Bell Official Loaned Morale Service Division
W. Calvin Patterson of Michigan Bell is loaned to the War Department Morale Services Division to assist Major General Frederick H. Osborn. Co. W. Hungerford will handle Patterson’s duties as acting president liaison during his absence. Patterson joined Michigan Bell in 1927 and rose to assistant to the president in 1940. Hungerford has led the company’s advertising for 24 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Calvin Patterson
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Morale Services Division
War Department
Frederick H. Osborn
George MM. Welch
U. S. Army
Co. W. Hungerford
Michigan Bell
Patterson
College Park
University of Michigan
Southern Division
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Army
Michigan
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Hungerford
Government limits on wartime truck production and delivery
The Economic Administration and Canadian Dominion outline that 80 000 civilian trucks are approved, a fraction of prewar output of 450 000 annually. Most deliveries fall in late 1944, with 7 500 approved for 1943 not yet delivered. Civilian use remains for war-related needs, exhausting the civilian pool. Emphasis on maintenance and careful driving as trucks may be the last for the war.
Truck Production for Most Urgent Needs During 1944
Harold L. Frier of the District Office of Defense Transportation warned that replacing old equipment will be slow despite approval of 123000 new commercial vehicles for the coming year. He quoted DDT Director Joseph B Hastman noting only about 80000 of the 123000 will be for civilian use, with the rest for the U S Maritime Commission and the U S Foreign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Frier
U. S. Maritime Commission
U. S. Foreign
WAVES Offer Good Pay and Benefits to Young Women
Lieut.-Comdr. Byron B. Flechtner says WAVES pay scales plus new allowances attract many young women. After initial training, most join specialty schools and graduate as petty officers. Benefits include $200 uniform allowance, tax deductions, free medical and dental care, and comparable civilian expenses. Enlistment open to American women 20 to 36 with two years of schooling. no marriage restriction but no child under 18. Local recruitment offices listed: Flint New Post Office Building Detroit Monrose Avenue Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Fiechtner
Armed Services
The
WAVES
Lower Michigan
Book Building
Detroit
Flint
New Post
Huilding
Grand Rapids
Monrose Avenue
Tracks debuts streamlined for readers on Chesapeake and Ohio Lines
The Chesapeake and Ohio Lines Magazine rebrands as Tracks in a pocketed, three edition format for employees. The January issue features an analysis of railroad futures by Edward Hungerford, a Duke of Windsor interview, a Pere Marquette telegrapher feature, Alvanley Johnston interview, fiction pieces, puzzle page, cartoons, and service men's news. Tracks is free to employees and available by subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Lines
C & O Lines
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Edward Hungerford
Duke of Windsor
Hot Springs
Virginia
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Tracks
Letters From Boys in Service in 1940s wartime notes
A collection of letters from servicemen to family members recounts training in the United States, postings in Ireland and England, and life in the Sahara and deserts. They describe promotions, furlough hopes, Thanksgiving and Christmas thoughts, money changes, and a sense of duty amid war conditions.
New Post Office Buildings Listed in Several Cities
A list shows new federal post office buildings in Kalamazoo Saginaw Port Huron Lansing and Traversé City along with the Pontigo and Peoples State Building projects and a New Federal Building in Saginaw and a 901 Federal Building across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Pontigo
Peoples State
Port Huron
Federal
Saginaw
Traversé City
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F. H. Osborn
A Aa Sasea Et Tobank Tose
Theatre
Beaverton
Susan Peters
Mary Astor
Herbert Marshall
Hépalone
Cassidy
Techncolor
Lucille Ball
Harry James
His
Mabel Paige
John Craven
Byron B. Flechtner
Lower
L. H. Thompson
Cpl
Nester Higgins
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Nestor
N. Higgins
Co. C
APO
Miss
W. D. Dysinger
Rolland
Ireland
al. Fedor
England
Mervin
Nostell
Ray Hales
Calvin
States
Ken
H. M. Sowle
Neil G. Sowle
Sahara Desert
Roosevelt
Beau Geste
French Foreign Legion
Legion
United States Army Air Force Command
French Foreign Légion
Foreign Legion
Gunga Din
Athma Ben Mohammed
Joe
French Camel Corps
Neil Neil
el Tore
Sun
Mon
Fue
SAT
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Clare County
National War Fund
Clare County Boy Scout Fund
Clare Community Fund
Clare County National War Fund
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