General Stark laments jury bias in intoxicated driving cases
Stark, a man on the square, cites municipal court cases where juries acquit drivers charged with intoxication. He urges writing Ohio statute books to curb biased juries and fears the influence on traffic cases. He notes officials and motorists share concerns about the jury system and potential dangers on the bench.
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Seral Stark
United States
Ohio
Udge
A. T. Snyder
China protests Japanese troop dispatch to Shantung
The Chinese legation informed Baron Tanaka that Japan has violated China's sovereignty by sending soldiers to Shantung. The protest, delivered by Hwang Fu, the nationalist minister for foreign affairs, emphasizes a breach of territorial rights amid broader tensions over regional actions.
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Washington
Baron Tanaka
Tokyo
Hwang Fu
Japan
Shantung
China
Tsinan
Tsai Kung Shih
Pekin
Chang Tso-Lin
Tsiwan
Nanking
Hankow
Manchuria
Taylor murder confession stirs prison inquiry
Folsom prison officials investigate convict J E Barrett over claims of a mailed confession to William Desmond Taylor murder. Barrett testified before Warden Smith and a letter to Los Angeles officials prompted questions as to its authenticity amid broader China war coverage from Pekin and Tsai Kung Shih incidents.
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Folsom
Cal
J. E. Barrett
Folsom State Prison
William Desmond Taylor
Barrett
Court Smith
Los Angeles
Smith
Taylor
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles Co
Cranks
Keyes
Italia dirigible Italia nears Arctic return with strong head winds
Reports from Copenhagen say the Italia under Gen Umberto Nobile is flying north at 37.5 miles an hour toward Bear Island, aiming for King's Bay Spitzbergen. In King’s Bay officials and crowds watch as NATO weather and sea conditions influence next steps while Wilkins and Eielson decline to join the North Pole flight.
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Vadsof
Norway
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Norwegian
Arctic Sea
Umberto Nobile
Bear Island
Berents Sea
Nobile
Copenhagen
Den
Tromsoe
United Presse
Gen. Nobile
King's Bay
George H. Wilkins
Carl B. Eielson
Umberto
Italia
Wilkins
Eielson
United States
Schurmann
Berlin
Chapter In Quill and Scroll Joins McKinley High School
The national high school journalism honor society Quill and Scroll has formed a chapter at McKinley High School. Eligible members must publish a monthly paper or yearbook, be juniors, rank in the upper third, and have outstanding journalism work under advisers Miss Marguerite and Francis D Headley. Police in Anton seek Robert E Wilson in a Boston telegram, listing last known address and description.
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McKinley High School
Memip
Mc*y
McKinley School Monthly
Mcite
Marguerite
Francis D. Headley
Facadvisers
Law Shifts Court Procedure After Witness Refusal
Court procedures altered after Miss Alice Ez. and Otte Rochewood were involved. Judge Mary Gross indicated the case would proceed with prosecution and witness challenges noted.
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Alice Ez
Otte Rochewood
Mary Gross
Udee Grossman
Two Middletown Policemen Shot in Liquor Arrest
Harold Roth 25 and Hobert Crout 31 lie near death in a Middletown hospital after being shot by George McCuller 31 during an arrest attempt on a liquor charge. McCuller was captured nearby after a second pistol fight with officers.
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Middletown
Harold Roth
Hobert Crout
George McCuller
McCuller
Roth
Crout
Ex Wife Sues For 100000 Over Alienation of Affections
Mrs Edna Leora Coleman opera singer sues her former husband Dayton physician Dr C A Coleman and his wife Irene Presley Coleman for 100000. She alleges Irene persuaded the physician to send her abroad for music studies and to obtain a divorce granted in February 1925. Ediana Leori was a stage name.
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Dayton
Edna Leora Coleman
C A Coleman
Irene Presley Coleman
Drowned Children in Kuban River Boat Capsizes
In Rostov Russia on May 5 a boat carrying twenty children capsized in the Kuban River. Only two were rescued, leaving twenty dead.
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Rostov
Russia
Kuban River
Fears Subside in Flood Area near Table Rock Cove Dam
In Greenville area on May 5 a flood gate opened to relieve pressure from the Table Rock Cove dam. Engineers reported the earthen embankment now holds as flood water releases drop from millions of gallons per minute. Hundreds of families fled lowland areas as the reserve reservoir threatened evacuation.
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Greenville
Saluda River
Table Rock Cove
Murder Charge Faced by Youth in El Dorado
In El Dorado Kansas on May 5, 17 year old Owen Oberst was charged with murder after confessing to killing seven family members over not being allowed to use his father’s car. He killed his father mother three brothers and two sisters then burned the house and later went to see a movie. The bodies were found in the home on April 20. A police interview showed he attended a motion picture that night and could not explain the fire.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Owen Oberst
William Oberst
Owen
Oberst
Indiana church conference selects Covington and Louisville for 1929 30
The 42d annual conference of the Indiana district of the Evangelical Synod of North America will meet in 1929 at St. Paul Evangelical Church in Covington Kentucky and in 1930 at St. John's Church in Louisville Kentucky. The gathering focused on a campaign to raise 1 900 000 for an endowment to support invalid pastors and their widows and orphans.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Indiana
Evangelical Synod of North America
St. Paul
Tom Mix Feels Better After Influenza Bed Rest
Chicago May 5 Tom Mix motion picture star shows favorable progress while confined to his hotel bed with a slight influenza attack. He was on a vaudeville tour of the Midwest when ordered to bed. Doctors hope to avert pneumonia and expect five or six days of bed rest.
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Chicago
Tom Mix
Mix
Midwest
National Ad Men to Gather in Cleveland
A three day convention of the Association of National Advertisers opens in Cleveland on Monday. Marketing executives from leading manufacturers will analyze newspapers magazines and other advertising forms to guide campaigns that spend millions annually to reach consumers.
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Cleveland
Association of National Advertisers
Pigeons In New York Linked To Drug Syndicate Arrests
Federal agents report four arrests in New York as pigeons were found carrying opium and other narcotics to drug victims, part of a broader effort to break up a narcotics syndicate.
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New York
Air and plowing endurance attempts fail at Chickasa
In Chickasa Ohio on May 5 two simultaneous endurance challenges end after nine hours and 38 minutes. Joe Hart's Ryan monoplane lands due to oil trouble while R L Human ends his nonstop plowing after a long working spell with a team of mules. Hart seeks a 55 hour or longer flight, fueled for 60 hours.
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Chickasa
Ohio
Joe Hart
Ryan
R. L. Human
Matt
Hart
Bette
South East
Hoover Indorsed by Washington Delegates for Hoover Nomination
The Washington state Republican convention instructed its 17 delegates to the national convention to vote for Herbert Hoover as the party's nominee. Delegates were told to support Hoover by congressional district and as a whole as long as he remains a contender.
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Yakima, Wash
Washington State
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Unfavorable Weather Delays Havana Nonstop Flight
In Seville Spain weather reports show poor conditions may prevent Capt. Francisco Iglesias and Capt. Ignacio Jiminez from starting their nonstop flight to Havana before Monday delaying the voyage and keeping the crew grounded until the weather clears.
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Seville
Spain
Francisco Iglesias
Ignacio Jiminez
Havana
Quiet Friday Night Ends With Runaway Pony Capture
Deputies Al Bail and Phil Hibaugh report a calm night with no arrests. They guided a farmer and his cow home after a mid road halt and deterred a field plowing tractor by moonlight. A runaway circus pony was recaptured as the train departed, but no arrests were made.
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al Bail
Phil Hibaugh
Ball
Hibaugh
Bossy
Bali
March Weather Breaks Warm Streak in Canton Ohio
A brief warm spell in Canton and Ohio ended Saturday as a rainstorm and a big temperature drop moved the state back toward normal. In Canton the mercury fell to 50 at midday after a 72 high on Saturday night, with sheets of rain and cold winds disrupting golfing and motoring.
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Canton
Ohio
Mercury
United Press
Canton Daily News
Carl H. Meyer
Open County Campaigns Take Shape as Petitions Begun
County board of elections prepares nominating petitions for county offices with June 15 filing deadline. Current officeholders and deputies show early candidacy signals with several contests likely across offices including sheriff, commission, coroner, probate judge and domestic relations court judges. Democratic side still in discussion with an anticipated full slate before primary close.
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Board of Elections
KE. Reinoehl
Martin Brenner
Milo W. Cathon
Ira J. Hoover
Homer Heingartner
Ed Gibson
Walter G. Agier
Charles A Fromm
TC. McQuate
Alva L. Tea
Frank T. Bow
Harvey F. Ake
J. A Jeffers
A. A. van Dorsten
Jeannette Smith
Atlee M. Wise
Court of Appeals
R. 8. Shields
Frank N. Sweitzer
Ithe Litte
Hoover effort to take Indiana holds interest
Washington focuses on Indiana as Hoover faces U S Senator Watson in the Democratic primary shadows. The piece notes Watson’s appeal and the tense political maneuvering ahead of the Indiana vote, with references to party insiders and the broader national scene.
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Hoover
Indiana
Guard Discharges for Aiding Escape at Dayton Workhouse
A Dayton workhouse guard was discharged for aiding Harold Bleigh to escape. Bleigh, 34, of Cleveland, was serving a 100 day liquor violation sentence when he fled via an unlocked door. U S district attorney Bernsteen planned a broader smuggling probe, while superintendent Neutzenholzer noted the escape occurred just before the official orders.
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Dayton
Harold Bleigh
Cleveland
Alonzo Neutzenholzer
A. E. Bernsteen
United States
Bernsteen
Bleigh
Neutzenholzer
Church bans art exhibition in Venice visit
Cardinal LaFontaine archbishop of Venice declared the paintings immoral and forbade clergymen from visiting the international art exhibit He urged fathers not to take their wives and daughters to the event He had made a similar attack on the 1926 show.
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Venice
Cardinal LaFontaine
Just Like White House Reception Described in Classifieds
A fragment references a reception similar to a White House event and notes rental ads in the Canton News classified section. The page mentions a tenant obtained and urges readers to call for details about the tearful event and associated notices.
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White House
Newton Pi
Tie Canteen Daily News
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