Roosevelt pushes swift tax plan in inflation fight
President Roosevelt urged immediate action on a large anti inflation tax program in a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Doughton. The committee signaled likely delay as it prioritizes price control measures. Roosevelt warned that delaying taxes would worsen living costs and defense funding.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
House
Doughton
Ways Committee
Treasury
Coughton
Congress
George
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee
Weather report from Stark County division
Local temperatures throughout the day show readings from 32 to 35 degrees with a morning low around 32. The record high for the date is 75 in 1915 and the record low 19 in 1894, with a maximum wind velocity of 15 mph from the southwest at 16 a.m. Barometer stood at 29.16 at noon and was stationary. precipitation trace noted for the past 24 hours ending at noon.
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Stark County
State Highway Department
Columbus Weather Bureau
Canton Hardware to Close for Death of E C Raedel Sr
Canton Hardware will close at noon Wednesday and reopen Thursday morning due to the death of E C Raedel Sr. A brief obituary notice informs customers of the altered hours and honors the local business figure.
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Canton Hardware
E. C. Raedel, Sr
E. C. Raedel,Sr
Canton Man Remembers Unknown Soldier Rites
Twenty years ago today the body of a nameless American soldier was laid to rest in Arlington cemetery near Washington, D. C. The tomb inscription reads Here Rests In Honored Glory An American Soldier Known But To God. Elmer D. Randall of 1117 17th St NW recalls joining a 1921 expedition aboard the U S S Olympia to bring home the unknown from France, with army and navy officials and a marine guard of honor.
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France
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Elmer D. Randall
17Th St NW
Randall
International News Service
Army
Navy
Marine Guard of Honor
City Council Studies Water Supply Plan
Havens and Emerson report presented to council urges a surface water system from a Sandy Creek diversion dam in Tuscarawas County, favoring Sandy Creek over a Middlebranch valley reservoir and offering Sugar Creek as secondary, with $740,400 in federal aid eyed and a quick committee review requested.
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Havens & Emerson
Cleveland
L. W. J. Cooper
Water Committee
Cooper
Public Works Administration
Council
Sandy Creek
Tuscarawas County
Nimishillen Creek
Sandy
Middlebranch Valley
Sugar Creek
Beach City
Bus Depot Expansion Planned for Canton
Presley S. Campbell announced expansion of the Canton city bus depot at 402 2nd St SW to meet rising terminal needs. Since August 1939 passenger traffic rose 40 percent, with 325 buses arriving daily. Plans include a 33 by 100 foot adjacent lot for bus parking, a rear canopy for discharging passengers, a larger waiting area, a bigger restaurant, and added seating at an estimated cost of about 2400 dollars.
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Canton
2Nd St
Presley S. Campbell
Campbell
McKinley
A. C. Hogg
Youngstown
Penn-Ohio Coach Lines
McKinley Ave
Deputies wound fleeing driver after collision pursuit
Lawrence Swinford of Mineral City is hospitalized with a neck wound after deputies tried to stop his car following a crash involving two other cars on Route 8 north of East Sparta. Sgt. Lower and Deputy Wilbert Jones fired at the fleeing vehicle when warned by a dragging bumper, injuring Swinford who was in a car previously reported stolen in Canton. Swinford’s condition is listed as fair.
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Lawrence Swinford
Mineral City
Mercy Hospital
East Sparta
Sgt. Lower
Wilbert Jones
Canton
Dick France
Swinford
Tuscarawas County
Route 8
Bicycle crash leaves boy with leg fracture
Nick Giavasis, 12, of 1918 11th st NE, suffered a left leg fracture after being struck by a bicycle on Mahoning rd and Harrisburg rd NE at 4:30 P.M. He was taken to Mercy hospital. The rider was Don Mills of 1800 Harrisburg rd NE. In a separate incident, Edward B. Marks, 20, of 2229 22nd st NW, sustained knee contusions after his car collided at 2nd st and Gibbs are NE with driver William N. Gill, 21, of Minerva, who was charged with disregarding a signal.
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Nick Giavasis
11Th St NE
Mahoning Rd
Harrisburg Rd
Mercy Hospital
J. B. Stearn
W. T. Boyd
Don Mills
Edward B. Marks
22Nd St NW
2Nd St
Gibbs
Joseph Ferguson
E. W. Crawford
William N. Gill
Minerva
Roosevelt urges perpetual vigilance to preserve liberty
In an Armistice Day address from Arlington National Cemetery, President Roosevelt declares Americans must continue to fight to defend liberty and democracy. He cites Sgt. Alvin York and notes liberty is worth fighting for eternally to keep it for future ages. The ceremony included a wreath at the Unknown Soldier tomb and honored World War I sacrifices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
American Legion
U. S
America
Europe
Abraham Lincoln
Alvin York
Tennessee
People of
Sgt. York
Reds trap Nazis in Moscow area
German troops east of Leningrad threaten Arctic supply routes to the Soviet Union as Red troops encircle large Nazi forces near Volokolamsk, 65 miles northwest of Moscow, and Moscow defenses repel a renewed German assault near Maloyaroslavets. Berlin says forces advance in Karelia threaten Murmansk and Archangel supply lines.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Arctic
United States
Great Britain
Volokolamsk
Moscow
Maloravoslavets
Maloyaroslavets
Berlin
Karelia
Murmansk
White Sea
Archangel
Northland
Churchill talk stirs Japan in war warning debate
Tokyo dispatch notes anger over Churchill's warning that Britain may declare war within the hour if Japan moves against the United States. Asahi and Yomiuri call the speech a bold challenge, while Japanese officials balance caution with a restrained response and continue watching Britain’s fleet moves.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Churchill
Britain
United States
Yomiuri
Japan
Asahi
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
England
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Robert
London
Koh Ishii
Domei
Roosevelt in White House talks as UMW frowns on union shop
United Press reports a 9 to 2 board vote against a union shop in captive coal mines sparks a looming clash. John L. Lewis’s policy committee meets Friday while Roosevelt warns against individualistic interests hindering steel production. Biden? No.
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Washington
National Defense Mediation Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
William H. Davis
Lewis
Roosevelt
White House
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers Union
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Co
America
Mediation Board
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mr. Lewis
U. S
Congress
Taps Echo Over Downtown In City's War Dead Salute
Canton observes the 23rd armistice anniversary with a public square ceremony in near freezing weather. Rabbi Charles B. Latz opens the service at 11. Veterans groups’ color bearers hold flags as Raymond Best and Jack Stevenson blow taps atop the crowd. George Popa and Ray Huston echo taps from adjacent buildings.
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Canton
Charles B. Latz
Defense
Raymond Best
Jack Stev
Ordinance Restores Police Fire Salaries City Council action
The city council voted to fully restore police and fire department wages to pre-1932 levels, effective January 1, 1942. Firemen and patrolmen start at 2040 yearly, with staged raises. detailed police and fire schedules set chief at 3250, captains at 2700 and 2500 respectively, plus other roles with salaries listed.
Apple House offers fresh sweet cider daily in Fulton NW
Daily fresh sweet cider available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House in Fulton NW, as advertised.
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Apple House
Fulton NW
Timken Fire Truck Run Sparked Downtown Stamp Day
Eight Timkenettes rode a fire ladder truck through Market Ave in Canton for the Timken Defense Stamp Day kickoff a busy morning. An unexpected fire alarm paused the stunt but the crew resumed later. The girls handed out defense guns and literature as crowds gathered, with plans to march in the Armistice Day parade and staff stamp booths.
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Central Station
Market Ave
Defense Savings
Canton
Central Fire Station
Defense
Consumers Enlisted In War Against Waste Of Materials
Canton joins a national War Against Waste program with a consumer pledge push led by Charles M. Isaac and Mrs Ian B Hamilton. The week opens with Armistice services and Civilian Defense themes as merchants and housewives sign the pledge to curb extravagances.
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Canton
Ian
Roosevelt
Charles M. Isaac
Ian B. Hamilton
Total Defense
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U.S
Liberty
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Knox
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Harold R. Stark
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IRE
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Ruth Pickard
Betty Moore
Patricia Kilcullen
Mary Shean
Virginia Shively
Antoinette Kapp
United Press
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Damon Runyon
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
Enson
Arthur Drakenbrod
Bob White
Floyd Hughes Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harter Bank
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George Popa
Floyd Hughes
Ray Huston
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