New Landing Made By Japanese Force Near Port Moresby
Allied headquarters report a Japanese landing of 1500 to 2500 troops at Gona near Buna on the Papuan Peninsula marking a new foothold close to Port Moresby. Allied planes attacked the transport and barge, with losses including a sunk transport and a downed seaplane. The action signals intensified air activity as both sides contest the Buna and Salamaua-Lae area.
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MacArthur
Australis
Australia
Coral Sea
New Guinea
Fort Moresby
Gona Mission
Buna
Papuen Peninsula
Salamaua
Wink
Alles
Lae
Port Moresby
Papua
Owen Stanley
Markham
Pepua
Torres Strait
Cape York
He Doesn't Want To Be a Private
Hastings July 23. Selective service officials will review Dr. Fred Hauser 26 year old veterinarian who refuses to serve as a private. He went to Sheriff Glen Bern to surrender believing he was a draft violator. He stated a trained man should not be made to serve. Probate Judge Stewart Clement of Barry County Draft Board noted deferment claims based on dependent aunts. The case will be referred to state selective service headquarters.
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Hastings
Selective Service
Fred Hauser
Kalamazoo
Hauser
Glen Bern
Stewart Clement
Barry County
Umpire from War Labor Board to Confer at Gerity Plants
Umpire McKee Rosen of the War Labor Board arrived in Adrian to discuss labor troubles at the Gerity Adrian Manufacturing Company four plants. He will meet with Isbor and management representatives to resolve issues, including a federal court order to disestablish the National Association of Die Casting Workers as bargaining agent. Plants had been shut 13 hours over a union discharge dispute. operations resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S McKee Rosen
War Labor Board
Adrian
Thhe Gerity-Adrian Manufacturing Company
Hosen
Isbor
Manlapement
National Association of Die Casting Workers
DIQ
NLRB
NINE ARE NOMINATED FOR RATIONING BOARD
Nine persons were nominated for positions on the Lenawee county rationing board of the county civilian defense council. The nine names go to the Detroit office of the OPA for approval before release. The new 12 member board will take over duties early in August. Plans for a blackout of Adrian and nearby areas were discussed. Adrian likely will experience a trial blackout very soon. The meeting featured a talk by W C Abson, Adrian high school principal, who described a Purdue course in civilian defense. Attendees included defense directors from Banawee towns and local defense organizations in Adrian Tecumseh Britton Clinton Onsted Morenci Addison Hudson. The meeting aimed to compare notes on Lenawee county preparedness.
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Lenawee
County Civilian Defense Council
Office of Price Administration
Detroit
OPA
Guy E. Nelmire
Adrian
Valthough
E. F. Olsen
The
Defense Council
W. C.’ J Abson
Abdon
Purdue University
Banawee
Grand Jury Indicts 28 For Sedition Across States
A federal grand jury indicted 28 defendants, 27 men and one woman, in ten states for conspiring to undermine the armed forces and obstruct the war effort. The two count indictment cites sedition and interference with the armed forces, with mentions of the German American Bund, America First Committee, and Ku Klux Klan as groups aiding the conspiracy. Notable defendants include Gerald B. Wintod of Kansas, Herman Schwinn of Los Angeles, and George Sylvester Viereck alias J B Hamilton, among others.
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Washington
Federal
Grand Jury
Mo Rale
Biddle
Frank Woodruff Johnson
Bund
America First Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Gerald B. Wintod
Wichita,Kansas
Herman Max Schwinn
Los Angeles
George Sylvester Viereck
J. B. Hamilton
New York
William Griffin
Hans Diebel
H. Victor Broenstrupp
Alias the
Duke
St. Saba
Victor
Cherep Spiridovich
Cor
Price conflicts spark Adrian wholesale meat shortages
Adrian meat dealers blame a squeeze on packers by government price ceilings and rising livestock costs for shortages. Dealers report reduced processing, delayed or shorted beef and pork orders, and higher prices as packers aim to stay afloat. Some blame wartime buying policies for diverting better cuts to military needs, risking future retail rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Mest
Oledo Packing House
Adrian
Start Soon on US 223 Repairs Worth Millions
Detroit contractor Cooke Construction plans resurfacing a 19 mile stretch of US 223 from Adrian to Blissfield, widening each side by one foot and improving four to five curves. The firm has $292,932 in state contracts and begun plastering the New York Central yard near Michigan Street. Manager Martin S. Westcott said trenching to widen the highway will commence immediately unless material shortages force curtailment.
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Apee
Fornice
Cooke Construction Company
Detroit
State Highway Department
New York Central
Michigan Street
Martin S. Westcott
Adrian
Blissfield
Morgenthau Calls for Tax Bill Boost to Fund War
Secretary Morgenthau urged the Senate Finance Committee to raise the tax bill, proposing a minimum total of 9.7 billion dollars. He argued bold war taxation is essential for a sound economy, detailing increases in individual, corporate, excise, estate and gift taxes, and removal of loopholes to curb borrowing.
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Washington
Morgenthau
America
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ferguson Eligible to Run for Senate Amid Court Ruling
Lansing July 23 Att or ney General Rushton upholds Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson rights to seek the Republican nomination for U S Senator without resigning from the bench The opinion states Michigan cannot impose extra qualifications beyond the Federal Constitution The state constitution bars judges from entering politics during their term or one year after None of the other races alter the outcome with unopposed or contested primaries noted for Elton Eaton Gerald L Smith and Homer Ferguson in the Republican Senate race Prentiss M Brown faces no Democratic primary opposition while Elmer R Porter and Edward C Heilman seek other nominations in the September 15 primary
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Lansing
Herbert J. Rushton
Homer Ferguson
Wayne County
U. S
Rushton
Michigan
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Ferguson
Prentiss M. Brown
Elton FR. Eaton
Plymouth
Gerald L. K. Smith
Detroit
Brown
Elmer R. Porter
Blissfield
Lenawee
Monroe
Edward C. Heilman
Tecumseh
Al- 30
British Drive At Rostov Front In Second Battle Report
British forces under General Auchinleck launch a wide front assault across a 40 mile El Alamein front driving back Axis center in heavy fighting. RAF support limited by dust storms then increases as bombers and fighters hit tanks and positions. Seven British planes lost. Axis air activity remains limited.
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Cairo
Claude Auchinleck
London
Auchinleck
RAF
Ore
Malta
Daytime alert planned for Detroit area counties
Detroit area will receive a surprise daytime alert in Wayne Oakland and McComb counties as army authorities advise. Murray Lanphar, commander, cites rising need amid good flying weather and retaliation fears against war production. A nighttime blackout is expected soon after August 1.
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Detroit
Wayne
Oakland
McComb
Citizens Defense Corps
Murray F. Lanphar
Lanphar
War At A Glance Rostov Battle Opens With Million Men
The Associated Press reports Russia’s Rostov battle opens with a million men as German forces push through the Don river steppe toward Rostov, with clashes at the gates and within 100 miles of Stalingrad. British counterOffensive in Egypt gains ground centered along the German line. Australian forces report 2000 Japanese troops landing on undefended Papua beaches near Port Moresby. U S Fleet engages enemy air forces with no significant losses.
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Associated Press
Russia
Rostov
Don River
Stalingrad
Egypt
Australia
Papua
Port Moresby
Atlantic
U. S
Navy advice sought on cargo plane plan
Washington July 23 The House naval committee and merchant marine leaders weigh Henry Kaiser's proposal to mass produce 5 000 giant flying boats to carry cargo across oceans as a weapon against submarines. Kaiser argues rapid, large scale production could threaten Axis resources while admiralty officials and lawmakers consider a formal hearing with Kaiser and War Shipping head Emory Land. The Richmond yard, now booming, is cited as evidence the program could proceed quickly.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast Ship Builder and Engineering Authority
Bejr
Rep. Mott
R-Ore
House Naval Committee
Kaiser
Mavy
Aleutians
Rep
Bland
D. -Va
House Merchant Marine Committee
Emory
Kaiser II
San Francisco
Richmond
Calif
Axis
Howard Vickery
U. S. Maritime Commission
Henry Kaiser
Tender and Her Brood of Cats At Kiska
KEITH WEXLER reports from the Aleutians aboard the U S TENDER detailing how the old vessel and its PBY Catalina crews sustain the fight after the Japanese invasion of Kiska. The tender, once a destroyer, ferries parts, fuel, and men, while cats pilots endure long patrols, repairs, and peril in frigid seas.
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Tender
Kiska
Keith Wexler
Chicago Times, Inc
U. S
Aleutians
Bay
The
Hiska
America
PBY
Second Front Plan To Remain Secret
London July 23 Amid agitation on both sides of the Atlantic for quick establishment of a second European front to ease German pressure on Russia Sir Stafford Cripps implied publicly today that the British government has some operation of this sort in mind. But whatever is decided about a 1942 offensive Sir Stafford Britain's Lord Privy Seal and House of Commons leader gave the House to understand that the government would not entrust the secret even to 615 people—the members of parliament.
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London
Atlantic
Russia
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
Britain
House of Commons
German columns 20 miles from Rostov in major Soviet crisis
Moscow July 23 Nazi armored columns closed in on Rostov in the second battle of Rostov during the German Russian war. The three directional threat stretched toward Stalingrad and the lower Don as Soviet forces fought bitterly to stem the invasion tides. Rostov faced attack from Novocherkassk, from Voroshilovgrad, and from Taganrog area with Italians involved. A three way menace also pressed Stalingrad 250 miles northeast, along the Stalingrad line west of the Volga. German and Slovak troops reportedly penetrated Rostov outskirts, while Russian counterattacks persisted near Voronezh and heavy German casualties were reported.
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Milerovo
Rostov
Stalin
Voroshilovgrad
Alsograd
Millerovo
Moscow-to-Rostov
Stalingrad
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Don
Russia
Bez
Red Army
Novocherkassk
Asis
Taganrog
Likhaya
Volga
Den
Mes
Voronezh
Inflation curb moves eyed by Roosevelt in wartime powers
Washington reports Roosevelt weighs using war powers to curb inflation and asks advice from labor and management. He may confer with Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, and Labor War Cabinet with AFL CIO leaders. Some say Congress action uncertain, so he might act on his own if justified. Hull to address progress of war on radio tonight in nine languages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biddle
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor War Cabinet
AFL
CIO
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Leon Henderson
Capitol
Mr. Roosevelt
Hull
NBC
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Albuquerque
N. M
E. C. Gober
Soviet
Stalinov
Azov
Kursk
Kharkov
Rrostov
Saratovay
Ystalingrad
Astrakhan
Loi Lines
Nel Bennett
J. G. Francis
New York and
Noblesvile
Ind
William Dudley Pelley
Nobles‘Me
Newark
N. J
Francis Murphy
Louis C. Miriani
van Wagoner
State Social Welfare Commission
Peter P. Walkowiak
St. Florian’s Church of Hamtramck
Jana Lawrence B. Blythe
Marine City
State, County and Municipal Workers Union
Clq
United States Army
Northern Ireland
Europe
United States
Senate
NAVY
Labor, Management
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