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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1930
Page
1
60,000 fans at Churchill Downs witness Sande, the Derby favorite, surge ahead to victory as Galant Fox and Gallant Fox trail. The crowd erupts with the familiar cry as the veteran horse breaks clear and wins by a determined margin, with Sande dictating the pace through the stretch.
Reported race outcome centers on Morrow’s wet conditions and Sande riding Gallant Fox to a clear victory. Government reform and utility topics surface in scattered notes, including proposals from Briland and discussions of constitutional amendments.
The Canton Traction Co and People's Motor Coach plan a new transit system with seven cent fares, a free transfer, and a board of Canton business leaders to oversee operations. Lines will be repaired or rebuilt, with buses and streetcars reallocated to new routes under the proposed lease. The plan follows word that the Northern Ohio Power and Light Co will withdraw street car service from Canton, shifting lines to the Canton Traction and Motor Coach companies.
A Memorial Day program in EA includes May 30 observances and May 25 Memorial Sunday activities. Betsy Moss Quartet will sing after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address read at McKinley High School. A parade of veterans and scouts will move to West Lawn Cemetery for remarks by Rep. C.B. McSimtock and Rev. Foulke, with Battle Hymn of the Republic to close.
Nine new guards have been posted and a machine gun installed at Mansfield Reformatory amid fears of a revolt. Officials report inmates shouted abuse and disturbances during a tense incident as guards prepared to quell any disturbance with armed measures. Superintendent Jenkins confirms heavy security and potential threats observed among the 260 inmates.
A full week of criminal court is set to begin Monday before Judge Henry W. Harter Jr. with trials including William A. Thompson cashier and A. D. Thompson vice president of Peoples Banking Co of Aldance. They are to be arraigned on a series of indictments accusing embezzlement and forged notes. Many cases may be disposed of by guilty pleas as the week proceeds.
In Columbus on June 5 a Democratic voluntary dinner will feature Judge Florence Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court and Mrs Bernice Pyke as speakers. A women’s reception committee has been named with members spanning Norwood Cincinnati Dayton Oberlin Canton Newark Youngstown Cleveland and Springfield. The Hoover era is cited with an official statem ent on independence and imperial affairs.
Classified items highlight small offers with mentions of Nen, pony and cart and various options. Read as reader note style with fragmented phrases and scattered references to goods and services. The readable parts suggest a casual, miscellaneous listing rather than a single focused event.
Princess Helene Romania mother of King Michael arrived in Vienna with Princess Irene of Greece to hear Toscanini conduct the New York Philharmonic and to consult an official. A meeting with her husband Prince Carol reportedly expired, per telegraphic dispatches. The trip’s purpose centers on music and royal diplomacy amid unsettled relations.
Sandusky May 17 harbor widening finished allowing a fleet of lake ships tied up two years to resume activity. The harbor improvements included deepening and widening the harbor to accommodate vessels, signaling renewed use of the harbor and surrounding dock facilities.
Four Detroit youths including a University of Michigan student were jailed awaiting grand jury action on charges of extortion after a planned kidnap plot to extort 15000 from wealthy merchants collapsed when an amateur detective alerted authorities. The ring intended to kidnap the son of a merchant and kill another, with one member saying he sought money after quitting college for money.
An attorney general opinion says county auditor Gilbert Bettman cannot blanket reduce real estate values. Prosecutor James M. Unest explains that a general 10 percent reduction was requested by the Canton Real Estate Board, but reappraising all county properties after assessment is not authorized.
War widows from America and France gathered for a somber ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe tomb of France's Unknown Soldier. Generals Pershing and French officers praised enduring motherly bonds as women laid wreaths, and a delegation presented an American flag to French mothers amid glistening uniforms and shared mourning.
New York May 17 Belmonts Plan Financing Corp seeks to form a $51,000,000,000 bank holding company to transact business nationwide. The firm, tracing roots to J. P. Morgan, Gould, and Vanderbilt families, will exchange assets for bank stock and operate via regional holding companies. Public stock offerings are anticipated while control remains with Belmont interests, starting with a Pennsylvania group and expanding to other states.
Chicago May 17 the government war on undesirables snared aliens who left in four years to fight for Elie Island from where they will be deported to Europe Forty of the deportees were from her Chicago district The transcontinental train which began at Seattle Washington is carrying requisition one of which is made for European points every five or six weeks Additional eligibles for execution in the Chicago group were convicts just released from Joliet Prison.
Paris reports the evacuation of the Rhine's third zone as part of the final withdrawal under the Young plan terms. The move marks the last stand of French forces in the occupied area, amid wartime debt considerations and postwar reorganization.
A Winstead Connecticut report marks the tenth anniversary of a Methodist Episcopal Church with a curious tale of an aged wrinkled toad found among church walls. The mystery alleges the amphibian may have been walled inside during construction 104 years ago and later emerged through a water pail.
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