Clare High Announces 1940 Baseball and Tennis Schedules
The Clare High School athletic board released the 1940 baseball and tennis schedules. Baseball opens April 22 at Mt Pleasant with multiple road and home games through May, while tennis opens April 24 at Midland and continues with several home and away meets. Principal Bates and Coach Garthe lead the programs, with a history of strong regional and state appearances.
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Clare High School
Mt. Pleasant
Reed City
Gladwin
Coleman
Hivart
Evart
Brown
Clare High
Midland
Standish
Pioneers
Clare
Ann Arbor
Austin Bates
L. CG. Garthe
Elm Grove revival ends. regular services resume Sunday
The Elm Grove revival meetings conclude as Rev. Chas. Weinhardt resumes regular services at Arthur Center church Sunday evening. Rev. Kleinhardt invites all to attend the remaining services.
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Arthur Center
Elm Grove
Chas. Weinhardt
Kleinhardt
Community visits and weekend calls noted
Mrs. Edd Cutler visited herroth er Lewis Lockwood and family Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sutton and daughter visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gaskill, over the weekend. Mrs. Mildred Teachout and Miss Edith Davis were McBain callers Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lockwood returned home from Flint, one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Nealie Cook were at McBain Friday.
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Edd Cutler
Herrother
Lewis Lockwood
Roy Sutton
Sam Gaskill
Mildred Teachout
Edith Davis
McBain
Flint
Nealie Cook
Spring Arrives Amid Road Problems and Local Fires
Franklin notes real spring signals with ice breaking up on lakes despite lingering bad roads and detours. Brush fires spread on new clearings as Frank and Floyd Brooks and Charles Woodry burn brush. Local residents and visitors share time at homes and gatherings.
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Franklin
Frank
Floyd Brooks
Charles Woodry
James van Duesen
Lansing
Andy Helming
Clare Ecklin
Dan Woodry
Nettie Sharp
Rosie Miller
Johnie Brooks
Ott Sharp
Nellie Sharp
Herbert Sharp
Wilson
Tomersin
Sitt a ttle granulated sligay over meringue and bake
Instructions describe cooking a dish with granulated sugar over meringue to create a delicate crust. Mentions a gas oven and even heat, notes ease of cutting, and includes a line about slicing bread and chewing technique. The fragmentary text also warns about leg weight and misidentifying lamb for mutton.
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Kitty Kitchen
Election at officers night drags into early morning
Harrison recounts a meeting held Monday evening that extended into the early hours after an officers night event.
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Harrison
Community Notes and Family Visits Highlight Week
Henry Seaton visited his cousin Robt Hutchinson and family before leaving for Coleman. Marie Horton and family of Flint visited Robt Hutchinson’s home. Other guests included A H Hutchinson and Rowena of Midland and Bobby White. The Aid met at Russel Stanley’s home with Mrs A Tooley of Lansing present. Gail infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Rillet passed away Sunday morning. Mrs Bud Poet uses crutches to be mobile. Ralph Allen family attended Cecil Sledges wedding at Houghton Lake. Local folks attended the I Y FB A father and son banquet in Clare. Lawrence Hutchinson took Marie Horton’s family home to Flint. Mrs Henry Kleiner Sr shows improvement after illness. Wild geese flying north noted. Robin Hutchinson recovered from illness.
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Henry Seaton
Robt. Hutchinson
Coleman
Marie Horton
Flint
A. H. Hutchinson
Rowena
Midland
Bobby White
Russel Stanley
Mr. Stanley
A. Tooley
Lansing
Gail
Frank Rillet
Bud Poet
Mgr
Ralph Allen
Houghton Lake
Cecil
IY. FB. A
Clare
Lawrence Hutchinson
Henry Kleiner
Robin Hutchinson
Eggs Used as Vaccine Production Method in Birds and Horses
Washington report details federal investigators using chicken eggs as incubators to grow viruses for vaccines. Eggs are prepared after nine to eleven days, the virus injected, and the embryo processed into an antidote for diseases like bird pox sleep sickness in horses and poultry throat infections. The chick embryo method offers a cheaper, more reliable alternative to testing in laboratory animals and shows promise for diseases such as distempers rabies influenza and vesicular stomatitis in animals.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Navy underage tonnage ranks second in world compare
Washington reports on November 15 that the U S Navy stands second in under-age combatant tonnage and fifth in under-age ships. Navy officials cite the coalition threat from Japan and Germany and detail tonnage, ship counts, and new construction across major powers.
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Washington
United States Navy
Department
Harold R. Stark
Germany
Japan
United States
Russian Uses Finger Photographs to Estimate Child Ages
Moscow expert Prof. V Kuznetsoff reports a 4 ray hand photo method can determine ages of children between 10 and 14 with almost complete accuracy by examining finger phalange changes. He has photographed 58 children and aims to extend the technique to age up to 18.
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Moscow
V. Kuznetsoff
Second Moscow Medical Institute
Kuznetsoff
Pussy Cat Is Losing Renown as a Mouser
In Philadelphia J C Kopf, manager of an exterminator company, argues cats no longer dominate rodent control. He says cats are lazy, self-satisfied and too friendly with mice, as chemical warfare largely replaces them in pest control.
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Pussy Cat
Philadelphia
J. C. Kopf
93,000 Killed in Accidents in 1936 1939 figures report
Chicago dispatch notes National Safety Council estimates show 93,000 deaths in U S accidents in 1939 with 8 8 million nonfatal injuries. Motor vehicle crashes caused 32,600 deaths and about 1 15 million nonfatal injuries while home accidents rose to 32,000 fatalities and 4 7 million injuries.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council
Prehistoric Indian Race Found in Louisiana
Traces of a new prehistoric Indian culture, named the Tchefunda horizon, were uncovered along Lake Pontchartrain by Prof. J. A. Ford of Louisiana State University and a WPA survey. The culture predates the Marksville culture by about 1,200 years and shows Gulf coast groups subsisting on shellfish and small animals with beach camps and mussel dump heaps yielding pottery and tools.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Lake Pontchartrain
J. A. Ford
Louisiana State University
Ford
Marksville
Gulf Coast
Professor Ford
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
United States
Veteran of River Ferry Fights New Toll Span
In Bigelow Missouri the new 761000 dollar toll bridge across the Mississippi is praised by most, but long time ferry operator Henry Olson vows to continue. Olson, who runs the Betty L ferry for over 80 years, says he will cut prices below bridge tolls to stay in business after the bridge opening.
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River Ferry
Bigelow
Mississippi River
Henry Olson
Olson
Betty L
Device That Howls to Warn of Metal in Logs
A port able metal detector device developed by the forest service radio laboratory in Portland Oregon warns sawmill workers when metal is buried in logs. The six foot wire unit resembles a portable radio and uses earphones and a coil to inspect each log before it reaches the saw, preventing damaged blades and injuries.
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Durham
N. H
New England
Forest Service Radio Laboratory
Portland
Ore
Clover leaf tally on single plant astonishes Willimantic
Miss Zelda Himmelstein observed a clover plant bearing three leaves, fourteen with four leaves, eight with five leaves, one with six leaves, and one with seven leaves, a remarkable distribution for a single specimen in Willimantic.
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Willimantic
Zelda Himmelstein
Pupils Help Dig Foundation for New 12 Room School
First grade children at St. Angela's school joined in a ground breaking at Planders Village for a new 12 room school. They used picks shovels and hoes to help dig the foundation.
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Cleveland
St. Angela’s School
Planders Village
Real income up for American as 1989 upswing boosts cash gains
The Investors Syndicate study shows real income on January 1 up 12 cents per dollar from 1939 while cash income rises 15 cents. Higher corporate earnings and widespread dividend payments drive the gain, though food prices slip two cents and total living costs rise three cents from 1939. The December food quotes reflect prior levels not recent cold wave effects on crops in the South. Real income measures income against living costs to show adjusted dollar purchasing power.
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Minneapolis
Investors Syndicate
Southland
Britain Watches for a Modern Mata Hari at Dances
British soldiers are warned to beware of women spies at dances and hotels near London. Commanding officers caution that suspects operate in the London area and some have joined air raid precaution services. An estimated 36000 women of German birth are free in England.
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London
Great Britain
Tommy
England
Win War With Snakes Proposal From Naturalist
Toronto naturalist V C Keachie suggests dropping snakes to break German morale and save Allied lives. He warns Germany could reverse the tactic by directing snakes back toward the Allied front.
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Toronto
Ont
V. C. Keachie
Keachie
Unfair to the Dead Lanesboro Victory over Billboards Near Cemetery
Lanesboro residents win a fight to ban billboards near St. Luke's cemetery deeming it not fair to the dead. The article also notes Africa's Diamond Fields spanning from the Orange River into the Orange Free State and Transvaal.
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Lanesboro
Mass
St. Luke’s Cemetery
Africa
South Africa
Orange River
Orange Free State
Transvaal
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