Argentina Stands Alone in Antiaxis Alliance Talks
Delegates at the third Pan American foreign ministers conference press hopes that Argentina will join 21 nations in severing diplomatic and economic ties with Germany Italy and Japan. Argentina's Enrique Ruiz Guiñazu plans to arrive today amid talks over a joint rupture while Ecuador Peru and Colombia push broader hemispheric defense and postwar peace measures. A Colombian plan for interlocking pacts and a Chile proposed naval convoy and hemispheric general staff reflect a wide agenda with possible new technical structures in Washington.
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United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Germany
Italy
Japan
Enrique Ruiz Gunazu
Axis
Guinazu
Havana
Colombia
United States
Washington
Chile
Auxiliary Legion unit donates to Red Cross in meeting
The Auxiliary of Canton post American Legion voted 20 to the Red Cross at its Tuesday night meeting. The group will sew for the Red Cross at 438 Market from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Hugh McMullen resigned as entertainment chairman and Mrs. J L Hiton was appointed to fill the vacancy. Mrs. C E Moser was named co chairwoman. Fifteen members will attend Stark County council American Legion auxiliaries meeting in Greentown Thursday.
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Auxiliary
Canton Post American Legion
Red Cross
Hugh McMullen
J. L. Hiton
C. E. Moser
Stark County Council, American Legion Auxiliaries
Greentown
Theft of $359 Reported At Canton City Lines Office
Police were told $359.85 was stolen from the Canton City Lines Inc office at 1501 Tuscarawas It. Dispatcher Elmer R. Mullally of 1338 Shorb Ave NW said he left the office briefly to instruct a bus driver. money was taken in his absence. The cash included $250 in $1 bills and the rest in change and larger bills.
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Canton City Lines, Inc
Tuscarawas
Elmer R. Mullally
Shorbave
Price control dispute over farm parity and veto power
The article outlines competing farm price proposals including 110 percent parity ceilings and the O Mahoney Russell and Bankhead amendments. President Roosevelt rejects all three while joking he can fire Henderson or Wickard, and a senate house conference is set for tomorrow with Sen Brown and Rep Steagall leading the talks.
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O’mahoney- Russell
Bankhead
House
Roosevelt
O’mahoney-Russell
Capitol Hill
Leon Henderson
Agriculture Wickard
Henderson
Wickard
Sen. Brown
Michigan
Senate
Rep. Steagall
Alabama
Wooster faculty cuts month from academic year wartime plan
The College of Wooster on a wartime schedule moved commencement for the 1942 class to May 11 from June 15 and set a 15 week summer term starting May 12. It shortened the second semester by a week, kept only Good Friday recess, and starts the next term January 23. The 1942 43 year begins September 1 and ends December 23 with three days for exams. New courses include postwar problems survey and postwar reconstruction, plus physics on radio telephone lines and library science.
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Wooster
College of Wooster
Charles F. Wishart
W. R. Westhofer
Eastern Front and North Africa Battle Update
European forces closed within 12 miles of Kharkov as Soviet troops pressed the Donets basin. Russian cavalry in Crimea raided Karasubazar, and paratroops struck behind German lines. A Stockholm dispatch cited reprisals in Norway for raids on Lofoten. Malta and North Africa saw ongoing Axis air attacks and British counterpressures as Rommel’s forces retreated south of El Agheila with Imperial troops pursuing.
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Kharkov
Donets Basin
Moscow
Crimea
Karasubazar
Simferopol
Perekop Isthmus
Fedosiya
Stockholm
Norway
Lofoten Islands
England
Mediterranean
Malta
North Africa
North African
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Agedabia
Cairo
Canton's $70,000 Red Cross drive urged to finish quickly
Canton's leaders appeal to the public to speed up Red Cross war fund contributions, saying heavy expenditures have begun and national HQ wants the drive completed soon. Daily receipts remain strong with $257 at yesterday's booth, yet thousands have not yet contributed and the fund trails about $13,000 of the goal.
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Canton
Red Cross War Fund
The
Red Cross
Freezing orders halt car and truck deliveries nationwide
The automotive branch of the Office of Production Management issued three freezing orders on January 1 to pause sale and delivery of cars and trucks to consumers through January 15. They affect dealers and distributors while a rationing plan is prepared, with special cases and government projects handled by exception.
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Automotive
OPM
Donald Nelson
Office of Production Management
Washington
OPA
Detroit
Army
Navy
United States
Washington, D. C
Japan claims sinking of U S aircraft carrier Lexington
United Press reports Tokyo release stating Imperial headquarters sank the U S S Lexington west of Hawaii on January 12 after two direct torpedo hits from a Japanese submarine. The submarine reportedly submerged after a cruiser attack, while the Langley seaplane tender was also said to be sunk on January 8.
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United Press
Tokyo
San
Japanese Claims to Sink Lexington Reappear
The text notes a third assertion by Japan of sinking the Lexington, following a prior claim about Langley. It suggests a recurring Axis tactic to provoke denial, thereby exposing vessel locations. The piece underscores the pattern of sensational claims and strategic misinformation in wartime reporting.
Timken Advertising Adopts New Slogan for New Year
Timken Roller Bearing Co announces a new advertising slogan after more than a year of defense campaigns. The phrase Pop up production and you step up victory will appear in Canton Mt. Vernon Wooster and Columbus ads plus trade journals and national magazines to support the coming year.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Mt. Vernon
Wooster
Columbus
Intensive Scrap Drive Urged To Avert Steel Crisis
A government memo warns 1942 steel output may drop without a large scrap drive. Officials urge rummaging vacant lots, backyards, and cellars for scrap to avert shortages, boost pig iron capacity, and stockpile for 1942 and 1943. Farms hold about 1.6 million tons of scrap awaiting collection.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Nelson to head new war production board decision pending
The article reports President Roosevelt’s plan to appoint Nelson as head of a new war production board, with Knudsen and Hillman as co directors of the old Office of Production Management. It notes Willkie’s surprise and the need to formalize the executive order, detailing Nelson’s rise from Sears Roebuck to Washington as defense purchasing coordinator and his background in Missouri.
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Office of Production Management
William S.knudsen
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Mr. Nelson
Knudsen
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Nelson
Sears Roebuck
Washington
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Katy
University of Missouri
MacArthur Defends Philippines Amid Heavy Japanese Assaults
American forces under General MacArthur hold a stubborn defensive position in the Philippines near Bataan. Tokyo admits counterattacks but deems them ineffective while U S planes base operations shift to the Dutch Indies and Singapore region as Allied air power grows.
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Munique
United States
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Washington
Batan
MacArthur
Manila Bay
Philippines
Tobruk
Pacific
South China Sea
Canton Civil Defense Scraps Drive Draws Strong Response
The Canton Civilian Defense council reports a strong scrap collection response with 50 calls Monday and 39 Tuesday. Citizens are urged to hold calls until collections are large enough to justify trips by defense trucks. Items sought include scrap paper boxes rugs scrap iron but tin cans and glass have no value now. The defense headquarters will stay open to 9 p m five nights weekly.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Walter Blum
RD 3
Louisville
Canton Drop Forging & Mfg. Co
Blum
City Tire Board
L. S. Hamaker
Canton Civilian Defense Council
Civilian Defense Collection
Mental Health Talk Frames Home School PTA Series
Mrs Richard G Williams Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers led a Timken Vocational High school session on mental health as life adjustment. She urged matching mental health standards to physical ones and stressed belonging and adequacy for children while warning against misinterpreting questions and overreacting to illness.
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Study Club
Richard G. Williams
PTA. Council
Williams
Norman Steiner
North Canton
George Arnold
Home Service
State Association
Steiner
Richville
Timken Vocational High School
The condor of Peru Largest flying bird weighs up to 26½ pounds
The condor of Peru, the largest flying bird, is known to reach weights of twenty six and a half pounds.
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Peru
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Auxiliary OF Legion
Dr. Scholl
Foot
L. A. Pawley
Cleveland Ave
Priges
Europe
A. No
U. S
Langley
Timken Advertising
Donald M. Nelson
PTA
Beck’s
Jewelry
Optical CO
Market Ave. S
Bal Oo
Ee Guarante
Grayw’s
Peoples, Anderson, Finney
S.S
S.S.S
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