Three traffic deaths lift county total to 118 for year
Lenawee county recorded 18 traffic fatalities for the year as three deaths occurred yesterday afternoon and last night. A collision near Tecumseh left two Tecumseh high school boys dead, and a Hudson crash killed Ernest Dumkey after his car was struck by a New York Central train on Tiffin Street.
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Lenawee County
Tecumseh
Hudson
New York Central
Donald Clark
Teecumseh High School
Bernard Clark
Tecumseh Hospital
Robert Gillespie
Gillespie
Donald Hathaway
Cadmus
Adrian
Robert Brooks
Esther Wetterholt
LeRoy Sharp
Vern Sharp
Bristol Street
Brooks
Sharp
Hathaway
Ed Braun
Braun
Belding
Robinson
Mountain Home
Kalamszoo
Clara
Jacolyn
Clark
West Hollywood
Cal
Donald
William Clark
Jackson
George Rockwood
Jean Marie Clark
Mabel Wilson
Florence Clark
Toledo
Collins Funeral Home
Ernest Dumkey
Tiffitt Street
Mr. Dumkey
Tiffin Street
Thorn Memorial Hospital
Wardens Attend First Civilian Aid Class at Adrian High
Forty two Adrian air raid wardens attended the first in a series of first aid classes at Adrian High School to meet civilian defense requirements and earn certificates. S F Rost, chairman of the Red Cross first aid committee, teaches with 12 to 26 assistants aiding demonstrations in bandaging and artificial respiration. Classes meet Tuesdays and Fridays at the high school through November 11.
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Adrian
Adrian High School
S. F. Rost
Rest Cross First Aid
Gas rationing stays on December first date
Washington November 25 Pro tests against nationwide gasoline rationing drenched the Capital today but Rubber Administrator William M Jeffers declared the program stands December first remains the effective date. Representative Johnson would push for a 30 day stay while Representative Anderson and others seek to show rationing unnecessary. House Interstate sub committee members privately said little could be done to avert the move. Truman announced Jeffers and other officials must appear Friday to establish the need for rationing. He urged patience and patriotism as the four officials provide a full picture of necessity for the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Johnson
D-Okad
Anderson
Jeffers
House
Jeffer
East
Truman
D-Mo
Special
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Harold L.dckes
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Price
Leon Henderson
Midwest
Position of Nazis Before Stalingrad Is Called Awful
London dispatch reports a British source calling the German hold on Stalingrad an awful military position. He says the besiegers must retreat through a narrowing corridor of Soviet forces and may need to cross the Don River to escape. No confirmation of a general withdrawal was given.
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London
Stalingrad
Volga
Don River
Stalinfarad
North Africa
Confession in Fatal Beating Leaves Farm Worker Victim Named
MT CLEMENS Nov 23 Authorities say state prison fugitive E J Palmer confessed to killing Walter Siglow 52 on farm south of town last Sept 26 in a dispute over dog mistreatment. Palmer 28, recaptured in Georgia Nov 3 while serving a term for auto theft. Hand said a murder charge would be sought.
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MT. Clemens
Iacomb
Wilbur F. Hand
E. J. Palmer
Walter Siglow
Here
Palme
Siglow
Hand
Palmer
Michigan
Georiga
Plans To Exterminate Jews In German Occupied Europe
Washington reports detail a campaign to exterminate Jews in Nazi occupied Europe by year end. Dr. Stephen S Wise said Hitler ordered the 1942 genocide and that roughly half of the 4 million Jews had already been killed, with Warsaw’s Jewish population reduced dramatically. The Polish government in exile corroborated killings and stated 950,000 Jews in Poland had died by September.
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Europe
New York
State Department
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Stephen S. Wise
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Congress
Hitler
Wise
Poland
Warsaw
London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Warsaw Ghetto
Eden says North Africa battle in an extremely critical phase
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament the North Africa campaign is in an extremely critical phase and declined to discuss Eisenhower’s arrangements with local French authorities. He defended Churchill’s broadcast cancellation and noted most Britons and French internees in Africa have been released.
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London
Anthony Eder
House of Commons
North Africa
Eisenhower
Enien
Churchill
Ofva
Charles de Gaulle
Tunisia
Eden
Sir Stafford Cripps
de Gaulle
War At A Glance: Red counteroffensive worsens Nazi losses
The ASSAUIATSO PRESS reports Russia Reds close a Stalingrad escape corridor, lifting Nazi casualties to about 90,000 dead and 120,000 wounded in week old offensives. Russians press Rzhev, while Africa sees Bizerte and Tunis near clash as Axis reinforce Tunisia. New Guinea sees a last stand on Buna Gona beach and South China raids target Japanese bases.
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Assauiatso
Russia
Stalingrad
London
Rzhev
Africa
Bizerte- Tunis
First Army
Tunisia
Eden
New Guinea
Buna-Gona
Asia
U. S
South China
Canton
Sirdrome
Meiktils
Burma
Allies Preparing for Showdown in African War
Allied forces roam Tunisia clashing with Axis patrols in brief engagements as US British and French air and ground units mass for a decisive strike across Libya and Tunisia. P-28 fighters hunt German and Italian concentrations while Axis reinforcements and troop trains near Gabes draw heightened attention.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Africa
Gabes
Libya
Tripoli
Tao
Ateiian
Eighth Army
el Agheile
Agedabia
Romnel
Bationeth
el Agheila
Giraud
Morocco
Mediterranean
Americans Bomb Japanese Air Bases in China
American bombers with large fighter escorts attacked two major Japanese air bases in Southern China today. Sanrecht Island near Canton and Tienho airfield at Canton were hit, with hangars and workshops struck and five tons of bombs dropped. A prior raid on Kwangsi airfield resulted in several enemy losses.
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China
Japan
Sanecht
Canton
Tienho
Kwangsi
Sanchu
Sky Dragons
South China
No Paper Tomorrow Telegram Thanksgiving Day
The Telegram will not publish on Thanksgiving Day in observance of the holiday. No edition will be issued tomorrow in line with local custom.
Thanksgiving Day Observed With Services And Turkey Prices Rise
Adrian and Lenawee county observe Thanksgiving with church services and family gatherings. Turkey supply is adequate despite Army and Navy demand, with prices from 37 to 49 cents a pound. Several churches plan union services and Holy Communion, with other religious events and community baskets for the needy. Post office and city offices closed Thursday. limited mail collections and lobby hours announced.
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Waritime
Adrian
Lenaivee
Turkey
U. S
Adrisa
United Brethren Church
State and
Church Streets
G. Arthur Valentine
Church of Christ
Christ Episcopal Church
James M. Horton
Church of Christ, Scientist
Lenawee Brotherhood Tabernacle
John Zoller
Detroit
America
Adrian College Christian Fellowship Group
West Side Workers
Methodist Epworth League
Adrian Mothers Club
Associated Charities
Delu-Teens
Loral
Adrian City Hall
Court House
Consumers Power workers may strike in Michigan
The Michigan State Joint Advisory Workers Council CIO will meet in Lansing to fix the effective date for a strike of 2,500 Consumers Power Co. operating employees. The meeting follows a breakdown in negotiations after a UWOC vote to strike last July and a wage dispute with company officials. Chadwick cited internal management disagreements and warned wage increases are needed to retain staff. Turn to CONSUMERS Page 13
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Jackson
Michigan
Ady Workers Council
CIO
Lansing
Consumers Power Co
Herman R. Chadwick
Saginaw
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
Consumers
Chadwick
U. S. Department of Labor
National War Labor Board
State Labor Mediation Board
UWOC
Power Company
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Union
Cime
M. Wilson Arthur
Frank G. Boyce
Defeat Jap power only by invading Japan says Dutch adviser
Dr Charles C van Der Pias former governor of Java and adviser to the Netherlands government in London states in San Francisco that the Japanese can be defeated only by a land invasion of Japan. He notes Allied resistance in Timor Celebes and Borneo and that Japan believes itself invulnerable since the 13th century, strengthened by recent events.
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San Francisco
Japan
Charles C. van der Pias
Java
van de Pias
Advisory Council
Netherlands
London
Anles
Dutch East Indies
Timor
Celebes
Borneo
Japanese Make Last Stand in New Guinea
MacArthur's Headquarters reports a close quarter battle on the northeastern New Guinea beaches as Allied and Australian forces press a three sided surround against a stubborn Japanese force in the Buna Gona area. Heavy fighting centers on a 22 mile coastal strip between Buna and Gona with both sides attacking near Buna airfield amid artillery mortar and machine gun fire.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Buna-Gona
Buna
Gona
German transport sea plane shot down off Tunisia
A Reuters dispatch reports a German transport seaplane capable of carrying up to 80 fully equipped soldiers was shot into the sea yesterday off the eastern coast of Tunisia by RAF long range fighters from Malta. The War Production Board forbids cream distribution to households and most institutions to conserve fluid milk for consumers and dairy products. coffee cream is exempt. A House committee urges six months of gasoline rationing postponement to test voluntary savings and suggests using the petroleum coordination and defense transportation offices to prevent a transport system collapse.
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London
Reuters
Tunisia
RAF
Malta
Washington
War Production Board
Clyde E. Beerdstee
SWPB
House
Office of Petroleum Co-Ordinator
Office of Defense Transportation
Invaders' escape corridor squeezed near Stalingrad
Russian front dispatches report the siege still narrows the Nazi escape route from Stalingrad down to about 30 miles. Soviet offensives push the Don Bend defenses 80 miles deep while widening gaps toward Kalach and Trekhostrovskaya. German casualties climb toward 50,000, with 36,000 captured figures approaching 50,000.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Great Don Bend
Stalingrad-Don Bend
Kalach
Stalingrad-Kamensky
Trekhostrovskoye
Red Army
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Surovikhino
Ghernishevskaya
Vrekhostrovskaya
Ford Plants Idle a Second Day in Canada Strike
Windsor reports Ford Motor Company of Canada plants idle for a second day as about 13,500 workers strike over women workers paid less and the equal pay principle. UAW CIO says the walkout began after Ford hired women at lower rates and disputes a prior War Labor Board agreement. Company denies any such pact and cites potential industry chaos if equal pay were applied.
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Windsor
War Labor Board
Lax
Clark
George Burt
UAW
CIO
Detroit
Burt
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