Legion Will Conduct Honor Roll Services
A Memorial Day parade in Adrian will honor the dead and living heroes with 16 bands and the American Legion drum corps providing music. Col. John Benner leads as marshal, inviting all groups to join. veterans, fraternal, civilian and military units march from 3715 to the courthouse lawn for a dedication of the new Honor Roll. About 1,200 names are expected on the panels.
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Adrian
John Benner
American Legion
Benner
Merck
G. A. KR
Belove G. A. R
Lenawee
Women's Relief Corps
Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood
Adjulent
Armory
Rex B. Martin
Court House Lawn
Monument Park
Court House
Chamber of Commierce
Adrien
Hommand To
Spears
Walter Kindsley
Carl Felkenhier
Wiliam C. Stark
Frank Kessler
Sycy Hammond
West Maumer Street
Witter Street
Women’s Relief Corps
Wolverton Avenue
Maumee Street
Colum
Farade
Seniors Ready for Church Service in Adrian High’s Commencement
Eighteen members of Adrian High School’s 1943 senior class prepare for a Senior Service at First Baptist Church tomorrow night at eight. Rev Paul Wenger speaks on Singleness of Heart and Purpose, with Rev John Martin presiding. Baptist choir to provide music as seating is limited and each graduate receives two tickets for parents and relatives.
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Adrian High School
First Baptist Church
Paul Wenger
John
Martin
Baptist Choir
RAF Drops 5000 Tons Of Bombs In Record Week
Allied air forces continued the heavy bombing of German targets in a week described as the largest single week of bombardment. RAF heavy bombers struck Dortmund Essen and the Ruhr, dropping nearly 5000 tons, while Cherbourg peninsula ships were attacked at night. Mosquito bombers blasted Jena and Zeebrugge coke ovens, and bomb loads varied to maximize destruction.
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Associated
Piless
London
English Channel
France
RAF
Dever Strait
Channel
Air Ministry
Fleet Air Arm
Europe
Germany
Ruhr
Dortmund
Madine
Eder Gams
Duesseldorf
Essen
Krupp
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Zarl Zeiss
Jena
Abbeville
Essen To- Tay
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Anthony Eden
Portsmouth
Berlin
Bern
Moelche
Eder
Paul Schmidt
England
Tribone de
Geneva
Recluse Leaves $82,000 in Safe in Barn
In Owosso, an old safe in a barn yielded eighty two thousand dollars in currency and bankbooks totaling fifty three thousand dollars, with securities awaiting valuation. The estate belongs to Lewis Struber, an eighty two year old retired shoe merchant who died recently leaving no near relatives. Pro bate Judge H D Matthews ordered the safe opened after Laura Green, an old friend, was named executrix.
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Owosso
Lewis Struder
Struber
Auctions Tune Ist Livestock Sales In Michigan
Short classified notices advertise livestock auctions in Adrian Michigan Linehan Jr. Auct. and Clayton Village Jakley Dilworth auctioneers with market pages listed. The text references a Telegram page seven map topic about Japanese drive against Chungking but only notes page navigation.
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China
Chungking
Adrian, Mich
Linehan Jr
Clayton Village
Jakley Dilworth
Eight year old boy smothered in a soybean bin
Loren Robert Delker, eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delker, died after becoming tangled in soybeans at the Riga elevator of Blissfield Co operative Co. He had been playing nearby when seen in a shed window. Workers freed him after hours of effort. coroner ruled no inquest. Survived by sister Dorothy Ann and paternal relatives Albert Nuendorf. Funeral set for Monday at 2 and 2:30 at St Pauls Evangelical, Blissfield. burial in Riga cemetery.
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Riga
Loren Robert Delker
Robert Delker
Blissfield Co-operative Company
Delker
Loren
Detker
Mr. Delker
Otlock
R. Tubbs
Blissfield
Paul Molt
Adrian
Dorothy Ann
Albert Nuendorf
Blissfied
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Blisseld
A. J. Lucht
Men Indicted on Bribery Charge in Detroit Case
Detroit May 29 Hubert K Has 59 and Charles Behrman 34 veterans of Wayne county stables face arraignment in federal court on charges of taking 200 from an army inductee to influence his transfer from Fort Custer to Selfridge Field. They pleaded not guilty and were released on 500 bond each. FBI arrested them April 16. The indictment cites conspiracy to defraud a government function and alleges payment to influence assignment.
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Detroit
Hubert
K. Has
Charles Behrman
Wayne County
von Stables
Federal District Court
Fort Custer
Selt- Tidge Field
Army Air Base
Edward J. Moinet
U. S
J. Stanley Hurd
Marx
Behrman
FBI
Mony
Donald Primeau
Warne
Selfridge
Adrian's valuation set at 17 990 700 at city hall
The Adrian property valuation was finalized at 17 990 700 during the annual board of review at city hall. The figure shows a rise of about 2 450 000 from the 1942 valuation of 15 511 300, reflecting major gains in the city’s assessment. The board, after a week of petitions and site checks, set real estate at 14 774 000 and personal property at 3 215 900, while reducing city assessments by 43 550. Members included A. B. Mays Worthy G. Smith S Howard Swift Mayor Lundahl and Clarke W. Baldwin.
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Adrian
S. Howard Swift
A. B. Mays
Worthy G. Smith
Swift
Lundahl
Clarke W. Baldwin
Reds And Germans Locked In Battle For Lower Kuban
Reds and Germans clash for control of the Lower Kuban as summer campaigns loom. Soviet and German reports describe artillery exchanges, reconnaissance, and guerrilla activity, with Red forces advancing near Vitensk and tests of German defenses near Lishchansk. Large numbers of Soviet troops and air force support are depicted, with heavy losses noted by Berlin and claims of continued fighting across the Kuban front.
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Lower Kuban
Wal Orel
Leningrad
Vitensk
Smolensk
Seningra
Red Airbey
Lisichensk
Dondsrom
Jower Galivasus
Rostov
Lishchansk
Red Army
Noeveressisk
Berlin
Elérce
Kuban
Mogilev
Roslavl
Kerachev
Invasion Talk Dominates London Headlines in May
May 29 reports from Lennon's papers signal imminent Allied action with front page speculation on an invasion of Europe. Roosevel-Churchill talks in Washington prompt Navy readiness claims and notes of landing operations in Tunisian Algerian Moroccan zones. News Chronicle cites a standup by naval writers, claiming the greatest invasion in history.
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Lennon
Washington
Anis
Rome
Navy
News ‘Chronicle
Aly
Europe
America al Pready
Adrian At War at The Oro Manufacturing Co.
The Oro Manufacturing Co. in Adrian employs five people, led by owner Stephen J. Revl, and contributes to war production with tools and dies for Bohn Aluminum & Brass, Schwarze Electric, Kewaunee Manufacturing, and Simptex Paper. The firm, prioritizing essential civilian work, also produces ice for food preservation and has recently added contour sawing, surface grinding, a hand milling machine, drill presses, and a bench lathe to boost output for aircraft parts, bomb releases, and trailer hitches.
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By Line
Oro Manufacturing Co
Stephen J. Revl
Adrian
Bohn Aluminum & Brass
Schwarze Electric Co
Kewaunee Manufacturing Co
Simptex Paper Corp
Oro
Mr. Beck
Beck
Will Bell
Leghorn Bombed by U S Fortresses in North Africa Raid
Allied communique reports a large force of American Flying Fortresses attacked Leghorn, targeting an oil refinery docks and shipyards. The same day US bombers from the Middle East hit Foggia and inland targets near Naples, with extensive damage and fires.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Leghorn
Italy
Pantelleria
United States
Midle East Air Command
Foggia
Adriatic Sea
Naples
Cairo
World farmers linked by international cooperative plan
Delegates from over 30 countries at the United Nations food conference urged forming an international agency to coordinate a global producer marketing cooperative connected to an international agricultural authority. Murray D. Lincoln of the US, leading the meeting, spoke of futures where US and international cooperatives trade directly, stressing non monopoly private enterprise and economic democracy. The group also backed rural cooperative banks for farmer credit amid calls to use cooperatives to boost world production and distribution. Meanwhile at Fort Custer, the annual spring formal for Negro troops will host about eight hundred women from Detroit to South Bend in the Field House.
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Hot Springs
Mre
International Agricultural Authority
Murray D. Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Co-operative League of America
Scandinavia
Fort Custer
Detroit
Chicago
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Flint
Upnsing
Jackson
South Bend
Congressmen Offer New Plans To Cut Domestic Confusion
Jap Forces On Attu: Split By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington May 23 The final splitting up of Japanese forces at Attu island into small groups fighting with doomed resolve continues high in the mountains. Navy reports on the 19th day of the campaign show intense American attacks along ridges between Lake Cories and Lake Canirea with advances that neutralized a Japanese strong point near Fish Hook. Patrols probe Japanese strength on a third ridge east of Chichagof valley as authorities say full assault requires breaking through south of Lake Caries. Turn to ATTU Page 3.
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Associated Press
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Lake Cories
Lake Canirea
Ova Lakes
Cories-Canirca
Pishhook Ridge
Fisn‘Hook
Chichagof
Caries-Canirca
Lake Caries
ATTU
Four top officials summoned to explain opposition to labor bill
Washington May 29 Four leading government figures were ordered by the House Military Committee to testify Tuesday on their opposition to the Smith Connally Labor bill. Secretary of the Navy Knox Secretary of Labor Perkins War Shipping head Land and Assistant Secretary of War McCloy were cited for delaying comment after the committee approved the measure 21 to 0. The hearings aim to justify the delay and determine if amendments will be drafted for Wednesday’s floor vote.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Smith-Connally
War Labor Board
Secretary of the
Navy
Frank Knox
Perkins
Emory S. Land
Maysaid
Industrial Empire Idle Five Minutes In Tribute to Ford
Edsel Bryant Ford, president of Ford Motor Company, lay in a temporary mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. A funeral service at Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe honored him with his family present and hundreds of friends. Ford factories paused five minutes in tribute as workers bowed in silence. similar observances were planned in other Ford plants worldwide.
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Bent
Edsel Bryant Ford
Foard Motor Company
Woodlawn
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Frank W. Creighton
Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan
Francis Creamer
Ford
Compulsory Manpower Control Urged in Wartime Policy
Congress backs bold moves to streamline the home front under Byrnes. Proposals include compulsory manpower control, a separate civilian supply agency, and major civilian agency consolidation to reduce duplications. Byrnes vows full policy responsibility and says the move centralizes the war mobilization effort to aid the president and speed wartime goals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Secreary
Stimson
The
Knox
Harry Hopkins
Munitions Assignment Board
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Fred M. Vinson
Stafis
Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
McNary
Oregon
Murray (D'Mont
Senate Small Business Committee
Bomb Raid Targets Japanese Airfields in New Guinea
In a WWII air operation over New Guinea, 19 tons of bombs dropped on three Japanese airfields at Wewak Boram and Daikua, with 28 tons on Lae area. Allied planes faced storms but suffered no losses. Millingimbi raid caused minor damage. Spitfires claimed multiple bomber kills. Liberators and Fortresses attacked near Sepik river and Salomaua areas.
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Allied
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Europe
Wewak
New Guinea
Lae
Boram
Da‘gua
Millingimbi
Darwin
Newak
Sepix River
Boston
Salornaua
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Ceraga Er
RGA
Red Bry
Joer Kuban
Sum Imer
Novdrossisk
Smolensk Sea
Donets River
Kharkov
Mii Reck
Farmers OF World Together
Split
Senate
APS
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