Machine Tool Output Surges as Defense Demands Rise
A New York report notes U.S. machine tool industry neared an all time high in 1939 and more than doubled in 1940. In early 1941 output rose about 70 percent faster than a year earlier, signaling strides toward higher defense production while aluminum utensil makers face temporary shortages and possible curbs.
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New York
Uncle Sam
OPM
Bill Knudsen
Defense
Washington
Tobil Bansiwat
Price stability in war economy faces looming costs
The Labor Department index shows prices 2 percent higher than August 1939 as war production starts. Experts warn shortages may push consumer prices higher, fueling wage demands and labor trouble. Harriet Elliott of the NDAC proposes policies to curb rises: base price increases on actual costs, moderate new-goods markups, and adjust inventories without automatic upcharges.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Harriet Elliott
NDAC
Gardens in the Money Bloom as New York Show Opens
New York Flower Show signals a boom in garden business with records in equipment demand. Highlights include the Garden-All kneelevator new hose from B F Goodrich and a plantarium to train rambler roses on walls. The thrift garden kit offers $10 seeds for a four person season of vegetables.
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New York
B. F. Goodrich
Juniior Garden Club
Ace Novelty
Toy libraries operate in New York towns
Toy libraries in several New York state towns lend playthings for two week periods, then recover and disinfect items between lending cycles. The effort aims to provide safe, rotating access to toys while maintaining cleanliness standards.
Presbyterians Give Praise To Hendrickson
The Milton Presbyterian church congregation voted unanimously to support Rev. S. Hendrickson as he considers resigning to take a pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church of Lorain. The meeting named E. E McConnell moderator and W. W Schwartz clerk, with Hendrickson to give a final answer at an adjourned meeting next Sunday.
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S. Hendrickson
Milton Presbyterian Church
Mr Hendrickson
First First , Presbyterian Church of
Lorain
H. S Squibbs
A. M. Wenger
E. E McConnell
W. W Schwartz
W F Sellers 59 Dies at Creston After Heart Attack
Wellis Pletcher Sellers, 59, long time Creston merchant and civic figure, died after a heart attack at his store Monday. He helped run Tuttle and Sellers, Sellers and Ober, and Sellers and Long in Creston for 33 years. Survived by his wife Nora, daughter Virginia Long, two sisters, and a granddaughter Jo Anne Long. Funeral held Wednesday at the Methodist church. Burial in Creston cemetery.
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Wellis Pletcher Sellers
W H Sellers
Dalton
Creston
Sellers
U. S Tuttle
Men’s Brotherhood
Creston Board of Trade
Ifa
Nora
Virginia Long
Anna Tuttle
Catherine Gibson
Jo Anne Long
Methodist Church
Murray Funeral Home
Charles Means
Dubs Gensemer
Harry Stebbins
Claude Woodward
L. E Patterson
W V Newberry
Creston Cemetery
Mrs. E. J. McConnell Named Librarian in Rittman
At a city hall meeting the Rittman Library Board appointed Mrs. E. J. McConnell to be Librarian sharing duties with Miss Hartzler. The move aims to improve service at the Public Library, which partners with Wooster library to obtain top books. The local library has long provided special services to children.
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Rittman Library Board
City Hall
E. J. McConnell
S. Main St
Mary Marie. Hartzler
Rittman
Wooster Library
Local Men Receive Draft Questionnaires Across County
The Eastern part of the county lists numerous draftees from towns like Rittman Doylestown Marshallville Sterling and Walnut Creek with names such as Victor Res Hooser Rev Louis Sohar and Cletus Durbin. Western Wayne County reports rosters from Creston Wooster and nearby towns with several individuals aged mid twenties among them Edwin Fouche Arvil Buxton James Patterson and Donald Montgomery.
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Clude Victor Res Hooser
Louis Sohar
Rittman
Eicb
den Morrell
Doylestown
Clarendé Frederick Poetter
Marshallville
Mike Miller
Charles Monroe Steele
Sterling
John Petak Rittman
Taylor Wilson
Robert Stanley Steele Miller
Leonard Merl Killough
Clayton Wesley Kunkler
Donald Jackson Lake
Richard Reynolds Prouts
Donald Ralph Snell
Charles Wallace Harrington
Warren Glenn Hammel
Doyleyown
Russell B. Thompson
Marsshalville
Ralph Leonard Sluder
Sterling George Gabor, Jr
Thomas Earl Menogay
Cletus John Durbin
Lester Edwin Warner
Rollin Stobart Jones
Ritten Sylvaster
William Ott
Doylastown
Donald Eugene West
Hollis William Frampton
Charles Everett Shilling
Marshall Title
Hilbert Andrew Bougher
Rey Henry Lutz
Leland
Virgil Musser
James— Nittis Hite
Virgil Paul Hanzi
Lewis Franklin Hoover Rittman
Lyman Waler
Allen
Mike Racin
Wayne County
Woostern
Edwin Leroy Fouche
Creston R
Strip-teaser Gypsy Rose Lee Divorces Mizzy in California
Gypsy Rose Lee files for divorce from Arnold R. Mizzy a New York dental supply manufacturer. The couple wed in California in 1937.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
St. Patrick’s Day
Arnold R. Mizzy
New York
California
Catherine Twinem Wins State Legion Essay Contest
Rittman High School senior Catherine Twinem won the state American Legion Essay Contest after success in Wayne County and the 10th district. Ohio Supreme Court justices served as judges, and she earned a 10 day trip to Washington DC starting April 19.
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Rittman
Washington, D. C
Catherine Twinem
Rittman Myr School
Je. Pwinem
WL Park Sh
Witte
American Legion
Ohio Supreme Court
Washington, DC
Miss Twinem
E. O ’Hart
oMn
Rittman High School
M.s. Twinem
Wayne County
School official bars essay contest winner announcement
Superintendent W A Garver refused to let W L De Weese of the state American Legion announce Catherine Twinem's victory in the state essay contest. DeWeese told the Press that in seven years as director he has never before been refused time before the general school assembly to announce the beginning contest winners.
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Rittman
Rittman Legionnaires
Catherine Twitter
Rittman Post
W. A. Garver
W. L. DeWeese
State
American Legion
Catherine Twinem
DeWeese
General School Assembly
Lincoln and the Constitution in preserving Union and liberty
The piece outlines Lincoln’s commitment to the Constitution while allowing wartime flexibility. It notes his belief in enforcing and defending the Constitution, using war powers to save the Union, emancipation as a wartime measure, and the annual day of thanksgiving and prayer as lasting practices. It emphasizes unity among states to preserve government and liberties.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Congress
Lincoln
Daughter Born to Blatter Family in Rittman
A daughter was born Friday March 21 at Wadsworth Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lester Blatter of Rittman R D The mother Dora Blatter is the former Dora First in a local birth notice confirming the family details.
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Lester Blatter
Rittman R. D
Wadsworth Hospital
Blatter
Dora First
Rittman High Band to Play Spring Concert Friday Night
The Rittman High School Band, 50 members strong, will close its year with the Spring concert Friday at 8 15 p m in the High School auditorium. The start is delayed a quarter hour for town religious services. Guest conductor will be Roger Broucek of the University of Connecticut Band. Lois Espenchild will perform a xylophone solo and Rog er McGee will give a baritone solo.
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Rittman High School
Hien School
Jack Coy
Victor Gravereau
Jack W. Broucek
University of Connecticut
Lois Espenchild
Roger McGee
Sola
Measles Epidemic Hits Rittman Primary Students
A Rittman school reports a measles surge with 83 first graders, 21 second graders, seven third graders, and light kindergarten cases. The outbreak began late last week prompting a two week quarantine and expected low attendance in primary grades.
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Rittman
Ella Major
Miss Deckman
Miss_Major
Miss Sandberg
The Fire Bug opens at Rittman High School April 1
The Northwestern Press backed three act play The Fire Bug is set for 8 p m Tuesday April 1 in Rittman High School Auditorium under the Rittman Fire Department. Directed by Hubert Paridon the cast includes Frances Hapronick Bea Miner Agnes Paridon Rosemary Steiner Mary Lou Deibel Bob Marahali Gharies Steiner Leo Witschey Bill Haller Edward Petit and Hiden Homan.
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Northwestern Press
Hubert Paridon
Doylestown
Frances Hapronick
Bea Miner
Agnes Paridon
Rosemary Steiner
Mary Lou Deibel
Bob Marahali-Gharies-Steiner
Leo Witschey
Bill Haller
Edward Petit
Hiden Homan
Rittman High School
Rittman Fire Department
Popular Evangelist Returns To U B Church
Rev Lon Woodrum the Edgar Quest Evangelist will return to the Rittman United Brethren Church for a pre Easter evangelistic meeting. He has endeared himself to many in the congregation and outside. The Official Board unanimously requested his return. The season runs from April 1 through Easter Day with special music.
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Lon Woodrum
Edgar Quest
Rittman United Brethren Church
Woodrum
Deibel Named To Lead Jury For This Year
Judge Walter J Mougey appoints Simon Brenner of Wooster and William Deibel of Doylestown to lead the jury commission. They began duties Saturday with a draw of April grand and petit juries. Grand jurors report April 7. petit jurors report when called. Named grand jurors include John Bidinger of Doylestopia. Petit jurors include Adam Klein of Doylestown and Leo L Huffman of Creston R D 1.
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Walter J Mougey
Simon Brenner
Wooster
William Deibel
Doylestown
John Bidinger
Doylestopia
Adam Klein
Léo L. Huffman
Creston R. D
Lisbon draft board donation near h honors clerk Johnson
The Lisbon district draft board announced a class 1-A designation for its own clerk Johnson, 30, highlighting a near completion of the draft process.
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Lisbon
Johnson
Court Upholds Handbill Regulation in Rittman Case
The Webster Common Pleas Court granted a temporary injunction against enforcing the portion of Rittman’s handbill ordinance that charged out of town advertisers for licenses and per advertisement fees in a shopping guide. The section regulating distribution time and manner was upheld, with the Herald Publishing Co. of Barberton as plaintiff challenging the ordinance under Ohio law.
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Rittman
Walter J Morgey
Common Pleas
Webster
Herald Publishing Co
Barberton
Rithmuan
Ohio
Bill Pass
Rittman Ig
Hershey & Rohrer Promote Spring Seed Ad In Rittman Press
Hershey and Rohrer run their annual spring seed fertilizer and plant food advertisement in The Rittman Press page 3. The notice urges the community to start gardening, announcing that spring is here and readers can work outdoors in shirt sleeves.
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Ari
Hershey & Rohrer
Rittman Press
Council Upholds Ordinance on Bills, Trespass Rules
The council enacted strict clauses forbidding passing bills before 7 am on Sundays and holidays, trespassing on lawns, and scattering bills on streets and private property. The court upheld these provisions and plans to adjust fees to conform to nuisance regulations. Residents’ input is welcome.
Night prowler fear eased as police report pass realizes
Marshal Charles Heffelman told The Press there is no longer fear among southern and western town women about a Diagonal Street night prowler who molested several towspeople last week. A young man accused faced Probate Judge U S Saundeya at Wooster and was sent to Columns for weeks of observation. Sam Spersky of Rittman was arrested for intoxication, tried before Mayor John Baldwin and fined $5 plus costs. Henry Paulk of Barberton also faced intoxication charges and was fined $8 plus tests. Roy Winkler of Wadsworth will be tried Thursday for reckless driving after tipping a tree and damaging his car front near Joe Pape’s home.
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Sams
Wayne
Steve Roman
Wooster
Charles Heffelman
Diagonal St
Bettes
Sam Spersky
Rittman Wes
John Baldwin
Henry Paulk
Barberton
Baldwin
Roy “Winkler
Wadsworth
Winkler
Sterling Ave
Joe Pape
Mrs Beachy Excels In First Aid Exam At Wooster
Mrs M R Beachy of Rittman substituted for her husband in the Rittman franchise and was the only woman to take the first aid examination given at Wooster. Officials reported she paused with one of the highest grades. M R Beachy and E O Bawls of Rittman also took the examination.
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M. R. Beachy
Rittman
R. DB
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