Regents Form War Policy Committee at U of M
Three University of Michigan regents appointed a new war policy committee to boost the universitys wartime contribution. The body will advise President Ruthven and the university war board amid criticism of the schools war attitude voiced at a regents meeting.
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Ruthven and
University War Board
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Detroit
John Lynch
Alfred Connable
David H. Crowley
Alexander G. Ruthven
John Mason Brown
Rooms Needed for Grange Meeting in Adrian Michigan
A.D. Billings of the Adrian Chamber of Commerce appeals to residents to provide 200 to 250 private rooms for the Michigan State Grange annual convention. With 600 to 700 delegates expected, city hotels cannot cover all guests. He urges hosts to offer rooms Oct. 26 to 31 at $1 per couple per day or $5 for the week.
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Michigan State Grange
A. D. Billings
Chamber of Commerce
Adrian
Grange
Billings
Lenawee Board Approves Widespread County Salary Increases
The Lenawee county board of supervisors approved salary boosts across most county departments, totaling about 5000 more than last year. Notable changes include a 4000 rise for Judge M E Tripp to 4300, deputies gaining 150 each, and a new full time position at 1200 replacing multiple roles. Salaries for treasurer clerk register of deeds and prosecuting attorney up by 200 each. An extra clerks budget of 1250 annually per office was approved, with minimal changes to the sheriff who remains at 2200.
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Lenawee
Soldiers and Sailors
M. E. Tripp
Register of Deeds
Archie Bruce
John Robertson
Ogden Township
Nazis Gain Again in Stalingrad
Moscow reports German troops pushed into new sections of Stalingrad amid fierce house to house fighting on the sixth day of the assault. Soviet air force and anti aircraft fire claimed numerous enemy tanks and hundreds of enemy dead as Croatian legion troops were noted among the attackers.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Air Force
Voramunigté
Staliniad
Pravda
Volga River
Baptist Convention President Returns as Adrian Church Minister
The Rev. Paul Wengel, president of the Michigan Baptist Convention, will become pastor of Adrian's First Baptist Church on December 1, succeeding Rev. Morris Coers who resigned to join the Red Cross. Wengel, formerly Detroit pastor, will lead Adrian during the 100th annual state convention, with delegates arriving and programs set through Thursday.
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Baptist Convention
Adrian Church
Paul Wengel
Bethel Baptist Church
Detroit
Adrian
First Baptist Church of
Wengel
Morris Coers
Coers
Red Cross
Ralph T. Andem
Michigan Baptist Convention
Doers
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Wis
University of Rochester
City School of Law
Rochester Baptist Seminary
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Brooklyn
N. Y
Roger Williams Press of
Cleveland
Detroit Baptist Association
Wenger
Katherine Ross
Rochester
Esther
Naomi
Paula
Michigan
W. H. Bowler
Ohio
Vtelock
Dutch Warned of Allied Attacks on Railways and Canals
In a government in exile broadcast from London the Dutch were urged to halt rail work as Allied bombers target Nazi transportation. The warning notes trains on sidings and canal vessels will be bombed. civilians may face greater disruption but will be spared where possible.
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Associated Press
London
2Ns
Holland
Netherlands
Schneider
France
le Creusot
Tur
United Nations cargo ships sunk and King injured in fall
Seven United Nations cargo ships were announced sunk in the western Atlantic last week, killing 233 people including women and children. The tally raises allied and neutral losses since Pearl Harbor to 494 ships and 437 deaths in waters near Canada and off South America. Separately, King Christian X of Denmark, 72, was injured after a horse mishap at Amalienborg Castle, rearing and bolt, causing concern for his health following a recent gall bladder illness.
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United Nations
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Caribou
Brazil
South America
Allie
Berlin
Christian X
Denmark
Transocean
Copenhagen
Amalienborg Castle
Royal Palace
MacArthur's Bombers Pound Japs For Guadalcanal Push
U S air forces bomb Japanese positions as Allied planning for a full scale Guadalcanal offensive accelerates. In Nazi occupied Europe reports reveal mutinies desertions and rising morale concerns among German troops in Norway. The Norwegian exile government warns of unrest spreading to French Vichy zones as Gestapo efforts to recruit workers intensify amid harsh climate and fear of the Russian front.
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MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Associated Press
London
Norway
Reichigen
Caporten
Hitler
Europe
France
Gestapo
Athens
Way Agency
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Regionnaires
Popular Front
Jacques Doriot
Navy surprised in Solomons says Pearson
Washington dispatch summarizes Drew Pearson's radio remarks on a wartime Solomons battle. He argues the U S navy was surprised despite 11 hours notice, cites loss of four heavy cruisers after Marines landed, and notes mistakes and caution in interpreting Japanese speed and intent.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Solomons
United States
Solomon Islands
Pearson
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harter
U. S
U.S
Marine Corps
Savol
de i Stroyers
Two Japanese Destroyers Believed Destroyed Near Kiska
Alaska defense headquarters reports American B 26 bombers hit two Japanese destroyers off Kiska, leaving them smoking in the North Pacific. Recon aircraft observed Japanese reinforcements and new installations at Gertrude Cove on the south side of Kiska as bombardment and anti aircraft fire raged for about 45 minutes.
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Alaska Defense Command
Kiska
Japan
Aleutians
Kiskai
Gertrude Cove
United States
North Pacific
Warren A. Beth
Frelmont
Mich
Richards Sakes
Elmhouse
Tex
Draft Age Debate Delayed as Senators Absent
The administration agreed to push Senate debate on extending the draft to 18 and 19 year olds to Thursday to wait for missing Senators. House action passed by an overwhelming vote. Senator Vandenberg proposed a constitutional amendment lowering the voting age from 22 to 18.
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Roosevelt
House
McNary
Oregon
Barksley
Kentucky
Conference Committee
Senate
Washington
la Follette
Connally
Barkley
Saide
Vandenberg
Mich
Pontiac man arraigned on murder charge in Holestne death
Sandusky reports John Fink of Pontiac was scheduled for arraignment in Justice Court on murder charges in the fatal shooting of James Holestne, 36, at Holestne's mother's farm. Prosecutor says Fink confessed after a hunting trip dispute about unionism and Nazism escalated to gunfire from shotgun.
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Sandusky
John Fink
Pontiac
Justice Court
James Holestne
Holestne
Ward J. Atkins
Fink
Thomias ‘Broome
Broome
Americans Urged To Go to the Polls
President Herbert Hoover urges all American voters to go to the polls in November as a defense of democracy and individual liberties. He argues that wartime controls threaten civil energies, while elections and the two party system safeguard rights. Pathfinder Magazine published his statements.
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Washington
Vce
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Pathfinder Magazine
Unexpected Visitors Burn Through Living Room In Battle Creek
Oct 19 Battle Creek residents Mr Clarence Sass and Mrs Mary Shanley faced a bizarre intrusion when an automobile plowed through their Pleasant Ave home. The car destroyed a partition between the living room and a bedroom before three soldiers emerged. Battle Creek township fire crews contained the blaze before it spread, preserving the home. Later that day Alaska Command announced medals for 21 enlisted men including Pvt Harry F Arnold of Grand Rapids Michigan for dangerous over water flights in the Aleutians.
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Battle Creek
Clarence Sass
Mary Shanley
Ave
Battle Creek Township
Alaska Defense Command
AMONE
Simon B. Buckner
Aleutians
Harry F. Arnold
Grand Kids. Mich
Guadalcanal Struggle as Allied Bombers Hit Solomons
American forces entrench on Guadalcanal bracing for a major Japanese land assault while MacArthur’s HQ dispatches four waves of heavy bombers to disrupt supply lines in the Solomons. Allied air attacks hit Buin area ships, a cargo vessel, and flying boats, with naval reports noting destroyers hit northwest of Kiska.
War At A Glance War Reports Across Fronts
U S troops on Guadalcanal brace for full scale land assault while Allied planes strike enemy ships including three cruisers a seaplane tender and other vessels near Buin Short. Australian forces push Japanese back in New Guinea as bomber crews claim multiple hits on destroyers northwest of Kiska. Russians move troops toward Stalingrad amid claims of city control and 2 500 Nazi deaths. London endures bomb alerts while Allies target Dutch rail and canal shipping. Gestapo routs in unoccupied France accompany mass naturalizations to quell worker uprisings.
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Associated Press
Pacific
U. S
Guadalcanal
Buin-Short
New Guinea
North Pacific
U. S. Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Russia
Reds
Volga
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