Plane Crashes on Gall Farm. Lt Busley Escapes with Minor Injuries
A Douglas A2 piloted by Lt. Busley of Colorado crashed on the Gall farm near Romulus after fuel mechanism trouble. He survived with a fractured nose and minor injuries as guards secured the wreckage and engineers recovered key parts over two days.
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Herman Gall
Albert Gali
Busley
Colorado
Daggett Field
Calif
California
Scott Field
Romulus Air Field
Britain
Albert Gall
Romulus
Mrs Katharina Hertler 86 Dies in Pittsfield Township
Katharina Hertler died at her home in Pittsfield Township Saturday evening. She was born November 12, 1857 in Bridgewater Township, married Gottlob Hertler February 18, 1880, who died in 1919. She leaves a daughter Helen and three sons, plus 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral private at home then public at Trinity Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. H. L. Engie with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Katharina Hertler
Pittsfield Township
Helen Hertler
Ann Arbor
Daniel
Alfred
Edwin G. Hertler
la Crescent
Minn
Godfrey Roeder
Norvell
Mary Gross
Lansing
Trinity Lutheran Church
H. L. Engie
Oakwood Cemetery
Auction Sale at York Mills by Edward Mills
Property sold to Gerhardt Cekau of Detroit and to be auctioned March 23 at 1 PM on the York Mills premises. Items include two horses a bay gelding and a black gelding, Holstein cattle several hens pullets geese and a gander seed corn ear corn oats hay and farm implements plus household goods. Terms cash. MORE MILLS EDWARD ALBER CLARENCE COOK Auctioneer.
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Gerhardt Cekau
Detroit
York Mills
Saline
Milan Road
Pfister
Syracuse
New International
McCormick
Ag More Mills
Edward Alber
Clarence Cook
Remembering the old days in a spring wash day note
A nostalgic column blends reflections on cotton prices and patchwork quilts with a critique of juvenile delinquency laws. It cites church attendance, a Detroit judge, J Edgar Hoover, and Sunday schools as factors, then shifts to St Patrick’s Day lore and a note on spring arrival.
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Ann Arbor
Indiana State Council of Churches
Annn Arbor
Healey
Detroit
J. Edgar Hoover
St. Patrick
Treland
Sons of Erin
Local Hospital News and Family Announcements
Saline General Hospital reports Miss Dorothy Finch returned home Saturday. Mrs. Harvey Faust and infant patient went home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonor Boehm welcome a daughter born March 11. Mrs. Paul Remski recovers well from an appendectomy. Wilber Coe and Fred Brenson remain the same. Let us do today what should have been done yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Finch
Harvey Faust
Pntentee
Leonor Boehm
Paul Remski
Wilber Coe
Fred Brenson
Eyes Examined Dr Frank Gifford in Milan Hotel
Eye examination hours set for Saturday at the Milan Hotel from 1:00 to 9:50 p m with Dr Frank Gifford. Glasses fitted during the eleventh year in Milan.
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Frank Gifford
Toledo
Milan
Conditions At Willow Run
Rotary Club members heard Rev. Raynor Bair of Ypsilanti discuss Willow Run community life. He described health and dental care, recreation, housing abundance due to defense work, and a low church attendance of under two percent, with many questions from the audience. Rotarian Herb Twining of Ann Arbor attended as a guest.
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Willow Run
Wayne
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Rotary Club
Raynor Bair
Bair
Free Motion Picture Show for Farmers at High School
Gross Hardware Company invites farmers and helpers to a free program on Monday March 20 at 1 pm in the high school auditorium. The feature Wartime Care of Your Tractor covers servicing and care followed by talks on adjusting mowers combines and planters and hitching belting. A newsreel of battlefronts and home production rounds out the program with broad invitation to interested women.
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Gross Hardware Company
Alwin Gross
Gross
Michigan State Radio Schedules Highlight Spring Talk Series
WKAR broadcasts showcase spring oriented home and farm info. Agricultural talks cover plow adjustments, soil planting time, and livestock feeding with experts E C Sauve Paul Harmer T R A Schocemann and G A Branaman. Homemaker guidance and a poem by Sonja Weatherwax accompany the schedule across March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKAR
E. C. Sauve
Paul Harmer
Gertrude Mueller
G. A. Branaman
Thanking Saline Fire Department and Neighbors
Frances Alderdyce expresses gratitude to the Saline Fire Department and neighbors for swift assistance during a recent illness and fire incident. Lin er ads get results.
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Saline
Frances Alderdyce
Saline Proclaims Victory Garden Week 1944 Plan
Michigan Victory gardeners produced half a million tons of food valued at 20 million dollars in 1943. The 1944 goal calls for a 10 percent rise in gardens and 25 percent more production, with Michigan targeting 792000 gardens and 25000080 bushels. The proclamation urges citizens to plant in March and support war needs both home and abroad.
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Michigan
Victory
Union
Saline
City of
Alwin Gross
Classified Ads Readable Snippets From Observer Liners
A collage of local notices lists sales and wants from Saline and Dexter including for sale farm stock tools and vehicles. Entries mention 14 ton panel truck pets and animals, a piano and antique furniture, various farm supplies and painting, plus jobs for a waitress and campus mail service clerks.
Ward's Farm Store Poultry Deals and Supplies
Ward's Farm Store advertises 2 star chicks at 100 for 10.90 3 star at 100 for 13.90 and 5 000 three star chicks at 11.90 each. Pre cut houses 12x10 priced at 129.95 with setup and delivery 152.50 Kasco Feeds supplies complete poultry equipment contact Cor First and Washington Amn Arbor 19878.
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Ward
Kasco
Ward's
First & Washington
Amn “Arbor
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Sonja Weatherwax
The
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Lodi Township
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Wolverine
Parsons
Government Wheat Saline Mercantile Co
Lewis Street
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Weidman Auto: Company
Philco Radio
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Ann Arbor Street
H. Marion
Frank Tucker
R. G. Wahl
Fiano
Bor
Five Point
Mooreville Road
Us-23
Luttermoser
Plymouth Rd
Flymouth
Mich
Livonia
Verne Netzow
Waukesha
Wis
Duree Gifts
Dean Hertler & Son
Wiedman Auto Compan Saline
Carrol Frost
Darling & Co
Bracks Brothers
Dexter
Donovan Ra
R. L. Donovan
Ruth Liss
East Michigan Ave
Notich
Morton Poultry Farm
Adrian
Arian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
Salsbury
National Poultry Improvement Plan
University of Michigan Business Office
University Business Office
University Hall
Saline Theatre
Richard Dex
Jane Wyatt
Laurel and Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Ludwig Donath
Gale Sondergaard
Adolf Hitler
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