Furnaces Cause 3 Fire Alarms in Winter Freeze
City firemen battled three minor blazes linked to overheated furnace pipes during the cold snap. At 8:40 p.m. Tuesday flames burned a wall at 310 Walnut Ave SE, slight damage. At 10:18 p.m. the 16 family building at 1812 Berger Pl NE saw a hot air pipe ignite joists, minimal damage. Today at 9 a.m. Pan Aslanides rooming house at 1833 Irwin Pl NE reported closet clothing ignition from a hot air pipe.
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Central Station
William Kaufman
Walnut Ave
George Jacob
Central
Berger Pl NE
Pan Aslanides
Irwin Pl NE
Par
Red Cross in Canton Seeks $20,000 to Reach Goal
Contributions push past $50,000 as Canton races to meet a $70,000 national war fund quota. Fifteen percent of the Canton total from the $10,500 goal will stay locally to buy cloth yarn buttons thread and garments for service personnel and dependents with no use for overhead or administrative costs.
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Red Cross
Canton
Car Fire Destroys Seat After Cigarette Spark
Firemen extinguished a furnace fire and a separate car blaze in Cleveland. At 8:16 p m Tuesday, the central station emergency truck responded to 1900 block of Tuscarawas st W where a Cleveland man’s car caught fire. The entire seat burned, credited to a cigarette spark.
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Central Station
Tuscarawas St W
Cleveland
Grantors to use January 15 credit necessity forms
Grantors of installment credit must begin using the federal reserve board's regular statement of necessity form on January 15. The forms will not be supplied by the Fed but must be obtained from other sources such as credit bureaus and retail merchants associations at nominal cost. Registered lenders under Regulation W must keep a file of all statements of necessity.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank At
Cleveland
Bank
Night school enrollment soars in Canton
More than 100 new registrations for the Canton public evening school were received Monday and Tuesday. Second semester enrollments will continue through the week as new classes form in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, accounting, algebra, geometry and trigonometry. H. W. Benedict, director, announced this morning. The night school office at McKinley will be open noon to 4 30 pm daily with registrations accepted tonight and Thursday night at McKinley or Timken Vocational High School. Evening registrations should be made at the building hosting the desired classes. Second semester registrations will be accepted in most subjects offered.
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Canton Public Evening School
H. W. Benedict
McKinley
Timken Vocational High School
New 37th Auxiliary To Install Friday
The newly organized Ladies chapter of the 37th Division society of Stark County AEF will install officers Friday at 7 30 p m in clubrooms 118 Navarre rd SW Mrs Charles Bell of Dayton state president will serve as installing officer aided by Mrs R H Blackburn of Columbus past state president Mrs Walter Lanham will chair the meeting Social hour follows the installation with committee members Mrs Mary Farber Mrs Ray Hammond and Mrs Abel Tourdot assisting
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37Th Division Society
Stark County
Navarre Rd
Charles Bell
Dayton
R. H. Blackburn
Columbus
Walter Lanham
Mary Farber
Ray Hammond
Abel Tourdot
Second Man Denies Safe Theft Charges in Robbery Case
Joseph Sanders, 36, of 11613 Buckeyerd Cleveland, entered pleas of innocence in municipal court on armed robbery burglary and larceny connected with the Canton Storage Co holdup and a liquor store burglary at 320 Cherry Ave NE. Bond $10,000. Walter E. Bender, 50, of Mayfield Heights, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering. Detectives hunt a third man. police seek the safe containing 1500 dollars and the night watchman Cary B. Moses and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lutz.
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Joseph Sanders
Buckeyerd
Cleveland
Canton Storage Co
Ohio State Wholesale Liquor
Cherry Ave
Gordon J. Burris
Walter E. Bender
Mayfield Heights
Cary B. Moses
8Th St
Melvin Lutz
Bellflower
Scout Ceremonials To Honor 9 Tonight
Nine Canton Boy Scouts will receive advancement awards in a court of honor tonight at 7 30 in the Retail Merchants board quarters 318 Cleveland ave NW. Don Brown acts as chairman. Richard Cox Troop 44 will receive the eagle gold palm from George Deaver scout executive. Five boys gain Star scout awards Robert Torgler Troop 6 Robert Grobosky Dale Brogan Troop 25 Olen Barkey Troop 22 George Schauer Troop 16. Life Scout awards go to James Smith Troop 22 William Crawford and Russell Leslie Troop 44.
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Canton
Retail Merchants Board
Cleveland Ave NW
Don Brown
Richard Cox
George Deaver
Karl Kuemmerling
Robert Torgler
Robert Grobosky
Dale Brogan
Olen Bark
Two Miners Burned in Sugarcreek Gasoline Explosion
From The Repository Bureau Dover, Jan 7 Walter Studer, 35, of Winfield, remains in Union hospital with second degree burns from a gasoline explosion at Meadowbrook coal mine near Sugarcreek. Brother Elmer, 34, also burned, was taken home after surge of flames thawed a frozen pipe in the powerhouse.
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Dover
Walter Studer
Winfield
Union Hospital
Meadowbrook
Sugarcreek
Studer
Elmer
Elmer Studer
Correct Address Will Base Army Camp Mail Delivery
Postal officials report mail delivery to military personnel remains delayed due to incomplete addresses. Directories at forts require full unit descriptions and sometimes multiple company locations. Correct addresses include name, rank, unit, and return sender details.
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Army Camp
McKinley Debaters in Action Saturday
McKinley High School varsity debate team competes at Struthers High School invitational with 25 class A teams. Second and third teams enter Kent High School tournament, both starting at 9 a m, with Gamble Bozman Davies Newman and others debating affirmative and negative on universal military service.
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McKinley High School
Struthers High School
Struthers
McKinley
Kent High School
Kent
Clayton Schindler
Marjorie Gamble
William Bozman
Richard Davies
Robert Newman
Miss Gamble
Bozman
Davies
Newman
Abe Hoffman
Bruce Dunnington
Sam Leles
Jean Young
Aurelia Christen
Roy Drummond
Joan Behra
Miriam Colledge
Dairy Group Plans Alternate Day Deliveries
Stark County Dairy Products association defense committee finished preliminary plans for county retail milk deliveries on an every other day schedule. The program aims to conserve tires amid rationing and extend service. deliveries would start at 7:30 a.m. with no return trips for collections and trucks would stock two days of milk.
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Stark County Dairy Products Association
Servall, Inc
Hol- Guerns
Oscar E. Barkey
Association
Defense Committee
Barkey
Five Canton Coin Club Members Exhibit At Institute
Five Canton Coin Club members display collections at Canton Art Institute for a month. Exhibitors include Terry W. Brown showing French and Indian coins United States half dollars and commemorative halves and colonial currency. Paul Blank displays old style United States bills broken bank bills and fractional currency. L A Salasek features foreign currency William G Bruce presents United States gold coins odd and curious coins early United States dollars foreign dollars colonial coins and a Harter Trump Wiksdal bank bill. W L Stover exhibits Civil War tokens. Next meeting at Terry W Brown home 137 33rd St NW.
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Canton Coin Club
Canton Art Institute
Terry W. Brown
United States
Paul Blank
L. A. Salasek
William G. Bruce
Harter- Trump-Wiksdal Bank
W. L. Stover
33Rd St
Institute Scheduled for Uniontown Meeting
Uniontown residents in Uniontown hear the community institute will be held January 27 and 28. Officers listed include Melvin Snyder and Mrs. Arthur Ritzman, Mrs. F Myers, Mrs. R L Farst, Hiram Weaver, and Mrs. J H Bridenstine.
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Uniontown
Community Institute
Melvin Snyder
Arthur Ritzman
F. Myers
R. L. Farst
Hiram Weaver
J. H. Bridenstine
Federal law urged to curb tire thefts in Ohio
A proposal to make tire theft a federal offense gains traction as regional transit officials from Ohio, Kentucky and western Pennsylvania seek federal action. The move aims to stop tire rationing thefts, with Akron and Columbus cases cited as context. Judge Powers in Akron sent a 20 year old thief to 30 days in the workhouse, warning others.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Congress
Office of Emergency Management
Regional Motor Transportation Committee
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Roy Snetzer
Akron
General Committee
Washington
Thomas M. Powers
James R. Sirk
Ravenna
U S Steel Announces Employee Bond Purchase Plan
United States Steel Corp president Benjamin F. Fairless announced a voluntary monthly Defense Savings Bond purchase plan effective Feb 1. About 300 Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp employees at the local plant are eligible, with payroll deductions options of any multiple of 3.75 dollars or 18.75 dollars for one or more bonds monthly.
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Defense Savings
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Defense
Metro Club Boosts Defense Bond Total
Metro Club pushed Defense Savings Bond sales to 36400 with 14300 subscribed at a Tuesday meeting. The drive, started Dec 30 with about 50 members pledging 22100, targets all 175 members. New officers Abe Dreyer Archie Slesnick Samuel Appelbaum Morris Cohen Morris Raffel were installed.
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Metro Club
Defense Savings
Abe Dreyer
Archie Slesnick
Samuel Appelbaum
Morris Cohen
Morris Raffel
Mr. Dreyer
Jewish Center Hosts Open House Dance and Meetings End
The Jewish Center closed its three day open house with a dance sponsored by the social committee of its activity council and meetings of seven other groups Tuesday. The drama study class presented a pantomime The Bill of Rights. Annette Davis reviewed a book before the Amicae and the Midget Sr. held a discussion on sports and sportsmanship. Other groups meeting included the Jewish Friendship club, the Young Adults club board, the P. G. C. and the S. E. A.
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Jewish Center
Annette Davis
Amicae
Midget Sr
Jewish Friendship Club
Young Adults Club
STAFF AT Y M HONORS MAJ SCHMUCKER WIVES
Staff members of the Y M C A and their wives held a breakfast party at Elite restaurant at 8 a m to honor Maj and Mrs George R Schmucker of Camp Shelby Mississippi Weldon Hester acted as master of ceremonies Twenty eight persons attended Maj Schmucker with the 135th Field Artillery will return to duty Friday.
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George R. Schmucker
Camp Shelby
Weldon Hester
Maj. Schmucker
135Th Field Artillery
Life Underwriters To Hear Talk On 42
F. Stuart Smith, manager of Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. Philadelphia office, will be principal speaker at a Canton Life Underwriters Association dinner at La Belle Mere on Thursday at 6 p.m. A native of Akron, he has led the Philadelphia office for four years and will discuss "What to Do in 1942?" Members of the J. W. A. Staudt.
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F. Stuart Smith
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Canton Life Underwriters Association
la Belle Mere
Akron
Smith
Connecticut Company
J. W. A. Staudt
Canton Association Defense Bond Meeting Planned
The Lincoln National Life agency will attend the session as guests. The agency will host its annual January meeting at the Onesto hotel during the day. Paul J. Paul, chairman of the Canton association's Defense Bond committee, will report on the Defense Bond campaign at Thursday night’s business meeting.
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The
Lincoln National Life
Onesto
Paul J. Paul
Canton Association
Defense Bond Committee
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Citizens Savings & Loan Co
Canton, Ohio
North Canton
Citizens
S.S.S
M’kinley
Kent High
Dairy Group
Coin Club
Institute
Carnegie
Shevolet
Y. M
F. S. Smith
Peretro
Vicorys
Hicokou-freeman
Freeman
Omicary Co
Market Ave
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