Enlistment surge as armed forces recruit Canton men
The army navy and marine corps on Saturday announced 41 more Canton district men enlisted and reported steady applications during all hours at the post office building. Navy Recruiter Charles Keenan listed 18 sailors accepted in class V-6 in Cleveland with names and addresses. Marine confirmation for John E. Terry and pending enlistments in Cleveland and Massillon were announced by Sgt. Thomas B. Rhea with a list of candidates and their hometowns.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Canton
Naval Reserve
Cleveland
Charles Keenan
Raymond Lester Byers
Rosewood
John Richard Clemens
Race St
Dover
Carl Davis
Summit Ct
Alliance
Harold Boyd Fisher
Fletcher Ave
Michael Patrick Grady Jr
Fairmount Blvd
Dale Edward Halter
E. 8Th St
Lloyd Brice Mayhorn
Harrison Ave
Kenneth Bernard Moran
3Rd St
Wade Roy
W. Mainst
Massillon
C. L. Guest
Hart Ave
Minerva
C. F. Schaffer
4Th St
J. W. Moore
S. Linden Ave
N. J. Hollis
South Ave
H. B. Ephey
5Th St
H. P. Guthrie
Gnadenhutten
K. F. Rolli
Charles Eller
Ardmore
M. E. Berg
Louisville
J. E. Smith
J. W. Swigart
Donald D. Frazer
Army Recruiting Office
Wake Island Defense Fails To Surprise Marines Voice
Wake Island’s 14 day defense impressed Pvt. Robert L Brumbaugh who returns home on furlough. The 20 year old Marine trained at Parris Island South Carolina where he spent 42 days in recruit schooling and 7 days quarantine before rifle range and weapon training. He later became an instructor of motor transport teaching marines how to drive trucks tanks or motorcycles.
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Wake Island
Robert L. Brumbaugh
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps Training Station
Pvt
Brumbaugh
Female Singers Take Honors In Success Ballot
A committee of educators named 10 outstanding American young women for 1941. Included are soprano Dorothy Maynor, soprano Helen Traubel, Irene Wicker, Vivien Kellems, Lillian Hellman, Elizabeth Hawes, Ruth Weyand, Cecelia Payne Gaposhkin, Phoebe Fairgrave Omle, and Katherine McBride, with affiliations from Norfolk to Bryn Mawr and Harvard to Des Moines.
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International
Babson Park
Fla
Hollywood
Vera R. Kilduff
Webster College
Dorothy Maynor
Norfolk
Helen Traubel
New York
Irene Wicker
Chicago
Vivien Kellems
Des Moines
Iowa
Lillian Hellman
New Orleans
Elizabeth Hawes
Ridgewood
N. J
Ruth Weyand
Washington
D. C
Grinnell
Cecelia Payne Gaposhkin
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Phoebe Fairgrave Omle
Memphis
Tenn
Katherine McBride
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
North Star Shifts Toward True North Point
The article notes the North Star’s gradual movement toward true north, describing its apparent shift in celestial alignment and reference frame over time.
Sole Survivor Of Merrimac Seeks Navy Reenlistment
K. R. Clausen, 73, retired navy lieutenant and sole survivor of the Merrimac crew, walked into a New York navy recruiting office and offered to fight. He declared he is in good shape and eager to serve, though recruiters offered no decision.
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Associated Press
New York
Navy
K. R. Clausen
Merrimac
U. S. Navy
Santiago Harbor
Cuba
Air Force Chief Brereton a Pioneering Dive Bomber Leader
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, newly posted to command the army air force in the Philippines, built his reputation decades ago on dive bombing tactics with Gen. Billy Mitchell. A naval academy graduate turned airman, he earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre, and remains a fearless, athletic tactician valued for his naval insight and combat leadership. Born in Pittsburgh, he trained at Annapolis and the naval academy, then led early Western Front air units.
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Alexander R. George
Associated Press
Washington
Lewis H. Brereton
Army Air Force
Philippine Islands
France
Brereton
Air Corps
U. S. Army
Mitchell
Billy” Mitchell
Naval Academy
Coast Artillery Corps
Signal Corps
Philippines
Western Front
Brererton
Pittsburgh
Old St. John’s College
Annapolis
Colorado town to be new dam site in 1942
COLORADO community of 54 years faces eviction as the government condemns unsold property in CADDOA, Colorado. Residents must leave by January 1 as John Martin dam waters are expected to back up over the town by May 1942. Assistant U S District Attorney W C Marmaduke Jr says the town lies about a mile from the dam and may flood later.
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United Press
Caddoa
Colo
Colorado
U. S. District
W. C. Marmaduke Jr
Washington
John Martin Dam
Thunder Aids Veggs Safe Break at Two Bakeries
A December thunderstorm aided a pair of local safe crackers in Big Spring Texas. As lightning flashed and thunder rolled, they blew open safes at two bakeries and stole about $350.
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Big Spring
Tex
OPM Directors Urge Plants to Run Jan 1
Washington war materials plants urged to operate on New Year's day to speed collapse of the Axis. Directors William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman called for full production on January 1 to accelerate wartime output.
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OPM
Hy United Press
Washington
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
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Glenwood Ave
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