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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1930
Page
11
Fairyland will light up the Zoo with a grand fireworks display for the Fourth of July at the resort. The show features eighteen prismlike illuminators, live zoo figures in set pieces, and a grand finale the hanging garden with shifting colors and bursting lights. The program opens at 9:30 after the Ice Show and before the ballet.
Leo Brand Jr. violinist serves as soloist this afternoon with the Zoo Summer Symphony Orchestra conducted by Reuben Lawson. He performs a new Violin Romance and a varied program including March Americans We Fillmore Overture and other pieces.
Plans are underway for a Masonic Fraternity outing in Cincinnati to be held at the Zoo on August 16. George B. Bolenbaugh and James N. Ramsey lead the preparations with committees to handle details. The event aims to include Masons and their families from Cincinnati and guests, with over 20 000 tickets to be distributed through lodge secretaries.
E J Ertel, chairman of the Ohio American Legion Convention committee, works to count Legion bands and drum corps for the August 17 19 event in Cincinnati. He predicts at least fifty units may participate, aided by Cincinnati musical groups and local posts financing uniforms and prizes.
Virginia Beach June 28 A B Carrington of Danville Va president of the Tobacco Association of the United States urges slower marketing of the tobacco crop over a longer selling period at the association s thirtieth annual meeting. He notes a recent tendency to market the crop rapidly harms growers and slower selling would balance the market.
Camp Knox Ky June 23 Progress reports show the Citi zens Military Training Camp will be the largest of recent years with about 1700 boys, up from a 1500 quota. Training units include two infantry battalions two cavalry troops and two artillery batteries under 400th Infantry officers for two weeks before regular army and reserve officers take charge.
County Sanitary Engineer John S. Rafferty reported steps to relieve Mill Creek odor in the upper valley. Workers trench a channel to drain pools and plan to pump millions of gallons of clear water from Carey and Richardson pumping stations to wash away sewage and factory waste pools.
In Columbus June 28 a free-for-all fight between Checker Cab Company drivers and independents erupted early today. Roy E. Frisby, a Checker Cab driver, was hospitalized after the brawl sparked by long running rivalry between the two factions, police said.
The Education Council of the Public Health Federation announced a city wide campaign for periodic health examinations for all, including children. Gov. Cooper issued a proclamation endorsing the effort, with state health officials also backing it. The drive begins June 28 and plans leaflets, talks, posters, and radio segments to encourage annual checkups and access to clinics for those who cannot afford care.
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman said the state will sue all Cosmopolitan Bank stockholders who have not met obligations under the double liability law. The move follows efforts to adjust Cosmopolitan and Brotherhood Bank affairs and a public check-up showed most deposits withdrawn had been returned.
The Infant Asylum and Sisters of Charity in Cincinnati mark their annual Visitation Day to honor fifty seven years of service. Prominent locals lead the event with mass, entertainment booths, and fundraising to improve recreational facilities for the children.
St. Joseph Orphanage in Cumminsville seeks support for its 76th annual July 4 outing. The event features a large reception committee, booths run by parish groups, a soap booth by the American Legion, band music, fireworks, a pony track, and transportation coordination.
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