Registration Under Selective Service Plan Monday
Men aged 20 through 44, unless previously registered, must register Monday under the Selective Service Act. About 4,500 are expected to sign across Lenawee precincts. Registrants answer only identity and contact questions, with a brief on reverse side. Registrars serve in three shifts 7 pm to 9 pm.
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Lenawee Draft Board
Adrian
Civilian Defense Council
Feirfield
Odd Fellows
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Weston
Fairfield
Tetley
Armory
George D. Prentice
Bixby
Addison
Hudson
Morenci
Russians Report Continued Gains In Warsaw Front Echoes
Moscow reports Red Army ski troops operating behind Nazi lines in White Russia with advancing columns overcoming German resistance. Latvia's partisans allegedly aided Russia in capturing a strongly fortified village. On Kalinin Front reserves melt away as Red Army claims 1300 German dead in one battle and 170 in another. Arctic supply port Archangel cut off after harbor ice-breaker disabled by bombardment.
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Soviet Information Bureau
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Latvia
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Red Army
Pnase
Donets Basin
Crimea
Helsinki
Berlin
Archangel
Chinese Veterans Pour Into Burma Front Line
Chinese veterans marched into Burma to reinforce allied lines as British troops battled a second Japanese attempt to cross the Salween near Paan. Chiang Kai-shek forces arrived amid cheers for Chiang King George and Roosevelt, while air squadrons targeted enemy communications and embattled zones east of Rangoon.
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Burma
Salween
Paan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kwengsi
Rangoon
Chiang
King George
Roosevelt
Martaban
Royal Air Force
Moulmein
RAF
City Hall Clock Collapses Under Strain of Time
The Adrian city hall tower clock stopped at 1.25 am amid a statewide time dispute over War Time or Eastern Time. No investigation has begun. officials fear many residents away from home will have registration cards misaddressed. Local confusion grows as time becomes a political issue.
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City Hall
Michigan
Adrian
Lansing
Michigan War Time split as farmers back old hours
Amid a state fight over the legislature time law, Adrian residents largely support War Time while farmers favor the old schedule. Cities like Detroit Dearborn and River Rouge plan to stay on War Time, and Governor Van Wagoner faces telegrams urging a veto. Local officials and business leaders in Adrian Lenawee County urge harmony with eastern standard time.
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Hudson
van Wagoner
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Wagoner
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Dearborn
River Rouge
Port Huron
Oakland County
Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
Eastern
Western Michigan
Selective service to list men aged 18 to 20 and 45 to 64
Washington reports selective service officials will soon list men aged 18 to 20 and 45 through 64 for civilian defense and war production. With 9,000,000 currently registered 20 through 44 and 17,639,118 21 through 35, the pool grows to over 42,000,000. registration boards open nationwide Monday 7 am to 9 pm local time for the first such registration since the war began.
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Washington
Michigan
Rhode Island
Utah
United States
Tire indictment in Boonville firm and officers named
Indianapolis February 14. In the first federal action under the tire rationing program a company LaSalle Motor Sales Corpora tion of Boonville Ind and two officers Charles L Hart president and Russell W Baker secretary treasurer face eight counts charging false affidavits as to tire stock at rationing start December. Prosecutors say the firm moved tires to an officer’s home then to Boonville mills and issued a false invoice suggesting a sale to the milling company. in reality no sale occurred.
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LaSalle Motor Sales Corporation
Boonville
Ind
Charles L. Hart
Russell W. Baker
Hart
Baker
Robert L. Wright
B. Howard Caughram
Jthe Boonville Mills
Hart and Baker
Milling Company
Mill‘ing Company
Escape Of German Warships Arouses Press In Britain
The Bremen radio boasted that Nazi warships reached a German base after a 700 mile dash through the English Channel. British papers criticized Churchill while awaiting a broadcast survey of the war situation. A motor torpedo boat engagement claimed two torpedo hits on Prinz Eugen with no British casualties. Two American airmen reported heavy clouds and rain aiding German defense.
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London
Winston Churchill
Bremen
Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
News Chronicle
Liberal
The
Daily Herald
Labor
the Mirror
Danly Axecensua
E. W. MacAlpiie
Smith
Stafford Cripps
Gnei- Senou
Scharnhorst
Pring Eugen
English Channel
Airforce
L. P. Frizzle
Tampa
Fla
L. Weakley
St. Joseph
Laura Ingalls Held as German Agent
Laura Ingalls was convicted in federal court of failing to register as a German agent. She received $300 a month from the Nazi embassy to sow disunity in American First lectures. Sentence possible up to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine, with bond set at $7,500.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
Germany
Hitler
Britain
State Department
America
Neil Andrews
United States’ Army
Willow Run to be built as new Michigan city
Feb 14 Willow Run, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, will sprout from federal funds as Ford Motor Co bomber plant site. Observers foresee a city rivaling Grand Rapids by peak production, housing 75,000 to 100,000 workers and a population near 250,000. Palmer notes the plant will be largest in the world, designed for potential auto factory conversion. Government shifts to individual homes rather than dormitories for workers.
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Willow Run
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Roosevelt
Washington
Charles A. Palmer
Défense Agency
Widlow Run
Palmer
Tydings Critics War Policy Urge To Strike From Threats
Senator Tydings urged the United States and its allies to seize the initiative in World War II by sending a heavily guarded convoy to reinforce MacArthur in the Pacific or British forces in Singapore. He criticized reliance on defense and called for military chiefs to challenge presidential decisions when needed.
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Navy
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Orient
Russia
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Chicago
Shakeup opposed as war leaders face grave days
Administration supporters in Congress resist any dramatic shakeup of the army command during the war. Critics press for policy debate while Japan advances in the Pacific and Germany strengthens the fleet. Sen Hill says keep MacArthur in place. Sen Van Nuys warns against delays. Sen Vandenberg urges making MacArthur supreme commander.
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Congress
Tere
Japan
Pacific
Wendell L. Willkie
MacArthur
Philippines
Hill
D-Ala
Army
Navy
Bataan
van Nu
British Hold Singapore City Against Japanese Air and Ground Assault
British Imperial forces declared they were disputing a deadly Japanese push toward Singapore town center as the city faced continuous bombing and shelling. The defense, including British Australian Indian and Malay troops, held major districts while reports from Batavia and Singapore described heavy bombardment, counterattacks, and evacuation of civilians.
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Associated Press
London
Singapore
Paya Lebar
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
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NBC
Calcutta
Sam
EWT
Reuters
Jurong
E.W.T
Malaya
Java
CBS
Battle reports from Bataan and Corregidor in Pacific war update
Washington dispatch notes heavy artillery dueling on the Bataan Peninsula and renewed Japanese firing on Corregidor fortifications. Air action continues as siege guns resume firing after a brief lull, with no material damage reported.
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Bataan
Philippines
Corregidor
War Department
Alr Teommuniqué
Japanese Paratroop Advance Near Palembang Attacked Indies
Japanese air assault near Palembang 250 miles from Batavia marks first confirmed parachutist use in five weeks and the first land operation on the 1000 mile Dutch Indies island chain. Dutch defenders reportedly hold, while Bandjermasin may have fallen. Australian and British troops reinforce Batavia for defense.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Indies
Japan
Sumatra
Palembang
Java
Bandjermasin
South Borneo
Java Sea
Soerabaja
Netherlands Indies
Revision of State Constitution Urged
Ann Arbor Feb 14 A Michigan constitutional revision is urged by Dr John A Perkins UM political scientist in an Alumni Review article. Proposals include governor to hold two four year terms, centralized executive power, appointment power over state officers, legislative reapportionment to reflect majority will, and unification of state courts by shifting duties from justices of the peace to salaried trial justices and circuit judges.
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Lansing
Michigan
Murray DR. van Wagoner
Ann Arbor
John A. Perkins
University of Michigan
Perkins
Justices of the Peace
Dr. Perkins
Repeal Forecast for Pensions for Congress Meant to Happen
Washington reports strong moves to repeal the pensions for Congress provision now in law. Senatorial leaders plan to attach a repealer rider to an upcoming bill if civil service committee action stalls. House Republicans push petitions to bring repeal to the floor, while a Democratic official warns the measure must pass before tax legislation.
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House
Congress
Barkley
D.ky
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
Representatives Smith
Ohio
Nicholas D.okla
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