23 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
Adrian Daily Telegram
Location
Adrian, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1943
Page
1
President Roosevelt urged Congress to establish mustering-out pay unemployment allowances and social security credits for men and women in uniform. He pressed for uniform mustering-out pay in monthly installments and for unemployment insurance coverage, noting state laws are inadequate for many veterans.
Lenawee Patriotic League reports combined war and community fund reach 5100 00 for the county but oversubscribed by more than 20000 with several townships still to report. Adrian Tecumseh and Bissfield funds are included. Morenci city totals show 1804 raised against 800 quota.
Under chairmen Harry C. Osgood a ten day drive for Adrian Y M C A membership starts next Tuesday with an opening dinner at the association building. Twenty two member teams will canvass for new members and report to the committee on December 3 and 10. Reports from other evenings were canceled due to time and activity constraints, leaving only opening and closing dinners.
Washington November 23 1942 trumpet that Paul V McNutt manpower chief would resign if President Roosevelt vetoes a new father draft act. The Senate bill strips McNutt of Selective Service authority and slows the pre war fathers draft while preserving a unified manpower program and limiting shifts in authority.
The Michigan Milk Producers Association Price Committee agreed with Deiront distributors to pay 53.46 per hundredweight for milk in November, plus a 50 cent premium for milk above 90 percent of the farmers base. A 30 cent subsidy is added. The cost of production calculated at 4.46 per hundredweight was presented at a Pontiac delegates meeting, with a decision expected on the milk price to be demanded for railk.
Shipments of emergency coal supplies are reaching the county under a program set up by the state civilian defense organization. Ted Matthes, chairman of the Adrian Coal Dealers Association, said the coal is sent directly to dealers in smaller communities hit hardest by shortages. None goes to Adrian or larger communities where bigger dealers kept the pinch from being felt.
Mrs Nina Heath was informed by the War Department that Staff Sgt Don M Reid was killed in action over Paris on September 15 after being reported missing. The 35 year old radio operator in a Flying Fortress had written of seven missions in a letter dated September 14. He was named by a Detroit newspaper as an air medal recipient though his wife and mother had not been notified. Survived by his wife, mother, and sisters Mrs Robert Robison of Tecumseh and Mrs Duane Baldwin of Howell.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 2.9 percent rise in living costs in the United States since October 1942 and 20.6 percent since January 1941 after surveying 70 industrial cities. Wage earners and lower-salaried clerical workers saw increases from September to October, with Flint, Michigan, noted for a 5 percent September rise.
Allied dispatch says Lt Gen George S Patton apologized to Seventh Army officers and men for striking a shellshocked soldier in an evacuation hospital during the Sicily campaign. Eisenhower imposed a strong rebuke but did not relieve or formally reprimand him.
Washington November 23 UF Chairman Mary Norton of the House Labor Committee says a strong anti subsidy coalition is turning the administrations effort to curb food prices into a political football. The House moves toward extending the Community Credit Corporation to ban consumer subsidies with provisions to extend the CCC to July 1 1945 ban all consumer subsidies except those on competitive basis revise auditing and allow CCC to sell perishables below parity to prevent spoilage. Deaths of key chairmen delay action.
The United States Marines reported a rapid widening of the Gilberts campaign as they landed on Abemama while Makin and Tarawa faced heavy Japanese resistance. Allied naval and air forces supported the push, with ground actions ongoing and defenses described as fierce but with advancing positions.
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports a strong German counter assault northwest of Agnone against the British Eighth Army was beaten back after two hours of fighting. Agnone was captured earlier by Montgomery. Other Eighth Army units drove enemy forces from high ground near Alf edena. US troops wiped out a German machine gun position northwest of Montaguilla. Weather brought rain and mud hindering operations, while Fifth Army patrols observed enemy movements near Mount Camino and San Pietro Avellana. Germans continued to torch towns and shelters in central front areas as they withdraw.
Bulletin reports Gen George C Marshall set to head a unified British American command with Moscow and staff coordination. Washington expects his London headquarters before year end. War Dept defends a $130 million Canadian oil project amid Ickes opposition. Patterson calls it bold with justified needs for Alaska and Canada forces. Cox ousted as Phillies president by Commissioner for betting on games and violating major league rules.
At a Midlands RAF base on November 28 the Berlin raid produced a vast sea of flames and explosions visible 70 miles from returning fliers. The attack, likely the Allies heaviest, featured a pathfinder system that cut through cloud cover and allowed precise targeting. Berlin’s defenses were overwhelmed as crews reported minimal German nightfighter action and heavy flak, with the operation showcasing the likely continuation of intensified raids. The returning crews spoke of icy winds and engine checks, noting the mission’s harsh conditions and the New Zealand pilot Flight Officer Peter Lock among the returning crews.
Production of extruded aluminum airplane parts resumed at Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp Plant No. 24 after the day shift laid down tools in a dispute over transferring five workers. Most night shift workers reported back. only a few day workers were absent. Company and union officials remained in conference through noon.
The Fifth U S Air Force in New Guinea reports a Liberator crew scored a direct hit on a thousand ton Japanese freighter after reconnaissance photos confirmed the strike. Pilot Lt Don Scurlock of Butler Alabama received the update from the unit's photographic officer. Observer bombardier Lt Elwood Hisey of Harrisonburg Virginia manned the front guns and shot down one enemy plane during the attack.
German forces widened counter-attacks in Ukraine along a 20 mile front between Chernyakov and Korostychev as frozen ground aided mobile guns. Red Star reported dried mud after frosts allowed rapid maneuvers while Russia faced flanking probes near the Dnieper bend.
Red army reports say they regained ground in the bulge west of Kiev and pushed advances in the Dnieper Bend and White Russia after days of desperate combat. They repulsed Nazi attacks near Korostyshiv, north of Zhitomir, and near Chernyakhov, while field marshal von Mannstein's counteroffensive gains were limited to Zhitomir and nearby areas. Other Soviet forces attacked along the Kyiv rail corridor as they pressed the wider front.
Plans aim to enlist Adrian schools in a nationwide waste paper salvage drive. Thirty schools will host 20 cartons each for collection by Simplex Paper Corp. trucks. PTAs will handle school collections and receive all proceeds. students to bundle newspapers and mags before delivery. exact start date pending.
Reports from Berlin describe the heaviest aerial raid yet as 1,000 bombers ignited fires across the city center, wrecking government buildings and legations. Swedish and Swiss dispatches note extensive damage in the diplomatic quarter, Siemens works area, and districts like Spandau and Wilmersdorf, with transport and power crippled and debris clearances hampered.
Michigan hunter deaths near season end reach 22 from gunfire and heart attacks. The tally compares with 14 in prior peak years 1937 and 1940, while motor-traffic deaths and medical events add to the toll. Arthur J. Tuttle, a district judge and hunter, reports a long record with an eight point buck.
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