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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1942
Page
9
Stark county draft boards open preliminary talks on third registration set for Feb 16 at the Y M C A. About 9 to 10 million nationally are expected to register that day, with Stark County estimating around 20 000 registrants. Registration steps and station locations are being organized, with instructions pending from state headquarters.
Bishop H. Lester Smith of Cincinnati will preside over a Thursday gathering at First Methodist in Canton from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. The preparatory conference for the national evangelistic movement includes Rev. Guy H. Black of Nashville who will outline plans for loyalty and home visitation campaigns. About 1 000 ministers and lay members of the North East Ohio conference are invited, with 190 000 members overall. Local arrangements are by Rev. E Harold Mohn and Rev. Clarence H LaRue, with seven district superintendents from Akron Cambridge Cleveland Mansfield Norwalk Steubenville and Youngstown attending.
Du Bois R Clark of Cleveland a restaurant executive and former mess sergeant in World War I is named civilian food adviser to the quartermaster general. At 57 he has over 35 years in the food business and heads a Coventry of restaurants in Cleveland Akron Youngstown and Erie. He will help train army mess personnel and coordinate related programs.
Secretary Morgenthau denied rumors of government plans to confiscate saving deposits. He stated there are no foundations for such rumors and that the federal government has no proposal to confiscate savings, urging reporters and the public to reject circulating rumors.
Nineteen damage suits against the city in 1941 were settled for $9,868.50, about 5.14 cents on the dollar. City Solicitor Paul G. Weber reported 36 civil actions disposed of that year, including nine assessments and eight miscellaneous cases. Thirteen damage suits arose from faulty sidewalks and six from street disrepair. Municipal Court disposed of 6,678 criminal cases, about 1,533 more than 1940, with fines near $80,000. No special counsel was used, and 28 written opinions plus numerous oral opinions were issued to officials and boards.
Massillon officials report 57 additional civilian defense volunteers bringing total to 359. City hall headquarters stay open until 9 p m as subcommittees formed under Defense Manager George Wallace utilities head George Bond and Wright McCroba. Walter S Crewson Washington High school assistant principal and defense trainee in Columbus will oversee local training.
Temporary civilian defense committee members in North Canton will meet with Mayor Guy Price tonight at 7 in the village hall. The village rationing committee, including Ralph Young, chairman, Logan Becker and Otis Jester, will meet in the hall at 6 30.
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