Eagles Plan $200000 Lodge on North Winter Street
Adrian Aerie 2571 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles announced plans for a $200,000 lodge at 205 North Winter Street in Fred. Wood said excavation would begin by December. The sale includes the Fadiman rooming house and adjacent parcels, with a rear tract of riverfront land.
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Adrian Aerie
Order of Eagles
Sourth Winter Street
Fred Wood
The
Aerie
Vida Fadiman
Fadiman
North Winter Street
Kansas City
Michigan National Guard forms first air fighter squadron
Governor Sigler announced Kellogg Field near Battle Creek will host the 172nd Fighter Squadron with Capt. Ross M Norwood as commander and Capt. Elmer M. Leinar in charge of a utility flight. The War Department activated a 227th Air Service Group at Romulus with 193 personnel.
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Lansing
Michigan
National Guard
Kellogg Field
Battle Creek
Sigler
Ross M. Norwood
Delton
Elmer M. Leinaar
Kalamazoo
Associated Utility
227Th Air Service Group
Warne County
Romulus
War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Romulus Field
Guard
Martin Probes Dillon Birth Certificate Validity
Prosecuting Attorney Rex B. Martin said he is checking the validity of a Kentucky birth record filed with a petition in circuit court seeking to vacate Elmer Dillon’s life sentence for murder. Dillon, jailed in 1936, claimed he was 16. authorities recall possible confusion over his birth year and name.
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Rex B. Martin
Kentucky
Elmer Dillon
Michigan
Dillon
Martin
State Department of Vital Statistics
Louisville
Elmer
William Elmer Dillon
L. B. Kaney
Elmer Bringman
Kuney
Salversville
Bringman
Magoffin County
Floyd County
Kaney
Adrian
William E. Dillon
Melvin Whaley
Canandaigua
Adrian Man Hurt In Bridge Accident
William Leute of 117 West Butler Street was injured seriously in an automobile crash at 5 25 p m yesterday on the Leroy Bridge three miles east of Adrian His skull was fractured and he was taken to University Hospital Ann Arbor in an ambulance from Bixby hospital The other driver was Richard M Toppi 36 of Petersburg whose car rammed into the left side of the Leute vehicle A passenger Margrete Dusa 19 of Ida Road Deerfield was treated for cuts and bruises and released Traffic was tied up over 30 minutes while wreckers cleared the scene and the north railing was damaged in the collision.
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William Leute
Butler Street
Leroy Bridge
Deerfield Road
Adrian
Leute
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Bixby Hospital
Leyte
Veterans Council backs Adrian annexation plan vote Sept 9
The Veterans Council at the DAV hall unanimously endorsed Adrian's annexation program to be voted on Sept 9. The vote covered welfare for veterans, sanitation cleanup, and added police and fire protection in outlying areas. Service Officer Ernest Meyer of the VFLW will coordinate burial and military honors for next of kin. S/Set. Joseph P. Whelan of the Michigan National Guard provided info on return of war dead.
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Us.m. C
Seymour Howell
S.aw.v
U. S. Army
Ernest Meyer
VFLW
Joseph P. Whelan
Michigan National Guard
Adrian
Radio report brings arrest in seven minutes
Two Toledo men James Rickman and Alvin Clarkson were booked at the county jail after a Blissfield radio warning alerted Jackson and Toledo police to a weaving car on US 223 near Adrian. They were arraigned next day before Justice John Lowe on a traffic charge.
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Toledo
Blissfield
Adrian
James Rickman
Alvin Clarkson
John Lowe
Ohio
Jackson
South Main Street
Lenawee 4-H members win more state honors show
Lenawee county 4-H club members earned multiple top prizes at the state 4-H club show in East Lansing. The Ayrshire herd won first, Hereford placed second to the Tonia herd, Dorset sheep saw Billie Bartel sweep ram to grand champion with sister Shirley claiming a yearling ewe, Jersey cattle took several firsts, and William Brown led senior Jersey heifer wins while Lenawee also topped the corn exhibit.
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Lenawee County
East Lansing
Ayrshire
Tonia
Billie Bartel
Britton
Dorset
Ram Lama
Eve
Ewe Lamb
Ram
Awe
Shirley
Jersey
William “Brown
Tecumseh
Gerald Crabb
Manitou Beach
Marjorie Bowman
Addison
Lynn Knnsely
Seneca Township
William Brown
U S Proposes Four Power Talks On Korea
The United States urged a four power conference with Britain Russia and China to speed Korean independence. The note to Moscow said the current deadlock over a joint American Russian commission cannot continue and conversations on September 8 should begin to carry out the Moscow agreement.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Korea
Britain
Russia
China
City Hall Office for Drivers' Licenses Discussed
The Adrian traffic and safety committee discussed establishing a city hall office to issue drivers licenses and conduct automobile safety equipment checks. They noted few road tests are given and suggested city control could enable tests. State police will be interviewed. Commissioner Louis F. Germond announced plans for an autumn automobile check-up campaign aligned with a national drive.
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Adrian
Adrian Club
Louis F. Germond
Public Safety
Vet may not be presumed dead until seven years
Lansing August 29 the Michigan attorney general says a veteran declared missing by the federal government cannot be presumed dead under state law until seven years have passed. The ruling clarifies how Michigan treats missing servicemen.
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Lansing
Michigan
Voters approve Chelsea area school merger plan
Chelsea area voters approved a proposal to merge 12 adjacent districts with the Chelsea system to form a rural district. The ballot passed Thursday by 505 to 400.
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Chelsea
Legion Backed Bi partisanship for Universal Mil Training
New York Aug 29 American Legion delegates at their 29th convention heard President Truman and Gov Dewey pledge support for universal peacetime military training. Eisenhower Nimitz and Spaatz appeared to back the plan. Truman urged total defense and noted housing and price issues hinder veterans readjustment. Dewey urged all able young men participate under universal training. The meeting featured a colorful parade and medals awarded to Sen Edward Martin and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Baruch sent a message endorsing peacetime conscription.
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New York
American Legionnaires
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Legion
Eisenhower
Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Carl A. Spaatz
Army Air Force
Legionnaires
Toray
T1st Regiment
Dewey
Republican Party
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Owe
Fred M. Vinson
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Veterans’ Assistance
Baruch
Paul H. Griffith
Tame Atom Bomb Creates Fast Neutrons For Research
Los Alamos announces a tame atomic bomb for research to produce a steady output of fast neutrons for studying optimal chain reactions for power. The unit uses plutonium in a compact reactor core with no diluting material and is shielded to prevent radiation escape. Doctors Davis B. and Jane Hamilton Hall supervise operations.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Noris E. Bradbury
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
New Mexico
Davis B
Jane Hamilton Hall
Manolete Dies After Bullfight Champion Matador Passes
Linares Spain August 29 Manuel Rodriguez known as Manolete leading bullfighter dies from traumatic shock after being gored in Linares ring. He killed the bull despite injuries winning the animal's ears before collapse.
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Linares
Spain
Manuel Rodriguez
Manolete
Cordoba
Gimenez Guinea
Madrid
Manolete _P
No Telegram Published on Labor Day Monday
No newspaper edition will be produced on Labor Day as Monday is observed as a holiday. The Tele gram will not publish that day.
Conflict Of U S Greek Officials In Washington
Washington August 29 A top State Department official traveled to Greece to resolve a possible rift between Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh and Dwight Griswold head of the American aid mission amid Greek cabinet crisis reports. Loy Henderson escorted by plane followed Athens dispatches that quoted Griswold claiming no basic disagreement and consensus on goals.
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Washington
State Department
Greece
Lincoln MacVeagh
Dwight Griswold
Loy Henderson
Department
Athens
MacVeagh
Griswold
Athens Dispatches
Nebraska
Pacemaker Crashes at Toledo Station Injuring 11
The Pacemaker, a NYC passenger train, collided with a Baltimore & Ohio engine at Toledo Union Station after being switched to the wrong track. Eleven people were hurt. none from Lenawee county. The Pacemaker remained on its way to Chicago over an hour late.
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Toledo
New York Central
Union Station
Lenawee County
Baltimore & Ohio
E. M. Cook
Nyc
Chicago
Race Profit Only Twenty Six Dollars From Horse Bets
Victor W. Nielsen testified in a San Francisco divorce case that over two years he bought Parimutuel tickets totaling 311000 on an original 4500 capital and made a profit of 26.41. He presented a black book of bets to counter his wife’s claims of squandering family money on horses.
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San Francisco
Victor W. Nielsen
Nielsen
Fall from ladder injures Mrs Arthur B Sweet
Mrs. Arthur B. Sweet of 1001 Railroad Avenue fell from a ladder at her home while hanging curtains. She sustained facial lacerations and was admitted to Bixby Hospital for treatment around 10 p.m.
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Arthur B. Sweet
Railroad Avenue
Bixby Hospital
Cigarette Tax Yield Below Expectations
LANSING August tax receipts show Michigan's three cent per pack cigarette levy bringing in 1.16 million dollars versus the 1.5 million monthly target. Deputy state revenue commissioner Clarence W Lock noted early months may underperform due to stockpiled cigarettes before the tax. Floor taxes on held cigarettes brought 600 thousand, while July sales tax on retail business rose 22 percent from year ago and beat last year by 25 percent.
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Lansing
UPI
Michigan
Clarence W. Lock
Lock
Liquid propane standby plant to ease winter gas shortage
Adrian prepares for a natural gas shortage predicted this winter. Citizens Gas Fuel Co is building a liquid propane stand by plant with two 30 000 gallon tanks near the old gas plant on Race Street. A vaporizing unit and regulating house rise on North Winter Street. Completion is expected in October at a cost over 40 000. Gas will be used only on peak cold days. Shortage stems from pipeline limitations.
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Adrian
E. V. Gmeiner
Citizens Gas Fuel Company
Texas
Gmeiner
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Greeks beg Maximos to form new cabinet in crisis
In Athens the cabinet crisis nears a week as leaders press 74 year old banker Demetrios Maximos to accept a mandate to form a new government. U S diplomat Lincoln MacVeagh and aides renew appeals while Tsaldaris, Papandreou and Venizelos push for a coalition. Disputes over war and public order ministries persist amid cabinet talks.
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Athens
Demetrios Maximos
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
Maximos
George Papandreou
Sophocles Venizelos
Parpandreou
Napoleon Zervas
Hellenic Democratic National Union
Papandreou
Venizelos
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Zervas Bel
Hereford steer sells for 724 dollars at MSU fair
The grand champion beef animal at the 4 H club show at Michigan State College was a Hereford steer owned by Bob McLean of St Louis. It sold for 65 cents a pound at the closing auction Thursday and was bought for 724 dollars by Carl Rosenfield, Detroit restaurateur.
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East Lansing
Michigan State College
Bob McLean
St. Louis
Carl Rosenfield
Detroit Restaurateur
Severe multi town storm hits northeast Lenawee area
A powerful late day storm swept the northeast Lenawee area with sharp electrical activity and hail up to three inches. Trees down, windows broken, and power lines disrupted as winds pounded Clinton and Tecumseh, with subsiding damage after about 25 minutes. One fatality reported in Fremont from a lightning strike on a hay wagon. crops damaged across Kent and Jackson counties amid heavy rain and hail.
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Lenawee County
Washtenaw
Clinton
Foster McCully
Willow Road
Tecumseh
Shawnee Street
Kilbuck Street
West Kilbuck Street
Britton
Blissfield
Fremont
Associated Press
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Flint
Willian van Hermert
John
Kent County
Willow Run
Detroit
U.S
Mercury
Waterloo
Jackson
Russell Gilbert
Here
Manchester
Clark Lake
Consumers Power Co
Chelsea
Polio Claims 2nd Victim In Genesee
Genesee county reports its second infantile paralysis fatality as Mrs. Drusilla Slee, 24, of Gaines, dies in Hurley hospital's iron lung after admission with spinal bulbar polio. A four year old had died earlier and 11 other cases are recorded.
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Flint
Drusilla Slee
Gaines
Genesee County
Saginaw
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G. Arthur Rathbun
Paul Reed
John Snyder
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South Winter Street
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Us-112
Earl L. Harrison
Guiseppe Giannone
Fontana
Calif
Veterans’ Council UK
Faughson
Tthe
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
New Bedford
Mass
Sen. Martin
Frank S. Leavitt
Man Mountain
American Legion
Buford
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Mulberry
Fla
Madison Square Garden
New York City
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Richard Arnold
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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