Labor Day weekend deaths total 488 nationwide
Labor Day weekend 1947 saw 488 Americans die in traffic and weather related accidents. Michigan counted 24 fatalities with Lenawee County reporting no accident deaths. Thunderstorms caused trees to fall and power outages across Hillsdale and Branch counties, with Quincy suffering roof and infrastructure damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinck
Branch County
Consumers Power Co
Quincy
Adrian
Consummers Power Company
Quincey
Poy McPhail
Consumers Power Company
Osseo
Hillsdale
Jeff
Two Adrianites Die in U P Car Crash
In Mackinac and Chippewa counties near St Ignace four people died during Labor Day weekend. Victims include A O Budd 45 of Adrian Mich and his wife Alma who perished when their car crossed a guard rail on the Cut River bridge. Driver Dewey Smith and his wife Cora of Adrian were injured and hospitalized with head and limb injuries described as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Smith
Cora
Adrian
Sault War Memorial Hospital
Smith
Adrian Public Schools Reopen For About 3000 Pupils
Adrian public schools prepare for a new term with about 3000 students expected. High school classes start at 8 30 a m and grade schools at 9 00 a m. Superintendent George H Little notes overcrowding relief from moving students to Jefferson McKinley and Washington schools. Parochial schools open Thursday and area colleges set fall terms in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
George H. Little
Little
Jefferson School
McKinley
Washington
St. Joseph Academy
Adrian College
Siena Helge College
Bolt of Lightning Ignites Clayton Area Barn Fire
Lightning struck an electric transformer near the Philip Kindinger farm barn three and a half miles north of Clayton, triggering a fire with an estimated ten thousand dollar loss. The Kindinger family was away at Wamplers lake. Marion Goodrock spotted the blaze and alerted Addison fire department. The barn, 30 tons of hay, a soybeans bin and two oats bins were lost, partially insured. Lightning also hit a nearby Goodlack barn four miles NW of Clayton, tearing shingles but causing no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Philip Kindinger
Kindinger
Wamplers Lake
Marion Goodrock
Addison Fire Department
Clyte Goodlack
Three Men Fined for Drunk Driving Plea
Three men pleaded guilty to drunk driving before Justice John K. Lowe. Donald DeFay 35 of 205 Locust Street paid 60 dollars fine and 7.65 costs. Kenneth Ansley 32 of Clayton paid 60 dollars and 87 cents costs. Ralph Ansley 30 of Route 1 Ray Indiana faced similar fines. Each man had ten day jail sentences suspended for ten days after arrest following a minor Beecher Street accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Lowe
Donald DeFay
Locust Street
Kenneth Ansley
Clayton
Ralph Ansley
Route 1
Ray
Indiana
Ansley Brothers
Beecher Street
Men Arrested in Stolen Car on Palmyra Road
Two men Buck Williams 34 of Toledo and Donald A Dickey 25 with unknown address were arrested by sheriff’s officers Saturday morning after driving an unsafe manner in a car reported stolen from Dexter Michigan. They were booked at the jail following a Saturday afternoon radio report of the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Elmer Bringman
Dexter
Mich
Buck Williams
Toledo
Donald A. Dickey
Hoover Says U.S. Should Have Stayed Out Of World War II
Washington dispatch quotes former President Herbert Hoover in the September issue of a magazine. Hoover argues the United States should have remained aloof from the fighting, suggesting Britain might have been safe and that Japanese provocation came after U.S. actions. He also comments on Stalin, Communist revolutions, and the likelihood US economic power prevailing, while praising President Truman personally though noting disagreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
U.S
Washington
Today
Herbert Hoover
Sidney Shallet
Stalin
Russia
Shalett
Germany
Palestine partition warning sparks Arab vow of force
United Nations faces a heated Palestine debate as Emile Ghoury and the Arab Higher Committee reject partition plans. Arabs promise force if Britain pushes partition, while Zionists seek a negotiated basis. The U.N. committee backs independence with mixed Arab Jewish state options and 150000 Jewish immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations
Holy Land
Palestine
Arab East
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Emile Ghoury
Palestine Arab Higher Committee
Jerusalem
U.N. Special Committee
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
U.N
Middle East
Zurich
Switzerland
World Zionist Organization
Faris Bey el Khouri
Arab League
General Zionist Party
World Zionist Congress
Britain
U.N. Special Committee On
Galilee
Coastal Plain
Haifa
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Beersheba
Negreb
Samarian
Judean
Isdud
Golda Myerson
Jewish Agency
Ghven
Arab Higher Committee
Speedboat Upends Rowboat Off Devils Lake Injuring Fishermen
Ohio couple Mr and Mrs Robert Meyer of Toledo were jailed after their 16 foot inboard speedboat rammed a rowboat carrying fishermen Homer Price and Leland Snyder off Echo Cove Devils Lake at 1030 am Monday. Meyer faces operating a motor boat while drunk while Mrs Meyer is charged with drunkenness. The rowboat capsized and Price drifted unable to swim until help arrived. Fishermen reported the speedboat ran with throttle open and damaged tackle worth over 50 dollars. The Meyers and their dog were detained after attempts to depart and the ignition key was removed by rescuers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Meyer
Harley Road
Toledo
Lenawee County
Ohio
Echo Cove
Devils Lake
Harvey Willson
Manitou Beach
Meyer
Jeanette III
Homer Price
Berdan
Leland Snyder
Metamora
Willson
Snyder
Price
Meyers
Spitz
Farmer Not Too Busy To Keep An Eye On His Shirt
Blissfield September 2 Labor Day weekend theft of a laboring man shirt gave Everett Rodgers 18 and Jimmy Lee Kherns 20 ten days in county jail. They admitted stealing a shirt from Henry Fritz farm and pleaded guilty to larceny, with costs set at 5.75 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blissfield
Everett Rodgers
Jimmy Lee Kherns
North Bend
Ohio
Henry Frit
Fritz
Mr. Fritz
M. W. Hensel
State Liquor Board seeks bargain sale of war stock
Lansing Sept 2 The State Liquor Control Commission asked the State Administrative Board for permission to conduct a bargain sale valued at 53 500 000 of slow moving wartime liquor shortages. About 142 items totaling 113 000 cases will be sold at reduced prices through all outlets starting in October after 30 days notice. The state expects a net profit of 7 000 000 in the long run, despite an estimated 152 000 loss on the sales themselves. Items include whiskies brandies rums cordials liqueurs and wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
State Liquor Control Commission
State Administrative Board
Owen J. Cleary
U S Rejects Red Protest On Reich Industry Plan
Washington states the United States rejects Russia's protest over British American plans to raise industrial output in their occupied German zones to near 1936 levels. A note to the Russian embassy says the action follows commonly agreed objectives with any occupying power willing to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
U.S
Britain
Hungary ministers quit over alleged vote abuses
In Budapest three Social Democrat ministers resigned claiming the Communist led coalition used flawed methods in last Sunday's parliamentary election. Government figures show the Communist party with 31.6 percent, while alleged abuses were described as limited and not affecting the result. Opposition cites 500000 to 1,000,000 false votes. official says up to 20,000 abuses occurred at most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Ivan Boldistar
Information Ministry
Interior
Justice
Istvan Ries
Social Democrat Party
Industry
Antal Banand
Sandor Ronai
Ries
Hungarian Independence Party
Social Democrats
Boldistar
MacArthur Urges Just Japan Treaty After Surrender
General MacArthur marked Japan’s second anniversary of surrender by urging a just peace treaty in a tolerant atmosphere. He warned against burdening economies, noted Japan’s postwar recovery, and supported democratization and stability as essential to peace. Australia hints talks may move to policy-making level in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Community of Nations
Canberra
Australia
United States
Washington
Rail workers awarded 15 cent wage increase nationwide
An arbitration board granted about 1,000,000 non operating railroad workers a 15 cent per hour wage increase effective yesterday. Workers had sought a 20 cent raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Manchester Chief James ONeill Elected Legion Commander
James F. ONeill, aged 49 and chief of police in Manchester New Hampshire, was chosen as national commander of the American Legion at the convention's closing session in New York. AP Wirephoto shows the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. O’neil
Manchester
N. H
American Legion
New York
Too Much War Talk Says New Legion Chief O'Neil
James F. O'Neil, new American Legion commander and Manchester New Hampshire police chief, said there is too much war talk and not enough peace talk. He warned war talk is overstated yet danger must not be overlooked and advocated reliance on the United Nations. He compared Communism to a submerged iceberg and suggested education or a constitutional amendment to curb it, while noting democracy must be tested to defeat Communism. He planned to review convention resolutions after traveling to Legion headquarters in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James F. O'Neil
American Legion
O'Neil
Manchester
N. H
United Nations
Communist Party
O’neil
Labor Holiday Sparks Bitter Taft Hartley Battle
On Labor Day 1947 American labor leaders vow to strike at the Taft Hartley Act. CIO chief Murray warns of a depressoin while AFL head Green outlines a five point program for 1948 including lower living costs and higher wages. Kilgore Kilgore urges ballot power to elect a progressive Congress and critics say Taft Hartley was a designed curb on unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Abor
Murray
Kansas City
Congress
Green
Chicago
Soldier Field
Kilgore
Clendenin
D-Wva
National Association of Manufacturers
Progressive Congress
A. F.whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Great Falls
Mont
OPA
Leon Henderson
Anderson
Ind
Policy speech outlines four points to win world peace
President Truman told the Inter American Defense Conference that the United States maintains a strong military role yet rejects violence as an invitation to aggression. He warned of ongoing domination in Europe and Asia and noted slow European recovery. He outlined four foreign policy points including Marshall Plan economic aid, and fidelity to the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitandinha
Brazil
Truman
United States
Europe
Asia
Unite States
America
United Nations
Veterans May Cash Terminal Leave Bonds Today
About 9 million veterans can cash nearly 1.8 billion dollars in terminal leave bonds today. Up to 6.5 million may do so soon, though officials urge only urgent needs. Bonds are treated as a good investment, drawing 2.4 percent interest until redeemed. Veterans need only present the bond and ID at a qualified bank or lending institution. More than 5 million eligible veterans have not yet applied. they have one year to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Times
Truman
Treasury
Winnipeg area train crash kills at least 35
A west bound vacation train collided with a standing passenger train at Dugald near Winnipeg injuring 15 and killing at least 35. Rescue workers recovered 17 bodies and investigators said some remains buried in charred wreckage. Gaye Lewis age 64 of Transcona and Mrs Albert Simpson of Winnipeg died en route to hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugald
Man
Dugald Station
Winnipeg
Gaye Lewis
Transcona
Canadian National Railways
Labor Day
Lake of the Woods
Albert Simpson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lenawee
Michigan
National Safety Council
Philip A. Hart Jr
Walter QO. Briges Sr
Detroit Tiger
Bois Blane
Cheboy- Yan
Lake Huron
Hillsdale County
Us-122
Reading
Jonesville
Litchfield
Camden
Allen
Marshall
U.P
A. O. Budd
Palestine Partition
U. W
John A. Parris Jr
HAIFA_ Acro
Qatara Dd
Maliag
Jebel ED
Qusama
Egypt
Kuntila
el Kerak
Qast Amrae
Qass al Aztaq
S Et Talila
el Qatrara
Jordan
United Nations Palestine Committee
Says
Legion Head
Legion
Indianapolis
THE
Associated Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!