Ford Strike Talks Reach Arbitration Split Over Arbiter
Ford and United Auto Workers negotiators failed to agree on an arbiter to resolve the 24 day strike that idled 106000 workers. The deadlock also blocks disciplining 35 striking workers while UAW seeks Truman Williams or Ching to appoint the arbiter after 72 hours. The main accord was arbitration, with Ford pressing for an engineer to handle speed issues.
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Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Union
Bugas
Harry Shulman
Ford-U.a.w
Reuther
U.A.W
Truman
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Holiday plans and events for Canton area
Holiday closures will shut down furnaces offices and mail services from Sunday midnight until Tuesday. Bus travel may rise later. Indians double headers at Cleveland lakefront. Local golf and Meyers Lake Park open for outdoor fun. Movie houses offer Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire, Flamingo Road, John Loves Mary. Canton Memorial Day parade routes updated by Herman E Weber.
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Republic Steel Corp
D. E. McKibbin
Greyhound
Canton
McKibbin
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Lakefront Stadium
Meyers Lake Park
Loew’s
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
the Palace
Joan Crawford
Presses upgrade enables high speed newsprint production
The new presses allow up to 56 page editions at high speed with double plating on each page and two-sided cylinders. For editions up to 80 pages only single plates are used, halving speed to about 18 000 copies per hour. Additional inking supports up to four colors on 56 pages and eight pages when running longer editions. Installation includes new foundations and a mezzanine mailing room.
Free Enterprise and Government Spending in Economic Policy
A speech argues Congress must curb spending and avoid excessive taxation to preserve private enterprise, warning that overregulation could mirror English regimentation. It asserts the U S leads in freedom and production, urging support for enterprise as a bulwark of liberty and global influence. A warning that destroying American enterprise would threaten freedom worldwide.
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Samson
Repository's Marbles Final To Be Saturday
Champion marble players across the Repository area meet Saturday in the 13th annual Repository tournament finals. Nine boys and nine girls will compete on clay rings at the National Guard Armory for national berth in Asbury Park June 19 to 24 and cash bonds. Leaders include Canton City, West North, Gibbs, Washington, St. Mary’s and Fairmount Children’s Home winners with sectional flights to Greensboro and Potawatomi Inn before the national final.
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Repository
National Guard
Canton City
Asbury Park
N. J
Market
9Th St
Greensboro
N. C
Potawatomi Inn
Indiana
Canton
Bill Offineer
West North School
Waldeen Burris
Fairmount
Carol Burchfield
Charles Wahl
Gibbs School
Samuel Spencer
Washington School
George Leich
St. Mary’s School
Glenn Shaner
Sandyville
David Wilson
Waco
Darr Baer
Sherrodsville
Carroll County
Paul McGilton
Massillon
Robert Starr
Wooster
Shirley Huffman
Jackson
Emma Miller
Lake
Stark County
Shirley Benedict
Barbara Caplan
Baxter
Mary Jo Waltz
Augusta
Beatrice Requeira
Anna Mae Garafelli
Alliance
Tuscarawas County
Dorothy Sutcliffe Wins Five Thousand Dollar Musical Jackpot
Miss Dorothy Sutcliffe aged 28 walked off the Palace Theater stage with a $5000 jackpot after naming The Whistler and his Dog as the qualifying song and Poppa Won’t You Dance With Me as the tune. Prizes included a 1949 Hudson car a $500 diamond ring appliances and other items.
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Dorothy Sutcliffe
Palace Theater
Sutcliffe
Cleveland Ave
Whistler
Poppa
Weather Forecast and Almanac Details
Weather forecast notes a northwest wind of 10 mph at 7 30 p m with barometer 28 76 and humidity at 50 percent. Tomorrow's almanac from Kent State University Canton lists sunrise at 5 57 a m, sunset at 4 49 p m, moonrise at 7 48 a m, moonset at midnight, solar noon at 1 23 p m, and other solar events.
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Kent State Univ. Canton
Snapshot Contest Rules for Amateurs
The Repository invites amateur entries open to all except staff and those tied to photographic trades. Entries after October 1 1948 on black and white film only, no montages, no color prints, no mounting, and no retouching. Weekly prizes and grand national prizes total 10000.
Graduation Schedule Set for Four June Nights at Central Catholic
Central Catholic will hold four consecutive commencement programs this June 9, with two divisions staging a combined ceremony on June 8 in the school auditoriums. June 8 at 7 30 p m in St Johns school Rev Fr James W Malone of Cathedral of St Columba in Youngstown will deliver the address. Baccalaureate June 5 at 2 30 p m features Rev Karl Koepke of First Evangelical and Reformed Church. Commencement June 9 at 8 p m honors 13 members of the class led by student speakers.
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Central Catholic
St. John’s School
James W. Malone
Cathedral of St. Columba
Youngstown
Karl Koepke
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Class Day and Baccalaureate and Commencement Schedule
Class Day set for June 3 at 2 p.m. Baccalaureate on June 5 at 4 p.m. Rev. Calvin H. Wingert of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church to lead. Commencement June 9 at 8 p.m. Rev. Harold C. Case of First Methodist Church in Pasadena, California to preside.
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Calvin H. Wingert
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Harold C. Case
First Methodist Church
Pasadena
Calif
Evening graduation and baccalaureate services announced
Class Night June 3 at 8 p.m. and Baccalaureate June 5 at 8 p.m. At Martin Luther Church Rev Otto Fangmeyer and First Methodist Church South Bend Ind Rev William Clark. Baccalaureate June 5 at 3 45 p.m. Rev Francis Nagy of the Hungarian Presbyterial Church and Rev Harold Carr pastor Lakewood Methodist Church.
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Otto Fangmeyer
Martin Luther Church
William Clark
First Methodist Church
South Bend
Ind
Francis Nagy
Harold Carr
Lakewood Methodist Church
Mt Marie and St Johns Hold Combined Commencement
Baccalaureate services scheduled for June 5 at 9 30 a m and 10 a m respectively. Msgr Walter B Martin pastor of Our Mother of Sorrows Ashtabula and Rev Fr George P Mulroy of McDonald O will preside at the ceremonies, followed by a combined commencement.
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Mt. Marie
Walter B. Martin
Our Mother of Sorrows
Ashtabula
St. John’s
George P. Mulroy
McDonald, O
War Bride's Reflections on China and Radio Life
A civilian describes life in Canton under Chinese rule, criticizing leadership and predicting a Russian-influenced move toward communism. She relates Western radio programs to local life, notes confusion after the French Concession era, and mentions Chiang Kai shek as a money-grabber while detailing her family: three children and her husband employed at Timken Roller Bearing Co.
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Chiang Kaishek
China
Wilgus
Canton
Anthony
Edward
Rosalie
Mary E. Wilgus
Timken
Robertsville Grange Sets Summer Festival Date
Robertsville Grange fixed the date for its annual summer festival at a meeting Friday after 15 members earned the third and fourth degrees.
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Robertsville Grange
Amateur Snapshot Contest Opens to All Runners
Contest allows box camera images for ten black and white prints per entrant with no limit. All photos must be taken after October 1 1948 and prints will not be returned. Mail entries to the Snapshot Contest Editor at The Repository with name and address on the back.
Jury's second ballot favors second degree murder verdict
Seven vote for second degree murder on the second ballot while two back first degree and three for manslaughter. On the third ballot the tally was 11 for second degree murder and one for first degree. Farmer notes one ballot before dinner and three after the jury returned. Second degree murder under Iowa law is murder without premeditation.
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Farmer
Iowa
Shanghai Confusion After Communist Takeover
Shanghai faces a muddled transition as the Communist radio names Gen Chen Yi chair of a military control committee. The Third Field Army commander oversees Shanghai’s shift while fuel shortages threaten factories. An industrialist suggests U.S. oil deliveries could avert shutdowns and spur trade, signaling broader economic risk and possible reopening.
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Communist Radio
Peiping
Shanghai
Chen Yi
Chen
Third Field Army
Man bitten by stray dog at city intersection
Darren Roebuck 41 of 209 Walnut Ave NE was treated at Aultman Hospital Friday for thigh contusions and abrasions after a stray dog bite at 8th St and Bender Ave NE, police report.
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Darren Roebuck
Walnut Ave NE
Aultman Hospital
8Th St
Bender Ave
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Ford Strike
John S. Bugas
Walter Reuther
Arthur Viat
Veteran’s Administration
Flamingo Road
Players’ Guild
Norman Krasna
John Loves Mary
Canton Memorial Day
Herman E. Weber
6Th St
Market Ave
Congress
Executive
Franklin Roosevelt
Hoover Administration
Hoover
Kansas City
Massachusetts
Texas
Senator Byrd
Executive Branch
Virginia
Truman Administration
Byrd
Associated Press
Chicago
Cinnatti
Lehman
Lincoln
Grange Plans Festival
Shanghan Power Co
United States
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