Upper Volga Bank Cleared of Germans
The Associated Press reports a Russian offensive northwest of Rzhev cleared Germans from a bank of the Upper Volga while Soviet forces widened flanking operations from the Lower Volga toward the Don bend to relieve Stalingrad. Combat raged along a 40 mile front with heavy losses and multiple recaptures as Timoshenko's troops pressed the Axis across the Don Volga corridor.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Rzhev
Upper Volga
Lower Volga
Don
Stalingrad
Semeoni Timoshenko
Upper Volga Basin
Rome Grange to Host Pomona Meeting in October
The Lenawee County Pomona Grange October meet will be at Rome Grange Hall Thursday. Sessions start 10:30 a.m. led by James Marz, with resolutions for State Grange. Lunch at 12:30 hosted by Rome Grange women. Russell B. McAfee to speak. afternoon features readings and music by Adrian Onsted Rome Granges. Evening fifth degree exemplification for prospective candidates. The Lenawee team will also exemplify fifth degree before the State Grange convention in Adrian later in October.
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Lenawee County Pomona Grange
Rome Grange
James Marz
Pomona Grange
State Grange
Russell B. McAfee
Adrian
Lenawee County Patriotic League
Onsted
Rome
Lenawee
Scrap Trucks to Stop at Every Lenawee Farm in Scrap Drive
Lenawee county launches a countywide scrap metal collection with road commission trucks stopping at every farm to gather metal including 55 tons pledged so far. Harold and Davidson of Tecumseh spearhead canvassing while local residents like Albert McGill and Mrs. Beal contribute items including a dinner bell and a grain binder. Adrian area children will play a key role in initial pickups with WPA trucks handling larger loads upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee
Harold
Davidson of Tecumseh
Road Commission
Richard H. Goff
Goff
Adrian
Albert McGill
Hudson
McGill
Mary Crandall
Route 4
Bertha L Beal
Madison Township
Floyd Freesen
Deerfield Township
Art T. Pierce
Jasper
Route 1
WPA
Red Cross Trains Nurses Aides at Bixby Hospital
Lenawee Red Cross seeks volunteers to train as nurse aides at Bixby Hospital as classes begin. Applicants aged 18 to 50 must be healthy with a high school education equivalent and commit to 80 hours of training and 150 hours on duty. Mrs Francis Hazen leads the program with a committee including Miss Pear Worley and Mrs Charles Whitby. Dr L J Stafford chairs civil defense medical corps and serves on the committee.
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Red Cross
Bixby Hospital
Lenawee Chapter
The
Et the Red
Forst Crass
Northing
Broad Street
Emma L. Bixby
National
Red Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aides Cross
Technaseh Snt
Army
Navy
Francis’.Hazen
Charles E. Burtless
Pear Worley
Gertrude Health
Spaulding
Tecumseh
How- 50
Highard Heffron
Charles S. Whit
Donald Whitney
William H. Stevenson
Gerald Work
Eugene Olsen
L. J. Stafford
Civilan Defense Medical Corps
Questions And Answers On Scrap Questions And Answers On Scrap
Answers explain why scrap metal is crucial to war effort and how collected items like keys and car parts are processed. Winter collection challenges and the role of scrap in steel for ships tanks and guns are noted, with a prompt to turn to further details on page 3. Also reported is Churchill announcing Tulear's surrender as Madagascar landings succeeded with minimal casualties due to naval efficiency and rapid troop deployment.
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Adrian
Richard
Main Street
Richard Kirsch
Leo Marks
Associated Press
United Newspapers
Wes
Tlulear
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Tulear
Madagascar
Royal Navy
Sheriff Enforces 35 MPH Speed Limit in War Emergency
Lenawee sheriff Roscoe W. Scott orders arrest of all motorists exceeding 35 mph as urged by President Roosevelt and supported by Prosecutor L. J. Hammond. State police await Lansing orders. Attorney General Rushton says governor lacks power to set statewide limit.
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Lenawee
Roosevelt
van Wagoner
Roscoe W. Scott
L. J. Hammond
Lansing
Hammond
United States
Supreme Court
van Wagonering
Herbert D. Rushton
Somervell Urges American Unity Against Axis Threats
General Brehon Somervell told the Missouri Masons that Allies face a global shellacking and urged Americans to unite against Nazis and Japs. He warned divided government harms the war effort, emphasized civilian support, and warned neutrality risks independence.
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ST. Louis
gFj
Brehon B. Somervell
Services of Supply
Grand Lodge of Missouri Masons
Somervell
America
Hitler
War At A Glance War At A Glance
Russia Reds widen counter assault on the German north flank at Stalingrad wiping out three infantry companies. Invaders’ tanks gain new favorable positions within the city. Churchill in Parliament speculates on future Allied operations while Britain warns Allied landings on French soil must be foreseen. Atlantic brands German sinking claim untrue. Far East Allied offensives push Japs back in New Guinea and in Solomon and Aleutian Islands. MacArthur’s forces flank and reclaim terrain in New Guinea. Madagascar’s last fort falls. U S bombers strike Japanese targets with excellent results.
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Russia
Stalingrad
Second Front
Churchill
Atlantic
London
Pacific
Pacific—Farflung
New Guinea
Solomon
Aleutian Islands
U. S
Solomons
Aleutians
MacArthur
Tatktish
Madagascar
China
Tengyueh
Van Wagoner to Speak in Adrian Thursday
Governor Murray Van Wagoner will open the Democratic campaign in Adrian with a Thursday luncheon at Lenawee Hotel. Accompanied by Attorney General candidate John W. Babcock and Banking Commissioner Maurice Eveland, the group plans brief remarks and a meet-and-greet with business leaders. After Adrian, the delegation will travel to Hillsdale that evening and then to Jackson county Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray D. van Wagoner
John W. Babcock
Maurice Eveland
Adrian
Lenawee
Michigan
Theodore L Fry
Frank Murphy
Leon Nowicki
Gratiot County
Hillsdale
van Wagoner
Jackson County
Expansion of AAA payments linked to war goals
Des Moines news: M Clifford Townsend, administrator of the National Farm Program, says the 1943 agricultural adjustment plan will make payments conditional on meeting war production goals for each farm. Deductions apply if farmers miss goals. next year goals may cover all crops. He cites price ceilings at parity and notes current discussions on farm price controls.
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Des Moines
Clifford Townsend
National Farm Program
Townsend
Agelevltural Conservation Adjustment Administration
Midwest
Farmers Union
Congress
AAA
Barkley
Brown
D-Mich
Farm Bloc
Jabor Castins
Thomas
Dokla
Denies Nazi Claim Transports Sunk in Atlantic
London officials rejected German assertions that Allied troop transports were sunk in the Atlantic. The Ministry of Information stated the enemy claim is untrue, following Berlin’s report of sinking three large Allied transports in a convoy from the United States to England.
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London
Ministry of Information
Atlantic
United States
England
Senators press action on Roosevelts anti inflation plan
Washington news reports Democratic Leader Barkley urging immediate Senate action on anti inflation legislation by October 1. He cites price and wage stabilization as essential, noting farm labor costs and parity standards as key sticking points while House delays amid farm bloc negotiations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
Senate
House
Leon Henderson
Fuel Oil Rationing Zones Established
The Office of Price Administration announced a five period heating season with numbered coupons to cover periods and allow adjustments for temperature departures. It notes that coupon values will be adjusted to meet unusual weather and budgeting needs, though pre issuance cannot predict cold spells.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt asks Congress for 32.862 billion for navy war planes
Roosevelt asks Congress for 32.862 billion in extra navy funds to build planes for war effort. In a Senate hearing Wayne C. Taylor warns up to 300,000 retail stores may close by July 1918 due to goods shortages and endorses creating a permanent federal agency to protect small businesses from wartime economy ravages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Budget Bureau
Wayne C. Taylor
Commercie
Senate
Small Business Committee
Mead
No Shortage of Coal Cited by UMW Leaders in War Mettle
In Washington on September 29 the United Mine Workers declared there is no present shortage of coal or in projected demand. The UMW journal reported labor and coal producers would study Ickes proposal to extend the work week beyond 35 hours. Estimates showed 1942 and 1943 needs for bituminous and anthracite coal, with miners able to meet demand by shortening weekly work to three or four days rather than extending hours.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Harold L. Tekes
UMW
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Allied offensive under way in Pacific fronts
Allied forces appear to have launched a determined push in the Pacific theater. In New Guinea they drive Japanese from the Owen Stanley range toward Port Moresby, while heavy air and ground raids on the Solomons and Aleutians claim 49 Japanese planes and damage five ships in four days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Solomons
Aleutians
MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Gona Mission
Australia
Buna
Compulsory Labor Legislation Looms In War Effort
Washington reports that a national service act for compulsory assignment of workers to needed jobs is seen as the administration's answer to manpower strains in wartime. War manpower chief Paul V. McNutt told the House agricultural committee that an administration bill locating labor will likely be submitted soon, while rejecting terms like labor draft and conscription as too blunt. He urged moving workers to maximize contributions to victory amid constitutional questions.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Diary of AP war correspondent in New Guinea wilderness
Melbourne report details Vern Haugland’s 32 day odyssey wandering trackless jungles of New Guinea after being dropped from the sky. The diary documents survival struggles, delirium, and the moment of sighting human habitation before rescue by missionaries and natives. Details of the landing site remain undisclosed for security reasons.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Vern Haugland
New Guinea
sur_vival
Q Haugland
Haugland
Port Mores
New Gainea
Port Moregby
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