Korean War Tops Editors Poll for 1950 News
The Korean War was voted the No 1 news story of 1950 by Associated Press editors, followed by China’s entry into the war and the attempted assassination of President Truman. Other top items include Taft’s election gains, U S rearms buildup, McCarthy’s anti Reds drive, Hiss and Coplon trials, the H bomb order, the Sander mercy killing trial, and the Brink’s Boston hold up.
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Associated Press
Korea
United States
United Nations
U. S
China
Manchuria
U.N
Douglas MacArthur
Blair House
Harry S. Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Bernard Baruch
Eleanor Roosevelt
Russia
Hermann Sander
Sander
Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borreto
Brink
Boston
Folklore on Colds Shows Enduring Frustration of Medicine
A 1949 era overview lists centuries of folk remedies for the common cold and current treatments. It notes no cure exists, mentions popular home cures from mirror sneezing to duck breath, and cites modern medicines and prevention warnings. Prominent figures such as Lawrence Tibbett and Cary Grant are quoted on personal remedies. The piece discusses aspirin, antihistamines, penicillin cautions, and bed rest as doctors’ guidance, while calling for nationwide research and a coordinated national plan to map causes and treatments.
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Venezuela
Middlewest
Midwest
Lawrence Tibbett
Priscilla Lane
Cary Grant
Ezio Pinza
Noah D. Fabricant
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Fabricant
Timken Receives Large Orders for Railroad Bearings
Timken Roller Bearing Co. reports major orders for 128 new freight cars and 10 gas-turbine locomotives with tapered roller bearing assemblies. Great Northern Railway buys 100 70-ton hopper cars and 28 Unicel refrigerators for Saudi Arabia Railroad, plus 140 existing Timken-equipped cars. Additional orders include 900 cars requiring journal box assemblies.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Mark S. Downes
Great Northern Railway
Saudi Arabia
Pressed Steel Car Co
Chicago
Downes
Auto Industry Plans Early 1951 Output Cutbacks
The industry moves to reduce new car production by 20 to 30 percent at the start of the year due to national emergency needs. Major plants in Linden New Jersey Packard and Metuchen New Jersey Ford Lincoln Mercury and South Bend Indiana Studebaker announce cuts with thousands laid off. Detroit area expected to bear the heaviest impact as defense work shifts out of automotive plants while 1950 production set a record at just over eight million units.
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Automotive News
General Motors
Packard
Ford
Studebaker
Linden
N.J
Packard Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co
Metuchen
N. J
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Detroit
District Traffic Arrests Tie up Threes over Weekend
Police and deputies detained three motorists Thursday and today. Joseph J. Mucha, 39, 1528 2nd St NE, charged with no driver’s permit after a 3:30 a m accident at 400 block of Tuscarawas St E. He lost control turning from Cherry Ave NE and struck a parked machine owned by Jack E. Holcomb of Mineral City. Virgil L. Smith, 52, RD 1 Magnolia, charged with driving while intoxicated after erratic weaving on Route 8 near Howen Stine. booked at Canton Municipal Court. Jack Watson, 22, Wellsville, charged with speeding after a 3:30 p m Thursday crash at Georgetowa Rd and Route 44. skidded and broadside into Stark County engineer department truck driven by George Thouenin, 61, RD 4. Watson fined $15 and costs at Louisville Mayor’s Court. Signal Light Summons issued to Lloyd J. McCrory, RD 3 Louisville.
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Joseph J. Mucha
2Nd St NE
Tuscarawas St E
Cherry Ave
Jack E. Holcomb
Mineral City
Virgil L
Jack Watson
Wellsville
Georgetoward
Route 44
Stark County Engineer Department
George Thouenin
RD 4
Watson
Louisville
Lloyd J. McCrory
Firm Incorporates in East Sparta Store Venture
The secretary of state approves articles of incorporation for Morehead Inc a retail home furnishings and appliance store located in East Sparta Incorporators named are Mary Lois Morehead Paul Morehead and Jack Bruner.
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Morehead, Inc
East Sparta
Mary Lois Morehead
Paul Morehead
Jack Bruner
Weak two bid reshapes bidding in bridge strategy
The weak two bid, developed by Howard Schenken, uses openers of two clubs to reveal a gigantic hand and two spades three other openings to show a six trick hand. In a Bermuda world championship hand, two spades failed for South while four clubs succeeded for North, illustrating the bid’s risk and reward.
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Howard Schenken
New York
Bermuda
South
West
North
Story Hour Scheduled at Canton Library This Saturday
The Canton public library resumes its weekly story hour this Saturday at 10 30 a m for children up to 10. The program features stories films and records to entertain and inform young readers.
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Canton Public Library
Railroad clerk reports hay fire in cattle car incident
Fort Worth Texas officials received a clerk's report stating a lock on a cattle car was broken to dump hay on fire inside the car. The brief note cites the act as the means to extinguish the blaze observed on arrival.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railroad
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John L. Springer
Robert A. Taft
United Labor
Congress
Navy
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Alger Hiss
Judith Coplon
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Miss Coplon
FBI
U. N
New. York
Mon
Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc
Journal of the American Medical Association
New Manville
Idishmaster
Canton
A. C. Eynon Plumbing Co
Walnut Ave
Timken
Canton Municipal Court
Norman
Dedra
Enna
EAST
South Pass
Ieee
Kentucky
Schenley Dist. Inc
Frankfort
Yma
America
King
Shées
Market Ave
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