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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
2
Divine service in German at 16 a m and 1 o clock Sunday school at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor L Istigel. District convention set for June 22 to 26 in Bay Czy Ju. 22-26.
A Sunday afternoon accident on the Cincinnati northern railroad crossing near Crofoot farm killed three women, including Dr. Evans Galbraith and Mrs. Selma Thomas, and injured Mary Thomas. The engine backing up collided with the Galbraith car, which was dragged about 360 feet along the tracks. Mary Thomas later died at Addison Community Hospital. Addison Courier reports this Toledo area tragedy.
The article extols destroyers as the backbone of the American Navy with 1800 ton displacement, speed, and firepower. It notes each costs about 3.6 million dollars and praises shipyards for rapid destroyer production to support wartime needs. It urges War Bond purchases to fund full output for the two ocean war.
The Saline Observer shows Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and M. C. Boutelle as editor. note indicates second class mailing status at Saline, Michigan.
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The article argues signs of Axis setbacks in occupied Europe but warns a second front remains distant. It notes American divisions abroad are small next to German force in France, and submarines have sunk 234 ships near Pearl Harbor since December. It urges total national effort, steady shipbuilding, and continued sacrifice for a long war.
Ardis Nugent is promoted to county Home Demonstration Agent and will lead extension work with 400 families. A Michigan State graduate in home economics, she has worked in Willerville Midland and Grand Rounds regions. Nugent recently married William Yers-Sa and resides near Echo Beach on family farm property.
Michigan farms may absorb surplus United States Army jeeps after the war as a bridge to tractor production. Federal engineers tested two quarter ton jeeps on plowing and harrowing, finding seven inch plow depth at four mph with 16 inch plow. fuel use averaged 2.3 gallons per acre. Jeeps showed capability similar to doodlebugs but needed lower gear ratios and a lower hitch for plowing. drawbar power lagged by one to three horsepower versus small tractors, and fuel use dropped about one third.
The red white and blue window sticker proclaims Everybody every pay day ten percent and marks support for the war effort. Distribution is handled by local War Savings Chairmen under the U S Treasury Department guidance to fund Victory for America and the United Nations.
The column highlights wartime public efforts such as the rubber campaign USO fund sugar rationing canning projects canteen service first aid work Red Cross War Bond drives and local and national government activities for readers to follow.
Readers are asked to send household tips recipes and tasks with optional name usage. The note requests ideas on easier chores better methods new vegetable cooking approaches and any favorites for potential use in future features.
Extension clothing specialists at Michigan State College advise shoppers to read fabric labels to understand substitutions and finishes promising savings. They discuss zipper materials, fastenings, flame retardants like neva flame and saniflame, moth and mildew protections, and care claims such as shrinkage control and water repellency.
Miss Lucile Phillips clerks in the C F Smith store and many Sunday visits across nearby towns are noted. Families and guests from Ann Arbor Detroit Lansing Ypsilanti Portage Lake and Washington, D C are listed along with a lightning strike incident at a Martin residence.
William H. Bach, pastor, invites the public to worship at 10 o clock Sunday morning with Sunday school at 11 15 and an evening service at 7 45. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 15 with a youth service, prayer meeting Wednesday, and Thursday choir practice.
A reflective piece blends vows to be trustworthy pure and brave with a recipe fragment for 1% cups noodies and green pepper tomato mix. It shifts to a cake and angel food baking method with detailed steps and oven times, ending with a mysterious farewell.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is cordially invited.
Michigan State College home economics experts report rayon replaces silk and nylon in hosiery and fabrics, offering variants bright semi dull and dull. Aralac milk protein fiber and synthetics like vin yon and soybean fiber expand options, while fashion tightens with no double yokes or patch pockets and shorter skirts to save wool.
Miss Laura Boettger in Tecumseh Tuesday. Lucious Bayha completes cellar for new home. W F Larzelere and wife of Detroit visiting. Luella Nissty in Ann Arbor Commencement week. Ellen Rentschler joining L M Thorn store. Carrie Cullin of Ypsilanti visiting friends. G F Tripp family in Attica for week. Hammond Wood Nissly trip to Detroit. Homer Hoyt family from Detroit visiting. B Y P U to serve ice cream on church lawn. Alumni banquet Uncle Tom's Cabin and dance Friday night. McHenne residence fire Saturday night. Minnie Papsdorf Carl Finkbeiner wed at St Jacob's. Carven family and Wallace attend Hazel Snauble Raymond Scudder wedding near Macon.
The Methodist Church invites worship at 10 a.m. with a sermon titled Our Nation led by Minister Fred A. Lendrum. A recognition service follows and church school begins at 11:15 a.m. Arthur Wilson is superintendent. Father Gabriel Richard, a Catholic priest, brought the first printing press used west of the Alleghanies to Michigan in 1809.
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