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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1950

Page

18

Ghost on the Central Park Night Taxi Ride

Billy Rose recalls a night ride in a New York cab during the Depression era. A mysterious old man in a hamburger hat boards his cab and reveals himself as the ghost who has ridden with him, guiding to St Patrick’s Cathedral then the Brooklyn Bridge, leaving a hundred-dollar tip and a resolve to see there is more beyond his own troubles.

Stase Joe Central Park Wall Street Geezer St. Patrick’s

Theaters listings for a busy film week

Palace shows Mister 880 with Burt Lancaster and Dorothy McGuire at multiple times. Loew's presents To Please a Lady with Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck and I Killed Geronimo with James Ellison. Ohio offers Rocky Mountain with Errol Flynn and Patrice Wymore and Humphrey Takes a Chance with Joe Kirkwood. Other venues feature The Flame and the Arrow, Timber Fury, burlesque acts, Disney's Cinderella, Triple Trouble, Let's Live a Little, Federal Agent at Large, Spy Hunt, Four Days Leave, Roll Thunder Roll, Rock Island Trail, Hired Wife, The Heiress couple, Ringside, Sing Out Sweet Land.

Leon Errol Humphrey Dueber Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo David Bruce Laura Lee State Darlene DelMont Roxy Hart Bubbles O’dell June Cox Virginia Lane Happy Meyers Frank Smith Happy Ray South Walt Disney Cinderella Leo Gorcey The Bowery Boys Windsor Heddy Lamarr Robert Cummings Dorothy Patrick Robert Rockwell Valentine Heddy Lamar Howard Duff Martha Toren Strand Cornel Wilde Josette Day Jim Bannon Nancy Gates Mozart Forrest Tucker Adele Mara Rock Island Trail Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Park Olivia de Haviland Montgomery Clift Don Barry Tom Brown Players Guild Sweet Land

Preble County Auditor Ralph Albright Dies at 61

Ralph B. Albright, 61, former Preble County auditor, died at his Eaton home after resigning two weeks earlier due to illness.

Preble Eaton Ralph B. Albright Preble County

Odd and Interesting Words In The English Language

A note on vocabulary notes that among over 700000 English words about half are rarely used. It highlights scientific terms Arabic roots obsolete terms and obsolescent forms that fall outside common usage.

Rocky Mountain at the Ohio A Western with Flynn

Errol Flynn leads a Confederate patrol in a Civil War western plot set in California and Nevada. Patrice Wymore stars as a Yankee girl amid marooned outlaws and Indian attacks while Flynn’s team attempts to recruit for the Confederacy. In a second feature Humphrey Takes a Chance follows Palooka promoter schemes and Knobby Walsh politics.

J Peresaen Rocky Mountain Ohio Errol Flynn Patrice Wymore Flynn California Confederacy California-Nevada Miss Wymore Scott Forbes Guvin Williams Dick Jones Slim Pickens William Keighley William Jacobs Humphrey Pennyworth Joe Palooka Humphrey Knobby Walsh Palooka Knobby Joe Kirkwood Leon Erroll Robert Coogan

Judge Burris to Speak at Churchmen's Luncheon Club

Judge Gordon J. Burris of Canton Municipal Court will address members at noon Thursday. The talk follows his recent trip to Europe and will take place during the Canton YMCA luncheon gathering.

Burris Gordon J. Burris Canton Municipal Court Europe Canton Y.mc.a

Stradivarius Craftsmanship Count Revealed in Records

Historical notes recount that Antonio Stradivari produced roughly 1 116 instruments. The tally includes about 20 violoncellos and 10 violas alongside his famed violins, highlighting his prolific output across string families.

Stradivarius

Boys Keep Growing Past 18 While Girls Stop At 15 or 16

Scientists note that boys typically continue height growth until 18 or older, while girls usually cease growing between ages 15 and 16, reflecting different growth spurts and maturation timelines.

North Canton Juniors Stage Seventeenth Summer Play

North Canton High School junior class presents Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly at 8 p m Saturday in the school auditorium. Cast includes Mary Ellen Young William Bricker Robert Switzgebel Betty Stayer James Masline Nancy Kolp Shirley Ferrell Martha Ake Jean Shilling Johanna Kobel Richard Shaheen Robert Taillard and Kenneth McPeek. Directors are Miss Hope Bahler and Miss Marguerite Bayer.

North Canton High School Maureen Daly Mary Ellen Young William Bricker Robert Switzgebel Betty Stayer James Masline Nancy Kolp Shirley Ferrell Martha Ake Jean Shilling Johanna Kobel Richard Shaheen Robert Taillard Kenneth McPeek Hope Bahler Marguerite Bayer

Akron Driver In Fair Condition After Route 43 Crash

Aubrey C. Lee, 27, of Akron, was listed in fair condition at Aultman Hospital after a Tuesday morning crash on Route 43 five miles north of Canton. He suffered a concussion when his car rolled over on a curve.

Aubrey C. Lee Akron Aultman Hospital Lee Ted Canton

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