U S Faces Acute Man Shortage Warns Draft Chief
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the Tolan defense migration committee that the United States faces a serious man shortage as a large share of women will enter war industries. He warned against complacent views of abundance and said hundreds of thousands of limited service men will join women in vital jobs, with a bill for compulsory allotments to follow.
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Br International News Service
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Today
Tolan Defense Migration Committee
House
Gen. Hershey
Hershey
Army
Sol
Americans Repel Japanese From Trench Lines at Bataan
United Press reports on February 3 that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces on the lower Bataan Peninsula hurled back two Japanese attempts to land shock troops from invasion barges. Under heavy artillery and machine gun fire, U S aircraft and bombs aided the defense as the assault on Corregidor fortress faced a stiff counterattack.
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United Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Lower Batan Peninsula
Corregidor Fortress
Philippines
Batan
War Fronts Today in Asia and Europe
Singapore faces pre invasion bombings as British defenses brace along a 70 mile front. In the Philippines MacArthur’s forces strike back at Japanese landings at Batan peninsula. Batavia sees American planes sink two to three transports amid possible Dutch East Indies invasion. Burma coast defenders stop river crossing. In Libya British forces press Germans after rapid retreat. Russians claim heavy losses and repelling counterattacks on the Soviet front.
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Singapore
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Europe
Libya
Batan
Corregidor Fortress
Tatari
East Batan
Nara
Three Children Die in Fire at Lock 17 Home
Newcomerstown reports three children aged 11 9 and 6 died trapped on the second floor of a home near Lock 17 when a blaze swept through the Ohio canal area at the junction of routes 36 and 16. Parents fled after their attempts to rescue failed. a roomer 18 jumped from a window. Firemen faced near freezing conditions. origin undetermined. Mr. Pierce and Mr. Miller were workers at Pierce Schreiner service station.
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Lock 17
John
Paul
Beverly
Alva Pierce
Duane
Clarence Miller
Ohio Canal
Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Gnadenhutten
Pierce & Schreiner
Lock
Miller
Air Offensive Batter s Base at Soerabaja
United Press reports American army planes sank two to three Japanese transports in Macassar straits and bombed Soerabaja as Japanese air forces mass for an invasion. In Balik Papan battles, U S planes added to enemy ships sunk or damaged, while raids hit Malang Madioen Magelan and Rembang as the war widen.
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United Press
Batavia
Macassar Straits
Soerabaja
Java
United States
East Borneo
Balik Papan
Sumatra
United Nations Supreme Command
Borneo
Singapore
East Indies
Pontianak
West Borneo
Tin
Banka
Billiton
Malang
Madioen
Magelan
Rembang
Amboina Island
Island siege tightens as Japanese attack Singapore
Japanese bombers pounded Singapore while Nipponese troops pressed toward a strike across Johore strait. Allied fire crews battled fires as RAF reconnaissance spotted troop movements in Malaya and British raids targeted Kluang airfield amid a siege marked by heavy bombing and limited ground action.
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He Associated Press
Singapore
Malaya
Johore Strait
United Nations
Kluang
A.R.P
R.A.F
Malayan
Malay Peninsula
Rome
Tokyo
Keppel
War Production Director endorses civilian manpower use shift
War Production Director Donald M. Nelson told army reserve officers with key civilian posts their deferment may end to aid wives and children at home. He urged cooperation with industry and labor leaders to diversify employe rosters with older workers and many women, warning against diverting essential war production. Supporters of a Rogers bill proposed a uniformed women soldiers corps for noncombatant duties, but the measure stalled in committee amid opposition over interference with volunteers already serving in defense roles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Army Reserve
Selection Service
House
Rules Committee
Winter coldest Feb 3 in 37 years shocks region
The mercury fell to four below zero at the state highway garage marking the coldest February 3 in 37 years with three below at the U. S. Weather Bureau observer’s site and two to three below at other local readings. Snow offered protection to wheat while peach trees reportedly suffered some damage.
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State Highway Garage
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Jean Weedman
Department of Agriculture
Varian
Canton
Howenstine
Nature
Ralph H. Varian
Army's youngest general dons silver star at 36
Laurence S. Kuter, 36, army flier and secretary of the War Department General Staff, was promoted over hundreds of senior officers to brigadier general and became the youngest general in the United States Army. A West Point graduate of 1927, he won his wings in 1930.
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International News Service
Shington
Laurence S. Kuter
Army Flier
United States Army
Gen. Kuter
Roosevelt
Rockford
War Department General Staff
West Point
Raid Drills and Pupil Safeguards Approved for City Schools
Canton moves to protect 21 000 public and parochial students with a general school defense program. A A Weis bacher named chief air raid warden to test gear, coordinate rules, and work with principals. An air raid warning and war emergency plan was adopted, details pending the city master defense plan.
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Canton
Board of Education
A. A. Weisbacher
Ohio payroll bond plan reaches over one million workers
Ohio defense savings staff announced 937 firms employing 1,014,412 persons enrolled in the payroll savings plan for the purchase of Defense Bonds. The figures were released in Cleveland on February 3 by the Associated Press.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Cleveland
Defense Savings Staff For
Scrap payment aids civilian defense effort in Cleveland
Cleveland will receive a check for 14,000 dollars tomorrow as payment for scrap metal collected at 18.85 dollars per ton. The funds will be used to defray expenses of civilian defense efforts in the city.
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Cleveland
Apple House Ad for Sweet Cider in Fulton NW
Daily sweet cider available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House in Fulton Northwest. Fresh supply and casual ad-style note.
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Apple House
Fulton NW
Glenn Wilds Killed in Bellevue Truck Crash
Glenn E Wilds 32 of 508 7th St NE former business manager of the Truck Drivers and Helpers Union was killed at 7 10 am when his armor plate laden truck overturned in a ditch on route 20 near Bellevue. Pat Fusillo 21 of 1220 Sandalld NE driver of the truck is in serious condition with leg fractures and shock.
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Glenn E. Wilds
7Th St NE
Truck Drivers and Helpers Union
Bellevue
Highway Patrol
Pat Fusillo
Sandall NE
Bellevue Hospital
Fusillo
Wilds
Canton
Youngstown
Detroit
Hilda Wilds
Ronald
Glenn Jr
City ends year in the black with $84,342 balance
Canton ended 1941 with the city general fund balance at $84,342. City Auditor Beck and Deputy Snyder noted $406,227 across funds under audit, with 1942 carryover $52,982 above 1941. Water receipts set records at $475,497 but expenses rose to $490,302, leaving a year end water balance of $61,945.
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Canton
City General Fund
Robert E. Beck
T. Frank Snyder
Timken
Water Department
Russians Push Toward Smolensk Amid Broad Front
Allied dispatches report Soviet forces advancing toward Smolensk amid severe cold as German reinforcements arrive on the southern front. British radio cites German demand for 20 fresh divisions to halt a potential Russian breakthrough. In North Africa, British and German forces clash as Rommel’s line fights to blunt an Axis counteroffensive near Bengasi and Slonta. Mussolini’s command claims continued Axis eastward advances despite resistance.
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Associated Press
Smolensk
Moscow
Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Cairo
Rommel
Slonta
Bengasi
el Agheila
Cirenalca
Benito Mussolini
Bus Firm To Speed Up Runs To Ease Rising Defense Load
The Civilian Defense transportation committee in Canton, led by Neil D. Schworm, approved speeding up city bus schedules to add about 1,000 miles daily. Fred Paulson of Canton City Lines said all runs will shorten from 30 to 20 minutes, 20 to 15, 15 to 12, and 12 to 8 minutes, with next week rollout and a survey of defense worker commutes.
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Civilian Defense Transportation Committee
Civilian Defense Headquarters
Neil D. Schworm
Canton
Fred Paulson
Canton City Lines
Com
Mittee
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Newcomerstown
D. M. Ceramelia
Soerabaia
Pacific
Singapore Island
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Invader
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Paul Mallon
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