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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1950
Page
1
The piece notes Miss Mildred E. P. Miller, assistant director of nursing education, and seven trainees at the school, six of whom are students, as they are pictured around their assistant director. The caption begins with an aside about Arthur and a crossing event.
Reports from Tokyo say the South Korean 3rd Division crossed the 38th parallel on Korea's east coast with units penetrating North Korean territory. The 17th Regiment, famed as a crack unit, was also said to have crossed the parallel. U.S. air forces bombed Uijongbu as Marines moved toward the border, signaling intensifying action along multiple spearheads with divisions pushing north toward the 38th parallel.
West German police toppled planned weekend upheaval by arresting 221 Communist leaders across cities including Luebeck Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen after informers warned of 30 000 trained agitators from East Germany arriving to spark blitz rallies. Police seized 36 officials in Gelsen kirchen and detained 85 with Soviet Zone cards in Luebeck.
General MacArthur broadcast in Korean urged North Korea’s commander to surrender immediately under his supervision, promising humane treatment for prisoners and noting no UN decision to invade the 38th parallel. Defense Dept reports 3,959 American soldiers listed as missing through Sept. 22.
The city faces an ongoing smoke problem with Canton’s first full time inspector Samuel Moore lacking an office and authority. The anti smoke ordinance blocks penalizing violators for a year, leaving the inspector to rely on education while awaiting a guiding advisory board and funding. No board has been appointed yet and council has not budgeted for a car, desk, or supplies, hindering enforcement.
Patrolman John Patrick fifty four of 1318 Cherry avenue NE was injured in a collision as he left motorcycle duty in Canton. He collided with a car driven by Alma Loftus of 807 Troy Place NW at 12th Street and Fulton Road NW, and was taken to Mercy Hospital for X rays while Loftus was unhurt.
Knights of Columbus meet in clubrooms at 7 45 and at Wackerly Funeral Home Market II at 8 00. Services for brother Joseph W Geib conducted by J W Kennedy GK.
Stark County officials and the prosecutor will meet Monday to review action against the Baugh & Sons fertilizer plant cited for dumping waste into Middle Branch Creek. Investigators traced polluted water to a tank of ammonium nitrate dumped Friday night and flushed into the stream, killing thousands of fish.
In a Peiping radio speech marking China's 1st anniversary, Premier Chou En-lai warned against imperialist aggression and said Chinese Reds would not tolerate neighboring involvements. He predicted North Korean Reds would prevail and condemned U S moves in Manchuria while noting broader aid to French Indo China.
R. G. Spitzer MD announces office removal to 2613 West Tusc. Dial 49741 ad.
Ottawa reports Canada frees the Canadian dollar from its fixed peg after suspending foreign exchange dealings. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott says no new fixed parity will be set and rates will be supply and demand driven as reserves and defense-linked US demand may push the dollar toward parity before easing.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, missing in action since July 21 near Taejon, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor the first such award for Korea. President Truman praised his leadership, courage, and devotion to his men after he personally attacked an enemy tank with a hand grenade.
All-American Airways requests permission from the Civil Aeronautics Board to operate routes from Williamsport to Cleveland and Cleveland to Charleston with intermediate stops at Bradford Jamestown Erie Akron Canton New Philadelphia Dover Zanesville and Parkersburg. Services would be two round trips daily carrying passengers air mail and air express. Robert M. Love will meet city officials to discuss the plan. The carrier, operating DC-3s, serves 45 Middle Atlantic cities.
An agricultural ad notes Cortland apples from Cooper Orchards located five miles south of Magnolia, inviting customers to visit the farm stand for fresh fruit and seasonal selections.
Ad note indicates Zane's preview and Janson's three Creamery Stores open all day and late tonight with advert on page 33. No additional facts or figures.
U S Delegate Warren R. Austin urged the United Nations to bar North Korean forces from taking refuge behind the 38th parallel. He spoke as the General Assembly political committee ended a chaotic session after a Soviet filibuster and amid U.N. forces positioned at the line dividing the Koreas.
Public stenographers advertise at 407 Citizens Building with contact number 57209 ad for orchards near Magnolia five miles south. Ferraro's Italian bread ad appears nearby.
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