Army Air Chief Denies Inferiority of American Planes
Army air chief Gen Henry H Arnold testifies to the House Appropriations Committee that U S volunteer airmen in Burma have bagged 90 to 100 Japanese planes with only three American planes and three men lost. He cites progress on 23,000 fighters and 10,000 trainers in a massive funding bill totaling 12.5 billion dollars for new planes and equipment, and urges swift passage to build toward an offensive knockout blow.
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International News Service
Ashington
Burma
House Appropriations Committee
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Arnold
United States
Army
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Gen. Arnold
Labor Peace Plan: AFL CIO Accept Roosevelt Proposal
Washington Jan 23 Franklin Roosevelt outlines a wartime labor peace scheme creating a three member AFL trio and a three member CIO panel to curb jurisdictional fights. William Green and Philip Murray accept, aiming to avoid mergence and keep disputes down through the war while a formal White House announcement is anticipated.
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United Press
Washington
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Murray
New York
Green
Mr. Green
George Meany
White House
Aflcio
Lewis
Cicafs
UMW
America on its way to outbuilding the world
The Office of Facts and Figures reports America is rapidly expanding war production to outbuild the world in planes and tanks. Navy vessels under construction, merchant ships contracted, and army manpower could surge massively, with 1942 output slated to rise by about 300 percent from the prior 18 months.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Office of Facts and Figures
Great Britain
United States
Hitler
Chinese Air Force Attacks Hanoi Japanese Base
Hanoi, capital of French Indo China, was struck in the first air raid by Chinese forces outside China. A government communique reports 57 planes, including 27 Chinese bombers, 15 American volunteer P-40 fighters, and 15 Chinese fighters, attacked the Hanoi air base and Japanese barracks at noon Thursday.
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United Press
Chungking
Hanoi
China
Ohio Poultry Ad Sells Fresh Dressed Chickens
Local notice from Ohio Poultry at 1345 Market Street announces dressed chickens for sale priced 20 to 27 cents per pound. No other details provided.
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Ohio Poultry
Apple House Daily Fresh Cider at Fulton NW
Sweet cider is offered fresh daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House located in Fulton Northwest, inviting shoppers to enjoy seasonal apple products.
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Apple House
Fulton NW
Farm Bloc Wins In Price Battle
Washington sets final action for wartime price control amendment after two weeks of talks. Senate and House conferees agree on a unified plan creating a single price administrator to cap prices and rents in defense areas with farm ceilings limited by specific restrictions. Critics warn food costs could rise 11 to 15 percent. Roosevelt opposes expanded powers.
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Senate-House
White House
Rep
Steagall
Alabama
House
Sen. Brown
Michigan
Sen. Bankhead
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Sen
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Records For 1840 Give Stark Trumps In Road Suit Trial
A long dormant civil case from 1840 resurfaced in a Cleveland federal courtroom as Stark County won a land damages suit. Homer L. Cupples claimed land taken for a road near Massillon. county argued the road was legally established in 1840 on a 60 foot right of way. Trial revealed original petition and notices. the judge dismissed the case after testimony, upholding the county’s position.
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Stark County
Emerick Freed
Cleveland
Homer L. Cupples
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Pigeon Rand
Massillon
Board of Commissioners
D. Deane McLaughlin
A. C. L. Barthelmeh
McLaughlin
Canton factories add 134 payroll jobs in week to reach 33757
The number of persons employed on production jobs in Canton industries rose to 33757 for the week ended Jan 16 with 134 names added to payrolls. A year earlier employment stood at 25685.
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Canton
Stork Steps Up Pace Births In Canton In 1941
Canton records show 3,586 births in 1941, up 43 percent from 1940. Of these 1,871 male and 1,715 female babies, 3,458 were white, 118 were Negro, and 10 were other races. Most births occurred at Mercy hospital, Canton Clinic, and Aultman. The ten year trend shows steep rise compared with earlier years.
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Canton
City Health Department
F. M. Sayre
Mercy Hospital
Aultman
Canton Clinic
Kuendig Named Manager of Canton War Production Office
Edward O. Kuendig of 2218 Woodland Ave NW is named manager of the Canton branch office of the production department of the new war production board. He will train in Cleveland and assume duties at 601 Commercial Bldg Monday as the office opens within a week or ten days to boost war material output in Stark and 10 neighboring counties.
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Edward O. Kuendig
Woodland Ave
Canton
New War Production Board
C. R. Terry
Cleveland
Kuendig
Kuendig Machinery Co
Stark
W. L. Higgins
United Electric Co
Conquest Moves In New Guinea And Solomons War
Japan's advance toward Australia accelerates with sea landings in New Guinea and the Solomon islands. Allied shipping routes to the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Burma, and China face disruption as Australia orders blackouts and calls for reinforcements. British, Australian, and Indian troops counter on a broad Malaya front near Singapore while Tojo proclaims rising triumphs in greater east Asia.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
United States
Far East
Associated Press
Japan
Torres Strait
Cape York
Malaya
Burma
Mikado
South Sea Islands
Strait of
Macassar
Dutch Borneo
Celebes
Tokyo
United Nations
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
China
New Wuilneca
Solomon Chain
Commonwealth War Cabinet
Washington
London
Hideki Tojo
East Asia
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Johore State
Red Cross Near Its Goal in Canton Booth Drive
Canton Red Cross near its $70,000 goal with only 2,500 left after raising 200 in a single day. The booth on public square will close tomorrow and pass to the March of Dimes committee until January 31. Donations continue next week at banks, savings and loan firms, East Ohio Gas and Ohio Power. Local restaurants also donated a day’s receipts. The Canton chapter seeks Red Cross first aid textbooks for new classes as paper shortages prevent national HQ from supplying enough.
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Red Cross
Public Square
March of Dimes Committee
Canton Fund
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio Power Co
Canton
MacArthur Defenders Battle 24 Hours At Batangas
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces fought a 24 hour defensive stand on Batan peninsula as Japanese assault troops reinforced by the 14th army unleashed extreme attacks. The war department said American and Filipino troops repelled every major push with heavy enemy losses. General Wavell sent a message of warm congratulations for the defense of the Philippines as reinforcements and air support were rushed to Burma, the Dutch Indies, and Australia.
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United Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Batan
United States
Wavell
MacArthur
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Philippines
Num
America
United Nation
Far East
Burma
Dutch Indies
Australasia
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