18 Jul 1927
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1927
Page
1
Canton leaders plan to bring a branch plant of a large manufacturing firm to produce a finished article from local steel and a central west distribution center for a major auto equipment firm. The two developments promise hundreds of skilled jobs and heightened city prominence, signaling a shift toward a regional manufacturing hub.
Informant Steve Kascholk, key witness in the Don Mellett murder case, was to be released Monday after a year in custody as a material witness. Prosecutor Henry Harter stated no immediate indictments were planned, but future action possible if corroborating evidence emerges. Lengel’s murder conviction and the trial’s aftermath shaped the decision, with Kascholk to remain reachable via a designated contact.
General Stark recalls a recurring pedestrian, a man who Jaywalks and challenges drivers. He notes two encounters in one month, a heated exchange, and the need for pedestrians to wait for signals. The piece contrasts pedestrian rights with auto safety and cites New York law on pedestrian signals. Canton picnickers fill parks despite intermittent drizzle, enjoying meals, parks, and a near-full moon.
A juror pressed the chair Monday as reports said at least one juror backed the death penalty for Saranus A. Lengel while others split on acquittal and first degree murder. Officials circulated that the first ballot included one for acquittal and eleven for first degree murder with no mercy recommendation.
Reports say warnings to shop superintendents businessmen and others deterred a Canton chapter of a secret club. In injunctions the organization faced scrutiny over membership plans and secret questionnaires probing finances nationality age and prior jobs.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Pekin reports General Chiang Kai Shek has made an armistice with the northern government agreeing to evacuate Shantung. Northern forces will not cross Shantung borders and both sides plan to concentrate against left wing and Feng Yuh Ling. A Shanghai dispatch says Soviet advisor Michael Beroain escaped from Hankow last Saturday.
Kansas City July 18 two suburbs began rebuilding after a storm Saturday night left four dead and forty injured. More than a hundred were left homeless as Hed Cross and national guard units set up camps in South Park and Monrovia. Food and clothing rushed to the area while the homeless found shelter in intact buildings.
Mary Ann Hiechard aged 61 died from injuries suffered when struck by an auto in Columbus. Her death marked the county's thirty sixth traffic fatality this year with the accident occurring earlier yesterday.
July 18 report details the flagpole sitting craze reaching the Pacific coast as the Phantom of the Flagpole plans to wear a mask to hide his face during a challenge to the world champion Held Em Joe Powers of Chicago.
Hollywood July 18 Will Rogers replies to Will Hays and Ben Turpin in a playful dispatch. He mocks eastern suffocation reports and compliments Hollywood thinking, joking about campaign roles and lasting readership amid national tensions.
Paris reports Mrs Gordon Conway Ozias, artist and writer, obtained a divorce from Blake Ozias. They wed in New York in 1920 amid desertion claims. Also noted are the divorce of Mrs Agnes Robinson Gross Wheelwright from Clarence Watson Wheelwright, married Bethlehem Pa in 1923, and Helen Constance Woodward Wilmsen from Joseph Louis Wilmsen in New York in 1932.
Columbus July 18 Governor Donahey will summon Mayor Charles Scheibel and Police Chief Good of Youngstown to Columbus Wednesday over charges that Youngstown officers used third degree methods to extract confessions. Gen Donahey announced the plan after returning to the executive office from Indien Leake.
Eight people were killed and many injured in traffic accidents in and near Philadelphia over the weekend. Most crashes occurred during heavy rush hour traffic as residents headed home from the seashore. The Delaware River Bridge saw more traffic than any day since its opening.
Vienna largely calmed after a three day disturbance near Bratislava on the Czecho-Slovakian border left 65 dead and 474 wounded, with some reports up to 159 dead. Police arrested 252 including communist Fiala, as Vienna’s government pledged to convene parliament and authorized police to shoot rioters.
In a July 18 issue the People’s Business condemns President Coolidge for appearing in cowboy attire and calls him the laughing stock of the multitude. The piece mocks his public image and suggests movie audiences laugh at his vaudeville depiction and fear of mounting the gift horse.
Washington July 18 A full military funeral will be held at Arlington Virginia tomorrow for Major Thomas Seuth Bowen of Frankfort Kentucky a noted aviator and World War I figure. Bowen aged 41 died yesterday at Walter Reed hospital from injuries sustained five years earlier when he as a passenger with General Pershing crashed in Mexico while flying an obsolete plane. Bowen was one of four West Point graduates among seventy five chosen to start the army flying corps in 1968 and is credited with originating the V formation and other air tactics after observing sparrows harass a hawk.
The net balance in the treasury general fund as of July 16 stood at 167,668,207.37 dollars. The report records a precise monthly snapshot of federal cash position and liquidity.
Commander Richard Byrd and crew of the Amer ica and Clarence Chamberlin return to New York July 18 amid a noisy parade. Thousands greet them on Broadway and at City Hall as Mayor Walker welcomes the aviators despite a sudden downpour. The ceremony recalls Lindbergh’s reception, praising the flyers for conquering nature, time, space, and admiration.
Prominent South Dakota Democrats discuss Senator James A. Reed of Missouri as 1928 presidential nominee. Gov W J Bulow Judge Charles J Buell and T B Warner say sentiment favors Reed despite his wet stand. They expect the state delegation to back the Missourian next year. Reed is a Western man and well known in the state while Gov Al Smith is less known locally.
Chinese police sought to rearrest Mme Michael Borodin wife of the Soviet adviser to the nationalist government. She was released on July 12 and believed in hiding as of July 18 in Pekin.
Mass July 18 services for Henry White former ambassador to Italy and France and Versailles delegate were held at Trinity Episcopal church Lenox. The body was taken to Springfield for cremation after the ceremony. White died at his Lenox summer home Friday.
Spiros L. Keffatas aged 19 died of heat exhaustion while working at Regub He Rubber Co plant in Youngstown. He disappeared Sunday noon and was found by coworkers who conducted a search yesterday afternoon.
Frederick T. Breinway, president of Steinway & Bore Co. New York piano makers, died suddenly from heart disease at 4 in the afternoon on Sunday in Northeast Harbor Maine, according to local details.
In the Hockingvalley region two mines at Leahrig and Bucktel near Athens began production with nonunion labor. New York Coal Co. resumes operations idle since April under an open shop policy. Union leaders vow a united front with picketing and warnings of unsafe conditions for untrained nonunion workers.
July 18 reports show threatening skies and damp air restraining heat in New York yet relief remained costly. The city faced floods and traffic delays from thunderstorms while one man died from heat effects and two others from heart disease at beaches near New York amid the torrid period.
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