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The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1949

Page

3

West Virginia Police Hunt Fugitives After Jail Break

State police surround wooded areas near Viola and Parkersburg as they search for the last three convicts still at large from the Marshall County penitentiary escape. Officers expanded a daybreak manhunt eight miles wide, with Nolan Vannest and Starcher among the suspects.

Moundsville W. Va Viola Marshall County Pennsylvania E. E. Stout Moundsville State Police Parkersburg Gerald Nolan Nolan Denver Vannest Eddie Starcher Vannest Capt. Stout Stout West Virginia Ohio Cadiz Forest Hills Allegheny County Harrisburg East Liverpool

Oldest Minneapolis Bandit Surrenders

West Point Nebraska June 7 AP One of three gunmen hunted for three days was jailed today as the search intensified for his two companions Arthur Bistrom 37 a former St Paul cab driver was taken into custody by Sheriff Charles Sass at a farm 14 miles from here where the trio had held the farmer and his wife at gunpoint since midday yesterday Bistrom heard pleas from his wife to surrender while his brother Carl 27 and Allen Hartman 20 both of St Paul paced the floor with guns in hand as officers described the farm siege until the capture last night

West Point Neb Arthur Bistrom St. Paul, Minn Charles Sass Bristrom Fred Hatterman Bistrom Carl Bistrom Allen G. Hartman St. Paul Hattermans

Salem Area Comb for Two Masked Men

A 50 man posse searched abandoned coal mines in the Salem district after a rural housewife reported two masked men obtaining food clothing and blankets. Sheriff Howard Clark tied the description to remaining convicts from the Moundsville prison break as patrols from state highway patrol Columbiana County sheriff's department and county auxiliary patrolmen combed pits near Millville Leetonnard four miles east of Salem.

Brush Moore Liverpool Salem Howard Clark Columbiana County Moundsville State Highway Patrol Sheriff's Department Millville- Leetonnard

Punchboard Charge Results in $25 Fine

Carl George, 34, of 1735 Tuscarawas st E, operator of the Spot News at 1816 Tuscarawas st E, was fined $25 and costs today by Municipal Judge Gordon J. Burris on a charge of violating the city's punchboard ordinance. Police vice squad members said more than the three punchboards and trade cards permitted under the ordinance were displayed at the store.

Carl George Tuscarawas St E Spot Gordon J. Burris

Bi cyclist Allen Underwood logs thousands of miles yearly

St Johnsbury Vermont reports Allen C Underwood, noted bi cyclist, averaged about 5000 miles annually until his death at 85. In youth he rode 16000 miles during an East Coast tour, marking a storied cycling life.

ST. Johnsbury Allen C. Underwood

District Traffic Arrests Highlight Monday Police Activity

Six motorists were arrested by police and deputies on Monday in the city and county. Police issued eight signal light and stop sign summonses, while deputies issued one warning. Principal arrests include Hurley Shearer 41 of 912 Lith St SE for DUI after an erratic tractor-trailer run on Cleveland Ave NW.

Hurley Shearer Cleveland Ave Norma J. Prince Navarre Earl E. Levengood 4Th St Strasburg Harold J. Heppner Louisville Mahoning Rd Benny Johnson McCall Cherry Ave Stanley Kapp Chicago Ill East Canton Muriel J. Wilson 5Th St Massillon Curtis Sickafoose 22Nd St Irwin Frisch Plain Ave James V. Clark Tuscara Lincoln W. Shutt Linwood Ave Lawrence R. McCauley Maurice L. Cooke Minerva Thomas M. Eleftheriadis

New Trial Sure For Ilse Koch

Bavarian officials said Ilse Koch will be tried in a German court for mistreating Germans at Buchenwald, where she was accused of ordering lampshades from human skin. A trial date was not set. she had earlier received a life sentence by an American verdict later commuted by Gen. Lucius D. Clay. US authorities closed their case last March due to double jeopardy concerns.

Munich Ilse Koch Buchenwald Hans Walther Lucius D. Clay U. S Frau Koch Clay

Educators Take Oaths in Cleveland School Board Action

Cleveland educators including board members and three top administrators took non Commun ist oaths following a May 23 board decision requiring most school system employees to take pledges by next fall.

Cleveland Cleveland Board of Education

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