Bolivia Called to War Against Axis Nations
Bolivia enacted a wartime decree calling the nation to oppose Germany Italy and their Axis satellites. Congress expected to be urged to declare war. mobilization measures and mining production boosts were outlined, with Penaranda slated to discuss ties with the United States in Washington.
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Bolivia
Associated Press
LA Paz
Chamber of Deputies
Enrique Penaranda
Congress
Tomas Manual Ellen
Brazil
South America
Germany
Italy
Japan
Argentina
Angener Ichazo
Army General Staff
Total
Penaranda
United States
Washington
United Nations
Henry A. Wallace
Cochabamba
War Picture in Russia Unchanged
April 8 dispatch reports no major overnight shifts on the Russian front. The Red Army stormed German lines south of Igim, capturing advantageous positions under heavy fire after days of German assaults. Soviets halted large German operations in Sevsk, with Volkhov actions continuing and limited fighting near Leningrad and Smolensk as artillery duels and scouting persisted.
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Moscow
Red Army
Lgim
Sevsk
Kursk
Volkhov
Hissoclan
Leningrad
Smolensk
Kuhan
Rosetov
Mrs Kendrick Speaks To Newcomers Club In Adrian
Mrs Irene Kendrick, columnist for The Telegram, spoke to Adrian Newcomers Club at the library auditorium about life philosophy and changes seen over time. Verdene Garrison sang solos. tea followed with sweetpeas and snapdragons. April 21 luncheon plans announced. United Ladies Society noted for May meeting at Mrs Mary Bohn’s home.
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Newcomers Club
Library
Verdene
Garrison
Irene Kendrick
Lenawee
Adrian
Kendrick
the Telegram
Tower Room
W. H. Jump
Howard Stillson
Eugene Schmidt
Earl Zalt
James. Blesn
Dennis Street
Charles Lund
United Ladies Society of
Mary Bohn
East Butler Street
Amiel Thieme
Roy Barkey
Road Men to Aid in Tin Can Salvage Drive
The Lenawee county road commission again loans its men and trucks to a countywide tin can salvage effort. On Saturday tracks will visit rural schools to collect cans gathered by students and residents, with cans left curbside Friday night. Cans must be washed, labeled removed, and flattened before delivery to the New York Central freight station in Adrian.
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Lenawee
Road Commission
New York Central
Arian
Adrian Senday
130 Hens Killed by Hudson Dogs
Two dogs owned by Dr. Fred W. Stewart and Charles Goll near Hudson killed 130 laying hens in a coop owned by J. C. Sawyer. Deputies Van Etten and Lawrence investigated and appraised losses at about 227.50 dollars. A claim will be presented to the stock claims committee of the board of supervisors.
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Fred W. Stewart
Charles Goll
Sudson
7. C. Sawyer
Hudson
Lloyd van Etten
Frank Lawrence
Paul Manadhan
Hudson Township
Board of Supervisors
63 Boys Quit School Due To War
Statistics at Advan senior high school show that one in five boys enrolled at the start of the school year has withdrawn to answer war plant wages or to join the armed forces. Since last September, 63 boys have left, 44 to factories, 16 to the armed services, and 3 in college under army navy supervision. Principal W. O. Abdon notes the senior class suffers most, with 14 in the armed services and 10 taking advantage of factory money earners. Freshmen losses total 20, junior class withdrawals include 14 to factories and two in service, while junior high withdrawals are nearly nil.
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Advan
Armed Forces
Army of Navy
W. O. Abdon
Armed Services
Coliure
A. J. Hyper
Hitler Meets Mussolini Reported In Rome Meeting
In Bern, April, unconfirmed reports from Rome say Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a conference on European defense. The meeting, possibly at the Brenner Pass, discussed strategic defenses as Axis leaders assess threats to the continent amid Allied advances in Tunisia.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Cirtles
Rome
Brenner Pass
Tunis
AMS
Lenawee County to name six bombers if bond quota met
Lenawee County seeks to exceed its April 1 990 million drive quota by sponsoring six bombers built at 300000 each. Frank N Isbey credits the plan as approved by the treasury department, with Adrian merchants preparing to display bomber photographs. The campaign features a meeting at Croswell theater and a staged play, while local stores plan to stay open later to accommodate buyers and clerks.
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Lenaweel
Lenawee
Palmer
Frank N. Isbey
Michigan
Treasury Department
Jsure
Army Ordnance Department
Will Seid
Adrian
Croswell
Orison
Arthur A. Palmer
War Savings
Reardon Pierson
Gasoline books revoked by Lenawee board list 17 violators
The Lenawee ration board announced revocations of 17 gasoline ration books as a enforcement measure under the 35 mile an hour speed rule. Names include Wayne Camp, Clifford Reed, Ernest Fetty, and others. The move aims to curb speeding and conserve fuel, with consequences extending to drivers and their families.
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Lenawee Ration Board
OPA
Besr
Ted
Zela
Lenawee County
Wayne Camp
Clifford H. Reed
Ernest Fetty
Stanley C. Heabler
Lewis R. Green
Rellie Baughey
Pierre Osborne
Chester J. Fuller
William C. Schubert
Gerald JT. Eldridge
Roger E. VanValkenberg
Howard J
Mac Raeland M. Pole
Raymond M
Fortress strafes Japanese convoy in Pacific raid
Allied forces report a flying fortress attacked a three ship Japanese convoy northwest of Kavieng New Ireland. An Australian Beaufort scored near misses on a destroyer off Bougainville. Reconnaissance plus strafing followed by a Seaplane interception claim minor damage. Other strikes hit towns airfields and harbors across New Guinea and New Britain.
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Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Pacific
Bougainville Island
Solomons
MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Finschhafen
Lae
Salamaua
37 Japanese planes destroyed in the solomons
American fighter planes claim to have shot down 37 Japanese aircraft in a sky battle over the southeastern Solomon Islands as a Japanese air raid on American shipping near Guadalcanal is reported. The navy release notes Dauntless and Avenger dive bombers with Wildcat fighters, engaging targets at Vila and near Guadalcanal with fires started and no U.S. casualties.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglass Sbd
Avenger
Grumman
Catalina
Vila
Kahiti
Tre
Shortland Island
Choiseul Island
Santa Isabel Island
Adrian to Begin Five to Six House Conversions
Work is set to start soon on five or six Adrian apartment conversion projects under a new government plan. J Braun of the HOLC and Harry Chapman reported progress is above average, with the first project at 101 South Main Street owned by E F Sonerant.
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Adrian Residences
J. Braun
Cleveland
National Housing Agency
Harry Chapman
Home Owners Loan Corporation Sentative
Detroit
Adrian
South Main Street
E. F. Sonerant
Be. Brayn
HOLC
War Housing Center
City Hall
Braun
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously to Stanley Davis
The Order of the Purple Heart is awarded posthumously to Pfc. Stanley C Davis formerly of Sand Creek for his honor and bravery. He was killed in action in New Guinea on November 5 while serving with the 32nd Division. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Davis, now live in Hudson, received the medal from the War Department. Davis enlisted in November 1940.
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Stanley C Davis
Sand Creek
New Guinea
Pfc. Davis
War Department
Claude Davis
Hudson
Eden says US Britain share policy toward France
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden reports full accord between Britain and the United States on postwar policy toward France after talks in Washington. He invited Secretary Hull to visit London with Churchill's approval, noting close similarity of outlook on postwar problems and war conduct.
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U.S
Britain
France
Eden
London
Anthony Eden
Washington
House of Commons
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Churchill
Russia
School Board Adopts Budget of 396000
The Adrian board of education approved a budget totaling 356,060 dollars, up about 32,900 from last year, driven largely by a ten percent salary increase for all school staff and higher operating costs. The board plans a July vote on a 160,000 dollar operating levy and 17,760 dollar debt service, with state aid filling the rest. Plans include opening the high school pool this summer for public use with a 25 cent fee, under city park and school board supervision. Irene Carr, Peart Damon, and Henry Pries were named census enumerators for May. The district will begin charging tuition for all nonresident pupils under a new state law.
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Board of Education
Adrian Teachers Club
Thoarte
Annal
Ite
City Park Commission
Irene Carr
Peart Damon
Henry Pries
Censtax
Little
Adrian
Price administrator opposes pace bill
Washington April 8 Price Administrator Prentiss Brown asked the Senate agriculture committee for sympathy and understanding as he argued that enacting the Pace bill would end the stabilization of prices and wages He warned the House approved measure to include all farm labor costs in the parity formula would have a very far reaching inflationary effect The hearing followed yesterday's Senate battle over the Bankhead bill to raise farm price ceilings and Brown repeated his claim that the Pace bill would push parity prices of farm products upward by about 14 percent
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brown
Senate
Japanese attack in Burma repulsed by British forces
British artillery pounded a Japanese advance in Burma while Allied air strikes hit Sinwebo air field and other targets. The war bulletin said Japanese forces withdrew after heavy casualties with no change in Arakan fighting, and noted air and naval skirmishes along Mayu river and up the Mayu peninsula.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Arakan
Sinwebo
Wuntho
Pinlebu
Katha
Mayu Peninsula
Mayu River
Imperial Headquarters
Rome
Associated Press
Reid Still Leads in High Court Race in Michigan
Detroit reports April election progress shows unofficial totals from 3,711 of 3,754 precincts with Chandler at 175,948 and Boyles at 174,771, while Reid trails at 150,539 and McAvinchey has 70,357 votes. Last remaining precincts include Mackinac, Montcalm, Cheboygan, and Menominee.
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Detroit
State Supreme Court
Michigan
Reid
Chandler
Boyles
McAvinchey
Mackinac County
Montcalm
Cheboygan
Menominee
War At A Glance
War at a Glance summarizes Allied advances in Tunisia as British First Army pushes ground, while Montgomery repels Axis counterattacks and pursues Rommel after a junction. Americans hit Naples and Sicily as Red Army storms Kharkov sectors. British-Dominion forces rout a Japanese attack in Arakan as Tokyo claims losses. Eden reports US Britain in unity on future France policy.
Rommel’s positions shelled as Allies close on Tunis
Allied forces in North Africa pushed Rommel’s rear guards toward Tunis with a joint advance by the U S Third Army and British Eighth Army. Patton and Montgomery’s units broke the Wadi El Akarit line, repulsed counter attacks, and began a nighttime withdrawal. Eisenhower praised Alexander for the successful coordination as the march toward Tunis continued.
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Associated Press
North Africa
First Army
Medjit- El-Bab Bulge
U. S. Army
Eighth Army
Tunis
Rommel
U. S
Patton
Montgomery
Rovenel
Wadi el Akarit
Gahes
Gafsa- Gabes
el Guetar
Alexander
Eisenhower
Lin
Tunisia
Union Gas Ration Inquiry Put Off
Detroit hearings by district officials of the Office of Price Administration on whether Detroit union representatives and Teamsters AFL members using supplemental gasoline rations for Port Huron milk truck drivers have been filed. Postponed until Monday at the request of George S Fitzgerald attorney for the union. Reugsegger said the inquiry seeks violations of mileage rationing regulations, not the labor dispute.
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Detroit
Office of Price Administration
Teamsters Union
AFL
George 5. Fitzgerald
Port Huron
A. D. Reugsegger
GPA
Reugsegger
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Art Ith
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Geo Brablee
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Tve
Purple Heart
Stanley Davis
Ferjanat
Tebessa
Redeyel
Gafsa
Sheitla
Sfax
Aaknassy
Mareth
Medenine
Second Army Corps
Arrows
Mareth Line
Wadi el Abarit
Gassa Aves
Upper Arrow
Maknasss
North
PACE
Reid Still
E Associa
Medjez-El-Bab
Munchar
Tunis-Bizerte
Central Front
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Sicily
Kharkov Front
Tokyo
Maya Peninsula
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