County scrap drive gains headway in Lenawee county
The Lenawee county scrap drive, now a week old, reports 70 notices from farmers pledging 18 to 20 tons, with about 340 tons already collected countywide through a War Effort project. Civic groups, farms, and individuals, including Adrian schools and local veterans, are urged to contribute more as the deadline approaches.
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Lenawee County
Richard Gotf
Adrian
WEA
Nebraska
Lenawee
Goff
War Production Board
Lenawee County Patriotic League
Monument Park
Tecumseh American Legion Post
Escaped from German camps enrolls as Adrian freshman
Joseph Horac a Milokost Czechoslovakia native, escaped two German prisons after fighting with the Czech army in France, arrived in the United States on a Portuguese steamer, and enrolled as a freshman at Adrian College. He plans to join the U.S. Army and study engineering once his English improves.
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United States
Joseph Horac
Milokost
Czechoslovakia
Adrian College
U.S. Army
Milekost
Joe
Hope Lowry
Schopl
France
Jers
Helding Funeral
Brookside
Tecumseh
O. V. Robinson
Adylan
America
United States Navy
United States Army
Marseille
Lowry
Algiers
Africa
Mediterranean
Stu- Joe
Morocco
Hitler
Reaan
Sahara
Arebs
MacArthur Strikes Japanese in New Guinea Offensive
General Douglas MacArthur unleashed air raids along the Buna Kokoda trail in New Guinea, firing more than 34 000 rounds at Japanese positions and supply dumps. The extensive sweeps across New Guinea New Britain and northern Solomons marked the fiercest action since the New Guinea campaign began, with fighters attacking fuel depots stores and huts used by Japanese forces.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Kokode Trail
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Bataan
New Britain
Solomons
Buna
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Vanese
Wairope
Kumus
Bune
Coral Sea
Buka
Solomon Islands
Tey
Britain
Van Valkenburg, County Official, Ends Life at Home
Perry I Van Valkenburg 64 longtime Lenawee county road commission maintenance chief died by suicide at his M 52 south of Billingtons Corners home after years of declining health. He served since 1920 and earlier led Tecumseh township highway work. Survived by widow Edith and children Fercy Cuyler Mary, plus three sisters and five brothers. Funeral details not provided.
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Perry I. van Valkenburg
Lenawee
Yeneakenbare
Tecumseh Township
van Valkenburg
Adrian
Tecumseh
Harry Abbott
Bertha Hoag
Lena Wells
Detroit
Dean, Leon and
Faye VanValkenburg
Erandshilaran
Germans Shoot 3000 Slovenes in reprisals
London reports more than 3000 Slovenes shot as villages were razed in weeks of reprisal amid railway sabotage. Yugoslav sources cite dynamitings disrupting transport of war materials and food to central and southern Europe. They note 165,000 deported to Germany and at least 70,000 to Italy.
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London
Europe
Germany
Italy
War At A Glance: Strikes and sieges across fronts
Reports detail Stalingrad street losses amid Red Army resistance as German attacks continue. Allied forces ground into Libya and Madagascar fronts with raids on infrastructure. In the Pacific, Arthur’s bombers strike New Guinea supply lines and ammo dumps, while Japanese reports claim a Northampton class cruiser near the Aleutians.
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Associated Press
Russia
Stalingrad
Red Army
Inces
T.armles
McCarty
Adrian
Libya
Tananarive
Madagascar
Pacific
Mac
Arthur
New Guinea
Aleutian Islands
German Wounded Doing Slave Labor Secret Radio Says
A renewed German radio broadcast claims mass German wounded veterans are being used as slave labor in Nazi camps and asserts workers reeducation via forced labor. The report also describes Danish workers registering as a broader labor tactic and mentions a Clayton postmaster reappointment confirmed by the Senate.
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New York
CHS
Fe Ackson
Wiltner
Gibbons
Michigan
Creuit
U. Navy
Houston
Ghesier
Louislre
CBS
LBBC
Berlin
Clayton
Cleo T. Aldrich
Senate
Far Visitors Brave Gold and Clouds for Race Program
Far visitors braved chilly autumn weather as the Lenawee county fair opened harness racing and related events. A 4,200 pound Fowler Brothers team won the heavyweight pulling contest, with 11 entries vying for the 3,500 pound class and a strong crowd filling the grandstand despite damp track conditions. The fair runs through the week with circuses, rodeos, and nightly shows adding to the attractions.
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Dean Street
Jack Raum
Jessina
Fowler
Fowler Brothers
Reading
Lenawee County Fair
Ralph McCormick
Winchester
Indiana
Jis Burley Moyer
Greensfork
Indiaria
William Crowell
Pioneer
John Prough
Millersburg
Ted Maurer
Phillipsburg
Ohio
Chester Covell
Temperance
Ernest Hagen
Ubly
Plan to Boost Farm Parity Ceilings Faces Senate Vote
Associated Press report from Washington outlines a push by congressional farm blocs to raise farm parity ceilings in the anti inflation bill. Roosevelt opposes loom ing loom ing loom. Senate and House leaders rally support with quotes from Smith and Fulmer and President Roosevelt’s unalterable stance.
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Associated PR
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
House Banking Committees
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Von Bock Reported Ousted in Swedish Dispatch
Reuters cites Svenska Dagbladet reporting Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, commander in Stalingrad, seen in Berlin after alleged recall by Hitler. Swedish source says dismissal followed strategy clashes, with von Bock favoring focus on casualties in Russia while German offensives stalled at Stalingrad.
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Reuters
Stovkholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Berlin
Hitler
von Bock
Russia
Cau
Victory Auction Merchandise at Fair Grounds
A special Victory Auction merchandise trailer beside the free acts stage will feature an exhibit donated by the Walper Furniture Company. About 31,000 dollars of goods will be auctioned for war bonds, organized by the county retail bond sales committee, with auctions Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenings in the grandstand area between races.
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Victory Auction
County Retail
Walper Furniture Company
Believes Italian Fliers Improving In Desert Skies
Flight Lieut. Lance Wade of Tucson, an American ace with 14 air victories, says Italian aviators are improving after witnessing the Macchi 292 in the western desert. He notes Italians may fight longer than Germans, prefers the Italian to the German in dogfights, and hopes for a leave to visit the memorial.
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Cairo
RAF
Lance Wade
Tucson
Ariz
Wade
Dutch Sabotage Strains German War Efforts In Netherlands
A Basel newspaper correspondent reports rising Dutch bitterness after the German invasion threat. Sabotage includes destroying road signs, derailing supply trains, and cutting telephone lines. Germans respond with reprisals, moving workers to Germany and arresting about a thousand hostages including writers and officials.
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Netherlands
Bern
Switzerland
Basler’ Naional Zeitung
Germany
Russians Repel Assaults as Stalingrad Battles Rage On
Soviet dispatches describe intense fighting in Stalingrad with massed German tank and dive-bomber assaults meeting fierce defense. Red Army forces recaptured streets and a village, while German losses run into many hundreds daily. Pravda notes over 1,000 Nazi bombings, as both sides sustain heavy casualties in house to house combat.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Pravda
Hitler
Stalin
Stret
Limbee
British troops seize Tananarive capital of Madagascar
Port Louis Mauritius reports British troops occupy Tananarive the inland capital. A radio broadcast from the city tonight also notes a United Nations convoy with large quantities of war material for the Red army arriving at North Russian ports. Secretary Wickard warns of farm labor shortages and urges consideration of a national labor service act to avert future food shortage.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Tananarive
London
United Nations
North Russian
Admiralty
Washington
Wickard
House Agri
National Labor Service
British Strike 500 Miles Behind Axis Egyptian Lines
CAFRO, Sept. 23 British raids 500 miles behind the Axis Egyptian line targeted Bengasi Barce and Gialo Oasis. The missions yielded heavy blows to enemy forces, supplies and planes while Italians report a six day battle at Gialo Oasis.
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Axis
Cafro
Bengasi
Barce
Gialo Oasis
Mediterranean
Gialo
el Alamein-Qattara
Egypt
Tobruk
Haree
London
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