Western Hills Viaduct Plan Backed By Public Hearing
Col. Henry M. Waite explains a double deck viaduct costing 3.457 million dollars funded by the city and railroads. The project eliminates Harrison Avenue and Liberty Street viaducts and aims to relieve congestion until 1970 with a proposed bond issue of 1.08 million.
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Western Hills
Henry M. Waite
Union Terminal Company
George Eyrich
Westwood Improvement Association
Col. Waite
Improvement Association
Central Parkway
McMillan Street
State Avenue
Ernest Street
Terminal Company
Harrison Avenae
Liberty Street
Col. Sherrill
Seasongood
City Planning Commission
Harrison Avenue
Herancourt
Suit blocks library bond issue in county court
A taxpayer Henry W. Merland filed in Common Pleas Court seeking an injunction to halt a $2,500,000 library bond issue approved by voters. Judge Charles S. Bell set a hearing for a permanent order Tuesday, with potential Supreme Court appeal. If invalid, library funds would await legislative action or citizen funding.
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Common Pleas Court
Henry W. Merland
Albert Seeker
Ohio Supreme Court
Charles S. Bell
Supreme Court
Merland
Taft
Herbert Koch
Plot Overthrow of De Rivera in Spain Reported
Hendaye France Sept 11 reports say Madrid and other Spanish cities saw arrests after police uncovered a plot against the state. Primo de Rivera remains in power as Spain marks the fifth anniversary of his dictatorship amid recurring domestic tensions linked to taxes Catalan ambitions labor groups and communist influence.
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Hendaye
France
Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Spain
Morocco
First TV drama broadcast shows faces on tiny screen
Schenectady engineers demonstrated television drama linked to radio, presenting two actors in a headshot, with full background and stage effects to come. Three linked tellvision units fed a single camera, focusing on facial expressions, makeup intensified for the small screen.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
WGY
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Radio Corporation of America
Alexanderson
Tellvision
J. Hartley Manners
Queen’s Messenger
Heflin Challenges Fuller to a Massachusetts Debate
Senator Heflin of Alabama called Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts to a joint debate in Washington. He accused Fuller of malicious attacks and defended soldiers who fought in World War I. Heflin’s letter also denied claims about Frank E. Wabb declining to be Heflin’s running mate on the Farmer-Labor ticket.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Gov. Fuller
Massachusetts
France
Dr. Straton
John Roach Straton
Gov. Smith
New York
Fuller
Frank E. Wabb
Farmer-Labor
Two Weeks Old Baby Found With Hidden Whisky
Toledo police liquor squad raided the home of Mrs. Mary Deck and found two quarts of whisky concealed under a two weeks old baby. Mrs Deck jumped into bed with the infant as officers searched the room. She was charged with possession.
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Toledo
Mary Deck
Ward Line Monterey burns off Progreso. 67 rescued
Fire aboard the Ward Line Monterey anchored off Progreso, Merida, Mexico, forces 67 passengers en route from Vera Cruz to Havana and New York to be transferred to the tug Eureka and landed at Progreso. They travel on to Merida to await word on rejoining ship. The Monterey is a 2,877 net ton vessel built in Philadelphia in 1901.
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Merida
Yucatan
Mexico
Ward
Monterey
Vera Cruz
Havana
New York
Progreso
Eureka
Ward Line
Mex
Cuba
Philadelphia
Judge Rules Night Club Padlocks Illegal
Federal Judge Thomas D. Thacher ruled that temporary padlock orders against night clubs were illegal and must be revised removing bars from venues not yet brought to trial. He called the practice of depriving property without a hearing shocking after raids on twenty six clubs.
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New York
Thomas D. Thacher
Thacher
Prohibition
Robert B. Watts
Early talk on cell death and revival by Prof Donnan
Glasgow reports Prof F G Donnan of University College London predicting possible early discovery of why human body cells die and how to revive them. He cited A V Hill of London University and explained cell structure including nucleus and cytoplasm in his AAAS lecture.
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New York World News Service
Glasgow
F. G. Donnan
University College
London
Donnan
British Association For the Advancement of Science
A. V. Hill
London University
Ex-Wife Shoots Ex-Husband At Store Entrance
Thomas Hunt, 60, shot by his former wife Parma Hunt, 44, as he tried to force entry to her grocery on West Twelfth Street, Dayton. Hunt, injured in the chest, was treated at Speers Hospital. Parma Hunt faced a shooting to kill charge and bond was set at 500 dollars.
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Thomas Hunt
Licking Pike
Clifton
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Hunt
Parma Hunt
West Twelfth Street
John Gemmer
Park Avenue
Schnelle
Herron
Mrs. Hunt
Bertelsman
Irving Berlin Wife Reconciles With Father at Roslyn Home
Clarence H Mackay head of the Postal Telegraph System and his daughter Mrs Irving Berlin have reconciled after three years apart following her marriage to songwriter Irving Berlin. The meeting at the Mackay home in Roslyn Long Island included Mrs Soules Hungerford Mackay and marked by a kiss from the father as she hugged him. Berlin did not attend.
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New York
Theew York Daily News
Clarence H.mackay
Irving Berlin
Soules Hungerford Dkay
Mackay
Court voids RCA license clause in radio tube case
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the clause prohibiting use of non RCA tubes in radio sets void and in violation of the Clayton antitrust act. The decision upheld Judge Morris's ruling that the restriction is invalid, affecting RCA and independent tube manufacturers led by De Forest and Televocal.
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Philadelphia
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Atage
Read Telegram Delivers Brother’s Death Then Fatal Illness
Iliam Blakes of New Orleans died ten minutes after reading a telegram announcing his brother’s death in Philadelphia. He became ill upon reading the message and died of acute indigestion before reaching a hospital.
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New Orleans
Philadelphia
Iliam Blakes
Blakes
Divers Demonstrate Submarine Escape Device The Lung
On board the salvage vessel Falcon at Solomon's Island Maryland Navy divers tested a new safety device called the Lung to escape a sunken submarine from 155 feet. Lieut. C B Momsen and divers Joseph Biden and Edward Kalimoski descended in a diving bell and reached the surface after about eight minutes in 68 psi conditions, confirming the device's viability despite rough bay water.
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Falcon
Solomon’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
C. B. Momsen
Joseph Biden
Edward.Kalimoski
Washington Navy Yard
New England
Lieut
Momsen
Moody declares support for Smith at Texas Democratic gathering
Gov. Dan Moody of Texas, who opposed Alfred E. Smith, announced his loyalty to Smith and commitment to prohibition as the Texas Democratic Convention split. Insurgents loyal to Smith bolted, clashed with regulars, and uniformed officers restored order at Fair Park Auditorium amid calls to “Get Out, Republicans.”
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Dallas
Tex
Dan Moody
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Moody
Smith
National Party
Gov. Smith
Oscar Colquitt
Fair Park
Hoover
Thomas .B. Love
Alvin S. Moody
Houston
Love
Colquitt
Bailey
Platform Committee
Gov. Moody
Maine GOP scores largest margin in state history
Republican triumph in Maine is cited by Theodore E. Burton as encouragement for Hoover’s national bid. He notes 80,000 governor’s majority and 85,000 total congressional majorities, praises Col. William Cooper Procter, and predicts strong Ohio support while lauding Hoover’s administrative leadership. Burton reports 27,000 to 9,000 in Hamilton County and plans further Hamilton County visits.
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Herbert Hoover
Theodore E. Burton
United States Senate
Cincinnati
Burton
Ohio
Maine
Edward D. Schorr
Hamilton County
Linton
Republican Club
East Ninth Street
Col
William Cooper Procter
Queen City Club
Thomas B. Reade
Gardiner
Congress
Hoover
Lauds Cooper
Cooper
Maine Victory Signals National Trend, Gardiner Wins
Scattered Maine returns show Republican William Tudor Gardiner defeating Democrat E C Moran Jr for governor by a widening margin. Curtis Calls Maine result a sign of nationwide trend with Hoover favored. Bartlett predicts upstate New York will back Hoover by a million.
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Curtis
Portland
William Tudor Gardiner
E. C. Moran, Jr
Maine
Gardiner
Biddeford
Lewiston
Frederick Hale
Herbert Homes
Hale
Carroll Beedy
Wallace H. White, Jr
John E. Nelson
Donald F. Snow
Maine State Senate
House
Knox County
Dora’ B. Pinkham
Jine O. Allen
Claire C. Carter
Auburn
Folsom
Claude Clark Gay
Miss Laughlin
Lena M.y
Gorham
Cumberland County
Buck Named Republican Governor Candidate in Delaware
Dover Delaware September 11 Douglas Buck state highway engineer and son in law of United States Senator Coleman du Pont was nominated for Governor by the Republican State Convention. He defeated I D Short of Milford the anti organization candidate. Former Gov John G Townsend Jr was nominated for United States Senator and Robert G Houston was renominated for Congress without opposition.
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Dover
Del
Douglas Buck
United States
Coleman du Pont
Organization
Delaware
I. D. Short
Milford
John G. Townsend, Jr
Robert G. Houston
Congress
Insurance executive killed in Doland auto crash
J R Young of Buffalo New York believed president of the New York Automobile Association and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Newark New Jersey was killed in an automobile accident three miles east of Doland.
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Doland
N. D
J. R. Young
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Automobile Association
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
Electric shock survivor from Toledo line work
Peter Callahan a 55 year old Toledo Edison Company worker received a 6900 volt shock while atop a utility pole. The current passed through his forearm before grounding via elbow contact with another wire. Co workers lowered him to safety.
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Toledo
Peter Callahan
Callahan
Toledo Edison Company
Express Truck Robbed Of $9,018 by 4 Thugs in South Bend
Four men robbed an American Railway Express truck in South Bend Indiana today driving away with 9 018 dollars after forcing the driver W D Oliver 38 to pull up to a curb and handing over the strong box keys. The robbers loaded the money into a waiting automobile and sped off.
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South Bend
Ind
W. D. Oliver
Raskob Doubts Maine Victory Signal for Smith Cheers
New York September 11 John J Raskob Democratic National Chairman said Maine results do not alter his forecast that Gov Alfred E Smith would win 303 electoral votes He noted Maine appeared Republican all along and national issues were not involved He added California and Washington results suggest a very close race with further developments expected.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Maine
St. Louis
Alfred E. Smith
West
Raskob
California
Washington
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