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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
2
Temporary bus reroute begins today affecting East Cummins ville South Cumminsville North Side and Anderson Ferry lines. Buses will run east on eighth street to Walnut instead of Seventh street due to ongoing telephone construction work.
Investigators continued co ed Munder investigations after Miss Hix was found dead at a rifle range. Dr. Snook was discharged from the university and his attorneys sought a private interview while detectives pursued new clues including blood stains on his car door jamb and a set of Miss Hix’s keys.
Prosecution reports say dry patrolmen shot Gordon during a chase at dawn after a car crash. Officers claim Gordon resisted and a misfired rifle discharged as he fell, fatally wounding him en route to a hospital. Gordon allegedly said he acted for a New York man.
A large Cincinnati gathering honors Dr. Randall J. Condon, praising his forty years guiding city schools. Speakers recount reforms, merit systems, and expanded programs while noting the deep, lasting impact on education and civic life.
The retiring Cincinnati Schools superintendent Dr. Condon received high praise from business leaders including Mr. Pogue and Mr. Keller at a city dinner. They lauded his leadership, vision, and the impact of his elementary education program on workforce readiness and community prosperity. Charles W. Dupuis served as toastmaster. Mrs. B H Siehl chaired the committee.
In Tallapoosa Georgia Grady Phillips a young sawmill operator was fatally wounded after bailiff Luke Ballenger ordered his car to stop. Ballenger fired at the tires as the car neared Corinth a nearby settlement. Phillips died four hours after hospital admission. no liquor was found. Ballenger released on nominal bail.
In Newport Arkansas Deputy Sheriff George Johnson is charged with first degree murder after Mickey Dillon a 22 year old prisoner was shot as he fled following intoxication arrest. Dillon died at a Batesville area hospital. Johnson is jailed for safekeeping and the incident triggered heightened local tension. In Washington Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced no change to Palmer Canfield’s Northern New York district pending investigation.
Carl Raymond of Monroe and James OConnor of Newport reported to Sandwich police that a Coast Guard cutter fired on their cabin cruiser on the Detroit River shattering the windshield as they ferried a woman passenger to her home on the Canadian shore.
The Rev Louis A Tieman died suddenly. His body will lie in state Thursday afternoon from 3:30 at Sacred Heart Church Camp Washington until Friday morning. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 at Sacred Heart Church. The office for the dead will be intoned at 9:30.
Vernon Louis Parrington professor of English literature at the University of Washington Seattle died suddenly in Winchcomb Gloucestershire England on June 17. The death ends a noted career in American literary scholarship and teaching.
Bishop Vincent dedicates Peirce Hall in Gambier Ohio in the presence of the 1011th graduating class and notable leaders from education religion and business. Bishops William Andrew Leonard of Cleveland and Boyd Vincent of Cincinnati led the dedication.
Death notices dated June 16 to 19 1929 list Dodd Abbie Fanning Hayward Prugh Tieman and others. Details include residence addresses funeral homes church services dates times and places across Madisonville Norwood Evanston Camp Washington and nearby communities.
On a beach vigil watch a dark blue aircraft crashed near the trawler crew. The pilot survived while five others were rescued from the wreckage as the plane broke apart. Survivors included two women and several injured passengers. The incident follows a history of aviation disasters in England and a note on Imperial Airways safety.
Homer W. Tatham, a former Minneapolis resident and University of Minnesota athlete, was a passenger on the British airliner that crashed into the English Channel. He reportedly left Minneapolis last April for a job in London.
Donald Darby, 27, of Merion Pennsylvania, escaped after his Wacco 10 caught fire at about 2200 feet and crashed into a sand dune near Amatol Townsite New Jersey. He jumped clear before impact, suffered a burned left arm and hand, and was treated by a private physician before going home. the plane was destroyed.
The three French aviators Jean Assolant Rene Lefevre and Armeno Lotti Jr begin a tour of receptions and hero worship after their flight from Old Orchard Maine to Comillas Spain. Pierre Etienne Flandin former Aviation Minister hosts a reception at the Aero Club of France and Norman Armour the American Charg d Affaires greets them at the embassy.
In Portsmouth Ohio on June 18 Dr Ira N Martin a 57 year old surgeon was named defendant in a $25000 alienation of affections suit filed in Common Pleas Court by Carl Windel a 29 year old furniture salesman Windel also sought a divorce naming Dr Martin as co respondent Elsie Windel the nurse in the physician s office before her marriage is identified in the action as the wife involved in the suit.
The report forecasts mostly fair and warm conditions across Ohio and Tennessee with some cooling and possible showers in Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia. It lists temperatures for major cities including Cleveland 76 to 80, Louisville 84 to 90 and New York 80 to 88 plus record highs and lows for June 17 1929 and three prior years noting no rainfall in several states.
Northwestern University's largest graduating class received diplomas as President Walter Dill Scott conferred degrees on 1,360 candidates at commencement in Chicago.
About 400 postmasters from towns across Ohio gather at the Gibson for the state branch convention of the National League of District Postmasters. Speakers on day one include Cincinnati Postmaster A. L. Behym er and Mayor Seasongood, with W. C. Culkins, Dr. Frederick N. McMillin, and John C. Tullis also listed. Governor Cooper is invited to address the banquet tonight.
H. D. Garrett, retiring head of the United States Pure Food and Drug Stations in Cincinnati, departs for Chicago to take charge there. W. T. Ford becomes acting head in Cincinnati until 8S. A. Postle of New York arrives to succeed Garrett, expected July 1.
The Rev Dr Paul H Furfey spoke on citizenship as recreation and camp activities. The Columbus Noonday Luncheon Club election named Edward N Waldbogel as President William F J Roll as Vice President William J Mulvihill as Treasurer and W D Morrissey as Secretary for 1929 30.
Members of Hanselmann Commandery and Knights Templar No 16 attend a luncheon at the Cincinnati Club with Grand Commander elect William H Schwarz. His nomination as Ohio Grand Commander will be formally presented at the State Conclave in Cincinnati in October.
Fred A. Breyer, supervisor, appealed to employers to cooperate with the Welfare Department’s Junior Placement Bureau. He asked employment managers to contact the department whenever junior workers are needed for the summer.
The Cincinnati Club board will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow evening at 6 30 o clock with President William H Merten presiding A Membership Committee meeting will precede the directors session.
The annual election of officers for Hanselmann Commandery No 16 Knights Templar will be held at the Masonic Temple. Ernest E. Thomas, current Recorder, is nominated for the permanent post and Edward C. Lovett is slated for Eminent Commander.
A long list of birth notices with multiple couples and addresses. Entries include HAMMOND Evan and Eura at 2314 Wilder Avenue a boy and many others across various streets and cities reporting newborn girls and boys with parental names and locations.
A compiled list enumerates numerous couples with ages, occupations, and street addresses across the city. Entries include David S. Jones and Helen Fromme. Herman B. Tenkmann and Loretta Mason. Ned Sellers and Mordrie Crawford. John H. Houston and Carrie M. Taylor. and many others with professions from printer to shoeworker to clerk.
Cincinnati Club Forty and Eight Municipal Executives Club Kentucky Table Wholesale Grocers Past Commanders Knights Templar H. H. Stonebarger D. H. Kohler Chamber of Commerce Moral Risk Club Wholesale Jewelers Better Housing Retail Coal Dealers Association of Purchasers schedule with varied noon and 11:30 to 6:30 start times.
Rev. A. G. Lohmann of Deaconess Hospital reports experiments showing X-ray film fires may not cause explosions or harmful fumes. Conducted away from the hospital with nurses and extinguishers, films burned without incident, challenging Cleveland Clinic disaster conclusions.
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