Major Japanese Offensive Seen Against China
Chinese government said signs of a major Japanese offensive were developing on the Burma border and Chekiang while Tokyo massed troops in Burma. An official map reportedly outlines a broad co prosperity sphere including Siberia and India, with China, Indo China, Thailand and Iran named within.
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Associated Press
Chungering
Ching
Burma
Chekiang
Shanghai
Burma-Yunnan
Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
India
Tanaka
Pacific
Haron Giichi Tanaka
Mhat
China
Yunnan
Henan
Yellow River
Hanison
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ural Montains
Indo-China
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Iran
Gun Crews Prayed For Enemy Attack That Never Came
Northern Ireland port May 19 dispatch from a naval convoy tale of 2400 miles sailed with destroyers and planes blasting at imagined submarines. Gunners waited by their guns night and day while ships pressed through to safety. The reporters praised the confident, well equipped soldiers arriving, their gear, helmets, rifles, and supplies, as they traveled toward further wartime operations.
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Northern Ireland
Atlantic
Hell
Henry W Middleton of Dover Dies at 73
Henry W Middleton 73 longtime farmer and businessman died at his Dover township home after a long illness. Born November 9 1858 he spent his life in the area and held roles with Commercial Savings Bank Lenawee county road commission and fair executive committee. Surviving are wife Nettie A Wirt two daughters Willard Cole Adrian and Mrs Clarence Emerson Findlay and Onsted siblings and two grandchildren. Funeral at noon Thursday at the home with burial in Dover Center cemetery conducted by Rev George L Johnston Church of the Nazarene.
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Henry W. Middleton
Dover Township
Mr. Middleton
Distet School
Raisin Valley Seminary
Commercial Savings Bank
Middle
Tom
Lenawee County
Methodist Church
Clayton ‘Masonic Lodge
Middleton
Devils and Round Lake
Lenawee
Pleasant Grove
Lakes
Nettie A. Wirt
Medina
Willard .B. Cole
Findlay
Ohio
Clarence Emerson Fot Adrian
Philip Middleton
Send Creek
Pas W- G. Shepherd
Onsted
Dover Center
Lenawee County Brotherhood
Floyd Dickerson
Lloyd Willett
Harold Willett
George L. Johnston
Church of the Nazarene
Will
Poppy Day Sale Sets Local Record At $5644.62
The William C. Stark Auxiliary of the American Legion collected 5644.62 from the memorial poppy sale, the largest city total yet. About 5,000 flowers were sold by Saturday evening. chairman Mrs. Budd Goodwin said another thousand could have sold. Junior members won prizes for sales, and poppy posters by local students earned state contest entries. Proceeds aid soldiers’ welfare if wartime needs arise.
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William C. Stark
The
American Legion
Budd Goodwin
Adrian
J Ausxiliary
Gloria Frank
Josn' Wilke
Marilyn Randolph
Robert Morse
South Main Street
Wile Nara Fardham
Finch Street
Meribah Westcott
Route 1
James F. Snyder
Chestnut Street
Betty Bournes
Ormsby Street
Peggy Kirchner
St. Joseph Street
Robert Morse i
Public Auction Notice Near Adrian on M-3
Public auction announced for May 22 near Adrian ten miles west on Market P. Details unclear due to damaged OCR. Potential items include automobiles and personal property. bidders advised to inspect site for exact terms and location.
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Adrian
AL Pantiat
Emper
Atv
Russian Cavalry Recovers Town on Kharkov Front
Red Star reports a large inhabited locality recaptured by Soviet cavalry on the Kharkov front. Russian forces, aided by warplanes, pursued retreating Germans who abandoned equipment. An immediate Red Army objective is a highway linking two large towns amid heavy combat east of the road.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Star
Saint
Kharkov Tront
Red Army
Red Stax
Geraans
Practice Maneuver Brings Fort Custer Troops to Pontiac
Nearly 100 military police detachment members from Fort Custer arrived in Pontiac on Monday claiming a practice maneuver. Union plant protection workers at a war plant had postponed a planned strike. officials provided no clear reason for the troop deployment. Lieut. Col J S Switzer led the unit, noting the trip as a practice maneuver. An executive from Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Co declined to confirm a request for troops.
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Pontiac
Fort Custer
J. S. Switzer
Gana Coach Manufacturing Company
May draft quota leaves Wednesday for induction in Detroit
Lenawee county Army draft quota will depart Adrian tomorrow night for induction in Detroit Thursday morning. The large group reports at the armory at 6 30 p m for final registration and departs by bus at 8 00. They arrive in Detroit shortly after 10 and spend the night at a hotel.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Detroit
Armory
Army Bombers Halt Eruption At Mauna Loa
Army bombers were flown to Hawaii to halt a two week Mauna Loa eruption that had dimmed Hilo streets. The lava wall six feet high and half a mile wide stopped May 13 after a bombing run begun May 2 to collapse lava tubes feeding the flow toward the city.
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Hilo
T. H
Army
Thomas A. Aggar
Java
Adrift in Adrian Car Theft Suspects Sought
Michigan authorities hunt three about 17 after car, wrist watch and pocket book were stolen from Alfred W. Cameron in Adrian. He was found dazed at Broad and Maumee Streets around 2:30 pm and later recalled hitchhikers drove him to a beer parlor, then vanished. Cameron, 25, was jailed briefly. $13 in his pocketbook.
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Michigan
East Maujmte
Broad Streets
Alfred W. Cameron
Fireside Industries
Broad and
Maumee
T County
Detroit
Adrian
Mr. Cameron
Louis F. Germond
Cameron
Tadio
Salvage Drive Declared Huge Success By War Board
Washington May 19 The War Production Board reports a huge surplus of waste paper from the salvage drive. The Bureau of Industrial Conservation says no further distant collection is prudent while railroads are strained. A national shortage next winter is possible due to paperboard demand. communities should check local markets and available dealer storage.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPH
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Lessing Rosenwald
Rosenwald
Americans interned by Nazis suffer from insufficient diet
In Lisbon on May 19 a group of 132 American internees at Bad Nauheim report weight loss and health effects from diet restrictions. German officials claim rations were larger than German allotments and supplemented, but doctors note losses up to 35 pounds in extremes. Officers enforced a hard regime of calisthenics and spring softball to build endurance.
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Louis F. Lochner
Lisbon
Bad ‘Nauheim
United States Troops Land in Britain with Armored Convoy
Tens of thousands of fresh American soldiers arrive at Ulster bases bringing tanks and artillery from a massive convoy, aided by British warships. Eldest veterans praise the display while specifics of debarkation and unloading progress unfold at the docks. Private Marvin O Neal, Captain Junior Miller, and Major Hartle greet the arrivals as anti aircraft screens guard the pier.
Doolittle Led Raid on Japan Honored Hero
Brigadier General James H. Doolittle was named leader of the American raid on Japan. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt at the White House. He said the mission faced little trouble reaching targets and that one plane scored a direct hit on a navy yard south of Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Washington
James
Doolittle
Roosevalt
White House
Navy Yard
Tokyo
Parity Price Fight Shapes Farm Security Funds Debate
In Washington on May 18, farm bloc members won Senate attention on parity price protection for agricultural commodities. The House increased Farm Security Administration cash by 25 million dollars and borrowing authority by 35 million for rural rehabilitation grants and loans. A price amendment to the agriculture appropriation bill aimed to curb government sales below parity. The Senate Banking Committee also reconsidered broad authority for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to buy and sell commodities at the Price Administrator’s request, a move farm groups fear could undercut parity. Chairman Wagner signaled confidence the committee would satisfy the farm bloc.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Q Farm Bloc
Wagner
D-Ny
United Front
FSA
Sinking of Empress of Asia Sends Imperial Troops Loss Story
Major General Follett Bradley reports a New York blue alert at 11 06 am with all clear at 11 26 am as NBC's SWEAF went off air for 23 minutes. In Montreal the 16903 ton Empress of Asia schooner was sunk by Japanese dive bombers on the Singapore voyage last February 5, carrying 2500 Imperial troops. chief officer D Smith says she went down near Sultan shoal off Sumatra.
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New York
Follett Bradley
Air Force
Eastern Defense Command
NBC
Montreal
Canada
iEmpress of
Asia
Singapore
D. Smith
Sultan Shoal
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Balance of Military Power Shifts to Allies in Europe
A London military observer says Western Europe’s balance favors the Allies for the first time since the war began. He cites a large influx of American troops to Northern Ireland, training by Canadian and British forces, and growing air strength as signs of an impending Allied offensive. He notes German manpower strain, improved Allied seapower, and new U.S. tanks reinforcing Ireland, predicting Germany’s air and armored arms will be less effective this year. The observer highlights Germany’s once-dominant force now showing deterioration but praises the Allied convergence of Russian, American, and British arms thrice the size of 1940 forces.
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London
Europe
Havor
United States
Germany
Ireland
Russia
Britain
Atlanta
Coral Sea
Pacific
France
Pilot course to train high school boys begins soon
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announces an experimental pilot training program for high school boys aged 17 to 18 with 40 students at 21 high schools nationwide. Battle Creek is listed as a site. Applicants must meet physical standards and, if over 18, enlist in the air forces reserve. if under 18, sign an agreement to apply for reserve enlistment at 18.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Battle Cree
Charles L Stanton
Stanton
Armed Air Forces
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U. S
Renee On
Russell P. Hartley
North Ireland
Dover Home
Homry
Legion Auxiliary
Mauna Loa
Nan
Alfred Cameron
Neustral Portugal
Louis Lochner
Berlin
Ernest G. Fischer
Richard G. Massack
Rome
Italy
REF
Ulster
Poprecanat
Middle Western
North Central States
U. S. Navy
Marvin O'Neal
South Dakota
Philip
O'Neal
Junior Miller
Rapid City
S. DB
Russell P. Hartle, Jr
AEF
Isorialy
van Jernigan
New Albany
Miss
Western
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