Schools Drop All Activities Requiring Travel
Adrian public schools suspend all activities requiring students to travel for the duration of the war. The board cites transportation and gasoline rationing limits, with potential reorganization to local county play and intra district events. A broader physical program follows the football season, and a mass smallpox vaccination plan is authorized though not mandatory.
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Adrian
Board of Education
Monroe High School
Island
Frederic Oram
Tthe
Adrian Public Schools
George Little
Twin Valley Athletic’ 7 Association
Twin Valley
Samuel King
Isiramura
Morse
Buck Deer Seen North of Adrian
Kenny Ruesink and his son Floyd spotted a six point buck in a field north of Adrian this morning. The deer lay within about 30 rods of the house, then moved south toward the Norton Baker farm, though no gun was present during the closed season.
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Kenny Ruesink
Adrian
Suctions and Auctions Across Towns This November
Auction notices list sales on November 6 at Adrian with Fred C. Greenwald as auctioneer, November 6 northeast of Jesper, and November 10 northeast of Morenci all by Fred C. Greenwald or HH. T. Hawiey. Additional sale west of Madison Center by Linehan & Linehan. See Market Page for details.
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Adrian
Fred C. Greenwald
Jesper
Fred C Greenwald
Vicitor Voorbles
Morenci
Madison Center
Linehan & Linehan
Desert air victory credited to Second Lieut Campbell
Second Lieut William Bruce Campbell son of Mrs Edwin F Baumgardner of Blissfield is credited with the first plane victory in desert fighting in Egypt He shot down an enemy ME 110 fighter as ten fighters attacked a formation of American light bombers Two other American flyers also claimed victories Lieut Campbell earned his wings in March at Kelly Field Texas
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William Bruce Campbell
Edwin F. Baumgardner
Blissfield
Egypt
Campbell
Kelly Field
Texas
Lenawee Patriotic League drive nears top total
Industrial workers in Lenawee county boosted the Patriotic League fund from 10349 to 19024 with nine more plants audited. Contributions from Fire side Industries, H W Tuttle, Kriegholf, Michigan Producers Dairy, Oliver Instruments, Simplex Adrian and Palmyra plants, Stubnitz Greene, and the Hard Lock Co. led the surge. Neighborhood canvassing continues as rural areas pledge steadily to meet county quotas and reach the war chest goal.
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Lenawee County
Patriotic League Fund
Fireside Industries
H.W. Tuttle Company
Kriegholf Construction Company
Michigan Producers Dairy
Oliver Instruments Company
Simplex Paper Corporation
Adrian
Simplex ‘Paper Corporation
Palmyra
Stubnitz-Greene Spring Corporation
Hard Lock Company
Patriotic League
League
Luella Reynolds
Cambridge Township
Dover Township
A. J. Buchanan
Auxiliary
United Spanish War Veterans
William C. Stark
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Order of the Eastern Star
Adrian Industrial Workers
H. A. Fee
Breas
Lenawee motorists to register for gasoline books next week
Lenawee county war price and rationing board announced registration for gasoline rationing will run November 13 and 14 in county schools from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily with Adrian as a hub. Applicants must bring filled forms listing name, address, license number, model, make, body type, and serial numbers of the fires.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Lincoln
Garfield
New McKinley
Jefferson
Washington
Adrian Township
DEDICATIONS PLANNED FOR NEW FLAG POLES
Adrian industrial firms plan two flag pole dedications. Brown Fence & Wire Company on Michigan Street will unveil a new flag and pole at 1 45 PM Friday with M B Sackhein of Cleveland and Brown Fence officials speaking. Adrian high school band to perform. A Stearns Manufacturing ceremony at 3 PM Wednesday Armistice Day will feature the American Legion William C Stark post, city commissioners, and Charles L Robertson speaking during shift changes.
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Adrian
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
AFL
U.S
Brown Fence & Wire Company
Michigan Street
M. B. Sackhein
Cleveland
Brown Fence Union
Adrian High School
Comany
Frst
Stearns Manufacturing Company
William C. Stark
American Legion
Atlend
Charles L. Robertson
Tecumseh Products Wins First Star for Navy E Flag
Tecumseh Products, led by Hay W. Herrick, receives first star on the Navy E flag for meritorious war materials production. Ceremony April 27, joint with Treasury tag, six months validity. Midwest pioneer for dual tags. 1300 workers, six days weekly on three shifts, fully war-focused.
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Tecumseh
Hay W. Herrick
Tecumseh Products Company
H. A. Wiley
Treasury
Middle West
Michigan
Kelly Is Expected To Assume Role Of Political Strong Man
Detroit and statewide, Republicans rode a sweeping victory in Michigan. Governor-Elect Harry F. Kelly faced questions about labor's waning influence after GOP gains across the Legislature and a narrow Wayne County performance, as strategists weighed whether Kelly can unite party factions and govern with a streamlined, common sense program.
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Kelly
Detroit
Nov
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Moses
Snay
Keby
House of Representatives
John B. Bennett
Ontonagon
Frank E. Hook
Ironwood
Senate
House
Hedfield
Murray D. van Wagoner
van Wagoner
Wayne County
Lawrence A. Blythe
Genesee
Keily
Frank Murphy
CIO
Patrick H. O'Brien
Sion
Wayne
Allied Fighters Gain Ground In Guadalcanal And New Guinea
Allied forces under General MacArthur push through jungles toward Buna as Marines and soldiers advance on Guadalcanal aided by naval and air strikes. In New Guinea the push west of the Solomons defeats enemy positions, seizing machine guns and artillery while bombing Buna, Lae, and Salamaua to hinder Japanese reinforcements.
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Associated Press
Navy
Washington
Solomons
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
United States
Saa
Solomon Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Henderson
Stewart Islands
Knox
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Kokodi
Midway Point
Lae
Salamaua
Dilli
Macbisse
Ailey
Timor
Congressional Returns Show Michigan District Totals
Final unofficial returns by district list candidate totals in Michigan with party labels and hometowns for each seat from the first through seventeenth districts. The report names winners such as Sadowski Sosnowski Michener Shafer Steinbacher Hoffman Marley Wierenga Blacktiey Martin Wolcott Hart Engle Coxhill Woodruff Morrison Bradley Adams Bennett Hook OBrien McLeod Raboul Dingel Bowman Lesinski Ford Dondero and Mrs Roosevelt along with vote counts where reported.
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Detroit
George G. Sadowski
John B. Sosnowski
Earl C. Michener
Adrian
Redmond M. Buer
Ann Arbor
Paul W. Shafer
Battle Creek
Harold
Bennett
Hook
O'Brien
McCleod
Election Returns From Detroit Area News on Local races
Returns from Michigan voters show Prentiss Brown 540414 and Homer Ferguson 562879 for U S Senate with minor third party totals. Governor race districts report Van Wagoner 551827 and Kelly 618047. other statewide offices list Eveland 472368 and Dignan 596200 for secretary of state and Babock 476381 and Rushton 591563 for attorney general.
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Associated Frees
Detroit
U. S
Prentiss M. Brown
Homer Ferguson
Gerald L. K. Smith
Lad
Murray D. van Wagoner
Harry F. Kelly
Frank Durphy
Eugene C. Heyes
Maurice E. Eveland
Herman H. Dignan
John W. Babcock
Herbert J. Rushton
B. Brandenburg
Vernon J. Brown
Theodore I. Fry
D. Hale Brake
Supreme Court
Raymond W. Starr
Harl C. Pugsley
Nazis Hurl Fresh Troops At Russians In Stalingrad Fight
Moscow dispatch reports fresh German regiments attacking the factory district of Stalingrad as the siege enters its 73rd day. Soviet forces claim repeated ground drives toward plants were stopped, with thousands of German casualties and the destruction of an artillery battery, machine guns, and mortars. The Red Army also reports gains in other sectors along the lower Volga and in the Caucasus.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Lower Volga
Caucasus
Tinas
Red Star
Four Men Questioned In Wreck Near Siena Heights Road
Four young men from Britton and Petersburg were questioned by Prosecuting Attorney L. J. Hammond after a night wreck of a 1942 automobile east of Siena Heights road near Adrian. Audley Craig 18 and Robert Miller 19 of Britton and Carl Burgard 18 with Donald Logan 20 of Petersburg were taken to Adrian for interrogation after confessing the car owned by Craig had been brought from Britton Tuesday for repairs.
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Britton
Petersburg
L. J. Hammond
Siena Heights
Audley Craig
Route 1
Robert W. Miller
Carl David Burgard
Donald Logan
T. C. Scott
Montpelier
Wabash
Craig
Miller
Adrian
Scott
Roscoe Scott
Idx
Burgard
Logan
Rommel's Army Busted, Fate to Be Sealed Soon
A British source stated Marshall Rommel's forces are busted and destined for final defeat, predicting the fate of the German army will be sealed shortly amid ongoing WWII conduct and Allied pressure.
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London
Marshall Rommel
Axis forces suffer heavy losses in Western Egypt drive
Allied air forces bomb Axis units as Eighth Army mounts a broad push from El Alamein toward western Egypt. Thousands of Axis troops are wounded, killed, or captured, with 9,000 prisoners reported as retreat continues. Rommel withdraws to new lines amid fierce tank and infantry fighting between El Alamein and Fuka.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Rommel
Axis
Rome
Italia
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Fuka
Democrats Keep House Majority Amid Election Returns
Washington reports show the New Deal era retaining a bare House majority with 218 seats and a larger Senate margin at 56. Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats could shape legislation if united, especially in the House where Republicans held 208 seats, the largest since 1931.
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Washington
New Deal
Congress
Senate
House
Axis Forces Withdraw After Desert Battles Near El Alamein
Italian broadcasts report Axis forces pulling back to new lines west of El Alamein after dawn to dusk tank battles between El Alamein and Fuka. Both sides suffered heavy losses in men and matériel. Tobruk and Benghazi hit by air raids. Axis air strength largely matched by Allied air power.
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Rome
Egypt
el Alamein
Fuka
Egypt-Libya
Tobruk
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Lanawea Coesty Patriotic League
Lenawce
County
E. T. Armstrong
Vince
Asien
Tun Adrationing
Paget
Srown Fence Company and Stearns
Tecumseh Products
Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Oth
THE
Bulletin
Libya
FE Alamein Ling
Alexandria
Nile
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