Germany reportedly offers peace to Britain via three proposals
The AP reported Germany sent a nine page memorandum proposing peaceful settlement with Britain since mid March. It would give Germany control of continental Europe and living space in the east, with recognition of the British Empire if accepted. Churchill and Roosevelt rejected negotiations, while De Gaulle reports details via the AFL.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
APL
Britain
Third Reich
Europe
West
Bider
Italy
Churchil
Roosevelt
Churchill
AFL
Charles de Gaulle
Turkey
Switzerland
Sweden
Russia
Warnings Issued On Roaming Dogs And Licenses
Prosecutor Lawrence J. Hammond and Lloyd VanEtten warned county dog owners to obey laws prohibiting dogs from roaming at night and requiring confinement from sunset to sunrise. Violators face court summons, possible killing or confinement, and misdemeanor penalties for failing to license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Hammond
Lloyd VenEtten
Watt Etten
VanEtten
Profit Limitation Opposition Ends Hope For Action
Washington April 30 stiff opposition emerged in the House Naval Committee to a double barreled bill limiting war profits and curbing union activity. Rep Smith Virginia, a chief advocate, called it dead as a motion to pigeon hole the measure failed amid parliamentary tactics. Senate action on labor legislation was forecast to be delayed about 30 days as public sentiment clarified.
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Smith Washington
Bouse Naval Committee
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Rep
Bradley
Smith
Vinson
Naval Committee
Senate
Turn To Labor
Cap Plot Locates Tuck Hunter Body
The body of Junior Snyder a 25yearold Adrien produce dealer was found floating in Round Lake around 5:30 yesterday afternoon five months after he disappeared during a duck hunting trip on November 28 with friend William Noveskey. Law rence Mills an Adrian airplane pilot and Civil Air Patrol member first spotted the body near the northwest corner of the lake. Sheriff Roscoe Scott and Coroner Ed Braun were notified and Mills Mor ey and a CAP squadron organized to aid the search. Planes dived toward the body while two boats recovered it as a southwest wind drifted the body to the north shore.
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Junior Snyder
Adrien
Round Lake
Snyder
William Noveskey
Lawrence Mills
Civil Air’Patrol
Mills
Rented Dwellings Must Be Registered Under Rent Control
Washington reports that all rented dwellings will be required to register in areas under federal rent control. Landlords must register at local rent administrator offices and the rule excludes hotels and rooming houses. Further regulations for hotels and boarding houses will be issued soon by OPA. None of Hendersons designated areas have yet implemented rent reductions.
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Washington
Leon Hender
OPA
Henderson
Paris suburbs hit as British raid targets Gennevilliers plants
The RAF struck the Goodrich rubber works and the Gnome-Rhone aero plant at Gennevilliers, Paris suburb, leaving buildings aflame amid renewed efforts to cripple French war supply. Six British planes reported missing. raids extended to Ostend docks and Low Countries airfields. Dortmund authorities claimed damage near Paris while Norwich endured a sharp Luftwaffe counterattack.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Goodrich Rubber Works
Gnome- Rhone Aero
Paris
Gennevilliers
Comipation
Air Ministry
Ostend
Low Countries
Channel
Reuters
Vichy Radio
Norwich
Troops Gate Armory Visitors in Detroit Region
Michigan State Troops assumed armory duties as a security squad in Detroit area. Visitors must state business. entry to Lenawee county draft board office allowed with escort. A new squad, led by Corp. Melvin Green, will serve until tomorrow noon with Pvts Wilson Peterson Palmer Zeloff Hill Balt Geehan and others.
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Adrian
Michigan
Detroit
Sojourner Truth
Lenawee County Draft Board
Corp
Melvin Green
Co. ‘117
G. K.eldredge
Pfc
James Eldridge
Harry S. Wilson
Francis Peterson
Raymond Palmer
Lawrence Zeloff
Edward Hill
Eugene Balt
Barrett Geehan
Schools Prepare Sugar Registration Across County
Plans move forward for next week’s household sugar ration registration in rural areas and at 15 county school buildings. Mrs. E T Armstrong, county school commissioner, announced registration centers and schedules, with rural schools closed Monday for the process and subsequent days set by district.
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E. T. Armstrong
Teguiar
Adrian
Adian
Cambridge
Clinton
Franklin
Frank
Hudson
Medina
Macon
Meiia
Raisin
Ford Centennial
Rollin
Rome
Rome Tecumseh 5
Tecumseh Village
Tecumseh 9
Fort Centennial
Woodstock
Woodstock 3
Ford Centennial School District
Ford Centenial School
General Harold George Dies in Plane Crash
Allied Headquarters reports Brig. Gen. Harold H. George of the U S Army Air Force killed in an airplane crash in Australia Also killed was Melville Jacoby Time and Life correspondent who joined General MacArthur in Australia George served with MacArthur in the Philippines and had risen to brigadier general in January He was born September 14 1892 in Rockport New York and entered the Army in 1916 from the New York National Guard
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Force
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life Magazine
Bataan
U. S
Offcers
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
George
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Phiippines
Jast Van‘uary
Gairge
Rockport
Ita
Bist
Self- Tthige Field
Michigan
New York National Guard
Reports of German losses stressed on Russian front
Soviet agencies stressed losses of German forces on the central Smolensk front as the Red Army attacked. Moscow radio said the spring division suffered severe casualties 22 hours after entering the line while about 1,000 German officers and men were wiped out in two days of fighting. German aerial losses stood at 75 planes destroyed against 14 Red aircraft, and 14 transport planes were shot down as Koenigsberg served as a reinforcement base for the 16th Army encircled at Staraya Russa.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Koenigaberg
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Staraya Russa
Kalinin
Downed Japanese Fliers Said Killed by Mates
A Melbourne radio interview with an Australian fighter pilot recounts that Japanese fliers who bail out are killed by their own comrades. The pilot, noted for service in Libya, described a dogfight near New Guinea where a Zero went down. He witnessed a Japanese pilot flee sinking wreckage and be machine gunned as he swam, illustrating extreme measures to prevent capture.
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San Francisco
Melbourne
CBS
Libya
New Guinea
One Hour Scare Forces Adrian On Gas Ration List
A mistaken letter from U S Commissioner of Education caused Adrian Michigan to be told it would implement gasoline rationing on May 12 to 14 along with Atlantic coast states. Officials traced the error to an addressograph misfeed that sent the message to Adrian instead of eastern states, making Adrian the first Michigan city listed.
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Adnan I
Atlantic Seaboard
George H. Little
John W. Studebaker
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Eckogls
Michigan
Seaboard States
Associated Press
Tornado Kills 12 in Decatur County Kansas
Oberlin Kansas reports a midnight tornado ripping through southern Decatur County killing 12 and badly injuring 13. Two entire families wiped out as livestock and farm buildings are leveled along a half mile wide path south of Oberlin. A four year old boy vanished hours after being blown away. Mrs Dale Paddock and her family among the dead.
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Oberlin
Kas
Decatur County
Dammage
Dale Paddock
Gus Leipner
Allied air raid devastates Lae base and front amid Pacific fighting
Allied forces reported destroying or damaging 20 Japanese planes on the ground during a large raid on Lae in New Guinea. The bulletin noted Japanese air attacks on Port Moresby with minor damage, plus raids on Koepang Timor. In the Philippines, reinforcements landed at Parang and Mindanao remained under resistance, while Corregidor and surrounding islands faced heavy bombing and shelling as Luzon forts engaged back.
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Allied
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Alre
Port Moresby
New Gainea
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Philippines
Parang
Mindanao
Tokyo
Cotabato
Ie Corregidor
Luzon
Panay Island
Supervisors Study Trailer Problems In Adrian Area
Lenawee county supervisors consider controlling trailer and squatter wartime housing near war plants after a four township meeting called by the Adelan Chamber of Commerce. The city of Adrian already bans trailer camps in back yards and vacant lots, allowing only zoned commercial and industrial sites for temporary accommodations.
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Lenawee County Board of Supervisors
Adelan Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Adrian
Palmyra
Rome
Raisin
Madison
A. Pp. Billings
Chamber of Commerce
Washtenaw
Boar Holloway
William Newell
Willis Moore
John L. Caroun
Raisin Township
John A. Osborne
Madison Township
Striking Coke Oven Workers Return To Jobs Today
In Johnstown Pennsylvania April 20 1948 CIO coke oven employees returned to Bethlehem Steel plant after a two day walkout. A wage dispute with the company will be referred to the War Labor Board with priority for an immediate decision. Workers sought a 12 1/2 cent an hour rise claiming other mills paid more. Strike disruption idled up to 6 000 workers though company tallies 1 200. Returns at full pay restore seniority. wage talks proceed before the labor board.
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Johnstown
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
War Labor Board
Harry E. Roulfs
War Pro Iduction Board
Roulfs
James B. Gent
SWOC
Tthe Company
Sidney D. Evans
Sugar registration rules bar child and family signup
Schools say children under 18 cannot register for sugar consumer programs. Parents may register adults for the entire family, but no child may register for themselves or family members. The registration runs next week at five city elementary schools, with schools closed during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Little
Adrian
Youth arrested for beating woman in Monroe county
Paul Keller 20 formerly of Toledo and Somerset township was arrested after feloniously assaulting Mrs Lela Miller 42. He hid in a barn near Ida and faced Judge Clayton C Golden who refused to accept his prior guilty plea. Keller held on 10000 bond. Miller suffered scalp wounds and a slight skull fracture and is listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Monroe.
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Monroe
Tas
Petersburg
Paulj Keller
Toledo
Somerset Township
Monroe County
Lela Miller
Keller
Ida
Clayton C. Golden
Golden
James
Davis
Miller
Mussolini cites lack of discipline amid wartime food crisis
In Bern at a Tuesday Fascist prefects conference Mussolini criticized a lack of discipline alongside food, transport and import problems. La Tribuna noted a grave grain harvest, rationing near the limit, and warned traitors would be harshly dealt with. Civil mobilization of labor will be treated as a military matter with tribunals for noncompliers.
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Italy
Bern
Syittzerland
Raia
Newspapera
Mussolini
la Tribuna
War profits limit bill stalled by House vote
The House Naval Committee tabled a measure to lift the 40 hour work week while freezing open and closed shop rules for the war. The 13 to 13 vote followed President Roosevelt’s message that no further legislation is needed now. Chairman Vinson warned that the public will have a say in war plant labor practices.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Dga
Roosevelt
Congress
Allies face new major reverse in Burma battle
April 30 dispatch from Chungking reports Japanese forces pushing toward Lashio along the Burma Road with fires burning in the town and fears of envelopment of Allied positions. Chinese and British reinforcements struggle to hold, while the Flying Tigers claim a decisive air victory with 22 planes shot down at Loiwing.
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Chunghing
China
Lashio
High Command
Sashio
Burma
Tee
FRESS
Chungking
United Nations
Mandalay
London
India
Laahiv
Chinde
Joseph W. Stillwell
Flying Tigers
Yunnan-Burma
AVG
JAVG
Loiwing
Chi+ ‘na
William D. Pawley
New York
Pawleyville
Loilem
Michigan airmen die in Florida air crash
Two Michigan soldiers Privates William E. Wims of Hollland and M. C. Brown of Detroit died when a bomber and a pursuit plane collided nine miles west of Orlando. The bomber crew was from MacDill Field Tampa, the pursuit plane from Orlando base. Wreckage fell in an orange grove. both aircraft burned. Also killed were Second Lieutenants Boyce of Chillicothe Ohio Robertson of Eugene Oregon Smith of Yoakum Texas Carnevale of Columbus Ohio and Private L A Gerhart of Werne rsville Pennsylvania.
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Orlando
Flo
Michigan
William E. Wims
Holeland
M. C. Brown
Detroit
Here
Wimt
Brown
MacDill Field
Tampa
Tom
Ran Orange Grove
Robert S&s Boyce
Chilicothe
Ohio
Ernest W. Robertson
Eugene
Ore
Joseph S. Smith
Yoakum
Texas
Richard BR. Carnevale
Columbus
L. A. Gerhart
Wernersville
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Gnome-Rhone Aero Plant
Continent
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Berlin
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Scan
Crowell
Tex
George Self
Red Cross
West Texas
Harold George
Time and Life
Opnado
Kansas
Marel
Duce
Bulletins
Folkestone
England
Folke
Atone
Cap Gris Nez
Bonlogne
Dover Strait
Sittang
Irrawaddy
Pyawbwe
Taungeyi
Pwaybwe
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