Soldier writes from Anzio beachhead in four installments
Clifford Finkbein describes life on the Anzio front in a four part V mail letter to his parents. He notes censorship, combat nearby, Italian farming scenes, and the odd comforting image of birds and sheep amid war while calling the enemy by the name Kraut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Finkbeiner
Clifford
V-mail
Anzio
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Life Magazine
Life
No-Man’s Land
Jerry
Bowie
Tony Tom
Saline Rotary Speaker Recalls University Life
Saline Rotary heard John George Lutz a longtime university employee and author speak last Thursday at The Tavern. He described campus life changes and shared anecdotes from his book while remaining vigorous in old age, as Alwin Grass announced plans for an upcoming Rotary event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John George Lutz
Rotary Club
Hale
Alwin Grass
Serurine
Saline Township Town Meeting Set for April 3
The Saline Township Town Board will hold its annual town meeting at Hertler's hall on Monday April 3. Business matters including the annual financial statement will be reviewed and any other matters of consequence addressed by order of the board. It notes the distance from Washington to Tokyo by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Township Town Board
Hertler’s Hall
Anna
Weather and memory mingle in Saline column reflections
A Saline column muses on March weather memories from sleet to early spring. The piece notes fashion ads and wartime dress hints, recalls university name debates, traces word origins, praises Red Cross fundraising, and ends with signs of spring as robins return and birdsong fills mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Clare Boothjuice
Mrs. Roosevelt
West
Carrbbean
University of Michigan
Hitler
Red Cros
Red Cross
Pacific
Dr. Frank Gifford Optometrist Visit at Milan Hotel
Dr. Frank Gifford announces an optometrist event at the Milan Hotel on Saturday evening. Glasses fitted and eye service offered. It marks 11th year serving Milan with local eye care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gifford
Toledo
Milan
Nephew of Mrs. Martin Fuoss Killed in Italy 1944
1st Lt. Charles H. Hood, nephew of Mrs. Martin Fuoss, was killed in action in Italy on January 30, 1944. Hood, born February 21, 1904 in Saline, was a University of Nebraska graduate and lawyer from Wahoo. He left a wife Minna and a son Charles Jr., with his mother Mrs. Clara L. Hood and two brothers Richard Hood and others noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Fuoss
Charles H. Hood
Italy
Rifle Rangers
Charles
Saline
D. B. Mattison
William Austin
University of Nebraska
Wahoo
Neb
Minna
Charles, Jr
Clara L. Hood
Richard Hood
Farm Bureau Meetings Friday In County
Farmers in western county invited to Friday meetings by the county board of directors. Emanuel’s Farish hall Manchester hosts Eugene Smaltz of the State Farm Bureau while Chelsea High School hosts Robert Addy of Farm Bureau Services. Entertainment movies and refreshments. All farmers and wives invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farm Bureau
County Board of Directors
Hmanuel
Farish
Intangibles Tax Expert Here Next Wednesday
P. J. Hendricks of the Michigan Department of Revenue will be at Saline Savings Bank on March 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern War Time to aid local taxpayers in preparing 1948 intangibles tax returns. Returns for 1943 must be filed by March 31 to avoid interest and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Hendricks
Michigan Department of Revenue
Saline Savings Bank
Hendricks
Large Crowd Attends John Deer Machinery Program
A large crowd attended a program sponsored by Gross Hardware Company at the school auditorium on Monday afternoon. The event showed movies on caring for farm machinery, stressing the importance of maintenance as farming seeks higher production with fewer manufactured machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross Hardware Company
York Mills Auction Sale by Edward Alber and Clarence Cooke
Public auction on York Mills premises near Saline and Milan road at 1 o clock includes a 5 year old black gelding 1600 pounds a 9 year old bay gelding 1300 pounds Holstein cattle a 14 month Holstein heifer hens pullets farm tools livestock and household goods with cash terms. Notable items include a new manure spreader wheel wagon syracuse plow 2 horse cultivators mower hay rake and many other implements. Announcement ends with a demographic note about seven million US men under 38 are fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhardt Cekau
Detroit
York Mills
Saline
Milan Road
Pfister
New Idea
Iro
Syracuse
New International
McCormick
Edward Alber
Clarence Cooke
Postage Rates Rise March 26 Across Services
Postmaster O Neal announces postage rate increases effective Sunday March 26 affecting several services. First class mail remains three cents for general rates but rural route deliveries rise to three cents where local two cent rates exist. Air mail mainland rates become eight cents per ounce, overseas military mail remains six cents per half ounce, parcel post, money order, registry and c o d rates also rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Saline
United States
Alaska
Navy
Money Order
Registry
Michigan State Radio Highlights and Community Ads
Radio listings show WKAR 870 KC 5 000 watts with assorted local ads for rugs boots seed oats and livestock stockyards in Saline Dexter Tecumseh and Ypsilanti. Also notes about Michigan State College discussions and broadcasts by Dean Emmons and staff with schedule details and host Ruth Liss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Rid Your Ranch of Rodents Kil Balm Ad Covers Poultry Gear
An old advertisement promotes Kil Balm as a rodent killer with a money back guarantee and includes pricing for horses cows and farm services. It lists poultry equipment and feed from Saline Hatchery Morton Poultry Farm and Ward’s Farm Store with contact details in Adrian and Ann Arbor Michigan. It also notes a campus mail service and stockroom clerk job opening at the University of Michigan Business Office with in person applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
National Poultry Improvement Plan
Annn Arbor
University of Michigan Business Office
University Business Office
University Hall
Sale on Willow Road for Fred Weller and Gottlieb Weller Estate
A sale is scheduled for Thursday March 30 to settle the estate of Fred Weller and Gottlieb Weller on Willow Road five miles west of Saline.
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Dexter
Donovan Rd
R. L. Donovan
Fred ‘Weller
Gottlieb Weller
Saline
Classified Ads Listing in Saline Milan Area 1940s
Mixed local ads include Farm acreage sought by George C Gregg Milan. For Sale items such as a four ton panel truck, a piano and antique furnishings. Duroc pigs and potatoes. heating services. used furniture. auctioneering contact Clarence Cook. and a 5 gallon paint pails offer. Local phones and addresses cited for Klarney vendors.
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Stember
Federal Reserve System
Michigan Bureau of Animal Industry
Morton Poultry Farm
Bob Morton
Prop
Atte
Clifford Finkbeiner
Chih
Galine Township
Town Meeting
Uglg Us
Washington
Tokyo
Farm Bureau
John Deer
Michigan State Radio
Wolverine
Parsons
Clover Seed
Sweedish
Fred Finke
Beiner
Wilpa
Wiedman Auto Company
Columbia
Fred R. Braun
Carro Frost
Darling & Go
Brooks Brothers
Mach
Ruth Liss
Michigan Ave
Ypsilanti
Michigan State College Liberal Arts
Dean L. C. Emmons
S .T. Dexter
F. W. Hewetson
Horticultural Department
Dorothy Benson
Home Economics
Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Ce
Frank Kanitz
Far Rd
Cone
Salsbury
Camine Auctions
Opserver
Clarence
Cook, Auctioneer
Government Wheat Saline Mercantile Co
North Lewis Street
Wiedman Auto Co
Chevrolet
Weidman Auto Company
Duroc
Dan Hertler & Son
H. Marion
Frank Tucker
R. G. Wahl
West Michigan Ave
Mich
S&room
Superior
Ernest Girbach
Donald Friend
E. Mich. Ave
George C. Gregg
R. EF
D. 1
Main St
Ann Arbor, Mich
Saline Theatre
Martha Scott
Adolphe Menjou
Chester Morris and
Nancy Helly
Roddy McDowell and
Edmund Gwenn
Lassie Come
Robert Donat and
Valerie Hobson
Tartu
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