Ohio Top Court Upholds Death For Cab Driver
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the execution of George E. Doty a 28 year old Bel laire cab driver for the murder of Alma Montag an 18 year old farm girl. The ruling upheld his first degree murder conviction and set Feb 9 as the date for the electric chair. The justices also affirmed a stop sign duty in Lancaster noting a city ordinance was not required for the sign. In a separate ruling the court ordered retrial for Wayne Brook over a motorcycle truck crash damages claim.
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Columbus
George E. Doty
Bellaire
Ohio Supreme Court
Doty
Alma Montag
Alma
Supreme Court
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Lancaster
John N. Ellinger
Fairave
Ellinger
Common Pleas Court
Roy C. Stout
Real estate banquet tackles free market vs communism
Canton real estate leaders at the 37th annual Canton Real Estate Board banquet heard Calvin K. Snyder warn that public housing and rent control threaten capitalism and personal liberty. He urged leadership in government to curb left wing influence while noting Communist tactics through do gooder groups.
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Calvin K. Snyder
Canton Real Estate Board
Onesta
Realtors Washington Committee
Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Harold Goodrich
Ohio State
Patty Whitmer
David Stephens
Joseph L. Conrad
Atlee O. Evans
Ben E. LaMaster
Dh Pseas
Onesta Hotel
Conrad
Springfield
Ohio State Real Estate Boards
Atlee C. Evans
Court denies challenge to chiropractic examiner qualifications
The high court refused Grace Allison's petition seeking to question examiner Fred MacLean's qualifications. A demurrer upheld by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court found the medical board may appoint any examiners it chooses as long as it acts without caprice, directing grievances toward the board rather than MacLean.
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Fred MacLean
Grace Allison
State Medical Board
MacLean
Trumbull County Common Pleas Court
Court declines case over speedboat operator in Summit County
In 1945 court records show speedboat operator John E. Anderson charged with reckless operation on Turkeyfoot Lake Summit County. He was jailed then released on bond, indicted by a grand jury, acquitted, and sued for damages. Common Pleas awarded $2,500 from Walter K Harris, nothing from Scribner. appellate court affirmed. Also declined to consider Charles R Harner case for Newark fire captain post after civil service commission revoked appointment in 1930. John H Young received the job. Harner lacked 12 months service.
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Turkeyfoot Lake
Summit County
T. F. Scribner
John E. Anderson
Anderson
Walter K. Harris
Common Pleas Court
Harris
Scribner
Charles R. Harner
Newark Fire Department
City Civil Service Commission
John H. Young
Young
Harner
Common
Weather Report for Canton and Vicinity
Cloudy with some snow this afternoon then clearing and colder tonight with low around 20. Friday will be fair and rather cold in northeast Ohio. Rain and snow earlier this day made roads hazardous. weekend forecast improving with drier conditions and rising temperatures. Readings show a northwest wind 15 mph, barometer 28.67, humidity 65 percent.
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Canton
U.S
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Milton Davis
Davis
Tomorrrow
Associated Press
Akron
Boston
Chicago
Inecinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Miami
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Punchboard case upholds ban on gambling devices in city
Judge Weber ruled the ordinance conflicts with the Ohio Constitution and aims to fund city revenues illegally. The Warfield Novelty Co. aided as friend of the court. Appellate court upheld lower ruling banning punchboards. stays on execution were issued and then denied pending Supreme Court review. About 405 licenses issued in 1950 and 430 in 1949, with a 5 dollar fee per license.
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Weber
Ohio
Warfield Novelty Co
Common Pleas
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Novelty Firm
C. B. McClintock
Charles W. Montgomery
Robert B. Putnam
Supreme Court
Ralph Ross
Samuel Krugliak
Kauffmann
Wilson
Europe Faces Possible Soviet Strike In 1951
The article warns of a potential 1951 Soviet aggression across Europe, with England Greece and Turkey as pivotal flashpoints. It argues Western weaknesses, limited rearmament, and the atomic bomb as the deterrent, outlining phased defense plans from phase one to a future armored line beyond the Rhine. It notes Turkey Yugoslavia and Spain as critical but under-supported forces.
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Europe
Winston Churchill
United States
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Hitler
Britain
Ural Mountains
English Channel
Germany
Spain
Russia
Rhine
U.S
Korea
Baku
Yugoslavia
Area Accidents Reach 24 Total in One Day
Police and deputies logged 24 accidents Wednesday and today including a damaged home a gas pump toppled a train auto crash with minor injuries to drivers and two school bus crashes. Notable events include Frederick May 23 of Steubenville fined for reckless driving after a Route 43 collision. gas pump damage at McCoy’s Corner. Canton resident Virgil Arnette knee injury from a crossing collision. Limaville and Plain Township school buses involved with minor injuries and one bus pulled from a ditch.
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Frederick May
Steubenville
Shaeffer & Black Co
James Gallagher
Hattel SE
Wilma L. Wilhelm
Limaville
Lexington Township
John H. McConnell
Ravenna
Plain Township
Clyde C. Crider
RD 3
38Th St
Wiserd
Frank Gelesky
Gillson Rd
Middlebranch High School
Ward changes loom as Canton council weighs wards
The Canton ward plan remains unfinished as talks center on lifting the rambling 10th ward. Officials cite possible 14 council seats if no action is taken by February 7, delaying a new ward until the 1953 primary. The secretary of state fielded inquiries from other cities facing similar ward restructurings.
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Secretary of State
Ohio
Canton
Robert P. Wilson
Wilson
Two Casualties Bring Total in District to 15
Local reports list a Canton man missing and another Canton resident’s son wounded in Korea. Total district casualties rise to 151 with 99 wounded 25 killed and 27 missing. Pfc Roy C Wright 19 son of Mr and Mrs Freeman Wright of 406 14th st SE missing since Dec 1, member of 25th Division. Sgt Oliver Wright 27 a brother and McKinley High School graduate also serves in Korea. Corp John Fairclough 18 son of James Fairclough of 1311 Dudley SE wounded in Changjin reservoir area last November. treated for frostbite at Percy Jones Army Hospital Battle Creek Mich. He enlisted Aug 6 1948 trained at Fort Bragg left for Korea last August.
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Canton
Roy C., Wright
Freeman Wright
14Th St SE
Korea
Sgt
Oliver. Wright
McKinley High School
Wright
Ft. Dix
N. J
Corp
John Fairclough
James Fairclough
Dudley
Changjin Reservoir
Fairclough
Percy Jones Army Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Ft. Benning
Steubenville
Syracuse Man To Judge News Publishers Contest
Alexander F. Jones vice president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors was named judge of the 1951 journalism contest for the American Newspaper Publishers Association. He is executive editor of the Syracuse Herald Journal and Sunday Herald American. Winners announced at the ANPA convention on April 25 in New York.
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New York
Alexander F. Jones
American Society of Newspaper Editors
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Jones
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Sunday Herald-American
A.N.P.A
Woman's Condition Fair After Massillon Mishap
Mrs Mae Weiss 50 of Cleveland is in fair condition at City Hospital with injuries from a Wednesday auto crash on Lincoln Way W Massillon police reported. The car skidded on ice and hit a sign injuring Mrs Weiss and her husband Sam Weiss 51 suffered forehead lacerations. Their son Lawrence Weiss 19 was uninjured. He said mud from a tractor trailer impaired his view causing the skid.
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Massillon
Mae Weiss
Cleveland
City Hospital
Lincoln Way W
Sam Weiss
Lawrence Weiss
Weiss
Management At Apple Creek Hit by Doctor
Dr R J Reddick clinical director at Apple Creek State Hospital charged mismanagement at the facility during a meeting at Babcock Hall Wooster. He claimed staffing is inadequate with few trained nurses and doctors and criticized patient handling while urging public action and new legislation.
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Apple Creek
Reddick
Dr. Reddick
Apple Creek State Hospital
American Psychiatric Society
Apple Creek Hospital
Alliance Firm Gets Big Order for Cranes
PITTSBURGH January 11 Alliance Machine Co of Alliance received a multi million dollar order from United States Steel for 28 electrical overhead traveling cranes for its new Morristown New Jersey steel plant. Sixteen cranes include three 400 ton four girder ladle cranes and three 30 ton telescopic soaking pit cranes. The eight largest cranes are claimed to be the largest ever ordered. The remaining 20 cranes will serve the motor rooms hot strip mill annealing building and cold reduction mills.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Co
Alliance Machine Co
Alliance
Morristown
N. J
Alliance Machine
Auto kills man in Youngstown area
An automobile struck and killed Mike Bukovac, 72, of Struthers in Mahoning County. The fatality marked the year's second traffic death in the county.
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Youngstown
Mike Bukovac
Struthers
Mahoning County
Canton Men Re-Elected Brewster Bank Directors
Presley S. Campbell Jr. and Cyril B. Paumier, both of Canton, along with Dr. William P. Hanna D. V. Belloni and Marion Belloni of Brewster, were re-elected directors at Brewster Banking Co annual stockholders meeting. Paumier was renamed president and cashier, Hanna became vice president, and Odessa Moser was named secretary and assistant cashier.
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Brewster
Presley S. Campbell Jr
Cyril B. Paumier
Canton
William P. Hanna
D. V. Belloni
Marion Belloni
Brewster Banking Co
Paumier
Dr. Hanna
Odessa Moser
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Weather Report
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Greece
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Kremlin
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Gallagher
Mercy Hospital
Albert Gheen
RD 1
Waynesburg
Nash
Louisville
McCoy’s Corner
Routes 62
Pat L. Cera
Niles
Marvin Thornton
Farmer
Cera
Virgil E. Arnett
Hatt
Fairmount Blvd NE
W. O. McDonald
Roslynave SW
Syracuse
State Hospital
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Market Ave
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