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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
11
A Swedish farm agent described a Communist bid for a collectivist farm modeled after Russia. He said the government offered land and equipment if the group supplied families to work and share resources. When pressed to demonstrate action the Communist leader disappeared and the plan collapsed.
Akron reports a city drive to fix flooded basements with new ordinances and enforcement. Three inspectors will check downspouts connected to sanitary sewers and bar new builders from improper hookups. Rittman joins a regional pattern of sewer trouble and efforts to curb flooding.
A local union at Ohio Salt Co votes 63 percent to affiliate with the CIO and sever ties with the AFL. Concurrently Ohio Boxboard pursues a fifth water well drill to secure plant supply, targeting a 160 foot depth with a 36 inch bore. Driveway resurfacing proceeds at B and W Oil Co by Hershey and Rohrer. James Poe departs for Buckeye Boy s State camp, sent by the Legion and Tom Gatehouse.
Delay granted in the Gail Oxley highway robbery case from Bar berton as an examination at Crile hospital for a war veteran continues. Oxley was to appear in Wooster last week but further time is needed to finish the hospital examination.
Ernst E and Anna Steiner transfer 282 acres in Rittman to Francis O Kanehl and Florence B Kanehl three transfers involve 282 acres to the village of Rittman and two lots to Libby J Widener, Glen A Mohler and Helen Ruth Mohler to John C Schaefer and Walter Carlson to James A Spellman, totaling 71 acres in Chippewa township.
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