Promise to back any plan to check rising living costs
Washington July 18 AP Congress leaders promised speedy consideration for any recommendations President Roosevelt may make to link wage stabilization to price controls in the fight against rising living costs. Barkley and Vandenberg voiced support for wage and price measures, while officials noted checks on farm prices and broader anti inflation steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Democratic
Bark Jey
Kentucky
Barkley
Vandenberg
Mich
Congress
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Mercury Hits 100 For New High In March Heat
Adrian and Lenawee county sweltered in the season's first heat wave as temperatures climbed past 100 degrees. The day opened with readings around 83 and noon hit 94, mirroring yesterday's heat and suggesting further three-digit highs. Last year’s peak reached 103 degrees on July 27.
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Adrian
Lenawee County
Measure to bar commission fees in war contracts faces quick action
House naval committee seeks swift passage of a bill outlawing commissions on war contracts to curb profiteering. Indictments target a former FHA employee for earning commissions, while hearings reveal large profits by sales engineers and agents on multi‑million dollar contracts. The measure could broaden beyond naval work to all government departments.
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Washington
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Army, Navy
Grand Jury
Grand
Alexander Stone
FHA
Faddis
Army
Navy
Justice Department
McCormack
D-Mass
Robert E. Kline
James V. Forrestal
Jon
Paper Collections For Next Week In Adrian
Collections of waste paper will be made next week in Adrian according to the following schedule. Residents are asked to place their paper curbside early in the morning. In case of rain, collections will be delayed one day. Monday Precinct 1 Wednesday Precinct 2 Friday Precinct 12.
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Adrian
New Submarine Defenses Prove Effective in Caribbean
U S Army Canal Zone reports new submarine defense measures are proving effective in the Caribbean. Convoys instituted in Caribbean and along Atlantic coast. General Andrews and Rear Admiral Van Hook discuss defense actions after returning to Panama. Authorities recall arrest in British Honduras and Canal Zone of 20 suspected Axis raiders. First Aspis submarine thrust in western Caribbean sank 13 UN ships in June.
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U. S. Army
Canal Zone
Frank Andrews
Caribbean
Atlantic
Andrews
Clifford van Hook
Washington
Panama
British Honduras
Canel Zone
Aspis
United Nations
The Germans halted at Rostov on a Russian map note
Telegram reports German forces have been stopped at Rostov in Russia. A map on page seven shows their attempt to bypass the fortified city. In Washington, July 18, government rent control will start August 1 in about 20 defense rental areas with up to 5 million people. Large cities possibly on list include Charleston, Gainesville Starke area, and Louisville. Evictions in Louisville and other signs of failed voluntary compliance prompted the action. Price Administrator Henderson condemned landlords and real estate men for efforts to spark a rent-control revolt, saying they will be stopped.
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Rostov
Russia
Washington
Wba
Charleston
Gainsville Starke
Florida
Louisville
OPA
Price
Leon Henderson
This is it Chaps Says RAF Ace Finucane Dies
Irish RAF pilot Brendan Paddy Finucane, age 21 with 33 enemy planes to his credit, perished in a Spitfire crash over the English Channel during a large Allied raid on Occupied France. Pilot Officer F A Aikman, 23, of Toronto, avenged him with a ground attack on a German gun post. Finucane was engaged to Jean Mary Woolford and had just celebrated his 21st birthday last October.
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Chaps
Associated Press
London
Brendan
Paddy
iFinucane
France
Finucane
F. A. Aikman
Toronto
Pointe du Tauquet
English
Ackman
Alkman
Lor
Jean Mary Woolford
Ministry of
Miss Chaloner dies after long illness in Adrian
Miss Laura L. Chaloner longtime Adrian businesswoman died at 1 a.m. at home 231 West Church Street after months of ill health. She had run Chaloner News Stand and csque store with her family, helped by colleagues in the Chaloner Company until two years ago. A life member of Christ Episcopal Church and active in Pythian Sisters and the Monday Evening Literary Club, she was born January 17 1872 in Adrian and survived by a sister Annie Underhill and two nephews. Funeral 4 p.m. Monday at Everiss Funeral Home with Rev James Horton officiating, burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Laura L. Chaloner
Adrian
West Church Street
Chaloner
Csque
William H. Chaloner Company
Omar
Charles A. Chaloner
William H. Chaloner
Christ Episcopal
Pythian Sisters
Monday Evening Literary Club
Miss Chaloner
Adrian Business & Professional Women's Club
Miss Chatoner
Mansfield
Ohio
Wiliam ¥. Chaloner
Everiss Funeral
James M. Horton
Christ Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Invasion War Games Held in Honolulu
Honolulu July 13. A simulated invasion battle drew an island-wide crowd as an invasion fleet tanks heavy guns and warplanes deployed. Parachute troops conducted mock landings while shore batteries and air power countered. After a 14 hour attack the outcome remained undecided. News of the exercise followed recent Pearl Harbor memories and Midway battles. Army officers voiced confidence in victory.
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Honolulu
Delos C. Emmons
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Battle of El Alamein Rages as Egypt Outcome Remains Unclear
July 18 reports describe Rommel’s forces battering the 40‑mile British line near El Alamein while fighting rages along the central desert front 75 miles west of Alexandria. Allied air and ground actions press Axis supply lines, with reinforcements pouring into Tobruk as both sides hold crucial ridges including Ruweisat and Hil of Jesus.
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Associated Press
CAIRD
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Egypt
Desert Front
Alexandria
New Zealand
Ruweisat
Rommel
Tobruk
Crete
Ruwe Isat
Claude Auchinleck
Qsttara
Ruweinat Ridge
General Lee
General Lees
United States
Americans Attack Japs in Aleutians Report
Washington reports Japanese occupation forces on Attu Agattu and Kiska islands have not expanded their holdings since early July. U S planes and submarines have sunk five ships and damaged nine more with attacks around Dutch Harbor and the Aleutian chain. Casualties include 44 army and navy personnel killed, 49 wounded, and one civilian dead.
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Washington
Aleutian
Navy
U. S
Kiska
Attu
Agattu
Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears
Fort Glenn
Umnaks Island
Aleutians
AR Commandos Prepare For Action
Washington July 18 American air commandos with power to reach the enemy strike and move on were fast getting into trim today for offensive action. Lieut Gen Henry H Arnold disclosed airborne commandos are trained to strike where the enemy is least prepared. Troop transports and gliders would take the men to objectives where speed and daring policy would make them the spearhead of action. The airborne army will exceed anything of the kind the world has yet seen. Headquarters for the troop carrier command were set up at Stout Field Ind under Col Fred S Borum. Volunteers will be received for training as commando glider pilots to be in the forefront of attacks along with parachute troops.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
Troop Carrier Command
Air Commandos
Stout Field
Ind
Fred S. Borum
Army
Senate approves Florida canal and pipelines plan
Senate passed a 93 million dollar bill funding a barge canal across north Florida plus gulf coast improvements and pipelines. The package, with 44 million for the canal and 10 million for Florida pipelines, awaits House concurrence after a narrow Senate vote and a Vice President tie breaker.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eastern Seaboard
Senate
North
Florida
Gulf Coast Waterway
Texas
House
Wallace
Mississippi
Savannah
Charleston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Appalachee Bay
Florida Canal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pepper
D-Fla
Andrews
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Oil Co
Atlantic Seaboard
theacksonville-St. John’s River
St John’s River
Indian River
U S Fighter Pilots Sharpen Their Eyes In Skeet Shooting
American fighter pilots train at Foster Field Texas in skeet shooting as part of aviation cadet and flying officer gunnery instruction. Cadets start with slow targets and progress to fast trap and skeet, firing from eight positions to learn lead and swing for potential enemy engagements. Lieutenant Malcolm B. Allen of Alton Illinois, a renowned shotgun and rifle coach, is credited with guiding the program.
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U. S
Foster Field
Tex
Moto
Army Air Forces
Malcolm B. Allen
Alton
Ili
Senate May Change New Tax Measure in Major Bill
Washington July 18 administration leaders expect Senate action to revise the $6.143 billion tax bill after the House debate ends. Senate Finance Chairman George signals a late August or September vote with possible changes to raise revenue toward a $3.7 billion target. Discussions include mandatory joint returns and higher excess profits taxes amid probes into war-contract fees. The Argentine freighter El Argentino reports homeward bound, amid torpedo rumors but no confirmed loss.
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Washington
House
Senate
George
White House
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Ways and Means
Rep. Cochran
D-Mo
Knutson
R-Minn
Ami| ‘ Means
el Argentino
Canary Islands
Lisbon
Foreign Ministry
Legation
UN Argentito
Avila Star
Death of Justice George Sutherland at 84 in Stockbridge
Washington reports Justice George Sutherland, retired from the Supreme Court, died during the night at his summer home in Stockbridge Massachusetts at age 84. Detroit reports District Judge Shackelford Miller dismissed a second mail fraud case against Republican National Committeeman Frank D. McKay but ordered the former state treasurer to stand trial on a third indictment.
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Washington
George Sutherland
Supreme Court
Stockbridge
Mass
Detroit
Shackelford Miller
Frank D. McKay
Germans Retreat Across Don Russians Report
German forces reportedly withdraw across the Don as Soviet troops press offensives near Rostov and Voronezh. Red Army claims counter-attacks inflict heavy losses, with German forces reportedly halving the Millerovo Rostov rail link and mounting stiff resistance along the river's west bank.
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FRESS
Moscow
Red Army
Don
Voronezh
Rostov
Red Interma- Hon Bureau
Fedor von Bock
Millerovo
Caucasus
Donets
Stalingrad
Lower Volga
Boguchar
Millerova
Union Accepts WLB Pay Boost Plan
The CIO United Steel Workers accept a four cent daily pay rise for 257,000 Little Steel employees instead of the demanded one dollar, easing a labor climate rattled by wildcat strikes. Roosevelt urged cooperation, and contract talks resume with Bethlehem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland. In Detroit, unauthorized strikes hit transit and defense work, while aluminum workers caused a nine hour shut down at Alcoa.
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Associated Press
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Little Steel
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Tesser
Steel Workers Policy Committee
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Bethlehem
Republic
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland
American Magnesium Corporation
United States
William M. Davis
United Mine Workers, District 30
Tte
Detroit
Edward J. Jeffties
AFL
Halfland Precision Parts Corporation
Peter Wierson
Independent Union
CIO Aluminum Workers of ‘America
Aluminum Company of ‘America
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Segoe Cuaneatasion
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