Navy task force pounds Marshall Islands in invasion threat
Pearl Harbor dispatch notes a vast Allied naval push against the Marshall atolls Kwajalein Eniwetok Maloelap and others. Carrier aircraft and surface ships closed to within range of shore batteries as Nimitz’s forces hammered enemy airfields and fortified positions in the presumed invasion zone.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwaja- Iran
Maloelay
Rol
Wotje
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Eniwetok
Sir St
U. S
Marshalls
Japan
Seventh Army
Milk price on farm being negotiated in Detroit market
The Office of Price Administration raised the Detroit milk ceiling to 23 cents per hundred pounds, plus a 35 cent seed subsidy, totaling $4.04. The Michigan Milk Producers Association committee, including Clay Croll of Britton and W. G. Waldron of Tecumseh, meets today to negotiate a farmer price.
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Office of Price Administration
Washington
Detroit
Sal
Michigan Mi Producers Association
Clay Croll
Britton
W. G. Waldron
Tecumseh
One Millionth Soldier Sgt Morton Receives Red Cross Cup
Sgt Cecil Morton of Adrian is honored as the millionth U S Army soldier to see the Red Cross show dancing feet during a raid on Gelsenkirchen Germany. He is wounded in action in the European theater and is convalescing at an army rest camp. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J M Morton Route 2 Adrian and his brothers Brady and Morrie are in the U S Coast Guard.
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Cecil
Morton
Adrian
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Ald Mr
J. M. Morten
Brady
Morrie
U.S
Coast Guard
Teff
Tayi
Leighton Brill
van Nuys
Sg. Morton
Bull Want
Calif. Red Cross Entertainment
Sgt. Morton
Dwight
Wiman
Julie Gillespie
Mather Red Cross
Navy reports 14 Japanese ships sunk by submarines
The navy says 14 Japanese ships were sunk by American submarines in actions near the Marshalls. Two large transports and one medium tanker are listed among the 34 ships downed, with eight tankers and seven medium freighters also included. This raises total enemy losses since the Pacific war began to 572 ships sunk or damaged, with 422 sunk and 144 damaged.
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Washington
Alan
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Ings
Sun
Navy ‘Department
Industrial bond sale increases across 27 reporting industries
The Fourth War Loan bond sale rise totals 10 516 385 as B F Head reports. American Chain and Cable workers add 12 525, with Adrian Tool and Production, Aget Manufacturing, Kewaunee Manufacturing, Stubnitz-Greene Spring, and Sunterbach also boosting totals. Industrial quota set at 453 700, with 357 568 raised to date.
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Aarian
Frisia
B. F. Head
American Chain & Cable Company
Adrian Tool and Production Company
Aget Manufacturing
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Stubnitz-Greene Spring Corporation
Sunterbach Company
Arrests Hit Michigan Legislature in Grand Jury Probe
In Lansing on March 31, Pi Fourteen members of Michigan's legislature face arrest as Circuit Judge Leland W. Carr's grand jury probes state government. Senators Logie Blaney Diggs Wilikowski and others, plus several representatives, are named. Callaghan pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Deane is serving for perjury.
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Lansing
Jam
Michigan
Leland W. Carr
Jerry T. Logie
Bay Cie
Charles
Blaney
Charles C. Diggs
Lee J. Wilikowski
Detroit
William Green
Hillman
Miles 1
Callaghan
Russian forces near gateway to Baltics advance toward Kingisepp
Russian troops pushing rapidly from Leningrad region along the Gulf of Finland reach the approaches of Kingisepp, gateway to the Baltics. Gen Popov’s second front nears Latvia along the Moscow Riga railway amid harsh weather, while German reports claim Russian gains in several sectors near the Dnieper bend and Gulf of Finland.
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Coverov
Kingisepp
Weimarn
Moscow
Jan. SL
Leningvad
Finland
Baltics
Cox
Leonid A. Gaveroy
Veimarn
Estonia
Leningrad
Reval
Tallinn
Kingisepj
Gulf
Lake
Chudov
Markian Popov
Novosokolniki
Latvia
Moscow-Riga
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Cherkasy
Byda Yserkov
Lakelinen
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Berlin Bombed Again In Major Allied Raid
London dispatch reports hundreds of RAF bombers hitting Berlin in the largest sustained raid yet, beginning a new wave of heavy bombing across three industrial cities. Aerial activity continued with Mosquito support as Allied forces threaten rail hubs and German defenses.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Brunswick
Hannover
U. S
Frankfurt
Sweden
Stockholm
TAF
RAF
sTurn
Allied
Algiers
Jan
Rapido
Cassino
Italy
Brili
Anzio
Rome
Alban Hills
Gustav Vine
Rapido River
Salerno
Adil Ition
Theatres Raise 1511 For March of Dimes Drive
During a one week drive Butterfield theaters Adrian Croswell and Family theaters raised 1511.70 1137.70 and 407.95 respectively. Half the total remains in Lenawee county while the rest goes to the national infantile paralysis fund.
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Butterfield Theaters
Adrian
Croswell Theater
Family Theater
Lenawee County
National
President Roosevelt Birthday Fund Drive Boosts Infantile Paralysis War Effort
Washington January 31—In wartime solidarity the nation joined benefit events to aid the Infantile Paralysis Fund and celebrate President Roosevelt turning 62. Lady Hardwicke presented a $246,000 check from American profits of the film Forever and a Day, as celebrities and studios helped swell the fund. The President, at the White House, urged a fresh Fourth War Loan and reaffirmed the nation’s pledge. About 140 couples danced at an Adrian Army Izaak Walton League benefit, half the dance proceeds earmarked for the fund, with Dusty Miles and his Rhythm orchestra providing entertainment.
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Roosevelt
Fenefit
National Foundation For
White House
Yesserday
Lady Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
Studi Wood
Foundation
Izaak Walton
Hitler declares only Germany or Soviet Russia can win
London reports Adolf Hitler returns to old stance that only Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany can win the war. In a New Year message he warned there will be no victor or loser, only survivors and annihilated though earlier he claimed a single victor would emerge from Europe. He blamed Britain for Europe’s decline and cited Poland Finland and the Baltic states as evidence of British betrayals.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Nazi Fuehrer
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Europe
DNB
Haven
Berlin
Hitler
England
Poland
Finland
Baltic States
Jae
Pressure Cookers to Be Made Under WPB Order
The War Production Board assigned Sik Manufacturing to produce 400,000 home canning pressure cookers with no interference to war work. Fabrication of the seven and eleven quart cookers will be finished by July 1, with last year’s output of 329,000 carbon steel cookers and a shift to aluminum this year expected due to ample supplies.
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Washington
Sik
Mi Loay
War Production Board
Just But Pitiless Peace Eases Japan After War
Washington editors outline a three point plan to cripple Japan economically and end its empire. Proposals include stripping heavy industries, banning merchant fleets and large ships, and allowing farming to support the population. Talks cover postwar control of Bonin islands and long term peace measures to prevent rearmament.
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Ay Allhn M
Hightowen
Washington
Japan
Jenemy
United States
Pacific
Asia
Philippines
Guam
Grand Jury Hears More Witnesses in Michigan Bribery Case
In Lansing on January 31, State Rep Miles M Callaghan pleaded guilty to bribery and joins the grand jury probe. Prosecutor Kim Sigler cites Callaghan and Ernest Prew of Detroit General Finance Corp as key witnesses for an ongoing mass examination of co defendants. Callaghan, 77, was released on bond pending sentencing. Prey, vice president of General Finance, had pleaded guilty January 24.
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Lansing
Guille
Miles M. Callaghan
Leland W. Carr
Grand
Kim Sigler
Callaghan
Ernest .J. Prew
Detroit
Finance Company
Sigler
Cart
Osvenla County
Reed City
Prey
General Finance Corporation of
First Snow of Year Blankets City in 1949 Morning
Wet snow fell across the city this morning marking the first snowfall of the season. Measured a touch over a square inch, with rain or snow continuing as gray skies lingered and a 34 degree noon reading appeared in Adrian. Road conditions were mixed but not dangerous yet.
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Hardin
Adrian
County Road Commission
Ion
Senate Vote Expected on Soldier Ballot
Washington January 31 The Senate and House opened debate on the servicemen ballot controversy with optimism for a final roll call likely late today or Tuesday. The House, delayed by other business, could not start until tomorrow as lawmakers heatedly debated between state fighters and federal ballot advocates. The House bill, already passed by the Senate, would order states to arrange their own absentee voting.
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Washington
Senate
House
Jamar- Tow
Kelly Opposes Split in Sales Tax Funds in Special Message
Lansing January 31 Governor Kelly rejects local demands for a share of state sales tax revenues and an alternative local excise tax plan. He urges a study by the Municipal Finance Commission with an advisory panel and recommendations to the 1945 legislature. He proposes a $55 million postwar spending program including upgrades to state educational institutions and mental hospitals, plus a large new hospital and tuberculosis facilities. He hints at revising pari mutuel betting revenue shares, supports airport planning, tourism development, and a $5 million local public works loan fund, while proposing changes to election timing and township term clarifications.
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Lansing
Kelly
Municipal Finance Commission
State Office of Veterans Affairs
Leland W
Houghton
Clare
Thumb
Battle Creek
Treasury
Detroit
Kelly Sai
Airways
Porcupine Mountains
Michigan
Sree Samen
Postavar Public Works
Mighwar Department
Girls Take Over Lansing Page Duties in 30 Year Gap
In Lansing during a special legislative session two female pages begin duties, the first since 1913. Jberta Waters and Katherine Curtis, both from Lansing, will run errands on the senate floor as a manpower shortage limits available male pages paid 525 dollars weekly. A senate official notes the prior occurrence was 1913 when a senator's daughter served for one term.
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Lansing
Senate
Jberta Waters
Katherine Curtis
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