Italy Hit By RAF Heaviest Air Blow Of War
The Allied air raid across the Alps struck Genoa with massive explosives drawing Rome’s acknowledgment of great damage. Turin also suffered, impelling Genoa’s harbor and industrial zones. the raid involved a large force of four motor bombers and marked the first home-based RAF strike on Italy in over six months.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Alps
Genoa
Rome
Turin
Italy
Mediterranean
PeThe Air Ministry
Hitler
Reich
Geneva
Europe
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Adrian Grange to host statewide convention in Adrian
Adrian hosts the Lenawee Pomona Grange for its second state convention with about 700 expected attendees and 350 delegates. Adrian residents have arranged housing for 462 people, aiming to reach 500, while local hosts offer spare rooms via the Chamber of Commerce. The Michigan Baptist Convention recently closed its 190th session at the Baptist Church. The Michigan State Grange opened its 70th annual meeting at the Adrian Armory with entertainment from the Adrian high school band and 4 H clubs planning a citizenship pageant.
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Adrian
Lenawee Pomona Grange
Michigan Baptist Convention
Baptist Church
Michigan State Grange Vas
Tre Adrian Armory
Grange
Michigan
Monroe
Lenawee
Hillsdale
Jackson
A. D. Billings
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Office
German controlled Hilversum raided by Allied air force
Bulletin reports the Hilversum transmitter in the Netherlands went off the air from 1 30 to 3 10 p m today as Allied daylight raids continued over the continent The RAF attacked the Ruhr and northwestern Germany from the air in a widening offensive
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London
Hilversum
Netherlands
RAF
Ruhr
Germany
Michener Home Visits District Before Election
Representative Earl C Michener of Michigan arrived in Adrian from Washington and said he would stay in his district until after the general election on November 3 The congressman noted the House recessed with no controversial legislation until after the election and that he plans to travel the district to gather home reaction while urging no slackers on election day He warned of wartime pinch effects and praised the government for informing the public He also said campaigning would be light this year and emphasized the importance of voting.
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Earl C. Michener
Michigan
Adrian
Washington
Michener
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Congress
Rayburn
Manpower Commission Isti Zoe
Mr. Michener
Eisenhower denies sinking of U S transports
Lieut Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, commander in the European theater, rejects German claims that U S troop transports were sunk. He calls the reports unfounded and notes they followed Axis stories spread to undermine confidence. He says American soldiers were landed safely in the United Kingdom and praises the protection of troop movements.
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London
Dwight B. Eisenhower
U.S
Atlantic
United Kingdom
Gerity to Concentrate on Armor Plate Production
Gerity-Adrien Manufacturing announces closing two Adrian plants to shift all effort to armor plate production at Logan Street and East Maumee Street. The move consolidates war work, expands the armor plate program, and follows praise from Army and Navy ordnance officials for rapid conversion and output.
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Gerity-Adrien Manufacturing Company
Adrian
East Beecher Street
Logan Street
Autorad
Maumee Street
James Gerity Jr
J Company
Fioyd J. Waugh
Waugh
Gerity
Acite
Gerity-Adrian Company
Standard
Steel Spring Co
Detroit
Geroup
Michigan
Fiance Arrested After She Takes Car to Visit Relatives
Mrs. Luellie Powell twenty one pleaded guilty in circuit court to unlawfully driving away an automobile without intent to steal. She and Dixie Birchfield fifteen were arrested in Celina Ohio while stranded en route to Tennessee relatives. Powell waived examination. Birchfield’s charges were dismissed. Powell awaits probation report before further action.
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Luellie Pawel
Adrian
Elrcuit
Dixie Birchfield
Celina
Ohio
Tennessee
Powell
Robert Henry LeBaron
Tecumseh
LeBaron
Bryan
Mrs.Powell
Roscoe Scott
Scott
Franklin J. Russelln
Scrap drive near end on Lenawee farms
The Lenawee county road commission scrap metal drive, run house to house across rural areas, is in final stages per chairman George E. Taylor. About 110 tons have been collected at Victorsville. Adrian and Seneca near completion while Tecumseh and Onsted continue. Post-drive salvage planning includes farm implement dealers with Rural Electrification Administration offering help.
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Lenawee
Adrian
Seneca
Tecumseh
Onsted
Richard Goff
J. C Ackerman
Watseor
International Harvester Company
Goff
Two American Cargo Ships Lost In North Atlantic
The Associated Press reports 503 neutral and allied ships losses in Western Atlantic action since December 7, 1941. One ship was attacked by aircraft in July, abandoned, and sunk as a navigation menace. another was torpedoed last month with three possible lives lost. A separate fire at a U.S. ship under repair in Baltimore caused slight list from water ingress, likely started by sparks from a welder, with Navy officials not naming the vessel.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Julius Holmgren
Baltimore
United States
Senate debates teen draft age and liquor ban near military posts
In Washington on Oct 23 the Senate sent back to the military affairs committee an amendment banning alcohol sales in military areas as debate focused on the 18-19 draft age and training requirements. Sen. Lee Bem sought a prohibition-linked restriction, while leaders urged passage.
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Michigan
Washington
Vandenberg
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Brown
Ers
Lee
Bem
Okla
Oklahoma
Barkley
Thomas
Rep
Idaho
Gurney
Rep S. 19
Taft
Ohio
Danaher
Conny
Nye
Rep.-N. D
Capper
Rep.-Kan
Wiley
Rep-Wis
Lucas
Dem
Tidings
Mrs Roosevelt Arrives in Britain to View War Effort
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Britain as the guest of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to gain firsthand knowledge of British women's war activities and to visit United States forces. She travels with secretary Malvina Thompson and plans a two to three week stay to inspect every phase of the British war effort she can in the time.
Lenawee Group to Leave for Army Service Saturday
Lenawee county men inducted into the army October 10 will depart Saturday morning for active duty at Fort Custer in Battle Creek. They will meet at the Short Way Bus station on West Church Street at 7 o clock, with the bus leaving at 7:20. The group, which yesterday left Adrian for Detroit for formal induction after final physicals, was granted a customary 14 day furlough before duty.
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Lenawee
ARMY
Lenawee County
Battle Creek
Fort Custer
West Church Street
Adrian
Detroit
Allied Airmen Push Off Japanese Invasion Threat
Allied air bombardment of the Japanese fleet in the southwestern Pacific appeared to delay a planned invasion and gain time to bolster forces in the Solomons. In the Solomons, MacArthur’s forces raided Bougainville and Guadalcanal defense areas. Navy reports said U S planes and ships sunk or damaged several cruisers, destroyers, and transports since mid October as ground forces reinforced Guadalcanal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific
Solomons
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Douglas MacArthur
Buin
Bougainville Island
MacArthur
Navy
United States
Stimson
Robert A. Ghormley
U. S
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Kokode
Buna
Consecrated Episcopal Bishop Herman Page Named Northern Michigan Leader
The Rev. Herman R. Page former rector of St Pauls Oakwood Ohio was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal church in Dayton Ohio. He will head the Diocese of Northern Michigan with the see at Marquette. He has served as army chaplain since 1941 and will join the inactive list to assume his new post. A large group of bishops and clergy assisted, with a luncheon at the Dayton Country Club to follow.
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Daxton
Herman R. Page
St Paul's Church
Oakwood
Episcopal Church
Henry St George Tucker
Virginia
United States
Bishop Page
Northern
Michigan
Marquette
Herman Page
Henry W. Hobson
Ohio
Frank W. Creighton
Lewis Whittemore
Western Michigan
Richard A. Eichhoffer
Indianapolis
Harwood Sturtevant
Fond du Zac
Wis
James E. Clarke
Oswego
Mich
Henry Lewis
Ann Arbor
Oscar Langley
Crystal Falls
John Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
John
James Clark
Ft. Knox
Lewis
Army Chief of Chaplains
William D. Cleary
Army Chaplain's School
Max A. Braude
Dayton Country Club
St. Paul's
Cathedral of
St Paul Beston
Page
Harvard University
Convicted Group Faces Penalties Under Subversive Act
Pi Robert Noble founder of the Friends of Progress and eight group members were convicted yesterday in Sacramento for failing to register under the California Subversive Organizations Registration Act. The first trial of the 1941 act could bring up to five thousand dollars in fines and five years in prison. Sentences to be handed down Monday. The defendants include Ellis O Jones Yale educated writer and lecturer F K Ferenz Baron Van Meter Daniel Van Meter James McBride and his wife Joan Leone Menier and Genevieve Herrigan.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert Noble
The
Friends of Progress
Caifor-nia
Ellis O. Jones
F. K. Fe
British Battle Squadron Heads to Indian Ocean in Burma Drive
A powerful British battle squadron including Warspite Royal Sovereign and Resolution with the aircraft carrier Clus t r i o u s was disclosed as a sequel to General Wavell’s Burma retake policy. Admiral Somerville commands the fleet supported by cruisers and destroyers. Allies discuss renewed Burma offensive with Stilwell Auchinleck and Wavell amid frontier recon and Burma Road aims.
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London
Indian Ocean
Clustrious
Archibald P. Wavell
Burma
Warspite
Royal Sovereign
Resolution
James Somerville
India
Wavell
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Burma-India Frontier
Stilwell
Smith Defies Speed Limit in Kalamazoo Ride
Gerald L. K. Smith, US Senate candidate campaigning on tires for everybody, traveled from Detroit to Kalamazoo at reported speeds averaging 50 to 55 mph while claiming he saw no traffic cops. He had announced plans to exceed 35 mph and said he would explain in court if arrested, arguing the limit benefits rubber interests.
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Kalamacay
Gerald L. K. Smith
Smith
United States Senate
Detroit
Kalamazoo
Smiths
War At AC Glance
Allied forces pursue Burma retake. U S war reports show heavy air and sea actions across the Pacific and North China. British squadron in Indian Ocean, bombings in Buin and New Guinea, Italy damaged at Genoa Turin, Malta destroys enemy raiders, and Soviet gains near Stalingrad with counterclaims from Germany.
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Great
Indian Ocean
Burma
U. 3
Fiers
China
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Buin
Selymots
New Guinea
Genoa
Turin
Italy
U. S
Egypt
Malta
Russia
Stalingrad
Tilim
Black Sea
Russians report gains on Stalingrad front in siege
The Associated Press from Moscow reports Soviet forces capturing a northwest tactical position near Stalingrad and driving German defenders back in several blocks. Red Star notes Red Army raids, destruction of tanks, and air losses, with heavy German forces surrounding the city as the siege enters its 60th day.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Stalingrad
Red Army
Red Star
Mozdok
Red Ster
Allies 9 Miles South of Kokoda Advance Through Owen Stanley Ridges
Allied troops push through heavy rains and rugged mountain trails in the Owen Stanley range to about nine miles south of Kokoda New Guinea. Fighting continues along the Eora Creek ridge as momentum grows after days of frontal and flank advances despite adverse weather.
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New Guinea
Owen Stanley Mountains
Kokoda
Owen Stanleys
Eora Creek
Ender Way
Eora Creek Village
Alfies
Tera
Kooda
Raids On Foe's Landing Fields Continue In Desert
Cairo reported US desert air task force of medium bombers and fighters struck enemy landing fields with at least two direct hits among grounded Axis planes. RAF noted British fighters downed six Axis aircraft, US fighters added seven, while attacks on transport along roads destroyed vehicles. Grounded planes at Maleme Crete were set afire by heavy bombers during Oct 21 operations. British losses totaled six planes in related actions.
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Cairo
United States
RAF
Malte
Maleme
Crete
Matruh
Sidi Barrani
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Hawley
Tecumszh
Geo. Srablec
Rome Center
Dilworth
Manchester
Irving Kalmbach
Wdv
Linehan & Linehan
Gee
Andy Adams
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War
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