Register Here For Ration Books In Adrian
In Adrian, 891 residents registered at five elementary schools by noon as part of the sugar rationing program. Teachers staffed centers with help from typists, collecting detailed stats for each relative. Registration continues tomorrow and Thursday during specified hours.
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Adrian
Garfield School
New McKinley
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Old McKinley
Washington School
Broad Street
Wheat quota vote in Lenawee County referendum
Lenawee County farmers rejected wheat marketing quotas by 64 to 3 in Saturdays referendum amid incomplete reports from 40 states showing nationwide approval at about 81 percent. Voter turnout in the county was 189 of 406 eligible with 32 votes challenged and disallowed for insufficient acreage.
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Lenawee
Lenawee County
Michigan
Italians Deny Leading Fascists Were Arrested
London reports reject claims that top Fascists were arrested for protesting troop dispatch to the Eastern front. A Moscow supplementary release said many prominent party figures had been shot after arrest, while Berlin noted a civil code reform underway with judges to be briefed Wednesday. Dispatches from Switzerland cited protests over Nice transfer demands.
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London
Hitler
Berlin
Druce
Thss
Moscow
Italy
France
Switzerland
Nice
Prison sentences handed down in Lenawee circuit court
Judge J Arthur Rathbun sentenced George and Clifford Dombrowsky of Toledo to prison terms for breaking into a Tecumseh township sheep barn and stealing pelts. George received six months to 15 years, Clifford one year to 15 years, with the minimums urged. Contempt and alimony cases followed, plus a divorce granted to Sadie Spencer from Roy Spencer for extreme cruelty and name restoration. Three decrees quieting titles were issued for Nations Bank Adrian, David E Loar Blissfield, and Paul Gentz.
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J . Arthur Rathbun
Lenawee
George Dombrowsky
Offord Dombrowsky
Toledo
Ernest Updyke
Tecumseh
Michigan
Clifford
Rathbun
Eli Dickey
Adrian
Dickey
George Vicek
Clinton
Sadie F. Spencer
Near
Roy Spencer
Nations Bank of
L. B. Kuney
Kuney & Martin
David E. Loar
Blissfield
Paul Gentz
Frank J. Riley
Loar
Gentz
Americans Bomb Docks at Rangoon in Burma Raid
United States Army bombers attacked Rangoon docks last night sending heavy bombs that caused large fires on deck. The communiqué said enemy activity was extensive with attacks also touching Akyab and shipping, though casualties were believed slight. Rangoon lies in Burma about 300 miles from Calcutta with Akyab on the west coast.
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New Delhi
United States Army
Rangoon
U.S. Air Corps
Akyab
Burma
Calcutta
Clean Up and Paint Up Week Starts in Adrian Fire Demos
Demonstrations on fire bombs and control methods directed by Chief Jack Hawley and Junior Chamber president Squire Chase open Adrian’s Clean Up and Paint Up Week. Two demonstrations nightly, public scrubbing along West Maumee Street, and a citywide rubber and iron collection coordinated by the salvage committee. Proceeds from scrap sales benefit civilian defense lenders. pickup routes and times released by Julian Frank.
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Jack Hawley
Adrian Fire Department
Squire Chase
Junior Chamber
Adrian
Arthur A. Palmer
Bel Lines
Julian Frank
Louis Tapen
Met
Broad
State Streets
Ree
Quested
Magnesium Fabricators, Inc
Four destroyers launched in under an hour at Kearny NJ
Four destroyers named Fletcher Radford Mervine and Quick slid down the ways into the Hackensack River in 50 minutes. The launch set a world record for speed as Governor Charles Edison praised the achievement and noted yards in 1934 began naval work now complete in seven to nine months. The ships, 90 percent finished, will be turned over to the Navy soon.
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Kearny
N. J
United Nation
Hackensack River
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Charles Edison
Kearny Yard
Navy
Fletcher
Radford
Mervine
Quick
John
Henry Quick
British air raid hits Japanese barges on Chindwin River
RAF communique reports Blenheim bombers attacked concentrations of Japanese barges moving up the Chindwin River in Burma. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire, the bombing force returned to base with direct hits on boats.
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New Delby
India
Chindwin
Burma
Heavy German Losses Reported By the Russians
Moscow reports 2000 German officers and men killed on the Leningrad front in a second day of heavy losses. A prior bulletin tallied 1500 killed with others captured as Russian forces forecast an active spring offensive and Stalin orders intensified weapon training for Red Army troops.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Russian Information Bureau
Ifield
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Pravda
Communist Party
Stalin
Detroit Restaurant Wrecked Amid Black-Employee Clash
Detroit police seek blame after a Saturday riot on Hastings Street. A mob of about 2000 Black individuals damaged a Hastings Street restaurant, looted the till, and injured officers following an abdomen wound to Henry Rollin at a nearby Graziot Avenue venue. White proprietor Harry Johns was arrested for unregistered public safety item possession.
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Detroit
Hastings Street
Henry Rollin
Gratiot Avenue
Central Precinct
Peter Kafcas
Harry Johns
Johns
Burdette Banks
Henry Hall
David Patterson
Hall
British Bombers Batter Hamburg and French Ports
British RAF big bombers hit Hamburg while alarms sounded in Marseille and Toulon. Vichy claims unidentified planes over both ports. possibly reconnaissance for Axis naval movements. In Exeter a pre dawn raid caused damage, killing a nurse driver from an American aid group. British fliers down four of 30 raiders over Britain and northern France. one armed pilot, J. A. F. P. MacLachlan, credited with another kill.
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London
Hamburg
RAF
Baltic
Britain
Marseille
Toulon
France
Mediterranean
Vichy
Exeter
Channel
J. A. F P. MacLachlan
Germans Report Big Sea Battle in Arctic Convoys
Berlin reports a fierce naval clash over Arctic waters in which Nazi forces sank a 20,000-ton British cruiser and six escorted ships totaling 37,500 tons. German destroyers submarines and bombers damaged several Allied ships while one destroyer suffered serious damage. The engagement involved multiple convoys destined for Murmansk or Archangel and lasted days in heavy seas. The air force also claimed sinking three merchant ships and damaging a fourth. Berlin says another German force raid hit Alexandria in the Mediterranean.
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Berlin
J High Command
Arctic
Murmansk
Archangel
United States
Arctic Ocean
Jms High Command
Army Bombers Crash Kill Nine Injure Three Near Pendleton
Two four motor Army bombers collided in the Pacific Northwest, killing nine fliers and injuring three. A third bomber crashed near McChord Field injuring three. The Pendleton crash left Sgt Wesley A Wallace injured but conscious. others aided by a woodcutter and rescuers.
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Associated Press
Fendleton
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Las Vegas
Iney
Pendleton Field
Blue Mountains
Here
Pines
Flying Fortress
Pendleton
Wesley’ A. ‘Wallace
Philadelphia
Robert L. Bowman
Jenna Wallace
Randolph T. Correll
Perl Tryton
Texas
McChord Field
Allies Forced Back in Burma as Japan Attacks India and Chungking
British and Chinese forces in Burma pulled back on two fronts under heavy pressure, with Japanese spearheads driving toward India and Chungking. A British military commentator noted two main advances, one up the Burma Road toward Chungking, and another along the Chindwin River valley in pursuit of General Harold Alexander's retreating force.
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Associated Press
London
Burma
India
Chungking
Chung- 5 King
Chiniwin
Harold Alexander
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four States
The Associated Press reports tornadoes hit four midwestern states causing 24 dead or missing and over 100 injured. Oklahoma, especially near Pawhuska, suffers the worst damage, with Pryor’s prior storm killing 61 and causing extensive property losses. Kansas reports three deaths and many injuries.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Pryor
Kan‘san
Muskegon Laundry and Dry Cleaning Building Destroyed by Fire
A wind swept blaze leveled a two story brick building housing the Muskegon Baxter Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co in Muskegon on May 4 with estimated losses between 100 000 and 150 000 Fire Chief Chris Smith said the fire started in the laundry room and spread rapidly Adjoining Baxter Co building also suffered severe damage and nearby structures were at risk with Muskegon Heights hoses aiding in fighting the fire.
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Muskegon
Muskegon -Baxter-Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
Chris Smith
Isundry
Musketon Heights
Zee
Baxter’ Company
Japanese Columns Withdraw From Lae Markham Valley
Allied dispatches report a Japanese reconnaissance force retreated to Lae after a 12 mile push into the Markham valley in search of airfield sites. A second column held position 25 miles south of Salamaua. No UN ground fights. guerrilla activity possible north of the Isabel range.
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Associated Press
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Salamaua
United Nations
Torres Strait
Nadzab
Markham
Salamgua
Port Moresby
Kan Fitchett
Toj
Finsichhafen
Germans claim three battleships knocked out of war
British Air Ministry Admiralty report says Gneisenau Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen damaged and out of action for now. Gneisenau at Gdynia Scharnhorst in Kiel dockyard Prinz Eugen grounded near Kristiansund. Tirpitz Admiral Scheer and Hipner now man the Norwegian port at Trondheim. RAF attacks and mines cited as damage sources, with question of a wider German naval strike diminished to three ships ready for future battles.
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Port Mores
United Nations
Rabaul
New Britain
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Australia
Associated Press
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
Brest
Kiely
Pring Engen
Kristiansund
Norway
United States
Hitler
Trondheim
Norwegian
Tirpitz
Pocket
Admiral Scheer
Ssiaunguocement
Gdynia
Kiel
RAF
Estan
Trondhem
Atlantic
Seven Allied Ships Sunk In Atlantic And Caribbean
The Allied merchant fleet suffered seven sinkings last week, raising the official total to 157 ships sunk in the Atlantic and adjacent waters since Pearl Harbor. German submarines claimed six U.S. east coast losses from April 27 to May 3 and one Caribbean loss. Canadian and South American waters reported 24 and 10 sinkings respectively since December 7, with three U.S. ships among last week’s victims and one each from British, Panamanian, Swedish, and Dutch registries.
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New York
Atlantic
United, Nations
Ince
South American
U. S
Lead grows in UAW Local 600 presidency race in Detroit
In Detroit on May 4, with about 20 000 of over 12 000 ballots counted, Patrick Rice moved into the presidency lead at Local 600 United Automobile Workers. He held 7 788 votes to 6 615 for Paul Ste Marie, while five other candidates trailed. Local 600 covers Ford River Rouge workers and is the largest unit in the nation. Percy Llewellyn led the vice presidential contest with 8 288 to 5 053 for Joseph Twyman. Financial secretary W G Grant led George Trapp 6 065 to 4 726, and recording secretary Shelton Yappes led 12 253 to 4 723 for Ray Pilon.
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Detroit
Patrick Rice
United Automobile Workers
CIQ
Rice
Paul Ste. Marie
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Percy Llewellyn
Joseph Twyman
Llewellyn
Twyman
W.G. Grant
George Trapp
Shelton’ ‘Yappes
Ray Pilon
Fodey
Rescues Wounded Men Decorated for Heroism in Manila Bay
First Lieutenant Robert F. Auger of Portland Ore received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism during a heavy artillery bombardment of the Manila Bay island fortresses. He rescued wounded men and extinguished fires, repeatedly exposing himself to shelling as shells exploded near his unit.
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Washington
War Department
Robert F. Auger
Portland
Ore
Manila Bay
Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Augure
Ausgur
Social Justice mailing hearing opens in Washington
A Post Office Department hearing begins May 4 to decide if Social Justice the weekly founded by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin and Royal Cals in Michigan should retain second class mailing privileges. Postmaster General Walker said the matter will be heard at the set time whether or not Coughlin attends. The issue follows Attorney General Biddle accusing the paper of enemy propaganda and violating the 1917 espionage act.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Social Justice
Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Cals
Michigan
Father Coughlin
Frank C. Walker
Walker
Biddle
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Egypt
Cairo
Salt Lake
Utah
United
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Rd Eee
Oledo Brothers
Dombrowsky
Soap Sales
Association of American
Soap & Gylcerine Producers
Wasrington
May
Tion
Frontiers
Roosevelt
Adalphus
Andrews
Ommander
John W. Steenslade
Thej
San Francisco
Western Sea Frontier
Ynt
Tor Touton
England
Gibraltar
Malta
Northwest
Bound For Felts
Muskegon ‘Laundry
Greisenau
Gdynia AM Nain
UAW Union
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