Rockford aviators push toward Stockholm by Sunday
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer aim to complete the long staged flight from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden. The Greater Rockford monoplane began at 12 12 today toward Mt Evans Greenland then across Labrador and Arctic waters.
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Rockford
Cochrane
Stockholm
United States
Urope
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bert Hassell
Sweden
Kaldudarnes
Olfusa
Rey‘Javik
United States Army
Ere
Mtins
Greenland
AltOona 200 Mile Auto Race Postponed By Rain
The annual 200 mile auto race at Altoona Speedway, set for this afternoon, is postponed to tomorrow afternoon due to rain. The wet conditions made the track dangerous for speed and forced the delay.
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Wooder Speedway
Altoona
Altoona Speedway
Sonie Track
Will Rogers Skewers Coolidge In Beverly Hills Tour
Hoover opened his one night tour in Beverly Hills last night with Will Rogers delivering sharp comments on Coolidge and the presidential race. Rogers says both candidates are on parade and in the public eye from now until November, acting constantly like a ukulele with uncertain strings.
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Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Cal
Hoover
White House
Coolidge
Nody
Will
Bandits Hold Up Diamond Garment Co in Toledo
Three armed bandits bound proprietor Morris Diamond and employee Saul Tropp with wire and rope at the Diamond Garment Co. in Toledo. They fled in a nearby parked car with $2,200 after the men freed themselves from bonds. Police were notified.
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Toledo, O
Diamond Garment Co
Morris Diamond
Saul Tropp
Amundsen Dead, Explorer Relays Belief in Loss
In Copenhagen, August 18, Nansen told Ekstra Bladet he believes Roald Amundsen and the Amundsen party are dead. He cited the June 18 Latham seaplane voyage from Tromsoe and questioned the Newfoundland wreckage as not matching the Italia crew flight.
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Nansen
Ekstra Bladet Today
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Rene Guilbaud
North Sea
Newfoundland
Latham
Girl gives life to save mother in Chicago tragedy
Stella Willock, 15, shielded her mother during a quarrel as father Leo Willock 35, a painter, seized a revolver. He fired, mortally wounding the girl, then shot the mother and was arrested as a drunken suspect.
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Chicago
Stella Willock
Leo Willock
Stella
Willock
Desire for Peach Costs Man Life in Cleveland Incident
Angelo Santerse aged 55 died after falling from a second story while reaching for a peach near his bedroom window. He sustained a fractured skull and died in hospital.
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Cleveland
Angelo Santerse
Santerse
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Reduced Y. W. C A Site Price Sets Block Talks in Canton
A $100 000 price on the Y W C A property in Market avenue between 4th and 5th streets was offered to Treasury Agent L C Blanton during a conference with association officials Canton Chamber of Commerce representatives and local citizens. Combined block price now totals 370 000 with bids on other parcels and a potential new site at Market and 6th Street bid at 240 000.
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4Th
5Th Sts
Treasury
L. C. Blant
Association
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Federal Building
Danner
5Th St
Market Ar S
George S. Hackett
Mayer Margolies
Quayle
Market Av
4Th St
C. Brownlee Miller
Piedmont Av
Market At
S and 6Th St
Twenty Die on African Coast Barracks Blown Down
Reports from Paris say more than twenty Moroccan troops died when torrential rains caused Djidjelli barracks to collapse on the Algerian coast. Roads were wrecked by rock falls and a government relief expedition arrived with tents and medical supplies. Djidjelli was struck by a deadly earthquake a century ago today.
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Paris
Djidjelli
Rock Falls
Djidelli
One Farmer Killed in Ontario Mail Car Heist
In Waubamik near Parry Sound Ontario a shootout as three bandits attempted to flee after holding up a Canadian Pacific train and robbing a mail car. One farmer named Jackson reportedly killed. two others wounded. about 1500 dollars found on a captured bandit. exact loot not yet known.
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Toronto
Ont
Waubamik
Parry Sound
Jackson
Canadian Pacific
Dance Tonite Sunset Park Band At Death Curve
Akron based Eleanore Krannish and her Ladies Co ed Band of Akron perform at Dance Tonite in Sunset Park. The ad notes directions toward Harrisburg to Death Curve and turn north with a leftward drive as a social plan.
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Sunset Park
Eleanore Krannish
Akron
Harrisburg
Death Curve
Ady
Boy Attacks Playground Director at Woodland Hills Park
Joseph Sidelar a 24 year old playground director at Woodland Hills Park was stabbed while trying to eject a 16 year old from the playground. He is reported to be recovering from knife wounds.
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Cleveland
Joseph Sidelar
Woodland Hills Park
Police hunt motorist as victim dies in hit and run
Henry Amidora 17 is sought after a hit and run in which Carry Kelley 38 died from a skull fracture after being struck in the 1600 block of Tuscarawas Street West. The car owner was located and the vehicle found abandoned on Sherrick Road. Police intensified the search for Amidora and issued notices to nearby authorities. Kelley is survived by her father John W. Kelley and siblings Edna Wolzer and Marty Kelley. Funeral services are planned for Monday at the family home.
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Henry Amidora
Sherrick
Sherrick Rd
Amidora
Miss Kelley
Harold DuCharm
Margaret
John W. Kelley
Edna Wolzer
Marty Kelley
Canton
H. L. Zachman
Hiller
Westlawn Cemetery
Stark County GOP Primary Vote Totals Released
Official count of the Stark county primary vote shows state officer tallies on the Republican ticket with names and figures for governor lieutenant governor auditor attorney general and TV and senator races. Results include Begg Cooper Kohler Shanley Smith Turner Braden Brown Culbert Davis Ervin McDonald McKinley Moore Young Epstein Reed Cherring ton Tracy Bettman Bigger Boyd pricker Price Roberts Burton Cook Coxey Dick Marshall.
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Stark Co
Board of Elections
Begg
Cooper
Kohler
Shanley
Smith
Turner
Braden
Brown
Culbert
Davis
Ervin
McDonald
McKinley
Moore
Young
Epstein
Reed
Cherrington
Tracy
Bettman
Bigger
Boyd
Pricker
Price
Roberts
Burton
Dover Man Killed When Car Hits Auto Near New Philadelphia
Aug 18 New Philadelphia Ohio Mike Apich 45 farmer of Dover and Sophia Mataruski 35 of Sharpsville Pa were killed when their auto was struck by a Northern Ohio Power and Light Co car two miles east of New Philadelphia at 10 last night. Driver Van Mataruski husband of Sophia said lights blinded him causing him to drive onto the tracks. Three other occupants escaped including their son John 13 and Carl Gaich. Bodies to J F Lewis Funeral Home. Mrs Mataruski survived by husband and two children Helen and John. Apich survived by wife and daughter.
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New Philadelphia
Mike Apich
Dover
Sophia Mataruski
Sharpsville
Mataruski
Van
Northern Ohio Power and Light Co
Gaich
J. F. Lewis
Curtis Ready for Vice Presidential Notification in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas Charles Curtis senior senator from Kansas prepared to receive official notice of his Republican nomination for vice president at a ceremony on the south capitol steps. A canopy platform faced Lincoln statue amid parks and wheat country as Kansas farmers gathered for the event with an eight band program led by Gov. Ben S. Paulen.
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Topeka
Kas
Middle West
Charles Curtis
Sunflower State
Kansas
Ben
Paulen
Police Sergeant E B Hummer Shot Dead in Alexandria
Police report E B Hummer 27 recently appointed police sergeant was shot to death early today in a fashionable Alexandria neighborhood during a morning inspection. No witnesses or clues identified the unknown assailant.
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Alexandria
E. B. Hummer
Hummer
Mine Wage Talks Continue as Ohio Mines Eye Reopening
In Columbus on August 18, a joint sub committee of mine union officials and operators held sessions to forge a wage scale that would allow miners to return after 15 months idleness. A report may come today as talks grow more conciliatory though demands remain. Union officials seek 5.70 dollars, operators 5 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canton Post Office Sees Surging Mail Volume
The Canton post office reports rising receipts through July and August 1928, with a new parcel post branch opened on Market Ave S and a federal agent seeking space for a larger building. Postmaster Leonard T. Cool notes strong mailing of advertising material since rates dropped July 1, citing Timken Roller Bearing Co and Hoover Sweeper Co as major mailers.
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Leonard T. Cool
Canton
Market Av S
6Th St
Cool
Ing
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Mr. Cool
Hoover Sweeper Co
Ford Buys Silk Machinery for Dearborn Museum
Henry Ford on a Holland Silk Co visit accepts three pieces of old silk making machinery. The items, to be housed in Dearborn Michigan, will be installed in Ford’s museum there.
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Willimantic
Conn
Henry Ford
Holland Silk Co
Dearborn
Mich
Hunt's Lead Narrowed in Ohio Senate Nomination Clinton's Hunt Leads
HUNT'S LEAD IS PLACED AT 689. Columbus Aug 18 The first unofficial count by Secretary of State Brown shows Graham P Hunt Cincinnati liberal leading Cyrus Locher Cleveland dry by 659 votes for the Democratic nomination for short term as U.S. senator. Hunt totals 94 117 to 93 428 Locher. Final unofficial returns put Hunt ahead 732 votes. official count due after 88 county abstracts are filed next week.
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Columbus
Brown
Boards of Election
Graham P. Hunt
Cincinnati
Cyrus Locher
Cleveland Dry
U.S
Hunt
Locher
United Press
County Boards of Elections
Judge Shields Assured Win In District Appeals Race
With returns from most counties showing Judge R Shields ahead by 1165 votes over rival William F Garver the multi county race for the court of appeals neared completion Official tallies from Perry Morrow Muskingum counties remained incomplete but unofficial counts favored Shields The election board called for sworn expense reports from all ballot names within ten days and warned of possible legal action for noncompliance.
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Shields
Court of Appeals
William F. Garver
Millersburg
Perry, Morrow and
Muskingam Cos
Judge Shields
Election Board
Driver Flees After Gunfire in Car Theft Case
Deputy Marshal Ray Huff recovered a stolen car with burglar tools early Saturday. The driver fled after a pistol fight, with Huff returning fire but no injuries. A manhunt spread toward Akron as deputies pursued the vehicle north of Springfield Center.
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Marshall Ray Huff
North Canton
Marshall Huff
al Ball
Phil Hibaugh
Akron
Huff
Springfield Center
Summitto
Summit Co
Crutches End Debate Leads to Arrest of Two Men
Pat and Tom Conley were arrested for disturbing the peace after an argument on Raymond Street SW. Police officer Vogley took the brothers, who live at 2323 Stonewood SW and 444 Arlington SW, to headquarters following the incident where crutches were used as the weapon in the dispute.
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Pat
Tom Conley
Raymond
Tom
Stonewood
Arlington
Pat Weilding
Vogley
Buckley Fails in Oil Venture Against Standard Oil
In Mexico City on August 18 William Buckley’s bid to take control of Tampico oil holdings from Standard Oil failed again. Buckley seeks 52 million dollars for oils taken since 1925. the suit has lingered in Mexican courts. Standard Oil obtained an amparo writ to block execution of Buckley’s attachment, valid 72 hours, with expectations the writ would become permanent.
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Mexico City
William Buckley
Tampico
Standard Oil Co
Buckley
Standard Oil Company
Oil Company
Lindbergh Death Rumor Widely Spread Then Shown False
A false report claimed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was killed in a San Francisco plane crash. By Friday night several radio stations and agencies propagated the rumor, but The Canton Daily News and its columbia branches confirmed Lindbergh was in San Francisco on business and had not flown that day.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
San Francisco
Cal
Canton
United Press
Canton Daily News
Col. Lindbergh
Cleveland
New York
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