Northern Ohio Power and Light promises full street car service soon
The company stated that within ten days full car service would resume. Three more cars were in operation with new trainees, and twelve cars served four city runs with two extra buses on the North Canton and Massillon routes. Akron promised buses to Canton next week to replace idle street cars.
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Northern Ohio Power & Light Co
Henry D. Berecaw
Canton
Massillon
Akron
Convict Gang Battle Ends With Capture In Illinois Woods
Two of seven Joliet penitentiary escapees were wounded and captured after an all night battle with police and citizens near Lenore Illinois. Two Lenore officers and a citizen were wounded as the posse pressed the fleeing convicts through town and into the surrounding woods.
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Chicago
Joliet
Peter Klein
Lenore
Ill
Klein
LaSalle Co
Bean
Harry Miller
George Katanach
Bernard Roa
Leenore
St. Mary’s Hospital
Streator
Canton fund drive forms speakers bureau to aid social welfare
At a Canton meeting General Howenstine led the fund campaign appointing dozens of colonels and captains from business groups to disseminate fund knowledge. General Chairman Belden praised the plan as the best financing method for philanthropic groups and a joint meeting was set for next Monday. Thousands benefited last year, especially children and the sick, with aid extended to residents and strangers alike.
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Canton
Paul L. Belden
Lloyd J. Noaker
Sales Army
White House Breakfast Discusses Bipartisan Relief Bill
At a White House breakfast a group of ten Republicans including Reed of Wisconsin Warren of Wyoming Edge of South Dakota Cummins of Kentucky and Fer Maine discussed legislation. The president reportedly guided expectations on the next steps for relief legislation and birth aid timing.
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Hington
White House
Wisconsin
Reed
Wanla
Warren
Wyoming
Nebraska
Edge
New South Dakota
Cummins
Jernie
Kentucky
Maine
Kite House
Gasoline Blast Injures Three at New Lexington Station
In New Lexington Ohio on May 6 a gasoline explosion at the C. B. Shaeffer station burned R. L. Deen and threw two boys across the street. Their injuries are not serious and property damage runs to several thousand dollars. The blast endangered several lives late Wednesday at the main filling station.
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New Lexington
R. L. Deen
C. B. Shaeffer OU Cov
Willowdale club names new directors and plans lake electrification
Willowdale club stockholders elected directors C W Swanson C W Stuart Peter Buchler C A Volzer Carl Crim Lloyd A Ream Jacob Stuhldreher H F Daily J A Lauby Crim and Lauby are new members. Ohio Public Service Co will bring electricity to every lake lot as cottages rise around the private stocked lake. The club house remains the social hub.
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Willowdale Club
McDonaldsville
C. W., Swanson
C. W. Stuart
Peter Buechler
C. A. Volzer
Carl Crim
Lloyd A. Ream
Jacob Stuhldreher
H. F. Daily
J. A. Lauby
Crim
Lauby
Ohio Public Service Co
Fire at Appalachian Lumber yard in Cleveland
Firemen fought a May 6 blaze at the Appalachian Lumber Co yard in Cleveland. Damage could exceed 100000 dollars as ten stations battled the fire near five Standard Oil gasoline tanks. two men were reported burned.
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Cleveland
Appalachian Lumber Co
Standard Oil Co
Thanks For The Bugey Ride Common Byword In Canton
In Canton the car strike has people walking to work and boosting cobblers and gasoline dealers. Citizens discuss the impact on tradesmen as car sales fade and some hope to ride the car tracks again without danger. A farmer jokes about finally riding the tracks with his old flivver.
Auto Hits Man Fleeing Driver Reported
Police logged three traffic incidents on Thursday. A car struck a man at 600 Tuscarawas Street BE and fled before officers arrived. the victim left the scene. Another collision near Belden and Tuscarawas involved Mike Kappas and Paul Weiser, with minor damages. A third crash at 5th Street and Orchard involved B A Groh and Kenneth Meyers, both cars sustaining slight damage.
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Ritz
Belden Av
Tuscara
Mike Kappas
Market Av
Paul Weiser
Paris
5Th St
Orchard Av
B. A. Groh
Correllay
Kenneth Meyers
Sandal Pl
Tragic Injury Claims Child From Umbrella Mishap
In Cincinnati a 3 year old boy Wesley Lee died after a broken umbrella rib pierced his brain while playing in his hallway. he died at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Wesley Lee
General Hospital
Boy May Lose Leg After Truck Hit in Cincinnati
Claude Fightmaster, 13, was run over by a truck after reportedly leaping from a car into its path. His left leg is severely crushed and he was taken to St Marys hospital.
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Cincinnati
Claude Fightmaster
We -Ee
St. Mary's Hospital
Industry heads optimistic on strike result abroad
Washington reports private cables from Europe say industry leaders expect the general strike to collapse due to its harm to workers and industry alike. British negotiations may resume only after a strike end, with officials wary of broader effects on global trade and American cotton demand.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
Department of Commerce
Europe
London
Baldwin
Prisoner Escapes By Jumping From Train Window
Rocco Calomna, 32, being moved from Minneapolis to New York in custody of Thomas Donigan of Equitable Surety Co., escaped Elyria today by leaping from a train washroom window. His present charges were not disclosed.
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Elyria
Rocco Calomna
Minneapolis
New York
Thomas Donigan
Equitable Surety Co
Fund oversubscribed Cleveland quota for Legion endowment
Cleveland's share of the American Legion national endowment fund, totaling 5,000,900 dollars, has been oversubscribed by several thousand dollars, according to American Legion headquarters in Cleveland dated May 6.
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Cleveland
American Legion
Britain faces bitter general strike as unrest widens
London reports intense clashes between police and workers as the general strike deepens. Lloyd George and Simon seek mediation while radicals denounce the government and thousands join gov work offices in sympathy action. Government relies on volunteers amid ongoing chaotic conditions.
Retired farmer kills two and himself in Bellaire
Edward Davis a 58 year old retired farmer shot and killed his wife Emma Davis and her sister Miss Frances Bennett then killed himself. He was described as mentally unbalanced after his wife recently filed for alimony and a temporary decree was granted. The incident happened early today at the Bennett home after the wife refused to return to him.
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Bellaire
Edward "Davis
Emma _ OD
Davis
Misa Frances Bennett
Davie
Bennett
Crap game ends in shooting fray at Sandusky
In Sandusky Colorado a craps game escalated into a shooting melee. One man, 27 year old William Carter, is in Providence hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and is listed as likely dying. Two suspects fled in a car, identified as Charles Simpson 28 and Roscoe Skelton 24.
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Sandusky, CO
William Carter
Providence Hospital
Charles Simpson
Roscoe Skelton
Simpson
Two Killed in Crossing Crash in Conneaut
Conneaut Ohio May 6 A father Henry Messenger 60 and his son Charles 20 were killed when their car was struck by an eastbound New York Central passenger train at a grade crossing east of here last night Coroner decided not to hold an inquest after interviewing witnesses New York Central is the rail line involved.
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Conneaut
Henry Messenger
Charles
New York Central
Here
British Strike Developments Prompt Mediation Talks
Lloyd George and Sir John Simon seek possible mediation as Liberal leaders. Government and the Trades Union Congress stand firm. S Saklatvala jailed for two months for seditious utterances. London compilers' society ordered to join the strike. Railways and transport see improved conditions. Food supplies maintained. Disorder persists with looting reported in Edinburgh and Bathgate. Troop movements continue. eighty buses out of action in London.
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Lloyd George
Sir John Simon
Liberal Party
Trades Union Congress
Poartiona
S. Saklatvala
Society of London
Edinburgh
Bath Gate
London
Fatal Shooting Follows Row Slayer Caught
Wuest, age 60, of College Garn State, killed a man during an argument on the Wheat farm near Okeanna, 18 miles south west of the city. Sheriff Luther Epperson received a call from Vessier requesting arrest, and Vessier was arrested without resistance and jailed.
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Okeanna
Luther Epperson
Vessier
Epperson
Vessler
Dry agents beaten in Grantwood raid shocks Cleveland
Four dry agents from Justice O Pr Phillips court of Independence were hospitalized after a Grantwood raid by bootleggers who allegedly seized their pistols and badges. Police reported the assault and heightened vigilance in the area.
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Cleveland
Justice O. Pr. Phillips Court of Independence
Grantwood
Nesbitt May Be Quizzed Today
Troy Ohio May 6 If routine business can be gotten out of the way in time the case of Jacob Nesbitt confessed slayer of his wife Frances Drake Nesbitt will come before the Miami county grand jury at the afternoon session today The county prosecutor has summoned 83 witnesses whose testimony is believed to cover every angle toward bringing in proper indictment
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Troy, O
Jacob Nesbitt
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Miami Co Grand
Harvey
Three Finance Officials Executed in Moscow for Currency Speculation
May 6 report says three high officials of the commissariat of finance Lazarus Vollin Abram Chepelevsky and Leon Rabinovitch were executed after charges of wholesale currency speculation. Several minor officials have been arrested and imprisoned.
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Moscow
Commissariat of Finance
Lazarus Vollin
Abram Chepelevsky
Leon Rabinovitch
Police hold warrant for James Long cutting with intent
Police use a warrant against James Long charging cutting with intent to wound. Long allegedly cut John O'Hara on the neck and stabbed him in the back after learning O'Hara took a knife from Long's 11 year old son. The father disappeared. O'Hara will recover.
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Midpletown
James Long
Long
John O’hara
O'Hara
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