Woman Swims 7 Miles to Safety After Boat Sinks
Only survivor Mrs. Louis Repkie, 23, of Bay City, recounts a nightmarish voyage after a cabin cruiser foundered in Saginaw Bay killing 12 aboard. Ceril Day, 45, boat livery operator and pilot, is dead. The craft left Sunday for a fishing trip and drifted southeast of Point Au Gres.
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Associated Press Standish
Saginaw Bay
Point Au Gres
Coast Guards
Ceril Day
Point Audres
Louis Repkie
Bay City
Airport Ordinance Adopted By City Commission
The commission adopted a five member airport board via final reading. Effective September 2 the mayor will appoint its members with council confirmation. The group will oversee Adrian airport operations including its finances and official appointments. Monthly reports from the justice, police, and city treasurer were accepted. A single limited trailer license was granted to Elgie Coulon.
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Airport Commission
H. W. Lundahl
Adrian
Justice
Franklin J. Russell
Elgie Coulon
Lowe Avenue
War At A Glance War At A Glance
Russians report crises near Stalingrad with German advances elsewhere in Europe. Germans claim Voroshilovsk capture while Reds blow up a dam to slow the foe. Mussolini warns against a forthcoming second front. Air raids hit England. Japanese reinforcements sail toward Port Moresby. U S fliers raid Linchuan and Zangtze shipping as Chinese troops encircle Linchuan.
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Asia
Linchuan
China
Gua’ Zangtze
Burma
Canning sugar registration set for Lenawee county towns
The autumn sugar registration will be held in Lenawee county in two periods from August 5 to 8 and August 12 to 15. Registration will occur in 13 localities including Adrian Armory and Addison, Blissfield, Britton, Clayton, Clinton, Deerfield, Hudson, Jasper, Morenci, Onsted, Tecumseh, and Riga facilities. Registration hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. War prisoners arrive in Tokyo camp. ten British and American officers among them. Lieutenant Wilson named. Navy directory lists Lieut. William R.B. Wilean.
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Lenawee
Adrian
Adrian Armory
Addison High School
Blissfield Council
Britton High School
Clayton High School
Clinton High School
Deerfield Township
Hudson Washington School
Jasper Post
Morenci Stair
Onsted Baptist Church
Tecumseh Methodist Church
Riga
Tokyo
Zentsuki
Shikoku
Domei
Wilson
Navy
William RB. Wilean
United States
Turn Off Lights Keep Off Streets During Blackout
Adrian residents face their first test blackout Friday evening. from 10 to 10 15 PM all lights must be extinguished or shielded. Police and auxiliary units will enforce the rules with fines up to 500 dollars and possible imprisonment.
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Adrian
H. W. Lundahl
City Commission
L. B. Kaney
Consumers Power Company
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
Michigan
Clinais
Wisconsin
Civisia
Lake power line relocation under way at Riverside dam site
Consumers Power Company moves its high voltage transmission line 800 feet north as a temporary 85 foot pole line is erected. The project, contracted to L. E. Myers Company of Chicago, costs 1050,850 and aims to finish in five to six weeks before flooding the lake area.
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Consumers Power Company
Riverside Avenue
Roy McPhail
L. E. Myers Company of
Chicago
Consumers Power Commpany
Power Company
Aly
Tecumseh
Me‘Phai
Cvompany
The
Water Board
Search Continues for Beaubien’s Body in Round Lake
The body of Joe Beaubien, 21, of 1015 East Maumee Street, drowned Sunday in a boating accident on Round Lake. Sheriff’s boats, Adrian fire department, Michigan State Police, and relatives searched with grappling hooks up to noon and into Sunday night. Beaubien fell from the back of a motor boat in 30 to 40 feet of water. Allen Harsh tried to rescue him but needed assistance from Perry Crockett.
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Round Lake
Joe Beaubien
East Maumee Street
Sheriff's Office
Adrian City
Michigan State Police
Beaubien
Allen Harsh
Perry Crockett
Child killed as truck moves in Coldwater
Unnoticed 16 month old Irvin Biddinger crawled beneath a truck parked near his home in Coldwater Michigan. The vehicle driven by Milton Larson of Coldwater started to move and the child was crushed. Police investigated the accident as a fatal roadway incident.
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Coldwater
Mich
Irvin Biddinger
Milton Larson Oy Coldwater
U S Raiders Hit Jap Headquarters in Kiangsi Province
United States air raiders dropped a 550 pound bomb on nine Japanese headquarters in Linchuan, Kiangsi Province. Lieut. Gen. Stilwell’s headquarters reported fighter planes damaged transports on the Fu river and that ground forces attacked the invaders as bombs and fires raged at docks and barracks. Japanese actions in north China included seizing crops and kidnapping women for ransom.
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Gnungning
Kiangsi
Lin- Ehuan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Fu River
Bar-Bulletin
Linchuan
Air raid siren missing from Baptist Church in Adrian
Defense officials search for missing air raid siren records after a church test failed to produce the warning. Three records from Detroit firms were stored at the Baptist Church and last seen after a Saturday test. Officials fear theft or misplacement while exploring replacements from Detroit as citywide alert reliability is questioned. Straits traffic in Mackinac drops 43 percent in July from last year with 46 009 vehicles moved versus 80 444. Year to date down 23.6 percent, prompting grounding of Straits of Mackinac patrols and reassessment of ferry readiness.
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Adrian
Baptist Church
Detroit
L. B. Kaney
American Legion
Straits
Lansing
Straits of Mackinac
State Highway Department
French Police Arrest Thousands of Jews in Paris
A letter reprinted from Berner Tagwacht recounts mass arrests of Jews in Paris beginning July 16 under German- backed police actions. It claims 27,000 arrested and sent to camps, with women interned at the Hippodrome and others taken to Drancy for detention. some deaths and disease outbreaks reported. residents offered aid and escape routes, while few properties were looted.
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Bern
Paris
Berner Tagwacht
Paris Hippodrome
Hippodrome
Gestapo
Dlancy
Germany
Poland
Army Won't Pay More Than $1 Rent For Fair Grounds
Army officials press to lease Michigan state fair grounds in Detroit for one dollar a year, threatening to condemn the property if rejected. State Highway Commissioner Kennedy outlines a new contract agreeing to the nominal rent and preserves postwar damages claims and return conditions.
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Army
Ian Costs
State Administrative Board
Detroit
G. Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
Yellow Truck and Coach Co
Pontiac
Italy
Thhe Army
Eighigen Racing]Association
Japs Increasing Troop Reinforcements on Papuan Peninsula
Allied reports indicate Japanese ships moved along the New Guinea coast toward the Papuan Peninsula likely reinforcing the Gona Buna area. Initial landing force was 1500 to 2500 troops with at least one transport sunk, while Kokoda and Port Moresby remained the focus as Allied planes hit Japanese positions and ships. A separate note cited enemy submarine activity, with casualties among a British trawler crew.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Papuan
Gona-Buna
Kokoda
Papua
Port Moresby
Lac-Salamaua
Buna
Inter
Melbourne Sun
Navy reports four more vessels sunk in Atlantic
The Navy announced four additional sinkings in the Western Atlantic as Axis submarines continue to press. The casualties include a British merchantman, a Norwegian merchantman, and two U S vessels: a tug and a trawler. In separate notes, Simon Lake urged a fleet of undersea freighters while Rear Admiral Van Hook credited extended convoying for reduced Caribbean attacks.
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Atlantic
Associated Press
Simon Lake
Weashington
Senate
Balboa
N. Z
Clifford Evans van Hook
15Th U. S. Naval District
Caribbean
van Hook
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic
Circus Fire Destroys Ringling Animals In Cleveland
Thousands watch as a fire consumes the Ringling Brothers menagerie at Cleveland lakefront. Dozens of animals burned or broke free, including an elephant and several giraffes. Police destroyed some animals to prevent further danger as crowds gathered and losses run into tens of thousands of dollars.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ringling Brothers Circus
President Studies Saboteurs Case
President Roosevelt spent most of the day reviewing the military commission findings and sentences against eight Nazis charged with entering the United States for sabotage. He planned a late press conference and a Medal of Honor ceremony for Lt. John B. Bulkley, the torpedo boat expert.
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Washington
UFR
Roosevelt
United States
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
John B. Bulkley
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Mussolini warns against idle dreams of second front
Premier Mussolini, in a balcony speech from Gorizia after talks with officers, warned that Italy would apply the law unrelentingly to those dreaming of a second front. He said there will be no second front anywhere and that the Axis powers hold victory in their hands.
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Mussolini
Bern
Switzerland
Gorizia
Jaly
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Axis
Victora
Tax bill revision proposed by Brown
Washington reports Secretary Brown proposes revision to the revenue bill to allow a $400 child deduction through college years and to permit deductions for extraordinary medical expenses. He supports relief to help families meet sudden costs while debating postwar tax rebates and corporate reserves. The committee heard talks on a retail sales tax amid opposition from low income groups.
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Washington
Todey
Toy
Brown
D-Mich
F. H. la Guardia
New York City
Guffey
D-Pa
Treasury
Laurence A. Tanzer
Commerce and Industry Association of
S. B. Gilman
Irvington, N. J
New Jersey Consumers Council
Russian Front Fights Grow in Salsk Region and Caucasus
German tanks and air power press the Russian southern front as Red Army lines pull back to new positions near Salsk 160 miles southeast of Rostov. Germans claim Voroshi Tovsk captured and Kuban River reach reported. Russians flood Manych Valley to halt the advance. West of Stalingrad, Red Army repels Italian-supported assaults, killing about 2000 attackers.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Caucasus
Manych
Salsk
CBS
Stalingrad
Klet
Skaya
Red Star
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Willed Bronx
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Portland
Bronx
Ringling Brothers
Kuban
Kushchevka
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