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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions deputy NGE ASTO and a likely schedule in June. Readable names are limited. no clear event or outcome emerges from the damaged snippet.
Thousands arrive around the brick oval as 200000 fans gather under sun for the 500 mile classic. Qualifiers top 113 mph with Duray leading at 113.196 mph, hopes mount for track records and a $20 prize plus 80000 in fan and milestone awards. Cars include Miller specials and Duesenbergs as drivers line up for the start.
At Sanford North Carolina workers recovered 53 bodies after an explosion at the Carolina Os Company mine. Rescue teams anticipated locating more victims as dawn broke and expected to remove the last body today.
Dayton officials say the probe into the Dayton police department will close in May. The committee announced the plan and invited the public to present any facts before they draft a report to the city commission.
Canton honors veterans from 1861 1898 and 1917 18 with martial music and patriotic display. Residents remember the flag and recall the sacrifices of the older veterans while acknowledging new generations who served in World War I.
Columbus, May 80. City detective Womeldorf lies dead with a bullet above the heart after a pursuit of a bootlegger into a dark alley. Federal agents Clark Kennan and Ford fired during the chase. a stray bullet wounded a four year old boy and a constable. The Negro remains at large and officials consider dismissing involved officers if facts justify it.
Joseph Moccia was arrested Friday on suspicion at 612 Harrison SW. Police also detained Eddie Spack Ray Copeland and James Hoffman in Mineral City on similar charges.
Grover C. Loening leader of Loening Aero nautical Corp in New York says he may place the Wright brothers historic flyer in the Smithsonian Institute under conditions. He conferred with Orville Wright and will meet Dr Walcott to settle the Langley machine controversy and the first aircraft claim.
Police arrested J Brown of 800 Market Avenue on Friday evening under the Crabbe act after locating a quart of corn whiskey on his person.
Census data for 1923 show Stark County recording one divorce per 3.6 marriages, far above the state average of 6.5. Mahoning County starkly lower. local judge A W Agler notes residents move to Stark for easier divorces and new county rules tighten court practice with stricter entry, required bona fide grounds, and perjury referrals to grand jury as 50 divorce cases await trial.
Trustees of the Canton Welfare Federation gathered to receive the final Community Fund Campaign report showing 374,238 subscribed. Earl J. Smith of Chicago presented recommendations for next year’s drive, with American City Bureau to conduct it again. Paul B. Belden named chairman for next year.
Friday expected surge in marriages due to a holiday and June first, but only 11 marriage licenses were issued while six suits for divorce were filed.
Motorists will pay 10 percent more for tires beginning Monday after Friday’s Akron announcement by H. S. Firestone president of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Other firms are expected to follow. This marks the second 10 percent rise in 30 days due to higher crude rubber costs climbing from 17 to 70 cents per pound over the past year.
Cities including Cleveland Cincinnati Lima Mansfield Youngstown Columbus Dayton Springfield file protests with the Public Utilities commission over a certificate for Red Ball Transit Co. to operate irregular intra state and inter state routes. Hearing set for Tuesday as 36 companies say current service suffices.
The first day of the new traffic tower on the public square drew hundreds of pedestrians to watch the signal Go. Drivers were told to avoid turning at the Tuscarawas and Market intersection as police managed crowds and directed operations. The public learned the new system with many pedestrians still unfamiliar.
Ernest Markle 4 was badly injured Friday when struck by a car at Market avenue and 4th Street SW. He has a left leg fracture and a cut above the right eye. Police investigate as mother aids the boy and a passerby takes him to Aultman Hospital.
Youngstown May 30 Two more arrests in citizenship fraud probe in Mahoning County involve alleged email bribes for naturalization. T C Christian the naturalization clerk was arrested earlier. John Thomas deputy clerk and Guido Vernucci banker were later nabbed and charged with conspiracy.
Fire on the British steamer Fenchurch 400 miles off Sandy Hook last night has been extinguished. A wireless message to the Independent Wireless Co. says the vessel is believed to be out of danger and able to proceed under its own power.
In Cleveland on May 30 Mrs Veronica Poreh a bedridden invalid died trying to rescue her seven year old daughter Agnes from flames. Both were severely burned after Agnes clothing ignited near a kitchen stove. The mother crawled to the kitchen to tear away the burning garments as neighbors helped transport them to a hospital.
Pittsburgh May 30 One man was killed and four others seriously injured when their car trapped between safety gates was struck by a Pennsylvania train at Sharpsburg near here. Frank Bruno a landscape gardener was killed. Police arrested the crossing watchman after survivors said he lowered the far gate after the car passed the first gate which had not been lowered.
Julius Kruttschnitt, long the lieutenant to Harriman and head of the Southern Pacific system, retires at nearly 71 after 48 years of service. Born in 1854 in New Orleans, he began with Morgan's Louisiana and Texas and rose to chair the executive board. pensioning employees 70 and over follows company policy, with official retirement June 1.
Sheriff C W Kirk and six deputies raided a farmhouse brewery southwest of Canton. They arrested the brewmaster his assistant and two bartenders seized 300 bottles and dispersed 35 patrons. The operation ran from a remodeled farm house with a summer kitchen and rathskeller style seating. several autos came for directions and visitors from distance.
Scattered showers and thunder storms are expected Sunday or Monday and again midweek in the Ohio valley and the Great Lakes region. Temperatures will be normal, turning warmer by mid to late week.
Earl Jackson, in a letter from Oak Hill to Ohio Penitentiary Warden Thomas, says his wife needed him and home troubles forced his escape from the London prison farm. Jackson, sentenced from Ironton to three to 15 years for burglary, had served one year before walking away.
Police probe a blaze that gutted a Youngstown Foundry and Machine Co branch late yesterday. The fire caused an estimated loss of 800 600 dollars and was found after the night watchman reported the alarm when the worker had left.
Oslo officials debated sending an expedition to Spitzbergen to search for Amundsen Ellsworth flyers who left in two aeroplanes a week earlier. The cabinet planned a next meeting to decide on relief options, including keeping Farmone near Spitzbergen and deploying two navy planes, amid strong public demand for swift action.
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