Senator Harrison Named Temporary Chairman for Democratic Convention
New York May 17 Senator Harrison of Mississippi was chosen as temporary chairman and keynote orator for the Democratic national convention to be held June 24. The selection was unanimous among 12 of 14 committee members, seen as a neutral choice to unite McAdoo and other factions. Supporters of Smith Underwood and Ralston indicated approval, while Garrett of Tennessee was viewed as having a bare chance earlier.
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New York
Harrison
Mississippi
David J. Rockwell
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Medoa
Garrett
Gov. Smith
Senor Underwood
Alabama
Senor Ralston
Indiana
Ing
Haron
Smith-Underwood-Ralston
Committee On
Cadoo
Bolivian Leader Pando Not Extradited to Bolivia
Bolivian former president José Pando and two companions were not extradited by Argentina after a Bolivian request. The Argentine court ruled Bolivian extradition documents incomplete and returned them. Pando and associates remain at liberty amid concerns over Saavedra's regime and Bolivian unrest along the border.
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Claude O. Pike Pyright
Canton Daily News
Buenos Atres
al- Minthes
Uest
Bolivia
Pando
Presid
Pres- Ment Saavedra
Ime Pando
Ay Liberty
Aribe
San Nedra
Saavedra
Woman Sues for Divorce from Mervin B Eggleston
Mrs. Eggleston at 1147 Dewal files suit for divorce from Mervin B Eggleston alleging incompatibility and infidelity. McCall and Wiley serve as her attorneys.
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M, Eggleston
Dewal
Mervin B. Eggleston
McCall & Wiley
Two High School Seniors Shot Dead in Marysville Ambush
Marysville Pennsylvania May 17 Authorities say a single rifle shot killed Leah Ellenberger 19 and Harry Ganster 20 president of the graduating class as they sat in a car after a vacation visit Ellenberger known for her unusual voice had acted the previous night Ganster reportedly carried a revolver and had previous trouble including a shooting over a moonshine case Investigators found the vehicle on a mountain road at daybreak and believe the deaths were an ambush with one steel jacket bullet passing through Ganster and Ellenberger's bodies.
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Marysville
Leah Ellenberger
Holidaysburg
Harry Ganster
Marysville High School
Miss Ellenberger
Young Ganster
Joseph Ganster
Ganater
Ganster
Remus Refused Visit to Ohio
Senate Daugherty committee held an executive session to discuss the Justice Department refusal to permit George Remus the convicted bootlegger to travel to Ohio and Missouri for cancelled checks and records to back his claim he paid Jess Smith 250000 for protection. Department officials were silent but committee members said the department refused consent and ordered Remus back to Atlanta prison.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Daugherty
Department of Justic
George Remus
Ohio
Missouri
Jess Smith
Justice Department
Department
I T
Remus
Atlanta
Ohio nurseries pass health checks 1923 report shows progress
The Ohio Department of Agriculture reports 886 clean stock certificates for 1923 after inspecting 1,000 nurseries. Foul brood eradication spans Lorain and Ashtabula. barberry nearly eliminated in 47 counties. Seed potato certification covers 23 growers with 11,000 bushels. 400 apple and peach cars and 600 sacks of potatoes inspected to U S grades.
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Apiary Inspection Branch
Lorain
Ashtabula
U. S
Ohio
Faxon
Saloon Smasher Electa Hall Dies at 98 in Ashtabula
Electa Robbins Hall, veteran of temperance campaigns and the 1873 saloon smashing effort, died at her Ashtabula home just before her 98th birthday. She was the first woman in her precinct to vote after woman suffrage became law and traced kinship to William Chase of the Plymouth colonists.
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Ashtabula
Electa Robbins Hall
Hall
William Chase
Winthrop
Plymouth
Thicker Gloom Hits Broadway As Locks Click
Broadway faces more gloom as federal court hears applications for temporary injunctions to padlock famous venues. Writs target Piccadilly Rendezvous Silver Slipper and Wigwam on suspicions of liquor sales, with final hearing to follow.
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Broadway
New York
Piccadilly
Gilda Gray
van and Schenk
Vaudeville
Hollywood
Bright Light District
Brothers
Benny Leonard
Plot to Slay Forbes Bared in Philadelphia Hearing
Caesar Tata, 34, held on $2,500 bond by Magistrate O'Brien for a May 29 hearing over an alleged plot to kill General Charles R. Forbes. Mrs. Elias Mortimer, a divorce-seeking witness, provided police with the initial information leading to Tata’s arrest.
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Philadelphia
Caesar Tata
O'Brien
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Elias Mortimer
Forbes
Tata
Recognition of Honduran provisional government abroad
Washington May 17 The State Department noted United States recognition of Honduras divisional government. The United States along with Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica and El Salvador offered provisional government their moral support to aid restoration of constitutional stability in Honduras.
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Washington
Honduras
United States
State Department
Guuatamala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
San Salvador
Pretty American Wife of Foreigner Disappears
Elizabeth Takidis, 23, wife of Nick Takidis, owner of a Huntington Greek restaurant, has been missing since last Sunday. Police and relatives fear kidnapping and report two strangers visited her uncle in Canton before she vanished.
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Elizabeth Takidis
Nick Takidis
Huntington
Canton
Harrison
Cantor
Harrison Av
Ant
Takidi
Mt. Union
Takidis
Two NABBED in Klan Slaying on Long Island
In Riverhead New York Ferdinand Downs a Klan officer was killed during a chase of a suspected booze car. Police and armed citizens including Suffolk county Ku Klux Klan members hunted the area. Suspects Patrick Ryan and Frank Redfield of Astoria were captured by Sheriff Amaza W Biges and deputies.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Suffolk County
Ku Klux Klan
Ferdinand Downs
Methodists Urge Federal Child Labor Ban
Springfield Mass May 17 Resolutions calling for federal legislation on child labor were submitted to the Methodist general conference by the committee on state of the church. The committee's report favors a constitutional amendment giving Congress power to pass child labor laws. Rev Dr George Elliott of Detroit Mich and Rev Dr John L Hillman of Des Moines Iowa led the committee.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist General Conference
Committee On
Church
Congress
George Elliott
Detroit
Mich
John L. Hillman
Des Moines
Committee On Education
Methodists Theological Schools
Chrrch
Coolidge Heads Oregon 4 to 1 in Primary Returns
Portland reports show Calvin Coolidge leading Hiram Johnson by 4 to 1 among the first 25 000 votes in Multnomah county while outside counties give him about a 5 to 1 majority. Charles L. McNary leads George L. Baker by over 2 to 1 for the Republican nomination with 15 997 to 7 140 recorded.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Calvin Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Multnomah
Charles L. McNary
George L. Baker
Baker
Bonus Veto Override Edges House Vote 40 Ahead
The House passes the soldiers' bonus bill over President Coolidge with more than 40 votes to spare. Some abstentions and party splits mark the debate as supporters plan Senate action next week and potential retaliation against critics.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Capitol
Massillon Realtors to Join Canton Delegates at Washington Meet
A group of Massillon realtors will accompany Canton delegates to the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Washington D C from June 3 to 6. The request came to H E Buehler, secretary of the local board, from Ed Johns, Massillon board secretary.
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Massillon Realtors
Canton
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Washington, D. C
H. E. Buehler
Ed. Johns
Massillom@ board
Canton 10 Secures Fire and Police Alarm System
The city awarded The Gamewell Fire Alarm & Telegraph Co. a $34,377 contract to install a new police and fire alarm system, expected to begin within weeks and be operational next fall. Canton also ordered a Seagrave ladder truck from Columbus for $15,750, with a $4,500 credit for the old truck, and three garbage trucks for $6,049.50.
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Canton
Board of Control
Gamewell Fire Alarm & Telegraph Co
Chicago
Chicago Concern
Canton Fire Department
Seagrave Co
Columbus
Fall Financed Revolt Report In Daugherty Inquiry
Washington May 17. A recorded attempt in the Daugherty probe suggests the 100000 loan from Doheny to Albert Fall funded a revolution in Mexico. DOJ lawyer Warren Grimes testified under questioning by Senator Wheeler about possible department files linking a cabinet officer bribe to arias for Mexican upheaval.
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Washington
Daugherty
Albert B. Fall
BE. L. Doheny
Naval
Mexico
Warren H. Grinica
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Aria
Grimes
Coolidge Sidelined by Cold Stays in White House
President Coolidge cancelled engagements and remained in his White House room with a cold. Secretary Slemp said the illness is not serious and he hopes to attend the horse show later. The President may have caught the chill at a damp garden party on the White House lawn while greeting guests.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
White House
C. Bascom Slemp
Slemp
Two Guilty In Liquor Plot In Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 17 1949 Pat J Scanion of Youngstown described as fixer and William J Walzer Austintown constable were found guilty in federal court of conspiring to violate the Volstead Act by manufacturing and selling beer. Peter Adams watchman at Smith Products plant was found not guilty. Fourteen defendants entered guilty pleas and all will be sentenced together on June 9.
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Cleveland
Pat J. Scanion
Youngstown
William J. Walzer
Austintown
Peter Adams
Smith Products Company
Three planes complete long dangerous hop to Tokyo
United States army around the world flight reached Paramashiro Bay Japan after a perilous leg from Cloverfield California. Three planes led by Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith after a North Pacific dash over uncharted air lanes and icy seas arrived amid cheers from Japanese and American destroyer crews. The crew planned to press on toward Tokyo with cooperation from Japanese forces.
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Paramashiro Island
Kuriles
Japan
United States Army
Cloverfield
Santon Monica
Paramashiro Bay
Chicagoff
Attu Island
North Pacific
Lowell H. Smith
Seattle
Frederick J. Martin
Frle Nelson
Leigh Wade
Asia
Rail Men End Wage Dispute in East Liverpool
A wage dispute between union trainmen and the Steubenville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Co. was settled as workers accepted a three cent per hourIncrease retroactive to May 1. The one year contract covers 49 to 63 cents an hour and includes Enat Liverpool division employees and Steubenville Alviston workers on local and interurban service between Beaver Pennsylvania and Steubenville Ohio.
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East Liverpool
Steubenville, East Liverpool and
Beaver Valley Traction Co
Enat Liverpool Division
Steubenville Alviston
Beaver
Stebbenville
Militia Guard Protects Woman Slayer in Delaware
Governor Denny has ordered state militia to guard Anna Lewis, a Black woman who killed Mary T Davis, a police matron, as she is held at the Wilmington workhouse amid mobs seeking lynching.
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Wilmington
Del
Denny
Anna Lewis
Negreas
Mary T Davis
Lewis
McAdoo Reaches New York for Democratic Confabs
William Gibbs McAdoo arrives in New York amid Democratic leadership talks ahead of the national convention. McAdoo allies claim confidence of 100 votes on the first ballot and potential momentum for a two thirds majority, signaling strategy over chairmanship disputes.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
New York
William Gibba McAdoo
McAdoo
Officials deny blocking probe in Ohio Bell inquiry
Governor Donahey accused Public Utilities Commission members George T. Poor and Frank B. Mauliar of blocking an investigation into Ohio Bell Telephone and its rate hikes. The commissioners said they opposed a $25 000 emergency board appropriation and noted Dayton has already spent about $60 000 on its local probe.
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Columbus
George T. Poor
Frank B. Mauliar
Public Utilities Commission Today
Donahey
Ohio Bell Telephone
State Emergency Board
Ward
Dayton
Manufacturer Nash Seeks Public Input on Million Dividend
Cincinnati May 17. Arthur Nash, local clothing manufacturer, contemplates a 100 percent dividend totaling about 1.25 million dollars in his company. He has advertised in 43 publications nationwide to learn how the world would use the windfall and says he has no immediate need for the money.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Nash
Bank Robbery and Break-In Reported in Detroit and Long Island
In Detroit a branch of the Bank of Detroit was robbed of 20050 after two bandits restrained teller Jowph ta Kania at opening time and fled by car. In Long Island four masked men dynamited a candy factory safe and looted about 3000 after binding a watchman to a desk.
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Chicagoff
Paramashir
Detroit
Long Island City
Kardita
Bank of Detroit
Jowph Ta Kania
Jist
Kania
Long Island
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Gamewell Co
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Tokio
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