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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
3
Indian officials said the Dalai Lama departed Lhasa on an official tour with 600 troops. Reports indicate a possible trek toward India and Sikkim while Chinese forces remain east of Lhasa. Local sources warn of potential Chinese interception as Tibet remains unsettled and propaganda spreads.
Blackie the dog led two boys to Queenie the beagle trapped headfirst in a five gallon can. Harley Smith freed Queenie and, to everyone’s surprise, found a live rabbit at the bottom. Queenie and the rabbit were both saved.
United Nations commander in Korea and Tokyo chief, Douglas MacArthur, selected as top news personality of 1950 by AP editors. Taft, Acheson, Reuther, Wilson, Kendall and Hench, Faulkner, Jolson, and Perle Mesta also noted for leadership in politics labor industry science literature entertainment and diplomacy.
Timken Roller Bearing Co announces completion of replacing coal fired steam switching engines with Diesel electric locomotives in Canton and Gambrinus plants. The overhaul includes four new large Diesel engines and a Diesel electric crane with ongoing air filtering trial on an electric furnace estimated at about 36000 dollars.
MEAU Alaska December 29 AP Two hundred pounds of million year old cocktail ice from Mendenhall Glacier heads for New York for the Explorers Club banquet at the Hotel Roosevelt on January 13. Maynard Miller a club member and director of the Juneau icecap project arranged the shipment. The ice was flown to Seattle and will be moved east by United Airlines.
Adolph Unger, a Canton attorney, spoke on belief in God during the Thursday noon luncheon of the Churchmen's Luncheon Club held at the Y.M.C.A.
Nobel peace prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche told the American Political Science Association that war may be avoided though the situation remains dangerous. He urged the United Nations to have sufficient military strength to halt aggressors and cited Indonesia, Palestine, Greece, and Korea as lessons for a future era of peace.
The army has no plan to call up many reserve officers above captain to train expanding ground forces. Spokesmen cited the Dec 26 call for 7,500 lieutenants and captains from reserve and National Guard next March. They said junior officers are most needed during training and that majors and above are currently sufficient. Senior officers have been recalled for specialized duties, with officers of all ranks joining units of the Organized Reserve and National Guard.
Tokyo December 29 AP Gen Douglas MacArthur appointed Capt Sam Sims Walker 25 aide to the general Walker son of the late Lt Gen Walton H Walker killed in a Korean jeep crash last week Walker had led Company A 19th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division The general's body will depart Japan by plane tomorrow for the United States
Local sale highlights a clearance on domestic linens including shag toilet lid covers at 98c, chenille spreads from 2.39 to 5.95, rayon and cotton luncheon cloths, fancy linen tea towels, cotton and linen dish towels, hemstitched pillowcases boxed at 2.95 to 4.95, embroidered cherry bath towel sets at 3.95, and outing flannel stripes and prints 36 inches wide at clearance prices.
The ad highlights two way stretch hosiery and pantie girdles at four dollars, with limited sizes. It lists vests shirts training pants pants and boys girls clothing up to age 12 at prices from 39 cents to four dollars, plus seamptute rayon slips with lace trims in multiple colors and sizes, and two piece sleepers for tots up to 3 years in pink or blue, all noted as broken sizes.
Sportswear and accessories priced from 10.95 Angora cardigans in pastel shades to 3.95 skirts. Belts mostly leather range 0.50 to 1.00, with gold finish metal cigarette holders at 6.95 to 8.95. Nylon and wool sweaters appear and taffeta and wool skirts complete the listing.
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