Britain seeks Commonwealth help over dwindling reserves
London reports Britain asks Commonwealth finance ministers to meet Chancellor Cripps next month to discuss the deepening crisis. Official notes say dollar shortages threaten the entire sterling area as reserves fall toward two billion dollars and trade gaps widen with Marshall aid and imports. Early second quarter figures are expected to show sharp declines in sales of British goods and raw materials abroad.
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Treasury
Stafford Cripps
United Kingdom
Brittain
United States
Holiday Will Claim 290 Traffic Deaths
Chicago dispatch reports the National Safety Council estimates 290 Americans will die in traffic crashes over a three day Fourth of July celebration. The council projects 33 million vehicles, 340 million gallons of gasoline, and about 4 percent of a billion miles traveled. It warns of other summer hazards but notes the toll is not a doom forecast.
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National Safety Council
Oldsters Group Attends Picnic in Canton
Canton's Golden Age groups for residents over 65 held their second annual picnic at Waterworks Park. Sixty attendees, including visitor Rosa Ries from Heidelberg, enjoyed games, a marshmallow pull, a basket dinner, and entertainment by 10 year old Nancy Yohe and 13 year old Rita Bernard. Organizers included Mrs. Jeanne Donnelly and local guilds.
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Waterworks Park
Theresa Marz
Harry Dickerhoof
Canton
Rosa Ries
Heidelberg
Germany
Joseph Ries
Arlington Ave
Jeanne Donnelly
Social Planning Council
William C. Sanford
Canton Junior Guild
Joan Correll
Canton Junior League
Oldsters
Nancy Yohe
L. C. Yohe
11Th St
St. John’s Catholic School
Margaret Appell
Rita Bernard
L. P. Bernard
Bedford
St. Joseph’s Catholic School
Sundry Claim Measure Heads to Finance Panel
The Ohio House faces a $332,999 sundry claims bill listing Stark County residents among others. It seeks authority for state payments from auto, injury, and death incidents, including Dean Winrod for a 1948 collision $452, Bessie Chellis $15,615, Ralph Metcalf $250, James Riley $2,500, and Helen McDowell $7,000 for her husband’s death.
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Ohio House Finance Committee
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Gnadenhutten
Bessie Chellis
Wooster
Ralph W. Metcalf
Agricultural Experiment Station
James A. Riley
Canton
Helen McDowell
North Canton
Aultman Hosts Annual Hospital Picnic for Staff and Families
More than 500 Aultman Hospital employees and relatives gathered at Diebel's Grove for the annual picnic. Charter buses ferried attendees, with a nurse student versus graduate nurse baseball game opening activities. Badminton, volleyball and short movies concluded the day chaired by Reese James assisted by Merle McFarland Reva Mills and Ann Gray.
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Diebel’s Grove
Reese James
Merle McFarland
Reva Mills
Ann Gray
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