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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1941
Page
6
Home candy making stays popular as Americans, especially women, balance busy holiday schedules. Confections like fudge, bonbons, brittles, and candied peel flourish despite forecasts of weak demand, with recipes for fondant, orange fudge, pecan rolls, and peanut brittle offered for festive giving.
Day ton health authorities report two deaths from food poisoning and five illnesses after a restaurant was closed by Dr H H Williams. Marshall Swope 40 and Kelly Byrd 21 died. five others from Buckeye Iron and Brass Works location were ill but improving and expected to return to work.
About three fourths of Canton district scoutmasters and assistants are eligible for selective service. Twelve leaders have been called so far, prompting plans to recruit substitutes and strengthen patrol leadership to continue troop work. 950 of 1140 scouts are active, with 75 percent in uniforms and 80 percent camping last year.
Albion resident Webster Pierce bought fishing tackle in Fort Wayne and found a $160 bill in the sack. The store owner then surfaced, claiming the money as he had hidden it there as a precaution against bandits.
In Charleston on December 20 a small crowd witnessed the dual launch of warships Tillman and Beatty, 1700 ton destroyers named for Sen. Tillman and Rear Admiral Beatty. speakers included Josephus Daniels and Rear Admiral William H. Allen.
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