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Newspaper

Canton Daily News

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1927

Page

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Ohio Auto Clubs Launch Statewide Traffic Safety Drive

The Ohio State Automobile Association mobilizes 165000 motorists to distribute posters pamphlets and letters and to develop a state wide traffic safety course for schools led by A E Mittendorf and Charles C Jones. Canton and Stark County clubs join in promoting stricter enforcement and public awareness amid rising traffic crashes.

Ohio State Automobile Association Charles C. Jones Canton Automobile Club Stark County Automobile Association A. E. Mittendorf Cincinnati Mr. Jones Ohio

Weathered ride from Cleveland to Canton amid dense fog and ice

J G G reports a foggy early morning auto trip from Cleveland to Canton with patches so dense they endangered driving. Thermometers dipped below freezing as ice formed on windshields, making the journey cautious and urging future motorists to slow down. Remember When notes recall Alexander's Woolen Mills at Cherry and Jurst and Shriver's run water drainage nearby.

Cleveland Canton Cleveland-Canton Road Alexander's Cherry Av Jurst Shriver’s Run Alexander’s Eagle Robbins Fd and Commerce Sts Ohio Power Co

Dreams Reflect Real-Life Stress on Canton Sleeper

A Canton man reports a dream of throat slashing on an Orchard Hills golf course after a chef sharpens a bread knife. doctors say dreams reflect real events and the man notes blood on his throat this morning. Other vignettes feature a picnic salesman and a theater quip, illustrating dream themes and daily life.

Canton Orchard Hills Country Club

Swarm of Bees Delays Traffic in Denver District

A swarm of several thousand bees mistook Dr. O. E. Coleman’s car for a hire and swarmed the vehicle in Denver's business district. Police failed to coax the insects away for over an hour as crowds watched, traffic halted while officers tried to lure the bees into a hive.

Denver Colo O. E. Coleman

Envoy Poindexter Returns Home From Peru

Miles Poindexter former U S Senator and ambassador to Peru arrived aboard the Grace Mner Santa Anna after four and a half years in Peru. He said he would visit Washington to discuss Peruvian matters with the secretary of state and then return to Spokane. He noted Peru is friendly to the U S.

New York Aus Miles Poindexter U. S Washington Peru Grace Mner Santa Anna South American Republic Spokane Prondester

Flood Danger Threatens Smith Center

Torrential rainfall in Kaneax Aug 23 causes rising flood threat to Smith Center with officials warning residents to evacuate low-lying areas and monitor embankments. Local authorities mobilize crews and set up temporary shelters as waters rise.

Smith Center Kane Kaneax

Lucky Ex Canton Miss Seeks U S Honolulu Flight

Miss Elizabeth Routson of Canton born and now a Cleveland schoolteacher volunteers to join Oakland pilot T M Dobson on a Cleveland to Honolulu round trip. If accepted she would become the first woman to span the Pacific by air, a 5000 mile flight. Routson calls herself lucky and says her history is taking chances.

Mildred Doran Pacific Ocean Elizabeth Boutson Canton T. M. Dobson Oakland Cal Honolulu United Press Dispatch Canton Daily News Routson Wooster Toledo Cleveland Pacific Dobson Miss Routson

U S Needs More Former Mayors Will Rogers Special

Topeka Kansas Aug 23 This is Topeka the home of both Kansas senators Capper and Curtis Both denominations the farmers and the Indians are destitute Tonight in Kansas City I am to be made president of a large body of men the Ex Mayors Association an earnest group trying to come back all placed where they are by the honesty of the ballot What this country needs its more ex mayors Yours president of the Ex Mayors Association Will Rogers.

Will Rogers Topeka Kan Kansas Capper Curtis Indiana Kansas City Ex-Mayors’ Association Ex Mayors’ Association

Buckeye athletic club reports stolen boxing gate receipts

The Buckeye Athletic club, sponsor of a boxing show at the ecity auditorium, reported the loss of gate receipts totaling 1452.95 early Tuesday. The money vanished after the safe doors were found opened the next day, with police suspecting entry through sidewalk doors. A $50 check and about $120 in silver were among the loot, along with other cash. A separate theft included a woman's pocketbook and a wrist watch from the Blue Beauty Shoppe.

Buckere Athletic Club Ecity Auditorium James Kontas Kontas Blue Cleveland

President Coolidge Tours Yellowstone Park Geysers

President Coolidge travels through Yellowstone National Park on a deluxe tin can tour with Mrs. Coolidge and John. The caravan visits Mammoth to Continental Divide stopping at Old Faithful and notable features like Golden Gate, Ewan Lake, Norris and Minute Man Geysers, Frying Pan, Emerald Pool, and Gibbons Canyon.

Old Faithful Yellowstone National Park Coolidge Mammoth Continental Divide Littl

Canton Slashes Parking Time In Business District

Canton imposes a one hour limit in the downtown zone from Cherry avenue east to Cherry beyond McKinley and McKinley west to the avenue with six hour parking allowed outside the area. The change, proposed by Walter Baum, becomes law after a future ordinance and a 30 day delay.

Walter Baum Cherry Av McKinley Av Cherry At McKinley At 4Th St 6Th At James E. Kinnison

Smoking Coeds Not Desired at Ohio Wesleyan

Delaware Ohio August 23 coeds who desire to smoke will be asked not to enroll this fall at Ohio Wesleyan University. Dr John W Hoffman president has written to parents noting seeds are not permitted to smoke and asks parents to send daughters to other schools if the habit is insisted upon. The university also prohibits student motor cars and student marriages. Women may dance with parental written permission.

Delaware Ohio Wesleyan University John W. Hoffman Ohio Wesleyan

Delays Considered for Ohio School Openings

Ohio officials weigh delaying school openings in hard hit areas due to infantile paralysis epidemic. State Health Director Dr John E Monger and Dr C P Robbins to consult with public health experts this week. Belmont and Tuscarawas counties along with Norwood and Cincinnati districts report heaviest impact.

Columbus Ohio State Department of Health John E. Monger C. P. Robbins Belmont Tuscarawas Norwood Cincinnati

Bus Line Permit Revoked Over Misrepresentation Claims

The Public Utilities Commission revoked Warren-Salem Coach Line Co. certificate citing misrepresentations in the earlier filing. Announcement from Columbus dated August 23 in the report notes the action against the bus line.

Columbus Public Utilities Commission Warren- Salem Coach Line Co

Sacco Vanzetti Executed After Seven Year Case

The Sacco Vanzetti case ended with the electric chair after 24 minutes as Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Celestino Madeiros went to death protests their innocence. The Boston prison fortress saw the final chapter as lawyers failed to delay the sentence.

Boston Sacco- Vanzetti Massachusetts Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Bomb at Franciscan monastery in Colorado after Sacco-Vanzetti execution

In Cleveland Colorado a Franciscan monastery at St Josephs church was struck by a bomb early today shortly after Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston. No injuries except a motorcycle officer knocked from his machine. The monastery suffered $10 000 damage and nearby homes had shattered windows. A man arrested denies involvement.

Cleveland, CO St. Joseph's Church Boston Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Troopers Hunt Slayer of Private Downey Near Acmetonia

The Pennsylvania state police muster 30 troopers led by Captains Mc Laughlin and Malleck to arrest a small Italian suspect in the slaying of Private John J. Downey 27 of Troop A after a Sacco Vanzetti protest near Acmetonia. Twenty two suspects remain in Allegheny jail on charges of resisting lawful assembly.

Pittsburgh John J. Downey Thomas J. McLaughlin Greensburg Barracks Jack Malleck Butler Barracks Downey Acmetonia Allegheny Co

Canton Unions to Host Labor Day Banquet in Canton

Labor Day events planned in Stark county include a Canton Central Labor Union banquet at Hotel Northern on September 5 with local and national labor figures. The program features the Potters Glee Club and aims to foster cooperation between workers and employers as part of the AFL program. A fireworks permit was issued by Mayor Swarts for a southwest Canton display.

Stark Co Hotel Northern Canton Central Labor Union Canton Labor Organization Potters’ Glee Club of Sebring George Groshans Central Labor Union William Green American Federation of Labor Chambers of Commerce Better Business Bureaus Canton Alliance Alliance Central Labor Union Joseph Riccardi St. Anthony's Catholic Church Stanford M. Swarts

Hog calling contest at state fair tests callers

At Columbus the state fair opens August 29 with a series of hog calling contests to judge whoole versus piggy-pig-pis. Judges rate volume enticement conviction variety originality musical quality and facial appearance of the caller.

Columbus

Barthelmess to Wed Stage Star in New York

Announcement of the engagement of Richard Barthelmess, motion picture actor, to Katherine Wilson, stage star, is reported. The marriage is expected in late fall after Barthelmess promotes his latest film The Patent Leather Kid in New York, with Miss Wilson’s Jacksonville roots noted.

New York Richard Bathelmeas Katherine Wilson Barthelmess Pacific Coast

Fess Denies Being Presidential Candidate in Xenia Speech

Simeon D. Fess told about 2000 at a civic gathering in Xenia that he is not a presidential candidate. He denied being mentioned as a possible Republican nominee by Washington reporters and left a door ajar on the Coolidge era notes.

Dayton Simeon D. Fess Washington Fees Xenia Hale Fess Coolidge

Hoover Returns to Washington After Flood Tour

Secretary of Commerce Hoover returned to Washington after several weeks away. He will stay a week and then conduct a final inspection of the Mississippi flood district before advising on congressional relief measures.

Washington Secretary of Commerce Hoover Stout Missisppi Floed

Canton Considers New City Hall and Sewers Bonds

Canton voters will decide in November whether to authorize a 450000 municipal building on the current city hall site with plans by the Municipal Building Commission. The council approved the building committee report and recommended architect drawings amid demolition of the old Safety building to make way for the new structure.

Canton Council Municipal Building Commission Council Building Committee Amos Fete Cleveland

Hope of finding flyers fades in Pacific search

The navy augmented the Pacific search for seven missing Hawaiian aviators with 16 ships including the heavy cruiser Omaha and 15 destroyers. The Doran party from Oakland vanished during the mainland to Honolulu Dole air race, and hope to locate them faded as no traces were found by August 23. Assistant Secretary MacCracken said prize flights across the ocean should be regulated rather than halted. The search would run until dusk Thursday before all vessels resume duties. Admiral Jackson ordered the additional ships from Admiral McNamee.

Washington Prcific Omaha Honolulu Mildred Doran Michigan Oakland Navy Pacific William P. MacCracken, Jr Hawaii Navy Department R. HM. Jackson Pacific Fleet Jackson Luke McNamee

Ruling Forces Carroll County Home Head to Choose

Columbus Aug 23. Attorney General Turner rules the county home superintendent must have full time. the head of the Carrolco charitable institution must remove a county board of education member or resign the superintendency if the positions are classified civil service and deemed incompatible.

Columbus C. Turner Carrolco

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