Victory Farm Volunteer insignia issued for Michigan youths
Ten thousand boys and girls enrolled in Michigan Victory Farm Volunteer corps will receive an official VFV insignia this month to wear on sleeve or hat in recognition of wartime agriculture work. The three inch diameter emblem features a red cog wheel letter C on a blue center with white trim.
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Michigan
Victory Arm Volunteer Branch
VA. S. Crops Corps
Motorists Must Report Injuries and Fatalities
Officials outline grounds for suspending or revoking operator licenses and registration certificates. Reinstatement for uninsured motorists requires payment of all injury or death claims or posted security, with proof of future financial responsibility.
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Secretary of State
Cocktail Powder Enveloped for Easy Mix Your Own
Healthful cocktail powder in a cellophane envelope designed as a portable appetizing mixer. Dehydrated mix flavors include celery and salt and water converts it to a quart of cocktail, addressing metal shortage by providing ready to use portions.
Test blackout very successful in Clare County
Jourdain is treated after a bus line incident. Dr. G C Born examines him, revealing sacroiliac slip and torn knee ligaments. He recovers with crutches required for about two more weeks under care of R L VanCott and Mrs VanCott who assisted him to the doctor’s office.
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Clare County
R. L. VanCott
British imports replace whisky plants for military alcohol needs
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry notes most British distilleries are idle or used for storage. Government favors importing alcohol from the United States and Canada to save shipping of raw materials, rather than expanding whisky plants for war use.
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United States
Canada
Americanized Japs in U S Infantry Battalion
Lieut. Col Far antic L Turner praises the 100th Infantry Battalion composed of Japanese ancestry. All soldiers are American citizens born in Hawaii, with Japanese ancestry officers from the University of Hawaii. They were not at Pearl Harbor but mourn its memory. Six soldiers of the 106th caused a Washington stir when hotel clerks reported Japanese dressed as Americans.
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War Department
Farrant L. Turner
100Th Infantry
100Th
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian National Guard
University of Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
106Th
Washington
Army
Women in Chemistry Urged as Wartime Stimulus
Dr. Helen I. Miner of Wayne University argues wartime needs expanded women’s roles in chemistry. Surveying Detroit, she notes shifts from teaching and medical research to industry and medicine, with growth limited by supply. She says the postwar reconstruction will still need trained Americans for global health and industrial tasks.
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Helen I. Miner
Wayne University
Detroit
Miner
American Chemical Society
Powder Puffs in England Become War Casualties
London reports that Britons will soon be unable to buy many consumer items as industry concentrates on war needs. Women lose powder puffs boxes manicures sets mirrors and face cloths while men lose wallets pouches cigarette cases neckties drinking glasses and phonographs.
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London
Cotton Fabric Use in Bombers Surprises Navy Planes
A navy patrol bomber, though metal built, uses more cotton fabric than a fully cotton covered small plane. The fabric covers surfaces with low stress such as rear spar and control surfaces. The Army B-19 landplane employs 410 square feet of cotton and linen on its ailerons, about the size of twelve bed sheets.
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Navy
Army
Lesson Notes for June 27 Subjects Scriptural Texts
Study items outline the June 27 lesson subjects and scriptural selections. The document credits International Council for Religious Education and notes permission for use.
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International Counsell Ay Raliods
Practical Christian Letters Guide for Home and Church
The article distills II John and III John into five lessons for Christians. It urges setting a godly example for children, guarding against false teachers, promoting true teachers, avoiding proud religious leaders, and emulating good receivers of witness. It stresses humility and faithful living.
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John
IIT John
Douglass
Diotrephes
Demetrius
Apply Early to Assure Adequate Fuel Oil Supply
Government guidance urges homeowners to use Period 1 coupons first along with any Period 5 coupons and reserve coupons for winter. Large storage holders may draw on reserve coupons. change-making coupons should follow Period 1 usage. Retention aids budgeting and aligns rationing with supply and weather.
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Littlefield
Why Be A WAAC by Sgt Aurelia M Ritivoy
An army recruitment piece promoting the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps stressing freedom duty and opportunity. Welcomes auxiliaries to five weeks basic training with advancement to WAAG or specialist schools. Encourages officer candidates from auxiliaries and notes malaria prevention guidance from health official Madelene M Donnelly.
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Aurelia M. Ritivoy
WAAC
WAAG
Ivery Auxiliary
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Tri County Health Unit Addresses Malaria Risk
Former residents dismissed malaria risk as distant. The article explains transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes with a limited flight range of about a mile, highlighting the need for local vigilance and preventive measures to curb an epidemic.
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Victory Farm Volunteer
State Department of Agriculture
CG. B. Dibble
Michigan State College
Dibble
Youth Corps
Jourdain
Treasury Department
LOS Angeles Examiner
U. S
England
Pratt & Whitney
Chevrolet
Imajoc
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
The
Moody
Western Newspaper Union
Tropics
Madelene M. Donnelly, M. D
Health District Seven
Doug
Tri-County Health Unit
South McEwan St
Swift & CO
Clare, Michigan
North Star Grocery Company