Freed in Bahamas murder trial of Alfred de Marigny
Alfred de Marigny is acquitted by a Bahamas supreme court jury of killing Sir Harry Oakes last July. The not guilty verdict sends crowds into celebration but leaves the unsolved crime with cold clues. Jury recommended deportation, though it has no legal standing.
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Iwassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oskes
Bahamas Supreme Court
de Marigny
Oakes
Nancy
Iutors
Eric Hallinan
Frederick Lancaster
Oscar Bedford Daly
Third Adrian store faces price charges
A third Adrian retail store Don's Market at 525 North Main Street was charged by the OPA district office in Detroit with violation of price ceilings for selling canned goods one to seven cents above ceiling prices. Owner Don Brazell planned to attend a Detroit hearing, while Wahler C. Walt West at 348 River Street faced similar charges for overcharging on canned vegetables and baby foods. West defended his position, noting two OPA experts found errors on ten items totaling $1.63 and argued conflicting ceiling lists caused the discrepancies. The Hoffman Market at 606 Trent Street was also charged.
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Adrian
Don's Market
North Main Street
OPA
Detroit
Don Brazell
Wahler C.walt? West
River Street
West
Hoffman Market
Trent Street
Adrian] Plote
Adrian War Fund Drive Targets $34,000 Goal
With two days left in the National War Fund campaign reports arrive slowly. Adrian’s subscription total to date is 2044 dollars toward an overall Adrian goal of 34000 dollars, including 18000 dollars for the War Fund.
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National War Fund
Adrian
Three Fronts One Cause for Community Fund Drive Adrian
W A Rush campaign chair in Adrian urged all general team solicitors to report major gifts immediately. Local team totals reach 6 650 from multiple firms and groups including Agel Manufacturing Acme F Preserve Co Lore Manufacturing Russell Tool F W Prentice H W Tuttle Co and various unions and clubs. Overall Adrian community contributions total 27 044 with several factory employee drives still pending county figures.
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Joseph Libs
Nelson DeFord
Donald Fri Ber
CG A. Dibble
Stewart
Hoben
Adrian
Heartedie Snd
Park Rogers
Junior Chamber of
Commerce Auxiliary
Chiefs Club
Pythian Sisters American Legion Auxiliary
Arbeiter Society
Adrian Business and Professional Women’s
Monday Evening
Richards
First Presbyterian
SLO
Neighborhood Wars Club
Paul Stafford
Orman Fint
Vicky Solicitors
Agel Manufacturing Company
Acme F Preserve Company
Lore Manufacturing Company
Russell Tool Company
F. W. Prentice Company
H. W. Tuttle
H. W. Tuttle Company
Telephone Company
APL
Warren Baker
Dewey Vescelius
Harry Kafer
CIO
Noble Howes
AFL
Earl Guest
Gouty
Adrian Corporation
Local 726
Rush
County Residents Show Patriotism In Replies To Work Questionnaire
A cross section of residents answered a war effort questionnaire issued by the emergency committee. Of 132 returned, about half were from men and women, ages 14 to 84. The responses show sincere volunteers ready to work in war plants or support families while husbands serve. Some mothers request shifts or changes to fit children, while others offer to list additional workers to help peers.
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Ameri
Lena
Morwee County
WMC
Adrian
Young America
Apta
Morenci Pilot Receives Air Medal in Pacific Theater
Lieut James O Heckman of Morenci earned the Air Medal for heroism in the South Pacific as part of the 13th Air Force. The 28 year old pilot, assigned to a B-25 bomber, is among nine Michigan servicemen honored. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, joined the US Army Air Force in 1942, and has been in battles around Bougainville since March 1943. His mother says letters indicate intensified air activity. he married Adele Gentile of Toledo in August. He is a Morenci High School graduate and previously worked for Stubnitz Greene Spring Corp in Adrian. His brother serves aboard a Navy cruiser in Atlantic convoy duty.
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Bougainville
Heckman
Royal Canadian Air Force
Summerside
Prince Edward Island
United States
Army Air Force
Moody Field
Valdosta
Columbia
S. C
Conevoy
Atlantin
Water plant action expected in three to four days
H EB Smith says final WPB decision on Adrian water filtration plant type will come in three to four days after presenting plans for a $500000 plant. WPE cuts materials, city may withdraw partial funding if terms aren’t approved, with plans to supplement the South MacKenzie Street plant.
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Adrian
War Production Board
H. EB. Smith
Lrip
Washington
Carlton Finkbeiner
Toledo
Smith
WPB
Federal Works Agency
Ie Wpe
WPE
Critical Injuries Reported After Bloomingdale Crash
Roy Gates, a Bloomingdale refinery employee, suffered both legs broken and possible spine fracture in an early morning highway crash on Allegan road. Found semi conscious by passerby Eugene Smith at 4 30, he was taken to Allegan hospital in critical condition. Across the Atlantic, UK air raid casualties rose last month with 118 killed or missing and 283 injured, the Ministry of Home Security announced.
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Bloomingdale
Mid
Roy Gates
Allegan Road
Gates
Allegan
Eugene Smith
Cheshire
London
UPI
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
No Rest for Japs Nimitz Promises Hard Pacific War
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz declared on Armistice Day that the United States will give Japan no rest. He said the Pacific command plans an early invasion of Japan’s bases as air and sea forces intensify attacks. Nimitz warned the enemy has dug in and pledged to land and dig them out while noting the U.S. Pacific Fleet is the greatest in history with multi carrier raids on Marcus, Nauru, Terauka and Wake Islands.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Ancele
Sam
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
al Hantig
Pacific
Wttisal
Central Pacific
Japan
Teal
Pacific Command
United States
Marcus
Nauru
Terakvu
Wake Islands
Nimitz
Another Coal Crisis Believed Possible
Washington reports that a majority of the War Labor Board believes another coal crisis is possible and effectively pleads poverty of authority to handle the situation. The wartime panel indicated limited power to impose binding steps, raising uncertainty over coal supply and labor disruption.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
Labor unions and War Labor disputes spark Senate debate
A Map Industry board statements to Congress demand actions on union responsibility and worker protection amid labor turmoil. WLE signals possible extra powers to avert future crises as UMW defiance shocks the coal sector. Pittsburgh reports resume near normal coal output after Armistice Day stoppages with 4,500 miners idle. Auctions listed across Michigan and Adrian with Market Page notices.
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Wo Congress
Bougainville
Rabaul
Sergey Peecarreneus
Tekes-Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steike
WLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Russians converge on Zhytomyr rail hub in western push
Moscow reports Red Army forces advancing from Kiev toward Zhytomyr, moving to capture the Korosten Zhytomyr Berdichev line. Soviet units near Brusilov and Kornin skirt the junction, with over 100 towns taken as the drive widens. The aim is to sever Nazi rail links to Poland and Rumania, opening a path to the Polish frontier.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Kiev
Zhitomir
Russia
Radomysl
First Army
Ukraine
Korosten-Zhitomir
Berdichev
Brusilov
Kornin
Poland
Riurcania
Kornia
Nikolai Valutin
Korosten-Berch- Jones
Giraud denies Vichy ties in New York interview
General Henri Giraud told the New York Times that resistance members are misinformed about ties with Vichy and he has nothing to disavow. He said he abides by principle and will not insult other Frenchmen, adding he is a soldier who knows nothing of politics. He also backed the French National Committee stance from Moscow, urging France to be involved in Europe’s future.
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Giraud
VICHY
New York
France
Henri Giraud
New York Times
Allgiers
Times
Milton
8Racker
Charles de Gaule
French National Committee
Bombers Hit Rail Links to Italy In Night Raid
British based RAF bombers attacked railway targets linking the French border with Italy in a major night operation while Liberators and Flying Fortresses bombed the same area earlier in the Mediterranean. The strikes sought to sever supply lines to Nazi forces in Italy and disrupt infrastructure supporting the war effort.
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London
Prench Giviers
Italy
Mediterranean
Reds Near Junction Yarna aTATOTE Danes
Soviet forces were reported within about 40 miles of Zhitomir, a key rail hub, after capturing Vasilievka in the western thrust from Kiev. In the south the Fourth Ukrainian Army massed for a push toward the Crimea, AP Wirephoto.
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Zhitomir
Vasilev
Kiev
Crimea
Tax bill advances taxes on luxuries and profits
Washington nov 12 the Ways and Means Committee moved toward the house floor with a 32 142 900 000 wartime revenue bill chiefly raising postal rates excises on luxuries liquor horse racing amusements furs jewelry lipstick and corporate excess profits while leaving individual income and normal surtaxes largely intact. The measure merges the victory tax with the personal income levy and raises the rate from 4 to 10 percent with targeted provisions to retain about 9 000 000 on the tax rolls. Turn to taxes page 2.
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Associated Press
Washington
Doughton
D-N
Ways and Means
Carlson R-Kans
House
Jap Claims Prove To Be Lies
Allied headquarters said Japanese claims that sunk battleships air craft carriers cruisers and destroyers during the Bougainville to Rabaul operation are unfounded. MacArthur and Halsey spokesmen stated no Allied ships were sunk by Japan since Oct. 6 and detailed the actual losses and damaged ships on both sides amid Bougainville and Choiseul positions.
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Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Solomons
Rabaul
Mayol
Empress Augusta Hay
Hougainville
Japan
Bougainville
MacArthur
Jess
Te Point
United States
Chevalier
Choiseul, H
Empress Augusta
OPA Agents Check Cars Of Deer Hunters
Saginaw dispatch reports three special agents from the OPA district office checked deer hunters en route to northern woods. The move, directed by Edward C. MacRae and Joh F. Kessel, aims to enforce gasoline rationing rules north of the Alpena Gaylord line. Agents cannot arrest violators but may cite for hearings in Saginaw. Washington denies pooling A mileage coupons. Detroit hunters with 60 day A coupons and no extra rations may reach the straits, then must return after Nov 21, exhausting another 60 day period.
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Saginaw
Michigan
Price Administration
Edward CG. MacRae
OPA
Washington
Detroit
Straits
Allies slowed by weather in Italy report
Allied headquarters report extremely bad weather and rugged terrain slowed the Allied drive in Italy with only limited gains. Gen Clark’s Fifth Army advanced a mile near Mount Camino at Mignano while Gen Montgomery’s Eighth Army conducted patrol skirmishes near Aquaviva.
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Algiers
Italy
Clark
Fifth Army
Mount Camino
Mignano
Jine
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Acquaviva
Sangro
Calabritto
Europe
15Th Air Force
Alps
France
Annecy
Cannes
RAF
Britain
Prato
Florence
Gaeta
Legthorn
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Roosevelt 1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims November 25 1943 as Thanksgiving Day. He lauds record food production growth world liberty and wartime sacrifice. He urges Americans to produce and conserve food to support victory and peace and to reaffirm duty as individuals and as a nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Forces Ready for Multi Front Japanese Push
Washington reports signs of an imminent Allied assault aimed at Tokyo from three directions. Seven American forces prepare a coordinated strike to seize southern Pacific gains and establish footholds toward the Japanese Mainland, with Mountbatten and Nimitz coordinating in the central and India Burma theaters.
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Associated Press
Washington
South Pacific
Tokyo
Central Pacific
Chester W. Niraitz
India-Burma
Britain
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Nimitz
Kiska
North Pacific
Attu Island
Marshal and
Gilbert Islands
Rev S. Geiger
Mediterranean
Japan
India
Mountbatten
China
Burma
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Malaya
Sumatra
Dutch Indies
Singapore
Pacific
George C. Watson 63 Dies at Capac Home
George C. Watson former Michigan state representative for 16 years died at his Capac home after a long illness. A Republican leader in the house, he retired in 1938 and served as attorney for the state bridge commission at death. He authored the 1935 bill creating the commission that built the Blue Water Bridge. Born in Chicago, he practiced law in Port Huron and served as deputy attorney general in 1921-22. His father George C. Watson Sr was a state representative from Tuscola County in 1886.
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Capac
Mich
George C. Watson
St Clair
Watson
State Bridge Commission
Port Huron
Sarnia
Ont
Chicago
University of Michigan Law School
Great Lakes
Merlin Wiley
Tustola County
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de’ Mavigny
Mirquehaity
Marigny
Aft
E Edwin Watson
Wilson Brown
Stimson
Unknown
Navy Knox
J. T. McNarney
Arlington Cemetery
Thomas Halcomb
R. S. Edwards
National War Funes Sa, Eret Teak
W. A. Rush
Morenci
Areh
Adrlan
Fred
Greenwwald
Britton
Dundee
Linehan & Linehan
North Church Street
Hudson
Bulletin
Reds
Mir
Ogy
Biyansh
Zhiteran
Balta
Sevastopol
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