The Commercial Tribune Front Page Notes June 6 1927
Daily edition summary page notes publishing details and distribution points in Cincinnati New York and Grand Central Station. Includes publisher Harry W Brown and Associated Press credit. Mentions price 2 cents daily and Sunday copy.
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Commercial Tribune
Commercial Square
Fifth
Bray
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry W. Brown
New York City
Schultz
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Hotaling
Times
Forty-third and
Broadway
Associated Press
Flood Control Plan Advanced After Chicago Conference
The Chicago flood control conference unites state and federal officials to speed a perman ent protection program. Representative Madden pledges full federal support while cautioning against haste that wastes resources as rehabilitation funds via a financing corporation begin after receding floods. The plan, reviewed by government engineers, aims for orderly progress under President Coolidge.
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Chicago
Madden
Illinois
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Commercial Tribune
Mr. Madden
Coolidge
Congress
Modern Romance in Trans Atlantic Flying Faith in Pioneers Firing Public Imag in Air
The piece extols Capt Charles Lindbergh and Clarence D Chamberlin as modern heroes of frontier flight. It argues exploration of air travel mirrors seafaring conquest of oceans and that romance and adventure drive public fascination with long distance flying.
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Charles Lindbergh
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Lindbergh
Drake
Lief Erickson
Opportunity Beckons to Veterans in Cincinnati
W W Coffin of the United States Veterans Bureau leads a campaign with war risk officials urging late war veterans to renew or convert federal policies before July 2. Converted insurance may pay dividends and offer lower rates, with explanations available from officials, legion officers, or knowledgeable personnel.
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W. W. Coffin
United States Veterans’ Bureau
War Risk Insurance Organization
Cincinnati
Bureau
Legion
The Price of Office Across the Nation
A poem praising selfless statesmanship contrasts office as a shelf with public service. It laments personal gain in politics while praising those who bear public duties for the nation. A satirical note mentions Lindbergh and political party leaders. The text also notes a claim that paper money will be reduced for economy with banks.
Murphyism and blue badge signers feed Cincinnati reform drive
Fifty years ago in Cincinnati the closing of saloons rattled trade and frightened landlords as reform meetings grew. Rev Ridgeway and other leaders signed pledges, with 250 more joining. a doxology closed the session. Public Works protests over street tearing sparked business unrest on Fourth Street. Other items note a 97 year old German pioneer doctor and a Swedenborgian convention concert at Fourth and John.
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National Theater
Mr. Ridgeway
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Ida Packard
Fourth Street
Race
Plum
James C. Michie
L. M. Prince
B. P. Critchell
Max Feyser
George G. Otte
Public Works Board
City and Car Company
Cincinnati Notes on Conventions and Local Politics
Twenty years ago in Cincinnati a hotel men’s push for a 15 000 to 20 000 seat convention hall on Reading road and Florence avenue stirred interest. Local Democrats debated senatorial candidates as ex Gov Campbell drew some attention amid party wrangling. Also noted were travel glimpses by W B Carpenter, a memorial for lawyer Nelson Sayler, Harmon’s New York trip, Scattered social events at Shillito’s and Laughery Island, with fair weather 55 to 68 degrees.
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John L. Shuff
Cincinnati
Reading Road
Florence Avenue
Mr. Shuff
United States
Dan Kiefer
Bigelow
Dempsey
Judson Harmon
James E. Campbell
Attorney Celebrates 97th Birthday and Prohibition Views
Edward P. Bradstreet Sr an attorney of 253 Parkway Hartwell marked his 97th birthday yesterday and urged modification of Prohibition not its repeal. He blamed modern youth for immodest dress and whisky flasks, urged government sale of light wines and beer, and recalled temperance as a personal principle. Yale graduate with notable associates sent birthday wishes including a letter from Yale's president.
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Edward P. Bradstreet
Parkway Avenue
Hartwell
Bradstreet
Congress
Robbery On Avondale Street After Dark
Arthur Sarsfield of 30 Louis street Avondale said two white men held him up on the sidewalk in front of his home last night and robbed him of five dollars. He reported one man pointed a gun while the other rifled his pockets.
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Arthur Sarsfield
Louis Street
Avondale
The Defects of Country Water Supplies
A study of rural water sources outlines why farm drinking water is risky, noting ground and surface water dangers, purification limits, and contamination pathways from wells, cisterns, roofs, and runoff. It warns about parasites, bacteria, and disease from untreated water and emphasizes boiling as a practical protection.
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King Feature Synd., Inc
Floods Threaten Arkansas Lands From White to Mississippi
Swollen by heavy rains, Arkansas rivers threaten to flood additional farmland. The White and Black Rivers pose the greatest danger, with the Mississippi also rising. Levee breaks at Nowlton's Landing disrupt Missouri Pacific service as residents fear displacement and renewed evacuations. The White River floods land near DeLark after last Friday’s levee break, and Pocahontas faces rising Black River waters. In Forrest City, the St. Francis runs at flood stage, overflowing farms.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Mississippi
Nowlton’s Landing
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Laconia Circle
DeLark
Pocahontas
Forrest City
St. Francis
Widow recalls Gen Shields life on burial anniversary
In New York on June 5 194? the 48th burial anniversary of Gen James Shields is recalled by his widow Mary Carr Shields now 92 in the Bronx. The article recounts his career as US Senator from three states and his dramatic service in the Mexican War Civil War and Indian campaigns. It notes Shields endured poverty before recognition and quotes Mrs Shields on their early life including their abrupt honeymoon ending with Lincolns call to arms and a southward journey via the Panama isthmus.
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Gen. Shields
New York World News Service
New York
Carrollton
James Shields
Bronx
Mary Carr Shields
United States Senate
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
United States
Congress
Statuary Hall
Washington
Gen
Shields
Ireland
Europe
Wellington
Abraham Lincoln
Alton
Lincoln
William G. Souther
Topeka
Kan
Stonewall” Jackson
Santa Ana
Winfield Scott
California
Mary Carr
Dr. Dent
Grant
Panama Isthmus
Lindbergh
San Diego
St. Louis
Half Starved Boys Rescued At Put In Bay
Three brothers aged 14 10 and 8 were rescued near Put In Bay Ohio after drifting in Lake Erie in a small open boat since Friday morning. Henry Sampson ferrying by saw the craft and brought them to a hotel for food and care. a collie dog guarded the exhausted youths during the ordeal.
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Put-In Bay
Lake Erie
Henry Sampson
William
Thomas
John Jackson
Charles Jackson
Bowlus Harbor
Mich
Sampson
Jackson Negro Confesses Dual Murders in Mississippi
Walter Burley a Jackson resident confessed to police at Forest County Jail in Hattiesburg that he killed Miss Martha Rees 19 and Mrs O B Rees in Jackson on Friday morning. He described planning the crime and fleeing in the Rees car before spending the night in Clinton. A mob was reported approaching Jackson prompting authorities to move him under guard.
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Jackson
Miss
Walter Burley
Forest County
Hattiesburg
Martha Rees
Rees
Burley
Miss Rees
Clinton
Two Drown When Sloop Capsizes Off Sands Point
A squall sank the sloop Siva off Sands Point killing two men. Robert Terill of Ansonia Connecticut and Lowell S. Stoner of New York drowned. Bass H. Pillard of New York survived after being rescued by the schooner Empress.
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Port Washington
WN. Y
Siva
Sands Point
Robert Terill
Ansonia
Conn
Association of National Advertisers
Lowell S. Stoner
New York
Bass H. Pillard
Empress
Chamberlin relies on tank tapping to gauge fuel
Clarence D. Chamberlin says he can judge fuel in his main tank by tapping it and listening. He declined to install a gas gauge, noting he can tell how much gas remains by the tank’s sound. The New York Times reports this before his trans Atlantic flight.
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New York
The
New York Times
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Federation of Women's Clubs to Make Movies
Grand Rapids, Michigan June 6. The General Federation of Women's Clubs has decided to produce motion pictures to provide wholesome movies. The plan was endorsed by the Executive Committee after a Saturday meeting discussing the project in detail. Catherine Curtis of New York City, who filmed The Sky Pilot and Shepherd of the Hills, will oversee production and serves as vice chairman of the American Home Department of the Federation of Women's Clubs in New York.
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New York World News Service
Grand. Rapids
Mich
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Cathrine Curtis
New York City
Sky
Sheperd
the Hills
Federation Victories
The
Federation of Women’s Clubs of
Aqueduct Dynamited Again in Long-Running Water War
Inyo County’s feud between Owens Valley ranchers and Los Angeles flared with another dynamiting of the Los Angeles aqueduct ten miles south of Lone Pine. The blast shattered a concrete conduit and repairs were expected by tomorrow night. Earlier incidents on May 27 and the following day destroyed large sections of siphon and penstock. no arrests have been made.
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Bishop
Cal
Inyo County
Owens Valley
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Lone Pine
Prominent Figures Celebrated On Their Birthdays
Sir Henry Newbolt born sixty five years ago today. The Very Rev William R Inge born sixty seven years ago today. Charles MacVeagh born sixty seven years ago today in West Chester Pa. Frances Starr born forty one years ago today in Oneonta New York.
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Henry Newbolt
William R. Inge
St. Paul's Cathedral
Wdon
Yorkshire
Charles MacVeagh
United State
Japan
West Chester
Frances Starr
Oneonta
N. Y
France and Italy Enjoy Prosperity Says Hutton After Tour
James M. Hutton of W. E. Hutton & Co and Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce president reports prosperity in France and Italy with full employment and rising English activity after a tour of Europe. He credits France’s highway system and notes travel to Marseilles Cannes Nice Monte Carlo and return to New York arriving June 2.
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France
Italy
Hutton
England
James M. Hutton
W. E. Hutton & Co
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Marseilles
Cannes
Nice
Monte Carlo
Anniversaries Mark Notable Early American Figures
The record notes 1816 Benjamin Hawkins, Revolutionary soldier and first U.S. Senator from North Carolina, died at Ft. Hawkins Georgia. 1849 Gen Edmund P. Gaines, War of 1812 commander, died in New Orleans. 1867 Czar Alexander II survived a near assassination in Paris.
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Benjamin Hawkins
United States
North Carolina
Ft. Hawkins
Edmund P. Gaines
New Orleans
Culpepper County
Czar Alexander
Russia
Paris
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