13 May 1927
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1927
Page
1
The piece notes street car routes in Cleveland with conductor signs guiding riders and draws attention to the 5 0. P. management. Stark, the Man on the scene, is mentioned in a fragmentary fashion.
A disjointed local page notes confusing street car signs Cleveland Avenue and Market Avenue North and Sixth Street confusing strangers. It mentions General Stark, a Friday superstition, and a public memorial lighting discussion for McKinley with proposed 75 foot steel towers and 10 000 candle power lights.
Flood headlines describe three levee breaks adding to earlier breaks along the Mississippi. Moreauville's Big Bend levee failed flooding miles around, with Bordelonville and a point east of Moreauville also breached. Cottonport lies west as seven parishes south of the levee face doom.
Washington reports continued search for Capts. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coll who may have survived in Labrador and Newfoundland after divergence from course. Navy and army aviation experts note prior landfall hopes while referencing Maj. Frederick Martin’s Alaska crash and rescue. Paris adds new detail that Corticchiato reveals the flyers carried ten days of food instead of only bananas and caviar.
Berin May 13. The American loan of 70 million dollars to Poland approved by the Polish cabinet will be floated this month. The agreement will be signed in Paris. Jeremiah Smith, once financial dictator of Hungary, is favored as a possible nominee for American financial adviser to the Bank Volski under the loan terms.
A $2000 fine and costs was levied on John Lucana nas for violating the equor law as Municipal Judge U S Johnston presided. Alfred and Elwood Maurer, father and son, suffered broken legs after separate incidents, Elwood 12 was struck by a bicycle on the way home from school. Three motorists, C J Festerly Arthur Fisher and George Brokaw, Faces speeding charges amid Friday the 13th. A theft report notes a radio pocketbook and personal belongings missing from J W Turner’s car at 16th and Harvard NW. In Toronto a rule on swimwear for a $50 000 water marathon exhibition requires regulated bathing suits.
Severe frosts damaged central Japan mulberry crops, causing losses estimated around five million dollars. In Berlin, May 13 marked a trading shock as stock prices dropped sharply amid new credit limits on banks by Reichsbank chief Hjalmar Schacht. Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were sentenced to die in Sing Sing during the week of June 20.
Billy Majors, 67, a famed harness racing trainer and driver active across Ohio and the Midwest for nearly 50 years, died at his Mansfield home after a prolonged illness linked to influenza. He trained and drove more than 125 horses, beginning his career at the Hiawatha track in Mt. Vernon 48 years ago.
R B E Quirk counsel for the American Rolling Mill Co filed a brief with the state utilities commission asking the Hocking Valley Railway Co to cut freight rates on pig iron shipments from Middletown to Columbus from 1.85 to 1.405 per gross ton.
The Ford company will unveil a four cylinder gear shifted car in July, a modernization rather than a new model. It features a longer stroke engine, higher RPM, and a standard gear transmission replacing the off planetary setup. Price not disclosed.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft told the American Law Institute that the legal profession has many members who cause delays in the administration of criminal law. He urged concern over the issue but expressed optimism that conditions are improving.
The government conspiracy case against Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall was postponed from May 28 to October 7. Justice Hitz granted the continuance though Sinclair and Fall’s attorneys said they were ready to proceed.
Reports from Mexico City published in the United States claiming the Calles administration planned to sell church properties are strenuously denied by the Ministry of Industry.
Kentucky Governor William J. Fields protests Derby criticism from reformers while Louisville prepares for Churchill Downs. The 634 Derby tradition since 1875 stands as a signature Bluegrass event, though opponents hope to curb racing and redefine Kentucky’s image away from horses and bourbon.
In Philadelphia on May 13 the Powers Weightman Rosengarten Company will merge with Merck and Company of Rahway New Jersey on July 1. The new firm will operate as Merck and Company Inc.
Washington reports the flood relief drive has raised 11 million 64 thousand 849 dollars to date. The tally reflects broad donor support across regions and institutions helping victims of the disaster.
Boston May 13. The mayor critiques the seven year delay in deciding Sacco and Vanzetti case. He argues justice should be swift and notes the accused were young at the time of the crime. Signed: THE MAYOR IN THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY.
George C. Nimmone of Chicago, chair of the AIA education committee, told the 60th convention that America stands at a new architectural era. He cited Europe advancing similarly, with Britain lagging in tradition, and noted new buildings in Holland Belgium France and Italy showing transitions.
A fragment warns readers to beware Friday the 13th with cautions about ladders painters and odd happenings. It hints at misfortune and social friction as a friend wife balks at consequences and a looming bill may prompt a quick departure.
In Minrosa New York May 13 with Capt. Charles Nungesser and Capt. Francois Cold missing no trace of their plane exists. Plans were made at Curtiss Roosevelt fields for a nonstop New York to Paris flight along the same route. Aviators Bloyd Verland and Clarence Chamberlin hoped to depart this morning in the Bellanca Columbia but weather reports over the Atlantic were unfavorable.
MINEOLA NY May 13 America braces for a record air race as three crews prepare a nonstop 8600 mile flight from New York to Paris. The Bellanca Columbia piloted by Thoyd Bertaud and Clarence Chamberlin, the Ryan Spirit of St Louis with Capt. Charles Lindbergh, and the Fokker America under Commander Richard Byrd await weather clearance. Byrd likely to depart last.
Capt Charles Lindbergh, famed for his 2,590 mile record San Diego to Curtiss Clythe field flight in 21 hours 20 minutes, plans a solo departure tonight or tomorrow for a long journey to Paris. The 25 year old airman is among the leading contenders in the air voyage to the French capital.
Enriq ue Schoendube a prominent German captain operating in Mexico for years was assassinated by bandits at his sugar plantation in Colima state yesterday.
Mexico City May 13 General Francisco Serrano will resign as governor of the federal district on June 1 to devote himself to his presidential candidacy. He has been nominated for president by the National Revolutionary Party.
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