Hudson Aircraft Division showcases versatile preproduction machine
A Hudson Motor Car Company Aircraft Division machine performs continuous metal shaping contour sawing and filing of templates for aircraft production. It includes a self contained welding mechanism for rejoining the variable speed circular saw and a belt file for finishing. A magnifying glass ensures close precision. the operator stands at the welding unit.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Aircraft Division
Farwell Kindergarten Sees Spring Signs And Staff Changes
Farwell class notes spring indicators with robins woodpeckers tulips and wasps while announcing Audrey Christensen and Jacqueline Horn leaving the first grade and kindergarten. Students discuss measuring history including body parts and ancient king foot standards.
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Audrey Christensen
Donald Irish
Jacqueline Horn
Detroit
Sixth Grade Miss Vandenberg Visit Recall
The note recalls Miss Baker visiting last Thursday afternoon and mentions she was the students’ teacher last year. The brief reflects a school context with two named teachers and a memory of a prior academic year.
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Miss Vandenberg
Miss Baker
Juniors Beat All Stars In Donkey Basketball Thriller
The Juniors defeated the All Stars 18 to 16 at Farwell High School gym on April 10, extending their season record to 10 victories and no defeats. The game went to overtime after the Juniors tied the score at 16 all in the final minute. Captains Oman and Host agreed the first team to score in OT would win.
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Farwell High School
Oman
Host
Donkey Assist and Winning Shot Decide Game
The All-Stars started with a fast break but missed. Renner, a 175 pound junior guard, retrieved the ball after leaping off his donkey and moved toward the hoop. His shot missed, Wood also failed to score, then Bentley hit the decisive basket for the win.
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Renner
Wood
Bentley
Home Economics Club Plans Spring Style Show
Dorothy Schreur leads the Home Economics girls as Sophomores sew rayon dresses and Freshmen work in cotton. A spring style show and tea for mothers is planned with Jean Rogers as style show chairman. Eight delegates will attend Home Economics Club Day in Mt Pleasant on May 3.
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Dorothy Schreur
Jean Rogers
Home Economics Club
Mt. Pleasant
Home Economics
Annual School Awards Banquet Planned With No Charge
An all school awards banquet is planned with athletic letters FFA Home Economics Club and Bus Patrol awards. The event will be on a cooperative plan with no charge. A school talent program and an outside speaker are included. Parents are urged to attend. The date is Friday April 25 at 7:00 PM.
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F.F.A
Farwell Community Notes and Local Happenings
Friends regret Bert Lydell's illness after moving from Farwell to Harrison. A new woodshed rises behind Pythian Hall replacing the collapsed one. O. S. meeting rescheduled to April 30. Mrs. G. E. Lamb attended Society for Public Health Nursing in Mason. Two children drown near Windover. sympathy for the Oberlits. Alvin Dewey family moved to Paul Weisenhauer home. Ida VanBuren visited Big Rapids. Frisbie families return from Detroit winter. Annual Awards Banquet set for Friday with outside speaker and cooperative supper. Baby girl born to Elmer and Ruth Schofield in Gladwin. Rebekah penny supper raises twenty eight dollars for a fire victim's sister.
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Rebekah
215000 Register in U S For Defense Positions
Washington report shows 215000 job seekers registered in state employment offices for defense industry roles. Among them 177000 are qualified for skilled work and 38000 have some experience. State totals include Illinois 14022, Ohio 24406, New York 24106, Pennsylvania 19970, California 19037, Michigan 141709.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Illinois
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Boeing ramps up capacity as Flying Fortresses roll out fast
Seattle report says Boeing Aircraft increases to 9,000 workers with 15,000 more to hire by summer. Plant runs 24 hours delivering one bomber every two days, target five to six per day by year end. Expansion boosts floor space from 166,000 to over 1,000,000 square feet per site and later to about 2.5 million across three plants.
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Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
Army Air Corps
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft Company
Los Angeles
United States
Forecasting Fog With Precise Mathematical Method
New York report on a fog forecasting method by J. J. George of Eastern Air Lines meteorology. The approach links sunshine moisture wind velocity to predict fog 15 to 18 hours ahead for specific times and places, improving on prior map based forecasts. Commander Francis W. Reichelderfer of the Weather Bureau lauded the advance as a major boost to air safety and schedule reliability.
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New York
J. J. George
Eastern Air Lines
George
Francis W. Reichelderfer
United States Weather Bureau
U.S. to Build Two Air Bases on St Lucia
The United States will establish a land plane base at Vieuxfort and a sea plane base at Gros Islet Bay on St. Lucia to strengthen defenses near the Panama Canal. The Windward Islands lie close to Martinique where French forces are based.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
St. Lucia
State Department
Vieuxfort
Gros Islet Bay
Caribbean
Martinique
Germany
Leakproof U.S. Plane Gas Tanks Seen Superior
Washington reports that the leakage resistant gasoline tanks on American war planes are better than German and British types. The army developed a soft rubber material enabling thinner layers, saving space and fuel and extending aircraft range.
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Washington
America
United States
Students Quiz Selves And 8 Per Cent Flunk
PROVIDENCE The Rev Father Paul C Perrotta O P professor of logic at Providence College allowed students to make up their own questions and answers. Eight percent failed to pass their mid year exams.
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Providence
R. I
Paul C. Perrotta
O. P
Providence College
Father Perrotta
They Let Coeds Knit in War Relief Classes
In Chattanooga at the University of Chattanooga coeds knit war relief garments during class time. Dr. Frank Prescott, head of government, says knitting keeps the students quiet and prefers it to talking or criticizing lectures.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
University of Chattanooga
Frank Prescott
Department of Government
Ontario Dominates Canadian Auto Production
Detroit of Canada notes Ontario as the source of nearly all Dominion of Canada's automobile manufacturing. Sunspots are described as cyclonic solar storms that emit electrified particles causing magnetic disturbances on Earth. The Idle Bible edition of 1809 renders the term "idol shepherd" from Zechariah 11 17 as "idle shepherd."
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Detroit
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Province of
Ontario
Earth
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