Police seize truckload of illegal fireworks
Detectives and the new fire prevention bureau obtained a search warrant and seized a garage storage stash at 713 Clarendon Ave NW tied to Acme Specialty Co. Larry McCabe, 40, was arrested on illegal storage charges and released on $100 bond. Fire officials inspected 70 cartons sparklers 13 cartons toy caps and one carton Vesuvius fountains. Deputies continue probe into illegal roadside sales as holidays approach.
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Fire Prevention Bureau
Clarendon Ave
Acme Specialty Co
Lawrence R
Larry) McCabe
Broadave
Roger Weirough
Ted Wilson
Ray Butler
Kenneth Ash
William D. Harrison
Ray Nanamaker
Timken Contract Talks Hinge on U.S. Mediation Request
Negotiators for Timken Roller Bearing Co. and the CIO United Steel Workers, in Canton and other locations, press new contract talks aided by Robert Burns of the U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service as a federal mediator plans to meet with the union and company. A strike vote or contract ratification is planned by unionists, with main sticking points a 15 cent hourly wage raise and $150 monthly retirement and disability payments. the present agreement expires Thursday at midnight.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
C.I.O. United Steel Workers
Robert Burns
Cleveland
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Com
Pany
Union
Timken
Canton
Columbus
Zanesville
Mount Vernon
I. W. Abel
Lincoln High School
Abel
Timken’s
Wooster
Harter Bank Opens New Interest Period July First
A brief notice urges insured savings at Harter Bank to start earning at the new interest period beginning July 1. The item mentions membership and routine banking details as part of a local financial update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harter Bank
Ey. DB. 1. C
Automatic Steel Signs Union Pacts Two Divisions
Automatic Steel Products Inc of Camden announced two year bargaining pacts with AFL unions. The Spun Steel Division and Mercury Clutch Division will see unchanged wage scales but a single reopeners window from Aug 1 to Dec 31. Agreements expire May 12, 1951 and add vacations plus three paid holidays. About 525 employees are covered, including 28 in Mercury Clutch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automatic Steel Products, Inc
Camden
A.F.L
Mercury Clutch
Snow storm traps two fishermen in Snowy Range
LARAMIE Wyoming June 28 AP Two fishermen Robert Diegelman and Al Procknow were lost in a snowstorm for six hours during a fishing trip in the Snowy Range Mountains. They wandered until finding their cabin and were later escorted to a highway by a search party yesterday.
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Laramie
Wyo
Robert Diegelman
al Procknow
Snowy Range Mountains
Housing Bill advances in the U S House
The House presses toward final action on a large housing bill with Speaker Rayburn predicting passage by a wide margin. Representative Marcantonio proposes an amendment to ban racial segregation in publicly owned housing, while Spence leads administration forces in steering the measure past substitutes and amendments.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Texas
Spence
Kentucky
Marcantonio
A. L
New York
House Banking Committee
Senate
Mr. Truman
Boats Collide Off East Coast Near Nantucket
The Nieuw Amsterdam with over 1,000 aboard collided in dense fog with the 84-foot fishing vessel Marmax twenty miles southeast of Nantucket. The fishing boat reported a stove-in bow while the liner had slight port-side damage but proceeded to New York. All 12 mariners aboard Marmax were safe. coast guard cutter Acushnet was sent from Provincetown to assist.
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New York
Nieuw Amsterdam
Nantucket
Mass
Marmax
New Bedford
Former Slave George Carroll Dies at 111 in Cincinnati
George Carroll, a Civil War veteran and 111 years old, died at a relative’s home in Cincinnati. Born into slavery in Owen town, Kentucky, on December 25, 1837, he credited his longevity to hard work and good living. He served three years in the Union Army.
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Cincinnati
George Carroll
Owentown
Paint brands and store ad at 1146 Tusc West
An advertisement showcases leading paint brands Dutch Boy Glidden Pratt and Lambert and Harris Paints. Located at 1146 Tusc Street West, the listing invites readers to contact the store at dial 43626 ad for supplies.
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America
Glidden
Pratt & Lambert
Harris Paints
Tusc
St West
Dial
Let the Stars and Stripes Wave On Fourth of July
New 4x6 flag offered by The Canton Repository circulation department. Fresh colors and sturdy build priced at $1.43. Availability noted in a local newspaper advertisement.
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Stars & Stripes
Canton Repository
Save At Harter Bank Starts New Interest Period
New interest period begins July 1st at Harter Bank. Members encouraged to start now with F D I C membership guidance.
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Harter Bank
Senate First Votes To Bar Injunctions
Washington bulletin reports the Taft plan to handle national emergency strikes by court orders and plant seizures survived a Senate test by two votes. Senator Lucas of Illinois lost 46 to 44 in an effort to remove the court orders provision from Taft’s double-barreled proposal, leaving it to be written into the administration's labor bill.
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House
Davis
Georgia
Coudert
New York
Washington
Taft
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Ohio
Holland
Florida
Ohioan
Lausche seeks 2 million for poor relief costs
Governor Frank Lausche asked the Ohio legislature for a 2 million dollar deficiency appropriation to cover poor relief costs in the first half of the year. He urged prioritizing relief amid rising cases and funds shortfalls, noting January cases at 26,937 and May at 30,645 with state matching up to 50 percent.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Senate
Margaret Mahoney
Cuyahoga
John Lamneck
Lamneck
Belgians Shift To Right but Leopold Loses
Belgian voters in Antwerp and Brussels backed the Social Christians but failed to grant a referendum majority for restoring King Leopold. The Christians won 104 of 212 seats, a rise of 12. Socialists held 66 seats, Liberals 30. Women voted for the first time as the party lineup shifted right, likely prompting a new coalition with a more conservative bend.
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Social Christian
Leopold
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Social Christians
Democratic Union
Paul-Henri Spaak
Ministers Protest Liquor Sale Near Canton Churches
Officials from three Canton churches and the local school district protested the Lincoln Restaurant's whisky sales citing proximity to Timken Vocational High School and lack of a hearing. They say the license issued Jan 7 predates proper review, and request a formal investigation or license suspension. The case has moved among the Liquor Control Board, the attorney general, and interim officials with no clear action or notification to the ministers.
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Tuscarawasst W
Lincoln
Thor
State Liquor Department
Louis Mantho
Oscar Fleckner
Mantho
Nicholas Sisler
Canton Area
Canton
Willard I. Hackenberg
Trinity Lutheran Church
George Parkinson
First Presbyterian Church
Harold S. Vincent
Canton Schools
Board of Liquor Control
Timken Vocational High School
Vincent
Ohio Liquor Control Board
Rev. Hackenberg
Francis K. Cole
The
Liquor Control Board
Harold Greenberg
Liquor Department
Cole
Attorney General
Production slumps as May output down 10.8 percent from last November
The Federal Reserve Board reports a 10.8 percent drop in output from the November peak to May, with a 2 to 3 percent decline expected for June. May production stood 74 percent above prewar 1935-39 levels but fell 3 percent from April and over 9 percent from May 1948.
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Ashington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Charles Sawyer
Korean Troops Fight Near 38th Parallel
The United Nations Korean commission reports heavy fighting between Southern Korean troops and Northern Korean forces near the 38th parallel. Artillery and machine gun fire were used as clashes continued in the disputed zone, with Soviet and American forces occupying opposite halves of Korea after the war. The UN refused Northern Korea’s bid for membership and vetoed Southern Korea’s UN membership.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Korean Commission
Korea
U.N
Russia
World Organization
Cyclist Marvin Leer Killed by Truck in Cleveland
Marvin Leer aged 17 died after his motorbike struck an open car door in Cleveland. The cyclist was hit when the vehicle door swung open into his path as he rode past the parked automobile.
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Cleveland
Marvin Leer
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Cottage Bakery
Perry Rd
Reed Urban
George Sokolsky
WHBC
Automatic Steel
U.S. House
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Provincetown, Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Ike
Bill
Bulletin
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
World Bank
Brussels
Tion
Sen. Holland
Truman
Duffy
Fleckner
Attorney General’s Office
John J. Knowland
Liquor Affairs Office
Knowland
George Hinde
Henry Wallace
Sawyer
Wallace
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