25 Sep 1930
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
1
A 4:15 am quake in Stalinabad Tajikistan killed 175 peasants and injured over 300. Relief teams led by the regional vice chairman inspect the devastation as 1,200 families lose homes and crops.
One of the earliest snowfalls in years blanketed Alberta and Saskatchewan as a strong wind disrupted communications between the two provinces. Temperatures fell to freezing or below and snowfall ranged from an inch to over a inch and a half.
Columbus Ohio Sep 24 city funds exhausted auditors warn municipal court staff may not receive pay for the rest of the year unless the City Council approves an emergency appropriation.
Earl Sites of Mansfield is found guilty of first degree murder for the June hold up slaying of Ralph Wilcox Galton filling station operator at a Bucyrus trial held today.
Clarence Kehr a six year old from Toledo stands three feet five inches tall and weighs eighty four pounds. He shaves and smokes cigars, talks in a deep voice, performs strong man stunts and has an intelligence quotient. Doctors cite precocious development due to overactive glands. Parents seek guidance from the Ohio Department of Education while Toledo schools refuse to place him in first grade or Catholic diocese classes, citing welfare and peer safety concerns.
President Hoover opened a conference on home building and ownership at the White House. He urged absorbing surplus national energy into better housing and criticized the second mortgage system as backward. He called for survey of housing including rural and apartment sectors and backed self ownership for sound citizens.
Former Missouri Senator James A Reed calls for an outright repeal of the prohibition plank in the 1932 Democratic platform. He urges repealing the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment, arguing Congress can act without forcing national prohibition, while local options would still apply where desired.
Col. William E. Talbot Dallas insurance executive was selected by the Texas Republican Executive Committee to oppose Ross S. Sterling in the upcoming gubernatorial race. The nomination follows Dr. George C. Butte’s declined candidacy and places Talbot as a veteran Republican organizer in Texas politics, with past roles in 1924 and 1928 party efforts.
A youth of about 17 robbed Columbia Theater cashier Miss Jean McPhee of 1200 dollars including the payroll as thousands watched in the bright foyer. Earlier, Friedman Blau Faber Co. mill workers lost a 14000 payroll to three gunmen. Police pursued a suspect matching the robber after the theater hold up.
Henry Ford purchased an 1888 Benz car for his museum in Detroit after admiring Germany’s first automobile from 1885 on display at the Deutsches Museum. He was surprised to find the three wheeler waiting at the curb when he left his hotel. Ford also showed interest in acquiring antique watches in Munich.
A chaotic weather event led to property damage across Hamilton County with trees, poles, wires, and roofs affected. Police and fire officials logged about 415 dollars in damage by midnight as Jupe Pluvius lashed downtown Cincinnati and lightning struck Avondale, Walnut Hills, Clifton Heights, Kennedy Heights, Oakley, Hyde Park, and Pleasant Ridge.
Enid Oklahoma September reports a 60 year old widow Dolly Douthitt fired a revolver in the Garfield County District Court injuring United States Commissioner H Z Wredgwood and missing District Judge Arthur G Sutton while acting as her own attorney. About thirty people fled the room as court officers disarmed her. The incident follows her long history as a litigious resident and past murder trial for her husband W T Douthitt.
In New York on September 24 two well dressed men hired Joseph Perrone to drive to Barren Island. At the end one man shot his companion ten times, then forced Perrone to help strip and dump the body in Jamaica Bay. Police recovered the body near a garbage plant. The victim was bald, 150 pounds, with eight gold crowned teeth. The killer fled.
Washington report says Robert Marcey a Lyonhurst Virginia World War veteran was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after a fatal car crash. Officials plan to exhume the casket to identify the interred man after Marcey’s sister and mother disputed the burial and a Baltimore letter revealed the son was alive.
Nicholas Roosevelt, New York editorial writer, resigns as Vice Governor of the Philippines and is named Minister to Hungary by President Hoover. He will replace J Butler Wright and move from Budapest to Uruguay if reassigned. The White House announced the postings today.
A well dressed man robbed the Kroger store at 7226 Blue Ash road Deer Park last night, forcing the manager and two clerks into an ice box at gunpoint and fleeing with 150. Police link him to a prior Dow drug store heist at Elmwood Place, about 120 taken, with a similar pistol and description.
Albany report says New York Republicans will declare for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment using the word repeal. Charles H. Tuttle is set for the gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot with a prohibition plank satisfactory to him. Hoover allies seek a safe rider while Tuttle and party leaders press for a clear stance before final platform decisions.
City Council indicated it may violate the Northside pledge by authorizing the City Manager to burn combustible refuse in the incinerator despite opposition from Northside attorneys Edward Strasser and Ralph Todker. The vote was postponed after heated exchanges and debate over the proposal and water supply for nearby industries.
Rumors of Soviet Russia flooding world markets with cheap wheat unsettled markets across continents. The Fed promised ample credit to finance orderly marketing of crops while traders speculated on a billion bushel Soviet crop at 50 cents a bushel. Prices in Chicago slipped to record lows before short Russian wheat positions were covered.
The Kuo Min News Agency reports Chiang Kai-Shek issued a circular telegram to northern rebel soldiers urging immediate peace. He warned further resistance would lead to their complete extinction and promised liberal treatment if they return to garrison posts and await orders.
Augusto Turati resigns as Secretary General of the Fascist party after four years and four months at the helm. Giovanni Battista Giurati is appointed to succeed him as head of the party, while Turati joins the Fascist Grand Council. Turati cites the long, exhausting years of directing the party.
Edith Puckett, 22, self confessed hold up expert, admits involvement in 25 robberies across Ohio. Arrested in Dayton, she implicates husband Robert Puckett and Herbert Sparks in Kroger store heists in Norwood, with plans for more Cincinnati area crimes. She describes using rented cars, drivers, and a three helper setup to commit the robberies.
Lincoln hearing reveals Victor Seymour of Denver organized George W. Norris candidacy to oppose Senator George W. Norris. A. Paul Johnson testified Seymour paid the $50 filing fee and allegedly mailed a $500 bond. Senator Nye warned perjury charges could follow. Howard Freeman testified about a Lincoln bank check.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Citizens party of Cincinnati may appear on the November ballot as an independent group but cannot use the circle device above the column for straight voting. The decision, with full text, upheld the 15 percent petition standard and limited the circle designation.
Ohio and Kentucky expect mostly cloudy skies with possible showers Thursday and Friday and cooler conditions Friday. Tennessee and West Virginia follow similar trends, while Indiana remains unsettled with occasional showers. The table lists current highs and lows and precipitation in the last 24 hours for cities including Eastport Louisville Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Detroit Atlanta Washington Jacksonville Duluth Atlanta St Louis New Orleans Kansas City Galveston and Pittsburgh. Record highs and lows for September and a daily weather summary are also shown.
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