County scrap metal drive begins in Lenawee farms drive
Road trucks start canvassing Lenawee County farms to collect scrap metal as part of a county campaign. Receipts will be issued for metal collected, with banners on trucks for visibility and scales sought to weigh loads.
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Lenawee County
County Road, Commission
Adrian
Seneca
On- Sted
Victorsville
Tecumseh
Richard H. Goff
County Salvage
Mr. Goff
Bain
Frank Caterino
Adrian Grocer
Goff
Scrap campaign drives a nation’s war effort in press tales
Reports from Wallace Idaho Seattle Washington Albuquerque New Mexico and Tucson Arizona describe scrap drives aiding war mobilization. Machines replaced by newer models. 50 tons of island scrap sent to arms. Indians Puebloes and locals gather metal and rubber, horses and wagons used to haul metal. Two Tucson women haul six tons as they collect scrap from around water holes and abandoned mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Idaho
Wallace Press-Tines
United Newspapers
Seattle
Wash
Bainbridge Island
Puget Sound
Herbert Allen
Tucson
Arix
Glen Perry
Mira K. Barker
WPA
Navy
Montana
OPA freezes sale of used tires and tubes nationwide
The Office of Price Administration froze the sale of used tires and tubes in Washington D C outlining a forthcoming rationing program. The freeze aims to protect essential uses while preserving recappable carcasses for recapping. Exceptions allow consumer purchases of cars with used tires and dealer transfers of mounted tires, but unmounted tires remain restricted during the freeze.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Baruch Rubber Committee
OPA
Adrian War Plant Workers Boost War Bond Pledges
Adrian plant workers joined a war savings plan as speaker Piersol urged higher payroll deductions. Workers at Gerity Adrian, Bohn, Kewaunee, Stubrite Greene, American Cable and Michigan Producers pledged 5 to 40 percent of earnings toward bonds, with red white and blue pledge cards issued.
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Reardon Piersol
Ann Arbor
Adrian
U. S. Treasury Department
Piersol
Gerity-Adrian, Bohn
Kewaunee
Stubnite-Greene
Kewaunee Manufacturing, Co
Plersol
Mhan
Carl
DeLamater
Lee Says Japs Had Us Fooled Before War
Clark Lee reports from the Pacific battle front on Japanese naval strategy. He notes prewar American views underestimated Japanese discipline and gunnery while acknowledging deceptive prowess shown at Pearl Harbor and in later battles. The piece reflects on the shift in understanding of Japan's naval capabilities.
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Lee
Clark Lee
Pacific
Manila
Philippines
Australia
U. S
Solomons
Clash Lee
San Francisco
Whdle World
Iyou
Harry Yarnell
Chefon
Tsingtao
North China
Pearl Harbor
Evacuation Ordered for European Women and Children in Dakar
An official source reported Governor Pierre Boisson of Dakar ordered evacuation of European women and children from the West African port. A Sept. 29 census order targeted civilian and military families with two or more children, described as precautionary to decongest the city while preparing for orderly evacuation.
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Vichy
Pierre Boisson
Dakar
B Boisson
Dakar Tegfort
Lipstick for Men Marks Adrian College Freshman Initiation
Freshmen at Adrian College take part in a gender bending initiation wearing women’s clothing and lipstick under a vigilance committee. Men are instructed to perform as women while women wear men’s attire and the event includes a group photo on the South Hall steps. The day ends with a planned march to Croswell theater for a staged performance between shows.
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Adrian College
South Hall
Croswell Theater
Railway Schedules Frozen. Special Trains to Games Canceled
Government order freezes all railway passenger schedules and bans special trains for football games races and other sporting events. Also note tension in Europe as Timoshenko's forces reportedly breach defenses near Stalingrad. Attorney General seeks postwar delay of antitrust trial for 21 chemical firms and 63 officials. House action on inflation bill delayed to review provisions including farm labor costs. White House ends two week censorship as Roosevelt resumes public movements from war factory tour.
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Washington
Joseph B. Essuinn
Offices of
Defense Transportation
Washington, D
Krands Biddle
United States District Court
South Bend
Ind
Jeading Chemical Companies
White House
Roosevelt
Moonshine Stills Lead Kentucky Scrap Drive
Kentucky mounts a statewide salvage campaign led by Governor Keen Johnson to recycle metal as patriotic duty. The effort includes moonshine stills and Derby shoe relics, with Rural boxes and fences donated. Labor unions pledge support as months-long drive expands to demolish landmarks for metal.
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Louisville
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky
Keen Johnson
Federal
Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
Anti-Inflation Law Expected to Be Signed Soon
Senate and House differences near agreement to send the administration anti inflation legislation to President Roosevelt for signature within 24 hours. Key leaders project the bill, backed by an 82 to 0 Senate vote, would set price and wage controls at Sept 15 levels and include farm parity standard changes and an administration amendment allowing discretionary authority for the president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Wartime 35 MPH Speed Limit Takes Effect Across Nation
A 35 mile per hour wartime speed limit for private autos goes into effect nationwide to conserve rubber. Enforcement varies by state with penalties in some areas and appeals or voluntary compliance in others. ODT notes no penalty. states set 35 mph as baseline where higher limits exist. Ohio will blacklist speeders via the tire and rubber rationing system. Tennessee directs patrols to report violators to local rationing boards. New York motorists driving 35 to 40 mph face a $25 fine and five days in jail.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
ODT
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Prentice Cowper
Tennessee
New York
War At A Glance: Fronts, Flights, and Fortunes
Russia sees a decisive stage in the 38 day Stalingrad battle as fresh German troops reinforce the city and counter strikes to the west are reported by both sides. In the Pacific Australian forces push the Japanese from Owen Stanley Mountains after a ten mile advance, exposing unsheltered camps blown by fierce winds. In Africa a French commission considers evacuating women and children from Dakar as Axis tanks attack the British south flank near El Alamein.
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Associated Press
Russia
Stalingrad
Pacific
Owen Stanley Mountains
Dakar
Atlantic
Alamein
Fuel oil control takes effect in 30-state rationing area
Washington October 24 fuel oil may be sold to consumers in the 30 state rationing area beginning today only under a coupon credit system ordered by the War Production Board to control deliveries until the Office of Price Administration distributes coupons later in October. Consumers, dealers and suppliers must sign promises to surrender rationed coupons as deliveries occur and redeem promises within 15 days after the OPA order. Dealers must register inventory and storage as of October 1 and consumers as of October 2.
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Washington
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
OFA
WEB
OPA
WPB
One-Man War Factory Wins Maritime Award
Washington October 1 The Maritime Commission awarded the “E” pennant for excellence in production to a one man factory run by William T Morris 32 of Oceanside Logg Island N Y who operates a wood turning plant in his basement Admiral Howard L Vic kery will present the award tomorrow at Morris home The ceremony mirrors those for shipyards and factories with large work forces Algonac logger Pulcifer dies at 99 a retired lumberman known in northern Michigan from old days He once owned and managed five lumber camps in the Upper Peninsula and retired 39 years ago
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Goff
Cambridge Township
Cambridge
Walled Lake
WPS
P. J. Glaser
Blissfield
Ruth Rigden
Onsted
Hood Jones
Adrian Township
Washington
Maritime Commission
U.S
Commission
Howard L. Vickery
William T. Morris
Oceanside
Logg Island
Morris
Algonac
Isaac Puterffer
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Pulcifer
Port Huron
Begee
Boss Limberman
British planes bomb Japanese air base in Burma raid
British planes bombed and machine gunned a Japanese air base installation at Agaha in west Burma yesterday, according to the RAT communiqué. The attack targeted the strategic port region, signaling intensified Allied operations in the area.
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Braid Jap
Delhi
Burma
Agaha
Nauro
Port Moresby
Kokoda
Wairopi Bridge
Kumasi
Solomons
Buin
Hougainville Island
Bake
Australia
Reinforcements Cross the Volga Near Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches report fresh reinforcements from across the Volga and artillery barrages aiding a northwestern and southwestern thrust around Stalingrad. Stalin ordered no retreat as Axis strength pushes a new wedge, while Volga boatmen keep supply lines open under heavy German air attacks. The Red Star tallies daily bombing of 600 to 1000 planes with civilian losses and destruction of key institutions. The mid-day communiques claim enemy dislodgement near the southwestern outskirts and recapture of three settlements in the southern sector.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Volga
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Red Stnr
Stalin
Kremlin
Red Star
Palace of Physical Culture
Aussies Force Japs Back In New Guinea
Australian troops drive up the southern slopes of New Guinea's Stanley mountains pursuing retreating Japanese forces after recapturing Navro. Allied bombers harry supply lines near Menari as the Japanese withdraw, with the main body apparently abandoning fortified positions at Neurolas and Toribaiwa ridge.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
New Guinea
Stanley Mountains
Menari
Nauru
Neuro ‘Las
Toribaiwa Ridge
Vance
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London
Germany
Flenstirg
Missoula
Mont
Northwest
Fred Neitzling
U. S. Forest Service Region
AXIS
Houston
Tex
Paris
David FR. Litsey
Ninth Provisional Regiment
A.esf
Litsey
Albuquerque
N. ML
New Mexico
Indian Service
Laguna
Zuni
Wready
Adrian War Plant
Main Street
Mr. Peirsol
Raymond Sims
Gerity-Adrian
Fellows
Bulletins
Reuters
Stockholm
Marshall Timoshenko
Don
Rayburn
Brown
D.mich
Lye
Thomas
D-Okla
Moresby
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