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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1930
Page
2
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Lakehurst amid a haze and crowds. Passengers were photographed and examined before travelers dispersed to New York or Washington. Dr Eckener praised the airship despite a violent squall between Bermuda and Lakehurst and noted 30 hours of fuel remain for the return voyage to Friedrichshafen.
Dr Hugo Eckener told a New York World correspondent that his Zeppelin cruise tested tropic routes in heat and rain and found the craft highly satisfactory. He said the trip will not alter plans for regular Atlantic service by the International Zeppelin Transport Company and may spur similar US to South America financing. He noted aircraft may beat dirigibles beyond Pernambuco. A weather bureau message to Graf Zeppelin arrived too late.
The Literary Digest final returns show Cincinnati with 13,685 of 27,244 voting for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment while 9,756 favored modification and 8,783 supported enforcement. Ohio cities over 5,000 population mirrored the statewide debate.
The article explains the Graf Zeppelin uses a fuel with weight near that of air, maintaining buoyancy as fuel is burned and allowing reversible motors for maneuverability. It notes extensive flights across continents and oceans. It alleges wine and liquor shipments to Lakehurst under diplomatic privileges, used aboard after official transport to the airship hangar, with passengers blaming dwindling wine supplies before arrival.
The opinion argues that driver license laws must include enforcement provisions to be effective. It cites experience from three states and endorses the Hoover conference model as a basis for rapid adoption by the Ohio Legislature to reduce automobile accidents.
Two men bound over to the grand jury in $1,000 bonds each after arraignment on auto stealing charges. Walter Juehling pleaded guilty to stealing Isadore Berman’s car, later found by Officer Cook with intent to commit suicide using exhaust fumes. Ova Allen and a 17 year old youth were also tied to separate auto thefts and turned over to juvenile authorities.
District Fire Marshal William Hilsinger narrowly avoids injury when his department car collides with a truck from Avondale Plumbing on Ninth Street at Central Avenue. The driver, Benjamin Ostrovsky, 33, faced reckless driving charges after saying he did not hear the siren. A blazing awning at Fifth and Walnut streets caused $15 in damages.
Chester Lishawa reports his home at 3404 Manor Hill Drive Clifton was ransacked yesterday. He cannot name missing items. His wife and children were visiting in Franklin, Ohio. Entrance gained by smashing a window.
Charles Berger age 38 and Mrs Janie Berger 30 of Louisville Kentucky were arrested and charged with petit larceny after private detectives Cal Crim and Paul Ryan accused them of stealing two dresses from a downtown department store.
Picketing of foreign cloth shops intensifies as government counters anti British cloth propaganda. Leaflets claim cow fat used in Manchester cloth, government says only mutton fat. Hindu shop closures and panic exodus rise with Rangoon refugees. Magistrate Mannargudi sentences 132 Nationalist volunteers, Rama Chandran jailed a year and 500 rupees fine. others receive varied punishments or reformatories.
Alexander H. Martin, counsel for Thomas W. Fleming, convicted of accepting bribes, returned to Washington to be available if the Supreme Court suspends its rules to consider Miller's motion to dismiss the appeal. The court will decide during its Monday conference whether to act on the motion.
A Havas dispatch from Montereau reports the Paris Marseille express derailed tonight killing six people and wounding thirty. The accident occurred near Montereau and details are developing.
Vatican City residents who had enjoyed cheaper tobacco will face higher costs as new customs duties take effect next week. Beginning Monday, tobacco prices rise by 75 percent, marking a sharp increase in the small sovereign state.
The Democratic committee revealed the ticket for the term beginning 1931 with Edwin G. Becker and Stanley Matthews for Common Pleas judges, Edward F. Alexander and others for the February term, James J. Benz and others named for state Senate and House races, and Charles Sawyer as the Second District Congressman candidate. Coleman Avery filed a petition for the Supreme Court Justice post.
A War Heroes Memorial drive in Reading is planned with key dates on Armistice Day November 11. Walter S. Schmidt, memorial committee chairman, reports cooperation from similar memorial committees in the United States and Canada. Officials hope General John J. Pershing will speak, and the project will be built on Reading road opposite Deer Creek Commons overlooking the city basin.
Douglass Lodge No 21 Knights of Pythias invites all brother Knights to attend the conferring of the Knight rank tomorrow evening. D of A members of Brighton Council No 10 urged to attend funeral services for Mrs Kate Brabant at Henry Gildehaus Funeral Home 1410 Vine Street at 9 45 a m Monday.
The Hurley family expresses sincere thanks for kindness shown after the death of Mary Hurley. Gratitude extends to parish clergy Father Roth Bailey Fogarty Brockman DeSmedt Connell Hinson Thorburn Rose O Connor, Mt Alverno Brothers, Common Pleas Judges Ryan Bell, Cincinnati Fire Bureau and Salvage Corps, Fire Marshal Hil singer, Capt. O'Brien Gear, Police Lieutenant Fricke, St William Sodality and Choir, J J Sullivan Co. Through Edward M. Hurley.
Multiple family notices list deaths and funeral arrangements for Emma Meathe Alicia Davis William Grebene Harry Kohn George Mollmann Charles Moorman Godfrey Park Mary Robke Jacob Ruoff. Services scheduled at various homes and churches in Cincinnati area with dates May 30 to June 8 1930 and interment at local cemeteries.
In Middletown Ohio on Memorial Day Jesse Moren, 96, lay by his window watching the parade he could not lead. The line of march was altered to pass his house so he could see the procession he served as Grand Marshal for over twenty five years.
Capt. Arthur H. Page, the lone Marine entry, won the Curtiss marine trophy race at Anacostia, averaging 164.8 mph. He led from the start, finishing ahead of Navy pilots Lieut. A. P. Storrs and Lieut. W. M. Dillon as crowds watched amid wartime flashbacks and Red Cross aid.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Robke mother of A J Robke business manager of The Commercial Tribune will be held Tuesday at 9 am from Holy Cross Church Covington burial in Mother of God Cemetery Covington She died Friday at her home 130 East Fortieth Street Covington She was born in Covington widow of Joseph Robke Survived by four daughters Mrs Thomas Hall Mrs Christopher Ehmet Mrs Peter Blau of Independence Ky and Mrs George Brehm of Cincinnati
Dr J Walter Fewkes authority on Western Indian folklore died in Forest Glen Md after brief illness. A pioneer in biology and ethnology he documented Waspi and Hopi customs and songs using phonograph records. He led major expeditions, directed the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology 1895 to 1918, and helped establish Mesa Verde as a national park. He was born in Newton Mass and survived by his wife Harriet Cutler. Burial set for Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow.
Duncan Finlayson secretary of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club died at the clubhouse after a sudden illness. He fell ill May 23 during the opening of the yachting season. Finlayson, 70, was a well known figure in British and American yachting circles.
Edward A. Kelly 68 vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of New York and Washington died at his Kingston home after a brief illness. He previously worked as a mercantile marine engineer and served with the Clyde line for many years. He is survived by a brother and three sisters.
Dr J Walter Fewkes 79 former chief of the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology died in Forest Glen Maryland. The obituary notes his long career and leadership in ethnology research.
Maria Eugenia Haas Dacosta Ramos, journalist and novelist with works translated into several languages, died in Lisbon today.
Christopher Thurber American Chairman of the Near East Relief died of apoplexy in Athens on May 31. He long aided Greek refugees after defeats by the Turks, was decorated by the government last year, and will have a public expense funeral Monday. He was imprisoned by Turkish forces and later released through the African Government.
George F. Getty age 75 president of George F. Getty Inc a major Southern California oil operator died at his Los Angeles home today.
At Sehachticoke Highland Lake a wren selects a clothespin bag on a back porch for nesting. She places twigs in the canvas container and plans to build her nest there, preferring the bag to a purchased miniature house. The bird has nested in similar containers in prior springs.
The governor lauds church state harmony in Ohio and Cincinnati’s Presbyterian history. He cites First and Second Churches, Beecher sermons, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and the city’s religious leadership as a nation guiding example. Dr. Kerr thanks Governor Cooper and Mayor Wilson, praising their political record and Taft Auditorium’s named significance.
Rev. Emmet McBride accuses the Anti-Saloon League of running a two faction machine that crushes rivals and profits from land and stock schemes. He claims General Superintendent controls state leaders and that Dr. Cherrington was sidelined. McBride also criticizes his brother F Scott McBride and notes his own ministry salary and perks from the league. Further committee action on hearings remains uncertain.
Miss Mary Randolph resigns after more than six years as White House Social Secretary. She began under Mrs Calvin Coolidge when he was Vice President and followed the Coolidges to the Executive Mansion after President Harding's death. Her elder sister Miss Anne Randolph also served as Social Secretary.
The assembly approved a 1930-31 budget of 12 000 000 with 42 percent for national missions 32 percent for foreign missions 17 percent for Christian education and 7 percent for pensions. A 214 841 budget for assembly expenses was also approved. Activities include popular meetings at Taft Auditorium a children’s mass meeting at Seventh Presbyterian Walnut Hill and a sermon by Dr Hugh Kerr with Judge Florence Allen to speak at Taft Auditorium.
Northern Baptists elected Dr. Albert W. Beaven of Rochester as president and planned their 1931 convention in Kansas City Missouri marking the first southern meeting in the group s history. Delegates endorsed federal oversight of motion pictures and liquor policy moves while Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt spoke on prohibition policy.
In Des Moines on May 31 the United Presbyterian Church of North America announced at its seventy second annual assembly that it voted to merge with five other Presbyterian denominations. The consolidation includes the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches the Dutch and the German Reformed churches and the Presbyterian Church of the United States.
L F Gartner announced Ohio River Cruise invites were sent to Miami Valley Traffic Club Dayton and Transportation Club of Louisville for the Cincinnati Traffic cruise on June 28, the river race between the Tom Greene and Betty Ann. About 1200 participants are expected and new entertainment plans are being prepared for the voyage.
Buckeye Club head Raymond J. Kunkel announced that capitalist golf champion and polo star DeWitt Balch will be the speaker at the weekly lunch at the Hotel Gibson Tuesday. Balch will recount experiences from a Caribbean and South Atlantic tour aboard Julius Fleischmann's yacht Camargo.
The Cincinnati Retail Association met yesterday naming Arthur Wagner Hawke Bros present Miss Alice Engelhart Potter Shoe Lynn Revenaugh Executive Secretary Jack Williams Fair Store Treasurer Leo T Wetherby McAl Company and Eugene Adler Bis Store Company as directors.
Thieves forced entry to John Molls service station at Bridgetown and Glenmore roads early yesterday. They pried the door lock with an iron bar and stole thirteen automobile tires, the proprietor reported to county authorities.
Judges Thomas Ryan and Thomas Morrow and John Cook spoke at the Price Hill Home Company unit 1359 Knights of Columbus annual outing dinner held yesterday at Coney Island.
John A. Dolan chief general agent of the Erie Railroad will be tied to the General Passenger Agency of the Erie at Seattle effective June 1. Dolan has long been active in railroad work in Cincinnati and helped found the Cincinnati Traffic Club where he served two terms as vice president and four years on the Traffic Governing Board.
Police tonight held Curtis Wood 21 a parole violator from Elmira New York State Reformatory and Gerald Atkinson 19 who led May 18 from Mansfield State Reformatory.
The home of Policeman P. H. Booth in Niles Ohio was bombed early today. Booth his wife and three children escaped unharmed. Extensive damage was caused by the blast.
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