Lenawee County Sets Quotas for 3rd War Loan Drive
Lenawee county residents and corporations must invest 33,567,000 in U S war savings bonds during September to meet the government quota for the third war loan. Co-chairmen Charles Robertson and Arthur A Palmer urge local investors to go over the top, noting the greatest need now. Adrian leads city and village quotas with 52,292,000, including 650,000 in E bonds and 1,642,000 in other issues compared with past campaigns.
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Lenawee County
Charles Robertson
Arthur A. Palmer
Lenawee
Adrian
War Bond Drive Opens in Lenawee County Campaign
The article details a national 15 billion War Loan quota to be raised by individuals and corporations while banks do not participate. Lenawee County communities, including Tecumseh, Blissfield, Hudson, and Adrian, set large local goals as co chairmen urge deeper giving to support service members and war efforts. County campaigns begin with Pem arrangements at the McKinster Garage North Main Street.
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Tas
Lenawee County
Lenawee
Tecumseh
Blissfield
Hudson
Adrian
Old Home County
Robertson
Mr. Palmer
McHinster
North Main Street
Train wreck toll climbs to 26 dead in Wayland crash
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Limited collided head on with a switch engine near Wayland New York raising deaths to 26 and injuries to about 150. Steam filled a wrecked coach trapping victims as coroner Dr James Sanford noted many died instantly. Hospitalizations reached 56 with responders from several towns aiding victims and blood plasma flown in from multiple cities.
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Associated Press
Wayland
N. Y
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
New York
American Legion
Masonic Hall
Rochester
Whereabouts Of Ciano A Puzzle
London reports a surge of guesses about Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister after his escape from Rome house arrest. News wires place him near the French frontier Innsbruck and in Rome at various points amid unconfirmed sightings and rumors of retirement for himself and Dino Grandi.
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London
UPI
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Innsbruck
Germany
Ciano
Reuters
Iatian
Italy
Atlantik
DNB
Stefani
Cijano
Dino Grandi
Grand Council
London Daily Express
Bern
Bern Thet Ciano
Edda
Diana
Churchill cites Quebec talks as inflaming war on Japan
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the Quebec conference focused mainly on inflaming the war against Japan, noting Russia was at peace and avoiding embarrassment for the Soviet Union in its absence. He urged a future UN conference with Soviet representation and defended delaying a second front until military chances justify it.
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Quebec
Winston Churchill
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Churchill
Hitler
Bombers Continue Attacks On Italy In Africa Front
Allied air forces struck Italy from North Africa on August 31, hitting Viterbo airfield near Rome and rail targets around Naples. Marauders and Mitchells with escorts raided Civita Vecchia and Aversa while Wellington bombers blasted southern rail yards and communications in Sardinia. Official reports say 21 enemy planes were downed and 15 Allied aircraft missing, with major fires seen near Aversa and Civita Vecchia.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Viterbo
Rome
Naples
Aversa
Civita Vecchia
Italy
Sardinia
Hames
Civita Verehia
Rome-Leghorn
I Held as Spy Offers to Talk for Freedom
Detroit August 31 The Detroit News reports Mrs Theresa Behrens one of four held on espionage charges offered to reveal many things the government ought to know in exchange for her freedom She said she does not want to go to court or testify but will talk if freed Special agent in charge John S Bugas declined to comment Bond set at 50000 for Behrens and three others Bertrand Hoffman Grace Buchanan Dineen and others named in the case
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Detroit
The
Detroit News
Bugas
Behrens
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Fred
William
Thomas
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
Traffic And Sub Division Codes Introduced Before Commission
Two ordinances to update traffic regulations and set standards for new subdivisions were introduced at the city commission meeting. They undergo first and second readings and await final adoption. A consultant helped draft the subdivision ordinance, with penalties up to 100 fine and 90 days in jail.
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Adrian
Clarke
Baldwin
City Planning Commission
J. Martin Frissell
East Lansing
Ardnance
Planning Commission
City Commission
Commission
Frissell
Appeals Filed Over Price Control Act Ruling
Atlanta August 31 Attorneys for the Office of Price Administration prepared an appeal from a Macon federal court decision invalidating terms of the Emergency Price Control Act. Regional OPA said enforcement of the act including rent controls would continue pending appeal and final adjudication. The agency plans to seek review in the U.S. Court of Appeals at New Orleans as other courts supported the rent section.
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Atlanta
Office of Price Administration
Middle Georgia U. S. District Court
OPA
Bascom S Deaver
Macon
U. S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Deavers
Supreme Court
Washington
Henry M.hart, Jr
United States Emergency Court of Appeals
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Deaver
Mrs Roosevelt Tours New Zealand Highlights Whakarewarewa
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Rotorua to view Whakarewarewa warm pools and the Pa Huta geyser reaching 60 feet. She was cheered at a reception and praised the beauty. She met Landgirls, observed farming work, and posed with triplet farm Girls.
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Aucklapw
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Zealand
Rotorua
Whakarewarewa
Red Army Drives On Unchecked To Mariupol And Rostov
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army smashing through German lines and advancing toward Mariupol and Stalino from Taganrog. Cavalry and tank units spearhead a push along the Sea of Azov, recapturing 15 populated places as Rostov region is declared liberated, while German broadcasts call it a strategic withdrawal.
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Moscow
Mariupol
Taganrog
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Rosstov
Sea of Azov
Tolbukhin
Associated Press
London
Stalino
Rostov
Orel
Kharkov
Donetsko-Ambrosievka
Veselo-Voznesenskaya
Jeeps Help Plane To Land In Moonlit Sicily
At an American airfield in Sicily a British Spitfire in a moonless night attempted landings. Lieut Robert Kirsch of Buffalo commandeered jeeps to clear a landing path with headlights blazing. The plane made two approaches and landed safely before Kirsch returned to his letter in camp.
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North Africa
Sicilly
Robert J.sch
Buffalo
N. Y
George Sietnick
Chicago
Kirsch
Lake Michigan diversion plea opposed by state agencies
The State Health Department and State Stream Control Commission said they cannot back Chicago’s request to divert more Lake Michigan water for Illinois drainage and ship canals. Milton P. Adams noted past Supreme Court blocks and urged caution as Great Lakes levels peak, with a multi year recession expected next year.
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Lake Michigan
Lansing
State Health Department
State Stream Control Commission
Kelly
Chicago Medical Society
Chicago
Ward Production Board
South Chicago
Milton P. Adams
Commission
Great Lakes
United States Supreme Court
Adams
Iskes
Allies Smash Wewak Again 37 Jap Planes Destroyed
Allied headquarters report a major air victory over Wewak New Guinea as Liberators and Lightnings destroyed 37 to 49 Japanese planes and damaged others. Ground action at Salamaua and Kila ridge cited with successful repulses. Bombers hit Alexishafen and Bogadjim, barges sunk, and Japanese supply lines targeted across the Solomons and Bougainville.
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Wewak
Southwest Pacific
Ajman
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Salsmana
Salamaua
Kila
Alexishafen
Bogadjim
New Britain
Kaivieng
New Ireland
Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville
Santa Isabel Island
New Georgia
Japan
Vila
Kolombangara
Americans Attack German Airfield and Power Station in France
Following a heavy RAF raid on the Rhineland, American marauders struck a German airfield at Lille Vandervill e in France and a power station at Mazingarde. The Eighth Air Force called the raids successful. one B 26 bomber and one RAF escort aircraft listed missing. Three enemy fighters reportedly destroyed as heavy bomber fleets pressed the continental assault closing the fourth year of war.
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London
Rhineland
Lille-Vanderville
France
Mazingarde
Eighth American Air Force
RAF
Muenchen-Gladbach
Rheydt
Duisburg
Muen
Ten Minute Stalls Planned by Police for Shoppers
Shoppers may park briefly to buy essentials as eight ten minute stalls are marked at Main and Maumee Street intersection in the business district. Louis F Germond, commissioner of public safety, will oversee the plan with police monitoring to prevent abuse.
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Louis F. Germond
Commissioner of Public Safety
Maumee Street
Germond
Pleasure driving ban lifted in the northeast after tonight
The Pleasure Driving Ban in the northeastern shortage area ends at midnight as motorists once again decide their use of gasoline. The Office of Price Administration and the Petroleum Administrator for War warn the action does not increase available fuel and urge restraint based on essential needs and patriotism.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Petroleum Administrator For War
Woman Sought In Death Of WAC Corporal
Police pursue a Diack woman linked to the slaying of WAC Corporal Maoma L Ridings in a downtown hotel. An 18 year old confessor was questioned but not substantiated. coroner cites rape evidence and fatal blood loss from a severed jugular vein. A milkman found a WAC skirt near the scene as investigators chase leads and possible disguises.
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India Sarunio
WAC Corp
Maoma
Noel Jones
Roy B. Storms
Marion County
Georgia
Jones
New Castle
Ind
Idianapolis
Corp
Danish Cities Swept by Wave of Strikes
Stockholm Aug 31 reports from Denmark indicate at least 2 000 killed or wounded as fighting erupted before dawn Sunday between Danish soldiers sailors and civilians and the German occupation army. German authorities crushed the revolt and moved to tighten control as strikes hit nine cities including Aalborg Aarhus Grenaa Fredericia and Viborg. King Christian reportedly imprisoned while government members were jailed or placed under house arrest as Von Hannecken dispatched troops to curb strikes. Free Danish leaders in London and Stockholm anticipated a new government forming with Danish under German rule and possible alliance with the United Nations.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Denmark
Christian
Sorgenfri
Hermann von Hannecken
von Hannecken
Skagen
Shoerning
Saeby
Aalborg
Viborg
Aarhus
Grenaa
Fredericia
Sveaborg
Hannecken
Eric Scavenius
London
United Nations
Christmas Moeller
Moeller
Sweden
Germany
C. B. Henriques
Copenhagen
Landon Assails Food Policy Of Administration
Kansas City August 31 Alf M Landon Republican presidential nominee criticized the national administration for its food policy saying it lacks a realistic continuous program balancing livestock with feed. He urged one authoritative agency, opposed lease lease-lease gifts, and warned of loss of national prestige abroad while calling on America to speak first for itself.
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Kansas City
Alf
M. Landon
National
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
England
America
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