Fairless predicts optimistic future for Massillon area
Benjamin F. Fairless, president of United States Steel and former Massillon resident, told about 200 at the Massillon Junior Chamber Dad's Night dinner that business is in a passing phase and that American industry will rebound with adaptability. He cited near a billion dollars spent by U.S. Steel on plant work since the war and noted steel output reached a record 92,000,000 tons in 12 months. He urged disciplined selling, better production efficiency, and waste reduction to keep the industry moving forward.
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Assislon
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Massillon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States Steel
Corporation
Fairless
Spanagel Is Promoted to Rear Admiral at Navy Yard
Canton man co A Spanagel advances from captain to rear admiral and retires on paper while remaining active as superintendent of the Annapolis postgraduate school. A career naval officer, he graduated Central High in 1909 and the Naval Academy in 1914, with service on the South Carolina and Nashville and combat duty in World War II.
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Co. A. Spanagel
Canton
U. S. Navy
Henry Ziegemeier
Spanagel
Navy
Annapolis
Admiral Spanagel
Old Central High School
U. S. Naval Academy
U. S. S. South Carolina
Nashville
The Timken Roller Bearing Company Ad
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors because they are a burden on production and can be paid only by production. Our workers may never see a tax bill but they pay in reduction from wages and increased cost of what they buy. Frankline D. Roosevelt quote used in ad.
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Frankline D. Roosevelt
The
Timken Roller Bearing Company Ad
New Interest Period Begins July First at Harter Bank
The bank announces a new interest period starting July 1. Members are advised to begin actions now. F. D. iL. C. membership details noted.
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Harter Bank
Final Opportunity Bond Drive Nears Target
Stark County Opportunity Bond drive totals stood at about 1.96 million of a 2.1 million goal with final figures due Tuesday, Chairman C. A. Laiblin said. The drive opened May 16 and Ohio’s quota was 62.63 million while the national target reached 1.0406 billion.
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Stark County
C. A. Laiblin
Laiblin
Ohio
Harter Bank Opens New Interest Period Starting July
Harter Bank announces an insured savings plan with a new interest period beginning July 1. Members are urged to open or fund accounts as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protections apply.
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Harter Bank
Fryers and hens offered by Cooper's in NE city
Cooper's at 921 9th Northeast advertises fryers at 33 cents a pound plus plenty of stewers and roasting hens with free delivery. Phone 58881-ad for orders.
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Cooper's
United Poultry
Harrisburg Rd Market Confectionery
Harrisburg Rd
Disputed Reos Now Belong to City of Canton
The city now owns six Reo trucks after Mayor Klein directed payment of 14850 to Boggs Reo Sales Co. The audit or sought legal opinion from City Solicitor Nichols, who, with state officials, found no abuse of power by the board of control in awarding the contract.
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Carl F. Klein
A. W. Fabry
Frank T. Snyder
Thomas Nichols
Snyder
Boggs Reo Sales Co
Boggs Concern
Board of Control
Boggs
Negotiators Meet on New Timken Bid
Timken Roller Bearing Co and CIO Steel Workers negotiators resume talks at 2 pm after handing two counterproposals to the union. About 12,000 workers at Canton and other plants remain on the job as a two week shutdown begins with operations to resume July 17.
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C.I.O. United Steel
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Canton
Gambrinus
Columbus
Wooster
Zanesville
Mount Vernon
W. E. Wycoff
Timken Golden Lodge
William E. Umstattd
Dulles Asked Hiss To Resign Carnegie Post
New York July 1 AP The government called new rebuttal witnesses in the Alger Hiss perjury trial after John Foster Dulles testified that last August he asked Hiss to quit as head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Hiss had denied the request.
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New York
Alger Hiss
John Foster Dulles
Hiss
Dulles
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
House
Murphy
Whittaker
Red Courier
Taft Hartley repeal vote ends in 51 to 42
Washington reports the Senate approved a Taft Hartley substitute by 51 to 42 after demotion of the repeal bill. President Truman weighs next moves as House Democratic leaders await guidance. The outcome keeps Taft Hartley on the books and fuels 1950 campaign tensions.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Rayburn
House Committee
Texas
Lucas
Illinois
Contract Snag Fails To Stop Power Plants
In Zanesville Ohio a still ongoing contract dispute with the CIO Utility Workers of America at Ohio Power Co. Philo plant continues without a strike after the contract expired at midnight. Local 138 authorized its bargaining committee to call a strike if needed, but leaders aim to resolve the stalemate. Similar conditions exist at the Tidd plant at Brilliant and Beech Bottom in Windsor West Virginia. The Philo plant is the largest in Ohio and among the nation’s biggest, with a system serving half of Ohio’s 88 counties. Supervisory staff and non Local 138 workers were ordered to report to keep plant operations.
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Zanesville
C.I.O. Utility Workers of America
Ohio Power Co
Philo
Philo Ohio
Joseph Fisher
Washington
Tidd
Brilliant
Windsor
W. Va
Ohio
Local 138
Pachler
Coplon Gets 40 Months to 10 Years in Espionage Case
Judith Coplon was sentenced to 40 months to 10 years for stealing government secrets for Russia. Judge Reeves imposed the maximum on espionage with concurrent second-count sentence, while defense plans an appeal. Coplon read a statement denying guilt and declined mercy, with trial in New York pending.
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Judith Coplon
Homeland
Archibald Palmer
Washington
Russia
Reeves
Miss Coplon
New York
Department of Justice
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Traffic crackdown planned for Fourth of July weekend
A Canton Stark County report warns 33 million vehicles will flood roads this Fourth of July, raising crash risks. Police agencies vow stricter enforcement after 24 Ohio deaths last year and 469 speeders in six months, with most tickets issued on six main speedways. The notice also promotes flags and a poultry ad as nearby items.
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Canton
Stark County
Ohio
Sheriff's Office
Howard R. Griffin
Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Taxes are High Prompting Ken Roller Bearing Ad
An advertisement for Timken Roller Bearing Co highlights tax concerns as a driving factor for consumer choices and industrial procurement. The ad emphasizes reliability and pricing in bearing solutions for machinery and maintenance.
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Tim‘ken Roller Bearing Co
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