ARR RAID WARNING SYSTEM ORGANIZED FOR CITY
A civilian defense unit forms with 350 men to be assigned duties across 22 precincts. Adrian attorney H Levon B Kuney named city air raid warden. deputy wardens named for each precinct. Post wardens, area wardens, and station leaders to ensure blackout procedures and light control within minutes. Captain Donald Leonard to speak at a forthcoming meeting explaining procedures.
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H Levon B. Kuney
Adrian
John W. Greenwood
Peter J. Ulrich
East Butter Street
Grover Welsh
Comstock Street
Harold Foote
Front Street
Elmer Kapnick
Maple Avenue
Ellis Berndt
West
Leslier Pierce
College Avenue
Rex Martin
Allis Street
Clyde Duncan
North Locust Street
Russell McFarland
East Maume
Br. Kaney
Arangements
Consumers Power Company
Kaney
Sir
Donald Leonard
Michigan State Police
Lyilign Defense Director
Michigan
Workmen to Finish New City Dam Today
Adriai's new dam for storing water in Wolf Creek should be completed today as workmen install valves. Superintendent H. E. Smith says the reservoir must be cleared of trees before valves close and water is impounded, with a target of April 2. The impounded water will approximate a Washington Lake capacity and spring rains will fill it quickly. The contractor will reseed portions of the earthworks this spring after previous washouts. Authorities remain at odds with Consumers Power over Susyden power lines.
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Adriai
Wolf Creek
H. E. Smith
Water Works
Washington Lake
Smith
Consumers Power Company
Susyden
Cooper
Alvin
York
Mer Bros
Lenawee County Unemployment Peaks Amid War Shift
About 725 to 750 Lenawee county residents, served from Adrian by the State Employment Service, draw unemployment benefits as war production rises. Manager Howard L Mackey says conditions are better than in many industrial towns and expects a later upgrade as contracts come in. He urges a large expansion of occupational training to fill skilled and semi skilled jobs for munition plants, proposing 600 trainees now. Training classes for one operation may start in Adrian, following a youth training meeting. National and state plans for Production Work Projects aim to coordinate a broader program, with a final Washington summary due before April.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Michigan State Employment Service
Howard L Mackey
Lenawee
Ocal
Mackey
Washington
Major Lenaway County Barn Destroyed By Fire
A large barn on Dr Franklyn Myers farm one mile west of Palmyra burned in a morning blaze. Loss estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 with 80 cattle saved from the ground floor. Ground floor brick with concrete ceiling. upper portion frame. Silos and fodder damaged. two small fires on nearby house roofs extinguished. Fire departments from Adrian Blissfield Palmyra aided. new wing undamaged. Cattle losses and chills noted in survivors. Insurance reported.
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Adriani Fire Department
Dr. Myers
Wilbur Moore
Blissfield Department
Palmyra
Ise
Myers
Milk deliveries to be cut by most dealers Sunday plan
All but three milk distributors in Adrian intend to end Sunday service starting this weekend. Two of the three that keep Sunday routes cite facility limits preventing Saturday buildup. Customers are asked to order Sunday milk on Saturday. one distributor warns further cuts may come later. Separately, Japanese forces in Sumatra seized a Dutch naval base at Semangka Bay per Domei.
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Adrian
Tokyo
Sumatra
Semangka Bay
Domei
Salvage Instructions Ready for Adrian Waste Paper Drive
Adrian residents will receive pamphlets Saturday outlining salvage steps to save waste paper for war needs. Paper cartons will be distributed next week to collect wrapping paper cardboard boxes and newspapers. City crews will pick up sealed bundles. funds from salvage go to local charities and defense groups.
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Adrian
A. Palmer
Simplex Paper Company
Adrian Charities
Red Army Forces at Leningrad Probed for Weekend Labor Plan
The Associated Press reports mixed signals from Moscow and Washington as Red Army troops near Leningrad reportedly back a wartime pause to relieve encircled invaders. The Senate Labor Committee opens an executive session on national labor policy. In the House, the 40 hour week suspension faces a decisive vote amid
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Associated Press
Washington
Moscow
Red Army
Posal
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Senate Labor Committee
Willam F. Davis
War Labor’Board
House
Smith
D-Va
Senate Labor ‘Committee
Hasterners
Soviet forces report gains near Lake Ilmen in three day battle
The Soviet Information Bureau said German losses exceeded 860 in various engagements reaching as far south as the Crimea. Russian units destroyed a tank, three field guns, 24 machine guns and four mortar batteries while Red Star urged a decisive push to break German lines. Encirclement of 96,000 troops of the 2nd German Army Corps in the Staraya Russa area complicates operations amid snow and marsh. The bureau reported advances against heavy resistance and the seizure of several populated places as 21 enemy planes were shot down with minimal Russian losses.
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Soviet Information Bureau
Crimea
Leningrad
Information Bureau
Red Star
Lenin-grad
Red
Lake Men
16Th Army
Staraya Russa
Pavel A. Kurochkin
Red Information Bureau
Lake Omen
Lake Ilinen
Admiral refutes Roberts report misunderstanding
In San Francisco on February 27 Admiral William H. Standley says the public misreads the Roberts report about Pearl Harbor. He notes Close Army Navy cooperation prior to the attack and cites documented meetings between General Short and Admiral Kimmel. He insists the report was accurate and interpretations were false.
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San Francisco
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Walter Short
Husband Kimmel
Ther Street
Kimmel
Short
Army
Navy
Los Angeles Mayor Bowron Faces Ouster Probe
Los Angeles mayor Fletcher Bowron, elected 1938 on reform pledges, faces possible removal after a grand jury indicted him and eight aides on charges including wilful misconduct and illegal wiretapping. Bowron defended his administration as a battle against old-guards, noting his own tough stance on vice and ongoing investigations. Also: Donald Nelson to address war production duties in a national broadcast.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Bowton
PBY
Wallace Jamie
C. B. Horrall
Iue
Frank E. Shaw
Harry Raymond
Bowron
Superior Court
Tayor
Jamie St
Jamie
Iity
Chief Horrall
Halifax Expects Speedy Decision On India's Freedom
Lord Halifax says Britain will move toward Dominion status for India and supports Cripps plan. He urges Hindu and Muslim unity, notes wartime changes may ease tensions, and downplays need for Allied troop deployments if India is attacked. The envoy also praises MacArthur’s forces in the theater.
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Halifax
India
Lord Halifax
United States
Stafford Cripps
Episcopal Divinity School
Indiana
Russia
MacArthur
Babies Born Joined Together In New York
New York reports reveal twins JoAn and Vincenza Picciotto born joined at the chest and abdomen. Doctors say separation depends on tests over at least ten days to judge shared organs and blood flow. Mother Jessie Picciotto, 24, previously lost a daughter, and now faces a fragile prognosis as surgeons assess potential for a safe separation.
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New York
Peter Timpone
Jessie Picciotto
Joan
Vincenza
Japanese Bomb Andaman Islands Raid Targets Port Blair
The Port Blair airfield in the Andaman Islands was bombed and machine-gunned by three Japanese planes in raids reported by All India Radio. No military casualties were recorded, but two civilians were killed and five wounded. The strikes, described as Japan’s farthest west attack since the war began, damaged property while Allied air forces conducted reconnaissance and raids over enemy-held territory.
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Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
AU India Radio
Japan
Burma
Andaman
All India Radio
Ship afire off Jersey coast near Belmar
Belmar police reported a ship ablaze five miles offshore early today while coast guard vessels from New York and New Jersey stations rushed to the scene. Witnesses saw a massive fire plume about 200 feet high as the vessel drifted north toward Asbury Park before the flames faded from shore. By 4:15 am no details on the ship’s name, type, or damages were provided.
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Belmar
N. J
New York
New Jersey
William Briden
Asbury Park
Coast Guard
Third Naval District
Killer electrocuted at Sing Sing for grisly crimes
George Joseph Dyek, 24, condemned inmate at Sing Sing, was electrocuted after a 11 01 PM entry into the electric chair for strangling a Bronx householder and confessed killings across eastern cities. He smiled as he entered the chamber and, even at death, uttered a defiant remark about some people.
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Ossiing
Sing Sing Prison
George Joseph Dyek
Bronx
Catherine Pappas
E.W.T
Robert Kirby
Cook
Harrisburg
Officers Praise Crew of Torpedoed Coast Guard Ship Alexander Hamilton
Reynolds of Iceland report from Reykjavik Iceland details how the crew of the USCG cutter Alexander Hamilton acted with steadiness after a torpedo struck off Iceland. Navy officers praised the calm conduct of both seasoned and newly enlisted sailors as the ship sank.
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Coast Guard
Navy
Alexander Cipline
Hamilton
Navy Department
Washington
Jilton
Sumbarine
Iceland
Flw, Welch
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
Avon Smith
New Smyrna Beach
Fiz
Sidney K. Broussard
Cottonport
James B. Denny
Norfolk, Va
R A. Kirstein
New York City
Lawrence Bradley
Los Angeles
Reykjavik
U.S
Alexander Hamilton
Coast Guard Ter
Ae Banle
Evacuation Orders Loom For Japanese In California
San Diego February reports from the United States attorney's office say evacuation centers are being prepared for Japanese residents in California. The plan would allow Army authorities to exclude people and could affect American-born and alien residents in San Diego County. The move follows recent FBI arrests and heightened wartime security talks. In the Philippines, fighting along the Bataan front continues with MacArthur's forces advancing one to eight kilometers over the past two days.
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San Diego
Calif
Sierra
United States Attorney's Office
California
Norman Neukom
U. S
Army
Roosevelt
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Neukam
FBI
Washington
Banan
Philippines
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
New Allied Air Attacks Hit Sumatra and Java
Allied planes raided near Bangka Island and Palembang in South Sumatra, fighting off enemy fighters and starting new fires as Java’s defense tightens. General Hein Ter Poorten says thousands of US, British, and Australian troops are in Java to aid Dutch forces, vowing fierce resistance against a Japanese push toward the island fortress.
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Associated Press
Bandoeng
Java
Sumatra
United Nations
Bangka Island
Sunda Strait
Palembang
Tokyo
Semangka Bay
Telekbetoeng
Soerabaje
Soemba
Soembawa
Timor
United States
Britain
Australia
Hein Ter Poorten
Netherlands East Indies Army
United Nation
Pacific
Australis
Indies
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East Lane Association
Michigan Horse Breeders
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Walter Huston
Robert Montgomery
Twentieth Century-Fox
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
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My Valley
John Ford
Richard Llewellyn
Ford
Donald Crisp
How Green Was My Valley
Mary Astor
Warner Bros
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CVT
SUSE
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Olivia de Haviland
Bette Davis
Greer Garson
Barbara Stanwyck
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Lenngrad
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