Canton Exposition Planned at Meyers Lake Park
A large exposition building is planned at Meyers Lake Park to showcase Canton banking industry and general business enterprises May 10 to 18. George H. Walker, president of the chamber of commerce, announced the event under the auspices of the chamber. The steel and concrete building, 105 by 176 feet, will serve as a pavilion and later as a skating rink and restaurant with maple flooring and an in wall amplifier system.
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Meyers Lake Park
Canton
Canton Products
George H. Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Pan
Dimenson
Taft Dies at 72 After Long Illness
Senatorial and judicial figure William Howard Taft, 27th U S president and 10th chief justice, died at 5 15 p m in Washington after a stroke and circulatory collapse. He had recognized his wife and daughter earlier and died peacefully with his wife at his side. President Hoover and officials voiced national condolences as tributes poured in following the loss.
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New York World
Canton Daily News
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Mr. Taft
Large liquor raid nets contraband at Cherry Avenue site
Police led by Captain Manderbaugh raid Joe King 926 Cherry Ave NE late Saturday afternoon. They seized the largest bottling and sealing setup and a cache including 313 pints of bonded liquor, 26 quarts, eight quarts of rum, a 25 gallon Scotch barrel, rye jugs, two gallons of alcohol, and confiscated sealing machines. King arrested on two affidavits.
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Joe King
Manderbaugh
WF Miller
Hinkle
Woolayer
King Machine
King
Chancellor May Quits Post Triggers German Political Crisis
Berlin reports Herman Mueller interrupted a heated inter cabinet controversy over financial projects. Parties backing his new government aim to unite behind the Owen Young reparations plan or accept resignation. An ultimatum calls for a special party leaders and cabinet meeting tomorrow to decide in favor of the Young plan.
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Berlin
Herman Mueller
Owen D. Young
Aod
Young Plan
Ohio State to graduate about 170 seniors next week
Approximately 170 Ohio State University seniors will graduate after winter quarter. Four Chi-students from arts and sciences, including Franklin Lewis of Dayton, will earn bachelor of philosophy. Martha Belle Boblender of Dayton will receive the lead of architecture degree.
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Olumbub
Ohio State University
College of Arts
Franklin Lewis
Dayton
Martha Belle Boblender
Janson Endorsed For Election Post By Stark County Dems
Canton attorney and Stark County Bar Association president Janson was endorsed by the Stark County Democratic Committee for the county board of elections on its 424 ballot. The endorsement follows a heated meeting with six other candidates including Sweitzer Trumbull Kauffman McGowan Miller Lipps.
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Price Janson
Canton
Stark County Bar Association
Stark County Democratic Committee
Janson
Ann Trumbull
Emil Kauffman
Jospehine McGowan
Franzie Miller
Alliance
William Lipps
Massillon
Retire Five Police Heads in Detroit Scandal Fallout
Detroit police announce the retirement of five department heads including James Sprott superintendent of police amid a graft and inter-department plot scandal. Also retiring are Edward H. Fox deputy superintendent James McCarthy chief of detectives John M. Swick district inspector and John Reid deputy chief of detectives.
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Detroit
James Sprott
Harold H. Emmons
Sprott
Edward H. Fox
James McCarthy
John M. Swick
John Reid
Mother of Tad Jones Dies in Middletown
Mrs. Sarah Harding Jones 174 mother of Howard and Tad Jones, nationally known football coaches, died at her Excelle home today. Her husband Thomas had died two weeks earlier and she did not know of his passing. The sons were at her bedside.
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Middletown
Sarah Harding Jones
Howard
Tad Jones
Excelle
Thomas
Jones
College receives farm donation from Fayette County farmer
Wealthy Fayette county farmer Charles Persinger donates an 87 acre Marion County farm to Bluffton College in Bluffton Ohio. The gift was announced today.
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Washington, C. H. C
March
Charlies Persinger
Fayette Co
Marion
Bluffton College
Bluffton, O
Canton Wet Wash Laundry Curtain Service Ad
An advertisement from Massillon Branch 5634 Canton Wash Laundry offers curtain cleaning in soft filtered water with LUX to return curtains ready to hang stretched to their original size and without pin or hook marks.
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Canton Wet Wash Laundry
Massilion Branch
St NE
Big Gun Pilot Guides Heavy Guns To Landing
A Fokker monoplane, frustrated by fog, is escorted to a landing by a Crescent aircraft. Lt. R. C. Winston, with Brig. Gen. Lucius Holbrook and Capt. Raynor Garey, observes as Chamberlin offers direction at Newark Jersey City airfield.
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New York World
Fokker
Crescent
R. C. Winston
Lucius Holbrook
Fort Bragg
N. C
Raynor Garey
Field Artillery Corps
Chamberlin
Sun Returns as Warmth Lifts Ohio River Flood Threats
A bright sun is expected Sunday in Stark and central Ohio with temperatures rising from near freezing to around 34 by Saturday afternoon. Flood worries eased as the swollen Hocking River flooded sections of the Logan Lancaster highway near Athens earlier, while the Tuscarawas River at Massillon remained only slightly high with no danger.
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Stark
Ohio
Hocking
Logan-Lancaster
Athens
Tuscarawas
Massillon
Kalamazoo Sheriff and Deputies Indicted in Liquor Conspiracy
Grand Rapids March 3 federal indictments charge Kalamazoo Sheriff Jerome K. Borden four deputies and two former federal agents with conspiracy to sell liquor. Also named are Deputies Walter Upson Albert Dillig La Rue Woodward Frank Mordyke and former agents I e Sternberg Lester tilena.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Kalamazoo
Jerome K. Borden
Walter Upson
Albert Dillig
la Rue Woodward
Frank Mordyke
Ie Sternberg
Lester Tilena
Kuhns Named Vice President of Canton Terriers Baseball Club
William T. Kuhns, Canton businessman, named vice president of the Canton Terriers in the Central Baseball League. He will focus on business affairs while Heinie Groh handles ownership and roster. Training for the season starts April 7 with May 1 slated as the opener. roster and camp location to be announced.
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William T. Kuhne
Canton
Canton Baseball Club
Cantons
Kuhns
Otle ‘O
Anay
Heinie Groh
Terriers
Nashville
Jimmy Hamilton
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Hoover seeks 100 million for federal farm board aid
President Hoover asked Congress to appropriate 100 million dollars for the federal farm board to carry out pending projects. The specific projects were not named, and the board will present details to Senate and House committees at the hearing.
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New York World
Canton Daily News
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Senate
House Committee
Auto crash at Ferguson's landing claims man’s life
A tree fell across the highway at Ferguson's landing near Marietta causing three automobile accidents. Archie M. Chapman of Matamoras died and five others were injured in the incidents.
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Marietta
March
Ferguson's Landing
Archie M. Chapman
Matamoras
Taft remembered for good humor and family life
Obituary notes William Howard Taft the only person to serve as both U S president and chief justice. The piece highlights his good nature, long career, strong family bonds, and his supportive role during his wife’s illness. It recalls his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt and their rise to power in Washington.
Supreme Court Associate Dies at 44
Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford died at his home in Washington at noon. He had kidney trouble for years and suddenly fell ill after a tooth extraction by Dr. Arthur B. Crane. Sanford, 44, collapsed shortly after leaving the dentist, with no other relatives present.
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Taft
Edward Terry Sanford
Mr. Taft
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Connecticut
Orl
Sanford
Arthur B. Crane
New Height Attempt Planned At Roosevelt Field
Elinor Smith, holder of the American women’s flight endurance record, announced in New Castile Del that she is set for an altitude record attempt tomorrow at Roosevelt Field S 1. Weather promising and the aviatrix seeks a new record despite recent delays.
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New York
March
Elinor Smith
New Castile
Del
Roosevelt Field
S. 1
Deaths and ages of presidents past in peculiar timeline
The article notes coincidences around presidential deaths and ages. It mentions William Howard Taft dying at 72 and contrasts lifespans with former presidents like James Buchanan and John Adams, highlighting the longest-lived presidents and the 1874 date linked to Millard Fillmore.
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Ashington
William Howard Taft
Millard Pillmore
Taft
James Puchanan
John Adams
Taft Funeral Plans Trigger Mourning Proclamation
President Hoover orders national mourning after the death of William Howard Taft. He announces a 50 day half staff display and honors, notes Taft's long public service, and outlines funeral arrangements at Arlington and All Souls Church in Washington. The notice records Taft's death at 3:15 pm on March 8 1990 and honors his career from justice to chief justice.
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Hoover
Mr. Taft
Mrs. Hoover
Taft
Wyoming
Ashington
March
William Howard Taft
United States
United States Supreme Court
White House
All Souls Unitarian Church
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Miles Gertrude Manifold
Taft Home
Dre Claytor and
Hagner
Capitol
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Justice Sanford
Willie van, Deventer
US Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Mra. Hughes
Mra. Hoover
Mr . Taft
United States of America
Herbert Hoover
Wilbur J. Carr
The
Reverenor-general
Philippines
Secretary of War
Navy
Draft Davey For Governor Rumor Surfaces In Columbus
A typewritten note circulated among Democrats in Ohio hints at a March 9 to 15 window for a coordinated push to draft former U.S. Senator Martin J. L. Davey of Kent into the Ohio governorship race. State headquarters confirm receipt of copies of the letter.
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Colimbus
Davey
Martin JL. Davey
Kent
Fay Lanphier Returns to Desk as Stenographer
Fay Lanphier once named America's most beautiful girl returns to a stenographer post in a studio. Five years after stardom she speaks of fame fading and marriage troubles while hoping for a new break near Hollywood.
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Hy Letted Press
Fay Lanphier
America
Fay Lan- Phier
Oakland
Hollywood
Five Die in Peerless Mine Gas Explosion
A gas explosion at the Peerless coal mine in Utah killed five of thirteen workers and injured several others. Eight miners were rescued alive as helmet crews fought to reach and aid those overcome by gas during the late shift.
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Helper
Utah
Conscien tious Craft Improves Garments at Canton Laundry
Let us show you what conscientious workmanship will do to your garments drapes curtains cushions etc Dial T1892 Dry Cleaning Canton Wet Wash Laundry.
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Canton
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