Canton Strikes Paralyze Streetcar System Amid Bus Shortage
Canton faces transit chaos as streetcars halt after a midnight strike. N O Power workers reroute service with buses, reducing lines to a 15 minute interurban cadence and leaving Meyers Lake service without cars. Officials urge patrolling police at depots as crowds gather.
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Canton
Ugh
Ohio Power
Market
Mahoning Rd
St E
Bryan
Rton
Ors
Meyers Lake
Akron
Overnight Briefs From York and Nearby Areas
York reports John D Eller Jr pledges 125000 to fund the fan Society for control ler efforts. Protests arise over a proposed Lau s treaty with Turkey. In Ey City a man falls from a roof, Michael Bobker, identified with a Brown landlord, is fatally injured and Brown remains hospitalized in a critical condition.
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EY City
Michael Bobker
Brown
Ang Brown
Wounded Argument Ends in Fatal Riverfront Alley Fight
A violent confrontation on the river near Cinna’t Kentucky led to a fatality after a dispute over a shotgun. Police and bystanders reported a struggle that left one man dead and another injured at the riverbank area. Authorities are investigating the sequence of events and interviewing witnesses.
Padlock to Save Rubbers Makes Odd Display
An unclear clipping notes a padlock used to protect rubbers or rubber items shared with guests. The fragment mentions May 3 and a lock reference, with garbled wording around Spe and rs for the lock.
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the &Rs
Chicago special grand jury to probe Cookco gang wars roots
Attorney Der Carlstrom begins plans for a roots probe into Cookco gang warfare with 93 murders in 2.5 years. Coroner Wolff to be among first witnesses along with William H. McSwiggin case details. Union League’s Harry Eugene Kelly and others may cite gangster politician official alliance as root cause. State's Atty Crowe says AG will take charge as chief law enforcer.
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Chicago
Der
Oscar Carlstrom
Illinois
Cookco
Wolff
William H. McSwiggin
sCarlstrom
Atty
Crowe
Britain to Halt Industry as General Strike Looms
Britain faces a general strike as the Trades Union Congress orders a shutdown of industry and transportation at midnight. Negotiations with the government collapsed at 3 30 this morning, troops move into coal regions, and emergency forces prepare to run food and fuel supply and rail service.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Baldwin
Trade Union Congress
Britain
Women Robbed of Theater Cash in Ohio Garage heist
In Newton Ohio three well dressed men with crown revolvers robbed John T Crone's theater cash from the garage there. Mrs Crone handed over the receipts and Miss Virginia Leipnick had a diamond ring stripped before the trio locked the women in the garage and fled.
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Cincinnati
John T. Crone
Mainay
Newton
New White Star liner Laurentic nearing completion
Belfast May 3 Satisfactory progress on the White Star liner Laurentic destined for the Liverpool Montreal service. The 18,700 ton ship measures 604 feet by 75 feet and will carry 690 cabin class and 1,900 third class passengers, with modern safety devices aboard.
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Belfast
White Star
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Lergeth
Gen Pilsudski May Rule Poland Dictatorship Discussed
London on May 3 reports diplomatic circles consider Gen. Pilsudski a potential ruler as Poland faces cabinet resignations. The cabinet quit last week and attempts to form a new government have failed, creating what observers call a real need for a dictator.
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London
Poland
Pilsudski
Insane Woman Fires On Family Then Kills Self
In Chicago on May 3 Mrs. Emily Carlan, described as suddenly going insane by police, shot and killed her daughter, likely fatally wounded her husband and son, and then killed herself.
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Chicago
Emily Carlan
Indictment expected in Nesbitt murder case at Troy
The Miami county grand jury, convened today at Troy Ohio, is expected to indict Jacob Nesbitt for first degree murder in the death of his wife Frances Drake Nesbitt whose partly clothed body was found Feb 19 in the Nesbitt home bath tub.
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Troy. O
Miami Co Grand Jury
Jacob Nesbitt
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Youth Suffer Broken Nose In Auto Crash
Ten year old Jack Ronsophie of 700 lung at NE suffers a broken nose and knocked out teeth after being struck at 7th St and Young. Eli Moneck, 89, of 919 8th St NE, receives slight injuries when hit at Sterling Ave and Tuscarawas St East. Both are recovering at local hospitals. The incidents occurred during a sequence of 11 traffic accidents Sunday.
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Jack Ronsophie
Lungat NE
Eli Moneck
8Th St NE
7Th St
Young
J. R. Baughman
Waynesburg Rd
Aultman Hospital
Baughman
Moneck
Sterling Av
Tuscarawas Stt
Tuscarawas
M. S. Cuban
Mercy Hospital
Salesman Held as Bigamist in Cleveland Case
Robert Wallace alias Mason, 21, a salesman, was held on bigamy charges. Police say he married Genevieve Hencinska in Chicago on November 6 and Louis Cerny in Cleveland on April 19 without divorce.
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Cleveland
Robert ¥. Wallace
Mason
Geneviie Hencinska
Chicago
Louis Cerny
Nolan couple fined for disturbing the peace
John and Hertha Nolan were fined $30 and costs each after police charged them with being drunk and disturbing the peace. They stated they lived at 308 Cherryay SE, and the ruling was handed down Monday.
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John
Hertha Nolan
Ch Ierryay SE
Tiny y Guthrie Unbidden Guest At Wine Party
Officers Tiny y Guthrie and Blanford found nine men and two women at 753 Ntoss av NE being served wine by Thomas Denas. Neighbors reported excitement. Denas faced liquor law violations after 50 gallons of wattle were found in the cellar. all ten participants were arrested for disturbing the peace.
Council to Seek Sign Removal on Tuscarawas Street
A resolution to remove an illuminated revolving globe sign on Tuscarawas Street is set to be introduced by Councilman Leroy Jackman. The sign sits between the sidewalk and curb on city property, has caused traffic jams and motorists to stop, mistaken for a traffic signal, and is deemed a safety menace.
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Tuscarawas St
Dueberav
Council
Leroy Jackman
Proposed model native state for Aboriginal preservation debated
Melbourne May 3 The proposed establishment of a model native state to preserve Australian aborigines is under discussion. Supporters urge a large reserved tract governed by a native Tribunal with a Federal Government Resident. Aborigines numbered 60000 at the last census, likely down by about 19000 now.
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Melbourne
Pastor Faces Charges In Nebraska Youth Allegations
Reverend John H. Moore 50 formerly of Malvern and other towns is charged in Bellvue Nebraska with aiding and abetting juvenile delinquency. Two 19 year old accusers say he impropriately approached them during conferences. Moore recently resigned a Malvern post after prior complaints. He has served in New Philadelphia Malvern Waynesburg before moving to Nebraska.
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John H. Moore
Presbyterian Church
New Philadelphia
Bellvue
Neb
Moory
Malvern
Mr. Moore
Milleraville
Waynesburg
Nebraska
Heat Explodes Brick Paving on Canton Massillon Road
Excessive heat caused expansion of bricks on the Canton Massillon road Sunday, blasting a section into the air. State highway workers repaired the damage on Monday while noting other roads have blown in past years but not this early in the year. Nearby residents reported a loud bang as bricks flew upward.
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Canton-Massillon
State Highway Department
Mayor says will take appeal to Court of Appeals
Judge Benner Jones ruled the city lacks right of appeal from the civil service commission decision restoring Saranus A. Lengel as police chief. Mayor Swarts said the city will proceed to the Court of Appeals and Lengel will be kept from duty until the appeal is heard. Lengel’s lawyers plan to demand immediate return to office or seek a mandamus injunction.
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Benner Jones
Jackson Co
Common Pleas Court
Civil Service Commission
Saranus A. Lengel
Court of Appeals
Stanford M. Swarts
Jones
Swarts
Lengel
City Hall
Commission
W. Bernard Rodgers
James A. Rice
Price Janson
John W. Burris
James A. Allardice
Common Pleas
Mandamus
B. W. Diehl
Zanesville Man Held By Police In Robbery
Lester Wilson of Zanesville was jailed on charges of highway robbery for the hold up of James Shipley at 337 Walnut Ave SE Saturday night. He also admitted a morning Akron robbery where he took $14. Wilson was arrested at 117 7th St SE with $16 reportedly taken in the Walnut Ave SE holdup.
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Lester Wilson
Zanesville
James Shipley
Walnutay
Wilson
Akron
Ed Swope
Detective Bureau
7Th St SF
Walnut Av SE
Alliance Man Held After Drunken Driving Charge
S. W. Hughes of Alliance was charged with driving while drunk Monday. Sergt. Van Gunten reported he spotted a drunken driver zigzagging along Tuscarawas Street and urged police pursuit. Officers Rock and Hartman joined in a short chase before Hughes was arrested.
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S. W. Hughes
Alliance
Sergt. van Gunten
Tuscarawas St W
Rock and Hartman
Hughes
Spanish aviator Gallarza damaged wing on landing
Captain C Gallarza, en route to Madrid from Hanoi, arrived at Macao after his plane sustained a slight wing damage during landing. The incident was reported by Macao advices and confirms the Madrid bound flight from French Indo China.
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London
C Gallarza
Frome
Madrid
Macao
Gallarza
Hanoi
Indo-China
Local man slain in Belden avenue quarrel over rooming dispute
John Kovacs Jr 23 is dead from a .32 caliber heart wound at 1220 Belden Ave NE above a general store. Tony Horvith 48, a former roomer in Kovacs homes, is jailed on charges of firing the fatal shot after an argument. The scene lies near Kovacs Sr a Hungarian community leader, with Kovacs family businesses nearby. The report notes the incident occurred Saturday night and references a continuation on another page.
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John Kovacs, Jr
Tony Horvith
Kovac
Belden Av NE
Mahoning Rd
John Kovacs
Kovacs
Horvaths Story of Killing Horvaths Own Story
Tony Horvath describes to Theodore Andrica of the Canton Daily News his claim of killing John Kovacs Sr in the Kovacs home in Canton. He says he planned to move after quarrels over whiskey and rent. He explains being armed with a revolver from a friend.
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Tony Horvath
John Kovacs, Sr
Kovacs
Relden Av
Theodore Andrica
Canton Daily News
John
Ferenci
Stohn
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Guthrie
Alliance Man
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