Canton Hears Urgent Call for Permanent Water Supply
Canton officials and engineers pressed for a rapid shift from wells to a surface water source. State board of health representative Homer Knox warned wells cannot meet future needs, citing a 15 year pattern of shortages and urging federal aid support for a diversion of Sandy Creek or similar surface source.
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Canton
City Council
State Board of Health
City Water Commission
of Havens & Emerson
Homer Knox
Columbus
Knox
William Bailey
William Havens
Sandy Creek
Weather Trend Signals Mild, Dry Pattern Across Regions
The map shows mild temperatures and minimal precipitation as the standout trend. Light rain has touched southern Florida and the north Pacific coast, with more widespread light rain and drizzle stretching through Texas and Oklahoma as temperatures run 20 to 25 degrees above normal from Wisconsin toward Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Florida
North
Pacific Coast
Texas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Kansas
Timken Stamp Drive Surpasses $36 417 in Final Day
Canton sets a national example as defense savings stamp sales in the Timken Roller Bearing Co drive exceed $10,000 on the final day, totaling $15,081 in a campaign that began Armistice Day. Eight Timkenettes and workers sold stamps for a grand total of $36,417.10 across 2,258 receipts, with prize promotional activity by the Timken Mystery Man boosting participation.
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Canton
Defense Savings
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Pal Joey
Timkenettes
Abe Pickus cables Tojo to "wake up" world war
Cleveland oil dealer Abe Pickus who has sparred with world dictators sent a telegram to Japan's Premier Tojo urging him to wake up. Pickus, a self described ambassador of peace, questioned civilized nations' tolerance for Hitler and his militarists and recalled Kaiser Wilhelm while urging action.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Abe Pickus
Japan
Tojo
Tokyo
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Attention bricklayers election of officers
The Bricklayers union announces the election of officers on December 1st. Jack Smith is named Secretary-Advocate for the slate.
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Jack Smith
Sec
Adv
Eight German ships sunk by British submarines
British submarines in Arctic waters severely punished German reinforcements to Murmansk. The admiralty reported at least eight transports and supply ships sunk with five more damaged. Submarines Tigris and Trident credited with sinking multiple vessels and damaging others, including troop transports on the heavily escorted convoys.
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Associated Press
London
Murmansk
Soviet Arctic
Admiralty
Arctic
Sumarines
Tigris
H. F. Bone
Bulletin
Trident
G. F. Sladen
H. M. S. Trident
Bids Hit 750000 For Courthouse Site
County commissioners confirmed two new offers of 750000 each for the present county building site on public square. Several earlier bids rose from 400000. The county has paid 20000 on the Harter site on Market area, a 13 acre tract bought for 165000 with remaining payments due in 1942. Possession will follow and courthouse congestion relief plans will be made.
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Public Square
Harter
Market
Tax gas line revenue to fund Canton and Massillon
The first distribution of gasoline excise taxes based on the 1940 automobile registrations, authorized today by State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson, will net Canton 33,533 and Massillon 7,823.
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Joseph T. Ferguson
Canton
Massillon
Russians Drive Into Rostov And Battle Near Moscow
Russian and German forces traded heavy blows along a 1200 mile frontline with Soviet troops recapturing part of Rostov and pushing toward Moscow while a counteroffensive northwest of the capital aided by ice-crossed Volga crossings widened German setbacks near Klin and Kalinin.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Moscow
Volga
Moscow Radio
Izvestia
Tula
Kalinin
Klin
Russia
Rostov
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Don
Caucasus
Hitler
Japan Says Burma Road Patrol Would Be Hostile Act
The Domei news agency reports Japanese warplanes attacked the Burma Road for the first time in weeks. It cautions that any US patrol of the highway would be a very serious matter, possibly legal, and hostile to Japan without precedent in international law. A Domei observer said Japan would not overlook such patrols.
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United Press
Tokyo
Domei
Burma Road
United States
Japan
All-County Scholastic Football Team To Appear Sunday
The 1941 All-County team, chosen by coaches, newspaper men and observers, will be featured in Sundays sports section with photos. It includes first, second and third teams from Class A and highlights top players of the season.
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HE Repository
Battered Price Measure Reaches Senate Doorstep
The administration price control bill, passed by the House 224 to 161 after major changes, faces slim chances of becoming law this session. It would set ceilings on commodity prices and rents in defense areas, with a board to review administrator rulings. A licensing provision drew sharp critique, and a move to return the bill to banking committee failed 171 to 134. Leon Henderson is named as likely administrator under the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Board of
Price Administration
Herbert Hoover
Sumner
Ilinois
Banking Committee
Board of Review
Leon Henderson
Bil
Amusements and Comics Across the Pages
The page lists amusements, comics, and puzzle features including Believe It or Not, a 42 crossword, Damon Runyon, Day in Canton, Dramas, and a serial story. It notes sections on Church News, Deaths, Editorials, Markets, radio programs, and sports coverage up to a century of sports era.
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Damon Runyon
Canton
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
President Roosevelt finishes Georgia trip by car
President Roosevelt left his special train at Newnan Georgia and rode by automobile to the Warm Springs foundation about 40 miles away. The trip came during a brief vacation delayed twice, taken in sunny Georgia weather as he headed toward Warm Springs.
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United Press
Newnan
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation
Ohio’s happiest boy sees rainbow in fog
Youngstown reporter notes Bobby Fannon, a boy from Mahoning County, missed a Hi Y conference departure due to heavy fog. A YMCA booster volunteered to fly him to Springfield to join 34 other boys for the event.
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Ohio
Prean
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Bobby Fannon
Springfield
Battle Near Tobruk Hits Axis in Libyan Desert
Cairo reports Great Britain's air and mechanized forces clash with trapped Axis units in the Libyan desert as New Zealand troops widen a wedge from Sidi Rezegh toward Tobruk. British armor and RAF engage southeast of the Tas are key in the ongoing struggle to break Axis lines east of Tobruk.
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United Press
Cairo
Great Britain
Libyan
Tobruk
Royal Air Force
Sidi Rezegh
New Zealand
Rezegh
Ed Duda
Sollum
Bardia
Rezegh-Tobruk
Capuzzo-Halfaya
Egyptian
el Adem
Libya
Aquila
Gailo
Gulf of Sidra
Rommel
Tripoli
All troop leaves canceled at Singapore stronghold
The Associated Press reports that all troop leaves at the large British Far Eastern base in Singapore have been canceled as a normal precautionary move in view of the Pacific situation.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Pacific
Halifax Promises Help in Far East Policy
Secretary Hull and Lord Halifax met for an hour as Tokyo weighed peace or war. Halifax said Britain cooperates with the United States and supports the American stance that Japan must decide. Hull declined to forecast a Thailand or Pacific clash, directing questions to the armed services.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Hull
Lord Halifax
Japan
Pacific
Halifax
Britain
United States
Thailand
Tokyo
Indo-China
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