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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1930
Page
2
Riley Pommer recounts a Sunday aviation lesson with Maj Brown at an airfield. The article describes wing over maneuvers, stalls, rudder use, and several attempts to land, ending with a cautious finish as wind gusts interrupt the finale.
Mrs. Anna Kasanavich of 3315 17th Street Southwest was held by police on a charge of violating the Crabb bead law. Officers found a tin cup of alleged corn liquor in her kitchen and a five gallon keg of alleged whisky buried in the garden.
Ohio Attorney General Bettman says candidates for common pleas and related courts may not spend more than 500 in any election. The ruling narrows the additional expenditure allowance to state level offices and clarifies applicability to local offices. The weekend saw a high toll from accidents and drownings across Ohio and nearby areas with multiple fatalities and injuries.
Police arrested Jasper Kovacs and Steve Kovacs of 2212 15th NE early Monday on suspicion charges after a report of 10 gallons of gasoline stolen from a tractor along Nimishillen Creek near Belden Avenue.
Riverside California June 23 A small blanket and a boy scout kit were all that Harold Johnson had today if he is alive in the snow clad San Jacinto peaks. Searchers including Forest rangers and Sheriff Carl F Rayburn pressed the hunt for the 12 year old who wandered from his troop last Thursday. An army aviator reported seeing a lifeless body near the 10 000 foot summit but signal could not be confirmed. The rescue effort continues around Idylswold with hopes fading if the youth is not found.
Detroit June 23 The recall effort to oust Mayor Charles Bowles moves to circuit court as lawyers seek an injunction to block a special election. Petitioners report 93 296 valid signatures, with a 3 505 margin and possible further increase. Bowles supporters allege fraud. Judge Arthur Webster to hear the injunction against city clerk Richard W Reading and deputies. Walter B Cary of the recall group may be added as co defendant.
In St Albans England on June 23 a Lady Godiva fund raising procession featured a white toy dog tied to the horse saddle after organizers failed to recruit a local girl for the role. Promoters admitted they could not persuade any St Albans girl to wear flesh colored tights as in the original tale.
Former President Calvin Coolidge will contribute daily articles of 150 to 200 words to the New York Herald Tribune starting July 1. He will not be restricted in subject and will mail his pieces daily except Sunday for at least a year, with no work for other publications during that period.
June 23 In Longmont Col a 35 year old man named Tom Vercoff says Bulgaria is a better place for him than the United States after he was arrested for drunken driving and fined 100 dollars and chose to return to his native land.
Dr. Albert A. Michelson a noted physicist at the University of Chicago receives approval to test the world’s largest vacuum tube in Los Angeles starting this week. He will study light rays through a rotating mirror system to reduce the error in the accepted velocity of light measurement.
A recognized airplane crashed and burned after a Detroit airport return trip. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Villeneuve of Detroit died. their pilot Kenneth Aber of Mansfield was burned probably fatally. Motor trouble was blamed though the motor was functioning when it left Matherson Airport.
St Louis report notes Miss Mary Elizabeth Alter, who turned 100 in 1929, was in good health at that milestone. A month before her planned centennial celebration she is seriously ill from shock after a fall on steps at her home.
The Canton Daily News sketches Clara Bow as generous and impulsive, noting her kindness to two stranded youths near Hollywood and detailing her ambivalence toward fame. It highlights her Brooklyn roots, rumored engagements, and longing for a normal life with a home and babies.
Two thirds of Ohio's senate seek renomination for 1931 with twenty of thirty members aiming to return. Some incumbents face opposition in districts seven to nine while four seek to unseat Nils Johnson. several Republicans are unopposed in others. Democratic challengers are absent in some districts but write ins may occur.
Carl Kuhns 15 drowned yesterday in Sugar Creek's Shads Hole in Dover. His body recovered five hours later by World War veteran Charles Heid who used a grappling hook. He is survived by his parents Harvey and Mrs Kuhns and brother William.
Rev. Father A. B. Stuber of St John’s Catholic Church will speak at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at Courtland Hotel on Tuesday. The address was moved from June 11 due to the funeral of John Schubach and his wife.
June 23 report quotes Superior Court Justice Marcus Kavanagh of Chicago urging continued capital punishment but calling for abolition in less dense population centers. He states dense urban areas should retain the practice while smaller centers move away.
Paris dispatch reports King Alfonso XIII of Spain meeting exiled liberal leader Santiago Alba in a Paris hotel. They discussed general elections, a possible democratic monarchy, and a constructive policy to address Spain’s juridical, economic and military issues amid a money crisis. Alba urged Berenguer to continue as premier until elections.
A local Y M C A board and staff will meet at Camp Inawenden in Turkeyfoot Lae on Wednesday night to discuss the year’s program. A brief business session will occur and representatives to the national council and state district grow will be chosen. Supper will be served at the camp.
James Speros of 701 Mahoning t NE reported his home was entered overnight by breaking a window in the front. Police investigated and Speros said nothing appeared to be missing at the time.
A note suggests that the best propositions in the classified acts have not endured and may disappear with today’s decisions.
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