Tree Hut Is Office To Canton Boys In Backyard
Two Canton 12 year olds Fred Streb and Carl Chappie use a six foot high backyard tree house as their office and carnival venue. They plan a three day event June 23 to 25 and host a neighborhood hangout with a fireplace for marshmallow roasts. Built from scavenged boards, the plain Ohio oblong structure sits near the Streb and Chappie homes on Fulton Road NW and 4th Street NW respectively.
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Canton
Fred Streb
Co. J. Streb
Fulton Rd
Carl Chappie
A. C. Chappie
4Th St NW
Fred
Carl
Labor's Plastic Surgery Fund Surpasses Goal
The Union Labor Plastic Surgery Fund raised 5548.66 dollars, surpassing its 5000 dollar target to aid labor families needing surgery. Funds support Billy Husarick, 8, with future operations planned over ten months. Contributions continue as the fund trustee thanks donors. The piece also reports CIO leader tensions and upcoming executive board actions in Washington.
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Union Labor Plastic Surgery Fund
Herb Secker
Secker
Organized Labor
Husarick
Tuscarawas St
April job levels in Canton hit three-year low
Canton Chamber of Commerce reports April industrial employment at 31,730, down 3,095 from November, with Ford plants idled and Timken layoffs linked to Ford strikes. Four-month figures show a 353 decline versus last year, while bank debits, clearings, permits, car sales, and tax stamps rise over last April.
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Canton
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Ford
Georgetown Rd
Forge
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Columbus
Anesville
Chamber
Culbertson Eyes Hearing Plan for Atlantic Pact Police Force
Senate leaders Mundt and Hendrickson weigh an international police force for the North Atlantic Treaty to enforce peace. Culbertson proposes a 12-nation contingent army run by a central council with two U S votes, seeking UN backing and linking to arms programs and disarmament efforts. Mundt prioritizes world disarmament and inspection ahead of a police force.
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Ashington
Mundt
South Dakota
Hendrickson
New Jersey
Spain
Turkey
China
Argentina
United Nations
Ely Culbertson
United States
Culbertson
Senate
U. S
U. N
Russia
Union Loses Organizing Election at Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN May 14 AP Unionism lost today in the first consent election under a CIO drive to organize Hartzell's retail store clerks. Under NLRB supervision, 28 eligible workers voted. 20 voted against a union, six for Amalgamated Clothing Workers, none for the AFL retail clerks union. Two votes were challenged and discarded.
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Washington
C.S.O
C.N.O
World Federation of Trade Unions
Philip Murray
Portland
Ore
C.I.O
Murray
Bessemer
Ala
Maurice E. Travis
Phil Murray
Steelworkers
C.il.o
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Youngstown
Firemen Lose Fight For Eight Hour Day
Portsmouth firemen lost their bid for an eight hour day or a forty eight hour week as the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled a state law governs firemen hours. The ruling upheld a two platoon system of twenty four hours on and off with an extra day off every two weeks. The suit, filed nearly two years ago, sought the change.
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Portsmouth
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Plant Estimate Sought For Crestline Schill Factory
Mansfield reports estimates are being sought to rebuild the Schill manufacturing plant at Crestline after a devastating fire. General manager Earl T. Remy said the loss totaled about $250,000 as rebuilding plans begin.
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Mansfield
Schill
Crestline
Earl T. Remy
Cleveland Fed appoints Jones & Laughlin executive to board
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland named Charles L. Austin of Pittsburgh to its board of directors. Chairman George C. Brainard said Austin, executive vice president of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, was the unanimous choice of the larger banks in the Fourth District.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Today
Charles L. Austin
Pittsburgh
George C. Brainard
Austin
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Federal Reserve District
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