05 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
1
United Press report from Chicago on July 5 notes more than 125 people died during the Fourth of July holiday as heat and water activities drew crowds. Drownings were down versus last year. fires caused few fatalities with isolated incidents in New York and Ohio. Injured counts were not definite.
Will Rogers notes President Hoover at the White House creating commissions to track existing commissions. He jokes there won’t be enough good people to serve, and predicts Hoover will shake hands with commissions all summer to fill his schedule.
Canton officials disclosed expansion plans that would push Hercules Motor Corp beyond current size, boosting local industrial wealth. Half a million dollar investment flagged, with immediate spending anticipated. details withheld. A separate gunfire incident in New Philadelphia involved Baraket and detectives. Baraket wounded? Officials reported hospital removals. a chaotic scene followed at the Arcade Hotel.
Detroit reports a record flat guarantee for a heavyweight title shot being sent to Los Angeles for Jack Dempsey via air. Leonard and Floyd Fitzsimmons are arranging the deal, with backers tied to the automobile industry. A separate offer to stage a Dundee Fields bout on July 25 is also discussed, with compensation tied to the Willard fight.
From today's classified section an array of daily bargains is described with items like a sunroom and laundry work tables for sale. Readers are urged to turn to the section to read the many offers available in the Canton Daily News Classified Department.
Helen Jacobs falls to Helen Wills in straight sets at Wimbledon, as American contenders fail to seize the all England championship. Crowds witness Wills dominate with decisive play, marking a rare period where American women monopolize the final stages on center court. In related items, local business ad notes new offices opening at 204 6th St NW and a shop relocation near Aay.
A torrential downpour, the heaviest in over a decade, hit Stark County late Thursday into Friday, flooding fields of wheat and celery and causing thousands in crop damage. In five hours 2.38 inches of rain fell, with celery fields and truck gardens in the lowlands severely harmed. Hartville swamp area damage not yet tallied, with fears of levels near last year’s $100,000 loss. Tuscarawas River threatened to spill over its banks around Massillon as the storm crest continued.
Storm delays endurance flight by Newcomb and Mitchell at Cleveland Airport as weather and wing damage threaten record attempt. Ground crews rush a new refueling plane while the two pilots push to beat the 172 hour 32 minute mark, with oxygen and magneto issues noted.
In Northampton on July 5 former president Calvin Coolidge marked his birthday as a private citizen. He spent the day with Mrs. Coolidge and neighbors at his Massachusetts home and gave portions of a salmon received from Robert Walton Goelet to neighbors.
New York July 5 The funeral of Dustin Farnum the actor will be held Sunday at the Little Church Around the Corner He died Wednesday night in Post Graduate Hospital after suffering for more than a year from a nervous breakdown Farnum age 35 made his stage debut in 1897 later entering motion pictures Burial will be at Bucksport Me
City United Peasy July 5 two men remain in custody as investigators struggle with a triple and a separate ax slayings. Benjamin Evangelist a 4 year old mystic his wife and four children were found dead in their home. Police cannot explain why Evangelist was hacked and mutilated and suspect his cult rites may tie to the sextuple murder.
Mrs Alice Jones Rhinelander, a mixed race wife of Leonard Rhinelander, files for separation from her husband and $50,000 for alienation of affections against his father Philp Rhinelander in supreme court, as Reno divorce proceeds begin, announced by her attorneys.
On Independence Day in New York Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Board of Temperance and Public Morals urges drastic enforcement measures possibly including army or navy action to enforce dry laws. Former Gov Alfred E Smith voices opposition, criticizing Prohibition supporters for compromising fundamental liberties and urging a restraint on enforcement while defending the Declaration of Independence.
In North Bergen on Independence Day hundreds prayed before a stone wall at the New York and New Jersey mausoleum where two blotches on the wall resemble a veiled figure and the outline of Mrs Tarantel. Devotees remained at the scene for around 72 hours as onlookers watched the markings form with closer inspection.
Zanesville July 5 Clarence Opus aged 2 or 3? was shot and killed after police pursued an allegedly stolen Hopkins automobile. Patrolman Edward Rider and other officers forced the car to curb. Hopkins was killed as he ran. Two companions, Charles Equerer 18 of Kent and Benjamin Aerdos 19 of Cadiz, were arrested for investigation.
A charge of assault with a deadly weapon was preferred against Albert Fisher, 85, of Benton Harbor, Mich, following a deadly motor crash when Mrs. Grave Fealander, 35, a Chicago school teacher, died of her injuries. The minister involved was released on bail.
News story details a July Independence Day clash at Dobbs Ferry between a golf course party and baseball fans. Cars blocked roads, police intervened to separate groups, and Mrs Langhorne reportedly struck a ball at an automobile. Separate nine innings saw Murphy and Ogden Wines fight to a 3-3 draw.
A tragic Independence Day toll rises in Stark County Ohio with three deaths including a four year old Alliance girl Josephine Kissman and a Canton boy Dominic Fonti amid car crashes and fireworks incidents. Wilbert Johns dies after being struck near his Market Avenue home. Virgil Smith exonerated after a crash injury. a mother’s child dies in flames from fireworks as a car crosses a railroad crossing.
New York toxicologist Dr. Gettler reported that Wilmer Stultz appeared intoxicated when his plane crashed near Roosevelt Field, killing him and two passengers. He found a large amount of alcohol in the deceased’s brain and heart, indicating intoxication at the time of the accident. The investigation seeks to determine the smuggling boat link and whether others aided an escape to Canada.
Thousands gather for Canton's second air derby sponsored by Canton Post No. 41. Weather dampens crowds yet planes operate from the Betts airport, with officials noting drainage improvements and ongoing inspections as rain drenched the event.
A coast guard pursuit ended with two ram runners shot during a chase with a liquor laden boat and a lugger near Fighting Inland today. Coast guardsmen fired multiple shots crippling the fleeing motor in a bid to halt the vessel.
The report notes a proposed 4,800 mile flight to Rome tied to a conference and chaired by J.C. Lewis president of the Iowa Federation of Labor. Pilot Q Williams and navigator Lewis A. Yancey discussed weather and readiness to fly, with plans to depart tomorrow if conditions permit. An executive inquiry was suggested to address urgent issues. Masonic notice mentions a meeting on Friday July 8 at 7 pm in VA 8.
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