Community drives aid welfare children for Christmas
Stark County agencies seek funds to provide gifts for about 1000 welfare children. Readers urged to send checks or cash to the Christmas Fund at the Welfare Department 933 Market Ave N, or to the Children’s Bureau 221 Cleveland Ave NW, or the Catholic Community League 609 Cleveland Ave NW.
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Catholic Community League
Children’s Bureau
Child Welfare Service
Stark County Welfare Department
Canton
Christmas Fund
Market Ave N
Cleveland Ave NW
Area Director Highlights Housing Shortage Across Canton
Canton area rental housing tightens as war contracts boost industry and bring in workers largely from outside. Many renters fall in middle and lower salary brackets, with new apartments priced at 100 dollars or more not relieving demand. */ Unable to provide a suitable home, a southern Ohio family faces court-ordered custody action unless a larger dwelling is found.
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Canton
Richard C. Williams
Williams
Southern Ohio Court
Welfare Department
Rental Office
Formula For Flameproofing Home Materials
A home flameproofing method recommends a solution of nine ounces borax, four ounces boric acid, and one gallon warm water. Dissolve borax in half the water, mix boric acid with the rest, blend, and dip fabrics or decorations. Spraying may be used on heavy drapes or upholstery. washing removes the treatment.
Columbus Gets $45,000 Loan for Slum Clearance
The Housing and Home Finance Agency approved Columbus, Ohio a $45 000 loan for early slum clearance planning. The brief item notes St Helena reference as Napoleon’s exile site.
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Columbus
Washington
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
East To Have Colder Weather
The Weather Bureau forecasts the eastern half of the nation will be colder than normal for mid December to mid January, with New England slightly warmer and Florida near normal. The western half should run above normal, except the western plains near normal, with the coldest area in the western lake region and the warmest in the southwest. Precipitation will be above normal along the east coast and in the eastern Great Lakes, while below normal in the southwest and Rockies.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New England
Florida
Lake Region
Great Lakes
Oregon
California
Rocky Mountain States
Central Plains
CIO Continues Wage Talks at 2 Firms Here
The CIO United Steel Workers will press wage raise talks with Canton firms Monday. Negotiations are set with Canton Stamping & Enameling Co. at 9 a.m. and with Industrial Forge & Steel, Inc. at 3 30 p.m. A 10 percent general raise offer from Union Metal Mfg. Co. was approved by the union rank and file at 2006 7th St NE Saturday.
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C.I.O. United Steel Workers
Canton
Canton Stamping & Enameling Co
Industrial Forge & Steel, Inc
Union Metal Mfg. Co
7Th St NE
S A.F.L. Molders and Foundrymen
Chaplain Helps War Orphans Flee to Safe Haven in Korea
Eleven hundred Korean war orphans sail from Inchon to a southern island under protection of the Korean navy and U N agencies. American Chaplain Lt Col R L Blaisdell of Fort Worth spearheaded the effort, coordinating with 5th Air Force, Korean welfare groups, and volunteers to move the children to safety amid the war.
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Qeoul
Korea
5Th Air Force
Col
R. L. Blaisdell
Fort Worth, Tex
Inchon
Seoul
Blaisdell
Hat Thief Snatches Stranger’s Windy Escape
Edward Allen lost his hat when a passerby pursued it after a gust blew it off. The man who retrieved the hat fled in the opposite direction, leaving Allen hatless and puzzled by the swift escape.
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Toledo
Edward Allen
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Napoleon
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Y.M.C.A. Red Cross
Catholic Sisters
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