March Freak Blizzard Hits Midwest Hard
Canton and Stark counties bore the storm center as a March blizzard swept eastward with 10.7 inches in Chicago and drifts up to six feet. Four dead in Chicago, 30 injured in city transit and street mishaps. warnings of continued cold and more snow, with Donnel forecasting no more snow in the region.
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Canton
Stark Co
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chicago
Starkoe
Mercury
Carl Meyer
Great Laken
Donnel
Lakes Territories
Gas Explosion at Crown Coal Mine Kills Six
A Yukon mine blast at the Crown Coal Co. Arnettsville section traps five miners and kills six with no bodies removed. Two escaped. night crew reportedly off duty. Rescue squads from Morgantown Charleston Fairmont and Pittsburgh work the scene as officials deem entombed workers dead.
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Fairmont
W.va
Yukon
Crown Coal Co
Arnettsville
Morgantown
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Rudy Vallee Faces Suit Over Life Story
Will Osborn sues Rudy Vallee in New York claiming a 1920s life story is libelous and damages his reputation. He seeks 500000 and an injunction to halt further sale, alleging Vallee copied his account and misrepresented events.
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New York
Rudy Vallee
Carolines
Will Osborn
Will
S48
Rudy
Vallee
Osborn
Ull
Cable player piano for wale in fire laps condition
Readable text notes a cable player piano for sale in fire damaged area with laps condition and price information. No clear buyer or location details.
Death rate drop linked to Prohibition says insurance head
John J. Lentz president of the American Insurance Union told the House judiciary committee that mortality rates fell after Prohibition began. He cited a survey of 77 companies showing lower actual death rates during 1821 to 1927, despite prior high figures, attributing gains to the abolishment of saloons. Local dry leaders followed with supporting remarks.
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Washington
John J. Lentz
American Insurance Union
House Judiciliary Committee
Lentz
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
E. C. Dinwiddle
City Concern Reports Profit
The Republic Stamping and Enameling Co. reports net earnings for the nine months ending Feb 28 of $219,433.36 or $2.19 per share on 100,000 shares. This compares with $150,958.46 or $1.50 per share in the prior year. Sales in the nine months were higher than the previous year. Earnings for the nine months ending Feb 28, 1930, equal 91.15 percent of the last full fiscal year's earnings.
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The
Republic Stamping & Enameling Co
Girl Clings in Snowdrift Saved by Father Search
Seven year old Gwendolyn Stevens fell into a six foot snowdrift near her Chicago home. She sheltered for an hour as her father hunted, discovering her hat first and then the child snug and safe beneath the drift.
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Chicago
Gwendolyn Stevens
Gwendolyn
Son's Death House Story Saves His Mother from Toil
A Texas boarding house keeper, Mrs. Ella Blake, earns a $25,000 royalty by the story and stage play inspired by her son Robert Blake who faced the electric chair. She attends Broadway performances and finally can close her Amarillo boarding house, hoping others learn the toll of capital punishment.
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York
Ella Blake
Texas
Robert Blake
Robert
John Wexley
New York
Blake
Broadway
Amarillo
Tex
Ella Nora Blake
Parker Fights Confirmed as Senate Deliberations Begin
A Senate battle looms over the confirmation of Federal Judge John J. Parker to the Supreme Court. Union labor objects to Parker for a 1927 coal mining injunction and AFL officials seek a chance to present objections before the Judiciary Subcommittee.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Charlies Evans Hughes
Parker
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
West Virginia
Em- American Federation of Labor
Judiciary Subcommittee
Sen
Overman
Sens
Borah
Idaho
Waterman
Colorado
Hughes
Carlina
Edward Terry Sanford
Tennessee
Railroad to Build Passenger Terminal at Lake Front
Cleveland March 26 Pennsylvania railroad officials announced the purchase of valuable lake front land for a passenger terminal. The tract is understood to be worth over 10 million dollars. The new station will rival the Union Terminal in Public Square controlled by the Van Sweringens.
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Cleveland
Lake Front
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Terminal
Public Square
van Sweringens
Prisoners in Drift Delay Arraignment in Chicago
Six federal inmates en route to the federal building were held by a stalled patrol wagon in a snow drift near Chicago. They gained a half hour of respite before being arraigned, then walked back to jail.
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Chicago
Would Capone Pass Export Bill topeka
In Topeka Capone in jail says Dr Carl Mennenninger, psychiatrist author and lecturer his conduct makes America more lawless. Ottawa bill to prohibit liquor export to the United States passed house of commons and awaits senate decision.
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Topeka
Kas
Capone
Chicago
Carl Menninger
America
Ottawa
Ont
MacKenzie King
United States
House of Commons
Senate
Fromm Seeks Mandamus Over Salary After Conviction
Charles A. Fromm county commissioner, now under penitentiary sentence, plans a mandamus filing in common pleas court to recover five months salary withheld since his bribery conviction tied to Molly Stark hospital equipment contracts. VanDorsten, auditor, withheld $214 monthly. Fromm contemplates appealing to the supreme court.
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Charles A. Fromm
A. A. VanDorsten
Common Pleas Court
Oncar Abt
Fabher Drakenbrod
VanDorsten
Fromm
Molly Stark Hospital
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga Ea
van Dorsten
Supreme Court
Appeals Courts
U S Pledges Consultive Aid to Protect France
London dispatch reports the United States will enter a consultative pact to discuss threats to France but not bind itself to military or naval aid. Britain’s stance on guarantees for the Mediterranean and overall security remains uncertain amid France’s demands and Parliament’s finances. The U S notes no change from Stimson's March 11 position and worries persist that a consultative pact could imply armed protection for France.
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London
United States
France
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Henry L. Stimson
Incorporation Moves Debated by Maples and Reedurban Residents
Residents of the Maples west of Market at Next met Tuesday to push for incorporation. Edgefield plans a Friday follow up while Reedurban seeks to attend hearings, with residents undecided between annexation and incorporation and warning they may pursue incorporation if Canton annexation advances.
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Canton
Maples
Market
Edgefield
Reed
Stark Co
Harry Weiss
Reedurban
City of
Ander
Figure This One Out
Harry P. Tryborn a 12 year old boy faces competing adoption petitions from his recovered father Henry A. Tryborn and his maternal and paternal grandparents after his grandmother Augusta C. Tryborn left estate to her sons. The case awaits court decisions as family tensions unfold.
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France
Augusta C. Tryborn
Johun Ready
Boston
Harry
Red nosed Silver Bullet dodges Daytona backlash
Kaye Don's 4000 horsepower car faced a paint dilemma at a Florida speed trial when a red nose clashed with white sand. League officials ordered color changes to keep the car visible, prompting a public relations push and a planned rerun of filming and speeches to harmonize the look with the race setting.
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Aytona Beach
Fla
Kaye Don
England
Don
Dayton
Ae Ae
Louis Coatelen
Rita Livesay
Val Haresnape
Coatelen
Daytona
Responsibility Shifted to France in London Conference
Washington reported that within 24 hours responsibility for the success or failure of the London naval conference appeared to shift toward France. The American delegation signaled a possible general consultative pact allowing powers to confer in danger to peace, without imposing any implied American security obligation on France.
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Washington
France
United States
London
France Accepts View Indifferently
Paris reports French government officials viewed with indifference the American offer to participate in a consultative pact without military commitment. Foreign Minister Briand planned London preparations as France moves past budget questions while warning any armament reduction needs clear guarantees of aid if attacked.
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Paris
United States
America
France
Briand
London
Chamber of Deputies
Quai d'Orsay
Hoover
Foreign Office
Senate
Gas Explosion Rips Akron Home Forcing Family To Street
A gas explosion wrecked and set fire to the Morri son residence in Akron as a gusty March morning drove the Morri son family and their two children Billie and Maxine to the street in scant attire.
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Akron
William T. Morrison
Billie
Maxine
Hoover Signs Canton Post Office Bill and Site Plan
President Hoover signed a bill authorizing 725000 for a Canton post office site and building. The Canton Daily News, via Rep. C B McClintock, reports 510000 already allocated and 215000 secured to buy the city health department building the Jones property the Odd Fellows hall and the Carnes property at 241 and Dewaltar SW to provide a 200 by 200 foot Cleveland avenue site.
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Canton
Hoover
Canton Daily News
Rep. C. B. McClintock
McClintock
City Health Department
Jones
Odd Fellows
Carnes
24 #1
Dewaltar
Cleveland
Prohibition Commissioner to Speak at Wayneco Teachers Institute
Rupert Beetham State Prohibition Commissioner will address the Wayneco Teachers Institute at Wooster High School auditorium on Saturday. The event aims to discuss enforcement and education under prohibition in the region.
Canton Commerce Groups Promote Trading Center
ANTON reports an active Better Business Bureau protecting Canton residents from unsound and fraudulent investments and unfair solicitation practices. The city also hosts an active Retail Merchants organization promoting Canton as a regional trading hub.
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Anton
Better Business Bureau
Canton
Steel chiefs push merger and power over Youngstown mills
In Youngstown on March 26 Charles M. Schwab and Eugene G. Grace announced Bethlehem Steel’s plan to merge with Youngstown Sheet and Tube, arguing it would grow the company and open new markets, while Cyrus Eaton of Republic Steel opposes the deal and urges voters to back his side.
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Youngstown
Charles M. Schwab
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Cyrus Eaton
Republic Steel
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburch
Eaton
Mercer
Bethlehem
Youngstown Chamber of Commerce
T Pennavivane Janes
Schwab and
Grace
Eling
Schwab
Scwab
Sheet & Tube
Chace
Long dress leads to liquor cache in Steubenville
In Steubenville on March 2 a state prohibition Inspector stopped a car carrying Mrs. Samuel Courey and her husband. A search found a five gallon jug of whisky hidden under an ankle length dress. She was fined 400 dollars and her mate 600.
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Steubenville
Samuel Courey
W. Ly [Ene
Unemployment in U S Drops Marked by AFL Report
Washington March 26 The American Federation of Labor reports the first unemployment decrease since August in March based on trade union figures. In 24 cities unions say 21 percent of members are jobless, down from 22 percent in February, amid Hoover business survey momentum.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
National Business Survey
Green
Federation
Hang Renamed El Trustee Of Stark Sanitarium
Hang was reappointed Wednesday by the county commissioners as trustee of the Stark Sanitarium for a three year term. He was originally appointed Oct. 10, 1928 to serve the uncompleted term of Mrs. Dessie McQuate who resigned. Other board members are Darwin Luntz of Canton and Bert L. Paine of Limaville.
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EL. Hang
Stark Sanitarium
Hang
Mre
Dessie McQuate
Darwin Luntz
Canton
Bert L. Paine
Limaville
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