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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1942
Page
2
Columbus reporters note a statewide drive to register 7,000,000 Ohioans for sugar rationing from May 4 to 7. Teachers will handle forms 3 pm to 9 pm, with one adult per family registering. Large users will be registered April 28–29 at public high schools.
City council Monday night authorized Service Director L. W. J. Cooper to buy about 1,000,000 gallons of road oil for use on city dirt streets this summer at up to 55 thousand dollars from gasoline and motor vehicle license taxes. The ordinance also approved purchasing 7,500 tons of slag for no more than 7,500 dollars. No oil application plan was included. Cooper’s letter urged urgency to avoid material shortages and bid delays threatening the program.
In Wooster on March 24 Donald Dickason was named president of the Wooster Rotary club for the year. He was unanimously recommended by the nominating committee. Directors named by the committee include Blake Battles Louis Carter Edward Entriken Harry Landes Ura Mackey J R McLaughlin F E Schultz David Shafer Paul Wilbur and Robert Woods.
Francis D. Cronin, once chief clerk of a selective service board in Santa Clara, who helped send many youths to the army, has been inducted as a private at Minter Field California. His colleagues and other former draftees recall his role in enlisting youths.
Charleston report says Ensign Sam Byrd, known for Tobacco Road stage work, has been notified that his book Small Town South will be published this summer and has won a $2,500 prize for its portrayal of American life.
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