Courageous Walthers thrives at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
A WWII veteran in a wheelchair, Walthers rose from clerk to assistant asset manager at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills with the help of two loyal colleagues, R E Obermiller and Edgar F Groppe. They ferried him to work daily since 23 years, even appealing to President Roosevelt for tire support, proving determination beats adversity.
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Walthers
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Co
R. E. Obermiller
Edgar F. Groppe
Obermiller and Groppe
Groppe
Sue Vareua
Fulton’ Concern
Walther
Welthers
Wry Diner Tales Include Morison and Mann Parodies
At a 1959 Dutch Treat Club dinner in Berkeley California Bennett Cerf riffs on a shipwreck tale with two Americans two Israelites two Irishmen and two Englishmen. Forty eight years on the Americans build skyscrapers and stadiums the Israelites fund them the Irishmen control the police and the Englishmen wait to be introduced. A Marine officer mocked Samuel Eliot Morison and Albert Erskine notes Thomas Mann’s son demanded special coffee and was told there’s no Santa Claus.
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Bennett Cart
Bennets Cerf
Will Mahoney
Berkley
California
Joseph Henry Jackson
Samuel Eliot Morison
Marine Brass Hat
Albert Erskine
Thomas. Mann
Sanke
Claus
Hot spicy foods may influence stomach cancer risks
Harvard UC extension cancer course speaker Dr. Claude E. Welch argues Japanese wives have lower stomach cancer rates due to serving heated meals after husbands eat, a habit that reduces gastric irritation. He notes gastric ulcers are common where meals are highly seasoned in Mexico and other countries.
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Los Angles
Claude E. Welch
Harvard University
University of California Extension
Mexico
Weich
Automatic Feeder Brings Week of Food and Water to Dogs
An Illinois company unveils two automatic devices for dogs that feed and water pets for seven days. A timed food shelf drops meals twice daily and rings a bell to summon the dog. The separate water system automatically refills the dish as the dog drinks.
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York
An -Minois
Box
James R. .Coffing Company
Danville
Illinois
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