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The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1941

Page

2

Manufacturers Pick Witherow For President NAM

W P Witherow president of Blaw Knox Co Pittsburgh elected president of NAM by board vote. He heads NAM defense committee, Yale alumnus and steel executive with ties to Republic Steel and Blaw Knox. Weir criticizes New Deal urging profits and private enterprise, cites captive mine strike and defense needs. Convention platform seeks labor reform and avoids strikes hindering defense shipments.

Associated Press New York W. P. Witherow Blaw- Knox Co Pittsburgh National Association of Manufacturers Witherow NAM National Defense Yale University Jones & Laughlin Steel Co Irvin & Witherow Witherow Steel Co Blaw-Knox Republic Steel Corp Carnegie Institute Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh Coal Co Steel Products Co Sun Drug Co International Chamber of Commerce Weir New Deal Ernest T. Weir National Steel Corporation Roosevelt Ernie Weir Hitler

Old Indian swastika omen of ill fortune

Miss Virginia Herrick of Cherokee explains the Nazi swastika signifies bad luck. She notes the Hindu origin swasti means good luck but Hitler used the reverse, the kabber, an omen of ill fortune. She owns 65 crosses gathered in Europe over 13 years.

United Press Cherokee Virginia Herrick Miss Herrick Europe Hitler

Lower toll for defense workers in Mobile tunnel

Mobile Alabama city commission passes ordinance allowing defense workers at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. to use the Bankhead tunnel for 10 cents per car instead of 25. The reduced rate applies to companies with up to 10,000 tunnel trips monthly and requires employees to display stickers noting their employer.

Mobile Ala Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co

Patriotic Termites Parade Red White and Blue

In Baton Rouge two pest exterminators found termites under a house showing red, white and blue colors. The insects had fed on yarn inside a baseball, with transparent skins revealing the colors as if dressed for an Independence Day display.

International News Service Baton Rouge, la Baton Rouge

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