Allies Tighten Hold as Pacific Offensive Saps Japanese Strength
American forces press the Solomon Islands battle with heavy bombardment and naval strikes culling Japanese ships and aircraft. MacArthur and the Navy report reduced enemy resistance, sinking five ships and damaging three more, while Allied air raids hit installations in New Guinea and Guadalcanal as ground forces mop up survivors at Milne Bay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Navy Department
New Guinea
Solomons
U. S
Japan
Salamaua
Japanese New Guinea
Upper Solomons
Faisi
Buki
Kieta
MacArnimr
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Guadalcanal
Pest Strike Certified To WLB at General Foods Plant
Pest Products division hourly paid workers at the General Foods plant in Batile Creek were certified to the War Labor Board today after a six day strike. Management and labor agreed with city police and fire chiefs to admit one superintendent per shift to supervise protection forces. Negotiations, paused since Tuesday, may resume pending WLB action as the state labor mediation board reviews jurisdiction questions raised by the union representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batile Creek
Pest Products
General Foods Corp
Federal Department of Labor
State Labor Mediation Board
Dairy and Food Workers Division
United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America, Cio
NLEB
WLB
L. J. Cameron
Thomas Spates
New York
General Foods
Spates
Chicago
Post Products
Enid
Isbor Mediation Board
Volunteer firemen to resume training in Adrian
Training classes for auxiliary firemen in Adrian will resume next week per Fire Chief Jack Hawley. Due to Labor Day, Monday’s class shifts to Tuesday and Tuesday’s to Wednesday through Friday, with reporting at 7 p.m. at the engine house on East Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hawley
Adrian
East Church Street
Adrian College awards summer degrees in Downs Hall
The first graduates of Adrian College under the accelerated program were honored at informal services in Downs Hall. W A Bush presented seven students to President Samuel Harrison who conferred Bachelor of Arts on Marguerite J Hamilton, Sarah Eleanor Mildren, and Paul Filton, with two absent. Bachelor of Science awarded to Paul Hazzenzahl, Robert Marlatt, and Harry Richard Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian College
Downs Hall
W. A. Bush
Samuel Harrison
Marguerite J. Hamilton
Adrian
Sarah Eleanor Mildren
Waseedah
Mich
Paul Filton
Pittsburgh
Paul Hazzenzahl
Clayton
Robert Marlatt
Harry Richard
Thompson P
War At A Glance Shows Allied Pushes Across The Front
Daily war brief summarizes Allied air and naval onslaughts. U S and RAF bombers strike rear areas and front supplies while defeating losses. Russians report German advances around Stalingrad outskirts and western Caucasus. RAF and US forces hit Saarbrucken Karlsruhe and Nan Chang. Pacific actions include Salamaua and Kokoda activity with ships sunk and seaplanes damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Egypt
Rommel
U. S
Russia
Stalingrad
Naz
Moscow
Caucasus
Central Caucasus
Saarbrucken
Karlsruhe
China
Sky Dragons
Nanchang
Pacific
Salamaua
New Gaines
Kokoda
Upper Solomons
Solomon Isles
Navy
Lenawee Granges elect delegates to state convention
The 23 subordinate Granges in Lenawee County elected ten delegates to the state convention in Lenawee County Circuit Court room. Delegates include Mr and Mrs Calvin Bradish District 1, Mr and Mrs Alvin Young District 2, Mr and Mrs Eayl Slater District 3, Mr and Mrs Clare Holmes District 4, Mr and Mrs C E Ford Clark District 5, and William E Sell with Mrs Adam Rau as Pomona Grange delegates. The state convention will be in Adrian the last week of October. James Marr presided and announced a large class will receive the sixth degree at the state gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee
Court House
Grange
Incorporated
Calvin Bradish
Alvin Young
Eayl Slater
Clare Holmes
James Marr
Pomona Grange
Rome
Marr
Lenawee County
Morgenthau's Tax Plan Faces Senate Opposition
Senate Finance Committee weighs Treasury plans for a 6.5 billion dollar revenue program and a flat rate sales tax to fund war effort. Morgenthau advocates graduated levies on luxury spending and broad reliance on a retail tax, while opponents push for a sales tax and question the plan's complexity and feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
A .Treasury
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
Initiative Momentarily Lost By Rommel In Desert
Cairo Sept 4 Combined air force action by the U S Army Air Forces the RAF and British mechanized units appeared to wrest the initiative from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel relieving pressure on the southern El Alamein line. Allied air superiority and ground harassing actions left Rommel with reserves and warning against over optimism as both sides jockey for position in the early phase of a new confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cairo
U. S. Army Air Forces
RAF
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Ruweisat-Hemeimat
Batttefront
Ruweisat-Hemelmat
Rommel
Jie
United States Army Air Forces
Desert
United Nations
Egypt
Arthur Coningham
Western
United States
Middle East
Coningham
Aone
Americans Bomb Japanese HQs in Kiangsi March
United States airmen scored direct hits on Japanese headquarters at Nanchang and likely sank seven steamers in the Lingtze Hankow channel, with several craft set ablaze on Lake Poyang. Raids supported Chinese forces around Nanchang and Kinhwa Chekiang, with only one American plane missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
United States
Nanchang
Lingtze-Hankow
Lake Poyang
Kiangsi
Hu- Deh
Joseph W. Stillwell
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Japan
Stilwell
Hankow
Yangtze
Chins
CIO and GM Still In Sharp Conflict
Washington September 4 The War Labor Board hearings reveal CIO UAW and General Motors remain in sharp conflict over wages and cost of living. Panel recommends a 1.5 cent per hour raise and 3.24 cent differential versus Ford, while GM criticizes the Ford comparison. Walter Reuther insists workers deserve roughly 6 cents more under stabilization formulas, citing ongoing unrest unseen since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Ford
Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Boy Scout Executive Joins Signal Corps
Stanley Grimm, Wolverine Council Boy Scout executive, resigns to enlist in the U S Army Signal Corps and will report Monday at Northwestern University Chicago for training. The executive office has been in Monroe since he took over. A committee was named to interview and hire a new executive after his resignation was presented to the Wolverine council board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Howell
Art Ueson
Monroe
Mr. Grimm
Leslie Warren
Serrano Suner Ousted In Spain Ousts Falange Leader
The ouster of Nazi-linked Ramon Serrano Suner as Spanish foreign minister and Falange head signals a shift as Allied observers view it as a rebuff to Hitler and potential aid to the United Nations. Franco’s brother-in-law Francisco Franco's ally assumes control of the Falange as Spain navigates Axis pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Serrano Suner
Failange
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Spain
Gibraltar
France
Roosevelt
Madrid
Mexico City
Indalecia Prieto
Francisco Franco
Egypt
Franco
Serrano Suner
Falange
Adiurn
SEAIN
State Police Warn Speeding Motorists
Michigan State Police issued a warning during Labor Day about speeding on state highways. Commissioner Oscar G. Olander urged observers to curb speeds over 40 mph, citing traffic hazards and wartime road use. Detachment leaves were canceled to intensify patrols until Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan
Oscar G. Olander
At & Do
Olander
Steelvendor sinks in heavy seas on Lake Superior
The 200 foot freighter Steelvendor of American Steel & Wire Co sank after listing severely in heavy seas off the Keweenaw peninsula. One crewman, John N. Sicken, was lost, 25 aboard were rescued, and two coast guardsmen survived. The ship carried 3000 tons of steel billets en route from Duluth to Waukegan. cause to be determined after investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Steelvendor
American Steel & Wire Co
Lake Superior
G. L. Kane
Buffalo, N
Duluth
John N. Sicken
Chicago
Bruce
Russell Frantz
Marine City
Paul M. Ellers
Montague
Coast
William B. Davock
Pickands-Mather
Anna C. Minch
Lake Michigan
Russians Still Able to Counter at Stalingrad
Russian communique reports Red Army counterattacks northwest of Stalingrad regaining some ground while Soviet forces repelled German advances. Luftwaffe and ground forces pressed costly assaults along the Volga basin with heavy losses on both sides. Novorossiysk and Mozdok sectors saw continued fighting as Axis troops sought to breach Soviet defenses. An earthquake near the Atlantic region and air battles over Kweilin are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Belgian Congo
Associated Press
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Red Army
Red Star
Egypt
France
Volga
Caspian
Don
Kretskaya
Narroge
Infanen
Conmeniqué
Soviet Information Bureau
Volga River
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kerch Strait
Don Bend
Consumers Power workers choose C10 in Michigan vote
In Michigan, about 2,800 Consumers Power Co. employees voted with 1,023 for the UWOC CIO and 881 for IBEW AFL, 85 none. the election, the fourth in as many years, followed a Supreme Court dispute after a 1939 vote. Pilot Guy Keith, 36, was killed in a Benton Harbor crash during a takeoff attempt. student pilot Barney Ely, 27, was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Consumers Power Company
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
National Labor Relations Bord
Howard Gleck
Nlrb Field Examiner
UWOC
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Michigan
IBEW
NLRB
United States Supreme Court
Benton Harbor
Mid
Heaton Harbor
Guy Keith
Keith
Wayne Davidson
Barney Ely
Springfield
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Trang
College
Congo
Africa
Wtunis
Madeira SE
Turkey
Asablanca
Atlantic
Nay
Oro
French West Africa
Lake Chad
Algeria
Gol Coast
Nigeria
Erie
Raat
I Royal
Sudan
French Equatorial Africa
Brazzaville 9
Leopoldville
Randolph Paul
Paul
Mso
BOY Scout
Signal Corps
Onc
ATAGE
Red Naval
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Kweilin
Chekiang Province
Consumers Power Workers
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