Kasserine Pass Wreckage Marks Axis Retreat in Tunisia
Allied forces repushed to recapture Kasserine Pass and high ground in central Tunisia as Rommel’s withdrawn troops fell back 10 to 15 miles toward Bou Arada and the Mareth Line. British and American units pressed the pursuit while Allied airpower bombed targets from Gafsa to Bizerte, with Germans abandoning the pass and a rear guard left to cover the retreat.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Romimel
Spiha
Sbiha
Kasserine
al- Hed
Sheitra
Faid Pass
Bou Arada
Gafsa
Gafsa 1O the South, Marethine Fortions
Bast Bizerte
Rommel
Ihrebghasserine
Algiers
Montgomery
Mareth Line
Africa Corps
Ration Books Issued In City As Registration Ends
During a four day registration at the Adrian armory officials report 38,448 ration books issued No. 2. Suburban residents included. Total dated to 32,929 after seven reports. Outlying centers listed with counts: Onsted 2202 Ogden Center 3072 Hudson 3323 Tecumseh 4031 Britton 1273 Sand Creek 847 Addison 1735 Remaining towns Blissfield Clayton Clinton Deerfield Jasper Morenci Riga Tipton Macon Holloway Paboyra await report.
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Adrian Armory
Ration Board
Onsted
Ogden Center
Hudson
Tecumseh
Britton
Sand Creek
Addison
Blissfield
Clayton
Clinton
Deerfield
Jasper
Morenci
Riga
Tipton
Macon
Holloway
Paboyra
President Improves Shakes Off Illness at White House
President Roosevelt remained in the White House recovering from an intestinal upset on medical advice. Assistant secretary Hassett said the president felt somewhat better with a small fever and would stay in residence today and tomorrow with no engagements, resting to regain health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White ‘House
William D. Hassett
I Ross T. McIntire
White House
Ridgeway School Destroyed By Fire In Ridgeway
A two room brick Ridgeway school building burned down this morning leaving pupils without classrooms. Miss Alice Filter, one of the two teachers, discovered smoke at about 9 o clock and raised the alarm. Fire crews from Ridgeway Britton Macon and Tecumseh fought the blaze but the roof collapsed during the morning. The fire’s cause was not determined and the janitor had lit the furnace in the basement as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Filter
Filter
Ridgeway
Britton
Macon
Tecumseh
Nuremberg Bombed by RAF Across Southern Germany
British RAF raids struck Nuremberg last night with heavy bomb loads in an intense projected assault. Allied forces also reported American heavy bombers reaching Naples in a thrust from the south during the same period. The RAF claimed nine planes lost on the Nuremberg operation, the first raid on the city since August, with large fires noted at production centers and celebrations tied to the Nazi party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAE
Germany
Nuremberg
Naples
British Air Ministry
Nuernberg
RAF
Nazi’ Party
Industry Faces Two Front Labor Demand in Lenawee
Lenawee County faces a double manpower squeeze as war plants and farms both seek workers. Manufacturers warn that losing a single tenant or farm worker slows production, while farmers rush to prep fields for spring planting. An employment stabilization committee is forming to balance needs and keep production steady. Industry representatives have named their labor delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Samesun
War Manpower Commission
Lenawee County
Adrian
War At A Glance: Allied Advances Across Tunisia and Russia
Allies counter in Tunisia regain Kasserine Pass and surrounding heights with a 15 mile push toward Shiba area as Germans acknowledge a setback on the central front. Reds push near Odesa and Donets basin while Moscow-Smolyensk front reports new Red drive. RAF bombs Nuernberg and western Germany as US planes hit Naples. Allies strike at Rabaul and Jap bases in New Guinea and mop up north of Wau toward Salamaua as the war broadens.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Shiba
Sheitla
Ousseltia
Pass
Great Guards
Russia
Nucorossuk
Black Sea
Hitler
Donets
Moscow- Smolensk
RAF
Nuernberg
West Germany
Africa
Naples
Guinea
Rabaul
Wau
Salamua Te
Army Plans Air Force Equal To Axis Strength By 1944
WashingtonFebruary 26 The Senate investigating committee heard officials warn the United States will rapid expand its armed forces and may lower physical standards such as an eight year age limit. Testimony from Wickard D Inglin and McNutt indicated manpower strain as the Army plans a total air arm equal to Axis power by 1944. Axis forces are estimated at about 9.835 million ground troops with 900 air squadrons of fighters and bombers in total, while the Allies push to sustain supplies for civilians and military needs amid war production pressures.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Senate
Senate ‘Appropriations
Wickard
War Production Board
Axis
Kely
Armerican
Germany
Japan
London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Iga
New Army
Lfa
Deavor
Grigg
Middle East
French North Africa
Britain
Churchill
Casablanca
North Africa
Surgical Dressing Production Rises in Adrian Area
Adrian women reported for Red Cross surgical dressing work rising from small morning groups to as many as 17. Evening crews grew from six to 22 as production sped up beyond expectations. Chairwoman Mrs. J. M. Caughey said county work is being turned in and more is being taken out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Red Cross
J. M. Caughey
New Physician Opens Offices in Adrian
Dr. T H Blair M D has begun private practice in the National Bank Building Adrian after two years with the Army Air Corps He trained at Waco and Fort Custer and practiced in Ann Arbor for ten years He is a University of Michigan medical school graduate and now lives in Clinton with plans to move to Adrian soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.H. Blair
Army Air Corps
National Bank
Medical Division
Air Corps
Waco
Texas
Fort Custer
Army
Blair
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Medical School
Clinton
Adrian
Multiple Local Auction Notices Across Towns
Public auction notices list numerous sales across counties including Deerfield Adrian Britton Le Fenni Toteda Metamora and Somerset. Auctioneers Linehan Greenwall Kalmbach Shari Brablee and others are listed with Market Page references and dates in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfield A. A
Dings
Cady
Slaren
Somerset
Irving Kalmbach
Adrian
Linehan
Barch
Thuuson
Victor Shari
Fred C
Greenwall
Ant
Marchard
Geo. Sec
Act
Pitas
Metamora
Atyech
Freddies Greenwald
Steaty
Clear Way For Work-Fight Legislation in Congress
The House Rules Committee cleared the way for action on a rider to a naval personnel bill to force naval yards to report absent workers every three months. The plan, urged by Rep. Lyndon Johnson, ties absenteeism to draft deferments and aims to curb lost manhours estimated at 93,250,000 in December. Johnson claimed the lost hours could build ships and warned unions have failed to stop absenteeism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Johnson
Rules Committee
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Rules
Tng
Rep. Cox
Dga
Wiliam Green
Philip Murray
Rep. Smith
Smith
Cox
Maas
R-Minn
Sess Committee
Selective Service Board
Rush Continues for Michigan 1943 License Plates
Six assistants at the secretary of state branch office rushed to issue 1943 motor vehicle license plates as demand surged. Cars without plates face penalties after March 1, with about 530,000 sets sold and a projected near one million unlicensed by March 2 if sales stay current. delays tied to gasoline ration book holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd Goodewitt
Secretary of State
Lansing
Michigan
Herman H.dignan
Dignan
Fast vs Slow Time Question Up Again
Michigan legislators reopen the fast versus slow time debate as Senate Republicans seek federal action to resolve a state split. A House committee weighs a bill to set all clocks to central war time, ending local retention of eastern war time. Attorney General Herbert J. Rushton observes the uproar without altering its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nd Press
Lansing
Senate Republicans
Washington
House
Michigan
Herbert J. Rushton
Russians Smash Remnants of German Army Near Novorossisk
Soviet noon communiqué reports Red Army breakthrough drives from Timashevskaya toward Novorossisk with advances north and west of Krasnodar. Heavy fighting leaves hundreds dead in Staronizhe Steblievskaya and Angilovka, tanks knocked out as German forces counterattack near Orel and Kursk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Red Army
Angelinskaya
Stafonizhe-Steblievskaya
Krashnodar
Timashevkskaya
Krasnodar
Mingrelskaya
Akhtirskaya
Staronizhe-Sreblievskaya
Caucasus
Vance
Orel
Kursk
Angilovka
Staronizhesky Glivyeskaya
Akhlirskaya
Caucasus Army
Taman
Kharkov
Dnieper
Tin Can Salvage Drive Discussed In Lenawee County
A meeting of local salvage chairmen in Lenawee County discussed organizing the Prepared Tin Can Salvage Drive with representatives from Tecumseh Hudson Deerfield Blissfield and Adrian. The drive aims to collect cans and scrap steel for the war effort with local communities picking up and transporting cans to Adrian. March 28 pickup planned in Adrian with Junior Chamber volunteers. other dates to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee County
Richard Goff
Tecumseh
Hudson
Deerfield
Blissfield
Adrian
Urges approval of plan to boost U S speed limit
Governor Kelly backs immediate acceptance of an emergency order permitting trucks carrying vital war materials to exceed the 35 mile per hour limit for a 60 day test starting March. The exemption applies to Army Navy U S Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration materials with a distinctive headlight banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Kelly
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
L.kelly
Tinwit
Oscar G. Olander
Lloyd 8. Reid
Maxwell Hal
War Shipping Administration
Bomber production temporarily slowed at multiple plants
Detroit February 26 production of sub assemblies for the Martin B-26 medium bomber by Chrysler Hudson and Goodyear has been slowed pending acceleration at Martin Nebraska. Col George E Strong cites design changes and trained personnel shortages as reasons for the delay while Martin’s Baltimore plant expands. Gandhi remains cheerful on day 17 of his 21 day fast in Bombay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Hudson Motor Car Company
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
George E. Strong
Army
Martin Nebraska
Strong
Omaha
Col. Strong
Martin
Baltimore
Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Wage Controversy Prompts Seattle Aircraft Workers Meeting
Thousands of Boeing production workers in Seattle returned to jobs amid tension over a long standing wage dispute. A mass meeting led to a 24 hour round the clock street protest threat if the War Labor Board does not rule by Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Boeing
AFE
Aircraft Company
War Labor Board
Associated Tress Seatile
Lve
Boeing Flying
Aeronautical Mechanics’ Union
California
International
AFL
Washington
D. GC
Wayne Morse
Labor Board
Sait
Boeing Company
Charles E. Branshaw
Army Air Forces
Harald Gibson
American aerial attacks on Japan reported by Navy
The Navy reported fires started in a Solomons raid and noted attacks on Japanese positions in both the Solomon and Aleutian Islands. Separate dispatches mention Alcoa production disruption in Cleveland due to strike resumption refusals under a War Labor Board order, and US bombers striking northwest Germany. A Democratic rally in Detroit attacked Republican highway plans as aiding political foes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Solomons
Cleveland
Aluminum Co. of America
War Labor Board
Alcoa
Aisenargen
WLE
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Cermans
Nucrnberg
Labor I
Wek
City
Tyerson
Paul V. McNutt
Rush
U. S
Paw Paw
Mich
John S. Woodman
Berard Carroll
West Palm Beach
Fla
Morrison Field
Ibulletins
United States
Highway Department
Harold Steinbacher
Battle Creek
Steinbacher
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