Excess Profit Tax Heads for Test in Senate
Senate finance committee weighs eliminating the House excess profits tax hike of 732 million dollars as open hearings continue. Chairman George says panel may study inequities and test base period rules while treasury pushes swift action to boost revenue for the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
George
Georgia
Treasury
Congress
Stark Auto Dealers Stage Annual Stag in Alliance
Nearly 100 dealers and guests attended the Stark County Automobile Dealers Association golf stag at the Alliance Elks Club. Harold Spooner of Downtown Motors presented a parchment scroll to retiring president D. L. Wallace of Wallace Motors of Louisville at dinner. Vaudeville acts accompanied the event.
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Stark County Automobile Dealers Association
Alliance Elks Club
Harold Spooner
Downtown Motors, Inc
D. L. Wallace
Wallace Motors of
Louisville
Weather Forecast for Canton and Vicinity
Cloudy warm and humid this afternoon tonight and Friday with light showers. Low tonight around 5 degrees high Friday about 78. Intermittent showers across Ohio with mid 70s to mid 80s statewide, heaviest in central areas and spreading north later today. Humidity higher in the south and foggy northern mornings reduce visibility. little clearing seen through Sunday.
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Canton
U.S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Milton Davis
Devis
Associated Press
Akron
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Tampa
Toledo
Tucson
Fair
Playground Dolls Parade Delights Waterworks Park
In Waterworks Park and 12 other city supervised playgrounds Wednesday afternoon dolls of all kinds crowded the parades. Little Linda Joy Brown showed off Suzy the near-life-size dolly with an orange skirt while friends displayed entries. First and second prizes went to top performers in several doll categories and a later play Inside the Doll Shop featured children as dolls under Margaret Nunamaker's direction.
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Linda Joy Brown
Suzy
Waterworks Park
Margaret Nunamaker
Historic Kansas Flood Hits North Topeka and Beyond
Floods inundate towns along the Kansas River with North Topeka evacuated as dikes fail and water pours into the business district. Rescue crews from multiple services assist evacuees while boats are airlifted into flooded zones. Dozens die or are missing across Marion, Ellsworth, Emporia, Manhattan, and other cities as trains halt and shipments stall.
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Ottawa
Council Grove
Manhattan
Marion
Strong City
Florence
Mainst
Four Die as Missouri Floods Rise and Storms Hit Fort Leonard Wood
Missourian floods worsen as four people drown in the Blue River near Kansas City while two soldiers die and ten more are hospitalized from a storm at Fort Leonard Wood. Weather bureau warns worse flooding ahead with showers and thunderstorms forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Verdisgris
Toronto
Emporia
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Kansas
Union Station
Missouri
Robert Roy Freeman
Alva Mitchell
Blue River
Fort Leonard Wood
Parking bonds cleared as cities win on revenue utilities
City leaders in Columbus face a fresh decision on issuing revenue and tax bonds to fund parking facilities. Courts held cities may build and operate parking to relieve congestion, with bonds repaid from facility income and not taxes. A parking survey report from Parsons Brinkerhoff is due in a week to finalize sites.
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James A. Rhodes
City Council
City Hall
Rhodes
Columbus
William R. Morris
Commission
Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Hall and MacDonald
Supreme Court
Two Boards To Examine 76 for Draft in August
Canton Selective Service Boards have advanced calls for 76 pre induction physical exam calls in August. The August quota totals 57 so far with no fixed dates. Board 109 will call 21 men and Board 110, 55. Board 111 in Massillon has not yet received its August quota.
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Selective Service
Massillon
CIO Seeks Public Air Mail Cost Disclosure
The CIO urged Congress to abolish secrecy in air mail subsidies by having the Civil Aeronautics Board set a public cost allocation. Elliott Bredhoff testified before the Senate commerce committee, arguing for separate mail pay and subsidies, with transparent reporting of airline costs for mail, freight, express and passengers.
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Washington
INS
C.I.C
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
C.I.O
Elliott Bredhoff
Senate Commerce Committee
Transport Workers Union
Bredhoff
C.A.B
CAB
Uniontown Man Killed in Korea War Hooky Case in Ohio
Uniontown and Port Washington residents are named in casualty reports from Korea. Fred D. Helems, hospital corpsman 3/c, age 20, was killed June 9 near Sanghanjon Ni while checking anti-tank mines. Pfc. Charles H. Miller of Port Washington has been wounded in Korea. Casualties for the area total 266 with 179 wounded, 48 killed, 39 missing. In Columbus, Ohio, discussions begin to open hunting season on Saturdays to curb student hooky. Grounded by debate, Wildlife Council hears changes to hunting dates, including squirrel and rabbit seasons.
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Uniontown
Port Washington
Fred D. Helens
Sanghanjon-Ni
Fred M. Helems
RD 1
Charles Marshall
Fred
Marshall
Heleis
Navy
Marine Corps
San Diego
Long Beach
Kerno
Calif
Camp Pendelton
Akron
Helems
Nazarene Church
Billy Joe
Lanny
Jimmie
M. A. Helems
Paintbank
Charles H. Miller
Verdie R. Miller
RD 2
Korea
Columbus
Ohio High School Principals Association
Arthur Gorsuch
Ashland
Ohio Wildlife Council
Gorsuch
Bromfield
Louis Bromfield
Ben Talbot
Toledo
Talbot
John Halliday
Gallipolis
Podunk
State Department of Education
Wildlife District
Army and Navy Union encampment to draw 500 delegates
About 500 delegates and guests are expected for the 33rd Ohio encampment of the Army and Navy Union at St Francis and Onesta hotels. Joseph Burger will preside with Mrs. Robert Tippen as state department president. Events run Friday to Sunday with flag presentations, memorial service, banquet, dancing, and elections of state officers.
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Ohio
Army and Navy Union
Robert Tippen
State Department
Lakewood
Joseph Burger
State
Ment
Akron
St. Francis
Onesta
E.S.T
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Grace, Reformed Church
Clarence Smith
John Lentz
Lulu Crego
Auxiliary
Union
Onesto
Frank Bow
George Branscomb
Canton
Civil Defense
Harry Woodfield
Peace Talks Pause After convoy standoff in Korea
Gen Nam and Allied leaders faced a three hour halt as a convoy headed for the Kaesong conference site was refused passage by North Korean guards. Admiral Joy, Gen Ridgway, and Lt Gen Robertson joined talks after the delay. Newsmen’s access stirred contention amid tense war conditions and shifting delegation plans.
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Ridgway
Joy
Sir Horace Robertson
Korea
Nam
Blind poet Kinney wins $1000 Helen Keller scholarship
East Sparta resident Richard Kinney, deaf and blind since youth, received a $1000 Helen Keller scholarship from the American Foundation for the Blind. A East Sparta High School graduate and author of Flight of Arrows, he also won the Stark County poetry contest grand prize with Dreamer in the Fields and will enroll as a sophomore at Mt. Union College in September.
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East Sparta
Richard Kinney
Helen Keller
American Foundation For the Blind
Mr. Kinney
East Sparta High School
Stark County
Mt. Union College
Drugstores With Soda Fountains Performing Strongly
A Commerce Department report shows about 40,000 drugstores with soda fountains nationwide average $75,000 per store in sales. The figure highlights robust consumer demand and steady retail health goods distribution across the sector.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
B 36 Bomber Supply Chain Highlighted by 1600+ Firms
More than 1,600 suppliers and sub‑contractors provide materials parts and services contributing to the B 36 superbomber.
Washington and Oregon Lead U S in Shingles and Laths
Washington leads all states in shingles and laths production with Oregon, together accounting for more than 80 percent of all shingles and laths in the United States.
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Washington
Oregon
United States
Local Thunderstorm Drops Light Rain in Canton Area
A localized thunderstorm passed north of Canton after 3 p m on Wednesday cooling fields and gardens with wetting showers but offering little relief to residents. Downtown Canton saw only a light shower. rainfall measured at .01 inch by the state highway garage. Forecasters predict temperatures will not rise as high today.
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Canton
State Highway
P. S
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Pact links Australia New Zealand to US defense
The proposed defense pact would treat an attack on Australia or New Zealand as a threat to US security, mirroring terms of the North Atlantic Pact. President Truman announced talks on April 18 noting Australia and New Zealand asked for a UN charter based agreement where an armed attack in the Pacific would trigger joint action through constitutional processes. It would establish ongoing consultation to bolster security via self help and mutual aid.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
Truman
Pacific
Romanian mill owner accused in scandal tied to Canton girl
The government alleges Max Simon, former Romanian flour mill owner, never lived with the Canton girl and later divorced her to marry a relative of Cleveland attorney Edward N. Koppelman. Miss Fish was not indicted by the grand jury. Simon had settled in Cuba after passing through the United States en route from Romania, with the Canton grocer claiming a year of correspondence and romance before a 1949 Cuban marriage.
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Tuscara
Max
Cleveland
Edward N. Koppelman
Miss Fish
Max Simon
Cuba
Romania
Canton Grocer
Coldest North American Airstrip Record Set in 1947
In February 1947 Snag Yukon recorded the continent’s lowest official temperature at 82 degrees below zero at a remote airport. The extreme reading marked a historic cold event for North America and is tied to the Snag meteorological station.
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North American
Yukon
Snag
Reds Boast of Control Ridgway Refuses To Let Reds Dictate Truce Plan
The United Nations halted cease-fire talks in Korea after Red guards blocked a convoy headed for Kaesong. Gen Ridgway and Vice Admiral Joy asserted the newsmen on the U.N. delegation have an inherent right to be present, challenging Communist claims of control over the conference process. The dispute centers on who may enter Kaesong and dictate the delegation’s task, with Ridgway stressing equal basis and U.N. primacy in negotiations.
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Ridgway
Associated Press
United Nations
Korea
U.N
Kaesong
Ence
United Nations Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
C. Turner Joy
Reds
Ridgway and Joy
Red
United States
Pyongyang
Hong Kong
United Command
Federal pay scales urged to shift toward across the board raises
In a letter President Truman called for an across the board pay increase to avoid larger cuts for middle and upper grades. The 1949 raise favored lower salaries but left top scales boosted. a proposal to eliminate the two lowest grades for substitute postal workers was rejected by the conference committee.
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Truman
Conferees Approve Narrow Payroll Cuts in Bill
A conference committee trimmed payroll funding in the labor federal security appropriations bill. The final agreement erases sizable Senate and House cuts, sending the revised measure back to both chambers for approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Korean officer refuses to identify as clash with reporters unfolds
Capt. McAllister and an interpreter confront a Korean officer in the road. A sharp exchange follows as the officer refuses to give his name or any information, insisting that correspondents are not to pass.
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Capt. McAllister
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Weather Report
As Guard
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
Red Cross
North Topeka
Kansas River
Topeka
Marion County
Jim Kline
Ellsworth
Jack Hawthorne
Gus Howard
Junction City
James Harding
Cottonwood
Neosho
Marais Des Cygne
the Weather Bureau
C.I
U. S
Hooky
Fred C. Welems
Army
Navy Union
Gen
Nam II
Munsan-Kaesong
Robertson
James A. van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
Red Korea
Eldorado
van Fleet
U. N
E. Sparta
Pauline Wilsdorf
Poland
D.P
N. Y
Robert Eunson
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