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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1949
Page
8
The article argues metal supply is vital for war and peace, urging trained engineers and miners. It stresses growing per capita metal use, stockpiling for emergencies, and the shift from pick and shovel to mechanized mining. It highlights opportunities for graduates and skilled miners in industry.
Ford Motor Co Canadian division inspector William D. Allen aged 37 was shot through a kitchen window in Windsor Ontario as he ate a late snack. Police seek clues. no robbery motive detected. His wife Delphine is recovering from shock and their child slept nearby. The Ford plant has been idle due to the Detroit strike.
Don Wolfe state editor of the Toledo Blade was elected president of the Blue Pencil Club at the annual meeting at Ohio State University. W. T. Buchanan city editor of the Marion Star was named vice president in Columbus on May 23 AP report.
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reported 18,846 filled job vacancies in April, a 21 percent rise from March. The increase reflects higher demand for railroad laborers domestic help and construction workers. Active seekers reached about 172,000, up six percent from March and the highest since June 1946. Farm jobs totaled 880, up 58 percent from March but well below April 1948.
Edward Rogers longtime head of Sterling Drug and legal counsel for nearly 50 years died in Greenwich Connecticut aged 74. A bar member of Michigan Illinois and New York he specialized in copyright and trademark law and was nicknamed father of fair trade. He worked with Thomas A Edison early in his career to shield patent and trademark rights.
A 12-year-old girl Georgette Kramer from New York was found in Cleveland after taking a bus from New York. Authorities say she claimed kidnapping but later told detectives she found a purse with $31 and a bus ticket to Cleveland. She wore a white coat an evening dress and high heels. She is held pending relatives’ arrival.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Van Hocker a pioneer Cincinnati physician dies after a long illness. A 1897 UC College of Medicine graduate she served as an army physician in World War I.
The Census Bureau reported that public enterprises financed by state and local governments amounted to 6.495 billion dollars in 1948, part of a total 18.304 billion dollars in such debt. Overall state and local government debt rose by 11 percent, or 1.849 billion, in the 1948 fiscal year ending June 30.
The Park Synagogue in Cleveland appoints Rabbi Arnold E. Cohen as rabbi for life after 15 years as spiritual leader. The decision secures his role amid ongoing congregation work and community outreach.
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