Scrap Campaign Totals 73 Tons
The American Legion scrap drive reached 73 long tons after a Thursday haul of 30 tons in the southwest city section. Trucks sweeped streets for heavy scrap and special pickups boosted totals. today moves to the southeast and Saturday hosts a city wide cleanup for missed donations. Donations include old fixtures, tools, nails, and more, worth selling to Canton mills for arming steel. Proceeds fund civilian defense equipment for auxiliary police, fire, and medical teams.
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American Legion
Canton Mills
Canton Office of Civilian Defense
Steady Snow Triggers Road Crew Efforts Across County
A steady snow begun before daybreak and still falling at noon sent state and county highway crews into action. Roads remained largely passable with light accumulation, though some slick spots appeared. Sand and chemical trucks treated intersections hills and other danger points. Forecast calls for flurries and colder weather tonight.
Soviets Attack In North And South Fronts
Soviet forces opened fierce new attacks at both ends of the front with heavy fighting around Novgorod and Sevastopol as Red troops push near the Latvian border and claim gains against trapped German units. A Paris radio report claimed Admiral Leahy demanded French fleet movements require US authorization, while Vichy rejected the demand and rumors spread he would resign.
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Leningrad
Crimean
Stockholm
Paris
William D. Leahy
Vichy
United States
Leahy
Dunkirk
Toulon
France
North Africa
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16Th
Novgorod
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Kerch
Crimea
Sustjevo
Hitler
Maxim M. Litvinov
Europe
Balkans
Scandinavia
Berlin
London News Chronicle
Murmansk
Germany
WPB Job Course Opens March 12
Five million Americans are now on war orders and 15 million more will be needed to turn out armaments. WPB officials explained training within industry at a Canton clinic, showing how to teach foremen and key workers to train others on the job in a condensed 10 hour program.
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WPB
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Belden Hotel
Canton
Steinmetz
Lowell O. Mellen
No Room For Complacency Japanese Pattern Of War Puts Java At Zero Hour
United Press report from Allied Headquarters Java on February 26 outlines Japan's strategic approach in China and Malaya. It details rapid, logical offensives, light equipment, and adept use of intelligence, with Malaya’s feints and swift land moves aimed at Canton and Singapore.
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Allied
Japan
China
Hong Kong
Malaya
Bias Bay
Canton
Pearl River
Robert Brook-Popham
Far East
Indo-China
Shenton Thomas
Singapore
House to Face Showdown on 40 Hour Week
The House met to decide a war time bill to suspend the 40 hour week and eight hour day for the war’s duration. President Roosevelt voiced doubt about embedding the suspension in the war powers bill. Administration aides warned the move would cut overtime pay across defense and non defense industries. Democratic leaders reported at least half the majority favor the proposal, leaving fate in uncertain hands.
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Senate Labor Committee
Senate
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Japan Prepares Mandalay Drive In Burma Front
United Press reports Japanese forces shift to a 70 mile front aiming to seize lower Burma. Sittang river defenses guard the Rangoon Mandalay rail line as Japan concentrates 52,000 troops with paratroops and air support from northern Thailand. American volunteers claim air superiority after downing 34 Japanese planes over Thailand. crews return unharmed.
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Burma
Lower
Sittang River
Rangoon-Mandalay
Shan
Thailand
Japan
Rangoon
American Volunteer Corps
China
Axis Claims Japanese Entered Rangoon Suburbs
British broadcasts deny the landfronts, citing American and RAF air raids on the enemy. Burma dispatches say Rangoon to Mandalay railroad severed, with alternate routes maintaining contact. Allied air forces attack Bangka island invasion fleet and Palembang targets as Japan pushes toward Java and possible moves toward India and Ceylon.
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Pacific
Roosevelt nominates Walling as wage hour administrator
President Roosevelt nominates L Metcalfe Walling of Rhode Island to be wage hour administrator, succeeding Philip B Fleming who was recently named federal works administrator.
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Washington
Roosevelt
L. Metcalfe Walling
Rhode Island
Philip B. Fleming
Roosevelt Lets Ted Williams Deferred For Baseball Return
President Roosevelt issued an order through Selective Service director Lewis B. Hershey deferring Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox from 1-A due to his mother's dependence, placing him in 3-A to join the team’s Sarasota training camp. Williams, 23, led the majors with a .406 batting average last season.
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Minneapolis
Roosevelt
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Boston Red Sox
Selective Service
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Hennepin County
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Red Sox
Sarasota
Fla
Hollywood Awards Honor Fontaine Cooper in 1941 Honors
In a February ceremony the 14th annual academy awards dinner crowned Joan Fontaine for Suspicion and Gary Cooper for Sergeant York as the year's top motion picture players. How Green Was My Valley won best picture with John Ford cited for directing. Orson Welles received a partial Oscar for Citizen Kane. Donald Crisp and Mary Astor won best supporting actor and actress respectively.
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Hollywood
Mufti
Joan Fontaine
Gary Cooper
Miss Fontaine
Cooper
Sergeant York
Green Was
My Valley
John Ford
Navy
Far East
Orson Welles
Mars
Donald Crisp
How Green
Mary Astor
343 Men Enlist Here in Army Since Dec 7
Sgt. Donald D. Frazer reports 343 voluntary enlistments in the regular army at the Canton post office recruiting substation since Pearl Harbor. The Canton district, including Alliance and Massillon, ranks fourth in the Columbus district. Open vacancies span multiple branches and air corps pilot training remains available. Dental requirements lowered to sound gums and serviceable teeth.
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Pearl Harbor
Donald D. Frazer
Canton
Alliance
North Canton
Massillon
Dover
Uhrichsville
Dennison
Wooster
Sebring
Columbus
Frazer
Chemical Warfare
Ordnance
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers
Armored Force
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
Air Corps
Canton's payrolls rise to 34,835 on labor barometer
Canton's employment figure increased by 25 during the week ended February 19, lifting total payrolls to 34,835. The current figure compares with 26,711 employed in the same period last year, according to the Chamber of Commerce labor barometer.
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Canton
Chamber of Commerce
Typo in Ad Recasts 1941 Wallpaper to 1942
Economy Wallpaper Store at 225 East Tuscarora Avenue issues correction for yesterday’s advertisement, confirming patterns advertised as 1942 instead of 1941. The store notes the error in the printed ad and apologizes for any confusion caused.
Apple House Ad Promotes Daily Sweet Cider Fulton NW
Daily sweet cider advertised from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House in Fulton Northwest. Local ad notes fresh daily supply and invites customers to visit for cider and related offerings.
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Apple House
Fulton NW
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