30 Nov 1942
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Newspaper
Adrian Daily Telegram
Location
Adrian, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1942
Page
1
Allied forces with aerial support push toward Tunisia's coast as they near 12 miles from Tunis and Bizerte, aiming to separate Axis strongholds. RAF and US-UK units bomb Sicilian Comiso airfield, Tunisian rail lines, and ports, with claims of enemy plane losses and reinforced Axis positions along the Tunisian frontier.
Michigan’s 1942 deer season closes tonight as heavy snows push hunters to finish. Officials estimate a total near last year’s 50,000 while report cards await to confirm. 1,041 hunters took 405 deer on Drummond Island, and across the Straits 8,306 deer were moved, with 423 arrests for game-law violations.
Adrian faced a snowy weekend as nearly five inches fell by Sunday afternoon and temperatures dropped to a season low of 15 degrees. Snow removal crews operated across business and residential areas while road crews kept main highways clear with snow trucks.
The War Labor Board cites danger to the war effort and seeks to avert a Consumers Power strike affecting 29 Michigan municipalities. CIO leaders say a walkout would halt electrical power and some gas supplies, with plants in Jackson Muskegon Saginaw Pontiac Adrian Battle Creek Grand Rapids Flint Lansing Bay City Kalamazoo Owasso Mt. Clemens Six Lakes Alma Charlotte Cadillac Hastings. union cites three issues including a union shop, while company notes only one issue is vital.
Allied headquarters report in Australia that General MacArthur’s air forces hit two Japanese destroyers off the east coast of New Guinea, setting them afire and reportedly sinking later. Two other destroyers were driven northward after direct hits with 500 pound bombs.
Lenawee county rationing board appeals for volunteer helpers to tailor supplementary gasoline books for individual owners as rationing begins tonight. The office is flooded with thousands of application forms and workers are needed to assemble the correct stamp totals, with operations running long hours.
Lenawee County Pomona Grange will meet Thursday at Hudson Center with Reardon Piersol of Ann Arbor as afternoon speaker. James Marr will chair the 10 30 a m business session, followed by a dinner. Attendance cups and defense stamps will be awarded. The program includes Bertha Stafford reading, a vocal duet, motion pictures, and music by local Grange members.
Belgians deported to Germany noted by Belgian news agency. In Michigan, a two-car collision on US-223 near Blissfield left six people hospitalized, including Adolph and Eliza Van Brandt with critical head injuries and Milner with minor injuries. Additional injuries occurred from separate crashes near Ellington’s Corners and West Maumee Street sign collision.
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet shock troops wrested a Don River stronghold and pressed westward through snow and blizzard in a major winter drive. About 1 000 Germans daily were said killed and 66 000 captured in the Stalingrad area in the 50 days ending yesterday, with continued advances northwest of Moscow and in the Caucasus.
BlaureAN-turin, Italy, hit by RA bombers for the second time in 36 hours as 100,000 incendiaries burn 5181 in fires after a Saturday raid. Churchill warns Italians to quit the war. Germans fortify the Italian-German frontier. Nearly half of Turin's 622,000 population under a five week RAF assault. AFRICAN allied forces push past Djedeida toward Tunis, rail links cut Tunis to Bizerte. French troops aim to sever Axis escape along the southern coastal road. Allied bombers strike Axis positions ahead of large land assault. Rommel stalls at El Agheila after reinforcements. In the Don, Soviet winter offensive gains momentum as Russians claim 100,000 Germans killed in ten days near Stalingrad and about 15,000 on the central front.
Bulletin reports Pacific allied planes burning two Japanese destroyers off New Guinea hindering reinforcements to Buna garrison. Ground troops press Japanese forces along a 10 mile Buna Gona coastal strip as reports mention Japanese attempts to foothold Attu in the Aleutians. Oil official dies in Millbrook, W. S. Farish of Standard Oil New Jersey, veteran petroleum leader and former American Petroleum Institute president, dies at 61 after heart attack.
London dispatch reports Belgium sees tuberculosis cases climb by nearly 16 000 in four months. Registered cases increase from 72 593 on March 2 to 88 503 by June 50, according to the agency.
British bombers attacked Turin last night despite bad weather, starting fires that still raged from 24 hours earlier. The raid focused on the Italian arsenal city with heavy incendiaries and blockbusters, while railway targets in Belgium were also hit and two planes missing.
President Roosevelt weighs a three way cabinet reshuffle with Harold L Ickes as Labor Secretary over manpower and Paul McNutt for Interior while Frances Perkins would become Federal Security Administrator Senate confirmation likely. Republicans and some Democrats ready to criticize the cabinet role in wartime policy as the issue surfaces.
A cryptic note in Telegram describes an Allied lifeline splice for a current operation. The clue points readers to page seven for a full map, signaling strategic reference and ongoing planning amid the broader conflict.
A tiny match flame touched a palm tree in Boston Cocoa Nut Grove night club igniting a blaze that killed about 477 to 500 patrons and injured over 200. Fire officials describe bodies found four deep amid scattered debris as investigators from U S Navy and FBI join the inquiry.
London November 30 Prime Minister Churchill reiterated to Italians via the BBC that they must exit the war or face a prolonged, scientific and shattering air attack. He urged a separate peace, outlined Allied plans from Africa to Russia, and warned of a stern year ahead as British forces hit remaining Axis footholds in Tunisia.
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