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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1949
Page
3
Alliance Mayor Robert D. Althouse announces plans to ask the city council to add ten officers to the current twenty eight member police force to curb vice conditions reported over the past week. The council had cut personnel to 28 and granted a raise earlier.
Edward W. Hilliard of 314 33rd St NW was appointed by Stark County Common Pleas Court judges as the new Democratic member of the Stark County Jury Commission. He replaces J Harold Hogan who resigned to join the county elections board. Hilliard has eight years as a deputy in the civil division and was previously an automobile salesman. He is married with a son and a daughter. The salary is per diem for days worked.
A stone was thrown through an upstairs window at Mrs Samia Haddad's home at 2404 9th Street SW, police were told late Saturday night.
Mostly fair and moderately cold this afternoon. Fair and not so cold tonight with a low around 24. Tuesday partly cloudy windy and warmer with showers by evening. Ohio's weather notes a warm southerly rise tomorrow but a colder spell returns Wednesday night.
Budget Bureau reports the U S government operated 237000 civilian and military vehicles in 1948 with 80 262 civilian cars and 100000 administrative type vehicles. Total replacement cost around 285 million dollars and civilian fleet used 65 million gallons of fuel while averaging 6159 miles per car.
Canton police report no local Pyramid clubs yet but warn the scheme is a sucker game. Chief James B. Quilligan says few profit while most lose money and legality remains unsettled awaiting city solicitor study. Governor Lausche notes a statewide hysteria over the get rich quick clubs.
Common Pleas Judge George N. Graham overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Mrs. Lucille T. Himebaugh against Park Oil & Gas Co the city board of park commissioners and East Ohio Gas Co. A month earlier the judge had sustained a judgment for defendants finding no required ordinance publication nor joint enterprise with the drilling firm. Mrs. Himebaugh billed as a taxpayer seeks to recover money claimed as diversion of gas for all taxpayers. A decision on appeal remains undecided per counsel Warren E. Smith.
The Court of Appeals upheld the Communications Commission order granting an FM radio permit to Richland, Inc. for Mansfield Ohio. Mansfield Journal Co. appealed alongside Unity Corporation, Inc. as other Mansfield applicants.
A Los Angeles hardware dealer rushed a snow shovel to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce during a blustery spell. He received a gracious thank you note from the chamber for the humorous gesture.
The first Wayne County traffic fatality of the year occurred in Creston at 7 30 a m Sunday when Robert Quincy Jones 41 of Columbus died from a broken neck. Four injured companions including John Price 36 Anna Jones 31 and Oscar Lee 36 were taken to Lodi Hospital with serious injuries.
New York March 7 AP Two top leaders of the American Communist party urge the United States to sign a pact of friendship and peace with the Soviet Union. William Z Foster and Eugene Dennis send an open letter to President Truman likening themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson as peace advocates. They say the letter is a reply to the president’s reference to their March 2 statement as traitors.
Edwin Guy Myers of Alliance Ohio was indicted by a Federal grand jury for sending obscene literature through the mails. He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at 10 a m in Federal Court at Cleveland on the charge.
State Senator Edwin F. Sawicki of Cleveland argues five bills to tighten Ohio divorce laws. Proposals include six month waiting before hearing, consolidating grounds to extreme cruelty and gross neglect, voiding common law marriages, six month remarriage wait after a divorce, and longer license waiting periods. Opponents warn of hardship and inadequate protections.
The Canton Philomatheon Society for the Blind marks its 25th founding anniversary at 716 Cleveland Ave SW with a Sunday program on March 20. Mrs. Charles Carry chairs the committee, and a 5 30 dinner will cap the event for members and friends. Charter members include Harry Stiller president Mrs Ralph Fawcett Mrs Moritz Glaser Miss Irma Himes and Mrs Emma Werner of Columbus. Preliminary plans were laid Saturday.
Mount Union College drama department selects a large cast for St Claudia a religious play about the crucifixion to be staged March 22 and 23 at area churches.cast includes Jerry SchneiderAlliance William Collins Ravenna Alice Jeanette Wintzer Wapakoneta and others from Alliance Ravenna East Liverpool Canton Magnolia Cleveland and New Philadelphia. Directors Paul D Newland and Robert O Juergens supervise the production.
Nora Eddington Flynn, wife of Errol Flynn, says she will divorce the actor. She reports an oral agreement and expects attorneys to draft it soon, plans to move to a ranch near Las Vegas and take the children with her.
Some 22,961 Stark County veterans collected $7,025,698.59 in state bonus payments through Feb 28. Next of kin received $173,896.77 to 452 applicants. February totals: 18,453 checks for $5,078,869.54. Overall payments total $206,969,707.06 to 673,939 applicants with about 60,000 living irregular claims and 9,500 next of kin claims awaiting check writing.
The organized labor plastic surgery fund shows good public response with individual gifts reaching headquarters, estimated receipts around 500 dollars. Secretary Herb Secker says reports will come after broader union solicitation and the fund aims to help Billy Husarich, disfigured by burns, and later provide surgery for union members and families.
A pedestrian was struck by a car driven by George Hlad 27 of Akron on Route 21 near the state hospital at 7 15 p m Sunday. Hlad said the victim walked from behind a southbound coal truck into the road. Police arrested 13 motorists and issued 10 signal and stop sign summons.
Ten individuals received summonses for stop light violations. Names include Geraldine Bonner of 2106 Gibbs Ave NE John Donnelly of 1421 Lee St NW William L Ecrement of 1909 Maple Ave NE Norvin Starkey of Robertsville Dick Rehor of 1919 Frazer Ave NW and Alfred R Nagel of 1918 Clark Ave SW. Stop sign notices went to Benjamin D Johnson 1418 5th St SW Walter Curry 110 Perkin Ct SE Gene R Burkhardt 622 Garfield Ave SW and Leroy Freiot RD 6 North Canton.
Lapeer Michigan Circuit Judge George Desjardins slipped on ice and broke his leg but was carried into the courtroom to hear a case before a doctor treated him.
Washington March 7 AP lawmakers showed general approval for President Truman's plan to unite the armed forces into a single Department of Defense and give the secretary clear coordinating powers. Louis A. Johnson expected to become defense secretary within a month, replacing James V. Forrestal. Suggests creating a chairman for the joint chiefs of staff as proposed by the Hoover commission.
About 1300 Catholic men from Massillon and Canal Fulton paraded through downtown Massillon to St Marys Church. They received Holy Communion at an 8 am mass and the event was organized by Knights of Columbus and Holy Name societies in line with Pope Pius XII's call to oppose communism. The Canton Central Catholic High School band led the procession.
The American Legion of Ohio urged a one year extension of the 52-20 unemployment allowance for veterans. The measure may be needed for those who have not claimed it yet, and the program could end July 25 unless Congress acts. The committee also opposed proposed cuts to veterans hospitals.
Police records show four thefts including a purse snatching from Mrs. Helen T Weisgerber 2326 Brownlee Ave NE at 12 22 am in the 100 block on Tuscarawas St East. Items valued at 11 dollars were taken along with personal papers.
Detroit students Samuel Bleier and Robert Angelloti at the University of Detroit developed the first practical germ counter to count bacteria in a specific air volume. The device uses sugar coated screens, a pump and gas meter, with colonies counted under a microscope to estimate airborne germs.
Cincinnati march report says Dr. Lowell S. Goin urged 2000 general practitioners to make cancer awareness a routine office practice by routinely considering cancer and taking tissue samples when needed. Dr. Francis C. Grant spoke on nerve cutting as a pain relief key in cancer care. The group pledged support for AMA against socialized medicine.
The Forest Service reports 1,200,000 hunters killed at least 279,000 animals in U S and Alaska national forests in 1948. Deer elk and bears formed the tally while the big game population rose by 68,000 to 2,470,000, the smallest yearly gain in 25 years signaling a leveling off.
The Chicago Tribune announces its Sunday edition will cost 15 cents starting March 13 due to higher production costs. The move comes after the existing 10 cent price proved unsustainable. The Chicago Sunday Herald American also raised from 10 to 15 cents, while the Sunday Sun Times stays at 10 cents.
Police vice squad charged Ella Crawford, 42, with operating a disorderly house and Patricia Martin, 21, with soliciting after a raid Sunday afternoon at 404 5th St SE.
KEY WEST Fla March 7 AP presidential confidants disclosed Royall will step out in 10 to 20 days. No successor named. Truman enjoys Florida vacation at Boca Chica Naval Base and will visit Orlando and Rollins College in Winter Park. Col Louis Johnson likely to replace Forrestal March 31.
John M. Ecklund of the AFL urges doubling federal school building investment to 16 billion over ten years to meet rising enrollments. He cites 400,000 teachers leaving in six years for higher pay and urges bills for local construction grants, scholarships, and teacher pay. The Ohio Federation of Teachers should pursue a long-range program and stronger labor cooperation.
Massillon, March 7. The shock of Albert Monbarren's heart attack death at 69, reported at 8:30 to 8:45 a.m., apparently triggered the death of his wife 61 at their Tremont Avenue home. Firefighters, a resuscitator, and Dr. R W Croyle responded.
Maj. Gen. David G. Barr former head of the joint U S military advisory group in China left Tokyo by air for Washington ending an American effort to bolster Chinese armed forces. Offices in Tokyo closing with his departure. he plans to return to Japan within a month for reassignment under Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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