Holiday crash injuries raise toll with nine hurt and one burned
Nine people were injured in a holiday crash spree and a boy burned by firecrackers. Names include Mrs. G. V. Crabbe 35 and Mrs. F. F. Reinaehl injured seriously at Aultman Hospital, with others in Mercy and local care facilities. The incidents occurred around 10:45 near 5th Street and McKinley.
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G. V. Crabbe
Aultman Hospital
F. F. Reinaehl
Concord
Charles Gier
Mercy Hospital
Conn
Cherry
Aultman
Canton- Massillon
Arnold
Massillon
Crabbe
Reinaehl
G. W. Crabbe
5Th St
McKinley
Pittsburgh Demands Showdown Over Penny Day Resignation
Washington appoints John D. Pennington as western Pennsylvania prohibition commissioner replacing R. Ray who quit amid charges that hindered work. The Pittsburgh district faces uproar from wets and drys alike as Edgar R. Ray weighs his future after calling the Volstead act the biggest swindle in U S history.
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Bay
Washington
John D. Pennington
Pennsylvania
R. Ray
Robert T. Small
Canton Daily News
Pittsburgh
Edgar R. Ray
Frederick C. Baird
Baird
Philadelphia
Smed
Liquor party deadly duel ends in nine shots
In a coffee house on Cherry Avenue SE, 38 year old Alex Leukas was shot nine times during a confrontation between two gunmen, cousin Mack Comis and shooter Philip Delvos alias Douglas. Leukas died at Mercy Hospital as police held Comis and Vretas while Delvos fled. Coroner McQuate suggested drunken brawl as cause.
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Alex Leukas
Cherry Av SE
Mercy Hospital
Mack Comis
James Vretas
6Th St SE
Cemis
Philip Delvos
Douglas
Leukas
Vretas
Comis
Cairo
Aying
Maxh Comis
Delyos
McQuate
Delvos
Akron
Martin Pilcher
N O P Delays Road Grant Decision as Officials Weigh Franchise
N O P manager H D Bereaw told the county commissioners he will have word from New York on the Canton Akron franchise by Wednesday. He has not heard from high officials since sending the copy over two weeks ago. Prosecutor McClin tock warned he is ready to file ouster proceedings if prompt action is not taken.
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H. D. Bereaw
Theouthern Division
Bercaw
New York
C. B. McClintock
Ion
Silence Surrounds Arrest as Landlady Reports Roomer
Canton police questioned Howard Lions after the landlady reported a disturbance in her house. Lions could not satisfactorily explain his actions or identify himself, and was held for further investigation by Captain Swope. The case raises questions about his presence in Canton and his mysterious demeanor.
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Clark Ayew
Howard Lions
Canton
Resignation of Prohibition Chief Andrews Returns to Private Life
Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews assistant secretary of the treasury and head of the prohibition service submitted his resignation to Secretary Mellon. He said his reorganizing work is done and plans to wind up affairs and return to private life after a London trip.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Andrews
London
John F. O'Ryan
New York
Franklin Djoler
Philadelphia
American Legion
Herbert H. White
Army
Texas
Oklahoma
Mellon
Congress
Man Shot In Mouth In Newark Street Injury
Harry Freese aged 24 was found on West Church street with a bullet piercing his tongue roof of mouth and entering the stomach. Reported as possibly fatal but he may live.
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Newark
Harry Freese
West Church Street
Bounding Firecrackers Cause Show Case Fire At Pucci Poolroom
An impromptu fireworks display at Carl Pucci’s poolroom on Cherry Ave SH after noon Monday shattered glass and burned wood around a show case. A skyrocket crossed the street starting an awning fire at East Vieway NE bakery owned by Peter Solomon. Night patrol then extinguished a separate awning blaze at Mahoning rd NE in Ralph Nye’s building.
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Carl Pucci
Cherry Av
East Vieway NE
Peter Solomon
Mahoning Rd NE
Ralph Nye
Special Council To Vote On Track Removal And Car Routing
Ordinances authorize removing Northern Ohio Power and Light Co tracks from the NW and routing street cars over a spur at Clevedaw and 2nd St NW. The public utilities committee favored track removal and car routing at a special meeting last week. A second ordinance creates a chemist’s office at the sewage disposal plant and sets salary provisions for the incumbent.
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Northern Ohio Power and Light Co
Clevedaw
2Nd St
Public Utilities Committee of Council
Anoth
Submarine S-51 Raised From Sea Homeward Tow To Brooklyn Yard
The wrecked submarine S-51 with 33 crewmen lost is being towed from off New London toward Brooklyn Navy Yard after a nine month salvage, facing dangerous seas through Long Island Sound and the Hell Gate tidal stretch as it nears the dry dock.
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U. S. S. Vestal
New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
Navy Yard Dry Dock
New York
Execution Rock
New Rochelle
N. Y
Hell ‘Gate
Heart Trouble Kills Driver In Auto Accident
NEWARK OH July 6 Harry Lee Handel 36 of this city was found dead in his auto near Dennison Ohio last night. Death was due to heart trouble following an auto accident. He leaves a wife and a mother.
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Newark
Harry Lee Handel
Dennison
Middletown Firecracker Incident Injures Tailor on Beach Street
Police records indicate only one person seriously injured during July fifth events. A tailor on Beach Street suffered a split nose and forehead cut after being struck by a can containing a firecracker.
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Middletown
Ea Greathouse
Beach Street
All Quiet Morning After Gun Battle at Hermes Coffee House
Tuesday morning at the Hermes coffee house at 731 Cherry av SE shows no trace of Monday night’s fatal gun fight. Regular breakfast customers fill the den, chatting and singing as if the incident were distant history. The building’s lower floor hosts a restaurant and gambling-era relics while the second floor has long been a gambling paradise for local hard cases. The street sits near the end of 8th st SE and south of the railroad.
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Hermes
Cherry Av SE
South Cherry District
8Th St
Yeggs Loot Slovenian Home For 2400 In Cash And Jewelry
Yeggs broke into a Slovenian home at 16818 Holmesav and stole 2400 dollars, checks and jewelry. No clues were left. Thieves also took 200 dollars from a city garbage plant vault. Diamond rings valued at 2500 were reported stolen from the hotel suite of Mr and Mrs Albert Co Matthews.
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Cleveland
Former Canton safety director parole delayed by state board
Ed E. Curtis, former Canton safety director and two to 20 year convict for bribery, had his parole hearing indefinitely postponed by the state board. Curtis began his term under mayor G. C. Curtis, amid liquor and gambling investigations, with multiple prosecutions and appeals following a 1924 raid-driven inquiry.
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Columbus
Ed E. Curtis
Canton
State Parole Board
Curtis
G. C. Curtis
C. C.tis
A. V. Donahey
C. B. McClintock
Grand Jury
Ed Curtis
Prohibition
Co. W. Kirk
Jumbo Crowley
2Dst NE
Clyde Goldfuss
Cherry Av Ss
Agler
Aged Man Timothy Sheehan Found In Ravine
The four month mystery of Timothy Sheehan 82 was cleared up when clothing on a skeleton found in a ravine east of Wooster Ohio was identified as his. He is believed to have fallen from the top of a 49 foot cliff.
Sewer Fire Lights Central Avenue District
A sewer filled with water was seen in flames near Central Park and Wall Street Monday night. A gas leak fed the blaze, which burned for hours as the manhole and inlet glowed white hot. Fire officials shut off gas on the main until the leak is found.
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Middletown
Central Ov
Wall St
Parade of Hooverites Launches International Convention
About 2,000 marchers plus $1 floats show Hoover Sweeper Co. progress in a two mile parade through North Canton. Rain briefly dampened the event but 8,000 spectators watched, with international guests in Native costumes and crews from the United States, Canada and abroad.
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North Canton
J.*y
Hoover Co
Hooover Sweeper Co
Mainst
Hoover Plant
Ater
Hoover
Hoover Suction Sweeper Co
All Arts
United States
Canada
Hoover Camp
Hooverites
America
Europe
H. D. Kleiss
N. D. Dopson
Royal Mounted Police
Boston
John Bull
Miami
Fla
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