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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1942
Page
2
The maritime commission announced a wartime contract to build 200 Liberty cargo ships using automobile assembly line technique. A new yard near New Orleans, with 28 shipways, will produce ships of 10 500 deadweight tons each, all to be completed by year end 1943.
A reader warns that car theft can occur in daylight on a driveway and urges simple steps: store cars in garages, lock doors and ignition, remove keys, and not leave the motor running for seconds. The note ends with a patriotic push for car care for country safety.
An exploration of walking as a primitive mass transit option. The article notes walking as cheap exercise and a means to understand distances to the public square, listing streets within one and two miles of the square and estimating a half mile stroll time of about ten minutes.
The War Production Board ordered the shutdown of juke boxes weighing machines pinball games and other amusement machines by May 1. The action affects about 30 companies mainly in the Chicago area with around 10 000 workers. The board says the move frees copper aluminum nickel and other metals for war uses and accelerates converting a 75 million dollar industry into war production.
Approximately 75,000 acres are planted to tung trees nationwide, reflecting the scale of cultivation across the United States and signaling a notable agricultural activity in the sector.
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