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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
10
The National Production Authority bans hoarding of 55 scarce defense and civilian production materials. The rule bars excess accumulation and resale at above market prices to deter black market trading. Items include cement, lumber, paper, cast iron pipe, various metals and chemicals. violations carry fines up to 10,000 dollars and a year in prison.
Mrs Margaret Evans Brown widow of Albert C Brown died this morning at Aultman Hospital aged 81. Born in Steubenville she lived in Canton Pittsburgh and Tampa before returning to Canton eleven years ago. Surviving sister stepson and grandchildren, services Friday at Reed Funeral Home and Burford Funeral Home Steubenville with burial in Union Cemetery Steubenville.
C W Murchison of Dallas announced a purchase of about one third of Diebold stock from the Ralph Rex estate in Cleveland. The remaining shares are widely distributed. George H Bockius, Diebold president, said management and operations remain unchanged.
Therrel Johnson aged 32 of 1505 Sandwith Ave SW died Wednesday night at St. Francis Hospital Cambridge after a year of ill health. He worked for Canton Drop Forging & Manufacturing Co. Survived by his widow Daisy Johnson and mother Myrtle Kirtley. Service Saturday at 2 p.m. at Buffalo Methodist Church with burial there.
Col Bolick Saholsky of the Cleveland Ordnance District announced that the Massillon Aluminum division of Ecko Products Co. received a $2.8 million contract for cartridge cases. He noted Hoover Co. had a separate $870 thousand order for rocket fuses. Together these two Ohio awards were part of about $78 million in defense contracts let to Ohio manufacturers in the last two weeks.
Eugenio Carvoto, 68, born in Italy, died Wednesday at Stark County Home where he had lived three years. He leaves a wife and two children in Italy. A Requiem High Mass will be sung Friday at 9 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Rossi funeral home tonight from 7 to 9.
Ida Weimer 86 of Waynesburg died with services set for Saturday 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church burial Sandy Valley Cemetery call Friday with Finefrock Funeral Home. James W Boyd 63 formerly East Greenville services Friday afternoon in Brownsville Pa burial Brownsville. William F Owens 74 Mineral City body at Gordon Funeral Home Mineral City. Ida Russ 81 Freeburg services Friday 2 30 p.m. Church of the Brethren burial Freeburg friends call Cassaday Turkle Alliance tonight 7 to 9. Dr Lee L DeArment 72 Dalton services Saturday 2 p.m. Methodist Church burial Dalton Cemetery call Arnold Lynch Massillon Friday afternoon night.
Michael Ferris to be prayers at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with burial at the church cemetery and body at Wackerly parlors. Austin H. Harbert to be at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery and Knights of Columbus service tonight at Williams parlors. Emery W. Engleman to lie in state at Williams parlors with burial at Westlawn Cemetery. Judson Z. Zerby to be at Former & Clevenger parlors with burial at Westlawn Cemetery. McKinley Lodge F and A M to hold services tonight at 7 30.
Unemployed workers in Canton and vicinity received 31014.50 in state and federal benefits in November. John M. Hayne of the Canton RUC office said payments were down 6440.50 from October, totaling 1,780,696 since Jan 1. The average weekly check was 21.02. Nearby areas posted totals of Massillon 8455.50 Alliance 8242 Carrollton 2481.50 New Philadelphia 7430 Wooster 3748. Hayne cited training and experience gaps for job openings and noted 445 jobs listed by the office’s employment service division.
Charles R. Tharp, 38, of 1120 Dewastare SW, was fined $25 and costs today by Municipal Judge Gordon J. Burris on a disorderly conduct charge. Police said Tharp threatened another man at his home Wednesday night with a loaded .32 caliber revolver.
D Paul Winter, 74, and his wife Emma, 68, died two days after police and firefighters rescued them from a deadly house fire in Hamilton. The couple had been pulled from the flames after neighbors reported smoke and flames licking the residence.
The 20 year old Korean War soldier is the first quadruple amputee reported. Robert Smith of Middlesburg Pennsylvania arrived at Walter Reed Hospital after frostbite wounds near Chosin Reservoir. He smiled when his mother Mrs. Clara Smith was said to visit him, and he slept through most of the flight. Capts Geovanelle and Fahrenkopf along with others described him as an ideal patient. Two other stretcher cases accompanied him. James W Wilson, a World War II quadruple amputee, plans to contact Smith to offer encouragement.
The National Safety Council forecast 330 traffic deaths during the three day New Year weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight amid a recent Christmas carnage tally of 545. President Ned Dearborn urged safer driving, recommending public transit if drinking, giving other drivers room, not riding with a drinker, and extra caution in bad weather.
The Ohio state board of control approved 3,045,000 for the Marion school from funds originally allotted for Grafton Honor Camp. State Auditor Joseph Ferguson contends the transfer exceeds the board’s authority. if vouchers are refused, the dispute may reach court, possibly the Ohio Supreme Court.
Hillsboro Ohio report says J C Smart aged 45 principal of the Fincastle Brown County School died in a local hospital shortly after suffering a stroke. He had served the district for years and was widely known in the community.
John Thrailkill 74 a longtime Alliance resident and expediter at Alliance Machine Co died after a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was found at his home on Overland Drive shortly after 3 p m Wednesday. Coroner notified. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m Cassaday Turkle funeral home. Burial in Alliance City Cemetery. He leaves a sister and two nieces and two nephews.
Albert P. Dice 73 former Canton resident died Tuesday night in Akron Peoples Hospital after six months illness. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m Eckert funeral home Akron with Rev Evan Roberts officiating. Burial Ellet Memorial Park Akron. Survived by one daughter Alberta Wadell of Akron four grandchildren two stepsons Charles and Percy Sewell Sawyerwood three brothers Earl Dice Canton George Dice North Canton Walter Dice Uniontown and one sister Miss Lillian Dice Canton.
A local florist offers sympathy baskets as a thoughtful gesture for mourners. The service emphasizes respectful presentation and timely delivery to homes or funeral venues.
Paul L. Shook of North Canton becomes president of the A F L Federal Labor Union at Hoover Co North Canton plant where he works as a precision inspector He succeeds Logan O Teagle Jr and joins trustees including Frank Patterson Helen Blubaugh Frank Cooper Ray Liebtag Frank Dick and Byron Snyder in leading the unit formed during the 1948 strike and affiliated with the A F L later that year
Report notes the United States consumes almost 5,000,000 tons of asphalt each year for road construction and maintenance. This figure highlights the scale of federal and state infrastructure programs and the demand for asphalt products.
Rev. Henry Schmidt, 85, longtime Evangelical and Reformed Church pastor in Cleveland, died here after 45 years of service. He led the hospital board of trustees as president from 1915 to 1945, shaping community care for three decades.
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