Canton Tire Rim Maker Plans Major Output Growth
The Wheel Products Corp announces Canton plant to produce about 5 000 auto tire rims monthly with 40 ton daily steel use. Project includes 100 jobs, 6 000 no par value shares and $350 000 preferred stock, and aims to expand to disc wheels and other products. Officials expect rapid growth and factory may be new or existing, with multiple articles added over time. Sidney bank robbers gain $30,000 then flee toward Piqua in a high powered car. Six bandits entered First National Bank of Sidney at opening, forcing officials and customers to the wall. They took about $21,000 in cash and escaped in a fast car toward the south. Police alerted, intercept efforts launched in surrounding cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Corporan
Pany
Conbus
Bliss
Comy
Comny
Orig
Channef Commerce
Heve
Tim
Sidney, C
First National Bank of
Sidney
Piqua
W. H. Wagner
J. C. Cummings
M. R. Morton
E. J. Young
Norge dirigible sails for north pole voyage from Spitzbergen
Oslo May 11. The Norge dirigible carrying Capt Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth departed Kings Bay Spitzbergen at 10 19 am with crew aboard. Weather favorable and Col Nobile gave the word to cast off. The airship carries six weeks of supplies, sledges, and land expedition gear and will not hurry to Alaska unless needed.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Col. Nobile
Amundsen
Norge
Arctic
Alaska
First Triple Execution Set For Ohio Penitentiary
Lumbus May 11 first triple execution in Ohio prison history is planned. Warden Thomas Withe says John ticks Richard Rhoades and Bryant are to be electrocuted September 2 for murder. They will die in order listed in prison records as a Bes county case echoes past executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbus
Ohio
Tentiary
Homas Withe
John Ticks
Richard Rhoades
Bryant
Enroy
James
Hey
Thomas
Bes County
Josiah Terrell
Charles Ps
Stolen Watch Report From McKeffick Apartment Break-In
Police investigate theft after a wristwatch was stolen from James McKeffick at 935 St NF. The entry occurred Monday night with McKeffick noting the watch was missing on Tuesday. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKeffick
McKeffick
300000 More Men Ordered Out in Britain
London reports 300000 workers including moulders shipyard workers and engineers ordered to cease work at midnight as government asserts the general strike is weakening. Officials say reports show many strikers returning to work and transportation and food situations improving. The eighth day of industrial turmoil escalates as talks with capitalists appear possible but the government aims to crush trade union influence. The strike cost climbs beyond 159 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Trade Union Council
W F Hobush Passes Away
William F. Hobush 61 former Dueber Hampden Watch Co councilman and plant foreman died at home in Canton pneumonia was cause. Lifelong resident employed 88 years at watch factory active in civic affairs two terms as Canton councilman and councilman at large with wide lodge affiliations including McKinley lodge F and A M 32d Mason Knight Templar Grotto and Knights of Pythias He leaves wife Clara B and three brothers Fred Louis and John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Hobush
Dueber-Hampden Watch Co
Newton Av
Canton
Ile
Lodge
Eireles
McKinley Lodge F. & A. M
Grotto
Nimisila Lodge
Canton Lodge
Knights of Pythias
First Methodist Church
McKinley Bible Class
Musicians’ Union
Clara B. Hobush
Fred
Louis
Philadelphia
John
Detroit
Bound Over On 70 Dollar Theft Charge
Ralph Meyers of 401 Estopple SW was bound over to the grand jury on a $70 theft charge involving Tim Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick asked to drop prior charges, claiming poverty and a need to support his mother, while a judge and onlooker remark on Meyers not being excused though the money was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Meyers
Estoppl
Grand
Tim Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
VM Meyers
Johnston
Meyers
Would-be philanthropists victimize gas station owner on Tuscarawas
Captain Ed Swope cited a theft by two young men who rode from the B&O tracks on Tuscarawas Street W to the square. M. I. Ringer of the Allegheny Oil Co. filling station reported two men, about 25, 150 pounds each, in blue coats with smooth faces, thanked him then fled with a $52 envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Ed Swope
M. I. Ringer
Allegheny Oil Co
Tuscarawas St W
Tinger
Ringer
Emperor of Japan Suffered Cerebral Anemia Attack
Tokyo May 11 Emperor Hirohito of Japan suffered a cerebral anemia attack today doctors said he would recover Attending physicians reported the emperor is in stable condition at the time of the bulletin and that treatment is underway
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Emperor OF
Japan
Tokio
Yoshohito
Mayor Proclaims Thursday Straw Hat Day in City
Mayor Stanford M Swartz signed a proclamation declaring May 13 as the first day of the straw hat season. William Daberko and Edwin Carey of the Retail Merchants' association presented the mayor with a straw hat as he announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford M. Swartz
Lamation
William Daberko
Edwin Carey
Retail Merchants’ Association
Swarts
Probe on state highway purchases may yet start
Ohio Auditor Joseph T. Tracy and Attorney General C. C. Crabbe delayed probe into the state highway department, with officials saying information is being gathered and a formal investigation will open when arranged. The inquiry reportedly may cover the Mavis administration as well as current purchasing practices, despite rumors of political deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fisher Daily News Bureau
Spahr
Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
C. C. Crabbe
State Highway Department
Purchasing Department
Tracy
Harry L. Mavis
Davis
Highway Department
Robbery hoax sparks divorce suit in Massillon
Selma Smith accuses Charles Smith of staging a robbery to create publicity and cause her embarrassment. She says police were called, he confessed the deception, and $89 was found in his shoe.
Applications to Camp Urged Now in Stark County
In Columbus on May 11, Stark county young men were urged to submit applications for Citizens Military Training Camps before the June 1 deadline. With vacancies potentially filled by other counties, Stark listings added last week include Arthur H. Anthony Jr. and Edward J. Dewald of Massillon, Frank I. V. Madsen of Alliance, John William Dehnke and James Donovan of Canton, and James Herdlicka Jr. of Massillon.
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Columbus
Stark Co
Stark
Camp Knox
Arthur H. Anthony Jr
Cypress St
Massillon
Edward J. Dewald
E. Oak St
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Frank I. V. Madsen
S. Arch St
al Hance
John William Dehnke
Abbott Pl
Canton
James D. Donovan
Akronet
James Herdlicka, Jr
Gibbs Av
Man Ends Life in Woods After Writing 19 Page Letter
Edward James Stanken age 35 of Nayton shot himself in the head in a woods. His body was found after he left a 19 page letter explaining the reason for his action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nayton
Edward James Stanken
Stanken
Canton N O P workers restore partial city service
Northern Ohio Power and Light Co. reports 20 street cars operating on Canton lines as full service returns on Cleveland Ave NW Market Ave S Mahoning Rd NE Garfield Ave SW and Tuscarawas St. Officials say more cars and trained operators will resume by midweek with aims to near normal by Saturday amid ongoing strike negotiations.
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Northern Ohio Power and Light Co
Canton
Cleveland
Market
S. Mahoning Rd
Garfield
Tuscarawas St
Bryan
Innes
Sixth St SW
Tuscarawas
Meyers Lake
F. J. Conklin
Karl A. Bauer
Carmen
Judiciary Committee
Bauer
W. I. Stansberry
Public Utilities Committee
Atchley
Strayed No More? Circus Windshield Theft Inquiry
Local police investigate a missing windshield from a circus vehicle with the owner asserting it was stolen rather than misplaced. Officials seek any witnesses or security footage to identify suspects associated with the incident near the circus grounds.
The Circus Theft Report At Local Grounds
George Potts reported a damaged windshield lower section stolen from his car while he attended a circus show at 1001 Camden Ave SW. George Matinodes said his bicycle was stolen from the circus grounds where he left it briefly.
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George Potts
Camden Av
George Matinodes
Belden Av NE
Parole eligibility eyed for former Canton safety chief
Former Canton safety director L. L. Curtis, now in prison for taking a bribe, becomes eligible for conditional parole on June 16 after serving one year of a two to twenty year term. Judge A. W. Agler will neither push nor oppose parole and offers to brief the state clemency board in Columbus.
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L.l L. Curtis
Canton
A. W. Agler
Curtis
State Board of Clemency
Columbus
Agier
Agiler
State Clemency Board
A. V. Donahey
Board of Clemency
Judge Agler
Mansfield Reformatory
Curtin
Tudge Agler
Driver Bound Over After Reckless Driving Charge
Iisuero Gonzales was bound over to common pleas court on a not guilty plea to reckless driving. Justice A B Correll set bond at $309 after an auto accident on Tuscara Street weeks earlier, filed by James Aungst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iisuero Gonzales
Common Pleas Court
A. B. Correll
Justice’s Court
James Aungst
Tuscara
Eight Injured In Auto Crash In Lima Ohio
Four persons are in Lima city hospital seriously injured after a collision at the Flarding highway and Har rod Lafayette road late yesterday. The seriously hurt are Mrs C C Beall of Lima Harry Stump of Galion Victor Peelincia of Galion and Betty Beall of Lima. Others injured are Rex Stump of Galion C C Beall of Lima Paul Beall of Lima and Mrs Co H Feurst of Lima.
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Lima
Harrod-Lafayette
C. C. Beall
Harry Stump
Galion
Victor Peelincia
Betty Beall
Rex Stump
Paul Béall
H. ‘Feurst
Ohio Rebekahs Open Assembly in Canton to Award Honors
Delegates from Ohio Rebekah lodges and J O F gathered in Canton for the fortieth annual assembly with 800 plus attendees. President Anna V Gamnitz will lead ceremonies at the Courtland hotel. Decoration of Chivalry to be conferred on listed members by Maj Gen Fred Hahn.
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Ohio Rebekah
Canton
Assembly
Courtland Hotel
Anna V. Gamnitz
Cincinnati
Ohio Assembly
Rebekah Lodge
Jean Shrigley
Fla Hines
Eva .Er
Massillon
Edna Canter
Elizabeth Davis
Shawnee
Viola Wickware
Clara A. Ho
Sadie McDole
Margaret McGravern
Anna Morris
Frances Piekal
Nellie Orden
East Liverpool
Ada Allen
McCluren
Newton Falls
Elizabeth Willams
Niles
Fred H. A. Hahn
Patriarchs
Camnitz
Stanford M. Swarts
Odd Fellows
Lorence
Sovers
Rebekahs
Minnie Fr. Bachtel
Minnie Dailey
George DM. Neffer
Ohio
Jenn Shrigtey
Carl
Minnie Graub
Louise Brener
Harold Mohn
Rebekah
Haniton Co
Jailed After Wild Ride on Main Streets
Charles Schlusser of 905 6th St NE was arrested after driving through a public square at high speed zigzagging and narrowly missing cars and pedestrians. Charged with driving while drunk and reckless driving. Officers Hartman and Jacobs made the arrest. He was to appear before Judge U. S. Johnston in court Tuesday.
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Charles Schlusser
6Th St NE
Hartman
Jacobs
Schlusser
Tuscarawas St BE
U. S. Johnston
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