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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
13
A Hoover Commission finding highlights wasteful government spending from disorganized inventories. It cites 17 overlapping property identification systems and duplicated stock across agencies, with examples like a steam turbine bearing liner costing 63 dollars from one supplier and 25 dollars as a replacement part from another.
ByGeorge Sokolsky argues rampant waste in government purchasing. He cites inflated and varied specifications and cataloging chaos. The piece calls for a uniform catalog, streamlined contracts, and businesslike methods to cut costs for taxpayers and future generations.
In the Naktong River area the two sides keep to narrow patrol lanes in a twilight zone of war. Soldiers probe each other for movement while avoiding full combat, leaving villages deserted and rice fields overgrown as cicadas sing and birds ignore the conflict.
Hal Boyle paints a night scene of river patrols on the Naktong front where hidden scouts test enemy lines. Amid quiet by day, night brings lights and thunder as eyeing artillery and daring soldiers hunt for prisoner-takers, where one able scout may save a regiment.
An observer details a threshing day where electricity replaces old tools in a farm kitchen. Nora, Douglas’s wife, cooks a traditional feast using an electric stove and refrigerator, while neighbors prepare and serve meals. The scene contrasts modern gear with timeless communal dining before the threshers.
Inez Robb recounts a bustling August meal for twelve farmhands who gathered in a modern bathroom to dine. Nora, Joanna, and I prepared a large feast with roast, potatoes, corn, butter, salad, iced tea, and date nut cake. The hands return to work afterward, digestive and ready for more.
National League top performers include Musial of St. Louis leading batting with .3861 and hits 141, Ennis driving 95 RBIs, Kiner with 32 homers, Spahn and Maglie leading pitching with 103 769 combined innings. American League figures feature Kell Detroit with .355 and 153 hits, Rosen Cleveland with 34 homers, Trout Detroit with 92 wins and .818, plus DiMagegio Boston with 12 stolen bases.
Teams from Ohio Indiana Mississippi and Illinois begin regional baseball finals Friday and Saturday in suburban Norwood. Norwood represents Ohio in the junior size tournament as the regional action opens with play Friday in Cincinnati.
The winner of the regional test will qualify for the national finals August 23 to 26 at Williamsport.
Hollywood slipped to 5 8 while Portland stood at 1 7 Seattle posted 5 3 Oakland 0 5 San Diego won 10 6 over Los Angeles 6 5 in a 12 inning first game San Francisco 1 5 Sacramento 0 6
In Class B action Wilson Plumbing faces Scotty's Bar at Stadium No 2 to decide the league title in a single nine inning game after a deadlocked regular season. In Class A, Fairmount Merchants meet Dave Towell Rockets at City Field in a sudden death playoff for a spot in the Ohio District A B C tournament at North Canton. The winner travels to play Alliance American Legion Mt. Union Chevrolets Thursday at 6 15 p m.
Tuesday listings show multiple junior baseball matches including Tar versus Dumonts in Jackson Melbourne Construction against Arnold Clothes, and Oyler Bros against Buck Hill with Dollive Siding facing NW Merchants at Stadium No 2 all at 10 am. National Junior Baseball features A and H Grocery versus Jewish Center City and Bryanteers versus Forest Rangers at Cook at 10 am. Church softball No 1 Dueber Methodist versus Zion Lutheran at Witter No 2 at 6 15 pm. Industrial Slow Pitch No 2 East Ohio Gas versus Firefighters at Stadium No 1. Buxco versus Local 94 at Stadium No 2. Both doubleheaders begin at 6 pm.
The page lists weekly rounds for the men's and ladies championships across multiple flights. It names a long roster of pairings and byes, with finals noted in the second and fourth flights. Scores include 73 by Reighart Difloure Hobbs, Dickens 75, Gulick 77.
Dr Wayne Wolf won the bogey with 90 13 77 and Leon Lazarus was second with 87 15 72 while Don Stein was third with 79 3 76. In Class A Mestel defeated Banks 2 up and in Class B Bloom beat Ginsberg 2 up Lavin beat Silberger 1 up in 19 holes Klein downed Rabe 2 up. Qualifications in A B and C brackets of the women s club tournament are scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Bill Boehme defeated Bud Anderson 6 and 5 in a 36 hole club championship final with scores of 72 and 68 to 74 and 70. In the summer handicap final Hans Burger edged Dr Engelbert 2 up in the third.
Don Blair shot a 71 to win medalist honors yesterday as 25 players posted under 80. Maurice Leiber carded 72, with Meola, Vitangeli, Bowman, McGuire and Barr at 73 and multiple others in the 74 to 79 range. Elms medalist Don Nist led with 73, while Jack Muniz posted the day’s low score of 73 among several notable rounds. top totals and standings listed for the event.
Bill Powell led scoring with 72, Ted Cook had 79, Robin Gardener and Dr. A. B. Royal 82, Rev. Charles Dobbs 85 and Owen Barnes 95. Nine-hole scores were Bill Dana 47, Milford Archer 48 and David Cox 50. Bill Powell's son Bill Jr. played the full 18 yesterday, posting 47 53 100, tired after the round.
Pueblo Colorado defeated Toledo 3 to 1 in a no hitter to capture the Veterans of Foreign Wars national softball championship in Madison Iowa. It marked the second no hitter by Pueblo and pitcher Bob Freeman against Toledo in the tournament.
Marion 6 10. Portsmouth 0 3. Richmond 3 8. Springfield 2 18. Lima 11 10. Zanesville 8 7. Newark 11. Muncie 2.
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