Death of William G. Saxton Former First National Bank President
William G. Saxton, longtime bank leader and former president of First National Bank from 1931 to his retirement in 1947, died at his Canton home at age 83. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, with burial in Westlawn Cemetery. He remained a bank director until his death.
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Wiliam G. Saxton
First National Bank
Tuscarawas St
Saxton
George E. Parkinson
Westlawn Cemetery
Spiker
Joseph S. Saxton
Harriett Danner Saxton
Canton
George Saxton
John Saxton
the Repository
Cornelius Aultman
Massed high school bands cap five day Stark County fair
Six area high schools contributed 450 musicians to a grand finale at the Stark County fair. The bands staged four marches and a final concert under H Elmore Miller, drawing a near capacity crowd as 14 200 attended Friday’s session and 100 000 for the week. Republican gubernatorial candidate Don H Ebright met 4 H and FFA tents and Jo Bixler of Hartville won the grand championship 4 H baby beef trophy.
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Stark County
Lehman
Lincoln
Central Catholic
Timken Vocational
McKinley
North Canton
Washington Post
Indiana
H. Elmore Miller
Don H. Ebright
Mr. Ebright
Future Farmers of America
Jo Bixler
Hartville
Ohio
Truman to address nation on new controls tonight
President Truman will speak at 10 30 p m about how he intends to use the broadest economic control powers ever held, following Congress approving a control bill. The plan includes credit tightening by the Federal Reserve Board and moves to direct essential materials to defense, aiming to curb inflation and mobilize faster. The president says changes at home will be needed as the program unfolds.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Canton
Allies Driven Off Mountain Twice in Day
Allied troops narrow a five mile gap east of Taegu while fighting rages over Battle Mountain near Haman and Masan. U S air support returns after a 36 hour lull as 25th Division inflicts heavy losses on North Korean forces. gains posted near Yongchon and Kyongju with continued efforts to reconnect lines along the Korean front.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Yongchon
Kyongju
U.N. Doughfoots
U. S
Battle Mountain
Haman
Pusan Port
U. S. 25Th Infantry
Bald Mountain
Masan
Korea
Naktong River
Yongsan
2Nd Division
Naktong
Woman Killed by Truck in Wayne Mishap
An 84 year old Wooster area woman, Dora Ocella Shaffer, died after being struck by a truck on Route 30 near her home. The driver, John M. Dittman, said she turned back toward the mailbox as she crossed. Shaffer, widow of Theodore Shaffer, was a St Peters Evangelical and Reformed Church member. Burial is planned in Apple Creek Cemetery.
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Saxton
Corporation
Mr. Saxton
John Danner
Pullman
Pullman Co
Capt Edward Jacobs Jr Receives Army Recall to Active Duty
Capt Edward L Jacobs of 14069th St NW is the first Canton reserve officer recalled to extended active duty. He will report to the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox on Oct. 5. A five year World War II veteran with Africa and Europe service, Jacobs is 30, single, and employed by The Repository. He led Company C of the 320th Armored Cavalry Regiment (LL) in the active reserve.
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Canton
Edward L. Jacobs
Johnson Seen Facing Exit as Secretary of Defense
A Truman adviser says Louis Johnson is on his way out as defense secretary and may leave before the November election. White House officials gave no confirmation though Congress critics and Marine groups press for his removal amid reports of rifts with Secretary of State Acheson.
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Washington
Truman
Louis Johnson
Defense
Johnson
White House
Defense Department
Congress
Johnson Johnson
Auriello
New York
James Forrestal
Marine Corps League
Acheson
Democratic National Committee
Dr Kerr Announces New Dental Office Location
Dr M C Kerr informs patients of a new office location for dental practice at 704 Mc Kinley NW with the zip code 32622-ad. The notice provides directions to the updated premises and the continuing availability of dental services.
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M. C. Kerr
Denistry
Kinley NW
Inductees Receive Farewell Party Before Train Departure
About 127 single inductees from Stark and nearby counties, drafted Friday, departed on a six-car B&O train bound for Ft Knox. Red Cross VFW and DV veterans auxiliaries hosted coffee, doughnuts, candy and stamped postcards while relatives watched as morale stayed high.
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Stark
Canton
Red Cross
Ft. Knox
Donald Koontz
Safe Deposit Protection And Local Dairy Offers
A fragment shows bank and dairy promos including Harter Bank with FDIC notes, Peaches “pick your own” at $2 per box, Downes Orchards Magnolia dairy milk at Globe Dairy Stores, with city inspection and four quart bottles priced. Homogenized 56c, regular 52c, large canning peaches. Salberta & Gary, J. H. Hale, three miles southeast of Canton on Waynesburg road. Mayes Orchard, 37946.
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Globe Dairy
Salberta & Gary
First rescuer freed from 118 miners in Knockshinnoch Mine
In Cumnock Scotland rescuers pulled out the first of 118 trapped workers from the Knockshinnoch Castle Mine after a 12 hour gas filled tunnel trek. The rescued man wore breathing gear and was examined at surface before transport. The operation aims to save the rest in groups of three as eight initially escaped.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnoch Castle
National Coal Board
Centralia
Glasgow
Hugh Blackwood
Canton faces 15th council seat with ward added
Based on an unofficial 1950 census Canton heads toward a 15 member city council by increasing from 11 wards to 12. One fifth of seats must be at large, prompting ward redistricting. The change awaits a state proclamation and a three month deadline. if missed, the service director will redraw.
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Canton
Ohio
Robert P. Wilson
Secretary of State
Canton Soldier Killed in Korea War Casualty List Grows
Two Canton soldiers appear in the latest casualty report from Korea. Corp. Harold Lee, the fourth local fatality, previously lived at 420 6th St SE with his fiancée’s family, while Pfc. Milton E. Hull Jr. is listed as wounded after burns from a white phosphorus shell near his fox hole. Hull, 19, is recovering in Japan and has been lettered by his parents with updates. Hull enlisted in 1948, trained at Camp Breckenridge, and served in the 1011th Airborne Division before shipping to Japan and later Korea. He had worked as a waiter at Hamburg Inn and as a theater usher in Canton.
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Canton
Corp
Harold Lee
Pfc
Milton E. Hull Jr
Lee
6Th St SE
Hull
Mary Lee
Cleveland
Edith Monroe
Pfc. Hull
Milton E. Hull
Market Area
Japan
1011St Airborne Division
Camp Breckenridge
Ft. Laughton
Wash
Hamburg Inn
City Lines AFL Start Contract Talks Monday
Canton City Lines Inc and the AFL Bus Drivers Local begin negotiations Monday at 2 30 p.m. with company counsel Russell Mack. The current one year contract expires Oct 15. The union has not indicated wage increase instructions. The union has gained 11 cents hourly in two years. a five cent raise followed a 66 hour strike last October.
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Canton City Lines, Inc
A.F.L
Russell Mack
Eagles Stag Picnic at Villa Padova Sunday Sept 10
Canton Aerie and all Eagles invited to a public picnic at Villa Padova on Sunday September 10 starting 9 a.m. at 2038 Cherry Ave Ext. Public welcome. M. T. Cicer One Club coordinating.
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Eagles
Villa Padova
Canton Aerie & All Eagles
Picnic Sun
M. T. Cicerone Club
Cherry Ave
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Ree Remem
First National’s
William Saxton
Old Plum School
Wells Building
McKinley Ave
Old Central High School
W. G. Saxton
William G. Saxton
Reserve Board
Turun
South Korea
Wayne
Dora Shaffer
Edward Jacobs Jr
Army
Harter Bank
Mem
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Downes Orchards
Robertson Orchards
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