Crystal Falls Named Tenth State Highway Headquarters
Crystal Falls will host the state engineers and OS Need Houchton and A. AM. Hooperstead as district engineers relocate. New district offices open at Crystal Mall. Newberry remains district nine, Crystal Falls district ten. Five supervising engineers oversee 10 districts with maintenance and construction roles. Next year’s highway program limited by funds though gas tax yields more. counties manage most maintenance under contract.
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Crystal Pally
State Highway Department
State Engineers
OS. Need
Houchton
A. AM. Hooperstead
Newberry
Crystal Mall
Hich
Way Center
Air
Reed
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Cadillac
Escanaba
A. L. Turridge
Lower Peninsula
H. J. Davies
Upper Peninsula
Crystal
Baron Gerard de Grer Studies Earth ages and Climate
Baron Gerard de Grer of Sweden analyzes the earth’s ages and past temperatures by examining differences in clay layer thickness and composition. He porposes correlations between sedimentary records and climate shifts across geologic time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Gerard de Grer
Sweden
Insurance agent issues policy as lightning strikes farm home
A fire insurance agent issues a leisure insurance policy to a farmer while a lightning strike hits the farmer's wooden home, triggering a claim under the coverage.
No legal control of indicine practice in China
The report states that there is no legal framework regulating the practice of indicine activities in China. It notes regulatory gaps and potential oversight issues affecting practitioners and affected communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
County School News on Girls Basketball Bans
County School News reports A W Westphal condemning girls interschool basketball as injurious. He praises his stance as a service to future Michigan women, cites Yale professor Irving Fischer on heart strain, and notes the need for girls to develop self control during tests.
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Houghton
A. W. Westphal
Westphal
Michigan
Irving Fischer
Yale
Rural schools prepare eight grade exams this week
Rural schools across the counts administer examinations this week as outlined by the State Course of Study for eight grades. Teachers correct the papers and the township superintendent reviews results to ensure pupils meet minimum essentials. The testing also familiarizes students with exam formats set by external examiners.
Truant Officers Enforce New Mandatory School Attendance
The superintendent and an attendance officer in each township now round up school age children to ensure attendance or to issue working permits or home stays for disabilities. The new child accounting law is highly efficient and nearly impossible to evade, with school officials operating under the state director of child accounting.
Ironwood Board Sets School Near Power Dam
Ironwood Township Board of Education organizes a school at the power dam by the Montreal River to serve Lak Superior District power company employees and nearby farmers. Miss Ellen Olson of Ironwood will teach.
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Ironwood Township
Schoolmaster Busy Overseeing Erwin Township Work
Superintendent K P Sitberg of Erwin Township directs regular grade work and vocational training while also supervising high order studies. He is actively giving the boys additional instruction and overseeing disciplinary measures.
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K.P. Sitberg
Erwin Township
Rural schools showcase fine musical education program
Three schools feature pianos and one has a good organ with piano lessons offered weekly by Mr. Silberg. Teachers in all buildings can play, and students sing from city song books or parts of a cantata. Christmas programs titled The Crosspatch Fairies draw growing parent attendance.
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Silberg
Silbery
Romeo and Juliet in a Moonlit Park Exchange
In a park scene Romeo and Juliet share a lazy moment as they banter about timeless love and routine. Romeo insists nothing new exists while Juliet sardonically agrees that the usual tricks repeat under the moon.
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Romeo
Juliet
Attorney challenges seizure of moonshine stills in federal case
Marquette defense attorney Michael J. Doyle argues that a moonshine still found on private property and seized by a federal agent constitutes illegal trespass. The issue arose in a case before U S Commissioner C F Button and will likely go to Judge Fred M. Raymond in district court. If Doyle prevails, enforcement of Prohibition-era seizures could face new legal obstacles.
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Hiw
Michael J. Doyle
Menon
Fred M. Raymond
United States District Court
Mr. Doyle
Marquette
C.F. Button
U. S
Curt Commissener
Doyle
Batten
Leo J. Grove
Upper Peninsula
Peninsula
Grove
Population shifts reshape London districts
Inner London populations decline while outer London grows. The note recalls earlier square dance days when concerns about eternal triangles were minimal, hinting at changing social patterns and urban growth dynamics.
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Inner London
Outer London
Deserted Pacific Islands Show Sparse Vegetation
A description notes that many of the numerous Hawaiian islands stretching 1300 miles from the main group have almost no vegetation, with plants hardly growing on some of the isles.
Village rainwater tanks used for drinking in Samoa
In Samoan villages people collect rainwater in galvanized tanks for drinking and cooling. The communal tanks support daily water needs amid limited supply and climate variability.
Iron River Man Refuses State Adjutant Post
Guy M. Cox of Iron River rejects appointment as state adjutant for the Michigan American Legion. He cites unsatisfactory salary, after discussions with Commander J. J. Herbert of Manistique. The post had tentatively awarded Rob Ayers a salary of 3600, with Cox seeking 4200, but no raise occurred.
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Guy M. Cox
Iron River
J. J. Herbert
Manistane
Michigan Department of the American Legion
Detroit
Gottle
Rob Ayers
Houghton
Cox
Herbert
Manistique
Hea
Effe
Mr. Cox
Finnish Consul for U P Dies in Camp
Charles O. Jackola, general consul for Finland in the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin, died suddenly last Wednesday at his hunting camp near Herman in Baraga County. Burial was in Calumet. Jackola, a prominent Finnish resident, previously worked for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co and later attended Valparaiso University. He served as justice of the peace for over twenty years and four years ago was named vice consul for Finland in the territory. Soon after he was promoted to general consul.
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Charles O. Jackola
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Herman
Raraga County
Calumet
Jackola
Calumet & Heetaning Company
Valparaiso University
Finland
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