03 Jun 1921
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
1
City planner Harry Linch explains a plan to widen the thoroughfare from Main to Pike, including a new fifth street viaduct, at an estimated cost of five million dollars.
The City Planning Commission heard Harry Linch argue for widening Fifth Street from Main to Pike and building a viaduct to Francis Lane at a cost about 5 million. He said the project would ease suburban access, connect with East End avenues, and align with Masons planned development, with city funds delayed until finances improve.
Two burglars attacked Ft Thomas Kentucky last night stealing valuables from three homes. The loot totaled 1300 dollars including coins valued at 1000 dollars and jewelry worth 100 dollars from the Cramer residence. They also ransacked the Erb home on Taylor avenue and the Cooke and Eward nurses' residence on Ohio avenue, taking miscellaneous items valued at 200 dollars.
A 22 year old Cleveland woman, Annie Britt, was attacked by three men near her workplace when acid was thrown in her face. She likely faces permanent blindness and said she knew at least one of the assailants. Police pursue suspects.
Index to advertisements across Amusements, Baseball, Finance, and transit items. Shows entities such as Cincinnati Law School, Cincinnati Traction Co, City Ice and Fuel Co, W S Drug Stores, Graul-Phonography, Fifth-Third National Bank, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Provident Savings Bank, Southern Railway System, Union Gas and Electric Co, and Want Ads-Classified. Includes numerous firms and brands with page references.
Mrs. K. T. Morris, wife of Pike County jailer, transported Jess Stiltner from Pikeville to the reformatory to serve a housebreaking term. The prisoner was not handcuffed. First known instance of a woman delivering a prisoner to the reform school.
An anti Hynicka wing of the Cincinnati Republican party gains strength with Captain Victor Heintz in charge of the campaign. Major William Hammond Parker is favored as a probable candidate for Vice Mayor, while John Galvin is endorsed for Mayor. Heintz says the move opposes out of town leadership and vows to back service members against Hynicka aligned candidates.
Cincinnati records its first heat casualty of the season as the temperature climbs to 90. A victim collapsed on Twelfth Street near Clay Street at 3 pm and was taken home by a passing friend. Forecaster Devereaux predicted cooler weather arriving today.
Willard Rich of Union Boone County Kentucky was cleared of Mann white slave law charges after United States Commissioner Mrs M V D Bell dismissed the case. Testimony showed no commercial element and that Rich and the woman were former sweethearts. Attorneys O Neal and Rogers argued for dismissal.
Police hunted Walter Stamp in Louisville after a daylong pursuit and feared he would kill himself. The victim, W. Smith Russell, 36, was shot dead, his wife wounded, and Stamp threatened family during the spree. Stamp's estranged wife told of recurring threats and past attempts to avoid being traced.
Kosciusko Circuit Court hears opening statements in a murder trial tied to a life insurance scheme. Prosecutor William Graham outlines a Decker family plot to kill Leroy Lovett, steal his body, and cash policies totaling $24,000 on Virgil Decker and a brother. The case hinges on alleged premeditation and fraud connected to an $5,000 policy.
In Knox Indiana eleven-year-old Cecil Burkett stands trial for the murder of seven-year-old Bennie Slavin. After six hours of deliberation the jury was locked in for the night with no verdict. The defense argued the evidence is largely circumstantial and suggested manslaughter as a possible outcome.
John H. Shaw aged 59, former member of Ludeking and Shaw haber dashers, shot himself in the temple at his South Warwick apartment on Reading Road after a visit to a physician. Dr Victor Fischback cites health worries as probable cause. Mrs. Shaw found him unconscious. the couple had recently returned from White Villa Kentucky. He was a well known Cincinnati figure and Mason. family says finances are in good order.
New Orleans officials investigated a consignment of 2,400 quarts of whisky shipped from Canada to Central America. A leakage in one bottle revealed the entire shipment was water, prompting customs and prohibition officers to probe how the cargo became a nonalcoholic shipment during transfer from bonded warehouse to the steamer.
Mrs Ethel Hutchins Nott pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Bridgeport Connecticut admitting killing her husband George B Nott on August 29 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The defense had argued new documentary evidence could alter the case.
In Columbus on June 2 Mike Pastorich 30 was fined 400 dollars and costs after police uncovered eighteen gallons of liquor in a concrete vault beneath his chicken coop. Chickens were nesting above the concealed entrance and a still plus corn mash were found in a secret cellar under the parlor floor.
Robert McCloy, 55, of 2719 Clearview avenue, stunned a thief aiming to grab cash at the Gilbert avenue and Locust street oil depot. After the robber demanded money, McCloy offered the till and then hurled a monkey wrench, forcing the robber to flee. McCloy pursued several blocks before losing the suspect, described as about 45, short and stocky.
President Harding honors 260 Naval Academy graduates at Annapolis and urges readiness to fight only for a just cause. He emphasizes nobility, motherhood, and the need to balance views, praising Secretary Denby and the value of a just fight aligned with conscience.
In a joint Canada United States operation near Malone New York US officials seized a house straddling the border after liquor found on Canadian soil was confiscated by Canadian authorities. The raid invoked statute 107 Revised Statutes allowing seizure forfeiture and removal of the building. The home sits thirteen miles northeast of Malone and is owned by Nesit Casizg.
The NAACP cites eight African Americans who fled Oklahoma after warnings to leave. Four lived near Okmulgee with others unnamed. They report door cards and a newspaper notice urging evacuation, claiming peonage and crop seizure by white planters. Mrs. Stella Harris of Okmulgee says her house was set on fire before she escaped.
City officials consider adopting an aerial unit after a conference with John H. Stewart of the Cincinnati Aero Club. The plan envisions a police observer in a plane spotting license numbers and guiding ground units. If successful, aerial patrols and even wireless links may expand.
A broken wheel caused a truck crash at Vine Street and Nixon Avenue injuring driver Elmer Spence 21 and Frank Rhodes 15. Spence suffered possible skull fracture and brain concussion. Rhodes had deep head cuts and serious injuries.
William Smith fifteen of 4446 Allenham Avenue near Andersons Ferry earned the Chamber of Commerce Safety Council’s second gold medal for heroism on Memorial Day. He towed Ed Bloebaum eighteen from the Ohio River shore after Bloebaum, unable to swim and cramping, cried for help. The rescue occurred near Andersons Ferry. the event was related by Smith at Oyler School.
Four policemen were shot dead and three wounded in an ambush at Clonmore County Kerry. The dead include Police Inspector MacCaughey a sergeant and two constables. The three wounded are constables.
A Tokyo tramway conductor named Lihanno went insane last night and killed his wife and seven Japanese, including women and children, with a sword. He wounded nine others seriously in the attack.
At a Tulsa mass meeting citizens blame law enforcement for rioting and incendiarism that killed nine white men and twenty-one negroes and wounded nearly three hundred. Adjutant General Barrett cites failure of local officers and calls for a court inquiry as guards reduce to 250 with martial law lifting. Business houses reopen as about five hundred National Guardsmen remain on duty and thousands resume daily work. White armbands and white ribbons mark some negroes returning to work amid patrols.
Phoenix June 2 The Southern California Edison Company filed with the State Water Commissioner to develop hydro electric energy from the Colorado River. Promoters say the project would cost about 800 million dollars, roughly twice the Panama Canal expenditure.
Four people were killed by lightning in the Bloomington area within a 24 hour period. Harry Irish a farmer was struck while milking a cow Clayton Cuth was killed feeding hogs Mrs John Scoby was killed in her yard watching a storm and John Tozer was killed unhitching a team of horses.
Burglars tried to loot the A. M. Le Lumber Co safe at Twenty Fifth and Madison in Covington. They blew the outer door with nitroglycerin, then fled as police formed a cordon around the yards. Albert Veith said the strongbox held no valuables.
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