Canton Junior Chamber lights contest draws about 50 homes
Approximately 50 homes entered the Canton Junior Chamber of Commerce sixth annual yuletide lighting contest. War and defense pressures reduce decorations this Christmas season. Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Winners from last year in the big ten are ineligible this year. Prizes include lamps and certificates. Judging occurs Dec 26 and 27 after illuminated displays.
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Canton Junior Chamber of Commerce
William Myers
War and Press of Defense
Myers
Homer Dickes
University Ave NW
M. B. Williams
Market Ave S
WHBC
Canton
George Nieport
C. D. Firestone
Howard Nanamaker
John Halter
Logan Burd
Herman Seiser
Thomas Sidener
McKinley High Students Rally Behind War Effort
Canton McKinley High School students and staff respond to Pearl Harbor era entry into World War II with a mix of loyalty and realism. Teachers note shock subsides into study focus and defense planning, with seniors considering enlistment and classes adapting to support the war drive.
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United States
Canton
McKinley
H. C. L. Hits Hot Dog Price Rise in Winston-Salem
Winston Salem vendors raise 5 cent hot dogs and ham burgers to 8 cents amid rising living costs. The shift reflects broader price trends affecting snack offerings in the city on December 20.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Ohio to transfer state job service to federal program
Gov Bricker told President Roosevelt the Ohio employment service will be moved to the federal system immediately. He urged after the war the state service be returned, noting it is deeply local and more than 50 years old. Ohio was the first state in the field.
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Dorothy McCully
Red Cross
Sam Leles
J. L. G. Potterf
Clayton Schindler
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Germany
Italy
Edna Shumaker
McKinley
British War Relief
Ruth Lehmiller
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Federal Employment Service
Bricker
Farm Bureau Elects Columbiana Officers
Special To The Repository. Lisbon December 20 R B Halverstadt of Leetonia was reelected president of the Columbiana County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting here Friday. Other officers include A C Cope as vice president, Mrs Russell Miller as secretary, and directors Mrs Celia Greenisen of Salem Mrs Mabel Satterthwaite of Winona and Mrs K N Baker of Knox Township.
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Lisbon
R. B. Halverstadt
Leetonia
Columbiana County Farm Bureau
Association
A. C. Cope
Russell Miller
Celia Greenisen
Salem
Mabel Satterthwaite
Winona
K. N. Baker
Knox
Stockholders Take Erie Line's Control
The Erie railroad reverts to stockholders at midnight as Judge Wilkin signs an order ending a four year reorganization. Fixed charges drop from 14.55 million to about 7 million or less, cutting burden by more than two thirds. Chesapeake and Ohio loses control, holding about 9.9 percent of new Erie common stock.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Robert N. Wilkin
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Erie
Chesapeake & Ohio
Funds Found To Pay Columbiana Salaries
Lisbon December 20 county employees were to receive salaries due December 15 after commissioners transferred 12 543 18 from 62 funds into an emergency fund. Transfers included 442 50 to probate court 200 to clerk of courts 140 84 to auditor personal tax 34 50 to treasurer 5500 to children s home 3200 to tuberculosis care 1600 for state examiner county records 550 to county home 69 75 coroner s fund 25 apiary inspector 25 defense of indigent prisoners 25 courthouse repairs 35 court house electric service and 12 extra bailiff fees.
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Lisbon
Fatal Accident Rate Triples After Dark
Darkness triples the fatal accident rate per mile, with three of every five fatal accidents occurring at night. Night fatalities have risen 17 percent in ten years while daylight deaths fell 9 percent. Over half of pedestrian deaths occur from 6 p m to midnight, and about one third of fatal night crashes involve a drunk driver or pedestrian.
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William Borman
Louis Elsaesser III
J. R. Barnes
Pacific
McKinley High School
Pacific Island Battlefields
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Sherwin Williams
OER
Devoe and Grumbacher
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