British RAF strikes Rostock port and Warnemuende again
Allied air forces hit Rostock area targeting Warnemuende port, a seaplane base, submarine trainer, Heinkel plant and rail link to Denmark. German night raids over East Anglia caused minor damage. one bomber shot down, others destroyed by RAF fighters. A German Me 109 was reported destroyed near the southwest coast.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Rostock
Warnemuende
Baltic
Warne
Heinkel
Denmark
Norway
RAF
The
Reich
East Anglia
Britain
Holand
Admiralty
Horatio
Older Students 10 Register for Work in Adrian
The United States Employment Service will hold voluntary registration for older students in Adrian next week at Adrian High School. Students over 16 will fill forms to record abilities for farm, store, and other war-related labor needs. Enrollment aims to gauge staffing for peak season while ensuring health, housing, and transportation safeguards.
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Employment _ Service
Adrian
Howard L Mackey
United States Employment Service
Mackey
Army
Ma Gon
U. S. Employment Service
Paper Pickups For Next Week In Adrian
The collection of waste paper in Adrian to aid in the war effort will occur next week following a fixed schedule. Monday covers Precinct Four, Wednesday covers Precinct Five, and Friday covers Precinct Nine. If rain prevents collection, the schedule will shift by one day.
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Adrian
Carrier Stamp Sale Totals 133 334 in Adrian Telegram
Telegram carrier boys on routes sold 28 406 ten cent stamps and bonds in April yielding 2 840 60 to the U S government. For January through April the four month total is 333 334 stamps worth 13 333 40 with May goal 41 666 stamps to reach 175 000. Forty eight volunteers joined during the Christmas party to carry on the program.
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Adrian Telegram Carrier Boys
United States
Ana
NLRB election set for Simplex Paper workers
About 200 maintenance employees at Adrian and Palmyra plants will vote Thursday on representation by Lenawee Paper Workers Union or CIO United Auto Workers or none. Election follows Monday conference of company, unions, and NLRB. UAW-CIO initiated action. Workers have long been represented by Lenawee Paper Workers Union Local 15. The article also describes Adrian YMCA anniversary events and May 19 banquet for the YMC A, with many local speakers and a photo display in progress.
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Adrian
Palmyra
Simplex Paper Corp
Lenawee’ Paper Workers Union
United Automobile Workers (Cio
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Uaw-Cio
Pontiac
Lenawee Paper Workers Union
W. B. Alexander
Adrian Y.M.C.A
Cor Brati
Stat
B. P. Hathaway
Wendell Smith
John W. Greenwood
H. K. Fox
Harry Hunger Ipoe
Dr. Ox
E. P.lake
Howard Godwin
Frank Palmer
Palmer
Japanese Losses Mount in Pacific After Coral Sea
Official reports list two major Japanese warships and nine minor vessels sunk yesterday, adding to a Pacific tally since Pearl Harbor of 253 vessels. Enemies' tonnage officially reported sunk reaches 250,226 tons, though many United Nations briefings omit ship names and tonnages. The tabulation follows.
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Associated Press
Coral Sea
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Night in jail changes view of speeding suspect
Walter Fletcher, 24, a Chelsea foundry worker, spent a night in county jail after being arrested in Chelsea for speeding 45 mph on South Main Street on April 24. He denied being the Adrian motorist until a night in jail convinced him, and he pleaded guilty at arraignment before Justice J. Russell Franklin to $5 fine and $11.05 costs, with 15 days more in jail.
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Walter Fletcher
Chelsea Foundry
Chelsea
Louis F. Germond
Adrian
Justice Court
South Main Street
Fletcher
Franklins
J Russell
Telegram charts show impact of total war on prices
A brief notice directs readers to Page seven for a series of charts illustrating how total war and the price ceiling affect consumers. The item signals ongoing coverage of war economy effects and reader guidance to continue at page seven.
Auxiliary Firemen to Get Night Work
Adrian's 100 auxiliary firemen will be assigned night shifts to shadow regular firemen and gain full familiarity with duties. The plan, proposed by Mayor Lindahl and approved by the defense council, will begin in about a week with four volunteers sleeping in the firehouse and understudying the on duty crew.
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Adrian
Adrian Jervitson Defense Council
Jack Hawley
H. W. Lindahl
Dass
Balloon barrage trainees drill at Camp Tyson Tennessee
From Camp Tyson in Tennesee a unique balloon barrage training center trains soldiers to defend U S coastal areas using inflated bags Major James B Mankin praises the trainees energy and speed in learning the fundamentals of inflating and launching the bags The camp has graduated two classes and hundreds continue to arrive for instruction with physical training and classroom work as the six week program aims to prepare troops for deployment Auction note included for May 12 northeast of Butles George Bradlee auctioneer adv on Market Page
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Camp Tyson
Tenn
United States
West Tennessee
James B. Mankin
Mankin
Butles
George Bradlee
Adv
Coral Sea battle hailed. officials silent on action
London dispatch reports Allied sea and air success at Coral Sea with cautious official silence awaiting full report. Commentators say the battle may have forestalled invasion of Australia while observers note lessons from Java Sea and prior Allied defeats. Major papers foresee a potential turning point in the war at sea.
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Associated Press
London
Coral Sea
Australia
United States Navy
Java Sea
Prince of Wales
Malaya
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Bay of Bengal
Douglas MacArthur
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Japan
Pacific
Java
News Chronicle
Coral Seca
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Norwegian patriots seize Galtesund in daring voyage to Britain
The Galtesund, a Hittle Coastal steamer reported sunk by German forces, reappeared safe in a British port. Norwegian exiled government says a crew of young patriots boarded at Oslo and Bergen, seized control in shifts, and navigated through minefields to reach England with passengers and crew aboard.
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London
Galtesund
England
Oslo
Bergen
North Sea
County Bond Sale Set To Begin Next Week In Rural Drive
The Department of Agriculture War Board chaired by Ellis A. Roosa completed plans for a Monday and Tuesday canvass of rural homes to promote voluntary purchases of war savings stamps and bonds. Township canvass will be led by supervisors and district school directors with city and village efforts managed by local organizations. In Adrian, George H. Little will direct the drive, replacing house to house canvassing with service organizations if feasible, a plan approved at a recent War Savings committee meeting at the Masonic Temple.
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Department of Agriculture War Board
Ellis A. Roosa
Adrian
George H. Little
Elmir O. Baldwin
Baldwin
Masonic Temple
Scrap metal drive nets $50 for Adrian defense fund
The Adrian scrap metal and rubber collection, run this week by Julian Frank of Louis Frank & Son, yielded just over six tons and about $50 for the Adrian civilian defense fund.
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Adrian
Julian Frank
Louis Frank & Son
Believe Japs Face Naval Exhaustion
The Associated Press reports Washington observers believe Japan is headed toward naval exhaustion from losses at Coral Sea. Despite no official totals, many say Japanese losses were heavier than American, and Japan may be unable to replace them quickly while Allied shipbuilding remains ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Coral Sea
Australia
Navy
Tokyo
NAVAL
Adrian AR raid wardens reform urged by council
Adrian civilian defense council met at city hall to discuss upgrading the air raid warden system. Frank Kessler cited Los Angeles as a model with weekly wardens meetings. Coordinator Tarl Hoch blamed top-level failure for inefficiency and urged commanders to ensure wardens enforce duties or be replaced.
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Adrian
Civilian Defense Council
Frank Kessler
California
Los Angeles
Mr. Kessler
Tarl B. Hoch
US Warships and Bombers Strike Japanese Sea Force
Allied forces reported a major naval battle off northeast Australia ended with Japanese invasion threats checked. MacArthur and field commanders said the fight, the greatest sea clash of the war, left Japanese losses heavy while American casualties remained light. The report notes multiple sunken ships and damaged vessels, with continued Allied air and sea pressure against the Japanese fleet.
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Associated Press
Australia
United States
New Caledonia
Port Moresby
Allied
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Coral Sea
Tokyo
MacArthur
Onsted Farm House Destroyed by Fire
The Beecher Lighthall farm house, half a mile south of Onsted school, burned to the ground after a midnight fire. Two motorists discovered it. Marvin Light hall and family were away in Dearborn. Allan Seager alerted the Onsted fire department. the blaze started in the kitchen from unknown causes and was beyond control upon arrival. The loss includes contents, not other outbuildings, and is partly insured.
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Tetagravt
Onsted
Beecher Lighthall
Mr. Lightlish
Detroit
Marvin Lighthall
Dearborn
Allan Seager
Onsted Fire Department
Germans Cannot Win In Russia This Summer Says Free Europe
London May dispatches report Free Europe, the Allied review, says Germany may advance in Russia but cannot achieve a decisive victory. It notes Red Army fighting near Belgorod, 350 miles south of Moscow, and estimates Russian forces at 350 divisions against 285 Axis. It warns of a possible draw if Germans reach the Volga, Caucasus, and Turkey stakes, with risks to Turkey from a Nazi pincer.
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Russia
Associated Press
London
Free Europe
Istanbul
Vichy
Red Army
Belgorod
Moscow
Black Sea
Hifier
Volga
Urals
Caucasus
Turkey
Lower
Don
Nechegol
Kursk-Kharkov
Moscow-Rostov
Tomarovka
Donets
Chittagong Area Bombed by Japanese Near Bay of Bengal
British officials report Japanese air attacks on the Chittagong area in Friday and Saturday raids. The port city near the Bay of Bengal suffered slight damage and some casualties, with a second raid described as following the initial bombing. The Chittagong terminus of the Assam Bengal railway and a steamship port were noted as potential invasion targets.
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Chittagong
India
New Delhi
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Burma
Assam-Bengal
Resistance centers hold in Madagascar hills amid air losses
London radio reported two resistance centers remained in Madagascar hills south of Diego Suarez and that 12 British planes had been shot down in interior fighting. The broadcast said island news was scarce but noted French forces that retreated from Diego Suarez were sustaining the resistance. New Delhi noted a continued withdrawal of British forces in Central Burma occurred without contact with Japanese forces in a communiqué.
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London
Paris
Madagascar
Diego Soarer
Diego Suarez
New Delhi
Burma
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