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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1949

Page

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Rescued Airman Nurse Tell Of 6 Day Mountain Ordeal

Vancouver aviator Bill Grant and nurse Sheila Cure recount six days stranded after their Canuck air craft crashed on Mount Hozo meen in a snowstorm. They survived on chocolate bars and water, signaled rescuers with fires, and were aided by RC AF and para rescue teams before reaching Vancouver.

Ancouver B. C Bill Grant Sheila Cure Mount Hozomeen Grant Vancouver Cardston Alberta Coquihalla Pass Big Bend Princeton Miss Cure Sheila Vancouver General Hospital Miss Care R.C.A.F

Plane crash takes life of Newcomerstown pilot

Newcomerstown man Ralph R. Marlowe 51 died when his light plane struck a tree and crashed on Route 75 near West Lafayette airport. A AT&T technician from Cambridge he had 150 hours flying time. He leaves widow Virginia, his parents, a sister and two brothers. services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Bonell funeral home with burial at West Lawn Cemetery.

Newcomerstown West Lafayette Ralph R. Marlowe W. Statest American Telephone and Telegraph Co Cambridge Marlowe Fairfield Virginia R. M. Marlowe Shady Bend Noble Sherrard New Philadelphia Clyde Marlowe Donald Marlowe Zanesville Bonnell Donald Doss West Lawn Cemetery

Wash Dog Rescued After Belt Jam At Home

Spotty the Miller family’s dog was freed from a washing machine belt after Canton police officers Albert Fryer Raymond Leonard along with detectives Kenneth Wells and Fred Bors tipped the machine following a call from Mrs. Miller. The dog wagged its tail and appeared unharmed.

Spotty Edward H. Miller 6Th St NE Canton Police Department

Taxes and ads echo costs for Timken Roller Bearing

In 1948 our tax expense nearly doubled all costs needed to advertise and sell our products. Taxes are pretty high. The Timken Roller Bearing Company ad.

Timken Roller Bearing Company Timken Roller Bearing Company Ad

Recluse 88 Shoots Boy Picking Mother's Day Posy

Detroit May 9 AP A sharp-eyed 88-year-old spinster Miss Emma Arnold shot a 15-year-old boy and wounded him slightly as he and seven others gathered Mother's Day bouquets in her weed grown yard. Police spokesman Lt Ronald La Rue confiscated a .38 revolver after arrest. Miss Arnold, described as a rugged hermit who had not left her home in three years, was jailed for felonious use of a deadly weapon while neighbors brought food.

Emma Arnold Donald Walsh Miss Arnold Young Walsh Ronald la Rue

Y W C A Campaign Urgently Seeks $68081 to Reach Goal

The Y W C A building fund drive reports 131919 in pledges with 68081 still needed. Special gifts led by Edgar W Jones total 97381 while the Crusade groups report 13516 13204 and 7818 respectively. Today's pledges 28610 lag behind expectations as final efforts intensify before the Wednesday meeting.

Y.W.C.A. Building Fund Edgar W. Jones Woman’s Crusade H. D. Baker R. M. Fawcett H. L. Hooper L. M. Klinedinst Mr. Klinedinst

Special luncheon at Yant's Cottage Daily Businessmen's Lunch

Daily businessmen's luncheon continues at Yant's Cottage located at 1100 12th NW with ample parking available for attendees.

Yant’s Cottage 12Th NW

Three Youths Admit Series Of Burglaries and Thefts

Three youths arrested by Sheriff Harry W. Grossglaus and deputies admit a spree of burglaries gasoline thefts and an attempted robbery and assault. Laverne Glover 19 William Cole 19 and Jack Crank 18 face charges of breaking and entering. They describe multiple incidents at Bittners Supermarket John Lows barber shop Stark Brick Co and more with blasting caps stolen and gasoline siphoned from trucks and a power shovel. Deputies continue questioning for further links to recent thefts.

Harry W. Grossglaus Laverne Glover Wells Ave William Cole Clarendon Ave Jack Crank East Canton Ray Nanamaker Glover Cole Metropolitan Brick Co Bittner’s Faltoard Broad Ave NW Crank John Low Cleveland Ave NW Stark Brick Co Nicholas Markovich Prospect Ave 12Th St

Ford Rejects Outside Mediation in Coast to Coast Strike

Ford Motor Co refused outside mediation as a five day strike spread. The company and union clashed over arbitration of a speedup dispute, with UAW leaders and Dearborn Mayor Hubbard attending a mass demonstration. Ford reported 8,000 more layoffs and suppliers feeling the pinch as more plants shut.

Detroit Ford Motor Co C.I United Auto Workers U.A.W Walter Reuther Orville Hubbard Dearborn Rouge Hubbard George Edwards Ford John S. Bugas Bugas Los Angeles St. Louis Metuchen N. J Minneapolis-St. Paul Iron Mountain Mich Thomas Thompson Reuther Henry Ford II Hudson Motor Car Co Briggs Manufacturing Co

Footprint safety drive marks Canton intersections with painted warnings

Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers led by John S. Duerr painted 1 056 footprints and STOP markings at 33 intersections in Canton to improve pedestrian safety. They covered Market and Cleveland avenues, McKinley and Court avenues, Walnut and Tuscarawas streets, and urged caution to pedestrians and drivers.

Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Committee John S. Duerr Canton Donald Uhl Mr. Duerr Carl Blanke John A. Cable Donald Steenrod Vernon Reiss Richard Mann L. R. Forbes Market Cleveland Aves 3Rd St 6Th St McKinley Ave Tuscarawas St 4Th St Court Ave Walnut Ave 2Nd St Public Square Cherry Ave Dewalt Ave Duerr Harrison Paint & Varnish Co Sherwin- Williams Paint Co

Clevelander Surrenders In 3 Stabbings

John Hrehov, 26, turned himself in at Central police station in Cleveland admitting he stabbed three youths to death and critically wounded another with a trench knife in a street fight on Broadway yesterday. He led detectives to his companion and the weapon.

Cleveland John Hrehov Central Police Station Hrehov Robert Wolf Broadway Wolf David Kerr Kerr

Ford Strike Triggers First Rouge Plant Cutback

Ford Motor Co announces a strike at the Rouge plant will cause the first production reductions at its Georgetown NE forging plant ending Tuesday 7 a.m. A survey on layoff scope will finish this afternoon and operations may gradually decline if the dispute endures. Union officials Salapack and Thomas to meet Ford labor relations head Schultz to set layoff basis. Aquinto promoted to Highland Park plant in Detroit. duties split between Schultz and Batson. UAW ballots Tuesday for four paid committeemen posts at 807 Carnahan Ave NE from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ford Motor Co Rouge Georgetoward Harry Howell A&he Ford Mound Road Detroit C.so. United Automobile Workers Michael Salapack Theodore Thomas Marvin Schultz Howell Henry Aquinto Highland Park Aquinto Schultz John Batson U.A.W Carnahan Ave

Heart Massage Fails To Save Water Victim

In San Diego on Mother's Day a seven year old girl Loneta Leslie died after a beach incident where she and her brother Norman Paul Leslie played on a board in shallow surf. A wave capsized it and undertow pulled them into deeper water. Lifeguards revived Norman, but Loneta died after doctors opened her abdomen and attempted cardiac massage.

San Diego Calif Loneta Leslie Norman Paul Leslie Loneta Paul R. Brust

Two Appointed To Atom Board

President Truman named Gordon Dean and Henry DeWolf Smyth to the Atomic Energy Commission, sending nominations to the Senate after accepting the resignations of Robert F. Bacher and William W. Waymack. Dean, 43, USC law professor and attorney. Smyth, 51, Princeton physics chair and author of the Smyth Report.

Washington Truman Gordon Dean Henry DeWolf Smyth The Atomic Energy Commission Senate Robert F. Bacher William W. Waymack Dean University of Southern California Smyth Princeton University

Two Fugitives Captured Here Held in Holdup

Two escapees from a Mansfield reformatory farm were captured in Canton after a holdup at the Loop restaurant in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Leo Evans and Paul Van Bibber face extradition on armed robbery charges. a hostage, an 18 year old woman Elma Eakle, waited in the car. The pair had escaped by stealing a guard’s car near Mansfield.

Mansfield Reformatory Canton Clarksburg Leo Francis Evans Harrisburg Rd NE Paul Eugene van Bibber Columbus John Pelger William Beaber Crystal Park Cafe Mahoning Rd NE Sergt. W. E. Murphy West Virginia William D. Harrison Harrison County W. Va Lost Creek S. E. Barnett Elma Eakle Barnett Morgantown Harrison Reformatory Mansfield Cumberland van Bibber Franklin County Evans Stark County

West Germany forms democratic republic constitution approved

Bonn reports the constitutional convention approved a democratic, armed free state for the western zones. It requires ratification by 11 state legislatures and final western zone approval as four-power talks in Paris set possible elections. The plan preserves basic rights and abolishes war declaration power, with a federal system to govern the three western zones.

Bonn Germany Western Zone Nazi Germany East Germany Council of Foreign Ministers Paris U. S Washington West Germany UGC America Christian Socialist Union Bavaria Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Weimar Republic

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