Coal Plan Aims to Reserve Fuel for Homes Amid Shortage
County coal committee and Canton fuel officials discuss diverting industrial coal to domestic use. Manufacturers may be required to turn over plant supplies while preserving essential operations. Officials warn coal may be confiscated if needed to meet household demand as rail shipments remain constrained.
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Allonal Fuel Administration
Ashington
The
Coal Board
County Coal Committee
Amber of Commerce
Wed
Barbour
Fuel Commis
Barbour Thur
Estic
Coin Committee
Tries
Boy Fuel Board
Williams
Cantonippers’ Terminal Pool Associaors
Ont
Harrison and
Jefferson
Canton Coal Pool
Campbell
Mitten
Doade
Wheeling Plans Freight Embargo Amid Coal Shortage
Wheeling and Lake Erie announces all local freight trains will be annulled on January 26 and 28 to ease congestion and free workers for relief efforts. Passenger service will be cut, milk train 39 spared, and no freight accepted from Jan 25 to Jan 29 except per permit items. Ohio coal operators seek Sunday service cuts. Homer H. Johnson endorses plan. Freight embargo extends across lines. conditions described as desperate amid cold and heavy snow.
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H. W. McMaster
Wheeling & Lake Erie
McMaster
Homer H. Johnson
Ohio
Johnson
McAdoo
Bolsheviki Cabinet Photo Identifications Not Confirmed
In a Petrograd cabinet photo only three figures are named as Lunacharsky minister of education Trotsky foreign minister and Ngin minister of commerce. A woman is described as Mlle Colonial with no other authentic identifications provided for the remaining individuals.
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Petrograd
M. Lunacharsky
Leon Trotsky
M. Nogin
Commerce
Mlle
Colonial
Hay
Austrians in Vienna Mutiny Against Fire on Rioters for Food
Reports from Geneva and London say Vienna garrison soldiers refused to fire on mobs looting food shops as unrest spreads. A revolutionary movement seeks to seize government power, with a provisional authority forming amid food shortages and wartime distress.
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Vienna
Geneva
Coal Jams Mine Yard Sees 40 Loaded Cars Idle 65 Empty
Forty loaded coal cars stand on a siding near Mineral City and 65 empty cars wait for engines. H W Winterhalter, secretary of Van Kirk Coal Co, says lack of locomotive power and inadequate rail service halt movement. He notes with proper power coal could reach Canton within 24 hours of mining.
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Mineral City
H. W. Winterhalter
van Kirk Coal Co
Winterhalter
Cleveland
Canton
Untitled fragment prompts cautious notices in Ohio snow
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a notice about a winter scene in Ohio with mentions of sleighs, cars, snow, and a possible public or local notice. The readable portion is unclear and scattered across the page.
Senator Chamberlain Accepts Responsibility for Criticism
In a dramatic Senate session Senator Chamberlain, chair of the military affairs committee, took personal responsibility for a critical speech about wartime policy. He defended statements made at a New York banquet, insisting they reflected policies shaping the republic and the world’s future.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Chamberlain
Wilson
Marshall
United States
Chamberlain
New York
Sobernheim Desolated by Nahe River Flood
A Frankfort dispatch reports Sobernheim, a German city, destroyed by a Nahe River rise. The brief item notes the flood's devastation and notes regional disruption.
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Amsterdam
Sobernheim
Nahe
Frankfort
Draft Call Sends 12 Registrants to Camp Sherman
South draft board orders 12 registrants from the last 25 percent of the first call to report to Camp Sherman Chillicothe for camp placement among physical rejects in the first three contingents. Final numbers to report Monday. North board has about 20 men remaining to meet its first quota. Seven appeals filed asking for more deferred classification on grounds of dependency.
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South Draft Board
Camp
Sherman
Chillicothe
South Board
Adjutant General
North Draft Board
North Board
Harry David Byers
Unionay
William
Clark
Wellsav
District Appeal Board
Explosion Traps Eighty Miners in Stellarton Shaft
Rescue teams labored to reach about 100 miners trapped by an explosion at the Arcadia Coal Co. shaft in Stellarton Nova Scotia. By dawn seven had been rescued and seven bodies recovered. hope dim for additional survivors.
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Halifax
N. S
Stellarton
N.S
Arcadia Coal Co
Arrests in Petrograd for Plot to Overthrow Bolsheviks
More than twenty people were arrested in Petrograd on January 24 charged with plotting the downfall of the Bolshevik government. The suspects allegedly sought to turn women soldiers of the battalion of death against the regime.
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Stockholm
Shevik
Petrograd
Russia
Austria Hungary
Prussian Guard General Lowenfeld Relieved of Command
Berlin dispatch reports General Lowenfeld of the Prussian guard relieved of command as of today. The move comes amid ongoing military reshuffles reported from Berlin.
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the Hague
Berlin
Lowenfeld
Italian Premier Or lando Meets Lloyd George in London
Premier Or lando of Italy, arriving from Rome, held talks in London with Prime Minister Lloyd George on the chronology of postwar balance and allied diplomacy.
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London
Orlando
Italy
Rome
Lloyd George
Social event benefit at St Peters School Hall
C M B A Social tonight at St Peters School Hall benefits the K of C War Fund. Cards and prizes with admission 10 cents.
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St. Peter's School
Canton Canning Co. Plans Large Expansion to Meet Next Season Demand
Canton Canning Co. organizer I G Harmon says the Fifteenth stand Maple Ave plant will expand to raise output from one million glass packages to one and a half million and boost tin can output. Glass supply and sugar shortages loom as the Ohio State Food Administration allows 25 percent more tin canning while glass plants may close for months under Fuel Admin orders.
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Canton Canning Co
Mapleav NP
I. G. Harmon
Ohio State Food Administration
Harmon
Garfield
C. S
Watenston
New Food Administration
Passenger trains to be run by L. and BE lines
Transportation notice states that L and BE passenger trains will be operated as scheduled. Details of routes and timetable adjustments are to follow in later notices.
Anna Case Soprano to Perform in People's Musical Lecture
Anna Case, renowned American soprano, headlines the seventh number of the People's Musical Lecture Course with shows on January 24 and 25. Single admission is $1. A Stark County Milk Producers meeting is set for Louisville on January 26. Also an insurance ad notes Life Insurance as a breadwinner's substitute with contact at 310 Daily News Bldg.
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People's Musical
Horus Anna Case
Anna Case
People’s Musical
Stark County Milk Producers’ Association
Louisville
Schory
Daily News
Adv
aAdy
Canton Slashes Wholesale Egg Prices Under State Order
The Ohio Food Administration set wholesale price at 47 and a half cents per dozen for storage eggs in Canton with a one week supply cap for retailer sales. Butter wholesale price fixed at 46 1/4 cents and wholesalers face variable margins. Some firms warn many dealers may quit selling storage eggs at the new low price due to prior purchase costs. current carload eggs at 45 1/10 cents with 2.5 percent profit and under-carload sales at 4 percent. Shaeffer and Black says eggs bought this week at 50 cents per dozen from a Cleveland supplier. Storage eggs in Canton traded at 48–50 cents per dozen Thursday, retailing at 60 cents.
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Canton
Ohio State Food Administration
Starkco Food Administration
Canton Produce Co
R.A. van Nostran
Food Administration
Shaeffer and Black Co
Cleveland
Children Die as Stove Explodes in Brewster Home
An oil stove explosion at 1 a m in Brewster destroys the Culbertson home. Ray 8, Ruth 6 died at Massillon hospital after burns. sister Euelah 13 lies dying. The tragedy spread to the bed where the children slept as fire swept the house. Coroner Douds viewed the scenes after the W and L E train rushed the victims to Massillon.
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Ray Culbertson
Ruth Culbertson
Euelah
Massillon City Hospital
Harry Culbert
Brewster
Massillon
Ray
Ruth
Douds
Norwood Mootz Orchestra Plays Dance Nights at Eagles Hall
The Norwood Mootz Orchestra performs Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights at Eagles Hall for dancing. Ady.
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Dance Eagles Hall
Norwood-Mootz Orchestra
Ady
Saloons Ordered to Close On Mondays By Official
Columbus Jan. 24 R D Leach assistant fuel administrator again urged saloons to close on Mondays. Some local fuel officials have allowed Tuesday closures. Leach asked them to cite authority for their ruling.
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Columbus
R. D. Leach
Leach
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