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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1950
Page
5
A doctor nudges Norman Vincent Peale to share how to live with steady energy. The piece explains that worry drains vitality and presents a simple energy formula from the Bible: those who wait upon the Lord renew their strength and rise with wings as eagles. Read your Bible, attend worship, and fill your mind with spiritual thoughts to maintain a constant lift.
The House voted contempt citations against 54 witnesses who refused to answer questions from the Un-American Activities Committee on communism. The move brings total citations to 56 over two days and faces court action with penalties up to one year in jail and $1000 fine. Several named individuals include scientists from wartime atomic work and figures from the Communist Daily Worker and United Electrical Workers.
A church directory lists multiple Baptist congregations with addresses, pastors, and service times. Each entry includes a Sunday School start and worship times, with additional evening services where noted, across locations such as First, Maryland, Calvary, Zion, Pepples, Temple, Mt. Calvary Second, Shiloh, Jerusalem, Antioch.
Privately owned war dogs from World War II were not obligated to return to active duty. Army officials said these canine veterans would not be recalled as the force now numbers about 500 dogs trained at Fort Riley with deployments in Germany and Okinawa. No dogs have been sent to Korea unless requested by General Douglas MacArthur.
Municipal Judge Donald L. McCarroll presided over a heavy traffic court session placing one man on probation for 30 days, and levying a total of 453 dollars plus costs against 34 motorists. Jay E. Reynolds received the heaviest penalty with a 50 dollar fine, 10 days in jail, and a three year driving suspension for DUI. Other suspensions followed for reckless driving and speeding, with numerous fines and small penalties for violations such as stopping at signs and signal infractions.
Witnesses expressed sympathy and urged citations be cited. One speaker warned that convictions tied to the citations could be jeopardized without a quorum on the record. Far fewer than 218 members attended, but no formal quorum challenge was raised as citations were quickly voted through.
ST. LOUIS August 12 AP Melvin Godfrey Parsons 57 a self educated but skillful counterfeiter and his two partners pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of possessing and passing bogus money Parsons will leave here for San Francisco Monday in the custody of Secret Service agents He has promised to show them where he hid about 40 plates in the city after using them to print counterfeit ten dollar bills Charged with Parsons were Louie Elmer Shew 43 and his wife The two men were accused on 14 counts the woman on 6 Maximum penalty on each count is a 5000 fine and 15 years imprisonment Secret Service men who arrested the trial in Parsons farm cabin near Desoto Mo said they passed 12000 to 14090 in bogus bills through 23 states.
A repository want ad reports three inquiries for a non automatic Blackstone washer in excellent condition. Call to Dial 9 143 to arrange purchase.
Others seek similar offer to reach buyers by placing a washer sale Want Ad. Call 5-5101 and ask for the Want Ad-Taker, have an inexpensive ad run in the next day's paper by 5:30 p.m. to reach interested buyers promptly.
Mae F. Johnson twenty four of Detroit suffered a possible shoulder fracture when thrown from a motorcycle at 2 10 a m on 10th street and Carnahan avenue NE. She rode with Henry K. Miles of Malvern in a collision with a car driven by George Hamilton of NE 811 4th Street. Johnson was taken to Mercy Hospital. Earlier, Early Wackerly twenty one of RD 2 sustained knee scratches and was held at Mercy Hospital for X ray after a crash at 15th Street and Market Ave N involving Sol J. Schwarzwald of NE 1454 Miami who allegedly failed to yield the right of way.
Fifteen year old David Walker a nationally known boy evangelist is recovering from a water skiing accident in St Petersburg Florida He struck a piling behind a speedboat and suffered a fractured jaw losing consciousness for hours His father Rev Jack L Walker steered the boat while his mother photographed from shore He formerly lived in Phoenix Arizona and has conducted evangelistic services across the United States and abroad.
A rejected suitor in Centralia Illinois advertised his blue eyes with 20 20 vision for sale. He urged readers to make an offer and claimed he would let them go cheaply in a local newspaper notice.
Lee Pressman, once a New Deal and C I O official, resigns from the American Labor party alleging it mirrors Communist party interests. He quit his $19,000 C I O general counsel post last year to back Henry A. Wallace, who left the Progressive party over the Soviet Union’s role in Korea. Marcan t onio calls Pressman a disappointed figure seeking fees from the Progressive movement.
A briefcase with secret atomic documents stolen from a London to Blackpool train was recovered intact in Folkestone. Police say the thief acted as a common sneak thief, not a spy. Suspect "Carr" was detained at Folkestone station for questioning as investigators pursue leads.
Beverly Hills California August 12 AP Sam Hellman 65 movie writer and short story author and former newspaperman died Friday at home of coronary thrombosis He wrote many Shirley Temple and Will Rogers films and had retired since 1946 His last movie was White Tie and Tails A San Francisco native he graduated in 1906 from the University of California and entered newspapers after.
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