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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1929
Page
8
J E Smith of the National Radio Institute urges manufacturers to serve unwired homes, noting about 10 million of 26 million households lack electric wiring. He predicts rapid growth for rural battery radio sets and new speaker and tube tech to offer farm radios rivaling AC sets.
The McKinley home will relocate from Mercy Hospital to Meyers Park at Park Ave and 6th St SW by midweek, under Civitan Club relocation chief Wayne Jackson. Two sections have moved. the rest will follow after Monday’s prep, and reconstruction to an exact replica will begin once all sections reach the new site.
Philip Beeves relocates his thirty year street confectionery stand from Factory and Third to private ground near the original site beside Lee Dues barber shop on 3d street. William Gross also moves his stand from Walnut and Third to a private location. Council ordered both moves in January.
A dense listing shows NBC WEAF and Central feeds with Household Institute Farm and Home Hour and other programs. Ida Bailey Allen appears on multiple Columbia Network slots. WIZ WJZ WLW WBJZ feature variety acts and Navy bands.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will attend a Moose testimonial initiation in Massillon with officials from Stark Tuscarawas and Wayne counties. F J Griffiths will also speak. Canton Lodge 233 will join the ceremony and Massillon Moose Hall hosts a meeting to arrange the tribute. An August 11 Moose picnic at Springfield Lake Park was scheduled with committees named for arrangements stunts tickets and refreshments.
Canton's churches prepare patriotic services with speakers from Congress to judges and college presidents. C B McClintock, Judge Harvey Ake, Rev Oscar Adam, Rev Fred Keller, and R E C McDougall headline sermons on liberty loyalty and home life as Troop 6 Scouts join the observances. St Pauls United Brethren nears 40 000 goal with a Sunday morning service and campaign close.
About 100 applicants appeared at Central High School on Saturday afternoon to take city police department exams. Each examination sheet was numbered with a matching numbered coupon including space for the home address. Names were removed from the sheets to allow blind grading. Admission was restricted to 1:30 PM and the room was then locked. Commission members and Secretary H. B. Groves attended.
The uniflow engine discarded at the municipal light and power plant, awarded to Shuttle Machine Co of Columbus for 1250 dollars, was resold by the city to Power Plant Equipment Co of New York for 1800 dollars. Columbus firm failed to take the engine after a 65 dollar down payment two years ago.
The cornerstone of the new East Canton school will be laid Sunday afternoon with Jr. O U A M and Daughters of America leading. A parade forms at 2 p.m. from the Jr. O U A M hall to the site. Officials of the order attend, and Robert A. Pollock of Canton delivers the principal address.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce lauds a Canton plan to give men over 45 priority in public works jobs. It cites Ohio’s export trade nearing 200 million dollars in 1928 and expects growth. The chamber also announced Professor James R. Withrow will speak on Ohio mineral resources.
Albert Conn of Dover was bound over to the grand jury on charges of stealing an overcoat and 95 phonograph records from Mrs. John Falk of Park Street. A relative, released after restitution, had the charge dismissed. John Ponti the second hand dealer had the charge for selling a mortgaged auto dismissed as well.
June 29 report from New Philadelphia states Arthur Guissinger dog warden has to remove his kennel with a dozen dogs from residence after police notice and forty five neighbors petitioned against the howling.
Daily schedule lists concert artists and programs by time from 12:00 to 10:30 PM across NBC and Columbia networks. Entries include marimba bands, symphonies, dramas, quartets, church programs, and variety acts airing on WWJ KDKA WLW WTAM WADC WHK WCAE WGY WJZ WIR.
Edward Guest will headline the Majestic program Sunday at 8 over Columbia, with other acts including Alfredo Gandolfi, Louise McPherson and Claire Ross, a Tchaikovsky Nutcracker segment, Rimsky Korsakov's Song of India, and the Mayfair Sisters on Columbia. Several concerts and sermon broadcasts fill the evening across WJZ, WLW, and KDKA with diverse musical selections and a Barnhouse sermon.
The world’s largest commercial broadcasting orchestra under Ernc Rapee performs four Seiberling Hour programs on NBC. It features more than 50 internationally known musicians.
A note to WENR Chicago notes a vast music library containing over 78 000 sheets. The library holds a large collection of songs and musical scores accessible for reference and study.
Postal clerks at the Chicago post office sorted 75 letters addressed to Pilot Pat. The 76th letter, directed to WBBM, clarified the recipient and the batch was sent to Pat.
A detailed edge of air time table lists Sunday programs across stations in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit Chicago and Atlantic City. It includes church services orchestra concerts NBC symphony balladeers and variety shows with specific times and station identifiers. The schedule features WJW WHK WTAM WJR WLW KDKA WWJ WGN WLS WMAQ WCAE and more, showing a dense map of religious services music and drama across major markets.
Arrangements are set for a record sized crowd in the picnic grove at Springfield Lake Park next Thursday. Doc Whipple's orchestra will provide dance music nightly starting Sunday and a matinee Thursday. A fireworks display is planned for Thursday afternoon and night. Giant electric lights illuminate the bathhouse beach.
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