Odd Observations and Reflections From August Quietude
Seen and Heard By Ether Landwebs notes Saline's starling visit short and Detroit rumors. A ramble on flowering weeds near Ann Arbor, wild carrot, goldenrod, and Christmas in August plus a Goering heart attack and a Jewish soldier’s cocoa gift to Streicher. Also references rising costs and the alphabet soup of government bureaus amid wartime memory.
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Capistrano
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Hermann Goering
Germany
God
Goering
Julius Streicher
Mr. Streicher
Streicher
Jesus
St. Paul
America
Sam
The Big Interstate Highway Plan Highlights Michigan Link
A proposed interstate route would connect Michigan with Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Ohio. The project aims to draw more visitors and traffic, expand Michigan tourism, and include the Willow Run Expressway as an existing segment. Samuel C Hadden is contracted to accelerate planning with federal approval and 1944 act backing a nationwide system.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Willow Run
Detroit
Public Roads Administration
Samuel C. Hadden
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission of
American Association of State Highway Officials
Wadden
Rusty Rowland Faces War Time Ranch Dilemma
Rusty Rowland runs the Double R ranch amid wartime threats and black market pressure. She rejects offers to sell cattle for ceiling prices, plans to grow winter feed along the Big Sandy underground channel, and confronts suspicions around Dr. Herb Westmore as vigilantes form and a Sunday meeting with the sheriff looms.
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Ralph Rowland
Rusty
Ladue Decker
Decker
Herb Westmore
Dr. Westmore
Jed
Fatso
Westmores
Miss Westmore
Muz
Mrs. Rowland
Ralph
Miss Rowland
Rowland
Red Star
Double R
Rascal
Westmore
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Saline Theatre
Allan Jones and
Grace McDonald
Roger Pryor
Tom Neal
Lana Turner
Loraine Day
Susan Peters
Tulullah Bankhead
William Eythe
Milan
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Bells OF
Rosarita
Richard Arlen
Cheryl Walker
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Dennis O’keefe
Eve Arden
Earl Carroll
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