Community notes of visits and club meeting near Clare
Mrs Gordon McIntosh cares for her mother Mrs Horace Joyner while relatives from St Johns and Clare visit Vern Moline family. Neighbors from Lansing Cadillac Farwell Flint and Saginaw visit. The Helping Hand Club met at Volney Davis with nine members present and guests Mary Gilmore and Mrs William Moline.
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Gordon McIntosh
Horace Joyner
Warren Davison
St. Johns
Vern Moline
Franklin Lohnes
Dearborn
Volney Davis
Eva Currie
Emma Nelson
Lansing
F. Hinkle
Mira Lea
A. Perry
Merle Martin
Flint
Arhur Bellinger
Helping Hand Club
Anna Gilmore
Mary
Clare
William Moline
Kittie Weilmtosh
America
Christopher Columbus
A. Oliver
Jeader
Standardized Briton Clothing Hit British Stores Next Fall
Metford Watkins director general of civilian clothing announced standardized men's ready made tweed suits will sell at 65 shillings and worsted suits at 75 shillings with quality guarantees. Women's and children's standardized clothes are expected later in Great Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Metford Watkins
Cowboys Milk Surplus Strains Arizona Cattlemen
In Phoenix Arizona cattle and sheep men report excessive rain has produced abundant grazing. Ranchers say cows yield more milk than calves can drink forcing some cowboys to milk cows themselves.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Old U. S. Destroyers Now Doing Good Job
An English sub lieutenant says American destroyers sent to Britain last fall are performing well in the Atlantic. He notes their patrols off the English coast and effective anti aircraft armament after swift repairs in an English port.
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Britain
Canada
War Shortages Put Rome Zoo on Stricter Diets
War rationing in Italy forces Rome Zoo carnivores to vegetarian fare. Wolves hyenas and foxes now eat vegetables and bread with blood rich meat options reduced. Orangutan Marko 37 shuns bananas for carrots and spinach. Lions and tigers accept lungs liver and bread with ox blood. Donkey meat may be added to teeth care.
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Rome
Marko
Derivation of the Rank Colonel from Italian Stem
The Italian word colonello meaning leader of a column at the head of a regiment is the source of the military title colonel. The term reflects a command role in forming and guiding a unit in battle.
Milk Can Blood Bank Tested for Army Emergency Storage
Two Iowa City physicians report a new simple method for collecting storing and transporting human blood plasma using 10 gallon milk cans as insulated refrigeration units. The system allows shell fire durability and long distance transport with 40 transfusions yielding one adverse reaction.
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Chicago
Elmer L. De‘Gowin
Robert C. Hardin
American Medical Association
National Research Council
Medical Division
Iowa City
Iowa
de Gowin
Hardin
Falcons Shot Down to Safeguard War Pigeons
London reports the air ministry plans a campaign against peregrine falcons blamed for killing carrier pigeons vital to RAF operations. Raids in the Solway district of Dumfries and Cumberland target falcons sighted along Britain’s shores to prevent enemy access to important messages.
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London
Air Ministry
Solway
Dunfries
Cumberland
R.A.F
Britain
Windsor Household Forms Pig Club in Royal Effort
Windsor England royal household forms a pig club the 1000th registered with the National Pig Breeders council scraps from the castle go to the pigs members pay 4 and own 52 pigs through the club reflecting patriotic support for farming efforts
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Windsor
England
National
Can Home Flock Hens Pass the Physical Test for Laying?
Poultry expert H H AlP explains culling methods to separate good layers from nonlayers for winter. Key traits include tight dry feathers, active feeding, clean-cut head, wide back, deep body, and large plump comb and wattles.
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H. H. Alp
University Ofllinois
College of Agriculture
Peach Commodities Seen Linking Farms to Industry
Florence C. Weed explains how peaches shift from fruit to industry in the United States. California, Georgia and others produce millions of bushels, with canning common in the Pacific states and pectin derived from skins. The Great Lakes region and Finger Lakes areas influence climate, and peaches remain largely American grown while European production remains luxury.
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California
Forsythe
Pacific States
Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Virginia
Great Lakes
Michigan
Ohio
Finger Lakes
New York
America
England
Rural Briefs on Water Piping for Poultry Needs
Temporary surface laying of old pipe or hose to water poultry saves hours in chores. Careless handling of eggs for market caused a 5 percent drop in 1939 US egg production, equating to 175 million dozen eggs valued at about $30 million.
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United States
Irish Lord Scully Farm Sold to FSA for Reuse
A 42000 acre Missouri farm once held by Lord William Scully was bought by the FSA to rehabilitate residents moved by defense projects. His heirs had kept the land in Bates County until the sale, with tenants to be allowed to lease and original tenants to stay as part of the program.
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Butler
FSA
William Scully
United States
Scully
Philadelphia
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Bates County
London
The
Washington Post
Thomas A. Scully
Fort Leonard Wood
Neosho
Key to Aluminum Problem in South Dakota
South Dakota holds vast untapped bauxite across about 30 000 square miles with ore rich in aluminum and near major manganese beds. Surveys show bauxite found up to 1000 feet deep with cliffs above the Missouri river. Authorities study feasibility of dam power to develop beds and a 1935 process aids separation of aluminum from clay and shale.
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Chamberlain
S. D
United States Bureau of Mines
Missouri River
Bureau of Mines
South Dakota
State Geological Department
Tomatoes Shipped From Bahamas Reach 1.8 Million Pounds
In one month nearly 1,800,000 pounds of tomatoes were shipped from the Bahamas, indicating a strong export period. The report highlights volume and regional trade activity without detailing buyers or exact destinations.
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Bahamas
Marion man greets grandson born at Mt. Pleasant hospital
James Crane of Marion announces the birth of a son to his wife at Mt. Pleasant hospital on Sunday evening October 12, weighing six and a half pounds and unnamed. Great grandma Boen plans a hospital visit. Arthur Thayer and wife welcome a daughter Mary Ann on Monday October 18, weighing ten pounds. Mother and baby in good condition under care of Mrs August Ulrich.
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James Crane
Marion
Thomas Bolen
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Boen
Arthur Thayer
Mary Ann
August Ulrich
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Township 16
Upper Peninsula
U. S
Windsor Household
Florence C. Weed
Big
Missouri Farm
Teer
Clare Sentinel
Sternaman Studio
North Star Grocery Company
Ernel
Crosby
Swift
Libby
Sunkist Lemons
Campbell’s Tomato Soup
Veal
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