Canton City Growth Drives Annexation Debates Across County
Canton leaders debate annexing land to the west and northeast as Canton and Massillon edge toward a merger in effect. Growth may push Canton toward rivals Youngstown and Akron while residents consider suburban expansion and school impacts. Local relief funds report $33,700 raised for miners families. National Guard aid runs kitchens feeding 5600 children. Rotary members report active crippled children work from Canton to Belgium, with international participation.
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Manonous
Canton
Massillon
Massilon
Youngstown
Akron
Whipple Road
Ohio
Adjt
Frank D. Henderson
Ohio National Guard
United Press
Columbus
Canton Daily News
Henderson
National Guard
State Armory
Natonal
James G. Graham
Daddy
Elyria
Crippled Children
United Gates
United States
Victor Bogaert, Jr
Brussels
Belgium
Rotarians
Columbia to Havana Nonstop Flight Underway With Levine
In Miami and Mitchell Field reports, the Columbia monoplane, carrying Levine and Wilmer Stultz with Mabel Bell aboard, departs toward Havana for a 1500 mile, roughly 13 hour flight. The craft carries 250 gallons gasoline as weather delays push the voyage forward.
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Columbia
New York
Havana
Cuba
Miami
Mitchell Field
L. F
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
United States
Wilmer Stultz
Levine
Mabel Bell
Queen of Diamonds
Mitchel Field
South America
Stultz
London
Florida
Trial of Velma West Ends With Guilty Plea
Velma West pleads guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of her husband Edward West, a Perry nursery man. Judge J B Barnes sentences her to life in Marysville reform school with eligibility for parole after 10 years. The case began as self defense but end as a negotiated plea.
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Velma West
T. Edward West
Perry, O
Hurseryman
Paulson
J. D. Barnes
Seth Paulin
Lake Co
Paulin
Mrs. West
Painesville
Perry
Marysville
Ohio
Ten members of Canadian family die in Quebec fire
A blaze near Valley Junction Quebec killed Mrs. Thomas Cliche eight children and her father in law Charles Cliche as the furnace overheated. Thomas and his wife escaped in night garments but the husband could not reenter. The fire also claimed the woman. In Bedford Indiana Mrs Pearl Stewart 24 and two children Rex Alert and Iola May were burned when an oil stove exploded. A J Stewart escaped with a baby. Doors and windows were locked.
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Que
Thomas Cliche
Charles Cliche
Valley Junction
He Bedford
Ind
Pearl Stewart
Rex Alert
Iola May
A. J. Stewart
Trustees Chided On Airplane Deal
WEAVER and Lieutsate Ott comment on misgiven plans as trustees debate a flying machine project. A letter from Will Rogers laments delays and compares aviation progress to France and Lindbergh while referencing a Smithsonian explanation.
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Rot
Weaver
Lieutsate
Ott
Smithsonian
Jey
France
America
Englang
Columbus Savings Bank Robbed Early With $25,000 Loss
Four bandits armed with sawed off shotguns robbed Columbus Savings Bank soon after opening. Three forced tellers to the rear while one guarded the door and the others looted cages. Initial loss estimates ranged up to $30,000 but officials expect about $25,000.
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Columbus
Columbus Savings Bank
Foreign corporation taxed for Ohio bridge project
Columbus March 6 A foreign corporation building and maintaining a bridge over the Ohio River between Ohio and West Virginia, with toll receipts from the West Virginia side, must file an Ohio corporation franchise tax report and pay the franchise tax fee if it owns property on the Ohio side. Attorney General E. Turner advised the Ohio Tax Commission.
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Foreign Corporation
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Commission of Ohio
Ohio Tax Commission
Turner
Call for state bank condition issued in Feb report
Columbus March 6 state bank superintendent E H Blair issued the first call for the condition of state banks at the close of business on February 29% The report marks the first such call of the new year and outlines banks positions for public record.
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Columbus
E H. Blair
Mines Group Subpoenas 18 For Coal Strike Inquiry
Eight witnesses were subpoenaed by the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission as hearings opened into coal strike conditions in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Named are S H Robbins Cleveland president Ohio Coal Operators Association and executives from Y and O Coal Co Lorain Coal and Dock Co Valley Camp Coal Co Maher Collieries Co Garfield Bituminous Coal Corp Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co Bertha Consumers Coal Co Knox Consolidated Coal Co New York Central Railroad and others. A one day delay was announced before hearings began.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
S. H. Robbins
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Y. and O. Coal Co
Thomas Sagel
Roseville
Chester Penrod
Crookaville
R. L. Wildermuth
Columbus
Lorain Coal and Dock Co
New York Central Railroad
Charleston
W. Va
John Barnés
Philadelphia
Watson
Hoover Attacked on Ohio Primary Speech in House
Washington March 6 Secretary of Commerce Hoover faces a challenge from Ohio in a House floor attack by Representative Brandh Ohio Republican Brandh says Hoover entry into the Ohio primary against Senator Willis will be debated on Friday marking the first open attack from an Ohio member on his candidacy on the House floor and signaling broader discussion of the Ohio situation
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Hoover
Willis
Brandh
Ohio
Senate confirms Hawaii judicial and marshal appointments
Washington reports the senate confirmed Clifford Watson as circuit judge of Hawaii to succeed Judge Desha who has retired and Oscar P. Cox as United States marshal at Honolulu.
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The
Senate
Clifford Watson
Hawaii
Desha
Oscar P. Cox
Honolulu
Ohio plans statewide drive for Bryan Memorial statue
Ohio counties will be mobilized in a March campaign to raise five thousand dollars for a Washington memorial statue to William Jennings Bryan. The effort, led by a non partisan committee in Columbus, includes John J. Lentz Howard Hyde Russell J D Karns James A. White Boyd P. Doty and J W Johnson with Dr W C Thompson announcing the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
John J. Lentz
American Insurance Union
Howard Hyde Russell
Anti-Saloon League of America
J. D. Karns
James A. White
Boyd P. Doty
Westerville
J. W. Johnson
Circleville
W. C. Thompson
Ohio State University
Ohio Committee
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co President Capt Charles Brown Dies
Captain Charles Brown aged 70, president of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, died at his Sewickley home today after a long illness. He led the firm through decades of growth and served in municipal and civic roles in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Brown
The
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Sewickley
League confers on U S proposal in Geneva meeting
In Geneva on March 6 leaders of the League of Nations sought to synchronize U S treaties outlawing war with obligations of member nations. Briand conferred with Chamberlain Stressmann and Adachi on Kellogg note. They planned a late meeting with Vittorio Scialoja to align league aims with American proposals.
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League of Nations
United States
League
Aristide Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Gustav Stressman
Baron Adatchi
Japan
France
Frank B. Kellogg
Vittorio Scialoja
Briand
Legion to Award 25000 Novel Prize in War Era
The American Legion Monthly and Houghton Mifflin Co announce a 25000 prize for a best novel set in the war period with the war as background. Submissions must be at least 79000 words and adaptable for serial and book publication. The competition closes May 1, 1929.
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Boston
American Legion Monthly
Houghton Mifflin Co
Friends pay tribute to Canton publisher George B. Frease
Close friends and associates of George B. Frease, former publisher of the Evening Repository, mourn his death in Cleveland. Interviews praise his civic leadership, business acumen, generosity, and lifelong dedication to Canton’s growth from village to city.
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Market Ar N
Evening Repository
United States
William McKinley
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
All Canton
The
Evening Respository
Mr. Frease
Canton
Frease
Repository Printing Co
E. A. McCuskey
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Youngstown Official Held on Grand Larceny Charges
In Youngstown Ohio city officials announced the next grand jury will be asked to indict W H Peterson a former city plumbing inspector on grand larceny and falsifying public records after a confession of embezzlements over several years Peterson once served 22 years in the post but was replaced this year a audit found receipts doubling and a $15000 discrepancy in the waterworks department prompting possible further probes by city agencies
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Youngstown
W. H. Peterson
Peterson
Liberty
City Plumbing
City Waterworks
Salem Woman Ends Her Life in Home Tragedy
Salem March 6 A woman identified as Mrs Stallman of this place was found dead in her home last night by her son. She had hanged herself with a cord attached to an electric iron. A physician stated death was due to self harm. She had been dead only a few hours. The woman's husband was killed in an accident three years ago. Three children survive. Coroner Van Fossen was notified.
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T. K. Harris
William A. Frease
The
Repository
William H. Smith
Harry A. March
Col
Harry Frease
Joseph Frease
J. L. Arnold & Son Funeral Home
Frease
New York
Canton
Salem
van Fossen
Powers Hapgood and wife held after Pittston riot speech
In Pittston Pennsylvania Powers Hapgood and his wife Mary Donovan of Boston remain jailed unable to post 1000 bond after inciting a riot during coal belt unrest. They plan to seek a writ of habeas corpus. if denied they face April grand jury disposition. Also jailed with them is John Licatto after a speech condemning limited free speech near the armory.
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Powers Hapgood
Mary Donovan
Boston
Pittston
John Licatto
Torch murder suspect held and questioned
New York police questioned Dr. Louis Clement after he surrendered yesterday in the fire murder of Miss Margaret Brown. Clement admitted knowing a Miss Brown eight years ago but denied any link to the governess found burned near a New Jersey highway on Feb. 20. He said he turned himself in after weeks of police pursuit and that he had no proof of leaving New York since Thanksgiving Day. Police said they have no evidence tying him to the crime but seek to know if he knew Miss Brown.
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New York
Louis Clement
Margaret Brown
Clement
Brown
New Jersey
Miss Brown
Heiress Baby Scandal Delays Deportation in Detroit
Four year old Joseph Boyer appears unlikely to be deported until the Ingham circuit court rules on the birth certificate. Detroit records show Detroit birth, Windsor purchase, and smuggling by a Windsor chambermaid. Myron Boyer and wife face an immigration inquiry triggered by a suit to expunge the birth record.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph Boyer
Ingham
Joseph
Windsor
Ont
Myron L. Boyer
Boyer
United States
Health Commissioner Sayre Improves After Car Collision
The sick condition of Dr. Frank M. Sayre city health commissioner was reported favorable at Mercy Hospital after a plastic car streetcar crash last Wednesday night. William Rommel, seriously ill at his Mt Marie home, showed improvement Tuesday after a difficult period, passing a comfortable night Monday.
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Frank M. Sayre
Mercy Hospital
Sayre
William Rommel
Mt. Marie
Spring House Cleaning Rush Reported by Canton Daily News Ads
Spring is nearing and Canton Daily News ads show rising demand for houseworkers. Ads from FP Jr Wilson and 7321 Howard Ave NW illustrate quick placements. The paper urges readers to call 7637 for ad writing to hire help or sell furniture as spring approaches.
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Howard Et
Cleveland
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