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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
2
A joking navy captain, without duty for months, asked to serve as Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Matru der. His request drew laughter at the Navy Department but was granted, giving him the detail he sought.
A trust fund of 1948.12 was established for Gerald De King, son of slain bootlegger Joseph De King, to finance his education. The Tribune Company Lake Shore Trust and Savings Bank administer the fund with $600 yearly support during college and any remaining balance upon graduation. The principal remains intact until use.
Charles F Brush, 89 0 inventor of the arc light, scientist and philanthropist, dies in Cleveland after two weeks of pneumonia following bronchitis. He founded the Brush Foundation and donated 500000 for population study in memory of his son. He received multiple honors including the Legion of Honor and Edison Medal.
Dr. Carl Albert Krause 56 head of the Jamaica High School modern language department and former Purdue Cincinnati and Union College instructor died at a Brooklyn hotel. Born in Germany he studied at Marburg and Lausanne and earned a PhD at NYU in 1908. Survived by widow Margaret Bailey and son Findley Bailey Krause.
The body of John Devoy, Gaelic leader who died in Atlantic City, N J last September, was buried with full military honors beside other Fenian leaders in Glasnevin Cemetery. Father O Donnell of Boston, part of the American contingent, delivered a funeral oration praising Devoy as a steadfast champion of Irish liberties.
George Harless, 55, of 624 Blanck Street Arlington Heights, died yesterday at Bethesda Hospital from blood poisoning after injuries from a concrete mixer accident on May 5 in Mt Healthy. His left hip was broken and other injuries were sustained. Coroner Fred C. Swing reported.
Rain did not deter about four to five hundred people from attending the dedication at Colerain pike and Kirby road. Archbishop McNicholas praised training faith in children after Father Henry Grimmelsman spoke and Father Albert Van Hagel led as pastor. The ceremony included chapel school and Sisters' Home blessings.
Father Caladio de la Colombiere Jesuit founder of devotion to the Sacred Heart was named Blessed at the third beatification in St. Peter's Basilica. A special American pilgrimage of 150 members from the League of the Sacred Heart led by Father Charles J. Mullaly joined the ceremony in Vatican City.
The river level stands at 12.7 feet with no arrivals and no departures noted. A pool stage reading implies stable water conditions and no change in vessel traffic at this time.
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunder showers expected in Ohio and Kentucky Monday and Tuesday. Indiana also shows partly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures and possible local thunderstorms, especially in the north and central regions. Temperatures across several cities indicate highs in the mid to upper 80s with overnight lows around the upper 60s to mid 70s and measurable precipitation in the past 24 hours.
Longtime Salvation Army leader Gen Bramwell Booth dies after fifty four years of service including sixteen years as Commander in Chief The article outlines his rise from staff to Commander in Chief his family ties to the founder and the 1929 removal by the High Council amid illness and internal reform battles with rival factions led by Edward Higgins Evangeline Booth and other key figures.
Columbus report shows Dr. James H. Snook an OSU professor questioned with police detectives after Miss Theora K. Hix, a medical student, was found slain. Detectors revisited the apartment where they shared time and the rifle range and country club tied to the case as prosecutors consider new charges and possible habeas corpus release.
Constantinople June 16 Lyon Trotzky exile from Soviet Russia has not received any reply to his request for permission to visit England. The local newspaper Son Saat yesterday said permission had been granted.
Abbie Fanning Finch died June 16 1929 aged widow of H H Finch with services June 18 at 2 30 pm at W D Jacobs funeral home Gilbert avenue Locust street Clarence E Hayward died suddenly June 15 1929 remains at Wiltsee s chapel funeral at Presbyterian church Evanston June 18 casket open 1 30 to 2 30 pm Lillian G Prugh nee Smith died June 16 1929 at 3737 Hazel avenue South Norwood services June 18 10 30 am at Church of the Good Shepherd Norwood William E Quigley died at 89 at 2525 Cypress avenue funeral June 17 8 pm at Tredway funeral home Louis A Tieman rector of Sacred Heart Church Camp Washington died June 16 1929 due notice of funeral
Salvation Army head Gen Edward J Higgins paid tribute to Gen William Booth after his death in London on June 16. Higgins called Booth a great man and builder of the Army noting his sixteen years of leadership through World War I and the Army’s growth into an unbroken international unit.
Cite Jones described as protector of the dry patrol highways with sawed off guns after the shooting of Henry Virkula by Custom Border Patrolman Emmett J. White ten days earlier. Virkula's car, shot up with twenty six shotgun slugs, was impounded by the state on motion of State's Attorney David Hurlburt.
Austen G. Fox chairman of the Moderation League warns President Hoover that public anger over killings by prohibition agents could trigger a revolt. He cites the International Falls shooting of Henry Virkula by Customs patrolman Emmett J. White and protests Treasury officials’ exoneration.
In Houston on June 16, two people died from a shooting last night as a drink-crazed man killed the woman he loved and terrorized the neighborhood. Several residents joined a pistol battle before a police bullet ended the episode.
Five men argued on the West Side. James Flannagan, 27, was shot three times and died at Roosevelt Hospital. Police stopped two men carrying a third unconscious man. the others claimed the victim was intoxicated.
Herbert Eden, 55, manager of the New Orleans Industrial Canal, shot and killed Mrs. Joseph Meyer, 24, then fatally shot himself on a suburban street. Eden, driving his car, followed a party in a second vehicle until he matched pace and opened fire. Ralph Russell blamed excessive drinking for the tragedy.
In Circleville Ohio three Columbus men Warren Fiste 29 Ralph Chrysler 32 and Orville Chrysler 23 were jailed after an auto crash east of South Bloomfield. They were charged with assaulting an officer resisting an officer transporting liquor possessing liquor and driving an automobile while intoxicated. Deputy Porter also reported a broken hand for Sheriff Frank Davis and liquor found in the car.
Public offering of 320000 shares of no par value stock of the Detroit Aircraft Corporation will be made tomorrow at 15 dollars per share by a national banking syndicate led by August Belmont & Co H W Noble & Co and Knight Dysart & Gamble The Detroit Aircraft group unites nine aircraft firms including Ryan Aircraft and Lockheed.
Three hundred women from the Ladies Auxiliary of the St. Aloysius Orphans Society organize a chicken dinner as part of the ninety second annual orphans feast to be held next Sunday at the orphanage on Reading road Bond Hill. Mrs Henry Brinkmoeller, president, announces the event. The final pre outing promotional campaign begins today under Festival Committee chair John H Meiners.
D L Sampson and Miss M A Hartke will attend the Ohio Fair Managers Association summer meeting in Columbus to gather ideas for the Carthage Fair set for August 14 to 17. Governor Myers Y Cooper is slated as principal speaker. They will also visit Lexington tomorrow for the Grand Circuit Races.
The Rev. Dr. Paul H. Furfey of Catholic University will speak at the Knights of Columbus Noonday Luncheon Club meeting at the Cincinnati Club. He has been surveying boys welfare work in the Cincinnati archdiocese as a sample of leading efforts nationwide.
Paul Quatman age 12 of 534 Dan dridge avenue was cut and bruised yesterday while chasing a baseball. He tripped over a guard rail and fell into a basement at the Cor coran Victor Manufacturing Company 712 Reading road.
A. Charles Guy of Lybrand Ross announces the merger of P. R. Goering & Co. Cincinnati public accounting practice with Lybrand Ross Cincinnati. P. R. Goering and W. L. Cottom will stay active in the combined Cincinnati organization.
Mrs. Assailant plans a passport and plans to sail on the first available boat while she pursues a European air career with her husband. She defends her husband and criticizes Arthur Schreiber for contributing to an overloaded plane. She may join him in the cockpit if he returns, calling it a flying honeymoon. Gardner killed by Auto as He Steps From Sidewalk Is Identified. Peter Johnson, 60, gardener, identified as victim. auto strike on Hopple Street and Central Parkway noted as the county’s 67th fatality this year.
Police investigate the death of Myrtle Wood 40 found shot near Laguna Beach. John A. McClure 56 Long Beach real estate dealer says he was kidnapped and shot by robbers while with her. McClure was questioned after being found near the Mexican border and later handed to U S authorities.
Thousands queued at water stations as heat and a half inch of雨 trigger a city shut water crisis. Authorities warn the dry season may worsen, plan emergency storage expansion, and consider converting a naval drydock into a reservoir.
In Columbus Ohio on June 16 a Greenfield high school sophomore Wendell Allemand, 17, drowned when a canoe with his brother Ray Allemand capsized 100 feet from Leib's island on Buckeye Lake. Ray could not save him. Wendell had recently come to Columbus to spend the summer with Ray and his wife.
A dense listing of meetings and dinners across Cincinnati areas with times ranging from noon to 6:30 p.m. Institutions include the Lions Club Fresh Air Farm Metropole Civic Club Chamber of Commerce St Edmonds Home and various corporate groups. Several organizations such as Kiwanis Club and Knights of Columbus are noted with luncheon times.
A woman and four children drowned when an automobile crashed through a fence near Tilbury Ontario and plunged into an eight foot drainage ditch. The children's father Philip Bedard of Tilbury escaped.
Edith Hagemeyer ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earle P Hagemeyer of 4133 Forest avenue was seriously hurt when an automobile carrying her and her grandparents was struck by another car on the Dixie Highway near Hamilton Her skull was fractured and she was bruised severely after being rushed to Mercy Hospital The accident occurred late this afternoon and was witnessed by her parents who followed in a separate car
William Fitzhugh Thornton Buckner, 101, Paris banker from 1871 to 1912 and one of the last Mexican War veterans, died at his home after rising at 6 am. Burial will be in Paris after funeral services Tuesday. He is survived by five daughters.
Rain could not dampen the annual visiting day at St Joseph's Infant Asylum in Tennessee Avenue Reading Road. Officials reported record patronage at the king and card departments. A similar event is planned in August. A lightning strike damaged Jacob Yman's house at 61 Hutchins Avenue, breaking bricks through the roof and causing about $200 in damage.
Police in Miamisburg Ohio took four youths into custody and returned them to Cincinnati where they will be charged with stealing an automobile owned by Hyman Barrar of Dayton. The suspects are Ray Bent 16 of 628 West Court Street James Schaefer 16 of 2013 Dunlap Street Walter Henry 18 of 2445 Spring Grove Avenue and Simpson Sisson 8 of Fourteenth and Walnut Streets.
The 63rd annual encampment of the Ohio Department Grand Army of the Republic opened in Findlay as Civil War veterans from across the state arrived. Daughters of Union Veterans presented the city with a large granite monument to start the ceremonies.
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