Lenawee County Fair Opens With War Influence
The 65th Lenawee County Fair in Adrian begins September 21 with wartime features. Navy and Coast Guard recruiting booths will operate with films. a Pearl Harbor veteran will promote war bonds. nightly patriotic meetings are planned. livestock exhibits increase while auto and machinery displays decrease. six new tents will house surplus livestock. 250 concessions are signed. horse races close the fair. opening night features the National Barn Dance show with Lulu Belle and Scotty from WLS.
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Lenawee County
Adrian Fairgrounds
United States
Navy
Coast Guard
Dick LaClare
Pearl Harbor
Adrian
Detroit
Ralph A. Tew
Lenawee County Fair Association
WLS
Lulu Belle
Scotty
Wee -Ee
Michigan Associat
Service Board
Tew
Elty
Tair Association
Senate group studies tax rebate amid Canadian plan contrast
A Senate finance committee staff analysis compares a postwar rebate model to Canada’s approach while noting Michigan’s fires and drought cost. It outlines credit limits for single and married filers, dependents' added relief, and deductions for pensions life insurance and mortgages as part of a broader effort to balance revenue and wartime savings.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Conservation Department
Washington
Canada
Senate Finance
Bryant C. Brown
Colin F. Stam
Joint Committee
Brown
Battleship Iowa Launched Early in New York Harbor
New York Aug 27 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A Bard announced the launching of the battleship Iowa at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He claimed the ship could fire faster and farther than any afloat and would not be scrapped. He called Iowa a weapon shaping America's postwar sea power and peace.
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New York
Ralph A. Bard
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bard
Santiago Hay
Pearl Harbor
America
Draft group ends 4 day furlough in Lenawee County
A group of Lenawee county men inducted into the Army August 14 in Detroit will start active service at Fort Custer tomorrow after a 14 day furlough. They meet at Adrian armory on West Maumee Street at 8 20 and depart by bus for Battle Creek at 8 50.
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Lenawee County
Detroit
Fort Custer
Adrian
West Maumee Street
Battle Creek
Mothers Bond Across 8000 Miles In War Time Letter
A wartime letter from Mrs E Walsh in Melbourne to Mrs L W Elliott, sharing cross‑continent comfort between Australian and American mothers. The note praises son Keith, describes hospitality extended to Australian servicemen, and urges courage until loved ones return home.
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Michigan Avenue
Keith
United 1
Melbourne
Australia
Australis
Mra
Elliott
Walsh
Felliott
Ceiling prices set on services county board says
The Lenawee County War Price and Rationing Board orders ceiling prices for services in consumer agricultural and industrial fields with filings due by September 10. Providers must list services offered in March 1942 and keep updated price descriptions, covering repairs rental and processing services among others with details filed at the court house.
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Office of Price Administration
Lenawee County
County” Board
Court House
Rationing Board
Convict Division Proposal Sparks Prisoner Army Idea
OMARBA August 27 A Missouri prisoner proposes forming a Black Legion army division made up entirely of convicts. J Harry R Justice writes Maj Gen Frederick E Uhl asking Washington to consider the plan citing 200000 prisoners nationwide and prisoners drill. He appeals for training uniforms and a path to serve then resume sentences.
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Omarba
Black Legion
Missouri
Adjutant General Department
Washington
Harry R. Justice
Frederick E. Uhl
Seventh Service Command
Uhl
Justice
America
Japs Pay Heavily for Landing Off New Guinea Tip
Allied forces clash with a Japanese marines landing at Milne Bay on the southeastern tip of New Guinea. American air power damaged enemy ships and barges while destroying a cruiser and starting fires. Navy reports show heavy Japanese losses and ongoing battles in the Solomons as forces strive for Guadalcanal and other bases.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Milne Bay
Macarthurs
Australia
U. S
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Ex Bund leader Strever jailed in Detroit
FBI agents seized the Detroit home of Fritz K Strever a former Bund leader and accused Nazi sympathizer. He faces two New York indictments for conspiracy to violate the selective service act and alien registration law. He is jailed while fugitive warrants are prepared.
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Detroit
FBI
Fritz K. Streuer
Detroit Bund
New York
John $. Bugas
Strever
Buges
Streuer
Bugas
Max Stephan
Stephan
U S Planes Raid Lashio Base in Burma
U S Army planes raided the Japanese Lashio base in Burma, claimed two enemy fighters shot down and two more likely destroyed. Bombers with escorts touched off two large fires in Lashio center as fighters strafed the town and airfield. all Americans returned safely.
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Chungking
Lashio
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Rangoon
Mandalay
U.S
Yochow
Hunan
Nanchang
Kiangsi
U. S. Army Air Force
Haiphong
Allies Ready For Supreme Mediterranean Battle At El Alamein
Allied air forces overwhelm Axis transports west of El Alamein as British American forces prepare for a major desert clash. Reports say New Zealanders struck in a moonlit raid and a four-nation air raid hit Sidi Barrani and El Daba. Britain vows full support from Churchill as Rommel readies fresh reinforcements for a pivotal North Africa drive.
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Associated Press
Cairo
el Alamein
Churchill
England
Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Egypt
Caucasus
British Exchange
London
United States
Army Air Force
Sidi- Barrani
el, Daba
Erwin Rommel
Hnes
Alexandria
North Africa
Daily Mail
Ato
Interial
Beyra
Draft plan would draft 18 and 19 year olds for war
Washington Aug 27 A House rules committee plan outlines new draft legislation to make 18 and 19 year olds eligible for armed service. Chairman Sabath predicts Congress will approve drafting 18 and 19 year olds this session, citing the 118-19 group as strong material. The program also covers defense housing funds and keeps other major bills in play despite possible labor and farm legislation delays.
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Washington
Sabath
D-I
House
Cules Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Rules Committee
Federal Communications Committee
Japanese recount Solomon Islands naval battle losses
Tokyo reports Japan has sunk one destroyer and damaged several vessels in the renewed Solomon Islands clash. United States losses cited include a heavy aircraft carrier and battleship damage, with claims of two carriers and a battleship hit. Washington has not confirmed any U S warship losses in this phase.
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Tokyo
Japan
Solomon Islands
Imperial Headquarters
United States
Beachina
Damag
Solomons
Nichi Nichi
Tokyo Daily
East Asia
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Cargo war risk rates reduced across multiple trade routes
United Nations merchantmen benefitted as American Marine Insurance Underwriters cut cargo war risk rates by five percent. Reductions apply to shipments between the United States and Brazil and Argentina, Africa, the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Aden ports, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, India east of Cape Comorin, and Australasia via the Panama Canal. A separate obituary notes sports writer C L Poss Parsons, 52, died at his Hebgen Lake summer home after a career with the Denver Post and KOA radio.
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New York
United Nations
American Marine Insurance
U. S
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Africa
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aden
Canary
Cape Verde Islands
Ceylon
India
Cape Comorin
Cape of Good Hope
Calcutta
Port Said
African Cape
Australasia
Panama Canal
West Yellowstone
Mont
C. L
Poss) Parsons
Denver
Hebgen Lake
Parsons
Iowa University
Colorado College
Denver “Post
KOA
Stalingrad Situation Remains Critical as Front Battles Raged
Moscow dispatches report renewed German pressure around Stalingrad with heavy reinforcements and grim fighting. Russian central front forces clash near Rzhev Vyazma, advancing footholds into Rehey as a 15 day offensive targets Moscow’s security and oil routes, while casualties mount on both sides and German losses rise to about 47,000.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Staligrad
Ufe
Russia
Rzhev- Vyazme
Rehey
Stalingrad
Lower Volga
Caucasus
Mozdok
Prokhiadnenski Battlegrounds
Gromy
Ordzhonikidze
Rezhev
Gzhatsk
Vyazma
Rzhev
Upper Volga
Brescow
Volga
Russtans
Japanese Retreat Before Chinese Counterattack in China
Japanese forces retreat eastward from Chuhsien after Chinese counter-offensive, with fires in the city and destruction of towns as Japan pulls back along the Chekiang Kiangsi rail line. Chinese reports say Sungyand and Lishui have fallen under pressure, while Burma movements appear minor and a fourth battle for Changsha is not imminent.
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China
Chinese Central
Chekiang Province
Japan
Kiangsi
Sungyand
Chekiang
Lishui
Cheklang-Kiangsi
Shankiao
Kwangfeng
Klansshan
Central News
Stroop
Yunnan
Myitkyina
Burma
Yechew
Hunan
Changsha
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