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Newspaper

Canton Daily News

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1927

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Court Delays Interview In Murder Case At Ohio Penitentiary

Legal wrangle delays private interview of Pat McDermott, serving life for Don Mellett murder, as attorney E. L. Mills seeks access at the Ohio Penitentiary. Warden Thomas opposes, court restudies writ while implying possible appeal to the state supreme court.

International News Service Columbus E. L. Mills Pat McDermott Ben Rudner Don R. Mellett Canton McDermott Ohio State Penitentiary Mills Supreme Court Patrick Vo. McDermott Floy Mills Ohio Lon BH Mellett Henry W. Harter, Jr Ora M. Slater Harter

Canton street signs spark debate on name length and signage

General Stark laments shortened Tuscarawas street name as sample signs limit four feet of display. He urges authority to keep full ten-letter street name while listing numerous nearby streets and urging longer signs within budget. Health notes advise cold prevention tips from Commissioner Posavre.

Stark Tuscarawas Street Canton Court House General Stark Tuscarawas Peach Tree St Broadway Kueld Avenue Shane Tuscara Lincoln Highway Alexander Pace Arlington Avenue Beechwood Place R Belleflower Avenue Brookside Drive Claremont Avenue Clarendan Avenue Cleveland Avenue Crestmont Avenue Dartmouth Avenue Dougherty Place Elderwood Court Englehart Court Fairmount Boulevard Frederick Avenue Georgetown Road Greenfield Avenue Greenwood Place Halliwell Place Harrisburg Road Henrietta Avenue Jeanette Court Kensington Court Louisiana Avenue Marguerite Road Shadyside Avenue Washington Boulevard Waynesburg Road

One Arm Gunman Captured After Georgetown Capture

Frank Nunamaker the one armed gunman known for terrorizing Louisville was captured by Sheriff Ed Gibson and deputies in Georgetown Columbiana County They found two .38 caliber revolvers and 160 rounds of ammunition in a handbag He surrendered after a brief struggle and faces commitment to the Lima state hospital for the criminal insane Officials say he posed several threats and had a history of shootings.

Frank Nunamaker Louisville Ed Gibson Georgetown Columbiana Co Canton Sheriff Gibson Nanamaker George Thorn L. F E. Sober John McPeak Webster Woolf Frank Guittard Loulaville Sheriffa Gibson Lima State Hospital Marshal Guittard

Prince of Wales Wins Easy Ride in Grenadier Guards Race

In Bicester England on March 16 the Prince of Wales rode his horse Dark Courtier to victory by two lengths in the Lord of the Manor cup point to point steeplechase. His performance drew loud cheers from a large crowd.

Bicester Eng Prince of Wales Grenadier Guards

Leopold Faces Pen Plot Outbreak In Prison Probe

March 16 Nathan Leopold Jr the killer of Bobby Franks faced two lines of inquiry as authorities pursued details of a supposed plot to poison and empty the penitentiary. Warden Elmer Green sought Leopold's reaction to the poisoning story told by paroled convict Leo Delgada and the Wilco grand jury was to reconvene with Leopold as a key witness.

Drugs vanish en route to London hospital after night search

Police recover 170 to 240 tubes of deadly drugs that disappeared during transit to a crowded east end hospital after a full night search. No suspects named. The incident prompts questions over security in medical supply shipments.

London East End

California Chief Executive Tries to Sell Will Lot

Will Rogers notes in Sacramento that the legislature passed a bill to form a lawyer association to regulate conduct. He comments that conscience cannot be legislated and quips the governor tried to sell him a lot. He signs as WILL and mentions plans to invade Nevada and possibly Weepah.

California Will Lot Will Rogers Sacramento Cal Mar

Burglar Attacks Miss Davis Through Cellar Window

Alliance report says a burglar entered through a cellar window at Miss Mildred Davis home on North Rock Hill Road last night, struck her with a hammer causing a three inch skull wound, stole a fountain pen and $1.85, then fled. Doctors say X rays will determine injury extent.

Drs. G. ©. Rowland F. P Bennett

Lifesaving Effort as Logan County Man Held After Columbus Fight

Mercy hospital doctors try to save John Marlowe 19 of Columbus as Sheriff Hammond and Bob Williams 42 of Nelsonville travel from Logan County with Williams to be held pending Marlowe’s condition. The melee at the Marlowe home on March 6 arose from a dispute over an Athens beauty parlor operator who was rooming there.

Columbus Mar Mercy Hospital John Marlowe Hammond Logan Bob Williams Nelsonville Williams Marlowe Willams Columbus Mar Athens (D

Mosquito Law Discoverer Porter Sr Dies at 79 in Key West

Le J Porter Sr, who first demonstrated the mosquito transmission law for yellow fever, died in Key West at age 79 after a long illness. He served in the US Army from 1875 to 1907. In Rome, Pires M Gronsman, a New York etcher, offered to paint Ambassador Fletcher. Mussolini reportedly agreed to sit for a portrait daily for seven days.

Key West Fla le. J. ¥. Porter Rome Pires M. Gronsman New York Fletcher Musolini Mussolini Groasman Duce

Reed and Sapiro in Detroit court photo during landmark case

The top photo shows United States Senator James A. Reed and George Sileginsa with Aaron Sapiro and chief counsel William H. Gallagher in the Detroit federal court session opening day. The image marks the start of the $1,000,000 cooperative marketing dispute and Ford criticism of the Jews in the case.

United States James A. Reed Missouri Henry Ford Sapiro George Sileginsa Kansas City Reed Detroit Ford Aaron Sapiro William H. Gallagher Federal Court Sayptro

Man Rescued After 13 Hour Well Entrapment

Jeff Ashworth, a farmer from Corinth NC, was rescued after 13 hours trapped 40 feet below ground when a well cave in. Rescue teams worked in shifts to remove stones and bring him to the surface where he was found bruised and cramped but alive. Around 509 people gathered to watch the operation directed by neighbor J O Melver.

Corinth N.C. Mar Jeff Ashworth Ashworth J. 0 Melver

Burglar Gags and Robs Coed at Ohio State Home

Police seek a burglar who gagged and bound Mrs Grace Laidh to her bed and robbed her of 25 dollars. The victim, a Ohio State University medical student and wife of federal prohibition officer Frank Lerch, was found tied by a fellow student who heard her moans.

Columbus Mar Grace Laidh

Grand Jury to Probe Murders in Butler County

A Butler County grand jury was expected to be called to consider charges against Michael Foley 22 held on two counts of murder connected with the slaying of his wife Catherine Poley Sr and James K Mitts 63 Mrs Foley's father at the Mitts home. Foley had been living apart from his wife and had been staying there. Early yesterday Janece Mitts was killed by a shotgun volley as Foley shot rang out and then fired again at Mrs Foley who was riddled but survived when the gun failed to explode.

Hamilton Butler Co Michael Foley Tia Catherine Poley Sr James K. Mitts

Sapiro's Lawyer Outlines Case in $1,000,000 Suit

Aaron Sapiro's $1 million libel suit against Ford Motor Company opens with William H. Gallagher outlining how Dearborn Independent articles attacked American Jews and portrayed Sapiro as part of an International Jewish ring. Ford defense challenges the evidence of Ford's alleged views on Jews and the case proceeds with proof of publication and damages.

Detrom Henry Merd Aaron Sapire Chicago William H. Gallagher Sapiro Ford Dearborn Tasue Gallagher Fred . Raymond Jamen A Reed Minsouri Desarhorn Independent Reed Pord Teed Oiff Gallacher Repire Organization of Jews

Interurban Car Crash Injures Fifteen At Power WV

Fifteen people were hurt in a collision between two interurban cars near Power West Virginia. Two persons are reported seriously injured. The crash occurred today and involved passengers from both cars.

Wellabunrg W. Va

Ford testimony links Sapiro to international Jewry in farm cooperatives

The witness Gallagher described Sapiro as a germinating figure in American agriculture and accused him of organizing farmers into cooperatives under the control of an international Jewish group. He stated Ford would testify as an adverse witness, with March 3 date set for further testimony amid questions about historical knowledge.

United States Tto Sapiro Gallagher Ford Amertes Rusela Rapliro

Best Style Show in History Expected Here

Canton merchants sponsor a grand Style Show opening tonight at 7:30 with colorful window displays, new outfits, and Spring flowers. James Klein and Kiel oversee arrangements as shops compete for three loving cups based on beauty and sales value awarded by public vote through a coupon in the daily paper.

James Klein Kiels Canton Kietn

Personal Crisis Crimes Rise After Japanese Quake in Kobe

Kobe Japan March 16 Several suicides and family killings shock the city as men of standing amid quake relief face personal crises. Yodetaro Sato an instructor at Harano Technical School killed himself his wife and their two children. Tami Tatasaburo manager of Towa Steamship Co. killed himself his wife two sons aged seven and three and an infant daughter. The wife left a letter saying the family’s destruction was willful.

Kobe Japan Yodetaro Sato Harano Technical School Tami Tatasaburo Towa Steamship Co Seed

Paving Profits Taxable Despite Government Use Claim

The Board of Appeals ruled that profits from street paving and retaining contracts with state and municipal governments are taxable. In the Union Paving Co. case from Philadelphia, the firm argued its profits were not taxable as a governmental function. The decision requires the company to pay $5,768 additional on its 1938 tax.

Washington, Mer Board of Appeals Union Peving Co Philadelphia

Youth Kilia Himself at New Lexington

Parents of Carl Hynus 21 whose body was found yesterday at the Carney mine entrance could offer no theory today for his apparent death by his own action.

Kilia Lexmington Carl Hynus Carney Mine

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