Roosevelt seeks 27.6 billion for Army planes
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 27 579 311 253 for Army warplanes to fund 148 000 aircraft, part of a two year goal of 185 000. The plan includes a glider borne force of 50 000 men with 1 000 wooden gliders. Inventor William Christmas urged accelerating wooden aircraft construction as global powers race ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Oliver P. Echols
Army Air Corps Materiel Command
Joint
Senate House Military Committee
William W. Christmas
Germany
Japan
Russia
England
Mac Arthur Faces Formidable Task in Australia War
Washington dispatch notes military experts warn General Douglas MacArthur faces a costly, difficult campaign to defend Australia. They caution against optimism as Japan may launch a fierce blitz, with the United Nations counting on Australia's fortification as a base for a future major offensive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
United Nations
MacArthur
Bataan
Singapore
Dutch Indies
Great Island
Flood Waters Still Lap At Homes In Michigan Lowlands
Flood waters lapped at homes across Michigan’s lowlands as evacuees hoped to return soon. Rivers rose overnight while most expected to fall. East Lansing warned downstream rises may persist to Thursday. The first flood death was reported in Union City as five year old Carlo Knauss was swept away by the St Joseph River. Huron Tuscola and Saginaw counties suffered severe damage with washed out bridges and inundated businesses. Frankenmuth saw hotel floors flooded.
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Michigan
United States Weather Bureau
East Lansing
Union City
Carlo Knauss
St Joseph
Nelson urges firm push to boost war plane output
Washington March 18 War production chief Donald M. Nelson announces plane output up more than 50 percent since December 7 and warns against management delays and union slowups. He stresses time value, urges full production now, and cites cases of deliberate slowing by workers and subcontractors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
America
War Production Board
Nelson
Survivors Reach Land After Torpedoed Ships Disaster
Suva Fiji March 187 highteen survivors of two ships torpedoed December 9, two days after Pearl Harbor, reach land with harrowing tales of shellfire exposure and starvation. Only seven of the Donerail crew and passengers survive. 58 died. Prusa tanker survivors number eleven from a 34 aboard. Chambers of Sydney recounts a 38day voyage in open lifeboat, torpedoes, and storms en route to Fiji and Tarawa.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Pearl Harbor
Land
Donerail
Prusa
MM. Chambers
Sydney
Lloyd’s Register
Hawaii
Vancouver
Chambers
Tarawa
Aother
Fiji
Nanauti
Gilbert Group
Lloyd's
Tampa Interocean Steamship Company
New ‘Orleany
Hawai
Gilberts
Australians Accept American Command Of All Defenses
In a historic shift Australia accepts U S General Douglas MacArthur as commander of all defense forces and offensive air and sea roles. The move comes as Allied forces tighten grip on the Pacific front with MacArthur leading a top American triumvirate alongside Lieutenant General George H Brett and Vice Admiral Herbert F Leary. Roosevelt cautions against rushed overtime law changes while labor leaders pledge no strikes as war production surges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Melbourne
Australia
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Douglas
MacArthur
United States
William Green
Philip Murray
AFL
CIO
Bataan
George H. Brett
Australia-New Zealand
Primie
John Curtin
Herbert F. Leary
Anzac Zone
Commonwealth
Darwin
R. K. Sutherland
Harold H. George
Canberra
Alice’ Springs
South Australia
Manchester Man's Death Hints At Asphyxiation
Ann Arbor pathologist reported that Orville E. Wurster a 34 year old Manchester store clerk may have died by asphyxiation. Autopsy found smoke in the lungs kerosene in the stomach and indications he was alive when his clothes were set afire. Further tests and chemical analyses planned as investigators search the area for clues and fingerprints. The body was found beside a shallow trench with outer clothing buried in soil near Washtenaw county.
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Orville E. Wurster
Manchester
Robert J. Parsons
Wurster
George Meader
Washtenaw County
Parsons
Little Washtenaw County
G. R. Breitenwischer
Dora Wurster
Saline
Mich
Clarence Haar
Paper collection hampered by rain in city
Rainy weather disrupted the paper collection drive led by Commissioner Adelbert Vedder. Only 25 boxes were picked up yesterday and a little over 30 today as crews covered the southwest and northwest areas. Public Works urged families who left out cartons to call 159 for a pickup.
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Adelbert Vedder
Adrian
159
Pubic Works Office
Blueprint For A New World Editor's Note
American strategists urge a realistic study of war causes and the Versailles Treaty weaknesses to shape a lasting postwar peace. Claude A. Jagger, financial editor, Wide World Service, discusses the subject and the need for broader understanding beyond military victory. Auction notices for March 19 and 20 appear adjacent.
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Claude A. Jagger
Wide World Service
Claude A. Jaggeis
Wide World Service Financial
Washington
Jagger
Sinking of convoy of ten ships revealed
Sydney reports the Yarra and two mine sweepers protecting a Java convoy were sunk by three heavy Japanese cruisers and two destroyers on March 4. Eleven survivors, including Lieut Marshall, drifted for days before rescue. Survivors from Jupiter and Electra reached Australia alongside the Yarra’s fate. Beaverbrook to go to United States to coordinate United Nations pooling efforts.
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Sydney
Australia
Java
F. I
Marshall
Royal Navy
Voluneer
Australian
Yarra
Batavia
Tjilatlap
Point Blank Range
Marsnall
Jupiter
Electra
Tulatjap End
London
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
Beaverbrook
United Nations
Blissheld farmer top draws in Lenawee third draft list
Arthur Hetz a 33 year old Blissfield farmer three miles northeast of Blissfield tops Lenawee county in the third national registration lottery. He holds serial number 2850, the second number drawn from the Washington fish bowl. Clarence A. Betz of Sand Creek ranks No 2 with serial 441, married with one son. The Lenawee master list will be posted at Adrian armory. the official county order list to be compiled after the master list arrives in about ten days. Nationwide the lottery enrolled about 9 million men with 1.65 million in the 20 21 age group and 7.35 million aged 35 to 44. Indications are first order numbers mean questionnaires in May and inducements beginning in June. Governor Van Wagoner and Lieut Gov Murphy among those touched.
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Arthur Hetz
Blissfield
Lenawee County
Fish Bowl
Henry L. Stimson
Betz
Asets
Lenawee
Clarence A. Betz
Sand Creek
Harold Mack
Clarence Betz
Washington
Selective Service
Adrian Armory
Army planes crash near Lima with initial survivor reports
Late bulletins from Lima Ohio say four Army planes crashed in a field five miles east of Lima shortly before moonrise. Early reports claimed no survivors. In Washington the Navy announced two U S merchant vessels torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with few details.
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Lima
Ohio
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
U. S
Lenawee County Draft Contingent Leaves Tonight
The first Lenawee county draft contingent will depart Adrian tonight at 6:15 PM by bus for Detroit for induction into the Army under the new system effective March 16. They will undergo physical examinations tomorrow. passers may receive an immediate ten day furlough to settle affairs at home. The month’s first contingent left Adrian March 19 and a third will leave March 25.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Detroit
Japs Launch Attack On Bataan Positions
General MacArthur's departure from the Philippines to join the southwest Pacific sparked a Japanese counterattack on Bataan. Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright's forces repulsed the raid as harbor batteries near Cavite shone under shelling. Cebu port saw a brief bombardment from a Japanese destroyer with no damage. Sayre, Roosevelt said, arrived in Honolulu en route to the U.S. for briefings and plans to return to the theater. Curtin reported new air raids on Tulagi and another Solomon Islands position east of Cape York.
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Washington
MacArthur
Bataan
Jonathan M Wainwright
Philippines
Wainwright
Cavite
Cebu
Francis B. Sayre
Roosevelt
Sayre
Honolulu
United States
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
New York
Solomon Islands
Cape York
John Curtin
CBS
Tulagi
12 Warships Listed Among Casualties
The Navy announced that a Japanese invasion force near Salamaua and Lae was smashed by American and Australian air power, with 23 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged including 12 warships. The Sharks fate is unknown, with Lt. Cmdr. Louis Shane Jr. of Tacoma among those aboard noted as missing. Sea Lion was damaged at Cavite and demolished to prevent use by the enemy, and destroyer Stewart was destroyed at Soerabaia to avoid capture. no personnel casualties were reported for Sea Lion or Stewart.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Western Pacific
Louis Shane, Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Cavite
Philippines
U. S
Stewart
Dutch Indies
Soerbaia Y
Russians surround German garrison at Gzhatsk
Moscow reports say Red armies encircled a German garrison at Gzhatsk west of Moscow, the Nazi holdout after defeats at Mozhaisk and Borodino. Heavy fighting was noted near Kharkov with German and Romanian troops under fire in the Donets Basin and in Crimea where Russian forces pressed along a two mile front between Arbatskya and Feodosiya. The information bureau said 500 invaders were killed as Russians retook several settlements on the Hlainin front between Simolensk and Leningrad.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red
Gzhatsk
Mozhaisk
Borodino
Smolensk
Vyazma
Morocco
Kharkov
Donets
Mezi
Crimea
Bucharest
Arbatskya
Strela
Feodosiya
Kerch Isthmus
Hlainin
Simolensk
Leningrad
Lenawee Draft List Third Lenawee County draft list
The Telegram prints the first 100 unofficial names with addresses as the third Lenawee county draft list. The official master, drawn in Washington, will be published soon and the county board will begin compiling its list. Names include Leo W. Robison Tecumseh and Guy D. Phipps Britton among Adrian, Clinton, and other local addresses.
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Lenawee
Telegram
Washington
Leo W. Robison
Tecumseh
Guy D. Phipps
Britton
Edward M. Delancey
Adrian
Herschel M. Lanis
Seneca
Clifford J. Rice
Jessie R. Davis
Deerfield
Winston J. Eaton
Russell Aiuto
Clinton
Fred H. Westfall
Julian L. Herzing
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Gongress
Brett New Air Chief
Hillisield
George J. Bradlee
Onsted
Linehan & Linehan
Fred C. ‘Greenwald
Stimson
John D. Langs
Ton
Policemen
Washington, D. C
Blissheld
Farmer
Nation
Associated Press Veterans of Public Office
Man On the Street
van Wagoner
Frank Murphy
Inthe
Es Achar
Foe
Arthur Betz
Clayton
Emerson L. Knorr
Leslie H. Harris
Morenci
John J. Carpenter
Francis M. King
Earl A. Underhill
George L. Callahan
Raymond H. Iokes
James B. Renny
Melvin
K. Rising
Leland F. Corbett
Palmyra
Floyd. Gulsson
Carl F. Smith
Casper R. Powell
Hudson
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