Scrap drive off to flying start in city schools
Adrian school children began a scrap drive under supervision of George Little and the salvage committee. About six to seven tons of metal already collected by school and WPA trucks. Civ defense reports swamped by calls, with city trucks to be used when available. House to house canvass planned as students seek scrap metal from residents and basements.
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Adrian
George Little
Schoos
William Westfall
Comstock Street
Westfall
Civilian Defense Office
Greater War Effort Is Urged By Furlong
Lieut Col Harold Furlong state civilian defense administrator urged a combined Ex change Rotary and Kiwanis audience to support total war at home. He said every citizen must sacrifice and share rides and food, insisting Americans be judged by their contributions, not luxury.
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Harold Furlong
Change
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Temple
United States
Furlong
Telegram Prizes Flags for Scrap Drive Winners
Lenawee County farmers join a county road commission scrap pickup effort. Trucks will stop at each farm to collect old metal, aiming for a thorough effort. The Telegram offers flags as prizes to the driver and helper who bring in the most metal and visit the most farms.
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Lenawee County Farms
Lenawee County Road Commission
Telegram
Marines Beat Back Big Japanese Counterattack on Guadalcanal
Reporter recounts bitter three day Guadalcanal fighting as U S Marines repel a large Japanese offensive aimed at the Guadalcanal airdrome. Eyewitness Tom Yarbrough details the naval air and ground battle with communiqués noting heavy fighting and eventual Japanese withdrawal.
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Guadalcanal
Navy Department
Washington
Solomon Group
Tom Yarbrough
Associated Press
England
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Navy
Tom Yakehouge
Solomon Islands
U. S
Yarbrough
Milwaukee Journal Seeks Scrap Metal From City Junk
The Milwaukee Journal runs seven picture series showing steel and iron items it regards as scrap. Images include an old police radio tower a movie house sign an abandoned warehouse with steel platform supports fire escapes on condemned buildings and obsolete street signs.
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Associated Press
Bidawaukee
Wis
The
Milwaukee Journal
Rubber Boots and Shoes Frozen Under War Ration Order
War Production Board freezes stocks of rubber boots and work shoes until Oct 3, with certificates required for essential workers and public health. Inventory forms from local boards required. applies to arctics gaiters and other strong-sole footwear.
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War Production Board
New York
Gertrude
WFB
Santa Claus heats up scrap drive for Christmas
New York reports that more than 200 toy factories rushed to collect scrap as holiday orders fill their schedules. The effort aims to amass several hundred tons of scrap to support the war or production needs during the season.
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New York
Santa Claus
War Liabilities Adjustment Board recommended by WPB chief
Washington September 20 The War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson urged Congress to create a War Liabilities Adjustment Board to help small firms adjust liabilities, obtain post war financing and technical assistance, and to coordinate with the WPB and the Manpower Commission. He said civilian production must be cut to the bone and warned machinery may need to be moved or new plants used as training centers. The plan would buy and hold machinery until needed and focus on post war survival while expanding job training through the Manpower Commission.
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New York
the Philharmonic] Society of
Lenawee
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Station
Ray
Navy
Permis
Sen
Bay
Dayton
U. S
War Fans' Hospital
Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Senate
Small Business Committee
WPB
Manpower Commission
London
House of Commons
Nwe
Rew
Hel
Senate votes to lift farm price ceilings on costs since 1941
Washington bulletin Sept 30 1941 Senate approves amendment directing removal of price controls where not tied to labor and other costs since January 1 1941. The move aims to adjust agriculture pricing in response to cost changes and economic conditions.
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Washington
Senate
Smith Runs as Sticker Candidate in Detroit Race
Detroit Sept 30 Gerald L K Smith defeated for the Republican nomination for U S senator announces he will enter as a sticker candidate against Republican Judge Werner Ferguson and Democratic incumbent Prentiss M Brown. Smith, chairman of the Committee of 1,000,000, says he runs as an independent Republican because letters from supporters show both party nominees are unsatisfactory to the common people. He criticizes State Chairman John Dethmers for not addressing the state convention and says the tire issue is the top problem to fix by removing it from boondogglers and monopolies.
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Detroit
Gerald L. K. Smith
United States
Repubcan
Werner Ferguson
Prentiss M. Brown
Smith
John Dethmers
Dethmers
Farm parity fight toys with inflation bill changes
Washington Sept 30 a farm bloc move to insert cost of production into price ceilings threatened Senate leadership plans for inflation bill remodeling to suit Roosevelt. The farm parity fight produced a 5 vote margin, while Vandenberg and Brown opposed the Hatch amendment aimed at counting farm costs before ceilings. The Barkley Read Tydings O'Mulhoney compromise sought to raise ceilings only if costs are reflected, with the parity pilot still guiding ceiling levels.
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Associated Files
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Hive
Vandenberg
Repubican
Brown
Thomias-Hatch
Barkley
Kentucky
Hatch
DNM
Read
Tydings
O’mulhoney
Plane and navy aircraft praised by House panel
Washington reports indicate a quiet investigation found American built army aircraft satisfactory in performance and protection. committee members, including Rep Brooks, called the planes among the best in the world, with bomber range unmatched. Separately, House appropriations panel debated a $2.862 billion Navy plane program to raise total Navy funding near $20 billion for carrier construction. In London, a German bombing of a southern English boys school killed 22 and injured about 40, with rescue teams sifting through debris.
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Washington
House
Army Air Force
Brooks
D-La
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Navy
London
Charlotte Marshall
Helief
England
Allies rout two Nazi divisions in New Guinea retreat
Allied mountain troops push through Owen Stanley Range recapturing Ioribaiwa Ridge and seizing Japanese equipment. Flank assaults by Australian forces drive Japanese to abandon supply lines toward Buna Buna coast airfield bombardments further disrupt enemy positions near Menari Nauru and Salameua as MacArthur reports continued advance and retreat.
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Associated Press
Joribaiwa
Bunn
Port Moresby
MacArthur
Nauro
Menari
Nauru
Buna
Salameua
New Guinea
Hitler's pledge of victory inspires wartime rally
Berlin reports Hitler told a packed sportspalast crowd that Germany will defeat its enemies to final victory and that Stalingrad is bound to fall. Goebbels praised generosity as Himmler, Keitel, and Goebbels joined the Fuehrer in a winter relief appeal.
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Berlin
Hitler
Stalingrad
Nazi Party
Goebbels
EL W.T
Fuehrer
Lee Says Japs Prefer Death Not Surrender
San Francisco dispatch notes Clark Lee, veteran Pacific war correspondent, offers appraisal of Japanese soldiers. He describes fanaticism driving combat even with lost cause, while acknowledging varied fighting qualities across China, the Philippines, and Solomons.
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Lee
Clank Lee
Clark Lee
Infantry Jornal
Batesan
China
Philippines
Solomons
San Francisco
Japan
Devastated City Faces New German Assaults Near Stalingrad
Moscow reports Stalingrad’s defense endures a 27th siege day as Red Army counterattacks drive back two Nazi divisions on the invasion flank. Soviet forces claim gains along the Kalinin front north of Rzhev and reclaim a ridge near Port Moresby style notes. Japanese broadcasts say navally the Tanimbar Kei Aru and Babar islands see landings as the broader Pacific war continues.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitters
Leningrad
Mozilek
Red Army
Kalinin
Efencesr
Rzhev
Fuehrer
Don-Volga
Fingrad
Port Moresby
Black Sea
Ioribaiwa
Novorossisk
Tanimbar
Kei
Aru
Babar Islands
Australia
New Guinea
Travel on Highways Slows Up Thursday
Lansing reports officials move to strengthen Governor Van Wagoner’s emergency order limiting auto speeds to 35 miles per hour starting tomorrow. Ballard works on enforceable rules, while Rushton questions highway department limits. Police chief Olander vows enforcement unless told otherwise, aiming to stop speeders as a patriotic duty without arrests.
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Lansing
Meena
van Wagoner
Byron L. Ballard
Enigiser
Ballard
State Highway Department
Herbert J. Rushton
Rushton
Highway Department
Oscar G. Olander
Uness
Repulsed German Attacks Across Stalingrad Area Reported
Red Star dispatch says the Germans aimed to seize a northwest industrial sector near Stalingrad but were repulsed after penetrating a workers settlement Monday. Conditions in the city remain serious as German losses mount. Soviet communiqués cite 1,500 dead and 800 wiped out by a defense mortar detachment. Rockets lit the night sky in the northwestern outskirts while Red artillery claimed seven trucks and several tanks destroyed. Knox travels to Brazil to coordinate allied anti submarine war as he warns of a treacherous enemy appearing in flocks.
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Mozdok
Red Star
Stalingrad
London
Soviet Information Bureau
Red
Dieppe Losses Near Half of Allied Force, Churchill Says
London reports Prime Minister Churchill informed the House of Commons that Allied losses at Dieppe were very nearly half the total troops involved. He cited unexpected German barriers at Dieppe streets that halted British tanks and explained the assault included naval forces. he noted the tanks were the Churchill type still under testing for improvements.
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Dieppe
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Reardon Piersol
Ann Arbor
RAF
Adrian
Piersol
Charles L. Robert
Son
Lenawee
Boltnmore
James Henderson Stewart
Gerity-Adrian
Chain & Cable
Adrianing
Royal Navy
National Defense
Dienpe
Dienps
Emanuel Shinwell
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