Indians Appeal For Independence To Roosevelt And Allies
The All-India Congress work ing committee in Bombay voted to appeal to President Roosevelt General Chiang Kai Shek and Ivan Maisky the Russian ambassador in London to support immediate Indian independence. Maulana Abdul Kazam Azad was authorized to send the appeals after a mass passive resistance plan is approved. Gandhi urged mass nonviolence and said Britain must yield now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ivan Maisky
Britain
Great Britain
India
Maulana
Abdul Kazan Azad
Congress
Congress Committee
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Ime
Air Raid Wardens Plan Tuesday Meeting in Adrian
Adrian air raid wardens prepare for tonight's blackout at 9:57 with sirens and a three minute warning. Chief L B Kaney calls meeting at Adrian High School Tuesday 8 pm to discuss flaws and wardens' patrol issues and plan next week's regional blackout across southern Michigan and parts of Illinois and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
L. B. Kaney
Adrian High School
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Karl B. Hoch
Bajtist Church
War aid to Australia described as a trickle
General MacArthur’s headquarters reports that United States military aid to Australia is a trickle that could be replaced by three days of American wartime production. The source says Australia carries its own load and warns against overstating sacrifices for Australia’s defense. US ships would only balance losses of Australian vessels abroad, while most of Australia’s defense forces are locally sourced.
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Macartur
Australis
United States
Australia
America
Southwest Pacific
Norman Stockton
Melbourne Herald
Malaya
Java
MacArthue
Nation's Police Force Increased Through Auxiliary Staff
The FBI reports a 175 percent rise in the nation’s police force via auxiliary staff. On April 30 there were 93,880 regular officers and 167,705 auxiliaries. Projections suggest about 270,000 auxiliaries nationwide under the wartime home defense program, with an average of 3.10 auxiliaries per 41,000 residents. The Pacific states show the highest ratio, while the East North Central region trails. The FBI also added 1,769 fingerprint sets, totaling 3,000,000 in the civilian file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Pacific States
East North Central States
Hospital Prepares for Night Blackout With Special Screens
The Emma J. Bixby hospital readies for Adrian blackout night with private room screens designed by Miss Pearl Worley. Regular lights in halls will extinguish for 15 minutes while nurses carry flashlights. Each ward room, operating, and emergency area will have targeted lighting and dedicated staff duties to ensure safe operation during the blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J
Bixby Hospital
Adrian
Miss Pearl ML Worley
Roisin Henson
Pomona Grange backs night schools for farmers in county
Delegates from Lenawee County Pomona Grange endorse a plan to conduct winter night schools for farmers across the county. The Lenawee County Council of Agriculture and vocational agriculture teachers organize the sessions, with grange halls being used to save tires and gasoline. Pomona delegates James Marr, William D. Sell, and Mrs. Adam Rau were chosen for the state convention in Adrian, while the county convention is set for September 3 and the Masters and Lecturers Club will meet in August at the Woodstock Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee County Pomona’Grange
Madison Grange
Lenawee County Council of Agriculture
Wnges
James Marr
Wiliam D. Sell
Madison
Adam Rau
Gorman
Pomona
Adrian
Building of big planes approved by WPB for Kaiser
Washington August 7 Chairman Donald M Nelson said the War Production Board approved Henry J Kaiser to build 500 large Marsden type flying boats with an initial Navy order for 100. The remaining 400 70 ton cargo carrying planes would follow if the first phase succeeds. Kaiser would assess materials and sites, with likely construction at Richmond California. No other builder would participate under current plans.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Navy
Nelson
Kaiser
Pacific Coast
Richmond
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Wage Stabilization Favored by CIO Union
Chicago Aug 7 Members of the CIO United Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers Union backed a national wage stabilization program at their annual convention They unanimously condemned the War Labor Board for not implementing such a plan calling for higher standard wages elimination of inequalities across plant regional and national levels reduced labor turnover and compensation for income loss from rising prices They argued wage stabilization is needed despite claims it would fuel inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers Union
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
Instructions For Tonight's Blackout In Adrian
Tonight from 10 to 10 13 p m blackout warnings begin at 9 37 p m with all clear at 10 15 p m Air raid wardens patrol routes lights out traffic halted pedestrians off streets Auxiliary firemen and police report to designated stations Civil Air Patrol units meet at city airport first aid quarters set up and radio watch urged Stay sheltered avoid matches or telephone use keep car secured and stay put until clear signals.
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Civil Air Patrol
Scott
West Maumee St
Matthes Coal Company
East Maumee St
Rinehart
Erie
Center Streets
Adrian
Comryander Nelson _Ehinger
President reads Nazi saboteur testimony in progress
Washington reports the White House stated in May the president had not concluded reading testimony in the Nazi saboteur case. Hassett said Roosevelt expects two to three days more for review and may speak at a press conference. clemency speculation centers on Dash and Burger. In Detroit, Judge Pugsley placed Harry Colburn on probation and ordered $1,500 costs after he testified against his former chief in the vice conspiracy case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
William D. Hassett
Roosevelt
Hassett
George John Dash
Ernnest
Peter Burger
Detroit
Earl C. Pugsley
Harry Colburn
Duncan C. McCrea
Wayne County
Colburn
Stephan Is Sent to Milan Prison
STEPHAN started 68 days of life left before gallows for treason in America in time of war. Milan guards kept 24 hour watch as federal officials gave no details. Deputy John W. Ingram quoted Stephan claiming he would not hang, saying I’ll bet all the tea in China.
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China
Associated Press
Detroit
Max Stephan J
America
Milan
Stephan
Matt
John W. Ingram
Tragic shipwreck victims rescued and accounted for
Bay City reports the Saginaw Bay shipwreck ends a week of searching with four survivors and nine deaths. Eugene Sauve and his wife Ferm found on Lone Tree Island, after long ordeal aboard a raft. Abraham La Bean, Dorothy Repkie, and others saved. all nine bodies recovered. The Sauve couple survived despite burns and exposure, awaiting reunion with their child Patricia at Bay City hospital.
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Sebewalng
Abraham la Bean
Bay City
Dorothy Repkie
Lone Tree Island
Sauve
Air
Coast Guard
Mrs. Sauve
Standish
la Bean
Saginary Bay
RAF bombs German targets for third night in Ruhr focus
RAF raiders struck western industrial areas in Germany for the third night running, with the Ruhr region cited as the principal objective by Berlin. British night operations over East Anglia and Scotland yielded scattered casulaties and no immediate raid size details. In Chicago, AFL leader Green signals willingness to work with CIO on arbitration of war production disputes. Tobruk bombers attacked Axis shipping and docks yesterday, with reduced air activity on the Egyptian front and minor ground clashes reported.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Germany
Asaifi
The
Reich
Berlin
Ruhr
Britain
East Anglia
Scotland
Tobruk
Catro
War At A Glance Summary Report of Frontline Claims
Russia says they captured three more towns in the Caucasus within 30 miles of Maikop oil fields as rain battles rage north. London sources note United Nations delegates gather in Moscow to discuss grand strategy to save Russia. RAF targets Ruhr and German cities while Germany bombs Cambridge and Edinburgh. India appeals for US China and Russia aid for independence. US bombers strike Canton airfield in China. Wake Island mission claims four of six attackers destroyed.
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Hawaiian Air Force
Wake Island
Wake
Russia
Caucasus
Maikop
London
United Nations
Moscow
Iaerial
Ruhr
Germany
Duisburg
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Scotland
India
United States
China
U. S
Canton
Fortress
Russians Halt Massive Axis Drive In Caucasus Front
Russian forces hold along the Stalingrad line and halt German advances in the Caucasus as Red Army counterattacks push back the Wehrmacht in the Don Bend and Kushchevka sectors. German air forces blast Soviet lines while large scale tank and airborne operations unfold behind fronts. The Berlin dispatch notes deep German gains toward the Kuban oil fields amid heavy losses to Axis forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Don
Fim
Stalingrad
Kushchevka
Caucases
North Caucasus
Caucasus
Sal
Don Bend
Rezhev
Rzhev
Berlin
Kuban
Maikop
Russia
Kretskaya
Kotelnikovski
Rostov
Stanshed
Excursion Steamer Theodore Roosevelt Rams Toledo Dock
The excursion steamer Theodore Roosevelt rammed a Maumee River dock in Toledo injuring two women and stranding 630 passengers for about four and a half hours. Investigators blamed likely engine miscoordination as crews used ladders and a gangplank to evacuate passengers.
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Toledo
Theodore Roosevelt
Maumee River
Glen Benning
Lucille Defko
Lenore Jones
Coast
Coast Guard
Cost Of U S Defense And War Needs
A Bureau of the Budget compilation shows that from June 1 1940 to June 30 1943 Congress appropriated or authorized 205 514 657 285 for defense and war needs. Of the 139 770 114 641 appropriated this session about 132 370 000 000 funded war purposes and 6 400 000 000 ordinary government costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Congressional
Glass
D-Va
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
House and
Senate
Smith Denounces Administration in Saginaw Speech
SAGINAW Aug 7 Gerald L. K. Smith seeking the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate opened his outstate speaking campaign by denouncing national policies. He blamed bureaucrats and financiers for tire and housing woes, claiming reforms could deliver tires for workers within sixty days and for all by Easter, as part of a crusade against boondoggling and bureaucratic tyranny.
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Saginaw
Gerald L. K. Smith
United States Senate
Smith
Senate
America
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Willand
Sol. Bloom
D.-U-C
Kenelmina
Wash
Alfred L. Bulwinkleington
D. C
D.-N.c
Henry
Alben W. Barkley
D.-Ky
A. Wallace
Pomona Grange
Grange Halls
Baptist Chuech Sien
Long Nlast
Chungking
United States Army
Joseph W. Stilwell
Headquar
Ters
HELL
Aug
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Uniong
Afl-Cio
Northern Caucasus Front
Belaya Glina
U.S
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