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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1942
Page
2
Multiple collisions Saturday night left several injured across Canton and Massillon routes 21 and 8. Drivers and pedestrians from Canton, North Canton, Barberton, Akron, and Navarre required hospital treatment. investigations cited ice, failed stops, and a liquor-inspection arrest.
A cruiser driven by Sgt Quil Ligan was damaged slightly after being rear ended while stopped in the 300 block on Tuscarawas St W on Saturday night. The other driver was C. V. Smith of 3020 3rd St. A police car driven by Detective H. Donald Rock was also damaged Saturday afternoon after colliding with Tony Abatangelo of 1925 13th St SE at 4th St and Piedmont Ave SE.
The February toll shows five rural and suburban deaths, plus seven named victims across Alliance Canton Navarre Genoa and Wooster with pedestrians among the casualties. County records cite 69 injuries and 362 accidents versus 22 injuries and 285 in February 1940 while sheriff patrols logged 20 injuries and 61 accidents. Two driving charges were filed as officers cite intoxication and license violations after weekend collisions.
America is in its thirteenth week of war with the Axis and remains on the defensive until production outpaces the enemy. Citizens are urged to accelerate factory output and finance weapons by buying Defense Bonds and Stamps from post offices banks savings and loan associations and retail stores including carrier deliveries. Your investment supports armament manufacture and the broader war effort.
Columbus March 2 262000 questionnaires will be mailed to Ohio farmers this week by the United States employment service asking them to report labor requirements to meet increased production quotas this year Replies will form the basis for a farm labor recruiting drive.
Mr Franklin will lead air raid precaution discussions Tuesday morning and conduct classes daily through Saturday. Canton officials train police as instructors for civilian defense emergency groups and prepare 1200 auxiliary police plus potential 1200 more wardens. FBI developed methods after British study. ARP plans date to a 1920 flight officer with Churchill backing, fully formed by 1930.
Six military prisoners escaped their guardhouse at Fort Thomas Kentucky today breaking free from the army post. They slipped past guards and disappeared into the surrounding area prompting a manhunt and security review at the installation.
Reports from the Philippines claim misdescriptions of identifications and confirm three planes were German. Gen MacArthur fights with few P-40s against Japanese airpower as crews rely on anti aircraft guns. A lull on the Bataan front follows a surprise assault, with guerrillas harassing Japanese forces and Quezon urging resistance to expel invaders. In Luzon northern forces win a ground victory driving Japanese from the Abra valley. Japan claims naval success near Java while UN losses are acknowledged with some ships sunk or crippled.
A German prisoner claims morale in Staraya Russa has cracked as the red army presses on Smolensk and advances toward Dnepropetrovsk. Reports from London say hundreds of Hurricane fighters fly on the Russian front, with British crews trained by returning Red Air Force pilots.
Japanese naval planes reportedly struck Christmas Island near Java as fighting in Java intensified. Australian New Zealand and other United Nations representatives reached decisions on high strategy in Melbourne, while Dutch forces in Java struggled to halt advancing Japanese troops arriving by sea. Taxis ferried troops to fronts amid heavy combat as the battle spread across western and central Java.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order effective March 9 1942 transferring functions from the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard. The move shifts safety inspections and marine casualty investigations to the Coast Guard, with training functions moved to the Coast Guard now part of the Navy.
The bill would empower the department to commit up to 212 million if prices sagged while major cuts hit soil conservation, surplus disposal, food stamps, rural electrification loans, and land use programs. Secretary Wickard warned farm labor shortages will worsen and fertilizer supplies may fall short, urging protection of parity prices. a Senate committee criticized the farm security administration and questioned crop insurance, suggesting abolition if feasibility fails within three years.
Eight Wooster firms have employees enrolled in the payroll deduction Defense Bond purchase plan state administrator John McSweeney said today. Firms listed include Akron Brass Co., H Freedlander Co., Gerstenslager Co., United Steel Fabricators, Wooster Brass Co., Wooster Feed Mfg. Co., Wooster Products, and Wooster Rubber Co.
Reports describe a Burmese city under air attack with a burning warehouse across the street and scores of wounded awaiting ambulances. Japanese raiders encountered no resistance as they bombed freely, striking a trench sheltering natives and wounding many.
The fleet of vehicles was crushed in a sweeping inferno, leaving hundreds of heavy machines destroyed. Aggregate value likely surpasses $450,000, with one town reporting 23 burned in a single batch loaded with tires and machinery aboard.
London on March 2 reports Henry C. Tuttle of Westcliff and his wife proudly noting their 11 children. Six sons serve in the army, three in the Royal Air Force, one in the Royal Navy, and the daughter works on munitions.
The motor oil in your car performs three jobs: lubricates the engine, seals the pistons, and cools moving parts. Running well below the designed level adds strain on oil already doing much. Keep the oil marker at full to spare the engine.
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