Detroit Auto Plants Seen as Key to U S Defense Efforts
A Western Newspaper Union report highlights Detroit and nearby cities Flint Lansing and Pontiac as central to U S defense. Detroit plants prepare to meet army truck and airplane part demands with no major new hires, but extended hours and additional production capacity.
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Roy Olmstead
Western Newspaper Union
Detroit
Mich
New York
U. S
Flint
Pontiac
Lansing
America
Ruhr
United States
Army
Navy
National Defense Commission
Uncle Sam
National Defense Council
Washington
Opium Stocks Guard Nation Against Drug Shortage
Dr. Ernest H. Volwiler of Abbott Laboratories says treasury vaults hold opium to prevent shortages of morphine, while the United States relies on synthetic drugs and domestic production for malaria and other medicines. He notes tetanus toxoid immunization for troops and ample supplies of synthetic pharmaceuticals.
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United States
Ernest H. Volwhler
Abbott Laboratories
North
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Volwiler
Turkey
Yugoslavia
China
Federal
Narcotic Bureau
Treasury
Washington
Java
South America
Know Your Money Campaign Aims to Stop Counterfeiters
The U S Secret Service promotes education to detect fake currency. The Know Your Money program uses films radio and lectures to teach money handling staff and the public. In early 1940 counterfeit seizures dropped 64 percent from 1939 indicating campaign impact.
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George Washington
United States Secret Service
America
Secret Service
Frank Wilson
Ford Plans May Speed Aircraft Engine Output
A report notes Ford’s plan to cast crankshafts to save metal and speed up engine production for wartime output. Ford aims to build Rolls-Royce engines and possibly a full aircraft powerplant, while studying European engines for faster production. Hudson unveils symphonic styling and plans for armament orders as auto industry shifts to 1942 models. A new all metal all en plane concept, a $1000 two seater, is in experimental stages with partners Fisher and Stout.
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Sion
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Ford
United States
Plana
Rolls. Royce
Hudson
Liberty Motors
Fred J. Fisher
Fisher Brothers
Fisher Corporation
National shade tree conference set for Detroit in August
A calendar item lists a national shade tree conference in Detroit on August 27 amid diseases threatening American shade trees. It notes other events: Roosevelt Raceway opening August 26 at Westbury Long Island a 30 day meeting. a Green Bay Packers vs college all star game August 29 at Soldier Field with 1939 title context. a World’s fair veterans celebration August 31 in New York.
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America
Detroit
Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury
Long Island
Green Bay Packers
Soldier Field
Chicago
Maurice Maeterlinck
United States
Oliva Dionne
Collander
Ont
Andrew's Grove
Rockford
Burritt Grange
Winnebago County
Germany
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga
Tennessee Valley
TVA
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Bile Companies
Fisher
William B. Stout
Averse
Uy Owalk RR
Gory
Larsoony
Uervice Yup
Arty
Loewanna
U. S. Department of Agriculture
WNU Service
Eure
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