Woman leaps from second floor during SW house fire
A Southwest section woman, Mrs Lee Mayfield, leaped from a second floor window to escape a dining room fire that spread swiftly through a two story frame home on Park Ave SW. Three women, a daughter, and two children fled via ground floor doors as firefighters battled heavy smoke and heat from wiring-damaged wood trim.
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Lee Mayfield
Park Ave
Southwest Section
Lee Maythis
Park Ave SW
Arch Porter
Jane Riddle
Grand Jury to Review Four Major Stark County Cases Next Week
Stark County grand jury will hear four major cases next Thursday per County Prosecutor John Rossetti. They include a receiving and concealing stolen property case against John Nickles, Ward 10 voting irregularities tied to a May primary recount, a $613 funds shortage in the county recorder’s office, and the jail cell death of 37 year old Buddy Hardin. About 40 felony transcript cases will also be reviewed, with three days anticipated.
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Stark County Grand Jury
John Rossetti
John Nickles
Canton
Keno King
Stark County Recorder
Buddy Hardin
Rossetti
Cleveland
Nickles
Akron Ornamental Iron ,Co
Gent Machine Co
South Euclid
Train Collision In Louisiana Kills At Least 12
A head on crash near Simmesport Louisiana between a Kansas City Southern streamliner and a 300 marine troop train killed at least 12 and injured 60 or more. The wreck blocked communications, with bodies en route to Morganza and hospitals receiving the injured.
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Simmesport
Kansas City Southern
Morganza
Baton Rouge
Streamliner
Alexandria
New Orleans
San Diego
Calif
The
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
L. W. Graves
Graves
Huge Defense Bill Advances In House Amid Big Military Spending
The House moves toward approval of a 5.77 billion dollar military construction bill to bolster defenses overseas and at home against communism, alongside a 7.85 billion foreign aid measure to aid allied nations’ military and economic strength. Together they would raise the peacetime military budget to about 56.06 billion. The two measures await Senate action and separate funding legislation.
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Washington
House
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Ugly Dumpling Grows Near City Dump Site
Residents near Cherry avenue extension report an unofficial dump growing on state owned land half a mile south of the old site. Officials say a new dump is needed and have posted warnings while seeking a lease option from State Metals & Steel to use the area.
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Young City
Cherry Ave
Canton Area
Harold K. Wil
State Metals & Steel Co., Inc
State Metals
Poland ends American cultural ties as Moscow tightens grip
State Department says Poland ordered an end to all American cultural activities and hours later the Polish Research and Information Service in New York was closed. Moscow linked the move to Molotov's Warsaw visit and Shvernik's letter to President Truman. Truman said he would judge future Soviet changes by actions.
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State Department
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Polish Research and Information Service
New York
Michael J. McDermott
Molotov
Truman
Nikoali Shvernik
Shvernik
Massillon Boy Killed by Truck on Lincoln Way Viaduct
Massillon 14 year old Jack Graybill died after being struck by a semi-tractor trailer on the Lincoln Way viaduct. The truck driver Lewis Lumbatis did not know of the accident until another motorist alerted him after 700 feet. Graybill and another boy were seen pedaling up the incline when the bicycle swayed and the youth went under the trailer wheel. Autopsy cites cranial injuries. Police to issue warnings and confiscate bicycles after second citations. This marks Stark County’s 30th traffic fatality this year.
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Massillon
Jack Graybill
Ohio Ave NE
E.D.T
Lincoln Way W
Lewis Lumbatis
Oak Park
Canton
Lumbatis
Graybill
Massillon City
Safety Service
John E. Young
Stark County
Maurice Biddle Named Head of Bus Lines Here
Maurice R. Biddle a former Canton City Lines bus driver has been named transportation superintendent succeeding C E Morgan and will take the post August 25 He comes from Kalamazoo City Lines where he has served as superintendent of transportation for 44 months He will be replaced by Harold J Bartchy at Kalamazoo and other personnel moves include Kenneth Osterberg promoted to superintendent of Decatur City Lines and Ray G Balzer elevated from driver to supervisor in Canton City Lines Canton born Biddle previously worked at Diebold Inc before joining Canton City Lines in 1944 as a bus driver
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Maurice R. Biddle
Canton City Lines, Inc
C. E. Morgan
Kalamazoo
Biddle
Harold J. Bartchy
A.F.L
Canton City Lines
James
Kenneth Osterberg
Morgan
Decatur City Lines
Decatur
Ray G. Balzer
Mr. Biddle
Canton
Diebold, Inc
Pontiac City Lines
Pontiac
Mich
Silent UN-NK talks mark tense Korea armistice bid
Deadlocked United Nations and Communist delegates sat in silence for 131 minutes amid a buffer zone dispute on the 38th parallel. U. N. chief Joy and North Korean Gen Nam Il exchanged only notes as five Red generals remained impassive. Negotiations resumed after a five day break with U. N. proposing alternatives not accepted by the Communists.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
United Nations Command
C. Turner Joy
Nam II
Red
Nam
William P. Nuckols
U. N. Command
Nuckols
Admiral Joy
Joy
38Th Parallel
Nam Il
Traffic Bureau Gains as Police Shuffle Restructures Canton Force
Canton police announce a Sunday reshuffle totaling 25 staff moves. The morals bureau drops from ten to seven, while traffic and its accident prevention unit gain personnel amid promotions. The detective bureau loses two. chief James B. Quilligan says emphasis remains on vice despite the shift. Police note recent vice declines and cite hot rod traffic as a reason for the boost in traffic staffing.
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Canton Police Department
James B. Quilligan
Traffic Bureau
Detective Bureau
Morals Bureau
Morals
Quilligan
Richville V F D Homecoming Weekend At Richville
Richville V F D hosts a three day homecoming August 9 10 11 at Richville Route 62 three miles west of Canton. A different band performs each night with midway attractions rides for all ages and various concessions on site.
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Richville
Don’t Buy Obsolete New Car Pet Valve-in-Head Ad
Ewing Chevrolet advert warns buyers not to purchase obsolete valve-in-head engines now and suggests others will soon adopt the new design.
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America
Chevrolet
Ewing
North Industry Auction House Sale List
A brief sale notice lists items including 4 to 6 lb. fathens, fryer stocks at 39 cents, small turkeys and peaches one mile past Timkens on Bolivar d. Park Place property at 30th and Harrisburg NE. Auction set for Aug. 10 at 7:30. Robertson.
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Park
30Th
Harrisburg
Ne-Ad
North Industry Auction House
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Southwest
Little Nick
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John J. Scanlon
Howard D. Neel
Neel
Lyon
Harrisburg Rd
Paul Quinn
Louisiana
United States
Louisville
Motor Fuel
Liams
U. S
Poles
Marshal Tito
Voice of America
Kremlin
Maurice Biddle
C.E. Morgan
Chicago
Mr. Morgan
R. E. James
National City Lines
Bartchy
Canton School of Practical Nursing
Klingstedt’s
Schroyer SW
Holmes County
Janson’s Creamery
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Kling & Mengel
Lewis & Greenho
Eve-Ad
Cooper’s
W. H. Blecker
Eee Amusements Comics
Uceimesieceientin
Aaansenatissa Sannima
Sokolsky
Peaches
Timkens On
Bolivard
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