Social Roundup Sees Wide Cast Of St Louis And Michigan Guests
Sidney Pasco of St Louis spent weekend with Claud Hartman family. Many visitors drop by for weekends and dinners from Lansing Battle Creek De Witt Saginaw Detroit Flint Mt Pleasant and Jackson as well as guests from Tulsa and Oklahoma defense work. Local residents travel to Detroit Pontiac Midland Pompeii and Oscoda while others celebrate birthdays with family gatherings and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Pasco
St. Louis
Claud Hartman
Albert Dawe
Lansing
Battle Creek
Leon Cutler
de Witt
Eugene Wyman
Jean McIntyre
Saginaw
Irwin Schlegel
John Albertson
Mile Myers
George Flanagan
Helena
John A. Jackson
Robert Lepasky
Jimmie
Flint
Ray Archbold
Philip Goudie
Detroit
A. J. Archbold
John Archbold
Oscoda
Wendell Drallette
Pleasant
Leon Casner
Marjorie
Clara Hall
Sidney
Pearl Moore
Marion
Horace Joyner
L. H. Thompson
Harry Parker
Clifford Parker
Ace Parker
Leonard Irwin
Will Irwin
Harve Erter
Mynard Maybee
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Shoemaker
Morrel Clute
George Shayler
Bentley
John Shayler
Mary Lynie
Florence Field
Jean Mitchell
Juanita Lear
Russell Green
Midland
Norman Maxwell
Reva Maxwell
Doris Sparkel
Phyllis Maxwell
Harold McKinstry
Pompeii
Rolland Witbeck
Carol Kay
Maryin Witbeck
Bonnie Lee
Ewart
Casper Witbeck
Henry Ackerman
Hattie Dennis
Ralph Ackerman
Alexandria
Louisiana
Pontiac
Dogs and Gardens A Soldier’s Petition to Keep Dogs Off the Garden
A speaker expresses love for dogs and gardens yet laments the damage caused by twenty four hours of canine presence. He longs to protect flowers including poppies and peonies, while arguing for keeping dogs at home to preserve his garden and garden work during wartime. He asks owners to spare his yard with a simple remedy.
Social notes from Clare and surrounding towns
Residents and visitors populate the column with moving details. Names include Henry Kinsel, Albert Leis and family of Detroit, Pauline Leis, Don W. Canfield of Detroit, Cinton Dunkle of Bertha Lake, Lois Sorrell of Saginaw, Leo Russell, Harley Helt, Omer Payent home, Elwyn Smith and Joan Weasley of Alma, Dewey Paxton family, L. J. Paxton of Beaverton, Roy Gillis of Melvindale, Eunice Robinette, Harold McFarland, Lorena Henderson, Myra Allbee, Myra Lea, L. E. B. Davy, J. Keschman, Bourke Lodewyk, John Empey, Eveline Gerow, J. D. Robinsonette, Gertrude Burd, George Burdo, Charles Whitlock, Harold DeClute, Cleo Waggoner, Iris Ellen, H. M. Sowle, Beverly and Lee Lyman, B. L. Fishel, Dickie Lee, Fred Coe, M. P. Sowle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kinsel
Charlevoix
Albert Leis
Detroit
Pauline Leis
Don W. Canfield
Clare
Sentinel
Cinton Dunkle
Bertha Lake
Clare Hospital
W.S.C.S
R. L. Sorrell
Lois Sorrell
Saginaw
Leo Russell
Harley Helt
East Tawns
Elwyn Smith
Joan Weasley
Alma
Omer Payent
Dewey Paxton
Barbara
L. J. Paxton
Beaverton
Roy Gillis
Melvindale
R. A. White
Eunice Robinette
Corp
Harold McFarland
Lorena Henderson
Grand Rapids
Erwin Hornig
Myra Allbee
Myra Lea
Midland
Herbert Leonard
Lionel Duncan
Hyances
L. EB. Davy
John Keschman
Bourke Lodewyk
Thei
Bay City
Herley Holt
Dickie Lee
Selectee Calls Half Day In the Army From 6 to 6
Hartford Conn. selective service HQ receives a letter from Connecticut draftees at Camp Blanding Florida. The writer jokes a half day means 6 a m to 6 p m with free time afterward if not on guard and says plans include Louisiana duty. Signed Local Boys.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Camp Blanding
Pla
Louisiana
Southpaw Checks Introduced by Memphis Bank
Memphis bank unveils left handed checkbooks with the stub on the right side to prevent cross hand handling for southpaw patrons as they present checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Chameleon Quick Change Artist Amazes
The article explains how chameleons change color rapidly, matching surroundings. It notes the creatures are lizards, not lions, and describes their unique body posture, swelling for breathing, insect diet, long sticky tongue, and the biology behind color shifts via two layers of pigment cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuh-Mee-Lee-Un
Africa
Magic Lenses Create Third Dimension Light Trick
Inventor Edwin H. Land of Cambridge Massachusetts unveils a glass that passes only certain light waves producing a third dimension effect. He uses polarized light to make a cheap substitute for laboratory instruments and cites a Dr William Herapath discovery of iodine quinine crystals that polarize light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Land
Cambridge
Mass
Land
William Herapath
Cadet Shrinks Inches to Meet Height Rule
Merlin Vandewege faced a height limit for air corps enlistment in Lincoln Nebraska. Doctors initially barred him at six feet six and a half inches. A few days later his height read six feet four and three quarters inches, with officials confirming the drop was real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Vandewege
Air Corps
Lincoln
Neb
Vandewege
Vardewege
Cancer Cure Doubles Rate in Last Decade Says Specialist
Dr Frank W Lynch of the University of California reports the cancer cure rate doubling from 22 to 44 percent over the past decade due to radium and X ray treatments and more radical early surgery. He notes 25 percent sought medical aid late with only palliative options. Also mentions studies of dwarf and Wolf Rayet stars at Mount Wilson Observatory by Prof Alfred H Jay Milton A Humanson and Dr C Wilson seeking reasons for unusual energy output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Lynch
University of A At Berkeley
University of California
Wolf-Rayet
Mount Wilson Observatory
Calfornia
Alfred H. Jay
Milton A. Humanson
Jay
C. €. Wilson
Tungsten Ore Seen as Key War Mineral in Burma
Burma produces avia thon gasoline and other petroleum products, but tungsten ore wolfram stands as its most important war mineral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Tax Revenue From Food Tops Missouri 1940 Sales Totals
In 1940 Missouri state sales tax revenue from food products led all items with 5 779 958 dollars. Automobiles followed with 3 683 244 dollars.
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Missouri
Free Air for Fish Move Amid Aquarium Demolition
Service stations offer free air to fish traveling from the New York Aquarium to the Boston Aquarium as the New York facility is being torn down. Local operators coordinate transport to ensure safe relocation of aquatic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Aquarium
Boston Aquarium
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Mise Ardath Dawson
Regent Cafe
Jackson
Bert Mizer
Harley Holt
Houghton Lake
Jack Paul
Kent
Pigeot
Ralph Stevens
Bola McDonel
Ruth Herron
Rosebush
Ralph Artibee
Myr
Curtis Hearns
Chicago
Nellie Arnold
William Lange
Aid
Wiliam Lange
Charles Church
Herrick
George Breen
Irwin
Lakeview
Bruce Gingery
Ed. Mussell
Ode Oliver
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oliver
British Isles
Floyd Galusha
Gregory
Joseph Galusha
Bryan Collier
Marjorie Sheffield
John H. Hal
Joe Hendrie
Don Holbrook
Donnie
Devere Schoonover
Nate Rhodes
Marcel Rhodes
Grawn
Dorothy Hoxey
Regina Krell
Newaygo
Bob Brown
Wallace Krell
Mr. Pleasant
Chris Krell
Floyd Tubbs
Jackie
Harry Aught
Mary Howard
James S. Bicknell
Archway Ocean Villa
Miami Beach
Florida
Bicknells
Higgins Lake
Edwin Lovett
Vena Lee Gillespie
Fred Goodman
Astoria
Oregon
Lewis Morris
Henry Leis
U. S
Canada
Mexico
Ance
ART Damoth Agy
Clare Insurance Agy
Clare Realty Co
Clare, Michigan
Chameleon
Johnson
Houghton’s
North Star Grocery Company
Veal
Heintz
Wilson’s
Big Four
Liberty Bell
Sunkist
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