Planes in new 28 hour coast to coast mail run
Plans and delays shadow the third day of the 28 hour coast to coast air mail project. Plans show planes from Hazelhurst field accelerate west toward the Pacific with Cleveland as the first stop while fog and bad weather hinder eastward flights. Pilots Collins Winslow and Mullon move mail along the route through Reno and Salt Lake City toward the final eastbound leg.
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Mineola
N. Y
Hazelhurst Field
Pacific Coast
Wesley Smith
Cleveland
Reno
Nev
San Francisco
Burr Winslow
Moulon
Salt Lake City
Washington
Postal Department
Frisco
Cheyenne
New York
Chicago
Omaha
U S Recognizes Obregon Regime
Washington officials announce completion of the draft manifesto recognizing the Obregon government in Mexico. Britain France Belgium and Cuba have been advised through diplomatic channels of the resumed political relations, delaying the final act of recognition.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Cuba
United States
Obregon
Burns Fatal to Youngster in Oil Can Accident
New Philadelphia, Aug 23. James Clifford Demuth, son of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Demuth, died Thursday at 2 AM from burns caused when oil spilled from a can he was playing with, igniting his clothing. Dr. Demuth is president of the Canton Prick and Fireproofing Co.
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New Philadelphia
James Clifford Demuth
William F. Demuth
Demuth
The
Canton Prick and Fireproofing Co
Coolidge Names Woman as Personal Representative to Hospitals
President Coolidge reappointed Mrs. John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts as his personal representative to visit all soldier hospitals nationwide. She will report to the President and stay in touch with wounded veterans’ needs.
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Washington
Coolidge
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
United States
Evans Vindicated as Court Denies Check Forgery Warrant
Chicago August 28 Charles Chick Evans champion golfer was vindicated when the municipal court refused to issue a warrant accusing him of passing a worthless seven thousand five hundred dollar check. Evans said he sought funds to make the paper valid. The charge came from grain broker Charles J. Moore with whom Evans had dealings.
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Chicago
Charles
Chick) Evans
Evans
Charles J. Moore
Fatal accident probed in Akron yard collision
Baltimore and Ohio officials investigate a side swipe of two switch engines in Old Forge yards last night. Fireman Peter Higgenbotham, 38, suffered severe burns when a steam pipe burst as the engines touched, and he died later.
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Akron
Baltimore & Ohio
Old Forge
Peter Higgenbotham
Higgenbotham
Bane
United States and Japan renew arbitration treaty
The State Department announced a five year renewal of the 1908 arbitration treaty with Japan. If the Senate approves the president's plan for joining the permanent world court, the two nations will enable disputes to be referred to the Hague for settlement. Similar renewals with Britain and France precede this move, signaling possible U.S. entry into the international court.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Harding- Hughes
United States
International Court of Justice
State Department
Japan
Senate
League of Nations Court
Hague
Permanent Court of International Justice
Great Britain
France
Harding
Liquor Case Ends With Acquittals Near North Canton
Frank Heffelinger and Levi Troyer were released after a hear ing by Justice Snyder on liquor possession charges following the seizure of a large still on a North Canton farm. Nick Kalos faces a Friday hearing over related manufacturing liquor charges, while Andy Papoullas Harry Batklias and Nick Poulos await Friday hearings on aiding and abetting manufacture and sale of liquor.
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Frank Heffelinger
Levi Troyer
North Canton
Justice Snyder
Nick Kalos
Andy Papoullas
Harry Batklias
Nick Poulos
Temporary bridge to replace Navarre highway span
County commissioners will build a temporary bridge on the highway east of Navarre to replace a bridge that recently broke under a gravel truck. Work will be done by force account.
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Navarre
Woman Murdered in Youngstown Murder Suicides
In Youngstown Ohio Mrs Susie West a 30 year old black woman was shot and killed at her home by Charles Calloway a 38 year old Black man who then shot himself in a suicide attempt. Jealousy is given as the motive. Calloway had recently been divorced.
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Youngstown,o
Susie West
Charles Calloway
Calloway
Mellon Opposes Bonus With Taxation Plan
Treasury Secretary Mellon continues to oppose granting a bonus to American World War I veterans unless Congress provides a special tax to fund the payments. Treasury officials confirmed the stance as of today.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Treasury Department
Ohio School Funds Forecasted By State Accounting Chief
A. B. Peckinpaugh head of the Ohio Bureau of Public Accounting warned of fiscal peril in school systems. He warned that floating debt funding under the Taft law will embarrass districts, increasing obligations as opponents push a referendum. Officials blame tax increases and funding complications amid a relentless legislative fight.
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J. W. Fisher Daily News
Spahr
Columbus
A. B. Peckinpaugh
Ohio Bureau of Public Accounting
Auditor of State
Ohio
General Assembly
Canton Printers Named in Order
The federal trade commission issued a cease and desist order prohibiting education in price fixing systems or counting leading toward adoption of a uniform percentage of selling price for commercial printing. Included are Stark Co Typothetae Canton Franklin Typothetae Dayton Springfield Typothetae and similar groups in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Marietta Toledo Youngstown and Akron.
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Daily News Bursa
Post
Washington
United Typothetae of America
Federal Trade Commission
Stark Co
Typothetae
Canton
Franklin Typothetae
Dayton
Springfield Typothetae
Cincinnati
Leveland
Columbus
Marietta
Toledo
Youngstown
Akron
Massillon to hear PUC rehearing on Bell rate case
Canton officials remain uncertain when the state public utilities commission will grant a rehearing on protests to a telephone rate increase for the Massillon branch of Ohio Bell. The PUC set Oct 5 in Columbus for the hearing. Massillon advocates are represented by Attorney Belcher W. Waltermire and J. FE Willison.
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Canton
State Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
Massillon
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
Belcher W. Waltermire
Leetter J. FE. Willison
Navy to stand by spending estimate after budget cut demand
Acting Secretary Roosevelt after conferring with President Coolidge kept to the original 73 million dollar reduction demand by the budget bureau for the next fiscal year's expenditures. Minor reductions will be provided in the resubmitted schedule, according to naval officials.
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Washington
Cantonians Feel Cool August by Weather Record
Cantonians awoke to polar sensations as Carl Meyers notes August mean temperatures run 70.2 degrees, about three degrees above normal. A cool spell shows 57 degrees for Wednesday, 43 forecast lows, and the coldest August 23 in local history with a fog shield preventing frost.
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Washington
Mayor Kohler for Governor in 1934 bid
Cleveland reports say Mayor Fred Kohler will seek the Republican nomination for governor next year. Kohler denied being a candidate, while friends and city hall circles describe the move as political strategy. Other rumors place former Governor Harry L. Davis and Col. Carmi A. Thompson in the race.
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Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Kohler
Harry L. Davis
Col
Carmi A. Thompson
Edison denies reports of illness during Upper Michigan outing
Thomas Edison denied being seriously ill and said he enjoyed an outing in Upper Michigan with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. He sprained a finger while adjusting a windshield, but he later autographed 300 newspapers for admirers to show the finger had mended.
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Ishepening
Mich
Thomas Edison
Upper Michigan
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Man Jumps From 24th Floor of City Building
A man believed to be Samuel Gruber, 45, a chauffeur, leaped from the 24th floor of the municipal building in New York today and died on the street. Passersby narrowly escaped being struck. the victim suffered multiple fractures.
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New York
Municipal
Samuel Gruber
Railroaders Exempt From Bandit Raids
In Cincinnati this morning a bandit gang held up a cafe on Spring Grove Avenue. They robbed the manager Charles Mead and seven patrons, taking 75 dollars from the register and 34 dollars from patrons plus some jewelry. One bandit recognized a railroader among the patrons and returned six dollars, saying they did not want money from railroad men.
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Cincinnati
Spring Groveavy
Charles Mead
Colorado flood waters recede after Apishapa dam breach
Fowler Colorado Aug 23 Flood waters from the Apishapa dam and reservoir, which broke late Wednesday, were receding this morning. The wall of water reached up to 30 feet high and up to a hundred feet deep in places, sweeping farmhouses away. Livestock losses were heavy and total damage was estimated over a million dollars. No deaths had been reported by 6 am.
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Fowler
Colo
Apishapa
Arkansas River
Coolidge Considers Mexico After City Negotiations
President Coolidge talked with Secretary Hughes and Charles Warren about the Mexican situation. Hughes reportedly received the commission’s report urging the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Obregon government following negotiations in Mexico City.
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Washington
Coolidge
State Hughes
Charlies Beecher Warren
Mexico City
Obregon
Hughes
United States
Mexico
Steubenville Riot Tension Quieted with Police Upgrade
Mayor Frank Hawkins told Governor Donahey that Steubenville has not reached the worst fears despite a recent Ku Klux Klan clash. He said the situation is entirely quieted down, with a new vice squad and six added patrolmen, boosting readiness to handle any future trouble.
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Columbus
Steubenville
Frank Hawkins
Donahey
State House
Hawkins
Two killed in clash at Piraeus port Athens
Aug 23 report: two people killed and nine injured in a clash between communists and police at Piraeus, the port of Athens. The violence erupted during the confrontation as authorities tried to restore order.
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Athens
Communists4
Polee
Piraeus
Youfestonn's Probe Opens in Youngstown Chief Guilty Allegation
Paul C. Morris of Youngstown testifies as first prosecution witness in Governor Donahey's hearing on charges against Youngstown Chief of Police James Watkins. Morris presents 17 photos of clubs and alleged speakeasies on Watt Street, showing barred doors and skylights. He says drunkenness and prostitution are common knowledge and that no action has been taken to suppress such places. He doubts Watkins has tried to enforce prohibition, gambling, and anti vice laws.
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Columbus
Paul C. Morris
Youngstown
Donahey
James Watkins
Watkins
Morris
Wattst
West Park
Walnursts
Watking
Cleveland fare rise predicted by city transit board
Cleveland Aug 28 An increase in street car fares to five cents straight with an extra penny for transfers was expected today as Cleveland Railway Company directors met The barometer fund fell below 390000 triggering an automatic rise under the Tyler grant The new fare would take effect Sept 1 with 11 tickets selling for 59 cents
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Cleveland
Cleveland Railway Company
James W. Holcomb
Tyler
Former slave Fenton Shicida dies at 96 in Ohio
Former slave Fenton Shicida, aged 96, died at St Clairsville Ohio. Born in the Virginia area between Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, he was widely known as Old Fenton to thousands in Belmont county.
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Martins Ferry, O
Rochester Poolroom and Hotel Fines Total $200
Elyria August 23. Abraham Manassas and E G Gariss poolroom proprietors in Rochester fined 50 dollars each for permitting operation of lot machines. F J Barnes Ridgeville hotel manager fined 100 dollars for second offense of similar nature.
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Elyria
Abraham Manassas
E. G. Gariss
Rochester
F. J. Barnes
Ridgeville
Lenine Recovery Reported By Education Commissioner
Aug 23 Moscow dispatch says Education Commissioner Luncharsky told a workers and peasants committee Lenin’s health is good and he is infinitely better. The report emphasizes Lenine’s improved condition and assigns positive prospects for his recovery.
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Moscow
Luncharsky
Nickolai Lenine
Lenine
Government Prepares to Furnish Fuel Amid Strike Tension
Atlantic City August 23 coal leaders pledged soft coal aid to hard coal miners if a strike begins September 1. James Marka and aides met with John L. Lewis to pledge Pennsylvania soft coal support against flooding the country with substitutes for anthracite. Lewis stated soft coal miners would not violate their contracts and denied plans for a sympathy strike. The federal government meanwhile activated all agencies to secure adequate fuel supplies for winter, seeking a prompt resolution despite wage talks.
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Atlantic City
Minera of
Pennsylvania
James Marka
Central Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Marka
Lewis
Coolidge
United Mine Workers
Marks
Washington
Barling Bomber King of the ATR
Dayton Ohio August 23 The Berking bomber was rated the premier fighting aircraft after its initial flight of about 30 miles from Wilbur Wright field witnessed by thousands. The giant ship lifted off smoothly, reached 93 miles per hour, and showed no faults as Liberty motors operated below full power.
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Dayton
Wilbur Wright Field
Liberty
Beggar Woman Sought in Lillian McKenzie Kidnapping
Police in New York hunt a swarthy beggar woman believed foreign and linked to the four month old Lillian McKenzie missing for five days. Three women report seeing the woman with a child matchingLil lian in her arms at separate apartments requesting alma.
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New York
Lillian McKenzie
Lillian
Alma
Fireworks victim in Akron area injuries
Nora Thomas nineteen of Cuyahoga Falls is reported in dying condition from injuries suffered at Falls residents’ annual outing. A sky rocket struck her forehead and exploded embedding in flesh. Surgeons removed the parts but the blast likely fractured the skull and could cause death.
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Akron, Co
Nora Thomas
Cuyahoga Falls
Miners Bureau Plans Planes for Rescue Work
The Department of the Interior tests airplane use to rush mine rescue teams to disasters. A Birmingham Alabama base links to Carbon Hill with trials showing 60 miles in 46 minutes. Planes with oxygen gear reduce transit from three hours by train to under an hour by air.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Birmingham
Ala
Bureau of Mines
Carbon Hill
Alabama
Roberts Field
Alabama National Guard
National Guard
Boyer Case Delayed To Saturday In Stark Workhouse Slayings
Preliminary hearing in the manslaughter case against John M. Boyer, superintendent of the Stark County Workhouse, was moved to Saturday at defense request. The auto crash in July near Mahoning Road and Royal Avenue NE killed Frank R. Stambaugh and injured his two grandchildren and two of Roger’s children.
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Boyer
Frank R. Stambaugh
Winfield Way
Stambaugh
Roger
Mahoning Rd
Royal Av NE
Prohibition Wrangle In Columbus Hints License Revocation
Federal prohibition director J. E. Russell announced plans to ask state authorities to revoke the licenses of all physicians and druggists who willfully violate the dry laws. He said medical organizations across Ohio pledged support for stopping bootlegging by unscrupulous persons and druggists.
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Columbus
J. E. Russell
Russell
Ohio
Deposit Increase In Divorce Costs To 15 Dollars
The clerk of courts office announced a 60 percent raise in divorce filing costs starting Sept. 1. Plaintiffs previously deposited $10 to cover costs, but shortfalls occurred, so the new requirement is $15. If unable to raise the amount, an affidavit of indigency may allow entry of the case upon filing.
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Clerk of Courts’ Office
Haynes Expects Return Next Week After Illness
Haynes of Hillsboro recovers from a severe throat condition and plans to resume peak duties in Washington next week. He denies reports of paralysis poisoning and says he is improving daily.
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Hillsboro
Haynes
Washington
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Pat
Navy
Postal Air Service
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Wheeling
W. Va
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Edison
Ford
Firestone
Colorado
Youfestonn
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ATR
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Miners’ Bureau
Department of Interior
Charles F. Woorris
Post Bulldine
Workhouse Head
Amerman and Mills
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