War Production Surges In Adrian Michigan 1942
Adrian, Michigan becomes a pivotal war production hub with 5300 to 5400 factory workers and payrolls near 7 million. By 1943 payrolls target about 5 million, while 93 percent of workers are in defense jobs. Lenawee County reports 7,000 workers in war production.
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Adrian
Adrian Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Lenawee County Manufacturing Association
Lenawee County
United States Employment Office
Tur
Remodeling Starts on Fair Grounds Buildings
Remodeling operations on buildings at the fair grounds to be transformed into living quarters for incoming workers at Magnesium Fabricators and Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp began this week. Workmen started with the Grange building and will move to the Merchants and Dining Hall buildings on the Dean Street side. The Horticultural building may also be remodeled if needed. Sewers and water mains will be installed for each building. Bohn is financing the project and will pay rental fees to the fair association. Most workers occupying the buildings will be Mexicans from the Blissfield area.
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We Fair
Magnesium Fabricators
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp
Grange
Merchants
Dean Street
Horticultural
Bohn Company
The
Fair Association
Blissfield
Eee
Michener outlines wartime Congress outlook and public demands
Rep. Earl C. Michener of Michigan’s Second District returns to Washington to join sessions beginning January 6. He says the public seeks unified effort, necessary war legislation, and restrained spending, with accountability for wasteful appropriations, while rejecting partisan politics and “yes man” Congress. He stresses wartime focus and cautious authority concentration.
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Earl C. Michener
Michigan
Washington
Congress
Michener
Executive Department
Lenawee Men Killed In 1st Year Of War
Lenawee county faces war losses as seventeen local men are reported killed or missing in the first year of hostilities. The casualty list began with Warren L. Farquhar at sea, followed by Chester Chormann missing near April, Melvin Lieberman killed in a Gulf crash, and John William Frazier killed at Pearl Harbor in December. The tally includes at least eight wounded as the community confronts ongoing sea and air dangers.
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Lenawee County
Lenawee
Army
Navy
Warren L. Farquhar
Clayton
Jos
Chester Lewis Chormann
U.S. N
Adrian
Houston
Melvin Lieberman
Sam Lieberman
Gulf 3 of Mexico
John Wiliam Frazier
George Miler
University Avenue
Pearl Harbor
Penu
Allied Planes Raid Sfax Freight Yards As Axis Retreat Probed
Allied bombers with escort hit the harbor and freight yards at Sfax in eastern Tunisia, setting large fires as American Fortresses operated under fighter cover. Reports note Axis withdrawal from positions near Tenis and a move by Fighting French forces toward Fezzan Libyan advances, with Rommel's next stand uncertain.
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Associated Press
London
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Tunisia
Germany
Pont-du-Fahs Bank
Sfax
Tunisian
Reuters
Tenis
Col. LeClerc
Lake Chad
Fezzan
Libya
Rommel
Beurat Et] Hsun
Wadi Bei E
Ichebir
Gabts
City Welcomes New Year With Fetes And Closings
Adrian prepared for New Year celebrations with dances at the Elks club and Lenawee Country Club and mid night suppers. The Fireman's Ball will be at the armory. most stores planned Friday and Saturday closings though some open Saturday. Liquor prices rose but sales match last year. stock levels are down as older brands depart the market. rationing fears cited. Other stores expect heavy tonight use and many brands sold out with substitutes available. State stores will be closed Friday and Saturday. specially designated merchants may sell on the usual Bath Day.
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Adrian
Elks Club
Lenawee Country Club
Armory
Reid Takes Over Kennedy's Post In Michigan
Lansing dispatch reports Lloyd B Dutch Reid assuming the state highway commissioner role after G Donald Kennedy resigns to join the Automotive Safety Foundation. Reid took oath at 530 pm and will serve until the 1943 spring election. Kennedy says the move ties to politics but aims to new duties in Washington.
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Lansing
Lloyd B
Reid
Wey
G. Donald Kennedy
Michigan
van Wagoner
Kennedy
Washington
Automotive Safety Foundation
Highway Department
No Telegram Edition Tomorrow New Year's Day Review of 1942
The Telegram will not publish tomorrow for New Year’s Day. Today's issue includes staff prepared items from The Telegram, the Associated Press, and special writers offering a retrospective review of events from 1942.
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Telegram
Associated Press
Russians Drive Deep Into Caucasus Front as Elista Threatens
Moscow reports the Red Army punched into German lines southwest of Stalingrad, edging toward Elista in the Kalmyk steppe and threatening the entire Nazi force in the Caucasus. The advance widens along the Kolelnikovski railroad and across the Don, with 13 villages reported captured and Salsk eyed as a next objective to sever a vital rail lifeline.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Stalngrad
Elista
Katmycle Steppe
Caucasus
Kolelnikovski
Middle Don
Maxton
Kalniyek
Caspian Sea
Kamyck
Stalinbrad
Kotelinikovski
Astrakhan
Volga Delta
Remantmoe
Salsik
Kalmyck
Salsk
Kotelnike
Tlista
Saisk
Rostov
Satek
Berlin
Transocean
Donit
Stalingrad
Wen
Froat
Vornanezh
Ukraine
Don
Donets
Turno
Inaugural Offce Seats For Dignan Brake Debate
Lansing election opinion details Attorney General Rushton asserting Dignan and Brake may take office Friday. argues splitting voter lines would bar any legislator from seeking another post after term end. Notes Burman ruling differs as terms begin after legislature ends.
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Lansing
Cares
Herbert
Rushton
Forman
Herman H. Dignan
D. Hale Brake
Senate
Dignan
Blake
House
Supreme Court
Karl L. Burhans
University of ‘Michigan Board of Irregents
Brake
Lansing Page
Pittsburgh Flood Rises Over Rivers as City Battles Deluge
The Ohio Monongahela and Allegheny rivers peak at 11.7 feet above flood stage, paralyzing Pittsburgh area industry and leaving thousands homeless. Red Cross estimates up to 7,300 destitute in Allegheny County as daily life stalls and streets flood. One death reported, in Rock Creek near New Castle, while others survive. Army engineers say dam system limits held levels by up to three and a half feet.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
St. Patrick's Day
Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ite Cross
Learing
Golden ‘Sraggle
Penn Avenue
Joseph Horne Department Store
W. S. Brotaman
U. S
Times Square Lights Dim Tonight in War Year
New York on December 31 reports Times Square will be dimmed due to wartime conditions yet crowds will still fill the area. Night club and hotel leaders expect full houses with many spaces reserved while housing inspectors prepare to curb crowding and assure safety amid a subdued New Year’s Eve mood.
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New York
Times Square
Limes Square
Sheré
Department of Housing and
Allied forces strike Guadalcanal area and Santa Isabel targets
Bulletin reports U S air forces battered Japanese ground installations and barges near Guadalcanal and Munda New Georgia while destroying five barges and a large gun at Rekuty Bay Santa Isabel. In London officials promise ceasefire on Axis diplomacy as U S political moves unfold.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Rekuty Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Henderson Air
Field
Four Negroes Convicted of Sedition in New York
Four members of the Ethiopian Pacific movement including Leonard Robert Jordan known as the Black Hitler were found guilty of sedition and conspiracy after a four and a half hour jury deliberation. They faced up to 40 years in prison each with sentencing set for January 11. A white defendant, Joseph Harterey, 47, pleaded guilty.
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New York
Roosevelt
Japan
Leonard Robert Jordan
Hitler
Lester Eugene Holness
James Henry Thornhill
Ralph Green Best
Best Joseph Harterey
United States
Allies Break Jap Line Near Buna
Allied forces push a wedge to the sea near Buna Mission and Girona Point in New Guinea, isolating Japanese garrisons. Air and ground forces pound remaining strongholds as Australian commandos and Dutch guerillas operate in Timor, blowing bridges and attacking targets.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Greund
MacArthur
Buna Mission
Girona Point
Rabaul
New Britain
Failaro
Betano
Timar Island
Timor
Giraud arrests 12 over alleged plot against French leaders
General Giraud ordered the arrest of 12 people including four police officers in Algiers in a case tied to an alleged plan to assassinate Robert Murphy and other high French officials. He said some arrested aided the Americans in North Africa, while others aided the Germans, and he urged unity in France against the Germans.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Girauld
Admiral Darian
French Africa
Robert Murphy
Roosevelt
Giraud
North Africa
Darlan
Durian Wag
Italy
Murphy
Charles de Gaulle
DeGawile
Germany
France
North
Africa
Marshal Petain
Vichy
America
War Across Global Fronts Reported By AP
The Associated Press reports fresh successes along a 1,000 mile battle line from Rzhev to the Caucasus. In Africa, a Tunisian showdown nears as German armored forces move toward Tunis. In the Pacific, Allied air strikes target Rabaul and Buna while Japanese positions weaken. Burma updates note RAF bombing near Akyah.
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Associated Press
Russia
Rets
Rzhev
Caucasus
Grozny
Donares
Africa
Tunis
Giraud
Buna
Foe
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
RAF
Akyah
Wavell
Akysh
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Associated Charities
Boy Scouts
Babson Survey
Civilian Defense Review
Humane Society of Industrial Survey
Red Cross Review
Seax
Capilican
Ol al
Harry
Kelly
Detroit
Repub
Triotskoe
Offis
Fuvle
Oeertieia Linehan & Brunt
Pope Jan
Onsiol
Bulletins
A.m
EWT
Brimust
Tish
Argentina
Axis
Herbert A. Rushton
Lucy Monroe
Herman
New York Bay
H. Disnan
West Coast
San Francisco
Harry ‘Fy Kelly
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