Insurance Firms To Start War Risk Clause On Jan 1
War risk clauses will be included in nearly all policies issued after January 1 as modern warfare threatens civilians. Canton insurers expect a blanket clause covering all policyholders, with premiums kept down by excluding war deaths from policy fulfillment and refunds at about 3 percent interest on premiums.
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Canton Insurance
Insurance Company
Pearl Harbor
Canton
United States
U. S
England
Reconstruction France Corp
War Insurance Corp
St Pierre and Miquelon Parallels France In Heritage
National Geographic notes St Pierre and Miquelon, small French possessions off Newfoundland, totaling 90 square miles with 4200 French speakers. Once boomed by Prohibition profits, the islands rely on Canada and the U S now. Fishing dominates, winters rarely drop below zero, and locals wear berets. Continuous French control since 1814.
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Washington
St. Pierre
Miquelon
United States
France
Long Harbor
Canada
Newfoundland Grand Banks
Jacques Cartier
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Merchants Name 1942 Canton Directors and Officers
Canton Retail Merchants board announces 1942 directors led by Walter G. Pash. New directors include E. B. Barney Halle Bros J A Blaze Stark Dry Goods William Daberko C N Vicary L O Goudy J C Penney George Grossman Bon Marche M B Homer R H Jones Jr MacKenzie Jones Ben E La Master H N Lamard er L M Buick Service Myron Leinstein Kobacker’s Mr Pash Sears Roebuck G R Rentz Kesge’s Dollar Store J Brenner Root Geo D Harterbank Karl P Stern R M Thurin Thurin’s and R R Winzeler Arcade Market.
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E. B. Barney
Halle Bros. Co
J. A. Blaze
Stark Dry Goods Co
William Daberko
C. N. Vicary Co
L. O. Goudy
J. C. Penney Co
George Grossman
Bon Marche
M. B. Homer
Homer’s
R. H. Jones Jr
MacKenzie & Jones
Ben E. LaMaster
Walker’s
H. N. Lamarder
L & M Buick Sales & Service
Myron Leinstein
Kobacker’s
Mr. Pash
Sears, Roebuck & Co
G. R. Rentz
Kesge’s
Dollar Store
J. Brenner Root
Geo. D. Harterbank
Karl P. Stern
Stern & Mann Co
R. M. Thurin
Thurin’s
R. R. Winzeler
Arcade Market
Freight Derailment Delays Rail Traffic at Upper Sandusky
Five cars of a Pennsylvania freight train derailed at Main street crossing in Upper Sandusky Ohio delaying about six fast passenger trains on the New York to Chicago line. No injuries reported. Officials cite possible broken draw bar or water chute catching on the crossing as the cause.
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Associated Press
Upper Sandusky, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Main Street
Pennsylvania
New York-Chicago
Gloria Vanderbilt to wed in Mission in California
Gloria Vanderbilt, 17, heiress to $4 million, will marry Pasquale Di Cicco, 32, Hollywood actors' agent, at noon Sunday in a small ceremony at the Queen of Missions Santa Barbara. Fr Leonard Bose will officiate. only relatives and close friends attend.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Gloria Vanderbilt
Pasquale
Pat) di Cicco
Queen of Missions
Leonard Bose
Mt Union students build plane detector for air raid defense
In Alliance on December 27 two Mt Union college students demonstrated an air plane detector designed by Dr. Forest J. Shollenberger and built by John Hart and John Sponseller. The device magnifies sound with twin horns on a rotating bar to locate approaching aircraft and could aid city defenses if needed.
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John Hart
John Sponseller
Mt. Union College
Hart
F. J. Shollenberger
Mr. Sponseller
Mt. Union
Bureau Alliance
Alliance
Forest J. Shollenberger
Physics
Shollenberger
U. S. Army
OPM Takes Control Of 13 Import Items
The Office of Production Management will place 13 strategic materials under direct government control starting tonight. Copper, lead, mercury, tungsten, zinc, chromium, graphite, antimony, cadmium, kyanite, rutile, vanadium and zircon will be regulated by the Metals Reserve Company of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. to stockpile essential war materials sourced from the Far East, Latin America, Africa, and Australia.
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International News Service
Washington
Office of Production Management
Donald M. Nelson
OPM
Far East
Latin America
Africa
Australia
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Nelson
The
Metals Reserve Co
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Pawnshop Arrest Over Tank Gear Making Instrument
In Cleveland on December 27 an 18 year old youth was arrested after a pawnshop owner reported a suspicious gadget. Police recovered a tank gear producer instrument stolen from an engineer’s automobile. the device is one of three known in existence and valued at $2,000.
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Cleveland
Birthday Balls Aim To Raise 3 Million For Warm Springs
National chairman Keith Morgan announced a nationwide drive to raise at least 3 million dollars on January 30 to mark the president's 60th birthday. Roosevelt urged home-front effort to support national health as defense. Funds will support the Warm Springs foundation aiding infantile paralysis research and treatment.
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Warm Springs
Nazis Await Spanish Protest To Britain
Berlin reports from Madrid say Spain will promptly protest to Britain over the sinking of the German steamer Benno by British torpedo planes off the Spanish coast on December 24. Spain calls it a violation of sovereignty as it occurred near Vivero inside Spanish waters. The German press links the act to the Altmark attack in a Norwegian fjord, with a foreign office spokesman declining to predict any sequel.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Madrid
Spain
Benno
Vivero
Foreign Office
Altmark
Norwegian
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Wavell Narrow Escape Reported by Berlin Radio
Berlin radio quoted by Exchange Telegraph claimed Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell narrowly escaped a Japanese air attack on Rangoon. The report said Wavell had just left his plane at the airport and was moving toward shelter when the targeted craft was machine-gunned and set aflame.
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International News Service
London
Berlin Radio
Exchange Telegraph
Rangoon
Burma
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Berlin
Wavell
Aliens Ordered to Surrender Radios and Cameras
United Press reports Attorney General Biddle ordered Japanese, German and Italian aliens in seven western states to surrender all short wave radios and cameras by 11 p.m. Monday. The measure, tied to espionage fears, targets California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada and may expand nationwide next week. Violators face forfeiture and internment. exemptions include studio or fixed cameras. Receipts required. returns only with U.S. attorney letter.
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Biddle
Ninth Corps
California
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
U. S
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