Ohio Faces WPA Reductions Across Agencies
The Associated Press reports in Columbus that eliminating non-defense social agencies would widely affect Ohio. Sen. Byrd proposes abolishing NYA CCC and FSA, with WPA operations sharply curtailed. About 49,197 WPA workers in Ohio would be affected plus 600 administrators. NYA and CCC would shift to a unified setup with some activities continuing.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Sen. Byrd
Virginia
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Farm Security Administration
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Massillon Defense Enrollment Slated
Massillon officials plan civilian defense volunteer registration starting January 8 with a seven member subcommittee to screen candidates for a paid full time director. About 1600 to 2000 workers are expected from six western Stark County townships, with fingerprints to be taken at city hall. Dr. W. A. Barton named head of the fire rationing board with five to eight aides to be appointed by Mayor Lash.
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Massillon
Executive Committee On
Home Defense
Grant D. Esterling
Esterling
Stark County
Harry W. Lash
W. A. Barton
Fred W. Witter
Floyd B. Schwartzwalder
Parkersburg
W. Va
McKinley High School
Canton Art Institute
Case
17Th and Market Area
Harter Heights
Defense
Timken Vocational High School
Canton Board of Education
Anna Brush Ake
Harvey F. Ake
Court of Domestic Relations
George P. Craig
Ohio
Masonic Order
E. S. Folk
Charles W. Weeks
Canton
Samuel E. Barr
James Welch
Stark County School System
Arlene Davis
Elmer E. Clark
Ira A. Manderbaugh
William Blandy
Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
A. W. Robertson
G. H. Bucher
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh
Roosvelt
John E. Lamiell
Frank C. Walker
Fulton J. Lewis Jr
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Louis J. Christian
Richard S. Baxter
OPM
Republic Steel Corp
Ohio Supreme Court
Sweitzer
Common Pleas
Canton Community Fund
Courtland Hotel
Richard W. Ramsey
North Canton
Moorehead
Minn
Jack Beatty
Elmer Clark
Selective Service
Army
Eagles
E. C. Raedel
Canton Hardware Co
Jim Snyder
Lehman High School
Kenneth Whitmer
Ray Doney
Mighty
Tigers
McKinley Bulldog
Fawcett Stadium
Warren L. Barr
Metropolitan Brick Co
Dannemiller Grocery Co
Aultman Hospital
Felix
Fifth Army Corps
Mayor Lieser to start third term with pay raise in Dover
Dover city council granted Mayor Earl S. Lieser a ten dollar monthly salary increase for his third consecutive term, citing wartime workload. Safety committee backed purchases including an auxiliary pumper, a chief's car, a cistern near Tuscarawas Avenue bridge, and 1000 feet of hose to be bought immediately due to non brass fittings after the new year.
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Repository Bureau
Dover
Earl S. Lieser
Lieser
W. B. Bose
Dover Fairgrounds
Tuscarawas Ave Bridge
Census Bureau
Canton
John M. Feller
John W. Bricker
State Guard
Sid’s
Tuscarawas St
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Jr. C. of C
Aultman Hospital
Rube Efinger
Canton 1941 Diary in Headlines Defense Drive
Canton marks a defense year with rapid training, bond drives, and enlistments as world war reshapes daily life. Local schools expand vocational training, the Case mansion becomes the Canton Art Institute, and the Community Fund meets its goal while defense plants rise and city life stays prosperous.
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Canton
Case
Canton Art Institute
Community Fund
National Defense
Massillon
McKinley High
Gary Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald
Gary
Stark County
Dick France
Canton Board of Education
B. T. Bonnot
Bonnot Co
S. A. Lengel
Don Mellett
Naval Ordnance Plant
Raff
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Paul E. Brown
Massillon Tigers
Ohio State University
Rust Engineering Co
Pittsburgh
Wilbur L. Weaver
Police Department
Jr. C. of C
C. B. McClintock
Frank N. Sweitzer
Earl Cameron Herman
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sweitzer
Appeals Court
Railroad equipment orders set record in 1941
Chicago Dec 31 The nations railroads faced rising traffic due to the defense program and in 1941 placed the largest totals for locomotives freight cars and materials since 1929. Railway Age reports orders and purchases reached about 1 25 billion for class 1 roads with 50 percent rise over 1940 and 126 percent over the 1931 40 average. overall railway buys hit 1 31 billion. Material shortages limited locomotive builds to 1 047 of 1 436 ordered, the largest order since 1923 and the largest construction since 1926.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railway Age
Cigarette Production in the United States 1940 Output
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports that 180,662,878,772 cigarettes were produced in the United States in 1940.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Canton's skating ponds await safe ice after cold night
Canton's three skating ponds lack thick ice as temperatures hovered near freezing. If tonight's low reaches 25 or below, no skating lights will be used Thursday. Recreation director C. W. Schnake reported ice under an inch at Monument Park lagoon and thinner conditions at Cook lagoon and West park pool.
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Canton
City Recreation Department
C. W. Schnake
Monument Park
12Th St
Cook Lagoon
9Th St
West Park
Wayne C. E. events set in Wayne county
Rev. Harry Baumer, president of the state Christian Endeavor, will speak at the Wayne county C E banquet on February 2 at Madisonburg hall. The group also schedules the annual love feast on February 1 and the New Year party on January 2 at Wooster First Church of God.
Greyhound Walkout Called Off by Union
Dr John R Steelman announced Greyhound companies accepted arbitration and the union halted a strike that affected about 1800 bus drivers from Chicago to the East Coast. The strike, starting December 3 in Cleveland, began spreading to the northern states by December 23 over wage disputes and contract terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
John R. Steelman
Greyhound Companies
Chicago
Cleveland
Bricker objects to federal control of Ohio claims unit
Columbus December 31 Administrator Hercel C Atkinson of the Ohio bureau of unemployment compensation says the federal social security board plan to take over claims taking staff would leave the agency unable to meet Ohio law. Governor Bricker telegraphed President Roosevelt opposing delegation to the United States employment service and argues claimants must file valid claims with the state.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Hercel C. Atkinson
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Federal Social Security Board
BUC
Ohio
Bricker
Roosevelt
United States Employment Service
Atkinson
Social Security Board
Shara Torah Prayer Rites Scheduled Thursday Morning
Rabbi Isadore Fine and Cantor Henry L. Rackoff will lead services Thursday at 7 30 a m in Shara Torah synagogue to conform with President Roosevelt s appeal for a day of prayer. The regular bi weekly forum meeting Friday night is canceled and Sunday school classes will be held Sunday at 10 30 a m.
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Isadore Fine
Henry L. Rackoff
Shara Torah Synagog
Roosevelt
Rabbi Fine
East Ohio asks pipeline action to avert gas shortage
J French Robinson, president of East Ohio Gas Co., warns shortages in industrial gas supplies for Canton Massillon and other Ohio areas if steel for a Louisiana pipeline is not secured. The Hope Natural Gas Co. line from Louisiana to West Virginia aims to cover 160000 tons, with 85 percent of gas in East Ohio area sourced from Hope. Brown notes local supplies suffice for now. federal survey seeks methods to avoid shortages by Jan 19.
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East Ohio Gas Co
Canton
Massillon
Louisiana
J. French Robinson
Cleveland
Robinson
Hope Natural Gas Co
East Ohio
West Virginia
Youngstown
Warren
Akron
Terry W. Brown
Federal Power Commission
Commission
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Ohio
East
Hope
Death probe slated in Ohio traffic death case
Lisbon finds 14 cases to be investigated by the Columbiana county grand jury convening January 5. Leading the list is a charge of manslaughter against Henry Gabble, Alliance truck driver, in connection with the October 10 death of James Thompson of Cleveland.
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Lisbon
Henry Gabble
Alliance
James Thompson
Cleveland
Columbiana County Grand Jury
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Ohio Real Estate Association
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Defense Savings Committee
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