Adrian prepares for city's first post July blackout drill
Adrian civil defense groups advance toward a planned post July 20 blackout, joining 12 precinct air wardens led by Karl Hoch and L. B. Kaney. State authorities will set the date with expectations for nearby industrial regions. Wardens total 209 trained with 206 recommended, while temporary armbands and messenger roles are arranged. A siren test at Baptist church will occur noon tomorrow using fire department tones and factory alarms to gauge alert effectiveness.
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Karl B. Hoch
L. B. Kaney
Donald S. Leonard
Citizens Defense Corps
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hoch
U. S Army
Suney
Kaney
Baptist Church
van Camp
Michigan Producers Dairy Company
Parity Loans Passed on Six Farm Crops
Congress moved toward resuming farm bill talks after a temporary accord to fund the Agriculture Department. The Senate authorized full parity loans on six crops wheat corn cotton rice tobacco and peanuts, a move some lawmakers say would shore up farm prices while others warn it tests the parity program.
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House
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Servators Russell
Russell
Failure of re apportionment blamed on CIO
Detroit reports the Michigan CIO Council president Ru sst Scholte says the CIO failed to deliver 250 000 signatures for re apportionment with only 4 000 signers collected. He cites poor rank and file education and weak leadership for the campaign defeat despite large dues paying membership in Wayne County and the state. The drive to 203 000 signatures fell 18 000 short.
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CIO
Russt Scholle
Michigan Cio Council
Wayne County
Scholte
Spoor Cio
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Helen Bryant
Labor
No Stamp Car Owners Face Fine for Tax Stamp Violation in Adrian
About 2100 cars in Adrian and vicinity lack the new use tax stamp filed under a federal law in force since last February. Of 9000 stamps issued at the Adrian post office, 6900 have sold. 2106 cars reportedly lack stamps and owners face up to a 25 dollar fine or 30 days in jail, though revenue from stamps funds the war effort.
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Adrian
Ad-rian
J. M. Moran
Earthquake Detected by Forham University Seismograph
In New York a severe quake was recorded early today on the seismograph at Forham University. Seismologist Rev. Joseph J. Lynch noted the first shock at 3 06 23 am EWT and a second at 3 25 am. The quake originated in an undetermined direction about 4400 miles from New York.
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New York
Foriham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Mexico strikes Mexico City and Gulf sub attack reported
Mexico's first wartime action since declaring war last month involved a dive bombing attack in the Gulf of Mexico, aimed at an enemy submarine off Tampico. Patrol planes witnessed hits, with oil slicks and a second submarine aiding the withdrawal confirming damage.
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Mexico City
Jay
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Army General Staff
Tampico
General Staff
City workers return to jobs amid pending city commission action
Jackson July reports city workers, 116 AFL members, ended a brief strike to allow talks on Tuesday. They seek a ten percent raise and other demands. The union warned the strike would resume if the commission does not respond satisfactorily. Vital city services were not disrupted by the walkout.
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City Commission
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AFL
Frank Hawkes
British and Axis spar in desert near Cairo
British and German forces jockeyed for position on corridor lines between the Mediterranean and Qattara as both sides readied for the next phase of the stalemated battle near El Alamein. Egyptian defenses went on alert behind the front as Rommel’s capabilities and plans remained uncertain amid cautious British reinforcements.
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Erwin Rommel
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Belgian Leader Says Hitlerites Kill More Belgians
Belgian Prime Minister Hu bert Pierlot told reporters that Hitler's forces have shot more civilians in Belgium than were executed during the entire four years of the Kaiser’s occupation in World War I. He stated morale is higher than in 1940 and noted Germany is levying about 50 million dollars annually for the occupation, more than when over a million troops were present. Pierlot plans talks with President Roosevelt in Washington before traveling to the Belgian Congo to boost war supplies and mobilized Belgian manpower there.
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Hubert Pierlot
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Leopold
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Congo
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Washington
Africa
German Attack Forces Russians to Give Ground
Soviet dispatches describe see saw fighting southwest of Staryi Oskol with German divisions pushing forward at heavy cost. Soviet reports claim 2,800 German fatalities and 35 tanks destroyed as Red Army losses were heavy but defense continued near Voronezh and Staryi Oskol along the upper Don basin amid a widening invasion salient. The advance comes after months of grinding warfare as German offensives press along a broad southern front from Kharkov toward the Caucasus and Crimea.
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Dnieper
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Gratsk
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Ten thousand Czechs dead since Heydrich’s assassination
Ankara reports a German envoy says 100000 police and 25000 troops defend Czechoslovakia after Heydrich’s Prague killing. He claims wholesale executions and marauders hinder sabotage as factory and war effort expand. Travelers say Vienna and Prague hotels are hospitals for wounded Germans from the Russian front.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Vienna
American Public Facing Seizure Of Auto Tires, President Roosevelt Says
Melbourne dispatch reports the United States Army Air Service has flown 5,000,000 rifles and vital equipment to Australian fronts in five months. One mission transported a full artillery battery, guns, ammo, and gear hundreds of miles away. Planes land units ready for action. about 300 tons of supplies were moved in a month. Australian pilots and Group Captain Harold Gatty contribute to the effort led by Brigadier General Rush S. Lincoln.
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United States Army Air Service
United States
iBataan
Philippines
Rush
Lincoln
Nazi agents face American accusers at wartime trial
Eight German born defendants, two naturalized, appear before a military court in the Justice Department building to answer charges of violating the articles of war by entering the United States to spread destruction. President Roosevelt has barred civil courts, and a board of seven generals will decide guilt and punishment in a swiftly conducted case under wartime secrecy. Proceeding is expected to start with a boarded-off assembly room used for FBI training. The trial is set to determine if the defendants are guilty and the corresponding penalties.
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Capitol
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Prieidertt Roosevelt
Rescue of 37 from Dutch cargo ship torpedoed in Caribbean
On May 12 a Dutch cargo vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Caribbean. Thirty seven people were rescued, ten crew members landed at a gulf port and described the attack at 10 35 p m. The sub commander appeared German, with several Italian crew aboard. None of the rescued were American.
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Argentine Ships Ordered to Avoid U.S. East Coast
Argentina ordered its merchant fleet to steer clear of the U S east coast as Germany’s blockade zone claims shape policy. Vessels will dock only at Gulf of Mexico ports, while Argentina seeks safety without accepting the blockade. The move follows Germany sinking the Rio Tercero off New York and promises of reparations, with Argentina stressing precaution over acceptance of the blockade.
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Red Army Stages Counterattack Across Voronezh Front
Moscow reports say the Red Army is wiping out German riverheads on the east bank of a bitter river in the Voronezh sector and repelling attempts to cross. Chinese combat actions near Nanchang push toward the Kiangsi Hunan line while Japanese forces advance southwest from Nanchang to link Shanghai and Singapore. Michigan prompts sugar and wage bonuses announced for July August. Michigan governor seeks volunteers for sour cherry harvest. U.S. Senate panel approves a $93 million oil pipeline and Gulf waterways expansion with a House measure to be debated in weeks.
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Bailey
Tires Could Be Confiscated If War Worsens
President Roosevelt warned that privately owned tires might be seized if the war situation deteriorates though he hoped such action could be avoided. He said no decision on nationwide gasoline rationing had been made and urged East coast motorists to cut nonessential fuel use. A government drive to keep 1,000,000 motor trucks in service offered a red, white and blue insignia to compliant owners.
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FBI Tracks Down Members of Bund in Nationwide Sweep
Eleven of 29 Bund indictments led to high bail after a federal sweep to destroy the German American Bund. Keegan, former Bund counsel, arrested in New Haven with hearings expected. overall bail totals reached 95 000 for eight defendants. Other leaders and longtime officers faced 10 000 to 50 000 bail. trials set for July 23 in New York.
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U. S
New Haven
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N. J
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Keegan
George C. Sweeney
Gustav Elmer
Newark
Blaparett
William Luedtke
Ernst Martin Christoph
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Mexico
Selective Service Act
Buntt
Furniture Auction Notice at Adrian by Fred C Greenwald
Auction listing for a furniture sale to be held in Adrian conducted by Fred C Greenwald. The brief entry notes an auctioneering agent and provides fragmentary details about the date and items, reflecting a local sale notice from the period.
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Fred C. Greenwald
Marka Pass
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