G. O. P. Will Map Policy In March
The Associated Press reports Rep Martin Jr of Massachusetts national Republican chairman says GOP state chairmen and national committeemen will meet in March to craft broad issues for this year s congressional elections He notes opposition policy framers will be brought together later and expects meetings by March before state primaries He argues in wartime the opposition party must offer constructive criticism and scrutiny while avoiding changes to the wartime leadership
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Associated Press
Washington
Rep. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Rep. Martin
Martin
England
Germans Urged to Donate Skis for Army Use
Associated Press reports Adolf Hitler urged noncombatants in Germany to surrender all skis for the army in Russia. Goebbels had included clothing pleas in a Berlin broadcast, with Hitler stressing comradeship and faith to soldiers.
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Associated Press
New York
Russia
Adolf Hitler
NBC
Fuehrer
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Harvard Scholarship Awards Promised For Midwest Seniors
Harvard will award scholarships to high school seniors in 17 Midwest states including Ohio to train promising youths for national service. William Georges, former Canton Harvard club president, notified. Scholarships up to 4600 for four years and 1200 for graduate study, with about 30 winners announced in May. Applications due February 20. Since 1934 over 200 students have entered, 39 from Ohio, with half from families under 2500 income.
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Harvard University
Midwest
Ohio
William Georges
Canton
Harvard Club
Harvard
Help Finance The Arms
America’s giant auto industry gears up for a rapid war production push within about 60 days to exceed Axis output. The call urges every citizen to invest in Defense Bonds and Stamps to fund arms production, with bonds available at post offices banks and savings institutions and stamps from retailers and delivery carriers.
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America
Bank and Savings and Loan Association
Allies Press Help Censures Rommel Commanders in Libya
British reports say allied forces deter Axis spearheads near Agedabia while rear guards push, with a German general Maj. Gen. Schmidt captured as one of Rommel's aides. Earlier, Gen. von Ravenstein and two division chiefs were reported as captured or buried in Derna.
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Britain
Tobruk
Agedabia
Bengali
Schmidt
Erwin Rommel
von Ravenstein
Rezegh
Derna
Neumann- Silkow
Suemmermann
Enemy aliens must file trip plans with DA approval
Police report wartime rule requires alien residents to submit written plans a week in advance including name nationality registration number trip purpose and travel details. Air travel is banned and noncompliance risks internment for the war. About 5,757 aliens of all nationalities had registrations in the county in December 1940.
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Clark
War Goods Loot Reported in New York Warehouse
A New York warehouse held materials for an unknown owner including eighty nine boxes of aluminum three thousand ninety two pieces of aluminum four hundred ninety six crates of brass three pieces of forgings one hundred seventeen tons of rough forgings forty nine crates of auto parts twenty five boxes of auto parts two crates of tractor implements three crates of pneumatic tools one box of link belting fourteen packages of Diesel equipment and one hundred thirty eight crates of machinery. Also listed were tractors tires and motor accessories worth one million three hundred ninety five thousand three hundred twenty one dollars held for Greek accounts and additional shipments including sixty seven thousand two hundred thirteen dollars of fabric and forty seven thousand five hundred eighty four dollars of materials for a French engine maker.
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New York
Fiat
Greece
Essay contest invites Canton pupils to win defense bonds
The Repository announces an eight week essay contest for Canton area high school students and Mt Marie academy with two divisions. Weekly prizes of 5 3 2 and five 1 defense stamps and a final special contest for top prizes including a 25 defense bond and gold medals. Participating schools span Canton to suburban areas with rules on word limit 250 words per essay and eligibility notes.
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U. S. Defense Savings
Canton
Mt. Marie Academy
U. S
Canton Area
McKinley Lehman
Lincoln
St. John’s Timken Vocational
Canal Fulton
East Sparta
North Canton
Jackson Middlebranch
Sugarcreek- Shanesville
Waynesburg
Louisville
Canton Two
Creston
Malvern
Deltroy
Alliance
Brewster
Massillon
Mineral City
Stark
the Repository
Ohio
Three Boy Scouts Die of Exposure Off Tilghman Island
Three Washington Boy Scouts Billy Merryman fourteen Carroll Baker fifteen and Earl Edwards fourteen were found dead in an open boat adrift in Chesapeake Bay near Tilghman s Island. Captain Randolph Harrison of a fishing boat located the bodies as naval planes coast guard craft and launches scoured the area. Louis Merryman assistant scoutmaster and Billy s brother said the three died of exposure.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Washington
Tilghman’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
Randolph Harrison
Coast Guard
Billy Merryman
Carroll Baker
Earl Edwards
Louis Merryman
Billy
Columbiana Garage Damaged by Flames
Fire at the county highway garage on the edge of Lisbon caused substantial upper-structure damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. The blaze, likely from a defective flue, started while empty and was spotted by Thomas Gilmore of Jordanville as he entered town.
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Lisbon
Thomas Gilmore
Jordanville
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BOY Scouts
Meedom
Fleischer’s
Market
Pis Eny
Kare
Sam
Harter Bank
UMA GM
Ghiro
Mber Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Columbiana
E. T. Cusack Jeweler
Third St
Cliff
de Luxe Market
Wviac A
Axminster
Kroehler
Ise
the Ideal Furniture Ceo
4Th Street
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