WPB Orders Lid Put On Tin Cans
The War Production Board announces a March 1 cutoff on tin cans for many common foods and products. Pork and beans coffee dog food beer tobacco and oil will not be packed in tin. small cans to be eliminated. perishables like fruits vegetables tomato juice milk and fish exempt. Public stocks remain ample, and substitutes and standardization efforts are under study to conserve glass and tin use.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
War Production Board
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Paul S. Willis
Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America
Flying Fortresses Guard Pearl Harbor Area
International News Staff Writer Richard Haller reports from aboard a Flying Fortress patrolling the Pacific near Hawaii. The observer describes constant air patrols, vast 20 mile visibility, and coverage of 7 200 square miles per hour as part of a 12 hour daily vigilance ring around the islands with sorties from dawn to dusk.
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Pacific
Japan
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Army Airdrome
Trustees to Repair Plaza Around McKinley Monument
The McKinley Memorial association trustees announced plans to resurface the plaza around the monument this spring. Paul B. Belden says about 22,000 square feet of concrete will be repaired. funds are available. The monument itself is in good condition after prior repairs.
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McKinley Memorial Association
McKinley Monument
Paul B. Belden
Belden
Free lecture and a cider ad headline mix
Free lecture on Christian Science at Timken Vocational School tonight at 8 15 p m Adv Sweet cider fresh daily 10 am to 7 pm Apple House Fulton NW Adv
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Timken Vocational School
Apple House
Fulton NW
Local man lost in ship sinking
James Erdos, 25, son of Mr and Mrs John Erdos of 2510 15th St NE, is reported among 35 missing crew members of the tanker W L Steed torpedoed off the New Jersey coast on February 2. Surviving crew members Ralph Mazzucco Joaquin R Vrea and Louis Hartz arrived at an eastern port, while navy officials list 35 others unaccounted for.
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James Erdos
John Erdos
15Th St NE
W. L. Steed
New Jersey
Navy Department
Ralph Mazzucco
Joaquin R. Vrea
Erdos
Congress Lake Club
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Florida
Standard Oil Co
Canton Malleable Iron Co
Elizabeth Erdos
American Troops Guard Oil Refineries in Aruba Curacao
U S soldiers patrol the Dutch West Indies islands Aruba and Curacao to protect crucial oil refineries and bauxite sources as Allied needs rise with Japan's advances. The move follows a Netherlands request. Venezuelan approval confirmed. troops to be withdrawn after emergency.
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United Press
Washington
Dutch West Indies
Aruba
Curacao
Roosevelt
United States
Netherlands
Surinam
South America
Venezuela
Dutch East Indies
Japan
West Indies
State Department
Maracaibo
Bonaire
St. Martin
St. Eustatius
Saba
Today’s Index Feature List and Page Cues
A reader index lists amusements, comics, and sections with page numbers, including Believe It or Not on 31, Betty Barton 8, Day in Canton 16, Deaths 14, Markets 28, Needlework 25, Paul Mallon 4, Radio Programs 17, Serial Story 25, Sports 26 27 28, and Up Through a Century 4. It also notes editors Walter Lippmann on pages 4 and 4 page cues for various columns.
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Betty Barton
Naile
Damon Runyon
Canton
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
Ohio boy, 13 saves 3 brothers in fire
A 13 year old boy awakened by smoke saved his three brothers from a midnight blaze in Springfield Ohio. Richard Lewis carried his crippled 15 year old brother Gordon to safety while guiding Oscar 10 and Eldon 4 out. Both Richard and Gordon suffered minor burns and were treated at a neighbor’s home.
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Associated Press
Springfield. O
Richard Lewis
Oscar
Eldon
Gordon
Richard
Germans Claim Ukrainian Gains Front Frontline Push Amid War News
The Associated Press reports German, Romanian, and Croatian troops claim to push Russians back along the Donets river front as Soviet forces press Kharkov. Nazi statements say Axis attacks forced the enemy to retreat despite stubborn resistance. British and Axis actions in North Africa and Russia are noted with Allied bombings and Goebbels propaganda controls.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Kharkov
Japanese Spur Burma Attacks Reach Rangoon Area
Imperial defenders fought a mounting battle against a Japanese offensive pushing northwest from Martaban toward the Burma Road. The lated breaking force west of the Salween, with Chiengmai air raids and Chinese troops reported in contact in the far north.
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el Mechili
Tobruk
Russia
Red Army
Hitler
Leningrad
United Press
Rangoon
Burma
Empire
Martaban
Burma Road
Salween River
Salween
Paan
Thaton
Chiengmai
Thailand
County Census Shows Stark County Male Majority in 1940
Stark county census reports 118 564 males and 116 323 females among 234 887 residents with 19 015 foreign born and 208 650 natives among 227 665 whites. Rural farm population totals 22 369. 154 518 were 21 or over. 17 668 under five. 79 224 between five and 24. 121 537 between 25 and 64. 16 548 were 65 or older. Tuscarawas county records 34 916 males and 33 900 females among 68 816 residents with 64 968 native born and 2 914 foreign born among 67 882 whites.
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Stark County
United States Bureau of the Census
Tuscarawas County
Five Dutch Sinks Five Japanese Ships Off Amboina
Batavia dispatch reports a Netherlands naval communique stating five enemy ships were sunk off Amboina as Dutch land forces struggle to halt a large Japanese pincer aimed at Java. The fire fight continues with no further updates from threatened points as Indies troops push to stop advances toward Macassar and Bandjermasin.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands Navy
Amboina
High Command
Indies
Macassar
Celebes
Bandjermasin
South Borneo
Netherlands Indies News
Three British Assaults Fail Against Onslaught of Singapore
British defenders of Singapore launched four counterattacks as Japanese siege forces pressed in. A dispatch from C Yates McDaniel of the Associated Press reported British troops fought hard near the city center, with one counterattack successful and three failing. Japanese forces claimed to have penetrated toward central Singapore after seizing the race track, while air bombardment and naval action intensified. Singapore radio and London reports described grim prospects for a prolonged defense.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Japan
Empire
Canton
London
C. Yates McDaniel
Rising Sun
Imperial Tokyo
Bukit Timah
Tokyo
Food shortage slows MacArthur push in Philippines
A war department communique reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces in Bataan facing slowed prep for a knockout attack as food shortages grow amid Japanese occupation. Japanese troops have seized Masbate island and extend control across Luzon, with analysts noting a reorganization and renewed supply efforts ahead. The Philippines archipelago totals about 7,000 islands, with roughly a third under Japanese control.
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United Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Masbate
Luzon
Mindanao
Cebu
Bataan Peninsula
MacArthur
Philippines
British Failures In Far East Peril Churchill Government
The Singapore disaster rocked Britain and spurred calls for a government of national union to include dominions and empire. Churchill faced pressure for a radio address and a split in the Liberal Nationalists as Leslie Hore Belisha Edgar Granville and Sir John Henry Morris Jones quit the party.
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Far East
Churchill
United Press
London
Singapore
Britain
Winston Churchill
National Union
the Nation
Liberal Party
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Edgar Granville
John Henry Morris-Jones
Belisha
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WPB
Richard Haller
International News
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Columbus
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Detroit
Paul
St Pittsburgh
Navy
Adolphus Andrews
Third Naval District
Delaware
Andrews
U.S
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Europe
Curacoa
Ohio
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Bern
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Censuis
Pasir Panjang
Dutch Indies
Dutch Celebes Island
Gasmata
New Britain Island
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