Second Victim Of Auto Crash Dies at Mercy
Dwight Whiteleather 55 of Bayard died at Mercy Hospital at 9 10 AM from a brain concussion after a head on crash on Route 80 near Minerva Sunday. His mother Anna Whiteleather also died on arrival at Aultman Hospital. Four others injured when his car, passing a vehicle, collided with a car driven by Salvatore Facchini 22 of 1652 Starkave SW. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Dillon funeral home Minerva. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
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Dwight Whiteleather
Bayard
Mercy Hospital
Minerva
Mr. Whiteleather
Anna Whiteleather
Aultman Hospital
Whiteleather
Schools battle communism in Canton debate highlights
The talk frames public education as key to democracy. It cites assets from vocational schools, draft registration, and college campuses to aid war effort and national conservation. Critics warn of coordinated attacks on public education, while Canton plans a year round info program for teachers and parents.
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Canton
Eibling
Lost Tots Keep Midway at Fair Humming
School leaders tout newspaper cooperation as essential to education. They stress four leadership needs Ideals self discipline mission and action while planning reopenings for public and parochial schools with pupil returns beginning Wednesday.
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Canton
Christ
Gandhi
India
Philip James Bailey
Canton Weather Forecast and Ohio Outlook
Forecast from the U S Weather Bureau Akron Canton Airport predicts sunny cool afternoon clear cold night with low around 45 degrees and Wednesday fair slightly warmer. Ohio forecast from International News Service notes typical fall conditions with highs 65 to 70, lows 40s, minimal rain, west readings near normal midweek warming end of week, and regional readings across Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo and more.
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Canton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Cc. G. Andrus
Mercury
Chesapeake
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Akron
Atlanta
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Denver
Miami
Clady
Mpls
St. P
New Orleans
Cidy
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Toledo
Disappointed Callers Wreck Lobby of Canton Hotel
Women seeking a Canton man caused extensive damage at the Canton Hotel on Cleveland Ave NW early Monday. An employee said the man was not registered, prompting the pair to damage a telephone, clock, light fixture, cigarette machine, window, and more in a wild outburst.
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Canton
Canton Hotel
Cleveland Ave NW
Windshield Broken in Ave SE Vandalism Incident
Dennis Boyd of 317 82th St SW reported to the sheriff’s office that his windshield valued at $6 was broken by a boy who threw a stone in the 1500 block of Belden Ave SE.
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Dennis Boyd
82Th St
Belden Ave SE
MacMillan Completes 29th Arctic Expedition
Commander Donald B. MacMillan, aged 75, finishes his 29th northern expedition and sails home to Boothbay Harbor after bringing Bowdoin into Sydney with botanical and wildlife exhibits for American universities. His party includes wife, three assistants, and 10 students. The voyage featured a visit to Greeley’s starvation camp at Cape Sabine with only seven survivors from 25.
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Sydney
Nova Scotia
Donald B. MacMillan
Boothbay Harbor
Bowdoin
MacMillan
Adolphus Greeley
Cape Sabin
Greeley
Malaya Sees Large Chinese Population Surpass Natives
A report notes Chinese residents in Malaya outnumber native Malays, highlighting demographic shifts and potential social implications for the region. Chinese communities are gaining influence in urban areas while national identity debates intensify.
Body found in woods tied to Cleveland woman disappearance
Deputies tramped through woods to locate nests when they found a decomposed body about 125 feet from a township road in a wooded clearing. Listed as 48 to 50 years old, five feet tall, 110 pounds with brown hair, coroner estimates death about a month ago. Mrs Pawek of Cleveland is identified as a possible match after radio description.
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George
Nanamaker
E. C. Reno
Columbiana
Pawek
Howard J. Clark
Cleveland
Lisbon
A. P. Corbett
Common Pleas Court
Cuyahoga County
Gertrude Beutell
Car at fair looted at Stark County fairgrounds
Glen Hartley of 275 E Oregon St Sebring reported to the sheriff's office that a tire tube and wheel valued at 30 dollars were stolen from his car Monday night at the Stark County fairgrounds.
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Glen Hartley
Oregon St. Sebring
Stark County Fairgrounds
Wheel disks stolen from Nick Mija's car at Colonado club
Deputies report four chrome wheel disks valued at 35 dollars were taken from Nick Mija of 1450 Bedford after a Sunday theft at the Colonado nightclub.
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Nick Mija
Bedford
Colonado
Canton Draft Station to Add 4000 Feet of Space
The Canton army and air force recruiting station will gain about 4000 square feet of floor space, boosting total area to 10000 square feet on the third floor of the Milford building at Walnut Ave and Tuscarawas St. E. The Veterans Administration occupies current space. The VA regional office will move to the second floor, while the army uses the new area for mental or physical pre induction exams. Inductions are set for Fridays with 200 plus men examined daily Monday through Thursday.
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Canton Army and Air Force
Howard Cann
Milford Building
Walnutave
Tuscarawas Stt
Tuscarawas St
Veterans Administration
V. A
Army
Air Force
Donald G. Koontz
Viking St
North Canton
George Navrozides
Irwin Pf
Frank Okey
Fulton Rd
Elden M. Rowland
Alliance
Prowler Enters Home and Loots Purse for 72 Dollars
Two separate sexual assault reports and a home invasion occurred Monday night in Canton. A resident at 2905 8th St NW was approached by a man with a small gun who entered the dining room and fled after the resident screamed. The prowler stole 72 dollars from a dining room table. A 15 year old girl was chased by a molester at a bank on Maryland Ave SW before reaching a car with friends. A Canal Fulton woman was molested on Rosdynave NW as a man stood between two houses and fled after a brief struggle.
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Canton
Thelma Dine
8Th St NW
Maryland Ave
Canal Fulton
Rosdynave
Ford wage talks set with UAW schedule impact debated
Ford, led by UAW President Walter Reuther, state the pay raise is a formality and will be three to seven cents an hour higher than rivals under new schedules. The average hourly wage climbs to about 1.75 dollars, about ten cents above prior levels. Ford plans salary adjustments for 30,000 salaried workers in line with the agreement, while price effects remain unclear. Other recent raises raise hopes that car prices can stay steady.
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U.A.W
Walter Reuther
Ford
Ford contract covers 1500 plus workers at Georgetown plant
Burton Heinrich, plant manager, said the new agreement applies to more than 1,500 hourly production and maintenance workers at Ford's Georgetown NE forging facility.
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Ford
Georgetoward NE
Burton Heinreich
Canton's Labor Day: Record Cold Sleeve Shivers
Westerday may have been Canton's coldest Labor Day with a high of 71. Today, Sept 5, marked the coldest in 48 years, with a 42 degree low at 6 am in the state highway garage, the lowest since 1902. The forecast expects a cold night and a slight warming trend starting Thursday.
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Westerday
Canton
State Highway
B&O Checks Rail Crossing Habits Friday Morning
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials will conduct crossing habit checks in Canton and nearby cities Friday morning. Observers will tally motorists at crossings and record license numbers of those who fail to exercise minimum caution. The effort follows Ohio safety reports noting high grade crossing accidents in 1948 49 and early 1950 figures show worsening trends.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Canton
Ohio
Ohio State Safety Council
Two Men Fined $215 on Assault and Battery
Massillon report lists John Bryant 28 of 418 Second Street Southwest fined 200 dollars and costs and six months in Stark County jail after a jury found him guilty of assault and battery on Lincoln Way West viaduct. Robert Hoffman 35 of 133 Dwights Southeast pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined 15 dollars and costs. John Hershberger 33 of Winesburg fined 50 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and Albert Lorincz 26 of Wooster fined 50 dollars and three days in county jail for leaving scene after crashing into a fire hydrant.
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Repository Bureau
Massillon
John Bryant
2Nd St
Stark County
Robert G. Hoffman
Bryant
Lincoln Way
Hoffman
Stark County Common Pleas Court
Robert J. Hoffman
Dwights, SE
Stanley W. Switter
City Hall Park
John S. Hershberger
Winesburg
Albert Lorincz
RD 4
Wooster
Planes and diplomacy in Korea shift after shooting incident
The article notes delayed reactions as delegations seek home gov ernment instructions. A U S request to member nations not aid North Korean invaders is under consideration. White House offered no immediate comment while Acheson and Truman were briefed. Moscow pressuring propaganda defenses and Malik claims Russia sold war materiel to North Koreans before 1948 withdrawal. U S cites captured gear traced to Russia in 1949 50.
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Moscow
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
North Korea
Ravenna Child Found Dead After Strangulation
Police arrested Overholt hours after a 26 year old mother from Knoxville visiting her brother reported the girl missing. Linda Woods died of strangulation with facial marks, discovered after a police search aided by the state patrol and American Legion auxiliary.
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Barberton
Overholt
Francis Sirk
Ravenna
American Legion Auxiliary
Linda
Marie Woods
Knoxville
James Woods
Robinson Memorial Hospital
John R. Turner
Portage County
Genoa Fire Destroys Meat and Flower Shops on Route 30
Fire gutted the Sausage shop and Jean's Flower shop east of Genoa on Route 30 after 2:10 a.m. Aided by Reed urban and Richville volunteer departments, the blaze raged three hours. The Farmer's market and a beauty parlor were saved as winds shifted and held. Jeanette Lewis and Steven Jurebie could not provide damage estimates.
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Jean
Genoa
Reed Urban Volunteer Fire
Richville Volunteer Department
Reed Urban
Louis Claus
Farmer’s Market
Claus
Jeanette Lewis
Steven Jurebie
Fairgrounds Programs Sparkled With Music And Contests
Aultman Hospital treated fair cases as crowds enjoyed daytime harness racing and acts in the main hall. Entertainment flowed from Elmer Davis Piano Co and WHBC WHAND WCMW with a capacity grandstand crowd. A missing electrician briefly vanished then reappeared to provide light. Today promises an even bigger Children’s Day opening with Stark County high school bands parading at 1 30 p m and again at 7 30 p m while 4 H club award winners are announced. Winners in fruits vegetables gourds grains and flowers were named with Kitzmiller Belot Van Voorhis Gill and others earning top places. Floral honors went to Bechtel and Desit among others.
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Aultman Hospital
Elmer Davis Piano Co
WHBC
WAND
WCMW
Stark County
Earl Kitzmiller
Beloit
Waynesburg
Charles van Voorhis
Cleveland
Perry Maxheimer
Dalton
E. J. Gill
38Th St
Oscar DeHoff
Careful Driving Keeps Stark County Accidents Low
REA traffic officials report a Labor Day holiday in Stark County with 68 total crashes. Nine were injuries, most minor, with 44 in the city, 13 to the sheriff, and 11 via the state patrol. County roads were among the safest on record.
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REA
Stark County
Sheriff’s Office
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Grange Meeting Canceled Tonight Then Sept 19 Community Fair
Jackson Grange officials canceled tonight's meeting and announced the next gathering will be September 19 at the grange hall to sponsor a Community Fair.
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Jackson Grange
Grange Hall
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RD 1
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Elmer J. Fox
Green Rd
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Bryan Ave
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Weather Report
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Sharer Funeral Home
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Billy) Gill
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