The Fall of Donald C. Prestiss in Detroit
United Press reports the rise and collapse of Donald C. Prestiss a Detroit area executive once hailed by General Motors and Packard. After a career of sales promotion teaching and stock trading he vanished with his wife and two children, ending with a deadly jail assault in Cleveland.
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Detroit
U.R
Donald C. Prestiss
Prestiss
Cleveland
University
California
Packard Motor Company
Madeline
General Motors
Lansing
Oldsmobile
Prentiss
Man Killed in Prison After Mann Act Case
A Detroit wife exposed her husband’s long absence from home and his affair with a nurse maid. She was deemed insane but rehoused after a friend secured a rehearing. The husband, Prestiss, later pleaded guilty to Mann Act violations in Cleveland and was killed by cell mate John T. Evans who feared returning to Atlanta.
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John T. Evans
Atlanta
Court review sought in death during 1924 tornado
The American Ship Building Company of Lorain asks the Ohio Supreme Court for a hearing in the Sophia Michalski case. Her husband Joseph Michalski died during the June 28, 1924 tornado while employed by the company. She was awarded 6500 by Lorain County Common Pleas, upheld on appeal, with the company arguing the death was caused by uncontrollable elements and not employment.
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Columbus
American Ship Building Company
Lorain
Supreme Court
Sophia Michalski
Joseph Michalski
Michalski
Industrial Commission
Common Pleas Court of
Lorain County
Court of Appeals
Michal
Ski
Free trousers with suit sale at Berry Hotel Athens
Beginning November 15 through December 31 the store offers a free pair of trousers with each suit purchased. See the representative at the Berry Hotel Athens on November 15 16 and 17.
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Berry Hotel
Athens
Two Bodies of Ship Victims Identified
Two of four bodies recovered by the Coast Guard destroyer Tucker near the Vestris sinking have been identified, according to a Navy Radio message to the Coast Guard.
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Washington
U.R
Coast Guard
Tucker
Vestris
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald Prentiss
Marren Graham
United Press
Ship Building Company
The
National Woollen
Parkersburg
Crisco
Risco "Ouran
Maryland
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Jose Gonzales Rua
New Bedford
Mass
Ramon Garcia Pelal
New York
Stedman
Turkey
U.S
Ever Meat
Frances T. Northcross
Stedman Company
the Stedman Company
Packer
Mrs. Northcross
DRY Cleaners
Ohio
Free Cooking School High School
Frances Northcross
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