Storm Fails To End Peak Heat Period
A Canton area storm struck before 1 30 am after a day of record heat with a 94 degree high at 1826 17th St NE and 92 at Akron Canton Airport. The storm caused power outages, downed lines, and damaged transformers while rainfall ranged from .68 to 1.14 inches. Water use surged to 25.25 million gallons as sprinkling drained mains, prompting a city study and rerouting plan while one injury occurred from a blown door injury at the Cleveland diner.
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Canton
State
17Th St NE
Akron-Canton Airport
Ohio Power Co
12Th St
Cherry Ave
Robertsville
A. E. Ransom
Water Department
Greenacres
Harter Heights
Ransom
Elsie Griffith
Market Ave S
Aultman Hospital
Cleveland
Cleveland Ave SW
Navarre power outage after storm branch line down
Navarre residents were without electricity for about two hours when a tree blown down by a storm cut a branch circuit. J A Morgan line foreman for Ohio Public Service Co of Massillon reported. Some trouble followed as line fuses were blown out by lightning in the Massillon area.
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Navarre
J. A. Morgan
Ohio Public Service Co
Massillon
American C 54 Crashes at Berlin Field
An American C 54 air lift plane burst into flames while landing at Templehof Airdrome Berlin. The crew of three escaped with minor cuts and bruises. The aircraft carried 10 tons of coal and was destroyed within minutes as crash crews assisted the occupants.
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Berlin Field
Berlin
Templehof
Brais
Seven year old Emma Miller wins national marbles crown
Hartville's Lake Local School pupil Emma Miller, seven, captured the U S girls marble title at Asbury Park N J, defeating rival champions including 1948 holder Jean Smedley of Drexel Hill Pa George Wentz 12 of Huntington W Va won the boys title Emma will receive a wirehaired fox terrier from Mr and Mrs Samuel Stock of a boarding kennel correcting a donor error from Friday's Repository The boy champion photo runs on page 2
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Emma Miller
Hartville’s Lake
Jean Smedley
Drexel Hill
U. S
Asbury Park
N. J
Canton Repository
Bard
Emma
George Wentz
Huntington
W. Va
Samuel Stock
Tuscarawas St
Austin Stock
4Th St
Hiss Denials Challenge Chambers in Perjury Trial
Alger Hiss testifies in federal court denying Chambers accusations as he counters claims of Soviet contact and theft of secrets. He says notes were for Sayre and that confidential documents often lay on desks, while defense argues government notes and timing undermine Chambers.
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Taye York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Hiss
Sayre
Chambers
Col
Boris Bykov
U. S
Priscilla
Petersborough
N. H
Washington
New York
Francis B. Sayre
Ohio retail sales near 1948 levels in early 1949
Ohio retail sales for January through May 1949 stayed close to 1948 levels, with May sales only slightly below last year. Auto dealers filling stations and heating plumbing outlets helped offset declines in other lines, keeping total sales nearly the same as May last year.
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Columbus
Ohio Retail Analyst
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Congress Studies Truman Plan To Help Poor Nations
Congress debates President Truman's plan to aid poorer nations as part of a broader foreign aid program. A flash flood in Pachuca, Mexico, claimed at least 42 lives, with 40 others seriously injured and up to 400 missing. Market area devastation, trapped residents, and panicked rescues marked the disaster. Local authorities expect the death toll to rise, with damage estimated in the millions.
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Congress
Pachuca
Mexico
Juarez Market
Luis Moeno
Canton Boy Recovers From Rare Heart Surgery
Jerald Grundy nine year old son of Mr and Mrs James Grundy of 3213 Root Ave NE is recovering at Cleveland Lakeside Hospital after an operation for a rare heart condition. An artery to the heart was too narrow and surgeon Dr Claude Beck performed the procedure. Mrs Grundy was admitted June 13 and the operation occurred on Monday. She expects him home in about a week if no complications arise.
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Jerald
Jerry) Grundy
James Grundy
Root Ave
Cleveland Lakeside Hospital
Jerry
Cleveland Hospital
Claude Beck
Cleveland
Flemming urges Ohio Chamber back Hoover Report
Dr Arthur S Flemming president of Ohio Wesleyan urged Ohio Chamber of Commerce directors to back the Hoover Commission recommendations for streamlining the federal government. He said adoption could save 3 to 4 billion annually while warning public backing is needed for up to five years. He noted potential major savings from defense consolidation and stressed fixing authority lines to boost efficiency. The luncheon at the Onesto Hotel capped a three day meeting with tours of Timken plants and golf at Brookside.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Hoover Commission
Rriaay
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Onesto Hotel
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Flemming
Commission
National Defense Establishment
Hoover
Canton installs two hour parking meters downtown
Traffic Commissioner C. L. Deerwester reports installation of about 480 two hour meters around downtown Canton by Dual Parking Meter Co. The area bounded by 3rd Street South, 6th Street North, Cherry Avenue East and McKinley Avenue West will issue two hours for 10 cents, with time limit enforcement to curb all day parking in unmetered zones.
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Canton
C. L. Deerwester
Dual Parking Meter Co
Oso
3Rd ‘St
6Th St
Cherry Ave
McKinley Ave
Deerwester
Tsaldaris To Head Greek Government
Constantin Tsaldaris received the king's mandate to form a new Greek government after the sudden death of Premier Themistocles Sophoulis. Tsaldaris, former foreign minister and Populist leader, heads a royalist cabinet with five days of national mourning announced.
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Tsaldaris
Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
Themistocles Sophoulis
King Paul
Sophoulis
Paul
Paint Brands Ad Highlights Local Store Listing
An advertising item promotes leading paint brands Dutch Boy Glidden Pratt and Lambert and Harris Paints at 1146 Tusc. st West with the dialing number 43626 for contact.
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America
Glidden
Pratt & Lambert
Harris Paints
Tusc
St West
Dial
Save At Harter Bank New Interest Period Starts
The notice states a new interest period begins July 1st at Harter Bank. Members are advised that now is a good time to initiate or adjust accounts with F. D. IL. C. evidence of member action encouraged.
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Harter Bank
Senators Rally Against Recognizing Communist China
Twenty one senators from both parties joined in a letter to President Truman voicing strong opposition to any move to recognize the Communist regime in China. They urged support for a free and non Communist China and stated no recognition is contemplated. The letter surfaced amid Senate debate over foreign policy in China and Europe, with mixed partisan reactions.
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Washington
United States
China
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cordon
Oregon
Cain
Taft
Ohio
Bricker
Baldwin
Connecticut
Knowland
California
Bridges
New Hampshire
Brewster
Maine
Reed
Kansas
Mundt
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
Morse
Young
North Dakota
Thye
Minnesota
Martin
Pennsylvania
Butler
Nebraska
Russell
Georgia
McCarran
Nevada
Magnuson
Downey
Holland
Florida
Senate
Europe
Middle East
Truman Seeks 45 Million Foreign Aid Program
President Truman asks Congress for a bold new foreign aid program backed by 45 million dollars to fund American engineering and private investment guarantees in backward countries. The plan envisions long term, partly UN cooperative operations, benefiting U S industry and agriculture while stabilizing markets and countering tyranny. Congress reação is cautious with broader Atlantic Treaty and military aid bills looming, and the included 10 million development funds already budgeted faces scrutiny.
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Truman
Africa
Near
Far East
Central
South America
Congress
Rayburn
House
Richards
South Carolina
Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
Sen
Fines Assess Two Fireworks Violations In City
Alexander S Dallas 25 of 1908 3rd St NE fined 50 plus costs for illegal sale of fireworks at a Canton Louisville route stand and deputies seized several hundred dollars worth of illegal fireworks. Everett S Carpenter 19 of 1004 Tuscarawas St E also fined 25 and costs for throwing two lighted firecrackers from a car in downtown.
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Alexander S. Dallas
3Rd St NE
Canton-Louisville Rhat
Tuscarawas St E
Harter Bank Announces New Interest Period Start
The Harter Bank informs customers of an insured savings account offer with a new interest period starting July 1. The notice invites members to open or renew accounts to take advantage of the rate change.
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Harter Bank
If. D. L
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Mercury
Westside
Champs
George Crosley
Senate Munitions Committee
du Pont Companies
St. Mary’s
Stars & Stripes
California Refinery Co
Perth Amboy
Canton Boy
Chamber
Senators
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Spain
Israel
Connally
Texas
Marge’s
Harrison SW
Fairmount
Canton Hardware
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