Probe Sinking of City of Memphis Sinking on Ohio River
An investigation began by federal inspector Isaac W Betts into the sinking of the excursion steamer City of Memphis after striking an obstacle in the Ohio River. Of 748 passengers and 33 crew, three girls were injured, with Virginia Dome 14 the most seriously hurt. Captain J Cloosbrenner guided the vessel to shore before it sank after a prior inspection found the boat in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
City of
Memphis
Ohio River
Isaac W. Betts
Federal Inspector of Hoilers
Kentucky
Virginia Dome
Eben Bailey
Ruth Savage
J. ©. Gloosbrenner
Think Revenge Led To Slaying In New York
New York police disclosed the arrest of 14 men in a case tied to the murder of John Bazzano, an ally of the Volpe brothers. Bazzano, who arrived Aug 3, was lured to Hicks street Brooklyn and killed there, his body found in a sack on Centre Street. Police say the arrests involve a conspiracy to avenge the Volpe killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Bazzano
Volpe Brothers
Pittsburgh
Bazzano
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
Centre Street
Barvano
Volpe
Henrietta Briefs: Church Notices and Social Gatherings
Community events in Henrietta include dinners and christenings at the Brown home with Rev Burrichter officiating Laura Mae Burrichter born to Mr and Mrs Brown. Guests from Bay Village Avon Cleveland Heights and Elyria visit relatives. Haworth League delegates return from Lakewood. Funeral attendances listed. Kolbe reunion and various Sunday visits noted. Churches plan an Ey Sunday school picnic at Linreed Park and Acts study at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Emil Burrichter
Mittawanga
George Latteman
Birmingham
Sanday
Ray Brown
Bay Village
Wareker
Avon
Walter McKelby
Cleveland Heights
Ernest Lannermyer
McKelley
Daniel Born
Virginia Gould
Louise
Lucile
Harold Emmerick
Carl Reusser
Erwin Bauman
Lakeside
Helen Bauman
Howard Gould
William Reis
Toledo
Theodore Reis
Will Becker
Camden
Baker
Coon
William Manns
Ely
Tia
Henry Gleisner
William Coultrip
Lena Gegenheimer
Earl Ken
William B. Smith
Elyria
John Bauman
Henrietta Hill
C. H. Currier
Oscar Zurcher
Sandusky
Jennie Mitchell
John Wilhelm
Midway
Pete Schaffer
Wellington
Reunion and social visits noted in Mill Hollow area
A reunion of the Kreeger family at Mill Hollow is reported along with multiple Sunday calls and guests. Elyria visitors Fred Decker family and Lydia Decker traveled to Pippert home. Berea pastor Rev Emil Klotz led Methodist services. Amherst and Cleveland area residents visited friends and relatives in Nelson Reusser, Court, Rosa, and Kuhlman circles during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreeger
Mill Hollow
Fred Decker
Janet
Lydia Decker
Elyria
Pippert
Emil Klotz
Berea
Methodist Church
Raymond Sick
Louise Sick
Amherst
Will Rosa
Nelson Reusser
Hiram College
Stephen Cool
Cleveland
Wallace Court
Paul Court
Vin
Clifford Brooks
Blyma
G. R. Kuhlman
Fred Bauman
Carl Date
Ruth
Martha Bauman
Henry Fieman
South Amherst
Elmer Portman
Roy Angersbach
S. H. Leimbach
Milan
Valley City Social Roundup From DuPoint to Cleveland Visits
Mrs Armand Husts and daughter Ruth and Naomi of DuPoint Indiana arrived for a visit with her mother Mrs Anna Yost. Little David Hauck was taken to Lakeside Hospital for a week of observation. Mrs Ed Steyer rushed to Cleveland after nephew Walter Knable Jr fell from a tree and broke his upper arm. The town buzzed when two and a half year old boy of Mr and Mrs William Scheef wandered from his picnic party and was found after four hours near the Rocky River bridge. Several guests from Cleveland, Youngstown, and Detroit visited locals, with card winners and Legion delegates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Husts
Ruth
Naomi
du Po
Anna Yost
David Hauck
Lakeside Hospital
Ed Steyer
Cleveland
Walter Knable Jr
Earl Artek
Ray Casey
Fairview Village
Jean Schaeffer
Ella Yost
Harold Schaeffer
Ralph Feuchter
Otto Murray
JA. Sailer
Wiliam Woolson
Tommy Cannon
Anna Schaeffer
Carl Himmelman
Ella Laule
Collette
Robert Laule
John Sailer
Theodore Gerbitz
Bertha Hauck
William Scheef
Rocky River
Sam Palno
Sammy
Bobby
Youngstown
Bertha Schaeffer
Miss Schaeffer
Earl Arick
Medina
The
American Legion
Toledo
Viola Wolfe
Pauline Wolfe
Detroit
Plan for Relief Loans Expands in Ohio
Washington Aug 17. Blueprint for a vast relief program for Ohio unfolds as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation moves to approve a second 767 000 loan for Montgomery Trumbull and Summit counties. Maj Braught seeks data from engineers ahead of broader applications as Gov White plans to visit Cleveland for talks on a 3 000 000 loan to Cuyahoga County.
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Washington
Ohio
Reconstruction Fitanes Corporation
Maj. B. O. Braught
Ohio State Relief Commission
Montgomery
Trambuall
Summit
Board of Engineers
George White
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Braught
Columbus
Congress
Maj. Braught
Resist
Wisconsin
New York
New Jersey
Fred C. Croxton
Local Family Visits Over Weekend Gatherings
Weeklong social updates from Chippewa Lake Park and Lakewood show Arlene and Hazel Mellert visiting relatives nearby. Mr and Mrs Chas Derek host, while Mrs Carl Hauck with sons Alexander and John dine with the Browns of Lakewood. Glen Thompson and daughter from Cleveland spend Sunday with the Derek household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Derek
Arlene
Hazel Mellert
Chippewa Lake Park
Carl Hauck
Alexander
John
C. R. Brown
Lakewood
Glen Thompson
Cleveland
Radio Programs Across Cleveland on Aug 17
Cleveland station listings show WGAR WHE WTAM WABC CBS NBC and others broadcasting a mix of baseball resumes dances bands and variety programs from 5:00 AM to late night. Notable items include Amos n Andy Ruth Etting Chandu the Magician Burns and Allen and the Goldbergs with orchestras and talk varied across networks and times.
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Cleveland
WGAR
Lowell Thomas
Ward Wilson
Stebbins Boys
Jones and Hare
Jim McMillan
Jacobs
Island Boat Club
Irison
Whispering Jack Smith
Tish
Ruth Lyon
Amos
N’ Andy
Sodero
Htu
Baron Lee
Scotti
Skippy
Chandu
Magician
Dennis Boswell
TOG
Sam
Kate Smith
Burns and Allen
Lombardo
Gaame Club
Ruth Etting
Isham Jones
Ann Heath
Chas. Reutach
Charles Carlisle
the Magician
Jake
Rosenthel
Helen Wyant
Jimmy Agué
WTAM
Chester Zohn
Janor
Waldorf-Astoria
Jack and Jill
Snyder
Tylers
The
Goldbergs
Big Iame
Goldman
Merle Alcock
Gladys Rice
Easemble
Corncab Pips Club
Echoes of the Palisades
Nellia Revell
Knights of the Road
Roger
Agnew
Amado
NBC
WEAF
Waldorfastoria
WWJ
Donald Nevis
Whiteman
WGY
Gasparre
Buddy Rogers
Sélody
Annabelle Jackson
Redio Household Institute
Mago Mariani
Marianettes
Jack
Moss and Jones
Don Bester
Womens Radio Review
Ivy Scott
Rhythm Boys
Sports Flash
D'Atrey
Paris
Clyfe Doerr
Ray Perline
New Yorker Orchestra
Whiteman's Orchestra
Aeronautical Review
Reckless Age at Dreamland Theatre Reveals Goosestep Youth
Dreamland Theatre presents This Reckless Age a Paramount film adaptation of Lew Beach's The Goose Hangs High. A sentimental comedy drama about indulgent parents and permissive children features Buddy Rogers Peggie Shannon Richard Bennett Charlie Ruggles Frances Dea and Frances Starr in leading roles with an exceptional supporting cast.
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Dreamland Theatre
Paramount
Lewis Beach
Charlee
Buddy” Rogers
Peggy Shannon
Richard Bennett
Charlie Ruggles
Frances Dea
Frances Starr
Bachelor’s Affairs Opens at Capitol with Menjou
Adolphe Menjou stars in the Fox comedy Bachelor’s Affairs at the Capitol Theatre for a two day engagement. He plays a wealthy middle aged husband who marries a beautiful blonde so dumb that his sister must keep her from her vocation. Hilarity follows as the bridegroom tries to escape the marriage through a series of far fetched schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Adolphe Menjou
Capitol Theatre
Menjou
Racing Melodrama on Rialto Screen
On air listings mix film caption Racing Melodrama with Sporting Chance stars Buster Collier Claudia Dell and James Hall. Program blends theater notes with musical acts and morning devotion slots showing a bustling broadcast schedule and entertainment lineup.
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Rialto
Buster Collier
Claudia Dell
James Hall
Eugene Jackson
Famed Riders At Circus Thursday At Fairgrounds
Downie Bros Circus brings George Hanneford and the Hanneford Family to the Fairgrounds for two shows on Thursday. The act features daring horsemanship and comedy with six Arabian horses noted as top specimens. Buck Owens and his Hollywood cowboys appear with the troupe. The circus parade, billed as the longest on earth, departs the lot at 12 45 A M.
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George Hanneford
Downie Bros. Circus
Fairgrounds
Hanneford
Hannefords
Buck Owens
Hollywood Cowboys
Charles Sparks
Pathos and romance unfold at Rialto Theatre in Sporting Chance
A young jockey loses a key race after yielding to public praise and drinks, straining romance with the girl of his dreams. The story, set against glamorous turf life, follows his fall from grace as he faces banishment from the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto Theatre
British Princes Endangered In Air Maneuvers
CORFU Greece August 17 Prince of Wales and Prince George faced danger during fleet air maneuvers as sudden fog blocked their approach to H M Glorious. Wales landed near the carrier. George could not penetrate the fog for over an hour despite sirens searchlights and radio guidance. Neither prince appeared disturbed by the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfu
Greece
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Wales
H. M
Glorious Prince George
Prince
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Jimmy Walker
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Board of Aldermen
Valley City
Josephine Linderer
Newago, Mich
Cuo
Cuyahoga
Rivoli
Marion Marsh Warren William
David Manners
Charles Butterworth
Lillian Bond
Pathe
Loretta Young
Norman Foster
George Brent
Ball Room
Sissle
Akron
WADC
Sid Gary
Indigo Trio
Connie Boswell
Colonel
Bud
Crime
Adventures In
Symphony Orchestra
Nelson
id—Rosenthal
Elington
Cincinnati
WLW
Beachcombera
Sportsman
Southern Singers
Blue Moments
Blue Moments. 7 i3
Arma
Moon River
Dreamland
Rock
Charles Richard Ben Francis
Is Age” Ruggleshett and
Dee
Thea
Aramount News and Novelty Act
Charlotte Greenwood
Bert Labr
Ranch House Blues
Euu Novelty
Adolphe Vs
Mions
Gombell
Arthur Pierson
Jom Marsh
Ken Lea
Capitol
Moss
Jones
Luis— Wam
Dick Snyder
Don Amado
WTA
Minute Man
Helen Wrant
Jimmy
Ida Bailey Allen
Barbara Gould
U. S. Navy Band
the Ambassadors
Emery Deutsch
Ethel and
Harry
George Haas
Louis Rich
LaForge Musicale
Frank Westphal
U. S. Army Band
Tla
Abe Lyman
Freddie Rich
Mills Brothers
Danece
Clara Gaiser Lindar
Morey Brennan
Radio
Mary Morgan
Ague
George Iflanner Orid
Hanneford Family
Buck. Owens
Morales
Circus
Fair Grounds
Rohio
Earl M. Hanefeld
CM. Beer
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