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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
16
Police in Barcelona arrested Pedro Oso Jorda, a thief known for forcing victims to disrobe at pistol point. He was caught while committing his preferred crime, making a man remove overcoat suit and shoes. The report notes a linguistic aside about American and British spellings of aluminium.
Bishop Hazen Werner urged church unity in the final Lent service at First Christian Church. A $585.54 check will go to Church World Service for world distress relief, continuing a postwar tradition. The report highlights strong attendance, past offerings, and plans for Holy Week noon services at First Presbyterian Church led by Dr J H Goldner.
General Electric has built an electron beam instrument for NACA to study a metal layer thinner than one quarter of a millionth of an inch. The device uses a stream of electrons to probe the layer’s properties.
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