600 WAR WORKERS NEEDED BY AUGUST IN ADRIAN PLANTS
Adrian faces a swift push to recruit 600 additional war workers within four months to sustain munitions output. Officials from the War Production Board and National Housing Agency emphasized a countywide labor shortage despite strong bond support, urging every resident of working age to participate in the war effort.
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Adrian
Clifford J. Rice
United States Employment Service
G. Raymond Lehrer
Washington, BD. C
War Production Board
Phil A. Doyle
Cleveland
National Housing Agents
Lenawee County
Rice
Mr. Rice
Lehrer
House of Aircraft Production
Morenci Woman Frank Blair Mirs Dies at 80
Mrs Charlotte Blair aged 80 died at 9 25 this morning at the home of Mrs Yda Lerch where she had lived the past year She was born Sept 25 1862 in Seneca township married to Frank Blair in 1888 She and her husband ran the Ider House and later a restaurant and the Saulsbury Hotel They are survived by two nieces and two nephews Funeral will be Monday at 2 PM at Ackland Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery Rev H L Salmon officiating
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Morenci
Charlotte Blair
Frank Elsir
Yda Lerch
Blair
Ider House
Ford Agency
North Street
Saulsbury
Alleen Scott
Ann Arbor
Rens Brown
Monroe
Verl Scott
Ray Youngs
Walter Scott
Margaret Youngs
Winfield Scott
Ackland Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
H. L. Salmon
Raid on Italian harbor hits two ships in daylight raid
British and American air forces carried out daylight attacks on Reggio Di Calabria harbor on May 7. U S heavy bombers struck two ships in the harbor while RAF heavy bombers had earlier attacked the area, with bomb bursts seen in target arcs and at least one fire started.
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Cairg
U. S
Reggio di Calabria
RAF
Russians Drive Wedge Into German And Rumanian Lines
Soviet forces shatter toward Kuban axis severing German and Rumanian lines north and south of the Kuban River. Red Army reports capture high ground near a large city and drive parts of an Axis force away from Krymskaya. German POWs cite orders to shoot deserters as burial teams tally about 2,000 buried.
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PNESS
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Red Star
Novorossisi
Tzvestia
Taptureé Kyrymskaya
Red Army
Fire destroys garage in Gladwin county tragedy
Fire from undetermined origin engulfed the Gladwin county highway garage at 4 a m destroying fifteen trucks and heavy equipment. Loss pegged between 60 000 and 76 000 with explosions hampering firefighting and roof collapse occurring before crews arrived.
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Gladwin
Gladwin County
Brooks Empley
Lenawee Favored for Name of Flying Fortresses
Lenawee residents urged to name six Army bombers after Lenawee County as the county surpasses its April war bond quota by over 600000. Suggestions include Lenawee M-1 to A-6, Lenawee Keeps Them Flying, Len-Cos A1 to A3, and Len-Cos Bel variations, with input from The Telegram Bomber Name Editor and local dignitaries.
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Lenawee
Telegram
A. Palmer
Charles L. Robertson
Palmer
Robertson
Arthur Turner
Morenci
Justice of the Peace
Wellington DeLine
Clay
Eadward DeLine
Edward C
Wells
DeLine
Boeing
Lawrence Sperry
J. R. Russell
Maple Grove Avenue
Hudson
Charles E. Gorton
Adrian
Lenawee ‘County
Len- Cos
Len-Cos
Davies to go to Moscow for personal letter delivery
President Roosevelt announced that Joseph E. Davies would depart for Moscow to deliver a personal letter to Joseph Stalin. He refused to reveal letter contents or discuss a possible meeting with Stalin, noting Davies does not know the letter’s contents and will return after learning them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Toflay
Joseph E. Davies
Almos
Olce
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Davies
Russia
Winston Churchill
Davis
Grace Tully
House Approved Revenue Bill Draws Stam Critique
Washington May 7 Col an F Stam chief of the congressional tax staff testified that the House approved revenue bill fails to put all taxpayers on a Pay as you go basis and would cause resentment among those who contribute 60 per cent of taxes He warned the plan would not place the major taxpayers on a current basis and would force them to file year long returns while the remainder received relief Stam contrasted it with the Ruml Carlson skip a year plan and said many taxpayers would bear the burden of complex year by year calculations He indicated a committee vote on taxes could come that afternoon and noted opposition from Randolph Paul the treasury general counsel.
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Washington
Colan F. Stam
Congressional Tax Staff
Stam
Senate Finance Committee
Vanden Bergeacon
Ruml-Carlson
Vandenberg
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Germans intensify defenses in Norway amid fortification work
Reports from inside Norway say German forces expand fortifications after Narvik conference with Norwegian leaders and German authorities. Norwegian underground allegedly orders revolt readiness while Germany widens anti tank ditches and accelerates rail, air field, and submarine station projects from Stavanger to Trondheim. possible fleet shifts northward are unconfirmed.
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Stockholm
Narvik
Norway
Jaeren
Stavanger
Kris
Oslo
Allied forces vow final North Africa push in eve of new offensive
In a May order of the day issued by ALLIED HEADQUARTERS in North Africa, VE-Gen. Alexander tells British and American troops that they have reached the last phase of the campaign and will drive the enemy into the sea. He praises their mastery of the battlefield and urges forward to victory as the last great battle approaches.
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Alexander
North Africa
Second Shooting At Selfridge Field Reported
Selfridge Field Michigan reports a second shooting at 3 a.m. a sentry wounded civilian Private William Bridges 23 of Montclair New Jersey. The incident follows news that the former commanding officer at the base was arrested after a prior private woundings. Rep Shafer said Washington assured an investigation would be conducted by House Military Affairs Committee Chairman May.
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Selfridge Field
Army Air Base
Shafer
Washington
May
D.-Ky
iHouse Military Affairs Committee
Richard Ramey
William Bridges
Montclair
WLB heads for new stabilization crisis
The War Labor Board presses ahead amid wage disputes threatening war production. UMW rejects representation while other signs of industry unrest mount. Byrnes offers little encouragement as regional labor tensions rise and walkouts appear across the nation. John J. Lewis calls the board biased against miners.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
James ¥. Byrnes
UMW
John J. Lewis
WLBE
Turn Io
WLE
Indicted for Violation of Sabotage Law
Attorney General Biddle announced that National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry and seven executives were indicted in Cleveland on charges of violating the wartime Sabotage law and conspiring to defraud the government. The case centers on defectively cast aluminum supercharges for Packard Rolls Royce airplane engines and misrepresentation of test bars. Indicted are John L. Schmeller, Frank I. Schmeller, Edward Schmeller, James C. Helm, Otto M. St. John, Robert W. Chrysler, and Benjamin Prudenza.
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Washington
Biddle
National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Packard Motor Car Company
Rolls Royce
Packard
John L. Schmeller
Frank I. Schmeller
Edward Schmeller
James C. Helm
Otto M. St. John
Robert W. Chrysler
Benjamin Prudenza
United States
Bettalay
Bidge
Packarl
Pearl Harbor
Poles Accused of Spying in Russia
Moscow May 7 Polish government in exile officials in London faced charges of espionage in Russia voiced by vice commissar Wishinski who said some accused had admitted guilt and been sentenced Former Ambassador Stanislaw Kot allegedly admitted involvement and regret Wishinski noted the Polish army formed in Russia with Soviet aid refused to be sent to the Soviet German front The paper with the accusations was read to American and British reporters and sent to London Turn to Vishinski Page 2.
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Moscow
Andrei J. Vishinski
London
Russia
Stanislaw Kot
Wishinski
Hat
Vishinski
Allied Forces Advance in Tunisia Seize Ferryville and Le Bardo
Allied troops advanced from Ferryville toward Bizerte and penetrated outskirts of Bizerte and Tunis as heavy fighting continued. British First Army captured Le Bardo near Tunis while air power disrupted Axis supply routes. Infantry led the push with armor on the flanks as German tanks were destroyed in rear-guard battles.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Eisenhower
Uy. 5
Second Corps
First Army
le Bardo
Medjez-el-Bab
Massieault
Ture
Tunisia
Allied freighters sunk by Japanese near Australia
Japan torpedoed and sank seven Allied freighters in waters east of Australia. One American ship with Captain C. C. C. Endstromm aboard was sunk but all aboard were saved. Among losses were a large Australian freighter and a small Norwegian freighter. most crews were rescued by patrol craft. A May 1 disclosure noted Japanese subs operating in this area, with MacArthur officials citing substantial allied shipping losses in the Southwest Pacific.
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Associated Press
Australia
Mary
C. C. C. Endstromm
Alameda
Calif
Atlantic
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Turn
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Frank Blair
Morenc
H. W. Lundahl
Royer
Ip Brown
E. W. Royer
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Hheir
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Jack
Sadovey
Melkhovsiy
Blagodarny
Krymskaya
Towarn
Kerch Strait
Sea of Azov
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Mey 7Iti
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Tondon
USA
Leiden
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Black Sea
HOUSE
Johith
Sand Howley
WLB
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Idwal Huvert Edwards
U. S. Army
Charles H. Barth
Ine
Land
Frank M. Andrews
Freedom
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Edwards
Philippines
Waii
Ferryville
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