Whalen resigns as Gotham police chief. Mulrooney named successor
Police Commissioner Grover Whalen resigns after 17 months in office. Edward P. Mulrooney, assistant chief inspector, is named to replace him, a surprise move as it breaks the precedent of appointing a serving officer. Whalen had been famed for his receptions and plans in the theater district traffic and his handling of demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Grover Whalen
Whalen
James J. Walker
City Hall
Edward P. Mulrooney
Walker
Joseph Warren
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Queen Marie
Romania
Arnold Rothstein
Warren
Rothstein
Robert Minor
William Foster
J.T. Briggs
J. A. Welker
State Commission
Carrollton
Edward Brasher
Aultman Hospital
Brasher
Salt Works Raid Again As Volunteers Back Strike Efforts
In Bombay on May 20 police arrested more than 150 India Independence volunteers at the Dharasana salt works after a renewed raid. A second group of about 100 raiders reached the wire fence but were not admitted. Poetess Sarojini Naidu organized mass action plans for tomorrow as passive resisters target the depot again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Dharasana
Sarojini Naidu
Actress Dororthy Dwan to Wed Paul Boggs in Los Angeles
Actress Dorothy Dwan widow of Larry Semon and Paul Morthcott Boggs plan marriage after filing intention to wed. Both names list ages as 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Semon
Bride of Oil Company
Los Angeles
Dorothy Dwan
Paul Morthcutt Boggs
Classified items and help wanted listed in Canton Daily News
A chaotic classified snippet invites readers to turn to today’s Canton Daily News for tomato and cabbage plants for sale and a driver wanted ad. It highlights soil and farming product offers alongside employment opportunities in the classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Daily News
Franchises Tabled For Study In Canton City Council
Canton council tabled two transportation franchises for 10 years. The Canton Traction Co. and Canton Motor Coach, Inc., await further study and a joint move to become operative July 1. The utility committee’s report was adopted amid procedural debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Traction Co
Canton Motor Coach, Inc
Council
G. McKee
Seventh Ward
C L. Buchanan
First Ward
Utility Committee
Karl Bauer
Mahoning Rd NE
Champion Ski Jumper Hanged
Ingvald Bing Anderson a former New England ski jumping champion from Berlin New Hampshire was hanged for the murder of hotel porter Dubois Rehberg. A crowd gathered outside the jail yard as the trap was sprung and Anderson died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
N. S&s
Ingvald
Bing”) Anderson
Berlin
N. H
New England
Dubois Rehberg
Anderson
Rehberg
Tower collapse kills Turkish women near Smyrna
Thirteen Turkish women were killed instantly and eight crushed when an ancient tower near Smyrna collapsed as they rested after opium field work. Only two escaped unharmed. The tower once served as a lookout for enemies and Smyrna's governor has extended aid to the victims' families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Smyrna
Lindbergh Busy in New York on Air Flight Anniversary
Charles A Lindbergh, three years after his Paris flight, says he is too busy for a celebration. He wonders if he will have time to fly today as the anniversary passes. Ad notes a camp wash offer of 14 lbs for $1.00 from Royal Laundry Co. Dial 8701.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles’ A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lendbergh
Royal Laundry Co
Graf Zeppelin and Canton board split flight and school plans
Graf Zeppelin resumes its 60 hour flight toward South America with stops in Brazil and Cuba while Canton Board of Education names 663 teachers for next year, adds an assistant athletic coach, and eyes a new vocational training school as part of ongoing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High School
Canton Board of Education
E. S. Kerr
Charlies Wright
Miami University
Dwight Peabody
Wright
Peabody
Cantor
E. L. Heusen
Jesse H. Mason
Ed. F. Weckel
Peter Voas
Mason
A A. Weisebacher
Heusch
Canton
Boston church group names new officers at annual convention
May 20 Boston Dr Walter Reid Hunt was elected secretary of the American Unitarian Association at the convention. Parker Marean and Rev Charles R Joy were chosen administrative vice presidents. Regional vice presidents include James Tufts Exeter N H William Gardner Fairhaven Thomas Webster Baltimore Gustave Breaux Louisville Morton Hull Chicago James Wolfe Salt Lake City A V Andrews Los Angeles and George Falconer Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Walter Reid Hunt
American Unitarian Association
Parker E. Marean
Charlies R. Joy
James A. Tufts
Exeter
N. H
William B. Gardner
Fairhaven
Thomas Webster
Baltimore
Gustave Breaux
Louisville
Morton D. Hull
Chicago
James H. Wolfe
Salt Lake City
A. V. Andrews
Los Angeles
George Falconer
Montreal
Roberts Nomination For Supreme Court Sees Senate Vote
The senate prepared to act on President Hoover’s nomination of Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia for the Supreme Court. The judiciary committee endorsed him unanimously after an exhaustive inquiry. Leaders predicted quick passage and an overwhelming favorable vote with limited opposition anticipated from Senate drys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Roberts
Judiciary Committee
Senate Drys
Bus Crash Probe Continues After Uniontown Tragedy
Ohio public utilities inspectors and Stark County officials pressed ongoing inquiry into a Sunday bus crash near Uniontown that killed two and injured nineteen. Victims included Jacob Hubbard of Alliance and Mrs W N Emery of Bellvue. driver Edward Brasher remained critically ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
T. C. McQuate
Stark Co Sheriff's Office
Uniontown
Union Motor Transit Co
Knutsen Trucking Co
McQuate
W. E. Harrington
Akron City
Ohio Business and Professional Women elect new officers
Miss Ethel Kyle of Toledo was elected president of the Ohio Business and Professional Women Association at its annual Mansfield convention. New officers include Miss Loretta McKee Dayton as first vice president Miss Mary Vashti Jones Zanesville as second vice president Edith Southard Columbus as recording secretary Mary G. Morris Circleville as treasurer and Ella Schroeder Cincinnati as auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ethel Kyle
Toledo
Ohio Business and Professional Womens Association
Anna D. Stare
Newark
Loretta McKee
Dayton
Mary Vashti Jones
Zanesville
Edith Southard
Columbus
Mary G. Morris
Circleville
Ella Schroeder
Cincinnati
Tariff Bill Nears Passage as Filibuster Fails
Washington May 20 The administration appears close to passing the tariff measure within two weeks and sending it to the White House for signature after a Democratic filibuster is thwarted. Senate votes defeated the debenture and flexible repeal proposals 43 41 and 43 42 respectively with key GOP support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul RK. Mallon
Tasted Press
Laff
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Curtis
Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
Roscoe JC. McCulloch
Deserted Lake Speedboat Found Off Ontario Shore
An empty speedboat was found off the shore near Ville, Ont., believed to have been left by three men aboard from Pelee Island after a storm blew over Lake Erie yesterday. The craft was entangled in fishing twine near the international boundary, raising fears of drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murday
Reynolds Named Assistant Secretary of Federal Radio Commission
John B. Reynolds of Minneapolis assistant chief clerk of the justice department was appointed assistant secretary of the federal radio commission. He succeeds Frank H. Lovette who resigned. Lovette is from Elizabethton Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John B. Reynolds
Minneapolis
Justice Apartment
Federal Radio Commission
Frank H. Lovette
Elizabethton
Tenn
Baker pleads guilty to second degree murder in New York
James Baker, fearing the electric chair for the Henry Gaw killing, withdraws his not guilty plea and admits second degree murder. Judge Charles C Nott set Friday for sentencing. a life term follows the plea. Baker had claimed nine other murders at arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Baker
Chary
Henry Gaw
Charles C Nott
General Sessions
Baker
Bomb explodes at garment workers home in Cleveland
A dynamite bomb exploded outside Harry Bieler's home in Cleveland on May 20 creating a one foot diameter sidewalk hole. Bieler and Andrew Hirech, both long time Scher Hirst Co. employees, were targeted amid the ongoing garment workers strike. Police believe the attack aimed to intimidate both men who refused to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harry Bieler
Bieler
Scher-Hirst Co
Garment Workers
Andrew Hirech
Bieier
Two Killed in Train Wreck Near Wilkesbarre
A Pennsylvania Railroad special carrying Shriners overturned early today. Fireman St. Craig and engineer R. E. Cleaver were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shriners
St. Craig
R. E. Cleaver
Bank Robbery Probe Linked to Akron Slaying Suspects
Nathan King and Frank Mitchell, associates of Bert Walker the Ak ron slayer, were sent to Toledo for questioning in the February 5 bank robbery at Farmers and Merchants Bank of Sylvania. Victims William Rausch 25 identified a deadly explosion that killed Rausch while the trio were in Akron police custody. The blast caused injuries to Free who survived. Investigators focus on explosion cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Nathan King
Frank Mitchell
Bert Walker
Akron
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Sylvania
King
Mitchell
Walker
Palestine
William Rausch
Voters Decide Pennsylvania Senate Race In Primary
Philadelphia May 20 Voters cast ballots to decide bitter Republican contests. William S Vare backed by James J Davis faces Sen Joseph R Grundy for the nomination. The race attracts a strong wet ticket led by Francie H Bohlen and Thomas W Phillips with Pinchot Brown rivalry shaping the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
William 8S. Vare
James J Davis
Vare
Joseph Rr. Grundy
Senate
Grundy
Francie H. Bohlen
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Thomas W. Phillips
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Davis
W. L. Mellon
Sen. Grundy
Pinchot
Double murder ends Green Bay slot machine spree
In Green Bay Wisconsin May 20 investigators found the bodies of John Van Veghel owner and Lucille Birdsall employee at Van Veghel s Golden Pheasant Inn. Both beaten to death after a string of burglaries. two slot machines broken open and rifled. Cash box untouched and bar register still with money suggest robbers were surprised during the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
I Green Bay
John van Veghel
Lucille Birdsall
van Veghel
Golden Pheasant Inn
Miss Birdsall
Special Communication of Lathrop Lodge No 676 May 20
Special communication of Lathrop Lodge No 676 scheduled Tuesday May 20. M M degree to be conferred. John M H Barnes and W Geo C Mast noted as officers. Secretary advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lathrop Lodge No
John MH. Barnes
W. Geo C. Mast
Sec'y
Officials hunt prisoners who elude guards in Ohio facility
At the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield one inmate died and four escaped. Detainees named are James Thomas, 25, from Cincinnati. Paul Phillips, 22, from Ashland. Roy Consiter, 19, from Warren. Gerald Atkins, 18, from Franklin. John Morris, 20, from Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Consiter
Warren Co
Gerald Atkins
Franklin Co
John Morris
Bishop Cannon Cleared by Methodist Conference
Bishop James Cannon Jr. won complete vindication at the 21st quadrennial Methodist Episcopal Church South conference in Dallas Texas. An exonerating statement cleared him of marginal stock market speculation with Kable Co. and upheld his deposition of funds as legitimate investments rather than bucket shop trading. The Episcopacy committee cited he was the victim of stock sharpers and expressed full confidence after reviewing evidence and past campaign actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
United Press
Dallas
Tex
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Virginia
New York
Bishop Cannon
Bishop
Alfred E. Smith
Kable & Co
Frank C. Culver
Cisco
Prominent Ohio Sportsman Joseph B Phloeger Dies
Joseph B Phloeger vice president and superintendent of Enterprise Mfg Co dies at his Akron home after a long illness. He formerly presided over the Walton Bank League of Ohio and was among eight members named to Gov Cooper's state conservation council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Joseph B. Phloeger
Ohio
Enterprise Mfg. Co
Bank Walton League of Ohio
Gov. Cooper
State Conservation Council
Spare Tire Will Rogers Special Insights on Navies
Beverly Hills, May 20. President views Americas fleet and calls ships spare tires. He notes nations without navies prepare England, and argues America’s record of not losing a boat in battle contrasts with collisions at conferences. He questions parity without prior talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Ous
Americas
England
Slovakia
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gotham Police
E. P. Mulrooney
NEW York Post
Bath
Io Chosen
Sella Rage Tonic
DIAL
Tower Falls
Lindbergh
Graf
Brazil
Eckener
William H. Lander
Seville
Spain
Graf Zeppelin
South Atlantic Ocean
South America
Pernambuco
Cuba
United States
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Mary Pierce
New York City
George Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
Laura Crouse Durston
Harry Shoemaker
Karl von Wiegand
Infante Alfonso
Emilio Herrera
Spanish Air Corps
Hugo Eckener
Drummond Hay
Pierce
Huerband
Dirigible
Reclife
Montest Grande
Buenos Aires
Abbas Tyabji
Shalapur
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
American Unitarian Associative
Jacob Hubbard
Alliance
W. N. Emery
Bellvue
Mercy Hospital
Emery
Lansing, Mich
Lansing
Detroit
Arnold Undertaking Establishment
Sen. Shortridge
California
Marc Peter
Watson
House
Gifford S. Pinchot
Brown
Jenkins
Paul Phillips
Ashland Co
Pete Eee
Epee
Will Rogers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!