2 240 TONS OF BOMBS ARE UNLOADED BY RAF QN NAZI PLANE CITY
London January 154. The RAF unleashed a heavy night raid on Brunswick destroying the Messerschmitt plant and targeting armaments works. American daylight bombers attacked Oschersleben Halberstadt and Meppen while Magdeburg and Magdeburg chemical plants suffered blasts. Allied losses included 16 planes in daylight operations. Russian bombers joined a Black Sea convoy strike as RAF aircraft torpedoed ships off Norway.
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RAF QN
NAZI
London
RAF
Brunswick
Messerschmitt
Air Ministry
Berlin
Arhllem
Oschersichen
Halberstadt
Bielefeld
Meppen
Byuns
Jett
Magdeburg
Elbe
Masquitos
Masquita
Magdenurg
France
Anediany
Escor
Pollock Jr Wounded In Action In Pacific
Mr and Mrs Harold Pollock of Deerfield received a telegram from the War Department stating their son Harold Pollock Jr has been wounded in action in a Pacific area. Pollock had previously recovered from earlier wounds and was awarded the Purple Heart.
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Sriman Ane Sereram Deerfield
Jan
Harold Pollock
War Department
Fir
Harold Pollock Jr
Pacific
Sat_ Pollock
Y Rooms Suggested For Coke Bar Use
Members of Adrian Youth Council with the YMCA board proposed using YMCA facilities for a Coke Bar and entertainment programs. They suggested Jonby, three downstairs rooms, a large upstairs room and a kitchen be made available. The board will study the proposal and report at the February 8 meeting.
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Adrian Youth Council
YMCA
Youth Council
Board of Directors
Bulgaria orders Sofia evacuation amid heavy Allied raids
Bulgarian government orders immediate evacuation of Sofia's 500000 residents as heavy Allied air strikes pound the capital. Berlin radio reports say most evacuees will be housed in provinces while other Bulgarian towns also evacuate. Interior minister Christov threatens health workers with prosecution if they fail to report within 24 hours. Curfew and looting penalties imposed. banks and repair shops ordered to reopen.
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London
Salia'e
Istanbul
Slavianska Bevseda
Ankaran Radio
Romania
Red Army
Romaniia
Cairo
Greece
Athens
Ftriat
Piraeus
Great
Abendant
Stravinsky Conducts Unsingable Anthem in Boston
Iga Stravinsky, a Russian-born composer, planned to conduct his own arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The dissonant harmonies of his 61-year-old harmonization were met with poor reception by a large audience, who struggled to sing along and stopped before the piece ended.
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Boston
Iga Stravinsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Police hunt slayer after 24 hour delay Detroit
Detroit police seek the slayer of Arthur Wilkie a 60 year old gasoline station operator whose body was found in Wayne county morgue after an autopsy disclosed a bullet wound in the abdomen. Authorities initially thought natural causes as no signs of disturbance were evident and the station safe showed $9 visible cash.
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Detroit
Arthur, Wilkie
Wayne County
New Orleans Agent To Succeed Bugas
Washington January 1 Robert A Guerin head of the FBI division at New Orleans has been named the special agent in charge of Detroit division He succeeds John S Bugas who resigned to join the Ford organization
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Washington
Robert A. Guerin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Orleans
Detroit
J. Edward Heaver
Guerin
John S. Bugas
Ford
Night shift pay raise for Simplex Paper Co workers
The wage stabilization division approved a five cents an hour night shift differential for Simplex Paper Co employees in Adrian. Union representation is Local 683, United Automobile Workers CIO. The raise is retroactive to November 15.
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Tahor Hoard
Simplex Paper Co
Adrian
Loval
United Automobile
iWorkers
CIO
Federal War Ballot Predicted for Armed Forces in 1942
Washington January 1942 Advocates of a federal war ballot for the armed services predict its passage despite movement on a states rights bill. Senate and House deliberations aim to authorize a uniform service vote with ballots distributed to service members, military authorities oversee printing and mailing, and both parties receive equal radio time.
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U.S
Washington
Congress
House
Armed Service
Luvag
Ill
Senate
Luvas
Feneral Ballos
Cionil
Westerdy
House Elections Committee
Naval Radio
Jef
Army
Navy
Two People Hurt as Car Hits Pole
A car on East Matumge Street near the Wats hash tracks hit a telephone pole at 3 am, injuring two youths. Richard Roesch, 17, of Adrian Route 2 and Jean Warter, 18, of List Erie Street, sustained minor injuries and were treated at Bixby Hospital. The vehicle was badly damaged.
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Matumge Street
Watshash
Orlock
Richard Roesch
Adrian
the Cay
Jean Warter
List Erie Street
Bixby Hospital
Railroad Brotherhoods Cancel Strike Notice
Washington Jan. 15 Soviet style text notes cancelation of a planned strike by three railroad operating brotherhoods. An overall wage increase of nine cents an hour and a week’s vacation were agreed with Class 1 railroads, though 48 short lines still must sign. Non operating unions remain unsettled as hearings continue on overtime benefits, with the army possibly keeping nominal control until all disputes are settled.
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Washington
Army
Brehon B. Somervell Vited Joult
Har
Oshin
Detroit Newsman Faces Hearing On Contempt Charge
Detroit Times reporter Fran Morris faces a contempt hearing before Judge Leland W. Care in Lansing on charges tied to revealing secrets from a grand jury investigation of the state government. Morris testified he published an article disclosing the grand jury probing the State Liquor Control Commission and admitted misquoting Auditor General Vernon J. Brown.
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Lansing
Jan
Fran Morris
Detroit Times
Faver Pearing
Leland W. Care
Carr
Ftand
Morris
State Liquor Central Commission
Vernon J. Brown
Allied Planes Hit HP Island Bases Across 3000 Miles
Advanced Allied headquarters in New Guinea reported heavy air raids across an almost unbroken 3000 mile line from Borneo to Bougainville. Lib erators, bombers, night patrols and fighters attacked oil refineries, cargo ships, airfields, barges and supply dumps, with notable strikes on Balikpapan, Mili, Amahai, Alexishafen and Rabaul.
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New Guinea
Borneo
Bougainville
MacArthur
Aust
Liberators
Balikpapan
Celebes
Wilhelmina
Ihere
Mili
Portuguese Timor
Ceram
Amahai
Geser
Dutch New Guinea
Menukwa
Liberators J
Madang
New Britain
Atrawe
Rouen Ese
Gasmata
Mitchells
Solomons
Rabaul
Huon Peninsula
Nambariwa
Sio
Trucking Company Applies For Rights To Air Transport
Assovi ated Truck Lines of Detroit petitions the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to operate air cargo service on four interstate routes. Plans include freight by air between New York and Detroit via Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Boston and Pittsburgh, Boston and Detroit, and Chicago via Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee, with feeder service to Michigan cities where airports exist or may exist. Auctions listed on market page and public auction notices follow.
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AIR ‘Transport
Lansing
Assoviated Truck Lines, Inc
Detroit
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Louisville
Chicago
Kansas City
Minis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Poles ask US Britain aid in border talks with Reds
London dispatches report Poland’s government in exile urged the United States and Britain to help mediate talks with the Soviet Union on the Curzon Line and outstanding issues. Britain welcomed the move as opening a path to negotiate a Polish Soviet agreement with Western mediation. The U.S. State Department said it was reviewing the Polish request as Moscow’s Jan. 1 broadcast framed the government-in-exile as unable to lead an active resistance.
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London
Russia
Soviet Union
Curzon Line
United States
Britain
Red Army
U.S. State Department
Washington
Anthony Eden
Tadeusz Romer
Sovi
Poland
Moscow
Gemann Ivaders
Seven Die in London Movie Bombing Easter Stir
London authorities report seven killed and 31 injured when a bomb struck a suburban cinema crowd of about 3,000 last night. A nearby department store was reduced to rubble while the theater sustained minor damage. Initial accounts say most victims were civilians, with 15 in serious condition.
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London
By & Fons
Jonfy
Nav R
Anyadioining Department
Sonja Henie
CIO Politics Probe Ordered by Biddle
Washington January 15 Attorney General Biddle ordered an immediate investigation into charges that the CIO Political Action Committee violated criminal provisions of the anti strike law by seeking to influence the 1944 elections. Rep Smith D-Va filed the charge and named CIO President Philip Murray as making a defiant confession of the statute’s violation in American magazine. Murray said CIO unions contributed about 700000 dollars to political aims this year.
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Washington
Biddle
CIO
Smik 1D-Vao
Justice Department
Smith
NLRB
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
C10
American Magazine
Murray
Municipal Strike Extends Sixth Day in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia 3000 public works workers keep their strike into a tenth day amid health warnings that uncollected rubbish could spark another influenza outbreak. A Frontage editorial urged Mayor Samuel to seek federal troops to end the health menace. The strike centers on a demand for a 10 cent hourly raise. basic pay is $5.28 daily.
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Philadelphia
Public Works
Bo Hatk
Philadelphia Record
Bernard Samuel
Kids Now Flying For Japs
The Associated Press reports Japan relies on faster warplane production as Adm. Halsey calls Japanese pilots “kids who don’t know what it is all about.” Allied tabulations show Japanese losses rising to eight per Allied plane late 1943, with duskier months at Rabaul and Wewak marking a turning point while MacArthur notes air superiority over the Solomons.
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Associated Press
Japan
Wiliam F. Halsey
Manques
Pacific
South Pacific
Washington
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Central
South
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Keystone
George C. Kenney
Wewsk
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Solomons
Registration Cards Not Needed For Beer In Wayne
Detroit January 15 Prosecutor William E Dowling issued a formal opinion stating that beer drinking is not covered by the new state law requiring identification cards for ages 12 to 25 The interpretation was prepared for Wayne County officers and relies on the liquor control commission view that differentiates beer taverns from Class C establishments and allows beer sales on Sundays while prohibiting liquor sales
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Detroit
William E. Dowling
Wayne County
Dowling
State Liquor Control Commission
Red Armies Surge Deep Into Marshes and Threaten Pinsk
Russian forces under Rokossovsky and Vatutin pushed through the Pripet marshes toward Pinsk and Rovno region cities Mozyr Kalinkovichchi and Sarny. The offensives aimed to outflank German lines along the Kiev Warsaw railway as Russians captured more towns, destroyed tanks and inflicted heavy losses on German forces.
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Pinsk
Moscow
Konstantin Hokassovsky
Pripet
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Skrigalov
Priper
Rokossovsky
Soviet Union
Wall
Kotsury
Kalinkevichi
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev- Warsaw
Horyn River
Sarny
Stepan
Rovno
Kiev-Warsaw
Dnieper
Vatutin
Beteen Rovno
Novograd Volyoski
Ukraine
Vatuline
Nitsa
Dniester
Rumania
Communiané
Reclassification of Strikers Faces AFL Challenge
Muskegon Michigan January 16 The AFL United Automobile Workers leaders challenge local draft boards move to reclassify 41 Borg Warner strikers. The union calls the action premature and urges appeals so the union can intervene. The dispute now rests with a War Labor Board panel. Lester Washburn International President of the DAW AFL arrives for talks with union officials. General Leroy Pearson says boards acted properly while Borg Warner says the men are no longer its employees. Separately Jackson fuel dealers telegram Congressmen Friday seeking relief for a severe fuel shortage.
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Muskegon
Mich
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Borg Warner Corporation
Muskegon County
Vawafl
Norge
Borg Warner
War Labor Board
WLB
Lester Washburn
Daw-Afl
Milwaukee
Lansing
Leroy Pearson
State Selective Service Board
Pearson
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Mbler
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Joplin
Nora Dick
Thelladder
Guid Fant
Zuckerman
Bea Glaser
HP Island
Hickam Field
Hayyali
Willis H. Hale
Central Pacific
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Hale
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Sree
Dixon Road
Mints
AL Linehan
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