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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
4
New York taxi owners plan to run as many cabs as possible as a union linked to United Mine Workers threatens a strike. Police prepared for potential violence. The main issue is immediate union recognition without a formal election under state law.
Akron bus drivers and C IO Transport Workers Local No 1 agreed to meet today in city hall to renegotiate before a midnight contract deadline. The unions seek 30 cent hourly rises with base pay of 1.32 for drivers and 1.42 for machinists while a past pattern of strikes looms if no new offer is made.
Miss Frances Louise Butler 83 died in a cluttered Akron hotel room last January leaving an estate valued at 902545. Probate Judge Vincent Zurz set April 9 for heirs petitions. Over 250 claim kinship in cash real estate and belongings totaling 696231 Ohio and 206313 New York.
Ten European sycamore trees were planted this week along Carrollton Park facing the courthouse. The planting was part of the community park project undertaken by local residents.
An employee told police seventeen windows in a Hoover Co building at 1637 6th St SW have been broken over four weeks, with total damages about 48 dollars. A rock damaged two bedroom windows at Charles Levin’s home 504 Hartung NE. Three hub caps worth 12 dollars were stolen from a car on Market Ave S. Joseph Zahachevski of 1416 Cleveland Ave S reported.
Police recorded what is believed to be the first softball casualty of the year when 23 year old Dominic Biasella of 1706 3rd street northeast was treated at Mercy Hospital for a possible ankle fracture. He was hurt after stumbling over a base during a game at Lee Park in the 1500 block on 4th street southeast.
A crime blot lists a stolen collar described as pink and lime. The notice notes a reward or value of five dollars per item, with quantities between three and six referenced in the short entry.
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