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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
9
Rep May noted an extra yearly pool of about one million 21 year olds and another million men with 1-A status not yet called. After raising the top select age to 28 the army released about 200,000 already inducted. Discharges halted but the released group mostly returned home. they remain enlisted reserves subject to recall.
Ohio draft officials with under 3,000 immediate inductees seek new sources to meet wartime manpower. With war against Japan, 896,898 Ohioans registered. state expects quotas to rise as congress may raise the draft age to 35. Goble notes gradual screening from all classes. 12,898 inducted since Sept. 30, leaving 2,580 available now.
In Wooster on December 10 the Wayne County Dairy Herd Improvement association noted David F Geiser's herd from Apple Creek topped the month with an average of 35.6 pounds of butterfat and 1,019 pounds of milk. Individual record went to C F Hartzler from Weilersville with 71.7 pounds butterfat and 1,839 pounds milk.
A New York Times style profile notes Mrs Basil B Campbell of Ottawa, a Department of National War Services representative, travels to glamorize Canada for American tourists. She has given 54 talks since beginning the work, meets at the Ritz and football games, and borders on Hollywood glamour while unpaid due to her husband’s army duties.
Tokyo reports deny United States claims of sinking a Japanese carrier off Hawaii. Japanese sources suggest U S observers may have mistaken the USS Enterprise for a Japanese warship after a bombing. They say announcements were delayed for verification and note other confirmed actions in Guam Malaya and the Philippines.
Jimmy Webber, crippled by rickets since age one, reports for a draft board medical with crutches. The doctor tells the clerk that Jimmy cannot be used, but his spirit is usable, as Webber serves as Draft Board Sergeant in Charlotte.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation and sluggish liver. It claims to stimulate bile flow aiding digestion of fatty foods and elimination. The box price is listed as 15¢, 30¢, and GO¢ with a call to buy at all drugstores.
A reaction strategy outlines linking American British Dutch and other allies into a vast sea power. Analysts estimate Allied navies hold superiority in battleships cruisers and carriers despite Axis strengths. The plan assumes force concentration in the Pacific, with Atlantic and Mediterranean reserves and patrols in key sea lanes. Reports say Germany reinforced Japan with Tirpitz and Gneisenau to aid operations.
The New York Lisbon run, the last American steamship service to Europe, is discontinued per the company. Lisbon remains a port for American refugees leaving Europe, while Portuguese and Spanish ships will still operate unscheduled voyages to bring refugees to the United States.
United prayer and wartime analysis note Japan's Pacific advance as the battleship Prince of Wales and the carrier Repulse are sunk after Bismarck clashes. Reports describe Japanese plans to dominate the western Pacific, sever Allied supply lines, and threaten Malaya Hongkong and Singapore bases, with concerns over oil and metals access and the outlook for Allied naval power.
A pair of dogwood plow hames carved by hand in 1845 were shown among relics at a recent semi centennial celebration in Ruaston Louisiana.
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