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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1942

Page

3

Canton Sets Car Quota At 133 For Stark County

Stark county will allot 133 new automobiles to eligible Canton motorists from a 292 car pool for March through May. Allocations include Magillon 26 and Alliance 23, with remaining cars distributed to other eligible buyers. The rationing board, led by Harry E. Patrick, posted hours and emphasized vehicles must serve specific essential needs. Trucks not yet authorized for release. CPA regs guidance will be distributed by dealers via the Stark County Automobile Dealers association. Monday marks start of 1942 rationing program with applications accepted only for pre Jan 1 purchases frozen in dealers’ hands.

Canton Stark County Magillon Alliance Rationing Board Harry E. Patrick CPA National Automobile Dealers Association Charles M. Isaac Stark County Association

County 110 Distribution Based on Passenger Mute Registration

The distribution relies on passenger mute registration figures. Eligible purchasers include physicians surgeons visiting nurses farm veterinarians ministers ambulance firemen police postal workers taxi operators and others needing vehicles for essential war effort travel. Also eligible are government officers and workers engaged in public health safety and war work and those transporting farm produce and supplies if no vehicle is available.

Raid mission highlights daring air and sea assault

The account details landing craft packed with rifles and supplies for parachute troops, their cargo including duffle coats, food, fuel, and the flawless RAF coordination. Parachutists deployed from low altitude landed on precise spots, fought off enemy fire, and returned with German prisoners as a two hour operation concluded with fighter protection and diverse crew backgrounds aboard the flotilla.

England Air Force London Germany

Immediate Induction Possible Under Telescoped Procedures

Draft in Class 1-A or deferred status may lead to immediate induction. Local boards must give five days notice before induction and five days to report for army or final physical, may be same period. Some Stark county boards may not send proper notices. registrants should inquire if in doubt. Boards plan tighter rules as need for men grows and 3-A cases with one dependent are reviewed. Local boards anticipate subsistence allowances for dependents as a possible policy change in Washington.

Stark County Canton Washington

Undersea Ships Expand War Effort and Torpedo Strike

The submarine fleet expanded operations sinking an enemy destroyer and tallying 15000 tons of enemy shipping. A second U S boat faced relentless aerial and depth charge attacks while a converted liner vanishes after torpedo fire. A third submarine avoided a destroyer and endured brutal depth charge assaults.

Submarine crews praise stealth and Christmas voyage

The report details a submarine sinking a 7,200 ton freighter of the London Maru class with two direct torpedo hits. Despite not bagging any target on one sortie, morale across crews remained high as they preferred sea patrols over shore duty, praising meals and menus.

Fire at Home Blamed on Faulty Stove Pipe

A fire at 1013 Tuscarra attacked a second story stove smoke pipe causing damage to a partition and attic. Reported Saturday at 12 53 p m the blaze had a head start when firefighters arrived and required an inch and a half line plus a booster to bring it under control.

Tuscara

83 year old groom weds 72 year old bride in Portland

Joshua V. Dix of Terre Haute Indand Mrs Anna B Attle of Portland began their romance on a train three years ago and now honeymoon. The bride is a great-grandmother and the groom a great-grandfather, both aged 83 and 72 respectively.

Portland Ore Joshua V. Dix Terre Haute Ind Anna B. Attle

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