20 Jun 1921
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1921
Page
1
Lee Baumgartner Miller Meusel and Wrightstone hit safely in the fifth inning as play resumes. Reds score last run in the sixth to close the frame.
The Phillies defeated the Reds 5 to 2 in a rain soaked afternoon game as Moronites Adolfo Luque allowed only five hits in eight frames until a fifth inning rally by Philadelphia. A heavy downpour drenched the field washing out play, then workers spread sawdust to dry the field while crowds sought shelter.
Five youths 11 years old along with 19 year old Clifford Hahn of Newtown were arrested by the Mt. Carmel Protective Association led by Captain C H Ludlow on an attempted highway hold-up. Two youths confessed implicating others. The younger boys were sent to Juvenile Court while Hahn remained in custody. The association says the group has staged other robberies around Newtown Batavia and Mt Carmel. Joseph W. Kincaid is president of the association with members E B Kincaid Carl Ludlow C H Ludlow Max Bauer and Louis Nelson.
An index listing various advertisers and providers such as Graul-Phonographs Herschede-Sterling Silver Hewitt and Mackenbach Specialists John Van Range Co J. H. Leventhal Optometrist Louisville and Nashville Railway Lucky Strike Cigarettes Merryweather Coffee Spices Pogue’s Cool Pohl’s Cafeteria Prince and Co Opticians and others. Also mentions Amusements Boxing Vine Street Arena and several loan and finance firms along with dry cleaning and clothing vendors.
U-117, turned over to the United States after the armistice, lies in fifty fathoms off Cape Charles Virginia to be attacked Tuesday by about fifty aircraft in a joint Army Navy experiment. The tests aim to measure how aircraft can bomb naval ships and the resulting damage, with additional targets to follow including a former destroyer cruiser battleship and the radio controlled Iowa. Fifty bombs are expected to be dropped unless the submarine sinks first, with observers aboard the Henderson and high level officials present to witness and report.
William Ley head paymaster at Studebaker Detroit was seized at Fifth and Walnut after private detective J C Hogan traced Detroit papers exposing Ley’s absence and alleged theft. Police report $10,000 suspected but authorities say he carried $1,585 and seven race tickets. Detroit officer to arrive.
Unusual safety measures guard a box containing radium aboard the steamer Olympic sailing June 25 from New York to Southampton and Cherbourg. The gift, a gram presented to Mme. Marie Curie by the women of the United States, is stored in lead and steel capsules within a sealed shell, with Curie and her daughters aboard.
Japan's rainy season produced floods the worst in thirty years. One hundred people drowned at Fukuoka on Kyushu, and thirty at Oita. Thousands of homes inundated or destroyed in Fukuoka Saga Oita and Nagasaki. Bridges washed away and collieries flooded in Kokura Kurumi and Wakamatsu.
Edmund Swormstedt aged 82 died from injuries after being struck by an automobile at Washington and Wyoming avenues. Clifford Gistler, 23, was arrested on a manslaughter charge after a police search. Roy Stickney 7209 Longview Ave Carthage identified as car owner but not driver. Witnesses include Donald Young Frank Monahan Clair Young. Gistler claimed he stopped after two blocks but crowd forced him to flee. Preliminary hearing set at Lockland City Hall. burial at Spring Grove Cemetery Wednesday.
Delegates from the United States at the rotary convention in Edinburgh visit London and place a memorial wreath on the cenotaph in Whitehall and on the grave of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. They attend the morning service at the Abbey.
Washington reports a July start for a tax drive by the Internal Revenue Bureau. Commissioner Blair says millions in delinquent taxes and penalties will be collected by flying squads visiting large cities. Retailers must collect full tax on toilet articles and medicines and soft drink vendors will be investigated.
In Glendale at Fountain Avenue and the Dixie Highway an automobile collision sent Oscar Tash of Alliance Ohio through a windshield with severe throat and headCuts and a crushed left leg. His son Merel drove the other car. the crash blamed on a slick highway after heavy rain. The injured were taken to Dr W F Shepard and then Bethesda Hospital.
Two men robbed Lou Haerlingers saloon at 3133 Reading road after last customer left. They demanded money, pistol whipped the clerk Edgar Mills and fled with $85 in cash around 11 pm, entering a waiting car on Reading road.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Government is considering extraditing Grover G Bergdoll a U S draft evader who reached Germany on a forged Canadian passport Justice Minister C J Doherty announced. The move follows appeals by American Legion officials to Canadian veterans groups to push the case.
Financial expert says market susceptibility to heavy bear attacks causes unnecessary worry. Paige Scout warns investors about grants and suggests measures to allay needless apprehension in the current economic climate.
Theodore H. Price reports that despite circulating rumors, no major New York bank or trust company shows solvency in doubt. Guaranty Trust President Charles H. Sabin publicly confirmed he has not resigned and will stay to straighten out issues. He noted losses exist but are exaggerated, and the bank will continue.
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the Lockwood Legislative Committee, declares no evidence shows Senator James Wadsworth or Attorney General Charles D. Newton profited from Frontier Mortgage Corp. He notes Wadsworth joined as a director two weeks ago and likely has little knowledge of the firm’s prospectus or activities.
Denver dispatch reports a growing feud within the AFL Irish sympathizers. A majority petitioned the Resolutions Committee to withdraw the British goods boycott while others vow to push the measure on the floor citing De Valera’s wishes. Harry Boland of New York repudiates official status of the resolution.
Chicago reports a drastic livestock shortage based on federal census data cited by farm expert Herbert Myrick. Cattle per 100 persons down one third since 1900, sheep nearly two thirds lower, hogs 41 percent less. He faults USDA overestimates and notes lower meat exports and higher imports, with declines in cattle slaughter and a large gap between official estimates and actual counts.
Bert Quarles, a Black man, was lynched in McCormack South Carolina after being accused of assaulting a white woman. Citizens formed a posse, identified him, forced him to climb a tree, chained him, and fired a volley as he descended. The crowd left the body hanging, with rope, chain, and fingers reportedly taken.
Dr Roy Upham of Brooklyn told the American Institute of Homeopathy convention that the United States is short 25 000 physicians He said long study and slow practice growth deter new doctors He noted wives of institute members formed the Woman s National Homeopathic League to aid medical students and alleviate the shortage
Madrid reports success in experiments importing minnows from Augusta Georgia to Spain. The fish Gam busia affinis feed on mosquito larvae and may help eradicate malaria carrying mosquitoes across districts.
Don Campbell 31 and Henry Gettie 18 of Watervliet died when a hydroairplane piloted by Campbell crashed in shallow Hudson River water south of Laureate Boat Club. Schuyler Macharie 22 of Albany was seriously injured. The Hudson Valley Air Line planned passenger service.
Mrs. Sarah Shattuc 80, widow of late Congressman William B. Shattuc, was struck crossing Peabody avenue by a No. 4 eastbound B&O train. She was dragged 150 feet, crushed by the pilot, and died. Engineer Martin Biles and Conductor Thomas Brown supervised the stop. Handley coroner verified accidental death and prepared the body for burial. Mrs. Shattuc had lived in Madisonville over 40 years, was a Republican political leader, and left an estate valued around one million dollars. She is survived by a grandson, William K. Shattuc, a Louisville medical student.
The Rev Dr Wilbur F Crafts of Washington DC urged a revival of Puritan values at a YMCA address on Sunday afternoon. He praised the American spirit for defeating 12 evils and warned against reinstating vice, calling for daily Bible reading and Sabbath observance.
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