Hurd Employees Pledge to Keep Supply Lines Moving
About 700 Hurd Lock & Manufacturing workers pledged to keep supply lines moving for the war effort during a bond meeting after 50 to 75 AFL Machinists Local 1268 members outside protested as tearful workers inside reaffirmed support. Speaker Which Reardon Piersol urged backing troops with blood and funds, while a later conference with union, conciliator and company officials was set at city hall.
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AFL
Use Hard Lock & Manufacturing Company
Reardon Piersol
Ann Arbor
Piersol
Hurd
Army
Navy
Marines
Tom Livingston
Fur Jough
Hitler
3. C. Eddy
U. & Conciliator Service
West Meumee Street
John Howes
Machinists
Toledo
Adrian
E. J. Kelly
Joseph Bashaw
Harry Dillon
Membes
20 Of Scuttled French Ships Intact
Secretary of Navy Knox reported that out of 75 French ships in Toulon harbor at German entry, 20 remained intact, 51 sunk or damaged or unaccounted for, and four escaped. Damaged vessels include Dunkerque Strasbourg and Provence, with some possibly reclaimable.
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Washington
Knox
Toulon
Strasbourg
Provence
Three Adrian men wounded in Pacific fighting
In the southwest Pacific area on November 27, Second Lieutenant Arthur Meinke, Pfc. Roger L. Phipps, and First Sergeant Richard Asbury were all wounded slightly in action, the War Department reports relayed by relatives. Meinke is the son of Mrs. Frieda Meinke of 704 Trent Street, Phipps is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Phipps, and Mrs. Louella Asbury of 550 South Center Street notes her son’s injury.
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Adrian
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Arthur €. Meinke
Frieda Meinke
Trent Street
Roger L. Phipps
H. L. Phipps
Louella Asbury
South Center Street
Richard Asbury
8 Year Olds Register This Month
Draft registration for men who turned 18 since the last June registration will begin Friday at the Adrian draft headquarters only. 18-year-olds born July 1 to August 31 1924 register December 11 to 17, those born September 1 to October 31 1924 December 18 to 24, and those born November 1 to December 31 1924 December 24 to 31. Headquarters open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the intake, as proclaimed by the President.
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Adrian
Draft Board
County Scraps Bids Sought for 1200 Tons Metal
Richard H. Goff the county savage chairman seeks bids on about 1200 tons of scrap metal collected in a county drive four months ago This bid call aims to move the metal to war plants Farmers who contributed will be paid and proceeds after expenses will be split among charitable and patriotic organizations The expected net is around four thousand dollars
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Richard H. Goff
County Savage
Hosiery drive to aid war effort and the Payne verdict
Wartime hosiery shortages push use of old stock and new stock alike for government needs and Christmas gifts. Old stockings washed and donated at Adrian stores with ready containers and planned 100 pound shipments by A A Palmer. In Bloomington, former newspaper exec Mrs Caroline G Payne is sentenced to 2 to 21 years for voluntary manslaughter in the death of Indianapolis lawyer Charles O Mattingly amid jealousy claims.
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Milady
Adrian
A. A. Palmer
Adrian Salvage Committee
Bloomington
Ind
Charles B. Staff
Caroline G. Payne
Bloom- Migton
Charles O. Mattingly
Indianapolis
Payne
Allied Fliers Batter Japs Over New Guinea and New Britain
Allied announcer reports heavy air and sea base bombardment across New Guinea and New Britain. MacArthur fliers hit Lae runways and dispersal areas while Japanese bombers suffer high losses. several Zeros shot down near Gasmata.
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Australia
Dec
New Guinea
Gona
Buna
Japan
MacArthur
Lae
Gusmata
New Britain
Gasmala
Congress May Miss Christmas Holiday This Session
Congress faces a delayed adjournment as wartime bills stall. Most members have gone home for Christmas, threatening no quorum and delaying measures on tariffs, mergers, and federal workers’ pay. Senate work remains heavy with farm parity, rent controls, and RF C borrowing to decide before sine die. Leaders may plan to reconvene January 4 or 5 for the 78th Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Telegraph Company
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New GOP Leader in 1944 Campaign Under Spangler
Harrison E. Spangler, 63, named chairman of the Republican National Committee to unite the party for 1944. He seeks neutral leadership, ready to discuss strategy with all factions, and aims to uphold a postwar collaboration policy while pledging to carry the party load in wartime.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
House
Cedar Rapids
Werner W. Schroeder
Chicago
Wlineis
Wendell L. Willkie
Frederick EB. Baker
Seattle
Schroeder
Baker
Spangler
Japanese Mission Arrives in Ankara From Berlin
A Japanese mission led by Vice Admiral Naokuni Nomura has reached Ankara, Turkey, en route home from Berlin. From Turkey the party plans to travel through Soviet territory to the Orient, with Nomura's visit to the Balkans and Turkey viewed as seeking a neutral perspective on the war.
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Vichy
Naokuni Nomura
Ankara
Turkey
Berlin
Havas
Orient
Nomura
Tokyo
Europe
Balkans
Numutra
Japan
Russia
Allied Lines Hold Tebourba in North Africa Battle
Allied forces are reported holding solidly on the heights above Tebourba as tanks clash for the third day in no man’s land south of the Tunisian town and air battles rage to choke off reinforcements. The campaign pivots on Dakar’s capture as a United Nations port, with Eisenhower and French West Africa’s Boisson shaping supply routes while Axis dives bomb ships and docks along Philippeville and La Goulette.
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TRE Associated Press
London
Tebourba
No Man’s Land
Bizerte
Tunis
Dakar
United Nations
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Darlan
Eisenhower
North Africa
South Atlantic
el Agheila
Libya
Bizerté
la Goulette
Sifax
Tunisia
Philippeville
Morocco
Inaugural formalities cancelled by Michigan governor elect
Lansing December 8. Governor elect Harry F. Kelly announced cancellation of all inauguration ceremonies for the new administration. He and election winners will take their oaths in the executive chamber on New Year’s Day, skipping public functions, address delivery, and a luncheon. Associate Justice Emerson R. Boyles will administer the oaths. Kelly cited public expense and low turnout as reasons, noting no need to waste gasoline on a ceremonial program.
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Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
House of Representatives
Kelly
Emerson R. Boyles
State Supreme Court
McNutt Sets Framework for War Manpower System
Washington December 38 War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt outlined a plan to build a national labor control structure. He will meet with the army and navy chiefs to determine military manpower needs and adjust draft boards to allocate workers to industry agriculture and civilian tasks as part of a broader effort to support war production and crop goals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff
Congress
McNair
Commission
Governor Elect Loomis Dies Before Inauguration
Madison Wis Dec 87 APh Death has stepped in tascheat as county lawyer from Manston Loomis dies of heart ailment at Wisconsin General Hospital less than a month before the January 4 inaugural. The Progressive leader who defeated Julius P Heil by about 105000 votes raises questions of succession likely needing a Supreme Court decision. Deputy Attorney General K Ward Rector says either Heil or Lieut Gov Walter S Goodland could serve, but the unusual death may prompt judicial ruling.
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Madison
Wis
Heil
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
K. Ward Rector
Walter S. Goodland
Loomis
Heit
Fact
Rector
Zero Temperature Recorded Here In Adrian
Adrian residents felt the season's first zero weather this morning as temperatures dipped to zero by 5 a m and held there until after 9 a m. The government thermometer read two degrees at 9 and one degree at 11, marking the season's lowest so far, with the previous low at three degrees on Thursday morning.
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Adrian
Associated Press
Dakar
Eisenhower
Darlan
Libya
Russia
Red Army
Rzhev
Pacific
New Guinnea
Buna-Gona
Peach Pocket
Guadal- Georg
Warning letters warn civilian defense corps on masks
Lansing dispatch reports warnings to civilian defense corps workers about gas masks issued as protection against fumes in fires. Capt Donald S Leonard cautions masks absorb toxic war gases but do not absorb carbon monoxide found in burning buildings, risking lives if used for firefighting.
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Lansing
Dec. S
Ian Defense Corps
Donald S. Leonard
Reds Slowed but Not Halted on Russian Front
Soviet dispatches from Izvestia report heavy snows along the Don and Volga, German counterattacks, and continued Red Army advances in Stalingrad and Rzhev. Despite losses, Soviets claim no sector regained ground and note German tanks being destroyed amid harsh winter fighting. Marinella Koroliova lauded for heroism near Stalingrad. Velikie Luki areas see back-and-forth combat with local recapture.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Bec. S
Red Army
Izvestia
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Vertiachy
Peskovata
Rzhev
Java
Tzvesa
Marinella Koroliova
Volga River
Velikie Luki
Cost of Year of War to U S Armed Forces
The Office of War Information released the annual U S war casualties tally. Total 58 307 including dead wounded missing imprisoned and interned abroad. Army 35 678. Navy 4 532 dead 1 575 wounded 636 missing. Marine Corps 1 129 dead 1 423 wounded 1 926 missing. Coast Guard 40 dead 11 wounded 119 missing. Merchant marine 482 dead 2 762 missing. Civilians interned 3 138.
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Washington
Dec
United States
Office of War Information
Army
Dutch East, Indies
Philippines
Japan
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
U. S
Dutch East Indies
End of Nazi Sub Menace Hailed in South Atlantic
In North Africa on December 7 Gen Eisenhower announced Dakar would be used by the United Nations navies and its air fields placed at the disposal of the United States and Britain. The Dakar rights were granted by Pierre Boisson in cooperation with Admiral Dar tan. The agreement was expected to end the German submarine menace in the south Atlantic and shorten delivery routes for American warplanes. Boisson also agreed to release informed Allied ships and internees.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Eisenhower
Dakar
United Nations
United States
Britain
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Dar- Tan
South Atlantic
Boisson
Ulio declares defensive phase of war behind US
Major General James A. Ulio told Pearl Harbor anniversary crowds in Grand Rapids that the defense phase is over. He said the United States has taken the offensive on many fronts, noting landings in North Africa, Allied victories in the Solomons, and advances in New Guinea as indicators of more to come.
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Grand Rapids
Der
James A. Ulio
United States Army
Pearl Herbor
Ulio
North Africa
Solomons
New Guinea
Europe
Asia
South Pacific
Auditorium
Axis
United States
Hitler
United Nations
Berlin
Tokyo
Night club closings faced protest in Detroit
Night club owners and entertainer and employee groups protested liquor control plans to close venues at 10 p.m. Christmas Eve and 2 a.m. New Year morning. They warned of severe financial loss after already arranging orchestras, supplies, and bookings.
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Detroit
Dec
State’ Liquor Control Commission
Eddy Shepherd
Metropolitan Cabaret Owners Association
Shepherd
Boston
Lowell Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Commission
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Arthur
Meinke
Ife
Ora
Cintas
Linehes
2 Linehan
G.O.P
Harrison &, Spangler Namad
Harmony
Willkie
Trame
Committee
Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Clarence Budington Keiland
Arizona
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Crurn
Vital Ares
Djedeida
Mateur
Mediterranean
U.S
Great Britain
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