Reds Take 100 Towns Drive West in Ukraine
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin push from Kiev toward Zhitomir and Korostyshev, claiming 100 towns captured and heavy material gains. First Ukrainian Army nears Zhytomir within 15 miles, while German holdings around Kerch on the Crimean peninsula face intensified Red pressure.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Kiev-Zhitomir
Korostyshev
Leningrad-Odessa
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Karastyshev
Radomyshel
Kornin
Zhitomir
First Army
Korasten
Len- Ingrad-Odessa
Rechtsa
Pripet
Gomel
Kerch
Crimean
Nwo
London Radio
Caucasus
Vatutin
Russia
City War Fund Total Reaches Near Final Goal
The Adian National War Fund quota of 34000 shows 28156 raised to date with county reports incomplete. Lenawee County Patriotic League president H A Fee urged all workers to finish solicitations. Four townships have reported final totals, each surpassing their targets. Ogden township led with 846 donated, as officials expect an early final report.
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Adian National War Fund
H A
Fee
Lenawee County Patriotic League
J. W. Pence
Ogden Township
Three Fronts One Cause in Local Fund Drive
Trustees and unions report diverse donations for a three fronts one cause campaign led by Rev D S Quachael with Quincy townships and local companies contributing. Total contributions include $697 raised by Raisin Township, $500 quota for Franklin, $640 subscriptions, $521 for Medina, plus $140 from No-Way Stretch employees and $73 from Consumers Power Company staff. Schwarze Local B1246 AFL totals reach $620 after two prior gifts. Stubnitz Greene Local 767 CIO reports 164 employees giving $1,340. Emma M Park Mission Guild gives $25. further reports to come. In Indianapolis Claude A Watson nominated by National Prohibition Party for President 1944, defeating Samuel A Morris 131 to 31 at convention.
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Raisin Township
D. S. Carquchael
Howard Evans
Franklin Township
Phil Walter
Medina Township
Leon Pierce
Flave| Vescelius
Consumers Power Company
Lawrence D Moore
Schwarze
AFL
Harwood Cavell
Stubnitz-Greene Local 767
CIO
Gordon Bruschki
Hazel Brack
Covel
Indianapolis
Ind
Claude A. Watson
Los Angeles
Alma
Mich.) College
National Prohibition Party
Samuel A. Morris
San Antonio
Tex
Lenawee County 48 Hour Work Week Q&A Issued
County officials published a detailed 48-hour work week Q and A to guide Lenawee employers and workers. It explains applicability, thresholds, wage rules, and enforcement, with guidance on who must comply, when to shift, and how workers are transferred and monitored.
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WMC
Roral Ushs
Bey
48 Hour Wartime Week Starts Monday in Adrian Area
The 48 hour minimum work week goes into effect in Adrian and surrounding Lenawee County Monday, with employers given until December 15 to comply. The War Manpower Commission and local employers coordinate scheduling options to avoid layoffs while ensuring available work.
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Adrian
C. A. Sirrine
War’ Manpower Commission
Detroit
Monroe
Bay City
Saginaw
Port Huron
Preas
Shrine
WMC
Shine
War Manpower Commission
North Larch St. Lansing
Sirrine
Lenawee County
Nations relief council hears war plights across 28 nations
Atlantic City reports the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation council began planning after speeches describing famine, disease, and displacement across 28 nations. Poland, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Ethiopia outlined needs and possible aid seeds, equipment, and ration strategies. Four committees convened to examine tasks ahead.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Hillec
Jan Kwwapinski
Poland
Jonara
Kwapinski
Enmiry
Yugoslavia
Constantin Fotiteh
Raoul Richard
Belgium
Brooke Claxton
Canradian
United Nations
Blatta Ephrem
Ethiopia
Italy
Ms Workahead
British readines to take Lebanon control hinted
London reports indicate Britain may intervene to restore order in Lebanon if French efforts fail to quell disorders. French authorities deny serious violence, blaming enemy propaganda. British officials would not confirm possible use of armed forces, while stressing the importance of stabilizing the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leban
Mediterranean
Britain
Near East
Deer Hunters Cars Jam Straits As Season Opens
Mackinaw City November report shows a two mile line of deer hunter autos awaiting transport across the Straits of Mackinac. Three car ferries operated around the clock moving vehicles as fast as possible. About 4,000 autos have crossed since hunting began and 2,500 in the last 24 hours. OPA agents questioned drivers over coupon use while denying authority to arrest.
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Associated Press
Mackinaw City
Straits of Mackinac
Upper Peninsula
City of
Munising
City of Cheboygan
CPA
Saginaw District
OPA
New Farm Parity Formula Urged by Grange Leaders
National Grange leaders at the 17th annual convention urged a new farm parity price formula for federal legislation, opposing AAA crop benefit payments. Albert S. Goss said the present parity is false, omits farm labor costs, misreads base period income, and ignores changed relative commodity values since 1909-14. The group wants a formula ready before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
National Grange Iaid
Farm Organization
Albert S. Goss
Grange
OPA policies attacked in Congress by Georgia senator
Senate Democrat George is drafting legislation to limit the Office of Price Administration authority to sue citizens for ceilings violations. It marks the first open attack on OPA policies in Congress since Chester Bowles replaced Prentiss Brown as administrator.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Admitration
George
D.-Ga
Congress
Chester Bowles
Prentiss M. Brown
Diplomas Awarded to Michigan Army Officers and Cadets
In Ann Arbor on November 13, 60 members of the Judge Advocate General Officer Candidate School at the University of Michigan received diplomas. Also 35 other officers from second lieutenants to lieutenant colonels completed the department’s officer training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Judge Advocate General Officer Candidate School
University of Michigan
Army's Loneliest Soldier Dewey Dies in Mississippi Saga
Agiley Dewey once dubbed the army’s lone soldier faced a string of troubles after a December 1939 Mississippi court trial. Beaten before a shotgun incident, he showed injuries and memory loss, received mental treatment, and later served at Parchman prison before civilian life, military reentry, and an honorable discharge in 1943. He later lived in Jackson and drew a pension.
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Agiley Dewey
Mississippi
Gulfport
Miss. Herald
Dewey
Parchman
Miss
China
Jackson
MacArthur Still Lacks Supplies And Men, Editor Says
Editor Marlin Spencer reports from Allied Southwest Pacific headquarters that despite home belief of ample aid, MacArthur’s force still lacks sufficient ships, planes, and replacements. He contrasts commando raids and India’s daily tonnage with scarce pilots and long front-line service, noting frontline morale and supply gaps persist.
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MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Marlin Spencer
General MacArthur
United States
Spencer
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters
San Francisco
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Rabaul
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Force
New Britain
Germany
Britain
Indian
India
Kenney
Richard K. Sutherland
Washington
South Pacific
Philippines
New Guinea
England
Italy War Front Shows Little Change
Allied forces report sharp fighting with two towns captured north of Venafro and a British patrol crossing the Sangro River at the eastern end of the Nazi winter line in Italy. Mount Camino terrain remains contested as high ground changes hands amid German counterattacks. Allied air operations extend to the Balkans and Yugoslavia while targeting German transports in Italy.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Venatro
Sangro
Italy
Mount Camino
Mignano
Venafro
Balkans
Berat
Kucove
Albania
Mostar
Yugoslavia
War Labor Board in new quarrel with AFL head over authority
Washington dispatch reports a fresh clash in the coal wage dispute as War Labor Board members William H Davis George P Taylor and Dr Frank P Graham question federal authority over unions and accuse John L Lewis led United Mine Workers of defying the board. AFL President William Green condemns the public statements as unjustifiable, while the three board members say the issue concerns future actions and not past disputes. The note highlights tensions between labor, government and the mining union amid wage controls and underground travel findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor’ Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Laor
William Green
AFL
WLE
William H Davis
George P.taylor
Frank P. Graham
Lewis
Miners’ Union
Interior Ieries
Green
National War Labor Board
Davis
Taylor
Graham
Ceiling prices set for seed potatoes by OPA action
The Office of Price Administration established ceiling prices for seed potatoes at all distribution levels effective November 19. The move targets distorted prices from last spring, reducing certified seed potato prices by 10 to 20 percent from last season. It restores normal premiums for certified seed potatoes over table stock, with a basic maximum of 1 per meter for the seed type and sets state by state ceilings for growers and other sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Allied Air Superiority at Rabaul in New Britain Duel
Allied carriers and air forces repelled Japanese raiders in a major long range engagement at Rabaul. U S planes sunk one cruiser and two destroyers, damaged others, and downed 24 fighters, while Japan lost several ships and fighters in heavy fighting near the New Britain stronghold.
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Pacific
Rabaul
India-Burma
Central Pacific
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Japan
New Britain
Mavy
Knox
Washington
Batuie
General MacArthur
Vern Haugland
Adm
William F. Halsey
Salomon Islands
Bougainville
Joss
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Wunekanau
Lakonai
Hace Bar
Dauntless
Wewak
New Guinea
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Miowayy
Indian Ocean
Qaustral
Laskas
Pacific Ocean
Tasmania
New Zealand
Oceanoru
Arshall
Plan
Tow
Lhcowiit
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Michigan
Jrclicf
Bulletins
Australia
WLB
Sta
Roy S. Geiger
Marines
Pensacola
Fila
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Bougainville Island
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