Freezing of Wages Vigorously Opposed by Union Leaders
The Associated Press reports a strong union stand against wage freezing in a broader anti inflation program. White House aims to delay congressional action on war labor laws until Roosevelt crafts a message on inflation, potentially postponing enforcement for a week.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Congressional
Roosevelt
Senate Today
Connally
D-Tex
Connafly
Turn
Adrian Officials Discuss River Raisin Pollution at Lansing
Adrian city officials including city commission members and city chemist L LeVern Snedeker traveled to Lansing to address the Michigan stream control commission about River Raisin pollution. The meeting follows Blissfield reports of pollution and prior orders to build a sewage plant and enforce state waste treatment standards. The city plans to bypass plant settling tanks to speed treatment, and the usual Monday meeting is rescheduled to tomorrow at 3 30 p m.
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Adrian City Commission
L. LeVern Snedeker
Lansing
Michigan Stream Control Commission
Blissfield
Stream Control Commission
Adrian
Adelbert Vedder
City Commission
Fire Lord Norman di e on Normandie blaze on ship
Fire broke out Saturday night in the hold of the Normandié, lying on her port side half-submerged. Sparks from a welder’s torch ignited cork insulation, with a prior blaze blamed on similar sparks. Three alarms rang as fireboats sprayed water from the Hudson. salvagers cut a six foot square hole in the starboard side to flood the interior.
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New York
Congressional Investigation Committee
Hudson
March Stamp and Bond Sales Reach $1.415 Million in Lenawee County
March savings bond sales across Adrian firms and the post office totaled $61 107.50 with stamps at $10 406.20. Countywide figures show stronger stamp activity than February, lifting Lenawee total to $165 824.95 for March. Morenci posted $21 225 in bonds, Tecumseh $20 250 total, Hudson $19 200 bonds and $1 480 stamps, while the district overall climbs toward the prior year’s level.
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United States Savings
Adrian
Post Office
United States
Lenawee County
Draft Board
Nccordine
Lenawee
Hudson
Tecumseh
Morenci
Patriot rally moved to Adrian Armory for seating needs
The Lenawee county American Legion posts shift a planned patriotic rally from Adrian College to the Adrian armory due to chair shortages and transport issues. Harold Foote, in charge of publicity, says several hundred seats remain and the armory can seat over 1,000, solving logistics across Clinton Tecumseh Hudson Morenci and Medina areas.
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Adrian College
Lenawee County
American Legion
Adrian Armory
Harold Foote
Blissfield
Clinton
Foote
Tecumseh
Hudson
Morenci
Derfield
Tasper
Medina
Japan Jittery After Air Raids
News reports describe Japan’s heightened nerves and material strain after a Saturday air raid. The source notes confusion over bomber bases and whether planes were carrier-launched, citing U S B 26s as the likely aircraft and Reuters reporting the mission returning to its base.
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Associated Press
Japan
Martin
United States Army
Reuters
Chungking
April Draft Group to Leave Tuesday for Detroit
The Lenawee county draft quota will depart by train Tuesday night for Detroit. Inductees must report at the Adrian armory by 7:15 PM for registration, then depart from Wabash station at 8:56 PM. They will stay overnight in Detroit and appear at the induction station Wednesday morning. The Lenawee board notes office hours change starting May 1 from 8:30 AM.
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Tenanee County
Detroit
Uces
Adrian
Draft Board
Wabash
Lenawee Draft Board
Sane Te Hamre Ole
Resigns at College for Job in Factory
Paul Cairns head of Adrian College speech department for two years resigned Friday and started work today at the American Chain and Cable Company factory. Cause undetermined.College officials declined comment and Cairns could not be reached at his plant. Speech classes halted and rehearsals for The Silver Cord were interrupted. Cairns, an Adrian College alum of 1939, married Betty Mellett last summer and expects to be drafted into the U S Army in June.
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Paul Cairns
Adrian College
American Chain & Cable Company
Samuel J. Harrison
Cairns
Adsion College
University of Michigan
Ford Robert Vogel
Csirns
Betty Mellett
Morenci
D U. S. Army
Fighter sweeps over Northern France despite poor visibility
London reports that weather hindered air operations last night with poor visibility over the continent. British sources said today that small fighter forces conducted sweeps over Northern France yesterday but met no opposition.
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London
Continent
RAF
France
Speeders learn police mean action in Adrian
Six of nine motorists arraigned before Justice Franklin J. Russell were fined for speeding as Adrian police campaign against speeders shows results. Fines ranged from 2 to 5 dollars with costs. several drivers admitted speeding on Beecher Street East Maumee Street and other roads. Ray A. Steatten and Arthur H. Raymond faced additional charges, with Steatten paying 53 dollars total and Raymond 2 dollars, while other violators paid 4 to 5 dollars for 40 to 52 mph.
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Adrian
Franklin J. Russell
Russell
Leland S. Butler
Hoch
jAvenue
Robert Loveland
East Beecher Street
Butler
Beecher Street
Loveland
East Church Street
Glenn Housler
Seneca
McNutt Heads New War Manpower Board
A nine member war manpower commission will be led by Federal Security Administrator Paul McNutt to mobilize workers for war production. The body includes Donald M Nelson and representatives from War Navy Agriculture and Labor Departments, with authority to direct federal agencies on recruitment and training. The plan aims to meet Army and production needs without compulsory draft.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Federal Security
Paull. McNutt
Army
McNutt
Donald M. Nelson
Wart Production Board
War, Navy, Agriculture and Labor Departments
Selective Service System
Civil Serve
McNutt l
White Mouse
WPB
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Manpower Board
MacArthur Plans Offensive As Allied Fliers Destroy 40 Jap Planes On Ground
Allied air action over the Japanese mainland reported heavy losses for Japan with ten American bombers and the capture of five crewmen. The Japanese said some planes fled to the Chinese mainland as three carriers appeared off Japan. The broadcast noted North American bombers and a forced landing in Yarmasashi prefecture with five U.S. pilots captured and interned.
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MacArthur
Associated Fress
San Francisco
CBS
the Brosdeest
Imperial
Commmuniqué
United States
Tokyo
Chana
Yarmasashi
Japan
Laval Urges French Backing for War Effort and Peace
Collabo r``ationist Pierre Laval in Vichy called for strong support to continue the war and hinted at postwar leadership. Petain affirmed Laval’s control of internal and external policy while Admiral Darlan held military authority. Jannekyn was named secretary of state for air, leaving minister of industrial production as the only post unfilled.
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Pierre Laval
Taft
Marshal Petainj
Petain
France
Martin
Laval
Fa Cinelo
Suigie Neue
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Bierre Lava
Hana
Pear Eearce
Jean Francois Jannekyn
Algeria
Sub shells oil installations near Panama Canal attack at Willemstad
An enemy submarine within 750 miles of the Panama Canal fired shells at Royal Dutch Shell oil installations at Bullen Bay Willemstad Curacao before dawn Sunday. The coastal battery answered and the attack ceased with no damage reported. This was the third strike on U S Caribbean positions in little over two months following February attacks on Curacao Aruba and a later attempt on Aruba.
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Willemstad
Curacan
Apri 2 UF
Panama Canal
Bullen Bay
Royal Dutch Shell Company
U. S
Dutch West Indies
Curacao
Aruba
Coughlin Takes Responsibility for Social Justice
Royal Oak April 20 UP Reverend Charles E Coughlin the Royal Oak priest said he assumed personal responsibility for control of the magazine Social Justice its policies and contents in a press conference at the Shrine of the. The action follows an announcement by Attorney General Biddle that a District of Columbia grand jury would investigate the magazine founded by Coughlin in 1934 but disavowed by him since 1940 and after a postal order barred the periodical for alleged seditious statements.
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Charles E. Coughlin
Royal
Oak
Social Justice
Biddle
Washington
District of Columbia
Father Coughlin
Postmaster-General
Meils
Thomas J
Amelia Coughlin
E. Perrin Schwartz
Shrine of the
Social Justice Magazine to Continue Publication
The April 27 issue proof circulated to newsmen states Social Justice Publishing will continue to issue and distribute the magazine within constitutional rights unless lawfully forbidden. Attorney General Biddle warns the government will block distribution outside the mails, including express shipments, with Detroit express firms already declining barred material.
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Little Flower
Coughlin
Social Justice
Social Justice Publishing
Social Justice Publishing Company
Biddle
Washington
Iby Express
Express Company
Detroit
Japanese dive bombers attack Corregidor fort
War Department reports a new Japanese assault on Corregidor with dive bomber raids and heavy artillery from Bataan and Manila Bay. Gunners silenced several batteries, disrupted truck and troop concentrations, while Mindanao patrols claim Japanese casualties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippine Island
Corregidor
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay
Far
Fort Hughes
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Sutuan
Adolf Hitler Turns 53 At Berlin Headquarters
German broadcasts report Adolf Hitler spent his birthday at his Berlin headquarters in charge of operations. A more elaborate luncheon with Goering and key generals marked the day while Tidningen notes a 1350 globe gift missing the Americas.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Goerling
Reeder
Erhard Milen
Franz Halder
Berlin Pak
Tidningen
Hitler
America
Allied air raids at Rabaul devastate Japanese air and ships
Allied airmen conducted two raids on Rabaul in New Britain destroying about 40 Japanese bombing and fighting planes on the ground. High explosive rained on Lakunai airdrome wrecking runways and destroying several Zero fighters. A heavy Sunday attack damaged a Japanese ship in Rabaul harbor. Pilots emerged from clouds through heavy anti-aircraft fire in a highly successful operation as MacArthur maps plans for an offensive in the southwest Pacific. Prime Minister Curtin met with MacArthur and service chiefs in a conference described as highly confident.
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Associated Press
U. S Army
Australia
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
John Curtin
MacArthur
Rabaul Harbor
Nazis Step Up Air Action Over Russia Kulbyshev
German air activity increased across the front as weather improves. Bombers attacked railway stations airdromes and front line positions with up to fifty planes per objective. On the southern front tanks received air support in futile attempts to regain lost ground. In the north heavy fighting persisted above Leningrad as Russians breached Finnish lines on the Karelian Isthmus after crossing a minefield.
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Associated Press
Kulbyshev
Leningrad
Karelian
Russian artillery drawn within range near Smolensk
Early reports state Russian long range guns near Smolensk, 230 miles west of Moscow, with updates from Washington noting Roosevelt plans to send messages to Congress. A London war conference luncheon involved Marshall Hopkins Hart Winant, and Bern reported French hostages executed near Rouen. An explosion at National Fireworks Plant Hanover killed two, with one critically injured.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army Chhief
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Great Britain
London
Hart
Florida
John G. Winant
England
Hanover
Mass
National Fireworks Company
Brockton
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