Legislatures Prepare For Final Session In Ohio
Columbus March 21 Legislatures return for the final working week of the 1928 session with bills ready for enactment. Key measures include constitutional amendments on primary elections and terms for elective offices, plus debt limits and tax clarifications. The session aims to wrap up major tax and criminal code codifications for 1929.
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Columbus
Buchanan
Sonnty
Wold
McDonald
Drastic Surtax Debate Shapes Mellon Assistant Talks
Treasury aides urge tax reform front in coming summer drives. Discussions focus on lowering top brackets versus reducing rates for incomes from 100000 to 500000, aiming to boost business activity and curb expenditures. Officials cite capital stock and expected surplus to justify cuts.
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Treasury
Mellon
Canton Readies Spring Window Display Spectacle
Downtown Canton shops unveil a spring themed showcase with vivid coats and gowns, hats, and accessories. The feature highlights evolving fashion inspired by a pastoral mood as shop windows reveal evolving styles.
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Milady
Swiss Yodlers to Appear in Alpenroests Concert
Swiss yodeling duo Yoat and Wunderle return to Akron for a Sunday March 29 serenade at Canton Music Hall 810 Tus e. They headline with soprano Frieda Hold and pianist Minnie Graub supported by the Alpenroalt Singers under Prof. G B Gri.
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Alpenroest
San Francisco
Tyre
Constantin Wunderle
Frieda Hold
Akron
Cleveland
Chicago
Louisville
Solist
Saenger
Carl Graub
Minnie Graub
Alpeonroalt Singers
Prof
G. B. Gri
Canton Spring Exhibition Promises Historic Fashion Display
Canton merchants unite to stage a major spring exhibition with vast quantities of new merchandise. Stores promise open houses and extensive window displays to celebrate the season and mark the passage from winter to spring.
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Canton
Ely
BR. Blakemore
Nton Merchant's Association
Unteual
Thayer's Band Plans Birthday Concert in Canton
Thayer Military Band, founded in 1892 by H. Clark Thayer and nicknamed the kid band, will celebrate its 23rd birthday with a Sunday concert in the city Auditorium. Led by William Strassner since 1903, the group has a current membership of about 40 and has performed at multiple encampments and events nationwide.
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City
Thayer Military Band
Canton
H. Clark Thayer
Ja. Far
Wiliams Straasner
George
Ernest Jones
End Regiment
Cleveland
Washington
Wiliam Strassner
Concert Program Highlights Pique Dame and Classical Selections
The program features overture Pique Dame and Suppe Simple Aven with Atherton Eliza. Fox Trot by Ted Florito, a Waltz Souvenir des Bains de in veces ined Tousquet In the Alps, and Verdi Trovatore. Baritone Scott Henry and Patsy Scali perform selections including Boccaccio and Col. A. L. P. Sands.
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F.r. Suppe
Atherton
Eliza” Fox
Ted Floritone
Pisher-Richardson-Burke
Alps
Beandt Minerere
Trovatore
Verdi Cornet
Scott Henry
Patsy Scali
Boccacci
Miners Trapped After Explosion In West Virginia Mine
More than a hundred rescuers toil at Bethlehem mine in Barracksville to reach 34 trapped men. Eleven bodies recovered, 23 believed still inside as flames and collapse hinder efforts. Identification relies on miners’ tags amid severe damage. No sign of survivors yet, though crews persist.
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Barracksville
W. Va
Bethlehem Corporation
Leoning Plane Breaks Record at McCook Field
An unofficial world altitude record for amphibian planes was set at McCook Field by Captain Louis Meister flying the Looning amphibian. With a full 1,600 pound military load, the plane reached 14,008 feet, though not official as N A A officials were absent. A new attempt will be made with accredited aeronautic officers present.
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Dayton
McCook Field
Louis Meister
National Aeronautic Association
Plover Plans Two Year Expedition Interior Brazil
Colonel P H Plover will set out from Sao Paulo to explore Mato Grosso interior Brazil. He expects to be away two years and will sail the state sea state on March 21. Fawcett, a British officer, will visit the capital of Grosso and accompany the expedition briefly before returning inland.
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Sao Paulo
P. H. Plover
Matto
Brazil
Fawcett
the Grosso
Four Killed in Chemical Blast at Maltese Laboratory
In New Orleans on March 23 a chemical explosion at the Maltese Laboratory Inc. wrecked the plant and killed its president Alvin Kohler 23 formerly of Cincinnati. Five others were injured with three fatally hurt as Kohler tested new machinery for malt extract processing before the plant opening next week.
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New Orleans
Maltese Laboration, Inc
Alvin Kohler
Cincinnnati
Kohler
Quebec Shaken by Brief Intense Earthquake
A brief but intense quake hit Quebec City and surrounding areas on March 21, lasting five to ten seconds. No fatalities and minor property damage reported while reports came from Port Neuf lighthouse and harbor front. Distinct shocks felt within 80 miles, causing commotion and several faintings. authorities investigate potential damage.
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Quebec
Que
Lghthouse
Port Neuf
St. Lawrence
Charlevoix Oo
Saguenay
Lured to death by phone call shocks Kansas City
Police issue a pickup order for Mrs. Ellen Stewart after I. Paynter, 38, businessman, was found shot dead behind an abandoned shack. Paynter said a telephone call from his former wife lured him to meet her before he vanished. The divorce left her bitter over custody of their two year old son.
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Kansas City
Paynter
Ellen Stewart
B. L. Paynter
Stewart
Cincinnati Holds Its Own Amid Police Indictments
Cincinnati reports show 48 officers suspended and 23 special agents indicted under bonds of 10 000 each. Chief Copeland says reorganization proceeds and crime levels are no higher than normal as replacements come from retirees and new recruits. The crackdown traces to earlier narcotics prosecutions and a narcotics agent’s stint in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
William Copeland
Mherty
Hareth May
Byron Roberts
Cleveland
Cinccinnati
Leavenworth
Roberts
King and Queen Sail Mediterranean in Unseaworthy Yacht
King George and Queen Mary travel aboard HMS Victoria and Albert after docking at Genoa by rail due to a yacht deemed too unseaworthy for the Bay of Biscay. The Mediterranean voyage continues tonight as the royal couple proceed aboard their vessel.
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Venoa
King George
Queen Mary
England
Mediterranean
H. M
Victoria and Albert
Genoa
Bay of Biscay
Home Building Spreading Nationwide Says Indiana Group
A survey by the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association finds home building expanding across the United States. It projects a residential shortage near 2.9 billion dollars, with substantial part likely filled this year.
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Bedford
Ind
Indiana Limestone Quarrymen’s Association
Pastor defies death threats in Prohibition dispute
Rev. O. A. Curran of St Marys Church in Wilkes Barre declares he will continue Prohibition enforcement work despite a threatening letter. He vows to press the fight to President Coolidge if needed and says he has spoken with high officials in Washington.
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Knights of St. John
Ben Y. Marconi
Ben V. Marconi
Germano Carlino
Frank FE. Mareh
Joseph G. Bruno
Pastor Claims Daughter Framed in Immorality Charge
Lorain March 21 Reverend T H Jones of the People's church says his 19 year old daughter Lucille is framed in charges of aiding immorality. He claims political enemies and dissidents in the flock masterminded the case. Lucille faces trial April 1 for allegedly organizing dates between high school girls and businessmen at a lake shore resort.
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Lorain
T. H. Jones
The
People's Church
Lucille
Memory expert’s divorce granted after wife testifies
In Los Angeles on March 21 Charles W Hamiley an memory expert traveled the country to teach mnemonic techniques. His wife testified he forgot her once and she nearly starved needing telegraphed funds from relatives. The divorce was granted today.
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Los Angeles
Chas. W. Hamiley
Emory
Canton Men In Control 4 New Tire Firm in Canton
Canton businessmen formed Triangle Tire and Rubber Co to produce tires at the old Gordon Tire plant near 7th St SW and tracks. The facility aims for 300 tires daily with 100 workers when full, hiring 75 percent capacity now and planning an tube plant soon. Officials from American Tire Corp will supervise. key staff include I G Baughman tac tory superintendent and M C Wyatt saleman treasurer. The capital is fully subscribed by the firm, with Shaeffer Black Co leaders among the board and officers.
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Triangle Tire and Rubbe Co
Gordon Tire
7Th St
O. Tracks
Canton
Pany
American Tire Corporation
Niles
Ne Corporation
I. G. Baughman
B. Bilis
M. C. Wyatt
Saletan
Dry Agent Thief Evades Capture Near Wellsville
A counterfeit prohibition enforcement agent escaped with $158 from a farmer outside Wellsville D around March 2. The intruder claimed a warrant to search the house, but the farmer’s hiding place yielded the money.
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Wellsville
Railroader Dies in Atlantic City at 57
Henry E. Suckling, treasurer of the Canadian Pacific Railway, died in Atlantic City from pneumonia aged 57 after arriving from Montreal five days earlier. The body will be shipped to Montreal for burial.
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Atlantic City
Henry E. Suckling
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
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