Robbed filling station shooting leads to arrests in Massillon
Police detained Herbert Huprich about 27 and a 19 year old, Ed ard Namey, in connection with Monday morning robbery and shooting at the Standard Oil filling station on 3rd St and McKinley. Johnstone was wounded in the abdomen and later convalescing. authorities believe Huprich fired the shot and Namey aided him.
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Herbert Huprich
Assillon
Edard Namey
2Nd St
John Johnstone
McKinley
Huprich
Massillon
Ben Clarke
Streitenberger
Fromm
Namey
Canton Cares Drive Raises $347 007 For Community Chest
Canton leaders announced the community chest drive neared completion with $347 007 pledged toward a $385 000 goal. In the final ten days workers raised $72 802, bringing the drive to Wednesday’s close at Courtland hotel though $37 993 remained short. Officials planned a continued smaller campaign to subscribe the remaining funds.
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Canton Cares
Cares
Courtland Hotel
Babe Plunges in Boiling Water in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on May 29 Jean Lamier an 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Stammler fell from her high chair into a tub of water where washing was done. She died today at Mercy hospital. Her 5 year old brother Robert was also scalded but slightly improved after helping.
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Columbus, CO
Jean ‘Ammier
Geo. Stammler
Mercy Hos‘tal
Robert
Power of Labor Board Test In Chicago Hearing Refusal
Chicago May 29 The power of the United States Labor Board faced a test as Warren G Stone head of Locomotive Engineers and Robertson president of Locomotive Firemen said they would not pay a fee to a board summons. The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh unions failed and both unions are involved in the dispute. The board has notified the leaders that their action is a violation of law.
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Chicago
United States
Kway Labor Board
Warren G. Stone
Locomotive Lags
Robertson
Locomotive
Temen
Buflo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Sodge
Decoration Day Edition Notice by The Daily News
Tomorrow, Decoration Day, The Daily News will publish a special edition going to press at 10 a m. Carrier boys are asked to arrange delivery, and employees are invited to participate in its events.
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FARLY
Daily News
Wounds Prove Fatal in Suspected City Shooting
Irvin J. Kieffer real estate salesman for Keagy and Wise died at Mercy hospital from a bullet wound to the right shoulder inflicted by an unidentified gunman. Detectives Fromm and Streitenger were assigned as police work the case amid two leads that the killer had two accomplices. Kieffer, 42, lapsed after the shooting Tuesday night and died Wednesday night. he had driven to McKinley and 3rd Street SW to meet family members at the First Christian church. The gunman reportedly ordered him to drive to a southwest address before firing and fleeing. Funeral services set for Saturday at 8 p.m.
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Irvin J. Kieffer
Keagy and Wise
Mercy Hospital
S. A. Lengel
Fromm
Streitenberger
Keiffer
Keifer
McKinley
Whittacre
3Rd St
First Christian Church
Klieffer
Kieffer
6Th St
Melvina Kieffer
Paul
Sarah Kieffer
William
Elmer
Canton
Drowning at Naval Academy Frolic Leads to Inquiry
Midshipman Leicester Smith of Kent Ohio, 23, drowned after the annual class rings frolic at Annapolis. He vanished when two boats capsized during the water ritual as second classmen were tossed in. A board of inquiry will probe the custom and its fate.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Leicester Smith
Kent
Ohio
Smith
Academy
Navy
Auto Robbed in High Ave SW Theft Incident
Edward La Tensant of 941 High av SW told police Thursday morning that a tire and a light overcoat were stolen from his automobile after workers in High av SW were seen there Wednesday night.
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Edward la Tensant
Canton School Board Deposits Held Illegal
Canton school district faces findings that its depository contracts were illegal as bids were not publicly advertised. The Canton Bank & Trust Co offered 4.1 percent for active and inactive accounts, while George D. Harter Bank offered 3.75 percent for active and 4 percent for inactive.
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Daily News Bureau
Spahr
Columbus
Board of Education of Canton
Bureau of Examiners
Department of Auditor of State
Li Tracy
Margretta Haupert
Building and Loan Association
Canton Bank & Trust Co
George D. Harter Bank
Cleveland Tong War Scare After Chinese Merchant Shot
In Cleveland the Chinese quarter is under police guard after Yee Hee Kee 58 former president of the On Loon Tong and a noted merchant was shot five times while leaving a downtown building early today. Kee had been head of the Tong until last year when Pittsburgh ties and alleged internal strife led to his removal. Police cover depots docks and bus lines as they pursue two Chinese assailants believed to be from Pittsburgh amid fears of renewed Tong warfare.
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Cleveland
Yee Hee Kee
On Loon Tong
Kee
Pittsburgh
Wee Yong Tong
Tog
State Officers Make Speeches on Memorial Day
Ohio state officials prepare Memorial Day appearances with Governor Donahey leading the New Philadelphia parade. Secretary of State Brown addresses Middletown, Attorney General Crabbe speaks in South Charleston, State Treasurer Day and State Auditor Tracey attend Fremont services, and Chief Justice Marshall speaks in Zanesville.
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Columbus
Donahey
New Philadelphia
Brown
Middletown
Crabbe
South Charleston
Tracey
Fremont
Marshall
Zanesville
Mayor Threatens Mills and Streetcars Over Sunday Films
Youngstown on May 29 reports Mayor Schießle vows to close all mills seal milk depots and halt streetcars on Sundays if ministers persist in opposing Sunday movie showings in line with state law.
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Youngstown
Schießle
Bishop Anderson Transferred From Cincinnati to Boston
Bishop William F. Anderson, longtime leader of the Cincinnati area, has been transferred by the church’s general conference to take charge of the Boston area. He has led the Ohio and Kentucky region for twelve years and will be succeeded by Bishop Theodore Henderson of Detroit. Bishop E. H. Hughes moves from Boston to Chicago.
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William F. Anderson
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Springfield
Boston
Anderson
Canton
First Methodist Church
Ohio
Kentucky
Theodore Henderson
Detroit
E. H. Hughes
Chicago
Tornado Kill Count Rises in Wetumka Oklahoma
Twelve known dead and over fifty injured as a cyclone struck Wetumka Oklahoma last night with property damage around 100000 dollars. The twister carved a path through a residential district a block wide and five blocks long. Red Cross crews and National Guard housed and treated victims in improvised facilities as communications failed.
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Wetumka
Okla
Oklahoma
Henryetty
National Guard
First amateur ad writing contest in city opens
The Can ton Daily News launched its first amateur ad writing contest inviting readers to submit ideas with no fees or red tape. Professionals are excluded and prizes totaling three thousand dollars lure eager participants. Everyone has an equal chance based on idea quality.
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Daily News
Canton Daily News
Telephone toll-rate protests adjourned to fall in Ohio
Columbus May 29 Hearings before the Public utilities commission on the combined protest of Cleveland Toledo Dayton Akron Barberton Canton Mansillon and smaller towns against Ohio Bell toll increases have been adjourned until early fall The commission may hear further arguments on a protest by Akron Barberton Cuyahoga Falls and Dayton against allowing higher local rates in those cities to take effect August 1 for unified service.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Cleveland
Toledo
Dayton
Akron
Barberton
Canton
Mansillon
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Cuyahoga Falls
New lead in kidnap case in Chicago murder mystery
Louisville report says C F Heath a 35 year old Chicago druggist was found unconscious at the Crocker hotel. He told police he implicated himself in the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks, the 13 year old son of Chicago millionaire Jacob Franks.
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Louisville
C. F. Heath
Chicago
Crocker Hotel
City
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
More Candidates On G. O. P. Ticket Grows To Fourteen
The Republican slate for county commissioner expanded to 14 on Thursday as Samuel Ake of 2015 Tuscarawas Street East, a former board member, filed nominating papers. The rush shatters previous records. Frank C. Wise of North Canton filed to seek renomination as state senator and James T. Anderson of 234 17th Street NW became a candidate for representative. Both are Republicans.
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Samuel Ake
Tuscarawas St E
Frank C. Wise
North Canton
James T. Anderson
17Th St NW
Massillon High School Dance Held At Wentzel’s
Massillon May 29 A high school dance will be held this evening at Wentzel's dancing academy under the Abba Dabba club auspices.
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Massillon
Wentzel
Dancing Academy
Abba Dabba Club
Banks Backing Bootleg Rings Said by Witness
Gas ton B. Means testified before the Wheeler Brookhart committee that Pennsylvania banks linked to Secretary Mellon are the nation’s largest bootleggers. He cited forged permits from the Guggenheim distillery and a $1.5 million whiskey haul, with offers of $25,000 for papers, and claimed top officials and Mellon’s banking network were involved.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
America
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Wheeler-Brookhart Committee
Means
Gungenheim
Oscar Cummings
Johnstown
Guggenheim
Cummins
Pittsburgh
William
Fergus and Brown
Guegenheim
Webb Case Goes to Jury Tonight
After three weeks of trial the Marion Webb murder case heads to a jury this evening in Akron. The state rested rebuttal at noon after hearing two race track men and a medical expert. A Detroit victim, Gerhardy, testified Webb had an ugly temper and had threatened associates with a knife during the October fall meeting.
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Akron
Marion Webb
Webb
Frederick W. Gerhardy
Detroit
Gerhardy
Peter Callen
Toronto
Canta
Liquor Plot Uncovered In Carload Sardine Scheme
Cleveland May 29. Warrants allege a liquor smuggling plot using carload sardines as cover. Named defendants include Hugo Sachs and Mrs Mina Sachs of Buffalo New York Edward Plunkett of Cleveland and Harry F Burpee and Charles A Haycock of Eastport Maine.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Hugo Sachs
Mina Sachs
Edward Plunkett
Harry F. Burpee
Charles A. Haycock
Eastport
Maine
Canton Grocers Elect Association Officers
Officers elected at a Canton Grocers Association meeting include C. E. Elsaesser Robert Dannemiller F. J. Mundy I Nelle W E Bate Fred Sanders and M J Smith.
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Canton Grocers’ Association
C. E. Elsaesser
Robert Dannemiller
F. J. Mundy
I. Nelle
W. E. Bate
Fred Sanders
M. J. Smith
Hospital Head Resigns After Marital Strife
Dr H R Taubken 86 former head of Mansfield General Hospital fled to Cincinnati after resigning this week. Police found him at the YMCA and, after questioning, concluded he could not be detained. He left a note for his bride stating she would never see him again, saying he could not get along with her.
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Cincinnati
H.R. Taubken
General Hospital
Mansfield
Richland County
Taubken
Man shoots self to cover pay shortage in envelope
Barberton Ohio May 29 Frank Ginter 21 Goodrich Rubber Co employee reported to police he was shot through the shoulder by a bandit Wednesday night. After two hours of grilling Detective John Duffy Akron Ginter confessed to shooting himself to fool his parents and cover a pay shortage he turns over to them. He faces charges of making a false police report.
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Barberton
Frank Ginter
Goodrich Rubber Co
Peoples Hospital
John Duffy
Akron
Ginter
Italian envoy may be recalled from Washington
Rome reports premier Mussolini and government colleagues consider recalling Prince Gelasio Caetan the Italian ambassador to the United States. Diplomatic pressure in Washington failed to modify the immigration law, leaving officials greatly disappointed.
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Rome
Gelasio Caetan
United States
Mussolini
Washington
Alfred J. Riser Named Franklin County Children’s Home Head
Alfred J. Riser former family officer at Lancaster Boys Industrial School is appointed superintendent of Franklin County Children’s Home in Columbus Ohio. Mrs. Riser named matron. The Risers reside in Toledo.
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Columbus
Alfred J. Riser
Boy's Industrial School
Lancaster
Franklin County Children's Home
Riser
Risers
Toledo
Oil fumes kill Cincinnati night watchman
Jacob Goldsmitt aged 40 died after inhaling fumes from an oil stove described as rentless during transfer to a hospital. He was a night watchman and the incident occurred in Cincinnati on May 29.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Goldsmitt
Bid for Power in Campaign Is Lafollette Aim
Wisconsin senator Robert M. LaFollette moves to seize the balance of power in the presidential race by breaking with radicals and seeking an independent Progressive ticket. He denounces communists steering the St Paul third party convention and aims to appeal beyond the two old line parties.
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Canton Daily News
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
House
Senate
St. Paul
Congress
United States
Convict killed in Liberty try Mansfield may 29
A prison escape plot at the Ohio state reformatory led to the death of alleged leader Daniel Webster Pal Hamm, 20, a Black inmate from the Ohio state penitentiary, and wounded guard W C Rodgers. Guard W C Cook aided Rodgers. Pulliam’s home was in Cleveland.
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Mansfield
Ohio State Reformatory
Daniel Webster Pal Ham
Ohio State Penitentiary
W. C. Rodgers
W. C. Cook
Rodgers
Pulliam
Cleveland
Crabbe Seen As Potential Governor Candidate
Columbus May 29 Belief that Attorney General Crabbe may seek the Republican nomination for governor grows after he distributes copies of an endorsement from Madison County officials who urge his candidacy for party harmony and success citing his administration in the current office.
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Columbus
Crabbe
Madison County
Third Party Heads Defiant at La Follette Attack
The St Paul convention central committee issued a Kinethy Statement charging Senator Robert M La Follette with gross misrepresentation and asserting the third party movement cannot be diverted or destroyed by any actions or words he may offer. The statement emphasizes the movement’s strength and independence ahead of the June 17 convention in St Paul.
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la Follette
ST. Paul
Minn
Robert M. Lafollette
Central Executive Committee
LaFollette
Paul Cambon Dead
Paris May 29. Paul Cambon French ambassador to England 1898 to 1920 has died. He was a leading figure in French diplomacy with posts at Madrid, Constantinople and other capitals.
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Paris
Paul Cambon
England
Madrid
Iggi
Constantinople
Driver drunk fined in court with workhouse sentence
Peter Race arrested Wednesday night on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of Alcohol. He appeared Thursday morning in criminal court before Judge J. A. Bowman and was fined $590 plus costs and ordered to serve 10 days in the work house.
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Peter Race
J. A. Bowman
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