15 May 1928
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1928
Page
1
General Stark commends the Community Fund campaign that runs to May 22 with a goal of 384 446. He describes the fund as vital to feed the hungry heal the suffering and right wrongs while praising the civic spirit it inspires.
The Canton Community Fund launched its 1928 campaign at a Courtland Hotel dinner with the goal of 384 446 to aid 23 welfare agencies. Total early receipts reached 62 266 63 with divisions reporting varied sums and 350 leaders pledging service in a war on poverty. Ed R Kelsey urged broad civic support as the drive begins.
German foreign minister Gustav Stresemann lay critically ill in Berlin as doctors monitored weakened heart action linked to gastric intestinal catarrh and suspected ptomaine poisoning. His illness halted all activities and prompted Cabinet to summon Chancellor Marx from vacation.
Woodland Hall, a two story girls dormitory at Wittenberg College in Springfield, burned after midnight. One girl, Hilda Sipes, 20, died from suffocation. three others were injured jumping from windows as the building was gutted. Four teen residents escaped to safety prior to collapse.
Thea Rasche, German aviator 82, now in the United States, intends to fly from New York to Berlin in a forthcoming transatlantic ascent reported today. The Rasche expedition reflects ongoing early era aviation ventures and UK and German pilots within the era.
Beverly Hills editors laud a tough foot race as an endurance test with a 20 year old from Claremore Oklahoma leading. They argue no athlete in other sports could train daily for three months and run 40 to 70 miles, contrasting with football and boxing exploits.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. warned the southern bloc would reject a wet Democratic nominee at the convention in Kansas City. He charged the prohibition issue has dominated the debate and hinted that Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s name circulated among delegates, though he did not name him directly.
Tom Driscoll of the Midwest Farmers' Protective Association sent a telegram to Secretary Mellon objecting to alleged excessive campaign expenditures in Herbert Hoover's presidential bid. The group claims membership across five Midwestern states and says agricultural stations would not support the nomination purchase.
E Peter Jones wealthy British steel manufacturer arrived in the United States to campaign against back seat drivers. He will travel west to Detroit and visit Cleveland Buffalo and Chicago using a device to turn an automobile into a Pullman car.
In Faenza Italy on May 15 Prof Raphael Bendandi forecast a massive earthquake for the early morning of May 20. He warned the quake would be widely recorded on seismographs and felt in southern Siberia and the Mediterranean, with effects in Italy and the central Andes. Separately, London observers noted a heavy quake shock at 7:27 with a center likely near Pacific islands.
Four branch offices of the Prudential Insurance Co. on Fourth Street, Harrison, N J, were held up by three gunmen who fled with eight thousand dollars. The robbers entered a room where six female workers were present and seized money collected the previous day before escaping in an automobile.
Natalie Forsyth, 14, daughter of Rev N F Forsyth director of religious education at the Methodist Episcopal Church, was found yesterday working in a five and ten cent store in South Bend. She had been missing from Hammond and said she ran away after parental reprimand for poor schoolwork. her father had feared kidnapping.
The East Ohio Gas Co submits a counter proposal to city council for a new franchise. It offers 93 cents for the first 300 feet and 60 cents for additional feet until May 23, 1932, and 93 cents for the first 300 feet and 62 cents for additional feet until May 23, 1934, for a six year term. A city meeting is invited next Monday to discuss the gas problem and gather public opinions on the franchise.
Police in Youngstown Ohio search for 10 year old Beatrice Rosenbaum abducted from her home. A man between 40 and 50 years old enticed the girl into an old roadster. description notes a dark suit and soft hat. Family and police question motive. family reportedly not wealthy.
Residents in the northwest section plan to collect the winter's rubbish on Wednesday, following a citywide cleanup that began Tuesday. Crews will canvass northwest streets from 7 AM, gathering trash from curbside containers along passable roads, with other sections scheduled on different days.
Flags half staff as Brockton grieves for nine prominent citizens and their guide lost in a Moosehead Lake boat wreck. The sheriff, fire chief, highway chief, former mayor, two doctors, a dentist and two businessmen perished. News crews flew from Boston, covering the tragedy.
Four hundred members of the Western Society of Engineers heard A T Grace of AT&T Laboratories describe and demonstrate an artificial lung and larynx. The device produced monotonous sound with clear words and closely imitates vocal cords. Grace said patients without a larynx may soon communicate through the device.
Seven people including four priests were arrested during a Mass in Mexico City. One priest, a Spaniard, faces deportation.
Grace Fryer, one of five New Jersey factory workers suing United States Radium Corporation for 1.25 million dollars, discusses radium poisoning symptoms while awaiting court action. Doctors: no cure, bones and jaw deteriorating, multiple surgeries, danger of scratches. Observers note seven years to diagnose. hearings in Newark chancery court to speed proceeding.
President Coolidge signed the $825000000 Jones Reid Mississippi flood control bill to curb the river. The measure releases $10000000 immediately to fund a new flood board and the Mississippi River Commission to begin plans for the vast project, the largest engineering feat since the Panama Canal.
At Norval Park crossing of the Zanesville and Western railroad in Zanesville a car collided with a locomotive. Gertrude Gibson 19 was killed when thrown under the engine. Driver Clyde Diller and Mrs Lola Pennel were slightly injured. Mrs Clyde Diller with a sprained back and bruises was taken to Bethesda Hospital. All were en route to work at Standard Title Co.
The United States moves to refer back to a special master the anti-trust oil cracking suit filed against Standard Oil affiliates and other refiners. The government filed 273 exceptions to a prior CARE report. Judges Fran Evana, George Page, and A B Anderson hear the case en banc as officials claim conspiracy to monopolize gasoline markets.
The Danish steamer Nordseen, a 6414 ton vessel from Esbjerg owned by Nusehke & Co, was reported stranded three miles east of Tarifa off Gibraltar on May 15. Lloyd's register lists the Nordseen as the vessel in distress.
Washington May 15 The Senate campaign investigating committee heard Harry N Price editor of Politics testify New York financier Frank J Hale funded the magazine while Price claimed no outside backing. The paper ran losses of about 500 weekly and distributed up to 100000 reprints in Minnesota before the primary. Hale previously held prohibition agent status and the Delaware incorporation held dummy stockholders who later turned the stock over to Hale.
New York marks straw hat day as many men wear straws despite chilly 50 degree morning. The event arrives amid unseasonably cold weather with residents noting the attire despite the chill.
Fragmented OCR text shows an ad about renting two houses by Mrs Hall or a similar name. The readable portion mentions rental action and a local newspaper context with notes on property and ads. Context is garbled but indicates two houses for rent in a city, with unpaid specifics.
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