RAF Maintains Around the Clock Raids Over France
British and German fliers clashed in daylight over France as the RAF pressed an around the clock offensive after heavy Ruhr raids. Hurricanes and Spitfires hit rail sidings and the Dunkirk dock area. two German planes were shot down and several damaged. A lone Spitfire noted a 200 ton German torpedo boat in the Channel, damaged in a dive. Four planes were reported missing from night attacks on St Nazaire Le Havre and Low Countries airfields.
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London
France
RAF
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Dunkirk
RAY
Germany
St Nazaire
le Havre
Low Countries
Adrian Fund Campaign Reaches Weekend Target
The Adrian Community Fund drive reports 89 693 pledged with 5663 collected last night at the Methodist Church. About 80 workers met. Boy Scout team led by Milton Whald pledges totaled 540. Other reports include Associated Charities 465 Camp Fire Girls 338 Salvation Army 302 YMCA 535 25, with 644 pledges making 2180 50. Deb Bert A Nims division reports 319 70 in six Adrien factories. FE Tobias notes 660 pledges from local firms. Adrian College faculty 148 80. schools about 50. final reports at Methodist Church dinner Friday with music by a string quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Milton Whald
Associated Charities
George H. Little
Camp Fire Girls
Allan C
Adrien
Debbert A. Nims
Leon Pierce
Special Gifts
Kathryn Wiggins
Lois Knepper
J. Harry Hungerford
W.S.C.S
Peaker
Milton Coleman
Russell B. McAfee
Community Fund Board
Claude E. Porter
Lenawee Supervisors Study Health Unit Plan
Lenawee County supervisors, closing their April session, formed a five member committee to study establishing a county health unit. Other actions included sanatorium budget report, apiary inspection funding proposed, deputy coordination for emergencies, Farm Security Administration space request, and a land title quit claim. Trial in Detroit recessed as McKay mail fraud case proceeds with telecom records debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee County
A. O. Howard
H. W. Lundahjaf Adrian
Rolto G. Conlin
Franklin Township
John J. Calhoun
Raisin Township
O. E. Zimmerman
Medina Township
W. E. Seager
Bissfield Township
Seager
Willis Moore
Adrian Township
Lenawee" Agricultural Council
Roscoe W. Scott
Ad-rian
Scott
Adelbert Vedder
Adrian
Farm Security Administration
Yester
Day Jerry Mandigo
Charles
Figg
Lenawee
John C. Howell
Madison Township
Detroit
Frank D. McKay
McKay
Fred C. Chrmann
U.S
Shackelford
Giller, Jr
Chambers
French Fleet Threat Could Endanger Mediterranean Supply Lines
British naval analysts warned that a stronger Nazi gain of control over the French fleet would pose grave risks to Allied supply routes to North Africa and Britain. An Axis-backed seizure of ships would risk redrawing Atlantic corridors, forcing a reevaluation of strategy in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic theaters. The report lists major French vessels and ships under possible Vichy control, noting limited options to prevent transfer and the need for U.S. naval measures if transfers occur.
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Ib Associates
Washington
Britain
Mediterranean
North
Africa
North Atlantic
England
Russia
English Mediterranean
Axis
Taranto
Cape Mata
Pan
Vichy
Provence
Dunkerque
Strasbourgh
Richelieu
Jean Bart
Gascogne
Clemenceau
Painleve
Joffre
Mattyr
Bearn
Jeanne d'Arc
Emile Bertin
Martinique
Guadeloupe
United States Navy
Caribbean
Corregidor Guns Pound Japanese Columns on Philippines
War Department reports Corregidor’s guns hit troop concentrations and truck columns on Bataan Peninsula while enemy ammunition dumps were exploded. Japanese casualties believed numerous. Cebu sees fierce fighting as a 12 000 strong invasion force supported by dive bombers and tanks lands. Corregidor raided five times. anti aircraft fire keeps planes high. Wainwright notes 65 raids in a week since April 9, yet damage to installations remains light and troop morale intact. Manila Bay shores shelling continues. Since invasion began, Corregidor has 206 air raid alarms, though raids are often multiple attacks per alarm.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Philippines
Bataan
Cebu
General Wainwright
Sland
Manila Bay
New Directors Elected by Chamber of Commerce
Six new members were chosen for the Adrian Chamber of Commerce board by mail ballot among 150 members. The new directors are Dr. Harry W. Lundahl Adrian mayor, Leslie Brown, William Wisner, Roy McPhail, L. A. Walker, and Norman Wailper for two-year terms. Remaining directors and retiring members will attend a dinner Monday to elect officers and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Chamber of Commerce
Harry W. Lundahl
Adrian
Leslie Brown
William Wisner
Roy McPhail
L. A. Walker
Norman Wailper
Harold Sherman
Richard Goff
Rc, Williams
Dwight Smith
George Little
Henry Callahan
Henry Bowen
Floyd Carpenter
Carl DeLamater
Howard Emery
Milton Nicolai
Richard Watts
Senate moves to ease war labor policy in congress
Washington April 16 Republican push to break the logjam on labor legislation began with a move to win Senate Labor Committee approval for a modified Smith anti strike bill. Taft and Ball said they aim to bring the measure up in the Senate for debate alongside a plant seizure bill while House naval affairs weighs a 48 hour week for war industries and ban on open shops. In Lansing M Clyde Stout, head of the state welfare commission, is reported in fair condition after a good night at St Lawrence hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
House
Taft
Rohio
Ball
Senate
House Naval Affairs Committee
Rep
Winsom
D-Ga
Smith
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Lansing
M. Clyde Stout
Ionia
State Social Welfare Commission
St Lawrence Hospital
Vichy French Cabinet Changes Signal New Alignments
Pierre Laval and Fernand de Brinon arrived at Vichy as rumors of an altered cabinet circulated. Laval, a key collaborationist, met with Petain while a silent crowd watched. In Washington, U S officials warned Americans to leave unoccupied France as fears grew that Hitler would seize the French fleet.
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Laval
Petain
France
Vichy
Pierrevoyal
Paris
Marshal Petain
Bern
Hitler
Fernand de Brinon
Washington
United States
Gaston Henry-Haye
State Department
Peace feelers from Germany rebuffed by Britain again
London dispatches in the London morning newspapers report that Hitler again sent peace feelers to Britain. The bid is described as rebuffed as before the German attack on Russia. German fears of an Allied landing and front-line setbacks are cited. A Cologne banker linked to Franz von Papen reportedly failed to secure a meeting with British envoys.
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London
Stockholm
Hitler
Britain
Russia
Daily Mail
Cologne
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Ditler
Raid On Japs A Field Day Says Royce
United States Army headquarters in Australia reports Brigadier General Ralph Royce describing a two day raid on the Philippines as a field day. Thirty heavy bombers and three four engine planes struck Manila Cebu Davao and Nichols Field causing Japanese panic and aircraft fire. Royce says MacArthur planned the operation and that he personally flew courier missions between attacks.
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United States Army
Australia
U.S.A
Ralph Royce
Philippines
Royce
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Batangas
Nichols Field
Corregidor
Cebu
Davao
Ace Nazi General Reported Sent To Northern France
London reports the possible appointment of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt to command German troops in northern France as Hitler seeks stronger defenses against a potential British American invasion. Observers note his experience could bolster troops lacking cohesion while Berlin circles discuss a reshuffle and reassignment to the western front.
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France
London
Gerd von Runstedt
Hitler
Daily Mail
Paris
Zurich
Berlin
von Runstedt
Otto Steulenagel
Russia
Morgenthau Eyes Monthly War Bond Push Nationwide
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that the Treasury will “ring every doorbell in the country once a month” to boost voluntary purchases of war savings bonds. He urged continuing the program and warned against coercive tactics. Rep. Martin of Massachusetts introduced a bill to allow absentee voting for armed forces in November elections and primaries, noting millions will be in combat.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasry
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
Armed’ Services
Thesa
Arthur
Rush
Lincoln
George
H. Brett
Allied Air Service
Cific
Royce
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Sean Henderson
Red Army Breaks German Front in Bryansk Sector
Red Army units pierced the first German line near Bryansk southwest of Moscow and occupied a dozen abandoned fortifications. The central front dispatches say Germans flooded reinforcements with 28 minor counterattacks by the 263rd division and heavy losses for six reserve battalions. Guerrillas hindered reinforcements as Von Breuschitsch directs German divisions.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Army
Bryansk
Moscow
63Rd
Information Bureau
Germany
Walther von Breuchitsch
Hitler
Japanese Reinforcements Pour Into Burma Battle
CHUNGKING April 16 Japanese forces are reported to be pouring five and a half fresh divisions into Burma, with two already landing at Rangoon aboard 40 transports. The total could rise to eight and a half divisions about 150,000 men, press reports say. The Chinese line below Mandalay fights under strain from a British Irrawaddy retreat, while a new Japanese thrust from Thailand toward the Shan states signals a major offensive, threatening the Mandalay Lushio railway and the main Chinese positions 200 miles south near Toungoo.
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Chungking
China
Burma
Rangoon
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Chines
Thailand
Lushio
Toungoo
Royce raid reveals base used and future use planned
Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce disclosed that a hidden base protected by fighters was provisioned for further attacks in the southwest Pacific. The raid against the Philippines destroyed transports and damaged other targets, with many airmen evacuated to Australia. Royce noted no enemy casualties, while a B-17 was lost to a takeoff accident. The operation signals a turning tide in the war.
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Associated Press
United States Army
Australia
Ralph Royce
United States
Philips Pines
Forray
Bataan
Corregidor
Royce
Southwest Pacific
John Curtin
Japan
da- Minganao
Luzon
Philippines
Burns
Salvage Officials Strained by Early Paper Pickups
Adrian residents rush curbside waste paper for collection, prompting confusion. Simplex Paper Corp and salvage committee chair A A Palma urged adherence to announced schedules, noting crews cannot cover all precincts today. Tomorrow and upcoming Mondays and Wednesdays will see paper pickups per the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Simplex Paper Corporation
City Salvage Committee
A. A. Palmar
Heath
Salvage Committee
Paper Company
Driam
Ceremony mix ups and medal delays at university event
At a university ceremony, Bostrom was absent and a Distinguished Flying Cross was misissued to Royce before being reversed. Davies and Bostrom faced delays in receiving medals due to a late supply. Elsewhere, cabinet ministers condemned Japanese actions in the Philippines and touted future air offensive potential. A separate report notes Gene House, 16, of Grand Rapids, was arrested in East Lansing as a fugitive driving a stolen car.
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Piedmont
Calig
Frank P. Bostrom
Main
University of Maine
Bostrom
Lincoln
Royee
Bac
DSC
Royce
Davies
Philippines
Army
Francis 4. Forde
Arthur S. Drakeford
United States
East Lansing
Gene House
Grand Rapids
Here
Boys’ Vocational School
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Tangas
Pacific Ocean
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Indian Ocean
Ondanag
Celebes
Genoa
Palau
Equator
New
Guinea
Merau
Sue Ny
Dagon
U. S
Beas
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