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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1942

Page

15

Perils of Sabotage Put Above Air Raids

S G Hibben of Westinghouse warned 2000 Cincinnati listeners that ground saboteurs cause more damage than air raids. He urged against haphazard protections and backed planned measures by military and safety experts. He said permanent blackouts would cost millions, take weeks, and likely fail as raiders use radio beams and moonlight reflections. He described blackout patterns for cities and suburbs.

International News Service Cincinnati

Mor ris Mattress Injured In Freeport Crash

Morris Mattress of Freeport was treated at Twin City hospital for facial and scalp lacerations after his car struck a culvert on state route 150 near Tippe canoe Wednesday night local police said.

Dennison Morris Mattress Freeport Twin City Hospital Tippecanoe

Honorable Mention Essays on Defense Stamps and War Efforts

A pair of essays urges defense stamp support and dignifies young newsboys as part of homefront preparedness. Maxine Robinson and Richard Kinney present patriotic arguments, praising civilian contributions and China’s Changsha victory as a reason to sustain wartime effort and American resolve.

Canton Army Navy Pacific Changsha America Japan Adolph Hitler China Orient Winston Churchill

New Philadelphia Launches Scrap Drive Citywide

New Philadelphia will start an organized scrap drive Saturday under Mayor M H Snyder. The city is divided into four sections with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts collecting items each week, curbside on Saturday afternoons. Proceeds go to a defense council fund.

Repository Bureau New Philadelphia M. H. Snyder Boy Scouts Cub Scouts Defense Council Snyder

Farmers Urged To Raise Yield In Crops

Secretary of Agriculture Wickard will appeal to farmers to boost plantings of oil crops this spring to avert fats and oils shortages. U.S. faces an 8 to 10 percent deficit from reduced imports, with planned increases in peanuts, soybeans, flaxseed, and cottonseed. Credit agencies to provide maximum financing and price support at 85 percent of parity. Officials say consumer supplies unlikely to be short this year.

Associated Press Washington Wickard United States Pacific Agriculture Department

Ohio Probate Judges Select 1942 Leaders

In Columbus on January 22 1942 Frank C McClelland county probate judge became president of the Association of Probate Judges of Ohio. He succeeds the late Gideon Palmer of Butler county as officers named W A Bennehoff W C Wiseman A M Barber Harry G Gram Charlton Myers and Henry Ashcraft. The State Association of Juvenile Judges planned to open its annual convention.

International News Service Columbus Franklin County C. P. McClelland Association of Probate Judges of Ohio Gideon Palmer Butler County W. A. Bennehoff Tiffin William C. Wiseman Dayton A. M. Barber Wauseon Harry G. Gram Springfield

Florida police test ends in grass blaze test mishap

In MMMI Florida police practiced with hand grenades tear gas shells and riot weapons causing a grass fire after a parachute flare was launched from a flare gun by mistake. Firemen battled the blaze for hours as the scene shifted from police to firefighting.

Mmmi, Fla

Ohio officials urge thrift as war effort grows

Gov. Bricker told the County Commissioners Association of Ohio that a $13,000,000 surplus exists for tomorrow and urged local governments to tighten spending while aiding the war. Stark County commissioners Biddle, Frazier, and Kuhn attended the convention where officers were to be elected. A note mentions salt water gnats choking a bomber plane’s carburetors leading to a forced landing.

John W. Bricker The County Commissioners Association of Ohio Bricker Stark County Jacob Biddle John W. Frazier Oliver Kuhn

One fined another sent to Mansfield

Two criminal cases were disposed of Wednesday in common pleas court. William Borgner of 921 3rd St NW, charged with burglary and larceny, was denied probation by Judge George N. Graham and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Mansfield state reformatory. John Morgan, 50, of Akron, Negro, charged with carrying concealed weapons, pleaded guilty before Judge Frank N. Sweitzer and was fined $25 and costs.

Common Pleas Court William Borgner 3Rd St NW George N. Graham State Reformatory Mansfield John Morgan Akron Frank N. Sweitzer

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