Swap Ride Stations Aid Pontiac War Time Transport
In Pontiac Michigan the Michigan State Highway Department launched the Pontiac Plan to curb private car use and save tires. By coordinating shift times and encouraging car pooling workers in the city’s ten major war plants reduced peak bus loads by a third and aimed to double share ride results through plant registrations and neighborhood zoning.
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Pontiac
Mich
Roosevelt
Michigan State Highway Department
David E. Edstrom
Walled Lake
John Burke
Burke
Radio schedule and local swap ride plan details
A detailed Saturday radio lineup lists programs from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. with music talk and news across CBS NBC and local networks. The piece then explains a Pontiac area “swap ride station” system where stores host ride exchanges to shuttle workers to Pontiac plants, aiming to reduce transportation gaps and boost wartime production.
Hidden money theft raises peril in Ballard saga
Hunter Dent protects Junior Ballard as $17,000 vanishes from the safe. The scene shifts to plans by Red Ballard and lawmen at Ballard property where tire tracks and a car hint at a killer's escape. Hunter asserts control, while Ballard’s influence looms over investigations and loyalties.
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Hunter Dent
Strickland Ballard
Ballard
Junior
Fiunter
Tenter
Anfe
Haster
Belle
Hin
Kana
Hunter
Manter Haa
Juniors Outing At Deep River And Local News Items
Sixteen junior boys and girls met at their teacher Mrs. T J Jones home for an outing and weiner roast. The Gossett family hosted a birthday dinner for Walter Gossett. The women's auxiliary met at the hut with seven members. Frances Cameron spoke on the Simpkins missionaries to China. A Philatheas chicken supper supported the Business and Professional Women club at the White home. Community visits include S L Davis at Myrtle Beach and then Wilmington, Lindsay Stafford party, Marie Wheeler from Abbotts Creek, Beulah Skeen visiting Anora Lloyd and Claudia Thornton, Charles Marsh from Greensboro staying with the Yates, and Coy Modlin from Fort Jackson visiting parents. Sergeant Conrad Farrington of Langley Field spent time at home. R T Jordan visited Guilford College. Evie Rhodium noted as a jewelery finishing material. Will no longer be available for consumer goods. It is needed to coat reflectors in anti aircraft searchlights.
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T. J. Jones
Walter Gossett
Dora M. Horney
Frances Joe Cameron
Robert
Margaret Simpkins
China
Horney
Philatheas
Busines
High Poin
E. J. White
S. L. Davis
Willis Davis
Myrtle Beach
Charles Davis
Wilmington
Lindsay Stafford
Patsy
Burlington
Jabez Stafford
Marie Wheeler
Abbotts Creek
W. F. Wheeler
Beulah Skeen
Anora F. Lloyd
Claudia Thornton
Charles Marsh
Greensboro
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Auto Town
Schick
Lake Orion
Virgil Schick
Henry Webster
Netiorks
U. S. Marine Band
Nbe
Fantasy
Blu News
Dbs
Brush Creek
Cbs News
Little
Empire
Blu
Mbs
Ricardo
Dancing Music Orchestra
Alex Dreier
Chicago
Blu Frazier Hunt
Cbs
Russ Brown
Cbds West
Aweigh
Pan-Amer
Art of Living
Blu Tou
Three Suns
Ube
Valentine
Tillie
Arthur Hale
Alysic Orchestra
Rosemary
Earl Godwin
Cbs America
Eagle Club
London
Tiis
Midwest
California
Cba
NBC
James G. McDonald
Bill Stern
Bob Ripley
John B. Hughes
Nhbe
Ted Steele
Biu
Cleveland Orches
Hblu
Edstorm
Harry Harrison Kroll
Sheriff Steps
Red
Junior Ballard
Middleton
Butler
McDougal Twins
Strick Ballard
Red Ballard
Major Doolittle
Sheriff Anderson
Midland County
Doolittle
NEA Service, Inc
Miss Ballard
Anderson
Deep River
U. S. Navy
Wight
Midway
ARMY
SCRYU
HIRYU
U. S. Masters
United States
Sam
High Point Enterprise
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