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The report notes a proposed airport bill after a veto and council action. City officials inspected three sites including Canton Aero Transportation Co and Harrisburg road to assess suitability for large airplanes. Legislation could move at the next council meeting as they compare acreage and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Rd
James E Kinnison
William E. Sarver
Roger B. Kelly
Canton Aero Transportation Co
Louisvill Road
Harrisburg Road
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Planes Ready for Start as Winds Subside
In St Johns Florida on June 6 the Friendship crew led by Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon waited for cross winds to ease for the England flight from Trepassy Bay. High winds and a tank leak delayed refueling and takeoff as forecasts predicted fair Atlantic conditions but the wind could suspend the historic attempt.
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ST. Johns
N. Fl
Mabel Ball
England
Trepassy Bay
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Friendship
Miss Bell
Miss Earhart
Atlantic
Stultz
Lindbergh
Paris
MISS CHICAGO CHOSEN QUEEN IN PULCHRITUDE PAGEANT
Ella Van Heusen crowned the world’s beauty queen after the In Honor Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston Texas. The Chicago native, 6 feet tall and 122 pounds, is shy and reserved with Madonna like features. She flew in by air mail from Chicago to claim the title. Her parents are from Germany and she is a Chicago High School graduate. Her plans after the tournament were not yet definite.
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Palveston
Tex
Coniss
Ella van Heusen
Nun Artista
van Heusen
Frere
van ‘Sen
Chicago
Iss van Heusen
Germany
Beauty
United
Will Rogers Special Explores Fiji Flight Feat
In Beverly Hills a column recalls a four man plane flight covering 3,200 miles over the ocean. It notes how aviation seemed to arrive as the crew kept constant radio contact and imagined a Fiji Islands escape if necessary.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Lune
Fiji Islands
Southern Cross
Oakland
California
Lyon
Pacific
Brisbane
Warner
Hawaii
Suva
Matson Navigation Co
Kinsford Smith
Sydney
Java
Eyre Hutson
Islands
Army
Navy
Thaw Arrives in Cherbourg on Aquitania Voyage
Harry K. Thaw lands in Cherbourg aboard the S S Aquitania and sails to Southampton after a quiet crossing. He plans to visit Vienna and Paris with a stop at the Lafayette Escadrille monument in the French capital.
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Cherbough
Harry K. Thaw
Cehrbough
S. S. Aquitania
Southampton
Thaw
London
Vienna
Paris
Tribute to Rockefeller Father During Fisk Address
John D. Rockefeller Jr spoke at Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee delivering a commencement address and paying a son’s tribute to his father. He said his father never gave direct advice yet lived an exemplary life as a personal measuring standard.
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Nashville
Tenn
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fisk Negro University
Pather
Rockefeller
Worker ends life after layoff at Cleveland plant
Despondent James Bohacek aged 29 killed himself with two bullets to the temple in Cleveland after being told there was no work Tuesday night at the manufacturing plant where he was employed. Police say a misunderstanding of the foreman's remark led to the act.
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Cleveland
James Bohacek
Bohacek
Reward Offered for Clue in Boyd Murder Massillon
Massillon police seek a key clue in the Lester Boyd murder 17, shot near 32d St and Lincoln Way after escorting Ellen Fichter home from a school festival. A Ford sedan tied to the incident drew police attention with its speed and lights flashed toward Boyd.
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Massillon
Lester Boyd
Jesse Boyd
Halber Road
West Brookfield
Lincoln Way
Ellen Mary Fichter
Ray Chaney
Elden Road
Frank Owens
Wooster Road
Ertle
Owens
Chaney
Brookfield Lake
Max Kelso
Fichter
Miami County Jail Reopens After Smallpox Quarantine
Miami County jail reopens after a 17 day smallpox quarantine. No prisoners were admitted or released during the period. Health Commissioner Porter placed the quarantine following a Piqua prisoner showing symptoms, but no further cases appeared.
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Troy
Miamico
Porter
Piqua
Heavy Rain Causes Damage Across Ohio Towns
Heavy rainfall from yesterday and today caused major damage in the Youngstown area and surrounding towns East Liverpool and Wellsville. Flooded tracks disrupted electric rail service and telegraph lines causing brief suspensions to Pittsburgh as power outages affected the city for about fifteen minutes.
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Youngstown
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Pittsburgh
General strike in Asturias gold mines declared
In Hendaye June 6 a general strike was proclaimed in the Asturias gold mines. A council of ministers is expected to meet this afternoon at the home of Primo de Rivera, the dictator, who is ill.
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Hendaye
Asturias
Primo de Rivera
Kingsford Smith and Southern Cross Plan Fiji Hop to Brisbane
Captain Kingsford Smith and crew prepare to depart Suva Fiji in the giant transpacific monoplane Southern Cross for Brisbane Australia. They aim to lift from Naselai beach with 900 gallons of fuel, after adjusting plans due to field suitability and weather.
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Sydney
Kingsford- Smith
Southern Cross
Suva
Fiji Islands
Kingsford-Smith
Brisbane
Naselai
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Naselai Beach
Harry Lyon
James Warner
Charles T. P. Uim
Ulm
Kidnapped Grace Budd Abductor Sought In New York
Grace Budd ten years old was abducted Sunday by a man posing as a farmhand guest in the Budd home. Police widened the search to surrounding states as witnesses identified the abductor calling himself Frank Howard.
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New York
Grace Budd
Grace
Frank Howard
Howard
Budd
Edward
Farmingdale
Long Island
Albert Budd
Trammell Leads Martin in Florida Senate Contest
Florida Democrats select 16 uninstructed delegates to Houston. Park Trammell leads Gov. John W. Martin by about 4000 votes with 100 of 1182 precincts reporting. Ruth Bryan Owen leads William Sears for the Democratic congressional nomination in partial returns, while Doyle Carlton leads Sidney Catts Sr. for governor.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Houston
Park Trammell
John W. Martin
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
William F. Sears
Doyle FE. Carlton
Sidney J. Catts, Sr
Belgians to Guard Louvain Library Tablet
One thousand Belgian war veterans prepared to defend the Louvain Library memorial tablet to block a proposed change from its Latin inscription noting it was destroyed by Teutonic fury and restored by an American gift. Authorities plan to replace it with a less provocative text.
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Brussels
Louvain Library
Capital Writers Predict Hoover Nominee at Kansas City
Washington correspondents survey a large group and expect Herbert Hoover to be the Republican convention choice at Kansas City on an early ballot. Some editors still back President Coolidge, while others foresee a draft or contest led by eastern delegates and a West vs Hoover clash.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Ecommerce
President Coolidge
White House
Coolidge
New York
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Lowden
Dawes
Mr. Hoover
Heiress Millicent Ramos Near Critical Pneumonia Crisis
Mrs. Millicent Rogers Ramos heiress and former wife of Count Salm von Hooges tracten is critically ill with double pneumonia. Doctors say crisis should come by weekend at her father Col H Rogers hunting lodge near Southampton Long Island. Arturo Ramos, her husband, has remained at her bedside since May 27.
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New York
Millicent Rogers Ramos
Col . H. Rogers
Ludwig Salm von Hoogestraten
Americas
Southampton
Arturo Ramos
Dam Collapse Toll Rises to Three at Big Pine Canyon
In Big Pine California the creek canyon flooded after a dam formed by a landslide gave way. A man and a boy clung to a car as flood waters swept the ravine while a third person, a man, was camping nearby. No bodies recovered yet and property loss was minimal.
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Big Pine
Cal
Big Pine Creek
Owens Valley
Lindbergh Leaves Indianapolis for Unannounced Stop
Col Charles A. Lindbergh departed Indianapolis to unknown destination after a brief stay while considering Indianapol is as a potential stop for his Transcontinental Airways initiative.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Airways
Lost Italian chasseurs are located safe
Eight missing Italian Alpine chasseurs were found safe aboard the steamship Hobby at Skaers Bay after eight days of searching for the Italia crew in Spitzbergen. The Braganza, chartered by Italy, aims to send a rescue party inland from North Cape to reach the interior. In Moscow officials fear a garbled radio report about the Italia landing near Franz Josef Land.
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Canton Daily News
HOBBY
Seaers Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
Skaers Bay
Citta di Milano
Mossel Bay
Braganza
North Cape
North East Land
Moscow
Franz Josef Land
United Press
Convict Fezatte Recaptured After Jail Escape
Clarence Fezatte a 36 year old Detour Michigan man who escaped custody two and a half years ago was captured by Chicago police. He had been convicted on a liquor charge and claimed he was sentenced for keeping a half pint of liquor at his sandwich stand. He will be returned to Jackson Michigan to serve eight months.
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Chicago
Clarence Fezatte
Detour
Mich
Fezatte
Jackson
Body Recovered From Cuyahoga River Near Cleveland
Coast guards recovered an unidentified man from the Cuyahoga River today. The body had floated for at least two months and is estimated to be about 40 years old with black hair, wearing a black coat and black shirt.
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Cleveland
Coast Guards
Cuyahoga River
News Ad Reclaims Boots for Fireman in 24 Hours
Mr. Bauer of Fire Department No. 1 misplaced his boots and feared loss. An advertisement in the News classified section brought them back within twenty four hours, prompting a reminder to call 7321 for ad help if something is missing.
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Bauer
Dst
Fire Department No. 1
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