Commmercial aerial highways planned to link nation
Washington announces a government drive to develop commercial aviation with two main routes already approved from New York to San Francisco and Chicago to Dallas. Three survey teams study additional paths including New York to Boston, part of an Atlantic Airway to Miami. Lighted beacons, lane markers, emergency fields and weather broadcasts will accompany expansion. Commercial routes will follow existing air mail lanes first while keeping the mail service active.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
Department of Commerce
W. T. McCracken
Coolidge
New York
San Francisco
Dallas
Boston
Miami
Fla
McGracken
McCracken
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Ohio Miners Reject Wage Proposal From Operators Association
The Ohio District United Mine Workers rejected a proposed separate wage scale for Ohio miners. Lee Hall said the Jacksonville 1924 agreement would not be reopened and that operators aimed to conference with union officials to plan a new scale.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers Today
Ohio Coal Operators Association, Inc
Organized
Lee Hall
H. Robbins
Cleveland
John 8. Jones
Hall
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
Fla
West Virginia
Robbins and
Jones
Four Petitions Seek $35,909 in Auto Crash Case
Four members of the Hartman family of Cleveland file petitions in common pleas court against Garrett Newell as administrator of Edmund R. Newell's estate of Oberlin. They allege a May 2 collision at Tele graph and Leavitt roads, claim the decedent failed to stop and drove at excessive speed, and seek damages totaling 35,909 with amounts listed for Edith, Max, Benjamin, and David Hartman.
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Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Nortman
Garrett Newell
Edmund R. Newell
Oberlin
Telegraph
Leavitt Roads
Hartman
Edith Hartman
Max Hartman
Benjamin B. Hartman
David J. Hartman
Oil scandal case moves to appeal court
Washington August 18 counsel for Edward L Poheny Albert B Fall and Harry F Sinclair asked the district court of appeals to deny the government's motion to dismiss an appeal in the Walsh act case The action adds another chapter to the prolonged litigation linked to the oil scandal.
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Washington
Edward L. Poheny
Albert BR. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
District Court of Appeals
Pbror
Expenditures Probe Follows Ohio Gubernatorial Bid
In Columbus on August 18 Thomas E. Dye Democratic state chairman reiterated charges that Myers Y. Cooper Cincinnati Republican nominee for governor overspent campaign funds. Cooper promised a complete receipts and expenditures statement within days amid rumors about the investigation and a claim that the total spent was not as high as two hundred thousand dollars.
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Columbus
Myers ¥. Cooper
Cincinnati
Thomas E. Dye
Myers Y. Cooper
Valentino Improves After Major Surgery at Poly Clinics
New York Aug 18 Rudolph Valentino the sheik of films remains in serious but improving condition at Poly clinics hospital after a double operation for acute appendicitis and gastric ulcer. He spent a comfortable night and showed general improvement with a temperature of 101 and a 90 pulse. Doctors Dr Durham Dr Meeker and Dr Manning issued the bulletin noting his progress.
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New York
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
Paul Durham
Tsarokt D. Meeker
D. Randolph Manning
District Attorney Denies Split in Melert Murder Probe
United States District Attorney A. E. Bernsteen denies a Cleveland newspaper report claiming a split among investigators in the Don R. Melert murder inquiry. He states no division exists and the investigation proceeds as planned.
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Ederal Building
Clevemo
Avis
United States
A. E. Bernsteen
Cleveland
Don R. Melert
Mother and Children Burned in Coopertown Blaze
In Franklin Pennsylvania a mother Mrs David Beightol 30 and her three children ages six months five and seven died when an oil stove exploded trapping them in their Coopertown home near here Neighbors heard a child scream and fled as flames spread Firemen could not enter the collapsing ruin to search for the bodies.
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Franklin
Cooperstown
David Beightol
Kirby Observed for Tuberculosis at Atlanta Prison
Josiah Kirby former Cleveland banker arrived at Atlanta federal penitentiary to serve a term for misuse of the mails and has been under observation by prison physicians as a tuberculosis suspect with no definite conclusion yet reported. Warden John W Snook said Kirby claimed to be ill upon arrival and was placed under observation for that reason.
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Atlanta
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
John W. Snook
International
Taye Kirby
Canton Murder Suspects Linked to Shooting Plot
Canton news reports Louis Mazer held in Cleveland on liquor law violations and charged with murder of Don R. Mellett. authorities label Mazer as alleged organizer of the shooting. In Bucyrus, three horses owned by C. M. Clary died after ingesting poisonous Indian snake root.
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Louis Mazer
Cleveland
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Mazer
C. M. Clary
Here
Carl Studer
Five Negroes Killed in Arkansas Tornado
Wilson Arkansas reports five Negroes killed on isolated plantations and twelve others injured as a tornado swept the area last night. The twister did not hit towns but damaged barns and farm buildings, with estimated losses at 24000 dollars. It passed a quarter mile north of Wilson and caused heavy damage to telegraph and telephone lines.
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Wilson
Ark
Suit filed for $25000 damages after Lake Road accident
Lena R. Johnson of Cleveland seeks $25 000 in a common pleas suit filed this morning. Akron residents Nathan Wine and Rie Amster are named defendants. Johnson alleges a collision past Beaver Creek as she pulled over to fish, a car from the opposite direction sideswiped the parked auto, throwing her through the windshield and leaving life altering injuries.
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Lena R. Johnson
Cleveland
Lake Road
Court of Common Pleas
Nathan Wine
Rie Amster
Akron
Beaver Creek
Myre
Johnson
Warned Flood Danger as Scioto Rises in Ohio Valley
Farmers along the Scioto River between Circleville and Portsmouth were urged to move crops to higher ground and relocate household goods as the Scioto rises to high water. Forecaster W. Jr. Alexander warned the river will stay high and threaten creeks and smaller streams. In a separate note, an airliner crashed between Ashford and Folkestone, killing two and injuring eleven.
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Columbus
Scioto Valles
Circleville
Portsmouth
Ohio
W. Jr. Alexander
Scioto
London
France
England
Ashford
Folkestone
Tragic Hanging Spree Leaves Family Dead at Heath Cottage
London August 18 A note tied to a table claims a master’s command drove Mary Baise 45 and her children Tony 13 Peggy 12 and Patty 5 to hang themselves at a remote Patmoore Heath cottage in Herefordshire. All four victims were found dead with ropes around their necks.
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London
Mary Baise
Tony
Peggy
Patty
Hanet
Patmoore Heath
Hetfordshire
Al Smith Will Quit State Politics This Term
Governor Al Smith reaffirmed his decision to refuse renomination for governor this fall and retire from state politics at the end of his current term. He said the situation remains unchanged despite Democratic leaders planning to renominate him at the Syracuse convention.
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Albany
N. Y
al Smith
Raulfato
Syracuse
Sprague Road paving plan stalled by Cuyahoga County
Lorain and Cuyahoga counties discussed Sprague Road in Olmsted township with petitions and funding talks. Cuyahoga reportedly called the move dead while Lorain planned to proceed in spring with its share of the paving program.
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Lorati County
Itve Cureinosga Coun
Sprague
Olmsted Township
Cuyahoga Board
Lorain County
Bootlegger Bomb Wrecks Hewitt Home Asks City Watch
Aug 18 a dynamite blast damaged O. Hewitt safety director’s home in Niles. No injuries reported beyond a shocked daughter Rath. Hewitt and family slept inside. damage pegged at about 2500 dollars. He vows to keep up anti-bootlegger campaign. police say arrests possible.
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Niles
Hewitt
Bettef
Askeep
Rath
Alfa Block
Othe Shorif
New York Merchant Imprisoned in Bohemia for Resisting Police
Cami Erwing a 31 year old merchant from New York was sentenced to three months in prison by a district court in Bohemia for resisting authorities and assaulting policemen. He was arrested after attempting to cross the border with an expired Czecho-Slovakian visa and fought frontier guards when urged to renew it. He was subdued after a fierce melee and jailed following medical clearance.
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Eger
Bohemia
Cami Erwing
New York
Poicemen
Erwing
Keer
Steubenville appoints acting police chief amid mayoral suspension
Steubenville reports the suspension of Mayor John S. Patton and Chief Blaine Carter. Acting Mayor B J C Sanders announces a civilian or rank outsider may head the police force after a civil service review. Police patrolman Ross Cunningham is named by Sanders as his preferred candidate.
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Inville
Ross Cunningham
Ung
BH. J. C. Sander
Steubenville
John
Patton
Blaine T. Carter
B.J. C. Sanders
City Civil Service Commission
Tha le
Tata
Sander
Frank S. Grace
Commission
Sanders
Mazer Accused in Slayings Fund Plot Tied to Mellett Case
Charges allege Louis Mazer, Canton underworld boss, helped solicit a fund to kill Don R. Mellett in Cleveland. Federal investigators expected testimony from Bill Smith and two witnesses accusing Mazer as the Canton jungle chief in the murder probe. Mazer defied charges as prosecutors prepared further questioning and witness affidavits.
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Cleveland
Louis Mazer
Don R. Mellett
Mellett
Canton
United States
A. J. Bernsteen
Bill Smith
Hutchinson & Smith Detective Agency
Clark ©. Baker
Mansfield
International News Service
Smith
Canton Jungle
Mazer
Canton Banker Challenges Vice Ring Over Liquor Purchases
Frank Collins president of the First Trust and Savings Bank in Canton Ohio accuses a vice ring of threatening exposure. He pledges immediate discharge for any director officer or employee who purchased liquor since the 18th Amendment. He helped push for solving Melletts murder and seeks accountability.
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Canton
P Frank Collins
First Trust and Savines Bank
Canton Daily News
Collings
Colling
Mellett
Mystery witness linked to Mazer murder case
A mystery witness uncovered by Attorney Joseph T Roach provides a linked set of claimed facts aimed at convicting Louis Mazer in the Don Melott murder. An ivory handled revolver first cited by IN S will feature in the case, firing copper jacketed bullets found at the scene.
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Canton
Joseph Tr. Roach
Louis Mazer
Don TR. Mellett
Mazer
Melott
Detective Clears Mazer in Canton Murder Case
Canton police detective Streitenberger said Leonis Mazer is innocent of the Don Mellett killing and is charged only as a suspect. He placed Mazer at a police official's home from midnight to about 1 a.m. the night of the shooting and pledged to help clear him despite Mazer's liquor selling reputation.
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Ruffalo
N. Yio
Leonis Mazer
Don R. Mellett
Floyd KB. Steeienberger
Canton
Mazer
Streitenberger
Ganton
Mallett
Strotzenberger
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