Industrial Softball Opens Across City With Diverse Leagues
The 1949 campaign starts as Five games on scattered city fields spark the Industrial Class A Softball season. Also opening are Church Nos 1 and 2 softball leagues and multiple fumbleball divisions. All 6:30 p.m. starts, with a morning slate at 10 a.m. featuring Ford Motors Timken and others.
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Macomber, Inc
Hercules
Witter
Postoffice
Ford Motors
Chemical
Buxbaum
Timken
Paul
Gereert, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Ross Builders
Jackson
Ashland Oil
North Canton Hoover
Imken
Canton Drop Forge
United Engineering & Foundry
Local
Union Metal
Ford Tool & Die
Babcock Printing
City
Automatic Steel
Timen
Thursday B and B Billiards and Local Games Schedule
Local league evening schedule lists multiple matches at Memorial Stadium Timken Tim ken Airport and Canton venues. Teams include B B Billiards vs North Canton Hoover. Grace EUB vs Bethel Lutheran. First Methodist vs Crystal Park M E. St Pauls EUB vs First EUB. Reedurban WU P vs Dueber Methodist. First Presbyterian vs St Pauls E U B. Zion Lutheran vs First Presbyterian. and numerous other fumbleball and class B-2 contests across venues starting near 6:15 to 6:30 p m.
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Knights of Pythias
Muncer
Jackson
Lowell Reformed
Republic Stamping & Enam
Phil's
Army & Navy Union
Arnold
Dueber Methodist
First Methodist
Trinity Reformed
Witter
Naples
Epee
St. George
O. F
Gmt Boosters
B. B. Billiards
Took
Timken
Fairmount Merchants
Sterling Bakery
Union Metal
Wilson Rubber
Canton Malleable Iron
Eleventh ‘Street
Church of God
Chemical
Calvary E. ‘U. B
North Industry Lutheran
Troy Laundry
Triangle Sports
Cleveland Wire Spring Co
Harrisburg
Maple Merchants
Avenue Grill
Fumblebaltshio Power
Diebold
Ohio “Power
East Ohio
First Congregational
Crystal Park M. E
Salvation Army
Bethel Luthtran
Zion Tuutheran
Bethel Evangelical
First Presbyterian
First Baptist
Oldtimers
Bauhof
North Canton Hoover
Memorial Stadium
P. m
the Repository
Ress Builders
Pelish Vets
Airport
Wew Paul
Ashland Oil
Woodmen of
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Méliett
Army & Navy Union No
Ampos
Grace E.U.B
Bethel Lutheran
Crystal Park
M. E
St. Benedict
Biltmore Cafe
Jewish Center
Roman Cigars
Bee Cigars
Jeans
Buxbaum Steel
Stadium
Bonmot Co
Mesrhibucs
Harrison Paint
Automatic Steel Products
West Tuscarawas Merchants
City
Canton Boosters
Ford Tool & Die
Babcock Printing
Ford Motors
Industrianl
Bricklayers
Golden Lodge
Local
Bethany Evangelical
Zion Lutheran
Eleventh Street Church of God
Go Industry Lutheran
E. Lowell Reformed
Calvary E.U.B
Industrial
Sanitary Milk
Ohio Power
National Fireproofing
East Canton
Canton Firefighters
Monarch Rubber
25Th
Cleveland
Triangle Eens
Snack Shop
Purdue Near Title And Bucks Last in Big Nine Scramble
Purdue holds first in the Big Nine race with five wins in six games after a weekend outside the conference. Indiana and Minnesota chase, with Iowa tying for second after beating Wisconsin. Michigan moved Ohio State to last with two wins at Columbus as Purdue prepares to face Wisconsin next weekend.
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Chicago
Purdue
Boilermakers
Michigan State
Indiana
Minnesota
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
Hoosiers
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio State
Columbus
Injured Torgeson Leaves Braves for Shoulder Operation
Boston Braves first baseman Earl Torgeson prepared for hospitalization to repair a left shoulder separation after a Saturday game with Brooklyn. Dr Joseph Shortell announced surgery for Wednesday, sidelining Torgeson for the best part of two months. With two roster disabled list spots already used, Marv Rickert shifts from left field to first base to fill in.
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Boston
Earl Torgeson
Boston Braves
Brooklyn
Joseph H. Shortell
Braves
Torgeson
Jeff Heath
Ray Sanders
Marv Rickert
Chicago Women Set Doubles Record in Bowling Tournament
In Columbus AP reports two new 1200 series mark the first time ever in a single day. Chicago pair Ann Elyasevich and Estelle Svoboda led with 1229 for doubles, followed by Gladys Dempsey and Eleanor Koepke from Detroit at 1200. Detroiter Irene Zimmerman and Margaret Morrow also posted 1150 for ninth. Svoboda placed fourth in all events at 1770. S and K Oil Burners led by Sylvia Wene posted 2738 in team.
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Columbus
Ann Elyasevich
Estelle Svoboda
Chicago
Gladys Dempsey
Eleanor Koepke
Detroit
Dempsey
Koepke
Irene Zimmerman
Margaret Morrow
Ethel Sablatnick
St. Louis
Speedy Field Assured for 500 Mile Race
Indianapolis AP report outlines a faster Memorial Day 500 field with Madéd n Rose and Bill Holland in the rear. Duke Nalon led qualifying at 132.939 mph in a Novi Special, Johnny Parsons clocked 132.900 in a Kurtis Kraft, Rex Mays and Lou Moore’s entries boosted the field, and George Connor posted 128.228 in the Baby Blue Crown for his 11th straight 500.
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Indianapolis
Madédrn Rose
Bill Holland
Holland
Rose
Duke Nalon
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Rex Mays
Los Angeles
Nalon
Hepburn Novi
Lou Moore
North Hollywood
Jack McGrath
South Pasadena
McGrath
Tacoma
Reading
Moore
George Connor
Columbus Man Wins Southwestern Skeet Championship Title
Walter Wingert of Columbus won the all-bore championship and the overall title at the Southwestern Ohio skeet tournament in Springfield. He shot 100 straight targets for the all-bore title and prevailed in a shoot-off against Joe Shelt of Cincinnati for the overall crown. Other results include H W Golden of Cleveland winning Class AA, Alan Nolte of Springfield winning Class A, Norman Cook of Huntington, W V, Class C, Twin Lakes Gun Club of Cincinnati taking the five-man team title, and Wingert with Ed Stealy of Columbus winning the two-man team title. Women’s champions were Mrs G T Dean of Cleveland, Miss Ruth Golden of Cleveland, Mrs E Stukenberg of Cincinnati, and Mrs Nancy Freiberg of Cincinnati.
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Springfield
Walter Wingert
Columbus
Joe Shelt
Cincinnati
H. W. Golden
Cleveland
Shelt
Wingert
Ed Black
Alan Nolte
Glee Club From Capital University Schedules Millersburg Appearance
The Capital University Glee Club of Columbus will perform in Millersburg High School auditorium Friday at 8 p m with the Millersburg PTA as sponsor.
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Glee Club
Millersburg
The
Capital University Glee Club of Columbus
Millersburg High School
Millersburg Pta
Canton Horseshoe Club standings tease and schedule
Five leagues show unbeatens including Ford Motors Hoover Castamall Recreation and Dougherty Flowers and Yankees. Welders lead 9-1, Office 8-2. Dougherty Flowers and Yankees visit Tuesday at 8:30 on Ringer-Land. Yaus 517 high in City. Hunt 505, Miller 501, Konter 501 also hit 500s as standings and schedule follow.
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NLY
Ford Motors
Hoover
Dougherty Flowers
Yankees
Stark County
Castamall Recreation
Diebold
Ringer-Land
Russell Yaus
Jacobs Waltner
Hiram Hunt
Lester Miller
Karl Konter
Meyers Lake
Dougherty
Yankees crrTry I. Pet
Stark Dry Goods
Jacobs-Waltner
Stahlhebers
Rapid Transit
Grandview Dairy
Guest
Moore’s Garage
Jacobs- Waltner
Tquest’s
Moore's Garage
L Pet
Moderate rally pushes New York stock market ahead
A May 16 stock market rally led by motor shares advanced slightly with fractional gains and some small declines. Chrysler rebounded after Detroit plant restart following a week shutdown, joined by gains in General Motors Studebaker Firestone United States Rubber and others while Santa Fe Richfield Oil and American Telephone retreated. Industrial averages rose about 58 cents and rails gained 1 cent amid mixed results.
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New York
Chrysler
Detroit
General Motors
Studebaker
Merr
Guest Lunch Edges Moore Garage In City League Playoff
Guest Lunch defeated Moore Garage 1180 to 1140 on Ringer Land courts in a playoff for the postponed City League game. After trailing by three games, Guest Lunch swept the last two by 18 and 25 points. Ralph Guest scored 286 to lead the winners while William Anderson topped the losers with 299 in the high match.
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Guest Lunch
Moore Garage
Ringer Land Courts
Ralph Guest
William Anderson
League batting and power leaders from the majors
In the American League Kell Detroit leads with a .385 batting average and Kell has 42 hits while Williams Boston drives in 27 runs. Mitchell Cleveland tops triples with five and Stephens Boston hits home runs. Dillinger St Louis and Wight Chicago pace steals. In the National League Hitting leaders include Logsdon St Louis and Ennis Philadelphia. Mize New York and Lockman New York lead hits. Gordon New York and Branca Brooklyn pace home runs and strikeouts.
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Kel
Detroit
Mitchell
Cleveland
Joost
Philadelphia
Williams
Boston
Kell
Zermal
Chicago
Stephens
Dillinger
St. Louis
Hatine
Sienst
Rien
Starsink
Gordon
New York
Ennis
Campanella
Brooklyn
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Lockman
Jones
Smalley
Robinson
Brook“oeitering
Branca
Ohio colleges discuss new athletic conference
Five Ohio universities Dayton Xavier Youngstown Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll discussed forming a new athletic conference in Columbus. Dayton athletic director Harry Baujan said meetings will continue this year and next and a final decision would not be made before after the 1950 school year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Xavier
Youngstown
Baldwin Wallace
John Carroll
Harry Baujan
Dayton University
Baujan
Rainbow Girls Plan Installation Saturday
The Canton Chapter of the Rainbow Girls will install Miss Carolyn De Yarmon and other officers this Saturday at 8 p m in the Masonic Temple. She becomes worthy adviser. A previous report misdated the installation. A covered dish banquet for members families will follow at 6 30 p m Wednesday in the same temple.
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Carolyn de Yarmon
Canton
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Lodge
Three Women Face Vice Charges After City Raid
Police raid at 404 5th St SE led to arrests of Roberta Lee 23 for operating a disorderly house Linda Macks 30 for soliciting and Pat Kelley 23 for residing all charged on vice counts by the city vice squad early Sunday morning.
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5Th St SE
Roberta Lee
Linda Macks
Pat Kelley
Fishing Course Draws Enthusiastic Response at WSU
Pullman Washington A course in fishing has brought enthusiastic response from students at Washington State College here.
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Wash
Washington State College
Livestock Prices In Cleveland Market Report May 16
Livestock prices in Cleveland show cattle 900 head steady with ranges: good to choice 25 to 27, medium 20 to 24, cows 15 to 18.50, calves 25 to 29. Sheep and lambs 500 head steady with clipped lambs 25 to 29, wethers 9 to 13, ewes 8 to 12. Hogs 1,600 head 25 cents higher, heavy 16.25 to 17.25, others 17.25 to 19.50, workers 19.50, roughs 13.75 to 15.75.
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Cleveland
Chicago Livestock Prices May 16 Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago market report lists hogs at 7,500 head, prices up to 25 cents, early top 19.25, cattle 13,000 steady with good to choice steers 24 to 28, yearlings 19 to 28, cows 15 to 21, calves 17 to 27. Sheep 1,000 steady with lambs 28 to 30, feeders 20 to 23, older sheep 25 to 28.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices In Pittsburgh Market Report May 16
Salable cattle 350 active and steady with steers priced from 16 to 25 dollars, cows 17 to 19, bulls up to 22. Hogs 500. ranges from 15 to 19. Sheep 250. lambs 28.5 to 29.5, ewes 6 to 13, wethers 7 to 14. Calves 150. good to choice 27 to 28, others 10.5 to 19.5.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland Area Produce Prices From Agriculture Department
U S consumer grade eggs by case show large AA white 62 brown 57 large A white 56-59 brown 53-56 medium A white 51-54 brown 50-52 large B white 52-54 brown 51-53. Wholesale egg grades F O B Cleveland 45-48 white 45-47 brown 42-44 white 40-43. Live poultry F O B Cleveland fowl colored and heavy 33 12 36 fowl leghorn and light 29-30 fryers and broilers heavy 30-32 old roosters 20-23.
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U. S
F.O.B. Cleveland
Egg price list and grade breakdown for retailers and institutions
Government graded and sealed eggs in cartons listed with grades AA and A. Prices cover extra large 60-62, large white 57-60, large brown 54-56, mixed 58, medium whites 54-55, medium browns 50-53, medium mixed 55, and pullets 44-45 with trades 42 and dir ties 41. Additional grades show Grade A large white 64 and large brown 61, medium whites 57, medium browns 55.
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Pittsburgh
Grain Quotations Open Lower on Board of Trade
Chicago May 16 AP grains opened lower on the Board of Trade with 271 cars of wheat. Government wheat owned 154 cars. free wheat remained substantial. May prices: wheat down to about 2.24, corn about 1.3334, oats around 0.67.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Know Your Words By D. C. Williams
A reader asks about correcting a sentence and the pronunciation of heyday. The guidance answers that the sentence should be She did not say a word about that and that hayday is pronounced with the first syllable stressed, aligning with standard usage.
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Hayday
Steel's 1949 low seen as backlogs shrink demand
The Steel weekly review reports ingot rate slipping to 95.5 percent of capacity the lowest for 1949 as producers rely on old backlogs amid weaker new orders. Alloys, shapes, plates, bars and tubular goods show slack while wire products move slowly. April output hit a record month of 7,783,807 net tons and first four months rose 12.6 percent year over year while scrap costs fell to 22.25 per ton from 23.25.
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Cleveland
Steel
Ohio seeks bids for 12.5 million World War II bonds
The State of Ohio invites sealed bids by May 25 1949 for the purchase of 12 500 000 face value World War II Compensation Bonds 1949 Issue to compensate U S Armed Forces members or survivors. Bonds dated April 15 1949 will be sold at par plus accrued interest to the highest bidder with delivery expected in New York City within 30 days of award.
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State OF Ohio
Capitol Building
Columbus
Ohio
E.S.T
United States
State of
National City Bank of New York
City of New York
New York
Northern Trust Company
City of Chicago
Illinois
Ohio National Bank of Columbus
City of Columbus
Signature Company
William Street
New York City
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Charles F. Sweeney
Don . H. Ebright
Joseph T. Freguson
Sinking Fund of
Canton
Board of Education
Weston City
High Ave
Gibbs
Harter
Hartford
B. Stone
Summit
Washington
Woodland Jr
Woodland Sr
Fairmount
Baxter
Timken
Director of Business Affairs
Canton City
Biaa
BOARD _OF EDUCATION
John F. Roos
Ean Seta
Anton Bio
Stark County
Marlboro
Nimishillen
Osnaburg
Summit County
Barberton
Coventry
Franklin
Hudson
Macedonia Townships
Portage Counties
Tallmadge
Springfield
Mogadore
Springfield Township
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
Department of Highways
J. Kauer
Canton Repository
Michigan State Soph Wins National 50,000 Meter Walk
Adolph Weinecker, 22, Michigan State University sophomore and 1948 Olympic team member, won the national AAU 50,000 meter walking championship in Cincinnati. He finished eight minutes ahead of Pittsburgh’s John M. Deni, another 1948 Olympic walker.
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Cincinnati
Adolph Weinecker
Michigan State University
John M. Deni
Pittsburgh
Executors Notice for Steinmetz and Shott in Stark County
Two probate notices list Carl Steinmetz of East Sparta and Gregory Shott of Canton appointed as executors of wills in Stark County Ohio. Dates show April 1949 filings with Probate Judge Reuben Z Wise, publication May 2, 9, 16 1949.
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Admi
Carl Steinmetz
East Sparta
Ohio
Emmet Steinmetz
Stark County
Euben Z. Wise
Stark, County
Canton
Gregory Shott
Eva Fry
Eva M. Fry
Reuben Z. Wise
Canton Repository
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United Aes
TNE & Foundry
Witter No
Holmes
Weselexe Quality Farm Seeds
Chicago Girls
Elyasevich
Svoboda
CTL
New York Stock Market
Alaska
Amer
Glidden
Goodrich
Goodyear
North Pfd
Republic Steel
Greyhorn
Aise Roebuck
South Pacific
Jtones & Laugh
Sperry Corp
Anaconda
Kennecott
Stand Brands
Atchison
Kreste
Stand Oil Cal
Atlantic
Stand Oil Inc
Aviata Corp
Libon
Libby McNeil
Stand Oil Ohio
Bendix
Loew Inc
Beth Steel
Mack Trucks
Texas Car
Boein Air
Martin
Glennid
Borgarner
Montard Tim Det Axle
Briggs Mfg
Nash Kelo
Ches & Ohio
Acme
Nat'l Biscuit Union Carbide
Col & E
Natl Cash Reg
Union Pacific
Comw & So
Natl Dairy Pr
United Aircraft
Consol Aircraft
Natl Distiller
United Airlines
Consol Edison
Curtiss Wright
North Pacific
Warner Bros
Dome Mines
Ohio Oil
Western Union
DuPont Packard Motor
Iq Westinghouse
Eastman Rod
Pan Am Airways
Wheeling Steel
Eaton
Mfg
Paramount Pic
White Motors
Echo Products
Penn RR
Gen Motors
Phillips Pete
Plymouth Oil
Ze — Wight
Newhouser
New Ohio College League
Rainbow Girls
Department of Agriculture
Cobbey, Shively
Dime Savings Bank
First National Bank
Harter Bank & Trust
Ohio Ferro-Alcoro
Iinion Metal Hoover Co
Canton National Bank
Citizens Savings Loan
Canton Stamp & Enam
D. C. Williams
United Press
Stevedores, Inc
Mellett
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