Air Lift Leaves Berlin Test Stationary After Victory
Washington reports air force officials indicating the Berlin airlift will stay in standby in Europe until Russia shows no plans for a new blockade. The operation, spanning six months, moved 1,159,948 tons of cargo and logged 375,000 flight hours, with 27 airmen killed and 28 planes wrecked.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
Berlin
Air Force
Eugene M. Zukert
Himalaya
Southeast Asia
China
United States
Johnson
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Lucius D. Clay
West German fate in new postwar power struggle
East zone moves to elect a people congress on May 15 16 claiming to represent all Germany while observers warn of Soviet aims to parlay a unified Germany with favorable controls over Ruhr resources and parity with the West. West Berlin strengthens its stance after the Berlin victory boosting Western credibility amid a looming East West clash. The article also notes local obituaries and a death notice for Samuel Bonifant Jr. and body at Toland Evans funeral home in New Philadelphia.
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Germany
East Zone
People’s Congress
Taegliche Rendschau
Ruhr
Russia
Europe
Socialist Unity Party
New York
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Berlin
Thelma Bonifant
John Bonifant
New Philadelphia
Samuel Bonifant Jr
Ann Bonifant
Herman Bonifant
Dover
Thelma Charnock
Wainwright
Catherine Grant
Toland- Evans Funeral Home
Weather Forecast for Canton and Nearby Areas
Sunny and very warm this afternoon, warm tonight with a low near 60. Friday remains warm with a chance of showers. Ohio swelters in midsummer heat with no rain today, possible showers tomorrow. Cleveland ties spring heat records at 88 and 92 degrees elsewhere. Akron and Toledo remain in clear to cloudy conditions with highs near upper 60s to upper 80s and variable winds.
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Canton
UU. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
Chesapeake
Parkersburg
W. Va
Andrus
Cleveland
Mercury
Banaue Press
Akron
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Los Angeles Fe
Louisville
Miami
New York
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Tucson
Washington
Kent State Univ. Canton
Dover plant explosion injures workers at tester department
A double blast at a Dover plant shattered a two story brick building housing the tester department. Flames rose 200 feet as 50 workers faced the explosion believed to originate in the plasticiser department. Firemen brought the fire under control. a Dover firefighter was treated for a leg injury. Nearby W C Hardesty Co building and an adjacent office also suffered minor damage.
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Plasticiser
W. C. Hardesty Co., Inc
Berlin Jubilant Over Freedom and Split City Reunification
Berlin welcomes the lifting of the blockade as East and West Berlin face the tough task of merging two currencies, governments, and agencies. Western mayor Ernst Reuter demands citywide elections while Soviet leader Friedrich Ebert pursues unity with the Russian sector. End of the blockade could boost factories, fuel, jobs, and payrolls across the divided city.
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Berlin
G.I
Tempelhof
Ernst Reuter
Western Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
Russia
Soviet Zone
Ebert
Socialist Unity
Communist
Kommandatura
Berlin Blockade Likely Not to Return Officials Say
Best informed authorities view a new blockade as remote after a Soviet defeat in Berlin. The airlift, starting June 24, 1948, kept Germans and Allied residents alive, avoiding famine and war. It cost the United States $173,498,600, with 27 lives lost and 28 planes destroyed.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Canton Welfare Leader Francis Dies Moves From Alliance Chest
Francis, longtime Canton welfare official and secretary treasurer of Stark County groups, helped lead the Community Chest without outside help. A native Cantonian and 1916 Central High School graduate, he attended Ohio State, played varsity basketball, earned an engineering degree in 1920, and later organized a tire company before entering welfare work. He moved from Ashtabula where he directed blind pensions and aid to dependent children. The Canton Welfare Federation awaits his successor.
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Francis Wise Tire Co
Canton
Ashtabula
The
Alliance Community Chest
Canton Welfare Federation
Buker Makes Comeback In Council Nominations
Herbert D. Baker, a former Ward 11 councilman from 1931 to 1934, won the Ward 11 nomination with 860 votes in Tuesday's primary. Baker, 53, is a Republican and lives at 607 22nd St NW.
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Buker
Herbert D. Baker
Mr. Baker
22Nd St
Virgil H. Watson Sued Over Gas Well Interest Sale
Virgil H. Watson of Summersfield faces a $2,700 civil action filed by George D. Williams of Watseka alleging false representations in selling a one sixteenth working interest in a Plain Township gas well to raise 2500 dollars later used for his own purposes. Watson was previously found guilty in Common Pleas Court of selling unregistered securities without a license and was placed on probation.
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Virgil H. Watson
Summerfield
Common Pleas
George D. Williams
Watseka
Watson
Plain Township
Teol Athlete's Foot Ad Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts Teol for athlete's foot with a 90 percent alcohol base for deep germ killing contact. It claims relief in one hour and a 35 cent money back guarantee at Hug Drug Store.
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Hug Drug Store
McCarran Urges Spain Recognition During Hearing Tug
Sen McCarran of Nevada threatened to block State Department funds as hearings opened on the department budget. He urged immediate U S recognition of the Franco regime, criticizing current policy and promising to scrutinize the appropriation bill. Acheson testified on the request for more than 275 million for the coming year.
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Washington
INS
McCarren
Nevada
State Department
United States
McCarran
Department
Spain
Asheson
Acheson
Labor Bill Stalls in House as Taft Hartley Debate Shifts
The House defeated the proposed labor bill and stalled any Taft Hartley repeal. In Senate, Taft Smith Donnell introduced a rival plan to repeal the law while re enacting core provisions, proposing 60 day and 80 day injunction options and broader non Communist oath rules. Republican senators Morse Aiken and Ives offered reservations, signaling a partisan clash continuing next session.
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Truman Administration
Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Smith
New Jersey
Donnell
Missouri
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas Lesinski
Congress
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
Michigan
Rayburn
Texas
Simms
South Carolina
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Neely
West Virginia
Ellender
Louisiana
Morse
Oregon
Aiken
Vermont
Taft, Smith and
Ives
New York
Richard J. Welch
Calif
Augustine B. Kelley
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor
Ohio House votes on Wood bill motion to return to committee
Democrats in favor include Green Burke Crosser Feighan Hays Huber Irwin McSweeney Polk Secrest Wagner and Young. No Republicans voted in favor. Republican opponents were Rolston Brown Elston Jenkins McCullough McGregor Voryf Waichal.
Widow of Harding’s Brother Dies in Florida
Marion woman Susie Wallace Kling widow of Clifford B. Kling former Marion hardware merchant and brother of Mrs. Warren G. Harding died in Orlando Florida after last night illness.
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Marion
Susie Wallace Kling
Orlando, Fla
Clifford B. Kling
Warren G. Harding
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Focal Court
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U. S
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N. Cannon
Eastern Air Lines
Akron-Canton Airport
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