Pressman Subpoenaed in Probe of Reds by HUAC
In Washington, the House Un American Activities Committee subpoenaed attorney Lee Pressman, former CIO counsel, to uncover missing links in the Hiss Chambers espionage case. Nixon said Pressman’s testimony could corroborate Chambers and expose Soviet espionage tied to Polish diplomats seeking asylum. The committee also eyed three ex Polish diplomats who quit rather than return to Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Lee Pressman
Hiss-Chambers
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Pressman
C.I.O
American Labor Party
New York
Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Poland
Stefan Rogozinski
Wladyslaw Nizinsky
Janusz Zoltowski
United States
Russia
Sandy Valley Elects Officers for New Unified School Board
In County Superintendent T C Knapp's office the Sandy Valley Local School District elected its first officers after consolidating Waynesburg Magnolia and East Sparta Sandyville districts. Paul Williams of Waynesburg is president Earl Dilley of Magnolia is vice president R V James of Magnolia is clerk treasurer Other members include Paul Muckley Waynesburg P H Black East Sparta and Harold Williams East Sparta Sandyville district The board set monthly meetings for the second Tuesday and will rotate meeting locations among the schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Knapp
New Sandy Valley
Waynesburg
Magnolia
East Sparta-Sandyville
Paul Williams
Earl Dilley
R. V. James
Paul Muckley
P. H. Black
East Sparta
Harold Williams
Sandyville
Masked Gunman Flees When Woman Screams
A southwest section resident reports a masked man appeared at her home window at 1 a m and threatened her with a pistol. He wore a stocking cap with eye holes, ordered silence, but fled when she screamed. Police are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Section
Fire destroys attic content at 446 Hamilton Ave NE
Fire damaged a tile building at 446 Hamilton Ave NE Friday afternoon after flames started in attic furniture. Firemen from No 2 Company extinguished the blaze as it consumed the attic and burned through the roof of the former blacksmith shop and warehouse, with extensive damage reported.
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Hamilton Ave NE
No. 2 Company
Navarre School Board Hires 2 New Teachers
Navarre board of education hires two teachers and a maintenance man for the coming term. Margaret Byrd will teach mathematics and geography in fifth and sixth grades, a Farmville State Teachers College graduate. Elizabeth Nydegger will teach English and Latin. Joe Manack is hired as maintenance man and bus driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navarre
Traffic Court fines levied on motorists and youths
Judge Donald L. McCarroll fined 21 motorists total 316 dollars with costs for traffic offenses including reckless driving speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road. Names ages and addresses are listed for each violator with various penalties including suspensions and permits violations. In Juvenile Traffic Court twelve youths were fined for minor violations with seven at ten dollars and five at five dollars plus costs.
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Donald L. McCarroll
Darrell D. Latherow
Beldenare SE
Edwin L. Lillibridge
Mansfield
Joseph Rutkowski
24Th St NW
Leonard F. Cullison
Sherrick Rd
Joseph Castellaneta
Belden
John DeSerio
6Th St
Clarence A. Turns
North Canton
Russell L. Garrett
35Th St
Root Ave
Arthur Hardesty
Mable Henry
2Nd St
Joseph L. Byers
George A. Smith
7Th St
George R. Denlow
Newton
John Katich
Trump Rd
Kit L. Jolly
John L. French
Oxford Ave
Alliance
Albert N. Parks
Lafayette Ave
John P. Wesley
4Th St
Lyle L. Kiple
44Th St
Thurman L. Fannin
Bogand SE
Paul W. Chance
Harrison
Richard K. Siegfried
Massillon
Frederick T. Gogerty
Belden Ave
District arrests and traffic summonses report
District deputies arrested 10 motorists including Walter E. Jacobs and Robert L. Meeks for intoxication and failure to yield. Several reckless driving charges followed collisions with parked vehicles and other cars. Deputies issued signal light and stop sign summonses to Ken neth Keplinger Mary Jo Heidy and Rhader Hickman.
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High Ave
Frank Clark
North
Canton
Elouise E. Hummel
Springave NE
Frederick J. Hummel
Hummel
Virgil E. Leonard
Union Ave
Spring Ave
Lawrence Rd
K. Emerson Wilhelm
5Th St
Massillon
Massillon City Hospital
Kenneth K. Keplinger
Hartville
Mary Jo Heidy
Rhader Hickman
Raynolds
Massillon Fines Two In DWI Case In Court
Massillon Municipal Court fined William F. Mielke and Estyle E. Corbit fifty dollars and costs after both pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Mielke, 57, of 620 Bedford SW Canton, backed into a car on Lincoln Way and failed to stop. Corbit, 43, of 1002 8th St SE Canton, nearly hit a building on Ernest Street SE after missing a driveway.
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Massillon
William F. Mielke
Bedford
Canton
Estyle E. Corbit
8Th St SE
Mielke
Lincoln Way
Ernest
Corbit
Ernest S
Bank Cuts Credit to Fight Inflation
The Federal Reserve raised the New York discount rate from 1% to 2% effective Monday, signaling tighter lending to curb bank credit as corporate and municipal security loans rose by $1.5 billion in six weeks. Treasury plans include selling 13 month notes and raising bonds limits for institutions to $1.1 million.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Board
Federal Open Market Committee
U.S
Snyder
Treasury
Department
Alliance Mayor Names Woman City Treasurer
Alliance mayor Harley Ewing appointed Mrs Elinor Semmler as city treasurer to take effect Monday she will fill the unexpired term ending December 31 1951 succeeding her husband Ray Semmler who resigned to join active duty with Battery C 987th Armored Field Artillery and who previously served as a first lieutenant overseas now recommissioned in the guard
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Bureau Alliance
Harley Ewing
Elinor Semmler
Semmler
Ray
987Th Armored Field Artillery
Man Shot in Abdomen After Harmful Horseplay
Police search for a man who allegedly shot Emil Keel 34 at his 1809 Irwin St NE home with a .22 pistol during a late night altercation. Keel was in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with an abdomen wound. Detectives said the incident stemmed from threatening gestures by Keel described as play.
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Emil Keel
Irwin Pf NE
Mercy Hospital
Keel
William D. Harrison
Harrison
Lee Taylor Fined for Concealed Weapon Charge
Lee Taylor aged 34 of 734 Lafayette Ave SE was fined 25 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge Gordon J. Burris for carrying concealed weapons. Police said the suspect was found with a knife when arrested on July 28, and the weapon was confiscated.
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Lee Taylor
Lafayette Ave SE
Gordon J. Burris
Canton Common Pleas Petitions and Local Ads
The Day in Canton lists civil petitions including McCray Refrigeration Co. of Kendalville versus M. A. Attar for 4332 dollars, Reatha Cunningham versus Canton Home Building Co. for 4000 dollars rent overcharge, and Caley Corp of Detroit versus Sam Grossman for 1130.51 dollars. Also includes Time Magazine offer, used car ads, fresh meals, back to school sale in Blatz Shoes, Maytag washer promotion, wedding and birthday cake ad, Village Inn roast turkey special, and other local notices with contact numbers.
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Common Pleas
McCray Refrigeration Co
Kendalville
Ind
M. A. Attar
Exeter Ave SW
Reatha Cunningham
Garfield Ave SW
Canton Home Building Co
Cleveland Ave NW
Cleveland Ave
Caley Corp
Detroit
Sam Grossman
Cherry Ave
Municipal Court Suspends Jail in Assault Case
Municipal Court handed Melvin Billman 37 of 916 Hiner Place NW a suspended five day jail term after an assault and battery charge.
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Melvin Billman
Hiner Pl
Petition Names Residents for Legal Notice Address List
The document lists individuals linked to a petition including Paul Barber of Davenport Iowa Beverly Barber of East Canton Samuel M Horst of North Lawrence and Velma Jane Horst of 325 1st street southeast Massillon.
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Paul Barber
Davenport
Beverly Barber
East Canton
Samuel M. Horst
North Lawrence
Velma Jane Horst
1St St SE
Massillon
Marriage License Applications in Massillon and Alliance
A list of marriage license filings includes Thomas J. Schaub and Helen B. Thorn of Louis, Roger David Kiehl and Donna Jean Kehl of Massillon, Frank J. Schirack and Jane M. Gibbons, Virgil S. Cocklin and Lois J. Bremkamp, Harry Bryant and Carrie J. Shaw, Walter J. Hamelink and Ethel Irene Thomson, Stanley R. Jones and Joyce L. Marshall, Arthur J. Petrick and Mary B. Eastian, Glenn J. Jefferys and June L. Rumbaugh. Readiness for marriage across several Massillon and Alliance addresses is noted.
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Virgil S. Cocklin
Massillon
Lois J. Bremkamp
Tremont
Harry Bryant
Carrie J. Shaw
2Nd St
Walter J. Hamelink
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Ethel Irene Thomson
Auburn
Stanley R. Jones
Harrison Ave
Joyce L. Marshall
Tuscarawas St
Birth Announcements Aug 17 Mercy Ashtabula General Hospital
Birth notices list multiple families with newborn daughters and sons on August 17 at Mercy and Ashtabula General Hospital. Names include Esmont DeVarmon Stosic Patter McCarty Bitzel Taylor Lloyd Bilchak Court right Bruckner Nelson Haines Hughes Moore Phillips and spouses with street or town details. One entry notes Wilma Owen as mother.
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Mercy
Joseph Esmont
Ream St
North Canton
Gibby DeVarmon
48Th St NW
Carl Stosic
6Th St
Richard Patterson
S. Freedom St
Alliance
Lorin McCarty
Wilma Owen
Cleveland
Daniel Bitzel
Malvern
William P. Taylor
RD 2
Aultman
Harry Abel
Greenfield
Joseph Bilchak
11Th St NW
Robert Courtright
East Sparta
Russell Stanley
Minerva
George Bruckner
Downing
Everett Nelson
William Haines
Paar
Courtland Hughes Jr
14Th St
Harold Moore
Son
Ma
Marland Hutt aged 13 is recovering at Mercy Hospital after suffering first and second degree burns from a rubbish fire explosion at his home on August 10. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Hutt of 3015 2nd Street NW.
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Marland Hutt
Paul Hutt
2Nd St
Mercy Hospital
Admitted to Hospital Mrs Roy Jennings at Aultman
Mrs Roy Jennings is receiving special treatment at Aultman Hospital after falling ill at home. The notice specifies medical care and ongoing observation with no further details on diagnosis or prognosis.
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Roy Jennings
Aultman Hospital
Firemaking Tradition Among Bolivian Simono Indians
Firemaking is a lost art among the Bolivian Simono Indians who pass a burning brand down from generation to generation.
Alliance Man 26 Held for Assaulting 13 Year Old Girl
Fred Lee Mattison aged 26 of 717 E Keystone street pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to criminal assault of a 13 year old girl and was bound over to the grand jury under a 7500 dollar bond Judge Harry Wykoff noted a warrant for a 24 year old companion and a third man as material witness. Police said the trio took three teenage girls for a ride and attacked them in a deserted area near Lexington after they drank whisky. The ages of the girls ranged from 11 to 15 and one girl said she was slapped for refusing advances.
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Repository Bureau Alliance
Fred Lee Mattison
E. Keystone St
Harry Wykoff
Mattison
Lexington
Police Warn Off Duty Officers To Seek Signers
Police department members circulating 40 hour week petitions were instructed not to accost pedestrians or motorists while in uniform. Complaints about officers approaching people should be directed to police headquarters. The order follows a Canton resident complaint about a man in uniform accosting people.
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Police Department
Canton
First Indian tea shipment to London sails in 1838
A retired naval officer, Charles Alexander Bruce, sent the first commercial tea shipment from India to London in 1838, marking a milestone in colonial trade and the tea industry.
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India
London
Charles Alexander Bruce
Illinois Lawmaker Chides Pajama Survey Report
Illinois Representative Vursell accuses Secretary Brannan of an expensive Agriculture Department survey on pajama wearing, labeling it bureaucratic pioneering. The 192-page pamphlet claims rich men have more pajamas, pajamas are used more in cold climates, educated men more often sleep in pajamas, and many men choose or have wives choose the garments.
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Ajashington
INS
Brannan
Vursell
Illinois
House
Agriculture Department
Wursell
United States
Gulling Among CPA Certificate Recipients in Ohio Tests
Richard A. Gulling of RD 3 Louisville was among successful candidates for certified public accountant certificates in the May examinations, the Ohio Board of Accountancy reported Friday.
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Richard A. Gulling
RD 3
Louisville
Certified Public Accountant
Ohio Board of Accountancy
Sidetracked Flat Cars Delay Guard Loading
IKE and civilians from the 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion face priority troubles as flat cars meant for motorized equipment were sent to a tank arsenal. The unit spent the afternoon and night loading lighter gear in boxcars while awaiting arriving flat cars to resume loading this afternoon. The operation continues through Tuesday on the old Dueber Hampden railroad spur.
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987Th Armorédad Field Artillery Battalion
Dueber-Hampden
Wooster Girl Wins Grange Highway Essay Contest
State Grange Master Joseph W. Fichter announced that Maxine Winifred Shelly of Wooster RD 2 won first prize in the highway essay contest. She receives an all expense trip to the Ohio Grange convention in Toledo next December and a cash prize. Barbara Zoeller of Wellsville RD 1 takes second, Phyllis Ann Mayes of Continental RD 2 third.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Maxine Winifred Shelly
Wooster
Grange
Ohio Grange
Toledo
Barbara Zoeller
Wellsville
Phyllis Ann Mayes
Continental
Two Toledo Brothers Die in Plane Crash Near Delta
In Ohio near Delta a plane crashed in a cornfield early today killing two Toledo men. Charles C. Knowlson, 27, and Theodore M. Knowlson, 22, were identified by the State Highway Patrol. They had departed Fort Wayne on a business trip to Kansas City, the patrol said.
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Wauseon
Toledo
Delta
State Highway Patrol
Perrysburg
Charles C. Knowlson
Theodore M. Knowlson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Kansas City
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House Committee
Sandy Valley School District
Navarre School Board
NAVY
Frank Bruggeman
North Hollywood
Calif
Paul D. van Nostran
Franklin L. Nobis
Girard Ave SE
Lloyd A. Schrader
Robert W. Thomas
Wilfred J. Adams
Harold McDaniel
Harold C
Arthur L. Melville
E. Broad St
Walter E. Jacobs
Gibbs Ave
William V. Swihart
Robert L. Meeks
RD 1
Tuscarawas St E
Irma M. McRobie
17Th St
Stanley Dawkins
Walnut Ave
James B. Cecil
Spangler Rd NE
Charles L. Craig
1000
11Th St
Cherry Ave SE
Sloan Macrae
RD 4
Algie Clark
12Th St
Norman Ebey
Kennett Ct
Ethel Hilbert
Harrisburg Rd
Ebey
Edward VanAlman
Hazlett Ave NW
John Amato Jr
Middlebranch
Indianaway
Time Magazine
Dial
M. Mullally
Cashner Motor Sales
A. Howard
Kolp Farm
Blatz
W. Tusc
Arlington
Open Mon
Correll
Mottas Bakery
Sun
Greentown
Thomas J. Schaub
Helen B. Thorn
Roger David Kiehl
Roslyn Ave
Donna Jean Kehl
Frank J. Schirack
Darlington Rd
Jane M. Gibbons
Fulton Rd
William Lloyd
Canton, Son
Max D. Phillips
Clara Lehman
Ashtabula, Son
Ashtabula General Hospital
the Planesmen
Larry
Turk
Curly
Kenny
Transylvania Gardens
Masasilion
Herman & Rose
Diana
Ray’s
Massilion Rd
Genoa
Pete’s Grill
Harrison SW
Alliance Man
Frank Corbi
Canton Alliance Road
Duke
Callasay
Rose Club
Malvern, Ohio
LA Pizzaria
East Tuscan Trump Rd
Television
Helen
Forrest
Eddie Camden
Hollywood Orchestra
Casablanca
Rt. 30
AL Murray
M.C. Saundra Walsh
Shansi Cosmo
Bob Hunt
Phil Mason
His
Dixielanders
Bob Fishel
lLese Brown
Bob Crosby
Benny Goodman
Fred Rogers
Ray Anthony
Great
Floyd Hughes
Walnut
Marion Solito
Tuscarawas ST. E
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