Battle at El Alamein Intense as Allied Forces Press On
In Cairo the British Eighth Army pressed advances against Rommel’s line at El Alamein. US fighters joined heavy air support targeting Rommel’s tanks and supply routes. Axis defenses were breached in places as Allied forces moved toward key centers, with 1,450 German and Italian prisoners reported by 6 p.m. yesterday. Fighting French troops under De Larminat joined the line, marking the largest French contingent yet in North African action.
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Egypt
Matruh
Red Army
Stalingrad
MozGok
Novorossisk
Broken Arrow
Kefra
Oasis
Turin
Savona
Genoacir-Tobruk
Associated Press
Cairo
Britain
Rommel
Quattara
Eighth Army
Lenton
London
de Larminat
Bir Hacheim Oasis
Libya
CATRO
Scrap matinee at Craswel Theater nets prizes for Adrian youths
Four tons of scrap metals donated by Adrian boys and girls at a Saturday matinee at the Craswel Theater. prizes included four week theater passes and war stamps. Betty and Dick Reed donated a 1827 model automobile. Harold and Billy Heistand earned passes for 595 pounds. Other winners weighed 450, 338, 223 pounds among others. Officials weigh and load scrap with Legion volunteers assisting.
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Adrian
Craswel Theater
Betty
Dick Reed
Dennis Street
Harold and
Billy Heistand
Bent Oak Avenue
Richard Gantz
Gerald and
Marilyn Emerson
Michigan Avenue
Maxine Hume
Gerald
Dwight Lush
Glen Keist
Billy
Donna May Heppert
Raymond Ostrander
Croswell
William C. Stark
American Legion
Richard Goff
Eight U S Cargo Vessels Lost in Atlantic War Action
The Associated Press reports eight merchant ships sunk in the Western Atlantic by enemy action, including seven U S and one Panamanian vessel. The losses raise the total since Pearl Harbor to 502 ships. One American skipper was captured by a U-boat, the 22nd such imprisonment in recent months.
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Associated Prs
United States
Atlantic
Associated Press
Enery
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong raids by U S bombers reported
United States air force bombers struck Hongkong and White Cloud airdrome near Canton in back-to-back raids. North Point power station destroyed. fires and explosions across Kowloon docks. Ten Japanese planes shot down. American losses included one bomber missing. Fighters downed several more enemy aircraft. total China area air combat heavy with strong entity names.
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Chungking
China
United States Army Air Force
Hongkong
White Cloud
Canton
North Point
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lafely
United States
Kowloon Dock
Warhonuses
Yunnan
Caleb V. Haynes
U. S. Bomber Command
Robert L. Scott
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. Army Air Forces
Patriotic League Launches $35,000 Lenawee War Fund Drive
Lenawee county residents prepare to donate as nearly one thousand Patriotic League workers mobilize to raise the county quota of 35 400 for the United Service Organization and nine other war relief agencies. The national target totals 75 659 000 with the U.S.O. allotted 13 495 in Lenawee from a 32 000 000 national share. Contributions follow Lenawee men wherever serving abroad or at home. The drive notes government support excludes private activities. Page 9.
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Lenawee County
Patriotic League
United Service Organization
Simiar
National Budget Committee For
U.S.O
Lenawee
United States
U.S
400 Serbs Reported Killed in New Terror Wave
The Yugoslav Government reported more than 2,400 Serbs killed across the province of Srem in a terror wave by Ustashi and German forces. The list includes over 1,000 Serbs from Vukovar, 80 schoolboys from Srem, and 600 men held in Belgrade, with executions and long terms announced. Tass and Berlin radio offer conflicting notes on spies and sentences.
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Associated Press
London
Vukovar
Zemun
Belgrade
Sremski
Karlovci
Jarmina
Berlin
Delegates and Visitors Here For Grange Meeting
Delegates and visitors from across Michigan gather in Adrian for the Michigan State Grange convention at the Adrian Armory, with accommodations for about 1600 visitors arranged in local homes and meals provided by church groups to ease hotel strain. W. G. Armstrong of Niles, master of the State Grange, opposes a 1943 constitutional convention, urging amendments instead, as Ohio and local speakers join the program through Friday with addresses by local leaders, state college figures, and an Willkie radio report to close the week.
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Grange
Iron River
Adrian
Michigan State Grange
Adrian Armory
Lenawee Granges
Chamber of Commerce
Jreed
W. G. Armstrong
Niles
State Grange
Armstrong
Ohio Grange
Plymouth
Dora Stockman
RK. V. Gunn
Michigan State College
Paul McNish
Ohio State Grange
Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Armory
C. L. Anspach
Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Block Busters Bomb Northern Italy in RAF Offensive
London reports the RAF used eight bombers to strike northern Italy, hitting Milan Caproni works with two ton block bombs and four motor bombers. Lancasters hit Genoa and Turin, Savona attacked, day raids mark first daylight bombing of northern Italy since the war began.
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London
RAF
Italy
Alps
Milan
Caproni
Vichy
Montlucan
Domeret
Allied Department
Reanne
Chateau Roux
Annecy
Paris
Fecamp
Amiens
Reuters
Bernssid
Bern
Russians Hold In Fire-Blackened Stalinigrad Amid Siege
Soviet high command reported Red Army counterattacks and stubborn defense as German forces pressed into Stalingrad. Artillery bombardments along with infantry and armor clashes produced heavy casualties on both sides. Russians claimed gains north of the city and continued efforts to breach German positions, while reserves were committed for street fighting and to relieve pressure on the frontline.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Ingrad
Ing
Aamc Ys
Stalingrad
Mozdok
Caucasus
Grozny
Move to Keep Farm Workers Out of Army Approved
Waakung Ton reports that a congressional proposal to defer agricultural workers from military service gained approval from Economic Director James F. Byrnes. The Senate backed deferral as part of a bill extending service liability to 18 and 19 year olds, while House action stalled awaiting quorum after the November 3 elections. Byrnes testified before a committee amid his new stabilization command role and the shift in manpower policy.
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Waakung Ton
James F. Byrnes
House
Senate
Maloney D-Conn
Byrnes
Congressional
Supreme Court
Stabilization Command
Aden Leven
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Senate Labor
Pepper
D-Fla
President's Wife Misses Air Alert In Great Britain
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, visiting Britain, missed the first air alert in London since the German raids began. Her itinerary included an anti aircraft gun site visit run by women, a meeting with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and a night at Churchill's country home. She spoke at the Washington Club about soldiers needing thicker socks and letters from home, noting one son in the Solomons.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Torial Service Unit
Leon Henderson
Claude Wickard Forjshe
Britain
Farm Bloc
Byrnes
ATS
Capi Vital
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Roosevelt
Churchill
AEF
Afi
Washington Club
American Red Cross
Solomons
The
James Roosevelt
Marines
Southwest
Pacific
Coffee rationing to begin November twenty eight nationwide
Washington reports that coffee will be rationed starting at midnight November 28 for people over 15, one pound every five weeks. Retail sales halt November 21 for a week while grocers stock shelves. First rationed coffee bought with sugar stamp 28, later stamps 28 to 19. OPA and War Production Board warn against hoarding as excess demand prompts action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
War Production Board
OPA Toitake
Henderson
Ghormley removed as Solomons chief in Navy shakeup
Washington Oct 26 The Navy removed Admiral Robert L Ghormley from the Solomon Islands command and gave Vice Admiral William F Halsey Jr the task of directing the developing battle to hold American positions against a Japanese bid to recapture them The move is the third South Pacific command shakeup of the war and follows a campaign that cost the Navy three cruisers five destroyers and five other vessels No official comment was given on Ghormleys removal but Halsey was cited for distinguished carrier operations in the South Pacific last spring and for receiving the Distinguished Service Medal in February for his raid on the Gilbert and Marshall islands The Gilbert raid involved damaging an enemy destroyer and merchant ship and sinking two small patrol boats while American raiders also attacked the Ellie Islands with unannounced results The communiqué described the operation as a reconnaissance raid to determine if enemy forces were gathering for a drive on the Solomons 75 miles away Some naval officers warned against linking Ghormleys removal to Solomons reverses and suggested he might be reassigned to offensive duty elsewhere with Halsey taking over the Solomons defense Turn to NAVY Page 9
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Washington
Navy
Robert L. Ghormley
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific Command
Ghormley
Gilbert
Marshall
Halsey
South Pacific
Si ‘Bert
Marshall Islands
Gilbert Islands
Ellie Islands
Solomons
U S Planes Damage D Japanese Warships
U S planes damaged Japanese warships near Guadalcanal as ground fighting and aerial assaults continued. Navy reports say five enemy ships and three merchant vessels were hit, while American losses included one plane, with aircraft and artillery support breaking five Western defense assaults.
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Willkie
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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