Essay contest ends with record essays submitted
The Repository reports 2,282 high school essays submitted in the fifth annual news essay contest, an increase of about 375 from last year, with 93 winners from 24 schools. Irene Stringer of McKinley High School and Bob Steinbaugh of Mineral City High School won week eight prizes. a special final-prize contest requires entries by Wednesday midnight.
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Repository
Stark
Irene Stringer
McKinley High School
Bob Steinbaugh
Mineral City High School
Eighth Week Prize Winners in Canton City Division
Winners receive cash prizes and include Irene Stringer 16 of Harrisburg NE McKinley junior and Bill Borman 17 of Harter NW McKinley senior. Honorable mentions feature multiple McKinley and Lincoln pupils with ages 14 to 19 and addresses in Massillon Navarre Louisville Sugarcreek areas. all prizes paid in Defense Savings Stamps.
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Canton City
Irene Stringer
Harrisburg Rd
McKinley
Bill Borman
Harter
John Wagner
Lincoln
Elbis Cosmos
Sylvan Ct
Martha Ann Kelley
Croydonrd
Avondale
Lehman
Lillian Strong
3Rd St SE
Dorothy Peterson
Wardene Tschantz
Maryland Ave
Mary Jane Harding
Campbell Circle
Massillon
Washington
Bill Cooper
Magnolia
Carrie Mauch
Navarre
Joan Mauch
Kenneth Neff
Sugarcreek
Sugarcreek-Shanesville
Madalyn Stoddard
Louisville
Four Canton Theaters Open Civilian Defense Registries
Civilian Defense registrations began last week in four Canton theaters Loews Ohio Mozart and Dueber showing a Bricker urged wartime home protection film. Registration booths are in lobbies and at WHBC public square booth and at the Canton OCD near Benders restaurant on 2nd Street and Court.
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Canton
Canton Ocd
Loew’s
Ohio
Mozart
Dueber
John W. Bricker
WHBC
Public Square
Bender’s
2Nd St
Court
Eight Men Convicted in $10 Million Oil Fraud Case
A federal court jury convicted eight of 13 defendants on mail fraud or conspiracy in a $10 million oil securities swindle. The verdicts followed three days of deliberation in one of the longest federal trials, with victims across Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Delaware. Convicted defendants include Arthur L. Brody, Richard Cashnear, Maurice A. Levine, John H. Gordon, Joel Rosenberg, Nathan Rosenfield, Samuel Meyers, and N. E. Rogoff.
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Associated Press
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maine
New Jersey
Illinois
Delaware
Surety Investment & Finance Co
Underwriters Group Inc
Arthur L. Brody
Richard Cashnear
Maurice A. Levine
John H. Gordon
Joel Rosenberg
Nathan Rosenfield
Boston
Samuel Meyers
Dorchester
Mass
N. E. Rogoff
Parachute Test in Reno Shows Slower Descent
Reno March 7. George Waltz a Reno parachute rigger reports a successful test of a new parachute design with a center cone to force air into the chute. Invented by Christian Wolf of Los Angeles and New York the device promises slower descent less drift and reduced shock and oscillation after rip cord release an army observer attended the test.
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Associated Press
Reno
George Waltz
Christian Wolf
Los Angeles
New York
Mexico May Get Old Cars
Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad plans to sell 200 old boxcars no longer fit for Colorado use. A Chicago firm may transfer them to Mexico lines, with the cars scrapped rather than reused locally.
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Mexico
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Chicago
Taft calls for strict price curbs for low wage earners
Senator Taft told the National Republican Club that small salaried workers are the most severely burdened by war costs. He argued wages must rise with living costs through price controls and salary adjustments, and warned profits should not trigger higher wages. He noted uncertainty over 1942 profits and tax changes.
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National Republican Club
Safety Pin Sneeze Ends Four Year Nasal Pain
In Cleveland on March 7 six year old Joseph Coppola sneezed and expelled an inch long safety pin after four years of nasal pain. Doctors once suspected a nasal growth but found no such obstruction. The child’s relief followed the unexpected removal during a cold episode.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Joseph Coppola
Joseph
Stephen Coppola
Air over Hyde Park closed to civilians
President Roosevelt issued an executive order closing the air over his Hyde Park Hudson River estate to all civilian aviation. The order creates a restricted air space reservation over parts of Dutchess and Ulster counties where the family property lies.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hudson River
Dutchess
Ulster Counties
Boy Bites Dog! Mass Boy Defends Pet in Street Fight
Six year old Bobby Quill of Grafton Massachusetts intervened when his pet dog was attacked by a neighborhood mutt He bit the aggressor in the ear and drove the dog away The International News Service reports the incident occurred on March 7 with local news noting the boy’s brave defense.
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International News Service
Grafton
Mass
Bobby Quill
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