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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1949
Page
3
A 20 year old parrot owned by Mr and Mrs Cox of Cairo creates nightly ruckus with cries of FIRE HELP while engaging in sun flower seed diets, nest building from furniture scraps, and amusing song while mimicking voices. Paco’s antics amuse neighbors and endear him to the Cox family despite the chaos.
Jobless rose to 3,778,000 in June, below the 4,000,000 forecast, while nonagricultural payrolls edged up after a six month slide. Youth absorption reached about two thirds of 1.4 million entrants, with Senator O Mahoney optimistic about price declines boosting demand to curb unemployment. Unemployment rose 489,000 from May, a normal swing in peacetime years, as Social Security reports show fewer new benefit claims and slight declines in continued claims.
Blair Burwell of Minerals Engineering Co reports a new vanadium and uranium bearing ore discovery near Rice Colorado. The deposit was found by Louis and John Dunning, longtime carnotite miners, in Barlow Gulch within the Entrada Strata opposite Hermosa Creek mines. The company has contracted development and is moving in equipment.
Opportunity to sell a washing machine immediately. Five calls from buyers already, asking price twenty dollars. Dial 5 6481 or 5 5101 to place a Want Ad before 5 30 p m for the next day’s paper.
Two Canton teachers Miss Alice Green of Gibbs and Miss Adrienne Michener of Woodland attend the 12th annual reading conference at the University of Chicago directed by Dr. William S. Gray, a national authority on reading and English.
Chicago dispatch says Air Force Chief Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg urged readiness of heavy long range bombers in the first stages of any conflict. He spoke at the National Air Fair at O’Hare field sponsored by the Air Force Association. Maj. Gen. William H Tanser, Berlin air lift commander, flew to accept the H H Arnold award from Air Secretary W Stuart Symington.
Rep Secrest of Senecaville Ohio criticizes overlapping pension systems. He promotes Townsend old age pension bill as comprehensive social security with nationwide coverage and benefits sufficient to lift recipients from poverty. He notes over 11,000 businesses provide private pension plans to supplement social security.
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