General Stark hopes Bremen flyers visit Canton during Saengerfest
The General expresses excitement that the German Bremen flyers, who completed history's first eastward Atlantic flight, might visit Canton for the Saengerfest. He notes Canton's German and Irish-descended residents would welcome them and hopes they can arrange a brief stop.
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Stark
Ireland
Canton
United States
Bremen
Germany
Ohio
Americas
North America
Col. Lindbergh
Canton City May Lose Place on U S Air Tour
Canton officials say the lack of a landing field large enough for Bremen and other transatlantic aircraft may exclude Canton from the National Air Tour. Col. A E Humphries paused in Canton after learning of no suitable airport. The tour slated to begin June 30 from Detroit will skip Canton due to landing facilities.
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Bremen
Canton
Col
A. E. Humphries
New York
Houston
Tex
Cleveland
National Air Tour
Detroit
Ohio
Akron
Woman Reports Watch Taken By Abductors In Cleveland
Ruth Roggenburg, 20, abducted after her wedding by three men who ripped a watch from her wrist and attempted two diamond rings. She was dumped along a road in Linn dale, bruised and torn, after a struggle in an Essex car. Eight police squads searched for the abductors. a license was obtained. Wilson, American vice consul in Shanghai, has been missing for 33 hours.
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Cleveland
Ruth Roggenburg
Roggenburg
Linndale
Robert Moore
Gilmar Printing Co
Verica Honors Prio Crew That Flew Across Atlantic
In Washington on May 2 President Coolidge and officials honored Baron von Hillenefeld Captain Herman Koehl and Major Fitzmaurice for mastering the east west air passage in a Junkers plane. They received the nation’s Distinguished Flying Crosses as thousands gathered at Bolling Field to salute the Bremen group.
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Washington
America
Baron von Hillenefeld
Herman Koehl
Maj
Fitzmaurice
Junkers
Kellogg
Bolling Field
Canton Doctors Close Offices for Period of Time
Canton Medical Library Society members and most Canton doctors will close offices Wednesday afternoon through November 1. Delegates to 1927 conventions spent over 400000 in Canton, a conservative local estimate with daily per-person spending around 10 dollars. The city’s downtown is lit by a modern boulevard lighting system similar to large cities, with 600 to 1000 candlepower lamps on major streets and standards along Tuscarawas and Cleveland avenues.
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Canton Medical Library Society
Doctors of Canton
Canton
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Chiago
Pennsy
12Th St N
Tuscara
Pennsylvania Railroad
McKinley
Cleveland
Tuscarawas
Kinley Ay
Pennsylvania Tracks
Tuscarawas St
Meay
A G. Moser
Ohio Power Co
Old Gray Mare Ain't So Speedy At Will Rogers Special
EA Oklahoma May 2 reports Sethe Sete pepe eens recounts a flight from Western Kansas to an Oklahoma ranch. He notes it was the first aircraft there, claiming nothing would be faster than a horse on the ranch and reflecting on aviation progress.
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Will Rogers
Okla
Western
Kansas
Oklahoma
Telegraph Links Fall Sinclair in Salt Creek Lease Case
Senate Teapot Dome hearings reveal a telegram from Secretay Fall to E C Finney urging bids for Salt Creek leases be delayed. Sinclair, questioned, denies knowledge of the telegram or influence over Salt Creek production. the telegram was sent after he met Fall at the Fall ranch in New Mexico.
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Washington
Harry Sinclair
Interior
Fall
Salt Creek
Wyo
Nye
Senate
Sinclair
E. C. Finney
Interior Department
Fall Ranch
New Mexico
Three Rivers
N. M
Finley
Midwest
Bureau of Mines
el Paso
Turner on Trial in Cleveland Federal Court
Chief of Police Earl W. Hexamer Detective Norman VanAlmen and Patrolmen Bereford Fitz Bennett and Goshorn testified Wednesday in Cleveland before a federal court regarding charges against former city garbage department employee Turner. Turner was arrested a month ago in a narcotics cleanup operation under narcotic law violations.
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Earl W. Hexamer
Norman VanAlmen
Bereford
Fitz Bennett
Goshorn
Cleveland
Jack” Turner
City Garbage Department
Viola Turner
Smith Wins California Primary Landslide Victory
California results show Gov. Alfred E. Smith defeating Sen. James A. Reed and Sen. Thomas J. Walsh in the Democratic presidential primary. Hoover leads Republicans with broad support as Smith nears a majority for delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Reed
Missouri
California
Alfred F. Smith
Smith
Reed
Walsh
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
William G. McAdoo
Hoover
Washington
Alfred E. Smith
United Press
Noted Mason Judge Cochran Dead in St Louis
Judge Alexander G Cochran aged 80 a prominent Masonic leader and general counsel for the Missouri Pacific Railroad died in St Louis from kidney disease He was grand master councillor of the Order of De Molay and head of the Scottish Rite bodies of Missouri
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ST. Louis
Alexander G. Cochran
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cochran
Order of de Molay
Missouri
RACKETEER HELD IN SLAYING OF THEATER USHER
Chicago May 2 Donnie Rooney 24 a petty racketeer was identified as the slayer of Pearl Eggleston 17 an usher at the Ritz Theater in Berwyn shot during a hold up by three bandits Sunday night Rooney was arrested on a tip from underworld circles that he had knowledge of the crime. Eggleston screamed as the bandits demanded the cashier receipts and one of them shot her.
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Chicago
Donnie Rooney
Miss Pearl Eggleston
Ritz Theater
Berwyn
Rooney
Underworld
Miss Eggleston
DAR Members Quit New Haven Chapter Over Black List Dispute
More than a dozen New Haven Daughters of the American Revolution resign amid recent black list agitation. Among the departures are Mrs. William Lyon Phelps and Mrs. Irving Fisher, wives of a Yale professor and a Yale economist.
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New Haven
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Irving Fisher
Aviator Tries for Mark Again at Roosevelt Field
Lieut. Royal V. Thomas attempted a second run to break the world record for sustained flight in a Bellanca monoplane at Roosevelt Field. His earlier attempt ended when the heavy craft failed to clear hills west of the field. Newsmen and dignitaries accompanied the escort through Philadelphia and Washington, ending with a press reception at the Mayflower Hotel.
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Roosevelt Field
Royal V.thomas
Thomas
Philadelphia
Smiddy
von Prittwitz
Mayflower Hotel
Ohio River May Inundate Towns Near East Liverpool
Swollen by melting snow from last week's storm in Pennsylvania the Ohio River neared flood stage today rising about two tenths of a foot per hour. Rivermen expect a 33 foot stage that would inundate Jethro a residential area and send backwater over lowlands near Welleville and Smiths Ferry Pennsylvania.
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East Liverpool
Pennsyvania
Ohio
Jethro
Welleville
Smith's Ferry
Kellogg Viewed as Likely 1928 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Berlin dispatch reports Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg is considered likely to receive the 1928 Nobel Peace Prize. The United Press notes Kellogg is viewed as certain by diplomatic quarters as of May 2.
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Berlin
Frank B. Kellogg
United Press
Chicago Moves 100000 Families in Historic Day
Chicago records its largest moving day as 100000 families shift to new homes. The Home Economic Council explores 13 to 15 month leases to ease congestion, with real estate firms cooperating to spread moves beyond May and October. Martin H. Kennedy says the plan could take effect next fall. Moving vans swarmed streets from dawn to midnight despite high demand.
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Chicago
Home Economic Council
Martin H. Kennedy
Council
Baron Bemoans Lack of Proposals
Baron von Huenefeld, famed for the Bremen transatlantic flight, laments no American marriage proposals. He told United Press he is not believed to be beautiful enough and praised the nation’s war effort as testing human endurance. About 3,000 people gathered at Bolling Field.
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Washington
Baron von Huenefeld
Bremen
America
United Press
Bolling Field
Death threat traced to self styled dope ring
Federal narcotic agents traced a death threat mailed from Los Angeles to publishers including the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association in Baltimore and the Sons of America Journal. Col. L G Nutt said similar letters likely went to other publications and a full investigation would follow.
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Washington
Federal Narcotic
Col. L. G. Nutt
Federal Narcotic Unit
Los Angeles
Journal of the
American Pharmaceutical Association
Baltimore
Sons of America Journal
Masonic Herald
Rome
Nutt
Ford couple sail for home from England aboard Majestic
Mr and Mrs Henry Ford departed Southampton aboard the liner Majestic returning home after a quiet English sojourn. They traveled incognito as Mr and Mrs Jack Robinson and had earlier visited Beaulieu. The couple got a scare while lost in a forest and drove miles to reach their destination 20 miles away.
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Southampton
Eng
Henry Ford
Majestic
England
Jack Robinson
Fords
Beaulieu
President Coolidge to Deliver Memorial Day Address
President Coolidge notified Representative Menges that he will deliver the Memorial Day address on May 2 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The announcement confirms the engagement and location for the national observance.
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Washington
Coolidge
Rep Menges
Gettysburg
Fire Destroys Youngstown Country Club Clubhouse
Fire in Youngstown destroys the clubhouse of the Youngstown Country Club with an estimated 500000 dollars in losses. Seven residents and 19 employees escaped. some women employees were overcome by smoke and carried out. Water supply hindered efforts. roof collapse trapped part of the building.
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Youngstown
Dibble
Walters
Schneider Dead in Paris Area Dated Report
Jacques Schneider, donor of the Schneider air plane speed cup, died suddenly at Beaulieu near Nice. The obituary was received today in Paris according to a dispatch sent to our desk.
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Paris
Jacques Schneider
Beaulieu
Nice
Andrew Jackson and Canton Daily News Ad Claims Results
An ad vignette praises Andrew Jackson style results in legal wins and notes Canton Daily News classified success in renting a six room house for Peter Kovacs of Mehoning ra NE. The copy highlights quick tenant placement and urges readers to call 732 to reach an i writer.
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Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Jackson
Canton Daily News
Peter Kovacs
Mehoning Ra
Ust
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