Lenawee County War Bond Shortfall Reports August
Lenawee county fell $81 922 short of its August war bond quota of $257 500, per county chairman Charles L Robertson. Adrian lagged $51 053, Tecumseh led with $34 938 against a $22 000 quota, Blissfield exceeded by $11 931, and Clayton set a county best with $3 412 on a $1 500 quota. The county blames low payroll deduction participation and limited local factories for the shortfall.
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Lenawee County
Charles L. Robertson
Lenawee
Treasury Department
Robertson
Morgenthau
Adrian
Hudson
Morenci
Britton
Cement City
Clinton
Onstell
Tecumseh
Ellissfield
Advion
Interdenominational Service Opens Lenawee Fair Week
Lenawee County Fair Week begins with an interdenominational Sunday service on September 20 held at the fair grounds with the grandstands and PA system run by the Lenawee County Brotherhood and local churches. Dr. G Alden Cole of Buffalo NY will deliver the message "Victory This Way." A 40 piece Baptist Sunday School orchestra led by Raymond Westgate will perform, with a county chorus under John Cosner and Mrs Amos Wilson.
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Lenawee County Fair Board
Lenawee County Brotherhood
G. Alden Cole
Buffalo
N. Y
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church
Adrian
John Cosner
Milan
Amos Wilson
Lenawee
Senate Race Study in Contrasts
Lansing September 22 Michigan southeaster primary battle studies contrasts among Homer Ferguson Gerald L. Smith and Elton R. Eaton. The race will determine the Republican nominee to oppose Senator Prentiss M. Brown in November. Ferguson is a Wayne County judge known for jailing racketeers. Smith is a radio figure and former clergyman. Eaton runs Plymouth Mail and has long Republican ties.
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Lansing
Michigan
U. S. Senate
U. S
Prentiss M. Brown
G.O.F
Roosevelt
Homer Ferguson
Wayne County
Gerald L. EK. Smith
Quent Radio
Elton R. Eaton
Plymouth Mail
Attendance Surge Predicted at Siena Heights College
Applications filed indicate wartime conditions will not suppress campus life as Siena Heights College expects a sizable rise in attendance from across the United States and Central America. Freshmen begin with orientation and placement tests on Monday, followed by upperclass registration midweek, with weekend sessions for Saturday and evening classes. The year opens September 22 with a High Mass led by Bishop Cahalan. The curriculum expands in math science Inter-American studies education and secretarial fields, plus nutrition and first aid. Clothing classes collaborate with Adrian Red Cross chapter. Notable faculty moves include Sister M. Dorothy’s transfer to Barry College, replaced by Sister Mary Albert who earned a doctorate from Catholic University. Sister Mary Louise takes a sabbatical at University of Michigan.
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Siena Heights College
United States
Central America
Holy Rosary Chapel
James Cahalan
Siena Heights
Adrian
The
American Red
M. Dorothy
O. P
Barry College
Mary Albert
Catholic University
Washington, D
Mary Louise
M. M
University, of Michigan
Beeby Fattening Pigs for Third War Victory Effort
In Hurricane Hollow Warren Beeby, 11, recounts his family’s food-for-victory effort. He notes his Civil War lineage, his grandfather’s mortgage payoff from beans, and now his pigs. Beeby expands from three to seven pigs, renting land and using crop leftovers, with his 78 year old brother Henry assisting.
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Eldred
Hurricane Hollow
Warren Beeby
61St
Warren
Unon
Beeby
Henry
Socialists Rise Again in Italy
Benito Mussolini's followers once crushed socialist action in Italy. Swiss observers report the Italian Socialist party has reorganized with legal units expanding across factories. They supported a Fiat works strike demanding higher pay, prompting a brief work stoppage with no police or military disruption.
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Bern
Switzerland
Socialist Party
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Delmonte Democrate
Disputch
Zurich
Prentice to Serve As Field Director With Red Cross
The Rev George B Prentice pastor of First Presbyterian church for 12 years takes a year long leave to join the American Red Cross as a field director. He departs Sept 28 for Red Cross training in Washington DC and will be assigned to armed services duty. Prentice, a World War I veteran first lieutenant, served 14 months overseas and has since been active in Adrian civic life and Lenawee County graft board member for 11 months. Auction notice mentions Sept 5 auction near Hudson with Victor Sharp as auctioneer.
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George
Prentice
First Presbyterian Church
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
D. C
Armed Services
Adrian
Berwyn
Prenticey
Lenawee
ARESTONE 10 OPEN RETAIL STORE HERE ARESTONE 10 OPEN RETAIL STORE HERE
The Firestone Rubber Company announced a new retail store in Adrian at 127 West Maumee Street in the former Garrison Tire building. Frank E B Gunning will manage the store as district supervisor F C Judd arrives to oversee opening. Tires will be sold under rationing. recapping and vulcanizing services offered. Training for Gunning and reconditioning of the building are underway.
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Firestone Rubber Company
Adrian
West Maumee Street
Garrison Tire Company
Frank EB. Gunning
F.C. Judd
Judd
Gunning
Akron
Allied Air Fleet Pounds Düsseldorf in Heavy Night Raid
British bomber force attacked Düsseldorf and western Germany last night, costing 31 aircraft. The raid targeted industrial centers near Cologne on the Rhine, part of a coordinated push with Soviet raids on Berlin Budapest and Königsberg.
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London
Duesseldorf
West-Ern
Germany
Cologne
Rhine
Berlin
Budapest
Koenigsberg
Reich
RAF
Moscow
Britain
China says it can wage five more years of war
A Chinese government spokesman in Chongqing said China has enough soldiers for five more years of war. He noted over 1,000,000 men mobilized since 1935 under the conscription law and another equal number volunteering. The law, enacted in 1933 and first enforced in 1936 in coastal areas, would not affect agricultural and industrial labor supplies.
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AYS
China
Chungking
Ching
Australian Defenders Halt Japanese Push Toward Port Moresby
General MacArthur's headquarters reported fierce hand to hand fighting on the Owen Stanley range as Australian troops checked a swift Japanese advance toward Port Moresby. Casualties were heavy on both sides while Allied air action targeted Japanese supply lines from Efogi toward Buna Gona. Weather and rugged terrain complicated the fight, with patrol activity continuing near Mubo and Salamaua as rains added to the hardship.
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MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Efogi
John Curtin
House of Representatives
Canberra
New Gainea
Curtin
Esagi
Buna-Gona
Allied
Moniqué
Mubo
Salamaua
New
Guinea
Cooperation noted in store lights order in Adrian
City police reported broad merchant cooperation with Mayor Lundahl s blackout rule prohibiting lit display signs after hours unless someone on premises to extinguish during an air raid. A few neon signs remained lit on opening night. violations blamed on forgetfulness. Lights on outside public buildings and used car lots must be shaded to avoid visible skyward glow. violators face fines and possible imprisonment.
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Adrian
H. W. Lundahl
Louis F. Germana
Germond
British forces seize three Madagascar west coast ports
British forces captured Ambanja Majunga and Morondava on Madagascar’s west coast with minimal resistance as operations began yesterday. Churchill told the House of Commons the action was an all empire undertaking with no Fighting French participation. Estimates placed the Vichy garrison at about 106,000 natives with few white troops, while invasion strength reportedly reached two divisions around 30,000 men. The move underscored Axis pressure on Vichy and diplomatic strain with Tokyo eyeing carriers rather than bases on the island.
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FRESS
London
Madagascar
Churchill
House of Commons
Vichy
Africa
Mozambique Channel
Strike shuts big cartridge plant endangering soldiers
Aston, DL Sept 11 War Labor Board chief William H. Davis charged strikers at the Western Sartridge plant that idleness could jeopardize thousands of American troops. Twelve militia companies were mobilized as the plant’s smokeless powder division discharged an employee sparked a factory wide shutdown. Davis urged Olds of the American Federation of Labor to reinstate workers while the board negotiates a contract. Army officials avoided committing to takeover and Olds sought Roosevelt’s guidance.
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Aston
Western Sartridge
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Aa Davis
Washington
Fred Olds
American Federation
Ali Ae
Otta‘company
Davis
Olds
Farflung
National ‘Labor Board
War Departments
Army
Roosevelt
Buffalo Officials Decry Waste Amid War Ration Strain
Buffalo health commissioner Francis E. Fronczak condemned growing food waste as excessive wartime wages spur extravagant purchases. He warned that residents dump leftovers and spoiled food while Europe suffers hunger, calling it uneconomical, unpatriotic and a health risk to the city of 10,000.
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Buffalo
Francis E. Fronczak
Fronezale
Europe
Fronczak
Two Die in Plane Crash Near Saline, Ann Arbor Area
Deputy Sheriff Irwin Klager said two persons were killed this morning in a plane crash near Saline, about 14 miles south of Ann Arbor. The type of airplane and identities of the deceased were not determined.
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Ann Arbor
Irwin Klager
Saline
Demand for Allied Leader From Ottawa Speech
Canadian press report from Ottawa on September 11 that United Nations must unite English speaking peoples under one leader. Major William Herridge and former Canadian minister Duncan Herridge urged Roosevelt as allied leader with dictatorial powers and a mixed British American staff to guide a global war effort.
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Ottawa
United Nations
Roosevelt
William
Duncan Herridge
Washington
Herridge
Churchill
Hertiage
Western Hemisphere
Democracy
London
Surtax revisions market gasoline tax cuts debated
Washington dispatch reports a special Senate finance committee approving nationwide surtax revisions. The panel omits specific mention of the $25,000 maximum income after taxes but notes the rates show substantial limits for high earners. President Roosevelt had proposed a $25,000 cap, while reporters were urged to review the final figures.
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Washington
Fleets Eye
Benny
Associated Press
Sen
Roosevelt
George
Defenders urged to fight to the last at Stalingrad
Moscow report cites Red Star editorial urging Soviet troops to hold Stalingrad at all costs. Hitler demanded immediate occupation of the Volga fortress, with greater forces than any prior engagement. Dispatches note heavy fighting south and west of the city, large-scale bombardment, and calls to resist to the end.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Star
Joseph Stalin
Suc-Aay
Volga River
Troans
Stalin
Roosevelt sees no immediate call of 18 19 youths to service
Roosevelt told a press conference there should be no need to draft youths aged 18 and 19 before year end through selective service. He said present law trains as many men as possible and gave no exact call date. Separately Laval claimed equal US Britain responsibility for Madagascar stock, denying British charges. the State Department said Britain had American approval of its operation. Interior sets 35 mph speed limit for all national park roads and Interior vehicles, up from 40 mph. An explosion at Essex Specialty Company war plant in Hackettstown killed or injured three workers, per Army explosives branch.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wichy
Pierre Laval
United States
Britain
Madagascar
Lavel
Annet
United States State Department
Rubber Committee
Ickes
Interior Department
Hackettstown
N. 5
Essex Specialty Company
Army Explosives Branch
War At A Glance
Worldwide war brief noting Allied raids on Dusseldorf with 31 British planes down. Soviet defenses at Stalingrad hold under heavy battle as Germans advance toward the Volga. In the Pacific, British seize ports in Madagascar while MacArthur reports stalled Port Moresby drive and Australian bayonet efforts with high losses. Great air victory by U S planes over Japan recorded.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Eusseia
Stalingrad
Volga River
Hitler
City
Pacific
Madagascar
Churchill
Commons
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Clark Lee
U. S
Japan
Solomon
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