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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1942
Page
12
Congress completed action on legislation to reward postal workers for long service. The bill authorizes an $84 annual raise after 10 years of continuous service and a further $60 after five more years, with the measure sent to the White House after House approval of a conference report.
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker visited the Ravenna Ordnance plant with executives and officers to inspect war production and boost morale. He praised the state departments aiding the war effort, emphasized highway, health, agriculture roles, and noted the plant’s rapid, large scale output and strict safety measures.
Ralph Groves of Steubenville urged Ohio Young Republican clubs to back a call for a special legislative session to ensure soldiers have adequate voting time. He wrote to Fred Milligan and proposed a meeting discussion in Youngstown. A state official noted absentee voting now has about 30 days and suggested moving filing or delaying the primary to extend voting time for soldiers.
In Youngstown on March 25 the 1.187 mill levy to fund municipal raises, more staff, fire equipment, and civilian defense was defeated 12,054 to 5,260. The measure needed 65 percent to pass.
Jefferson City Mo March 25 Convicted of soliciting a bribe during Missouri's 61st assembly state Rep Edward F Byrnes of St Louis was sentenced to two months in jail and a $100 fine. Plant rules are rigid and obeyed by old timers and by newcomers who join the payroll to the extent of several hundred daily. A wagon load of what they're making at Ravenna could end the war and may.
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