17 Feb 1942
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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1942
Page
1
Stark County added about 17,616 new registrants aged 20 to 44 over the weekend, boosting the manpower pool to an estimated 48,140 for possible military service. Officials note the figure is provisional as two boards had not finished tabulation. The count tops last week’s projection by roughly 2,500 for ten boards.
Walter R. Witham, an insurance specialist and Leonard Agency Co. director, was named Stark county chairman of the Ohio Defense Savings Staff. He will organize an executive committee and subcommittees to promote Defense Bond sales in Canton, Massillon, Alliance, and other areas. Witham, from Farmington Missouri, is a 1912 Maine B S civil engineering graduate and has extensive fire protection and insurance engineering experience.
In a House of Commons address Churchill insists on a confidence vote, warns of terrible forfeits from the United Nations in the Far East, and says Britain's Atlantic position has improved after heavy attack disabled a German battle fleet escaping Brest via the Dover Strait. He notes Allied naval strength to be boosted by units of the high seas fleet.
Eighty women registered for defense shop work classes at Timken Vocational High School in Canton. Due to high demand, four classes will be held on Monday through Thursday nights with instructors Marion A. Conkle and another to be named. Topics include mechanical drawing layout blue print reading soldering wiring drill press operation chipping and filing. A possible auto mechanics class was discussed but not yet planned.
Allied air units torpedoed and hit Italian warships in the central Mediterranean, burning a Fascist cruiser. German U boats damaged British ships off Alexandria. Soviet forces reported a 50 mile breakthrough near Vyazma, while Rommel’s forces near Tobruk faced possible withdrawal or renewed attack as Axis supply lines stretched.
Japanese forces press a multi frontier drive from Singapore toward Java while British troops withdraw 30 miles from Thaton to Bilin River. Dutch air and sea actions strike back with hits on transports. Curtin declares full wartime footing as Java faces siege from Sumatra Borneo and Celebes.
Registered men from Stark county included those born after October 16 1940 and those reached 21 by July 1 1941 totaling 30 524. About 2 000 accepted for induction, with rate to rise in weeks. Saturday registrants wait on local boards to exhaust 1-A supplies before call. A March lottery will set order numbers.
Columbus February 17 state selective service officials said that a new army order easing physical requirements for draftees will allow about seven thousand Ohioans in deferred classifications to be available for military service.
Canton board of education approved shortening the 1941-42 term to end June 5 with high schools releasing ninth to eleventh graders June 3 and seniors by June 5. McKinley seniors graduate June 2–3 Lehman seniors June 5. Final exams are eliminated. teachers give final tests in regular periods. Grade cards distributed June 5.
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday observances by Catholic and Protestant churches. Union Lenten services start at First Christian church with Rev. E Stanley Jones delivering the first sermon at 7 30 p m. The National Christian Mission movement joins the opening service as Lent runs 40 days to Easter April 5.
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes said the industry recommended a 7 p m to 7 a m curfew on all east coast retail gasoline and no Sunday sales to avert rationing. He noted a 350 000 barrel daily east coast pipeline and a 15 percent civilian consumption cut as long term aids.
The page lists sections such as Believe It or Not, Bringing Up A Family, Comics, Crossword Puzzle, Damon Runyon, Day in Canton, Deaths, Editorials, Markets and Financial, Needlework Pattern, Pitfalls of Love, Paul Mallon, Radio Programs, Serial Story, Side Glances, Social News, Sports, Up Through a Century, Walter Lippmann, and a Weather Report. It also notes Sweet cider daily from Apple House Fulton NW, with hours 10 am to 7 pm.
In London reports say bomber command attacked Helgoland bight where Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen hide. Churchill orders secret inquiry into ship detection and hints at cabinet changes while vowing naval reinforcement. In Washington a $32 billion war bill heads to Congress for arms, ships, and manpower.
BALBOA Canal Zone Feb 17 American armed forces tightened Caribbean defenses against possible German submarine attacks in the Dutch West Indies seen as a feint for a Panama Canal strike. Submarines shelled the Standard Oil Refinery at Aruba and torpedoed five to ten Allied oil tankers off Maracaibo. Five ships were torpedoed and several other vessels missing feared torpedoed with heavy loss of life. three tankers attacked at Aruba confirmed with others believed sunk or missing. Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews said at Aruba during yesterday’s attack that at least one submarine torpedoed the tankers and shelled oil installations.
Ohio Governor Bricker announced that the entire manpower and motorized equipment of the state highway department are mobilized for wartime emergency. The plan uses highway forces to combat sabotage and military attack and to aid evacuation and rehabilitation of attacked areas across counties and municipalities.
A dollar day special reduced to $1.00 offered by Anna P. Brown Shop located at 116 4th NW with promotional advertisement for shoppers seeking bargain items.
Harold Guard, with the Singapore defenders from December 8, analyzes why Britain fell. Dispatches credit bureaucratic complacency and a legion of fifth columnists aided by bribed tribesmen, enabling Japanese outflanking of Malaya and Singapore. The piece notes Singapore was lost in 70 days due to these forces.
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