Massillon and Louisville win big in state speech contests
Massillon Washington High School and Wooster High School placed first and second in the 15 minute transcribed radio broadcast contest at the Ohio State University state finals. Don Williamson of Louisville High School won first in the boys radio announcing division. A winning Poe transcription by Washington High School students earned top honors in the drama event on OSU campus.
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Olumbus
Canton Area
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio High Ce. Ee A
Massillon
Washington High School
Wooster High School
Don Williamson
Louisville High School
University High School of Columbus
Jane Taylor
Wyoming High School
Sammie Lee
Lash High School
Zanesville
Joanne Horn
Urbana High School
Patti James
Worthington High School
Peter Yenser
Keith Welborn
North High School
Fred Nebot
Ursuline High School
Youngstown
Clearview High School of
Lorain
Jackson-Liberty High School
Edgar Allan Poe
Ohio High School Speech League
James Rila
Bob Hendersan
Don Ripple
Bob Coulter
Jerry Alpiner
Bob Blocher
Lester Lash
Nancy McMaster
Bill Williams
Bob Hamilton
Bill Ily
District Police Round Up 19 Motorists in City Drive Sweep
Police rounded up 19 motorists including 15 for speeding and reckless driving after warnings from Municipal Judge Burris. Most arrests stemmed from traffic stops on Navarre Road SW Mahoning Road NE Market Avenue and Tuscarawas Street with 12 signal light and stop sign summonses issued.
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Gordon J. Burris
Navarre Rd
Mahoning Rd
Marketave
Tuscarawas St
Lyman G. Covell
Angola
Ind
Veterans Cab Co
Thomas Hansen
Maple Ave
McKinley Ave
Covell
Edgar Guest
Exeter Ave
Alvin L. Riegler
Shriver Ave Oe
12Th
5Th St
Elwood H. Shaw
Tuscara
7Th St
Elgin Ave NW
Walter Converse
Valley Or NW
Forrest F. Fox
Tyler Ave SE
Nick Pustay
8Th St
Warner Rd
6Th St
Jay E. Hentzell
Wertz Ave
Sth St
Richard J. Bitzel
4Th St
Evert W. Brown
12Th St
Market Ave
Robert Stempleski
Georgetown Rd
M. T. Peshoff
Center Rd
Albert V. Lemme
Vernon Ave
Edwin H. Summer
Hessel SE
Raymond G. Beach
Troy Pl
Mark C. Schlott
Nicholas Pl
Kenneth ,W. Kieffer
Whipple Rd
William D. Krohe
Logan Ave
Stephen R. Edwards
Belden Ave
Waynesburg Rd
Irvin W. Smith
Roy St
New Philadelphia
Kenneth R. Weyrich
Mogadore
Ruth Dillinger
Navarre
Pearl Laborde
33Rd St
John Dragon
Kimball Rd
Janet C. Domer
John Petel
Superior Ave
Henry Becker
Harold A. Krupt
Lincoln Way
W. Massillon
Paul E. Miller
Harmont Ave
Erwin Hecht
Gibbs Ave
Charles P. Laurenson
Yale Ave
Wayne H. Eckelberry
East Canton
U S Hurries New Self Rule Plan to Reidh
Washington reports the United States Britain and France pushed a compromise for a western German state offering broader self rule to appease the Social Democrats. Murphy travels to Frankfurt for talks as Bonn reacts favorably to the memorandum setting out a federal 11 state framework with central powers and shared financial authority.
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U.S
Reidh
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Robert D. Murphy
German Social Democratic Party
Alliance poker players fined and jailed in gambling case
Five men pleaded guilty to gambling charges in Alliance and received $50 fines plus costs and five days in county jail. Two others pleaded not guilty and were released on bond. Police arrested the group at 12 30 a m in Thomas White’s apartment. $9.66 was seized as gambling proceeds. Names include William Anderson Charles Batch William Hardy Harvey Parks Bailey Dixon Thomas White and Howard Washington.
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Repository Bureau Alliance
Alliance
William Anderson
N. Webb St
Charles Batch
Patterson St
William Hardy
E. Front St
Harvey Parks Jr
E. Pike St
Bailey Dixon
Thomas White
Apt. No. 7
Howard Washington
White
Sealed bids invited for Canton City School exterior work 1949
The Canton City School District Board invites sealed bids by May 9 1949 at 12 00 noon for painting exterior window sash doors fire escapes vent stacks and trim plus pointing exterior brick and masonry joints at Martin School. Bids may cover one or more schools with bid bonds or certified checks 5 percent. Bond to be secured for contract performance with forfeiture if not executed. Board may reject any or all bids. Published in The Canton Repository April 9 16 23 30 1949.
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Board of Education
Canton City
High Ave
Canton
Ohio
McKinley High
Market Ave
Worley
23Rd St
Martin
3Rd St
Director of Business Affairs
Aid Board of Education
Oard of Education
Canton Cuchoo
John F. Roos
Canton 3
Canton Repository
Hungry Hobo Kneels To Steal Meat in Massillon Cellar
Ben Ward of 224 Lewis Street reported a tramp knelt at a fruit cellar ventilation port and stole 32 pounds of meat. Police noted knee prints and missing items including a 20 pound ham six pounds of bacon and six pounds of sausage.
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Massillon
Ben Ward
Lewis
Lions Meet At New Philadelphia In Ohio District 15-a
Three hundred fifty delegates from 40 Lions Clubs across 12 Ohio counties gather at the First Methodist Church and the Elks Home addition in New Philadelphia. H. L. Hoover of Wooster presides as district governor. Larman Sherwood of Rotterdam Junction New York delivers the principal address.
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New
Philadelphia
Lions Clubs
Ohio
First Methodist Church
Elks
H. L. Hoover
Wooster
Larman Sherwood
First Methodist
Rotterdam Junction
N. Y
Local Reports of Property Damage and a Dog License Charge
Dorothy Blanc reported a slashed cloth top on her 1941 convertible at 1504 Market Ave S Thursday night. A 50 foot garden hose was stolen from 526 Milton Ct NW Friday. Glenn Biggam said an air rifle pellet damaged the rear car window on 6th St SW Friday, totaling 18.10 dollars. Asbury Lewis, 54, at 1046 Lilian Ave NE, was charged with harboring an unlicensed dog after a bite incident involving J. E. Fruit of 4126 14th St NE on April 12.
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Dorothy Blanc
Market Ave S
D. H. Banks
Milton Cf NW
Glenn Biggam
Dueber Ave
6Th St
Asbury Lewis
Lillian Ave
J. E. Fruit
14Th St NE
Massillon Man Fined For Neglecting Child
Massillon Massillon John Lawson, 48, of 1303 Cleveland ave SW, was fined $200 and costs and sentenced to six months in Stark County jail in Municipal Court here Friday after pleading guilty to failure to provide necessary and proper food and clothing for a minor child. Judge Robert G. Hoffman suspended sentence on recommendation of Miss Dorothy Mae Held of the Stark County Welfare department and Jack Young, Massillon probation officer. The suspension was on the condition that Lawson leave Massillon and take his family back to Anniston, Alabama.
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Massillon
John Lawson
Cleveland Ave
Stark County
Robert G. Hoffman
Dorothy Mae
Stark County Welfare Department
Jack Young
Lawson
Anniston
Alfa
Booster Club Meeting Set in Mineral City
Mineral City Band Booster Club will meet in the school building Monday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Arlo Archinal, president, will preside.
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Booster Club
Mineral City
Mineral City Band
Arlo Archinal
Gun Introduced in Murder Trial In Carroll
In Carrollton on April 23 the state rested its case in the Andrew Kertes murder trial. Cleveland ballistics experts testified the gun matches the weapon sold in Green Bay Wisconsin. The coroner identified the fatal bullet and described wounds. The defense called a U.S. Army captain who noted Kertes was listed as a constitutional psychopath in 1943 records. Observers expect three to four more days of testimony.
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Carroll
Carrollton
Cleveland
Andrew Kertes
Hiram
Hy) Berlin
James Aungst
Do. J. Deckman
Carroll County
Berlin
David L. Cowls
Bureau of Scientific Research
Loot of $265 Uncovered in Two Burglary Cases
Two houses were ransacked Friday and today with total loot valued at 265 dollars. Joseph A. Locker reported 175 dollars stolen from his NW residence after a kitchen window was forced. George S. McCullough said a wrist watch worth 90 dollars was taken from his SE home.
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Joseph A. Locker
7Th St NW
George S. McCullough
Liberty Ave SE
Central Catholic High School Hosts First Military Ball
Students danced by candlelight in St. John’s Church Hall as Central Catholic High School held its first military ball. The event, sponsored by the Central Catholic Band Club and the Crusaders' Club, featured Harry Wood Fields Orchestra and plans for an annual grand march and ball.
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Central
Central Catholic High School
Harry Woodfield
St. John’s Church Hall
Central Catholic Band Club
Crusaders’ Club
Jobless Payments Here for March Jump to 196492
Federal and state unemployment payments rose sharply in March across the Canton area. Ohio BUC reports weekly benefits totaling 196492.84 for March, up 76.3 percent from February, with 110081.84 from Ohio's unemployment fund and the rest from federal wartime aid. Nearby offices show double digit gains in Alliance Massillon Carrollton New Philadelphia and Wooster with varied increases.
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Canton
Ohio Bureau of
Columbus
Ohio
Alliance B.U.C
Massillon
Carrollton
New Philadelphia
Wooster
Boy Bitten by Dog in Market Avenue Incident
Robert L. Amhurst, aged 6, of 1200 Market Ave S, was treated for knee cuts after being bitten by a dog Friday while playing on a vacant lot in the 1100 block of Market Ave S.
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Boy
Robert L. Amhurst
Market Ave S
District Easter Week Sales Show Drop
Sales of Fourth Federal Reserve District department stores for the week ended April 16 were up 12 percent from the same week last year but down 3 percent from the final pre Easter week of 1948. Easter this year was about three weeks later than last year. The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank said a comparison of sales of the four weeks preceding Easter in the last two years indicates that dollar volume this year was
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Federal Reserve District
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Yearly ownership rise among key cities reported
The report shows a stronger year over year increase in several cities with Cincinnati up 21 percent, Akron 19 percent, Cleveland 12 percent, and Columbus and Pittsburgh each up 10 percent, reflecting broad regional gains.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Millersburg Student Named to Kent State Dean’s List
Miss Mary Lucille Grassman daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Grassman of RD 2 Millersburg has been named to the dean's list at Kent State University She is a freshman in the college of education The April 23 notice records this academic honor for her and notes her local roots.
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Millersburg
Mary Lucille Grassman
A. J. Grassman
RD 2
Kent State University
Grassman
College of Education
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Amsden
Poe
Donald G. Sagerman
RD 1
Paul Hiben
Stark Ave
11Th St
Edward Dayton
Spring Ave
Sterting Bakery Co
John F. Bower
Murphy
Western
Germany
Bonn
Schuman
Paris
Frankfurt
Acheson
State Department
Lucius D. Clay
West Germany
Alliance Poker
Lions
New Phila
Farrel
Harrison Hite
Davey
Lorna Twins
Tabby Haverfield and His Orchestra
Casablanca
Rt 30
Canton-Maas
Joe’s
Joe
Bill Graham
Siam Bang
Divine
Club Royale
Canton-Alliance RD
Tim McCoy
Terrific
M. C
Victoria Stivey
Billy Adams
Aida Lytell
Sones
Duke Jenkins
He Genevo
Jacqueline
Mel Adrian
SOL
Untain Ridge Boys
Shad Guitar
Agaret
Harrison
Congo Room Canton Recreation
12Th and Market N
Television
Rocky ‘Guster and His
TUSC
Keefer’s
East
Three Star Grill
Arite
Banjo Brake
LA Pizzaria
East Tusce
Trump Rd
Televissiion
Herman Diana
Bob Golden
Foley
Ag Pike Og Ae Navarre Road
Linda Lee
Jinny Bishop
Joe Salvi
Dink Welch
Kopy Kats
Court Avenue Northwest
SHO Bar
Market Ave. S
Hacienda
Floyd Hughes
Lee Tressell
Order of Owls
Frank Shannon
Mer
Ralph Norwood
Benny
Lou
Canton-Massillon Rd
Nick Serban
Slim Morris
Curley
Tex Moore
Chuck Harter
Night Owl Cafe
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