Canton Woman Fatally Burned In Locked Home
Margaret Strieber of Canton 64 died after a furnace fire ignited her clothing while she burned papers in her basement. Neighbors forced entry as flames spread and she was taken to Mercy hospital where she died. She left two sons a daughter and several siblings. Funeral services planned at her Canton home with burial in Westlawn Cemetery.
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Margaret Strieber
Mahoning
George Russell
Neighbros
Streiber
Donald Strieber
Clairmont
Mercy Hospital
Akron
Canton
Henry E. Streiber
First Lutheran Church
Donald L
Harry H
Walter Sommer
George
Edward
John Bullock
Massillon
John Feldheimer
Martin Limbach
Lautenschlager
Westlawn Cemetery
Apparent Lead In Stark County Auditor Race Shrinks
Ruth Kauffman Republican candidate for county auditor appeared to lead A. A. Van Dorsten by over 500 votes after Tuesdays tally. A recount by the Stark County election board found clerical errors in totals and on Monday recheck could push Van Dorsten ahead by about 190 votes pending final figures.
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Ruth Kauffman
Stark Co Election Board
Miss Kauffman
A. A. van Dorsten
van Dorsten
Knife wielder targets Mexican education chief in Saltillo speech
In Saltillo Plaza, Director General of Education Ber rueta was attacked with a knife while speaking for the government. The assailant was disarmed and no injuries were reported. A religious riot was averted as police intervened when women from the cathedral pelted the parade with stones. Leaders were arrested.
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Mexico City
Mex
Education
Berrueta
Saitillo Plaza
Asailant
Saltillo
Soldiers Honor Fallen Heroes at Columbus Memorial
In Columbus on August 16 three hundred veterans of the 324th field artillery who served in France during World War I gathered with bowed heads as regimental officers unveiled a memorial tree along The Road to Remembrance. A metal plate marks the tribute by former buddies while the association’s annual convention continues with a banquet tonight.
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Columbus
324Th Field Artillery
France
Regimental Association
Boy, 10, dies of injuries in street collision
Ten year old George Schlesinger died at Mt Sinai hospital from internal injuries after being struck by a passing car while alighting from his father's automobile. The incident occurred yesterday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
George Schlesinger
Mt. Sinai Hospital
White named special counsel in Mellett murder probe
Assistant Attorney General H. H. Griswold announced that J. A. White, Columbus attorney, has been asked to serve as special counsel to assist Prosecutor CC. B. McClintock in the murder investigation of Don R. Mellett. White’s appointment would require the attorney general’s action, with McClintock saying White could be designated an assistant prosecutor if any doubt remains about his grand jury access. Judge Agler pledged full-time involvement, ready to suspend vacations to advance the case. Ora M. Slater headed the investigation and returned from a temporary absence.
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Don R. Mellett
H. H. Griswold
Columbus
J. A. White
CC. B. McClintock
White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Griswold
McClintock
C. C. Crabbe
Michigan
Grand Jury
Remov
Buchanan Coxey File Accounts
Former State Senator Ross P. Buchanan Carrollton filed his campaign expense account. It shows no contributions and spending of 3809.02 dollars. Jacob S. Coxey Jr Massillon received 70 dollars and spent 682.04 as a candidate for Congress in the 16th district.
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Columbus
Ross P. Buchanan
Carrollton
Secretary of State
Jacob S. Coxey, Jr
Massillon
Coxey’s Army
Congress
Jersey Hearing Opens in Hall Mills Murders Case
In Somerville New Jersey Aug 16 the murder trial of Henry de la B Carpender and Willie Stevens began before a packed county court room. Architect Russell Briscoe testified, presenting maps of the Phillips farm murder scene found after the bodies were found.
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Somerville
N. J
Henry de la B. Carpender
Willie Stevens
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Russell Briscoe
Phillips’ Farm
Woman Drowns in Walnut Creek Swollen by Rain
Mrs. Catharine Armbrust, 40, was found dead in Columbus after being swept away by the swift current of Walnut creek in Sunbury park. Rescue teams recovered her body five hours later as the creek remained swollen from the rains.
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Columbus
Catharine Armbrust
Walnut Creek
Sunbury Park
Judge Agiler Charges Grand Jury On Law And Duty
The judge instructs fifteen county electors as grand jury members to apply fundamental principles of justice to evidence, urging fair, calm deliberation. He emphasizes life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, law obedience and enforcement, and the need to indict only upon proper evidence while upholding public welfare and good government.
Prisoners Capture After Jail Break Fights Sheriff
In Sandusky Ohio two of four Erie county jail escapees were recaptured near Astoria after a man named J P Mitchell struck Sheriff Harry Cole with a lead pipe. Frank Kingsley and Mitchell were jailed again while Robert Wayland and Pete Jackson remained at large as a posse hunted them. The sheriff recovered from the blow by morning.
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Sandusky
Erie Co
Harry Cole
Stalia
Frank Kingsley
J. P. Mitchell
Cole
Robert Wayland
Pete Jackson
Air Death Toll in Britain Rises to 65 This Year
London August 16 The Royal Air Force reports 262 crashes in the year ending June last with 65 killed and 89 injured. Destruction value of aircraft is about 2.5 million dollars.
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Britain
Tondon
Royal Air Force
Boots the comic new member debuts in Canton Daily News
The Cant on Daily News introduces a new comic strip member Boots created by Martin. The feature promises high artistic effort and regular appearances on the comic page.
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Canton Daily News Comic Page
Galaxy of Stars
Boots
Martin
Grand jury to probe Canton publisher murder ring
Attorney General to be informed of the request at once as McClintock seeks broader aid in presenting murder evidence. The May term grand jury will conduct the investigation with no vacancies and with jurors including foreman S. H. Welch and others.
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Grand Jury
Canton
McClintock
Agler
S. H. Welch
Foreman
Mayme Austin
E. S. Miller
Harry Kitzmiller
J. G. Schrantz
Anna Schrop
Alma M
Five Hurt and Three Jailed in Traffic Crash
Dayton reports five people in hospitals and three jailed after traffic accidents yesterday. The gravest injuries involved Charles Neff and Steven Stephenson after a crash into a Springfield pike bridge. Mrs. Millie Harkness suffered minor bruises when struck by Ray Woods’ car. Two men remained in jail for wrecking their vehicles.
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Dayton
Charles Neff
Steven Stephenson
Springfield Pike
Neff
Saiad
Millie Harkness
Ray Woods
Ossovsky Ouster Seeks Severe Penalty in Soviet Crackdown
Moscow reports Yakov Ossovsky was expelled from the communist party, the harshest punishment for an opposition member amid the factional clash linked to Gregory Zinoviev retirement. Ossovsky authored pro opposition pieces and attempted to publish a recanting article. Pravda refused, and expulsion followed.
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Canton Daily News
Moscow
Yakov Ossovsky
Communist Party
Gregory Zinoviev
Ossovsky
Bolshevist
Pravda
Bernsteen strikes first blow in Canton underworld probe
In Cleveland Aug 16 United States District Attorney A E Bernsteen issues a warrant connected to the Mellett killing and the federal liquor probe. Canton figures Carl Studer Louis Mazer and others travel to Cleveland to face arrest as investigations target bootleg rings and dope plots.
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Cleveland
Carl Studer
Louis Mazer
Canton
United States
A. E. Bernsteen
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Bernsteen
Mellett
Aged founder of Columbus Dispatch dies at 73
Luther Pierce Stephens, 73, a founder of the Columbus Dispatch and a prominent Ohio fraternalist, died after four months illness. Survived by widow and daughter Bertha Stephens Dietz of Cincinnati. Funeral services set for Tuesday. Born in Virginia, he moved to Columbus as a youth and joined the Dispatch’s founding in 1871. He led fraternal groups statewide and helped establish interurban lines, serving as VP of Columbus New Albany and Johnstown line and president of Columbus Urbana and Western line.
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Columbus
Luther Pierce Stephens
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Bertha Stephens Dietz
Cincinnati
Virginia
Stephens
Old
Columbus Courier
The
Dispatch
Masons, Oddfellows and Elks
New Albany
Johnstown
Columbus, Urbana & Western
Force Farmer to Drink Delaware Auto Theft Case
Deputy sheriffs seek five men who forced Harry James a 21 year old farmer from his car and made him drink before stealing the auto. The vehicle was found a mile away and the victim was left unconscious.
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Delaware
Harry James
James
U S Gunboat Asheville in typhoon trouble near Wen dow
A Central News despatch from Shanghai reports the United States gunboat Asheville in difficulties after a typhoon near Wendow. The gunboat Sacramento is moving to assist the Asheville.
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London
United States
Asheville
Wendow
Shanghai
Sacramento
Young Student Dies as Car Runs Off Road
Cecil Speaker aged 25 a Western Reserve academy student died when his car veered off the road near Welld and plunged into a ditch during a return trip from Cleveland. The vehicle overturned killing him instantly.
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Hudson, CO
Cecil Speaker
Western Reserve Academy
Cleveland
Mayor and Police Chief Ousted in Steubenville
Steubenville July 16 Mayor John S H Patton 38 and Police Chief Blaine D Garter 42 suspended from office by Common Pleas Judge Jay S Paisley after petitions by the Steubenville Ministerial Association alleging embezzlement and drunkenness. Grand jury report blamed the officials for lawless conditions. Patton's petition had 425 signatures and Carter 412. law requires 311. Patton hires Lewis Smith and Francis as defense. Carter has no counsel yet.
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Steubenville
John S. H. Patton
Blaine D. Garter
Common Pleas
Jay S. Paisley
W. R. Alban
Paisley
Patton
Carter
Lewis, Smith and Francis
Chest Crushed in Accident Injures Strauder Child
Elizabeth Strauder six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Strauder of 2235 13th St NE was hit by a car driven by Robert Kitch R F D No 8 Greentoward and admitted to Mercy hospital with a lacerated scalp and crushed chest her condition reported Monday morning.
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Elizabeth Strauder
Louis Strauder
13Th St NE
Mercy Hospital
Robert Kitch
Greentoward
Drag River for Body of Drowned Flat Rock Man
Friends of Harry Fruth, 26, Flat Rock, are dragging the Maumee river near Defiance Ohio to recover his body. Fruth was drowned Sunday under the falls of the state dam four miles east of here.
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Defiance
Harry Fruth
Flat Rock
Maumee River
Fruth
State Dam
Here
London Earthquake Felt Across Twenty Two Counties
Reports confirm the Sunday quakewas felt in twenty two counties with the strongest tremors along the western geologic belt from the Bristol Channel to Derbyshire and across the Midlands.
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London
Bristol Channel
Derbyshire
Midlands
Martonio Drowning At Crystal Lake Park Claims Child
Marion reports the third drowning of the season as seven year old Victor Jenkins was seized with cramps while swimming in Crystal Lake park yesterday. Local authorities and lifeguards responded to the incident.
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Marion
Martonio
Victor Jenkins
Crystal Lake Park
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Fishbein
Daily News
McLintock
Crabbe
By Dennis R. Smith
Buchanan
COXEY
Jersey
A. W. Agiler
Sheriff Low
Dear News Reader
Miss Boots
Fat Metzgar
Oo J. Bernsteen
Haquer
H. C. Pontius
Joe Davis
Linndale
Toledo
Leonard Cass
Miles Evans
Davis
Drag River
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