One Inch Pedal Test Promoted For Car Brakes
Michigan motorists will face a new simplified emergency brake test during May as safety groups and officials urge self testing to reduce accidents. Maxwell Halsey of the State Safety Commission explains that pushing the brake pedal within one inch of the floor before brakes engage doubles the stopping distance, highlighting that the test flags only the worst brakes and may miss others still safe.
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Michigan
Maxwell Halsey
Michigan State Safety Commission
Halsey
Statewide brake safety campaign urged to cut wartime deaths
Michigan officials warn brakes in up to 30 percent of vehicles are unsafe and traffic deaths may rise 39 percent in six months. A May Safety Campaign, backed by police chiefs sheriffs and auto industry, will test brakes distribute leaflets and posters and enforce failing brakes.
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Halsey
Michigan
The
Safety Commission
May Weather Echoes 1943 With 1944 Wet Start
A May column reflects on weather parallels between May 1943 and May 1944 with repeated rains, quotes an old saying “The heavens weep” and ponders whether God weeps. It notes Mother's Day on Sunday and explores telepathy through a story of a rescued mariner who credited his mother’s prayers.
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United States
John LaRue Voices Rotary History at Local Meeting
John LaRue, longtime secretary of the Ypsilanti Rotary Club, spoke at The Tavern last Thursday. He described organizing Saline’s Rotary in 1929 with E. G. Wiedman and helping start Ypsilanti’s club, noting a rule limiting clubs in small towns was changed after petitions. Nelson B. Watling of Ypsilanti was guest of A. C. Lange and shared remarks on the Allied North Africa campaign.
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John LaRue
Ypsilanti Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Saline Club
E. G. Wiedman
Ypsilanti
Yopsilantti Club
Rotary Internatonal
New Subscribers In April
April additions include Mrs. George Desbrough Donald Currie H S Richards Walter Lindemann H E Clark and W J Davis joining the subscription list.
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George Desbrough
Donald Currie
H. S. Richards
Walter Lindemann
H. E. Clark
W. J. Davis
Eyes Examined by Dr Frank Gifford in Milan
Dr Frank Gifford, optometrist, will examine eyes at the Milan Hotel on Saturday from 1:60 to 9:30 p m. Glasses fitted. He is in his 71st year in Milan.
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Sam
Michigan
Savings Bank
Frank Gifford
Toledo
Milan
FBI Law Enforcement Conference in Ann Arbor
FBI official Robert A. Guerin announces the Spring Law Enforcement Conference for the eastern district to be held in Ann Arbor at 7:30 p.m. on May 18 featuring George Burke. Donald Parsons of the FBI laboratory will discuss evidence examination and laboratory facilities available to law enforcement officers.
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Robert A. Guerin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Detroit
Ann Arbor
George Burke
J. Edgar Hoover
Donald Parsons
FBI Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Parsons
Mrs. Julia R. Schneider Rites Held in Ann Arbor
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia R. Schneider were held Friday afternoon in Ann Arbor. She died Tuesday evening at her daughter’s home after a long illness. She was a Washtenaw County lifelong resident, daughter of John George and Christina Jedele. She married Julius Schneider in 1906. he died in 1931. Survived by daughter Mrs. Wiedman and two sons Elmer and Neil, sisters Mrs. Hinderer and Mrs. Wurster, brothers Otto and Walter. Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Ann Arbor.
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Julia R. Schneider
Ann Arbor
Elmer
Freedom Township
Neil
Scio Township
George Hinderer
Manchester
John Wurster
Otto Jedele
Northville
Walter Jedele
Hillsdale
Schneider
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
C. H. Wittbracht
Bethlehem Cemetery
Michigan State Radio Highlights Current Farm Labor Efforts
Michigan State College extension service broadcasts each Monday morning at 10 30 detailing progress on the emergency farm labor program. Reports cover the Victory Garden Volunteers the Women’s Land Army and prisoner workers from Jamaica Mexico and other temporary labor sources.
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Michigan
Victory Garden
Women’s Land Army
Extension Service
College
Ruth Clayton
Gertrude Miller
More
R. S. Hudson
E. C. Sauve
Housewives urged to keep War Ration Book Three in safe place
OPA advises households to store War Ration Book Three for future use though only shoe stamps are valid now. All buying of rationed items now uses Book Three, with Book Four also to be protected. Farmers sell about 190 million dollars of timber and related products annually. Seed corn and Pfister Hybrids seed available from Frank Kanitz near Milan.
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OPA
Pfister
Frank Kanitz
Cone
Milan
Woman's Club Holds Final Meeting for Year
The Saline Woman's Club gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Sam Boyd's home for its last meeting of the club year. President Mrs. Thomas Shurtz presided, with program lead by Mrs. Gordon Anthony.
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Saline Woman's Club
Sam Boyd
Thomas Shurtz
Gordon Anthony
Charles Miller
Union
Shurtz
Walter MacArthur
Bobby Shaftoe
Minnie Buckman
Boyd
Local sale notices and events from Saline area
Classified items include livestock for sale and rent offerings, farm equipment, pets and poultry needs, furniture and household goods, farming supplies, a piano and camping gear for sale, and a musical at Saline High School with tickets 20c for children 40c for adults.
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Spaulding
Girls’ Glee Club
Saline High School
Glee Club
Ward's Farm Store Ann Arbor Advertises Supplies
Ward's Farm Store in Ann Arbor offers fence controllers battery items and electrical controllers with prices from 9.95 to 21.95. Barb wire and brooder equipment priced, along with seed potatoes hybrid seed corn and Kasco feeds. Order now for pickup and canvasses, with repair parts and plow shares available by phone 9878.
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Brooder House
Kasco
Wards Farm
Ann Arbor
Variety of goods and services offered in Saline area ads
Local classified ads list sales like 5 gallon paint pails and oats, farm supplies, used cars from Wiedman Auto Co, and odd jobs. Includes requests for rent, dead stock removal, hatchery offerings, and poultry/seed potato promotions from Saline Mercantile and Saline Hatchery with contact numbers and addresses.
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Geo. C. Hewens
Bemis Rad
Ypsilanti, Mich
Pillsbury’s Best
Frank Daniels
Harry Finch
Herman Heininger
Otto Hagans
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
D. A. Robison
Macon Road
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Wolverine
Clarence Cook
Fred Heisler
Government Wheat Saline Mercantile Co
F. R. Clements
Clinton, Mich
Pontiac
Wiedman Auto Co
Salina
Oliver Plow
S. V. Snyder
Avon
Esther Wells
R. G. Wahl
Wiedman Auto Company
Kari Bird
Saline Mercantile Company
Tecumseh
Carrol Frost
Darling & Coe
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Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
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Saline Theatre
Dale Evans
George Byron
Nils
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William Bendix
Franchot Tone
Ella Raines
Phantom Lady
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