Hard Sleuth Frees Padlocked Cat from Prohibition Prison
Tom the gray alley cat, jailed since May 23 after a padlocked “quick lunch” den was sealed for liquor, is freed by detective Harry Hirsch and Judge Merrill Otta in Kansas City. Tom roams again, meowing for food while locals react to the sensational escape and front-page coverage.
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United Press
Ansas City
Tom
Merrill Otta
Federal Court
Harry Hirsch
Kansas City
Hirsch
Court Order Triggers Special Election Over Airport Site
A state supreme court order forces Canton to hold a special election on whether to purchase the Pigppisburg road site for a municipal airport. The council must act within days, issue an ordinance, and set a date for a referendum as directed. The move may affect future airport projects and city politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Ded
State Supreme Court
Posten
Pigppisburg Rd
Eagh
Eget
Thomas M. Mysongere Terney
Wayland Co
Omakan
Party Council
Mon Pleas Court
Q Hon
Natically Preme Court
Miller
Curtis
Entai
Ely
Unclear fragment hints at Old Orchard weather and air routes
Fragmentary text references Old Orchard and a low pressure area over the North Atlantic. Mentions plans of combined and French flyers opposing torious Flash and Yellow Bird in proposed hops to Paris. Details are garbled and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
Ora
North Atlantic
Paris
Politicians Fray With No Time to Work
WILL ROGERS discusses European war impact and labor obligations vs politics. He notes escaping Lindbergh as spring’s notable event and argues men abroad must labor while politics is a distant concern. The column contrasts wartime duties with domestic political distractions.
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Will Rogers
Beverly
England Sea
Ohio farmers to meet in Canton next Tuesday and Wednesday
Northeast Ohio agricultural leaders gather in Canton at the First Christian Church for the first state event of its kind. Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and American Farm Bureau Federation organize two days of talks on state and national farm legislation with numerous speakers and club performances.
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Coune
Monda
Chamber of Commerce
Pas
Lam T. Kuhns
Chaj
Canton
Anne
Ef Commerce
Grumeil
Ohio
First Christian Church
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
H. Thompson
Illinois
L. B. Palmer
Lickingco
U. C. Ramsower
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Columbus
M. D. Lincoln
J. F. Walker
Ohio Wool Growers Association
C. A. Dyer
Farm Bureau Federation
State Grange
Y. G. Ketner
Ohio Live Stock Cooperative Association
I. J. Falconer
C. R. Arnold
E. C Amstaett
Farm Bureau Auto Insurance Co
C. C. Bair
Stark Co Farm Bureau
State Bureau
George L. Cooley
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ormann Keyser
Stark Co
Gas Blast Kills Two at East Aurora Well
Two people were killed and 11 injured when a gas-well exploded near East Aurora New York during the night. Flames rose about 50 feet and continued into the day as Gas Corp officials worked to cap the well six miles south of the town.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Equals Gas Corp
Here
Guards Meetings Washington to Guard White House Press
Reported Hoover aides secure requisitions to guard the White House press area amid lobbying and market chatter. Officials say no ties to any commodity or special interest before Congress, as semi weekly briefings proceed.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Slakannean
Aewspapermen
Ceaberensen
Congress
German publishers cancel US tour for 1929
Berlin reports the party of German publishers has canceled plans to tour the United States in 1929. The notice comes amid announcements from agents and organizers in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Mayor Plays Slot Machines to Test If Gambling Devices
In Hagrin Falls Ohio on June 6 Mayor Frank W. Stanton, guided by County Prosecutor Ray T. Miller, plans to patronize slot machines to decide if they are gambling devices. If the mayor earns more than his money's worth, he will deem the machines gambling devices and order seizures. The move tests legality and could impact operators who stand to win or lose.
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United Press
Hagrin Falls
Frank W. Stanton
Stanton
Ray T. Miller
Fire at Hoover plant cuts power in North Canton
A Thursday morning fire at the Hoover Company plant in North Canton damaged a portion of the switchboard and left the site without power. About 200 power machine operators were idled for several days while temporary connections are planned. full plant operations are expected to resume with parts replacement taking about three weeks. The firm employs over 800 workers in all departments.
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Hoover
North Canton
Hoover Co
Mathematics May Be Outed Do Away With Math Drudgery
New York June 6 Dr William J O Shea superintendent of schools proposes to replace abstract arithmetic with practical math taught in real terms. Pupils would learn via familiar concepts such as Babe Ruths batting average family budgets and bargain sales to reduce pencil and paper work.
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New York
William J. O'Shea
O'Shea
Babe Ruth
Princess Victoria Rejects Cash Offer in Debt Settlement
Princess Victoria sister of the former kaiser refused to give up her young husband for money. Her lawyer said she turned down her brother's offer to pay debts and free her property from legal entanglements if she would agree to a divorce.
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Paris
Victoria
Kaiser
Railroad blamed for derailment near Bismarck Siding
A defective track piece on the Peoria Terminal Co lines near Bismarck Siding Illinois was blamed for the passenger train derailment on February 20. Six passengers died and 92 were injured according to a Bureau of Safety report to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Peoria Terminal Co
Bismarck Siding
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court Wrecks Speed Traps in Ohio Ruling
Ohio Supreme Court decision ends village speed traps by enforcing state limits. Canton reports 25 mph in business districts with school zones excluded, while Lakewood’s 25 mph residential limits were struck as non enforceable. Cities must align with Boden law, effective July 21, or face changes.
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Canton
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus
Ohio City
Earl Hexamer
Lakewood
Jules Eshner
Eshner
Garfield Heights
Mayfield Heights
Bank Cashier Fends Off Bandits in Central City
James M. Miller, cashier of the Central City National Bank, shot and wounded two masked bank robbers today after they forced entry. The four-robber gang stole about $5,000. two companions fled with a portion of the loot while the other two were wounded and captured. Police recoveries remain unclear.
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Central City
James M. Miller
Central City National Bank
W&s
Explosion at Cotton Oil Plant Kills Three in New Orleans
Two men died and 11 injured from caustic burns after an explosion wrecked the Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Coodorizing plant in New Orleans. Engineer Alex Larsen, 48, died at Charity Hospital. Roy Timpkins, 24, died after the blast. More than twenty workers were doused with acid.
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New Orleans
Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Co
Alex Larsen
Charity Hospital
Roy Timpkins
Murder Case Escapes On Ship After Los Angeles Slaying
William L. Tallman, jailed on a clothes closet murder in Los Angeles, vanished from the Admiral Benson near Half Moon Bay after dinner aboard offshore. Capt. M A Shorist said Tallman jumped ship to dodge questioning about Mrs Virginia Patty's death, with Tallman later missing from the liner as it neared San Francisco. In Indiana, Detective Norton probes the swirl around Miss Cameola Soutar’s swamp killing and the Cassier murder case tied to her insurance scheme.
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San Francisco
William L. Tallman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Admiral Benson
M. A. Shorist
United Press
Tallman
Frank D. Patty
Portland
Ore
Shorist
Half Moon Bay
Benson
Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Wanderer
Cameola Soutar
Chicago
Catherine Cagsler
John Norton
Norton
Mouette Mystery Stymies Search off New England Coast
A 24 hour coastwide sweep failed to locate the Mouette motor yacht linked to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The craft disappeared after leaving Provincetown Harbor and a reported sighting near Wellfleet. Newspaper men and photographers, using air, sea, and land patrols, found no further trace.
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Boston
mid-New England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Provincetown Harbor
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Hear Plea for Arnold Trial
In Wooster on June 6 Judges Pardee Washburn and Funk will hear arguments for a new trial for Elias and Arthur Arnold convicted in March of stealing Melvin Horst four year old from Orrville. Elias is in Columbus penitentary and Arthur in Mansfield reformatory. The Horst boy disappeared December 27 and has not been found.
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Melvin
Arnolds
Marshal Horst
Orrville
Ella Cinders marriage survey with cash prizes
Canton Daily News invites readers to decide Ella Cinders fate between marriage to Jim Blunt and continuing her stage career. Prizes include $5 for the best 200 word argument and ten pairs of theater tickets. Submissions must reach the Ella Cinders Editor by noon June 17.
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Ella Cinders Epriok Lla Cinders
Canton Daily News
Canton
Ella
Palace
Loew’s
Miss Cinders
Willi Rogers
Jim Blunt
Jim
Blunt
Ella Cinders
Hoover Plans Reorganization to Enforce Prohibition
President Hoover proposed a joint congressional committee to study reorganizing federal prohibition enforcement. The plan aims to unify and strengthen border patrols, transfer enforcement from Treasury to Justice, and prepare legislation for the next session. The move follows the resignation of Mabel Willebrandt as assistant attorney general.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Congress of the United States
National Commission On Law Observance
Law Enforcement Commission
Sen. Hawes
Montana
Senate
Treasury
Department of Justice
Congressional Committee
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Willebrandt
Justice Department
Prohibition
Hope to Mop Up Canadian Border Campaign Planned
Washington announces an intensive summer drive to curb smuggled liquor across the Canadian border near Detroit. Assistant Treasury Secretary Lowman says all treasury branches will participate under E F R Morwood who will head the Detroit special customs agents, after a prohibition enforcement conference.
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Washington
Detroit
Treasury
Lowman
E. F R. Morwood
New York State
King George Improves as He Rests at Windsor
King George had a good night and doctors report improvement after a week of illness. Dr Martyn, who has treated him since the outbreak, visited the king this morning while London notes confirm progress.
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Dr. Martyn
Windsor
Eng
George
Martyn
Masonic Notice for Special Communication
Special communication of Wm. McKinley Lodge held Friday June 7 at 6:30 p m. Masonic degree to be conferred. From W M H H Heingartner, Sec. Ady.
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Wm. McKinley Lodge
W. M
H H. Heingartner
Ady
Pleads case gets chair in Ohio murder trial
Joseph B. Loche, 50, who argued his own case before the jury and proclaimed that any body in love is insane, is sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of his mother-in-law Mrs. Ma Galloway, 37. The jury found him guilty after four and a half hours of deliberation and no mercy was recommended. Sentence will be pronounced by Judge Russell K. Mee Curdy, with a motion for a new trial to be filed. The chief witness was his wife Lucy, separated from Loche before the killing. the couple had lived with Mrs. Galloway prior to their estrangement.
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Portsmouth
Joseph B. Loche
Ma Galloway
Loche
Russell K. Mee Curdy
Lucy
George Wg. Sheppard
Lodd
Marshall Hamemond
Auto Kills Boy At Play On City Street
A 10 year old boy, Charles Maple, was killed when a truck struck him near 2303 16th Street NE. The driver, Leroy Fox, 24, of 1516 16th Street NE, said to have fled into the road chasing a ball. Fox was held by police for the coroner.
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Charles Maple
Jhe
16Th St NE
Leroy Fox
Fox
Vicim
Agnes Smith
L. J. Smith
Sharks In Channel Disrupt Swim Plans At Deal
Swarms of sharks invaded the English Channel today aiming for mackerel and disrupting a customary group of prospective channel swimmers. A fishing boat landed 10 sharks at Deal this morning after an exciting encounter.
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Deal
Eng
English Channel
Indianapolis man wins big on Derby day bet
Arthur Court, a 49 year old furnace engineer in Indianapolis, learned his $1 investment on Trigo paid off with $84,750 after the English Derby at Epsom Downs. He initially doubted the ticket but said he would likely take the day off to go fishing before returning to his boilers.
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Indianapolis
Trigo
Epsom Downs
Arthur Court
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