Fire Marshal Probes Massillon Factory Blaze
State fire marshal joins Massillon investigation into two recent factory fires of mysterious origin. Buck Products Co. suffered a $10 000 fire in its 6th Street NW plant. 800 to 1 000 foot hose lines hindered access. Nearby plants Haskins Rubber Co. and Massillon Paper Co. faced danger but were saved.
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Canton Daily News
Massillon
Edward J. Hunsinger
Buck Products Co
6Th St NW
Massilion
Reliance Mfg. Co
Haskins Rubber Co
Massillon Paper Co
Two families killed in Dallas train crash
A Dallas area crash killed 13 of 14 riding in a truck returning from a zoo trip. Mrs. Badgett, 42, and E S Henry, 55, were among the dead. the lone survivor, a Badgett daughter, was hospitalized and expected to recover. Investigators blamed a pavement crack near a grade crossing 18 miles east of Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Sherwood B. Badger
E. S. Henry
Here
Claude Chapman
Mesquite
Badgett
Snook Hix murder trial hear tense courtroom exchange
Prosecutor John J. Chester Jr and defense lawyer John F. Seidel traded sharp remarks during cross examination in the Snook Hix murder case in Columbus. Judge Henry L. Scarlett ordered decorum as the questioning shifted to Dr. James Howard Snook later in the session.
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Seidel
Chester
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Columbus
John J. Chester, Jr
Snook-Hix
John F. Seidel
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Henry L. Scarlett
Snook
Canton primary election looms with record vote expected
The Stark County board of elections prepares for the largest Canton primary in history with 259 mayoral votes and 259 airport opinions already tallied in absent ballots. Monday's precinct split directs voters in North Industry to Fisher's store or Weida's garage, while Waco residents north of the Wheeling and Lake Erie line follow another site assignment.
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Canton
Stark Co Board of Elections
North Industry
Fisher’s
Weida
Waco
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Doctor Westlake Goes On Trial For Torso Murder
Dr Franklin Westlake faces a life trial in Los Angeles superior court for the alleged torso murder of his girlfriend Mrs Laura Belle Sutton. Prosecution says he killed to gain money and real estate held jointly. Westlake, who came from Illinois 25 years ago, was arrested months after the torso was found in the Los Angeles River.
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Los Angeles
Franklin Westlake
Superior Court
Laura Belle Sutton
Westlake
Illinois
Kidnapped American Missionary Demands Jobs for Captives
The United States legation reported that Henry Wesche of the American Holiness Mission was kidnapped by bandits at Tungchangfu Shantung on August 9. The captors offered to release him if the Chinese government provided employment for the hostages.
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Peiping
United States Legation
Henry Wesche
American Holiness
Tungchangfu
Shantung Province
Classified Bits From Today's Section
Short notes advertise expert marceller seeking a job as gardener or chauffeur. A Walnut dining room suite is offered at a bargain. Lost item marked on Market. News room listed at $7,100. Colonial home offers two clean furnished rooms for $6.50 weekly.
Airport vote on location and bonds issued debated locally
Community debates whether to decide on airport location by vote or leave future choice to politics. Advertisers push sales and radio program notes from Canton and Akron areas mentioning a furniture clearance, fishing tackle deals, and a mayoral message.
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Adv
Fire Destroys Belmont Stamping Plant in New Philadelphia
Fire officials probe the Belmont Stamping and Enameling Co plant fire in New Philadelphia Belmont Ave NW. The blaze burned for three hours yesterday morning causing about 1000 dollars in damage.
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Canton Daily News
New Philadelphia
Belmont Stamping & Enameling Co
Belmont Avy NW
Youths Admit Two Murders In Chicago Robberies
Two college robbers Robert Camy 18 and Earl Nicholson 20 confessed to killing two druggists George Schreiner Oak Park pharmacist Leon Raymond and wounding a night watchman Joseph Jerry. They admitted committing 50 robberies in six months.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert Camy
Earl Nicholson
Camy
New Harmony
Ind
George Schreiner
Nicholson
Austin High School
Leon Raymond
Oak Park
Schreiner
Canny
Raymond
Joseph Jerry
Italian Wheat Crop Up By 110 Million Bushels
Italy's wheat production for this year is estimated at 338 596 000 bushels by Acting Commercial Attache A A Osborne in Rome. Heat and drought may reduce the total somewhat but not materially. The report follows forecasts of a near term world wheat shortage by the federal farm board. The Wagner Prov Co. annual picnic will be at Springfield Lake Park next Wednesday. Wagner Market will be closed all day.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Commerce Department
Italy
A. A. Osborne
Rome
Wagner Prov. Co
Springfield Lake Park
Wagner Market
Adv
Mayor Curtis Addresses Tonight Tune in WADC Akyon
The message from Mayor C. C. Curtis will air tonight on WADC and Akyon as part of the city communications. The broadcast invites residents to listen for updates and guidance from the city leadership.
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Wadc
Akron
C.C. Curtis
Canton
Adv
Akyon
C. C. Curtis
C. Curtis
Ady
Barbers Celebrate Anniversary With Shop Closure
Barber shops will close all day Wednesday August 14 to mark the anniversary celebrations. Adv.
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Barbers
Airport vote urged and sports gear ad listed
Voters are asked to vote yes on the airport. An advertisement from O. F. Deal Sporting Goods at 229 Cleveland Ave NW promotes golf clubs balls and bags.
Special communication of Wm McKinley lodge announced
A special communication of Wm McKinley lodge will be held Monday August 12 at 6 30 pm E A degree A 8 Fromm W M H H Heingartner Secy Ady.
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Wm McKinley Lodge
W. M. H. H. Heingartner Secy
Ady
Ignorant Fight Quickest Will (Will Rogers' Special)
Beverly Hills drama quotes Ramsay MacDonald on postwar outcomes. The piece mocks who lost in the last war and minimizes blame, commenting on China and Russia and their roles in a recent uprising. The tone parodies American humorist Will Rogers with satire on wartime intelligence and blame.
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Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Cal
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Ramsay
Confucius
Calvin Coolidge
China
Russia
Snowden stand on reparations halts parley
At The Hague the reparations conference adjourned the financial commission to Wednesday morning after failing to resolve disputes over the Young plan annuities. Only German economics minister Julius Curtius and Italy's Signor Pirelli spoke briefly before the pause, as hopes for a resolution dimmed amid England's steadfast demands.
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Frederick Kuh
United Press
Hague
Financial Commission
England
Great Britain
Julius Curtius
Signor Pirelli
Italy
Marion Nixon postpones film career for six months leave
In Chicago on August 12 Marion Nixon and Edward Hillman Jr wed quietly. Nixon says her film work will pause for six months. They left for a three month honeymoon in Europe with limited family present.
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United Press
Chicago
Marion Nixon
Edward Hillman, Jr
Hillman
Lee Straus
Linda Cronin
Los Angeles
Florence Hodge
Louisville
Nixon
Europe
Swiss pilots arrive safely near Lisbon after Paris start
Three Swiss airmen who began from Paris on Thursday toward the United States reached Alverca airport north of Lisbon early today. They had been missing and searched across France Spain and Portugal, with fears of a Pyrenees loss. Kaeser said the trio would stay several days to tune their plane for the Atlantic crossing.
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Lisbon
Paris
United States
Alverca
Here
France
Spain
Portugal
Pyrenees
Kaeser
Atlantic
Steamer Ilisis Beached Off Cape Bilings
The Norwegian steamer Ilisis ran aground five miles from Cape Bilings on the Bering Sea and is rapidly flooding. Radio advices said the crew is safe.
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Seattle
Wash
Ilisis
Cape Bilings
Bering Sea
Equity Plans New Proposal in Actors Strike Talks
Hollywood August negotiations between Motion Picture Producers and Actors Equity resumed with a plan for 80 percent equity membership for principals and extras in future productions. Equity members backed the executive board after arbitration shifted from a 100 percent equity demand, amid other compromise proposals. Producers rejected the idea of 80 percent, insisting former Equity members who left the union be barred from studios.
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Hollywood
Actors’ Equity
Equity
Two Women Held in Jail Break at Kansas Prison
In Lansing Kansas two women are jailed on charges of smuggling arms to prisoners after a Kansas state penitentiary riot. Margaret Pale alias Billie McDonald and Pauline Webb allegedly supplied pistols used by six escapees. guns were hidden in coal cars and mailed to inside the walls.
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Lansing, Kas
Leavenworth
Kansas State Penitentiary
Mill F. Armine
Margaret Pale
Billie McDonald
Pauline Webb
William Webb
Gas death by own action may cost lives of man and boy
Chicago reports a woman ends her life by gas at a stove causing a blast that leaves her husband Joseph 31 and nephew Otto Jaretz 7 near death from burns. Neighbors say she distrusted her husband amid gossip and locked the house after sending two children away. Fire officials suspect a burning pilot light ignited the escaping gas.
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United Press
Chicago
Emily Strahamer
Joseph
Otto Jaretz
Strahamer
Little Otto
Charles McClaughry
TODAY S Special Features At The Theater Weekstart
Keen comedy tense drama and thrilling mystery anchor the theater programs for the first of the week. Dennis R Smith reviews the shows on Page 6 with features threading radio Page 3 editorials Page 4 and other items.
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Dennis R. Smith
Page
Bocety
Judith
Como Bircs Wekaneas
Bomb Explodes At Labor Chief Inhahn Home
Inhahn, a Chicago labor union official, and his family were awakened by a black powder bomb thrown into the basement beneath his bedroom. No one was injured. Police blamed a rival faction within the labor movement.
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Chicago
Anton J Inhahn
Inhahn
Drowning of Ed ward Wuerser Near Stratford
Ed ward Wuerser, 17, drowned yesterday while swimming with friends in a small lake near Stratford. He went beyond his depth and could not be rescued.
Yankee fighter of bulls hurt in Lisbon
Sydney Franklin of Brooklyn a bullfighter who competed in the arena yesterday left Lisbon for Madrid with a slight limp after failing to avoid a bull's horns. He said his condition was satisfactory but the limp would prevent him from fulfilling an engagement next Thursday. The Lisbon crowd applauded his appearance yesterday.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Sydney Franklin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Madrid
Franklin
United Press
Henry Ford aids rescue at Sudbury crash scene
Henry Ford joined E J Boyer at a quadruple vehicle collision near Ford's Wayside Inn in Sudbury. Ford helped extricate two men and a boy from a burning car before directing traffic and returning to the inn. Two Worcester residents died, two others were seriously injured, and bus passengers escaped injury.
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Henry Ford
United Press
Mar RO
Mass
Henry Fo
Ford
Wayside
Sudbury
E. J. Boyer
Wayside Inn
Marlborone
Roy Ducharme
Worcester
J Haines
Charles Haines
Joseph
Walter Isaacson
Use of Liquor Shown on Rise
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment reports rising liquor consumption since prohibition. It cites chart-based data on alcoholism deaths arrests drunkness seizures and equipment seizures, noting 32,474,234 gallons seized in 1928 versus 153,735 in 1920 and 261,611 distilling apparatus pieces versus 15,416 in 1920.
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Hy United Preas
Washington
Association Against the
Association
Canton Cools After Heat Wave With 77 Degree High
After torrid heat, Canton saw relief as the official thermometer hit 77 degrees on Monday. The day began at 65 degrees and rose slowly, not reaching Sundays high of 85, according to Weather Observer Carl H. Meyer.
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Canton
Carl H. Meyer
Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll Across Cities
United Press reports numerous fatalities and injuries from Ohio weekend crashes. Names include Stella Bauman of Cincinnati killed near Centerville, plus victims in Columbus Toledo Cleveland Piqua Walbridge and other towns. A motorcycle rider, hit and run deaths, and a Ia accident near Wapakonda noted.
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Ohio
United Press Today
Columbus
Stella M. Bauman
Cincinnati
Centerville
Dayton
Donald H. Clark
Chicago
Elmer Nero
Cleveland
Warren
James T. Butler
Walbridge
Toledo
William Strait
New California
A. B. Garretson
Piqua
William Arnett
William Rhoades
John Adams
Albert Henius
Ben Bart
Mike Exurinda
Edwin Cabassa
Alliance
John Oberhausen
James Woods
Archey Miley
Ottawa Lake
Wapakoneta
Leroy Harbour
Sidney
Wilbur
Toledoan Drowns at Guard Island in Lake Erie
Murray Lee, 38, drowned while swimming with four companions at Guard Island in Lake Erie yesterday. The accident occurred near Toledo on August 11, drawing local authorities to the scene and prompting investigation into the incident.
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Toledo
Murray Lee
Guard Island
Lake Erie
Earthquakes Felt Across Northern New York and Nearby Areas
Multiple tremors reported across Buffalo Niagara Falls North Tonawanda Sayre Pa and Washington DC region at about 6:25 am est. Seismograph readings in Cleveland and Georgetown confirm shocks with little or no damage.
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United Press
Buffalo
New York State
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ont
North Tonawanda
Sayre
Washington
Georgetown University
Father Tondorf
Sporting Goods Sale Banner at F. Dei Sporting Goods
An advertisement for 85 percent off on fishing and golf gear lists F Dei Sporting Goods at 229 Cleveland at NW with deals on clubs balls and related items.
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F. Dei Sporting Goods
Cleveland
Ady
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