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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1949
Page
4
New York AP reports Pan American Airways Captain Sam Miller says a Dehmel flight simulator costs 250000 and halves training time. Twenty eight pilots have trained, reducing real flight hours from about 10.5 to under 5 per pilot, with life like cockpit replication and simulated emergencies.
Winter snow depths at this resort range from 6 to 12 feet. The 4,000 foot Brighton ski lift begins at 9,000 feet on Mt. Millicent. It has 90 chairs and operates in winter. It takes about 19 hours to convert coal into coke.
Former Secretary of War Henry I. Stimson warned that Senate rejection or amending the North Atlantic Treaty would be a disastrous repudiation of American peace efforts. He urged senators Ives and Dulles to support ratification, while debate over arms aid to Europe and allied nations continued with Wherry planning a revised amendment and a summer adjournment around August 15.
In Wooster Ohio on July 20 a four day refresher for veterans agricultural classes moved into its second day at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station with over 500 registered. The course supports vocational training for veterans entering farming and will have Wooster attendees teach modern methods across the state. Instructors come from the station staff and the Ohio State University College of Agriculture.
Jackson County Wellston hosts the first of 86 Ohio fairs with gates opening at 4 p.m. The schedule released by the State Department of Agriculture lists fairs from Wellston to Lancaster, with the Fairfield County exposition slated for Oct 9-15 in Lancaster.
Rev R C Lyons a 46 year old Assembly of God minister was jailed on burglary charges in Alabama amid a wave of masked mob violence. Victim Jack Alexander said Lyons prayed over him before he was whipped. Lyons denied Klan ties and said he was a former coal miner turned preacher six years ago.
Carroll County commissioners awarded a contract to Frank Abel of Carrollton to haul 130 tons of limestone from Harrison County to Route 21 at 1.15 dollars per ton. The material will repair Route 21 from Route 39 to Scroggsfield.
Charles Ketcham, son of Mt. Union College president Charles B. Ketcham, has received a Fulbright scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom. He will study philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, under funds from surplus property sales.
Kenneth Wendell, 30, of RD 1 Waynesburg, entered an innocent plea in Massillon Municipal Court to a reckless driving charge. A July 29 trial date was set.
Harry Hyde of H J Heinz Co. says signs point to an excellent tomato crop in the Fremont area with harvest expected to begin around August 10.
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