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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
15
The piece quotes Senator Homer Ferguson urging scrutiny of postwar decisions and the State Department. He references a 1947 warning by a Senate committee to Dean Acheson and discusses the Marzani case and broader distrust of officials blamed for national misery.
The piece argues that officials in 1947 knew of Soviet espionage ties within the State Department and that Marzani faced a jail sentence, but many others remained employed. It contends McCarran rider use was limited, calls for thorough housecleaning, and warns of lingering Soviet influence and hidden agents in government.
New York AP Aug 17 CIO electrical union officials decided not to ballot strike against General Electric after talks broke down. The IUE seeks a 10 cent hourly raise plus 3 percent, plus better vacations pensions and premiums. The LU E represents 56,000 GE workers in 50 plants nationwide.
Binghamton mayor Donald W. Kramer filled a political appointment by naming Philip Politician, a shoe worker, as a special officer. The move reflects the mayoral choice of a partisan figure for the post.
A speaker denounces a front page piece claiming GIs lack awareness of why they fight in Korea. He argues American soldiers are zealous, resourceful and hard, and condemns any suggestion that 18 year olds need a clearer mission. He rejects the notion as slander against the fighting man.
A rebuttal argues American GIs in Korea are not dumb and ignorant. It condemns media as having clarified the war’s cause for years and says those unable to grasp it should be sent home to avoid endangering others.
Brig. Gen. George B. Barth of Leavenworth Kansas commands U S artillery in the 25th Infantry Division. An infantryman at heart he tours front lines by jeep ensuring guns are in place ammo ready and troops in good spirits. He advises younger officers while delivering relief and even cookies to troops easing war strain.
Approximately 160 members of the Canton Bicycle Club will attend the Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians game Saturday at Lakefront Stadium. They will leave the YMCA at 9 30 a.m. in three buses supplied by Timken Roller Bearing Co. Club organizer Theodore Peck Thompson announced. Members must have written parental permission and their club cards. Bring own lunches.
Anthony Ebaugh of Columbus sues Robert E. Haverman of New Philadelphia in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for 81000 dollars alleging permanent injuries from an automobile collision on April 30, 1949, when Ebaugh stood about six feet off the pavement and was struck as Haverman left the road.
Mrs. William Guilliam heads the Monmouth County chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and seeks a court ban on fishstakes a new boardwalk sport. The setup uses tubes with live goldfish racing as plastic predators pop up to frighten them. Post defends the game saying fish merely swim and tired fish rest in a tank.
About ninety percent of violets used for commercial purposes in the United States are cultivated near Rhinebeck New York, shaping regional horticulture and national supply chains.
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