10 Jul 1949
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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1949
Page
1
A physician prescribes church attendance and quiet reflection as a cure for fear anxiety and guilt. The minister and author describe faith in God as power to transform the mind and body, outlining practical steps for confident living through spiritual energy and disciplined practice.
President Truman mobilizes government departments to back a House judiciary inquiry into monopoly power. He urged full cooperation for Chairman Celler as the committee aims to strengthen antitrust laws to curb economic concentration. Clark set as lead witness for Monday.
A nine concert series begins Wednesday night under the American Federation of Musicians and Canton Musicians with the Thayer Military Band the American Legion Band and the Nazir Grotto Band. Each ensemble performs at Moonlight Gardens Meyers Lake Molly Stark Sanitarium and Massillon State Hospital with the 40 piece Thayer Band opening at Moonlight Gardens directed by William E Strassner. The Legion Band directed by Walter Achauer follows at Moonlight Gardens Wednesday.
In a compact shopper note from the Codart repository a market round up lists 10,000 new books at 35 cents each or three for a dollar. The News Depot advertises folding lawn chairs at 3.95. Home Furniture at 229 Market Street features sale items in a local catalog.
A Hungarian refugee, Mr Koller, his two children, and the Russell Burt family resettled in Canton after wartime displacement in Europe and Siberia. He praises America’s abundance but laments perceived waste in food and materials, contrasts culture with the Old World, and recounts life from Hungary to Siberia and back to the United States.
Workmen of Garaux Bros Construction Co will widen Market between 9th and 12th streets starting Monday, with resurfacing to follow up to 19th. Two other projects on Public Square and Tuscarawas Street West begin this fall. Trees must be removed and traffic detours enforced. North and southbound routes reroute via Cleveland Avenue Northwest. City shares costs 50 50 with state. Ohio Power will install new street lights after widening.
A Jefferson County grand jury charged 14 individuals in the Birmingham area with taking part in hooded mob violence. The session handed 44 indictments for flogging and mob acts, with three dozen counts accusing acts of violence. Judge Wheeler praised the jury and stressed law over vigilante action.
H Fayette Christ offers 8 percent discount until August. Canterbury-Craine at 6th St NW advertises Try Ferraro's Italian bread. Zane’s at 137 6th NE runs carpet sale.
U S Vice Consul William M Olive, held three days in a Shanghai jail after a mass parade incident, says he was beaten. Consul General Cabot reports Olive was brutally struck, handcuffed, and forced to sign statements. State Department protests accompanied his release and medical exams confirmed injuries.
FRANKFURT Germany July 9 AP six Soviet zone border crossings were closed to loaded Berlin bound trucks in what is described as a new Russian blockade. Most vehicles carried fruit and vegetables and were turned back at several border points while some crossings remained open for empty trucks. A clash yesterday between American and Russian patrols reportedly left a Russian soldier dead.
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