Frigid Aug 21 Frost Warns Ohio Crops. Cold Record Set
Canton records its coldest Aug 21 in 64 years as thermometers drop to 42 at state highway gauge and 45 at Akron facilities. Frost sightings reported. experts caution but acknowledge frost potential. Cool fronts keep weather cool, with forecasts predicting another chilly night and continued cool air. Farmer worries grow as corn crops risk damage from early frost and poor keeping qualities.
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Canton
State
Akron Municipal
Akron- Canton
Ohio
Timken Plans 5% Raises for 2755 Workers
Timken Roller Bearing Co. will grant a 5 percent pay raise to 2755 salaried employees on Sept. 3, with hourly workers not in a union also receiving increases. Invitations have been sent to AFL CIO unions for wage discussions, and a general price rise study on Timken products is planned. Cisco rail strike and Republic Steel’s pig iron supply could affect Timken operations. the current contract with steelworkers runs to July 19, 1952.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
C.S.O. United Steel Workers
A.F.L
Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland
Republic
Steel Workers Union
Canton
Columbus
Zanesville
Wooster
Mt. Vernon
Zoarville
Bucyrus
Colorado Springs
Colo
Heating Code Enforcement Delay Ordered
A temporary injunction blocks Paul V. Hauser from enforcing the city warm air heating ordinance. Plumbers Mills & Mills, led by William M. Zernechel and Irwin L. Rechkemmer, claim the ordinance is indefinite unenforceable discriminatory and unconstitutional. A $1000 bond was posted pending final hearing.
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Paul V. Hauser
Common Pleas
D. Deane McLaughlin
Mills & Mills
William M. Zernechel
Broad Ave
Irwin L. Rechkemmer
Lith St
Senate Nears Vote on Control Over Economy
The Senate prepared to vote on a home front mobilization bill granting President Truman broad emergency powers over the U.S. economy. The measure includes credit limits and defense production provisions plus potential wage price controls. House approval preceded the Senate action, while Democrats and Republicans debated anti-Communist riders and separate legislation. The outcome hinges on amendments and party strategy as a large set of proposed changes awaits action.
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Senate
President Truman
Truman
House
C.I.O
Red Control
Mundt
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
McCarran
Nevada
G.O.P
Morse
Maybank
South Carolina
Oregon
Flanders
Vermont
Rail Terminal Strikes Hit Cleveland and Midwest Links
Two major railroad unions initiated five day token strikes at key Midwest terminals in Cleveland Louisville and Minneapolis St Paul to back pay increases and shorter hours. Presidents Truman asked for continued operation. unions demand seizure of all railroads if unsatisfied. Strikes threaten steel mills and other industries as Republic Steel in Cleveland cuts output and lays off workers.
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Washington
Midwest
Cleveland
Louisville
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Truman
White House
Brotherhood of
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
River Terminal Railway
Steel Company
15th Casualty Listed for Area
Pfc Kenneth Swinehart 21 son of Mrs Esther Nichols 312 Davis NE has been slightly wounded in Korea per telegram from the army adjutant general received Sunday. He was wounded Aug 10 and is the 15th area man listed among Korea casualties. Swinehart previously served in Japan and Ft Knox with the First Cavalry. he attended Canton South High School and worked at Portage Lake Recreation Center. His brother Lloyd Flowers was killed in Italy in 1943.
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Kenneth Swinehart
Esther Nichols
Davis
Korea
Army Adjutant General
Pfc
Swinehart
Nichols
34Th Infantry Regiment
Alvin York
Clarence M. York
Ralph Fisher
O. C. Fisher
5Th St
York
Fisher
Japan
Ft. Knox
First Cavalry Division
Canton South High School
Portage Lake
Lloyd Flowers
Italy
Noted Surgeon Dr Seagrave Held in Burma on Suspected Aid
Dr Gordon S Seagrave American physician famed for Burma work is jailed in Rangoon on suspicion of aiding Karen rebels. No charges yet. embassy notes serious matter. He was arrested at Namkham near the China border and flown to Rangoon. He served with the U S Army during World War II and is known for Burma Surgeon.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
Dr. Seagrave
U. S
Seagrave
Mission Hospital
Namkham
China-Burma
Joseph Stilwell
India
U. S. Army
Kachin
Naw Seng
Toungo
Tharrawaddy
South Burma
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Russia
Soviet Union
P.o.w.s
Red Army
Foe Masters Launch New South Korea Drive Toward Pusan
Allied forces report 11,000 Red casualties in 48 hours as Communists press on central and southern fronts to strike at Taegu and Pusan. Night air attacks aided by phosphorous shells slow the Taegu push. Chinju and Haman see heavy fighting with losses on all fronts.
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Pusan
Tokyo
United Nations
Taegu
Chinju
Pohang
Haman
Hainan
Masan
Kumhwa
U. S
27Th “Wolfhound
Douglas MacArthur
Kigye-Pohang Line
U S Demands Russian Action In P O W Issue
The United States with Britain and Australia urged the USSR to account for 1,800,000 German and Japanese POWs. The move opens the U N General Assembly agenda and signals Western pressure amid a 3 year dispute. General MacArthur cited 309,000 Japanese prisoners held by Russia. Bonn and allies echoed large POW totals.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Kremlin
Britain
Australia
U.S
Flushing Meadows
U.S.S.R
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Red Cross
Douglas MacArthur
Bonn
Ice Cream Parlor Taggart Closes Early Tomorrow
Taggart Ice Cream shuts from noon to 4 pm Tuesday amid a death in the community. The brief notice notes a temporary closure and offers condolences as local readers absorb the unexpected loss.
Peaches White and Yellow Tree ripen to two fifty a bushel
Muckley Orchards advertises ripe peaches at $2.50 per bushel available in Waynesburg on Route 17. The brief notice highlights fresh crate picks and local orchard sourcing for summer fruit shoppers.
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Muckley Orchards
Waynesburg
Defense Chiefs Launch Secret Talks in Tokyo
In Tokyo Gen J Lawton Collins and Admiral Forest Sherman met privately with Gen Douglas MacArthur era staff. Vice Admiral Charles T Joy described Sherman’s visit as discussing matters with Joy and Collins. No disclosure of plans or Korea visit was given.
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Defense Chiefs
Tokyo
U. S. Army
J. Lawton Collins
Forest P. Sherman
Charles T. Joy
Far East
Sherman
Gen. Collins
E. M. Almond
MacArthur
Collins
Washington
Korea
W M Kail 70 Killed at Republic Steel Plant
William McHugh Kail aged 70 of Carrollton was fatally struck by a falling coke box on an electric crane at Republic Steel Corp Sunday at 6 35 am. He leaves a widow Bessie Conway Kail, eight children, a brother Frank Kail, and nine grandchildren. Services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Allman Funeral Home Carrollton with Rev B T Lomas officiating. Burial Grandview Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 pm today.
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Wiliam McHugh Kail
2Nd St NW
Carrollton
Republic Steel Corp
Kail
Union Township
Carroll County
Allman
B. T. Lomas
Grandview Cemetery
Dr Schacht Faces Fifth Trial in Denazification
In Lueneburg Germany Dr Hjalmar Schacht Hitler’s former financial chief goes on trial for the fifth time on Nazi charges. Both he and the judges hope this ends the denazification saga begun in 1946 after his acquittal at Nueremberg. An eight year labor camp sentence from an earlier trial was reversed on appeal.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Hitler
Schacht
International Tribunal
Nuernberg
Advance Unit of Guard Heads to Camp Carson
An advance detail led by Maj. Kenneth C. Lentz will depart from the Schroyer avenue SW armory for Camp Carson Colorado to prepare for the arrival of the 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Ohio National Guard. The size is undisclosed and this represents the first group leaving the area, with the remaining battalion to follow later this week.
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Kenneth C. Lentz
Schroyer Ave
Camp Carson
Colo
987Th Armored Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Yelling Reds Regain Hill on Southern Line
U S 25th Division in Korea reports a large North Korean night assault on Battle Mountain near Haman and Chinju. Red forces briefly drove 1 500 Black soldiers from the peak while American air power and infantry counterattacked. North Koreans suffered heavy losses as U S forces retook positions and expanded lines.
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U. S
Korea
Battle Mountain
Haman
Chinju
5Th
Sobuksan
Hamnan
Reds
Russian Gun of 1950 Evidence in Korea War
In Korea the 25th Division seized a 1959 model Russian machine gun turn over to UN troops. It will be flown to Lake Success New York as evidence against Jakob Malik claim no Soviet arms to North Korea since 1948. Dr Fondriest announces office removal to 307 Cleveland Avenue. Sue Ming reopens Monday noon to midnight at 1102 Market. Dr Carl Miller opens dentistry and oral surgery at 1311 Market Street.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
Jakob A. Malik
Soviet Union
North Korea
Carl G. Miller
N. Mkt
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Dryden M
Canton Retail Coal Dealers Assn.ad
Republic Steel Line
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Co
Baltimore & Ohio, Southern
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Paul
South Korea
Yonghung Island
Inchon
Seoul
Gen
Kim Il Sung
Kim
South Coast
Sea of Japan
P.O. W
U.N
Tipe Mide Stal George
Sokolsky
W.M. Kail
Dr. Schacht
Tusc
Harter Bank & Trust
Eclipse Elec
H. M. Fondriest
Sue Ming
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