Clark Ght by 6.0 P. ir Governor Nomination Rumor
The article notes George H. Clark a former state supreme court justice acting member of Stark County appeals as a possible Republican gubernatorial candidate. It cites prognostications about Knight withdrawing due to health and signals Clark’s rising prominence within the party. It also covers ongoing streetcar strikes in Canton with nine runs left and union leaders vowing to sustain the shutdown while NOPL officials expect service to be restored soon. Edward McMorrow addresses a Canton Massillon meeting urging continued demands, and Earl Van Voorhis criticizes public statements about insurance protection for workers.
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George H. Clark
State Supreme Court
Stark Co
Rean
Char- Knight
Akron
eacon-Journal
Tely
Rean Party
Clark
Clive
Wsa
Tuscarawas St W Barns
Carmen
Edward McMorrow
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Canton
Massillon
McMorrow
Earl van Voorhis
Interurban
No. 696
van Voorhis
N. O. P. and
L. Co
Senator backs girl training plan for national camps
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas endorses Miss Helen Moloney s proposal for national training camps for women to create a stronger national defense. He says women could replace men behind fighting lines and learn proper living to improve future generations, though Congress may delay action this session due to adjournment pressures.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
President Coolidge
Helen Moloney
Brooklyn
Sheppard
Miss Moloney
Congress
Whittemore Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
Richard Whittemore nicknamed candy kid faced a murder charge in the Maryland penitentiary case. The crowd and police guarded the court as more than 2 000 spectators gathered outside Balto Was.
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Ltimore
Richard Whittemore
Candy Kid
Robert Fr
Maryland
Police Issue Verbatim Order Barring Reporters on Calls
The Saranus A. Lengel police issued an order barring newspaper reporters and others from accompanying officers on emergency calls. Reporters were previously allowed to go on calls during Chief Charles Martin's term. The move aims to curb access and ensure police cooperation in criminal investigations.
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Saranus A. Lengel Wedsda
Emer
Charbearles Martin
Neckin
Negro Slayer Goes To Death In Massachusetts Chair
Richard Stewart, convicted of killing William James of Wilmington, died in the electric chair at the state's prison after declaring he would die bravely. He maintained the killing was in self defense, becoming the first Black man executed by electric chair in Massachusetts and the 26th overall in the state.
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Boston
Richard Stewart
William James
Wilmington
State’s Prison
James
Stewart
Massachusetts
Employes Body Called In Fund Meet Tonight
Under Percy L Howenstein the employes division of the 1926 Canton Community Fund campaign calls all colonels and captains to a 7 30 meeting at the Courtland hotel The division will contact about 20000 persons employed in local factories stores banks hotels and more and will include nearly 350 companies The discussion covers uniform solicitation basis and wage based apportionment plans and the relation of the division to the overall solicitation army. Kiwanis and the Quota Club endorsed the community fund and pledged support Joel W Eastman urged service as citizenship measure.
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Percy L. Howenstein
Community Fund
Courtland Hotel
Canton
Howenstein
Lloyd J. Noaker
Kiwanis
Courtland
Elmer S. Ball
Canton Kiwanis Club
Canton Welfare Federation
Quota Club
Business Women of
Joel W. Eastman
Cupid Knocks Out Court Activity in Stark on Tuesday
The report notes unseasonable cold hindered Cupid and court business. Only one couple sought a marriage license and were sent home after confessing the bride-to-be hailed from Akron. Eight divorce suits were filed in common court.
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W. K. Sow and Arrow
Red
Stark
Ves
Akron
Masked thieves raid Cleveland cigar store stealing $262
Five masked men armed with revolvers held ten customers at a cigar store near the fifth precinct police station today. The robbers stole $262 in cash and other small items before fleeing, creating a tense scene tackled by nearby officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Carl
Canton Music Week Draws Thousands to Auditorium
Music week in Canton fills the city auditorium with more than 2 000 local musicians and audiences of 3 000 to 4 000 nightly. The Rotary club conducts the event to fund a Lake Cable summer camp for crippled children. Tuesday features The Swan and Skylark cantata by Goring Thomas. later programs include choirs and school performances.
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America
Lawa
Rhine
David
Saul
Canton
Greece
Delphi
Rome
France
Bohemia
Austria
Rotary Club
Lake Cable
Ladies’ Chorus
Goring Thomas
McKinley High School
Iunior High
Hanwn
Lehman High Tops April Attendance Among Local Highs
Lehman High led local high schools with 95 percent attendance for April. McKinley High followed at 93 and Central High at 92. The McKinley normal school reported 97 percent, while Maryland Park and Hartford schools each reached 96 percent. other reports included health dental clinic and McKinley High hospital.
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Lehman High
McKinley High
Central High
Normal School
Maryland Park and Hartford
Health Dental Clinic
McKinley High School Hospital
Noll Guilty of Bribe Charge in Trial
Louis Noll was found guilty before Judge A. W. Agler on a charge of attempting to bribe a public official. Sentencing was deferred with a likely filing of a narcotics application. Noll offered $500 to a city plumbing inspector for a license.
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Louis Noll
A. W. Agler
Narete
Noll
Mexican troops pursue bandits at Coyotes Durango
Mexican troops chased 10 bandits who held up the Durango Turpentine Co. at Coyotes, 80 miles from Durango. American C Gay reported he and three companions were robbed at gunpoint, and the raid prompted pursuit across the region.
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Durango
Mex
Durango Turpentine Co
Coyotes
C. Gay
Durango Bay
Gay
W Amer'ore
J Edward
J. Montgomery
J. Hammill
Dayton man to leave for Atlanta prison after fraud conviction
Edward Watcher, convicted of defrauding the American Finance Co. where he served as an official, was sentenced to two years in the federal prison at Atlanta. He will depart Dayton Thursday for Atlanta on the pending trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, CO
Edward Watcher
American Finance Co
Atlanta
Dayton
At- Sneta
Two Women Injured By Train At Cleveland Ave Crossing
Louise Reynolds and Vinnie Scheideger, both workers at American Sheet Steel Co., were struck by a B B and O railroad train at the Cleveland at SW crossing. Reynolds suffered a left knee fracture and body bruises. Scheideger had a forehead laceration. Their injuries were not critical. An ambulance took them to Mercy hospital.
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Louise Reynolds
Pine Av NE
Vinnie Scheideger
5Th St
Mercy Hospital
Cleveland At
Miss Reynolds
Miss Scheideger
American Sheet Steel Co
K. J Welch
Cleveland
Woman Loses 397 In Gems In Local Theft
Gyzella Label of 1235 Sherbay NW reported jewelry theft to Motorcycle Officers Albert Bush and Ike Conner. A man named Arthur Jacobs visited, entered the washroom, then left with a diamond ring worth 125, a diamond ring worth 50, a blue set ring 150, a wedding ring 10, a wrist watch 100, and 12 dollars in cash. Police suspect the suspects fled to Akron.
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Albert Bush
Ike” Conner
Gyzella Label
Sherbay NW
Bush
Conner
Arthur Jacobs
Akron
Talley Announces Candidacy for State Senate Seat
TALLEY CANDIDATE COLUMBUS May 5 Announcement was made here today of the candidacy of Dr. C. F. Talley Delaware for state senator representing 15 16 joint senatorial district comprising Delaware, Licking, Muskingum and Perry counties. Talley is a former state representative.
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Columbus
C. F. Talley
Delaware
Licking
Muskingum
Perry
Talley
County official predicts Har rison enters penitentiary
County authorities in Columbus expect attorney Dwight Harrison to begin a three year term in the penitentiary tonight after his conviction in the Franklin county common pleas court for making a false financial statement as vice president and general manager of the defunct R L Collings Co of Ohio. He was fined $5 000.
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Columbus
Dwight Harrison
Harrison
Franklin To Common Pleas
R. L. Collings Co
Onio
Man Found Dead in Dayton Hotel Room
W D Prichard of Delaware was found dead at 7 am in his hotel Holden room. Coroner J F Torrence cites kidney trouble as the cause. Prichard worked as a salesman for Pratt Food Products Co of Delaware.
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Dayton
W. D. Prichard
Delaware
Holden
J. F. Torrence
Prichard
Pratt Food Products Co
Emergency act extension asked for thirty days
London May 5 The British government seeks a one month extension of the state of emergency proclaimed by the king Home Secretary William Johnson Hicks told the House of Commons the government faces a long clash with strikers and hopes for rapid approval.
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London
Wiliam Johnson-Hicks
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Parlament
William
Nervousness Shown In Trade On Big Strike
Washington May 5 The British coal strike creates real nervousness over American trade. Officials fear reduced cotton exports to England and delayed shipments, while foodstuffs may stay exempt. The steel sector could profit as Britain cuts imports and orders shift to the United States.
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Washington
United States
White House
Great Britain
America
Department of Commerce
Britain
Europe
Atlantic
Day's Developments in British Strike
The second day of the British general strike left the nation largely paralyzed as rail service resumed briefly and London subways ran intermittently. Seamen, firemen, electrical workers, and taxi drivers joined protests, with disorders reported in the East End and other areas. Nottingham faced initial meat shortages while fog and blackout measures suppressed street lighting and financial activity.
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London
Rade Union Congress
Cross Channel
Lonton
London strike turmoil slows but riots flare in east end
Fog and rain threaten, yet violence grows in unruly areas as eight arrests occur in Poplar and two policemen are critically injured after a clash with strikers who threw vehicles into the Thames. The civil commissioner claims no rioting nationwide though unrest intensifies in the capital.
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Loidon
London
International News Service
Nee
Poplar
Thames
East End Dock
Congress Will Adjourn June 1
Washington May 6 Congress will adjourn about June 1 President Coolidge was informed today by Rep Tilson House Republican leader An agreement has been reached to postpone the impeachment trial in the Senate of Federal Judge George W Inglish of East St Louis Ill Tilson said Inglish has agreed not to sit on the bench while awaiting trial
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
House
Senate
George W. Inglish
East St. Louis
Tilson
English
Police theory on death by own action on Dr Joseph Bibes
Cleveland police pursue death by own action theory while awaiting a chemist report on suspected poison in the mysterious death of Dr Joseph Bibes. Authorities believe he may have self-inflicted death after practicing medicine without a license on April 20.
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Cleveland
Joseph Bibes
Sidelights On Britain's Strike
May reports from Nottingham and Liverpool describe the first food shortage amid the general strike as meat supplies run short and transport lines falter. British sailors and firemen are ordered to strike, threatening ocean and cross channel services and a potential port-wide halt. Two British war ships docked at Liverpool began unloading large quantities of food supplies.
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New York
Atlantic
Britain
London
George
Nottingham
Ens
May
Liverpool
Sailors and Firemens Union
Ocean
Cross Channel
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