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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1951

Page

4

Three Overturned Vehicles Injure Five In Ohio Crash

A sequence of vehicle rollovers left five injured Tuesday. Mary Elizabeth Howard, 31, Greensburg, suffered neck and shoulder fractures and a leg laceration after her car spilled from Route 143 near Route 44. Marion Sanders, 48, Akron area, had a broken neck and severe head wounds when his dump truck struck a bridge and overturned on Route 542 south of Magnolia. Cornelius Bratley, 54, suffered five broken ribs after riding in the truck. The bus collision and vehicle demolitions were noted by deputies and patrols.

Mary Elizabeth Howard Greensburg Mercy Hospital Marion Sanders Cherry Ave Aultman Hospital Sanders Magnolia Ohio Cornelius Bratley 8Th St SE

Alliance men hurt in crash rear of bus. one detained

Donald Whitefeather and Norman Hole, both of Alliance, were treated in fair condition at Alliance City Hospital after their car collided with a Stark Transit Co bus on Alliance-Maximo road near Route 153. Whitefeather, 25, injured his jaw and face. Hole, 24, suffered facial cuts. Whitefeather was arrested for following too closely. The bus, driven by Ralph Wesley Conner, had nine passengers, none hurt, as it slowed to pick up a rider at 6:14 am Tuesday.

Alliance Alliance-Maximo Rd Route 153 Alliance City Hospital Donald Whitefeather Wadest Norman Hole Sheriff's Whiteleather Stark Transit Co Ralph Wesley Conner N. Johnson St. Alliance

Barberton Men Injured in Early Morning Crash

Richard E. Spahr 21 of RD 4 Barberton and Walter Ritzman 19 of RD 1 Barberton were treated and released at Barberton Citizens Hospital after their automobile overturned about one mile west of North Canton on the North Canton Canal Fulton Road. Patrols say Spahr missed a curve and the car was demolished.

Barberton Richard E. Spahr RD 4 Walter Ritzman RD 1 Citizen’s Hospital North Canton North Canton Canal Spahr

Damage suit filed against truck firm for 250000

Kenneth H. Legler, 31, seeks 250000 in Common Pleas Court from Oyler Brothers Inc of Canton and August B Antrolini of McDonaldsville. He was a passenger when a loaded steel truck operated as a joint venture on Route 62 near Alliance Feb 28 caused a crash into a guard rail and ravine, leaving him seriously injured and largely paralyzed. Blumenstiel Strong Blumenstiel, Alliance, represents the plaintiff.

Common Pleas Court Kenneth H. Legler Alliance City Hospital Oyler Brothers, Inc Canton August B. Antrolini McDonaldsville Legler Alliance Blumenstiel, Strong & Blumenstiel Alliance Law Firm

Local Soldier Wounded Second Time in Korea

A Canton man Pvt. Wallace Stevens, 23, was wounded twice in Korea, with shell fragments injuring his hand ligaments and knee. In a hospital letter dated Aug. 1, he said he would likely return to his outfit in a few weeks after being sent overseas in February and entering action April 1. Sgt. Raymond L. Fish of Sherrodsville is the other wounded service member, son of Mrs. Leona Fish of Sherrodsville RD 1.

Canton Sherrodsville Wallace Stevens Pvt Stevens Dewey K. Stevens Walnut Korea Raymond L. Fish Leona Fish RD 1

Brown Co seedings boost New Hampshire reforestation program

The Brown Company distributed a quarter million tree seedings across New Hampshire Vermont and Maine as part of a coordinated reforestation effort.

Prospect Berlin N. H New Hampshire Vermont Maine Brown Co., Paper and Pulp Firm

Pleven Promises France Big Production Drive

Paris Aug 8 AP Rene Pleven pledged that if premier he will push a major economic expansion. He noted current output at 40 percent above 1938 but near 1929 levels and outlined a plan focusing on agriculture raw materials overseas and housing after alliance talks on rearmament burden.

Paris Rene Pleven France Pleven National Assembly

Bid To Oust McCarthy Called Coverup on Boyle

Senator Wherry accused the Democratic National Committee of scheming to oust Senator McCarthy to deflect heat from its chairman. The DNC denied the charge. Senator Benton urged Senate rules hearings on his ouster proposal. An expenditures panel voted to probe claims that William M. Boyle Jr. sought to influence government loans or contracts. Boyle denied the charges and said he will stay on as chairman through the 1952 convention.

McCarthy Boyle Washington Wherry Nebraska Democratic National Committee Today Wisconsin Benton Connecticut Senate Rules Committee Senate William M. Boyle Jr White House

Man Jailed Five Days On Disorderly Charge

Charles L. Sumney fifty of 711 Correll ave ne was jailed five days and fined 50 dollars and costs on intoxication and disorderly conduct after police said he kicked an X ray technician at Mercy Hospital following an arrest at the Grandview cafe on 3rd street and Cherry avenue se. He was bleeding from the car and taken to the hospital.

Charles L. Sumney Correll Ave Mercy Hospital Donald L. McCarroll Sumney Grandview 3Rd St Cherry Ave SE

Illinois Town Serves 8 Tons of Sweet Corn

Mendota Illinois hosts the fourth annual sweet corn festival sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and civic groups. Eight tons of buttered corn will be served free to thousands of visitors, cooked in a large steam boiler with butter supplied by a Mendota creamery.

Endota Ill Chamber of Commerce Mendota Illinois Mendota Creamery

Navy to spend 504000 on Bliss plant improvements

Navy civil engineers announced plans to invest 504000 for two Bliss Co improvements at Raffid SW Columbus firm Gustav Hirsh Organization started work to restore the high voltage system, build a fire house, pave a southern storage area, and expand facilities. A second project seeks 325000 for an underground machine gun firing range and road extensions.

Navy Civil Engineers Today Philadelphia E. W. Bliss Co Raffid Gustav Hirsh Organization, Inc Columbus Bliss Salem Navy Civil Engineers Mullins Mfg. Co Glassmere Aluminum Company of America Navy

Not Enough Metals U.S. Curbs Virtually Bar Building of New Houses

New restrictions under order M 4A by the National Production Authority curb starting new homes using more than 1800 pounds of carbon steel or 35 pounds of copper. The policy aims to conserve metals for defense, prompting builders to fear a halt to skyscrapers and many residences despite prior studies showing small homes use substantial steel and copper.

New York National Production Authority NPA National Association of Home Builders Housing and Home Finance Agency

Intense Heat Devastates Texas as Death Toll Rises

A blistering heat wave grips Texas with record highs up to 116 degrees. Dallas reports its 12th heat death as cities urge water conservation and curb lawn sprinkling to protect fire-fighting reserves. Central Texas cotton crops suffer, Harris County pasture losses grow, and rangelands burn from Panhandle to East Texas.

Dallas Tex Texas Presidio Houston Fort Worth Central Texas McClennan County Harris County Panhandle Marshall

Airlines Told to Repay 5 Million to U.S. Carriers

The Civil Aeronautics Board orders four major airlines American Airlines Eastern Transworld and United to return five million dollars in mail subsidy overpayments and halts further payments. The big four agreed to the order as the board sets a uniform mail pay rate of 45 cents per mail ton mile retroactive to January 1, 1951. Overpayment through Q1 this year totals 4,959,000 dollars.

Washington INS Civil Aeronautics Board C.A.B American Airlines Eastern Transworld United

Seiberling Workers Get 13-Cent an Hour Boost

Akron Aug 8 AP Workers at Seiberling Rubber Co won a 13 cent hourly raise, a first flat rise in rubber, under a two year contract with the CIO United Rubber Workers. The deal includes a full union shop and requires approval from the Wage Stabilization Board and local union members in Barberton Local 18 and Carey Local 278 before taking effect.

Akron Seiberling Rubber Co U. S. Rubber Co Firestone Tire and Rubber Co Seiberling C.I.0 United Rubber Workers Barberton Carey

Stark Unit X Rays 700 At Square This Week

The Stark County Tuberculosis and Health Association mobile X ray unit scanned 700 people at Public Square on Monday and Tuesday, versus a prior daily average of 240. Association president Henry Grossberg announced a directors meeting for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Canton office.

Mobile Stark County Tuberculosis & Health Association Public Square Henry Grossberg Association Canton

Roosevelt Aide Suppressed Plan to Aid Chiang Probers Say

Senate internal security subcommittee heard testimony from Dr. George E. Taylor of the Office of War Information that an aide to President Roosevelt cut off contact after he urged arming Chinese Nationalist forces in 1943 to attack Communist units. Taylor said Lauchin Currie organized government meetings on China policy. A former German Communist testified about a State Department discussion in 1949 and named Lawrence K. Rosinger.

Washington University of Washington Roosevelt China George E. Taylor Senate Internal Security White House Lauchin Currie Taylor Office of War Information Currie Kuomintang United States Chiang Kai-shek Institute of Pacific Relations Owen Lattimore Johns Hopkins University Russia Korea

Piqua Blaze From Pennsy Freight Derailment

Fire broke out early today in the wreckage of 18 freight cars that jumped the track in Piqua Ohio. Fire trucks from Springfield and Urbana aided the local department in controlling flames in naphtha and asphalt filled cars. The fire involved part of a 106 car Pennsylvania Railroad train near the site of a troop train derailment from a year earlier.

Piqua, O Springfield Urbana Piqua Fire Department Pennsylvania Railroad

Named K of C official alliance deputy grand knight

John Gwin was elected deputy grand knight of the Alliance council of the Knights of Columbus at Tuesday night’s meeting. He succeeds Donald Saverio, who recently resigned.

Alliance John Gwin Alliance Council of the Knights of Columbus Donald Saverio

Dimes Fund Still Able To Aid Polio Victims

Canton area reports 32 polio cases for 1951 with continued Dimes Fund support for local patients. Stark County National Infantile Paralysis Foundation chair Jesse D. Gross says cases are high for season but not epidemic and most are light. Two new Canton cases bring city total to 22, including two married women aged 23 and 40.

Canton Jesse D. Gross Stark County National Infantile Paralysis Foundation Gross Canton Health Department

Tire and wheel stolen from car in Mahoning Rd area

Nick Kakos of 1328 Mapleave NE reported a tire and wheel valued at 20 dollars stolen from his vehicle parked in the 1900 block of Mahoning Road NE.

Nick Kakos Mapleave NE Mahoning Rd

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