Home Canning Boosts War Food Efforts Says Expert
Harvey A. Baum of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company credits home canning by American farm families and housewives for supporting Europe and North Africa. He notes a 300 percent rise in canning supplies sales and says home preserved food frees more civilian and military provisions. Baum cites Sicily relief needs and says home canning helps sustain freedom efforts.
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Europe
North Africa
Harvey A. Baum
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Mediterranean
Sicily
Baum
MSC Sees Record Summer Enrollment Fueled by Soldiers
About three thousand soldiers station the Michigan State College campus this summer, boosting total enrollment to about four thousand seven hundred, a record. The ROTC program and Army officers in command contribute to a pronounced military atmosphere on campus.
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Michigan State College
MSC
United States Army
Appreciation note from Ivan Up the Grove at Fort Custer
Ivan thanks friends for memory during hospital stay at Fort Custer. He cites kindness from Mrs Horton Mrs Lamb and the Red Cross.
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Fort Custer Hospital
Mrs. Horton
Mrs. Lamb
Red Cross
Ivan
Family War Bonds Planned Through Payroll Savings
A family budget plan urges buying War Bonds via payroll savings as a self managed approach. The strategy assigns each member to contribute through a shared family plan, coordinating purchases and amounts independently.
Diet guidance from Tri County Health Unit piece
A health unit article urges balanced eating focusing on protein substitutes, vegetables, vitamins, and minerals. It cautions on canning losses, promotes whole grains and enriched foods, and argues milk as key for niacin and vitamin B, comparing caloric content with common beverages.
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America
England
State College
Basic Seven diet guidance from Health District Seven
The article warns against distraction by flashy cereal promotions and urges including all seven core foods daily: meat or substitute, milk, vegetables, citrus or tomato, whole grain, eggs, and butter. Madelene Donnelly, M. D. directs the health district.
Bethlehem Steel trains workers from sixty occupations for wartime jobs
The Bethlehem Steel Company reports an analysis of former activities of workers now in war production. It lists sixty occupations supplying staff to Bethlehem plants and shipyards, from actor to school teacher, showing on the job training programs that pay wages as workers learn new tasks. The company runs ships at a rate of one daily and operates facilities across multiple U.S. cities including Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago Seattle and Los Angeles.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Boston
Buffalo
New York
Wilmington
Bethleham
Coatesville
Pottstown
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Johnstown
Williamsport
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Chicago
Tulsa
Seattle
San Francisco
Alameda
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Food Costs Not a Factor Causing Inflation Scare
Paul Gibson County Agricultural Agent argues that food prices rise not from farming costs but from wartime spending and wage increases. He says subsidies fail, wages surge drive spending, and farmers receive market prices, urging readers to see inflation as driven by money supply rather than farm prices.
New Arrivals at Clare Hospital Bring Several Babies
Clare Hospital reports multiple births and patient recoveries. Veronica Gail Haynak born July 20, Judith Lyn Marotzke born July 19, Joy Ann McCreary born July 21, and Esther Mae Frizell born July 18. The Spicer triplets Janice Jerry and Jimmie born July 12 remain in hospital with mother. community and Red Cross fund clothing and milk support planned.
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Charles Haynak
West 5Th St. Clare
Veronica Gail
Tueday
Roland Norman Myers
Norman, Myers
Arl Clare
William McCreary
R-4
Clare
Joy Ann
John Marotzke
Judith Lyn
Helen Frizell
Farwell
Esther Mae
H. Vinton
Lake
Katherine
Rex Morse
R 1
Coleman
Robert Wallace
Chester
Wallace
William Schaeffer
Spicer
Janice
Jerry
Jimmie
Red Cross
What You Buy With War Bonds
Navy Coast Guard and Signal Corps relay messages by semaphore when no telephone or radio is available. Purchasing a War Savings Stamp or Bond seems small alone, but with 130 million determined people it becomes a significant war effort booster.
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Navy
Coast Guard
The
Signal Corps
Treasury
Rationing at a Glance and Salvage Drive Update
Blue N P stamps valid July 1 to August 7 with N and P and good. Red P Q R 5 expire July 31. Stamp T July 25 U Aug 1 V Aug 8 W Aug 15. Coffee Stamp 22 July 22 to August 11. Sugar Stamp 13 five pounds through Aug 15. Stamps 15 16 five pounds canning sugar. Canning sugar requires No 15 16 stamps from War Book I and War Rationing Board approval. evidence War Ration Book I. Shoes Stamp 18 one pair through Oct 31. Gasoline No 6 A Book through July 21. 7 July 22. B C book stamps as noted. Tires inspection dates A Sept 30 C Aug 31 B Oct 31. commercial 460 days or 5 000 miles. Fuel Oil No 5 old series 11 gallons through Sept 30. No 1 new series 10 gallons through Jan 3. Tin Can Salvage: Clare city first Thursday each month curbside.
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Andrew Forbes Jy
Saginaw
Cornelius Krocker
Clare Langworthy
Wayne Langworthy
al Clare
Joseph Poet
Glenn Poet
Clare
LeRoy Robins
Farwell
Ella Mott
R 1
Beaverton
Dora Root
Donald Brown
Lake
George Ickes
R-5
Hilda Krocker
R-4
Harrison
George Clapp, Jr
Abner Snyder
Lake City
John, Vosburg
Owosso
Norman Hutshingen
R-2
Jerry Koontz
War Price and Rationing Board
Card of Thanks for Anna Elizabeth Bergey
Family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness after the loss of their mother and sister Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Bergey. The family expresses gratitude for support during their time of bereavement.
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Anna Elizabeth Bergey
Back the attack by upping payroll savings
Boost your savings by increasing your payroll deductions on the next payday and measure progress against your new higher income.
Coleman Townsend Club Meeting in Loomis on July 29
The Coleman Townsend Club No. 1 invites members and non-members to a regular meeting at Wise township hall Loomis on Thursday July 29 at 8:30 PM A special program includes an address by National Representative Floyd R Moody Attendees will discuss postwar planning and current Congressional war and peace legislation Refreshments will be served Gordon Curtis President
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Coleman Townsend Club No
Wise Township
Loomis
Floyd R. Moody
Gordon Curtis
Pres
Coleman Club
Paper table cloths arrive for immediate use
An allotment of paper table cloths forty inches wide and three hundred feet long is received at the Sentinel office. Individuals and organizations using these cloths are advised to secure supply now, as no restock date is known.
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Sentinel Office
Cherries Farm Sale Prompt Call to White's Greenhouse
Notice requests the buyer of cherries from the Lloyd Broder farm near Ludington to contact White's Greenhouse and Nursery in Clare about an overcharge from last week.
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Lloyd Broder
Ludington
White
Clare
Sealed bids sought for Doc and Tom school house sale
Sealed bids will be received for the purchase of the Doc and Tom school house in Freeman township until August 27, 1948. Right is reserved to refuse any or all bids. Paul Weage secretary Lake R 2.
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Freeman Township
Paul Weage
Lake
R-2
Pianos for Sale at Sage's Music House Mt Pleasant
Rebuilt guaranteed pianos suitable for summer cottages offered by Sage's Music House in Mt Pleasant along US 27. Cash prices paid for used pianos. Phone 287381.
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Sage’s Music House
Mt. Pleasant
Retiring Residence for Convalescent Patients
State inspected care home near Clare and Farwell on US 10 provides tender, attentive nursing for convalescent and nerve cases. Mrs. Rose Morrow listed as proprietor or contact.
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Clare
Farwell
Rosé Morrow
Straw Types Absorb More Liquid in Manure
Chopped straw absorbs twice as much liquid manure as long straw, increasing efficiency in handling waste.
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A&p Produce Head
Tri-County Health Unit
Dancey
Madelene Donnelly
M. D
Congress
Paul Gibson
Clare Hospital and Clinic News
Larry Thomas
Flint
Reva Dow
Thomas Cook
R-3
Join Hagte
RFD
Arid
Ila Brockway
Kid. Harrisson
Edward DeReutes
Clare, Michigan
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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