Nelson announces get tough policy in war production
Washington aims to prevent production shutdowns by fast tracking material access under Donald M. Nelson’s new get tough policy. Regional directors would grant quick priority ratings to secure scarce steel, copper, aluminum and parts, limiting material pools. A War Production Board meeting with CIO and AFL metal unions urged by the board will address shortages and management concerns. Nelson warned critics that he will aggressively enforce his plan to keep plants operating.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
AFL
Cio Netal
War Productions Board
CI0
Nelson
Congressional
War Production Board
Island Park residents fund resuscitator for lake area
Orville Foreman and a committee from Island Park Recreation Club traveled to Toledo to buy a resuscitator. About $600 has been raised to fund a life saving trailer to be usable with any car. A small house car will carry the resuscitator plus bandages and extinguishers. A training course for residents is planned this autumn. The trailer will be stationed between Devils and Round Lakes in Island Park.
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Devils and Round Lakes
Orville Foreman
L. 8. Kaney
Island Park Recreation Club
Toledo
Foreman
Island Park
Devils
Pa Halts Sale of New Light Cars to Aid Armed Forces
The OPA issued an order effective August 18 halting transfers or sales of all new 1942 Ford Plymouth and Chevrolet four door cars with hard tops to meet armed forces needs. The restriction lasts August 18 to October 33 inclusive and covers cars with list prices $1,000 or less and driven under 1,000 miles. Exemptions exist for specified persons per Arthur H. Sarvis, state OPA director in Michigan, though the amendment form was not fully received.
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Ford
Plymouth
Chevrolet
OPA
Lenawee County
Arthur H. Sarvis
Michigan
Dieppe raid reports show air sea harmony and Nazi losses
Gault MacGowan reports from London on the Dieppe assault as Allied air sea and land forces mounted a coordinated attack. Spitfires and Hurricanes shattered the sky while Nazi planes were shot down, paratrooper cues traced a white trail, and sailors watched as the fleet faced shore defenses with heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Gault MacGowan
New York Sun
Lot
London
Dieppe
Gault Mincgovan
Spitfire
Dieppe Bay
New Farm Price Battle Impending
Washington news reports a new farm price battle shaping as Secretary Wickard urges an amendment to permit lower price ceilings on agricultural products. He shifts from prior stance to ask farmers to drop the 110 percent parity floor, drawing swift opposition from House Agriculture Committee chairmen and farm groups wary of livestock implications and admin burdens.
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Washington
Wickard
Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Chicago
Earl C. Smith
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwestern
Bombardier Millikin Proud Of Pupils In Army Raid
U S Army aviator 2nd Lieut Hubert Millikin praises former students and a former instructor from the Albuquerque flying school for their roles in the Midway battle and other raids. He recalls Lieut George Pueilowski Will Ray George Ludolph and others as top men. The Adrian bombardier identifies Lieut Harry Erickson of Mankato Minnesota from a crew photo.
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U. S. Army
America
Itosa
French City
Hubert Millikin
Albuquerqué
N. M
Salt Lake City
Associated Press
George A. Pueilowski
Detroit
Will Ray
New London
Conn
Millikin
Lieut
George Ludolph
St. Paul
Midway
Adrian
Harry Erickson
Mankato
Minn
Calls Dieppe Raid Allied Victory Shaped by Air and Sea Battle
Editor notes Drew Middleton of AP, among US press observers, described the Dieppe raid from offshore vessels. He reported seven hours of fierce air and naval combat over Dieppe as Allied forces landed in the port. The raid produced a decisive local victory with heavy losses and significant material damage to landing craft. Middleton’s career included BEF service in France and Belgium, landings and assignments with British forces, and later duty with U.S. forces in Iceland. The account emphasizes the perilous mission and the complex Allied effort.
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Drew Middleton
Associated Press
United States Press
Dieppe
Middleton
France
England
Dunkirk
Ate
Syracuse University
New York
London
Belgium
Iceland
Royal Nav
RAF
Royal Navy
Luftwaffe
Channel
Newspapers Cleared by Grand Jury on Navy Article
Chicago Tribune New York Daily News and Washington Times-Herald faced no indictment after a five day grand jury inquiry into a June 7 publication about a Japanese fleet in the Midway battle. Col. Robert R. McCormick defended the Tribune's actions stating no fear of indictment and commitment to the war effort.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Washington Times-Herald
Grand
Wiliam D. Mitchell
Midway
Tribune
the Citadel
Robert R. McCormick
Edige
The
Maloney
J. Loyd Maloney
Grand Jury
Pearl Harbor
Tribune Today
Mitchell
Col. McCormick
Made assistant cashier at Adrian State Bank
Leslie Pierce formerly with National Bank of Adrian and National Bank of Commerce was today named assistant cashier at the Adrian State Savings Bank and began work there this morning. Hervey C. King also serves as an assistant cashier at the Adrian State. Pierce previously had ties with the Detroit Trust Company before 1929.
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Adrian State Bank
Leslie Pierce
National Bank of Adrian
National Bank of Commerce
Sfnce
Adrian State Savings Bank
Hervey
C. King
Adrian, State
See Son’s Picture In The Telegram After Rouen Raid
Adrian residents Mrs Robert Watkins and her husband were surprised to find a Telegram front page photo of Sergeant Robert Watkins reported as taking part in the American bombing raid on Rouen, Germany-held France. The caption identifies bomber crew member Captain William Musselwhite of Jackson Mississippi and notes Watkins was fourth from the left in a light flying suit. Mrs Watkins insists the unidentified airman may be her son Bob and jokes she will eat the paper if wrong.
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Robert
Watkins
Adrian
Robert Watkins
England
Raper
Rouen
France
Terday
William Musselwhite
Bob
Russians Take Initiative on Four Central Fronts
The Red Army announced it has taken the initiative on four central fronts from Bryansk to Lake Simen, while pressing efforts near Stalingrad and the Caucasus. They claim heavy German losses on Bryansk, western, Kalinin and northwestern fronts as new offensives unfold.
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The
Red
Bryansk
Lake Simen
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Bryansk Front
Moscow
Moskow
Vyazma
Don Bend
Kalinin
Red Star
Bombers attack JP SHS in Solomon Islands clash
Allied bombers struck near Faisi on Bougainville to aid US Marines in the Solomon Islands. The Canberra cruiser was sunk in the early Solomon Islands action, with Commodore Frank Getting of Sydney and Ensign J W Vance among the dead. The Japanese fleet reportedly withdrew northward after the engagement.
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Solomon Area
Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
Ay . 2
Canberra
Robert Lee’ Ghormley
Cahberra
Frank Getting
Sydney
Ensien J. W Vance
United States Navy
Faisi
Bougainville
Solomons
Mary
Hooever
Iit
Solomon
Dieppe Raiders Acknowledged All Their Aims and Predicted Raids
Washington reports quote Senator George as saying excise tax forecasts hinge on new rates and retroactivity. He notes the government faces loss from delayed tax bills while urging swift passage after shaping, with emphasis on wartime applicability and avoiding election-year politics.
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Dieppe
Europe
Senate
House
RAF Fliers Praise American Pilots In Major Air Show
Aug 20 dispatch from Britain reports United States Army Air Forces flying Fortresses bombing the Dieppe area while American fighter pilots score three probable victories in a single day. Allies total 2,300 sorties from dawn to dusk as four cross-channel trips and over six hours in air push U S pilots to high praise from veteran RAF fliers. Captain Frank HAL 23 of Hilldale N J shot down a Focke Wulf 190 for the first American fighter victory though not seen crash, listed as probable. Names of other two pilots not yet available.
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Sy Wes Gallagher
United States
Britain
Dieppe
RAF Sliers
Prank Hal 23
Hilledale
N. J
Germany
Gallagher
Dieppe Raid Marks Stiff Allied Strike Across Nazi Shore
Allied assault on Dieppe by United States Rangers Canadian British and Fighting French Commandos ended nine hours of heavy fighting with strong points breached and heavy losses on both sides. Allies reported many enemy planes destroyed and few Allied planes lost amid a bold demonstration of combined air and sea power.
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Associated Press
London
Hitler
Europe
Dieppe
United States
France
RAF
United States Army Air Force
Abbeville
Ranger Battalion
Barn Destroyed by Fire Near Morenci
A barn and nearby outbuildings on the David Mellott farm, two miles west of Morenci, burned last night at 9:15. Loss estimated at 5,500. A hired man, Albert McGowan, saw flames and raised the alarm as four Dorenci fire trucks drew water from the city hydrant to battle the blaze. The 36 by 70 ft barn and an 16 by 24 ft shed burned, along with two calves, a loader, ensilage cart, 50 tons of hay, and straw from a 20 acre field. Insurance partly covered the loss. exact cause undetermined.
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David Mellott
Tedegraen Morenci
David “Mellott
Morenci
Albert
McGowan
Dorenci
Meliot
Classification changes shift 1-8 draft status
The Selective Service System announced reclassification of 1-B registrants effective September 1 with a goal to complete by January 1. Some 1-B men will become 1-A or 4-F after induction, while at most one quarter per focal board may move to 1-AA monthly. Education officials urged halting voluntary enlistments to favor college programs and officer training.
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United Service
Army
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Brazilian coastal steamer Jacy sunk by submarine
A Brazilian coastal steamer named Jacy was sunk by a submarine off the northeast coast. Six Brazilian ships have been destroyed in recent days. Most aboard were ordered into lifeboats as the vessel went down.
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Allied Raiders of Dieppe Set at 10 000
Vichy Aug 20 Excited telephonic reports from Dieppe claim about 10 000 Allied raiders, mostly Canadians, landed in 200 to 400 small boats with tanks. British warships shelled German defenses as nurses and firemen tended casualties. Civilians feared dead while fighting raged through the lower city amid barbed wire and anti tank barriers.
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Vichy
Dieppe
de Gaulle
Dieppé
Public Works Force Slashed by War Strains Adrian City
Adrian public works operates amid wartime shortages as Adelbert Vedder reports a 30 percent drop in staff from 33 to 18, delaying street resurfacing and sewer projects. Resurfacing on East Church Street used 8536 square yards of bituminous material with special state and federal approval. A 700 foot sanitary sewer for Michigan Producers on East Church Street is planned next week, with a former combined sewer converted to a storm sewer to ease the River Raisin plant’s sewage load.
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Comemissioner
Adelbert Vedder
Armed Services
Vedder
East Church Street
Tecumseh and
Payne Streets
Michigan
Belice
Raisin
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