Marines Hailed For Assisting Wreck Victims
In SIMMESPORT Louisiana after a head on crash between a marine troop train and the Southern Belle streamliner eight people died and about sixty were injured. Marines formed rescue squads. fire official Ray J Marran praised their calm and aid as officials planned an investigation into the crash caused by a garbled message.
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Simmesport
Fire Department
Kansas City
United States Marine Corps
Baton Rouge
Ray J. Marran
Marran
J. C. Roberts
CIO and IOU clash over Wheeling picket rights
The NLRB election in the 22 county Western division saw the independent Electric Service Em ployes union defeat the CIO by 202 to 48 among about 275 eligible service and maintenance workers across 14 communities. Wheeling Electric's injunction challenge remains under advisement in Ohio County Circuit Court as picketing by CIO members continues and Wheeling Electric argues public service would be harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Wheeling Electric
Wheeling
Ohio County Circuit Court
J. H. Brennan
C.I.0
Ohio Power
Charles Ihlenfeld
NLRB
G. Allan Garden
Weather Report Canton and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight with a few widely scattered thundershowers. Probable low temperature tonight about 60 degrees. Sunday fair and somewhat cooler. OHIO'S WEATHER A good measure of sun warm temperatures with a few raindrops and clouds. Forecaster Kibler said scattered thundershowers will hit the north part of the state tonight and push south by morning. They will disappear by afternoon when the new air mass lowers temperatures. Highs around 85, lows tonight 65 to 70. Sunday slightly cooler with a low below 60. Readings show varied conditions across major cities and Canton. Almanac details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton and Vicinity
U.S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Willard Kibler
Kibler
Associated Press
Tetions
Akron
Ismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Government wheat and corn reserves aid U.S. food outlook
The Agriculture Department report says preexisting reserves of about 750 million bushels of corn and 375 million of wheat cushion potential shortages due to floods and drought. Despite a smaller 998 million bushel wheat crop and 3.2 billion bushels of corn, reserves help sustain livestock feed and bread supply. In Ohio, corn is forecast at 201.544 million bushels with 56 bushels per acre, and winter wheat at 34.308 million with 18 per acre.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Ohio
Ohio State scientists report new atmosphere gases found
Sun scientists at Ohio State University announced the discovery of three gases in the atmosphere, including deadly carbon monoxide and methane, plus nitrous oxide. The findings, begun in 1947, use an atomic recording machine and a spectrometer to analyze solar radiation and atmospheric composition.
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Columbus
Sun
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Sunshine
Phe
Marcel V. Migeotte
Institut d’Astrophysique
University of Leige
Belgium
Severe Storms Hit Texas Damage Cotton and Bales
Severe storms struck Texas south plains causing about 1.5 million dollars in losses to irrigated cotton. Hail damaged 10 to 12 thousand acres in Hockley County. A waterlogged street in Lubbock reached hub-deep levels. A cotton warehouse was blown away northwest of Lubbock. Temperatures cooled slightly from prior weeks but moisture remained scarce for crops and water supplies.
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Dallas
Tex
South Plains
Texas
Hockley County
Lubbock
Egypt to cancel British treaty on Aug 25
Cairo report from Al Ahram says Egypt will cancel the 1936 treaty with Britain on August 25. Foreign Minister Mohammed Salah El Din plans a parliamentary statement denouncing the pact. Nationalist groups prepare celebrations over the Suez Canal garrison issue.
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Egypt
Cairo
al Ahram
Britain
Mohammed Salah el Din
Suez Canal
Sheriff Uses Car Trunk Holes to Spy on Sinners
Sheriff David T. Robertson in Appomattox County used holes bored in a car trunk for covertly watching suspected sin spots in rural Virginia. He and about 40 officers conducted vice raids that resulted in nearly 50 arrests at honky tonks and other suspected places.
Policeman Reunites with Navy Buddy Pays $20 Fine
Arlington officer Bernard Lunsford met his long lost navy buddy John M. Hoagland from Swayzee Ind at the scene of an accident. Hoagland was charged with reckless driving for running a red light and paid a $20 fine in County Court. Both men shook hands and remained friends.
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Alington
Aug
Arlington
Bernard Lundsford
John M. Hoagland
Swayzee
Ind
Bunker Hill
Naval Air Station
Lunsford
Hoagland
Americans Baked In Half Hidden Mockery In East Germany
In East Berlin, authorities ban sugar coated biscuit cakes called Americans, renaming them Ammon cakes in state shops. The gag plays on anti US sentiment as two Communists discuss preserving peace after one admits eating two Americans, a popular anti Red joke in the West continues.
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Erlin
Pleasant Valley 4-H Club plans Aug 21 meeting at Navarre home
Pleasant Valley 4-H Club will meet Aug 21 at the home of adviser Mrs Albert Feucht RD 3 Navarre. County 4-H adviser Mrs Bertha Phillips will judge cooking and sewing projects. At a recent meeting at Robert Winkler RD 3 Navarre the girls brought cake samples. Eight members will have attended the 4-H camp at Camp Zion when it closes Wednesday.
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Pleasant Valley
Albert Feucht
RD 3
Navarre
Bertha Phillips
Robert Winkler
Camp Zion
Farm acreage figures by region in the United States
The average New England farm contains 100 acres, cotton belt farm 80 acres, middlewestern farm 160 acres, and Great Plains farm about 400 acres.
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New England
Cotton Belt
Middlewestern
Great Plains
Recluse Sisters Hid Over $60,000 In Tidy Apartment
In Terrey City New Jersey police found more than $60,000 in cash and valuables in the four room home of two recluse sisters aged 78 and 76. One sister was dead and the other malnourished and unconscious after years of seclusion. Neighbors said the pair were worth about a half million dollars. Authorities also recovered mortgaged properties, gold certificates, jewelry, and coins, with Clara once treated for stomach cancer until June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tersey City
N. J
Clara Fafflock
Mary
Clara
Jersey City
Hudson County
Dollar Sales Rise in Cleveland District Stores
Dollar sales of department stores in the Cleveland Federal Reserve District increased 11 percent last week, ending a three week decline. The week’s sales were 17 percent below the 1950 level but 12 percent higher than the same week two years earlier. For the four weeks ended Aug 4, sales averaged 17 percent less than for the 1950 period when stores saw the peak of the Korean buying rush.
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Cleveland Federal Reserve District Department
Pike Grangers Picnic at Tuscora Park Sunday
The Pike Grangers announce their annual picnic to be held Sunday at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia. Members are urged to attend and enjoy food games and community fellowship.
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Pike Grangers
Tuscora Park
New Philadelphia
Alajuela Among Costa Rica’s Plateau Population Centers
Alajuela stands as one of the four plateau cities housing the majority of Costa Rica’s inhabitants, highlighting its role in national demographics and urban concentration.
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Alajuela
Costa Rica
Canton practical nurse Carrie Swarts dies at 75
Miss Carrie Swarts a longtime Canton nurse on duty at Aultman Home for Aged Women died Friday at her nephew Preston Nicholson's home in Canton. Age 75 from Shreve, she leaves a sister and many nieces and nephews. Services Monday at 1 30 p.m. at Spiker funeral home with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery Wooster. Call after 2 p.m. Sunday. Ella Rebekah Lodge and Molly Pitcher Council set services Sunday evening.
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Carrie Swarts
Canton
Aultman
Preston Nicholson
Lake Road
Bivd
Miss Swarts
Shreve
First Christian Church
Rev
P. H. Welshimer
Ella Rebekah Lodge
Protected Home Circle
Molly Pitcher
Aliie Nicholson
F. P
Ellen Swarts
Spiker
Maple Grove Cemetery
Wooster
Molly Pitcher Council
Longtime Stark County farmer Ira Sheets dies at 79
Ira E. Sheets a Zion Reformed Church regular for 50 years in North Canton died Friday at his rural home at RD 6 North Canton. He was 79 and had been ill four months. Survivors include his daughter Mrs. J R Boyd and sister Mrs A S Stover. Funeral at Zion Church Monday at 1 p.m. with burial in North Canton Cemetery. Plain Grange to hold services Sunday at 8 p.m. at church.
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Ira Edwin Sheets
Stark County
Zion Reformed Church
North Canton
Sheets
Zion Church
Plain Grange
J. R. Boyd
A. S. Stover
Greentown
Lewis Funeral Home
Melvin E. Beck
Widow Mrs Bracken Found Dead at Home in Massillon
Mrs. Mary Bracken aged 80 was found dead in her bed at 2209 Ma honing rd NE. Coroner E C Reno said death resulted from a heart ailment and she had been dead since Monday. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Wilma Green Oxnard Calif Mrs Betty Johanning Massillon and Mrs Ruth Rey
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Mary Bracken
Mahoning Rd
E. C. Reno
Robert Bracken
Wilma Green
Oxnard
Calif
Betty Johanning
Massillon
Ruth Rey
Local Matt Borland’s Wife Laid To Rest In Minerva
Life resident and Mt. Zion Methodist Church member dies, survived by husband Matthew D. Borland two daughters Chalmer Sell and Forrest Willis three sons Roy Ervin and Clarence two sisters Jacob Long and Louella Gotschall 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Body remains at Rutledge Jackson funeral home in Minerva.
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Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Matthew D. Borland
Chalmer Sell
Minerva
Forrest Willis
Lower Salem
Roy
Canton
Ervin
Mechanicstown
Clarence
Alliance
Jacob Long
Louella Gotschall
Carrollton
Rutledge- Jackson Funeral Home
James E. Neal 72, North Canton resident, dies after illness
James E. Neal of 4426 Lakeroad NW died Friday at Shadyside Hospital after a brief illness. A Canton resident since 1937, he was 72 and formerly a dispatcher for Oyler Bros. Inc. He belonged to Alger Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge of Ada. Survivors: Ada Neal, widow. Robert Neal of Canton. Charles Neal of Roundhead. Ella Spencer of West Newton. two grandchildren. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. in Alger Methodist Church. Burial Preston Cemetery. Burial at Preston Cemetery. Funeral arrangements at Williams and Harrison funeral homes with calling hours today.
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James E. Neal
Lakeroad Bivd
Shadyside Hospital
North Canton
Canton
Neal
Oyler Bros., Inc
Alger
E.S.T
Alger Methodist Church
Arthur Oliver
Preston Cemetery
Polish native Jakob Bonek dies after week illness in Aultman
Jakob Bonek 65 native of Poland and longtime resident of the city died early today at Aultman Hospital after a weeklong illness. He never married and lived with Mr and Mrs William Poniewierski at 1376 Market. He worked for State Iron and Metal Co and was a member of All Saints Catholic Church. The body is at Welch Funeral Home.
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Jakob Bonek
Market Over
Aultman Hospital
Poland
State Iron & Metal Co
All Saints Catholic Church
Bonek
William Poniewierski
Welch Funeral Home
Brewster Woman Ann Boughman Dies at 80 in Massillon
Ann Boughman 80 of Brewster died today at Massillon City Hospital after months of illness. Widow of Marion Boughman she lived much of her life in Brewster and belonged to First Methodist Church Morris Bible Class and Women’s Society of Christian Service. Survived by daughters Mrs Karl Warstler and Mrs Leroy Goodman both of Brewster a brother M S Slutz of Salem a sister Mrs Clara Boughman of Navarre and two grandchildren. Services Monday 2 30 p.m. in Navarre Myers Funeral Home Rev S A Bass officiating. Burial in Uniontown Cemetery Navarre. Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 at the funeral home.
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Nords
Canton
Charles Bracken
Louisville
Blanche Culp
Hester Stein
Emma Flagan
Minerva van Tassle
Sadie Osborn
Atwater
Stella Long
Alaska
Elizabeth McKelravy
Cleveland
Albert Byers
Empire
Thes
Jack Funeral Home
Westlawn Cemetery
LeRoy Deininger
Brewster
Ann Boughman
Massillon City Hospital
Marion Boughman
Karl Warstler
Leroy Goodman
M. S. Slutz
Salem
Clara Boughman
Navarre
E.C.T
Myers Funeral Home
Rev
S. A. Bass
Uniontawn Cemetery
Mrs Sarah Borland Dies at 84 in Paris Rest Home
Mrs Sarah A Borland aged 84 died early today at a Paris rest home where she resided with her daughter Mrs Daniel Amon of Elizabeth It. She had been ill for two years. Born in New Harrisburg, she...
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Minerva
Sarah A. Borland
Daniel Amon
Elizabeth
Paris
New Harrisburg
Programs on the Air WHBC 1480 FM 94.1 American
Local radio listings note WHBC 1480 AM and FM 94.1 broadcasting in the American format with a range of programs scheduled for the day. Station schedule details not specified in the accessible text.
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WHBC
Dover Man James Demos Dies After Illness
James Demos 53 of 233 West Front street dies Thursday night at Ilg nursing home Canton after three weeks illness. Born in Greece he belonged to Greek Orthodox Church of Massillon and American Legion Post Dover a World War II veteran. Surviving include his mother six brothers in Greece and John C Demos of Dover. Services Monday at 2 p m at Lewis funeral home Dover Burial Park interment. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p m.
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Dover
James Demos
Front St
Ilg
Canton
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church of
Massillon
American Legion Post of
John C. Demos
E.S.T
Lewis Funeral Home
Dover Burial Park
New Philadelphia Man Barnes Dies at 56
NEW PHILADELPHIA For rest Barnes 56 of 125 Ray Ave NW died early today at home Born Uhrichsville he lived in New Philadelphia 30 years He worked at Shenango Penn Mold Co and belonged to First Baptist Church Survived by widow Gladys Barnes mother Margaret Barnes two sons Gene and Wayne in Alaska four daughters Paul Andres Joseph Halley Earl Meek Jack Leven good nine grandchildren services Tuesday at 2 p m EST Rev Ralph Rayment to conduct burial Evergreen Cemetery
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New Philadelphia
Forrest Barnes
Ray Ave
Uhrichsville
Shenango-Penn Mold Co
First Baptist Church
Gladys Barnes
Margaret Barnes
Gene
Wayne
Alaska
Paul Andres
Joseph Halley
Earl Meek
Jack Levengood
Clyde
Leonard Barnes
Rollo
Dennison
Lawrence
Michigan
Henry Barnett
Fred Shaw
William Swift
New Jersey
E.S.T
Ralph Rayment
Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs Mahlon McDevitt 82 Dies in Leetonia
Mrs Iva O Mee Devitt 82 of 79 Summit Street Leetonia dies Friday at Cupola nursing home after illness of several years. Survived by son Clarence McDevitt and daughter Mrs Henry A Hall four grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Services at Woods funeral home Sunday 2:30 p.m. burial Quaker Hill Cemetery near Sebring. Friends may call this afternoon and tonight.
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Leetonia
Iva O. MeeDevitt
Summit St
Cupola
Westville
Methodist Church
McDevitt
Mahlon McDevitt
Clarence McDevitt
Henry A. Hall
Canton
Charles Grove
West Arcadia
Calif
Earl Grove
Winter Haven
Fla
Carrie Harlan
Pasadena
Mina Stanley
Otego
In the Woods
E.C.T
Quaker Hill Cemetery
Sebring
Dr Paul Gerlaugh dies at 60 in Wooster
Dr Paul Gerlaugh head of the animal science department at Wooster Experiment Station died of leukemia in Wooster Community Hospital Friday night at age 60. Born in Clark County he lived in Wooster since 1928 and held degrees from Ohio State University and Pennsylvania State College. He was a former president of the American Society of Animal Production and a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survived by daughter Anna and son Donald, both of Wooster, and daughter Mrs Richard Bogner. Funeral services Monday afternoon at McIntire funeral home with Rev John R Williams officiating.
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Wooster
Paul Gerlaugh
Forester
Wooster Experiment Station
Wooster Community Hospital
Clark County
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State College
First Presbyterian Church
American Society of Animal Production
Anna Gerlaugh
Richard Bogner
Donald
McIntire Funeral Home
John R. Williams
Service Schedule for Local Obituaries
Obituary schedule lists services for Roy F. Miller Jack parlors burial Union Cemetery Navarre Mrs Fred Hahn Welch parlors Rev H N Kerst in charge burial Westlawn Cemetery callers Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Paul J Werner St Peters Catholic Church burial St Louis Cemetery Louisville Elks service Sunday 8 p m Wackerly parlors 1375 Market N Henry G Domer Gordon Shaidnagle Hollinger Funeral Home Massillon burial Union Cemetery Navarre calls tonight 7 to 9
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Fred Hahn
Welch
H. N. Kerst
Westlawn
Paul J. Werner
E.S.T
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
St. Louis
Louisville
Elks
Wackerly
Market
N. Henry G. Domer
E.D.T
Gordon-Shaidnagle- Hollinger Funeral Home
Massillon
Burial Union Cemetery
Navarre
Fueral
Miller widow Mrs Annie Miller dies at 75 in Charm
Mrs Annie M Miller 75 of Charm Holmes County life resident. Survived by husband Menno D Miller four sons Andrew Apple Creek Joseph Sugarcreek Henry Millersburg Ab home and four daughters Mary Yoder Baltic Fannie Hershberger Millersburg Katie Raber Charm 40 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren. Services Monday at 9 a.m. EST at Hunter Yoder Cemetery.
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Millersburg
Annie M. Miller
Charm
Holmes County
Menno D. Miller
Mary J. Yoder
Baltic
Fannie Hershberger
Katie Raber
Andrew
Apple Creek
Joseph
Sugarcreek
Henry
E.S.T
Hunter Funeral Home
Yoder Cemetery
Services Set Monday For Massillon Cyclist Victim
Massillon mourns 14 year old Jack Graybill who died after being thrown beneath a semi trailer on Lincoln Way Viaduct. Services set for Monday at St Marys Church. burial in Calvary Cemetery. Survived by parents, sister Trudy, paternal and maternal grandparents. Witness said bicycle sway caused him to enter wheel. driver Lewis Lumbatis not held.
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Repository Bureau
Massillon
Jack Graybill
Robert H. Graybill
Ohio
Lincoln Way
E.C.T
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Gordon-Shaidnagle-Hollinger
Trudy
Herbert C. Graybill
John Welsh
Graybill
Lewis Lumbatis
Oak Park
Canton
Lumbatis
Mrs. Ernest Myers Dies in Chicago Auto Crash
Services held in Chicago for Mrs. E. L. Myers 68 former Canton resident killed in auto accident. Born in Augusta she lived most of her life in Canton before moving to Cedar Lake Ind eight years ago. Survived by son Ernest Myers Cedar Lake daughter Mrs Faye Probert and Mrs Beulah Frew both of Canton brother Harry George Chicago and two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. L. Myers
Canton
Myers
Augusta
Cedar Lake
Ind
Ernest Myers
George Myers
Harry George
Faye Probert
Beulah Frew
The Living Book TV Series on Sylvania Sets
Advertises a new TV film series THE LIVING BOOK translating Bible stories for home viewing. Highlights NOAH AND HIS FAMILY and JOSEPH THE SLAVE, promising high spiritual value and family friendly entertainment. Encourages watching the program soon on television with SYLVANIA sets for clear pictures and sound.
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Noah
Joseph the
Sylvania
Sylvania Movie Clear Pictures
Studio Clear Sound
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Clarendon Ave
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