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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
2
Priscilla Hiss testifies to back Alger Hiss in the perjury case, denying Whittaker Chambers and Esther Chambers. She disputes a close social relation, calls the nicknames Carl and Liza a fabrication, and says the Chambers never used Hiss nicknames Hilly and Pross.
Mrs. Hiss denied the assertion that she and Mrs. Chambers shared a Delaware River cottage for 10 days and stated that nothing of that kind ever happened.
As Hiss testified, his lawyers gained the right to examine a confidential FBI report and portions of grand jury testimony after a heated fight with prosecutors. Judge Kaufman ordered the disclosure, allowing defense access to FBI questioning of Hiss from March 25, 1946, amid perjury charges and rival claims about Chambers.
Rev. Eugene J. Mansfield, longtime pastor of Wesley Methodist Church in Massillon, was named pastor of the First Methodist Church of New Philadelphia by Bishop Hazen G. Werner at the 11th annual Methodist Convention at Lakeside. He will assume duties Sunday with communion services. Mansfield, a Jewett native, is a graduate of Jewett High School Muskingum College and the Boston School of Theology.
Police report two youths were treated for injuries from sports and rough play. James Wade, 13, of 210 Park Ave NW, suffered a dislocated elbow while wrestling a companion and was treated at Aultman Hospital. Alvin DeSantis, 13, of 122 13th St SE, received treatment for a wrist fracture after sliding into third base at Jackson Park.
Dr. G. R. Searle, 89, former Plymouth Ohio mayor, arrived in London for his first visit since 1860. Born in London near Buckingham Palace, he left for the United States at age eight.
The House judiciary committee approved four Senate bills to sell nearly 350 acres of unused state land to highest bidders. Proceeds go to the state general revenue fund. The parcels include Zanesville soil erosion farm in Hopewell Township, Muskingum County. Southwest experiment farm in German Township, Montgomery County. Northeast experiment farm in Strongsville Township, Cuyahoga County. and McGuffy muck crops experiment farm in Marion Township, Hardin County.
Paul E Clapper principal of Clay High School in Oregon district near Toledo was named superintendent of Uniontown schools by the board at a special meeting. He succeeds Roy E Ferguson who resigned. Clapper a 1926 Canton McKinley graduate and Heidelberg College alum with a masters from Ohio State University has served in Oregon schools since 1930 and led Clay High since 1943. He is married with a daughter.
In Columbus a group representing about 10 000 Ohio Negroes urged the American Legion to end racial discrimination that would bar 16 year old Joan Rankin of Cincinnati from the National Girls State. The Ohio American Legion auxiliary said it would send no delegate to Washington over fears of racial discrimination. Rankin had been elected governor of Buckeye Girls State and would normally attend the National Girls' State. the telegram to President Truman asked action to preserve Ohio’s representation. Rankin accepted the news with resignation as a senior-to-be.
The Fairmount Civic League will hold its next meeting July 5 at 7 30 p m at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co Y M C A Mrs A B Smith secretary said today The passage notes a woman recounting discrimination and her election over objections about going to Washington.
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