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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1950

Page

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Home Gas Blast Destroys Harrison Ave House

Two occupants miraculously escaped as a gas explosion leveled the one story home at 1213 Harrison Ave SW shortly after noon. John Szasz, a Timken Roller Bearing Co. employee, and his 65 year old mother Anna Egyed were inside. Firefighters fought flames about 20 minutes as two firefighters were injured by a collapsing ceiling. Investigators suspect accumulated gas and a disrupted gas main may have caused the blast.

Harrison Ave John Szasz Timken Roller Bearing Co. Employe Anna Egyed Szasz Mother George Levers Robert Patterson Aultman Hospital

Mercy Hospital Tops Ohio Emergency Fund Priority List

Mercy Hospital is placed on a new federal emergency funding priority list with ten other Ohio hospitals. A local building fund has raised over 1.5 million dollars with an expected federal share of 750 thousand to support a 200 bed complex on the Timken estate. The list reflects planning stage and community fundraising impact.

Mercy Hospital John D. Porterfield Ohio Health Ohio Mercy Porterfield Timken Hart Memorial Hospital Kenton Chillicothe Hospital Toledo Health Center St. Charles Hospital East Toledo Columbus Health Center Williams County Joint Memorial Hospital Montpelier Mount Vernon Cuyahoga Chronic Disease Hospital Cleveland St. Elizabeth's Hospital Dayton Citizens’ Hospital Barberton

Hoover Cleaners and Open House at James Laundry

Hoover Cleaners announces home demonstrations at Thurin's with model details and dial code 64511. Klingstedt and Schroyer advertise gifts and calendars before a deadline, plus Double's offers cuff links and money clips at $3 each. An open house at James Laundry, 1501 Harrisburg Rd NE, runs today 1 to 9 PM with free roses to ladies. Barr Dairy advertises fresh cider and home delivery at 23888.

Thurin James Laundry Harrisburg Rd

Quints Shine At New York Banquet First US Appearance

The Dionne quintuplets, aged 16, arrive in New York for their first U.S. public appearance at a celebrity banquet. They face a packed schedule of interviews, hair styling, and rehearsals before singing with their high school choir at a Waldorf Astoria dinner.

EW York Dionne Quintuplets Gotham United States Papa Oliva Dionne Callander Ont Quints Alfred E. Smith Waldorf- Astoria King George Queen Elizabeth Broadway 5Th Park Avenues Canada Francis Cardinal Spellman New York Cecilia Sawyer

Local Repository Ad Brings Eggs and Rock Hogs Sale

Ad from Canton lists eggs at 2 dozen for 75 cents and rock hams at 28 cents. Free delivery offered. Address 921 9th NE with phone 5888i-ad. Tenant-Landlord Hdggs also promotes services at 100 N. Market in Canton.

Canton

Early Reports Encourage Canton Community Chest Drive

First day returns from Canton Community Chest campaign show Division A reporting three accounts with gains of 50 percent, 11 percent, and maintenance. Division C and D also show mixed results. leaders cautious yet hopeful, aiming for a 5 percent net increase to reach the 445 909 goal as luncheon reports follow.

Canton Community Chest Paul B. Belden Jr Belden

Name Imprinted Xmas Cards Order now News Depot-ad

A News Depot advertisement promotes personalized name imprinted Christmas cards. The brief item urges readers to order now, highlighting customization and quick turnaround for holiday greetings.

News Depot

Ending of Bus Strike Hinges On Pay Raise

Canton City Lines bus strike stalls on wage raise as drivers and gar agents demand higher pay. Negotiations yield agreement on working conditions, but wage talks lag, with a 20 cent raise previously asked and seven to ten cent offers on the table. Conciliator Horace Vokoun to resume talks with mayor and union this afternoon.

Canton City Lines Thomas H. Nichols R. E. James National City Lines of Chicago Nichols Horace C. Vokoun Cleveland James

Juvenile Court Holds Two After Massillon Vandalism

A 10 year old boy and his 8 year old cousin admitted causing $2500 damage to Lloyd Bristol's Massillon area home last Sunday. The boy is in juvenile detention. the girl to her mother awaiting court action. Police traced the pair after questioning many Newman area youths. Also, Ronald Schloneger, 18, Louisville, fined $75 for writing obscene language on Pleasant Grove School windows.

Lloyd Bristol Young Ave Newman Massillon Ray Nanamaker Fred Elsass Bristol Louisville Ivan Ray Schloneger Ray

Veto-Free Defense Plan Approved by U N Group

Western powers debated adding the Big Five to a UN peace patrol plan as the General Assembly committee approved a section by section emergency action proposal. The plan would require earmarked defense units for veto-free action if Security Council vetoes block action, with final approval expected early next week and a 14 nation commission pending composition.

U.N N. Y United Nations U. N. General Assembly U. N General Assembly Security Council

Cripps Resigns British Economy Post After Ill Health

Britain's economic czar Sir Stafford Cripps, age 61, resigns as chancellor of the exchequer citing ill health. He returned from a Swiss rest cure and Italian vacation after holding the post since November 1947 and guiding Britain’s postwar financial recovery. The move comes amid concerns over the economy and Cripps’s long tenure as “Mr Austerity.”

London Britain Stafford Cripps Cripps Exchequer Treasury United States Switzerland Italy

Court Enjoins Distribution of Sample Ballot

Common Pleas Judge George N. Graham ruled that a sample ballot for a political campaign must mirror the official ballot. He granted a temporary injunction restraining Ted Dunlap from printing or distributing any sample ballots not in lawful form and required a $1,000 bond.

Common Pleas George N. Graham Board of Elections Guy C. Hiner AD 2 Ted Dunlap Republican Party Hiner Graham Mr. Dunlap House of Representatives Stark County Republican J. L. Hilton Russell J. Burt Henry Kattman Burt

Reds Capture Pyongyang as UN Forces Advance

UN troops seized Pyongyang, route to North Korea’s capital now open, with Premier Kim Il Sung and regime likely fled north. Reds surrendered by the thousands, bridges blown on the Taedong, US 1st Cavalry and ROK divisions pressing toward Manchuria while guerrilla resistance looms possible.

Kim I Sung Manchuria Soviet Siberia Pyongyang U. S Manila Tokyo Canton Pusan Taedong Hukkyo U.N Korea

Flora Fetzer Public Stenographer Listing

Flora Fetzer, shorthand reporter and public stenographer, offers professional transcription and stenography services. Contact number 34762-ad for inquiries and assignments.

Flora Fetzer

Cloisonne pill boxes and cigar lighter purses sale

A sale listing offers cloisonne pill boxes from 1 dollar each and perfume holders for purses at 2.50. Tiny cigarette purse lighters are priced at 2.50.

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