Five Convicts Flogged After Trying To Flee
CANON CITY COLORADO July 20 AP Warden Roy Best said five convicts who attempted to shoot their way out of the Colorado State Prison have been whipped with a leather strap six inches wide two and a half feet long. The guards inflicted multiple lashes as a doctor attended. Two guards were wounded in the breakout attempt Monday and the prisoners bore bruises but showed no lasting injuries.
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Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Colorado State Prison
Denver Post
Robert Stapp
Best
Associated Press
Stapp
Taft Sees GOP Sweep in 1952 Senate races
Senator Robert A. Taft said Republicans will not give anything away in next year’s elections outside Mississippi. Everett Dirksen, GOP campaign head, reported to Senate leaders that the party could win a substantial majority in 1952. The GOP trails 50 to 46 in the Senate with 19 Republican and 14 Democratic seats potentially up for grabs.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mississippi
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Taft
Dirkson
G.O.P
Weather Forecast for Canton and Vicinity
Sunny and dry this afternoon. Fair and cool tonight with a low near 50. Saturday sunny and warmer. The five day forecast calls for slightly above normal temperatures with a gradual rise and no rainfall expected through tomorrow. Almanac data notes a high of 84 and low of 62 for Canton a year ago with readings at 11 A.M. barometer 28.73 at station.
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Canton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Chio
International
Ohians
Milton Davis
Davis
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Akron
Atlanta
Bismarck
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Buffalo
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Tucson
Washington
Tax plan urged to land on fall Canton ballot
City council urged to place a tax proposal on the fall ballot with a three week deadline to refer to elections. A five year plan at one half of one percent was favored by many, with possible carve outs for administration, operating costs, and capital improvements including streets, sewers, and public buildings. Some urged income tax as vital, while others warned it is not a solution and called for deep spending cuts in police and fire services.
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Board of Elections
Youngstown
Canton
Akron
Council
van Nostran
Frerichs
Mr. Sterling
Baker
Crowd gathers as cruiser gambler faces police action
Gambling from a cruiser triggers a large crowd at a smoke shop as El Faye threatens workers tied to city influence. Police use force to place him in a patrol wagon. Officers also arrest seven at 903 Cherry Ave SE now a rooming house. Acie Greer, 43, fined $50 for disturbing the peace. Three women charged with intoxication. men also jailed on drunk charges.
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el Faye
Morals Bureau
Wayne East
Howard Franks
Cherry Ave SE
Acie Greer
McCarroll
Polio patient added to Canton list at eight this year
A 22-year-old southeast Canton woman was listed today by the Canton board of health as the citys eighth polio patient for the year. She is under treatment at Aultman Hospital.
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Southeast Section
Canton Board of Health
Aultman Hospital
Kansan Trapped Six Days By Flood Learns To Swim
ANSAS CITY Kan July 20 48 year old Joe Conkin spent six days in a second story room as flood waters rose in Kansas City He recovered in a hospital and said he will now learn to swim He described praying while the water covered the bed and noted the door had to be broken to reach him due to thick mud after boats were heard nearby.
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Ansas City
Kan
Joe Conkin
Kansas City
Conkin
Kansas City Star
Floods limit city to riverfront area as 1947 memory wanes
The city will remain confined mainly to the riverfront, with industry spared. Mammoth dikes along the Mississippi near St. Louis are in better condition than in 1947 when waters reached 40.2 feet. Army engineers expect them to hold. President Truman said Midwest flood damage tops 1 billion dollars, covering personal, industrial, and agricultural losses. Wilson named to direct federal restoration efforts, and the mayor urged sparing water use while pumping plants lose coal and chemicals. Missouri River bridge status uncertain as floods recede in Jefferson City and highways suffer closures at 62 points.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Truman
Washington
Midwest
Wilson Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
St. Louisans
Joseph
Kansas City
St. Charles
Highway Department
Jefferson City
State Capitol
Missouri
Pollution threat prompts action at Nimishillen Creek site
An ongoing nuisance from old sewage operations spurs plans for immediate treatment at the old plant near Howenstine and a new $3,250,000 facility, with state officials to file a report after a site inspection led by sanitation engineer E. J. Richards. Chlorine gas treatment will be installed in upgraded manholes to neutralize odor, while injunctions against polluters are prepared.
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Howenstine
Doll
East Sparta
Ohio Health Department
E. J. Richards
F. M. Strine
Richards
State Department
Harold Williams
City Service
F. H. Waring
Nimishillen Creek
Allen Ave
Kimballrd
Water Department
Cleveland
Truman Asks Red Cross Help for Flood Victims
President Truman appealed to Americans to donate at least five million dollars through local Red Cross chapters for flood relief in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Illinois. He also allocated two hundred seventy five thousand dollars of federal funds for emergency relief following requests from Missouri Governor Forrest Smith and similar aid last Saturday for Kansas floods.
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Washington
Truman
Red Cross
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
E. Roland Harriman
Forrest Smith
Drop in Humidity Brings Comfort Amid Drought in Stark County
The Stark County area endures a dry July with only about six tenths of an inch of rain in 20 days. Fields wilt as streams dry up and dust storms rise while forecasts offer little hope. humidity fell to 65 percent at Akron Canton Airport and temperatures cooled to 53 degrees at 5 a.m., marking the coolest July 20 in over two decades.
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Missouri Valley
Stark County
Ohio Highway Garage
Akron-Canton
Ohio Highway
Plane crash scare stamps fear into rain soaked airliner
A large airliner with 53 aboard made an emergency landing in a rain soaked field after a wing dragged during approach. Passengers spilled onto the wet field as flames licked a wing tip but caused no injuries or damage. Capt Armstrong cited severe vibration forcing a forced descent. One sailor slept through the landing and vowed never to fly again except in a submarine.
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Here
Judy Berke
New York
Abdullah’s Death Deepens Turmoil in Middle East
The article surveys the fragile Middle East after Abdullah’s death in Amman, amid British Iran oil disputes, Arab-Israeli tensions, and Cold War pressures. It recalls his ties to Lawrence of Arabia, his aims for a Greater Syria, and his rise as emir of Transjordan under League of Nations mandate.
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League of Nations
British Commonwealth
Middle East
Iran
Britain
Israel
Russia
U. N
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Abdullah
Amman
Riad el Solh
Lebanon
Solh
Syria
Lawrence
Ibn Hussein Abdullah
Jordan
Hussein
Sherif
Hejaz
Feisal
Lawrence of Arabia
Mecca
Mohammed
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
Fertile Crescent
Iraq
Transjordan
Emir of
Potters Select Chicago For 1952 Convention
EAST LIVERPOOL July 20 The National Brotherhood of Operative Potters selected Chicago as the site for its 1952 convention Apart from Atlantic City N J where the gathering has been held for four decades the move ends a long Chicago choice The union plans to seek a general wage increase for 30000 workers from the U S Potters Association
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East Liverpool
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Chicago
Atlantic City
N. J
U. S. Potters’ Association
Large St Bernard Exhibited in England Weighs 214 Pounds
An 1886 England exhibition featured a St Bernard dog weighing 214 pounds, a remarkable weight for the breed. The event drew attention to the animal's size and generated local interest in canine displays of the era.
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England
Ohio Wheat Farmers Seek To Lift Prices
Ohio wheat farmers seek higher prices as harvest yields dip. Farm Bureau officials cite subnormal yields of about 15 bushels per acre, high moisture, and late harvesting due to cold weather and rains. Cash price around 2.13 dollars, loan value 2.28 with storage deductions. Greene Fayette counties report especially poor yields. Madison nearer state average.
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Columbus
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Marvin D. Losey
Grain
Glenn Ray
U. S. Agriculture Extension Service
Ray
Losey
Greene
Fayette
Fayette County
Greene County
Madison County
Greene Counties
Woide named assistant to Canton Art Institute director
Robert R. Woide of Cleveland was appointed to a newly created assistant to the director post at Canton Art Institute. He will help plan exhibitions teach classes and oversee institute activities under Hugh H. Olmes starting Sept 1 on a year to year contract. He is a Kent State and Cleveland Institute of Art graduate and has wartime service as a staff artist in the U S Air Force.
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Obert R. Woide
Cleveland
Canton Art Institute
Hugh H. Olmes
Kent State University
Cleveland Institute of Art
Olmes
Woide
Butler Art Institute
U. S. Air Force
General Motion Pictures Productions
Hearings Detail Mason Fraud Claims and Alleged Free Money Stash
Witnesses describe Mason as a con man in government circles and recount substantial payments to him for supposed federal building leases or contracts. Bohdan Katamay and relatives paid about 37000 dollars, Joseph Bennett paid 22765 dollars, all promised returns未 delivered. Hoey said there is no evidence Mason shared collections with officials and the panel will forward records to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
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Hoey
Justice Department
Vacations To Start At Hoover North Canton Plant
The Hoover Co suspends electric cleaner production at its North Canton plant through Aug 6 for 1,800 employees to begin simultaneous vacations. Defense order production continues at the plant and at No 2 plant in Canton. Skeleton office staff remains. those in defense work are urged to forego vacations with pay.
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Hoover Co
North Canton
No. 2
7Th St
Canton
O. C. Heffner
Falk-Buyer dealer earns top 200 in Hudson test
Falk-Buyer Inc of 606 Walnut NE ranked among the top 200 dealers in a nationwide sales contest by Hudson Motor Car Co. Harold H. Falk, partner, will be guest of Hudson at the second annual jamboree in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on July 24 and 25.
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WIN
Hanors Falk-Buyer, Inc
Hudson Motor Car Co
Harold H. Falk
Hudson
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ohio Power Wage Talks Hit Standstill In Strike Vote
Ohio Power workers threaten to strike as union demands a 7 14 percent wage increase retroactive to last October, with a 5 percent offer rejected and negotiations tied to a July 1952 extension. Three week vacations for longtime employees agreed. CIO and AFL unions elsewhere accepted the 5 percent offer.
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C.I.O
A.F.L
Ohio Power Co
Ohio Power
Education Boards May Trade Pupils in Ohio
Columbus July 20 AP Attorney General C William ONeill held boards of education may contract with other districts to accept pupils from outside their boundaries. If no contract exists the receiving board may charge parents tuition. Boards may accept nonresident pupils without tuition but this does not affect state subsidies. They may sue parents for tuition nonpayment under signed contracts.
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Columbus
C. William O'Neill
Boards of Education
Jackson Township
Coal
Board of Education
O'Neill
Colorado Uranium Ore Output Jump Revealed
Senator Edwin C. Johnson reports a tenfold rise in expected uranium ore output from Grand Junction Colorado. He told a Senate interior subcommittee that initial hopes of hundreds or thousands of tons have grown to tens of thousands, with deposits continually uncovered. Atomic energy officials note the Colorado ore is of relatively low grade.
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Washington
Grand Junction
Colo
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy
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