Adrian Set for Troop Invasion at Lenawee Fair Grounds
Military police from Fort Custer visit Adrian for a war bond drive at the Lenawee fair grounds. About 309 soldiers with full equipment will parade and demonstrate army mobility, with a sham battle and open inspection. Bond sales are led by the American Legion post and Kiwanis club.
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Adan
Fort Custer
Adrian
Lenawee Fair Grounds
A A. Palmer
North Broad Street
Disiet
Adrian High School
Adrian City Band
Broad Street
Maumee Street
Winter Street
Church Street
Main Street
Fair Grounds
William C. Stark Post
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Louis F. Germond
Battle Creek
Battle Creek Hospital
Mr. Palmer
Red Army gains as German divisions crumble on Dnieper front
The Associated Press reports the Red Army pushing along a 750 mile front as German divisions retreat under continuous Soviet artillery, tanks, and air power. Chernigov falls, opening path toward Kiev and Gomel. Desna River barrier breached and 7,000 Nazis killed or captured. 80 tanks destroyed plus many more abandoned. Turn to RUSSIA Page 61.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper
Red Army
Moscow
Desna
Bryansk
Kiev
Chernigov
Gomel
Russia
White
Stalingrad
Anoler Viols
Lenawee Fair Attendance Rises One Third From Last Year
Lenawee county and southern Michigan see strong start at Agricultural Society fair as paid admissions on opening day rise over last year. George Jones reports 3 817 paid admissions versus 2 607 a year ago, with crowds growing hourly. 739 cars on grounds, OPA fuel relief boosts attendance. racing matinees begin, with three events daily. Weather hope and praise for exhibits, with livestock parades upcoming and performers from WLS station providing grandstand entertainment.
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Lenawee County
Michigan
Agricultural Society
George Jones
Jones
OPA
Frank Bradish
Mr. Bradish
Lenawee Fair Records Show 1903 Life Members Remain Few
Records from the Lenawee County Agriculture Society reveal about 500 life members issued in 1903 when funds were needed. Only 19 are alive. 13 still on site today, with Frank A. Bradish, H. Ray Kemp, and Grant Van Deusen active in roles. War plant staffing will be pursued at the fair with U.S. Employment Office staff ready to assist.
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Vho
Lenawee County Agriculture Society
George Jones
Frank A. Bradish
Adrian
H. Ray Kemp
Lenawee Couny Fair
U. S
Harold Klingér
John Seethaler
London
Kiev
Moscow
Red Army
Sumer
Ukraine
Lenawee County Faces Shortfall in War Bond Drive
Lenawee County is about 2 million dollars short with eight days left to meet a 3 567 000 goal for the Third War Loan. Co chairs Charles L Robertson and A A Palmer fear failure as daily sales lag and industry participation is minimal. Tecumseh and Adrian contribute but overall progress trails nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee
Lenawee County
Charles L. Robertson
AL Palmer
Mr. Robertson
Adrian
Tecumseh
Tecumseh Corporation
Hillstisle
Monroe County
Jackson County
Reardon Peirsal
Peirsal
Mountbatten May Rank MacArthur
Allied Headquarters reports Mountbatten may subordinate MacArthur command. MacArthur accepts any role and defends his Pacific strategy. Paper speculation follows Quebec talks as strategy debated. MacArthur says he has no ambitions and is content in prescribed role.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Quebec
Pacific
Mountbatten
Japan
Tuen
Hess’s Star Told to Commons
London Sept 22 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed in the House of Commons an authoritative account of Rudolf Hess’s sensational flight. Eden said Hess told the Duke of Hamilton that the Fuhrer does not want to defeat England and wants to stop fighting. Hess sought a meeting in Lisbon and attempted to reach Dungavel Scotland near the Duke’s home before reaching Scotland in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stelland
Rudolf Hess
Duke of
Lisbon
Dungavel
Scotland
Hess
Berlin
Marshall Named Supreme Chief Of Allied Forces
Gen George C Marshall is nominated for supreme command of British and American troops as Allied forces prep a global war plan. The appointment, awaiting London approval, would place Marshall in charge of a world-wide mission with initial focus on destroying Nazi Germany as a major step toward a broad invasion of Western Europe.
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Marshall
Allied Forces
Associated Press
Washington
George C. Marshall
Hitler
Japan
U. S. Army
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Kirke Simpson
Europe
England
Mediterranean
Quebec
Nazi Germany
Move Under Way 10 Shelve Wheeler Bill
In Washington a Senate move delays debate on Senator Wheeler's bill for blanket draft deferment for fathers through 1943. Baruch's forthcoming testimony and his manpower report are cited as likely to influence labor policy and contractor efficiency discussions.
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Washington
Senate
Bernard M. Baruch
Military Affairs Committee
Barueh
War Manpower Commission
Baruch
Wheeler
D-Mont
Home Front Attitude Shocks Sergeant Returning From War
Sgt George Vandeeaveye recounts shock at American attitudes after serving 15 months in New Zealand and Australia. He says many back home think the war is over while soldiers overseas endure hardship. He recalls seeing committed sacrifices and compares conditions, noting factory work and surplus goods.
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George Vandeeaveye
New Zealand
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Vandecaveye
Pearl Harbor
Fort Ord
Camp Roberts
Calif
Medical Corps
Air Corps
Vandecaveye Page
Nazis Loot and Burn Naples Amid Epidemics Reported
Belman McRoy with the Sth Army in Italy reports Naples as a city of horror. Germans kill thousands of Italian civilians, loot and burn, with curfew restrictions and food shortages. Refuges say epidemics of typhoid and typhus rage as medical supplies wane and residents fear nightly searches and shootings.
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Naples
City of
Belman McRoy
Sth
Italy
Europe
Allies Take Another Kaiapit Mission in New Guinea
Allied forces under General MacArthur capture Kaiapit inland on the Huon peninsula as Australian troops seize transport drops and drive Japanese from the immediate area. The operation follows the fall of Lae and Salamaua with air bombardment and ground assaults on a widening front northward toward Strengthening positions along the Markham Valley.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Madang
MacArthur
Salamaua
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Kaiapit
Huon
Markham Valley
Bena Bena
Bena
Public Schools Will Handle Ration Book Distribution
Michigan public schools were assigned the task of distributing ration book No 4 between October 25 and 30. Dr Eugene B Elliott state superintendent urged school officials to collect No 3 books for the family and issue the new books. The program places responsibility on local administrators and may involve about 20 000 teachers.
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Lanslwu
Michigan Public Schools
Eugene B. Elliott
Schol
Elliott
Office of Price Administration
Elliottt
Holfers
Wayne County
Lansing
Jackson
Pupils Over Top In Bond Effort And Win Vacation
Adrian school children earned an extra half day of vacation by beating the county bond sale goal of 35000, with total sales of 3384060 and maturity value of 4959875. Senior high led, junior high and elementary groups also high, with two rooms in a tie for a free Croswell Theater show. Cement City sailor Henry Douglas dies in action, Navy confirms.
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Adrian
Uncle Sant
Liberty Insurance
Croswell Theater
Alice Richard
Henry Lutz
W. ©. Abdon
Lenawee
Cement City
Naples strengthens defenses as Allies press from Salerno
In North Africa on Sept 22 allied reporting says German defenses around Naples tighten while Allied 5th Army pushes east from Salerno taking Campagna and Montecorvino Rovella. British forces drive Germans from San Cipriano as Corsican operations target Bastia and Leghorn. Montgomery's Eighth Army seizes Potenza cutting inland transport hubs south of Salerno. Continuous heavy resistance slows progress toward Naples.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Naples
Salerado
Italy
Salerno
Fifth Army
Campagna
Montecorvino-Rovella
San Cipriano
Corsica
Bastia
Leghorn
Winston Churchill
Sardinia
Pietro Badoglio
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Potenza
Fhve
Lenawee County Bond Purchases Revealed in Local Totals
The report details bond sales across Lenawee County with Adrian leading at 80 180 dollars and Blissfield, Clinton, Hudson, Morenci, and Tecumseh contributing varying amounts. Total public funding reached 223 799 dollars as residents meet quota amid wartime finances. Frontline dispatches describe Allied operations around Salerno with Clark's 5th Army advancing northward.
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Adrian
Blissfield
Clinton
Hudson
Morenci
Trecumseh
Fotal
Adrian Saree
Addison
Britton
Cement City
Clayton Reeee
Clinton Weagee
Deerfield Oe
Fairfield Two
Manitou B
Onsted
Palmyra
Ridgeway Riga
Tecumseh
County
Post War Collaboration Resolution Passes in House
The House voted 350 to 23 to adopt a Fulbright resolution urging postwar international collaboration and creation of machinery to establish and maintain lasting world peace. Senate doubt centers on timing and debate limits, with leaders weighing next steps and possible subcommittee action amid broader postwar plans.
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U.S
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
United States
Fulbright
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations
Austin
Gillette
Diana
Fullbrighty
Bally Hatch-Burton-Hill
Michigan
Dingell
Lesinski
Rabaut
Sadowski
Bennett
Blackney
Dondero
Engel
Janis Mian
Michener
Shafer
O'Bren
Bradley
Crawford
Hoffman
Woodruff
Wolcott
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Mobile Army
Smolen
Mogile
Raslav
Kiet
Greben
Tgutsevo
Artsevo
Bryansi
Chernigov ‘Grelets Khonotop
Poltava
Krasnice
Velizh
Smolensk
Kozelets
Grebenka
Charles Figg
WLS
Taylor Trout
Mickie
Sunny Jim” Gerber
FATR
Charles Halstead
Rome Center
Bulletin
Rumania
Bulgariat
Sofia
Black Sea
Pearl
Greece
Coo and
Lerg
Dodecanese
Samos
Three Islands
Crete
Sergeant
Miles N.aimseh
Victor Voorhe
Clutton
Clinton-Miacon Ra
George Bradlee
Ad‘lan
Fred C. Greenwald
VE. of Te
Sgt
George Vantecaveye
Henry Douglas
Navy’ Department
Lawrence Douglas
Fifth
Sales
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Salerno Plain
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