Senators Press VA Chief Over Medical Care Crisis
Washington July 11 AP senators accuse VA administrator Carl R Gray Jr of causing a crisis in VA medical care. They praise Magnuson but demand authority for Admiral Boone and legislation to grant the chief medical director independent control over policy and hospital operations. The report cites past reforms under General Bradley and Magnuson as model care.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray Jr
Veterans Administration
Paul B. Magnuson
V.A
Gray
Magnuson
Humphrey
Minnesota
Hawley
Dr. Magnuson
Joel T. Boone
Admiral Boone
Conress
Senate
Elephant Air Travel Delights Chicago With Baby Elephant
United Air Lines landed a 1000 pound baby elephant in Chicago after it was captured in India and shipped to San Francisco by boat. The unusual cargo highlights a remarkable cross country transport by air.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
India
San Francisco
Weather Forecast for Canton and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Low around 65 degrees tonight. Edge of cool air mass lowers northern Ohio temperatures slightly while most of the state remains around the 10 degree mark. Farmers report good field progress. wheat harvest underway and crops showing growth across southern counties.
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Canton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Lake Miie
Feedler
Milton Davis
Davis
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Akron
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Clady
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Detroit
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Tampa
Toledo
Tucson
Washington
Bluegrass feud cools with mint juleps at Malabar Farm
Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky and 49 natives visit Louis Bromfield at Malabar Farm to settle a dispute over bluegrass. Bromfield asserts Canadian bluegrass is worse than Kentucky. diplomacy and hospitality prevail as both sides concede while touring the farm and sharing mint juleps.
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Mansfield
Kentucky
Louis Bromfield
Malabar Farm
Lawrence Wetherby
Bromfield
Ohio
Wetherby
Louis
Frank J. Lausche
Malabar
Gov. Wetherby
Ben Adams
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Louisville Agricultural Club
Bromield
X-Ray Survey Held in Stark County Hospitals
The Ohio Dept of Health TB division chief and an assistant will survey chest X-ray facilities at Massillon and Alliance city hospitals and Mercy and Aultman hospitals in Canton. They plan routine admissions X rays to reveal hidden TB cases and will review the county association’s prevention and detention program and mobile unit results.
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Ohio Department of Health
Stark County
L. L. Taylor
Stark County Tuberculosis & Health Association
Ralph Dwork
Charles Casey
Ohio
Massillon
Alliance City
Mercy and
Aultman
Canton
County Tuberculosis Association
Peace Talks Progress Reported At Armistice Sessions
U N communique says delegates feel progress is being made while stalling over agenda items and cease-fire scope. North Korean and Communist radios push a three point demand including a 12 mile buffer and status quo at the 38th parallel. Burke calls it fair but noncommittal as talks continue with limited patrol activity and air superiority remaining with U N forces.
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U. N
United Nations
Pyongyang
Peiping
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Korea
Burke
Moscow
U.N
H. I. Hodes
Red
Moscow Radio
Kaesong
U.S
Reds
Condor
No-Man’s-Land
Third Son of Family In Salem Dies in War
Salem reports the death of Corp. Carl White, 22, the third son in Anna Trimmer White’s family. He had been missing since March and was killed in Korea. Earlier, two brothers, Stanton and Earl Trimmer, were killed in France in September 1944, while another son William survived Europe and Paul serves in the merchant marine.
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Salem
Defense Department
Anna Trimmer White
Corp
Carl White
Korea
Department
Pfc
Stanton Trimmer
Pvt
Earl Trimmer
France
William
Canton
Paul
Iran offers to recruit 2500 American technicians
Iran has offered to recruit up to 2,500 American technicians to operate the nationalized Anglo-Iranian refinery and oil fields in southern Iran. The proposal was sent to Premier Mossadegh via Lee-Factors Inc. American officials doubt a small independent firm could provide enough trained personnel for the vast installations. The letter from Thomas I. Woolard outlined a two year contract tied to pay allowances.
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Iran
U. S
Mohammed Mossadegh
Lee- Factors Inc
Los Angeles
Thomas I. Woolard
Senate and House clash over auto and consumer credit rules
NPR blamed a short age of structural steel for project changes while debates over controls seek to extend auto payment terms from 15 to 18 months and ease credit for used cars, appliances, and furniture. Martin argues the inflation danger persists and the Fed cannot responsibly approve the liberalization.
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NPR
Martin
Maybank
South Carolina
Spence
Kentucky
Senate
House Banking Committee
House
Federal Reserve
Carl Pierce to Speak at Health Club Meeting
Canton Health Club members and guests will hear Carl Pierce discuss Road to Survival at the monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. EST at 203 6th St NW. He argues, based on William Vogt, that vast parts of the world may become wasteland with rising starvation in the next century after reviewing eight US cities. He last spoke in Canton on May 16.
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Canton Health Club
Carl Pierce
6Th St
Mr. Pierce
William Vogt
Pierce
United States
Canton
Budapest Reds Drive 30,000 From Homes
The State Department radio estimates 30,000 people have been evicted from Budapest amid a Hungarian Communist purge of undesirables. Reports from Brno and Bratislava say evictions have begun there. A deportee's letter describes life in a stable, silent and beaten, while observers say food supplies falter and a strict police presence borders the city.
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Budapest
Reds
Washington
State Department
Voice of America
Brno
Bratislava
Hungary
Auto Factories Idle Hit Twenty Thousand Workers
Detroit July 11 AP Auto plants faced layoffs and a strike problem idling more than 20,000 workers. Hudson continued production delays with 10,000 sent home for the 21st straight day. Plymouth and De Soto divisions added about 6,000 idle workers as discharges and slow output spread through Briggs Manufacturing, piling up bodies and parts.
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Detroit
Hudson
C.I.O. United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Plymouth
de Soto
Alliance Rubbish Hauler Fined on Three Counts
In Alliance, Wilmer Bryant, 44, of Reed Street, was fined ten dollars plus costs for strewi ng debris on a public street, driving with improper brakes, and operating without a license after a patrolman stopped him on N Webb Ave. His license, expired June 27, was suspended pending immediate renewal.
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Repository Bureau Alliance
Alliance
Howard Gerber
N. Webb Ave
Wilmer Bryant
Reed St
Bryant
Harry Wykoff
Tiles Retain Brilliance at Sidi Okba Mosque Dome
The 139 clay tiles lining the dome of the mosque of Sidi Okba in Kairwan Tunisia remain brilliant despite being installed a millennium ago.
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Sidi Okba
Kairwan
Tunisia
Boxer's party questioned in slaying of 7 year old Christine Butcher
In London eight July 11 AP two plainclothes detectives visited Sugar Ray Robinson's hotel party seeking clues in the death of Christine Butcher a 7 year old girl found strangled near Windsor. Police pursued a white man in a gray suit as a possible suspect.
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Ondon
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
Windsor
London
Randolph Turpin
Christine Butcher
Star & Garter
George Gainsford
Gainsford
Christine
Scotland Yard
Pennsy Seeks Fare Increase for Alliance to Cleveland Route
The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approval to raise the Alliance to Cleveland monthly fare from 29.35 to 32.95 with new rates taking effect August 10. The Erie Railroad also seeks changes including two monthly ticket classes and ending its 54-trip option. The Pennsylvanian would raise the Hudson Cleveland Monday-to-Friday ticket from 17.85 to 20.55 and the full-week ticket from 19.80 to 22.80 with other increases proportionate.
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Repository Bureau Alliance
Pennsylvania Railroad
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Alliance
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Commission
The
Erie
Pennsylvania
Wilson Johnston New Deal Captives
The National Association of Manufacturers calls Charles E. Wilson and Eric Johnston prisoners of the New Deal career men shaping a planned economy. NAM News accuses the Truman administration of propaganda tricks to push price wage controls, portraying Wilson and Johnston as figures fed charts and data by subordinates.
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Wey York
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles E. Wilson
Eric Johnston
Association
N.A.M. News
Truman
Wilson
Defense Mobilization
Johnston
Minerva Council Advances Bridge and Drainage Measures
Minerva village council held a second reading on a rent control ordinance and approved a grant Grants bridge repair by purchasing wood and blacktop. The village will join the Ohio League of Municipalities for a fee under 15 dollars based on population. The engineer was authorized to estimate costs for surface water and street drainage pipe work as three property owners complained about faulty drainage.
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Minerva
Grantst Bridge
Ohio League of Municipalities
Nichols Seeks Cost Estimate for Stadium Approach
Mayor Thomas H. Nichols asked the city council to authorize City Engineer John A. Shisler to estimate the cost of improving Harrison avenue NW to provide a new approach to the field house and Fewcett Stadium. He noted township trustees and county commissioners would participate in financing the street work and praised George Garaux for clearing the area of trees.
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Thomas H. Nichols
City Council
John A. Shisler
Harrison Ave NW
Fewcett
Nichols
George Garaux
Alliance Considers More Counsel in Health Official Ouster
Indications that Alliance will hire extra legal help to fight the ouster of Felix Freuler deputy health commissioner emerged as Mayor Harley Ewing said the health board would meet soon and City Solicitor William Martin voiced approval. Freuler was dismissed June 23 after a car crash, then obtained a June 27 injunction delaying his removal. The dispute centers on a merit system adopted May 28, with the city claiming a 90 day probation period while Freuler’s lawyers argue otherwise.
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Felix Freuler
Harley Ewing
Board of Health
Freuler
Health Board
Ewing
Common Pleas
Martin
Health
Senators Told To Hike Tax on Low Incomes
Washington July 11 AP Senator Flanders of Vermont hedges on an income tax hike tied to a proposal by the Committee for Economic Development a private business group. C E D favors a 5 percent levy after current taxes plus a 25 cent to 16 cent after tax cut for high earners and would replace corporate tax with a federal retail sales tax exempting food and shelter.
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Washington
Flanders
Vermont
Senate Finance Committee
Committee For Economic Development
C.E.D
J. Cameron Thomson
Minneapolis
Thomson
Coroner rules infant death natural not crash related
Coroner E C Reno says nine week old David Gonzalez died of brain disease, not a traffic fatality. Infant died at Aultman Hospital after the June 17 crash at Cherry avenue SE and the Baltimore and Ohio crossing. Burial delayed as Gonzalez family attorney requests. Donald L. Yennie, 26, faces reckless driving charges in the earlier crash. Stark County traffic fatalities updated to 24.
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David Gonzalez
Herman Gonzalez
Garfield Ave
E. C. Reno
Sheriff’s Office
Aultman Hospital
McCreery - Kreighbaum Funeral Home
Reno
John Kreighbaum
Cherry Ave SE
Baltimore & Ohio
Gonzalez
Donald L. Yennie
McKinley Ave
Stark County
Thorez Reported Recovering in Russia
Maurice Thorez French Communist party chief is convalescing in Russia after a stroke. He was stricken last November and flown to Russia where he is described as partially paralyzed and reportedly unable to walk. L Humanite notes steady improvement but no word on returning to France. He remains elected as a deputy while de Gaulle’s party questions the result.
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Paris
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
Russia
L’humanite
Thorez
France
National Assembly
Six Truck Drivers Fined in Massillon
Six truck drivers paid fines and costs in Massillon Municipal Court for violating an old city ordinance on driving heavy vehicles on designated state routes. Two more drivers were charged with driving off routes. one arraignment set for Thursday. Arrested and fined were Glenn B. Turner, Jack E. Frost, Clifford P. Snell, Morris L. Mallow, Ray R. Newell, and Frances O. Slusser. Dunne ordered apprehended. Thompson’s arraignment continued.
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Massillon
Glenn B. Turner
Oberlin
Jack E. Frost
Akron
Clifford P. Snell
Rittman
Morris L. Mallow
W. Va
Ray R. Newell
Roosevelt Or
Canton
Frances O. Slusser
Mason, Mich
Timothy A. Dunne
15Th St
Ben Thompson
Barberton
Ohio Power and Union Resume Contract Talks
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 11 negotiations were to resume between Ohio Power Co and the CIO Utilities Workers Union over a wage dispute. Union secretary William Pachier said 98 percent of workers across three plants had voted to strike if needed, with Ohio Power personnel director George A Beatty leading the company team.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Power Co
C.I.U. Utilities Workers Union
William Pachier
George A. Beatty
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TB Division
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Icans
Munsan
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Vienna
Voice
Briggs
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Sugar Robinson
Blackie
Stevens Meadow
Thames
Windsor Castle
Pennsy
Council
William T. Martin
Congress
Ohio Power and Union
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