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A Veteran’s Final Battle: The Murder of George LeMasters

The Milner Hotel on Cherry Avenue SE in Canton, Ohio depicted on the 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. (Source: loc.gov)

New Philadelphia WWII veteran George Jasper LeMasters was tragically murdered during a robbery at a Canton hotel. George Jasper LeMasters (1906–1950), known to many as “Jap,” was born in Union Township, Tuscarawas County. His early life was marked by tragedy when his father, Ernest LeMasters (1877–1918), was killed in a mine accident when George wasContinue reading “A Veteran’s Final Battle: The Murder of George LeMasters”