Charles Fay Named Overseer at State Grange
Lenawee county Granges receive recognition at the Michigan State Convention as Charles Figg of Morenci was elected overseer with 210 votes, defeating Merk Crawford of Coldwater. Incumbent W. G. Armstrong of Niles was re-elected. The convention tallied 224 delegates and re-elected several officers.
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Lenawee
Perry
Helen Hill
Davison
Lovejoy
Ernest Spyder
Adrian
Flora
Martha Hale
Sumner
C. H. Jasperse
Grand Rapids
Oscar E. Yeutter
Rome Grange
Lenawee County
William Brake
Bellaire
Emma Campbell
Ann Arbor
Ceres
Bernice Curtiss
Charlotte
Verne Stockman
Mt Pleasant
Rudolph Buehler
Ovid
Marvin Alward
Washington
Floyd Uloth
Ortonville
Joseph Garman
St. Joseph County
Catherine Weber
Watervliet
Pomona
Earl McMitt
Cadillac
Earl Brewer
Byron Center
Stanley Powell
Joniai George Cathre
Cathre
Irving J. Tucker
Allegan
Kalamazoo
Mr. Pleasant
Leo V. Card
Hillsdale
R. W. Gunn
Michigan State College
Gunn
Draft boards ordered to defer farm essential workers
WAR CHEST TOTAL REACHES 4963. Local draft boards instructed to defer dairy, livestock and poultry workers deemed essential to farm output. Reclassification from III-A or II-B to other categories outlined, with nonessential workers to be assigned to other farms or the military. Cooperation with war manpower commission noted. exemptions guarded. Also reports Patriot League drive totals and tributes to war correspondents.
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Lansing
Sibi Baer
Peuw Pulley Sari
Col. E. M. Rosecrans
State Selective Service
U. S. Employment Service
Col. Rosecrans
Army
Navy
Lenawee
Adrian High Boys To Work In Beet Fields
A group of 34 Adrian senior high school boys will divide their efforts between classroom and the sugar beet fields for three to four weeks to help relieve a labor shortage. They will miss two school days weekly for field work, with permission slips signed by parents. Wages range from 3.50 to 4.50 daily for inexperienced workers and around 6.00 for experienced handlers.
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Adrian Boys
U. S
Adrian Senior High School
Lenawee County
George H. Little
Twall
Vol
Russia
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Plane Pilot Held for Manslaughter After Midair Collision
An army bomber and an American Airlines airliner collided near Palm Springs after a planned meeting, killing the transport crew. Lt. W N Wilson, bomber pilot, is held for court martial on manslaughter charges. Co pilot Sgt Robert Letchi also under arrest. Civil Aeronautics Board opened inquiry. Capt Archer B Fitzgerald testified both pilots had 27 hours off duty. Capt Charles F Pedley was veteran AA pilot.
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OS Angeles
Mets
Congress
Lonal Investigation Committee
Palm ‘Springs
Jack Nichols
Oklahoma
W. N. Wilson
Nichols
Wilson
Army
Long Beach
Wrest
Los Angeles
Robert Letchi
Shim
Seronautics Board
Archer B. Fitzgerald
Fort Worth
Tex
American Airlines
Charles F. Pedley
Nazis Start Push in New Sector of Central Caucasus
Soviet military dispatches say German forces are pressing a large scale offensive in the central Caucasus near Nalchik and Ordzonikidze, with troops tanks and planes. Stalingrad's garrison holds on the sixty sixth day as Nazi units attack Nalchik and push toward the Georgian highway terminal.
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Central
Caucasus
Associated Press
Moscow
4Han
Central Caucasus
Red Army
Nakhils
Mozdok
Stalingrad
Nalchik
Ordzonikidze
Tuapse
Bashee
Nalchikaul
MacArthur says no political ambitions for presidency
General Douglas MacArthur, stationed in Australia, denied political ambitions and pledged to retire if he survives the war campaign. He stated he started as a soldier and will finish as one, dismissing speculation he could be a 1944 presidential candidate. He criticized press-driven political chatter and noted such talk reflects cautious opposition within the Pacific theater.
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Las Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Suaveru
South West Pacific
Christian Science Monitor
Washington
Hal
Pacific
British Bombers Hit Milan in Daylight Raid Cited as Foiling Italian Warnings
In Milan, daylight RAF attack on Saturday exposed failures in Italian precautions. Corriere della Sera says bombs fell on shoppers during Fascism’s 20th anniversary week as Milan’s streets stayed lively. Homes sheltering 5,000 were set. fires rose to 700 and 30 deemed very serious. Tricolor Palace and Puccini theater damaged. Umbria theater destroyed. 11 killed in shelters. hospital, school, and church damage reported.
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Bern
Switzerland
Milan
Italy
France
Corriere Della Sera
Ttale
Tricolor Palace
Umbria
Italo-German Association
Hall
University
British Eighth Army repels Axis counterattack in Egyptian desert
Cairo reports British Eighth Army beat off an Axis counterattack in the Egyptian desert and continues air strikes on enemy supply lines and bases including Crete. Rommel’s forces suffer losses in minor tank engagements while Allied planes destroy enemy fighters and sink a large tanker bound for North Africa. Allied bombers strike Malta. front patrols and air battles persist as Montgomery’s troops methodically widen gaps and erode Axis strength in preparation for the main test to come.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Eighth Army
Crete
Rommel
Mediterranean
North Africa
Montgomery
Egypt
Pagt
Detroit Bus Train Crash Kills 16 Investigated
Detroit observers report the Grand Trunk Western passenger train struck a crowded bus near a crossing. Sixteen killed, including three school children and a University of Detroit student, with 11 others seriously injured. Driver William Clos, 25, suspended pending inquiry. witnesses cited crowding, signaling and bus readiness as factors. Prosecutor Dowling will probe whether the bus was overfilled and if warning signals were clearly visible amid traffic.
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Detroit
Grand Trunk Western
William Clos
University of Detroit
William E. Dowling
Marie Giles
Dowling
DSR
DSB
Gas Rationing Instructions Sent Out Statewide
The State Department of Public Instruction distributed preliminary instructions to 35 000 teachers for gasoline rationing registrations. Registrations use the car's certificate of registration, with an A basic booklet valid eight months, windshield sticker listing tire serials, and a tire inspection blank. Teachers and volunteers handle the process while rationing boards address exceptions and higher allowances.
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Savoury
State Department of Public Instruction
Edward T. Broadwell
Education Department
Meesington
Washington
Another Bataan in Prospect If Supplies Aren't Sent Quickly
In the Pacific theater, a large Japanese swing from Truk Island threatens Guadalcanal where US Marines and Army troops contend with overwhelming numbers. The outcome hinges on rapid delivery of planes, heavy weapons, and reinforcements to the Solomons.
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Bataan
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Sky
Sea
Siand
Truk Island
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Rayburn Warns Victory Will Cost War Election Speech
Speaker Sam Rayburn urged voters to back a victory minded Congress in next Tuesday's elections while warning victory will come at a terrible cost. He called citizens to judge Congress by its war record and to ensure the chosen lawmakers support swift, victorious outcomes. He challenged listeners to examine shared weaknesses and strengths honestly.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Congress
National Radio Forum
Texan
Congressional Investigation of Maritime Commission Urged
Senator Aiken alleges the United States Maritime Commission dissipated public funds and urges a congressional inquiry. He lists inflated ship prices, unwarranted subsidies, unpaid interest, failure to recoup excess profits, improper ship sales, and lavish waste at shipyards, claiming taxpayers were robbed of millions.
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Congressional Investigation of Maritime Commission
Washington
Aiken
R-Vi
Maritime Commission
Emory S
Walsh J
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
United States Maritime Commission
Alcoa Steamship Company
Aluminum Company of America
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Charles Fay
State Grange
Morenci
Masters
Guan
Roosevelt
Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Armory
Eugene B. Elliott
Grange
Vickys
the Patriotic League
Frank Palmer
Jeff
J. Clayton Scott
Richard Goff
James
Chhairman
Gerily Jr
C. J
Vicks
McMananon
Toledo
Patriotic League War Relief Fund
Patriotic League
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Bassett Foundry Company
F. W. Prentice Company
Schwarze Electric Company
Magnesium and Aluminum Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
Dewey Veseer Bus
Darnton
New York
Overseas Press Club of Americas
Byron Darnton
The
New York Times
Jack Singer
International News Service
Mierves Patriotic League
Adrian High
Southwest
U.S
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
Joe
New Zealand
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Malta
Nile
Someweaece Auction
Fred
Greemwald
Fon Mather
Monror
Smitty
Adrian College
Linehan & Linehan
Hudson
Smith
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