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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1944
Page
8
Wilbur T. McLane F 1/c receives a new address at L S M Unit 727 Div 25 AT B Little Creek VA. T/Sgt Howard Lynk visits family after overseas service. Tech Sgt Claude R Glass returns from Camp Gordon GA on furlough and heads back to duty.
Wra. J. Archambault 2/c Meyw. address listed as William Archambault, 2/e, Bks. 2 R6, NLA TT C, Memphis Tennessee with naval or civic post designation noted.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish report their son Pfc. Dale F. Parrish has written from France saying he is safe and well. The message appears in a local military correspondence note with Hodson listed as an administrative contact in Greenwood Mississippi.
Tech. Cpl. Russell Glass arrived home on furlough Tuesday of last week to visit relatives and friends here. He spent the week at the Albert Haley cottage at Houghton Lake and has now returned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
Lt Byrd and Pvt Davis update addresses in Atlanta and Camp Pendleton. Sailor Ray Dwyer joins Navy training in San Diego with family moving to Compton. Cpl Harold Heber serves in England with Chemical Warfare Service at an Air Service Command depot. Rome visit of Lieut Maxwell and Lieut Schaaf reported.
A wartime guide lists blue stamps A8 to Z8 and A5 to FA in Book 4 worth 10 points each with monthly validity, red stamps A& to Z and A5 Bb and Cb in Book 4 worth 10 points each with quarterly validity, sugar stamps 30 31 32 for 5 pounds and 40 for 6 pounds canning sugar to Feb 28 1945, and additional canning sugar up to 20 pounds per person with SPARH No. 37. Shoes stamps No 1 2 in Book 8 for one pair each, gas stamps A-12 three gallons through Sept 21 and B 3 B 4 C 3 4 for five gallons, with renewals deadlines. Tire inspections optional for tires, old inspection records kept. commercial vehicles inspected every six months or 6000 miles. Period coupons through Sept 30 1944 and next season terms noted.
Local price complaints process through the War Price and Rationing Board is detailed, with contact at Harrison 2751 for price information and access to ceiling price lists. The page lists district radio programs and monthly tin can salvage, plus extensive price quotes for grain, produce, meats, eggs, poultry, and livestock from Johnston Elevator Co and Glare Standish Livestock Auction Yards for July 31, 1944.
The Water Safety Service of the American Red Cross celebrates 30 years since founding. In three decades it taught over 3,000,000 individuals to swim and to save lives, helping reduce the United States drowning rate by about 50 percent.
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