Canton Community Notes and Health Trends
The column covers Kiwanis led efforts for a big brother and big sister movement in Canton, with General Stark praising civic collaboration and predicting wider help from inter-civic groups. It notes summer camping suitability, social caution, and sharp contrasts in friendliness and travel. Also reports 1927 mortality improvements from life insurers, with influenza and pneumonia declines but rising automobile accidents. It ends by noting a federal law on checks under $1, and local unfamiliarity with the statute.
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Eneral Stark
Canton
Kiwanis Club
Inter-Civic Council
New York
Missing aviators search spreads from Hampton Roads
Reports of a 25 foot oil spot near Annapolis trigger naval search by surface craft from the U S Naval Academy for three Lexington airmen who vanished returning to Annapolis from Hampton Roads. Mrs Hugo Schmidt offers 1000 reward for the missing amphibian plane. Navy dirigibles J 3 and Los Angeles join searches as reports place the aircraft near Horn Harbor and New Point Comfort light.
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Washington
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Navy
Hampton Roads
Choctaw
Horn Harbor
Coontz
New Point Comfort Light
Hugo Schmidt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Schmidt
T. G. Ellyson
Roger Ransehausen
Lexington
Virginia Naval Base
Ellyson
Lakehurst
N. J
R. Tyler
Los Angeles
Patoka
Cuban
Navy Department
Hampton Boards
Prisoners to Be Questioned in Clarke Case at Penitentiary
Civil service hearing on Capt. Ben Clarke continues as Streitenberger and Louis Mazer may be deposed at Ohio State Penitentiary next Wednesday. The commission barred their confessions from admission, prompting depositions to move the case forward while Clarke remains under charges of conduct unbecoming an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd . Streitenberger
Louis Mazer
Don R. Mellett
Ohio State Penitentiary
Civil Service
Ben I. Clarke
Capt. Clarke
Streitenberger
Mazer
Capt Clarke
Police Department
James B. Allardice
David I. Eschuman
Harley Homan
Saranus A. Lengel
P. E. Thomas
Rice
Bernard Rodgers
S. A Lengel
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Heavy rains cause floods halt traffic in Lisbon
In Lisbon on March 1 heavy rains caused floods in river districts blocking streets and damaging several buildings, disrupting transportation and daily life across the city.
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Lisbon
William Alan e Hopkins Founder of Le Matin Dies at 88
Paris reports the American William Alan e Hopkins aged 88 a principal founder of Le Matin newspaper died last night in Paris from grip.
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Paris
William Alane Hopkins
The
Mwepaper le Matin
Grip
Rogers Has Good Word for Police
MEMPHIS TENN March 1 Will Rogers speaks from Memphis about police. He notes more than twenty five officers went to a hospital to donate blood for a child near death. He defends cops, saying old fashioned people expect help without payment and criticizes criminals and long parked cars blocking traffic.
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Memphis
Tenn
Poet Laureate Ina Coolbrith Dies in Berkeley
Ina Coolbrith, 83, poet laureate of California, died at her niece Mrs. Finlay Cook’s home in Berkeley. Named laureate by the state legislature in 1919, she had been ill since December. She came to California seventy seven years ago by covered wagon from Springfield, Illinois.
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Berkeley
Cal
Ina Coolbrith
California
Finlay Cook
Miss Coolbrith
Laure
Springfield
Bill on Muscle Shoals Attacked in Senate
March 1 The Willis bill to lease the Muscle Shoals power plant to the American Dynamid Co. faced an attack by Senator Norris Republican Nebraska author of a government operation resolution. He charged the company seeks profit from power and would only make fertilizer to mask its main project interest.
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Washington
Willis
Muscle Shoals
American Dynamid Co
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Cigarets From Cairo Fetch $68 At Customs Sale
Two consignments of cigarets from Cairo, Egypt, sold for $68 at a customs auction in Los Angeles on March 1. Rudolph Valentino order noted, with several young girls bidding but tobacco dealers abstaining amid spirited bidding.
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Los Angeles
Cairo
Egypt
Instinct Warms Man Infant Not His Own
A Lansing case centers on a woman who, claiming a boy was her child, sought a decree to legitimize the infant as the son of her supposed family. The petition alleges Mrs Boyer deceived her husband Joseph Boyer, Burroughs Adding Machine director, by presenting the infant as their own after a staged errand.
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Lansing
Mich
Myron Libby Boyer
Laura A. M. Boyer
Ingham ¢O
Exee Se Sfl Ey Ures Eee VE Boyer
Joseph Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine
Joe Boyer
Altoona, Pa
Lindbergh Given 25000 Woodrow Wilson Medal
Col Charles A Lindbergh, praised as a leading diplomat, receives the Woodrow Wilson medal and 25000 dollars for meritorious service toward peace through justice. The award joins a list including Viscount Cecil and Elihu Root, with no prize in 1925.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Viscount Cecil
England
Elihu Root
United States
Europe
Central America
Woodrow Wilson
Lindbergh
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Rebel Leader Protected By Wooded Sector
Managua Nicaragua March 1 Dense wooded Nueva Segovia region shields rebel leader General Augusto Sandino after a marine ambush that killed five and wounded eight. The attack near a rancho between Octotal and Jinotega injured and killed several Marines, raising U.S. losses since occupation to 21.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nueva Segova
Augustino Hoedino
United States
Edward F. O'Day
John C. Pump
Council Bluffs In
Albert Schlauch
Jamestown
N. C
George FE. Robbins
San Antonio
Tex
Cicero D. Austin
Crockett
Curtis J. Mott
Trenton
Wash
Lem C. Davis
Wilbourn QO. Christian
Northport
Ala
Sandino
Trancho
Daraili
Octotal
Jinotega
O’day
Condega
Rancho
Quilall
Community fund for miners families reaches $826.04
In Wooster on March 1 contributions from the local area to the miners families relief fund in the southeastern state totaled $826.04 after a check-up made yesterday.
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Wooster
Boy Diey Explodes at School Near Zanesville
Arthur Kinney, 16, near death from a pocket of shotgun shells and a dynamite cap exploding at Kelly school seven miles from Zanesville. One hand blown off and doctors fear possible leg amputation. Three other boys nearby sustained minor injuries during the incident.
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Zanesville
Arthur Kinney
Kelly School
Frease Improves After Critical Illness
George B. Frease former Repository owner and publisher in Canton had been in critical condition at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland. A week ago his condition worsened but Thursday marked a notable rally with family at his beside and a return to feeding. Frease had suffered multiple illnesses since last December and retired from active work last May after selling the paper to Brush Moore Newspapers.
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George B. Frease
the Repository
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Mr. Frease
New York
Canton
Aultman Hospital
Lakeside
Hons
Pian
Frease
Harry Frease
John H. Bartlett
Gen. Bartlett
William McKinley
McKinley
Ohio
Bartlett
Ford to Start on New Models
Ford Motor Co officials announce production of model A Fords will begin this week at assembly plants in Seattle St Louis and Chester Pa with Dallas Minneapolis and Somerville Mass to start next week Present production stands at 1200 cars and every mechanical detail has been settled The only change from the original model is the addition of emergency brakes.
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Detroit
Seattle
St. Louis
Chester
Ford Motor Co
Dallas
Minneapolis
Somerville
Mess
Kidnapped Chicago Girl Found After Ransom Call
Jeanette Stuchberry, 14, was located in a Chicago apartment late yesterday after being abducted Monday night by two men. She was hysterical and could not identify her captors. A ransom call tipped police, traced by her father Frank Stitchberry, leading to the apartment where the girl was found. the kidnapper fled.
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Chicago
Jeanette Stuchberry
Stitchberry
Frank Stitchberry
Jeanette
Noted Italian General Diaz Dies in Rome
Rome reports the death of Gen Armando Diaz known as The Duke of Victory. A World War hero whose Vittorio Veneto turning point aided Allied victory, Diaz died after bronchial pneumonia worsened by a bullet wound’s lingering effects. He had attended the royal opera opening days earlier.
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Rome
Armando Diaz
Duke of Victory
Vittorio Veneto
Karl Haig
Great Britain
Diaz
Royal Opera House
Grippe
Badoglio
Barrymore and Selznick In Alleged Hotel Fight Claim
Reports from Hollywood claim actor John Barrymore and executive David O Selznick clashed in a fist fight at the Ambassador Hotel following a screening party on Saturday night. The confrontation allegedly ended with Selznick declaring victory.
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Myroun Selznick
John Barrymore
Hollywood
Cal
Selznick
Ambassador Hotel
Help Wanted Ad Confusion Spreads Across Local Paper
A garbled notice in the Canton Daily News questions the legitimacy of help wanted ads. The chaotic text mixes phrases about real jobs and fake postings, suggesting readers be wary of solicitations for an ag writer and other listings.
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Canton
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