Canton Ter riers optimistic on new baseball season in Canton
General ENERAL STARK praised Canton for backing the Canton Terriers with civic support and chamber of commerce backing. He urged citizens to attend home games to lift attendance and prove Canton can exceed opening day targets amid Central League competition. Treasury data show March tax receipts at 365.054 million, about 6.5 million more than last year, with Mellon citing projections near 516 million for March totals.
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Eneral Stark
Canton
Canton Champer of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Canton Terriers
Joe Ryan
Ed Jacobs
Akron
NCOME
United States Treasury
United Press
Washington
Canton Daily News
Treasury
Mellon
Cool
Tower Repair At City Hall Underway
The city hall tower is undergoing repair by L. W. Mercer of 812 McKinley at SW for 250 dollars. Service Director Gerald E. Mudge let the contract. Work began late Wednesday to mend the apex and a large hole caused by the fallen iron pole. Brick walls will be re cemented and no completion date is set.
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City Hall
L. W. Mercer
McKinley
Gerald E. Mudge
Best Joke Sinclair's Horses Figure in Will Rogers Letter
Atlanta dated column notes Will Rogers mocking the Maryland Racing Association for barring Harry Sinclair's horses. The piece jokes about prohibition speeches by Gov. Ritchie and taxes, imagining tracks relocating to the Y M C A and bookmakers showing church cards. The letter ends with a sardonic salute to Sinclair and Oklahoma taxes.
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Atlanta
Maryland Racing Association
Harry Sinclair
Senate
Will Rogers
Oil Hearings Touch Senate Amid Political Feud
Washington reports a Republican vow to allege Democratic ties to oil influence as Senator Robinson claims to have uncovered evidence Democrats supported the law leasing naval reserves to oil men. The dispute accompanies ongoing Teapot Dome inquiries and party battles involving Smith Walsh and Davis.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Robinson
Interior
Harry Sinclair
Teapot Dome
al Smith
Senator Walsh
Montana
John W. Davis
House of Morgan
Nye
Smith
Callahan
St. Louis
Walsh
Sullivan
Ind
Marion
Sinclair
Liberty
Countess Freed in Alienation Case In New York
Mrs. Alice Bland Corbett failed to prove alienation of affections against Countess Giuseppe Soranzo in a New York Supreme Court verdict returned after four hours of deliberation. Corbett, jailed in Sing Sing, claimed the countess ruined her marriage during nightclub parties after childbirth.
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Alice Bland Corbett
Mme. Soranzo
New York
Guiseppe Soranzo
Supreme Court
Ito
Corbett
Sing Sing
Countess Soranzo
Buffalo
Fire Rips Through Miamisburg Business District
A blaze in Miamisburg late yesterday caused about 50000 in damage destroying a warehouse three residences and several smaller buildings. Fire departments from Carrollton Dayton and Franklin aided the local force.
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Miamisburg
Carrollton
Dayton
Franklin
Bridge players dealt four perfect hands in Fort Madison
In Fort Madison on March 23 four players including Judge John E. Craig and Mr and Mrs A R Bye as well as Miss P Ehart received full 13 card hands in a local bridge game.
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Fort Madison
John E. Craig
A. R. Bye
Mies P. Ehart
Rudner Case Prompted Deposition Offer From Prisoner
The Canton dispatch reports Floyd Streitenberger, a life term inmate for Canton editor Don R. Mellett’s murder, refused to sign a deposition absolving Ben Rudner. Rudner’s attorney, K. H. Powell, later released a statement via Louis Mazer, claiming exoneration. Mazer, serving 5 to 20 years, is tied to the crime. this follows AP dispatches about a claimed confession by Pat Me.
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United Press
Canton Daily News
Floyd Streitenberger
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Ben Rudner
Rudner
Streitenberger
Associated Press
Canton Repository
Youngstown
K. H. Powell
Powell
Louis Mazer
Mazer
Associated Press Dispatch
Pat Me
Rudner Balked by Streitenberger in Mellett murder case
Prosecutor Henry W. Har ter Jr. said Streitenberger’s statements, revealed yesterday, blocked any plan to free Ben Rudner. He noted Streitenberger had been asked to speak for Rudner before Patrick McDermott’s discredited confession became public. The disclosure, he added, supports Rudner’s guilt in the Don R. Mellett murder.
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Floyd Streitenberger
Ben Rudner
Henry W. Harter Jr
Streitenberger
Rudner
Patrick E. McDermott
United Press
Columbus
Canton Daily News
Don R. Mellett
Mellett murder case yields new Rudner absolution claim
Louis Mazer, serving a life term for complicity in the Don Mellett murder, has reportedly confessed to absolving Ben Rudner of any part in the murder conspiracy. Rudner, already sentenced to 5 to 20 years, and Pat McDermott, another life termer, had conflicting confessions. The Canton Daily News obtained Mazer's official confession, noting it preceded Streitenberger’s statement.
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Youngstown
Louis Mazer
Ohio
Don Mellett
Canton
Ben Rudner
K. H. Powell
Rudner
Mellett
Pat McDermott
Henry Harter, Jr
Stark County
McDermott
Canton Daily News
Streitenberger
Yale Aeronautical Society seeks faculty advisory board
The Yale University aeronautical society asks for a faculty advisory board to cooperate with the society in supervising student airplane use.
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New York
Yale University Aeronautical Society
Mild Earthquake Felt in Rome Reports Three Shocks
Three mild earthquake shocks were felt in Rome on March 23 near Sedey. No damage reported and residents described light shaking across the area.
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Rome
Sedey
Herron Faces Grand Jury as McDonald Hanged in Quebec
In New Philadelphia Ohio Herron faces a pending grand jury after his counsel says he will plead guilty to a murder charge with degree to be decided. In Quebec George McDonald was hanged at Bordeaux Prison for the murder of taxi driver Adelard Bouchard. his wife Doris had her death sentence commuted to life.
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New Philadelphia
William D. Herron
Viola May
Tuscarawas River
Russell C. Bowers
Herron
White Bridge
Dover
Valley Field
Que
George McDonald
Bordeaux
Doris
Montreal
Adelard Bouchard
Lachine
McDonald
Flood compromise plan worked out in Congress
Leaders in congress have forged a compromise flood control program for the Mississippi. If ratified, the plan would move to floor action in days with swift consideration in both houses. It provides federal payment of all costs on the lower river and assigns administration to army engineers.
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Washington
Congress
Mississippi
House
Senate
Lynchings in United States Fall to Sixteen in 1927
New York report notes sixteen lynchings nationwide in 1927, fourteen fewer than 1926, per the race relations commission of the Federal Council of Churches. The commission calls for balanced action to curb mob violence and address racial tensions.
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New York
United States
Race Relations Commission
Federal Council of Church
Nadel Murder Listed Unsolved in Cleveland Area
The alleged gang war killing of Morris Ben Nadel and Morris Goldman near Willoughby will join Cleveland area unsolved cases. Three men were questioned, but police doubt their involvement. Nadel, under sentence in Canton at Liberty, awaited state supreme court appeal related to the Don R. Mellett case.
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Morris
Ben
State Supreme Court
Pat McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Colu mbia Monoplane to be Presented to Smithsonian
New York March 23 The monoplane Columbia the craft used by Clarence D Chamberlin and Charles A Levine to fly the Atlantic will be presented to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington when its flying career ends.
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New York
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charlies A. Levine
Atlantic
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Schwab Offers To Join Group In Coal Parley
Charles W. Schwab, chair of Bethlehem Steel, told senate coal investigators he seeks labor welfare but opposes collective bargaining. He touted cooperative company practices, stock ownership by workers, and readiness to meet with unions and the Senate to address coal issues. He urged employer employee understanding over sensational charges.
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Schwab
Washington
Charles W. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Senate Coal Investigators
Bethlehem Steel Co
Senate
Ellsworth
W. Va
Senator Gooding
Bergholz Now Scene of Action in Miner Clash
Hundreds of striking miners and supporters converge on Bergholz after demonstrations at Dun Glen mines. Sheriff calls for state troops as guards increase at Warner Colleries Co. mine amid tension and warnings to stay away.
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Dun Glen
Dillonvale
Warner Colleries
Amsterdam
William T. Allison
Bergholz
Warner Colleries Co
Allison
United Mine Workers
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Gov. Donahey
Cadiz
Sommers
Earl Christy
George Bolen
Vic Donahey
Summers
Wheeling
No. 2
Bolen
Penick
Couzens Mellon Ouster in Danger
Senate sentiment shifts against the Couzens resolution urging Secretary Mellon to resign. Democrats threaten to block adoption with Reed moving to send the measure to the finance committee where it may be forgotten. If the party sticks to oppose, Reed’s motion could pass, keeping the resolution on the calendar awaiting a majority vote.
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Washington
Couzens
President Coolidge Telegram of Condolence to Mrs Sproul
President Coolidge sent a telegram to Mrs. William Sproul widow of former Pennsylvania Governor Sproul expressing sorrow at his passing. He called Sproul a personal friend and eminent public servant with high regard and extended deepest sympathy.
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Washington
Coolidge
William ©. Sproul
Gov. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Governor Sproul
Former Defiance official jailed for embezzlement
J W Shuter aged 58 of Evansport faced a Columbus transfer to serve a sentence of one to 21 years after pleading guilty in Defiance common pleas court to embezzling 22,623 dollars and 31 cents. He also received a fine of 145,246 dollars 62 cents.
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Defiance
J. W. Shuter
Evansport
Defiance Co
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Ice Industries names Sheppard and officers at Akron meet
George C Sheppard of Toledo retired secretary of the Ohio Association of Ice Industries was named president at Akron on March 23. Henry Miller of Cleveland was chosen vice president and Guy W Jacobs of Steubenville was re elected treasurer. A. R. Henry Barberton and Jacobs were named new board members.
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Akron
George C Sheppard
Toledo
Ohio Association of Ice Industries
Henry Miller
Cleveland
Guy W. Jacobs
Steubenville
Shepard, Jacobs
A. R. Henrty
Barberton
Direct, Ore
Peru Papers Praise Poindexter as He Heads Home
Lima reports United States ambassador Miles Poindexter departs for home to contest the Washington Senate seat. He plans to stay in New York briefly before reporting to President Coolidge and then proceeding to Washington.
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Lima
Peru
Miles Poindexter
United States
Washington
Poindexter
New York
Lengel case bill of exceptions heads for appeal
Prosecutor Henry W. Harter Jr filed plans to appeal to the supreme court over Judge W F Lones ruling that barred testimony from Floyd Streitenberger in the Lengel trial. The bill of exceptions was completed at Lisbon on Thursday, with Miss Alice Glenn compiling the transcript for court review.
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Sarjanus A. Lengel
Canton
Henry W. Harter Jr
Supreme Court
Harter
W. F. Lones
Floyd Streitenberger
Don F. Mellett
Streitenberger
Lisbon
C. B. McClintock
Streitsenberger
National Guard Supplies Stolen at Columbus Armory
Columbus report states $364 worth of National Guard gear stolen from the Seventh day armory. Lieut E O Stroube of the 112th motorcars reports the theft, noting a rifle, seven pistols, shoes, shirts, trousers and rain coats were taken.
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Seventh Ay Armory
Columbus
Ohn
National Guard
E. O. Stroube
Something About Them She Likes
Classified ad note references help wanted and ad-writer contact at Canton Daily News. Mentions seeking satisfactory workers and opportunities, urging readers to call 7321 to request an ad writer.
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Centon Daily News
Mckinley
Daily News
Canton Daily News
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Nadel
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Problm
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