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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
2
A murder case involving Indok Tq Fag Gnargt is in court today. The body was kept in a morgue for nine days as officials investigated. Mrs Muriel D Chism named administrator of Miss Hix’s estate and will handle $615 deposited in her name at a local bank. The girl's parents are likely beneficiaries.
Dr. Giddings argues colleges shape an intellectual elite and denounces deception about education for all. He warns democracies must tolerate and respect scholars or risk regressing to barbarism or returning to monarchies and aristocracies.
President Hoover has accepted the Honorary Presidency of the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene to be held in Washington from May 5 to 10, 1930. Dr. William A. White announced the event and said attendees will include physicians educators psychiatrists and social workers from around the world.
The report details a South American tour in 1926 by Maj. Franco and Sergt. Pedro Madariaga, an accident injuring the mechanic just before flight, an escort plane collision, and questions about hidden damage. A Buffalo Bridge radio sighting near Cape Race at 5:40 a.m. Greenwich time fuels speculation the flight may have continued toward New York.
In Horta, Azores, by noon no sign of four Spanish flyers reported by Madrid after leaving Cartagena on Friday. Premier Primo de Rivera claimed a safe landing. the radio station reported no messages and the Zaire Portuguese gunboat searched near Porto Del Gada with no sighting by 1 pm.
Lee Schoenhair diverted to Du Bois Pennsylvania due to bad weather while en route from Cleveland to New York in a bid for a non stop flight from Los Angeles. He halted at a Du Bois hotel after damage to the fuselage during an attempted take off when weather cleared.
London reports the upcoming visit of Hugh S. Gibson American Ambassador to Belgium as key to pushing disarmament talks. The aim is to organize procedures for a new conference, improving preps after Geneva’s collapse, with Britain seeking American help and hopes for a naval yardstick.
President Hoover stayed at a secluded fishing camp on the Rapidan River near Washington for a quiet Sabbath. He planned to leave with his party at sunrise to reach the White House and be at his desk at the usual time.
Jackson Ohio fire crews rushed to Oak Hill to fight a blaze that devastated three buildings in the town center. The incident caused an estimated fifty thousand dollars in losses.
The forecast lists Ohio Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Indiana and more with partly cloudy days and scattered showers or thundershowers. A June 23 1929 record from 8 p.m. compares temperatures highs and precipitation across major cities including Cleveland New York Chicago Detroit Boston Nashville and Saint Louis.
The article profiles Congressman De Priest, a striking Alabama born Black leader in Kansas, who travels to Roanoke, Chattanooga and Chicago for speaking engagements as part of a broader push by race papers to advance Black equality amid social resistance and political tensions.
The NAACP sent a brief to President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission urging inclusion of lynching and other race crimes in its nationwide inquiry. It cites residential segregation in Atlanta and Louisville, railroad passenger segregation, and disfranchisement, calling for a federal anti lynching law and a national campaign to improve race relations.
William Lowry, 24, Parma firefighter, died during an exhibition jump in Cleveland when both leg belts failed and released him from the parachute. He fell 1,800 feet as about 500 spectators watched. the chute opened briefly before the fatal impact.
E. J. Cain a 23 year old Fayetteville commercial flyer was killed during a stunt flight in Albemarle North Carolina. He leaped from the airplane at about two thousand feet and drifted briefly before the parachute rigging parted causing his death.
John Keller, who killed his estranged wife Ruth, was wounded perhaps fatally by waiting officers at his Long Beach home after a day of violence. Earlier he shot and seriously wounded George Finck, a suitor, and J M Bullard, a policeman. Finck is in critical condition. Bullard is recovering.
In Toledo on June 23, Mrs. Josephine Amberg aged 63 collapsed after missing a street car and walking several blocks. Coroner Frank G Kraft said the combination of heat and exertion caused a fatal heart attack.
Fifteen Boy Scouts receive gold honor medals from the National Court of Honor for saving numerous lives during floods and drownings. Recipients include Sydney Hershowitz, Lawrence Bee, William Bennet, and others. one medal goes to Scoutmaster James Tarwater Wright whose sacrifice saved scouts during floods in Tennessee.
Four twelve year olds were arrested and handed to juvenile authorities after ransacking Val Flecksteiner’s store on Findlay and John streets. Police recovered a baseball, knife, 45 cents, and candy. entry was made by smashing a window. Separately, John Trail and Miss Edna Klein were arrested on warrants tied to a June 17 jewelry theft from Mrs Blanche Post at Elm Street residence.
Four representatives from St. Xavier College will attend the Catholic Educational Association convention in Toledo. Rev. Hubert F. Brockman, college president. Rev. Daniel M. O’Connell, dean. Rev. George R. Kister, summer school director. and Rev. John A. Weland, high school principal, will participate. Bishop Francis W. Howard of Corrington, Ky., founder and chairman, will preside.
Walter S. Schmidt will dispatch the appeal to more than 8 000 friends for the seventy fifth annual outing at Blue Rock and Cherry street grounds. The Outings Arrangements Committee offices are at 136 East Fourth Street. A general rally of workers will meet at the orphanage offices Cummins ville at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening.
Col J W Viner, secretary of the Cincinnati War Memorial Association, reported yesterday that the organization is pursuing plans for a lasting tribute to veterans. Details remain forthcoming as committee meetings continue.
Death notices list several Chicago area residents and their families. W. Hogan Edna Hogan Hunter Blanchester Ohio. Katherine Klein Schmidt 742 Derby Avenue. Edward Leisure 2222 Symmes Street. Charlie McClain 2727 Erie Avenue. Henry C Meyer 910 Clark Street. Joseph Schlageter 1631 Westwood Avenue. Lucy E Lawson Westerman 3334 Columbia Avenue. Peter J White 1306 Michigan Avenue Hyde Park. Funeral details follow for each, with dates June 1929 and local funeral homes named.
The document lists multiple organization meetings and events with times from noon to early afternoon. Groups include Masonic Temple Drive event at noon, Metropole Civic Club at noon, Agricultural Committee 12 15, Brick Club 12 16, Kiwanis 12 16, and Columbia Alumni 6 30, among others like Chamber of Commerce and Knights of Columbus.
Archbishop McNicolas Frank M Huschart Hiram S Mathers Miss Alice Sterne and F R Toe Water join the association as several hundred Cincinnatians endorse the cause. The group will push a campaign for a million dollar memorial to be erected on the Hill of Remembrance opposite Deer Creek Commons.
Two thousand Cincinnatians visited the Fort Scott camp for boys in New Baltimore Ohio yesterday. The big crowd included many Knights of Columbus members from Greater Cincinnati. The Visitation day program was sponsored by the Fort Scott Camp Association with the Boys' Work Committee of the Ohio Valley Chapter Knights of Columbus.
New officers for the 1929 1930 term will be installed at a noon meeting of the Cincinnati Club. Edward N Waldvogel will serve as President with William F J Roll as Vice President William J Mulvihill as Treasurer and W D Morrissey as Executive Secretary.
James S Mitchell will be formally introduced to the Friars' Club membership at an open meeting tonight. He arrived in Cincinnati about a week ago from Scranton Pennsylvania where he served as manager of the Knights of Columbus Boys' Club.
Miss Allie Kuebler of Deaconess Hospital nursing staff sails for Canada and Nicaragua to serve as a medical missionary among South American Indians, as stated by Rev. A G Lohman superintendent.
The summer school at St Xavier College begins with first classes at 8 30 am. Rev George R Kister serves as director guiding the program and its activities for the term.
Charles Halteman of the liquor squad was attacked by a woman with a knife during a raid on the home of Margaret Osburn in Toledo Ohio. Halteman knocked at the door to serve a warrant. as he turned to call his men the assailant struck with a knife.
Three men died when a Travelair aircraft crashed near Harrison, Ohio. Dr. E. H. Schoeling of Harrison pronounced all victims dead. Coroner Swing leads the investigation as witnesses say even fire crews could not have saved them. The blue and silver Travelair, powered by a Curtis OX-5 engine, had been bought secondhand at Watson Airport two months earlier. Hite had parachute instruction from Ralph LaPere, while Biddle had just completed ground school at Lancett Field and was a friend of Hite.
Enos Hays aged 72, proprietor of the Big Miami Stock Farm on Mt. Nebo Lost Bridge, died at his Miami and Wansley avenues home in Cleves. A noted stock breeder and horse enthusiast, he descended from the Harrison line and is survived by his widow and eight children including Mrs. Robert Banning and Mrs. Christy Burter, among others connected to prominent firms.
Vincent St. John a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World died in San Francisco after a two year illness. He helped lead metal miners strikes in Colorado Montana and Idaho and served 2.5 years in Leavenworth Prison after sedition and sabotage convictions. His death contrasted with Bill Haywood's famous end in Russia.
Rt Hon W S Fielding aged 80 former Minister of Finance died tonight at his Ottawa home after nearly five years of illness most of which he spent in bed.
Augustus Nash aged 66 longtime director of religious work at the Cleveland Y M C A died of heart disease in Cleveland. He was born in Gallipolis Ohio and served in the YMCA for three decades.
Sir Benjamin Barrios De Los Rios a Mexican lawyer who was knighted by the King of England died today of natural causes in Mexico City He served as legal counsel to the Mexican legations in Paris and London and had been decorated with the Legion of Honor.
A slide eroded about 250000 cubic feet of material along 700 feet of Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal Zone near Balboa. The depth dropped from 40 to 38 feet at the center. Two dredges began work as the movement eased. The incident did not interrupt canal traffic. The slide occurred north of the 1916 Culebra slide.
A 67 year old man Henry McClain of Okeena near Hamilton Ohio committed suicide today by shooting himself in the head. He had been in poor health and was living in the area.
Archbishop Ruiz said arrangements for the cathedral ceremony were completed with the Interior Ministry and the diocese naming the church head in charge. He noted no troops were used to marshal crowds, only traffic policemen, as faithful were urged to worship in churches rather than parade publicly. The hierarchy credited Ambassador Morrow with aiding tranquility in Mexico.
Wellington New Zealand June 23 renewal of earth shocks today forced the removal of all residents remaining at Murchison to Nelson. Virtually all settlers in destroyed districts have been rescued with many traveling three days to reach camps.
Train robbers who escaped with 16000 dollars from a Southern Pacific train at McAvoy a flag station near Martinez remain at large as railroad detectives and peace officers across California intensify the manhunt.
Hamilton area report details two fatal crashes. John Ernie Jr. 15 and Dorothy 20 hurt after a collision on Wood avenue with Freeman Wilson, a black driver. William Barber, birthday celebrant, fleeing recklessly, killed Jesse Coons and injured several others. Barber held by police as coroner weighs manslaughter charges. Witnesses pursued Barber after Coons’s death.
A June 23 report details several fatal crashes. In Cardington near Columbus a car driven by Arnold Dressel was struck by a Big Four train, killing Mrs. H M Traphagan and Mrs. Minnie Dressel and badly injuring H M Traphagan. Archie Lyle died after being struck by a car in Columbus. A Logan West Virginia area crash killed four from one family: John J Legg, his wife, and two daughters. Thomas C Jones of Cleveland died after his car was struck by an interurban. his wife died in the same crash. William Griffin of Lancaster sustained likely fatal injuries when his car was hit by a freight train.
John Sullivan aged 40 was cut about the hands when his milk wagon was struck by a Madisonville street car operated by George Davis at Dana avenue and Nassau street in Dayton Kentucky early yesterday. Police arrested Kenneth Klotz bach, 20, of Clifton Kentucky for reckless driving after his car crashed into a light pole in front of 2430 Eastern avenue early yesterday morning.
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