Pair Plans To Fly For 400 Hours
Forrest O Brine and Dale Jackson push the St Louis Robin monoplane toward a 400 hour endurance flight. With 294 hours aloft on day 13 they held to the plan to add another 37 hours 16 minutes to the record while earning cash prizes from sponsors and city backers.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Forrest O’brine
Dale Jackson
Culver City
Cal
Jackson
O’brine
Lambert St. Louis Field
C. Ray Wassall
P. V. “Shorty
Chaffee
Red
St. Louis Municipal Opera
O'Brine
Milt Giston
Giston
Powder bomb explodes at Davis Co department store crowd stampede
Crowds stampede in downtown Chicago after a mysterious powder bomb explodes in the rear of the Davis Co department store. The blast rocks the South End and is heard over a mile away as police and fire crews respond. Also notices urge voters to vote absent or yes on the airport measure.
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Chicago
Loop Theater
Davis Co's
Board of Elections
Mellettae
Tariff group split tests Senate protectionist aims
Senate Republican tariff factions split over how high to set rates in the pending bill. Smoot leads a moderating edge group seeking reductions, while Reed Watson Bingham Short ridge and Greene push to retain or soften gains. Debate slows chemical and earthenware schedules ahead of August reconvening.
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United Press
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Senate
Smoot
Watson
Bingham
Reed
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Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Edge
New Jersey
Sackett
Kentucky
Couzens
Michigan
Deneen
Illinois
Keyes
Vermont
Hoover
House
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Connecticut
Shortridge
California
Greene
White House
Earthquake Hits Bulgaria Cracks Walls No Casualties
A strong quake struck the Phillipopolis and Tchirpan region near Sofia for five seconds today. Inhabitants were alarmed as walls cracked but there were no reported casualties.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Phillipopolis
Tchirpan
M E Moore Canton tenor dies at home
Marvin E. Moore 51 of 1351 Yaleav NW Canton dies at home after two day illness of endrocarditis. He was a famed local tenor in musical comedies and a longtime member of the Canton Singers Club and Elks Glee Club. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Moore home conducted by Dr P H Welshimer. Burial at West Lawn.
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Yaleav
Canton
Mr. Moore
Canton Operatic Club
Moore
The
Elks’ Glee Club
Canton Singers’ Club
Long- Stutz Automobile Company
Dine-Dewees Co
Kanneberg Roofing Co
Chicago
Shreve
Elks Club
Orchard Hills Country Club
United Commercial Travelers
Nellie
George Strock
R. C. Paul
Wooster
Tillie Hague
Charles Moore
Springfield
Denver C. Hughes
P. H. Welshimer
Westlawn
Whitticorpe
Plane Sails From Santiago to Buenos Aires
The Southern Star, an American International Airways plane, departed Santiago yesterday with eight passengers plus crew bound for Buenos Aires. A stop is planned at Mendoza, Argentina.
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Santiago
Chile
Southern Star
American International Airways
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Argentina
Classifieds Highlights From The Canton Daily News
Levees ed bits of news. Chevrolet Coupe for sale 1927 model in fine condition. Widow seeks to care for elderly ladies in own home. Hand made quilts for sale with beautiful patterns. Four room house for rent newly decorated with garage. New 1929 Chandler Coupe sold as is. Will trade on smaller car. Three nicely furnished rooms and kitchen on second floor. Read today's classified section for many offers. Canton Daily News Classified Department.
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Chandler
Canton Daily News
First Annual Picnic Draws 20000 Churchgoers in Canton
In Stark county Meyers Lake Park churchgoers staged a large inter church picnic with fireworks arranged with the weather men. Morning attendance reached 3000 youngsters, rising to 5000 by noon and an estimated 10000 by the baseball game between pastors and Sunday school superintendents.
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Canton
Stark County
Meyers Lake Park
Life in a Land Where War Looms Across a Troubled Border
Peter Maier, a World War I veteran and gardener, recounts his nine years as a prisoner of war across Russia from the Himalayas to Petrograd. He describes revolutions, survival in hostile camps, and details the quirky relics sewn into his shirt including 600 Austrian kronen.
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Peter Maier
Manchuria
Galacia
Turkestan
Siberia
Ekaterinburg
Moscow
Austria
W. W. Steele
North Canton Road
Russia
Himalayas
Petrograd
Galicia
Maier
Jury Selections Continue in Dr. Snook Murder Trial
In Columbus on July 25 jurors were chosen for the James H. Snook case. The former OSU professor and Olympian faces accusations in the murder of Theora Hix, 24, as relatives observe proceedings and defense hints at possible role of drugs and encouragement in the couple. Jury box filled with five women and five men. Snook engages with attorneys while spectators watch, including Theora’s parents Melvin and Mrs Hix.
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Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Court Room
Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
Melvin T. Hix
Hix
Bromley Poised for Tokyo Flight in Lockheed Monoplane
At Tacoma Washington crowds gather at the airport awaiting a possible surprise departure by Lt Harold Bromley in the orange Lockheed monoplane bound for Tokyo 4700 miles away. Weather may set the takeoff time as Pratt and Whitney and Lockheed crews conduct final inspections.
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United Press
Tacoma
Wash
Harold Bromley
Tokyo
Bromley
Pratt and Whitney
Lockheed
Mayor Denies Charges Over Canton Traffic Light Legal Fight
Canton officials defended the traffic light contract amid accusations at a council meeting. The board labeled claims of graft as false and said the bid process was fair, while naming political motives behind the controversy and vowing to resist efforts to block the project.
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Canton
C. Curtis
Board of Control
Cleveland Company
Moline
Tfl
Ralph Carnahan
Cleveland Concern
Carnahan
E. W. Brown
Brown
Curtis
Rebels Surrender 500 at Comala Colima
Mexico City reports 500 rebels surrender at Comala Colima today. The announcement comes as authorities tighten control in the region and pursue remaining insurgents.
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Mexico City
Comala
Colima
Rain Cancels Golf Tourney at Brookside Club
Storm halted the women’s club championship at Brookside Country Club after eight holes with Mrs. Robert P. Abbey leading Mrs. R. G. Geiger by three holes. Abbey parred and birdied early holes while Geiger struggled to reach the greens before the rain ended play. The reported scores show Abbey 557 255 45X-38 and Geiger .756 375 46X-43.
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Brookside Country Club
Robert P. Abbey
R. G. Geiger
Stark Ce
Abbey
Continental Bank Plans Big NY Building With NYSE
Frederick Hornby president of the Continental Bank of New York announced a cooperative bank and office building costing about 20 million dollars. The project will serve the bank NYSE offices and curb houses in New York City plans announced June J. R. July 25.
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New York
Continental Bank of New York
New York Stock Exchange
Curb
Frederick Hornby
Traffic Light Mass Sparks Canton City Hall Chaos
A heated Canton debate over a traffic light contract escalates with accusations of coercion and bribery. Competing firms deny collusion while officials call for a full state level investigation and prosecution if warranted. The mayor denies all charges as calls for oversight intensify.
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Board of Control
Canton
Muehleisen Named First Traffic Commissioner in Canton
George H. Muehleisen, longtime captain of the police traffic squad, is appointed Canton’s first traffic commissioner by Mayor C. C. Curtis. He will serve provisionally until an exam of the four police captains under the new traffic code. Salary starts at 225 dollars monthly. Muehleisen, 33, of 2836 13th Street NW, is married with two children.
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George H. Muehleisen
Canton
C. C. Curtis
Harry M. Kimber
Muehleisen
Capt
Muelheisen
13Th St NW
Bogie typhoon speedboat breaks Mississippi River record
In St Louis on July 25, the Bogie speedboat, owned by Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis, shattered the 59 year old Mississippi River record for the New Orleans to St Louis run set by the packet Robert E. Lee. The vessel left New Orleans Sunday at 3 05 PM and arrived at Livesthere at 6 45 AM, completing the 1200 mile voyage in 28 hours 21 minutes, beating the old mark by 12 hours 12 minutes.
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ST. Louis
New Orleans
St Louis
Robert E. Lee
Dr. Louis Leroy
Memphis Sportsman
Pilot Hoyt Rebuts Transatlantic Flight Danger Claim
Captain Ross G. Hoyt of A. A. A. described a segment of his attempted New York Nome round trip as less dangerous than Canadian mountains on a recent stop in Woods. He said he was disappointed at not completing the trip, noting the treacherous mountain terrain matched the Atlantic in risk.
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Winnipeg
Ont
Canada
Ross G. Hoyt
New York
Nome
United Press
Atlantic Ocean
Sweltering Washington Heat Prostrations Rise
Sweltering weather in Washington pushed temperatures to 93 degrees yesterday afternoon and led to three cases of heat prostration. Two patients recovered, one remains under observation as officials warn residents to seek shade and stay hydrated.
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Washington
Canton Ravaged by Cloudburst Flood City Traffic Paralyzed
A severe mid day storm drenched Canton and Starkee with 2.25 inches of rain in under two hours. Widespread flooding halted traffic, disrupted power and phone service, and damaged sewers and basements. A Pennsylvania train struck a car near Fairhope injuring Mike Petzel.
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Canton
Starkee
Carl H. Meyer
Tuscarawas St W
Hess Furniture Co
Massillon-Canton
Whipple Road
Ohio Power & Light Co
Hartville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fairhope
Mike Petzel
Swallowav NE
Mercy Hospital
Petzel
Col Lindbergh Negotiates Purchase Of New Jersey Estate
Col Charles A Lindbergh is negotiating to buy an estate in North Caldwell New Jersey as announced by Alexander H Sands Jr an official of the American Tobacco Co The property is part of Green brook Acres Inc a mountain development with a $100000 20 room Georgian house and nine surrounding acres The development spans two more houses and 75 acres two miles from a Curtis flying field under development over the Passaic River valley.
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North Caldwell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Alexander H. Sands, Jr
American Tobacco Co
Greenbrook Acres, Inc
Passaic River Valley
Curtis Co
Claremore Will Not Break Refueling Record
Beverly Hills July 25 Claremore Oklahoma will not attempt the refueling record. Will Rogers notes the city seeks originality and discusses hose used to transfer gas between planes while lampooning military spending and Hoover.
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Cal
Claremore
Okla
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