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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1942
Page
3
A Canton area feature notes a likely return to horse drawn delivery as fuel and tire shortages bite. Shortages of horses wagons and experienced drivers complicate the shift with steel wagon supply and farm animal markets already tight.
The American Legion with 1,100,000 members and 11,780 posts may form the core of a civilian defense field organization. National Commander Lynn A. Stambaugh and OCD executive officer James M. Landis met with President Roosevelt on a specific assignment for World War I veterans. The Legion, already organized for rapid action, would aid a national program alongside its 600,000-member auxiliary.
Marion Reserve Power Co officials report twelve meter readers have been equipped with bicycles and others will be issued in northern Ohio branch offices to conserve automobiles and tires during the war. Some service men who formerly used cars will answer calls on bicycles. No figures on total bikes or cars replaced were given.
The Office of Government Reports announced a new branch in Cincinnati expanding its presence alongside existing offices in Cleveland and Columbus. The move strengthens regional operations and public data access.
Washington January 21 Associated Press reports that War and Navy departments back a bill to force enlisted men to allot $15 monthly to dependent wives and children with the government matching or adding, as in 1917. The measure would cover regulars and selectees, with voluntary allotments to others.
The text notes no moths or butterflies existed in the Great Coal Age because the nectar plants they rely on had not yet appeared, while other insects flourished.
Berkeley report cites 500 million pounds of rabbit brush rubber waiting in western plains. Dr. T Harper Goodspeed says chrysothamnus plants yield 3 to 7 percent rubber, usable for tires insulation gloves girdles and shock absorbers at about 45 cents a pound. Deserts of California New Mexico Nevada Utah Colorado Idaho hold native supply, supplementing guayule synthetic tree rubbers and imports.
Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati city councilman and defense welfare administrator, is recovering in emergency hospitals from a light pneumonia attack. His condition is reported good, though he will be unable to leave the hospital soon.
P N Love supervisor of industrial relations at the naval ordnance plant spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon outlining Westinghouse defense work. He cited 1290 employees at the ordnance plant and 250 in training, detailing salaries pensions and training plans.
Men are trained to perform a single machine operation at the ordnance plant and are not considered skilled machinists. The note clarifies job classifications, stressing specialized tasks within manufacturing roles and differentiating operators from fully skilled trades.
Tiffin reports Heidelberg college will open a special course February 9 to train technicians and chemists for the Plum Brook ordnance plant at Sandusky under the direction of the bureau of education.
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