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JTONDAY, MAY 26, 1930 AKRON BEACON" JOUBKATi TWO SPELLING CHAMPION Suspect Is Held In Olson Murder EMMET RD. BRIDGE CONTRACT AWARDED Amlin Firm Of Barberton Wins Work With Bid Of $25,325.80 sioned by congress to Investigate depredations of pelagic sealers of the pribllof herds In 1872 to 1874 and again in 1890. FALSE TEETH Here's Good Newt Don't allow your false teeth to drop or Hp when you eat talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a little KLINO on your plates. Thla Improved powder forms a perfect comfort cushion and holds your plates so snug, that they feel and act like yuur own teeth.

A large package of KLINO costs only 35c at druggists. Otvaa you weeks of unbelievable mouth comfort. Adv. Albania Gets First Full Gauge Railway TIRANA, May 26. (AP) The first full-guage railroad in Albania is under construction.

It will run from this capital to Durazzo, a distance of 32 miles and is being constructed with Italian capital. NATURALIST IS DEAD SEATTLE, May 26. (AP) Henry Wood Elliott, 83, naturalist and artist, died yesterday at Earling-ton, near here. Elliott was commis Ban On Students' Fencing Protested BERLIN, May 26. (INS) The German Surgical Society has passed a resolution vehemently protesting against a proposed new specifically providing that student fencing duels are to be punished as duels with deadly weapons.

This law is being prepared following acquittal of tne duelling students of ttie Berlin University on the grounds that fencing duels are not duels with deadly weapons and therefore cannot be punished under the present law. Sight Of Woman Perfect 100 Years CHICAGO, May 26. (INS) Her 100th birthday celebrated a few days ago will stand out In her memory, Mrs. Ernestina Koss said today, if for no other reason than because it was that she started to wear glasses. At that she only needs to wear them occasionally, and she says she would enjoy living another hundred years.

mtPOLSKYQ DENNISONCRAFT DEMONSTRATION learn flower and lamp shade making, scissor painting from the New York instructress. Fourth Floor IS TOURING CAPITAL Akron District Representative Prepares For Tuesday's National Contest (Continued From Pate One) states, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. After visiting souvenir shops the party went on to McConnellsburg and more mountains. Maynard enjoyed a fried chicken dinner at Gettysburg and following this was taken on a tour of Gettysburg battlefield. Little Round Top and the cyclorama, the latter showing the battle in a $200,000 painting Impressed him the most.

In Frederick, Md. In Frederick, Maynard saw where Barbara Frltchie waved the flag as the Confederate soldiers advanced Under "Stonewall" Jackson. The first glimpse the speller had of the capital city was that of the Washington monument looming up over the tree tops. "Gee, I want to climb to the top of thati- How high is it?" Maynard asked. "And do they have an elevator?" Rivers, bridges and railroad lines struck the fancy of the speller and he spent many hours watching these as he passed over the historic Lincoln highway on his way to the contest.

As each bridge was crossed the speller would inquire the name of the river and his many questions kept the spelling bee editor busy at all times. For Monday Night The first major event scheduled on the spelling bee program is planned for Monday night at Hotel Hamilton where Maynard and the other spellers are quartered. This will he the sixth annual national spelling bee banquet. Officials of the bee will meet to go over final plans for the contest. on Tuesday.

The schedules for the finals have been arranged so that the contest will have but eight spellers remaining at 3 p. Eastern standard time, when the National Broadcasting Co. will broadcast the event over its national chain, Station WFJC of Akron will relay the broadcast that will continue until 4 p. m. Spellers were arriving all day Sunday for the bee.

Donald Mc Wain, spelling manager, an nounced and registration offices were opened Monday morning to register tne spellers. Officials Of Bee Officials of the national spelling bee, who will be present at tonight's I- 1 conference or who will be on the stage Tuesday are: Dean George B. Woods of American university, who will preside at the bee; Dean Charles E. Hill of George Washington university, and Stephen Kramer, assistant superintendent of the District of pronouncers, and the following judges, Rev. James Shcra Montgomery, chaplain of the house of representatives; Belmont Farley, assistant director of the division of publications of the National Educational association, and Miss Bess Goodykoontz, assistant United States commissioner of education, and representatives of newspapers participating.

BOARD TO APPOINT 50 NEW TEACHERS Group Will Also Discuss Reorganization Of School Cafeterias Board of education will appoint 50 new teachers tonight at its regular meeting in Cental high school. Reappointment of 1,508 teachers was made by the board two weeks ago. Complete report of the school committee investigating pupils' expenditures during their four years in high school will be presented to the board by Hugh R. Smith, principal of North high school, chairman of the committee: On School Cafeterias The board also will discuss the proposal to unite all of the school cafeterias under one management and will hear the report of Dr. Thomas W.

Gosling, superintendent of schools, on vocational education. Figures on the 1931 school budget, on which Dr. Gosling now is working, will not be available for tonight's meeting of the board of education. California Woman Owns 28 Pet Dogs SANTA ROSA, May 26. (INS) Miss Effie Meeker, of the pioneer family for whom Camp Meeker was named, holds the "pet owning" championship.

For Miss Meeker forwarded applications to the Sonoma county clerk for licenses for 28 dogs all personally owned pets. With the applications she mailed a $42 creek to cover license fees. Vogue says: County commissioners Monday morning awarded the contract for the construction of the Emmet rd. stone bridge to E. H.

Amlin of Barberton for $25,325.80. Construction of the bridge is to begin Immediately and is expected to be completed within 60 to 90 days. The contract provides that 85 per cent of the cost is to be paid by the Sc O. railroad over whose tracks the bridge is to be built, and 35 per cent by the county. The bridge will complete the Emmet rd.

improvement, connect the S. Arlington rd. with Massillon and relieve some of the congestion of the lower end of S. Arlington. The structure will bridge the four-track opening of the railroad.

Dukes Press Monaco On Property Claim MUNICH, May 26. (INS) It isn't the tottering throne of Monaco but rather property values that the Dukes of Urach want from the tiny principality of the roulette. This was explained by Duke Karl Gero of urach in an Interview pub' lished in the press. Handiest Dye intheVrbrld and the most economical, too! A few drops of DIP-IT out of the handy tube into a basinof water and iftstantlyyou are ready to do any dyeing quickly, easily, perfectly. No muss or mess, for DIP-IT is already dissolved Cannot streak or spot.

Use what you need nd uva the rul for another dyeing. Dye almost any fabric, garment or material the modern way with DIP IT. thi only liquid dyt inatubtl AtAUDrutmJ Departmtnt Slera DIP-IT, Inc. Stamford, Coaav, 21 RlCHCCLCRs FLESH LIGHT BLUE PINK NILE GREEN ORCHID MAIZE GRAY PEACH BLACK CARDINAL RED NAVY BLUE H0NEYDEW FRENCH BLUE ORANGE TAN JADE GREEN OLD ROSE ECRU PURPLE DARK GREEN Is. BROWN .95 brown in Printed Silks are smart for your Warm Days in Town MOVE TO PREVENT PRISON OUTBREAK Hour Of Richardson Death Is Kept Secret By Cautious Warden (Continued From Pag On) tlon of the youthful bandit and killer.

It was indicated at Cooper's office that the governor does not intend to Intervene. Father Albert O'Brien, Catholic chaplain of the penitentiary, visited the condemned man this morning, and administered holy communion. Richardson is resigned to his fate. Father O'Brien said. He added, "He Is guilty of this crime but he is more sinned against than sinning.

He was not properly reared and has led a hard life, His mentality is that of a 12-year-old boy." By Foster Parent Richardson was also visited by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martuch of Cleveland, his foster parents. Mrs. Maud Martuch, an aunt, took him from the Henry Ward Beecher orphanage in Brooklyn at the age of seven and he grew up at her home In the Cleveland Haymarket district.

"He always called me 'mother'," Mrs. Martuch sobbed today as she told the writer she is here to claim Richardson's body. Mrs. Martuch and her husband were accompanied to Columbus by Al Acepo of Cleveland who said he was the condemned man's "pal." Officials refused Acepo permission to see his doomed friend. Eight Akronites in addition to the writer will witness the execution.

They are Sheriff Jake Bollinger, George Neal, his chief deputy, George Montgomery, another deputy, Lloyd Lowther, county dog warden and former depute, Frank Wise, superintendent of City mission, Bill Denton, superintendent of the Furnace st. mission, Charles H. Adams, undertaker, and Rev Lewis C. Cooper, pastor of North Hill Evangelical church. "No Personal Desire" "I have no personal desire to see a man die," said Rev.

Mr. Cooper today. "In my church I teach a class of 44 boys and young men from 16 to 25 years of age. I want to give them a first hand picture of an execution as an object lesson Illustrating the pitfalls of life." Richardson entered the penitentiary Nov. 15, 1929.

He was convicted of slaying Pierson, a waiter at the Three-Mile House, Sept. 15. He entered the inn with two companions and lined up the patrons against a wall. Pierson was shot down when he objected to treatment given women customers. After the holdup, the trio fled to Cleveland where they were captured after their automobile was wrecked.

FROSTS REPORTED FROM OHIO CITIES Temperature Rise Expected For State Within Next 36 Hours COLUMBUS, May 26. (INS)-General weather conditions reported by the weather bureau here today follow: The pressure gradients are rather moderate in all parts of the field of observation, the pressure being relatively high over the eastern half and over the far northwest; elsewhere low. Subnormal temperatures prevail this morning quite generally over the southern plains states and east of the Mississippi river with light to heavy frosts in the upper Ohio valley. In Ohio the minimum temperatures this morning ranged from 34 to 46, Columbus, Granville, Mansfield and Norwalk reporting light frosts. Decreasing pressure over 1 the plains states Is being attended by slowly rising temperature but lower temperatures prevail in the Rocky mountain states.

The general eastward advance of the pressure areas during the next 36 hours will be favorable to fair, cool weather in this vicinity tonight, followed on Tuesday by fair and slightly warmer weather. POWER PLANTS USED IN RAISING FLOWERS Waste Heat From Pumping Stations In Berlin Supply Hothouse BERLIN, May 26. (AP) Flower raising has become a side line to generating electric current. The city of Berlin has built hothouses near its electric power plants and pumping stations. These hothouses are heated with the waste steam from the power houses and in them flowers are raised.

Import Price Cut Results have exceeded expectations in that Imports of flowers from Holland and southern France have decreased considerably. The new enterprise thus helps to Improve the German trade balance. Find Body Of Man At Cleveland Pier CLEVELAND, May 26. (INS) United States coast guards here and city authorities today were attempting to establish the identity of a man, about 40, whose body was found in Erie near the E. Ninth at.

pier yesterday. Coroner A. J. Pearse said the man had died from drowning and had been in the water about seven days. There were no marks of violence on the man'g body.

GUYS Al LIKE CS.OTHE 16.75 Associated Press Phots Arrested in Shreveport, a man giving the name of Terrence O'Rourke was held while police asked Wisconsin authorities to compare photographs and fingerprints with those of Erdman Olson, wanted for slaying of his sweetheart in 1926. AKRONITE DROWNED IN ROWBOAT MISHAP Dies After Holding Spouse, Other Woman Above Surface Of Waters (Continued From Pge Ont) move from one end of the boat to the other. It tilted, and in spite of efforts of both Comer and Hoffman to maintain its keel, it turned over, pitching everyone into the lake. Comer sought to save his wife and Miss Frame by holding them above the surface until Hoffman righted the boat which had turned upside down. During the struggle to keep afloat Comer released Miss Frame who managed to swim toward Hoffman.

Last She Remember "The last that I remember of Comer being alive is when he released me. After I caught hold of the boat with Hoffman's aid, Comer had disappeared," Miss Frame said. "We had been on the lake about 20 minutes and had apparently reached the middle. When we at-tempted to chanee Dlaees. a Mrs.

Comer large wave seemed to roll into the boat. "We all splashed into the water without any warning that the boat was capsizing. It was done so quickly that I didn't realize what was happening." Struggle With Boat Hoffman said Monday morning that he struggled with the water filled boat in an attempt to right it so that Comer and the women could hold on until rescued. Air suction under the boat made its righting a superhuman task, according to Hoffman. "I do not remember seeing Comer go down and the first that I waj, aware of the fact was when I found the two women clinging to the boat Body Is Recovered Others in boats nearby fished Mrs.

Comer, Miss Frame and Hofl-man from the water and removed them to cottages ashore, but Comer did not come up. After more than two hours firemen from Lakemore and Ellet recovered his body. Mrs. Comer was taken to St. Thomas hospital for medical attention.

Today her condition was reported satisfactory. Comer's body was removed to the Sweeny undertaking parlors. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. The Comer drowning Is the second serious accident at Springfield lake this season. Thirteen persons were injured within the limits of the Springfield lake amusement park on May 11 when a speeding three-car train on the Radio Strea'-c roller coaster smashed through ground level guard rails.

Akron Burglars Enter Two Places Burglars who broke the lock on the front door of Max' Smoke Shop. 407 W. Market last night, stole $10 in cash, six boxes of candy and a cigaret machine. The store is owned by Louis Segal, Plaza apt. The Biggs Boiler Works on Bank was entered during the night and 400 feet of copper wire valued at $160 was stolen.

ptthekiddiedl CHILDREN love Rice Kris-pies at first sight! Golden bubbles of rice that pop and crackle when you pour on milk or cream. And what a flavor treat I Enjoy Kellogg's Rice Kris-pies for breakfast, lunch or supper. With fruits or honey added. Use in candies. Sprinkle Into soups.

Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. At grocers. 1 I ive should say for every activity of Summer's busy days. For in addition to the coolest, daintiest pastel prints you've seen in years, here are dark prints much in demand now. Jacket suits share honors here with smartly pretty frocks that find feminine charm in capes, capelets, flared skirts, and the most delightful sleeve treatments in years.

They're ideal for vacations. MISSES', JUNIORS' WOMEN'S SIZES 11 lo 17 12 to 20 20' lo 2 Hi 12ii to 20 13 36 to SO POLSKY'S, MAIN STREET FLOOR In Lively "Scandals "What d'vou sav?" sinra Frances Williams, star of George White's Scandals and with a vitality and charm that'a irresistible. Endowed with striking beauty. Miss Williama guards it by guarding carefully her health -and of first importance is her daily lap Rose bath. Sh prefers Jap Rose because it'a a pure glycerin aoap.

deep-cleansing quick-rinsing leaving theakin tingling-clean and petal-smooth. Aeaahampoo, it'aglorioual 10c, all dealers. jap ftose Soap Made by lames 8. Kirk A. Chicago 1200 Cottons! Cool, Smart Enough For Any Holiday! Slips, "Pettics" Wrap to be Sliadowproof a special purchase with Normandy voile, batiste, Swiss, printed voiles, dimities! Twenty-five convincing reasons for "pickin' cottons" at Polsky's have come in twenty-five totally new and totally different wash frock styles for Summer's first holiday.

Simple in line, slightly longer as to skirt, thoroughly 1930 in design they step out of the house frock into the holiday frock class, even at $1.95. SIZES 14 to 52 rOLSIT'S, DAYTIME FROOK SHOP, BALCONY The modern way to be smartly "princesse" (yet safe in the summer sun) is to he slimly slipped or petti-coated in one of these cunning things that wrap so slickly around one. Bodices are fitted, skirts flaring when they're off they're flat like an apron but when they're on there's not an undy more POLSKrg MAIN STREET ANNEX RICE I UHSPIESi WPOLSKVO 7 YOU NEED CTEWAKTL 80 S. HOWARD MCE KMSFIES.

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