Community Chest drive urged to lift city effort
Two days of campaigning brought in 481 988 27 for the Cincinnati Community Chest though leaders warned of overconfidence and laxity among solicitors. Voluntary teams report progress with Team E 1 and Team V 2 showing the sharpest gains while major donors include the Tafts and local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Albers
Mr. Albers
Charles P. Taft Ir
Shutte
Legionnaires
Tafts
Charles P. Taft
Fred A. Geier
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Cincinnati
Cleveland Barber Kills Wife Then Ends His Life
Morris Presser, 42, barber, slashed his wife Marian Presser 22 and then shot himself at their home on East 105th street in Cleveland. Max Presser, 10, found the bodies on his return from school after a long struggle. police say the couple fought for about 15 minutes.
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Cleveland
Morris Presser
Marian
East 105Th Street
Max Presser
Presser
A Position For an Old Man
A reader is urged to check the Commercial Tribune Classifieds for an unusual job ad seeking an older man to return to his trade. The piece contrasts youth bias with a chance for senior workers to find employment and urges daily reading of classifieds for opportunities.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago Gangsters Buy Machine Guns By Flashing Badges on Dealers
In the Coron er s inquest into the St Valentine massacre witnesses recount gangsters obtaining machine guns from dealers who sold to men posing as policemen and prohibition agents. A gun bought in Hammond was shipped to a vacant lot address and linked to a gangster stash.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Herman N. Bundesen
Calvin Goddard
New York City
William McCarthy
Indiana State Highway Police
Hammond
Ind
Peter von Frantsius
McCarthy
von Frantsius
Indianapolis
Steve Oswald
Frank Gussenberg
Peter Gussenberg
Jack McGurn
Vincent Daniels
Edward Winder
Daniels
Internal Revenue Department
California
Ohio Governor Signs Thirty Nine New State Laws
Gov. Cooper approves 39 new laws on the last day of the Ohio Legislature. Highlights include higher general speed limits, a revised blue sky securities code, expanded school aid measures, workman’s compensation reforms, and penalties for delinquent taxes.
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Columbus
Cooper
Boden
Herbert
Securities Department
Morton
Preble County
Gillen
Jackson County
Workman’s Compensation Fund
Anderson
Richland County
State Industrial Commission
Burton
Cleveland
Lewis
Youngstown
Stark County
van Wye
Cincinnati
Matchless Mine Loses To Mortgage Claim In Leadville
Mrs H W Tabor widow of Colorado Senator loses bid to keep the Matchless silver mine. A sheriff's deed transfers ownership to Shorego Mining Co of Denver to satisfy a $16 000 mortgage. Tabor hoped for riches but failed to redeem the mortgage with the mine still in dispute.
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Leadville
Col
H. W. Tabor
United States
Tabor
Colorado
Shorego Mining Company
Denver
West
Senator Tabor
Washington
Four soldiers killed in Fort Kamehameha 155 mm gun explosion
Four enlisted men were killed and five others injured when a 155 millimeter gun exploded during target practice at Fort Kamehameha. The weapon was blown ninety feet. The dead are Sergt. Kelly R. Webb Saxon WV. Wood Roy E Lacona NY. Parks Herman Red Bird KY. Vallancourt Fred Rick South Lawrence MA. Wounded are Sergt. Lawrence J. Baker Grand Rapids MI. Privates Stephen K. Shaud Dubois PA. Jeremiah T. Heavy Hartford CT. Carl Paine Harrisburg PA. James T. Baer Buffalo NY. All victims belonged to Battery B Fifty fifth Coast Artillery. An army inquiry began today.
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Honolulu
Ft. Kamehameha
Webb
Kelly R
Saxon
West Virginia
Wood
Roy E
Lacona
New York
Parks
Herman
Red Bird
Vallancourt
Fredrick
South Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence J. Baker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Stephen KK. Shaud
Dubois, Pa
Jeremiah T. Heavy
Hartford
Woman’s body pulled from Ohio River under hush request
Jacob Grischy a 76 year old secretary at Day Wood Heel Co was found in the Ohio River near Central avenue by Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal workers. The undertaker took possession on family instruction before the coroner was notified and an autopsy planned, amid a police call from a distressed woman.
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Jacob Grisby
Day Wood Heel Company
Central Avenue
Jacob Grischy
Madison Road
Hoffner
Grischy
Arthur Forbinger
Harry P. Miller
Walnut Street
Race Street
Nelson Schwab
George Barnett
Julius L. Klein Named Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Dr Julius L Klein of California, Chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, has been selected by President Hoover as Assistant Secretary of Commerce succeeding Walter F Brown who becomes Postmaster General in Washington on April 19.
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Julius L. Klein
Washington
California
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Hoover
Walter F. Brown
Fire Kills Grandmother and Five Grandchildren in South Bend
A kitchen stove fire in South Bend, Indiana, claimed the life of Mrs. Mary Gooley, 78, and five Purucker grandchildren Aloysius 15, John 13, Edward 10, Louis 8, plus Katherine Guard 12. Neighbor reports dense smoke blocked entry as flames swept the home. Mr. and Mrs. Purucker and their 3-year-old daughter Rita were away when firefighters removed the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Harvey Purucker
Mary Gooley
Katherine Guard
Detroit Policeman Ousted for Aiding Rum Runners
Detroit April 19 The Police Trial Board found Sergt Edward Shaw guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer in the Belle Isle liquor scandal and dismissed him. He and Capt Joseph Burkheiser were suspended last week. Burkheiser will be tried later. Shaw denied the charges.
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Detroit
Mich
Edward Shaw
Belle Isle
Shaw
Joseph A. Burkheiser
Burkheiser
Baby Dies as Storm Ravages Southwest
A seven month old baby was killed near Cleburne Texas as heavy winds and rainstorms sweep Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. One other person died and several injured with extensive property damage reported tonight across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Cleburne
Tex
Manitoba farmer kills girl after marriage demand
In St Laurent Manitoba on April 19 James Desjarlain a 38 year old farmer shot and killed Emma the daughter of a carpenter after his marriage proposal was refused He then killed the mother and took his own life as a posse closed in The scene unfolded at the cottage home of F Richard as children witnessed the tragedy The cabin gunfight left a disrupted room and both victims dead descriptions note a rifle and shotgun in Desjarlain’s grasp and the woman who refused his suit slain before his suicide
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ST. Laurent
Manitoba
James Desjarlain
Desjarlain
F. Richard
Emma
Richard
Lincey
Rail railroads clash over Millsdale track zoning power
The City Planning Commission considers its authority to block Baltimore & Ohio Railroad plans for an extra switching track over Millsdale Avenue raising a zoning dispute between Cincinnati and Lockland. Attorney Morrison Waite questions jurisdiction as council weighs whether to appeal or seek court resolution.
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City Planning Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Millsdale Avenue
Cincinnati
Lockland
City “Planning Commission
Morrison R. Waite
City Planning Committee
City Council
Edward T. Dixon
Waite
Zoning Board of Appeals
Cannibalism Reported in China’s Kansu Province Famine
Missionary William Simpson warns famine in Kansu is tenfold worse with Moslem rebels ravaging the south and west. Eighty percent of residents lack food or seeds for the next crop while some children are reportedly eaten as starvation spreads.
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Peking
Kansu
China
Tibet
William Simpson
Assemblies of God Mission
Minchow
International Famine Relief Commission
Mr. Simpson
Four Navy flyers killed in midair collision over Coronado
Two North Island planes returning from target practice collided mid air over Coronado near Spanish Bight. Three officers died instantly and Ensign Sheehan died later at hospital. Brown survived minutes. Names Patterson, Bassett, Brown, and Sheehan listed with residences in San Diego and Coronado.
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Navy
San Diego
Cal
Coronado
North Island
Brown
Navy Flying Field
Oceanside
Spanish Bight
Sheehan
Bachelor Officers’ Quarters
Hunted Lawyer Ends His Life in Philadelphia Hotel
David Steinhardt, a 42 year old New York lawyer linked to swindling charges, died by poison in his hotel room as federal agents prepared to arrest him. Investigators found letters to his wife and the U S Attorney, outlining his view that only death could prevent a prison sentence. Authorities had charged him with pilfering $50 000 from a single client during a nationwide manhunt.
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David Steinhardt
New York
Philadelphia
Steinhardt
Robert Morris
Anna
William Armstrong
Grace
United States
Tuttle
Congress
George Mintzer
Donie Bush’s Brother Killed in Auto Crash
Frank Bush of Indianapolis, brother of Donie Bush manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, died in a car wreck near Dublin Ohio. Paul Sullivan, driver, was seriously injured when the car collided with another containing three Poland Ohio residents. Bush and Sullivan were en route to Cincinnati for the Reds Pirates opening series.
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Richmond
Ind
Frank Bush
Indianapolis
Donie Bush
Pittsburgh
Dublin
Here
Paul T. Sullivan
Bush
Poland
A. E.i, Hughes
Ollie Lawler
Hughes
Sullivan
Cincinnati
Reds
Pirates
Bootleggers Caught Using New Rooftop Landing Scheme
New York April 19. Customs agents seized 130 bottles of liquor on the liner Île de France as bootleggers used a rooftop landing from an adjoining pier. The liquor, landed by crew members without ship officers knowing, represented the latest wrinkle in bootlegging tactics.
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New York
Quake Shakes Italy Lets Minor Shocks Hit Several Cities
Earth shocks were felt this morning at Bologna Modena Fidenza and Parma with no substantial damage reported in the Italian regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Bologna
Modena
Fidenza
Parma
Highway Patrolman Killed by Trio in Pennsylvania
Erie PA April 19 Russell Swanson 24 state highway patrolman was shot and killed at North East by three men in a car with Minnesota plates. Fred Elberson wounded himself during a gun battle. Joseph Iavie and Sam Bard were captured. Bard admitted shooting Swanson. All three claimed Minneapolis origin en route to Buffalo.
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Erie
Russell Swanson
North East
Minnesota
Fred Elberson
Swanson
Joseph Iavie
Sam Bard
Bard
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Reward claim filed in Dumele murder case decades later
Stanley Silverstein and an unidentified client sought payment of a $500 reward posted by the County Commissioners after Peter Dumele, once North College Hill marshal, was slain on April 8 1928. The claim, supported by investigator John Clipinger, cites danger to witnesses and notes three of the four indicted men were convicted while the reward remained unclaimed. The commissioners referred the claim to the prosecutor for authority to pay.
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Peter Dumele
North College Hill
Dumele
Pelican Club
John H. Clippinger
Taft
Rodney Ford
Schwab
John “Todd” Messner
Breck Lutes
Clippinger
Ford
Robert Andres
Robert Kolker
Hamilton
Lutes
Mesener
Robert Zwick
Andres
Kolker
Silverstein
Clifford Cordes
Ten film concerns indicted for Sherman act conspiracy
Ten leading motion picture producers and distributors were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of conspiracy to violate the Sherman act. The firms named include Warner Brothers Fox Paramount Universal United Artists and Vitagraph among others. Independent exhibitors say they were driven out of business by unlawful terms to obtain films amid alleged exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Warner Brothers
West Coast Theaters, Inc
Fox Film Corporation
Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation
First National Pictures
Universal Film Exchange
Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
United Artists Corporation
Pathe Exchange, Inc
Vitagraph, Inc
Marine Library Seeks Books for Sailors at Sea
The American Merchant Marine Library invites books and magazines of all kinds to aid sailors aboard ships. Donations may be left April 15 to 23 with conductors on Cincinnati street cars and at the Public Library branches and Mercantile Library. Textbooks travel, histories, biographies, science, travelogues, and fiction are welcomed.
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American Merchant Marine Library
Public Library
High Seas
Cincinnati
Mercantile Library
Public Libraries
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Sweetheart
Planning Board
Cerman
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Dawes Committee
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