Kahn Son Debuts In Jazz Move Aimed At Saxophone Rise
Roger Wolff Kahn, son of Otto H. Kahn, debuts publicly with his band in New York amid a push to elevate jazz toward American symphonic syncopation. The move follows Otto H. Kahn’s earlier ban on public saxophone performances by his son. Wolff broadcasts from a grill room as a storm rages, signaling a new artistic direction.
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Robot T. Small
Canton Daily News
New York
Otto H. Kahn
Roger Wolff Kahn
Metropolitan Opera Company
Roger Wolff
Father Kahn
Giulo Gatti- Cassazza
Metropolis
Young Kahn
Kahn
No Ohio special session this year despite push for aid to embattled schools
Ohio lawmakers show reluctance to reconvene as a six member committee debates aiding financially distressed schools. Senate leaders oppose recall. auditors and attorney general have little hope. Emergency arguments cite a $40 000 state fund inadequate for demands while broader appropriations and land purchases for a Roosevelt game preserve require funding.
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J. W. Fisher Daily News
Spahr
Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
J. F. Atwood
Franklin
Harry D. Silver
State Emergency Board
Gov. Donahey
Utilities Commission
Ohio Ohio Bell Telephone Co
T. E. Green
Emergey Board
Ohio Tax Commission
Sciotecco
Roose- Velt
Legisla Bory
Emergency Board
Woman dies from clothes catching fire during visit
Elizabeth Kinney, 74, of Bay City Michigan, died at 4 AM in a Wheeling hospital after burns from clothing ignited by an open grate. She was visiting her daughter. May Lewis of the T.W.G. 4, Phepemaine will return to Bay City.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Elizabeth Kinney
Bay HY
Mich
May Lewis
T.W.G
Phe Pemaine
Bay City
New Record At Newville Steel Plant Puts 4.9 Million Pounds Plate
Record tonnage processed at the Newville Steel Plant last week with 22 mills producing 4,922,000 pounds of plate. A single day peak reached 1,006,500 pounds. The output would fill 49 freight cars according to company reports.
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Yorkville
New Lateenville
Eling Steel Corporation
Major John Tacop Astor Reelected Without Opposition
London reports Major John Tacop Astor was reelected today after previously losing his seat in the commons by a technicality. No opposing candidates stood, ensuring a clean return to Parliament.
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London
John Tacop Astor
Fourth Attack In Three Weeks In Southeast Section
Police seek Canton's latest mystery criminal after a Tuesday night assault on 49 year old Matalena Borzi of 1617 14th Street SE. Borzi was struck from behind on 11th Street SE then beaten again and tossed onto a refuse heap near Cherry Avenue SE before fleeing.
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Canton
14Th St
Cherry Av
11Th At
Llthst SE
Locomotive Is Nothing In Life Of Coal Heaver
Cincinnati reports 75 year old coal heaver George Luxenberger who daily unloads 20 tons from sidewalk to cellar for 45 years. He was briefly struck by a B and O locomotive but emerged unscathed and returned to his duties.
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Cincinnati
George Luxenberger
George
Rykov May Not Assume Office
Copenhagen reports Alexsey Rykov, Lenine successor as president of the council of the peoples commissars, suffers incurable kidney disease and likely cannot assume duties. Premier Rykov remains in Moscow for a long rest as Kamenev and Tsurupa handle affairs.
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Copenhagen
Alexsey Rykov
Nicolai Lenine
Council of the Peoples’ Commissars
Moscow
Rykov
M. Kamenev
M. Tsurupa
Klan Buys 39 Acre Farm for 20,000 Seat Auditorium
The Allen county Ku Klux Klan purchased the George Ritchie farm, 39 acres, for about 7800. They plan to build an auditorium there to seat 20,000 with meetings to be held outdoors during summer construction.
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Lima
Allen County
Ku Klux Klan
George Ritchie
Klan
News Want Ad Phone Enthusiasm Exalts Local Ads
A spirited notice highlights the appeal of News Want Ads and their strong local results. The piece emphasizes excitement over phone inquiries and the positive impact on community services.
Congress Pressed by Coolidge Tax Cut Demand
President Coolidge sends a sharp message urging immediate action to enact a joint resolution applying a 25 percent reduction in income taxes due this week. Congress, especially Republican leadership, faces public pressure as delay has lingered for over a month on the 1928 tax cut.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Burglars Lock City Savings Manager In Safe
A gang locked Clayton Webb, manager at City Savings and Loan, in the Hayden Avenue branch vault for nearly two hours. A tone bandit earlier entered the office, forced Webb into the vault, and fled with about $4,000 in cash. Webb described the robber after release.
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Cleveland. O
City Savings and Loan Company
Hayden Avenue
East
Cleveland
Clayton Webb
Webb
Records fall in dog derby in The Pas
Shorty Johnson won the annual dog derby in The Pas Manitoba completing 200 miles in 93 hours and 45 minutes setting a new record. Bill Grayson, former record holder since 1922, finished second with McDonald third.
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Pas
Manitoba
Shorty Johnson
Bill Grayson
McDonald
Woman Convicted in Suspicion Case in Criminal Court
Ruth Fish of 406 Cherry ar SE was found guilty in criminal court on Wednesday and given a 29 day suspended workhouse sentence after a $2 theft claim. Frank Moore, arrested with her, was fined $50 and costs on the suspicious person charge. Grant Beazley, 700 Madison at SE, pleaded not guilty and faces a hearing Thursday morning.
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Ruth Fish
Cherry
Frank Moore
Grant Beazley
Madison
Car strikes pedestrian. witness reports woman fled scene
Ww. D. Krug of 214 15th St NW told police Tuesday his car hit a woman crossing Market and Sixth. The woman was not injured and left the scene without giving her name, Krug said.
Fireman in Collision Near Walnutaw and 12th
Automobiles driven by C. D. Hanna and William Roche collided at Walnutaw and 12th street NE. Both cars were damaged but no one was injured.
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C. D. Hanna
12Th St NE
William Roche
Walnutaw
12Th St
Pope Pius XI Appeals to MacDonald on Clergymen
Rome report states Pope Pius XI urged British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to intervene on behalf of Catholic clergymen amid ongoing religious tensions. The appeal was transmitted as part of Vatican diplomacy during the March 12 briefing in Rome.
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Rome
Pius XI
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Death Visits Party For Two In Chicago
At a Chicago party for two, Walter Law, 35, was found dead with a bullet to the head in a sedan. Mrs Belle Gaertner, divorced wife of William Gaertner, was jailed after admitting drinking and claiming Law was driving when he died. Police reported an empty gin bottle and her pistol in the car.
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Chicago
Belle Gaertner
Walter Law
Gaertner
William Gaertner
Women Empl
Working women across classes are described as the nation's thriftiest savers and keen investors in Miss Katherine L. Berry's survey. The study notes many put aside funds through bonds and securities, with several dramatic examples of high savings from humble jobs, and stresses continued comfort alongside prudent spending.
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J. P. Yoder
Canton Daily News
Chicago
Katherine L. Berry
Miss Berry
Liberty Bond
Berry
Claasts
Cork Controlled by Mutineers in Free State Crisis
Dublin dispatch reports Cork nearly under control of forces allied with the mutineers from the Free State army. Mutineers overpowered a sentry and seized munitions at Capel Barracks. An all night cabinet meeting ended with a settlement with the mutineer group led by General Liam Tobin and Colonel Dalton.
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Dublin
Cork
Free State Army
Capael Barracka
Liam Tobin
Dalton
Get Good Girl Cut Out Gang Bandit's Advice
New York report from March 12 outlines Walfrid Tallback an 18 year old minister's son in a Brooklyn jail giving gang discipline advice. He says choose a good girl and drop the gang he blames for his robbery woes and his imprisonment.
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New York
Walfrid Tallback
Brooklyn
Jillback
J. J. Lillback
Vatican Government Reach Longstanding Dispute Deal Denied
Rome March 12 authoritative quarters deny any amicable agreement between the Vatican and the Italian government settling a half century dispute. No accord announced or confirmed by officials.
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Rome
Vatican
Akron Man Held on Tire Theft Charge
Joseph Davis of 124 Westwooday Akron was arrested Tuesday by Detective Floyd Streit enberger Canton on grand larceny charges. He allegedly stole 890 worth of automobile tires from a garage in the southeast section of the city several nights ago.
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Joseph Davis
Westwooday
Akron
Floyd Streitenberger
Canton
Davis
McLean admits loan story to Fall was false
Edward B. McLean testified before a Senate oil inquiry that a secret Atlantic City meeting with Albert B. Fall confirmed a loan claim he says never occurred. Fall and McLean agreed the $106000 cash loan was a fabrication and the tale should be dropped. Sinclair vowed to contest the government suit over Teapot Dome leases, saying the case will be heard in open court and he has no fear of the outcome.
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McLean
Washington, RD. C
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Albert B Fall
Senate
Fall
MclLean
Atlantic City
Ned
Harry F. Sinclair
Millions Aire
Mammoth Oil Company
Teapot Dome
Casper
Wyo
Atlee Pomerone
Owen J. Roberta
President Coolidge
Sinclair
Interior
Albert B. Fall
United States Senate
Taxi operator holds killer in fatal shooting in Huntington
Charles G. Jordan, former state trooper, was shot five times during a Washington Street clash with taxi operator Harry Porter, who is out on bond on a prior murder charge and facing a supreme court appeal. Dillard Moore is held as a witness. The incident followed an argument over Porter's wife.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hiarry Porter
Charles G. Jordan
Washington
Porter
Supreme Court
Ogle Saunders
Chesapeake and Ohio
Jordan
Pittsburgh
Lulu K. Hall
Dillard Moore
Striking Garment Workers Attack Leader Arrested in Chicago
In Chicago on March 12 an assault on a garment maker occurred during a strike. Samuel Kaufman, 86, a strike leader, was arrested, while Nathan Litson 39, part owner of Litson Brothers, faced a violent attack until police intervened with drawn revolvers.
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Chicago
Samuel Kaufman
Nathan Litson
Litson Brothers
Womena Garment Manufacturers
Workhouse Term for Man in Assault Case
John W. Horton 31 colored of 1013 Belden av N F was charged with assault and battery on Eva Cooper 27 of 334 11th at S B. Cooper was sentenced to 26 days in the workhouse by Judge Bowman after Horton beat her and attempted to hang her in his rooming house basement. She refused to testify in court.
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John W. Horton
Belden
N. F
Eva Cooper
S. B
Bowman
Norton
Miss Cooper
China Recognizes Soviet Government After Cabinet Decision
The Chinese cabinet decided on March 12 to grant full recognition to the Russian Soviet government, marking a formal diplomatic milestone between Beijing and Moscow.
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Peking
Local Man L A Simpson Arrested On Assault Charge
Police arrested L. A. Simpson of Akron Tuesday on assault and battery charges. He is to be transported back to Akron on Wednesday.
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L. A. Simpson
Akron
William Coliman Convicted by Judge Bowman in Criminal Court
William Coliman of 164 Madison av SE was found guilty by Judge Bowman in a criminal court after a Wednesday hearing following charges of suspicion.
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William Coliman
Madison Av SE
Bowman
Charlie Lewis charged with interfering with police raid
Charlie Lewis faced charges for attempting to dispose of illicit liquid during a raid on a Market and Street apartment. The case notes he owed $200 and related penalties.
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Charlies Lewis
Stove Explodes Killing Aged Man in Ohio Home
In Coshocton County Ohio Nathaniel Taylor 79 crippled by rheumatism died from burns after a coal gas explosion in the kitchen stove at the Hall residence in West Carlisle. William Hall 30 and his wife were seriously hurt as the frame house burned and rescuers searched the ruins for Taylor’s body.
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Coshocton
Nathaniel Taylor
Wm. Hall
Hall
West Carlisle
Here
Taylor
American Sugar Refining Company Reports 1928 Profits
Profits of 8,508,163 were earned in 1928 by the American Sugar Refining Company per its annual report released today in New York. Of this sum 5,552,487 came from investments in sugar producing companies and 2,955,675 from interest. The company lost 1,693,079 on refining, but after dividends, depreciation, and other charges, ended the year with a surplus of 865,107.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Bend the Ferest
Four bandits condemned in Ukraine revolt case
In Kiev on March 12 four bandits were sentenced to death and 46 others jailed for arming peasant revolts. The group seized a detective in court and choked him to death during the incident.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Masonic Lodge Plans $90,000 Temple in Medina
Medina Ohio March 12 The Ma sonic Lodge will erect a $90,000 temple here during the year.
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Medina, O
Masonic Lodge
Bomb Explodes at British Embassy Entrance in Athens
A bomb exploded at the entrance of the British embassy in Athens on March 12, with no casualties and only minor damage. The incident was reported by Central News.
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Sofla
Athens
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N. Y
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Mass
Otto Kahn
Committee Against Call
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Man
11Th St, SE
Matalena Borzi
Lenine
Klan Boys Home
Buck
Pope
Government
Cheyenne
Martin W. Littleton
J. W. Zevely
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