White House quietly reshuffles top war officials in effort
The piece notes the White House quietly moving underperforming generals to less disruptive roles, while planning postwar economic ideas. It highlights Herbert Feis's proposal for foreign exchange funds to stimulate global trade and critiques socialized world aims, stressing costs to American taxpayers and the need to credit Filipino soldiers in Bataan.
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Hull
Herbert Feis
Feis
John L. Lewis
Wallace
Ile
MacArthur
Bataan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Canton Repository 1942 January 31 Public Notice Rates
The Canton Repository lists establishment date March 30 1815 and a private phone exchange. Subscription rates by carrier include 23 cents weekly and 18 cents for daily only. Mail rates cover multiple counties with annual costs of 6 dollars daily plus Sunday, 4 dollars daily only, and 2 dollars Sunday only. Outside rates available on request. Mail orders not accepted where carrier delivery serves.
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Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Deacon Parca
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes Counties
Farmers Are People Too in Price Control Debate
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT signs the price control bill amid farm sector heckling over the 110 percent parity safeguard. Farmers argue they work hard, lack overtime pay, and face rising living costs, yet feel singled out while labor can bargain freely.
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Roosevelt
Interstate transport rates to rise after ICC action
The interstate commerce commission authorized a 10 percent railroad rate hike, signaling rising costs for over 800 interstate firms. A broader transport shift accompanies rubber shortages and potential railroad rationing, with buses and air travel also affected as priority is given to government needs amid wartime demand.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commerce Commission
Homeric Urge Drives Poets During Turbulent Times
The piece argues that public mood surges with major events prompting a flood of poetry from adolescents who prefer verse to prose. It notes critics say poetry is weak but asserts verse mirrors epic impulse amid Lindbergh flights disasters and wars. prose feels stilted to these writers.
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Senate panel says Langer disqualification sparks questions
The Senate elections committee cited rabble rousing as a reason to bar North Dakota Senator Langer from his seat, raising new questions about what constitutes rabble rousing, when it began, and how many lawmakers have speeches free of political agitation.
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Senate Elections Committee
Langer
North Dakota
Senate
Congress
Sen
Persuasion Heme: an expert fixes steam engine with a hammer
An old tale recalls an expert sent to a town pump station during an emergency. He nails the engine once with a hammer, it works, and his bill is 100.10 for labor and 100 for knowing where to knock. The piece jokes about fixing things by persuasion and the human habit of tinkering.
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HEME
Dobbin
Twill
Lawyers admitted to practice at Columbus circuit court
Centenarian notes and nationwide events appear in a compact late term. Hiram Griswold of Canton Charles Walcott of Dalton and Fordyce M. Keith of Massillon were admitted to practice law. The era marks a century window amid international tensions and a birthday observation for George P. Maloney.
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United States Circuit Court
Columbus
Hiram Griswold
Canton
Charles Walcott
Dalton
Fordyce M. Keith
Massillon
Openings Planned for Dollar Loan Offices in McKinley Building
Twenty five years ago the Dollar Loan and Savings Co. prepared to open offices tomorrow in the McKinley hotel building. In related news, William J. Thoma, foreman at Canton Ice Co., repelled two armed intruders in his cellar on Superior Ave NE. January British casualties were reported at 32 354, and Gilliam Manufacturing Co. secured permits for two plant additions costing 50 000 dollars.
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Dollar Loan and Savings Co
McKinley Hotel
William J. Thoma
Canton Ice Co
Superior Ave
Gilliam Manufacturing Co
Seventeen Japanese planes circle Shanghai without bombs
Ten years ago a squadron of seventeen Japanese planes circled over Shanghai today but did not drop any bombs, according to reports from the vicinity. The incident added tension to regional skies without escalating to direct casualties.
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Shanghai
Ohio corn history and production rise to fifth in nation
The passage traces Ohio corn from early Indigenous crops to European settlement. It notes Rev David Jones paying high prices for corn for his horse in 1772 73, Gen George Rogers Clark burning corn near Piqua and Chillicothe in 1782, and later growth with canals and machinery leading Ohio to rank fifth in U S corn production.
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Ohio
David Jones
We Want Work Quote by Rep Frances Bolton
Ohio congresswoman Frances Bolton declares that the nation needs practical effort from American women in the war work drive. The remark underscores wartime labor expectations and public morale during the period.
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Frances Bolton
Ohio
Government price control illusion in wartime policy debate
The New York Times denounces the price ceiling bill as inadequate but argues government power to manage supply, not freeze prices, controls inflation. It cites Nelson Henderson directives on retail rationing and highlights the need for supply sufficiency, fair rationing, and avoiding black market distortions.
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New York Times
Times
Barth
Baruch
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Henderson
Nelson
Henderson
Messrs
New York Tribune, Inc
Voices From War and Policy on Responsibility
Quotes from Morgenthau Willkie Churchill and Lehman emphasize distrust of counterfeit money, belief in reading as a virtue, faith in light after clouds, and call to curb state expenditures while preserving essential functions and morale. The compilation reflects wartime fiscal restraint and leadership rhetoric.
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House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Lehman
New York
Colgate quotes in wartime context reflect liberal values
The excerpt cites Dr. Eugene G Bewkes of Colgate praising liberal heritage and liberal arts colleges as its shrine. It also quotes Emil Ludwig describing Germans as obedient and fearful, and Allen Harvie, a British seaman, noting fellows who stay silent for safety.
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Liberal Arts College
Eugene G. Bewkes
Colgate University
Allen Harvie
Willing Hands Mrs Shaw Remembers War Experiences
Mrs Shaw reflects on her third war era, recalling old experiences and lessons learned. She notes changes in daily life, endurance of neighbors, and the enduring spirit of community as battles shaped her outlook and resolve.
War era knitter recalls 1898 bandages and 1917 sweater
Damon Runyon records a New York neighbor Mrs Shaw recalling past war work. She knit a sweater begun in 1917 and tells of abdominal bandages from 1898. She notes a soldier misused her bandages, a Philippines connection, and her honorary captaincy in an old artillery regiment for fruit cake diplomacy.
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OS Angeles
New York
France
Tropics
Cuba
Philippines
Kitty Yawl
China
King Features, Inc
Gone Forever by Ruth Millett on wartime college changes
The piece argues that wartime demands have transformed colleges into efficiency driven institutions. Three year and two year degree programs accelerate graduation to enter military service. Campus life shifts from carefree study to practical urgency with speeded up curricula and altered student relationships.
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Segre
University of Chicago
Not Nazi nor fascist, Mendoza de Montero says
Argentinian writer Angelica Mendoza de Montero asserts that the U S government under Acting President Castillo is conservative and reactionary but not Nazi or fascist, signaling a cautious distinction in political posture.
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United States
My Counsetry
Castillo
Angelica Mendoza de Montero
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