Carnegie story shows initiative in wartime supply chain
In 1917 at the Philadelphia navy yard, King Beckford of American Lead Pencil Co. helps secure seaplane production. Rockford persuades Victor Talking Machine Co. of Camden to switch from gunstocks to bolts and nuts, despite their prior order. A senior engineer’s drawing adjustment convinces them to proceed.
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King Beckford
American Lead Pencil Company
Philadelphia Navy Yard
United States
Navy Yard
Beckford
France
Young Rockford
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden
New Jersey
Victor
Reckford
War Department
Seeing Each Person As Individual Not Stereotype
A group discussion at a home highlights how adults stereotype others by race religion or nationality while a seven year old correctly identifies a Chinese guest in a photo. The piece argues impressions form in childhood and adults should judge individuals by actions not group identity.
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China
Memorial Day reflections and postwar concerns
A mid 1940s community note honors Memorial Day while reflecting on postwar unity and the Ku Klux Klan's rise. It questions American and Christian values, urging vigilance against intolerance amid national return to normalcy. Also included is a legal notice about Bridgewater Savings Bank deposits and a final liquidating dividend.
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Ku Klux Klan
America
Trustee announces final liquidating dividend to trust beneficiaries
Notice to former Saline Savings Bank depositors under the 1938 declaration of trust reports a final dividend of 31.35 percent of the waived claim. Beneficiaries must claim in person or in writing at Saline Savings Bank, Saline Michigan, within six months, or funds will escheat per Washtenaw County Circuit Court decree No 270Q from February 2 1946. Dated March 28 1946.
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Bridgewater Savings Bank
Depositors Liquidation Corporation
Penobscot Building
Detroit
Michigan
Bridgewater Trust
Washtenaw County Circuit Court
Igan State Board of
Dickinson, Wright, Davis, McKean & Cudlip
National Bank
Saline Savings Bank
Saline
Washtenaw County
Michigan State Board of Escheats
Salix Savings Bank
Dickinson, Wright, Davis, McKean
Veterans Q and A on service questions and benefits
Veterans Questions column answers readers on ribbons subscriptions divorces discharge points and family questions. Topics include order of military records, GI Bill student aid and insurance reinstatement, disability pensions upon re enlistment, and eligibility timelines for discharge and return home for Marines and Army personnel.
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Washington
S. W
Adair
Iowa
Adjutant General
War Department
D. Cc
Army Times
Ordnance Sgt. Magazine
Osceola
Irving Street
N. W
D. C
Ordnance Magazine
Ordnance Department
Woodlawn
Va. A
E. H
Independence
Denverite
Denver
Colo. A
Veterans’ Administration
W. H
Nashville
Tenn. A
4Th Division
Marine Corps
Camp Catlin
Oahu
Hawaii
Wilkesboro
L. B
Bryan
Texas
Office of Adjutant General
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Myron B. Gallagher
Myron B. Gallagher, Jr
Esther Landwehr
Michigan Press Services, Inc
East Lansing, Michigan
Europe
By Dale Carnegie
Carnegie
Greenland
New Guinea
Barnes
Cuba
Madagascar
Spike
Holt
Ccess
Parenthood
Catherine Conrad Edwards
By Esther Landwehr
Veterans
the Dai
Vais
By Bob Karp
Myseley
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