Lenawee Republicans Turn Out 400 For Ferguson Talk
In Lenawee a Republican rally drew about 400 party workers and supporters at Adrian’s Masonic Temple to hear Judge Homer S. Ferguson seek the U S Senate seat. Attending were Dr. Eugene Keyes, Elmer R. Porter, Fred Rodessler, and other county candidates. Ferguson’s remarks attacked the Administration and he planned debates with Senator Prentiss M. Brown in Detroit area. Page 2.
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Michigan
Lenawee
Masonic Temple
Homer S. Ferguson
Detroit
U. S. Senate
Ferguson
Adrian
Eugene Keyes
Dearborn
Elmer R. Porter
Keyes
Monroe
Budd Goodwin
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
G. Arthur Rathbun
Senator Prentiss .M. Brown
Passes for Prizes at Scrap Matinee for Scrap Donation
Croswell Theater hosts a four week pass giveaway to Adrian youths who donate the largest amount of scrap metal at a Saturday 10 30 matinee. Any entrant bringing at least five pounds earns admission. top team from the Naval Reserve’s Gree Club of Toledo will join a local event with items like stoves and radiators to boost the citys scrap pile for war needs.
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Croswell
H. J. Daley
Navy
Naval Array
Toledo
C. J. McMananon
Hugh Bartley
E. L. Fitzgerald
Toprize
Glee Club
Reardon
Piersal
Ann Arbor
Rey
Jam
Banquet and parade mark launch of League drive in Adrian
Mothers wives and sisters of service men in the League will host a banquet at the Shortway Bus Station as the Vicky corps parade to the Adrian Masonic Temple. About 200 guests are expected, with 75 Vickys visiting Lenawee plants to solicit memberships while a Navy Glee Club and local manufacturers join the event.
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Foreman
Clinton
League
League Corps of
Adrian Masonic
Navy Glee Club
James Gerity
Shortway
siWest
West Church Street
South Main Street
Maumee Street
Masonic Temple
Vickys
Lenawee
League Board of Directors
Tammittess Thraushaut
Enuity
Weree Seweree Wee Se
Vicky Corps
League Industrial Workers
Gerity
Mark Hagerman
Albert Neukom
H.W. Lundahl
Paul Bunyard
Adrian
Vicky
Lenawee County
Lenawee Patriotic League
Adrian Classified as Area of Anticipated Labor Shortage
The War Manpower Commission in Washington classified Adrian as an area of anticipated labor shortage amid wartime contracts. Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Muskegon, Pontiac, and Saginaw joined this designation with Adrian, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, and Jackson listed as areas of anticipated shortages. Kalamazoo and Benton Harbor St Joseph were labeled surpluses.
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Adrian
War Manpower Commission
Washington
United States
Paul V. McNutt
The
Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Michigan
Detroit
Funt
Lansing
Muskene
Pontiac
Saginaw Bay
Battle Creek
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Benton Harbor
St Joseph
Willkie to Speak On Air Monday
Wendell L. Willkie will report on his recent tour of United Nations war fronts Monday from 10 30 to 11 pm Eastern War Time. The address will be broadcast over CBS NBC the Blue Network and Mutual.
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New York
Wendell L. Wilkie
United Nations
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Blue Network Company
Mutual Broadcasting System
Continue Attacks on Japs at Kiska Alaska Defense
US Army reports latest raid by Liberator bombers against Japanese on Kiska Island shows enemy positions unchanged. Captain Lynn R. Moore led the Oct 21 mission dropping 12 tons of bombs on Trout Lagoon and main Kiska camp, with hits in camp areas and a possible gasoline dump. No Japanese air opposition encountered. several cargo ships are beached in the lagoon as reinforcement efforts continue.
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Alaska Defense Command
Kiska
Lynn R. Moore
Ares
Moore @ight
Uke
Trout Lagoon
Gerdtrade
Fers
Lenawee County to Register Drivers for Gas Rationing
Lenawee county automobile owners will register for gasoline rationing starting November 9. Registration will occur in city schools and about 44 rural and country schools. Teachers and civilian volunteers will staff the effort under county school commissioner Mrs. E. T. Armstrong. High school superintendents will assist. The OPA has not yet provided official notices or printed materials. Rural schools will close briefly for the registration, not more than two days.
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Lenawee County
E. T. Armstrong
Lansing
OPA
Understanding for Jap Americans by Baptist leader
Mrs Edwin H Kimmey told Michigan Baptist delegates that how Americans of Japanese parentage are treated now will shape their loyalty after the war. She noted 71000 Japanese Americans evacuated from California Washington and Oregon after December 7 and urged better understanding to prevent racial hatred and foster goodwill between old and new Americans.
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Michigan Baptist Convention
Edwin H. Kimmey
America
Kinney
Baptist Department of Christian Friendliness
West Coast
United States
Mrs. Kinney
California
Washington
Orein
France Enters Critical Period As Laval Backs War Work
Bern reports France enters its most critical period since the 1940 armistice as Laval faces mounting opposition while extending work conscription. He announced a factory levy to supply workers to German war plants and hinted at Africa amid Axis pressure, with observers doubting his grip on government.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Pierre Laval
Berlin
Laval
Dakar
Lyon
Africa
Axls
Paris
Vithy
Marshal Petain
Ceiling placed on prices of hosiery
Washington Oct 21 The prices of nylon hose are to be fixed by ceilings set by Price Administrator Leon Henderson. First quality hose will range from 1.65 dollars to 2.50 with common full fashioned hose at 1.65. Irregulars 1.40 to 2.25 for best grades, second quality 1.15 to 1.90. Women overcharged may sue and recover 50 dollars or three times the overcharge plus costs and fees.
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Washington
Tuiprook
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Bund leaders jailed for draft evasion conspiracy
Twenty year German American Bund leaders including Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze were sentenced to five years in prison each for conspiring to counsel Bund members to evade the draft law. The report also notes manpower shortages and government controls on war-related construction and unrest across occupied Europe.
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New York
Qerman
Bund
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Nestignal
Lee seeks liquor ban around army and navy camps
Senate battle over a bone dry amendment as Senator Lee seeks to bar possession and sale of alcohol in and around army and navy posts. The House approved the draft age bill, while supporters and opponents debate the full scope of a dry zone and its military efficiency impact.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lee
D-Okla
Guimney
R-Sd
Amy
Navy
House
Senate
George C Marshall
Ernest J. King
Joint General Staff
Norris
Ind-Neb
General
Sheppard
Texas
Rationing registration for fuel oil and kerosene begins
Lenawee county war price and rationing board announces that registration for fuel oil, diesel oil and kerosene will start tomorrow and run through October 29. Registrants register via local schools with teachers passing on applications. Four forms are available from dealers for private dwellings, other premises, industrial and governmental uses, and domestic institutional agricultural needs.
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Lenawee County
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Blissfield
Britton
Clinton
Deer
United Nifield
Hudson
Morenci
Onsted
Sand Creek
Tecumseh
The German Army Bleeding to Death in Russia Says Smuts
Smuts warns in page seven that the German army is bleeding in Russia and nearing the limit of endurance. He forecasts ripening conditions for far reaching developments on both war fronts and home fronts in enemy countries.
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Russia
Smuts
Houses Pass Tax Bill
Washington reports congressional leaders gave a cautious thumbs down to more major tax legislation until after January 1. With the big revenue bill signed by President Roosevelt, Senate and House tax chiefs said they have done enough for now and may look at compulsory savings ideas later, as Morgenthau is in London on an undisclosed mission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
George
Dem-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
London
Allied Domination In Pacific Strengthening
Allied air power appears to be tightening its grip in the Pacific as American bombers strike Japanese invasion bases from the Aleutians to the Solomons. Los of enemy craft and supplies in the Solomons seem to stall a major Japanese push to recapture Guadalcanal, while raids on Bougainville and Santa Isabel islands inflict damage on air and shipping facilities.
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Washington
Aleutians
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Jeash
United States
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Douglas MacArthur
Buin
Bougainville Island
Smuts Urges Full Aid to Russia in War Effort
Smuts, 2-year premier and last wartime cabinet member, condemns appalling blood-letting and says Russia bears a heavy share of the burden. He calls for maximum, rapid support to sustain Russia, notes UN defense phase ended, and warns of want, hunger, and unrest spreading from subject nations.
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Hitler
Russia
Smuts
United Nations
Russian forces bolster positions at Stalingrad as siege nears Odessa mark
Soviet dispatches report Red Army workers reinforcing positions in Stalingrad amid cold rain while repelling intensified Nazi pushes. The battle nears 58 days with Soviet counterattacks in the Caucasus and Volga region improving front lines. German losses cited at up to 70 percent of their men in recent days.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Noott
Central
Caucasus
Reg Star
Volga
Central Caucasus
Mozdok
Novoros
Silk
Black Sea
Tuapse
Leningrad
Odessa
Soviet Information Bureau
War At A Glance War At A Glance
RUSSIAN fronts show 48 hours of unbroken lines as cold rain hinders Germans. Soviet counter actions in northwest and central Caucasus improve positions while Germans blame weather. Mediterranean reports British subs sinking Axis ships. air duels over Egypt hint land action. Ankara says 13 executed in Yugoslavia and Belgrade bolster. Pacific: US bombers strike across the theater from Aleutians to Salomons as Guadalcanal air base resists and Bougainville action continues.
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Associated Press
Russha
Reds
Caucasus
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Rock
Ankara
Yugoidavia
Belgrade
Pacific
U. S
Aleutians
Salomons
Joe
Guadalcanal
MacArthur
Bougainville
Jand
New Guiries
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Connecticut
Donald M. Nelson
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