Three Injured in City and County Traffic Mishaps
Three persons were injured in separate city and county traffic incidents Saturday. Barbara Ann Whitmire, 12, from 2964 St Elmo NE, suffered hip and leg scratches after being struck on 30th St near Mapleave NE. Norbert M. Friend, 23, of Mantua OH, was driving the other car and was unable to avoid the crash. Mrs. C R Harper, 55, of 906 6th St SW, received chest bruises and possible rib fractures in a collision at 6th St and Cleveland Ave SW while riding with George W. Keller. Herman E. Gerst, 22, of 1515 11th St SW, faces a signal light charge from police. Arcy Rucker, 21, of 1206 Hartford Ave SE, was treated for mouth cuts and a possible jaw fracture after losing control of his car and striking a tree on 12th St SE due to steering failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Whitmire
St. Elmo
Mercy Hospital
30Th St
Mapleave NE
Norbert M. Friend
Mantua
C. R. Harper
6Th St
Aultman Hospital
George W. Keller
Cleveland Ave
Herman E. Gerst
11Th St
Arcy Rucker
Hartford Ave SE
12Th St SE
Bicycle fall injures 15 year old on Grigsby Place
Police report a 15 year old, Jack Halter of 920 Bedford Ave SW, suffered eyebrow cuts after losing control of his bicycle and falling in the 2400 block on Grigsby Place SW at 5 21 p m on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Halter
Bedford Ave
Grigsby Pl
Two motorists arrested after weekend accident
Olive M. Miller aged 48 of 1427 3rd St SW was charged with intoxication after a collision at 7th St and Elgin Ave NW at 4 40 p m. Christian G. Howard aged 24 of 213 Cherry Rd NE Massillon was charged with ignoring a stop sign at Hills Dales Rd and Fulton Rd NW ext.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Miller
3Rd St
7Th St
Elgin Ave
Christian G. Howard
Cherryrd NE
Massillon
Hills & Dales Rd
Fulton Rd
Management freedom at risk says Timken guest
The speaker warned that Wolman era government control and New Deal aided organized labor have narrowed management freedom over the past decade and continue to do so. He emphasized that management must be free to decide when time requires.
Bosses Night Program Draws Canton Jaycees
About 300 Canton Junior Chamber of Commerce members and employers expected at Jaycee Bosses Night Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Onesto Hotel. Leonard E Read will speak. the 1948 Distinguished Service Citation will be awarded to a Canton man. Robert Davis toasts, Neil Rodgers to welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Onesto Hotel
Leonard E. Read
Foundation For Economic Education, Inc
Canton
Read
Home Builders of
Stark County, Inc
Robert Davis
Neil Rodgers
C of C Attacks Federal Aid To Education Bill
Ohio Chamber of Commerce President C I Weaver warned that enacting a $300 million federal aid to education bill would give federal control over schools. He said funds should be raised by state and local taxes and that Ohio would pay about $17.37 million with only $7.09 million returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Senate
C. I. Weaver
Chamber
Weaver
Ohio
881 Former D.P.'s Reach U.S. Monday
The U S army transport General Muir will dock in New York Monday with 881 displaced persons aboard. The International Refugee Organization reports the newcomers will relocate to 29 states and the District of Columbia under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act. Forty six are bound for Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Army
General Muir
New York
International Refugee Organization
States
District of Columbia
iForty-six
Ohio
Orators Contest Winners Named by High Schools
The event featured speeches on revising the United Nations into a federal world government. Class A winners included Harlan Randolph of Columbus East and Bruce Slesnick of Canton McKinley. Class B winners were Nancy Gaines of Wyoming and Jean Gadd of Stow. County League winners were Gerald Walworth Jr. of Louisville and Shirley Dickes of Jackson Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Randolph
Columbus East
Bruce Slesnick
Canton McKinley
Nancy Gaines
Wyoming
Jean Gadd
Stow
Gerald Walworth Jr
Louisville
Shirley Dickes
Jackson Township
Local Track Meet Results by Class and County League
Class A placed Ewing Stumm of Dayton Oakwood first and Bill Williams of Massillon Washington second. Class B awarded Joanne Horn of Urbana City first and Pauline Shank of Orrville second. County League saw Helen Herwick of Doylestown taking first with Mary Wedell of Shreve second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing Stumm
Dayton Oakwood
Bill Williams
Massillon Washington
Joanne Horn
Urbana City
Pauline Shank
Orrville
Helen Herwick
Doylestown
Mary Wedell
Shreve
Local Meet Honors In Class A B And County League
Betty Kleinhenz of Dayton Oakwood won first in Class A with Barbara Parke of Springfield taking second. Class B saw Mark Fuller of Wyoming first and Jane Taylor of Wyoming second. Don Williamson of Louisville led the County League with Marjorie Scott of Fredericksburg finishing second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Kleinhenz
Dayton Oakwood
Barbara Parke
Springfield
Mark Fuller
Wyoming
Jane Taylor
Don Williamson
Louisville
Marjorie Scott
Fredericksburg
Dayton Area Class Results Highlight Local Winners
Class A winners Mary Jane Chenoweth of Dayton Oakwood and John Mendiola of Ravenna led the field with Chenoweth first in her class and Mendiola second. Class B saw Mary Zimmerman of Stow and Claire Rhodes of Wyoming place first and second, while County League honors went to Ray Heisey of Louisville and Mildred Scott of Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Chenoweth
Dayton Oakwood
John Mendiola
Ravenna
Mary Zimmerman
Stow
Claire Rhodes
Wyoming
Ray Heisey
Louisville
Mildred Scott
Fredericksburg
Local Meet Winners Set Across Classes A B and County League
Class A results crown Maurice Heller of Canton McKinley first and Bob Good of Dayton Oakwood second. Class B awards go to Edgar Dally of Stow first and Tom Skidmore of Wyoming second. In County League, William Armstrong of Louisville takes first with Roger Swigert also from Louisville second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Heller
Canton McKinley
Bob Good
Dayton Oakwood
Edgar Dally
Stow
Tom Skidmore
Wyoming
William Armstrong
Louisville
Roger Swigert
Fight Victim 37 In Poor Condition After 10th Street Stabbing
Linsley Russell, 37, of 917 Madison St SE, is in poor condition at Mercy Hospital with multiple stab and cut wounds to the neck arms and hands from a Saturday 5 55 p m fight at 324 10th St SE. Robert Fields, 24, the other party at his residence, was treated for arm and leg cuts and held on a suspicion charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linsley Russell
Madison Et SE
Mercy Hospital
10Th St SE
Robert Fields
Fields
H. W. Fowler Stricken Fatally in Hotel Lobby
Henry W. Fowler, 50, of the Milner Hotel, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital after police found him ill and slumped in a hotel lobby chair. He was taken by police ambulance to the hospital following a routine lobby check and had been registered at the hotel since Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Fowler
Milner Hotel
Mercy Hospital
Fowler
70 000 Rail Workers Idle Some Return
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the coal mine shutdown marked a week old as UMW leader John L. Lewis calls a two week memorial protest. Senate action on Dr James Boyd may influence mine restart while rail layoffs reach 70 000 with B and O furloughing 1200 at Keyser WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Senate Interior Committee
Lewis
Mississippi
Boyd
Coval
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Today
Keyser
W. Va
Sharon Steel Corp
Farrell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
James L. Williams
Pennsylvania Retail Coal Merchants Association
Williams
Anthracite Institute
Williamsburg
Cheek and Gorrell Coal Co
Everett Rains
Johnstown
Easter Chick Dilemma Hooks Spring Feasts
A family contemplates raising a baby chick for Sunday chicken but the plan risks mess and a hurt child. They weigh humane disposal by the butcher to spare a young girl’s upset, as spring and Easter loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Josephine Doakes
Chickie
Mr. Hess
Josephine
Film executive dies in Hollywood
Joe C. Gilpin, a veteran film executive, died of a heart attack in Hollywood. He held business office posts at Warner Brothers, Columbia and Enterprise studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joe C. Gilpen
Gilpin
Warner Brothers
Columbia
Enterprise Studios
Stark County Death Chair Convictions Trace Through Decades
A historical tally shows a string of Stark County death chair sentences starting in 1906 with James Cornelius and continuing through 1942 with Buffert Ray Doney. The list names defendants from Canton and Ak ron and notes several high profile cases tied to bank holdups and police murders. Several inmates, Burson and Martin, remained on Death Row awaiting appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark County
James Cornelius
Canton
Cletus Willaman
Canal Buston
Warren E. Koons
Edward Miller
Akron
Albert Bush
Buffert Ray Doney
Almeda F. Whitmer
Payton
Burson
Martin
Convention to Open in Chicago Focus on National Defense
Chicago hosts the National Association of Waste Dealers annual convention as officials preview an intensified national defense program as a major topic of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Waste Dealers
Flowers in Action time-lapse film to feature in Canton lecture
The Repository presents a Wednesday March 30 lecture at 8 p m in Timken Vocational High School auditorium. T. J. Corgan will explain a time-lapse film showing plant growth, created with a method used by Northwestern University researchers studying cancer cells. The program, third in a spring series, is hosted by Canton Garden Center and The Repository with invitations to area garden clubs and interested residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timken Vocational High School
Canton Area
T. J. Corgan
John Nash Ott Jr
Mr. Ott
Northwestern University Medical School
Ott
Repository
Canton Garden Center Board
W. Robert Timken
Ralph D. Smith
Frank Oberlin
Morton Frank
Dutch Officer repels ambush on UN observers in Sumatra
In Sumatra between Brastagi and Medan Indonesian guerrillas attacked a United Nations observer team. Lt. Voorst Tot, a Dutch officer, crawled out and exchanged fire for thirty minutes until the attackers withdrew. Two observers Maj. John A Simmons and Lt. Col. H D Chaplin were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
United Nations
Sumatra
Brastagi
Medan
U.N
John Albert Simmons
Montclair
N. J
Bangor
H. D. Chaplin
Col. Chaplin
Maj. Simmons
U.N. Commission In the
Indies
Jogjakarta
Taft Acheson Vandenberg Clash Over Arms and Treaty
Taft calls for caution while Acheson pledges munitions aid to free nations to rebuild strength. Vandenberg urges exhaustive study down to the last rifle before ratification. Georgia Senator George warns against arming to intimidate Russia or turning the pact into a military alliance. Taft signals possible fight that could jeopardize the two thirds Senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Acheson
Vandenberg
Michigan
G.O.P
Senate
George
Georgia
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
Europe
Taft
Weather Forecast for Akron Canton Area
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with a high near 35 degrees. Tonight remains cloudy and not so cold with a low around 24. Readings across major cities include Cincinnati 37 and Cleveland 30 with Detroit 27 and Pittsburgh 31 the report notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Duluth
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Canton
Kent State Univ. Canton
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Cre
John Sunley
NEA Service, Inc
Salvador Dali
Maple NE
Wolman
Jaycee Bosses
C. of C
D.p.’S
U.S
H. W. Fowler
Charles Burnetti
John O’brien
Brewster
Dick Howell
East Liverpool
Anthony Skotnicky
James Romeo
Charles N. Riblet
EPAIR
U.S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton Airport
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