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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
3
Continental army endured sleet and ice crossing the Delaware on Christmas night. By morning they reached Trenton and surprised Hessian forces, capturing about a thousand prisoners and valuable equipment, marking a pivotal Christmas 1776 moment.
Glenn Babb, citing his Orient correspondence, argues Japan trained for a full scale war by building a long term plan to expel Western influence in Asia. The article states Pearl Harbor was part of a predated program aligning with Axis power, with China as a dress rehearsal inspiring imperial military might.
The article contrasts Japan's wartime finance to U.S. tax policy. It notes Japanese budgets from 1938 to 1941 totaled 65 billion yen, about 15 billion dollars, and argues the effort far surpassed U.S. wartime spending relative to wealth. It also reports U.S. House Ways and Means Chair Doughton on drafting a new tax bill to maximize revenue, considering broader sources and possible rate increases.
An operetta titled The Girl Who Had No Birthdays was presented at a Sponseller Grange meeting in the grange hall by the juvenile group. Mrs. Charles Ream directed with Lucille and Viola Mae Deckerd in lead roles and a large juvenile chorus. A Christmas treat was given to grange children by a committee including Mr and Mrs Howard Taylor, Mr and Mrs Harry Mattice, and Mr and Mrs Walker Shultzman. The Grange planned to hold a future event.
Women of the Grange attend a quilting and Red Cross sewing session on New Year’s afternoon. Cyclist dies in Cincinnati crash when a motorcycle hits a street car. victim identified as 45-year-old John Heurman.
Sumner Welles will represent the United States at the conference of American foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro January 15 to discuss hemisphere defense. Secretary Hull could not attend due to duties in Washington. Roosevelt appointed Welles to go.
The Associated Press reports four Ohioans among 75 men recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross for a trans Pacific flight by American bombers September 5 to 12 from Honolulu to Fort Stotsenburg near Manila. Named are Lieuts. James P. Ferrey of Akron Donald M. Keiser of Hancock Francis K. McAllister of West Lafayette and Pvt. Junior Brooks of Franklin Furnace.
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