Seven Violations Reported In Adrian In Second Blackout
Adrian city and county suffered a three state blackout coordinated by Sixth Area defense officials. Wardens reported seven violations last night from 10 to 16 30 o’clock with two deemed willful. Warnings were to be sent to five others. Neon signs caused trouble downtown though most of the blackout was deemed successful. A seven and a half pound baby girl was born at 10 15 during the blackout at Emma L. Bixby hospital. One resident was injured after a fall at home during the blackout and was treated at Bixby.
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Adrian
UU. S. Army
Sixth Area Defense
LaVon B. Kaney
Earl B. Hoch
Defense
Kaney
Mr. Hoch
H. W. Lundahl
Lawrence M. Duncan
Emma L. Bixby
Wade Pifer
James Street
J. D. Rogers
South Madison Street
Chris Farrah
Bixby Hospital
Lenawee Exceeds July War Bond Quota
Lenawee county exceeded its July war bond quota by about 8000 dollars. Charles L. Robertson, county chairman, said July's quota was 266800 and local banks and post offices reported sales of 3260466. Additional 14512 was invested by employees of firms outside the county under payroll plans. Robertson argues these should be county credits. August quota set at 257500. Adrian regularly surpassing its quota while some rural areas underperform.
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Lenawee County
Charles L. Robertson
Mr. Robertson
Adrian
Robertson
Fire destroys five dormitory units near Bremerton Navy Yard
A two alarm blaze near the Bremerton Navy Yard destroyed five of the new federal gyration dormitories and a private residence, injuring no one. Forty other occupied units were saved despite strong winds and weak water supply. About 90 trailer tires burned. 60 were saved. Estimated loss at least 50,000 dollars. Authorities seek origin with the state fire marshal investigating.
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Navy Yard Bremerton
Wash
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Ernest Y ¥Ett
James Roe
Farm Security Administration
General Midwest blackout praised as successful test
A vast inland blackout across 41 Michigan counties and neighboring states halted all nonessential lights for up to half an hour. Civilians, police, and 500000 defense volunteers monitored the darkness while railroads and war plants faced exemptions, light violations, and a lone fatal crash in Michigan.
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Chicago
Middle West
Wiinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
United States
Detroit
Jay R. Sheffield
Army
Edward J. Kelly
Sfgie
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Wavvatoss
Defense Policeman Dies in Accident During Blackout
Detroit August blackout halved Michigan’s tower peninsula as 4.5 million residents took part. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Hoffman, a Monroe county civilian defense police auxiliary member, perished in a flaming crash after colliding with another car five miles west of Monroe during the citywide blackout.
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Detroit
Michigan
Tower Peninsula
Tim
Oceana
Bay Counties
Joseph Hoffman
Monroe County
Mon- Toca
U S Fighter Planes Open European War On Large Scale
United States army air force fighters joined the European air war on a large scale, flying 21 sorties in 48 hours in cooperation with RAF units. The operation included three coastal France flights, 20 sea sorties, and eight interceptions off England, with American crews servicing British Spitfires on American airfields.
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Associated Press
London
United States Army
United States
Army Air Force
United States Army Air Force
France
England
U. S. Bomber Command
RAF
Kar Spaatz
U. S. Army Air Forces
Germany
Channel
Britain
Gravelines
Sc Omer
Abbeville
Axis Warships Hit by American Bombs in Greece Raid
Cairo reports American bombers struck Navarino on the west coast of Greece. They scored two direct hits on one cruiser, set a second afire, and caused an explosion aboard a third. A large explosion and black smoke were seen from the second cruiser. The raid occurred at sunset Tuesday.
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Cairo
America
Navarino
Greece
Tuesay
Two Draft Groups Leave City Today
The Lenawee count draft board in Adrian directs the depart ures of two draft groups from the armory. The first group left at 8:50 this morning for Battle Creek to begin active service at Fort Custer. The second departs at 9:08 this evening for Detroit for final physicals to determine eligibility. Men meeting at 7:30 will receive final instructions at Adrian High School. The group will ride the 9:08 train to Detroit, with a list of those accepted in Detroit due next week. An ordinary 14-day furlough follows. The Adrian high school alumni band, led by Paul Ranier, will perform at the station.
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Lenawee Count
Adrian
Armory
Battle Creek
Fort Custer
Detroit
Adrian’ Umnary
West Maumee Street
Wabash Station
Adrian High
Paul Ranier
Axis attack on British convoy in western Mediterranean
Italian high command reports Axis planes and submarines attacked a large British convoy in the western Mediterranean since Tuesday. The communiqué says heavy losses were inflicted on escort vessels and aircraft carriers, with the battle ongoing and favorable results for the Axis. Britain reported the aircraft carrier Eagle was lost. The high command promises to announce exact damage later.
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Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Eagle
Hands Off U S Policy On India
The United States follows a Hands Off policy in the Indian crisis and American forces in India are ordered to avoid involvement in the internal conflict sparked by Gandhi. The 4 point policy states the sole aim is to wage war against the Axis and aid China, with defense only if Americans or equipment are at risk.
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Associated
Washington
United States
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
State Department
China
Burma
German Raiders Return to London In Second Night Raid
London endured sirens and a brief pre dawn raid as German bombers struck outskirts. Four raiders reportedly downed while Londoners faced fires and casualties linked to the Mainz bombardment. A lone raider also hit southeast Scotland and the east Anglia coast.
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London
RAF
Mainz
Greater London
Thames
DNS
Rhineland
Scotland
Land Opposition Overcome In Tulagi Area
U S authorities report Marines fighting to expand positions in Tulagi harbor as Japanese control is contested in the Solomon Islands. Allied air and sea superiority cited, with renewed clashes described on the island and in nearby areas of New Guinea. Adjacent reports note heavy Japanese casualties and ongoing combat around Port Moresby as Japanese attempts to drive inland are repelled.
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Tulagi
Caucasus
New York
Tulagi Harbor
Solomon Islands
Salamans
Hayden Leonard
Broadcasting Commission
CBS
Leonard
Kokoda
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Unvatan Macarthun Ss
Australia
United States
Washington Navy
Solomons
U. S. Navy
German Drive Near Stalingrad Aims at Grozny Tuapse Ports
A massive German offensive against Stalingrad loomed as Nazi columns pressed toward Grozny oil fields and the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Tuapse. Russian troops fought to slow the Don front advance with intensified aerial bombardment pounding Caucasus towns amid reports of renewed elements near Cherkessk and Maikop as battles raged northwest of Cherkessk.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Don Hend
Caucasus
Grozny
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Tuapse
Don Elbow
Katelnikovsk
Hitler
Caucasian
Terek River
Caspian
Cherkessk
Information Bureau
Nazi forces claim capture of Elista amid Eastern Front push
Berlin reports motorized Nazi infantry swept east past the Manych headwaters and seized Elista, capital of the Soviet Kalmyk Republic, 230 miles east of Rostov. High command notes intensified fighting in Voronezh and Rzhev, heavy German air blows on shipping, and 161 Russian planes shot down on August 11 and 12.
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Berlin
Don
Elista
Kalmuck Republic
Rostov
Selsk- Prolet-Arskaya
Casbian Sea
Astrakhan
Volga
Voronezh
Rzhev
Strait of Kerch
North Caucasian
Automobiles crash before blackout near Adrian intersection
An accident occurred 15 minutes before a city blackout near Adrian at the US-223 and M52 junction. Lester Case of Seneca drove north, made a safety stop, and Frank Bowen of 812 College Avenue rear ended him. Both cars were disabled and towed away. Bowen faced a summons for improper control. Sheriff’s officers handled the scene.
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Adrian
Lester Case
Seneca
Frank Bowen
College Avenue
Scott
Bowen
Australians Strike Kokoda In Major New Guinea Raid
Allied air units used American Airacobras as dive bombers for the first time in the Southwest Pacific to attack Japanese positions at Kokoda inland from Port Moresby. Australian ground forces pressed a multi-pronged assault, routing retreating Japanese and inflicting heavy casualties while cutting reinforcements.
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MacArthur
Australis
New Guinea
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Solomons
Rabaul
Bunaw
Tulagi
NAM proposes eight percent sales tax for war funds
Washington, Aug. 13 An eight percent sales tax to fund war needs was proposed by J Cheever Cowdin for the National Association of Manufacturers. The plan calls for 87.2 billion dollars in 1943 revenue, tacking on compulsory individual savings and a 5 percent withholding tax on personal earnings deemed impractical. Cowdin warned a bad tax bill could thwart the war and outlined a broad revenue mix including corporate taxes, excise and other levies to reach 37.2 billion in 1943.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Cheever Cowdin
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cowdin
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Hunt Axis Raider in South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Aug 13 Several vessels may include cruisers were reported today to be engaged in a search for a surface Axis raider in the South Atlantic. No word of contact with the enemy ship has been received. The search follows raiding reports last Monday that at least two or perhaps three Allied merchant ships were attacked about 1000 miles east of Rio. Cruisers may have planes to aid the search.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Atantic
Flying Fortresses Knock Out Four Ships In Rabaul Raid
Allied forces in the Solomons push to expand positions around Tulagi as U S Marines consolidate holdings after six days of fierce combat. Flying Fortresses struck Rabaul, destroying four ships in harbor and leaving one 15,000 tonner and two medium vessels afire while others were damaged. no Allied bombers were lost.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Salomons
Allied air raid targets Timor and Tulagi area bases
About 2000 miles west of the Solomons Allied airmen struck Japanese shipping and base installations in the Timor Banda Sea region with undetermined results. The Timor raid appears linked to a convoy previously hit that left one ship sunk and two others damaged, including three destroyers. The Navy says evidence points to a growing Japanese base in the Tulagi area since January.
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Rabaul
Solamans
Solomons
Timor-Banda Sea
Timor
U. S Navy
Solomon
Tulagi
Indictment sought for seven aiding Nazi saboteurs
Justice Department to ask grand juries in New York Brooklyn and Chicago to indict seven people accused of aiding eight Nazi saboteurs who came by submarine to wreck U.S. war production. Attorney General Biddle announced indictments for treason against five. two others interned as dangerous aliens.
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Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Justice Department
America
Biddle
Albert L. Cox
Cox
Banks to Consider a Plan Uniting Two Adrian Banks
Shareholders of Lenawee County Savings Bank and National Bank of Adrian will meet August 20 to decide on a plan to unite the two banks. Lenawee County holders convene at 10 o clock in the morning and National Bank holders at 2 o clock in the afternoon. Notices have been mailed.
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Lenawee County Savings Bank
National Bank of Adrian
Lenawee County
National Bank
McR
War and Navy Dept payments bill moves. Boeing tax threat noted
Aug 13 Bulletin reports House passage of legislation allowing immediate wartime dependents' payments under new allowance acts. Seattle financier H E Bowman warns a pending tax bill could end Boeing Aircraft Corp, claiming 88.75 percent of net profits would go to taxes if enacted. London dispatch notes Dutch submarine torpedoes two Japanese supply ships, deemed total losses by the Netherlands government.
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War and Navy Departments
House
Senate
Washington
H. E. Bowman
Seattle
Wash
Senate Finance Committee
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Boeing Company
Bowman
Tom
London
Netherlands
Neatherlands
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