Men in uniform from Battle Creek and beyond
B and B W Mangum now serves in the U S Army at Camp Grant Illinois as Pvt Ernest W Mangum 33652907 CO A 34th M B T 8th es Reg 3rd Platoon. Pvt Norman C Dunn son of Mrs Bertie Dunn returns to Gulfport Field Mississippi after a 15 day furlough with his mother on Southwark street. He cooks for a Medical unit in the Air Corps and reports basic training at a Utah post with Mississippi service since January 1.
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B&b
W. Mangum
Emara
The
Great American Tea Company
U. S. Army
Camp Grant
Ill
Ernest W. Mangum
Norman C. Dunn
Bertie Dunn
Gulfport Field
Miss
Southwark Street
Air Corps
Utah
Mississippi
Washington
J. W. Cornwell
Gulfport
Medical Department
Gulfport, Miss
Japanese Diplomat Sawada Named Burma Ambassador
Renzo Sawada former Japanese ambassador to France was appointed ambassador to Burma to press for complete independence for occupied land. Sawada was recalled from France in August 1940 in a broader announcement recorded by the Associated Press dispatches.
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Renzo Sawada
France
Tenne
Breuries
Sawada
Air Lines Need More Planes
Denver July 22 L Welch Pogue chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board says after the war super transport planes will carry global traffic and domestic airlines will need 25 or more planes to move mail and cargo.
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Denver
America
L. Welch Pogue
Civil Aeronautics Board
Meat By-Products Adapted To War Needs
Chicago July 22 Scien tific research is adapting meat industry by products to war uses says Dr H H Young Swift and Company chemist He cites animal tissues glands inedible fats hooves horns bones hides and wool going to war in forms and packages He notes developments in pharmacology including lechitin cephalin intestines adrenalin and gelatin used in photography and explosives plus soap glycerin from inedible fats with wide wartime applications
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Chicago
H. H. Young
Swift and Company
Meat Industry Laboratories
Great Britain
Fire damages mattress at Ritter residence
Firefighters answered an alarm at 3 45 pm to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L D Ritter 1723 Valley Avenue extinguishing a mattress blaze with water and smoke.
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L. D. Ritter
Valley Avenue
Commons Votes New War Credit
The Commons approved a supplementary war credit of 1 billion pounds to cover expenditures until early November. Britain’s total war outlay now stands around 68 billion dollars with daily wartime spending of about 53 million since April. It is the 18th war credit vote.
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London
Commons
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Certificates To Middletown Spotters
A class of 24 aircraft spotters received certificates for completing aircraft recognition training. The Rev. C. R. Curtis served as instructor, with names including Betty Cooley Myrtle Rhodes Kathryn Watson Oneta Shipe S G Larrick Douglas Ridings Raymond Headley Jr Freda Gardiner Annie Huffman Massie Larrick Ruth Mae Willey Louise Mowery Claude F Carper Bernice Burdette E May Ginn Ruby Everly Ora Everly Helen Walters Josephyn Milani Charles C Reely Anna Reely G W Borden and G W Borden C R Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Curtis
Betty Cooley
Myrtle Rhodes
Kathryn Watson
Oneta Shipe
S. G. Larrick
Douglas Ridings
Raymond Headley, Jr
Freda Gardiner
Annie Huffman
Massie H. Larrick
Ruth Mae Willey
Louise Mowery
Claude F. Carper
Bernice Burdette
E. May Ginn
Ruby Everly
Ora Everly
Helen Walters
Josephyn Milani
Charles C. Reely
Anna Reely
G. W. Borden
Army to Requisition Poultry in Delmarva Region
The Army moves to requisition poultry from the Delmarva area after price ceiling gaps and black market probes. Dover area trucks were halted by state police with OPA inspectors as the War Food Administration authorizes the action following a six month OPA investigation yielding 40 indictments. The government pays 29 1 2 cents per pound for requisitioned poultry, higher than the farm price to cover costs.
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Washington
Office of
Price Administraton
Delmarva
Dover
Del
OPA
Army
War Food Administration
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Prentiss
OPA Moves into Delmarva to End Black Market Operations
M Brown states the Office of Price Administration moved into the Delmarva area to end black market operations affecting key consuming centers including New York City. He asserts the Army will enforce ceiling prices to ensure fighting men receive needed provisions.
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M. Brown
OPA
Delmarva
New York City
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