Plan to Boost Cincinnati Growth Over 50 Years Adopted
City planners unveil a comprehensive program for half a century of growth in Cincinnati. Major elements include rail and transit upgrades, ten new bus routes, trolley line rerouting, new one way streets, extensive park development, and new city buildings. Authority vests planning commission with subdivision layouts, with river and Mill Creek improvements tied to canal revival plans.
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Fernbank
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Harrison
Wintoh Place
Hamilton
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Columbia Avenue
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Third Street
Martin Street
Collard Street
Eastern Avenue
City plan would reroute streetcars to speed traffic
A city traffic relief plan proposes banning parking in peak areas and converting Broadway to a one way street northward. It details rerouting the Zoo Eden line via Vine street, shifting lines on Gilbert and Madison roads, widening streets, and extending bus routes to the suburbs while stressing a five year implementation window.
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Oakley
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Woodburn Avenue
Broadway
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Sycamore
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Clifton- Judlow
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Auburn
Highland Avenue
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John Street
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Central Avenue
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John Eet
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Double Viaduct and Fifth Street Widening Plan to Hills
City plan outlines widening East Fifth Street as route to the Eastern hills. Proposes a double viaduct over East Third Street from Pike to Martin and a Fifth Street viaduct into the Third Street viaduct near Eggleston Avenue.
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Eggleston Avenue
Columbia Avenue
Torrence Road
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Collins Avenue
Caldwell Park
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Hill Road
Cleves Bridgetown
Duck Creek Road
Elstun Avenue
Wayside Avenue
Ohio Pike
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Runnymede Avenue
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Linwood Road
Eastern Avenue
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Springfield Road
Washington Avenue
Alaska Avenue
Kerbly Road
Plainfield Road
Central Parkway
Plum Street
Brighton Square
McMicken Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Kenton Street
Kemper Lane
Lebanon Pike
Liberty Street
Broadway
Grandview Avenue
Cincinnati Plans Civic Center and Tax Reform Drive
The plan calls for wide civic center development around Plum Street elbow with a new city hall office building by 1940, a public auditorium by 1950, a post office and federal building, a board of education building, and a central parkway mall linking courthouse and railroad terminals. It urges tax reform to fund projects, extended bonding, and excess condemnation study, plus regional centers and aviation site considerations.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
City Planning Commission
Mayor Carrel
L. A. Ault
Frederick W. Hinkle
R. K. LeBlond
Charles F. Hornberger
Irwin M. Krohn
Louis Schwab
C H. Meeds
Engi- E. L. Kennedy
Shoul
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Central Parkway
Central Avenue
Plum, Eighth
Ninth Streets
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Twelfth and
Post Office
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Board of Education
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Civic Center
Twelfth Street
Washington Park
Cleveland
Denver
Gest Street
Parkway
Sycamore Street
Broadway
Mt. Auburn
Main Street
Fairview Avenue
City
Clifton
Ohio Avenues
Westwood
Price Hill
Cumminsville
Winton Place
Hyde Park
College Hill
Carthage
Bond Hill
Oakley
Madisonville
Mt. Washington
Sayler Park
Columbia
Planning Commission
Little Miami Valley
Newton
Mariemont
Ault Park
Madeira
Deer Park
Bond’ Hill
North Norwood
Hartwell
Lockland
Bridgetown
Monterey
Court Street
Elm
Pearl Street
City plans larger parks and more playgrounds by 1970
The board commends current park system while urging increased funding. Proposals include enlarging Wilson Common and Winton Common, expanding Ault Park, adding two large parks Rapid Run and Sycamore, enlarging Mt. Airy Forest and others, and creating 21 neighborhood parks and 5 playgrounds with numerous acreages listed.
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Wilson Common
Grand Avenue
Winton Common
Hand Avenue
Winton Place
Ault Park
Delhi Pike
Pontier Road
Sycamore Park
Farriman and
Montgomery Roads
Five Million Dollar Dike Plan Aimed at Flood Prevention
A proposed $5,000,000 earth and concrete dike would run along the riverfront from Kansas Avenue to the Fulton yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad to shield the city from floods. The plan calls for water tight gates for Mill Creek, sewer replacements at $1.5 million, and a study by 1930 or 1940 with Army engineers. It projects $15 million in avoided losses and $100 million in property gains, with additional river and canal restoration ideas and a future garbage plant in the Mill Creek Valley.
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West End
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Fulton Yard
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River Front
Amber of Commerce
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Hopple Street
Little Miami
The
Commercial Tribune
St Xavier College Fete Week Opens at Avondale Campus
The St Xavier College May Fete and Campus Carnival runs three days at Avondale with a Fete Village and Joyland rides. Alumni Day opens the event with Alfred Geisler aiming for wide alumni attendance. Father Finn Day features May pole dancing by local school children. Coronation of the Fete Queen caps the festivities with booths, dances, a chicken supper and committee chairs named.
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St. Xavier College
Avondale
Corcoran
Varsity
Alfred T. Geisler
Alumni Association
Clara Pressler
Nicholas J. Janson
William E. Miller Dies of Apoplexy in Newark Home
Newark Ohio May 16 William E Miller 69 longtime President of the Board of Education and former Democratic State Senator collapsed and died of apoplexy at his home at noon today.
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Newark
William E. Miller
Board of Education
Aged Polish Couple Robbed on Paris Liner Before Europe Trip
Ignatius Worosyniec and his wife, both 75, from Kings Park Long Island, were robbed of $2500 in gold from a money belt aboard the liner Paris as it prepared to sail to Europe. A man named Foe and a fake customs inspector duped them and fled. police could not locate the thieves.
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New York
Poland
Paris
Europe
Ignatius Worosyniec
Kings Park
Long Island
Government Sues Dayton Airplane Co Over War Contract
The United States District Court completed hearings in the case against Dayton Airplane Co of Dayton Ohio to recover about 2.4 million dollars allegedly overcharged on a 31 million dollar cost plus war contract for 3900 airplanes. Judge Hickenlooper reserved briefs for 30 days.
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Dayton Airplane Company
Dayton
United States District Court
Hickenlooper
United States Army
Navy
Alexander Haizhoff
Washington, D. C
General Motors Company
Holzhoff
Halzhoff
H. E. Talbot, Jr
H. E. Talbot, Sr
C. E. Kettering
Triangle Park
Cincinnati Men Seek Prosecution of Councilman Reichert
The Cincinnatus Association collects indictment copies in the federal graft case of seventy policemen and village dry agents and aims to prosecute City Councilman Joseph Reichert for bribery. The group will confer with County Prosecutor Charles Bell to pursue state charges after Reichert’s immunity from federal prosecution.
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Russell Wilson
Cincinnatus Association
Joseph Reichert
Ciry
Reichert
Sho
Charles 8. Bell
Afte Hareth KE
May
United States
Wilson
Light Committee of Council
Explains Grade Marking of Lumber to Retailers
Cincinnati lumber dealers met at the Gibson to hear L. R. Putman of the Southern Pine Manufacturers Association explain a national grade marking plan. The proposal would have manufacturers mark each piece by grade to inform consumers and reduce shipment disputes. Putman is touring the country to outline the process for retailers.
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Cincinnati
Gibson
L. R. Putman
Southern Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Putman
Bible Scholar Appointed East Ahead for 1925 26
Dr. Raymond P. Dougherty of Goucher College is named annual professor for the American Schools of Oriental Research at Jerusalem and Baghdad for 1925 26. He will take a one year leave, depart late July, lecture and conduct field work focusing on land topography and mound sites. He is noted for translating Babylonian tablets.
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Baltimore
Raymond P. Dougherty
Goucher College
American Schools of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Bagdad
Near East
Dougherty
Movies for air passengers brighten long flights
In London an air express between Paris and London recently tested in flight movie projection. A film was shown on a cabin screen with twelve passengers watching during the trial flight.
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Horn Rim Glasses Win Royal Approval In London
King George approves American horn rimmed glasses as he reads the Wembley address. The gesture calms jokes and criticism of American peculiarity and signals a style craze, with London papers branding the royal spectacle and Americans set to wear the look.
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Associated Press
London
King George
George
Harvey
London Life
England
Opticians
Berlin applauds police tenor at German State Opera
Berlin citizens celebrate the admission of New York Police Commissioner Benjamino Giglia who will sing five guest engagements in May with the German State Opera Company. Newspapers say Giglia, a Metropolitan Opera tenor, is an honorary Police Commissioner for his charity and service to Manhattan, boosting his popularity in Berlin.
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Berlin
New York
Jealous suitor shot by woman at Mill Street home
Minnie Smith, 27, colored, shot Marion Palm, 32, at 316 Mill Street as he forced entry after being refused admission. Palm died at General Hospital after the 5:15 p.m. incident. Smith surrendered at the Fourth District Police Station and faces a murder charge.
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Marion Palm
Minnie Smith
Mill Street
Fourth District
Palm
General Hospital
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