Red Cross Ends 49 Fund Drive With $67,326
Canton Red Cross completed its 49th campaign with 67 326 26 dollars raised against a 60 000 goal. Divisions report cash and pledges totaling 67 326 26 with further gifts to come from several teams. Key divisions include Industrial 31 674 75 Financial and professional 4 503 00 Mercantile 8 566 95 Miscellaneous 4 332 95 Residential 9 464 12 Townships and towns 4 757 07 Public employes 1 449 55 Schools 2 182 56 Organizations 395 31 Chairmen Ralph M Fawcett and John Quinn noted pledges to be paid and Fr Barker expressed gratitude to volunteers.
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Canton Red Cross
Ralph M. Fawcett
John Quinn
Quinn
Florida
Fawcett
John B. Barker
Small Gas Heaters Special Five Ninety Five
Advertising blurb announces small gas heaters on special price five ninety five at Home Furniture located at 229 Market Street. Local catalog snippet highlights affordable heating options for the season.
March Winds Snowstorm Shuts Canton Roads
A March blizzard hit Canton with light snowfall totaling about one inch but drifting up to six inches. Winds up to 30 miles per hour created hazardous conditions on highways as state crews plowed and cleared routes through the night. Forecast warned continued cold weather with limited snow in the Canton Akron area and flurries in lake regions.
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State
Akron-Canton
State Highway Department
Columbus
Mansfield
Lake
Canton-Akron
Amusements and Editorial Highlights From The Day
A digest of page sections lists amusements comics and editorial content including George Sokolsky Westbrook Pegler and markets and financial notes. Radio programs social news sports weather and death notices are referenced with page indicators and numeric codes for section placement.
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George Sokolsky
Westbrook Pegler
Rail belt line opponents rally at Ohio Senate hearing
Railroad lobbyists and attorneys argued the 130 mile Lake Erie Ohio River conveyor belt should not be a common carrier and cannot gain eminent domain. Opponents from 12 railroads urged amendments and a third Senate judiciary committee hearing to block the project between Lorain and East Liverpool with links to Cleveland and Youngstown.
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Columbus
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Lorain
East Liverpool
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
P.U.C.O
Shively
Ohio House of Representatives
Jackson E. Betts
Findlay
Frank R. Aible
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad
H. B. Stewart Jr
Congress Lake
Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines, Inc
Stewart
James W. Huffman
U. S
E. H. Browning
New York Central
Roy S. Kern
Pittsburgh
Transportation Committee
C. W. Vance
Transportation Brotherhoods of Ohio
William A. Eggers
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
U S Missionary Wife Killed in Korea
In Seoul two masked assailants killed Mrs Horace G Underwood wife of a leading American missionary as she greeted college faculty wives at tea near Chosen University on the outskirts of Seoul. One bullet wounded her side.
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Seoul
Horace G. Underwood
Korea
License plate office moves to Mahoning Hardware site
License plate issuing agency shifts from 122 Court S to Mahoning Hardware at 2348 Mahoning NE ad. The change places the issuing desk in a hardware store setting, guiding motorists to the new location.
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Court S
Mahoning Hardware
Mahoning Ne-Ad
United Nations Withdraws from Berlin Currency Talks
The U N Security Council, led by Cuban president Alberto Inocente Alvarez, will disband the neutral panel after deeming efforts to settle the Berlin currency dispute a failure. The United States Britain and France blame Russia for the collapse amid the Berlin blockade and separate East and West Berlin administration. Western powers remain open to an equitable solution but will not reopen debates in the Security Council.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
West
Security Council
Paris
U.N
UAW wins Ford plant election for hourly workers
The United Auto Workers won the right to represent all hourly rated employees at Ford Motor Co Georgetoward plant in a runoff ballot 66 to 35 with 2 voided ballots. The victory follows a Jan 5 election and covers 1335 assembly maintenance and die room workers. Ford officials note supervisory staff not involved, boosting plant employment to 1619.
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C.I.O. United Automobile Workers
Georgetoward NE
Ford Motor Co
Die Room
Independent
International Conference of
Die Linkers
National Labor Relations Board
Die Sinkers Union
Auto Workers Union
A.F.L
Drop Forgers
Helvers
U.A.W
Cleveland
NLRB
Ford
Auto Workers
United States
Richard E. Reisinger
William E. Fowler
Louis Didisse
Fowler
Akron
Washington
Muffled blast starts basement fire at Timken mill
A muffled explosion ignited the Timken Roller Bearing Co. basement in the 1800 block on Harrison Ave SW causing rapid flames. No injuries were reported though chemist William Schroeter was briefly trapped by smoke before escaping. damage exceeds 100000 dollars with girders buckled and offices on the first floor damaged.
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Timken
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Harrison Ave
William C. Schroeter
Girard Ave
Schroeter
George Jacob
Jacob
Senate Eyes 15 Month Rent Control Extension
Senate banking committee anticipated approval of a 15 month extension of rent controls with a 15 percent rise over 1947 levels for some rents. A banking subcommittee approved the bill and officials said about half of tenant dwellings would see a 5 percent hike Oct 1 with later increases for others. Maybank called a closed session to consider the smaller units and predicted a favorable vote by nightfall.
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Aseincron
Maybank
South Carolina
Senate Banking Committee
Peditor
Senate
Army Uniform Romance Leads to Federal Charge in Canton
Lawrence Edward Frazer, 30, arrested in Canton on a charge of illegally wearing parts of an army uniform. FBI says he posed as a U S Army captain and married two women, using the uniform to impress the second wife. Frazer has multiple aliases and claimed service 1942 45. Born in Montreal, he previously married in Corpus Christi and claimed tobacco firm affiliation.
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Lawrence Edward Frazer
U.S
Charles M. Ball
Tuscara
Canton
FBI
R. J. Abbaticchio
Cleveland
Frazer
Mr. Abbaticchio
U. S. Army Air Force
Montreal
Canada
Abbaticchio
Corpus Christi
Tex
Carrollton
Taft Backs Six Month Rent Control Extension
Senator Taft of Ohio stated he would support a six month rent control extension with no further landlord relief, opposing the Senate plan for a 15 month period with a 15 percent rent boost formula.
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Washington
INS
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Senate
Senate Rent Bill Weighs States Overriding Control Provisions
Senate measure allows states to take over rent control if governors certify adequate local laws exist. House bill adds housing expediter role to fix rents for fair landlord returns. Senate panel rejected a 5 percent rent boost provision as impractical or unconstitutional, adopting a different formula.
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Senate
Board Plans Purchase Of Science Equipment
The board of education adopted a resolution to advertise for bids on domestic science equipment to modernize science rooms at McKinley and Lincoln High Schools. Superintendent Harold S. Vincent spoke on plans for a professional workshop for teachers from the fourth through eighth grades, noting earlier workshops for kindergarten to third grades were highly successful.
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Board of Education
McKinley
Lincoln
Harold S. Vincent
Trusses Offered by H. G. Card on Cleveland Street
H G Card advertises upstairs at 525 Cleveland N for trusses with phone contact 23409.
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H. G. Card
Cleveland N
Formal Appeal Filed for Burson
Formal papers appealing the death sentence of John Ross Burson 33 on a first degree murder charge were filed in the Ohio Supreme Court. The appeal by attorney Lorn P Stevenson delays execution set for Feb 21 and could lead to a new date if denied. Burson was convicted last October for killing Ellsworth Ruch Jr 24 near Navarre after wounding others at Genoa.
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John Ross Burson
Ohio Supreme Court
Burson
Lorn P. Stevenson
Supreme Court
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Ellsworth Ruch Jr
Navarre
Genoa
Wagner Market Bacon Sale at 39 Cents per Pound
Wagner Market on 2nd and Walnut SE offers center cut sugar cured sliced bacon at 39 cents per pound. Limited quantities remain as a special economy sale.
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Wagner
Wagner Market
Wilco Distributing Co Blaze Damages Interior
A fire at 3219 Tuscara Street caused about $7,500 in interior damage to Wilco Distributing Co. Two firefighters fainted from smoke and fumes from phonograph records but were treated on scene and at Aultman Hospital. Assis tant Fire Chief William Rosche cited careless smoking and safety matches as factors.
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Wilco Distributing Co
Tuscara
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Wilco
William 4H
Rosche
Jefferson Livingston
7Th St NW
Eugene Suciu
Highland Rd
Suciu
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