British Air Raid Pounds Nuremberg In Massive Night Strike
Immense formations of British bombers attacked Nuremberg in a night raid described as a near obliteration attempt. The operation, part of a week of major assaults, included Mosquito sorties on the Ruhr and raids over France and the Low Countries. Thirty-three British aircraft were lost.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Nuremberg
France
Vichy Radio
RAF
Berlin
Robert Ley
England
Hamburg
Low Countries
Real Estate Boom Warned By Federal Agencies
Washington reports warn of an incipient housing boom as prices rise due to wartime income gains and limited construction. Blandford Ferguson and Fahey urge vigilance to prevent inflated values that could trigger foreclosures and mortgage market instability nationwide.
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Washington
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Abner H. Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
Wiandford
Fahey and
Ferguson
Blandford
Fehey
Russians Overwhelm Sevsk Front In Fourth Drive
Moscow reports a new Red Army westward thrust overwhelmed German defenses at Sevsk a midpoint between Orel and Belgorod. The blitz aimed to cut the Kiev Bryansk railroad near Zernovo Makovye and push toward the Dnieper. Soviet forces seized Sevsk killing 5 000 Germans and taking 700 prisoners as battles raged near Kotelyo Akiyrka and Bryansk with heavy losses reported on both sides.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Sevsk
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Kiev-Bryansk
Zernovo
Mfakovo
Ukraine
Makovye
Bryans
Kiev
Kotelyo
Kharkov
Poltava
Akiyrka
Voaroshilovgrad
Donets
Red Air Force
Rad
Kramatorskaya
Russia
Gay Nineties Bond Show Draws Tecumseh Crowd
About 7 000 people attended the Gay Nineties minstrel show at the Tecumseh school auditorium last night opening the county’s third war bond drive. District war bond chairman Reardon Piersol spoke during intermission. the second show is set for 30 tonight with barber shop quartets and Carroll Adams of Detroit serving as master of ceremonies.
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Sweelal
Detroit
Miller Missing in Action Since August in England
David R. Miller of Route 2 Adrian reports his son Tedh Miller, a sergeant in the Air Force assigned to a Flying Fortress in England, was missing in action since August 17 after leaving for overseas service in early May.
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War Department
David R. Miller
Route 2
Adrian
Tedh
Walter A. Miller
Miller
Air Force
England
Many Local Hous To Meet Pincho
An army of American housewives campaigns for canning under U S Department of Agriculture aims. It warns that 100 quarts per person are needed for a well fed year, citing canned and dried foods shortages and rationing prompting Victory Gardens. Among 18 Adrian housewives interviewed, only five had gardens of their own.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
America
Victory Gardens
Winter Canning Efforts Rise as Rationing Bites
In Adrian 18 women have begun or continued food preservation ahead of winter, led by Mrs Howard D White who canned 140 quarts. The push reflects price, garden output, and market variety as households pivot from commercial canning to home pails. Government figures show 1942 canning output rising, with 1943 projections signaling tighter civilian supplies and ration point adjustments.
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Howard D. White
Budlong Street
Victory Gardens
Adrian
Housewife Loses War Ration Book In Detroit
Detroit Aug 28 Violations of Office of Price Administration rules led to penalties for nine people including Mrs A D Wilkinson of Grosse Pointe who lost her family’s war ration books until Dec 31 1944. Frederic S Glover Sr OPA regional hearing commissioner imposed the harshest penalty against the housewife amid charges of illegal purchases from a Grosse Pointe market run by Mrs Helen Gale Howe Wright who faces trial on charges of selling food above ceiling prices and making undefra...
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Detroit
Office of Price Administration
Frederic S. Glover
Cleveland
OPA
A D. Wilkinson
Grosse Pointe
Helen Gale Howe Wright
Canning centers promote proper food preservation methods
State extension programs set up centers to teach housewives correct food preservation techniques. Lenawee County opened a station last week with Beatrice Franquist, Lenawee county home demonstration agent, establishing an office in the courthouse in cooperation with Michigan State.
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Lenawee County
Beatrice’ Franquist
Lenawee Courtly
Court House
Franquest
Michigan State
Volunteers Needed to Process B and C Gas Ration Renewals
Lenawee county war price and rationing board urged volunteers to assist starting Monday morning to handle a flood of B and C gas ration renewal applications. With 2,000 on hand and many expiring September 1, staff cannot manage the workload from window service alone. Volunteers are asked to report to the rationing office when it opens.
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Lenawee County
Lenawee
Vast Pincer On Japs Seen
NEW DELHI August 28 A vast pincer movement shaping to cut Japan from southern islands was seen as possible after the Quebec conference. Mountbatten would lead the southeast Asia end with MacArthur directing the other. The plan targets Burma airbases and Truk, aiming to force Japan to spread its air force and cut supply lines, eliminating Singapore as a naval base. Mountbatten faces choices on Burma attacks and airport access as part of the broader strategy.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Japan
Quebec
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Burma
Truk Islands
Sit Bastion
New Guinea
Sumatra
Java
Australia
Canton
China
Truk
Mountbatten
dlacArthur
Malay
Singapore
India
Malta
Brake to Name Four Payoff Men in Graft Probe
Lansing Aug 28 State Treasurer D Hale Brake said he will name four persons as payoff men who offered bribes to lawmakers in a grand jury graft inquiry. He testified he may tell Judge Leland Carr and Attorney General Herbert Rushton about his 1941 Senate experiences. Brake expects to testify Monday when the jury reconvenes about two new legislators allegedly offered money for a defeat of an anti branch banking bill.
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Lansing
D. Hale Brake
Brake
Leland W. Carr
Herbert J. Rushton
A J
All Japanese Resistance on New Georgia Ended
CBS correspondent Eric Sevareid recounts the Aug. 2 crash of a U.S. transport over northern Burma and the dramatic survival of 20 men aided by local headhunters. Sevareid, among the survivors, describes parachuting from the burning plane and the perilous flight to safety amid jungle peaks and clouded mountains.
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New Georgia
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Sevareid
U.S
Burma
Sevaried
Lotta
India-Burma Jungle
Tam
Air Transport Command
India
China
John Davies, Jr
Chungking
William L. Stanton
U. S
Office of Ecoposte Warfare
Davies
Mrs Rex Crit Dies in Toledo Hospital
Blissfield, Aug 28 Mrs Rex Crit 44 wife of village president died at 1 am in Toledo hospital after heart ailment. Survived by husband four children Dean in Blissfield Bruce navy bound Barbara Carol at home mother Mrs Charles Hardle Blissfield two grandchildren sister Mrs George Sprunk and other relatives. She was Blissfield Methodist member and former Eastern Star matron and Legion Auxiliary past president. Body at 208 Gasner Street Sunday noon for calling. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at home with Rev Herbert Brubaker and Rev Alfred Eddy officiating burial in Pleasant View Cemetery.
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Blissfield
Rex
Crist
Rex Crist
Toledo Hospital
Dean
Bruce
Navy
Barbara
Carol
Charles Hardle
George Sprunk
Herbert Brubaker
Blissfield Methodist Church
Alfred Eddy
Belleville
Pleasant View Cemetery
Car Kills Two Horses on Manitou Beach Highway
At 12 40 last night a car carrying Mr and Mrs Earl Van Norman and their two children collided with four horses on the Rome Center Manitou Beach highway two and one half miles west of Rome Center. Two horses owned by W R Kling er were killed and the Van Normans and their children Yvonne and John May suffered cuts and bruises but were treated and released from Bixby hospital. Sheriff’s office investigated as passing Adrian resident Paul Reed helped direct traffic.
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Manitou Beach
Earl van Norman
Yvonne
John May
Rome Center
W. R. Kiinger
van Norman
Bixby Hospital
Paul Reed
Adrian
Trafflc
Sheriff's Office
Klinger
Pfc Arden Hatt Wounded In Action In New Guinea
Jasper telegram reports Pfc Arden Hatt seriously wounded in action August 10 while serving in New Guinea. Hatt enlisted two and a half years ago before Pearl Harbor, previously stationed in Australia, after working on local farms near Jasper.
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Spram
Jasper
Euella Hatt
War Department
Pfc
Arden. Hatt
New Guinea
Hatt
Army
Pearl Harbor
Australia
Bombing raids hit Italian rail yards and targets
Allied air forces blasted Sulmona railway yards near Rome and Benevento freight works near Naples. B-26 and B-25 bombers hit Caserta air yards and other targets, with heavy German fighter opposition. Several Nazi planes were shot down as Fortresses and Marauders escorted by Lightnings operated over the Naples, Salerno, Reggio Calabria area.
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Allied
North Africa
U. 5
Sulmona
Rome
Benevento
Naples
Caserta
Catanzara
Sibari
Cetrare
Paola
Gulf
Reggio Calabria
Messina
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
U. S
Railromd
Bengsenfo
Bulgarian King Boris in deteriorating health in London
A Berlin radio report cited by DNB from Sofia said King Boris of Bulgaria, 49, remained in serious condition after weekend heart activity. The court physician released a communiqué at 1 p.m. Eastern War Time noting the king had a quiet night, though his breathing remained weak and no decisive improvement was reported.
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London
Boris of
Bulgaria
Berlin
Aj Dnb
Sofia
Associated Press
DNB
Tnesetae
Allied Forces Complete New Georgia Victory in Solomons
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Allied control of New Georgia in the central Solomons after heavy fighting. US troops seized Bairoko Harbor from a debilitated Japanese garrison, with stores and vehicles captured and no prisoners reported.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Munda
Bairoko Harbor
Kula Gulf
Vila
Kolombangara
Pacific
Rendova Island
United States
Baanga
Salamaua
Mitchell
Dauntless
Choieut Esland
Bougainville
Japan
Kahili
Map For Eight Routes To Berlin On Telegram Page Seven
A brief note directs readers to page seven for a map showing eight logical routes to Berlin. The item references the Telegram as the source and indicates where the illustration can be found within the issue.
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Berlin
Soviet Forces Push West To Psel River Mile Marker
Bulletin from Moscow reports the Russian army advancing 15 miles beyond Zenkov to the Psel River, a Dnieper tributary, marking their farthest westward reach yet. Severely pressuring German defenses, Soviet forces also struck toward Sevsk in a new western sector as Allied bombings disrupt North Africa to Italy rail networks.
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Moscow
Blaine
Psel
Dnieper
Kharkov
Red Star
Zenkov
Sevsk
Orel
Belgorod
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British
WARN
Sgt
George Co. Kenney
Gasmata
New Britain Island
RAAF
Pincho
National Canners’ Association
U. S. Department For Agriculture
Wilkinson
Glover
Ued
Fanning Fienarte Secoilahte
Curtis BR
Andrews
Lulu
E. Bachman
Frank B. Bigelow
Helen D. Cooper
William E. Scripps
Murray W. Sales
Margaret Jane Sheppand
Henry B. Joy
Savage
Rex Crit
Toledo
Long
Arden Hatt
Heal Estate Auction
Treat Noad
Ean Drake Auction Co
Alace Iomeers
Agar Abe
Ato
Imital
Bulletin
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