Truman Plan to Get Politics Out of Postoffices Wins Favor
President Truman seeks to remove patronage from postmaster appointments, urging Congress to empower the Post Office to hire and manage staff under civil service rules. Support comes from Capitol Hill with Democrats and Republicans noting political practice complicates selections. Critics fear loss of local influence while supporters hail reforms and blame-shifting to the postmaster general.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hoover Reorganization Commission
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
House
Substitute Driver Held On Overloading Charge
Byron O Neill Chiesa a 26 year old Canton resident is held in Wooster city jail on an overloaded truck charge. He was arrested by the state highway patrol at the Timken Roller Bearing Co plant entrance. The truck was the same steel laden vehicle driven by Nathan Price who recently paid a fine for a third offense. Police say Price paid Chiesa five dollars to haul the load into the Wooster plant.
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Wooster
Byron O'Neil Chiesa
Cleveland Ave
Canion
Wooster City
State Highway Patrol
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Nathan Price
Canton
Price
Chiesa
Timken marks billionth bearing during 50th anniversary open house
Timken Roller Bearing Co. announced it has produced 1,000,000,000 bearings since starting in a St. Louis carriage factory 50 years ago. At Canton and Gambrinus plants, visitors watched a Massillon man check a large mill bearing while Timken president William Umstattd led tours and posed with 58,179 silver dollars on display.
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Canton and Gambrinus
Timken Roller Bearing Co
St. Louis
Phyllis Lee
Cleveland
Judy Cramer
Charles O. Cramer
Akron-Canton Rd
Harry Craig
Massillon
Judy
Timken
William E. Umstattd
Swindling Lothario Trapped By Intended Victim in Chicago
In Chicago Sigmund Z Engel a famed confidence man was trapped by widow Genevieve Parro in a Michigan Avenue shop while buying luggage for a proposed holiday. Police say Engel already bilked another Chicago widow out of 8000 and admitted taking 5000 from a third, with bond set at 10000.
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Chicago
Sigmund Z. Engel
Lothario
Michigan Ave
Genevieve Parro
Engel
Peter Harlib
Lord Beaverbrook
Sherlock Hobbines
Harlib
Town Hall
Reseda Corrigan
Good Guy Buys Drinks Endangers Teen Gang Attack
George Caddis, 48, of 319 Lincoln NW, says a group of teenage boys mugged him after he bought them soft drinks in Monument Park and at a filling station. He was followed, knocked down, and kicked, suffering a possible broken foot and treatment at Aultman Hospital.
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George Caddis
Lincoln
Caddis
Monument Park
New Brush Care Tip Suggests Linseed Oil Dip
A painting guidance note recommends dipping a new paint brush in linseed oil to prevent paint from embedding in the bristles, aiding easier cleaning and longer brush life.
Three Fined Total of 65 After Disturbance
Victor Combs 26 of 609 4th St NE was fined 35 dollars plus costs on intoxication and disorderly conduct for a disturbance in the 1900 block of Mahoning Rd NE. Two others, John Yablonski 27 of 1624 Grace Ave NE and George W Ackerman 32 of 1225 Maple Ave NE, were fined 15 dollars each on intoxication charges. Disorderly conduct against Yablonski and resisting arrest against Ackerman were dismissed on prosecutor’s recommendation.
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Victor Combs
4Th St NE
Mahoning Rd
John Yablonski
Grace Ave NE
George W. Ackerman
Maple Ave
Yablonski
Ackerman
Two Drivers Arrested After Reckless Driving and Traffic Violations
Police and deputies arrested two motorists on Friday and early today. Pat Dimario, 29, of 1529 Henry Ave SW, reckless driving after driving a truck across the road forcing cars off the pavement at Grace area NE and Mahoning Rd. Robert Kisinger, 18, of 1609 Waynesburg Rd SE, faulty brakes and ignoring a stop sign at Mapleton Rd and Route 43 south of Canton. A deputy issued a warning to a motorist for faulty lights.
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Pat DiMario
Henry Ave
Grace Are
Mahoning Rd
Robert Kisinger
Waynesburg Rd
Mapleton Rd
Route 43
Canton
Fractured ankle after swim near Mapleave NE
Albert Fry aged 20 of 1620 18th Street NE was treated at Mercy Hospital Friday for a fractured ankle. He sustained the injury when his foot turned on a rock while swimming in East Creek near Mapleave NE, per the sheriff’s office report.
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Albert Fry
18Th St NE
Mercy Hospital
East Creek
Mapleave NE
Sheriff's Office
Baseball infielder suffers ankle fracture scare at Stadium Field No 1
Nick Norcia, 31, of 1211 Cleveland Ave SW, slid into a base Friday night and may have fractured an ankle during a game at Stadium Field No 1. He received treatment at Mercy Hospital according to police.
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Nick Norcia
Cleveland Ave
Stadium Field No
Mercy Hospital
Red Prothers Pamphlet Stirs Methodist Fire
The northeast Ohio conference of the Methodist Church accuses the House committee on un American activities of circulating a pamphlet on communism and religion filled with falsehoods. It says the document titled 100 things you should know about communism and religion is still circulated by the United States Printing Office. The church warns the activity fuels fear in education and government, enabling witch hunts and presumptive guilt. The report also condemns a Methodist college inviting an ROTC unit, calling military religious influence incompatible with Methodism.
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Lakeside, O
North-East Ohio
The
Methodist Church
House Committee On UN- American Activities Today
Methodists
United States Printing Office
House
Church
Charles H. Jack
Boardman Church
Youngstown
Methodist College
Coal Miners Begin 10 Day Vacation Amid Contract Talks
Pittsburgh June 25 AP The United Mine Workers 480000 members start a 10 day vacation as new talks move toward a crucial stage. Contract expires June 30 and a partial industry strike seems likely if no settlement is reached. Miners receive 100 dollars during vacation and past walkouts reflect protests and policy disputes with the Southern Coal Producers Association over contract clauses.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
U.M. W
U.M.W
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Canton Red Cross Delegation Heads to Atlantic City Convention
Eleven Canton Chapter members will represent the local Red Cross at the American Red Cross national convention in Atlantic City New Jersey from Monday through Thursday. Attendees include staffers James M Tidball Mrs Conrad S Weeks Mrs Pearl Gardner Mrs John A Cummins regular members Mrs T K Harris Mrs George Wade Mr and Mrs John Quinn Mrs E J March Miss Lena Fowler and Miss Elizabeth Dover. Featured speakers include Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Secretary Louis A Johnson and Clare Booth Luce. Evelyn Stewart Canton secretary of the eastern area council of junior members will preside at a junior cross forums meeting Tuesday morning. Canton delegates to the Junior Red Cross convention are Robert Brodell Robert Sliman and Tacie Lee Nelson.
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Canton
National Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Clare Booth Luce
Evelyn Stewart
Eastern Area Council of
Red Cross
Robert Brodell
Robert Sliman
Tacie Lee Nelson
Burglar Suspect Jailed in New Philadelphia
Glenn Dorsey of New Philadelphia remained in Tuscarawas County jail in default of a 1000 dollar bond after being bound over to the Tuscarawas County grand jury by Justice George Shonk. He is charged with attempting to burglarize the Eddie James newsstand here early Thursday morning.
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New Philadelphia
Glenn Dorsey
Tuscarawas County
Milk Cow Herds Fall 2 Percent in 1948
The count of milk cows on American farms declined 2 percent in 1948 and has fallen a total of 12 percent since 1944, reflecting longer term reductions in dairy production.
U S Will Probe Alabama Klan
Attorney General Clark ordered the FBI to investigate hooded mob violence in Brookside Alabama on June 10 tied to Ku Klux Klan members. A white man Steve Marshlar and several Negroes were dragged from a Brookside restaurant to witness a cross burning and a white woman was beaten in her home. A deputy sheriff was reported to be part of the mob.Federal action hinges on possible neglect by local law enforcement under civil rights statutes.
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Washington
Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Brookside
Ala
Steve Marshlar
Marshlar
Hugh McDaniel
Department of Justice
FBI
Woman at Alliance Waits Hearing on Shooting Charge
Mrs Dor othy E. Pierce, 34, free on $1000 bond as she awaits a hearing on a shooting with intent to wound charge. She allegedly shot her husband Henry E. Pierce, 37, three times at their 104 E Ely home after an argument. He was treated at Alliance City Hospital in fair condition.
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Repositorureau Alliance
Dorothy E. Pierce
Maj Gen Peyton Dies Headed War College
Maj Gen Philip B Peyton died Friday at Walter Reed General Hospital after a heart attack at age sixty eight. He formerly commanded the Army War College in Washington and the Fifth Army Corps in Columbia South Carolina.
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Peyton
War College
Washington
Philip B. Peyton
Walter Reed General Hospital
Army War College
Flest Army Corps
Columbia
S. C
Four Injured in Falls Across City Areas
Four people were injured in separate Friday falls. Lillian Clark, 47, of 720 Harriet are NW, sprained her ankle after falling on 7th Street NW and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Eugene Kissenberger, 24, of 1605 2nd St NE, fell while at the police garage and received Mercy Hospital care for a sprained ankle. Lars Jeanne Carlin, 9, of 804 22nd St NW, had facial lacerations from a yard fall and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Martin Gasica, 55, of 1517 15th St NW, suffered cheek abrasions from a fall at 9th St and Market Area and was treated at Aultman.
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Falls
Lillian Clark
Harriet
Mercy Hospital
7Th St NW
Eugene Kissenberger
2Nd St NE
Lars Jeanne Carlin
22Nd St NW
Martin Gasica
15Th St NW
9Th St
Market
Aultman Hospital
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