Active Faith In Our Democracy Urged At Marshall Rally
S L A Marshall, Detroit News commentator, addressed about 500 at Adrian armory urging citizens to take personal responsibility in wartime. He warned against complacency, stressing total war realities, leadership at all levels, and renewed faith in democracy as the nation fights Japan and Nazism.
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Adrian
Lenawee County
Japan
Germany
S. L. A. Marshall
Detroit News
American Legion
Marshall
Lske
Highlights of ars Talk Rallying Call for Do or Die War Effort
Excerpts urge the American people to rise from lethargy and direct full energy to defeating Germany and Japan. Emphasizes democracy as a fighting faith, urges hard action, and warns against spineless liberalism. Calls for decisive leadership, mass action, and national resolve to win victories and reclaim spirit.
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Germany
Japan
Study in contrasts noted at rally
Last night Adrian held its first mass meeting of the second world war with a rally showing democratic pride versus dictatorship. Enthusiasm plus reverence for the flag, crowd sang old songs, and many came willingly to support the home front. Speeches by S. S. A. Marshall urged patriotic duty as men and women prepare for war. The armory lawn featured the high school band and baton twirlers as aerial bombs symbolized wartime dangers.
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Marsha
Adrian High School
Europe
Pacific
Adrian Tecumseh defense housing area designated
The War Production Board designated the Adrian Tecumseh area as a defense housing zone enabling priority building materials for new homes to house defense workers. Approval from President Roosevelt, a formality after WPB consent, is due within days with an effective date of April 23. Estimated need ranges from 250 to at least 1,000 houses, with construction to be supervised by the Cleveland Office of Emergency Management. Local officials, including Mayor Harry Lundahl, toured sites as plans evolve and funding options remain under discussion.
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War Production Board
A.D. Billings
Adrian
WPB
Billings
Adrian and Tecumseh
Cleveland
Office of Emergency Management, Digaation of Defense Housing Co-ordinaton
Adrian Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Stearik
National Resources Planning Board
Stearik
Harry W. Lundahl
Mr. Billings
Labor showdown demands persist across Congress
In Washington on April 24 Associated Press reports Congress remains deadlocked on a 40 hour week and wartime labor restrictions. With multiple labor bills on varied fronts, president Roosevelt is expected to outline a general war labor policy while resisting statutory changes. Proposals include blocking blanket wage hikes, possibly via a War Labor Board directive, and opposing suspensions of the 40 hour week to avoid broad wage increases.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
War Lebor Board
RAF Raid on Rostock Strikes Baltic Port Strong Fire Damage
A large RAF bomber force heavily attacked Rostock last night, igniting widespread fires and causing rich damage. The air ministry said four aircraft were missing and noted Rostock serves as a vital base for war supplies to the Russian Finnish fronts. The raid followed the March 28 Luebeck attack on another key Baltic transport hub.
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London
Royal Air Force
Baltic
Rostock
Air Ministry
Luebeck
Germany
Stettin
RAF
Sugar Rationing Registration Planned for Tuesday and Wednesday
Sugar retailers wholesalers and institutional users in Lenawee county will register Tuesday and Wednesday at 15 county high schools. Registrants must list sugar usage for May and June and may face long lines at centers. About 600 registrants expected, with quotas set by May and June usage or March figures if May June data is unavailable.
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Lenawee County
Minors barred from Lenawee beer halls under new rule
Prosecutor Lawrence J. Hammond announces a state law prohibiting any person under 17 from entering saloons or places selling beer in Lenawee County. Enforcement begins immediately, with penalties for operators and patrons aiding underage access. Local officials and state police attend briefing.
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Lenawee County
Lawrence J. Hammond
Lenawee
Haramond
Roscoe W Scott
L. F. Germond
G. H. Austin
Blissfield
Michigan
Golden Range seized in Crimea by Red Army forces
Russian forces captured The Golden Range, a German stronghold in Crimea, after four days of intense fighting. Red Star reports 300 Germans killed, big guns and dozens of mortars lost. Finns reportedly moved south to aid Nazi divisions on Kalinin front as fronts remain volatile.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Star
Golden Range
Crimea
Kalinin
Red Army
Leningrad
Karelia
Beaverbrook Urges Second Front Against Nazis
Lord Beaverbrook urges Great Britain to create a vast second front in Western Europe to strike at Germany while Russia holds the East. He argues Russia may settle the war in 1942 if Britain and the Allies strike hard to aid the Soviet battlefront.
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Associated. Press
New York
Great Britain
Germary
Europe
Russia
East
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Publisher's Association Bu
Britain
Beaverbrook
Francis B. Sayre
U. S
Philippines
Ernest J
King
U. & Fleet
Waldorf-Astoria
ANPA
Beaverbrooke
President hints at new war program in 1942 plan
President Roosevelt said the war production program is working well and hinted at a possible additional program to ensure victory. He recalled the January 6 1942 outline aiming for 185000 planes 120000 tanks 55000 anti aircraft guns and 18000000 tons of shipping and said expansions could raise capacity further. He noted civilian steel use remains high though War Production Board officials may adjust policy.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
War Production Board
Rum Io
Civilian life restricted further under wartime orders
Washington reports five new restrictions widening the war footing includes curtailing local and long distance truck deliveries, limiting telephone installation, cutting elastic in corsets, banning fishing tackle, and fixing prices on china, pottery and many cotton goods. Local and intercity trucking rules tighten effective May 15. telephones limited to war and public welfare needs. price ceilings apply to china, pottery, cotton items. elastic use cut by 50 percent. Across Asia, Burmese notes say Japanese attacks threaten Taunggyi area as Burma reports fresh coastal moves.
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Armed Services
Focal
Bell System
Kuney
Adrian
China
Cinary
Kaney
Lenawee
Prevailing
New Delhi
India
Burma
Taunggyi
Mandalay
Burm
Japanese bombers raid Maymyo Burma killing civilians
Japanese bombers heavily raided Maymyo the temporary Burmese capital today. The assault killed or wounded about 100 persons and damaged civilian property, with damage confined to civilian areas.
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Maymyo
Burma
Mlaymyo
Allied planes pound Rabaul as war builds in Pacific
Allied warplanes raided Rabaul New Britain bombing ships barracks and warehouses while ground forces exchanged fire. In Port Moresby two raids by fighters caused negligible damage. Japanese attacks on Corregidor and Ilolio Capiz and Antique were repelled with heavy artillery. US air authority says America now fields medium and heavy bombers fighters transports and reconnaissance planes in Australia with strong ground crews and rising morale.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Philippines
Ilvilo
Capiz
Antique
Visayan
Corregidor Fortress
Mindanao
United States Air Authority
War Declaration Urged by Protestant Leaders Against Axis
New York April 24 Protestants and college presidents urged the United States and Britain to declare war on Vichy and Franco governments quoting a petition sponsored by Kenneth Leslie editor of The Protestant Publication Signers included Dr John A Mackey president of Princeton Theological Seminary The petition urged open immediate war against all Fascist nations calling the conflict a world civil war and arguing neutrality is a false option to be rejected to avert disaster
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New York
United States
Britain
Kenneth Leslie
John A Mackey
Princeton Theological Seminary
Delicate problem confronts Russians at Kuibyshev
April 24 Russia interned a United States bomber and its five crewmen in the Maritime Province after a raid on Japan. Embassy officials sought guidance from Washington while Moscow weighed neutral pact duties and the treatment of allied airmen on Russian soil. The incident highlighted international law on forced landings and internment.
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Associated Press
Kuibyshev
Russia
United States
Japan
Sea of Japan
William H. Standley
Washington
China
Maritime Provine
Maritime Province
Khabarovsk
Kabarovsk
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Angus Ward
Eire
Irich
Miers
Russta
Russian Communist Party
Pravda
Japaneero
Soviet Union
S. A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Moscow
Lazovsky
Standley
Joseph Stalin
Vytcheslavy Molotov
Tass
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