Lenawee Third In State Scrap Drive Recognition Pennant Won
Lenawee county ranked third in Michigan’s scrap drive conducted in September and October. Richard Goff received a War Production Board pennant for the achievement, with Ingham and Wayne counties leading. Total county scrap neared 6,000 tons, aided by road crews, schools, industries, and private citizens.
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Richard Goff
War Production Board
Ingham
Wayne
Nebraska
John Dr. McGillis
Detroit
WEE
Golf
Al-County
County Road Commission
Road Commission
Goff
Schoels
WPA
WPB
Michigan
Alcona County
Lower Peninsula
Wardens to begin supplemental first aid course tonight
Adrian high school hosts a supplemental first aid course for air raid wardens who missed spring and summer sessions. Led by F. Ross, the class runs tonight and on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 to 11 pm for two weeks. L B Kuney, county warden, urges attendance and notes letters were sent to wardens lacking credit. Also reports the Office of Price Administration sets December passenger auto quota at 28,900, down from 35,000 for November.
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Adrian
Adrian High School
L. B. Kuney
F. Ross
Buissfield
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fire chiefs urge against gasoline hoarding during rationing
State police and Adrian fire chiefs warn hoarding gasoline poses major fire and safety risks. Hoarding could violate state law and city ordinances restricting storage to five gallons in dwellings. Insurance often excludes damage from unlawful storage. authorities cite East Coast explosions and fatalities as warnings. Store only in approved red metal cans with clear gasoline labeling and do not exceed legal limits.
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Boeing
Arnold C. Renner
State Police Fire
Jack Hawley
Adrian
Oscar G. Olanden
Michigan
Congress honors fallen Marine aviator Fleming at White House
President Roosevelt invited Mrs. Michael E. Fleming of St Paul to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to her son Captain Richard E. Fleming the first Marine aviator honored in this war for extraordinary heroism in the Midway battle. The citation praises dauntless perseverance and devotion to duty in keeping with U S naval traditions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Michael E. Fleming
St. Paul
White House
Richard E. Fleming
Marine Corps
Fleming
United States Naval Service
St Paul Hero Ned Fleming Navy Pilot Career Highlight
Ned To Get each Hero Son Ned To Get each Hero Son, a St Paul native and University of Minnesota graduate, served as flight officer in a marine scout bombing squadron during the Midway era. He topped his class at Pensacola after enlisting in 1939, and later led campus life as a student leader before joining the Navy. His father, the late Michael E. Fleming, was a Minneapolis coal executive.
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St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Marine
Fleming
Thomas Military Academy
Minnesota University
Navy
Army
Air Corps
Taiandt
Marines
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Michael E. Fleming
Minneapolis
Rationing board processes thousands of extra gasoline forms
Lenawee county rationing board advances toward December 1 gasoline rationing. About 9,600 to 12,006 applications for supplementary rations are expected. First applications processed with eight office workers eight volunteers and four board members aiding. Volunteers may assist with tailoring ration books. Assistance available at Adrian Blissfield Tecumseh and Clinton offices with varying hours.
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Lenawee County
Guy E. Nemire
Valuntvers
Fense Neil
Nemira
Waal J
Adrian
Bliss-ield
Tecumseh
Clinton
Ian
Blissfield
Seeger's
Tecumseh Wade L
Jones
Clinton Dr
J. R. Foreman
Poll Tax Measure Shelved as Senate Ends Session
Washington November 24 Poll tax opponents said they would push again in the new Congress to abolish the practice after the Senate voted 37 to 1 against debate and pigeonholed the measure for this session. Southern opponents who filibustered for more than a week showed strength by securing a majority against invoking cloture.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Tecumseh Student Killed in Jeep Truck Crash
A Tecumseh high school student Robert Gillespie was killed and three others injured, two from Adrian and one from Tecumseh, when Gillespie’s car collided with a gravel truck one mile west and south of Tecumseh. The injured were treated at Tecumseh hospital. coroner Ed Braun investigated.
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Tecumseh
Navy
Robert Gillespie
Adrian
Gillespie
Donald Hath
Cadmus
Belding Funeral
M. R. Blangen
City approves plan to purchase airport near Adrian
The Adrian city commission approved buying the Ken Morey airport southwest of Advian for 9800 dollars, with 4800 from the city and 5000 to be raised by the airport commission. The field would be deeded to the city, and expansion funds may come from state or local sources as needed. The plan includes upgrading a nearby 53 acre airfield and potentially adding 500 feet to runways to meet state requirements. A new water main on West Beecher Street was also approved, with 1481.25 dollars allocated to settle accrued interest on bonds.
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Ken Morey
Advian
City Commission
Airport Commission
Agralian
H.W. Lundhal
Adrian
Morey
County Infirmary
Division Street
State Aeronautical Commission
James Gerity Jr. Savire
Chase
S. Kenneth Prentice
Wayne Sowers
Lawrence Mills
F. W. Prentice
West Beecher Street
South McKenzie Street
Struggle for air supremacy rages over Tunisia
Allied and Axis air battles intensify as British and American ground forces prepare a major assault on Tunis and Bizerte. Allied claims include sinking an Axis merchant ship and heavy raids on Bizerte and Palermo. Operations report renewed aerial activity across Libya, Tunisia, and the Mediterranean theater, with reconnaissance clashes and losses on both sides.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Tunis
Bizerte
Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
Tunisian
Morocco
Palermo
RAF
Sardinia
Libya
Agedabia
Rommel
Licked Africa Corps
el Aghella
Rome
High Command
Scrap matinee planned at Crosswell Theater Saturday
The Crosswell Theater will host a scrap matinee Saturday at 10 30 am with admission five pounds or more of scrap metal. Gene Autry in The Singing Hills leads a program with cartoon and news reel to help fund war materials. Salvage efforts aim to fill city trucks, following a previous successful event. Dated items reference others in the same campaign.
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Adrian
Louis Frank & Sons
Lincoln
South Scott Street
West End
Lincoln School
Garfield
Jefferson
McKinley
Washington
County
WPA
East Maumee Street
Sam
Crosswell Theater
Hubert F. Daley
Cresnel
Gene Autry
Singing Hills
Pipeline plan eyed to boost eastern oil output
Petroleum Co ordinator Ickes told a congressional committee he seeks authority to build a second new oil pipeline from southwest fields to the New York Philadelphia area. If approved it would add 200 000 barrels daily to eastern supplies. Secretary Knox said it was very unlikely Japan was getting reinforcements to Guadalcanal due to strict US patrols. Reuters reported La Linea Spain routing a large British convoy of 28 merchant ships through the Straits of Gibraltar toward the Atlantic with heavy escort and air cover.
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Congressional
New York-Philadelphia
Knox
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
United States
London
Reuters
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la Linea
Spain
Straits of Gibraltar
Atlantic
Treason Sentences in War Case for Nazi Plotters
Three men who became American citizens in a home setting were sentenced to death for treason. Their wives also sentenced to 23 years in prison and fined 10 000 dollars each. Judge Campbell denounced them as pawns of Hitler and cited their aiding Hans Haupt, a Nazi saboteur. The defendants included Haupt’s relatives and friends, who showed little emotion during sentencing.
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Nav
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Hitler
Fishert
Hans Haupt
Washington
Fuei
Haupt
Hans
Erna Haupt
Walter
Lucille Froebling
Otto
Kate Wergin
Mercy
Hall
Georges
Camp Robert
Bell
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Guiana
Amer
North Africa
Algiers
Dakar
French West Africa
Pra-Saj
French Guinea
Wergin
Russians claim major gains near Stalingrad as war rages
Reports from Moscow indicate a Russian offensive north and northwest of Stalingrad advancing rapidly. Hundreds of German troops were killed while Russians claimed multiple towns under their control or threatened encirclement, with large tank and equipment losses reported on both sides.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Red
Deal Made for French Possessions Unveiled by Diplomacy
Washington on November 24 reports the Axis question over the last French possessions under nominal Vichy rule was resolved by United Nations diplomacy rather than force. The move marks a pivotal shift in wartime policy as nations seek a coordinated approach to former colonial holdings. The development underscores the evolving alliance strategy and aims to stabilize regions under Vichy influence.
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Washington
United Nations
Australian Troops Move Into Gona In New Guinea Front
General MacArthur reports Australian units pushing along the Buna beachhead with a jungle column entering Gona twelve miles above Buna and mopping up the hard- fighting garrison. American forces also reach Cape Endaiabere three miles southeast of Buna after overcoming machine gun nests and tree top snipers.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Peetran
Cape Endaiagere
War At A Glance: Allied Advances Across Multiple Fronts
The Associated Press reports U S and Allied forces advancing in New Guinea toward Buna and Gona while Australians seize Gona. Guadalcanal combats drive Japanese toward northern island tips. In the Mediterranean the Bizerte assault intensifies with enemy transports shot down. Russians push on Stalingrad flanks, claiming heavy Nazi losses. British drive 100 miles west of Benghazi and occupy agedabia as French ties shift in the Caribbean. British bombers strike in Burma near Mandalay.
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Tripoli
Rommel
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Baku
Italy
Tthe Raf
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Eighth Army
el Agheila
Associate Press
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New Guinea
Buna
Gona
U S
Guadalcanal
Knox
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Tunisia
Sicily
Hitler
Russia
Libya
Bengal
Agedabia
Hull
Martinique
U. S
Caribbean
Dakar
Meliktila
Mandalay
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