Stark County Workhouse Overcrowding Sparks Call for Action
General Stark urged Stark County to expand or upgrade the workhouse as prisoner counts rose to 383 on Saturday night and 390 over the weekend. Supt Boyer has cramped sleeping space by placing cots in the dining room, while an inspector labeled Canton conditions among the worst in the state.
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Eneral Stark
Stark Co
John Boyer
Stark Ce
State Welfare Department
Canton
Starkee
Notorists Urged to Lock Cars in Cold Weather
Detective Ralph Trump of the police automobile identification bureau warned that stolen cars left in extreme cold suffer exposure damage and may be wrecked or stripped. He urged motorists to lock their cars even for brief absences to reduce police trouble and potential financial loss.
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Notorists
Ralph Trump
Police Automobile Identification Bureau
Trump
Tin can ban in wedding processions recalls old ordinance
Charles J. Hexamer recalls a proposed measure to bar tin cans and similar noise makers in wedding processions as a reason for round table talks with City Clerk Earl Wafer. He notes a lingering auto horn law remains, prohibiting horn use except to warn others and pedestrians. The piece ends with a stray joke on the absent minded man checking his watch.
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F. R. Jackman
Charles J. Hexamer
Earl Wafer
Hexamer
Florida Needs No Sympathy Will Florida Needs No Sympathy Will
Will Rogers comments from Jacksonville on January 23 deny Florida deserves sympathy, defends state humor and cites local officials. He jokes about Florida’s climate, population nearing sixty million, and a mayor selling stock to Coolidge while praising Floridians for having the goods.
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Will Rogers
Jacksonville
Fra
Florida
Missing Smith College student believes she ran away
Frances Smith, a Smith College freshman missing since January 13, is thought to have left for a quieter life. Her parents issued a letter urging her safety and happiness, offering support for a different life if she is safe. The tone is hopeful but cautious as families await word.
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Northampton
Mass
Frances Smith
Smith College
St. John Smith
Frances
Susie
M. T
Mrs West in Court Monday
Velma West, 21, confessed to beating her husband to death with a hammer in Painesville Ohio. She will be arraigned before Common Pleas Judge Arlington G. Reynolds on a death sentence charge from an insanity indictment. Trial likely in late February.
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Painesville, O
Velma West
Common Pleas
Arlington G. Reynolds
Senate hearing on Pennsylvania election contest
The plea of Senator elect Ware of Pennsylvania to dismiss the election contest brought by Democrat William B. Wilson will be heard late today by the Senate privileges and elections committee. Ware argues Wilson’s complaint is insufficient for a recount. Legal counsel will present arguments this afternoon with a decision likely reserved.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
William B. Wilson
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Ware
Wilson
Ohio Pastors Meeting Opens in Columbus
Hundreds of ministers from across Ohio converge on Columbus for the ninth annual Ohio Pastors convention. The opening address by Dr Mer ton Rice of Detroit sets the stage for afternoon sessions with Dr John W Moore of New York to speak at 3 p m. Dr Nicholas Van Der Pyl of Oberlin serves as convention chairman.
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Columbus
Merton
Rice
Detroit
John W. Moore
New York
Nicholas van der Pyl
Oberlin
Naval Court of Inquiry Shifts to Washington
The court examining the S4 disaster, in which 40 sailors died, moved from Boston to Washington today. Members expect to finish within days and report to Secretary Wilbur, reviewing evidence gathered in Boston to decide responsibility for the crash.
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Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Boston
Wilbur
Jumps From Window in Chicago Hospital Tragedy
Thomas Telfer aged 41, formerly of Monroe Michigan, died in Chicago after falling or leaping from the fifth floor of Michael Reese Hospital where he had been confined since January 17.
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Chicago
Thomas Telfer
Monroe
Mich
Michael Reese Hospital
Naval Hero Admiral Victor Blue Dies On Train
Rear Admiral Victor Blue United States Navy retired aged 62 died of a heart attack while traveling by train near Washington D C. He will be buried in Marion South Carolina. A Spanish American and World War hero Blue commanded the Suwanee in 1898 won a medal and rank rise for heroism and led the Texas battleship in World War I. He served with the British fleet at the German surrender and was decorated by Britain and Belgium. He leaves a widow and two sons.
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Washington
Victor Blue
United States Navy
Marion
U S. C
Admiral Blue
Lannin
D. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Reed Hospital
Richmond Co
North Carolina
VU. S. 8
Suwanee
Texas
Huey P Long Poised To Win Louisiana Governorship
Huey P Long of Shreveport appears set to become Louisiana's next governor as opponents in the Democratic primary withdraw. Long has stirred the state for seven years with a controversial blend of showmanship and political force, while critics accuse him of fist fights and ties to public utilities.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Shreveport
Louisiana
Long
Edna Beougher Engaged to Freeman Hughes of Lancaster
Lancaster Ohio January engagement announced between Miss Edna Beougher girl evangelist from Rockbridge Ohio and Freeman Hughes son of Mr and Mrs J W Hughes of west of Lancaster The gift evangelist began preaching at eleven and now at twenty one Nearly eighteen thousand people heard her messages here in the past two weeks Hughes manages a local store.
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Lancaster, O
Edna Beougher
Rockbridge
Freeman Hughes
J. W. Hughes
West of Here
Hughes
Skull found on porch shocks Toledo residents
Police blamed practical jokers for discovering a human skull bleached by age on the porch of Albert Stryker’s Toledo home. The grisly find was reported today as investigators sought clues to its origin and purpose.
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Toledo
Albert Stryker
Columbus Man Fatally Shoots Himself in Local Home
Columbus police report Ross M. Shockley aged 40 shot and killed himself at his residence on Sunday. The motive and cause of the self inflicted death remain undetermined.
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Columbus
Ross M. Shockley
Lindbergh Plans Seven City Good Will Flight Start
Panamanian dispatch reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will resume his good will flight with visits to seven places. He plans to depart Panama City Friday January 27 for Bogota and visit Caracas Saint Thomas Porto Rico Santo Domingo Haiti Havana with plans after Havana undecided. The Spirit of St. Louis is being inspected prior to departure.
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Panama City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Bogota
Caracas
Venezuela
Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Havana
Spirit of
Friends duel ends in double death in Cleveland
In Cleveland on January 23 two lifelong friends, Tony Gregorio aged 16 and Josh DiCaprio, fatally shot each other after a quarrel sparked by alcohol over the weekend. Both were mortally wounded and a double funeral is planned for tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Tony Gregorio
Josh DiCaprio
Gregorio
DiCaprio
M Nary Haugen relief measure jostled in political strategy
Washington January 23 ongoing farm relief debates mix with presidential politics as lawmakers weigh a compromise McNary Haugen bill versus a direct veto. strategists push for passage in one house then challenge a veto, while others seek a two step move to gain leverage ahead of elections.
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Washington
Congress
Commerce Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Dawes
House
Senate
Coolidge
Lowden
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
Tris
Poisoning probe ends for Waite High students illness
Detectives abandon further investigation into the poisoning of five Waite High School students after a school laboratory dinner preparable by officials found no malicious intent. Victims recovered.
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Toledo
Waite High School
Canton Daily News Opens In New Monumental Plant
The Canton Daily News moved from 2d St NW to Market Ave 8 at 5th St in a Sunday noon completion. Crews installed printing and stereotyping machinery, editors began Monday editions, and all departments operate in the new plant with plans for interior finishing.
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Canton Daily News
Market
5Th St
Dewaltay
Cummins Storage Co
Ar 8
Stirst
Canton
United States
Pulitzer Ld
Marketay
Pesvete
Telephone Company Central
Works to Get More Space at Stark County Workhouse
County commissioners asked George Schlesinger state highway director to vacate the garage building at the Stark County workhouse so it can be remodeled into a dormitory. The aim is to relieve overcrowding and provide comfortable space for all prisoners.
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George Schlesinger
State Highway Department
Stark Co
Schlesinger
Workhouse
Miners Seek Probe Into Bootleggers in Pa Camps
United Mine Workers petitioned the treasury to crack down on bootleggers and narcotics in western Pennsylvania coal camps. Philip Murray warned of rulings and murders linked to bootleg liquor and urged a thorough probe into prohibition and narcotics, while Doran countered that conditions were not so dire.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Treasury Department
Pennsylvania
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Doran
Murray
Suffrage pioneer Mrs Charlotte Boal dies at 85
Norwalk Ohio mourns as funeral services are held for Charlotte Boal a longtime suffrage pioneer who died Saturday night at age 85. Her death ends a notable chapter in Ohio's civil rights history.
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Norwalk
Charlotte Boal
Cold snap boosts coal regions with full shift work
In Wilkes Barre on January 23 the harsh cold has revived anthracite districts hit by weak markets. Company officials report every colliery in the area will run full time starting tomorrow, signaling improved activity and employment prospects.
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Wilkes Barre
Ferruccio Held for U S After Police Raids
Canton police say Angelo Ferruccio, linked to long-running liquor transport rings, was arrested Sunday night on federal charges of conspiring to violate liquor laws. The case ties to Landgraf Simonesky and Aventino, with related raids and testimony alleging Ferruccio’s cars moved bootleg liquor from Cleveland to the southeast.
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Angelo Ferruccio
Canton
Liberty Av SE
Ferruccio
Norman van Allman
Ray Fitzgerald
Federal
Cleveland
Ferrucio
Teddy” Abbey
Abbey
United States
William Landgraf
Common Pleas
Charles Simonesky
Landgraf
Tony” Aventino
Pennsylvania Railroad
Simonesky
Aventino
Agraf
Common Pleas Cour
Pennsylvania
Rexar SE
A. W. Agler
Rocco Ferruccio
Pete” Lombardi
Lombardi
Italy
Leona Wilson
Adam Daniels
Floyd Rinier
Fawcett
Wilson
Rinier
Lenz, Deerwester
Booth
Don R. Mellett
Lenz
Deerwester
Bertha Nolan
SFE
Doris Taylor
Belle Miller
Talmadge Snyder
Cosgrave Visits Washington on four day schedule
Irish Free State leader Cosgrave arrives in Washington for a four day series of engagements. He is hosted by President Coolidge and high officials, with calls on Kellogg Donovan Dawes Taft and Longworth. He will lay a wreath at Arlington Cemetery and attend a White House luncheon.
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Washington
William T. Cosgrave
Cosgrave
Coolidge
Senate
House
Union Station
William R. Castle
Bye Prentiss Gilbert
State Department
Col. Pope-Hennessy
William J. B. Macauley
Free State Legation
Irish Legation
William J. Donovan
Kellogg
Block Ad of Heflin-Ignorant Demagogue Sparks Debate
An editorial advertisement headlined Heflin-Ignorant Demagogue appeared in a Washington paper days before Senator Heflin of Alabama was to address the senate. Signed by Paul Block, the ad criticized Heflin for anti-Catholic speeches and praised Senator Robinson and other Democrats for rebuking him.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Paul Block
Pittsburgh
Newark
Oredo
Block
George Frease Under Knife in Hospital
George B. Frease of 1503 Market Ave underwent an operation for mastoiditis at Aultman Hospital Saturday night. Monday the patient was listed as fairly good, with serious condition earlier yet improved. Out-of-town and Canton surgeons assisted. the illness began in New York in December and deteriorated recently prompting immediate surgery.
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George B. Frease
Market
Aultman Hospital
Canton
Frease
New York
Baby dies after poison found in box in Point Place
Harry Long Jr aged fourteen months dies in Point Place Ohio after ingesting poison from a box on a low shelf. The incident occurred January 23 and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Point Place
Harry Long, Jr
Eats 30 Wheats to Capture Title in Cleveland Contest
In Cleveland on a Sunday night the contestant known as death by own action defeated William Joy in a grueling flapjack eating championship. He downed 10 orders with 30 wheat cakes and his eighth cup of coffee without trainer aid.
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Cleveland
Johnny
William
Joy
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