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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1929

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2

River Camps Sought for Wick as Slain Gangster Jacobs Buried

Campbell County police and deputies formed a posse to search Licking River camps for elusive gangster Robert Zwick after Joseph Jacobs was slain in Hamilton Ohio. Funeral services for Jacobs were held in Hamilton with about 150 attendees, while investigators watched river crossings and awaited further developments.

Robert Zwick Licking River Joseph Jacobs Hamilton Campbell County Kentucky Zwick Ohio Cincinnatt Jacobs Commercial Tribune Hamilton, O Joe Jacobs Symmes Pike Here Bob Zwick Katherine Manley Jersey Avenue C. Kk. W. Allwardt Zion Lutheran Church Littles Greenwood Cemetery George Jacobs Ohrio Thomas Dotty Calhoun Mufti

Astonishing Konjola Results Promised at Dow Stores

Read of Arthur Ferguson a Cincinnati former railway engineer who says Konjola cured twenty years of indigestion neuritis and rheumatism after trying many treatments. He reports rapid relief within weeks and urges others to try Konjola at Dow Drug Stores Sixth and Vine and Fifth and Vine streets.

Arthur Edward Ferguson Hoffman Pickering Dow Drug Store Fifth and Vine Streets Cincinnati Dow Sixth West Seventh Street America Konjola Ferguson Dow Drug Fifth and Vine Streets

Sheriff Orders River Search For Murder Victim Near Venice Bridge

Sheriff William Anderson authorized Deputies Peter Klein and Robert Poppe to drag the Big Miami river near the Venice Bridge with grappling hooks to recover a body believed dumped there. Blood was found a week earlier on the bridge floor and a nearby girder, with a state chemist confirming the sample as human.

Big Miami Venice Bridge William Anderson Peter Klein Robert Poppe

Bootleggers Use Ohio Highways, State Says

State Highway Department bulletin reports inspection crews finding empty liquor bottles in road ditches and grass along Ohio roads. Williams County authorities seized a beer truck, two runners, and 6 000 bottles after a crash on a recent rain day.

State Highway Department Columbus Ohio Information Bureau State Department of Highways Williams County Bulletin

Man Sitting in Front of Grocery Is Shot Down

In Chicago on May 31 a man sitting in front of a grocery was shot and killed. Police investigated the incident as a fatal shooting with no immediate suspect.

Chicago

Storage guidelines for Fay film stock and fire safety

The commission recommends printing framable films for archival storage and disposing of unused films promptly. Exposed stock should be minimal and metal fireproof containers used. no flames or smoking allowed near handling areas. Lighting must be vapor proof, doors and vents shaped for fireproof rooms, no skylights, and automatic sprinklers with extinguishers advised.

Republicans deny Sherrill as city manager issue in Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Republican City Central Committee declares false and deceptive charges that Col. C O Sherrill is the coming campaign issue. It asserts City Manager is non partisan and that Council governs, urging a choice between charterite non-partisan rule or Republican party leadership in city government.

Republican Party Cincinnati Charter Committee Charterites Col C. O. Sherrill Col. Sherrill Republican City Central Committee Sherrill Colonel Sherrill City of Great

Safe Storage Upgrades for X-ray Films in Cincinnati Hospitals

A Cincinnati Council of Hospital Superintendents committee informed City Manager Sherrill that all necessary changes to ensure safe X-ray film storage in Cincinnati hospitals will be implemented immediately. Members include A G Lohman, Dr John A Diekman, Miss Alice Thatcher, and Rev C H Lewis. The panel reviewed the prior Special Committee report on storage hazards and Sherrill pledged public assurances that past deficiencies will be corrected.

Cincinnati Council of Hospital Col. Sherrill A. G. Lohman Deaconess Hospital John A. Diekman Bethesda Alice Thatcher

Five Violations Cited at Cleveland Clinic Disaster

Cleveland Inspection Bureau Manager J M Shaw testified five National Board of Fire Underwriters regulations were violated at the Cleveland Clinic after 122 people died May 15 from poison gases released by X ray film storage in the basement. Violations included faulty fireproof door closure inadequate ventilation missing automatic sprinklers and dangling wiring.

Cleveland M. Shaw Ohio Inspection Bureau National Board of Fire Underwriters Cleveland Clinic Shaw W. M. Kriger Chicago American Hospital Association A. J. Pearse Ray T. Miller

Stein Named Supervisor of Transient Service

John H. Stein of 3805 Ault Park Road was appointed supervisor of the Transient Service Bureau in the welfare department by City Manager Col. Sherrill. The city now controls the bureau, formerly part of the Community Chest, after council approved the ordinance. Stein will be paid 3000 dollars per year.

John H. Stein Ault Park Road Transient Service Bureau Col. Sherrill Community Chest Fred K. Hoehler Stein

New suits filed in Common Pleas Court listings

A docket of new Civil cases includes writs of habeas corpus for Thelma Hicks and numerous civil actions. Firms named include Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Fitzgerald Bros. Company, Liberal S. L. Company, Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation, Fifth Third Union Trust, and others. Several cases involve mortgage foreclosures, partitions, and divorce or custody actions, with amounts ranging from a few hundred to ten thousand dollars.

Common Pleas Court Thelma Hicks Pennsylvania Railroad Company Fitzgerald Bros. Company Peter G. Ruehlman, Jr John Wade, Jr Leona Wade Superior Lumber and Milling Company William R. Keegan Clifford W. Huge Gertrude Buyer City of Cincinnati Louis Massif Jacob Cohen Joseph S. Klein George L. Stamy Martha Stamy Herman Tumler Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation F. L. Ericson Liberal S. & L. Company Clifford J. Dieterle Stewart S. Cooper Frank J. Seibert Louisa Applegate Samuel G. Applegate Methodist Book Concern Leah Weiss Joseph _ Albers John Horn Charles Schmidlapp Fitzgerald Bros. Co J. B. Schmitt Company Rachel G. Holmes Carl S. Zink Chester J. Born Udley C. Outeast Desha Falkenstein

Today in History Kentucky and Tennessee join the Union

Kentucky is admitted to statehood on June 1 1792 followed by Tennessee on June 1 1796. A National Fast Day in 1865 marks the death of President Lincoln.

Kentucky Tennessee President Lincoln

Third Murder Within Thirty Six Hours Stuns City

Ettore Quaterri, seated in front of his small grocery, was shot four times in a brutal attack last night. He remained conscious but refused to identify his assailant or disclose any motive. Police arrived and questioned him, receiving no confession.

Ettore Quaterri Quaterri

Woman Takes Day Post for Prohibition Office

Mrs Nellie M Hill of Elyria has assumed duties as public relations counsel and educational adviser for the state prohibition department. Deputy commissioner Samuel K Beetham announced the appointment noting she has been on the payroll since May 1 receiving a salary of 1200 dollars.

Columbus Nellie M. Hill Elyria State Prohibition Department Samuel K. Beetham

Man Kills Self Eight Days After Wife Dies in Columbus

Fred Pfeiffer, 60, committed suicide on his rear porch in Columbus eight days after his wife Bertha died. A neighbor witnessed the shooting as Pfeiffer, said to be despondent over his spouse’s death, ended his life.

Columbus Bertha Fred .Pfeiffer Pfeiffer

Newark man dies second in interurban wreck in Ohio

Adrian L. McVay aged 52 of Newark died in a hospital after injuries from a hand car crash during dismantling an abandoned interurban track near Newark. The accident, which occurred last week, caused the second death among six Newark men involved.

Zanesville, O Adrian L. McVay Newark

Texas Governor Dan Moody Born In Taylor Texas

A brief society note lists Dan Moody governor of Texas born in Taylor thirty six years ago and Blanche Sweet actress born in Chicago thirty three years ago while Princess Yolande daughter of the king and queen of Italy turns twenty eight today.

Dan Moody Texas Taylor Tex Blanche Sweet Chicago Rincess Yolande Italy

Reeves Rites Scheduled at 263 Worth Street Today

Scottish Rite Brethren attend the funeral of John C. Reeves at his residence 263 Worth Street today at 2 p.m. John G. Landwehr and William Harte preside as officers with brief arrangements noted.

Brethren of the Rite John C. Reeves Worth Street John G. Landwehr M. F. WM. Harte

Multiple local deaths and funeral notices in Cincinnati area

Deaths list Eva Rowena Harris William G Herndon Adrienne Blakeley Kane Adelia Dossman Jennie A Mesch Murray Shipley Hazel Wiese with funeral details and interment plans across Alexandria Madisonville Laurel Cemetery Walnut Hills and East Walnut Hills from May 29 to May 31, 1929. Services set June 1 with times and locations provided.

W. H. Dunn Madison Road Madisonville Laurel Cemetery Kane Adrienne (Nee Blakeley Bart Kane Cincinnati Widows and Old Men's Home East McMillan Street Adelia Dossman Frank Emma Woycke Dossman Cleveland Avenue Norwood W. Mack Johnson McMillan Upland Place Mesch Jennie A (Nee Niehaus John A. Mesch Celia Elmer Gene Henrietta Haftertepen Myrtle Avenue Walnut Hills Shipley Murray Shipley Martha B. Shipley Vista Avenue Wiese Hazel Nee Hayes Edwin O. Wiese Frank and Mary Hayes Saybrook Avenue George H. Rohde Linwood Delta Avenues

Fireworks Display Opens Cincinnati Season at Coney Island

Price Hill Council No 1350 Knights of Columbus hosts a 9 pm fireworks show at Coney Island with a picnic and card party. Edward Waldvogel, Grand Knight, says the event will be the greatest yet and draws thousands from Price Hill to the up river park. A 2 pm card party and 4 pm athletic contests precede a 6:30 pm dinner with about 400 reservations.

Cincinnati Price Hill Council Knights of Columbus Coney Island Coney Edward N. Waldvogel Main Street Merchants’ Association Big Upriver Price Hill Colonial Dining Hall

Cincinnati Chapter NA Cost Accountants Reports Rapid Growth

The Cincinnati Chapter shows steady expansion in its annual membership, rising from about thirty members two years ago to roughly 275, the third largest among thirty five chapters. New May inductees include Edward Atwood Henry, Charles H. Wolf, R. F. Davidson, R. W. Suddard, Mildred Pfister, Frank S38, Harry, C. C. DeLong, Charles J. Moss, Lyal W. Holt, Norma Klanke, L. R. Foster.

Cincinnati National Association of Cost Accountants New York City Philadelphia Edward Atwood Henry Charles H. Wolf R. F. Davidson

St Xavier College president tours East to view expansion

Rev. Hubert F. Brockman S J president of St Xavier College returns from an East tour as a Catholic Educational Association examiner for Nazareth College Rochester and other institutes. He aided planning for St Xavier expansion and praised as a model project. City contracts awarded for Wing Street and Lysle Lane paving with concrete roadways.

Hubert F. Brockman S. J St. Xavier College Catholic Educational Association Nazareth College Rochester N. Y Father Brockman St. Xavier East Wing Street Glenway Avenue Claypole Avenue Sterrett Avenue Col. Sherrill O’connell & Sweeney Sullivan Bros. Paving Company Lysle Lane Montgomery Road Bosworth Place

Hi Y Club Plans Weekend Camp Trip to Kentucky

Thirty members of the Hi Y Club at Woodward High School will spend the weekend at Camp Meacham, the Y M C A summer camp for boys at Mentor, Kentucky, with Boys' Secretary H. E. Grim.

Woodward High School H. E. Grim Central Y. M. C. A Meacham Loys Mentor

Youth Drowns Swimming in Little Miami River Near Remington

Stewart Carter 18 of Elmwood Place drowned while swimming with his sister Eve lyn Carter and another girl in the Little Miami River near Remington Ohio. The body was not recovered yesterday. The death marks the fourth Hamilton County youth to drown while swimming this year. The Goldschmidt brothers Julius 20 and Clarence 15 drowned earlier near Brookville Indiana while on a holiday motor trip with their father Jacob Goldschmidt of Reading. Jerome Uehlin and Norman Beckman witnessed the drownings as a whirlpool dragged the brothers. Rescue attempts with a waterlogged boat failed. Roger Bacon High School sent condolences to the Goldschmidt family. The younger boy was a Roger Bacon freshman and memorial services were being arranged awaiting body recovery.

Stewart Carter Prosser Avenue Elmwood Place Little Miami Remington Evelyn Carter Carter Hamilton County Julius Goldschmidt Clarence Goldschmidt Roger Bacon High School St. Bernard, O Jacob Goldschmidt Roger Bacon

Student Drowns in Black River Pool at Elyria

In Elyria Ohio on May 31 10 year old Edward Sikorka a Holy Cross School student drowned in a Black River pool while swimming with companions who left him when he did not follow. Firemen recovered the body after the companions alerted authorities an hour later.

Black River Elyria Eadward Sikorka Holy Cross School

Girl Drowns During Detroit Class Picnic

Alma Fisher, 16, a Scott High School senior, drowned at Belle Isle Detroit during the class picnic. Officials believe she either suffered a heart attack on diving or was stunned, with no marks found on the recovered body.

Belle Island Detroit Mich Toledo Alma Fisher Scott High School Belle Isle

Defiance High Senior Drowns Swimming Near River

Cleon Kennedy a 16 year old Defiance high school senior drowned in the Aug lase River two miles south of Defiance while swimming from a raft. He dove off the raft and never resurfaced officials said.

Defiance Cleon Kennedy Defiance High School Here

Community notices from Gibson and Cincinnati events

Mary M. Walsh hosts a dinner and dance at 9. Mrs Bowman holds a luncheon and ecards at 12:30. Leo J. Overton chairs a 4 o’clock meeting. Judge Gusweiler and Linton attend a 1 o’clock meeting. Cincinnati Club and Cincinnati Missionary Training School plan a dinner at 5.

Camping season opens June 27

The Hi Y Club, sponsored by the boys department of Central Y, announces regular camping season opening on June 27.

the Boys’ Department of Central “‘Y

Schott to Be Graduated From Iowa State University

Edward L. Schott, 22, son of Mr and Mrs George F Schott, will receive his degree from Iowa State University on Monday June 3. Mrs Schott left to see him graduate but her husband, president of the Coney Island amusement park, was detained by duties.

Edward L. Schott George F. Schott Iowa State University

Dugan to Tour Ireland and Europe for Club Films

James N. Dugan plans a trip to Ireland and other European countries. He will shoot movies during the tour and present them to Cincinnati Club Athletic Table members upon return in a few months. A gym class outing is set for Wednesday June 5 at Robinson's farm Terrace Park Ohio with reservations via William Stradtmann. Loyd T. Bronson, postal inspection clerk, retires from active service due to physical disabilities after a career starting in 1911 and continuous work in Cincinnati since 1914.

James. N. Dugan Cincinnati Club Ireland Athletic Table Robinson’s Farm Terrace Park William Stradtmann Loyd T. Bronson Prentice Street Postal Inspection Office Cincinnati

Dredging Crew Ordered to Manchester Ohio Bar

The government dredge Mallory the towboat Ottawa and a floating plant were sent from Sayler Park to Manchester Ohio yesterday by United States District Engineers. Dredging operations will begin on the Manchester bar.

Mallory Ottawa Sayler Park Manchester United States District Engineers Manchester Bar

Cincinnati Firemen Band Concert at Bell Home Lawn

The Cincinnati Fire men Protective Association Band performed last night on the lawns of the Samuel W. Bell Home for Sightless Working Men at 1515 Elm Street. Under Protective Council No.7 Welfare Association of the Sightless of Ohio, about 400 people enjoyed the event. Judge Samuel W. Bell gave a short address.

Cincinnati Firemen’s Protective Association Samuel W. Bell Elm Street Protective Council No.7 Welfare Association of the Sightless of Ohio

Reunion of Junior Order and Daughters of America in Hamilton County

A union of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Daughters of America in Hamilton County will be held at the Zoo today. About 14 000 to 15 000 people are expected for the annual affair with proceeds benefiting the building fund for the proposed Temple.

Kennedy in Highland Play Cast Rehearsal

Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs Walter Kennedy of Highland Township. He was in the cast of the senior play to be presented by the class tonight.

Pqfsions Kennedy Walter Kennedy Highland Township

William Henry Moore 90 Civil War veteran dies in Martins Ferry

William Henry Moore 90, the second Martins Ferry resident to answer Lincoln's call for volunteers, died at his home. He served in the Fiftieth Ohio Infantry and the West Virginia Light Artillery, fought at Bull Run Cedar Mountain Antietam and Gettysburg, and his passing leaves only nine members in the local G A R post once numbering in the hundreds.

Martins Ferry William Henry Moore Lincoln Moore Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry West Virginia Light Artillery Bull Run Cedar Mountain Antietam Gettysburg G. A. R. Post

Death of Mrs Mesch at 75 After Illness

Mrs En ae Mesch, 75, died at home 1400 Myrtle Avenue yesterday afternoon after an illness started by a paralytic stroke two months earlier. Widow of John Mesch who ran a West End jewelry store, she leaves two sons Gene and Elmer in real estate and two daughters Celia Mesch and Mrs. Henrietta Hafertepem of Cincinnati. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.

Myrtle Avenue John Mesch West End

Funeral services for Murray Shipley at Vista Avenue home

Funeral services for Murray Shipley will be held at his home 3465 Vista Avenue at 10:30 this morning. Bishop Boyd Vincent and Rev. George C. Dunlop will officiate. Family and friends may attend the service, burial to be private.

Murray Shipley Vista Avenue Boyd Vincent George C. Dunlop Church of the Advent

Marriage Licenses Listed For City Residents

A long list of marriage licenses shows couples with ages and occupations from Santa Fe to Philadelphia. Many pairs include a groom and a bride with addresses such as 122 East McMillan street and 2127 St Michael street, reflecting a broad city scope.

Franklin Linton Santa Fe Cal Lenora W. Lane Athens Eleanor R. Commack Gtbson Hotel Delmar H. Jacobs Mess Avenue Phyllis Schott Sturgis Avenue Harold B. Nordeman Catherine Street Steamfitter Thelma Ulm Vine Street Cleatus Ross Ill Dorothy Kunker Forrestville O. Mortimer Dunning, Jr Heim Avenue Carpenter Audréy Baechle Westwood Avenue Clyde W. Sackett Colerain Avenue Katherine Kunze Union Street August Heineman Carlin Avenue Alice McCarthy Linn Street Metcalfe Read Periitown Eleanor Kassner Silverton Oden F. Sellers Glengate Avenue Ruth H. Mullinix Max R. Mueller Marburg Avenue Hazel E. ‘Counts Mar Bart Str Nannie B. Johnson Carlisle

Weather summary for several states and a May 31, 1929 record

Ohio maps a trend toward cooler, mostly fair weather with possible southwest showers. Kentucky and Tennessee show cloudy skies with scattered showers and cooler temperatures, while Indiana ranges from north fair to unsettled south with possible showers. West Virginia stays generally fair. The report includes a table of current and high temperatures across cities such as Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit, Nashville, Boston, and Pittsburgh with precipitation notes and a May 31 1929 record.

Ohio Kentucky Indiana Tennessee West Virginia Eastport Love Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Detroit Atlan City S.s.marie Washin’n Chicago Jackson’e Duluth Atlanta St. Louis N. Orleans Kans. City Galveston Omaha Pittsburgh Denver

Building permits inch up as Cincinnati far exceeds national average

May 1929 permits reached 2 272 with a total valuation of 10 711 23 dollars while May 1928 showed 2 589 permits and 14 692 05 dollars. For the first five months, 1929 permits totaled 299 565 with a valuation of 13 018 590 dollars, and the 1928 ten months totaled 16 768 655 dollars. The Cincinnati Land Shares Company leased 627 Walnut street to Louis Braun for four years and six months at 16 800 dollars. a barber shop will operate on the premises. lease arranged by Frederick A Schmidt Company.

C. M. Stegner Cincinnati Cincinnati Land Shares Company Y Yesterda Louis Braun Walnut Street Frederick A. Schmidt

Plymouth Motor renews lease on Enquirer Building room

The Plymouth Motor Corporation renewed its lease on Room 1131 in the Enquirer Building for another year at an annual rent of 1440 dollars. The Schmidt firm negotiated the lease for the Enquirer Building Company.

Plymouth Motor Corporation Enquirer Schmidt

Body of Man Found on Top of Box Car in Willard

The body of a white man about 25 was found on a Baltimore & Ohio freight box car arriving from Toledo. Coroner E L Bell believes the man was struck by an overhead bridge while on top of the car. Skull fractured in two places and neck broken. Items bearing the name Walter Bell of Knoxville Tennessee were found with the body. Coroner notified Knoxville authorities.

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