Carey and Huth Get Two Years in Atlanta Prison
Canton Ohio men B Carey and M B Huth pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a liquor transaction and were sentenced to two years in a federal prison in Atlanta. Langley evidence influenced sentences as judge overruled new trial motions. Langley received a similar term and plans to appeal. Langley will remain in Congress unless removed by the House committee.
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Carey and Huth
Atlanta
Covington
B. Carey
Bellflower
Canton
M. B. Huth
Lance
A. M. J. Cochran
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Langley
Yen
Apt
Kran
Lang
Sam Collins
Congress
House Committee
Washington
Andngley
Ateys
Poincare Plans Resignation From Politics
Paris report says Premier Raymond Poincare will resign with his cabinet on June 1 and withdraw from active politics after three years of strain. His health is cited as a reason and a long rest is advised, with no major policy moves until the new government takes over.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Ward Herriot
Pirl Undergoes Remarkable Brain Operation
In Washington on May 14 a 15 year old girl named Ethel ay recovered at Children's Hospital after doctors performed a historic brain operation. A piece of the right brain was removed to remove clots and infections that caused epilepsy after an injury years earlier.
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Washington
Ethel 'Ay
Childrens Hospital
Hughes Denies Congress Charge In Shipping Board Probe
Secretary of State Hughes denied a congressional charge that he influenced the sale of the ex-Austrian steamer Martha Washington to an Italian buyer for 60 000 dollars, despite a shipping board asking price of 210 000 dollars. The dispute emerges from an investigation by a special committee into shipping board actions.
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Washington
Hughes
Contad
Con
Martha Washington
Tites States Shipping Board
Analetes
Shipping Board
U S Flyers Ready for Jump in Pacific Crossing
Final tuning up completed for three American round the world flight planes in Chicago. Major Frederick L. Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey aboard ship headed to Bellingham after their crash and rescue, heading toward the Kurile Islands route.
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Cordova
Alaska
Chicago
Kurile Islands
Asia
Frederick L. Martin
Alva Harvey
Bellingham
Washington
Mayor Silent on Naming of Safety Head
Rumors swirl at Canton City Hall over who will be named safety director. Names repeatedly linked include James Roberts and Harry W. Oliver, with former mayor Guy C. Hiner and Henry A. Schrantz also noted. The mayor has not confirmed any candidate but expects an appointment in the next few days.
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Charles M. Ball
Elty Hall
Canton
City Hall
James Roberts
Ninth Ward
Harry W. Oliver
Guy C. Hiner
Henry A. Schrantz
Roberts
Oliver
Ball
Ruling hurts truck owners in Ohio
Columbus May 14. Ohio truck and motor bus operators face a setback from a state utilities commission ruling that certificates of convenience and necessity are not transferable. Attorney Ohn F. Carlisle notes the law requires advance state tax payment and offers no death rebate, making franchise transfer impossible when the holder dies.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Atty Ohn F. Carlisle
Ohio Motor Transportation Law
Carlisle
Demand Action on Shoals Bill in Senate Session
Senators Heflin of Alabama and Shields of Tennessee urged swift action on Muscle Shoals legislation and on Henry Ford's offer. Heflin accused bidders of forming a combination to defeat Ford's proposal and said the Agriculture Committee could act on pending offers this week.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Henry Ford
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Shields
Tennessee
Congress Sets Adjournment Date By June 7
Agreement reached at the White House sets adjournment of Congress by June 7. The accord was announced by Representative Longworth, Republican House floor leader, after talks with President Coolidge and leaders of both parties.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
House
White House
Longworth
Ohio
Thieves frightened away after break in at downtown store
Thieves broke into a store at 1215 Fultoard NW on Tuesday night and ransacked the interior but fled without taking items. Police say the burglars were scared off and entry was gained by breaking a window in the rear of the building.
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Thelves
Fultoard NW
Body still missing in Meyers Lake search continues
The body of Russell Riegler, 24, of Middlebranched, remains missing after a canoe capsized at Meyers Lake Sunday. Raymond Frank, 19, of Edgefield, was recovered Tuesday morning and funeral services for him are set for Thursday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Canton.
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Russell Riegler
Raymond Frank
Edgefield
Meyers Lake
Frank
Riegler
Rush D. Hiller
Fred J. Benskin Taken By Death
Frederick John Benskin 86 longtime Canton resident died Wednesday morning at his daughter’s home in Beloit from infirmities of old age. He was the oldest Canton Mason and a retired building contractor active in civic life and church affairs. Survived by three daughters, three sons, 11 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements announced later.
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Frederick John Benskin
Canton
Stanton Held
Beloit
Benskin
Canton Lodge of Masons
First Presbyterian Church
Held
Charles B
Mormon Church Planned for Washington District
A plot on Sixteenth Street near Columbia Road in Washington is bought for a new Mormon church. The sale to the national Mormon church was made by Mrs. John B. Henderson with Parley Eccles handling the transaction for Senator Reed Smoot of Utah.
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Sixteenth Street
Capital
Columbia Road
National Mormon Church
John B. Henderson
Eccles
Reed Smoot
Utah
Henry Ford to Referee 500 Mile Race at Indianapolis
Henry Ford the Detroit automobile king will referee the 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The announcement came today from Speedway management.
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Henry Ford
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit Automobile King
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Fratakis Fined On Poolroom And Gambling Charges
John Fratakis 19 manager of the Royal poolroom in Tuscarawas was fined 50 dollars and costs for violating the poolroom ordinance and 25 dollars plus costs for possessing gambling devices after appearing in criminal court before Judge J A Bowman Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.
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John Fratakis
J. A. Bowman
Fratak
Royal Poolroom
Tuscarawsst
Fine Hoach Owner Faces Dry Law Charge
George Buturan of 800 Bryanay SW appeared before Judge Bowman in criminal court to answer a charge of violating dry laws. He was fined 5 dollars and costs on Thursday morning after police found a quantity of illegal liquor in his garage.
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George Buturan
Bryanay
Bowman
Church Council to Seek Enforcement of State Film Law
The Ohio Council of Churches considers enforcing a state code that closes theaters on Sundays across 38 counties. The move follows a state supreme court ruling this week and could prompt a church conference to decide next steps.
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Church Council
Ohio Council of Churches
State Supreme Court
B. F. Lamb
Columbus
Man dies after mistaken burglary shooting in Cincinnati
Cincinnati May 14 James Williams 25 was accidentally shot by friend Chester Cruzo who mistook him for a burglar. Cruzo says prowlers had peered into his windows and when Williams did not answer immediately he fired.
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Cincinnati
James Willams
Chester Cruzo
Cruzo
Williams
Child Burned in Explosion At Grandmother’s House
Erla Jane Hart four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs G E Hart of 1119 4th St SW was admitted to Aultman Annex Hospital with burns to face arms and body after an explosion at her grandmother’s nearby home Wednesday morning. The grandmother had left briefly for a grocery store and authorities provided few details. The parents declined to comment.
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Erla Jane Hart
G. EB. Hart
4Th St
Aultman Annex Hospital
Boy 7 Killed by Street Car in Wheeling
Seven year old George F. Driscoll died in a Wheeling hospital after being mangled by a street car he dashed in front of while playing ball. About a hundred people witnessed the tragedy. his mother, ill, had not yet been told.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George F. Driscoll
Three Die In Crossing Collision In Haskins
County officials opened an inquiry into the deaths of three high school girls killed when their car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train at a grade crossing in Haskins. The victims are Helen Scheid 18 Irelande Hickle 17 and Leona Hofner 18. They were en route to a class banquet.
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Haskins
Baltimore and Ohio
Helen Scheid
I‘landhe Hickle
Leona Hofner
French Flier D'Oisy Reaches Hanoi After Long Nonstop Flight
Lieut Pelliter D'Oisy, a French long distance flyer, arrived in Hanoi after a seven and a half hour nonstop flight from Sagon. The dispatch notes Hanoi as the capital of French Indo China.
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London
Lieut
Pelliter D'Oisy
Hanoi
Sagon
China
Jim Rogers Fined After Hotel Theft Charge
Jim Rogers was fined 25 dollars and costs in criminal court after a Tuesday arrest on suspicion and intoxication. The case, before Judge J A Bowman, involved alleged theft of a suit from the Boston hotel at 1902 Deuberay SW.
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Jim Rogers
J. A. Bowman
Rogers
Boston
Deuberay
Turkey Gobbler Attacks Woman After Hospital Discharge
Mrs. Samuel Greig, 70, confined to bed after an infuriated turkey gobbler attacked her as she left a hospital where she had surgery for varicose veins. The turkey’s claws reopened the prior veins causing blood loss and weakness.
Scaffold collapse injures ten in Detroit building
On May 14 a scaffold on the old McGraw building collapsed from a height of 50 feet. Ten men were injured with three feared fatally. six workers were buried under bricks and boards as the structure tumbled.
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Detroit
McGraw
Man Bitten by Dog While Reading Power Meter
Harold Fowler, a meter reader for Ohio Power Co., was bitten three times by a dog Tuesday afternoon at a residence 1451 Scovilleau SW while entering the cellar to read an electric meter. The dog attack occurred at the home.
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Harold Fowler
Ohio Power Co
Houselay SH
Scovilleau
Fowler
Sing Sing landscape artist released after two years
OSSINING May 14 Sing Sing's two years of improvement is at an end. John Kodoshi a landscape artist who has made rustic bridges and the like at the prison has been released.
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Ossining
Potomac River Flood Lashes Washington Area’s Homes
Nearly four feet above flood stage the Potomac surged through Virginia and Maryland. Fifteen cottages above Georgetown were swept away as the canal breached at Foxhall Road. Four deaths reported in the region as crest nears Washington and Key Bridge river levels reach 11.5 feet.
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Washington
Potomac
Virginia
Georgetown
Foxhall Road
Maryland
Keybridge
Baptists Back League But Oppose Prohibition Change
In Atlanta on May 14 fifteen hundred Southern Baptists favored U S entry into the League of Nations while opposing any change to the National Prohibition law. The trend emerged at the first convention meeting as Dr Douglas Freeman and Senator George of Georgia urged support for these positions.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
League of Nations
League
Douglas Freeman
Richmond News-Dispatch
George
Georgia
Assembly
Kearns Denies Girl's Charges In Los Angeles
Jack Kearns manager of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey denies the accusations by Fran cis Marian Emmerson a film extra. Emmerson claims she entered a fan apartment with Kearns drank mineral water lost consciousness and later was partly undressed while Kearns made improper advances. The prosecutor called Kearns who denied the allegations amid a recent drunkenness arrest.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Francis Marian Emmerson
Sunday on Way to Mayo Clinic
Billy Sunday, evangelist, en route to Rochester Mayo Hospital for treatment of ptomaine poisoning causing a general breakdown. A revival meeting in Memphis continues with his aides conducting the event while Mrs Sunday remains in hospital after injuries from an automobile accident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Billy Sunday
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Sunday
Canton Theatre Managers Agree to Sunday Closings
Canton theater managers plan voluntary Sunday film closings following a Supreme Court ruling deeming Sunday motion pictures illegal. Strand theater manager Joseph P. Calla says closing is likely and that retaliation by closing other venues is not favored. He notes managers have not coordinated action due to absent peers and will seek voiding or amending the law rather than broad shutdowns.
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Canton
Supreme Court
Alegal
Joseph P. Calla
Strand Theater
Calla
Doctors Fight Birth Control Debate In Ohio Meeting
In Cleveland on May 14 physicians at the Ohio State Medical Association convention urged birth control information be handled by doctors rather than public propaganda. Dr Nagnus A Tate of Cincinnati argued women should choose motherhood timing. doctors should share guidance only when pregnancy endangers a mother. Dr C G Schaefer of Columbus denounced the "Beauty Doctor" as a menace during a plastic surgery talk.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Medical Association
Nagnus A. Tate
Cincinnati
Tate
C. G. Schaefer
Columbus
New Efforts on Japan Exclusion
President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes pressed Congress to reconsider the July 1 Japan exclusion. A White House meeting with House leaders discussed proposals to remove the exclusion’s sting against Japan, but conferees would not confirm any plan after an hourlong session.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Hughes
White House
Longworth
Garrett
Snell
New York
Albert Johnson
House
Japan
Confidential files vanish from Pittsburgh DOJ office
H. S. Burton, a Cleveland private detective, testified to the Brookhart committee that all confidential government investigation files disappeared from the Pittsburgh office of the Department of Justice shortly after the Daugherty inquiry began.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Burton
Cleveland
Brookhart Committee
Coolidge Plans Broad Economy Attack on Government
President Coolidge signals a sweeping economy drive after Congress fails to override his veto on the Bursum pension bill. He argues pensions and soldier insurance add to the budget burden and vows to veto the tax bill unless it yields required revenue. Senator Smoot notes the current conference tax bill falls about 475 million short of needs, underscoring a looming deficit dispute.
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Canton Daily News
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
White House
United States
Smoot
Senate Finance
Land Lease for Fresh Air Camp Near Canton
County commissioners officially lease four acres west of the Carnes farm south of Canton to the Junior Service Club for five years as a summer fresh air camp for children. The site, once bought for a tuberculosis hospital, was rejected for that use. The club ran a similar camp north of Canton last summer and cared for many children. Kiwanis members will assist with construction and ongoing camp maintenance.
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County Commissioners, Wednes ‘Lay
Carnes
Canton
Junior Service Club
Kiwanis Club
Woman Robbed in New York Hotel
Mrs. Howard Johnson wife of Tangerine author was gagged bound and robbed of diamonds valued at 9000 in an upper Broadway hotel. Harry Lasser with a police record was arrested in connection with the case as investigators probe a parallel assault pattern with Dor othy King and Louise Lawson.
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New York
Dorothy King
Louise Lawson
Howard Johnson
Broadway
Harry Lasser
Death of Sun Yat Sen Confirmed in Pekin
The foreign office officially announced the death of Dr Sun Yat Sen the South China leader at Pekin on May 14. Earlier dispatches from Hongkong had reported his death but were not confirmed until today.
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PEKIN
Foreign Office
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Hongkong
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