Wyman and Olivier Win 1948 Oscars for Best Actress and Actor
Jane Wyman wins best actress for Johnny Belinda and Laurence Olivier wins best actor for Hamlet. Hamlet also earns best picture as Olivier also directed and produced. Walter Huston and Claire Trevor win supporting and best actress in Key Largo. John Huston claims directing and screenplay Oscars. First British top honor and first father son Oscar tie noted.
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Wyman
Olivier W
Hamlet
Claire Trevor
Walter Huston
Virginia MacPherson
United Press
Ollywood
Jane Wyman
Missouri
Sir Laurence Olivier
Sir Laurence
Miss Wyman
London
Academy
Olivier
John Huston
Papa Walter
Sierra Madre
Ohio population grows faster than nation, 1949 update
Columbus reports Ohio population rising faster than the U.S. as of January 1949, with 7,903,000 residents. Manufacturing employs over one third of workers, led by extensive plant expansion in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. Agricultural output reaches about 300,000 farmers producing roughly 1.2 billion dollars in revenue.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Lorain County
Lucas County
Amusements and Editorial Highlights in Todays Repository
The page lists sections including Amusements Comics Deaths Editorial George Sokolsky Markets and Financial Radio and Television Social News Sports Weather and Westbrook Pegler Flora Fetzer noted as shorthand reporter. Dial 34762 ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sokolsky
Westbrook Pegler
Flora Fetzer
Dial
Diabetes Tests Show 3.55 Percent With Symptoms
Suspicious symptoms were found in 3.55 percent of persons examined during a Stark County diabetes detection drive last week. The Stark County Medical Society committee reported early figures from about one third of Canton doctors, with 7 735 applicants tested and 275 showing sugar in urine, guiding further investigation and an estimated 75 actual diabetes cases to be discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark County Medical Society
Canton
Daffodils Open as Balmy Weather Arrives
Daffodils began to open today with balmy weather. Lawns turned green and vegetation quickened as Thursday reached 64 degrees. Forecasters expect a possible warmer day followed by a slight weekend cool-down.
Barber shop burglar swipes hair tonic and tools
Deputies search for a clean cut burglar who entered John Low barber shop at 3036 Cleveland Ave NW. The thief, a dapper man, stole three bottles of hair tonic two cloth razor straps a pair of hand clippers and a razor worth $11.75.
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John Low
Cleveland Ave NW
Carpet Sale Ad and Dental Office Move Notice
Classified notice lists a carpet sale at Zane's Warehouse 321 2nd SE ad with Dr. Scotts dental office relocation from Kresge Building to 8th and Broad NW. Includes dental X ray plate work and credit terms. Also promotes yearling hens at 39 cents a pound, roasting hens fryers and young ducks at Cooper's 921 9th NE. 58881 ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane’s Warehouse
Fryers & Young Ducks
Cooper’s
Rankin Proposes WWI Pension Plan in House
Representative Rankin of Mississippi introduces a new veterans pension bill for World War I veterans aged 65 with income limits of 2000 dollars for singles or 3000 dollars for married or with dependents. The measure seeks 72 dollars monthly, replacing a rejected 90 dollar plan, amid partisan battle and veteran group pressure.
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Washington
Rankin
Mississippi
House
Veterans Committee
Russia appoints Vasilevsky as armed forces chief
Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky takes over as minister of armed forces in the Soviet Union, replacing Nikolai A. Bulganin. Bulganin remains deputy prime minister and Politburo member. Vasilevsky, a WWII strategist and Hero of the Soviet Union, helped drive Berlin and led campaigns in Voronezh and Sevastopol.
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Moscow
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Supreme Soviet
Vasilevsky
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Soviet Union
Russia
Gilmore
London
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Josef Stalin
Council of Ministers
Viscount Montgomery
Voronezh
Crimea
Sevastopol
Berlin
State Bank
Communist Party Central Committee
Moscow Soviet
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Russian Socialist Federated Socialist Republic
District Director Abel outlines 4th wage demand push
I W Abel Canton district director for the C I O United Steelworkers spoke at the Canton Academy of Medicine on many topics. He said the 4th round of wage increase demands will be set at a national policy meeting in mid April and argued corporations profited highly last year, enabling higher wages without price raises. He defended the CIO aims and warned against efforts to mischaracterize unions as socialist or communist and criticized the Taft Hartley Act as harmful to labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Abel
Canton
United Steel Workers
Canton Academy of Medicine
Taurant
C.I.O
United States
Abel
Inter-City Club
Canton Mayor backs municipal parking bill plan
Canton officials may support city run parking lots if an Ohio Senate bill removes a two year limit. Mayor Carl F. Klein urged action at a press conference noting outdoor facilities are preferred and that a joint city business venture is unlikely. He urged downtown leaders to consider municipal parking.
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Canton
Ohio Senate
Carl F. Klein
Klein
Taft Seeks Deep Cuts in European Recovery Funds
Senate leaders rally to guard the Marshall Plan while Tafts bloc presses for trillion the next 15 months funding. The bill authorizes 1.15 billion for April to June 1950 and 4.28 billion for the year after with 150 million in contracts beyond June. debate centers on how much cash ECA can spend versus allocations.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Western
Europe
Lucas
Illinois
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
ECA
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Louisville Frozen Food Lockers Rent Now
Frozen food lockers available in Louisville with rental options. Call 2314 or visit 700 W. Main for immediate leasing details.
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Louisville
W. Main
Gillars Gets 10 to 30 Years for Treason with $10000 Fine
Axis Sally broadcaster Mildred Gillars is sentenced by Federal Judge Edward Curran to 10 to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for treason. She was convicted for the Axis Sally Nazi radio broadcast “Vision of Invasion” and faces automatic citizenship loss. Her attorney indicated an appeal up to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Mildred E
Axis Sally) Gillars
Edward M. Curran
James J. Laughlin
Miss Gillars
Supreme Court
Curran
Normandy
Evelyn
Ohio
Bedell Smith Rejoins Army
President Truman accepted the resignation of Gen. Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Moscow and ordered his return to active duty. Smith, a lieutenant general, is expected to command the 1st Army on Governors Island New York Harbor, after having been asked to resume army duties following medical treatment at Walter Reed Hospital last Christmas.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
White House
Smith
1St Army
Governor’s Island
New York Harbor
Courtney Hodges
Walter Reed Hospital
Republic Cuts Prices On Galvanized Sheets
Republic Steel Corp. announced price reductions on galvanized sheets up to five dollars a ton. The cuts follow a drop in zinc costs from 17.5 to 16 cents per pound, reflecting market movements as the nation’s third largest steel producer reports lower input prices.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Huckleberry Pie Special at Liberty Bakery
A Saturday special announces Liberty Bakery in Southwest at 1030 6th Street SW offering a Huckleberry pie for 45 cents. The brief note highlights the bakery's advertised value and location.
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Liberty Bakery
Poultry Prices at C L Poultry
Yearling hens 35c per pound Springers 49c per pound Roasting hens also available at C and L Poultry 733 Cherry SE area
Court Denies Venue Change In Attack Case
Common Pleas Judge Paul G. Weber denied a motion for a change of venue in the case of John L. Sullivan Jr. charged with criminal assault on a six year old schoolgirl. The decision followed a hearing with 12 witnesses and signals the possibility of a venue swap only after trial begins on April 11 if juror prejudice is shown. The judge questioned the petition by Sullivan’s mother signed by 187 Canton residents.
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Common Pleas
Paul G. Weber
John L. Sullivan Jr
Clarendon Ave
Weber
Sullivan
D. Deane McLaughlin
Stark County
Canton
Inbound Cherry Buses Detour for Three Months
Canton City Lines will detour inbound Cherry avenue buses starting Monday due to construction on Cherry avenue SE between 14th Street and Sherrick Road. Detour routes go Roe Street to 13th Street SE to Gonder SE to 11th Street SE and back to Cherry. Transportation superintendent C. E. Morgan said the change will last about three months.
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Cherry Ave
14Th St
Sherrick Rd
Canton City Lines, Inc
Roest
13Th St
13Th
Gonder SE
Gonder
Llth St
L1th St
Warner Rd
Sportsmen Juniors Shoot Saturday at 1 P M
The Sportsman Rod and Gun Club junior shooters will compete Saturday at 1 p m with Kessler’s Racing Club listed as an adjoining reference.
Banana House Banana Wholesale Notice
A brief notice from Banana House at 612 Cherry S. 46227 ad indicates wholesale bananas are available. The text is fragmented.
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Lield
Banana House
Cherry S
A and M Super Market Ads Fruits and Tomatoes
Golden ripe bananas two pounds priced at 25 cents and tomatoes at 19 cents per box advertised for 314 East Tusc. store sales and availability noted.
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A. M. Vasilevsky
N. A. Bulganin
Hay
Parte
Lew Ayres
Loretta Young
Jerry Wald
Johnny Belinda
Mocambo
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Key Largo
Laurence Olivier
Treasure of
Commission
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Mr. Abel
Canton Public Opinion
Roosevelt
Canton Development Corp
Fair Employment Practices Commission
C.I.0
Ferraro
Hitler
Bedell Smith
Mildred
Axis Sally
Gillars
Justice
Bridge
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