Nazis Rush Fresh Men to Russia in Stalingrad Fight
Front-line dispatches from Moscow describe German shock troops flooding Stalingrad by air as the Red Army fights from windows rooftops and streets. Soviet units claim heavy German losses and streets recaptured as dust and explosions fill the city in a grinding, house-to-house struggle along the lower Volga.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Naxge
Blondier
Pravda
Fortresses Strike Buna Gona Area and Rabaul Base
General MacArthur announced Allied air actions over New Guinea and Rabaul. American Flying Fortresses hit the Bura Gona area and damaged a 15,000 ton merchant ship at Rabaul. Supply depots, barges, and air defenses were targeted while fighter planes strafed the Port Moresby corridor.
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MacArthur
Australia
Bura-Gona
New Gainea
Port Moresby
Rabaul
New Britain
Macfay
Atoa
Bunal
Toribaiwa
Raibaut
Solomons
Buin
Bougainville Island
Darwitt
New Artificial Lake Takes Shape Behind City Dam
After nearly a year and a $70,000 expenditure, Adrian's new artificial lake forms behind Wolk Creek dam. The last valve closed in a brief ceremony with city commissioners and the water board present. Officials say progress now depends on favorable weather and plan to beautify banks, stock the lake with fish, and remove debris. The project aimed to improve water quality and city beauty, with future plans to build a filtration plant and pumping station when finances permit.
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Adrian
Wolk Creek
Water Board
EH. E. Smith
State Conservation Department
Mr. Prentice
Board
Prentice
Smith
Water Works Department
City officials praise water board at dam ceremony
About 50 people attended the valve closing ceremony at the dam Saturday. Mayor H W Lundahl and F W Prentice spoke praising the water board and a recent courthouse raid case. The remarks stressed Adrian’s adequate water supply for the future and thanked those involved amid the armed incident in Lanester Brittany.
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H. W. Lundahl
F. & W. Prentice
Board
Smith
Lundahl
Adrian
Nantes
Bombers Pummel Balkan Cities In Steady Campaign
Reports from Istanbul describe American made B-24 bombers striking targets across Hungary Russia Bulgaria and the puppet Croatian state as Axis movements press through the Balkans. Allies indicate raids have intensified with aircraft from Russia and the Middle East aiding missions while keeping base locations and crews undisclosed.
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Associated Press
Istanbul
Turkey
United Nations
Batkans
Hungary
Rustania
Bulgaria
Croatia
Russia
Middle East
Balkans
Africa
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Budapest
Zagreb
Rumania
Nation wide hunt for scrap begins to aid war effort
New York September 23 period men women and children nationwide begin the greatest concentrated hunt in American history for metal scrap. Over 1,600 newspapers will publish the drive urging citizens to turn in all usable metal to feed steel mills and support victory stocks nationwide. Citizens urged to gather junked metal from homes farms and factories including cans irons stoves radiators and rails. Donald Nelson as War Production Board chairman calls for full participation to demonstrate America's defiance of the Axis.
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New York
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
United States
America
Second Front 'Is Called For By Willkie
London dispatch reports General Sir Archibald Wavell saying British and American troops will open a second front on Europe as soon as possible. He warned of casualties but affirmed a return to the continent. Labor leaders debate immediate government action and Willkie's Moscow call for aid to Russia.
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Associated Press
London
Archibald P. Wavell
Wendell Willkie
Russia
Wavell
India
New Delhi
United States
Britain
China
Lord Strabalgi
War At A Glance: Stalingrad Siege and Allied Claims
In the sixth week of the battle for Stalingrad Germans send elite troops by air to seize the city but Soviets counter on the northern flank. In the Atlantic Germans claim to have sunk multiple U.S. ships and a destroyer, a likely inflated figure. In the Western Front Sir Archibald Wavell predicts a second front soon as Americans await comments on Paris hostages. In the Pacific Allied air raids target Japanese bases in Australia and China while Japanese planes strike Darwin.
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Associated Press
Russia
Stalingrad
Seige
Western Front
Archi+ Ibeld Wavell
Second Front
Paris
Willkie
China
Nazis Claim Attack on Allied Convoy in North Atlantic
Berlin reports German submarines sank three transport vessels and two destroyers in a prolonged North Atlantic attack on a troop and supply convoy bound from the United States to England. The communiqué claimed multiple torpedo hits, damaged ships, and overall enemy losses totaling 104000 tons in four days, though independent confirmation was lacking.
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Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
United States
England
Iy. E
Atlantic
Roosevelt to Await Congress on Cost of Living Action
President Roosevelt reportedly agreed to delay any executive move to control the cost of living until Congress completes anti-inflation legislation. He previously warned that existing controls would not hold prices beyond October 1. Senate farm bloc gains and the National Farmers Union argue price formula changes won’t solve production problems, urging Congress to act and stabilize wages and salaries where possible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Brown D-Mich
Senate
National Farmers Union
W. M. Thatcher
Lenawee County 2nd Draft Group Leaves Tuesday for Detroit
The second Lenawee county induction group will depart Adrian tomorrow evening for Detroit for final medical examinations to determine active service eligibility. Members meet at the Adrian armory at 7 45 p m to receive final instructions and ride the 9 08 train from Wabash station. Inductees in Detroit will receive the standard 14 day furlough before active duty begins.
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Lenawee County
Adrian
Detroit
Adrian Armory
West Maumee Street
Wabash Station
Governor Proclaims State of Emergency 35 mph Speed Limit
Governor Van Wagoner proclaimed a state of emergency and ordered a 35 mile per hour speed limit on Michigan highways beginning Oct 1. He urged cooperation from the highway department, state police, county road commissions, and municipalities to enforce the limit. Attorney General Rushton questioned legal power for a blanket limit, but the governor pressed ahead.
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Associated Press
Yoseph B. Eastman
Trans
State Highway Department
State Police
Rush‘ton
Highway Department
Michigan local units urged to adopt 35 mph speed limit
Local government units and agencies are urged to enforce a 35 mile per hour speed limit in line with new wartime regulations. The plan accompanies gasoline rationing and federal action expected soon, with motorists urged to cooperate under an honor system. Van Wagoner called for understanding the tire conservation goal and for courts to severely deal with violators.
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Michigan
van Wagoner
Dinner for patriotic rally brings 200 reservations
Two hundred and fifty reservations were made at noon today for a patriotic rally and program at the Masonic Temple Tuesday night. The Exchange Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will hold their first joint meeting in three years with city officials and Lenawee Patriotic League guests. Lieut. Col. Harold A. Furlong of the U S Army Medical Corps will be the principal speaker. Service club members may bring guests. DANGER POINT PASSED London dispatch reports Lieut Gen H M Irwin says he feels the danger point in India has passed.
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Masonic ‘Temple
Adrian
Exchange
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Lenawee Patriotic League
Service Club
Harold A. Furlong
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Michigan Council of Defense
Eastman orders 35 mile speed limit nationwide
Under the Eastman order violators could face penalties from states where violations occurred. The move ties to Leon Henderson's gasoline rationing launch about Nov 22. The limit takes effect Oct 1 for most vehicles and Oct 15 for common carrier schedules. Exemptions cover armed services and emergencies, with speed still reasonable. Extension of rationing to the rest of the nation, tire inspections, and the 35 mile limit aim to conserve rubber. About 20,000,000 passenger cars outside the current area will be affected, with potential mileage cuts near 60 percent. Registrations will grant basic gas rations of 2,880 miles per year, with options for extra mileage.
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Eastman
Leon Henderson
Armed Services
Roosevelt
William M. Jeffers
Berard MM. Baruch
Rubber Investigating Committee
Bhe
Henderson
Americans in Occupied France Are Rounded Up by Germans
Reports from Paris say a roundup of Americans in German occupied France has begun. About 300 Americans, mostly in Paris, are believed taken as hostages to pressure the United States. The move coincides with tensions between Washington and Vichy over travel, film shipments, and Laval’s government dismissals. Charles Bedaux, linked to Windsor circles, is reportedly among those detained.
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Bern
Switzerland
Aph
France
Paris
United States
Vichy
Charles E. Bedaw
Windsor
Pierre Laval
Benoist-Mechin
Laval
el Frante
Washington
Jacques Bengist-Mechin
Mmin
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Lower Volga
Stalingra
NEW Lexington
Weymouth
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Bethicheg
Coral Seapany
Quincy, Mass
Lexington
Buna-Gona
Lanester
Brittany
Emmanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Shinwell
Lord Croft
War Office
Germany
U. S
Pacific
Jeer
Darwin
Say
Transports
Detroyer
U.S
Hendare
Lenawee
Richard H. Goff
Ferse Transportation
County Road ‘Commission
Claymation
Goff
E. W. Cory
Blissfield
Palmyral
Cory
Homer Harkness
Will Raynor
Drexel Park
Baruch Committee
Pro
E. ©. Ridge
Ridgeway Township
Ray Wiley
Seneca
Percy Sherman
Palmyra
Clarence Harrington
Ogden
C. D. Porter
S. N. Wisner
E. L. Wisner
Tipton
Jack Lindbert
Calcutta
H. M. Irwin
Eastern Command
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