Meyers Freed in Murder Case as Snook Probe Continues
Ohio State horticulturist Marion Meyers is released after prosecutors find he had no connection to the murder of Theora Hix. The inquiry widens to Dr. James Snook and possible narcotics involvement as investigators review alibis and new testimonies.
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United Press
Columbus
The
State Today
Marion Meyers
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
College of Medicine
John J. Chester
Meyers
James H. Snook
Chester
New York Central
Toledo
Wooster
Snook
Miss Hix
William B. Bartels
C. H. Ford
Lebanon
Street Cars Halted by Lightning Strike on Main Street
A high tension wire of Northern Ohio Power and Light Co. was struck by lightning near Market Street, stopping all street cars in the city shortly before noon Tuesday. Linemen worked to repair the damaged line, leaving cars idle for over an hour.
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Ohio Power & Light Co
Summitville Woman Killed By Train On Track Way
Mrs Elizabeth Boggs 38 mother of seven sons was fatally struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train while walking on the right of way in Summitville Ohio.
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Summitville
Elizabeth Boggs
Pennsylvania
Frenchmen Pay For Publicity in Will Rogers Note
Beverly Hills June 19 Brisbane reveals a 14 year old stowaway turned out to be 40, weight 200 pounds, hidden in the pilot seat. He jokes Americans pay for publicity and credits three Frenchmen with high attention. Will Rogers closes by noting private entertainments and Mrs Hoover’s affairs.
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Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Cal
Brisbane
United States Senate
Paris
Spain
Will. P
Detroit Council Protests Firearms Use on Detroit River
Detroit city council approved a protest resolution against what it called promiscuous shooting by federal agents on the Detroit river. A customs border patrol boat was damaged in a pistol battle with rum runners on the river early today, forcing the patrol boat to return to the American side.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit River
Customs Border Patrol
Coast Guard
Detroit Council
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Walter S. Petty
Border Patrol
Wisconsin Wet Plan Faces Long Road to 1934
Wisconsin lawmakers debate a constitutional amendment to allow state manufacture transport and sale of liquor. Senator Barnhard Gettleman argues for a state run system with delivery to residences while opponents label it a bid for reelection and warn it faces a 1934 timeframe or failure. The piece also notes a funeral service for Brother John D. Lloyd tonight.
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Madison
Wis
Barnhard Gettleman
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Solon
Gettleman
Commonwealth
J. Gilbert Hardgrove
Milwaukee Bar Association
Hardgrove
Senate
Howard Teasdale
Milwaukee
Gettlemen
Anti-Saloon League
Brewerjiea
John D. Lloyd
2D St NW
Ady
Robbery at Death: Howe Pocketed After Dying in Car
Charles Howe a 69 year old realtor was found dead late yesterday on the Lucasville Minford road. Coroner rules death from heart disease but pockets rifled after death with watch intact and two soft drink bottles left in the car.
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Portsmouth
Charles Howe
Howe
Lucasville- Minford
State Supreme Court Denies Ford Appeal, Sets Execution Date
The Ohio Supreme Court denied Rodney Ford's appeal for a rehearing and fixed July 19 for his execution. Ford, a Cincinnati murderer, remains on death row at the state penitentiary after the court overruled his appeal weeks earlier.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Rodney Ford
Cincinnati
Ford
State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission Sets Penn Central Railroad Valuation
Washington June 19 final valuation for rate making set at 1 612 114 371 dollars for the Pennsylvania Railroad property as of various dates. Electric fans priced at 3.95 dollars advertised by Frantz-Royer Electric Co. Dial 2140.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frantz-Royer Electric Co
Peace Is Hoover Stands Rigid Urged By AFA RaliPrfa
Great Britain grapples with naval arms reduction with new resolve. U S Ambassador Dawes outlines governing principles for disarmament talks while Prime Minister MacDonald says world peace must be pursued with no threats or final pacts. Dawes calls for excluding naval experts from future reductions talks. In San Francisco, Robert Gordon Sproule named president of the University of California starting July 1930 as Dr. Campbell retires.
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Hoover
Afa Raliprfa
United Press
London
Great Britain
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Pilgrims’ Society
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
MacDonald
Dawes
Forres
San Francisco
University of California
W. W. Campbell
Robert Gordon Sproule
Canton Plans Airport Campaign Kickoff Meeting
Cantons civic groups press for a city wide vote to approve acquiring the Harrisburg road site for a municipal airport. The airport committee of the Chamber of Commerce calls a 7 30 p m meeting at Moose Hall to present statistics from government sources and urge a referendum at the August primaries.
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Canton
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Moose Hall
Chamber
Harrisburg Rd
Chamber of Commerce
Nationwide liquor ring indicted in Volstead probe
A federal grand jury handed up 140 indictments naming 126 individuals and 20 corporations in a wide liquor conspiracy case. The network, spanning Los Angeles to Miami and Houston to Boston, involved bottling firms, manufacturers, printers, distributors, glass and cork makers, with 700 cases seized in a February Woonsocket raid.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Woonsocket
Federal Grand Jury
Los Angeles
Miami
Houston
Tex
Boston
Heat Break Forecast for Washington Area Tonight
The United States Weather Bureau forecast a break in the east heat wave tonight with showers and thunderstorms easing conditions in New England and the eastern states. The middle west was not expected to see relief.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
New England
Middle West
John A McDonald Named Provisional Police Sergeant
John A McDonald was named provisional police sergeant to fill the vacancy from Joseph H Pence's demotion. Safety Director Harry M Kimbel said the civil service commission found no valid eligible list. McDonald, acting sergeant since Pence's removal, will await a new qualifying list after an examination. McDonald joined the force in July 1921 and has served as a city detective for two years.
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John A. McDonald
Joseph H. Pence
Harry M. Kimbel
Kimbel
Civil Service Commission
McDonald
Pence
Police Department
Plan Reception for New Pastor Shurtz at First Congregational
A reception will honor Rev. G. W. Shurtz the newly installed pastor of the First Congregational Church. Veterans of the 308th Engineers are invited guests. The event takes place at the church and Shurtz will serve as Canton American Legion Post chaplain and meet his former war buddies.
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G. W. Shurtz
First Congregational Church
308Th Engineers
Shurtz
Canton
Captain Johnson Refuses Rescue as Laurel Breaks Apart
North Head Washington June 19 A white flag hung from the bridge as Laurel's captain Louis Johnson chose to stay aboard rather than abandon ship. A 66 mile gale battered the vessel and kept rescuers from reaching the stern where the six crewmen were taken. Coast guardsmen warned only a calmer spell would allow a lifeboat to approach.
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North Head
Wash
Laurel
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Columbia River
Bulldog Rescues Farmer From Rampaging Bull
Michael O'Neil of Salem, a 45 year old farmer, was injured when a bull charged him. His bulldog leaped the fence and seized the bull by the nose, forcing it to retreat. O'Neil is expected to recover.
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Port Clinton
Michael O'Neil
Salem Farmer
O'Neil
Prohibition Enforcement Faces Smuggling Tide From Canada
Washington reports continuing struggle to curb liquor flow from Canada amid protests after the killing of Henry Virkula. President Hoover deplores violence and a crime commission plans public hearings by October while federal agents are readied at strategic border points.
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United Press
Washington
Canada
Treasury Lowman
Detroit
Agenta
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
International
Canton Police Report Two Traffic Deaths and Injuries
Weston Webb 24, Salvation Army truck driver, dies at Mercy Hospital after a Cherry avenue collision with Tony Teolis. Teolis and Zigman cleared by coroner. Webb’s Minneapolis family notified. funeral arrangements pending. Rita Zettler 5 sustains head contusions after being struck on Maryland Avenue SW. taken to Aultman Hospital in favorable condition.
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Canton
Weston Webb
Salvation Army
Mercy Hospital
Cherry Av
4Th St SE
Webb
A. W. Zigman
Tony Teolis
Lafayette Av
Teolia
Teolis
Zigman
T. CC. MeQuota
Minneapolis
Charles Webb
J. L. Arnold and Sons
Rita’ Zettler
William Zettler
Tuscara
K. D. Singleton
Garfield
Maryland
Aultman Hospital
Probe closes on Cleveland Clinic blast with no blame
A four week inquiry by Coroner A J Pearse and Prosecutor Ray T Miller into the May 15 Cleveland Clinic disaster ended without fixing blame or determining cause. They found several probable reasons for the film combustion and noted clinic officials had been warned six weeks earlier about dangers in handling X ray films. The catastrophe claimed 128 lives.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
A J. Pearse
Ray T. Miller
Pearse
Clapper to review week’s politics on NBC network
Ray Mond Clapper, manager of the United Press Washington bureau, will review political developments of the last week on the National Broadcasting Company network at 6 45 E T tonight.
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Washington
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington Bureau
National Broadcasting Co
Anti Smith faction forms in Roanoke fusion to oppose Smith Raskob
In Roanoke Virginia on June 19 a large anti Smith coalition of former Democratic and Republican members pledged to combat Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob and to topple the regular state Democratic organization. The convention approved a Washington headquarters and outlined steps including a Brown led coalition slate and a demand for Raskob's resignation. A plank denouncing the White House tea with a negro woman drew protests from Lt. C Trotman who resigned in protest over Hoover administration actions.
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Roanoke
Alfred E. Smith
John J Raskob
South
Washington
James Cannon Jr
William Mosely Brown
Washington and Lee University
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Hoover
White House
Lt. C. Trotman
Suffolk
anti-Smith Party
Oscar de Priest
Lindberghs Visit Mitchel Field for Guggenheim Tests
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow arrived at Mitchel Field after their motor boat honeymoon to watch the Guggenheim air safety tests. They visited the Guggenheim Foundation office, allowed photos, but declined interviews or motion pictures.
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Mitchel Field
S. 1
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Guggenheim
Guggenheim Foundation
Lindbergh
Flyer appeals divorce case from Atlanta flyer Lieutenant
Lieutenant Leslie Arnold the world flyer said he will appeal to the state supreme court to reverse a yesterday decision that voided his divorce from his first wife and automatically voided his later marriage to film actress Priscilla Dean. Attorney Robert Cone cited the trial judge C H Howard and the jury issue as grounds for appeal.
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Atlanta
Leslie Arnold
Around the World
State Supreme Court
Arnold
Priscilla Dean
Robert Cone
C. H. Howard
Superior Court
Mayor Heffernan Loses Appeal in Engele Case
The Supreme Court overruled the appeal of Mayor Joseph Heffernan of Youngstown challenging lower court rulings that refused to oust street railway commissioner Harry Engle in Mahoning County.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Joseph Heffernan
Youngstown
Mahoningco
Harry Engle
City mayor redefines loss as saving in traffic light contract
Mayor C C Curtis rebutted a council committee charge of a ten thousand dollar loss by claiming the city saved about forty thousand dollars. He argued the contract for seventy two traffic lights was unwisely awarded yet produced savings rather than a loss and accused the council of overstepping authority.
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C. C. Curtis
Board of Control
City Electrician
Children Enjoy Park Picnic With Canton Parochial Schools
Children and teachers from six Canton parochial schools gathered at Meyers Lake Park for a community school picnic hosted by The Canton Daily News. Hundreds swam in the hot weather while pastors joined in, with plans for the big Friday crowds and coupon distribution for nonparticipants.
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Canton
Meyers Lake Park
Canton Daily News
Childdren
Hoover Co
Southeast
Southwest
Hoover Invited to Cleveland Air Races by Mass Letter
A three by five foot airmail letter bearing an invitation to President Hoover to attend Cleveland national air races in August arrives from Cleveland. Juneteenth marks 100000 Cleveland schoolchildren who signed the letter, while Mayor John D. Marshall arranges delivery to Hoover. A group of Cleveland citizens flew to attend the presentation.
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Washington
Cleveland
Hoover
John D. Marshall
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