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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1949

Page

8

Taft Attacks Truman Plan for Totalitarian State

Ohioan Senator Robert A Taft warned from Columbus that President Truman is steering the United States toward a totalitarian state through heavy government spending He urged 10 percent budget cuts to balance the budget and warned against higher taxes He defended the Taft Hartley Act and called for targeted federal aid and revised welfare programs as alternatives to Truman policy

Olumbus Truman United States Robert A. Taft Ohioan Columbus England Taft Washington Congress Senate

Brilliant Flash Blast Recalled On A-Bombs Anniversary

A July 16 1949 AP report marks the 4th anniversary of the first atomic blast at Trinity New Mexico seen from New Mexico Texas and Arizona. Eyewitnesses from Silver City El Paso and other sites described a brilliant flash and shock with no casualties. officials noted a remote magazine explosion and possible temporary civilian evacuations.

Blast A-Bomb Alamogordo, N. M New Mexico Texas Arizona U. S Japan Hiroshima Silver City Ray Smith Smithsonian Institution Burro Mountain Alfred E. Moore el Paso Mount Franklin Trinity Alamogordo Army Air Base William O. Earekson Roswell N. M

Mae West Sues Hotel Over Injuries and Losses

New York July 16 Mae West sues hotel in state supreme court for 250 000 claiming a defective bathroom floor mat caused her February fall injuring her ankle and leaving her unable to work on the Diamond Lil revival which has closed.

New York Mae West State Supreme Court Miss West Diamond Lil

Marion Hutton Weds Script Writer in El Paso Wedding

Blond actress Marion Hutton aged 30 married Douglas Linley Crickard a Northridge California scriptwriter known as Jack Douglas in El Paso Texas yesterday The couple departed for Los Angeles afterward confirming a Hollywood connected union with immediate relocation plans

EL Paso Tex Marion Hutton Douglas Linley Crickard Crickard Northridge Calif Jack Douglas Los Angeles

Movie Listings Show Multiple Double Features This Week

The theater guide lists a slate of double features across several venues. Loews features Manhandled with Duryea Hayden and Specie Agent with Eythe Reeves, plus It Happens Every Spring and The Mutineers. Ohio hosts Colorado Territory with Cagney and G-Man.

Loew’s Dan Duryea Sterling Hayden William Eythe George Reeves Specie Palace Jean Peters Ray Milland Paul Douglas Jon Hall Adele Jergens Ohio Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Colorado Territory James Cagney Dueber Robert Taylor Ava Gardner John Lund Barry Fitzgerald Abbott and Costello John King Constance Moore Robert Wilcox Judith Barrett Strand Alan Curtis Anne Gwynne Enchanted Valley Valentine Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Pa Kettle Maria Montez Dennis O’keefe Atlantis Park James Craig Johnnie Johnston Texas

Lucky Luciano Freed and Ordered to Quit Rome

Rome police freed Charles Lucky Luciano after finding no link to a dope ring but ordered him to leave Rome. Deportable to Lecara Friddi Sicily, he will depart Monday, escorted with his dancer companion Igea Lissoni.

Lucky Luciano Rome Ring Luciano United States Lecara

Spies Quality Foods Inc Files Incorporation Papers

Incorporation papers were filed in Columbus Friday for Spies Quality Foods Inc with 250 shares of common stock valued at 100 each. The firm offers meats and grocery supplies and operates a stand in the Auditorium Market. Incoporators named are Wilbur H Spies Lorraine E Spies and Gertrude Spies Basner.

Columbus Spies Quality Foods, Inc Auditorium Wilbur H. Spies Lorraine E. Spies Gertrude Spies Basner

Stark County Sales Tax Drops 5.7 Percent in First Half

Stark County sales tax receipts for the first half of this year fell 5.7 percent from the same period last year to 2,100,697.25 dollars, while statewide receipts slipped 6.6 percent to 58,442,046 dollars. Tuscarawas Carroll and Holmes counties posted gains, with Tuscarawas up 0.5 percent to 444,486.08, Carroll up 1.6 percent to 101,781.21, and Holmes up 5.2 percent to 51,946.87, while Harrison fell 5.2 percent to 62,328.66 and Wayne declined 0.7 percent to 377,914.66.

Stark County Don H. Ebright Tuscarawas Carroll Holmes Ohio Harrison Wayne

Canton Bank Debits Fall 10.9 Percent in June

Canton June debits reached 101.852 million dollars, a 10.9 percent drop from the prior year, the Cleveland Federal Reserve reported. The decline was the largest among the ten big cities in the Fourth District, with 191 banks in 31 cities showing a districtwide drop of six tenths of a percent. Canton's second quarter debits totaled 321.646 million dollars, down 4.6 percent from the same quarter last year.

Canton Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve District

TNT Depot Blows Up in Reich in 1945 Tragedy

AP reports a French explosives depot in PROEM Germany near Pruem blew up killing 12 Germans and injuring many others. Police cite a possible short circuit as cause. no sabotage suspected. Depot stored TNT and dynamite in an old air raid shelter set into a hill.

Reich Proem Germany Pruem

Mayor invites Princess Margaret Rose to visit Chattanooga

Hugh Wasson writes to Princess Margaret Rose inviting a visit during her rumored U S tour next fall. Chattanooga drew national attention when hosting President Dutra of Brazil.

Chattanooga Tenn Hugh Wasson Margaret Rose Great Britain Eurico Gaspar Dutra Brazil

Western Allies Plan To Cut Berlin Air Lift

Reports say Western Allies plan to shorten the Berlin air lift and cut costs of about 3 million dollars daily. Army sources indicate details have been submitted to military governors and a formal announcement is expected soon.

Berlin

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