Vandenberg Aimed to Lead Michigan Campaign Strategy
A 1940 Michigan Republican plan centers on Senator Vandenberg. He refused to actively seek the presidency but is seen as a potential national figure to boost the party’s ticket. His influence on state races and his steady leadership in Washington are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
Grand Rapids
Vandenberg
Washington
Michigan
Lansing
Republican State Central Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
United States
White House
Vanden
Woodbridge N. Ferris
United States Senate
Grand Rapids Herald
Fred Green
Groesbeck
Joseph Fordney
Saginaw
Ways and Means
House
Green
Republican State Committee
University of Michigan
Senate
Congress
Philadelphia Record
Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Roosevelt
Presient
Indianapolis
Passamaquoddy
Florida Ship Canal
America
Wall Street
State Committee
Weekend visitors and travels across Michigan and Indiana
A collage of social notes lists weekend guests and trips from Macon to Detroit, Traverse City, Muskegon and beyond. Mentions include Gladys Bager from Detroit visiting Gertrude Scudder, families in Michigan, trips to the Upper Peninsula, and a Traverse City wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Bager
Detroit
Gertrude Scudder
Roy Heilman
Muskegon
Daily Dixon
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
Macon
Will Chase
Dale Creger
Don Graf
Joe Hendershot
Harry Skinner
Clyde Smith
Colorado Springs
Colo
R. G. Sage
Don Craig
Wayne
Robert Howell
L. H. Camburn
Ford Hospital
Charles Gorton and Sons
Marjorie Morgan
P. EK. Morgan
Leo Lantana
Stanley Larkins
Sam Lantana
Lenadore Graf
Upper Peninsula
Munising
Clarence Smith
Lodi
New York
P. K. Morgan
Russel van Valkenberg
Cora Sherwood
Raymond Sherwood
Andersonville
Indiana
Clifford Spacey
New Salem
Carl Hawkins
Rose Hawkins
Ned Wright
Hugh Wright
Flint
Ned Hawkins
Melvindale
Clayton Bigelow
Charles Bigelow
Traverse City
Inez Lichty
Central Methodist Church
Traverse City, Where Mr. Bigelow
Lee and Cady
Wholesale Grocers
Shoes at Two Dollars Forty Five Cents and Up
From MWaarer's Self-Serve Refrigerator Shelf a playful ad notes shoes priced from 2.45. It markets home meat cures groceries and vegetables as a quirky grocery shelf item by a fictional store name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mwaarer
Order Appointing Time for Hearing Claims
Probate Court of Washtenaw County Michigan orders creditors to present claims against Kate Bartlett deceased at the Probate Office in Ann Arbor by September 27, 1940. Public notice to run three weeks in The Saline Observer. Judge Jay G. Pray signs order dated August 18, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann. Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
LaVern Camburn
LaVern Meininger
Saline Observer
Nora C. Borgert
Register of Probate
Ann Arbor
Kate Bartlett
Alva E. Lyon
George J. Geisel
Saline
Jay G
William Geddes
John B. Geddes
John
Geddes
Public Guardian Final Accounts and Wills Hearing
Probate court in Washtenaw County schedules three final accounts for guardianship and estate administration. Hearings for Alfred Geisel guardian and Ethel Lyon estate administration set for August 1940 with publication in The Saline Observer. A petition seeks admission of a will and estate administration to John B Geddes with a hearing August 26 1940. Houseplant care note adds that occasional mild soap sponging aids foliage cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pray
Ethel S. Lyon
George J. Geisel
Unprepared America in World War Analysis
The piece lists a timeline of German and Allied actions from 1939 and argues the United States cannot gamble on British seapower. It provides U S Army and Reserve totals, equipment counts, and comparisons to German Italian and Russian forces, stressing national defense readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Low Countries
France
Europe
Africa
Asia
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Romania
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Mon
Partisan News
By Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
White Sewing Machine Co
Phil
Cornell Dept. Store
Ann Arbor, Mich
S. Main St
B. J. Burbank
Ypsilanti
Augustus Co
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Peice
Moffett & Frank
Agla’s Dress Shop
N. Washington, Ypsilanti
Observer Office
Joyce Braun
Leland Gref
Haarer’s
C. F. Smith
Star Brand
Burkhart’s Store
Guardian
Nora O. Borgert
Said County
Norah O. Borgert
Michigan State College
Germany
Poland
Britain
Canada
Warsaw Falls
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Aga Ae
Sedan
Dunkerque
Paris
Italy
Paris Falls
Petain
British Isles
States Army
Unu National Guard
U.S. Army
Eeee N.G
U.S. Navy
U. S
St. Louis
Hayles
Japan
Russia
China
Qphilippines
USS
Sor
Union
Pastralia
Tusy
Atinay
Sifax
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Canal
Gressl
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Bahamas
Puerto Rio
Martinigde
Guiana
Deland
Grea
Eric
Brazil
French West Africa
Hitler
Mussolini
Brasil
Americas
Etna
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
James W. Wadsworth
National Emergency Committee
Military Training Camps Association
Secretaries of War and Navy
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