Ohio Edison Union Votes To Strike At Akron
The C I O Utility Workers of America authorized a strike against Ohio Edison Co. in Akron Youngstown and Toronto areas totaling about 1250 employees. A 919 of 1 250 eligible voted to strike for a two year contract, with 36 against as leaders set a strike deadline.
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Akron
C.I.0
Utility Workers of America
Ohio Edison Co
Youngstown
Toronto
Jefferson County
Ohio Edison
Ohio
Akron Strike May Affect Hartville and Congress Lake
The Akron strike will impact only Hartville and Congress Lake which receive power from the Akron plant. Ohio Edison plants in Alliance Massillon would not be affected as their workers are in different unions and not tied to the Akron strike.
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Canton
Akron
Hartville
Congress Lake
Ohio Edison
Alliance
Massillon
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union
A.F.L
Theft Reports From City Residence Courthouse and Gas Pumps
Mrs. Margaret Rawlins reported the theft of a watch valued at 37.50 from a window sill at her residence 606 Garfield SW. Dorothy Butler said her purse with a billfold and a mechanical pencil was stolen from a courthouse waiting room. An employee of Motor Fuel Service Inc at 2340 Navarre Rd SW reported two gasoline pumps damaged by an unknown motorist.
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Margaret Rawlins
Garfield
Dorothy Butler
12Th St
Motor Fuel Service, Inc
Navarre Rd
Fall Season Opened By Republican Women
Seventy five persons attended the Republican Woman's Club first brunch meeting of the fall season at the YMCA Tuesday morning. Judge D L McCarroll spoke on socialism in England and participated in the questions. Three operatic solos by Mrs Henry Larson accompanied the event.
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Republican Woman’s Club
Y.M.C.A
Wade Brison
D. L. McCarroll
England
Henry Larson
Berlin
MAN 57 HURT BY FALL IN NE neighborhood
Police said William Kersey, 57, of 616 3rd street NE, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a forehead laceration after a fall in the 200 block of 2nd Street NE. He was held for X rays.
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Man
William Kersey
3Rd St NE
Mercy Hospital
2Nd St NE
Bliss Workers Choose U S W union at Raffid plant
Production and maintenance workers at the Raffid SW plant of the E W Bliss Co chose the CIO United Steel Workers as bargaining agent in an NLRB election. They defeated the AFL International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers by 83 to 17 with two ballots for neither and two challenged. Ten of 114 eligible voters did not participate. The company plans to grow its Canton workforce from about 150 to 1,500 within a year.
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Raffid
E. W. Bliss Co
C.I.0
United Steel Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Union
Stark County
A.F.L. International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers
Richard Moss
Bliss Canton
NLRB
Diebold, Inc
A.F.L. Union
North Canton
Hoover Co
A.F.L. Federation Labor Union
Diebold
A.F.L. Blacksmiths Union
Paul Weingarten
Accident Victim Sues Massillon Cab Company
An accident victim sues Massillon cab company claiming injuries from a collision. The suit alleges negligence by the cab operator and seeks damages for medical bills and pain. Court papers name the plaintiff and defendant and outline requested relief.
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Massillon Cab Company
Lawsuit filed for 35000 in personal injuries by Russell Jordan
Russell Jordan of RD 3 Massillon filed in Common Pleas Court a 35000 personal injury suit against Massillon Veterans Cab Inc. over a January 15 traffic accident. He says while crossing Republic Steel Corp. parking lot he was struck by a Veterans taxi, hospitalized two weeks, and unable to work since.
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Common Pleas
Russell Jordan
RD 3
Massillon
Massillon Veterans Cab, Inc
Republic Steel Corp
Verdict for 225 in North Canton car crash suit
A jury in Judge Paul G. Weber’s court awarded Charles Bruhn 225 dollars after deliberating 1 hour 15 minutes in the $2,500 personal injury case against Ellis Wackerly. Bruhn, of 600 Portage Street, North Canton, claimed serious injuries from a February 4, 1948 collision at 23rd Street and Monument Road NW involving Wackerly’s truck.
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Court of Common Pleas
Paul G. Weber
Charles Bruhn
Portage St
North Canton
Ellis Wackerly
Walnut Ave
23Rd St
Monument Rd
Police pension board renews two reps.Correll named third member
Capt Joseph R Scrimo and Patrolman Karl O Rinehart were re elected as police representatives on the pension board. Attorney Charles Correll was named as a third member. City council must yet select two members for the next year, who will then choose the sixth member.
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Joseph R. Scrimo
Karl O. Rinehart
Police Pension Board
Charles Correll
Canton City Restrained From Enforcing No Parking Order
A temporary injunction barred Canton and its police from enforcing a no parking rule on the east side of Cleveland avenue SW from 15th Street to 350 feet south. Freddie Francis, doing business as Cleveland Diner, filed the case alleging discrimination and harm to his restaurant at 15th Street and Cleveland Ave SW. Hearing date pending.
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Canton
Cleveland Ave
Common Pleas
George N. Graham
15Th St
Cleveland
Freddie Francis
15Th
Diathermy Use Aids Restoring Normal Body Conditions
An excerpt explains diathermy as ultra short wave equipment producing internal heat to assist the body's natural recovery toward normal conditions.
Man Crushed as Truck Falls in Rogersville
M R Garver 72 year old farmer of RD 1 Sugarcreek was crushed when a jack slipped while he was servicing his truck in the woods. Found by his wife Sylvia Freese Garver, he was born near Rogersville and belonged to Baltic Lutheran Church and Auburn Township grange. Survived by widow two sisters a brother and a half sister. Short services Thursday at 2 pm at residence, 2:30 pm at church with Rev Ebert and Rev Yost. Burial in West Lawn Cemetery Baltic.
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Ragersville
M. R. Garver
Sugarcreek
Sylvia Freese Garver
Garver
Rogersville
Baltic Lutheran Church
Auburn Township
Elma Henry
North Canton
William Lahmers
Curtis C. Garver
Painesville
Nan Travis
R. H. Ebert
A. C. Yost
West Lawn Cemetery
Baltic
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