Allied Planes Carry War Into Italy
Allied heavy bombers from North Africa struck Cagliari and Naples in daylight raids across the Tyrrhenian Sea. American B 24 Liberators set fires and hit three merchant ships at Naples while bases at Algiers were raided by Italians. Ground fighting persisted around Tunisian and Libyan fronts as Montgomery and French forces reported patrols and limited action amid weather delays.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Italy
Cagliari
Sicily
Naples
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tunisia
Rommel
Cairo
Eighth Army
Pisida
North
Aly i Thca
Algiers
North Africa
Montgomery
La Guardia Warns of New Rationed Commodity
Mayor La Guardia warned in a radio talk that the OPA would soon announce rationing of a nonfood commodity with coupons. He urged avoiding unnecessary walking and hinted the morning paper would reveal details, while East Side stores faced rushes before the announcement. Auction notices follow with several local sales listed.
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East Side
Lenawee Pomona Grange Meet at Four Towns Hall
The February session opens at 10 30 with James Marr presiding. The Rev Paul Wengel of Adrian First Baptist will speak on Liberty Oh Liberty. The program includes piano solo by Frances Wilpin, songs by a girls chorus and a Clayton school trio, a farm labor discussion by Harold Klinger, and an accordion solo by Joyce Schilling.
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Paul Wengel
Lenawee County
Pomona Grange
Towns Grange Hall
James Marr
First Baptist Church
Adrian
Liberty
Wengel
Frances Wilpin
Onsted
Clayton School
Harold Klinger
Four Towns Grange
Joyce Schilling
Naples Raided by Allied Bombers
Allied heavy bombers carried out a daylight raid on Naples with direct hits on three ships and major fires on the waterfront. Two enemy fighters were shot down over the target area as Allied bombers attacked Sicily railways and continued to press on Rommel’s forces west of Pisidis near the Tunisian frontier. British patrols expanded on the Libyan front and fighter bombers dispersed enemy vehicles near Ben Gardane across 25 miles into Tunisia despite poor weather. Morgenthau resumed duties in Washington after a three week Cuba vacation to recover from a throat ailment.
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Cairo
Naples
Sicily
Eighth Army
Rommel
Pisidis
Tunisian
Tunisia
iBen Gardane
Aled
Two Petitions Filed For City Election Officials Seek Re‑Election
The first candidates to file petitions were Louis F. Germond and E. A. Ballenberger, current officials seeking another term as commissioner of public safety and city clerk. No other petitions have been filed. Petitions must be filed within ten days after the primary on March 3, with absent voter ballots prepared. City Clerk Ballenberger urges candidates to file by February 15.
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Louis F. Germond
E. A. Ballenberger
Commissioner of Public Safety
E. A. Bal- Henberger
Red Army shells Rostov as battle for city opens
Russian dispatches say shells hit German positions across the Bon River in Rostov as the fourth battle for the city begins on a 50 mile front. Russian troops seized Azov, 15 miles southwest, clearing the Don left bank of German resistance and enabling a major assault on Rostov.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Bon
Rostov
Russia
Azov
Don
A J Huebner Retires From Clothing Firm Change
Albert J Huebner retires from Kincar Huebner clothing firm at 110 North Main Street with GayfOrd R Aldrich purchasing his interest. Huebner has over 30 years in the business and will rest. Aldrich to continue current policy and staff. he has worked 15 years since Adrian High School graduation.
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A. J. Huebner
Aldrich
Albert J. Huebner
Kincar & Huebner
North Main Street
Gayfford R. Aldrich
Huebner
Kinear, Huebner &Kells
Kinear & Huchner
Kinear
Huchner
Adrian High School
Distinguished Service Cross Awarded Posthumously to Sgt Delmar Daniels
Posthumous DSC presented by General MacArthur to Staff Sergeant Delmar H. Daniels of Adrian for heroism near Buna, December 1, leading three volunteers across heavy fire before being killed. Corpral Edwin C. Derosier of Wakefield also honored for bravery aiding front-line soldiers November 19. Daniels, 22, a former Adrian football star, enlisted in 1940 and served in the National Guard. His father Ray Daniels of 316 South Locust Street notified December 28.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Delmar H. Daniels
Adrian
Buna
32Nd
Michigan
Edwin C. Derosier
Wakefield
Daniels
Ray Daniels
South Locust Street
Szt
Corp
Derosier
Wilfred
Sergeant Daniels
National Guard
Gerity- Adrian Corporation
Allied Forces Report Fresh Japanese Losses Near Wau
Allied headquarters in Australia reports 29 more Japanese killed southwest of Satamaua New Guinea and 39 stragglers near Gona. Air action over Wau destroyed 41 Japanese planes. Allied fighters claimed 21 shot down and 3 bombers. Japanese planes inactive after Saturday defeat. Allied planes strafed Dutch New Guinea Celebes and Cape Gloucester.
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Australia
Wau
Satamaua
New Guinea
Bakumbari
Gona
Riebeck Bay
New Britain
Aztire
Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Cape Gloucester
Hgster
Michigan Residents Get Tax Warning
Lansing February 8 The state revenue department warned about 50 000 Michigan residents taxed on intangible personal property to file 1942 returns by April 1 or face penalties. Commissioner Louis M Nims said forms were mailed to those with bank deposits stocks bonds annuities and similar assets. Failure to file carries a 25 percent penalty with added 10 percent for negligence or intentional errors plus one percent monthly interest.
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Lansing
Revenue Department
Michigan
Louis M. Nims
Revenue Commissioner
Nims
War At A Glance From Global Fronts In Midday Report
Aerial bombardments target Lorient and Rube valley while long range Allied bombers hit Naples and Cagliari. Red Army shells Rostov and Kharkov rail lines as German forces are pressured near Kerch strait. Italian leadership shift sees Ciano moved to Vatican post. Churchill tours Mediterranean fronts as US forces push toward Cape Esperance. Pacific operations place US troops within five miles of Japanese HQ on Guadalcanal with Canberra and Salamata actions nearby.
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Lorient
Lis
Rube Valley
Naples
Cagliari
Sardinia
Russia
Red Army
Rostov
Kharkov-Rostov
Kursk-Belgorod
Kerch Strait
Pisida
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Musgolini
Ciano
Vatican
Churchill
London
Bor Churchill
Mediterranean
Pacific
United States
Cape Esperance
Guadalcanal
Salamata
New Guinea
Wau
Unity on Pay as You Go Tax Plan Urges Smith
Budget Director Harald D. Smith urged Treasury and Congress to quickly adopt pay as you go tax legislation to start April 1. He hinted White House intervention to end debates on details while noting 1942 tax cancellation may be approved to enable immediate operation, with returns still required by March 15.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harald D. Smith
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Flynn Acquitted Of Rape Charges In Los Angeles
Errol Flynn was acquitted on three counts of statutory rape after a 13 hour jury deliberation. The film star faced accusations of intimate contact with two teenage girls, Peggy La Rue Satterlee and Betty Hansen. The courtroom erupted when the first verdict was read as the other two followed in a hushed hush.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Errol Flynn
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Betty Hansen
Miss Satterlee
Flynn
Miss Hansen
Ruby Ann Anderson
Fred Moxom
Moxom
Leslie E. Stil
Enurt
Cianos Appointment Seen As More In Effort For Peace
In Bern on February 8, Mussolini’s son in law Count Galeazzo Ciano was named ambassador to the Vatican. Neutral papers saw the move as a potential channel for peace talks, noting Vatican City as a discreet neutral meeting place for envoys of the belligerents. Observers said the cabinet shift hints Italy may consider terms for peace, despite publicly continuing the war effort.
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Ciano
Bern
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Vatican
Vatican City
United Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Casablanca
The
Tribune de Lausanne de
Vatican Post
Tribune
Pius XII
L'Osservatore, Romana
I Duce
Itatian
Adolf Hiller
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich
Italy
I] Duce
Churchill Back in Britain Heralds Urgent Invasion Push
London reports prime minister Winston Churchill returns from a 10,000 mile air tour of North Africa and the Middle East as conservative and popular press urge a fast Allied offensive into Europe. British leaders insist no hour must be lost as discussions with ministers continue after his arrival.
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London
Churchill
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Times
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
America
The
Daily Mail
Casablanca
Caio
Adana
Algiers
Bullets Can't Hurt This Boy in Tunisia Fight
Lieutenant Richard E. Marks of Toledo nicknamed Angel recounted a Tunisia air battle in which his P-40 had no ammunition. Surrounded by about a dozen Messerschmitts, Marks dove and looped to evade fire, while his squadron mates fought overhead. he later learned the guns were empty and survived the engagement.
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Tunisia
Richard E. Marks
Toledo
Angel
Otte
Marks
Toledo News Bee
Messerschmitts
U.S. War Secretary Urges Lend-Lease Continuation
Secretary Stimson urged the House foreign affairs committee to renew lend-lease aid to allies, saying any halt would jeopardize victory. He argued supplies to the Allies are strategic use of American industry, not charity, to defeat the Axis. A German bulletin claimed a Nazi submarine pack sank a convoy eastbound to Britain, totaling 100,000 tons and damaging ships with torpedoes.
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Washington
Stimson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Associated Press
High Command
Naxi
Britain
National War Service Act Aims Sweeping Presidential Power
A bipartisan bill in Congress proposes a National War Service Act granting the President authority to mobilize both men and women for war work across factories farms and other essential roles. The plan would extend Selective Service registration to most women ages 18 to 50 with exemptions for dependents and pregnant cases. The act seeks to direct volunteers or compulsory assignments to fit home communities and ensure appropriate pay and hours for assigned civilian war work.
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Washington
National War Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Austin
National War Service Act
Selective Service Act
Waacs
WAVES
SPARS
Cvould
Selective Service Boards
Armed Forces
Shoe rationing ordered by Byrnes with three pairs per year
Washington action ends Sunday shoe sales and imposes a three pairs per person annual limit starting Monday. Stores rush to ration counters in New York Toronto Detroit and Columbus as police raid outbreaks in New Orleans and Detroit. Exemptions cover house slippers infants soft soles and storm-type rubbers. repairs remain unlimited while footwear deemed less essential is banned amid leather shortages. Harold W. Volk of Dallas defends the plan as fair, noting production gaps and government coordination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ilegal
White House
James F. Byrnes
New York
Kansas City
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
New Orleans
Byrnes
Armed Services
Harold W. Volk
Dallas
Tex
National Shot Retailers Association
Volk
Waicn
Turn
SHOES
Shoe Dealers Optimistic In Adrian
An embargo on certain shoe sales was ordered by the White House effective 3 p.m. EWT Sunday, Feb 7, 1943, with rationing rules pending and stamps required for purchases from Feb 9. Dealers may sell without stamps but owe ration currency. hardship cases may receive sugar purchase certificates.
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White House
Adrian
Arthur E. Sarvis
OPA
Rex B. Forrister
Lenawee
Focal Boards
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Kel- El-Rhalla
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U. S
Harold MacMillan
Laguardia
Department OF Utter Confusion
Fablic Auction
Tipsos
Peet
Greenwall
Dmarket
Lyon
Linehan & Linehan
Aucis
Acy
Fred C. Greenwald
Wildcats
Storm Shore
Mem Pouvers
Camp Rucker
Ala
Bers
Llst
Wildcat
Sounty Grange
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Cuba
Sgt
Delmar Daniels
Stanley Nowak
Franccis Biddle
Nowak
Communist Party
Biddle
Great Britain
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