City and Townships Fail To Agree On Firemen Pay
Adrian city commission and eight central township supervisors failed to settle payment for using city firemen on the rural fire truck. City proposed three men for 3000 yearly. townships countered 2000 for two men. Later 1500 for two men agreed as compromise, decision to rest with township committee. The rural truck, housed at Adrian, has operated with city firemen for 17 years, affecting city manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Lenawee County Rural Fire Protective Association
Jack Hawley
Two Men Die In US-20 Crash Near Fayette
Wiliam Pewitt of Benton Harbor was killed instantly and Alvin Regan of Chicago died later in a crash two miles west of Fayette on US-20 at 7 30 am. Pewitt's Advance Trucking Company truck struck Gerald Owen's Aztec Line truck from Cleveland. Pewitt's rig left the road and struck trees. Regan died before hospital transport. Owen suffered minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Pewitt
Benton Harbor
Alvin Regan
Chicago
Pewitt
Fayette
Advance Trucking Company
Gerald Owen
Cleveland
Aztec Line, Inc
Fewitt
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Regan
Ward Funeral Home
Owen
McDaniel Turns Up in Dutch East Indies
Reuters reports AP correspondent C Yates McDaniel and a group of newsmen have arrived in the Netherlands East Indies after leaving Singapore Feb 13. Their journey included a bombed ship, a sea voyage to Sumatra, overland trekking, and contact with Dutch and British forces before boarding two British warships in Java.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Batavia
Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
McDaniel
New York
NEI
Sumatra
Jave
Housewives Urged to Share Sugar Ahead of Rationing
Leon Henderson urges housewives to sell excess sugar to grocers or neighbors to avoid hoarding suspicions as rationing begins next month. Households must declare on ration cards how much sugar they hold. Grocers buying back sugar will pay current prices and resell at those levels as a patriotic service. The government plans to cut industrial sugar use by up to 40 percent next month. Until then War Production Board sets March quotas at 80 percent of 1941 consumption, same as February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingivy
Beb. Au
Leon Henderson
Hendersson
War Production Board
Sub Sinks Brazilian Freighter Olinda Off Atlantic Coast
The 4080 ton Brazilian freighter Olinda was sunk by an Axis submarine off the Atlantic coast after firing on the ship with a deck gun and machine guns. Two crewmen were questioned aboard the sub, and the 46 aboard were rescued after 20 hours in lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Olinda
Atlantic
Fifth Naval District
Nogueira
Hadro
Noguiera
Darwin Air Raid Fights Mark First US Attack On Australia
Sydney reports a two day alert intensifying as 93 Japanese bombers swarmed over Darwin in two waves. Eight ships and several wharves were damaged, hospitals hit, 15 killed and 25 wounded. Prime Minister Curtin calls it a severe blow and vows Australians will endure.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Darwin
United Nations
W. P. Ashley
John Curtain
Aneta
Bali
Java
Timor
Batavia
Plan to Raise State Payroll Costs Fought in Lansing
A conference committee in Lansing wrestles with a plan to appropriate about 2.5 million dollars for increased payroll costs of state institutions. The bill differs from a 2.545 million dollar Senate measure, with a House amendment barring raises for any employee earning over 195 dollars a month. Rep. John P. Espie accuses the Civil Service Department of ignoring legislative powers by revising pay scales and making raises retroactive while some employees miss pay boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
House-Senate
Civil Service Department
Senate
House
John P. Espie
Republian
Eagle
Ways and Means Committee
Legislatature
Thomas J. Wilson
Espie
Incendiary Bombs Reported In Bataan Front
War Department bulletin says positional fighting continues across the Bataan front. Enemy aircraft dropped incendiary bombs on installations behind defending lines, using white phosphorus as filler. General MacArthur expresses thanks for cordial greetings from 60,000 Arsenal employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Bataan
Philippine Theater
MacArthur
Ordnance
Department of the Army
United States
City Wide Paper Collection Planned In Adrian In Two Weeks
Adrian to launch a systematic waste paper collection within two weeks after county salvage committee and civilian defense council meeting at city hall. A. A. Palmer, G. H. Little, and A. C. Grayviel named to lead the campaign with a plan to place 4,500 cartons in homes for discarded paper. Cartons collected monthly will be baled for processing into defense material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Civilian Defense Council
Arthur A. Palmer
George H.little
Allen C. Grayviel
Simplex Paper Corporation
T i
Adrian Salvage Committee
Japs Within 80 Miles of Rangoon Across Burma Front
Rangoon faced a Japanese invasion push as British troops battled along the Bilin River about 80 miles northeast of Rangoon. Both sides suffered heavy losses with the Bilin line holding but a crossing could force retreat toward the Sittang River and the approaches to Rangoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Bilin
London
Bilin River
Sittang
Pegu
China
Counter Attacks of Germans Fail Near Moscow
Russian officials report winter offensives continue with several German counter-attacks repelled and heavy German losses. In the Moscow Leningrad front, Reds claim a fortified position “L” fell, over 400 German troops captured, and many weapons seized. Southern sectors see artillery destroy a railway train and disrupt German columns. Kursk area guerrillas seize three field guns and 27 carts. Auction notices appear later in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Red
Kursk
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Aruba Shelled Again as U Boat Attacks Continue
Aruban residents and U S and Dutch soldiers faced a second bombardment in four days as a submarine fired on the oil refinery zone near St Nicholas Aruba. US bombers defended the area while tanker losses in nearby waters rose to ten. Civilians and guards alike crave retaliation as ground troops acclimate and blackout rules tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Nicholas
Aruba
West Indies
United States
Panama Canal
Panama
Gulf of Paris
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Caribbean
Curacao
Venezuela
United States Army
Senate votes down pension measure in Senate action
WashingtonFebruary 20 Senate reversed its earlier approval of congressional pensions by a 75 to 5 vote and then defeated a Downey proposal to give all needy Americans 60 and older a $20 monthly federal pension. House action awaited Monday with leaders signaling support for repeal.
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Edwin
House
Senate
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Civil Service Committee
Congress
Downey
Lock Rider Put On Pension Repeal Bill
A rider authorizing an $8,000,000 lock for the Sault Ste. Marie canal was attached to the Pension Repeal bill by Sen. Prentiss M. Brown. The move aims to speed congressional action on the project and guards against disruption of Great Lakes ore shipments critical to national defense.
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Washington
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Prentiss M. Brown
Dmich
Brown
House
Senate
Clark
D-Mo
Great Lakes
Michigan Democrat
Churchill War Cabinet Shrinks to Seven Members
London Feb 20 Churchill trims the war cabinet from nine to seven. Sir Stafford Cripps rises as a major new figure, named lord privy seal and Commons leader. Oliver Lyttelton becomes minister of state in production, replacing Lord Beaverbrook who goes to the United States to pool resources. Clement Attlee moves to Dominion affairs with deputy prime minister title. Other veterans keep posts. Cranborne not in cabinet.
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Sir Stafford Cripps
Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Cripps
House of Commons
Tapa
Churchill
Oliver Lyttelton
Winston
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
Watiane
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
Treasury
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Anthony Eden
Council
John Anderson
Lyttelton
Inster
Middle East
Turf
Senators Demand Adequate Defense of U S Coastlines
Washington Feb 20 three influential Senators urged stronger measures to defend American coastlines despite War Secretary Stimson warning that dispersing forces could hinder offense elsewhere. Walsh Byrd and Johnson pressed for rapid fortification while Stimson urged massing forces to strike the enemy coast to win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Byrd Covap
Johnson
R-Calls
War Stimson
Stimson
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Europe
Byrd
Aruba
Dutch West Indies
California
Senate
Turist Trains Crash Hears 42 Hurt and Two Die
Two tourist trains Sun Queen and Orange Blossom Special collided head on near West Palm Beach. Engineers J W Browning and Z L Hayes died. Firemen Everett Sullivan and T A Goode perished. 42 passengers injured as wreckage burned and rescue teams searched for bodies through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
New York
Seaboard Air Lines
J. W. Browning
Plant City
Fla
Everett J. Sullivan
Waldo
ZL. M. Hayes
Tampa
T. A. Goode
Markc Berini
Freight Derailed Near Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti February 20 a derailment on the New York Central Chicago Detroit division sent 16 cars off the tracks a mile east of Ypsilanti halting traffic for two hours. Four box cars toppled into a field one blocked west bound tracks. Wrecking crews cleared lines by 4 am and the freight continued to Detroit. Investigators found a broken flange and noted no sabotage evidence. A Wolverine delayed yesterday by a broken axle added to the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
New York Central
Chicago
Detroit
Wolverine
Michigan Central
Wayne
Invasions of Bali and Timor Reach Java Threat
Bali and Timor landings reported as Japanese forces assault Dutch possessions in the southwest Pacific. Allied ships, air and naval units counterattack while Tokyo claims success. Darwin and northern Australia feared targets. Eleanor Roosevelt resigns as assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Batavia
N.el
Bali
Timor
Tokyo
Japan
Southwest
Pacific
United Nations
Java
Australia
Unite Nations
Baki J
Soerjavaia
Imperial
Darwin
Portugal
Thawing Pipe Ignites Partition Fire Near Clinton
Feb 20 Clinton fire crews answer alarm at 10 10 am from the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Belmore three and a half miles east of Clinton on US 112 The blaze started in a partition as Belmore tried to thaw pipes with a blowtorch Fire was extinguished with minor damage The house partly covered by insurance is owned by Floyd Odell of near Clinton
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Sprctat
Clinton
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Mag Arthur
Lenawee County
Robert H. Wood
Simpler
Government Ordnance
Simplex
Rock Island
Beltton
Gen Brabiec
Atco Routh
Clayton Doc Ditworth
Moreno
Linehan & Linehan
Earns
Linehan & Pgnenen
Roth
Sylvania
Bee Sav
Zarp
Adri
Fred C. Greenwald
Adv
Scion Pie
of Power
V. Rogers
U.S
Move
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