Drivers and Women Learners in Canton Auto Course
The Canton Automobile Club plans a drivers course for men and women led by Mrs. George Lentz with lessons on parking and courtesy. Al Stark supports driver education and a future Ohio license law to reduce accidents. Vandals damage city parks prompting police patrols and park board action. Maurice Bernon urges bar association reform and more common pleas judges.
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AL Stark
Uare
Ted
Canton Automobile Club
George Lentz
Automobile Club
Ohio
City Park Board
W. A. Haubold
SW Park
Éth St SW
Nimisila
Cook Parks
Cleveland Bar _ Association
Maurice Bernon
Canton Jally News
Common Pleas
Toll in mine blast grows with 81 dead
Mather Pennsylvania May 22 relief work at the Mather mine blast site accelerated as rescuers recovered twenty more bodies bringing the death toll to 81. The last nine victims were pulled to the surface at 12 30 PM and officials said 25 or 30 more bodies remained at the shaft waiting removal while hope for survivors faded.
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Mather
John Ira Thomas
State Bureau of Mines
Canton rejects airport site in ballot vote
Canton city council rejected a report favoring acquirement of a municipal airport on the Dan Smith farm near New Harrisburg road. The eight to five vote followed a committee recommendation to compare sites including the Louisville road area with input from city engineers and airport experts. The Dan Smith farm was deemed too small and constrained by surrounding residences and high tension lines.
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Canton
E. W. Brown
G. S. McKee
James A. Roberts
New Harrisburg Road
Canton Chamber of Commerce
McKee
Seccombe
Chamber of Commerce
Dan Smith
Louisville Road
Three More Radium Poison Victims Found in New Jersey
In Orange New Jersey three additional workers show rheumatoid joint pain signaling radium poisoning, bringing the total to twenty two affected, fourteen dead and five critically ill. The five plaintiffs led by Grace Fryer seek 1.25 million in damages against United States Radium Corporation as counsel sets dates for defense.
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Orange
N. J
United States Radium Corporation
Raymond H. Berry
John H. Backes
Newark
Radium Corporation
Berry
Grace Fryer
Quinta McDonald
Albina Larice
Edna Hussman
Katherine Schaub
Time Compromise Across Apex Clock Change
May 22 report from Delhi New York states Apex residents reached a settlement over daylight saving time by adjusting clocks by one hour and defining local practice. The decision ends a long dispute and aligns the town with a uniform time standard.
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Delhi
N. Y
Rs of
Apex
Here
Jail Bill Til It Dies
Beverly Hills May 2 A Will Rogers Special notes the jail bill debate. The piece suggests founders intended Congress and the Senate to act but warns the bill may be shelved or voted down, leaving a prisoner detained until death without proving innocence.
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Will Rogers
Beverley Hills
Cal
Congress
Senate
Enter Dam
Ae Yu
Tours
Missing Girl Case Baffles Youngstown Police
In Youngstown Ohio on May 22 1930 a 10 year old girl Beatrice Rosenbaum vanished eight days after witnesses saw her enter a dilapidated car driven by a middle aged man Police and high school volunteers search but no lead found A Canfield farmer who delivers produce to the Rosenbaum home is questioned Meanwhile in Cleveland Murray A Bessie claims his three year old son Ronald disappeared from his mother Ethel Bessies home and suspects kidnapping by the mother.
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Youngstown
Beatrice Rosenbaum
Wallace Metcalfe
South Side
Y. S
Rosenbaum
Cleveland
Muray A. Bessie
Ronald
Ethel Bessie
Miss Duke Loses In Estate Suit
In Somerville New Jersey on May 22 Judge John A. Frech denied over 100 alleged relatives of James B. Duke a share of his $2,000,000 estate. He questioned the authenticity of family Bibles used to prove kinship while executors divided the estate among 67 other claimants and ignored Miss Elizabeth Duke of Marshall Texas who led the plaintiffs.
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Somerville
N. J
James B. Duke
John A. Frech
Elizabeth Duke
Marshall
Duke
Miss Duke
Senator William S. Vare Sidelined by Illness in Atlantic City
May 22 report says Senator-elect William S. Vare remains ill at his Atlantic City home. Dr. Ellwood R. Kirby, his family physician, visited the senator yesterday and planned another visit today.
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Philadelphia
William S. Vare
Atlantic City
Ellwood R. Kirby
Vare
Judge Sabath Hears Unusual Divorce Case Over Flowers
In Chicago on May 22 Judge Sabath described a divorce case as unique. Mrs Ruth Johnson obtained an injunction to stop her husband James Barrett Johnson from buying her flowers and candy after she filed for cruelty. He continued sending gifts, leading to a contempt citation.
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Chicago
Sabath
Domestic Relations Court
Ruth Johnson
Fund workers reach drive's home stretch
With one day left in the Community Fund drive, $39,179 remains to meet the $384,446 goal for 23 welfare agencies. Monday’s report luncheon showed pledges up by $121,653, and volunteers from sales teams push hard toward victory.
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Sales Army
Junior Big Gifts Gain 11 Percent
Special commendation was given the junior big gifts committee of the Canton Community Fund campaign by L. J. Noaker, general chairman, for the division's unusual success. The committee has exceeded its $25,000 quota with a net gain of 1.2 percent, the highest among divisions. Abe M. Luntz and Mrs. A. N. Brothers led the team with 52 members pledged totaling $345,267. 19,994 subscribers had joined by Monday's luncheon report.
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Canton Community Fund
L. J. Noaker
Abe M. Luntz
A. N. Brothers
Monday Report
Kresge Denies Wife’s Charges in Divorce Action
Detroit May 22 Sebastian S. Kresge the multi millionaire chain store magnate said the marriage to Doris Mercer Kresge is a closed affair He denied all allegations of misconduct in her New York divorce action calling them malicious and scandalous false He said he refused to publicly combat the charges to be freed of her as soon as possible.
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Detroit
Doris Mercer
Sebastian S. Kresge
Kresge
Doris Mercer Kresge
New York
Bremen Flyers Arrive in Montreal as City Guests
The Bremen crew Major James Fitzmaurice Captain Hermann Koehl and Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld are greeted at Windsor Street Station Montreal by a large crowd. They tour the city after official welcomes.
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Montreal
Que
Bremen
James Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koehl
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Windsor Street
Third Victim Slain In Gotham Gang War
In New York four gunmen killed Louis Fabrizio known as Louie the Wop on a 2d Street corner in the East Side. The killing follows two earlier gang deaths as Augie and Diamond linger from past wounds. The attack came as Fabrizio spoke with George Schwartz and a taxi carried off the four gunmen.
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Gotham
New York
Louis Fabrizio
Oic
Louie the Wop
Underworld
Diamond
Augie
2D Stand Ard
Atrick Mitchel
Linky
Chinese Plan to End Strife Amid Civil War Talks
reports from Tokyo claim Gen Chang Tso Lin may order a retreat of Northern forces into Manchuria to avoid conflict with Chiang Kai Shek and Feng Yu Hsiang. No official confirmation. Southern forces push toward Pekin as negotiations with Japan unfold.
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Tokyo
Pekin
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Chang
Chiang Kai Shek
Feng Yu Hsiang
One Day Flight From Buffalo to Galveston Planned
Lieut William R. Sweeley of Fort Galveston Texas left Buffalo airport at 5 15 today on a one day flight to Galveston He expects to reach late this afternoon with stops for fuel at Louisville Kentucky and Memphis Tennessee The full distance is 1525 miles He flies a Curtiss Falon A 3 biplane.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William R. Sweeley
Fort Galveston
Tex
Galveston
Sweeley
Louisville
Memphis
Tenn
Two Guardsmen Held After Lewiston Assault Charge
Jenn Jennings and Chris Dew coast guardsmen, connected to the shooting of Jacob P. Hanson, faced federal investigation after pleading not guilty to second degree assault. They were released on bail, then turned over to state authorities and are held at Fort Niagara coast guard quarters in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jenn Jennings
Chris Dew
Coast
Ohio Jurist McCray Dies After Operation in Dayton
Judge Alfred McCray aged 47 and a longtime common pleas court jurist in Dayton died at a local hospital following surgery. A Cincinnati University graduate, he captained the football team in college and once worked as a reporter for Cincinnati newspapers.
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Dayton
Alfred McCray
The
Common Pleas Court
Canton Man Foreman Martyr Dies From Mine Disaster
F. Field Whitney a Canton resident and former 145th Ambulance Co. bugler died in a hospital after being gassed twice during rescue attempts at the Mather mine disaster. Wartime buddies Joseph Reinhart and Herman Lux of Canton will attend the Jefferson, Pa. funeral with other 145th Ambulance Co. members.
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F. Field Whitney
Mather
Canton
145Th Ambulance Co
Whitney
Joseph Reinhart
Herman Lux
Jefferson, Pa
Vanished Victims Found After Blast Rescue Efforts
Rescue workers report finding bodies after a blast with repeated recoveries. Hope briefly revived when Frank Bucsha was found alive in a small pit a mile and four from the site.
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Hope
Frank Bucsha
Mrs. Florence Knapp Collapses In Court At Albany
Mrs. Florence E. Knapp former New York secretary of state collapses under strain of being called a pilferer in two larceny trials. The second trial, postponed due to a nervous disorder, concerns alleged mis appropriations of the 1925 state census fund. The first trial ended in a hung jury.
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Albany
N. Y
Florence FE
Knapp
New York
Supreme Court
Callaghan
Air Mail Pilot Morrissey Dies in Virginia Crash
Edward J. Morrissey 33 an air mail pilot delivering mail from New York on the New York to Atlanta route was killed when his plane crashed in Richmond Virginia He attempted a return flight after engine trouble but fog prevented a safe landing Morrissey known as Pat lived in Idaho at the time of the accident.
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Richmond
Edward J. Morrissey
New York
Atlanta
Morrissey
Pat
Idaho
Lindbergh Responds To Popular Song With Aviation Prank
At a St Louis anniversary event Harold M. Bixby describes Col Charles A. Lindbergh reacting to the song Lucky Lindy. After a playful din ner Knight suffers air sickness during a flight in New York, Lindbergh theatrically dives and climbs before demanding the tune be sung again.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lucky Lindy
Ennoys
Harold M. Bixby
Knight
Bixby
Lindbergh
Lindy
Morgan sworn in as grand juror despite trip plans
J Pierpont Morgan was sworn in as a member of the Mineola Long Island grand jury today showing his belief that jury service is a sacred duty. He had planned to travel to Europe but agreed to cut short his trip to appear in the May panel and handle minor cases.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mineola
Long Island
Morgan
Europe
Three Die In Texas Storm In Laredo
A hail and wind storm hit Webbeo yesterday killing Valentin Villalobo 14 a truck worker and two others Sebastian Salinas and Rionald Rodriguez. More than 50 people were injured as homes were demolished by the gale.
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Laredo
Tex
Webbeo
Valentin Villalobo
Sebastian Salinas
Rionald Rodriguez
School head to make survey on propaganda in Cleveland schools
Cleveland May 22 Superintendent of Schools R G Jones began a survey today to ascertain to what extent literature considered propaganda is in circulation in Cleveland schools. The action followed a board resolution after discussion of propaganda in the schools and concerns over a booklet Aladdins of Industry distributed by the Ohio committee on public utility information advocating private over municipal ownership.
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Cleveland
R. G. Jones
Rees H. Davis
Board of Education
Alfred A. Benesch
Ohio Committee On Public Utility Information
Butler Likely to Officiate at Columbia Commencement
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University remains in St Luke's Hospital recovering from acute indigestion. Medical officer Dr Willi H McCantline reports Butler has improved in the last 24 hours and should be able to officiate at the June 6 commencement if he continues to rest.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
St Luke's Hospital
Willi H. McCantline
University
Butler
Castline
Pomerene Testifies On Personal Campaign Spending
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene told the senate campaign committee his Ohio bid cost him 100 dollars and he knew of no other personal expenditures. Chesley W. Jurney said he spent about 2077 dollars mostly in Texas for Gov. Smith's campaign. Carmi Thompson cited 41216.88 in the anti Hoover drive in Ohio with no county costs listed.
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Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Ohio
Chesley W. Jurney
Sen
Copeland
New York
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
Jurney
Carmi Thompson
Willis
Cuyahoga Oo
Pomerene
Steiner
Democratic State Central Committee
Pomerone
Joseph ©. Breitenstein
Asistant
Cleveland
Strike advisory on KC and Orient railway wage dispute
The Federal Railroad Emergency Board told the Big Four brotherhoods that the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway strike is not justified. The board urged unions to accept Wage offers or seek arbitration, as appointed by President Coolidge.
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Washington
Federal Railroad Emergency Board
Kansas City
Mexico and Orient Railway
Coolidge
Beauty in Court New York
Mrs. Vivian Page formerly Miss Mobile 1926 beauty queen travels to Media Pennsylvania to face arson charges for allegedly setting fire to the Norma Apartments after the owner refused to let her remove trunks.
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New York
Vivian Page
Mobile
Atlantic City
Media
Page
Norma
Man Charged with Manslaughter in Cleveland Death
Frank Stepanek, 65, was arraigned in police court on a manslaughter charge tied to the death of Thomas Berge. Police report a fight between the men left Berge with fatal injuries.
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Cleveland
Frank Stepanek
Thomas Berge
Berge
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