Dr Hugo Eckener Crowned Adventurer of the Air
The profile portrays Hugo Eckener commander of the Graf Zeppelin as a bearded scholar and adventurer who circumnavigated the globe. It highlights his modesty, romance of air travel, and his family including son Knute, noting his boyhood outdoors and late school interest.
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Leif the Lucky
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Lindbergh's
Byrds
Chamberlins
Plorer
Dr. Eckener
Knute
Pelin
Lakehurst
West Coast Towns Fight Day Fire
Fire raged across Washington and Oregon as winds shifted saving Stevenson Washington from destruction. Firefighters backed by Hood River crews saved homes while Greenleaf hotel and Mid-Columbia Lumber were burned, with two menaced towns evacuating residents and several structures lost to the blaze.
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Washington
Oregon
Stevenson
Columbia River Timber Co
Greenleaf
Mid-Columbia Lumber Co
Cerson
Traffic Signal Contract Challenged in Common Pleas
A hearing on a temporary injunction to invalidate the city board of control contract for 72 two-deck traffic signals at about $29 000 is slated for the week of Sept 30. City Solicitor James E Kinnison said the permanent writ could force re bidding. City council will decide whether to continue or withdraw the injunction.
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Common Pleas Court
City Board of Control
James E. Kinnison
Harrington-Seaberg
Moline
Ill
City Legal Department
Rain Helps Fire Fighters in Ventura Forest Fire
Heavy rains in southern California aided firefighters battling a forest blaze that covered over 15 000 acres in Ventura county. The fire damaged an estimated 3 million dollars, destroyed nearly 100 oil derricks and many homes, and caused one death. It was nearing containment with favorable weather forecast to halt the flames.
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Santa Paula
Cal
P Iifornia
Ventura
Ventura Av
Hoon
Will Sees Public Pay Five Dollars to See Him
In a dated Wichita dispatch Will Smith protests film pricing, criticizing public admission fees for a talking picture in Los Angeles. He states he will not support what he calls brigandage, noting audiences pay to see others rather than the film.
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Will
Wichita
Kas
Beverly Hills
Clearmoore
Los Angeles
Will Ae
M Donald May Have His Wine
Washington observers wonder if Premier Mac Donald will have access to the embassy wine cellar during his Washington visit. Sir Esme Howard, the British ambassador, is expected to decide what wines will be available if desired.
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Esme
Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Esme Howard
MacDonald
Jury hears fate of Earle Peacox in NY murder case
In White House New York twelve jurors hear both sides as Earle Francis Peacox faces possible execution for the murder of his young wife Dorothy. The scene unfolds after investigators found the half burned body along a secluded country road with a battered head and cord marks on the throat.
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White House
N. Y
State and Defense
Earle Francis Peacox
Dorothy
Ade Hurts Arm Falling At Home In Brook Ind
Noted humorist George Ade was admitted to St Luke's Hospital in Chicago with a fractured arm after a fall down a stairway at his Brook Indiana home yesterday. Doctors expect a week to ten days of recovery.
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Chicago
George Ade
St. Luke's Hospital
Brook
Ind
Canton Radio Show Opens With Expo of 1930 Designs
Canton's fifth annual radio show opens Wednesday night at 7 30 in the Market and Auditorium. The four day event features 24 exhibits including new 1930 radio models, demonstrations nightly at 10 30, and the Royal Hawaiians singing group. Admission is free with doors opening 7 30 each evening and the affair closing Saturday night.
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Canton
Canton Radio Association
Royal Hawaiians
WADC
Akron
Husband Dies as Car Strikes Pole in Fairfax
Homer J. Johnson of Sunnyside New York was killed when his auto skidded into a telephone pole in Fairfax Virginia. His wife suffered a fractured skull and their five year old son was only slightly injured. Mrs. Johnson was taken to a hospital in Alexandria Virginia.
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Fairfax
Homer J. Johnson
Sunnyside
N. Y
Man Confesses Embezzlement After Police Games
Chicago detectives finally detained William Thal who admitted stealing 14,000 dollars from the J G Grill Insurance Co of New York over a year to fund horse racing. He said his conscience prompted immediate surrender and asked to be sent back for processing.
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New York
Chicago
William Thal
J. G. Grill Insurance Co
Thal
Snake Samson Finally Regurgitates Blanket After Digestive Trial
The 32 foot python Samson in Akron regurgitated the blanket swallowed during a cold midsummer when a keeper helped remove it from the snake's mouth. The event, witnessed after weeks of doubt, confirms the stomach ache claim and Samson is valued at 2200 dollars.
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Samson
Thomases
Akron
Seven Gastonia mob members held on kidnapping charges
Judge T N Shaw found probable cause against seven men linked to the Gastonia mob that abducted three labor organizers on a back country ride. Bonds set at 7500 each for conspiracy to kidnap assault with deadly weapon false arrest and false imprisonment. Proceedings also note lack of evidence against seven companions including Solicitor John Carpenter.
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United Press
Charlotte
N. C
Gastonia
T. N. Shaw
C. D. Saylors
C. M. Sell
Ben Wells
Wells
John Carpenter
A.3. Moorehead
Manville- Jenckes Co
Loray
L. Pickering
Carl Holloway
Dewey Carver
Tom Carver
Horace Lane
Myers Mill
Smiley Leis
Concord
Bessemer City
Ella May Wiggins
Gaston Co
Crops Hit Hard by First Heavy Frost of Fall
The first heavy frost of the coming fall settled over Canton and Stark early Wednesday, damaging late vegetables. Temperatures dropped to a season low of 39 degrees just before daybreak, killing tomato and cucumber vines and hurting head lettuce in the swamps.
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Canton
Stark
Heat Wave Eases as Southern California Cools
Relief from a heat wave was forecast for Los Angeles and southern California as temperatures moderated after a night of rainfall. Yesterday many areas logged 100 degree plus readings with Centro at 110, San Fernando 107, San Bernardino 108, and Riverside 105 in the hotter stretches.
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OS Angeles
Los Angeles
Hartville Area Feels Frost and Price Shifts in Coal Trade
In the Hartville vicinity frost damaged foliage with brown leaves as Wednesday sun rose. Coal dealers faced a summer rush for emergency orders. summer prices ended and winter rates apply. Temperatures hit 75 but fell quickly with strong winds. crops like corn and potatoes were largely spared while beans and celery in muck lands saw minor harm.
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Hartville
Hunter shot in Wooster hunt critical condition
Sept. L. W Simms a 50 year old Penn sylvania Railroad employee lay in Kinney and Smith Hospital in Wooster today in critical condition after being shot in the face and chest during Wooster's first hunting accident. Benjamin Flory mistook Simms for a squirrel firing the blast that penetrated his lungs and damaged heart muscles.
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Wooster
Sept
Simms
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kinney and Smith Hospital
Benjamin Flory
East Meets West At Sue Ming Birthday Party
Sue Ming, a Canton immigrant in his 11th year, celebrated the second anniversary of starting his Harris Arcade restaurant with 25 friends. He has cleared all debt, offers a fusion dinner, and plans to renew operations on a clean slate. attorney Russell Burt acted as toastmaster with remarks from Paul Gnau and A. L. Oscar.
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Dr. Eckener
Seega University
Robbie Kipling
Rudyard Burne
Sue Ming
Sue Haile
Orient
Canton
Sue
Busines
Harris Arcade
Russell Burt
Paul Gnau
A. L. Oscar
American Legion
Bue
13Th Division
Special All This Week At Bender's Cafeteria Pie Ala Mode
An advertisement notes this week at Benders Cafeteria offering a choice of fresh peach or apple pie a la mode for 4e. The note highlights a menu option amid a local dining promo.
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Bender
World champ barber Louis Arico sails to New York
Louis Arico, self described as the world long distance barber champion, leaves London aboard the Leviathan at the summons of patron William F. Kenny. Kenny and Mrs. Kenny join him after a brief holiday as English barbers defend their speed while Arico notes New York's pace.
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Louis Arico
New York
Arica
Atlantic
William F. Kenny
Kenny
Louis
London
Miners Strike At Rosswell Shaft Mine
About 125 coal miners at the Shaft mine of H. R. Brown and Son Co. near Rosswell Ohio strike after a general wage cut. They reject owners’ offer, plan a rally at 4 PM with Lee Hall speaking, and demand restored wages yardage dead end draft mule use, and other terms. The mine employs around 70 workers and operates parts of the day during the dispute.
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New
Philadelphia
H. R. Brown and Son ‘Co
Rosswell
Here
Lee Hall
Ohio
Miners’ Union
Ure
Fuscaurawas En
Lindberghs Start Southward to Link U.S. Mail Trail
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride left Lindbergh Field to begin a Miami to Washington air route and a Caribbean leg that will extend the U.S. airmail service to Dutch Guiana. They plan to meet Pan American Airways president J. T. Trippe in Washington to join the venture.
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Roosevelt Field
S. 1
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Fla
Washington, D.C
Caribbean
United States
Dutch Guiana
Washington
Lindberg’s
J. T. Trippe
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Worker crushed by crane kills two men at Canton yards
Coroner T C Mc Quate ruled both deaths accidental. Anthony Chenal 62 of 617 14th St SE died when electric crane magnet crushed his head in the State Iron and Metal Co yards while John McVeigh operated the crane. Ralph Fortney 46 of Crestline died from a cerebral hemorrhage after being found in a Canton railroad caboose.
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Anthony Chenal
14Th St SE
Ralph Fortney
Crestline
Chenal
State Iron and Metal Co
18Th St
John McVeigh
Mapleton Road
McVeigh
McQuate
Fortney
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canton
Marines ban town visits as bootlegging fears grow
At Quantico Virginia Maj Gen Smethey Butler orders Marines not to enter the town until bootlegging and lawlessness are stamped out. Business leaders say shop revenues fall when troops stay away, and Butler agrees to cooperate but keeps the ban in place. Butler, a former Philadelphia police commissioner, oversees the base after Maj Gen Wendell C Neville.
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Quantico
Smethey Butler
Marine
Butler
Marine Base
Philadelphia
Wendell C. Neville
Cavendish Club President Simplifies Bridge Bidding
Gratz M. Scott, Cavendish Club president, told 70 bridge teachers at an annual convention to use imagination to visualize what your hand has and then bid accordingly.
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New York
Gratz M. Scott
Cavendish Club
Hae
Crossword No 6 Prize Omission Corrected
An error in the Monday puzzle No 6 prize cross word was found. The horizontal 80 clue should read small singing bird.
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