Disabled Vets Hold Navy Jobs
New York veteran Matthew Wagner Jr. lost a leg at Casa Blanca and now serves as property and supply clerk at the New York Navy Yard. Over 800 disabled veterans work in yard warehouses, shops, and ships, many moving into trades or training through yard trade schools.
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New York
Matthew Wagner Jr
Casablanca
New York Navy Yard
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
New Guinea
Arctic
Coral Sea
Monroe Kelly
Yard
Wagner
Maspeth
N. Y
Third Naval District
Kelly
Arthur C. Eberspeacher
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Army
Eberspeaker
Induction Heat Treating Aims 150000 Mile Engine Life
Budd Induction Heating Co. predicts engines may run 150000 miles or more without major block wear through heat treated cylinder walls and bearing surfaces. Chief Engineer Howard E. Somes notes Caterpillar tractors show 3 to 10 times longer life under wartime conditions. The process hardens gray iron to steel-like durability, enabling precision ground, integrated bearing races and automatic quality control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Budd Induction Heating Co., Inc
Howard E. Somes
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Ill
Somes
Budd
Ford
German Soldiers Seek Dutch Citizenship Papers
London reports that many German soldiers are attempting to obtain Netherlands citizenship papers. The tactic would aid deserters and fifth columnists in liberated regions. Vrij Nederland warned Dutch citizens against aiding such efforts.
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London
Netherlands
Netherland
Vrij Nederland
Buyers of Jeeps Get Latitude on Licenses
TOPEKA KANSAS C M Voel ker superintendent of the Kansas vehicle department says farmers who buy a versatile army jeep can get a passenger car license if it is used primarily to haul people get a truck license if there is trucking to be done or don't bother to get a license at all if the jeep is kept off the highways and used as farm machinery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
C. M. Voelker
Kansas Vehicle Department
Judge Rules Shirtless Lawn Work Not Indecent
Milwaukee judge A J Hedding ruled a shirtless man mowing a lawn is not indecent after Emil Groth faced disorderly conduct charges from neighbor Abe Medress. Medress testified Groth shouted insults about shirts and the draft, but the judge dismissed the case and kept it open for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
A. J. Hedding
District Court
Emil Groth
Abe Medress
Medress
Groth
Grow Up to Be Mule Derby Brings Delta Crowd
Nearly 100 mules from Mississippi cotton fields took part in the delta fourth annual mule derby near Greenwood. Over 4,500 spectators watched bareback riders contest atop mules named Army Worm Boll Weevil Jack Rabbit and Minnow Jim for cash prizes in a slow-motion plantation version of the Kentucky Derby.
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Greenwood, Miss
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Delta Society
Army Worm
Jack Rabbit
Jeeps Swam to Guam Beaches Using Amphibious Tricks
On Guam the coral reef blocked landing jeeps from reaching shore. A tank lighter lowered its ramp, a jeep in the lighter tethered to an amphibious tractor pushed into water, then the amtrack towed the jeep to dry land. Drivers restarted engines after submersion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Broadcast Breaches Of Army Discipline At Lowry Field
In Denver the military police use public address alerts to enforce uniforms and discipline at Lowry field. An MP announces lapses such as failure to salute hands in pockets and unkempt hair to remind soldiers of proper conduct.
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Denver
Lowry Field
Beaverton Visits and Family Gatherings Across Towns
Vernon City family news lists Sun day visits by Mr. and Mrs. Korah Clingan and children Mariam and Jimmy to Beaverton. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Heiser with Mrs. Margaret Briggs in Farwell and Vanderbilt. Detours include Detroit visits by Frank Prover and Anna Monahan to Mrs. Joseph Cour, and Walter Clingan with John Wise from Covington Ohio visiting Beaverton relatives.
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Korah Clingan
Mariam
Jimmy
Harold Freeman
Beaverton
Vincent Heiser
William Hack
Vanderbilt
Margaret Briggs
William Benchley
Farwell
Frank Prover
Anna Monahan
Detroit
Joseph Cour
Esther Miller
Agnes Harmon
Bert Jackson
Catherine Alwood
Carrie Perverse
Austin Trumble
Nate Trumble
Russell Davis
Brenen Lake
Frank Pringle
Fred Cotton
Sandra Lee
Walter Clingan
John Wise
Covington
Ohio
Jcorah Clingan
Mrs Harl Sanders Visits Miss Vera Leitner Guests
Mrs Harl Sanders and daughter Mrs Galen Coats with two children from Arthur visit Miss Vera Leitner of Pontiac, Friday afternoon guest of Mrs C A Heiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Sanders
Galen Coats
Arthur
John Myers
Vera Leitner
Pontiac
C. A. Heiser
Lake News and Lake Church Services Report
Local notes cover J W Wyrick church services at Lake and Sunday School 11 00 a m. Preaching 12 00 noon at the Lake School Building. Hunters and brief travels list relatives visiting from Flint Burt Saginaw Dearborn Pontiac West Branch and Detroit with occasional furloughs from Great Lakes Camp Harrison and Camp Wolters. Coast Guard trivia closes the item noting peacetime Treasury control and wartime Navy integration.
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Lake
J. W. Wyrick
Elizabeth McCon
Lake School
Calvin Tygon
Godfrey Beck
Gerald Mayball
Flint
Russell Williams
Harry Tinkham
Burt
Stanley Oman
Gordon Smith
Pvt
Walter Saddler
Walter
Camp Croft
S. C
Russell Saddler
Pontiac
Dearborn
Lloyd Close
Saginaw
Forest Howell
West Branch
Ervin Howell
Amby Sullivan
Charles Collar
Robert Sullivan
Detroit
Johnnie
Cpl
Willard Gilman
Sta
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Aiello
Carmine Pizzo
Salerno
Pizzo
Vernon City
Lake News
Great Lakes
Sam Muir
Harrison
Higgins
Frank
Red Cross
Charley Cook
Ypsilanti
Jake
Charley
Clare Scott
Jackson
P. J. Somerville
Mason
Texas
Calvin Tryon
Clare
Robert Jones
Ludington
T. H. Brooks
Church
Vernon Manley
Pacific
Pfe
Ora Phillips
Camp Harrison
Ind
Ernie Irwin
Geo. Scott
Wayne
Merv Scott
Evart
Hazel Scott
Mrs
Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Navy
Andy Courser
Vannaggegpagnene Ade
Movistone Nets, Inc
Acme
Japan
Pearl Harbor
St. Lo
Nancy
Sedan
Europe
America
Aeas
Elm Leela
Francis ‘Clyde
Loomis
Martin Loomis Machine Shop
U.S. Treasury
War Advertising Council
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