Surplus tires sale under wartime program outlined
Government to spend up to 150 million dollars for surplus tires from car owners as rationing begins. Owners must have five tires or fewer and consent to periodic inspections to receive gasoline ration books. Railway Express handles collection and delivery to 160 warehouses nationwide, with Adrian offices coordinating pickups and drop offs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Adrian
Office of Price Administration
Railway Express Company
Railway Express Co
Addison
Britton
Blissfield
Clinton
Clayton
Cement City
Deerfield
Hudson
Jasper
Morenci
Manitou Beach
Onsted
Tecumseh
Tipton
New York Central
Telephone
Express
Pavement Plans Approved Near War Plant
Adelbert Vedder reports federal approval for new concrete pavements near the war plant at East Beecher and Trent Streets. Plans call for a 38 foot wide Beecher Street section from Treat Street 2 to 2,700 feet and a 22 foot wide Treat Street section southeast for 1,600 feet, with possible Trent Street curve straightening. State highway engineers will prepare plans. bids will follow, with work likely weeks away. Local groups sought federal aid. city may cover maintenance costs portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Vedder
East Beecher
Trent Streets
East Beecher Street
Treat Street
Beecher Street
Trent Street
Col. R. G- Barrows
Engineering Corps
Detroit
Wari
Adrian Department of Public Improvements
Delegates Attend Michigan Baptist Convention Here
About 400 delegates and visitors registered for the Michigan Baptist Convention being held here this week. Rev. T Andem, executive secretary, thanked the local housing committee and Adrian families who opened their homes to delegates. The opening meeting drew around 600 people with Dr. W H Bowler delivering Pioneer Days. An evangelistic address by Rev Warner Cole followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Andem
Baptist Church
W. H. Bowler
Council of Finance and Promotion
Warner, R. Cole
Bowler
Theodore E. Bubeck
Adle Graham
P. Lienau
Allen B. Crowneting
German Ferry Deutschland Torpedoed Amid Baltic Transit
Stockholm reports four German soldiers killed and 29 wounded when the ferry Deutschland carrying 1,000 Nazi troops was torpedoed by an unidentified submarine off Sassnitz. The vessel did not sink and reached Treleborg where troops were to board trains for return to Norway. Some drowned or blown overboard. a Swedish ferry nearby escaped attack. Transit flights for sealed trains of unarmed troops were in effect under a Swedish German agreement.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Sassnitz
Germany
Treleborg
Trelleborg
Woonway
New York
Sasenitz-Trelleborg
Norway
Wabash Train Wreck At Raisin Center Timeline Blame
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports failure to control train speed caused the Wabash passenger crash near Raisin Center on August 17. Engineer J A Henrick and fireman Herbert Altman died. the westbound train plowed into a New York Central freight at a crossing four miles east of Adrian. The wreck derailed the center of the freight and halted traffic for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raisin Center
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
New York Central
Adrian
J. A. Henrick
Peru
Ind
Herbert Altman
Bixby
Montpelier
Ohio
Wabash
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Wih
Michigan Public Service Commission
U S Ambassador To Moscow Home
Admiral William H Standley United States ambassador to Moscow has arrived in Washington to report on the diplomatic and military phases of the Russian showdown He left Moscow after Willkie Stalin meeting amid world wide discussion Roosevelt said the ambassador was coming home to report like other ambassadors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Standley
United States
Moscow
Roosevelt
Hull
Standley
Wendel Willie
Josef Stalin
Willkie
Madison Township Tax Dispute Triggered by School Board Suit
A suit filed in circuit court by Adrien board of education seeks 4278.62 dollars from George W Kunze Madison township treasurer for delinquent taxes collected after voters disjoined from the city district in 1922. The case covers taxes payable before disconnection date 1933 and the return of funds by the county treasurer to Madison township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of
Adrien
George W. Kunze
Madison Ownshiip
Madison Township
Didge G. Arthur Rathbuh
Matiison Township
Adrian
Four Truck Registration Sites Named in Lenawee County
Els R. Roose announces four registration locations Adrian Tecumseh Tecumseh Bassfield Clayton for farmers to register trucks October 22 23 and 24. Bring records from 1941 to date plus form and envelope. Gun gas rationing requires a war necessity certificate after November. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Armory basement Bassfield council room Tecumseh council room and Clayton high school gym.
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Els R. Roose
Lenawee County
Triple A
Farm Transportation Committee
Adrian
Bassfield
Tecumseh
Clayton
Two Barns Near Onsted Destroyed by Fires
Onsted reports two barns near the schoolhouse burned yesterday afternoon as fire crews from Onsted and Adrian fought both blazes. The Lapham barn held 300 bushels of grain and 175 bushels of oats along with tools. the Wilkins barn contained livestock, grain, hay, and machinery. Insurance covered some building losses, but contents were mostly uninsured. exact totals unsettled.
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Onsted
Eich
Margaret Laphem
John Wilkins
Wilkins Farm
Adriutt
Lapham
Baril
Pail Harwood
Cecil Pawson
Pawson
Wilking
Adrian
Insurarec
Republican dinner to draw 400 in Masonic Temple Adrian
About 400 people are expected at a Republican dinner at the Masonic Temple in Adrian tonight. Judge Homer Ferguson will be the principal speaker, with Eugene Keyes Hiram Dingnan and D Hale Brake accompanying him. Earl C Michener may attend from Washington, Goodwin to chair, and hosts and hostesses assigned for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Budd Gondwan
Homer Ferguson
United States Senate
Adrian
Eugene C. Keyes
Hiram Dingnan
D. Hale Brake
Earl C. Michener
Washington
Ferguson
Lenawee County
Goodwin
Biggest tax bill in history ready for US people
Congress prepared to send the largest tax measure in U S history to President Roosevelt as the first wartime installment. The bill would raise about 25.0 billion dollars in 1943 federal taxes, with excises starting November 1 and an estimated 50 million dollars in treasury receipts next month. Treasury officials say roughly 320 billion of the total revenue would fund war costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Treasury
Wac
Ruthven Blamed For U of M Apathy Editorial Says
An Michigan Daily editorial blames President Ruthven for student apathy toward the war effort, noting campus discontent over the university war attitude and a three man committee to advise on war policy. The piece, signed by Homer Swander Morton Mintz and Will Sapp, cites regent dissatisfaction and calls for accountability.
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Ann Arbor
Det
Michigan Daily
University of Michigannis
Newaraper
Thday
R. Alexander
Thven
Homer Swander
Kalamazoo
Morton Mintz
Will, Sapp
Novelty
Ohio
University Board of Regents
Ruthven
Michigan
Debate revival for Brown Ferguson senate race in Detroit
Campaign talk centers on possible debates between U S Senator Brown and Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson with dates to be set by party leaders. If arranged, events likely in Detroit late in campaign as Brown campaigns in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties while Ferguson delivers a Detroit radio address. Brown rebukes Ferguson for "irresponsible statements" and says the judge is echoing a press agent.
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Senator Brown
Ferguson
Kelly
Nesh
Chicago
Hague
New Jersey
Pendergast
Kansas City
Brown
Senate
Washington
Tol J
Associated Press
U. S
Pren Uss
MM. Brown
Homer Ferguson
Charles S. Porritt
Democrats
John R. Dethmers
Republicans
Detroit
Kalamazoo
Calhoun
Judge Perguson
Michigan
Perguson
RESHUFFLE CALLED FOR TOP WAR AGENCIES IN OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION
A congressional report urges complete reshuffling of top war agencies under a new Office of War Mobilization. It criticizes current leadership in WPB SeSSA War Manpower Commission and OPA, proposing six units to run supply manpower and stabilization, with a two chairmen policy group. The plan notes breakdowns in materials distribution and widespread hoarding. It warns immediate passage of a national service act as a symptom of administrative shortcomings and shows wartime revenue projections under consideration.
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Washington
Super Control Board
Special House Committee of National Defense Migration
Rep. Tolan
D-Celit
War Production Boar
Selective Service Administration
War Manpower Commission
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Mobilization
Pearl Harbor
Pri-1
Manly
WPB
Army
Navy
Maritime Commis ‘Sion
War Manpower
Economic Stabilization
OPA
Bonse
House
Senate
Treasury
New Fonds
Doughton
Road indebtedness retired in Lenawee County
The Lenawee County road system has retired its last bonded indebtedness, leaving the road commission without financial obligation for past work. George E. Taylor, chairman, reported for the year ending October 1 that the final payment of 885 dollars covered Hudson township road construction. Total disbursements were 287,903.94 dollars with a remaining balance of 120,581.61 dollars, positioning the commission to weather wartime tax declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee
Road Commission
George E. Taylor
Board of Supervisors
Hudson Township
Taylor
Commission
Public Auction Notices Read Off Street Corners
Auctioneers advertise multiple sales west of Munson and Normn Morenci with dates in Market and Monroe districts. Names Hawley and Rae appear among the listings with locations including Ming Sten and Lisehan Lines han. Readable fragments indicate a sequence of sales on Market avenues and northwest blocks.
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Munson
Bre
Muck
Nady
Putlé Nurtian Northwest
Btuchird Ming Sten
Lisehan & Lineshan
Bath
Normn Morenci HE Hawley
Monroe
A Batist Rae
Elements Come To Aid Reds In Stalingrad Battle
Autumn storms forced the Stalingrad clash toward World War I tactics as heavy artillery and infantry renewed the fighting. The air war resumed after a brief winter lull while German ground assaults sought to break the Russian defense along the northern factory district. Reinforcements and supplies continued to reach Soviet lines as German long-range guns shelled the Volga to disrupt crossings.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Tevestia
Washington debates youth draft restrictions amid protests
Senator filibuster potential looms as mothers' letters surge over 18 and 15 year olds' conscription. Calls to shield schooling and training prompt push for anti liquor and vice safeguards near camps. Record vote expected on draft bill, amid opposition from some lawmakers. May Robson, 78, noted actress, dies in Beverly Hills after active career in stage and film including Joan of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Lee
D-Okla
May Robson
Beverly Hills
Calif
RKO
Lionel Barrymore
Lew Ayres
Knox predicts heavier Japanese attack in Solomons
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned that Japan had not yet used its maximum force in the Solomons campaign. He noted land based planes were increasing and praised an OWI report on air power. Navy announcements described a sea bombardment of Guadalcanal and allied air strikes over three days, with enemy losses mounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Det
Knox
Solamans
Solomons
Navy
Navy Department
Office of War Information
United States
Guadalcanal
Douglas
Guatalcanal
Rekate Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Army Flying Fortress
Grumman Wildcat
Rekata Bay
Pacific
War at a Glance: Allied Pressure on Multiple Fronts
A dated roundup reports Russia holding Stalingrad lines against Nazi air power with only a few city squares left, while Middle East dispatches note Turkish troops redeploying toward Iran. Solomons, Guadalcanal, and Pacific theater actions show U S. and Allied forces bombarding Japanese bases, ships, and airfields with heavy losses and fires.
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Associated Press
Russia
Stalingrad
Ankara
Turkey
Syria
Iran
Auasta
Solomons
U. S
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
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U.S
Madison Tak. Sun
Judge Ferguson
Bhan
Awrzerana
Netherlands
Basler Nachrichten
Coptes
der Neue Tag
Prague
Bohemia-Moravia
Feet
Bulletin
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