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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1949
Page
2
A medicated balm named Ice-Mint offers quick relief for burning feet and tired soles. It soothes stinging corns and callouses, leaving feet feeling fresh and cool, and is advertised for purchase at all druggists.
Ohio lawmakers prepared to sign bills passed by the 98th General Assembly while a skeleton House may meet. Gov Lausche has not indicated veto plans for 307 measures, with a $647 million budget amid deficit debates and revenue questions.
Los Angeles reports UC researchers Dr. P. M. West and Jessamine Hillard perfected a rapid test charting the ratio of blood enzymes renin and chymotrypsin. The method, standard at Birmingham VA Hospital, promises earlier detection of treatment response and cancer relapse within 24 hours, aiding evaluation of new therapies and extending patients' lives.
Pope Pius XII told German Catholics that no government that denies God can endure. In a Berlin radio address marking the Berlin Diocese golden jubilee, the pontiff said faith in God had sustained German Catholics through Nazi turmoil and would carry the nation forward. The pope, then Eugenio Pacelli, once served as papal nuncio to Berlin and speaks German fluently.
In Groveland Florida tension eased after an armed mob attempted to remove two Negroes from jail. National Guard units patrolled orderly streets as sheriff McCall and guards quelled the crowd, while pamphlets from Ku Klux Klan members circulated. Two inmates Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, both 20, were under guard amid ongoing search for other suspects.
In Newark July 18 AP a coalition of 53 Licking County Grange members from 14 Granges formed a five member impeachment committee to pressure the removal of State Grange master Joseph W Fichter. The panel will hire an investigator and attorney to gather witnesses and draft charges while Fichter calls the move a publicity stunt and urges adherence to Grange principle.
Cleveland July 18 AP A city bus driver Stephen J. Lillis 30 shot and killed one of three armed robbers as they fled after robbing him at his Bessemer terminal. Authorities identified the killed man as Leroy Nelson 23. Nelson clutched the passenger wallet found later. The incident follows a string of robberies against drivers in the city.
A large bomb exploded in Barcelona's Plaza de Catalunya last night killing one man and injuring nine. Two women are gravely wounded as windows shattered across the neighborhood. Police closed the square and set a net to trap those responsible.
Representative Vito Marcantonio denounced the indictment of 11 top Communist leaders on trial in New York as a vote-getting maneuver to aid Truman’s election. He attacked Truman as aligned with the conference sponsors Henry A Wallace and Paul Robeson. About 1,300 delegates from 33 states planned a national picket line outside the Federal building to press for the jailed leaders’ release. Three defendants Gilbert Green Gus Hall and Henry Wington were freed on bail for contempt in court.
Freedom House announces two 1949 awards to David E. Lilienthal chairman of the U S Atomic Energy Commission and General Lucius D Clay former U S military governor of Germany. Former Secretary of War Robert P Patterson Freedom House president unveiled the plan noting two awards instead of one. The ceremonies are set for October 13.
In Akron on July 18 AP reports 100 shipping room workers at B. F. Goodrich Co. return to work after idle period sparked by the release of a shift dispatcher. The walkout ended following a sharp telegram from H. R. Lloyd, CIO United Rubber Workers president, who urged immediate resumption of work and adherence to grievance procedures.
Economy-minded Senator Elmer Thomas announced a large military spending cut, later refined to reveal an extra 108 million dollars. Clerks of the Senate appropriations committee confirmed the total decrease from the House figure, bringing the army, navy and air force allocations down by over a billion dollars on initial estimates.
Police scoured woods near Akron as they continued a dwindling search for Eddie Starcher 22 the last of 14 convicts who fled Moundsville state penitentiary on June 3. Deputies Barberton officers and locals aided the hunt but the trail faded after a dramatic arrest attempt.
Dr. Ralph Bunche told 12 000 at the Hollywood Bowl that democracy rests on practice not theory and urged active peacemaking. The NAACP awarded him the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievement as he emphasized that a true American belongs to all Americans and called for peaceful settlement of international disputes via the United Nations.
The body of Frances Rader was recovered from a water-filled gravel pit the day she planned to pick an engagement ring. She had just celebrated her 17th birthday at a family dinner and attended a movie with her fiancé Calvin Scheidt, 21.
Miss Ruth Jester a cashier for a finance company told police she withdrew 1505 dollars from the firm bank account and the amount was missing from her purse when she returned to the office.
About 47 year old laborer O J T Murray was stabbed to death with a butcher knife during a quarrel at a Sandusky rooming house. Police arrested 35 year old Mrs Sarah Sims.
A nasal style ad claims FASTEETH powder keeps false teeth firm for easier eating and talking. It touts no tummy taste or pasty feel while reducing denture odor and recommends purchase at any drug store.
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