Coolidge Opens Battle Over Surtax Rates Reform
Canton's David Lawrence reports from Swampscott Mass that President Coolidge has signaled a push for lower surtax rates tied to Mellon plan logic. He argues a maximum under 25 percent, perhaps 12, can boost investment and revenue, shaping debate before Congress convenes in December.
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Canton Daily News
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Congress
Treasury
Nate
House
Scopes Says Education Case to Be Decided in Court
John T. Scopes speaks to the International News Service from Dayton Tennessee explaining the anti evoution trial should be decided on constitutional grounds. He emphasizes desire to keep modernist and fundamentalist factions from dominating the case and warns the battle will be serious.
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Dayton
Tenn
Tennessee
John Thomas Scopes
International News Service
William Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Man Jailed After Auto Smash-Up In Market Area
George Spang is jailed after an auto crash at Market and ex tension Tuesday evening wounded several people. His car struck Garry Poorman’s machine overturning it. Mrs Poorman suffered severe bruises and two small children were hurt including a broken arm and windshield cuts. Witnesses say Spang sat in the driver seat while a girl companion leaned and held the wheel. A reckless driving charge is planned, Deputy Sheriff Ed Gibson said.
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George Spang
Garry Poorman
Spang
Ed Gibson
Russian Polish border clashes reported near Warsaw
Polish foreign office says Russian troops crossed into Poland and attacked Polish forces. Polish troops fired back driving Russians into their territory. Several other attacks are reported as authorities round up Russians across a wide border area.
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Warsaw
Poland
Polish Foreign Office
Missing girl found in Hotel Statler after nationwide search
Gladys Kreitsbureg, 15, of Akron, located in Cleveland at the Hotel Statler after a March to July pursuit across many cities. She checked in under the alias Gladys Baker from Astabula and was joined by her father mother and uncle. Relatives paid a $79 hotel bill. A tearful reconciliation followed and she returned home.
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Cleveland
Gladys Kreitsbureg
Akron
Statler
Gladys
Pennsylvania
Miss Kreltsburg
Gladys Baker
Astabula, O
Canton Boy Scouts Leave for Wilderness Camp
The first group of 17 Canton council Boy Scouts left Wednesday at 10 30 a m for the Wilderness Camp at Zoarville. They join by Valley Junction scouts from Brewster Toronto and Magnolia. The trip was led by Co J Mills with George M Deaver directing camp activities all summer. Each group stays ten days.
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Canton Boy Scouts
Wilderness
Zoarville
Canton Council
Co. J. Mills
George M. Deaver
Valley Junction
Brewster
Toronto
Magnolia
Monkey Trial prep in Dayton fuels suspense and bets on May
Dayton is tense as a defense team considers using famed lawyer Bryan as both witness and counsel in the Dayton Monkey Trial. Officials and observers note intense behind doors planning and wartime precautions to prevent leaks as the prosecution weighs potential scientific witnesses and strategic moves.
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Bryan
Dayton
Tenn
Boating Bandits Target San Francisco Prohibition Hunt
Police, guardsmen, and federal agents pursued a cream colored motor car believed to carry hijackers involved in a deputy sheriff murder and shootings near Moss Landing. Awide 200 mile manhunt followed as officers questioned arrestees at Salinas and checked four seized vehicles in pursuit of rum runners and hijackers.
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San Francisco
Cal
Monterey County
N. H. Rader
W. A. Dyer
Henry Livingston
Prohibition
Moss Landing
Livingston
Rader
Salinas
Columbus Man Freezes Fingers
Kenneth Kyle of Columbus suffers freezing of several fingers on each hand after fingers touched sulfur dioxide gas while experimenting at a refrigerating plant. A physician thawed them out in cold water.
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Columbus
Kenneth Kyle
Kyle
Columbus Builders Supply Company
Probe Death of Ward of State
Gov. Donahey to order an investigation into the death of Ralph Davis a 15 year old inmate at the Lancaster industrial school May 30. State Welfare Director Harper or Wellsville citizens in Columbiana county to conduct the probe prompted by a telegram from Wellsville city clerk George S Hardman. Local officials seek inquiry into possible non natural causes of death.
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Columbus
Donahey
Harper
Wellsville
Columbiana County
Ralph Davis
Lancaster Industrial School
George 8
Hardman
Davis
Wellaville
Calles Ill With Influenza Retreats From Palace
President Calles is confined to the castle of Chapultepec with an influenza attack and cannot attend to normal duties. The urgent matters were handled, and no reply yet reached the Mexican foreign office to the telegram to the U S government on Independence Day.
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Canton Daily News
Mexico City
Calles
Chappultepec
National Palace
Universal
Mexican Foreign Office
United States
Fall Fatal in Massillon Tragedy
Mrs Emma Walter age 50 of 603 North Hill Massillon died after a Tuesday fall from a ladder while berry picking. She suffered fractured ribs and a punctured lung, the fatal injury noted at Massillon City Hospital on Wednesday.
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Massillon
Emma Walter
N. Hill
Massillon City Hospital
Matty Mathewson Critically Ill In New York Home
Syracuse July 8 Chris ty Mathewson, president of the Boston Braves, is critically ill at his Saranac Lake home after contracting a severe cold on the Braves spring training trip. The illness worsened, forcing his return to Syracuse where he was long treated after the war.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Christy Mathewson
Boston Braves
Saranac Lake
Syracuse Telegram Today
Mathewson
Braves
Syranac
Woman Sought in Kidnapping of Roscoe Canaday
New York was alerted to a possible abduction of five year old Roscoe Canaday from Forest Hills by a woman with auburn hair who fled with him in a car containing two men. Police suspect the mother, Virginia Canaday, may be involved after a prior custody incident.
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New York
Roscoe Canaday
Forest Hills
Roscoe
Virginia Canaday
San Antonio
Tex
Negro fined in booze case at home
Nick Dunkerson colored of 808 Vickstein et SE was arrested by Police Tuesday night for violation of the Crabbe act after officers found a drinking party in progress and about a half pint of liquor. He pleaded guilty in criminal court and was fined 200 dollars plus costs.
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Nick Dunkerson
Vickstein Et SE
Crabbe
Dunkerson
Sunday Dancing Ban Hardens in Stark County
Probate Judge Alva L. Deal announced Wednesday that under a new state law no rural or village dance hall may operate without his license. Sunday dancing remains prohibited. inspections will be frequent and licenses revoked for violations with no appeal. Moonlight Gardens at Meyers Lake Park reportedly first license issued.
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Stark Co
Alva L. Deal
Judge Deal
Moonlight Gardens
Meyers Lake Park
Neal
Deal
Rockefeller 88-Year-Old Golfer Celebrates Quiet Birthday
John Dols 86 OW King reports John D Rockefeller marking his birthday at Pocantico Hills N Y with a quiet celebration. He played nine holes daily and shot nine holes in 48 minutes. After golf he planned a family dinner followed by an organ recital at the estate with Rev John M Furman invited.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Relentless Glasgow Fire Ravages Tenements and Landmarks
A $5,000,000 fire in Glasgow destroyed Kelvin Hall and the Free Presbyterian College and church, a Rheims cathedral replica, with $1,900,000 damage to the church. Six fires started simultaneously. a relief fund for the homeless began as firemen fought remaining flames.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Kelvin Hall
Free Presbyterian College
Rheims
Drunken Driver Convicted in Criminal Court
George Nodling of 2700 Sth St NW was arrested Tuesday night at Carnahaway NE and 8th St on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated. He was fined $50 and costs after conviction in criminal court Wednesday.
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George Nodling
Sth
Carnahaway NE
8Th St
Lightning strikes chimney at 4029 2nd St NW
A bolt hit a chimney during a Tuesday afternoon rain, prompting fire department removal of the damaged structure. No fire occurred and damage was limited to the chimney.
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2Nd St NW
Blood evidence found near Canton fuels murder suspicions
Officials say a blood soaked rug with four bullets and bone fragments found near the Wynn coal mines may indicate a murder. They probe a possible link to the disappearance of Helen Dewalt who vanished after leaving a car near her Canton home Monday evening. Authorities doubt the cases are related.
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Wynn
Waco
Sheriff's Office
George Thorn
Brakeman Killed by Train Near State Line
Word reached Alliance at noon that Joseph Kelly of 745 North Walnut Street, brakeman on a Pennsylvania Railroad work train, was killed between 8 and 9 o clock Wednesday morning near the Ohio Pennsylvania state line after stepping from one track to another into the path of the Cleveland Pittsburgh flyer.
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Alliance
Joseph Kelly
North
Walnut St
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly
GM Moves Toward Controlling Interest in Yellow Cab
General Motors has concluded arrangements to acquire a controlling stake in Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. notes the bus will play a key role in GM strategy. The deal awaits stockholder approval before September 1 and follows New Haven Railroad's entry into bus operations.
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General Motors
Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co
New York
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
New Haven Railroad
Trotzky's Book On England Out
Leon Trotzky's new work Where Is England Going reaches Berlin in Russian with a German edition due in August and an English translation soon after. He argues the British Empire will soon break up after analyzing the Chinese question and India trends.
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Canton Daily News
Berlin
Leon Trotzky
England
Trotzky
India
New Lives for Old at Strand Theater
Betty Compson stars in New Lives for Old, a Strand Theater feature about the fountain of youth myth. Daily News readers named in Canton’s Where You Can Find It section may see the film free. guest names change daily.
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de Soto
Florida
Betty Compson
Strand Theater
Daily News
Canton
The Many Purposes of Music Across Society
A reflective piece argues music serves emotion outlet education and social cohesion. It cites piano practice for girls, harp healing for Saul, and universal rhythm in cultures while noting music’s power to calm minds and shape behavior.
Case Continued for Suspicious Person Arrest
Jack Poulenbey was arrested by police on a charge of being a suspicious person and arraigned in criminal court Wednesday. His case was continued.
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Jack Poulenbey
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