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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
6
Police continue probe into the abduction and assault of a west end girl. A 45 year old man was questioned and released after the child failed to identify him. The attacker drove a blue 1936 car and used a white dog named Jack in the back seat.
United Press reports the National Safety Council finds early wartime production raised industrial deaths by eight percent. In 1941, 8,381 workers died accidentally across 26 states versus 7,732 in 1940, with non fatal injuries up an estimated 25 to 30 percent. Pennsylvania led with 1,339 fatalities, New York 1,279 with a drop, Ohio 1,081, and declines noted in West Virginia and Virginia.
Uhrichsville council adopts the 1942 appropriations ordinance setting expenditures at 58 222.60, with increases to police, fire, relief, auto and gasoline funds. General fund 35 997.60, bonds 5 725, gas 9 500, auto 7 000. No pay raises yet, but planned when funds allow. Street foreman wage restored to 60 cents an hour. City jail renovation also authorized. Financial report lists balances and receipts including January sales tax and NYA rent.
Y M C A trustees voted budget reductions totaling 1 600 for 1942 while reallocating 370 from operating accounts to repair the Turkeyfoot Lake camp retaining wall. The project will cost 3 304 with 500 from an emergency fund. new sidewalk bid 295 was accepted.
The Ohio supreme court reversed Columbiana county rulings saying sharing gas and oil on a social trip does not exempt guests from the guest statute. Mrs. Helen Dun can is barred from damages from Ralph Hutchinson after a wreck on a trip from East Liverpool to Steubenville. The county court had awarded her 3000 dollars for shared trip expenses.
Massillon police investigated a burglary at 29 Tremont Ave SW on Wednesday night. Thieves stole a portable radio a fully stocked cigarette machine and $4 in cash. Entrance was gained by breaking through the back door, according to proprietor Alzart Gabriel. The theft occurred between 9 pm and midnight.
Salem January 22. The Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge here closed its barroom after the state liquor board suspended the aerie's license for the unexpired term on a charge of operating slot machines.
New Philadelphia expects two new plants to open in February, employing about 120 people. Mount Iron Co of New York and Akron begin Feb 1 at the former American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. site, planning heavy milling machinery. Allied Machine & Engineering Corp of Ravenna to open West End garage building in February if an RFC loan is granted, with 60 jobs expected at each plant.
During flag hoisting lowering or passage in a parade all present should face the flag stand at attention and salute. Uniformed personnel remove head coverings with the right hand and place it over the heart. Women salute by placing the right hand over the heart. In a moving column the salute is rendered as the flag approaches and held until it passes.
About 100 Canton women attended the second term opening at the Y W C A Canton. The morning featured Mrs Edwin C White on Understanding the Bible and Mrs David H Bachtel on Charm House with color and home decorating tips. Rabbi Charles B Latz led a book review on That Day Alone Inside Latin America Two Way Passage and The Double History of the Nation. E T Heald discussed Ohio lore Canton Stark County history and county seat questions. Carl Weinhart spoke on soil care plant timing and flower layout. Wednesday brings golf and bowling for members. Thursday hosts home nursing and bridge lessons.
Engineers at Westinghouse East Pittsburgh works tested powerful safety devices that simulate sabotage and lightning. The 2,000,000 kilowatt shock created 20-foot arcs and shattered timbers, demonstrating how circuit breakers and safety fuses quench and blow out the dangerous flames at the electrical proving grounds with oil quenching and compressed air blasts.
Canton operators Earl Shadrach and Marshall Belden joined state oil and gas leaders in Columbus to discuss federal spacing rules. Proposed limits cap at one well per 640 acres, against the current 40 acres per well. Committee member Philip Faine noted Ohio drilled over 1,500 wells in 1941, with expectations of fewer wells under new rules as officials prepared today.
The Repository want ad section generated calls from people seeking pianos. It notes WURLITZER Baby Grand Piano offered at 339 Aultman NW and invites sellers to place an inexpensive ad by dialing 5101 for tomorrow's paper.
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