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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1930
Page
1
Two die and many injured as two large fires sweep England cities. A courthouse blaze in Ellsworth Maine claims the dead. a chemical plant in Everett Massachusetts sustains the heaviest property loss.
In Ellsworth Maine two firemen were killed and two seriously burned during a blaze that destroyed Hancock county court house early today. Preliminary estimates put losses at about 250000 dollars. The dead were Fireman R L Pearcy 30 and Fireman Lester Salisbury 23. Two other firemen were taken to a hospital.
Fire after 20 explosions destroys six Merrimac Chemical Co buildings on the Mystic River bank near Boston elevated line. Damage about 750000 dollars. many firefighters hurt from smoke. Nearby facilities including Beacon Oil Co and New England Coke Co face damage threats. hundreds of homes in Broadway area at risk.
Bowery missionary John Callahan told the House judiciary committee that Prohibition has closed 44 saloons and transformed the Bowery. He cited Tub of Blood and Death by Own Action Hall as examples of former disorder now turned into stores. Callahan, once Tombs Prison chaplain, urged continued enforcement and support for dry law.
Local Canton classified section promotes items for sale including a Singer sewing machine and lakefront urn rewards. Readers are invited to inspect parking and vehicle offers in a busy ad page featuring numerous retiree and trade deals.
Two more witnesses testified that Irene Shrader fired the shots killing State Trooper Brady Paul. Mrs. Williams and 14-year-old Raymond Baldwin described seeing a man and a woman exit a car and the woman fire. Other witnesses recounted the confrontation as the trial in New Castle moved forward.
Fred Hentrie, 34, alleged Lake Erie rum runner, escaped last night from St. Joseph's Hospital Lorain after being wounded on a cargo tug The Sambo G carrying $100000 in liquor was fired upon by a crew as Hentrie fled with two rifle wounds. Frank Smith remained jailed on $7500 bond.
Salineville reports the death of John Grant age 45 after two hours of efforts by doctors and Wellsville fire department to revive him. Grant, a Standard Oil employee, was found unconscious in the firm garage while working on a truck. He is survived by his wife and three children.
Dry Boston candidate William M. Butler, seeking the Republican nomination for United States senator, declares he will stand firm on the dry law. His promised clarification on prohibition drew enthusiastic support from backers, as Amos L. Taylor of the state committee advised the executive committee to study a statewide referenda proposal for a report next month.
City records show postal receipts rising from 386,916.61 in 1920 to 706,452.98 in 1929 and public school enrollment increasing from 13,789 to 22,874 in the same period. Total assessed valuation more than doubled since 1917, from 104,037,860 to 230,201,590 by 1920.
Charles Evans a lifer and trusty led a planned escape at New Jersey state prison. He attacked guard Charles Soren with a home made blackjack and triggered a riot that cost guard Frank Butcher his life and wounded guard William Gordon. Police mobilized reserves to contain about 1400 inmates and bombs and bullets halted the outbreak. Evans is believed to have killed himself when the plan failed.
Washington reports a new Democratic western Republican coalition in charge and intent on lowering rates. Senate leaders say it will be many days before the tariff bill passes, reversing earlier promises to Hoover that it would clear by March 10 or 15. The coalition's stance may trigger another broad revision of rates in the bill.
Beach City, March 14 Wilbur Kaylor, 35, sustained a fractured hip and severe lacerations when the truck he drove was hit by a Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train near Beach City in the morning. He was taken to Maesilion City Hospital in non critical condition.
Two Charleston women Bertha Bowls and Gertrude Riddle were arrested in Caldwell charged with transporting liquor. They were said to be en route to Charleston when captured.
Spontaneous combustion of furnace dust in a drying kiln caused a blaze at the National Fireproofing Co plant near Waynesburg. A Canton booster pump aided firefighters, saving the engine room and other structures while the 150 by 100 foot kiln and its contents were completely destroyed.
Beach City early today a dwelling on Beach City Justus road owned by Samuel Meiers suffered a $10,000 fire loss. The blaze is believed to have started from an overheated furnace. Beach City bucket brigade and Brewster fire department responded to the scene.
Deputy Heibach on temporary duty at the county jail on Thursday night heard a belligerent man with a heavy brogue. He claimed to be Phil Heibach and a coal miner who must drive a mule. The man then confessed the name Casey Jones in an ante room, exposing a strange exchange during intake.
Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, urged Kansas farmers to limit wheat production and cooperate with government efforts to stabilize prices. He told the Kansas Livestock Convention that letting normal supply and demand operate is the goal, and that sacrificing overproduction could lift prices.
Funeral services for Alfred C Eynon 70 prominent Canton master plumber and former president of the Canton Association of Master Plumbers were held at his residence on 4th Street NW. Springfield Ohio pastor Dr T Wallis Grosse officiated assisted by Rev O M Adam of the Canton M E Church. National and state master plumbers associations were represented by officers. Pallbearers included George A Eynon and others.
DAVID DIPTZ argues that the discovery of the ninth planet at Lowell is a key validation of astronomical theories and, by extension, the foundations of engineering. He traces Newtonian motion laws from Kepler to modern machines, noting that engineering advances rely on celestial motion principles first studied in the heavens.
Ariz Lagstaff March 14 report from Lowell Observatory details a new solar system body detected through photographic surveys and follow up observations. Dr Percival Lowell predicted such a planet. the object shows proper motion and distance beyond Neptune with continued study by Tombaugh Slipher and staff.
New York March 14 The Literary Digest national poll on prohibition shows support for modification or repeal leading in ten states. Enforced by 86 739 For modification 61 915 Against, 114 004 total. early results from about 300 000 ballots of 20 000 000 mailed. States like New York New Jersey Illinois tend toward wet sentiment.
A bullet riddled car abandoned in Dover ties to a trio of youths from Dover and Pontiac. Donald Harding 17 and Jack Harper 18 confessed to hijacking Willard Sheets car and robbing Samuel Rosenberg, with further ties to a house break in and jewelry theft. Benjamin Pace confessed to jewelry theft as a possible third member.
President Hoover accepted an invitation to deliver an address on radio April 8 as part of an International celebration for Dr. William Henry Welch of Johns Hopkins University the dean of American Medicine on his 80th birthday The speech will be broadcast nationwide over the National Broadcasting Company chain and may reach worldwide audiences Simultaneous ceremonies honoring Welch will be held globally
In Colville Washington a bitter clash between former sweethearts a full blooded Indian girl and a white youth ended with both charged in the death of the girl's aged mother. The Stevens County courtroom was crowded as Helen Moses and Clarence Hartley fought to save their clients from the gallows.
Wet weather and a breezy dispatch from Everly Hills note the national poll in the American Ballet Box Weeky showing repeal ahead by 34,000 with 32,000 of the margin from New York City Hoboken and Chicago. The writer predicts more results will shift as returns come in.
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