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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1942
Page
8
A political appeal urges willing men and level heads to run city government under tight conditions. The speaker asks for wholehearted support to meet the coming challenge and to join in the effort.
Mayor Ed Folk and Council President Albert Fromm deliver wartime pledges to Canton. They emphasize national duty, postwar planning, water and sewage projects, expanded fire protection, and restraint on nonessential capital works due to world conditions. They urge unity, adherence to Robert’s Rules, and careful oversight as 120,000 residents face complex wartime challenges.
The bituminous coal division called a hearing for January 28 in Cincinnati to review minimum prices for coal shipments by river rail and other means to retail dealers and local buyers. The hearing followed complaints about current minimum prices in the Cincinnati area.
Ailing Hollywood singer Martha Raye, treated in Cincinnati for a severe kidney ailment, collapsed backstage at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday and was sent back to a hospital bed. She has been commuting between hospital and theater to keep her personal appearance schedule, returning nightly for rest and exams.
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