Canton Pistol Club Backs Civilian Defense Guard Training
The Canton Pistol Club unanimously approved offering members for civilian defense training in handguns and volunteer services. Members will enroll with the club secretary detailing hours, availability, and qualifications for instruction and emergency guard duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Pistol Club
Harry Grossglaus
Canton Civilian Defense Committee
Elmer Clark
Richard France
Herbert Sherlock
Driver dies after city crash in Green town vicinity
George Moore aged 55 of Green town died at Mercy hospital late Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Monday night collision at 40th street and Cleveland avenue NW involving a truck driven by James C. Spivey. The truck, attempting to pass Moore’s car, was said to have struck Moore from the rear as another vehicle tried to pass. Moore suffered multiple injuries and his death raises the county traffic toll to 95. Several other drivers were treated for injuries and charged with reckless driving or related offenses. Police report multiple crashes and stop-sign violations among the day’s incidents.
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George Moore
Greentown
Mercy Hospital
James C. Spivey
Hartville
40Th St
Cleveland Ave
Moore
Myers & Son
William Sharp
RD 2
2Nd St and
Market
R. G. Lines
H. R. Griffin
Harry S. Knox
8Th St
Darrah Miller
McKinley
Andrew Russell
5Th St NW
Cherry Ave NE
3Rd St
Frances LeMaster
Howard van Orman
George J. Dumoulin
Tuscarawas St E
William V. Weber
3Rd St NW
Robert E. Evans
Tuscarawas St
Griffin
Lines
Maurice Brewer
RD 3
Gordon W. Johnson
Hudson
Malvern-Mapleton Rd
Mr. Brewer
Jacob E. Jacobson
6Th St NE
Pat Paraska
8Th St NE
Carnahan Ave
Joseph Ferguson
Jacobson
George H. Lane Jr
34Th St NW
9Th St
High Ave SW
Roger Graybill
LeMaster
John St. George Jr
Indianaway
Robert C. Richards
Harrisburg Rd
2Nd St
High Ave
Herbert C. Wilson
Market Ave
William E. Siegfried
Troy Pl
Workers May Accept Overtime Pay in Defense Bonds
Grace G. Glascott, regional director of the labor wage and hour division, said workers cannot waive overtime rights under the law but may voluntarily receive straight cash for hours up to 40 and the remainder as defense stamps or bonds. She noted such a voluntary arrangement aids the war effort and builds savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Grace G. Glascott
Department of Labor
Defense
Miss Glascott
Alliance Red Cross Opens $12,500 Fund Drive
Alliance Red Cross launches a $12 500 drive with initial opening today and a full push starting January 5 led by campaign chairman Paul C Siddall. Depositories for contributions are in three banks and at the chapter headquarters 222 S Arch Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau Alliance
Alliance
Red Cross
Paul C. Siddall
S. Arch Ave
Fresh Graves At Pearl Harbor Navy Dead In Honolulu
In Honolulu on December 17 Navy burials for Pearl Harbor victims continued. Fresh graves lined Nuuanu cemetery with flowers and banyan leaves. Navy chaplains led brief services. each sailor interred in a separate coffin in seven trenches. Graves bore green decorations and later will receive headstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Honolulu
Tropics
Nuuanu Cemetery
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Cap Belknap Takes Post With Air Corps
Capt William L Belknap of Canton is among 63 Ohio 37th Division officers transferred to non flying posts with the army air corps at Camp Shelby Mississippi He will be stationed at Fort Monmouth New Jersey Prior to transfer he commanded Service Battery 2nd Battalion 135th Field Artillery An active Ohio national guard member for years he led a 38 man advance detachment from the local armory for Camp Shelby October 17 1940 two days after induction of the guardsmen into federal service He was appointed captain in September 1940 and placed in charge of the service section of Headquarters Battery which absorbed part of the disbanded Service Battery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Belknap
Canton
Ohio
Camp Shelby
Miss
Army Air Corps
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
135Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Belknap
Condition Improves For Henning In pneumonia recovery at Little Flower
Helen Jeanne Henning of Middlebranch is recovering at Little Flower hospital from pneumonia. Mrs. George Stermer from Middlebranch, who was admitted to Mercy hospital after the birth of a daughter, remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jeanne Henning
Middlebranch
Little Flower Hospital
George Stermer
Mercy Hospital
Oklahoma U Lifts Campus Dancing Ban
Oklahoma University ends a 50 year ban and allows dancing on campus in the student union from 4 pm to 10 pm daily. President Joseph A Brandt, former newspaper editor, approved the measure to keep students on campus for evening entertainment instead of going to nearby Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Joseph A. Brandt
Oklahoma City
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Mellett Building
Civilian Defense Committee
Dean Morris
University of Hawaii
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Physicians Pharmacy
Tuscara
St. W
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Alliance Red Cross
AIR Corps
Oklahoma U
Cobbs Creek
Continental Distilling Corporation
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