07 Oct 1928
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1928
Page
1
In the opening Latonia meeting Helen's Babe captures the feature race as a gluey track slows the field. Finnerty guides Mare to second with Royal Julian third in the Covington Handicap Congo II pays $49.20 for the first event totaling $4,700 prize.
Screen star Priscilla Dean married Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, famed for a round the world flight. The ceremony occurred at Agua Caliente near Tijuana, Mexico, with a return trip planned tomorrow before their honeymoon begins.
Helen’s Babe owned by Hal Price Headly trained by J. Daniels ridden by R. Finnerty won the Covington Handicap by a neck over Percentage with Royal Julian third. Track heavy with five runners. $4,700 to win, $1,000 place, $500 show. Helen’s Babe paid $12.60. Weather ideal as crowd enjoyed an opening-day victory.
Col Sherrill presents the 1929 spending plan totaling 4.68 million for city county and school district use. Highlights include 2.5 million for highways, 316 thousand for fire department, 312.5 thousand for University and Observatory, and 100 thousand for airport with 66.5 thousand general reserve.
Secretary Wilbur signed a contract with the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation of Akron for the construction of two rigid airships at a total cost of 7 825 000 dollars. P W Litchfield and F R Wahle signed for the company.
New York World News Service reports RCA to merge with Keith-Albee-Orpheum Inc and F B O Pictures to create a vast holding company akin to General Motors for the entertainment field. Starting with about 700 theaters, the group aims to produce and distribute talking pictures via Photophone with GE and Westinghouse backing.
Breck Lutes, 28, electrician of Middletown, under bond in Cincinnati for shooting at two motorcycle policemen, arrived at Mergy Hospital with serious bullet wounds in his right hip. Police report two versions of the event, one during a pistol check on Venice road and another during a home brew gathering.
A explosion near fuel oil tanks sparked a blaze at Carpenter Steel Works in Reading Pennsylvania that destroyed twenty rolling mills and damaged two main upbuildings. Loss nears one million dollars as draftsmen plan new buildings and five hundred workers begin debris removal with all 200 regular employees set for reconstruction work.
Michigan loses 17 to 7 in the season opener to Ohio Wesleyan. The Wolverines are outplayed, with weaker rushing and passing and poor kicking. Holmes intercepts a Wesleyan pass for a 50 yard return setting up Michigan’s first score, Glancy leads the visitors with the third period run and an extra point, and Glancy later kicks the final field goal.
The 25 week New Bedford textile strike ends as unions accept a 6 percent wage cut and require 30 days notice for any future general wage reductions. The Textile Council and United Textile Workers of America supported the deal amid mass picketing and several arrests.
Governor Smith plans a campaign swing starting with a Louisville speech on national issues as part of his second tour. He will travel by special train from Albany to Chattanooga and Nashville for further talks with Democratic leaders before heading to Chicago and Missouri.
Col. Sherrill, city manager, defended discipline but criticized attorneys for alleged publicity amid a raid at 217 West Liberty Street. Harry H. Shafer filed a complaint over an officer allegedly striking Steve Kaplan in the abdomen, leaving him in critical condition.
The 1932 campaign enters a four week sprint with Hoover and Smith touring the nation. Hoover targets Tennessee and the solid South while Smith plans a Northwest push as both sides rail against opponents and rally supporters. Curtis and Borah join the effort along the northern frontier to boost Hoover.
Kansas City filed story notes Chester Rogers eighteen and Wanda Garman wed in Olathe on September fourteen. Judge R L Fischer denied the fifteen year old bride permission to reunite with her husband and ruled she should wait. The proceedings featured questions about the couple's motives and the bride's claimed domestic limitations. MRS. ACOSTA seeks one hundred twenty five thousand dollars in balm for loss of trans Atlantic flyer’s love.
A large blast at Standard Oil Station at Vine and Fifteenth injured seven people yesterday afternoon. Injured include Frederick Learned 25, Charles Koch 38, R W Knight 25, Andrew Kamman 32, Arnold Gore 27, James Miller 50, and Walter Wilson 11. Victims were taken to General Hospital or home as crowds gathered around the scene. The cause was not determined and the report notes the incident continued on the second page.
A thief smashed into Morris Simkin’s shoe shop at 1351 Central Avenue early yesterday and took twenty five pairs of women’s shoes valued at $100. Each left shoe in ten pairs bore teeth marks, suggesting the bite marks were deliberate as police search for the culprit.
Olean New York October 6 reports indicate ninety six confirmed typhoid cases with twenty six more suspected and under observation. One death has occurred as health officials race to contain the outbreak blamed on impure well water.
Los Angeles reports Larry Semon, famed screen director and comedian, gravely ill with pneumonia at a sanatorium near Victorville after months of illness. Doctors say he is "very low" though earlier death rumors were denied. He first suffered a nervous disorder and loss of appetite that weakened him.
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