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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1950
Page
1
Canton City Lines and its AFL union clash over wages and working conditions as contract talks resume after a 66 hour strike. The firm seeks a 10 cent fare and wage limits while the union pushes for 25 cent hikes, six holidays, a 48 hour week, and overtime pay.
A reader prompts inquiry into tariff policy and its impact on American jobs. The request asks the CIO leader which articles he would push for lowering tariffs and what American jobs he would sacrifice to foreign workers. Also noted are items about The Timken Roller Bearing Company and peaches at Robertson Orchards on Bolivar Boulevard.
RA Werstler of RD 1 Hartville complains to the sheriff after 10 years and 744.45 dollars in missing farm goods. From his Route 43 North Maplord farm items stolen include corn baskets, feed sacks, gasoline, milk and cream, milk containers, and tools. This year he reports 14 gallons of milk, two two week old pigs, five bushels of oats, and 63 roosters and hens also taken.
Tragic troop train wreck near Coshocton kills 33, injuring at least 50 as three agencies open probes. Pennsylvania Senator Myers calls for nationwide rail safety inquiry amid swift investigations by Pennsylvania Railroad, Ohio military district, and National Guard. Guardsmen from Pennsylvania and local officials mourn and coordinate identifications using dental and fingerprint records.
South Africa plans a military funeral for Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts 81 who led in three wars and two peace movements. He died after heart collapse from a cerebral embolism amid pneumonia and heart strain. Funeral Friday at Groote Kerk in Pretoria and burial likely at Doornkop farm.
Miss Addie Smith of Leesville, crippled since infancy by infantile paralysis, has spent much of her life quilting and sewing and has crafted 365 sun-design quilts distributed to friends and relatives in the area and Germany. Now age 83, she travels yearly to visit relatives, using a handmade wheelchair and a regualr chair on wheels for mobility.
Maj Harold Dean Banning, 39, a Berlin army post finance officer, was jailed in Reno on September 12 for questioning over alleged misapplication of more than 250000 in Germany. He denied theft, while on 60 day leave to divorce Willie Lee Ramsey Banning, formerly of Arkansas.
American 1st Cavalrymen stormed Hill 314 near Taegu after a day-long siege and heavy Red fire. The capture anchors the Taegu road while Lt General Walker says the worst is over though the Reds still hold the initiative. UN forces move to trap redeploying troops and blunt supply lines south of Pohang.
Eight workers were killed and several injured in a blast at the National Powder Co plant two miles north of Eldred, Pennsylvania, at 9:30 a.m. Officials cited unknown cause and described the eight deaths as outright, with injuries treated on site. The plant makes nitroglycerine and dynamite. nearby buildings were damaged and windows shattered for miles.
Washington, Sept. 12. A House bloc pressed ahead to add an excess profits tax to the 4.5 billion general tax bill despite Speaker Rayburn’s warning it cannot be done. Rep. Eberharter and Rep. Young led efforts for a separate vote on a 95 percent levy on profits above the 1946-49 average plus 10 thousand, threatening delays to Oct 1 tax increases.
National Boulevard Bank of Chicago filed in federal court at Cleveland to collect 450000 loan from John Nickles of the St. Francis Hotel after counterfeit bonds were posted as security. University National Bank of Chicago followed with a suit for 50000, alleging spurious Kingdom of Belgium bonds secured the April loan. Nickles, once named Canton’s vice lord, allegedly refused payment after the note was demanded. bonds were deemed counterfeit when 11000 worth were sold. Officials say origin of bonds remains a mystery. Nickles claims ignorance and notes he submitted the bonds for examination.
Wednesday, Oct 18, will be Canton Day with special bargains by Canton Retail Merchants Board. Myron Leinstein chairs the promotion committee and stresses the event is a sale day with regular store hours rather than a clearance.
Stephen Early resigned today as deputy secretary of defense. President Truman accepted the resignation effective Sept. 30, saying he did so reluctantly. Early had sought to quit after completing a one year commitment from May 1949. He will return to his post as a vice president of Pullman, Inc.
Muckley Orchards in Waynesburg advertises ripe peaches and white and yellow plums at $2.50 a bin. The notice lists Route 171l-ad and markets fruit directly to customers.
Advertises all size safe deposit boxes offered by Harter Bank, memorializing facilities under FDIC protection.
A heated city council debate leads to an 8 to 5 vote approving an 40 hour work week for police to start January 1. Finance questions linger over 1951 funding as potential service curtailment looms if money is not found.
A fragment appearing to critique CIO leaders for not allowing secret ballots and drawing a comparison to dictators. It references a Timken Roller Bearing Company advertisement as part of the shuffled text. The readable content centers on alleged opposition to secret ballots and questions the motives of CIO leadership.
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