Seven Fire Alarms in Adrian as Cold Wave Hits
A severe cold snap grips Michigan with Adrian recording a temperature of one below zero at dawn and another rising to ten by noon. Seven fire alarms answer calls as furnaces burn hot. a Cadmus Street home is destroyed due to defective chimneys and overheated pipes. Upper Peninsula towns report 19 below in Sault Ste. Marie and subzero readings elsewhere. Weather forecasters predict a warming trend with light snow tonight.
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Mercury
Adrian
Cadmus
Upper Peninsula
Sault Ste. Marie
Ait. Houghton
Escanaba
Marquette
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Red Cross Drive Opens March 1 in Lenawee County
Lenawee county plans a Red Cross War Fund drive starting March 1 with a $30,000 quota. Fred P. B. Wood, finance director and campaign manager, emphasizes the needs are greater than ever as the Red Cross serves overseas forces, military hospitals, and prisoners of war, and seeks funds to support families and relief efforts.
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Lenawee County
Red Cross War Fund
Fred PB. Wood
Lenawee
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Wood
Red? Cross
Mr. Wood
Milk Deliveries Every Other Day Plan Adopted
Acrign res iednis to send out two days worth of milk bottles starting tomorrow with deliveries staggered every other day. Grover C. Graham, spokesman for local distributors, said each driver will service half a route one day and the other half the next. The government backs the plan to conserve rubber gasoline equipment and manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acrign
Grover C. Graham
Distributors’ Group
Graham
Morgenthau to Speak on 1942 Tax Installment March 15
Secretary Morgenthau will address the nation on paying at least the first installment of the 1942 income tax by March 15. The Columbia Broadcasting System will carry the speech starting at 6 15 p m Eastern War Time.
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Morgenthau
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Columbia Broadcasting System
War ration booklet changes explained for Lenawee county residents
The Telegram opens a six part series approved by the Office of Price Administration on war ration book No 2. Beginning Feb 2 registrants will carry book No 1 to obtain No 2 and must declare quantities of canned vegetables fruits juices and soups. Rationed foods will be frozen next week with price posting required and deductions based on household size and ages 14 and over.
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Kay la Fond
Detroit
Office of Price Administration
Adrian
Lenftece
Lenawee County
County Democrats Elect Delegates at County Convention
The Len awee county Democratic party elected five delegates to the state convention at the county courthouse Saturday afternoon. The convention nominated Cart Brablee for county superintendent of schools but Brablee said he will not run due to his current status and draft considerations. Delegates to the Detroit state convention on February 26 include E. C. Heilman, James H. Baker, William Argue, Theodore Glaser, Edwin J. Morden, with alternates Glenn Nash, Mrs. Laura Westcott, Everett Seeley, Mrs. Genevieve Onsted, and Susie Smith. Baker presided. Eva Seethaler was secretary.
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Democratic Party
Lenawee County
Court House
Cart
Brablee
Britton
Bir-Brablee
Mr. Bradlee
Brilion
Detroit
Cass Technical High School
E. C. Heilman
Tecumseh
James H. Baker
Adrian
William Argue
Jasper
Theodore Glaser
Riga
Edwin J. Morden
Glenn Nash
Laura Westcott
Everett Seeley
Genevieve Onsted
Manitou Beach
Susie Smith
Eva Seethaler
Baker
Roosevelt
Soldier on furlough injured in accident near Rollin
Private Paul Kast on a ten day furlough from Salt Angelo Texas was badly frozen and unconscious after an automobile crash on an icy hill near Geneva. His car hit a tree, he remained in subzero cold about five hours, regained consciousness, and was rushed by ambulance to Thorn Memorial hospital. His feet, left hand, and ears were frozen with facial injuries. His command was informed and he was granted extended furlough. Blissfield state police investigated the crash.
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Tetegram Hudson
Paul Kast
Angelo
Texas
East
A. Hudson
Thorn Memorial Hospital
RAF planes hit Cologne and Milan in double assault
Royal Air Force squadrons bombed Germany and Italy last night in a major two city attack. Cologne endured a concentrated raid with a heavy explosive load in a half hour while Milan faced a large industrial area strike. Eleven British bombers did not return.
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Associated Ress
London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Italy
Rhineland
Cologne
Milan
Indus
Geneva
Lake Ceneva
Niy
Plante
Switzerland
Zurich
Tely
RAF
iTuri
Page
Battle for central Tunisia advances toward Faid Pass
Allied lines in central Tunisia face a German thrust driving toward American positions near Faid Pass. The Americans hold Galsa 60 miles southwest of Faid Pass but risk isolation with possible temporary evacuation. Berlin and Reuters offer differing claims on gains around Sidi Bouzid as heavy fighting continues along the Tunisian front.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Faid Pass
Rommel
Galsa
Sidi Bouzid
U S British officers visit Brazil as clocks loom
Three general officers of the United States and Britain arrive via North Africa and confer in Recife with Brazil's air minister Joachim Salgado. The report notes Lenawee County Michigan clocks and time debates, Detroit voting implications, and a federal court oath in Washington as Roosevelt faces budget moves. The mix covers wartime diplomacy, time observance in Michigan towns, and early 1944 fiscal discussions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
North Africa
Recife
Brazil
Joachim Salgado
H. H. Arnold
TU. S Army Air Forces
Brehon B. Somervell
LD. S. Army Service of Supply
Sir John Bill
Michigan
Lenawee County
Lenawee
Robert B. King
Adrian
Detroit
Washington
Supreme Court
Mojor
Wiley B. Rutledge
United States Court
Delof
District of Control Council
Iumbia
Roosevelt
Thomas D. Leichetter
Donald Nelson
WPE
Charles Elmore
Cropley
Churchill Plan on Axis Strike Hinted In Telegram Page Three
A terse note references a Churchill plan related to a potential Axis strike and directs the reader to page three of today’s Telegram for full details. The fragment emphasizes a wartime strategic discussion with implied urgency.
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s.Telegram
French battleship Richelieu docks in New York Harbor
The 55,000-ton French battleship Richelieu arrives off New York after a perilous Atlantic voyage and a gale for the crew. The Montcalm, a 7,600-ton cruiser, followed to Philadelphia. US destroyers escorted the ships as censorship lifts the news. Captain Marcel Deramond says the arrival proves France’s navy still exists and crews are eager to fight.
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Joseph Monton
New York
Richelieu
New York Harbor
mid-Atlantic
Montcalm
de Richelieu
Dakar
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Africa
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Marcel Deramond
Impeachment Motion Sought for Michigan Judge Nolan
In Lansing Michigan the house plans to introduce a petition seeking the impeachment of Probate Judge Michael E Nolan of Gogebic County on charges of official misconduct The move was announced by Speaker Howard Nugent and Attorney General Herbert J Rushton indicated action could proceed immediately with referral to the judiciary committee The proceedings signal Michigan's first impeachment effort though potential supporters for Nolan were noted.
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Lansing
Michigan
House of Representatives
Howard Nugent
Michael E. ‘Nolan
Gogebic County
House
Herbert J. Rushton
Judiciary “Committee
Nolan
Japanese fleet refuses battle near Guadalcanal clash
Japanese navy, after aerial scouting of U S forces, declined to engage in the Guadalcanal fight. Pacif ic fleet reportedly showed strength but did not press battle, halting a heavy reinforcement attempt. The May 15 dispatch notes Japans claims of impotence after the encounter.
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Norman Beld
South Pacific
United States Pacific
Guadalcanal
BELL
Bombers Attack Rabaul in Massive Allied Raid
Allied heavy bombers shelled Rabaul New Britain in a multi wave strike dropping over 50 tons of explosives and 3500 incendiaries. Four waves of Flying Fortresses and Liberators hit the Japanese naval and air base for over two hours starting numerous fires and damaging two ships.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Rabaut
iTurn
Draft Deferment Bill Aims for Dependents Focus
Washington February 15 The House military committee moved quickly on a bill by Rep. Kilday to grant draft deferments to men with dependents and to base selective service quotas statewide. Chairman May said the measure would preserve the American home as the War Manpower Commission warned that most draftees this year must come from 18 to 38 and those with dependents are prioritised for exemption to keep essential civilian labor.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
D.-Ky
Kilday
D.-Tex
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
McNoil
McNutt and Hershey
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
War at a Glance: Allied Push Across Fronts Big News
Russia claims to foiled Rostov and Voroshilovgrad pockets as Red Army presses toward Kharkov. Russians close in on 200000 retreating Nazis. RAF pounds Cologne Milan and Lorient. Axis drive west of Faid in Tunisia and seize Sidi Bouzid. Eighth Army holds south. Allied bombers attack Crete Sicily and southern Italy after Naples. In Pacific, Rabaul falls to heavy bombardment, boosting Allied air dominance.
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Associated Press
Russia
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Red Army
Karkhov
RAF
Cologne
Milan
Lorient
Africa
Axis
Faid Pass
Tunisia
Gaim
Sidi Bouzid
Eighth Army
Crete
Sicily
Italy
Naples
Rabaul
New Britain
Jap Bastion
Red assault on Kharkov continues as Rostov falls
Soviet dispatches report Rostov fell to the Hed army infantry and Cossacks after a bloody street fight. Voroshilovgrad and Krasny Sulin also fell, while Kharkov siege continues with Red forces driving west through a snowstorm. Pravda cites reserves and tank units ordered to stand firm.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Rostov
Hed Army
Hitler
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Krasny Sulin
Red Army
Ermraus
Kharkov
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Azov
Don River
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Fred Z Greenwald
Sarket
Bissfield Linehan & Linehan
Markte
Pifer & Rogers
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Ition
Markel
Pvt
Paul
Kast
U.S
Gafsa
Lasa
Batte
Sale
Ben Gardane
Treskynisjan
Aire
Afriea Air Force
Mediterranean
Bulletins
Cleveland
George Hamlin
Common Council
Helsinks
Histo Ryui
Finland
House Weys and’ Means
Freidrith Engels Street
Caucasus
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