Scrap metal drive mobilizes Lenawee farms for war effort
On Lenawee farms piles of scrap metal grow as the county readies for a statewide pickup starting after October 1. Coupons mailed to Richard Golf, salvage chairman, unlock farmer payments of seven dollars per ton and help map routes for road commission trucks. Local residents report 50 pounds to a ton of scrap, including old wires and a corn binder, with schools urged to join the effort.
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Lenawee
Richard Golf
County Salvage
Adrian
Road Commission
E. J. Reinsel
Dover Township
Reinsel
Ronald Guist
West Maumee Street
Goff
Adrian Township
Helen Packard
Birdsall
Frank Smith
Cr. Patterson
Tecumseh
J.¥. Richards
Blissfield Township
Frannie Zeloff
North Winter Street
Bert J. Howe
Medina Township
Harry van Marter
Jasper
Robert Johnston
Clinton
E. T. Armstrong
Lenawee County Patriotic League
Armstrong
Melon Patch Shooting Case Bound for Circuit Court
Herbert D. Rott, 67, of Raisin township, bound over to Lenawee circuit court for trial on felonious assault, intentional discharge of firearms, and reckless use of a firearm after a melon patch shooting. Bail set at $1,000. Witnesses testified about the attack on a car carrying teens. defense argues no direct shooting at people. Trial expected in late October.
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Lenawee
Herbert D
Rott
Raisin Township
Farmer
Franklin J. Russell
Ross
Justice Russell
L. J. Hammond
Roff
Hammond
Blanain
Thomas W. Gittus
Britton
Lake
Lois
Joyce Covell
Pope
Rolf House
Rosé
Tropper Lake
Rolf
Lewis
Leland F. Bean
Arrangements Made for Fighters to Vote in November Election
Washington dispatch reports the Navy will enable Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel to vote in the federal election next November whether inside or outside the continental United States. The move follows President Roosevelt signing a law granting voting rights to all armed services members deployed abroad. Knox cited security and transport hurdles but said steps are being taken to register and deliver ballots despite unit locations and limited shipping space for overseas distribution.
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Washington
Fhe Navy
Naval, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard Services
United States
Knox
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Rubber vow from new U S rubber chief in wartime
William M. Jeffers, newly named rubber administrator, vows rapid production of synthetic rubber using known processes while pursuing improvements. He says plants will be rushed to completion and output increased to meet civilian and military needs, stressing America cannot lose the war by removing wheels. He promises to speak frankly once plans are consolidated.
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New York
Wiliam M. Jeffers
Ipress
America
Jeffers
Allied air raids hit Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain
General MacArthur announced continued Allied air attacks from Australia against Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain. Flying Fortresses conducted night raids on Rabaul and strikes on Salamaua Lae and Buna. Allied fighters hit Buna port facilities as 27 barges were burned. heavy bombing sparked numerous fires along the coast.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Port Moresby
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
Salamaua
Lae
Buna
Owen Stanley Range
Salamane
Joribaiwa
Canvassers End Election Count in Lenawee County
The Lenawee county board of canvassers completed the official count of the county primary last night confirming the preliminary Telegram totals in most contests. Elmer M. Bringman led sheriff race with 1,933 votes, Roscoe W. Scott 1,763, and Harry Rodgers 529. lieutenant governor race saw Dr. Eugene C. Keyes credited 1,727 votes, D. Hale Brake 675, and Thomas Read 1,204, with minor variances from prior figures.
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Lenawee County
Eugene C. Keyes
Dearborn
D. Hale Brake
Thomas Read
Defeat Is Possible Secretary Knox Tells Legionnaires
Secretary of the Navy Knox told the American Legion national convention that defeat is possible in the war and emphasized unity on the home front. He called submarines a major problem, tied to plans for a second front in Europe and supplies to Russia, urging intensified anti submarine measures and coordinated allied effort.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Knox
Europe
American Legion
United Nations
Pacific
Russia
Keefer
Caina
Legion
County Conventions Set Next Week In Lenawee County
Lenawee county Democratic and Republican parties plan county conventions next week at the courthouse to name delegates to state conventions and handle business. Republican session Monday at 1:30 p.m. will nominate a chairman and other officers. Democratic convention follows Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. with a premeeting to select leadership. State GOP convention set for Detroit September 25. Democrats meet September 25 and 26 in Grand Rapids. VIOLENCE IN INDIA Bombay reports fresh outbreaks with clashes in Agra and a bomb incident near a railway culvert in Ahmedabad, causing minor damage.
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Lenawee County
Court House
Martin Swaney
Morenci
Detroit
Grand Rapids
India
Bombay
Agra
Ahmedabad
Yorktown’s 100 day battle cruise ends in Midway loss
Washington reports the Yorktown aircraft carrier, after a 100 day continuous combat run, participated in every major Pacific engagement. From January raids on Gilbert and Marshall Islands to actions at Salamaua Lae Tulagi Coral Sea and Midway, its planes damaged ships, sunk vessels, and neutralized shore installations. The Navy says the exact tally remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Washington
Yorktown
US 8
Midway
Navy
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Coral Sea
Executions by Nazis in Paris Boost Reprisals
Paris reports reveal 126 people executed by Nazi firing squads in reprisal for attacks on German troops. The Vichy agency quoted General Otto von Stuelpnagel, calling victims Communist terrorists paid by Britain, as theaters were ordered closed. Other reports note executions in Yugoslavia and Karlsruhe for aiding the enemy and listening to foreign broadcasts.
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London
Paris
Vichy
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Britain
von Stuelpnagel
Dugoselo
Bern
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Karlsruhe
Germany
Gommaunist Party
Bills to give President control of wages and farm prices passes committee
Senate and House committees approve measures authorizing the President to issue general orders stabilizing costs of living, wages, and farm prices by Nov 1. The bills set ceilings near Sept levels, limit increases below parity, and rotate authority through War Labor Board precedents while resisting higher farm parity formulas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
Br. Roosevelt
Agriculture Committee
House Banking Committee
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Senate Committee
Agriculture Group
Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Secretary of Agriculture
Four Ton Bombs Used On Germans
London reports the air ministry confirms giant four ton bombs used to destroy German cities. Karlsruhe and Dusseldorf suffered severe damage on Sept 2 with wide fires as thousands of fire bombs aided the blasts. Observers hail the weapon as potentially the deadliest in the Allied arsenal.
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Britain
London
English Channel
Air Ministry
Karlsruhe
Dusseldorf
Reich
Issid
Germany
Cannon Donated for Scrap Drive by Legion Post in Tecumseh
Tecumseh reports a cannon near the library has been donated to the scrap drive by the Underwood-Orr Post of the American Legion. The eight year old field piece, plus a machine gun and a three inch field gun, were turned over to the county scrap project and removed yesterday. The article also notes military actions around Stalingrad and the Terek river, with German advances and Soviet resistance reported.
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Tecumseh
Chicago Boulevard
War Production Board
Underwood-Orr
American Legion
Karesign Ft . Terday
WPA
Finn
Post
Rock Island
Russians halt German push near Stalingrad heart
Soviet dispatches report reinforced Red Army troops fighting to hold the approaches to Stalingrad as German vanguards threaten the city core. In the Voronezh basin and other fronts, Russian forces claim gains, with more than 100 German tanks destroyed amid street fighting and counterattacks along the Volga neck.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Karelian
Central Caucasus
Voronezh
Red Army
Red Amny
Volga
Berlin
Don
Food shortage warned if selective service kept farmers
Nation faces potential food famine in 1943 if farm labor deferments are not allowed. Frank Lowden, longtime agricultural expert, urged changing the draft to protect farm output amid rising labor scarcity and high yields. Senate and House panels probe feeding programs and labor impacts as defense inquiries reveal fears of drastic meat shortfalls.
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Fulmer
DSC
House Committee
Trusman
D-Mo
Senate Committee
Associated Press
Chicago
Frank 0. Lowden
Selective Service
Illinois
Farm Foundation
Lowden
Foundation
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Defense
New Guinea
Jareshv
War At A Glance: Frontline Plight Across Europe and Africa
Reported intensifying combat in Stalingrad with Russian reinforcements halting German advances on a strategic height. Claims of Cuban Caucasus gains and a Reds offensive on northern fronts. Axis activity in Egypt hints at British responses with aerial and artillery actions. Baltic port sees covert naval air operations as RAF raiders deploy a 4000 ton double blockbuster bomb on German industry.
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Associated Press
Russia
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Baltic
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