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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1942

Page

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Nelson warns labor to yield in war crisis

In Washington on March 23 Donald M. Nelson urged CIO leaders that wartime must suspend extra pay for Sunday and holiday work unless it is the seventh straight day. He backed seven day operation but warned against using the war need to cut labor rights. Senate moves to debate 40 hour week and overtime reform as administration faces internal dissent.

Associated Press Washington Donald M. Nelson CIO Senate Philip Murry Congress Mr. Nelson Roosevelt Sen. Herring Iowa Thomas Utah Sen Lee Oklahoma Herring

Lehman Draws Xenia For State Tourney Battle

Lehman Polar Bears face Xenia Central in the state Class A semi final at Kent State University. The other semi pits Akron North Vikings against Toledo Central Catholic with finals at 8 15. Jim Ueberhart leads Lehman in a bid for the title. Xenia has 23 wins in 24 games and beat Dayton Roosevelt in the Dayton regional.

Akron North Toledo Central Lehman Polar Bears Xenia Central Kent State University Vikings Toledo Central Catholic Sparkplug Jim Ueberhart North Xenia Columbus Martins Ferry Dayton Dayton Roosevelt

Youth dies after crossing train collision in Canton

Russell Newhard seventeen of 206 Young Ave NE dies at Mercy hospital from head injuries and leg fractures after his car was struck by a westbound Pennsylvania railroad passenger train at 3rd St SE. Archie W. Collins Jr., eighteen, 2417 Cleveland Ave NW, injured. Pvt. Donald Newhard aided with a transfusion. County traffic toll rises to sixteen for the year. city toll seven. Services planned at Seesholtz Memorial. Also, two motorists injured in a Route 30 head on crash near Canton.

Russell Newhard Young Ave NE Mercy Hospital Pennsylvania Railroad 3Rd St SE Archie W. Collins, Jr Cleveland Ave NW 3Rd St Donald Newhard Indiantown Gap Newhard CCC Yellow Springs William F. Newhard WY mc Seesholtz Memorial

30 Mile Gale Sets Canton Abuzz With Snow Flurries

Canton endured a Sunday of 30 mile an hour gales and intermittent snow flurries with brief heavy bursts. Temperatures ranged from 42 degrees high to 33 overnight, while total precipitation through Saturday 8 a.m. reached .25 inch.

Canton Southland

Apple House Cider Stand Opens Fresh Daily

Sweet cider available daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House located in Fulton NW.

Apple House Fulton NW

Undersea Raids Sink 11 Axis Vessels Near Italian Coast

British undersea raiders sank two Italian submarines, two supply ships, six schooners and one motor vessel carrying enemy troops off the Italian coast. Four British submarines deployed mines and traps to strike near Rommel's forces, delivering a heavy blow to Axis reinforcements.

London Admiralty Erwin Rommel

Italian Navy Attacks British Convoy off North Africa

Rome dispatches report a heavy naval engagement off the north African coast. Italian warships bombarded a large British convoy crippled by Axis torpedo planes. Axis formations closed on the convoy as the British vessels tried to seek cover in the Gulf of Sirte near Ben Gasri.

Associated Press Rome North African High Aan m Said Gulf of Sirte Bengasi High Command

Russians Speed Pace of Battle

Allied and Axis fronts heat up as spring fighting resumes along a wide front. Soviet reports claim 12 000 German casualties on the Kalinin front near Moscow from March 11 to 21 with material losses, while Staraya Russa’s 16th army dwindles under pressure. Airacobra fighters arrive for a spring Russian offensive, assembled with British help in days. Boris visits Berlin to weigh Bulgaria's role and Balkan ambitions as Turkey’s stance looms near, prompting observers to foresee possible Axis entry.

Associated Press Kalinin Moscow Staraya Russa U. S Red Star Balkans Boris Bulgaria Berlin Middle Eastern Adolf Hitler Hitler Franz von Papen Turkey Fuehrer

Beagle Family Fire Kills Two Pups in Garage

A Beagle family owned by Paul Moore of 1113 Camden suffocated by smoke when an electric bulb used to heat a pen ignited straw bedding in the garage. The mother and two other pups escaped. two pups died. Firemen extinguished the blaze with a booster line. minor garage damage reported.

Paul Moore Camden

Submarines Attack Six More U S Ships

Norfolk Va March 23 the toll of vessels sunk or damaged by Axis submarines off the Atlantic coast rose to sixty five after weekend navy disclosures six more ships were attacked three merchantmen were listed as sunk or damaged with eighteen seamen killed or missing an American bomber claimed a submarine with depth charges and machine gun fire near the scene and two depth charges may have been dropped by planes over the area

Associated Press Norfolk Atlantic Navy Hugh A. Drum James J. Galvani Brooklyn

Third Draft Men Will List Skills

National selective service announces lengthy occupational questionnaires mailed to all third registrants to reveal professional and scientific qualifications for wartime needs. Col. Goble says mobilization of skilled workers could begin within 30 days for 463,500 registrants. Questionnaires must be completed in duplicate within 10 days and sent to local draft boards.

America National Selective Service National Selective Service Headquarters National Draft Headquarters Col C. W. Goble U. S. Employment Service Col. Goble Selective Service

British Planes Join U S Patrols Over Cuba

London March 23 A Reuters dispatch from Havana says British aircraft arrived to join United States air patrols from Cuba against Axis U boats. The British planes flew over Havana and dipped in salute to cheering crowds.

Associated Press London Reuters Havana Cuba United States Cuban

Crystal Park Lumber Co Sunday Ad Corrected Phone

Erroneous phone number in Crystal Park Lumber Co Sunday advertisement corrected to read Phone 3 0187. The corrected contact ensures proper customer outreach and business inquiries.

Crystal Park Lumber Co

Japanese Bomber Raid Presses On Port Moresby

Japanese air assault on Port Moresby marked the heaviest raid yet on the New Guinea harbor with 19 bombers and three fighters. Australian reports say 44 enemy planes were smashed in a counter offensive as MacArthur's forces hit Dutch Timor and Lae, while Curtin hails the operation as a major air victory in the Pacific War.

Australia MacArthur Command Dutch Timor Port Moresby Wyndham Western Australia Dili New Guinea Salamaua Lae Douglas MacArthur John Curtin Pacific Darwin Katherine Japan United Air Forces Java London Daily Telegraph Perth

Sayre arrives in Washington with official report

Francis B. Sayre, high commissioner for the Philippines, arrived in Washington to report to President Roosevelt. He carried the sword Douglas MacArthur took from a Japanese general, and it will be presented to the President as a symbol of victory.

International News Service Washington Philippines Francis B. Sayre Roosevelt Douglas MacArthur

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