28 Dead or Missing After Boeing Bomber Crashes
The Seattle Frye & Company plant disaster leaves 28 dead or missing after a four motored Boeing bomber crashed during a test flight into the large packinghouse. Eleven Boeing technicians aboard were killed include Edmund T. Allen. Four Frye employees' bodies were recovered with one identified. Thirteen others feared burned, including Hoba’s son Fred. The crash followed a fire in an engine that developed during a regular test flight.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Boeing
Frye & Company
Boeing Field
Edmund T. Allen
Boeing Flight and Aerodynamics
Frye Company
August Hoba
Bri
Hoba
Fred
Boving Company
One Light Headlights Warned by Michigan Officers
A joint warning by Michigan State Police Sergeant Szi. G. H Austin and Public Safety Commissioner Louis F. Germond targets motorists driving with defective headlights. Warnings issued nightly. repeat offenses lead to court summons. Many offenders work in war plants and lack time for repairs. Also notes a flurry of local public auctions on Feb 22 to 28 in surrounding towns.
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Szi
G. H Austin
Michigan State Police
Louis F. Germond
Sgt. Austin
Germond
Sgt Austin
Austin
Schools Plan Immunization Work In Adrian
Adrian public school officials plan a immunization drive for smallpox and diphtheria among grade school pupils within the week, aiming for 95 percent participation. The Michigan Health Department urges wide vaccination to prevent wartime epidemics. parental consent will be required via forms sent home next week.
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Adrian
Michigan Department of Health
Adrian Board of Education
Lenawee County Medical Society
George H. Little
Emily Stark
Esther Wetter$holt
Goebbels appeals for world sympathy amid war push
In Bern Switzerland February 194, German Propaganda Minister Goebbels urged world opinion to back Nazi Germany warning of danger to the West as Soviet forces advance. He spoke from Berlin and addressed the world while criticizing allied ties with Russia and bolstering Bolshevism fears after Casablanca.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
West
Germany
Russia
Goebbels
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Goebels
War at a Glance war briefing across fronts
Africa Rommel’s drive into the Tunisian front admits a northern and southern pincer by British 8th and 1st Armies while U S tanks claim to have halted Rommel Central front sees patrol skirmishes as Allies pressure. Russia Reds push toward Rostov edge Germany near Tagenrog and Kharkov while counterattacks west of Kharkov falter. Europe RAF strikes Wilhelmshaven and rails as Goebbels appeals to world opinion. Pacific Allied airmen hit New Guinea Buin and Solomons corridors with ground patrols near Salamarta.
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Associated Press
Rommel
U. S
Russia
Rostov
Tagenrog
Orest
Kharkov
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Goebbels
Europe
Pacific
New Guinea
Buin
Solomons
Wau-Mubo
Salamarta
Lenawee a Leader in Salvage Effort
Lenawee county industries gathered about 3 000 tons of scrap iron and steel in December, placing Adrian fifth in Michigan for salvage. Roy McPhail praised local efforts as figures from the War Production Board show strong regional performance, with Michigan allotted a 4,011 1 600 net ton quota for the first six months of 1943.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Michigan
Detroit
Lansing
Flint
Jackson
Lenawee
Roy McPhail
War Production Board
Percy Jones General Hospital Dedication Set for Monday
The War Department’s Percy Jones General Hospital, formerly Battle Creek sanitarium, will be formally dedicated next Monday afternoon. Col. Norman T. Kirk, commanding officer, says the 1,500 bed unit received its first war casualties early this week. Maj. Gen. Henry S. Aurand will speak, and Col. Judson D. Worsham will transfer the buildings and grounds to Col. Kirk and the hospital staff.
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Battle Creek
War Department
Percy Jones
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Norman T. Kirk
Henry S. Aurand
6Th Service Command
Judson D. Worsham
Chicago
District Army Engineer
Col. Kirk
Appeal From The Red Cross To Lenawee County
Lenawee Red Cross faces a heavy quota of 82000 surgical dressings to be produced by April 13, with a larger forthcoming target. Wounded American soldiers in North Africa, Guadalcanal, and New Guinea underscore the need for sanitary dressings. Local workers must increase output, with teams in Adrian Clinton and county towns adapting to the new deadline.
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Lenawee County
The
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Lenawee Red Cross
North Africa
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Lenawee
Chanter
Adrian
Clinton
Schroeder
Dickin
Mich
Albert E. Reif
Conser- Red Cross
Rei
Michigan
Presidential Rebuff Looms In Congress Over War Taxes
Washington feb 19 virtually all capitol hill signs point to a congressional rebuff for president roosevelts effort to maintain wartime income ceilings after taxes at 25000 for a single person and 50000 for married couples the house ways and means committee approved a disney measure to cap salaries over 25000 at pre pearl harbor levels and repeal the executive order limit of 525,000 after taxes mcgranery said the issue would be reopened in committee when the bill was moved to disney its status changed to a new measure open to a new vote in the panel and the tax fight continues across page 2
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N.c
Disney
McGranery
D-Penn
House Ways and Means Committee
Pearl Harbor
Laxness Charged in Gasoline Sales
Lenawee County war price and rationing board secretary Guy E. Nemire condemned lax inspection of gasoline coupon books by attendants and dealers. He urged verifying owner name license plate and book, preventing loose or stolen coupons, and notifying FBI for violations to ensure proper rationing.
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Nemire
Guy E. Nemire
Lenawee
Stalin
FBI
Allies halt German offensive in central Tunisia
American tanks and British artillery stopped the German drive in central Tunisia as US forces regroup near the Algeria Tunisia frontier. Rommel's objective to disorganize Allied lines appears achieved only briefly, with British and Eighth Army pressing from Libya toward Mareth line while French and Allied commands report the action broken.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
North Africa
United States
Rommel
British First Army
Eighth Army
Libya
Mareth
Medenine
Alphonse Juin
Morocco
Hign Tenmimand
Hadjeb el Aiouh
Faid 'Pass
Feriana
Kasserine
Ammies
Feriiana
Sbeitla
Push Plan to End Arms Bottlenecks
Washington February 19 The Nelson and Wilson team pressed a program to crack bottlenecks hampering arms deliveries as Army and Navy production policyers oppose. WPB chief Nelson and deputy Wilson were to issue orders curbing large industry deliveries without WPB approval. Nelson faced stiff resistance and possible resignation with undersecretaries Patterson and Forrestal also potentially leaving.
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Washington
Nelson and Wilson
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Congress 15 rebuked by OPA chief Brown
New York February 19 Prentiss M Brown newly appointed Office of Price Administration chief denounced Congress for back biting and under the table talk urging unity behind the inflation battle. He warned two farm parity bills would wreck price control, saying wage structure could falter and threaten the nation’s domestic stability.
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New York
Congress
Prentiss M. Brown
Price Administration
Brown
Washington
Technical Association of the
Pulp and Paper Industry
Fie Opa
Amercan
Senate
Americans In Tunisia Anxious To Get Another Crack At Nazis
In Tunisia American troops describe withdrawal as strategic while vowing to strike back at German forces. Infantryman and anti aircraft gunner perspectives reveal fatigue, resolve, and readiness to renew efforts after retreats near Gafsa and Feriana.
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Ameriicans
Tunisia
Boyle
U. S
Terry
Batt
Germany
Star of America
New York
Tunis
Stax
Sheitla-Ferratta
John
Gandhi in tenth day of his fast in New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi enters the tenth day of a fast, reported weaker and nearly speechless. Indians at a conference of business and educational leaders express faint hope that the United States might press Britain to release him, while some insist America will not intervene. Gandhi is detained by Britain since Aug 9 and held behind barbed wire in Poona. Devadas Gandhi, his son, prepares to leave for Poona after a bulletin noted his condition. A simple conference resolution is expected calling for Gandhi’s release and that of other imprisoned nationalist leaders.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
United States
Gandhi
Poona
Chakravarthi Rajagooalachari
Rajagopalachari
America
Jay
AlMebiva
India
Devandas Gandhi
Congress
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek urges Congress to aid China now
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek appealed to the House and Senate to act on supplying planes tanks guns and ammunition to China as fresh Japanese offensives mount against Chungking. Senators Lafollette and Vandenberg praised the speech while urging tangible aid beyond promises. Tokyo radio framed attacks as a push to crush Chinese resistance before Allied focus shifts to Asia.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Congress
Chungking
China
Chiang
House
Senate
Sen. Lafollette
Sen. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Stears
Madame Chiang
Africa
Vandenberg
Japan
Tokyo
Radio
United States
Great Britain
Rickenbacker attacks labor racketeers at New York luncheon
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker urged Congress to clarify labor laws to protect workers from racketeers. Speaking to the Commerce and Industry Association of New York he demanded compulsory incorporation public accounting of funds and bans on political contributions from illicit gains.
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Associated Press
New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Congress
Commerce and Industry Association of New York
Airlines
The Black Market In Meat And Its Effects On Consumers
The article explains the black market in meat as meat moved from farm to consumer outside normal channels, often at high prices. It notes legality can vary, and under OPA rules a farmer cannot exceed prior dressed-meat sales, so some transfers appear illicit though not always violative, depending on context and volume.
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Blackmarket
Mrs. John
Mr. White
Adrian de
Farmer Black
OPA
White
Black
Red thrust perils fleeing Germans north of Taganrog
Soviet forces surged into Mateevkurgan, a railway town 25 miles north of Taganrog, as they pressed the retreating Germans from Rostov along the Azov coast. The bulletin also cited advances west of Rostov on the Don and a wide push north of Kursk toward Orel, with several captured settlements and heavy enemy losses.
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Taganrog
Associated Press
London
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Red Army
Mateevkurgan
Don
Kursk
Orel
Zalegoshch
Verghnaya Sosna
Pokovaskoye
Food Production Crisis Dominates White House Conference
Washington report on February 19 describes a White House gathering of the Economic Stabilization Board and key agency leaders to map strategy for producing enough food to meet military lend lease and civilian needs. Senators press for labor relief, deferments for farm workers, and potential floor votes as Byrnes chairs the meeting.
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Washington
White House
Economic Stabilization Board
Wickard
Agriculture, Labor and Managements
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Austin R-Vu
War Department
Mrs Goodwin Named on State Committee
Detroit February 19 Mrs Elea nor Goodwin of Adrian was elected as the Lenawee county delegate on the Republican party's state central committee at the Michigan Republican convention today. Other committee members from the Second District include Harold Nadeau of Monroe Mrs Leone Burrell Ann Arbor and Robert L Drake Jackson. The convention opened this morning after preliminary meetings held by delegates yesterday.
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Detroit
Eleanor Goodwin
Adrian
Lenawee County
Michigan
Harold Nadeau
Monroe
Bmirs
Leone Burrell
Ann Arbor
Robert L. Drake
Jackson
Americans urged more weapons for China by Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek told the White House Americans should send more war implements to aid China. President Roosevelt said the United Nations would use China as a base against Japan as Allied plans press on in the Pacific. Roosevelt reiterated a goal of 7,500,000Khaki troops by year end 1943. The Ways and Means Committee backed repeal of the wartime executive pay cap, proposing salaries up to Pearl Harbor levels.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
White House
Roosevelt
United Nations
Chine
Japan
Pacific Islands
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Moreticl
HH. Hawley
Frank Merithew
Hudson
Victor Beharp
Linehan & Linehan
Addison
L. Davis
Act
Fesette
Peter Short
Tipton
Tecumseh
Fred C. Greenwald
Aucl
Vigtor Sharp
Jonesville
Andy Adams
Brookton
Linehan Sr
NEW American Line
Algeria
Redeyef
Ibessa
Gafsay
Robar In
Helepteli
Sene
Kairouan
Akne
Etunisia
Scheitlz
Zoebgels
Florence, Wis
Emil Schroeder
Wisconsin
Mareth Line
Nelson
War and Navy
Robert P. Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Patterson
Forrestal
WPB
Michael Higgins, Jr
Parkchester
New York City
New York Fire Department
Gafsa
Higgins
Mme. Chiang
Rickenbacker
Don River
Goodwin
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