John C Garand Self Taught Gun Designer Acknowledged
The piece highlights John C Garand, who left school at twelve to work in a factory. He pursued self education in precision instruments, leading to a career in rifle design and the Garand automatic rifle adopted by the U.S. government. Walter Hoving is cited on the drive to improve oneself.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Warren Austin
Vermont
Security Council
Fred Vinson
Supreme Court
John Snyder
Jewett City
Conn
Walter Hoving
John
John C. Garand
United States
Rotary gathering in Atlantic City highlights leadership talk
A large Rotary meeting in Atlantic City featured Capt Harold H E Stassen on Peace Begins at Home and urged leadership in labor and industry. Delegates heard sessions on fellowship, international cooperation, and club governance, with 11,000 voting delegates deciding Denver’s Rotary International location.
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Rotary Clubs
Harold HE. Stassen
Minn
Capt. Stassen
Art
Montecello
Chicago Assembly
CPA
Harry H. Rogers
San Antonio
Texas
Rotary Foundation
Clinton P. Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
S. K
Guernesy
Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Rotary International
H. Raymond King
London
England
Tom Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Saginaw Michigan
Denver
Ayt
Michigan Rotarians
House of Continued
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Saline
Michigan
Myron B. Gallagher
Myron B. Gallagher, Jr
Esther Landwehr
Michigan Press Services, Inc
East Lansing, Michigan
Meat Black Market
OPA
Dale Carnegie
D. Carnegie
Spain
France
China
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Russia
Austria
Bulgaria
Moscow
Tirana
Albania
Uran
Greece
Atlantic City
Bridgewater Savings Bank
Depositors Liquidation Corporation
Penobscot
Detroit
Bridgewater Trust
Washtenaw County Circuit Court
Chancery
Michigan State Board of Escheats
Dickinson, Wright, Davis, McKean & Cudlip
Attorneys For Depositors Liquidation Corporation
National Bank Building
Ed’s
Ed’s Grocery
Standard Oil Products
West Michigan Ave
de Laval
By Bob Karp
Om'snor
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