Gandhi Arrest Ignites Hartals Across India
Mahatma Gandhi was jailed in Yerwada Prison Poona with no formal charge. In Bombay hartals shut shops and paralyzed business as British troopspatrols reinforced cities in response to the arrest. Demonstrations spread from Ahmedabad Peshawar Surat and Benares while leaders urged calm.
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India
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Bombay
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Poona
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Sola Thle Nationa
Democrats Boost Cox for Ohio Governor in May Telegram
A Hamilton County Democratic group urged former Governor James M. Cox for governor. Cox, in Miami, Fla, was once Ohio's governor and 1920 presidential nominee. The effort cites Cox's 1913 prison reform plan amid State Penitentiary fire debate.
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Amilton Co Democrats
James M. Cox
Cox
Miami
Fla
Bald
Onito
Ohio
Bett
Classifieds Note Trade Offers In Canton Area
Classified lines advertise private partners and property trades in Canton. Entries mention furn setup and room details, seeking partnerships and exchanges amid a busy local classified section.
Hoover Praises Red Cross at Opening of Annual Meeting
President Hoover commends the American Red Cross for its spiritual quality and readiness to act, noting its expanded role from wartime relief to peacetime disaster aid. He highlights the organization’s growing strength, international cooperation, and the nation’s confidence in its effectiveness and devotion.
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Ashington
American Red Cross
Hoover
Red Cross
National Agency For Relief
Red Cross Societies
Landlord Beaten While Attempting Rent Collection
Fimer Richards living near Shepler Church was severely beaten Sunday by two foreign tenants after demanding overdue rent. He was taken to Navarre for scalp wounds. Deputies searched the area but could not locate the attackers.
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Shepler Church
Richards
Navarre
Miss Amy Johnson Starts Solo London to Australia Flight
Miss Amy Johnson, 22, begins a dawn solo journey from London to Australia in a Gypsy Moth. She plans first stop tonight at Vienna and routes via Constantinople Aleppo and Baghdad.
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London
Amy Johnson
Australia
Johnson
Vienna
Constantinople
Aleppo
Bagdad
County Auditor A A VanDorsten Seeks Republican Nomination
County Auditor A A VanDorsten filed for re election on Monday to succeed himself as the Republican candidate. An advertisement notes five laundry services curtain finishing rug cleaning and dry cleaning offered by Dial ey Canton Wet Wash.
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A. A. VanDorsten
Canton
Rabbi Goldenson to Speak at Community Fund Kickoff
Rabbi Goldenson of Pittsburgh's largest temple will deliver the inspiration address at the Community Fund kickoff dinner at 6 30 PM in the Courtland Hotel. He is known as the dean of orators in his rabbinate. Monday morning at 8 30 the junior big gifts committee met with the big gift heads.
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Rabbi Goldenson
Pittsburgh
Courtland Hotel
Community Fund Drive Boosted by Posters and Meetings
Calendar shows multiple noon and evening gatherings at Court land Hotel Canton Club and Court land venues as the Community Fund drive opens Tuesday aiming for 403 100. The drive features poster contest at Citizens Savings and Loan Bank with winners led by Richard Stucki and groups A B C. Michael Conley heads the campaign and station WHBC broadcast urged Cantonians to support.
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W. W. Steele
Hayes Putnam
Courtland Hotel
Civic Fund Committee
Canton Club
Big Gifts
Army of Workers
Michael Conley
WHBC
Citizens Savings & Loan Bank
Community Fund
Bank
McKinley High School
Richard Stucki
Urchin
Frances Mackey
Charles Zollars
A. R. Smith
W. R. Saint
Pauline Hornung
David Ehrenfeld
Helen Wanamaker
Howard Phillips
Kathryn von Gunton
Robert Cormany
Joe Kimbel
Kirk Briggs
Margaret Clinton
Evalyn Binns
Gayle Hexamer
Adela Frankovich
Arnold Berger
Dewey Seymour
Hayes Putman
W. F. Gilmore
Martha Bozman
Key Wenrick
McKinley Art Department
Nine Nebraska gold star mothers sail toward European cemeteries
Nine gold star mothers from Nebraska were due to arrive today en route to visit the war cemeteries of Europe. One mother from Iowa had already arrived last night in Jersey City.
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New York
Nebraska
Europe
Iowa
Jersey City
Escape plot bared at Ohio Penitentiary May 5
Extraordinary precautions were taken at Ohio Penitentiary amid rumors of outside gangster plans. Pass requirements were tightened. soldiers and guards screened every entry. Police detained six near the walls before releasing them as unemployed men seeking work. Over 1,200 convicts were segregated last week, with 650 in a wire stockade as searches found two shovels used to start a tunnel. McDermott from Canton was removed to London Prison Farm after throwing stones.
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Ohio Penitentiary
McDermott
Lafer
Canton
London
Ministers Meet in Canton Y M C A Building
A joint meeting of Canton Stark Ce and Massillon Ministerial Associations was held Monday morning at the Canton Y M C A building. After the program, separate business sessions occurred, then ministers lunched together informally in the Y M C A cafeteria.
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Stark Ce
Massillon
Canton Cleanup Week Opens Tuesday
Canton launches its annual cleanup week Tuesday at 7 30 AM with multiple rubbish trucks collecting cans bottles and winter debris. Street cleaning promised downtown and curbside removal will proceed as crews haul away dirt and debris from homes and backyards city officials said.
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Canton
H. L. Erck
Wiliam C. Haubold
Iweek
Case Street
Johnny Risko Marries Blonde Bride in Cleveland
Johnny Risko a Cleveland heavyweight contender appeared in a courthouse with his blonde bride Margaret F. Yoder 20 of Shaker Heights and her parents. The license was issued by Frank Zizelman and the couple planned a church ceremony at Evangelical Zion Church with Rev. O F Wittlinger officiating before leaving for their honeymoon.
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O. F. Wittlinger
Risko
Trial delayed for Lila Jimerson in Buffalo murder case
Lila Jimerson the Indian woman who pleaded guilty to mental murder and repudiated the plea won a one week recess in Buffalo. Judge George H Rowe granted the delay as lawyers McGovern and Rogers asked time to prepare a defense against the charge that she incited Nancy Bowen to kill Mrs Clothilde Marchand. District Attorney Guy Moore did not object.
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Prema
Buffalo
N. Y
Lila Jimerson
George H. Rowe
Lila
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Clothilde Marchand
Dist
Guy Moore
John F. McGovern
Thomas F. Rogers
Woman Found Slain in Cleveland Theater
A woman about 30 was found strangled and wrapped in a blanket in a deserted theater stairway in Cleveland. A coroner's physician says the death is a murder likely occurring two weeks earlier.
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Cleveland
Mibs Champ to Be Chosen in City Marble Championship
Four district marble champions Vernon Lindamood, Junior Becker, Donald Lennox, and Frank Lagodich will meet Monday afternoon at 4 at Witter Playground Utht SW to determine the city champion. The Canton Daily News and City Recreation department cooperate in staging the final event with referees.
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Witter Playground
Uth «T SW
Canton Daily News
Vernon Lindamood
Junior Becker
Donald Lennox
Frank Lagodich
North East
Miles
Akron census figure falls short of expectations
Akron census figures show 257 374 residents, well under earlier projections after recent annexations. Director James Corey announced the result noting several large areas joined the city in recent months.
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Akron
James Corey
What Price Electricity series begins in The Canton Daily News
Adtesine electricity expert Adtesine Llewellyn Cooke, famed rate specialist, will publish a series titled What Price Electricity in The Canton Daily News starting Tuesday. Cooke, a Philadelphia consulting engineer and SF member, directed Gov. Pinchot's 1921 grant power survey for the Pennsylvania legislature. You won't want to miss his analyses.
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Canton Daily News
Cooke
Philadelphia
American Association For Advancement of Science
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
City Lumber Co Fire Ravages Canton Plant and Nearby Barn
A Monday report describes a $50,000 blaze at the City Lumber Co plant at 330 Waskell SE that destroyed the mill stock, plant buildings, and a nearby barn. Three horses and eight cows perished in the barn fire as embers from the lumber yard sparked the tragedy. Canton fire crews battled for over four hours amid water shortages and hydrant distance challenges.
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City Lumber Co
Paul Pfouts
Canton Daily News
Waskell SE
Tully
Lumber Company
Canton Fire Department
William Schnase
Kimballrd SE Schnase
Wide New England Fires Burn Millions Across Seven States
Fires across seven states from Delaware to New Hampshire cause millions in property damage. Nashua New Hampshire suffers a five million blaze sparked by locomotive sparks. Winds hinder containment with many homes destroyed but no fatalities reported.
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North Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware
New Hampshire
Nashua
N. H
New Jersey
Late Mayor's Widow Gertrude Swarts Dies at Home
Mrs. Gertrude Swarts 0 widow of late Mayor Stanford M. Swarts died at her 1125 17th NW home Sunday after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Whitney Rudy and sons F K Swarts E Miles Swarts. siblings G W Kean and Mrs Alice Fouch. six grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM at home with Rev O M Adam. body to rest beside Mayor Swarts in Forest Hill Cemetery mausoleum. Spiker funeral home holding service arrangements until Monday 5 PM.
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Stanford M. Swarts
Swarts
Whitney Rudy
Lakewood
F. K. Swarts
E. Miles Swarts
Canton
Alice Fouch
Shreve
G. W. Kean
Woman Held On Liquor Charge After Raid Near Airport
An affidavit filed in common pleas court charges Mary Adams with illegal possession of liquor after a raid Saturday night at her home north of McKinley airport. County officials said complaints prompted the search led by Chief Deputy Sheriff George A. Daily, yielding a large supply of beer. Tony Ribando was arrested at his Meyers Lake area business where whisky and beer were found.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary Adams
McKinley Airport
George A. Daily
Daily
Tony Ribando
Meyers Lake
Woman Hurt In Auto Accident Near Hartville
Mrs. Mary Brumbaugh of Hartville was severely injured when a parked car she sat in was struck by a Canton driver, G A Mace. Mace was arrested for drunken driving, with $2,000 bond set. Brumbaugh’s car rolled into a ditch, injuring her hand near Mercy Hospital.
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Mary Brumbaugh
Hartville
G. A. Mace
Canton
Mace
Donald Smyth
George Thorn
John M. McPeak
Mrs. Brumbaugh
Mrs Brumbaugh
Mercy Hospital
Predicting Prosperity Sparks Stock Crash Reminder
A letter from Hills, California, dated May 5 critiques Hoover and Brisbane for predicting prosperity amid a new stock market crash. The writer mocks radio speeches and Federal Reserve rate cuts, urging leaders to stick to known weather, crops, or Russia and stop guessing the nation’s fate.
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Ng Hills
Cal
Hoover
Wall Street
Brisbane
Federal Reserve
Texas Guinan
Russia
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