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The Nankin Township Monitor #8

June 03, 2023

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Calling Somebody a Nazi Started Long Before the Age of Wokeness

This 1943 Supplemental Mileage Ration slip for gasoline in some kind of service to Eloise Hospital holds a few hidden gems in the story within the story. During World War II gasoline and tires were rationed along with essentials from food to shoes by the Office of Price Administration. The name of the cardholder was an E. Stilson Kalmerton, a military veteran and police officer in Dearborn at the time. While I obviously purchased it for its relation to Eloise there are a few humorous asides in the case of Mr. Kalmerton and his family and a final potentially ironic one. In regards to Klamerton, he was slapped with a lawsuit by his former mother-in-law Bertha Dorn over funeral expenses for his late wife Gertrude, which she paid in full with a promise for reimbursement. Detroit News , February 4, 1944 In his response he denied the charge and claimed that she was a Nazi. A claim which had some circumstantial merit since she did own a copy of Mein Kampf at the time and was a "re...

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