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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1951
Page
8
Soldiers in Korea bring back enemy weapons and captured items under a limited regulation. They carry two handed samurai swords, police knives, carbines, and long rifles, plus a mix of foreign money and flags. Some veterans keep photos, shrapnel, or damaged crucifixes, while others reject souvenirs and prepare for rotation home.
Dr Charles E Dutchess of Schenley Labs says penicillin sparked a new era in antibiotic research. He notes diseases like venereal infections and lobar pneumonia may become non issues within a decade. Penicillin based syphilis treatment now uses daily injections with high cure rates and cities like New York and Philadelphia show sharp declines since the 1940s.
Denver dispatch reports Colorado bars use of the whip in prisons. The state board banned the device after debating discipline of six convicts linked to a riot and guard shootings. Charges were not filed against Warden Roy Best. the district attorney in Canon City would decide retrial cases. Governor Thornton backed the board's move.
In Lima, two Allen County deputy-sheriffs William Musser and George Corrello were found guilty by a juvenile court jury of assaulting a 15-year-old boy during a carnival last June after suspecting him of stealing a monkey. The boy was acquitted of the theft charge. Corrello fainted when the verdict was read. sentencing was postponed. A bystander Russell Brown testified and has filed assault charges against the deputies, who countered with charges of interference. Trial on those counts is planned next month in municipal court.
Artificial leather varnishes toilet articles photographic films sausage casings and hundreds of other articles are made from the product of the cotton plant.
A list of forthcoming marriage licenses names numerous couples with ages and addresses in Canton and Massillon areas including Adolph G Roth and Anna Myrlene Clark and many others. The item notes associated parental or residential details and occasional remarks about births or daughters linked to various households.
July 22 in Aultman announcements include the births of a son to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lanzer of 714 E 4th Dover and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Grooms of 1724 3rd St SE. A daughter is reported for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shambaugh Jr. of 2100 Market Ave N and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. William V. Flinn Jr. of 2410 Woodward Ave NW. Further details incomplete.
Ruth E Strawn of 1243 Oxford NW versus Juanita C Slater of 623 S Main St North Canton for alienation of affections valued at 10000. Arthur Rapone of 943 Rowland NE and others versus Joseph Colosimo of 1543 Wayne NE for 3000 damages over a failed real estate sale. Howard T Harter RD 3 Alliance and others versus Donald Wayne Homeworth for 287.62 damages in a traffic mishap. Associates Discount Corp 117 Walnut NE versus K L Davidson Tippecanoe for 1288.13 cog novit note.
Vacation reminder stresses carrying a valid driver's license and avoiding Auto Club membership. Canton Auto Club advertises at W. Tuse and McKinley corner, plus a 6819l-ad promoting watches. Jobe Jewelery advertises 17 and 21 jewel watches from 10 dollars at 137 2nd NE-ad.
Eight Polish seamen aged 17 to 19, who fled the liner Batory claiming anti Communist views, were freed from Durham prison after Home Office inquiry. They reported to authorities hours after the ship left Tyne and said they faced jail if discovered by superiors and wished to join the British Merchant Marine.
Stark County Scrap Mobilization Committee will hold a Thursday noon luncheon at the St. Francis Hotel to launch an all-out iron and steel scrap collection drive. C. D. Francis of the Cleveland regional NPA will speak to committee chair J. Ringen Drummond and a 52-member advisory group aimed at relieving a regional scrap shortage threatening steel mill and foundry output.
The Massillon C I O Industrial Council set a public hearing with Mayor S. Robert Weirich and the city council to address the Lawndale Heights housing matter. Lawndale tenants and neighboring property owners clash over temporary housing, with 200 attending a recent meeting and funds held pending government word on painting and repairs.
Advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as relief for itching eczema pimples and red blotches with a money back guarantee. It also claims effectiveness for itchy feet and cracks between toes and repeats the slogan Ugly Eczema No Joke.
A condensed blurb from William B. Ziff in Your Life warns that gestures reveal character. It suggests a fourflusher can be spotted by handshake and a demagogue by smoking, advising readers to judge character from outward and inward gestures.
Three people were fined in Stark County courts Monday after charges of harboring unlicensed dogs. Ernest Soles of 579 West Ely Street Alliance faced 1 dollar and costs with costs suspended in Alliance Municipal Court. Aladar Takacs of Route 6 North Canton paid 10 dollars and costs in North Canton Mayor's Court. Ralph Flanders of North Lawrence paid 10 dollars and costs in Massillon Municipal Court.
Mrs Fernie Hell Fegan of Brookline annouces she leaves the bulk of her $1,400,000 estate to Children’s Medical Center in Boston. The bequest will support hospital care and medical research, with funds directed to pediatric services and community health programs.
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