highway safety drive led by the Federal Council of Churches and the American Road Builders Association. Aimed at October campaigns across 30 000 churches and schools, the effort promotes a citizens club, courtesy ethics on streets, and universal pledge adoption to reduce roadway deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
United States
American Road Builders Association
Charles M. Upham
Washington, D. C
National Highway Safety Club
Police Nab 56 More In Traffic Violation Drive
United front of deputies and Canton officials reports a traffic enforcement blitz yielding six arrests and 50 citations from Thursday noon to Friday morn. Judge Snyder set harsher fines as six drivers are charged with drunken driving and reckless operation.
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Canton
A. Talmadge Snyder
Burt Minesinger
Lloyd Schrantz
Schriver
Schrantz
Market Av N
12Th St
Charles Saunier
H. L. Bowers
Minerva
Likelihood of Swindle Plan Seen in Offer
Federal post office operatives probe an alleged $500 million fortune said to be owed to Mrs. Nettie Copfer of 710 Marion Ave SW. Lawyers in Minneapolis claim she is an heir to Edward Webber's vast estate, with meetings of supposed heirs and promises of a share within two months, amid doubts the windfall is real and fears of a long-running scam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Post Office
Cenmy
Nettie Copfer
Marion
Walter Raleigh
America
Post Office
Road Change Brings Tilt on Canton Waynesburg Route
A hearing before state highway assistant maintenance engineer H S Perry debated relocating a Canton Waynesburg road segment two miles to remove dangerous curves. Petitioners warned of costly right of way, opponents cited historic scenic value and drainage issues as obstacles. Record kept for decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Robertson
Purnell Admits He Is Bigamist
King Ben Purnell once led the House of David colony and now, as an invalid, confessed to bigamy while testifying in the state's dissolution case. He said he married Angeline Brown at 16 and did not divorce her before marrying Mary Stollard, his present wife, and also married Queen Mary.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Ben Purnell
House of David
Purnell
Queen Mary
Angeline Brown
Mary Stollard
Ex Chief Fined in Booze Case
Middletown reports former local police chief George Williams was fined 2400 on liquor charges after arraignment before Judge Ed Dell in municipal court. Williams, described as a prominent liquor raider, faced the charges following investigations and was ordered to pay the fine.
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Middletown
George Williams
Ed Dell
Prisoner Morris Luff Freed After Arrest in Cleveland
Cleveland lawyer Morris Luff who was believed sentenced to Ohio penitentiary for embezzlement was found in custody at his home after an arrest. Luff, sentenced to seven years on Oct 24 1928, had been at liberty since June 28 this year and previously released as a federal witness on Nov 24 1923.
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Cleveland
Morris Luff
Ohio
Luff
Supreme Court
Clevelnd Association For Criminal Justice
Bound Over On Larceny Charge In Cleveland Case
Morris Kelner of Cleveland was bound over to the grand jury from municipal court on grand larceny for allegedly swindling John Somares of 3560 dollars five years ago. Kelner, arrested July 27, posted 5000 dollar bond. Mike Strouse of Niles reported to police he was swindled out of 7000 dollars by two men. he briefly identified Kelner before denying ever meeting him.
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Morris Kelner
Cleveland
Municipal
Kelner
John Somares
Belden Av
Mike Strouse
Niles
Edward Swope
Captan Swope
Strouse
Ohio Operators Reject Peace Move In Miner Talks
A letter from H. H. Robbins, president of the Ohio Coal Operators Association, rejects Gov. Vic Donahey's plan for a mine parley in Toledo on August 25 and signals that Ohio mine owners will operate on a non union basis. The reply comes in response to Donahey's August 3 proposal for a conference of operators and union officials in the midwestern fields.
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Cleveland
Vic Donahey
Toledo
Ohio
Swiss Army Averts Torrent Downriver Rush
Swiss army engineers mobilized from a garrison fort to guide a St Barthelmy torrent of the Rhone back to its natural course after heavy rains turned it into a hydraulic flow. The flood washed mud and rock, burying a railroad bridge and forcing the Simplon Express to detour via Berne.
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Lausanne
St. Barthelmy Mountain
Rhone
Berne
Cleveland and Canton Officials Inspect New Catch Basin Test
Cleveland city officials joined Canton officials to view a Market Ave N and 4th St demonstration of a new catch basin design. The device uses a metal bucket in the basin drained by a small derrick, cutting cleaning costs to about 25 cents per basin versus higher labor costs for the old system.
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Cleveland
Canton
Luther K. Zerbe
Market
4Th St
Piedmont
Cleveland Party
Robert Hoffman
Fielders Sanders
James Jappe
Leveland
Adolph Levy
Norwood
Sanitary Catch Basin Cleaning Co
Cate
James Dappe
Elmer Packer
Robert Hoffmann
Missing banker found working at gas station in Cleveland
Jack M. Patterson of Union Nebraska, former Union bank cashier missing since July 1924, was located in Cleveland employed as a gas-station attendant. He said he left Nebraska over worry about the bank's frozen assets and has resided here since September 1924 after his disappearance tied to a Chicago bathing beach discovery and presumed drowning.
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Cleveland
Jack M. Patterson
Union
Neb
Union Bank
Patterson
Nebraska
Chicago
Lake Michigan
GIVES BLOOD TO AID HER FATHER
James Oliver Curwood's condition in Owosso Michigan remained unchanged early today, despite a blood transfusion given by his daughter Mrs Carlotta Jirus of Detroit which brought slight improvement. He suffers from generalized streptococcic infection.
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Owosso, Mich
James Oliver Curwood
J. J. Haviland
Carlotta Jirus
Detroit
Curwood
Home Rule Plan Endorsed by Maryland Governor
Gov Albert C Ritchie of Maryland urged more home rule for cities at the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs. He said democracy requires broader city autonomy and addressed the audience on August 12 in Virginia.
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Ritchie
Maryland
Will Rogers Recaps Santa Barbara Fiesta Trip
Will Rogers reports on a Santa Barbara fiesta showcasing California life before Ford film salaries and realty men in knee breeches, calling it a Coney Island scene in the state. He notes weather was not unusual and signs off from Santa Barbara.
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Will Rogers
Santa Barbara
Cal
Aug. i
California
Coney Island
Two Die as Train Leaves Rails Near Racine
At Sturdevant, six miles from Racine, a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul main line train ran into an open switch and derailed. Dean L. H. Brock engineer and T. M. Weber fireman, both Milwaukee men, died. Seven cars left the track and two coaches overturned. Twenty five passengers were uninjured or escaped with minor injuries.
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Racine, Wis
Explosion Rocks Cleveland Apartment Building
A mysterious blast in an Cleveland apartment building sent Mrs. Mary Lacey flying from her bed as fire lit the lower floor. Police found a large hole torn in the ceiling amid the blaze, and she narrowly escaped death or serious injury.
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Cleveland
Mary Lacey
Auto Tags for 1928 Ready Blue Body White Numerals
The 1928 automobile license tags are ready. They are dark blue with white numerals and letters. Ben Rudner and hundreds of prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary finished the work and 1,700,000 tags will be distributed a month before year end. This is the first time the full supply is ready before distribution. The Canton Automobile club and Stark county will receive their tags.
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Ben Rudner
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
Canton Automobile Club
County
Stark Co Lee
Mayor Recites Facts In Health Board Squabble
May or Swarts defends appointment of Mrs Josephine Harris to Canton Board of Health to fill a vacancy created by Henry Detmering Teaches that the move followed advice from Health Officer Dr F B Sayre Officials from the health department and city law department disputed the action Detmering returned unexpectedly and questioned the appointment after it was made Board director Monger advised quo Warranto if challenged alluding to legal proceedings
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8. M. Swarts
Vriday
Josephine Harris
Canton Board of Health
Henry W. Detmering
Health Department
City Law Department
Swarts
Harria
Wood Faith
F. B. Sayre
Canton
Tuttle C. Walker
Sayre
Charlies R. Deeds
California
Walker
Harris
Health Board
Detmering
John E. Monger
State Board of Health
Trans Atlantic and Pacific Air Race Delays
Weather delays the start of the trans Atlantic air race with Charles A. Levine delaying plans and Dieudonne Costes withdrawing. Otto Koennecke plans a Cologne to New York flight while Junkers faces engine delivery issues. In San Francisco nine Dole prize pilots postpone the Hawaii flight to prepare planes, with Mildred Doran as the sole woman entrant.
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Paris
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Dieudonne Costes
Breguet
Leevine
Costes
Levine
Berlin
Otto Koennecke
Lufthansa
Cologne
New York
Koennecke
Koeniisch Zeitung
Junkers’ Airplane Works
Germania
Junkers
San Francisco
Cal
Oakland Sport
Oakland Committee
Honolulu Committee
Oakland
Pacific
Bennet Griffin
Bartlesville
Oxla
Norman Goddard
Charles W. Parkhurst
Peoria
Auggie Pedlar
Grand Rapids
Mich
Willam P. Erwin
Dallas
Tex
Livingston Irving
Art Goeb
Harter, Jr. Heads to Plattsburgh for Army Leave
Prosecutor Henry W. Harter Jr. left Friday for Plattsburgh New York to spend a few weeks in active army service. He is a World War veteran and a member of the Officers Reserve Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Plattsburgh, N. Y
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Boy 4 Rescues Sister as Fire Claims Brother
In Sandusky on August 12 Mildred Lombardo six is saved by her brother Lawrence four who perished saving her. Mildred is badly burned in Providence hospital and recovering. The siblings were playing with matches. celluloid near exploded when a lighted match ignited.
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Sandusky
Mildred Lombardo
Lawrence
Mildred
Providence Hospital
Armour Ailing: J Ogden Armour Seriously Ill
London August 12 reports unfavorable developments worsened the condition of J Ogden Armour, Chicago millionaire. He has been ill for some time and was X rayed to detect an abscessed lung, though results were not disclosed.
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London
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
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Louis Dumont
Dumont Grocery Company
Carl Meyer
Hen
Trong
Eplary
Itate
Prohibition
Aarnepe
Dle
U.S
Coast Guards
Ansonia
G. A. Loomis
Coast Guard
Staten Island
St. George
Ferdinand Wauria
Loomis
Waynesburg
Bigamist
Colony
Liberty
Army
Racine
Wis
Hawaiian
Philadelphia
Honolulu
H. W. Harter, JR
Plattsburgh
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