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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1942
Page
1
Wartime selective service shifts from training to rapid drafting to build a large combat force. Reclassification rushes, with boards reviewing 2-A and 4-F cases and prioritizing eligibility changes, while many registrants fail to report status updates. New rules allow boards to reopen cases and reclassify without notice, prompting timely appeals and potential five day examinations for those placed in 1-A.
A. P. report from Honolulu describes American submarines surfacing tales of peril and success in the far Pacific. Sailors speak of fierce actions,Wake Island besieged and deserted after December 22. Navy calls crews grinning taciturn heroes who torpedo ships near enemy ports and sink a 5,000 ton freighter while braving heavy seas.
Two persons were killed and eight injured in a series of Canton traffic accidents Saturday night raising the 1942 toll to six. Victims include Edith Miller and Karl Girtler. Police reported the fatal crashes occurred on Tuscarawas street west near Park avenue and Mahoning road near 9th street NE. A motorist Floyd Sullivan was involved in the first crash. Several injured, including a 12 year old girl, were treated at Aultman and Mercy hospitals. Hazardous driving conditions and multiple calls kept police busy. one driver, Howard Lowry, was charged with intoxication after a collision on 9th street SW.
Washington, Feb 28. The second war powers bill passed the House by voice vote after four days of debate, granting broad emergency authority to federal agencies and the President. The measure includes a direct purchase clause for government obligations by Federal Reserve banks up to 5 billion dollars, free postage for service members, and 13 emergency provisions expanding powers over property, priorities, and inspections while sparing some citizenship safeguards and draft board Hatch Act exemptions.
Canton’s independent retailers rose 15 percent in January from a year earlier as Ohio State university bureau reports. Statewide gain reached 23 percent with Akron leading at 46 percent. other cities posted 43 percent Toledo 35 percent Dayton 26 percent Cincinnati 24 percent Columbus 14 percent, Youngstown unreported.
Japanese invasion forces struck at three points in western and central Java, linking Batavia and Soerabaja defenses. Allied naval and air units damaged several enemy ships, including the Mogami, while counterattacks pounded Japanese troops along the Bantam and Rembang fronts. In Burma, Rangoon and Mandalay defenses faced massed Japanese pressure as Allied forces endured steep losses.
In Rangoon area, American volunteer fliers fly battered Blenheim bombers against Japanese positions. An Australian pilot warns planes have holes and may fail, though crews repair them for more missions. Blenheims endure heavy wear as US and British crews press daily raids amid rising Japanese Zero presence.
Temperature readings from Stark County Diy of the State Highway Departn show values at 2 0p m 30 10 p m and 30 ee as 30 and 28 at midnight with highs and lows noted. Record high 68 in 1939 and record low 7 in 1914. Tomorrow sunrise at 6 02 a m sunset 6 18 p m moonrise 7 12 p m set 7 45 a m.
Eyewitness recounts a British Royal Air Force and navy combined operation against Bruneval on the French coast. Parachutists, infantry, and landing craft executed a swift assault, silencing defenses and returning to sea under cover of night amid hopeful weather and tide conditions.
In the Canton post office district one hundred forty two enemy aliens did not register for certificates of identification by the closing Saturday ending a three week period. Of 1,212 listed, 1,070 registered. They may be interned and face penalties. a grace till March 31 is offered for those with medical certificates.
The article notes March 1942 began damp and chilly with temperatures around 30. It describes a soot speckled lamb entering at midnight and references a winter lion forecast for a strong exit. The previous day, February 28, brought snow rain and sleet, making roads hazardous at times, though milder temps kept ice low on main streets.
A compact index from the paper listing sections such as Amusements Around Our Town, Art Circles, Automobile News, Books Library News, Bridge Play and Players, Building News, Day in Canton, Deaths, Dog News, Editorials, Garden Clinic, In The Service, Lodges, Markets and Financial, Of This and That, Radio Programs, School News, Society notes, Sports, Up Through a Century, Veterans Activities and the Women’s Page.
Flying Instructor Benjamin H. Sherman Jr. age 25 and Cadet William H. Dahling age 22 died today when their army training plane crashed near San Antonio. Randolph Field officials identified Sherman as son of Dr and Mrs B J Sherman of Hollywood and Dahling as son of John H Dahling of Norwood Ohio.
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