Dealers oppose wartime auto sales ban and propose relief plan
United Press reports L Clare Cargile president of the National Automobile Dealers association told the Senate Small Business Committee that about 44 000 dealers and their half a million employees face bankruptcy under the government ban on selling new cars. He urged relief measures including honoring pre 1942 orders and government payments to cover financing insurance and storage costs.
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United Press
Washington
United States
L. Clare Cargile
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Senate
Small Business Committee
Automobile Dealers of
America
Cargile
Pearl Harbor
Russians Push Germans Back in Crimea and North
Soviet landings on the Kerch peninsula and Feodosiya push the Germans toward retreat near Sevastopol as Izvestia reports heavy enemy losses. Sikorski in Moscow forecasts German collapse within three months and the Polish army plans to join Russia. In Africa, Rommel retreats to El Agheila amid minefields and heavy bombardment as British forces pursue along the Halfaya Pass area.
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Crimea
Sevastopol
Izvestia
Caucasus
Kerch
Feodosiya
Yevpatoriya
Moscow Radio
Wliadyslaw Sikorski
London
Smolensk
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Ingrad
Red Army
Stalin Canal
Karelia
Rommel
Libya
Agedabia
North
Africa
Benito Mussolini
Balkans
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Budapest
Axis
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Halfaya Pass
Halfaya
Royal Navy
Agedabia- Agheila Road
Britain
Washington plans with MacArthur on Manila Bay clash
Washington to close grips with Gen. MacArthur's valiant corps as Manila Bay becomes the chosen battleground. The campaign features tanks quick firing guns and airplanes in a modern clash echoing Dewey's era yet signaling a new era of airpower and mechanized warfare. Corregidor faced intensified bombing as Japanese land forces prepared a decisive push, while MacArthur used delaying defensive tactics to hold Manila's harbor and prevent reinforcement to Singapore.
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MacArthur
Manila Bay
George Dewey
America
Dewey
War Department
Gen. MacArthur
Department
Corregidor
Batan Province
McArthur
Japan
Manila
Singapore
Tire purchase certificates outlined by rationing board
The rationing board chaired by Judge Thomas H. Leahy issues 30 day certificates usable at any dealer for an obsolete tire size. 37 sizes are exempt from quotas and eligible owners must meet inspection rules. tires for cars built in the last 10 to 15 years will not be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Leahy
C. Frank Sherrard
William B. Quinn
OPM
Severe Winter Hits Ohio Plants and Homes
Snow blankets fields as Steubenville glass and pottery plants nearly halt with gas shutoff to conserve supply. Southeastern rural schools report 20 percent attendance drop. Two deaths blamed on cold include Mrs. Emilie Baines of Cleveland burned by a gas heater fire and Newton Sanders, a lockman, who drowned after pushing his rowboat over Dam 31 on the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Emilie Baines
Cleveland
Newton Sanders
Dam
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Dress Warmly To Keep Frost From Nipping You
Health officials urge warm clothing and protective earmuffs during cold days. Frostbite threats include possible gangrene and amputation. If frostbitten, thaw slowly in cold water, avoid direct heat, and seek medical help. Three weeks ago the mayor gained power to buy air raid gear. funds were debated in Congress with military defense plans dominating the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Ohio Gas Firms Clash Over War Demand Shortage
The Associated Press reports Ohio amid nine midwest states faces gas shortage warnings from the OPM while E M Tharp of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. says Columbus has enough gas and daily output hit 405 million cu ft. East Ohio Gas Co. president J French Robinson predicts a winter 1942 43 shortage without new pipeline steel and priority access for a Louisiana West Virginia line to aid Cleveland Youngstown Warren Akron Canton and Massillon.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Office of Production Management
Ohio
OPM
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
E. M. Tharp
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Tharp
Ohio Fuel Gas
United States
J. French Robinson
East Ohio Gas Co
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Hope Natural Gas Co
Louisiana
Youngstown
Warren
Akron
Canton
Massillon
Landis Guardia Funds for Civilian Defense Approved
The House authorized a $100,000,000 civilian defense fund to equip civilians against bombing raids, directing the money to gas masks fire apparatus and related gear. The President’s action ends the congressional dispute over Mr La Guardia’s defense status as the Senate passed a bill.
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Congress
House
War Department
la Guardia
Mr. la Guardia
Stimson
Guardia
Senate
Army draft cards set for February 16 registration
Army cards printed for distribution to 6,500 draft boards in preparation for the February 16 registration. All male citizens and some non citizens born from February 17, 1897 to December 31, 1921 must sign up that day between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Brig. Gen. Hershey estimates 8 to 10 million men fit for duty from the first three registrations. Later registrations will cover about 14 million males aged 18 and 19 and those aged 45 to 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Otis Steel closes two furnaces amid scrap shortage
Cleveland January 9. Otis Steel Co. Lakeside plant 40 ton open hearth furnace and River Side division 150 ton unit have been shut down due to a scrap shortage. The trims affect production at both locations, signaling tighter steel output as mills face material constraints.
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Cleveland
Otis Steel Co
Lakeside
River Side
Killbuck Board Elects New Officers
Killbuck January 9 Wendell Ling reelected president of the local board of education Other members include Ralph Kasner as vice president H E Kirkendall as clerk and Willard Anderson and Bernard Click as members
Local Draft Boards Ordered To Resume Physical Exams
Local draft boards were ordered to resume physical examinations of registrants before the army final tests. Examinations will supplement local tests at Market and 6th streets and reservists may be recalled.
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State
Selective Service
Army
Market
6Th St
FBI
CAA
Army Examining Board
Army Board
City council weighs raises amid rising office activity
Council upward revision be made, considering doubling of activities in his office and the resulting rise in revenues. Service Director L W Cooper, speaking for street department and waterworks workers, urged equitable pay raises to fit city finances. No official chair was present as G C McGrew opened the meeting and turned to George Hostetter for further remarks on the ordinance and salaries.
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Hostetter
L. W. J. Cooper
G. C. McGrew
New Democratic
George Hostetter
Massillon Fire Douses Basement Blaze At Home
Massillon fire crews from No 2 station rushed to the home of William Earl at 519 Main area at 2 25 am to extinguish a blaze sparked by an overheated chimney that set a beam in the basement.
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Massillon
William Earl
Main Area
Hawaii Defense Chief Warns of Japanese Threat
General Emmons says Hawaii is the Pacific hinge and must be fortified continuously. He warns that if Japan gains Hawaii, control of the western Pacific is endangered and shipping would suffer. Japan could strike Singapore and Hawaii simultaneously, and readiness remains high for any attack.
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Hawaii
Pacific
Western Pacific
Singapore
Emmons
Oahu Island
Honolulu
Insurance Men Tell War Increases Duty
F Stuart Smith of Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. Philadelphia office told the Canton Life Underwriters at La Belle Mere that insurers must conserve estates and provide funds to meet tax obligations. Paul J Paul, chair of the Defense Bond committee, said 28 of 60 Canton concerns have agreed to a payroll allotment plan for bonds.
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F. Stuart Smith
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Canton Life Underwriters Association
la Belle Mere
Paul J. Paul
Association
Defense Bond Committee
Canton
Pacific War update from Rangoon and Wake Island
A Rangoon communique reports seven or eight Japanese planes destroyed in a second Bangkok raid with only one lost. Air defenses near Pharma claim 53 Japanese planes shot down, with 20 to 30 more likely. Americans note Wake Island stand cost seven Japanese warships, plus a destroyer and gunboat added to the losses as Marines held the atoll before being overwhelmed.
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Rangoon
Bangkok
Pharma
Wake Island
United States
Atoll
Bricker Certifies 12 Defense Councils in District
Gov. John W. Bricker certified two county defense councils and ten local councils in the Canton area. New county units Holmes and Tuscarawas list executive directors Ray M. White and B. K. Pfeiffer. Local councils include Carroll-Dellroy chair C. I. Wetzel Malvern Hare ry E. Ribler Stark-Navarre directed by E. H. Garver and Harry W. Lash Tuscarawas-Dennison led by R. L. Roby Sugarcreek Fore st Miller Wayne-Rittman chaired by John W. Baldwin E Eaton L. Graber Marshallville A. L. Carpenter Holmes-Holmesville Earl C. Lowe.
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John W. Bricker
Canton
Holmes
Ray M. White
Millersburg
Tuscarawas
B. K. Pfeiffer
New Philadelphia
Carroll — Dellroy
C. I. Wetzel
Malvern
Harery E. Ribler
Stark
Navarre
E. H. Garver
Massillon
Harry W. Lash
Dennison
R. L. Roby
Sugarcreek
Forerest Miller
Wayne — Rittman
John W. Baldwin
Mr. Eaton
E. L. Graber
Marshallville
A. L. Carpenter
Holmesville
Earl C. Lowe
Ohio to Observe Sixth Social Hygiene Day
Gov Bricker declared February 4 as the sixth annual social hygiene day in Ohio. The designation aims to promote public health awareness and education across the state.
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Columbus
Bricker
Ohio
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Kyushu
U.S
Kobe-Osaka
Crea
Sea of Japan
Pacific Ocean
New England
Senate Group
Europe
Sikorski
Josef Stalin
Rostov
David Zollars
Home Savings & Loan Co
Mr. Zollars
Jess Sherrick
Civilian Defense Headquarters
Landis
Killbuck
Council
U. S
Frank L. Skeldon
Toledo
John R. Skeldon
Air Corps
Joseph Skeldon
Phil G. Skeldon
James H. Skeldon
Army Mobile Forces
Robert
Gagen Artillery
Edward Skeldon
Fred W. Gibbs
Pacific War
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