Tom Harmon Missing Over China
Army Pilot Tom Harmon Michigan All American football star is missing in action over China. His parents were notified by the War Department that the 2nd lieutenant has been unreported since October 30. Harmon, survivor of a bomber crash in Dutch Guiana, was with the 49th Fighter Squadron in the Far East. Further details awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Tom Harmon
Michigan
China
Louis Harmon
War Department
Harmon
Dutch Guiana
Far East
North Africa
H. O
Fritz) Crisler
Australian recalls German brutality in prisoner camps
Keith Godridge, Melbourne merchant mariner, recounts witnessing Russian men women and children killed in German prison camps. He describes crowds forced from delousing huts into snow, scorched with steam and water, dying by the hundreds while Russians scavenged scraps of food.
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Melbourne
Australia
Keith Gadridge
Hamburg
Tast Jane
Godridge
Death of Rev. Fr. Arthur McGuinness in Blissfield
Blissfield记 Nov 5 Rev Fr Arthur McGuinness pastor of St Peter's Catholic church Blissfield died in St Josephs hospital Ann Arbor after a nine week illness He was born Oct 6 1895 in Cork Ireland ordained Feb 2 1920 He served in China and California before joining Detroit diocese and became St Peters pastor Nov 17 1938 He was active in civic life including Blissfield Rotary He is survived by cousin Msgr D P Murphy and distant relatives Funeral set for 10 am Monday at St Peters rectory will proceed to church for services
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Blissfield
Arthur McGuinness
St Peter's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ann ‘Arbor
Fr. Mctuinness
Cork
Ireland
Patrick Bo Gusnness
Line
China
California
St. Columbien Seminary
Silver Creek
N. Y
Detroit
Burnside
St. Peter's Church
Frank Sinatra Classified 1 A Draft Local Notice
Jersey City draft board confirms Frank Sinatra of Hasbrougk Heights New Jersey classified 1 A in the draft after passing preliminary physicals. The process began quietly October 22 with no fanfare as officials noted they wished to keep it discreet while awaiting induction testing.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Sinatra
Hasbrougk Heights
N- 7
Idol
Boand
Sinatra
Wounded Sergeant One Of 9 In 172 Infantry In Africa
Sergeant Norman B. Farnham, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Farnham, survived major North African campaigns after landing with 171 fellow Marines in Oran. Only nine of the 172 men in his company survived battles at El Ghetar Kasserine Medjez El Bab Gafsa and Bizerte. Farnham endured 18 hospitals before honorable discharge and recalls a convoy voyage and an incident with an excursion ship drafted into invasion duty.
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el Ghetar
Kasserine
Medjez el Bab
Gafea
Bizerte
Sgt. Farnham
C. C. Farnham
Finch Street
Sicily
Straits of Gibraltar
Ervin Leads War Fund Drive With High Employee Donations
Twenty eight workers at the J B Ervin Foundry and Manufacturing Company posted the highest average contribution to date in the National War Fund and Community Fund campaign, it was announced today.
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J.B. Ervin Foundry & Manufacturing Company
National War Fund
Community Fund
Three Fronts One Cause D by Alsude Porter Campaign
Solicitation at the pant conducted by CIO Local 963 president Myral Clarke and others. Twenty three contributing employees pledged 2900, averaging 10.64. Local 2037 AFL workers led by Ray Grab reported 12 per man average. Local 726 AFL members at Gerity-Adrian Company contributed 693 total. Oliver Instrument and Adrian groups plus chain-store drives added to a 390 additional total from various clubs and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsude Porter
Dsmpaign
Myral Clarke
CIO
Peter Brif
Clare Shutes
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Ray Grab
T¢E
Fie
AFL
Gerity-Adrian Company
Earl Gust
Oliver Instrument Company
John Hoag
Karl B. Hock
Park Rogers
Adrian Dramatic Club
William Stark Post
America Legion
Automobile Club
Inter-Insurance Exchange
Order of the Eastern Star
United Spanish War Veterans
Jewish Aid Society
Adrian' Progressive Woman’s Club
Order of Eagles
Planes to shed olive paint for speed and cargo gains
U S planes in home stations will shed olive drab markings as the air transport command issues an order affecting army ships under contract. Training craft now unpainted, removal could add cargo capacity and speed while reducing maintenance. Mayors from Grand Rapids and Detroit joined nine others in New York to plan the United States Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Chicago January 19 to 21.
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U.S
Kansas City
Air Transport Command
Army
United States
Diayors
New York
cPi
George Welsh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit
Seayors
Cies
United States Conference of Mayors
Chicago
F. W. la Guardia
Coal Output Returning to Normal After Strike
Washington November 5 Coal production slowly recovered from a three day strike as the War Labor Board prepared to approve the wage agreement reached by John L Lewis and Harold Ickes. A board vote was delayed overnight over how hourly rates apply to pieceworkers. If approved with refinements the plan could end the coal crisis and set terms for price questions and mine ownership. Output gaps and back to work orders varied by region with thousands returning to mines next week and union leaders signaling broad resumption by Monday unless the wage plan falters.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Harold Ickes
Leach
Thei
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Alabma
UMW
Kentucky
Tennessee
Turao Coal
President Announces Allied Chinese Campaign Talks
President Roosevelt said the United States, Great Britain, and China reached a complete agreement on new military operations in China. He cited leaders Stilwell Chenault Somervell Mountbatten Chiang Kai-shek and advisers at Chungking, noting the plan focuses on continental campaign methods and potential supply issues.
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Washusuion
Roosevelt
Todey
Unite States
Great Britain
China
Chungking
Stilhwell
Chenault
Somervell
United States
Louis Mountiaken
Southwest Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Far East
Allied Troops Advance Across Italian Front Near Gatigliano
Allied forces pressed toward the Gatigliano River on the western Italian battle line as American troops crossed the Volturno River in the upper Volturno Valley. In the Italian theater, British and American units attacked coastal areas, with dams blown by retreating Germans and advances toward Carpinone and Massico Ridge while German claims of Allied landings near Pescara and Istonia were reported.
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Algiers
Gatigliano
Venafro
Volturno
Garigliano
Toaster
Massico Ridge
Mount Croce
German High Command
Berlin
Pescara
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Montgomery
Istonia
San Salva Ares
Tyrrhenian
Garigiano
Carpinone
Fallen Isernia
15Th United States Air Force
12Th Air Force
RAF
Tuyn
1214 Tons of Cans Sent From Lenawee to Detinning Plant
The Junior Chamber of Commerce reports 1214 tons of scrap tin cans were collected in Adrian over a month and sent to a detinning plant. Most cans came from Adrian with some from Onsted and Blissfield. In the first collection last April Adrian contributed ten tons and county totals were 44 percent elsewhere. Proceeds fund municipal projects.
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Lenawee
Detinning
Adrian
Onsted
Blissfield
J.C
Germans Prepare to Blow Rome Up
Refugees arriving in Bari say Rome is heavily mined by Nazis who plan to destroy government records and loot the city. They describe districts mapped for systematic search of buildings and valuables, guarded Vatican gates, and a mobilized population under Mussolini for forced labor. Food shortages worsen as German requisitioning continues.
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Bari
Italy
Rome
Naples
Vatican City
Mussolini
Germany
NAVA VICTORY NEAR SOLOMONS AS JAPAN LOSES SHIPS
Allied Allied Headquarters reports Japanese naval forces were drawn toward the Solomons and suffered heavy losses. A Bougainville beachhead is reported with Japanese cruisers and destroyers sunk or damaged in a clash near Empress Augusta Bay. US ships pursued and damaged carriers and heavy ships in a daylong engagement with survivors likely among three destroyers sunk and two heavy cruisers damaged near Rabaul.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Solomons
VA. 3
Bougainville
Rabaul
Empress Augusta Bay
United States
Iit
MacArthur
Mitchells
Farm and Auction Notices Across Multiple Locations
Auction listings for Nov. include Farm Auction near Movencl and Munseg Hawley, 5 miles east of Hudson with Victor eee auctioneer. also Bear rangers corners near Sylvania Petersboro road and 2 miles east of Ottawa Lake Michigan. Listings reference Kent, Linehan and Linhan auctioneers and Market page for details.
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Whaley Fann
Movencl
Perth
Munseg
Hawley
Hudson
Victor
Advan Ee
Ridgeway
Ord
Paler
Smith Fe Fond
Snel Farm
Eta In¢Hat
Tinehan
Kent
Pase
Sylvania
Ohio
Petersboro Stone Road
Ottawa ‘Lake
Michigan
Bearrangers Corners
Linehan
Service ribbons to honor Michigan Troops under governor order
Michigan Governor Kelly announced that service ribbons and valor decorations will be awarded to state troops for honorable service. The cinnamon brown silk ribbon bears three blue stripes with a pin and a bronze star for special missions. Similar state awards will apply when National Guard returns from federal service.
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Lansing
Michigan
Kelly
Military Board
National Guard
Finland May Seek Peace With Russia
Stockholm dateline reports the Social Demokraten says Finland’s government ordered Juha Paasikivi to Moscow to discuss a possible separate peace. Paasikivi helped end the 1939 40 Finnish Russian war. No official confirmation from Helsinki or Stockholm. A new push to end the war or cut ties with Germany is suspected. Paasikivi’s dispatch to Moscow seems plausible.
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Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Juha Paasikivi
Russia
Moscow
Paasikivi
Finland
Helsinki
Germany
President foresees more UN conferences abroad
President Roosevelt told reporters that the Moscow postwar peace pact will include UN meetings overseas and he hopes for a conference with Stalin and Churchill, though no decision yet. He cited two commissions from Moscow and a Mediterranean panel and London meeting, stressing closer coordination of military operations and supplies. He affirmed no bypass of Senate ratification and described ongoing Senate consultation as constitutional practice.
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Washinglum
Roosevelt
Moscow
United Nations
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Stalin
London
Hult
Senate
Russians claim vast gains as summer campaign tallies huge losses
Moscow reports say Soviet forces hold most of eastern Ukraine east of the Dnieper from Gomel to Zaporozhye after four months of heavy fighting. Stalin recounts German casualties claimed at 11 million with 900000 killed and 1702000 wounded. Russians push west toward Latvian border and former Polish frontier.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Dnieper
Kherson
Ukraine
Gomel
Stalin
Russia
Black Sea
Crimea
Zaporozhe
Nikopol
Khersov
Berlin
Kursk
Perekop
Kerch
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Upland Bird Season Ends In State Today
Michigan’s 1943 upland season closes with gas and ammo shortages cutting hunters by about 22 percent. About 456,000 small game licenses were sold. most hunters limited activity to Sundays. Pheasant hunting was uneven but generally typical. partridge and grouse were scarce, mainly in the western Upper Peninsula. Duck flights were largest in years but ending. season runs until December 3. Rabbit hunting ends in various dates across regions, with UP ending March 1.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Monroe Students Stir City With Pre game Celebrations
About ten Monroe high school students were jailed for a few hours after a spontaneous Adrian Monroe pre game celebration tied up traffic and drew police attention. Several youths were arrested for reckless driving and horn blowing, with more later jailed during a prolonged incident. One student, Charles Klingesmith Jr., 16, suffered a broken nose and lost two front teeth and required hospital treatment.
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Monroe
Monroe High School
Adrian-Monroe
Adrian
Monroe Bridge
Charles Klingensmith, Jr
Monroe Hospital
Klingensmith
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Imatese
MTS
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Isethia
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Eryptor
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Madang
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