Coast disaster caps loss to fifteen million dollars
President Coolidge considers federal aid for the San Francisco canyon district as the Santa Clara river basin dam catastrophe yields 287 bodies recovered and 300 to 400 still missing. Damage estimated at 12 to 15 million, with towns like Newhall Ventura Oxnard Santa Paula Fillmore Moor Park Camarillo Piru and Saugus affected. Rescue and rehabilitation efforts intensify amid widespread grief and mounded morgues.
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Cal
Santa Clara River
St. Francis Dam
Newall
Ventura
Oxnard
Santa Paula
Fillmore
Moor Park
Camarillo
Piru
Stathoy
Saugus
Castaic
General Stark Urges Caution As Spring Arrives
The Man on the Square notes Canton’s nearing spring and reports merchants’ spring style opening. He warns motorists to slow down after citing Canton’s previous high automobile death rate and urges continued careful driving in warmer months and on slippery pavements.
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Eneral Stark
Canton
United States
Dividend donation urged by Cleveland Catholic Charities group
The Catholic Charities Corp of the Cleveland diocese promotes a dividend donation where members, beyond dues, give dividends from investments to Parmadale the orphans village at Parma near Cleveland. R A Jones says a single stock dividend can start the gift and accumulate into a substantial yearly fund. Directors donation is another suggested form of giving.
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Catholic Charities Corp
Canton News Sent Worldwide by Odd International Request
A Canton Daily News circulation directive arrived from India with a peculiar stamp. The letter named two men, John Nelson and Walter Foster, as contacts in Calcutta and Gorakhpur, signaling broad reach of the paper beyond local bounds.
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Canton
Canton Daily News
India
John Nelsan
American Express Co
Calcutta
Walter Foster
Bible Standard Mission
Siswa Bazar
Gorakh Pur
U. P
Sisler and Hornsby Pitchers Duel in Mutual 0–0 Tie
Will Rogers reports a sunlit spring meeting in St. Petersburg where Hall of Famers George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby faced off for nine innings in a scoreless draw. The Braves and Washington teams also show strength in shirtsleeves and straw hats as early-season play begins.
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Braves
Washington
Will Rogers
Upham silent on bond deal in Teapot Dome inquiry
Senate Teapot Dome hearings reveal Fred W. Upham did not inform A. V. Leonard about Harry Sinclair bond gifts to the Republican funds. Leonard says Upham destroyed records in 1924 and knew nothing of redemption or distribution of $160,000 in Sinclair bonds. Prosecution is barred by statute of limitations. subcommittee to meet in Chicago tomorrow.
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Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
A. V. Leonard
Chicago
Harry Sinclair
Republican Party
Leonard
Senate
Upham
Will H Hays
Hays
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
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Daugherty
New
Col
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil
Indiana
Stewart
Nye
Norbeck
South Dakota
Bratton
Newex
Canton Family Seeks Flood Victims in California Disaster
Canton residents Mr and Mrs Otto Kepler search for their daughter Mrs Clifford G Davis who lives in Fillmore California one flood town reported to have many bodies recovered. In Uhrichsville Rev George F Weinland learns his brother William drowned at New All, California. His wife and 10 year old son also died. uncle is Rev J E Weinland of Dover Moravian Church.
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Lippert Rd
Clifford G. Davis
Fillmore
Cal
Davis
Bank of Italy
Uhrichsville
George F. Weinland
Moravian Church
William Weinland
Newall
J. FE. Weinland
Dover
Disaster search depth finds bodies amid sandcover
Relief efforts surge as bodies are located up to ten feet beneath sand. American Red Cross sets up bases while American Legion Volunteers of America Salvation Army and other civic groups coordinate aid in Los Aneles efforts amid the disaster.
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Ieee Ee
American Red Cross
American Legion
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Los An
Peppers' Appeal Denied in Gallipolis Murder Case
The Ohio Supreme Court overruled Eddie Peppers appeal in the murder of Florence Buck in a Gallipolis hotel. Peppers was sentenced to be electrocuted at the state penitentiary tomorrow.
Seattle Mayor Bertha Landers Defeated by Frank Edwards
Seattle returns show theater owner Frank Edwards defeating incumbent mayor Mrs. Bertha K. Landers in a statewide city race. With 235 of 295 precincts reporting Edwards leads 46,907 to 33,283, signaling a political shift in the city.
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Seattle
Wash
Bertha K. Landers
Frank Edwards
Edwards
Landes
MYSTERY OVER HINCHLIFFE FLIGHT CREW DESTINATION
Reports from Newfoundland and London describe Captain Walter Hinchliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay attempting a transatlantic flight aboard the gilded Stinson Endeavor. Their exact destination remains unknown as the aircraft went missing after dawn yesterday.
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New York
Stinson
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
North America
England
Newfoundland
London
North Atlantic
Cranwell
Lord Inchcape
Daily Mail
Britain
George Hotel
Grantham
Miss Mackay
Hinchliffe
Burglar Stops To Quiet Baby In Cleveland
Jimmy Grill of Dayton, 24, was jailed on burglary charges after telling police he stopped at a south side Cleveland home to quiet a crying baby. He lifted the infant, cuddled it, and left once it slept.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Grill
Dayton
Jimmy
Grill
South Side
Canton Daily News Opens New Home with Coolidge Press Ceremony
The Canton Daily News marks its new home with a formal opening led by President Calvin Coolidge. At 9:45 a.m. Saturday the president will press a golden telegraphic key from the White House to start the paper’s new double sextuple presses for the first run of the New Home Edition. The event includes direct wire links and a public invitation to visit the new pressroom through Sunday noon.
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White House
Calvin Coolidge
Canton Daily News
Canton
Simeon D. Fess
Bartlett
Truc D Marlow
Western Union Telegraph Co
Western Union
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Coolidge
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United States
Bombers Fate Goes To Jury In Campbell Mayor Case
Youngstown March 14 A jury was to hear the fate of Sam Guardala on bombing charges tied to the home of Campbell mayor T Roy Gordon. Gordon testified Guardala warned him not to stay in the race. Guardala admitted a dishonorable discharge from the army for striking an officer.
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Sam Guardala
T. Roy Gordon
Campbell
Here
Gordon
Guardala
Auto plunges into creek in fog kills five near Allentown
Five people die when a car driven with the driver blinded by dense fog veers off a road and plunges into Hoken dauqua Creek near Allentown Pennsylvania. The dead include Mr and Mrs Frank Meyer and daughter Olgay of Eagle Point, Pa. Mike Volle of Coplay. and Mrs Frank Ecker of West Coplay.
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Hokendauqua Creek
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Frank Meyer
Olgay
Eagle Point
Mike Volle
Coplay
Frank Ecker
West Coplay
Couple, Both 63, Wed After Meeting Through Matrimonial Paper
Mrs. Phoebe Dickie of Coolville Athens County and Carl J. Johnson of Hico Texas, both 63, obtained a marriage license in Athens and were wed then left for Texas. The bride said she met her future husband through a matrimonial paper and he traveled from Texas to claim her.
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Athens
Phoebe Dickie
Coolville
Athens Co
Carl] J. Johnson
Hico
Tex
Texas
Norris Wins In Shoals Battle
Senator Norris of Nebraska secured the first victory in his seven year fight to have government control of the Muscle Shoals power and fertilizer project. The Senate passed his resolution authorizing War and Agriculture secretaries to conduct nitrate fertilizer experiments and operate hydroelectric plants at the Tennessee river site by a 44 to 25 vote.
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Washington
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Muscle Shoals
Secretaries of War and Agriculture
Tennessee River
Senate
Cantop Daily News Invitation Reaches Broad Readership
An invitation is extended to all patrons and readers of The Cantop Daily News. The newspaper notes its vast audience makes this the most practical means of extending the message.
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Cantop Daily News
Three Bandits Rob Mt Sterling Barbecue Inn
Police nationwide were alerted to locate three bandits who held up five men at the Deer Creek Barbecue Inn in Mt Sterling last midnight and fled with a small cash haul.
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Columbus
Deer Creek
Mt Sterling
Grave Found in Yard in New Philadelphia Case
A newly dug grave was found in the Southside School playground near New Philadelphia tied to the Viola May disappearance. The six by three by three foot hole was empty and thought to have been dug about a month ago. Sheriff deputies investigate while authorities question William Herron’s involvement in the case.
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New Philadelphia
Viola May
William Herron
Southside
Solomon Schwartz
Abe Laird
Walter A. Strine
Theodore H. Reichly
James FE. Patrick
Herron
Tuscarawee River
Plane to Carry Food to Detour Village
Lieut J D Hart flew a Douglas transport plane from Chanute Army Flying Field at 7 15 to Selfridge Field Michigan to be handed to another pilot and then equipped with skis for Detour Michigan where food supplies were nearly exhausted.
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J.D. Hart
Chanute Army Flying Field
Selfridge Field
Mich
Hart
Chanute Field
Postmaster Michael Effinger Found Dead in Lancaster Home
Lancaster Ohio March 14 Postmaster Michael Effinger aged 63 was found dead in his bed at his home from believed heart trouble He had served in the postal service for 40 years and was in his second term as postmaster.
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Michael Effinger
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