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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
5
The eighth installment outlines air raid wardens as civilian defense liaisons not police, with posts serving 500 people. Canton plans 600 men and 200 women to man posts, each trained in first aid fire and gas defense. Wardens will be equipped with belts masks helmets and gasproof gear, and train regularly to calm crowds and guide to safety.
Joseph Conrad led a Canton Real Estate Board luncheon discussion on a proposed multiple listing system. patterned on Grand Rapids, the plan requires reporting all but named exclusive listings to board headquarters and restricts advertising to exclusive listings. Members will study the provisions two weeks before final discussion and rule-by-rule vote.
Bnai Brith lodge hosts a 6:45 dinner at the Belden Hotel with Rabbi Raphael Levine, spiritual leader of England's largest Jewish congregation, recounting Nazi air raids on the British Isles. New officers will be installed by Rabbi Charles Latz and a charter presented to Aleph Zadik Aleph.
County school buses owned by the board of education will not require motor vehicle use tax stamps. T. C. Knapp, county superintendent, announced that buses with board owned chassis and independently owned bodies are exempt. Buses with board owned bodies and independently owned chassis are taxable, as are buses leased from independents.
Robert O. Weible of Dover has been named executive secretary of the state defense council's general salvage committee to direct a statewide campaign collecting waste metal paper and other materials. He was nominated by Gov. Bricker and appointed by the U S civil service commission and has served as assistant superintendent of purchases and printing in the state finance department for three years.
Magicians and prestidigitators in Vichy report food restrictions have halted their trade. Doves, rabbits, eggs, colored scarves, and even coins vanished from acts as rationing bites the craft. In Paris, a mutual aid group forms to support performers until normal supply returns.
Special to The Repository from Evanston Illinois reports that 500000 W. C. T. U. members pledge money blood and time for war emergency defense. National officers approve policies for financial welfare and relief and name the Red Cross mobile blood bank as the first defense project. Local chairmen will contact Red Cross to plan work and regular handwork meetings are urged.
Reno dateline recounts a rough start to the year for the Chester Mayfield family. Chester Jr. breaks an arm in a skating accident, Chester Sr. suffers knee and back injuries from a car crash, and Mrs. Mayfield breaks a toe after slipping in the bathtub.
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