Canton City Council Raises Salaries for Four Officials
Council Monday approved pay raises for four officials including safety director from 1800 to 3000 a year. Harley Homan urged full time dedication to safety affairs, noting conditions like sleeping policemen and underworld risks justify higher remuneration. The finance committee backed the increase and the resolution passed unanimously.
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Council
Harley Homan
Safety Department
Treasmonth
Homan
Tioman
Canton
Misfeasance in Office Charges Involving Fairmount Home Board
Stark and Columbiana county commissioners hear charges of malfeasance against trustees of Fairmount Children's Home Alliance. A 19 member committee accuses George H Cassidy F W Weedmayre Jacob Graze Massillon Mrs Harry W Lutz Alliance and F W Fraser amid a wide dispute over former superintendent E S Webb. State auditors examine books as welfare officials probe care standards. A conference suggests trustees and Webb resign to form a new board and hire a new superintendent.
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George H. Cassidy
Canton
F. W. Weedmayre
Leetonia
Jacob Graze
Jamer Briggle
Charles Doershuck
Fairmount Children’s Home Welfare Association
E. B. Silver
Alliance Contractor
Stark
Columbiana
Fairmount
Webb
State Auditor's Office
State Welfare Department
H. H. Shirer
McClintock
FR. E. Webb
C. B. McCintock
To Love Over Career Miss Tole’s New York Meeting
Miss Ethel Tole of the Spooks cast chose marriage over a career when she wed Major David B. Sawyer, Albany’s military secretary to Gov. Al Smith, in a quiet Columbus parsonage ceremony. The incident followed a chance tea room glimpse that grew into a fateful first sight between the ingénue and the governor’s aide.
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Ethel Tole
Miss Tole
David B. Sawyer
Albany
Inmax
al Smith
A. H. Knippling
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Columbus
Gov. Smith
Locarno Pact Signed by European Chiefs
In Vondon on December 1 the Locarno unity pact, Europe’s charter of peace, was signed at the foreign office reception. Delegates spoke briefly as the room lit and darkened amid the signing sequence, with Germany first alphabetically and treaties to be deposited with the League of Nations in Geneva.
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Tre
To- Hey
FS H. Snyder
Canton Fire
Dayton
Locarno
League of Nations
Geneva
Border Problem in London Raises Fresh Hitches
Ambiguities in border delineation strain talks as a commissioner pressures a published port to be proclaimed. Officials report a threatening moment as the Irish border issue faces renewed insistence on firm implementation.
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London
Dee
Cosgrap Hag
Playgrounds urged by vets in Canton
Floyd Hughes Post No 693 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urges the city to create a municipal athletic commission. The resolution calls for a survey of needs and establishment of a permanent body to organize better athletics and play with council consideration for immediate action.
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Introducea Vy
Harley Homan
City Legal Department
Tom Lundy
Beller
Floyd Hughes Post
Dr. Better
Municipal Athletic Commission
Canton
Floyd Hughes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Police raid targets Cherry Ave gambling joint
A four member raid on 500 Cherry Ave SE led to 15 arrests for gambling and one for operating a gambling place. The Kominos brothers Spiros previously operated there and at 611 Tus Caranaes St. charges include seeking protection money and a shooting in a fracas.
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Cherry Av SE
Police Department
Lengel
Force
Cleveland
Kominos Brothers
Jim and
Jerry
Spiros
John Sarfram
Mangerig
Tus
Caranaes St
Kominos
Spiros Brothers
Nick Mangeris
Pete Legs
Mangeris
Ag Crowley
Harry Turner
Spulla
Ainst Jumbo
Drivers Ignored Sign Charged After Disturbing Road Work
W. P. P. Brawner of California W. W. Pease of Massillon and O. B. Nelligan of Canton were arrested Monday by Deputy Sheriff C. B. Alsapaugh for driving recklessly through roadwork zones near Canton Massillon. Brawner fined 15 dollars and costs Pease 5 dollars and costs while Nelligan pleaded not guilty with his hearing set for December 8.
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W. P.P. Brawner
California
W.W. W. Pease
Massillon
O. B. Nelligan
Canton
C. EB. Alspaugh
Nelligan
Wagon Driver Hurt in Crash Near Canton Massillon Road
LeRoy Drummond was hospitalized with serious injuries after a wagon pulled by four coal horses was struck by a car driven by J. A. Pettit near Free man stop on the Canton Massillon road. Drummond suffered likely skull fracture along with a fractured knee and elbow.
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LeRoy Drummond
Massillon City Hospital
Freeman Stop
Canton-Massillon Rd
Reed Urban
J. A. Pettit
Drummond
Dieterick and
Thorn
Pettit
Bicycle Stolen From Near Y M C G Building
Robert Dixon of 618 Lawrence NE reported to police Tuesday that his bicycle was taken from in front of the Y M C G building. The incident details are sparse in the report.
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Robert Dixon
Lawrence R. NE
Chicago Homicide Toll Reaches 134 for Year
The Chicago police report 134 homicides for the year, a figure tied to ongoing crime and political factors. The data contrasts with New York’s 1925 totals as officials contend with public safety and public theater crowd dynamics.
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Chicago
Emmen Vienday
New York
Politi Theater
Auto Stolen From Piedmontay Area Police Report Filed
Fred J. Roth reports his touring car, a 2016 Jitliet NW with license 761-974, stolen from Piedmontay SE near 2nd St where it was parked. A police report was filed detailing the incident.
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Fred J. Roth
Jitliet NW
Piedmontay SE
2Nd St
Ohio State University engineer student dies after suicide plan
In Columbus a 30 year old woman named Hardy who planned her funeral and then ended her life by taking poison after contemplating a liberate plan related to her mother’s death. She was an engineering drawing assistant at Ohio State University. Survivors include her brother Frederick F Hardy of Cincinnati. A burial notice was published in several papers.
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Columbus
Dec
Hardy
Cincinnati
Haldy
Ohio State University
Frederick F. Haldy
Dayton
Second Durkin trap victim dies in gunfight
Chicago police Sgt. James Henry died from wounds suffered on November 27 during a pistol battle with bandits who entered a store where they had laid a Durkin trap. Officer James Carroll also died in the firefight.
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Chicago
James Henry
James Carroll
Martin Durkin
Carroll
French and Djebel Druse clash near Hasbara battleground
Reports from Haifa say fierce fighting erupted between French forces and Djebel Druse tribesmen near Hasbara. French reinforcements arrived and engaged the Druses while French airplanes bombed positions.
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Haifa
Hasbara
Mitchell Trial Courts Fierce Row Over Judge Remarks
Washington Dec 1 A heated row erupted at the William Mitchell court martial as Rep Frank R Reid Republican of Illinois objected to remarks by Maj Gen William S Graves a court member. The acrimonious exchange led Maj Gen Robert S Howze president of the court to order the room cleared.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Frank R. Reid
Ilinois Defense Counsel
William S. Graves
Robert S. Howze
Texas Session Looming Again
Texas politics shift as Lee Satterwhite, speaker of the house, announces a procla mation for a legislative session to be publicized December 6, calling the house to meet January 4. The move follows highway probe scrutiny and a push for a special session.
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Austin
Texas
Amarillo
Lee Satterwhite
House
House of Representatives
Satterwhite
Miami Storm Causes Major Property Damage
Record rainfall of 14.1 inches in 12 hours yesterday caused several thousand dollars in damage in Miami. Most destruction occurred to buildings under construction with washed away materials and ruined wells in partially completed houses.
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Miami
Pin
Tek Lh
Mi’s
Opera Singer Found Dead in Chicago Hotel Room
Wills, a noted opera singer born in Budapest in 1870 and American citizen, was found dead from heart disease in his Chicago hotel room last night. He had been due to perform the role of Vitellius in Herodade with the Chicago Civic Opera company.
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Chicago
Wills
Vittelius
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Budapest
Beck
Langley petitioned for rehearing in Volstead case
John W. Langley congressman of Pikeville Kentucky filed a petition for rehearing in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The court recently affirmed Judge Cochran's sentence of two years in the federal penitentiary at Attica for conspiracy to violate the Volstead act.
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Cincinnati
John W. Langley
Pikeville
States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cochran
Kentucky
Langley
Attec
Regulation of Loans by Law Being Planned
Western congress members plan legislation to bar lending by Americans to foreign monopolies that fix prices for goods the United States needs. State and Commerce departments oppose such loans, arguing they protect American interests and consumer welfare while sparking investor protests as government overreach into private business.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Congress
United States
Coolidge
Departments of State
Com Merce G
Department of State
England
Bank of England
France
Belgium
Italy
Ministeries of Finance and Foreign Affairs
Japan
Great Britain
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