Arid Week Extends as Ohio Drought Hits Canton Hard
District faces third dry week with little rain in sight. U S Weather Bureau reports a brief shower between Akron and Canton but no steady relief. Crops and pastures suffer with beans cucumbers melons and cabbage hit hardest. Wayne County estimates 2 million dollars in corn losses across several counties. Hartville truck gardens fared somewhat better. Eggs and fryers prices listed in the ad column.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Akron
Ohio
Canton
George Dustman
Wayne County
Wayne
Summit
Stark
Portage
Medina
Holmes
Medina Sheriff Arrested Over Gambling Feud
Medina Ohio August 17 AP Sheriff Charles W Williams is free on 200 bond after a charity carnival dispute in Brunswick. A Brunswick housewife Isabella C Riddell pressed him for failing to curb gambling at the event. Williams appeared before Justice Edward W Bolger. case continued to Monday. Riddell had signed affidavits previously accusing Alvin Wolff Brunswick chamber president of allowing gambling. Wolff’s attorney seeks transfer claiming Bolger is prejudiced. Riddell said she acts against officials over school township and village matters and had sought a trailer camp permit from the zoning board but was denied.
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Medina
Charles W. Williams
Brunswick
Isabella C. Riddell
Williams
Justice of the Peace
Edward W. Bolger
Brunswick Chamber of Commerce
Alvin Wolff
Wolff
Bolger
Riddell
Brunswick Zoning Board
William Cox
Andrew J
Delegations Smile in Pose For Cameras
A four man subcommittee led the Korean buffer zone talks at Kaesong as negotiators appeared in a more informal mood. United Nations and Communist delegates posed together while Maj Gen Henry I Hodes and North Korean Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho smiled beside Rear Adm Arleigh Burke and Maj Gen Hsieh Fang. The Red radio hinted at possible compromise on a demarcation line based on terrain and mutual defense, while Nam Il of North Korea urged the UN to drop what it called unfair demands before any agreement. Talks were held in secrecy to allow progress without speeches, with a second subcommittee session scheduled for Saturday.
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Korea
United Nations
Red
Henry I. Hodes
U. N
Lee Sang Cho
U. S
Arleigh Burke
Hsieh Fang
Kaesong
Peiping
38Th Parallel
Eiping Radio
Voice
Red China
Nam II
Tokyo
Nam
U. N. Command
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Coast to Coast Television Near As Microwave Beams Span Nation
Washington reports Selective Service aims to induct 520 000 men in the current year and 300 000 in 1952. Brig Gen Louis H Renfrow warned college students they may be drafted if they fail to meet deferment criteria or lose past postponements under the new law. One automatic deferment remains limited to college students who stay at or above class standing and maintain high grades.
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Defense Department
Office of Strategic Services
William V. Holohan
Italy
Aldo Icardi
Carl G. LoDolce
Icardi
Holohan
United States
New York City
LoDolce
Rochester
N. Y
Washington
Selective Service
Armed Services
House
Louis H. Renfrow
Renfrow
Renfroy
World Series First Program As Microwave Network Opens
A $40 million microwave radio beam system spanning the continent goes into operation for long distance telephone service. Beams travel from tower to tower across major cities including New York Pittsburgh Chicago Des Moines Omaha Denver San Francisco. Towers use horn antennas and metal lenses to relay high frequency signals over horizon to horizon.
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York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
New York
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Davenport
Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Attempt To Assassinate Tito Fails, Italians Report
Trieste dispatch notes Giornale de Trieste report of an August 2 assassination attempt on Marshal Tito. Croatian peasant Vlado Radossevich placed an explosive device on Tito’s planned route. police discovered the device, he was tried and sentenced to death, later commuted to 20 years hard labor.
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Trieste
Giornale de Trieste
Marshal Tito
Vlado Radossevich
Radossevich
Tito
Newsmontage: Todagy Repositories and Market Notes
A compact page fragment outlines Todagy Repository sections including Amusements Comics Deaths Editorial Page Markets and Financial Radio and Television Sokolsky Column Sports Weather and social notes. It mentions Chevrolet leading sales, with claims of outpacing rivals by value.
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Riesel
Sokolsky
Last Day To Enter Fishing Rodeo For Youths
Registration for the Fish Rodeo on Aug 25 nears 900 entrants, well above the early 500, with 6 to 12 year old boys and girls still able to sign up today at 15 locations. About 200 prizes will be awarded at Nimishillen Creek Cook Park workhouse pond skating pond and Monument Park lagoon, with heaviest fish each site winning.
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Nimishillen Creek
Cook Park
Workhouse Pond
12Th St NW
Monument Park
Peaches-White and Yellow Canning Sellout Ad
Muckley Apr. House Waynesburg offers peach canning at 2.50 bushel. Home Furniture at 220 Market South opens daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Includes contact number 7582-ad.
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Muckley
Apl
Hse
Waynesburg
Klein Accepts Democratic Bid For Solicitor
Canton politician Carl F. Klein accepted the Democratic nomination for city solicitor to face Republican Leroy J. Contie Jr. in November. Klein replaces the withdrawn City Solicitor Robert P. Wilson who left to run for third Canton Municipal Court judge. The Democratic central committee in Onesta Hotel selected Klein unanimously over Massillon attorney Louis Martinez, who declined. Russell named to fill Ward 6 council vacancy after E S Hamilton withdrew. Klein, mayor since 1943, serves on council at large. Contie won GOP nomination in May.
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Carl F. Klein
Canton
Robert P. Wilson
Wilson
Canton Municipal Court
Klein
Democratic Central Committee
Onesta
Louis Martinez
Leroy T. Schirack
Massillon
County Board of Elections
Leroy J. Contie Jr
Clarence A. Russell
E. S. Hamilton
Timken Faces Five Day Scrap Shortage Threatening Jobs
Timken Roller Bearing Co. faces an acute scrap steel shortage with only a five day supply, the lowest since 1916. Republic Steel also reports tight scrap stocks of a week to ten days in Canton and Massillon and warns of hand to mouth operations. Timken may cut output and lay off workers if scrap does not improve, potentially idling up to nearly 1,000 employees with a 30 percent overall plant reduction if multiple furnaces close.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Republic Steel Corp
Canton
Massillon
John E. Fick
No Progress Reported In Bakery Driver Strike
The AFL Truck Drivers Local said there were no developments in a six day old strike by 171 driver salesmen of Sterling Baking Co and Nickles Bakery. The workers seek a 22 percent commission from 20 while two employer offers were rejected. One proposal adds 5 dollars weekly base pay to the 20 percent commission, the other offers 3 dollars weekly base pay plus six paid days off annually.
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A.F.L
Sterling Baking Co
Nickles Bakery
International Video TV Announcement Blecker Ad
W H Blecker advertises two locations to serve customers with evening hours from 7 to 9 pm at 1416 7th NW and 1600 E Tusc. The notice provides the phone number 29109 ad for inquiries and shopping.
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W. H. Blecker
Eves
E. Tusc
Motorola TV set trade in offer with guaranteed installation
Trade in plus 6.82 dollars delivers a fully installed Motorola TV set with guarantee. Regardless of age make or condition the radio is valued at 50 dollars in trade on any Motorola TV set. Home Furniture, 229 Market Street.
Talks Renewed In Power Tieup
Negotiators from Ohio Power Co and the CIO Utility Workers union met with government conciliators in Pittsburgh in a renewed effort to end a 28 day strike. A three man Mediation and Conciliation Service team reported no progress after a four hour session.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio Power Co
VU. S
Cyrus Ching
Cleveland
Paul Holbrook
Washington, D. C
Walter Maggiolo
New York City
H. J. Mouitoney
Columbus
George Beatty
Ohio
William Pachler
House Passes Pension Bill Over Truman Veto
The House voted 318 to 45 to override President Truman and approve a bill granting 120 dollar monthly pensions to certain veterans disabled from non service-connected causes. Singles earning 1000 plus and married veterans with 2500 plus are ineligible. Senate action remains to determine final passage.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Churchill in French Alps To Paint and Write Memoirs
ANNECY France April 17 Winston Churchill arrived for a vacation with a crowd at the station. He went by taxi to the Imperial Palace Hotel where he and wife and party have 14 rooms. He plans to paint and work on his memoirs during the stay.
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Annecy
France
Winston Churchill
French Alps
Churchill
Imperial Palace Hotel
Life in Russia told through Adile Kasha interviews
Adile Kasha, an average man who fled Russia and now resides in the U S zone of Austria, recounts life under Stalin in a six part series beginning Sunday in The Repository. The feature promises vivid, firsthand detail from his experiences in a totalitarian system.
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Russia
Adile Kasha
Kasha
U. S
Austria
Stalin
Repository
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