17 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1928
Page
1
American company EAPAE is set to be acquired by railroad interests in a major corporate deal. Details of the transaction and the parties involved were not disclosed in the brief notice.
Four major railroads appoint agents to acquire the American Railway Express Company or its stock and form Railway Express Agency Inc. Most roads will not renew the current contract, with a plan to 190,000? no, 90,000 employees may transfer. The move could add about 300 million dollars yearly to railroad income and end the express company's operations.
A former Boston mail carrier with a grudge against the Post Office Department wounded two inspectors on a downtown Atlanta street. Joe P. Johnston, 66, Chief Postal Inspector, was seriously hurt and Morgan Griswold, 60, was slightly wounded. The shooter, Harry M. Deeran, 54, Armenian, fled into a hotel basement where he was overpowered. He had returned to work in Boston earlier this year after a prior conduct charge.
In Somerville Massachusetts on July 16 more than 150 Ford plant workers and staff in nearby towns became ill after consuming lunches from a Boston chain. Many collapsed at work prompting a shutdown and ambulance transport to hospitals. For hours the plant worked to move the morbidly affected while Dr. N A Nelson led a health department inquiry.
City Manager Col Sherrill submitted an ordinance to the City Council proposing pensions for employees age 70 and over with at least five years of service. The pension would be 2 percent of the highest salary per year of service, capped at 50 percent or $1,200 annually. Departments must report eligible names as Civil Service lists would be too time consuming. Sherrill urged immediate passage as humane retirement for aging staff and a step toward a full future pension system with employee and city contributions.
Chicago Rapid Transit Company announced a twenty percent fare increase on the Chicago Elevated Railway to take effect Wednesday. The move, effective citywide, follows ongoing cost pressures and service adjustments across the rapid transit system.
The City Planning Commission rejected an ordinance repealing a measure to widen Walnut street from 40 to 46 feet between Third and Fourth streets. Mayor Seasongood led the push to widen first and pave later, while the commission doubts will be overridden and may defer action until public sentiment favors paving. The plan relies on removing a street stair to the First National Bank Building, opposed by the bank. A public hearing next Monday will determine whether Baltimore and Ohio Railroad spur tracks can cross Millsdale avenue, a move the commission doubts given ongoing railroad crossing eliminations.
The Coal River Collieries Company was adjudged bankrupt today by Federal Judge George W. McClintic in Charleston West Virginia. J T Dunigan president and U S marshal Seigel Workman were continued as permanent receivers.
In a July evening at Villa Torlonia Mussolini warmly praised Charles G Dawes the US vice president and asked Milan Lusk the Chicago violinist about Smith Hoover and the presidential wet dry question. Lusk played a melody Dawes wrote and Mussolini offered remarks and autographs.
Jordan D. Hill, 24, a former West Point student, began a six month voyage from New York in an eighteen-foot canoe. He set off from the North River into Buttermilk Channel with two buoyancy tanks and a canvas cover, pursuing a coastwise route toward Panama.
Detroit date July 16 reports the Thompson Aeronautical Corporation of Cleveland will inaugurate overnight air mail service in inland Michigan starting tomorrow. The move marks a new regional mail route with rapid overnight delivery.
Voters must be registered to vote in the August 14 primary. Special registration will be held August 6 to 10 at the Board of Elections Palace Theater Building, with extra sessions August 10 and 11 at Norwood and St Bernard City Halls. Hours 9 am to 2 pm and 4 to 9 pm.
United States prohibition agent Sylvester Davis predicts river pirates on the Ohio will vanish within months. He cites a Washington gathering to install liquor law enforcement fleets on the Ohio Missouri and Mississippi rivers and says Louisville may become the center of the Ohio River district with motor launches carrying armed crews to curb moonshine trafficking.
The United States Navy dirigible Los Angeles lifted off at 7 25 p m EST from Lakehurst New Jersey for a coastal waters training flight. Forty seven officers and men are aboard under Lieut Commander H V Wiley who relieves Lieut Commander Rosendahl in Europe. This is Wiley’s first flight in command.
Perry W. Howard a Negro Republican National Committeeman and delegate to the Kansas City convention has been indicted in Mississippi for trafficking in federal offices. He alleges ignorance while supporters blame a move to curb Negro influence in the South and aid Hoover in border states. Rush Holland testified he gave $4000 of the Hoover fund for organization and Howard received political headquarters support. The case follows long accusations of offering US Marshalships for 1500 to 2000 each, repeatedly quashed by political muscle and prior inquiries.
The Irish Free State government says it is prepared to sign the revised draft of the Kellogg anti war treaty at any time and hopes other powers will do likewise. External Affairs Minister P McGilligan states the draft is equally acceptable and ready to sign with any governments willing to participate. The note emphasizes universal application for effective suppression of war.
The Hamilton County Republican Central Committee adopted a platform damning County Prosecutor Taft for remarks about German Americans tied to the Remus case. It condemns alleged city government activists and asserts pride in German extraction, pledging loyalty to Coolidge and Republican nominees.
Dallas dispatch reports J M O Hara and W M McDonald announce Texas Republicans will back Alfred E Smith in the national race, claiming 250 000 Texas votes. Democratic bolt groups plan anti Smith talks in Dallas while Creager led Hoover aligned Republicans push for party unity.
Former Italian Premier Giovanni Giolitti died at 1:35 this morning after a long illness from uremic poisoning. At eighty five he had wielded power for four decades, serving five times as Premier and shaping policy even from opposition. He faced impeachment and treason charges yet remained regarded as personally honest. Pope Pius IX sent apostolic benediction as families gathered at his bedside.
Fires with low humidity and high winds scorched tens of thousands of acres across California and adjacent areas. In Fresno County Academy district 20,000 acres burned and ran out of control while Sequeila National Forest fires totaled about 64,000 acres and were believed controlled. Other blazes struck Madera, Placer, Modoc, and Los Angeles County, with crews of up to 150 fighting near Pasadena and 75 at Santa Anita Canyon.
Aberdeen and Grays Harbor report improved forest fire conditions after four days of frantic effort. About six hundred loggers and workers battled to control fires near Lake Quinault and in upper Wyncodie Valley, with backfire used and smoke reaching Olympia.
An immigrant German cook Marie Schurg, 30, weds Reinhold Harter, 30, after a judge’s ceremony at Judge Samuel Bell. The couple soon flee to Reinbold’s Vine Street flat as Marie escapes Ellis Island scrutiny and recalls Reinbold’s wartime hunger and a castle kitchen memory.
Dr. W A Rucker said C D Henry father of Mrs Herbert Hoover was in a serious condition and the end might come during the night Alan Hoover grandson arrived from Palo Alto to be with his grandfather Dr Russell V Lee of Palo Alto had kept Mrs Hoover advised on the case in Placerville California July 16
In Superior Wisconsin on July 16 Herbert Hoover visits Cedar Island Lodge with President Coolidge on his westward journey. The pair discuss political matters briefly while Hoover plans to speak at Palo Alto on August 11 and prepare for a fishing contest on the Brule River.
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