Ludington Prepares July 5 Independence Day Parade
Ludington plans a July 5 celebration starting with a 9 30 a m parade followed by a 2 p m rodeo and a 10 p m fireworks display. Junior Chamber and traveling Jaycees boost publicity while George Dorrells parade committee displays a Tom Thumb wedding float built by Don Pehrson and Ludington High School band members.
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Ludington
Chamber of Commerce
George Dorrell
J. C. Penney
Don Pehrson
Robert Mc
Dorrell
Harvey Clausen
Mason County Saddle Club
Saddle Club
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids
Reed City
Big Rapids
Cedar Cones
Cadillac
Hart
Warren to Be Active GOP Vice President
California governor Warren accepts Dewey’s invitation to join the ticket promising a broader role for the vice presidency. He aims to campaign for Republican principles while maintaining his governorship duties and attending to a large family including three daughters.
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Warren
GOP
Dewey
Senate
Republican Party
California
Green
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Soviet Pressure on Berlin Escalates Amid Blockade Tensions
Soviet land lines around Berlin tighten as Britain accuses Moscow of creating a siege. U S, British, and French authorities plan air drops of food and medicine into Berlin while a grain barge reaches the city. Western zones set a new exchange rate for the deutsche mark. The UN mediator reports two convoy incidents near Negev and a Jewish authorities free to act. In Europe, Italy faces mass strikes, Greece presses a military offensive, and Chinese forces push toward Chinwanegtao. Burma reports recapture of Wan as insurgents are driven back.
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Associated Press
Britain
Russia
Berlin
United States
Germany
U.S
Negev Desert
United Nations Truce Mission
U.N
Pisa
Modena
Italy
Greece
Manchuria
Chinwanegtao
Tientsin
Peiping
Wan
Ranoon
Mandalay
New Coal Price Set By July Fifth Adjournment
Pittsburgh retail coal merchants association ex director Howard D. Gibbs says a 75 cent to $1 per ton price rise will take effect in early July as miners return from a 10 day vacation. Local retailers are already absorbing increases for driver pay freight and wholesale anthracite costs to keep summer business robust.
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Pittsburgh
Howard D. Gibbs
Pittsburgh Retail Coal Merchants Association
Gibbs
Hastings votes again reject liquor by the glass
For the second time in a decade Hastings voters reject liquor by the glass with a tallied 659 to 387 in the election. The margin shows continued opposition to on premise alcohol.
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Hastings
Body of Hero Enroute Here in World War II Death
The body of Sgt. James R. Ruschkewicz, 22, of 603 First Street, is enroute to the United States for burial in Ludington. He died Sept. 11, 1942, from injuries while serving with the American Ranger Battalion in the British Isles, the second Mason County World War II fatality after Lt. Gerard Dawson. Butler-Morrison funeral home will announce final funeral arrangements.
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James Ruschkewicz
James R. Ruschkewicz
United States
Ludington
Sgt. Ruschkewicz
John D. Ruschkewicz
First Street
J. R. Ruschkewicz
Ranger
British Isles
Set. Ruschkewicz
Mason Canny
Gerard Dawson
Panama Canal Zone
Butler - Morrison Funeral Home
Registration deadline set for Union School trustees
Saturday July 3 marks the final date to register for the Union School district No. 1 election. Two trustees will be elected July 12. registration is taken at Supt. O. J. DeJonge’s Ludington high school office, extended to 8 p.m. Saturday. Candidates include incumbent Harold F. Gallic, Howard L. Hawley, Louis N. Carmouche, Mrs. C. Leonard Pell, and Mrs. Robert W. rr.
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Union School District No. 1
Supt. O. J. DeJonge
Ludington High School
Harold F. Gallic
Howard L. Hawley
Louis N. Carmouche
C. Leonard Pell
Robert W. Rr
Empire Girl Is Cherry Queen
Vonny Ann Verne, 18, an Empire high school graduate, will reign as queen of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City on July 8 and 9. She won against 23 candidates from northern and western Michigan communities Thursday night after judging by Jim Zelch, Ray Barnes, and Robert Furlong.
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Traverse City
Vonny Ann Verne
Empire High School
Michigan
Jim Zelch
Detroit
Ray Barnes
Grand Roaids
Robert Furlong
Lansing
Michian Tourist Council
Dewey Warren Map Strategy Marks GOP Campaign Plan
Philadelphia report notes Thomas E B Dewey and Earl Warren shaping a presidential bid anchored to a congressional record they did not author. Dewey plans rest at Pawling New York while Warren weighs New York shows and California travel. Brownell tipped as campaign director with Scott PA named national chair.
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B. L. Livingstone
Philadelphia
Karl Warren
New York
Mrs. Warren
Thomas E Dewey
California
Dewey
Republican National Committee
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas EB
Earl Warren
White House
Warren
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Brown
Robert A. Taft
Scott
Headquarers
Congress
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Herbert E. Brownell
Brownell
National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Dow Workers Vote Strike at Midland Dow Chemical
Dow Chemical Co workers approved strike action after a mediation board vote showing 2908 of 5295 in favor. The dispute followed two rejected company wage offers and a final union proposal for an 11 cent hourly increase. Harold Bowers of NNW Local said five days notice would be given before striking.
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Midland
Dow Chemical Co
State Labor Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
Dow
Harold Bowers
NNW
Weather outlook for Lower Michigan with sunshine and storms
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday across Lower Michigan with scattered thundershowers in the extreme southwest. A notable historical contrast marks today’s high and low records set decades ago. The day’s sun and moon times are listed with observed temperatures, including a maximum of 79 and a minimum of 44.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Lower
Michigan
U.S
President Truman Signs Displaced Persons Admission Bill
President Truman reluctantly signs the displaced persons immigration bill opening entry to about 205000 European refugees who meet stringent tests. He blasts Congress for weak wording and warns the law excludes many Jewish and Catholic DPs, with quotas set for those fleeing 1939 to 1945 in Germany Austria and Italy. He hopes future sessions remedy flaws and notes the date choice of December 1945. The bill requires jobs loyalty tests and imposes quotas including 40 percent from Baltic states and 30 percent farmers, potentially cutting future quotas for affected nations.
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Washington
United States
Truman
Congress
Germany
Austria
Italy
Clay
Senate
House
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Poland
Fourth Well Brought In Near Pentwater area
Fourth well brought in at 5 15 p m Thursday on Carl Jensen property near Pentwater produced 300 barrels in the first 24 hours. Located on a 40 acre parcel south of the 40 with three other productive wells. Drilling of a second well on the same property started this week by Ajax Drilling Co for Smith Oil Co. This marks the fifth recent producing well in the North Weare area near the Mason Oceana county line.
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Pentwater
Mamie Blades
Carl Jensen
Blades
Walkerville
Ajax Drilling Co
Grand Rapids
Smith Oil Co
North Weare
Mason-Oceana
Busk-McMillen
Jensen
Leone McMillen
Mary Thomasowski
Epworth Hotel Dining Room Opens Today
Epworth Heights hotel and the new dining room at the resort opened today with A Kerby Tink stating the Epworth Assembly executive secretary. Manager P C Hartman reported strong summer reservations. Mrs Eleanor Semyine hosts the dining room replacing the 1943 fire ruin. Open house scheduled for this evening at the hotel and dining room.
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Epworth Heights
A. Kerby Tink
Epworth Assembly
P. C. Hartman
Eleanor Semyine
Lake Michigan
Mason county board acts on road and welfare reports
The Mason county board of supervisors heard a preliminary equalization committee report and adopted the roads and bridges committee findings. They urged annual county road cost by township, approved a $6,000 transfer to the welfare fund, and allocated $200 to help defray 1949 convention costs for the Michigan Association of Registers of Deeds, with a resolution praising Mrs. Lillian Godin on her election.
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Equalization Committee
Mason County Board of Supervisors
Herman C. Klemm
Roads and Bridges Committee
Dwight Spuller
Archie Stewart
Road Commission
William Bacon
Elmer Abrahamson
Count Welfare Commission
Lillian Godin
Register of Deeds
Michigan Associaton
Registers of Deeds
Ludington
Martin Schwass
H. F. King
Resolutions Committee
Otto Listing
Godin
Spuller
Charles Hubbell
Strike Agreements End Wage Threats in Key Industries
New pay raises were agreed for coal, aluminum and Westinghouse workers, ending industry threats of July strikes. Coal miners gain $1 per day starting July 1, plus a $100 million welfare and pension fund. ALCOA employees see 10-16 cent hourly increases across multiple plants. Westinghouse announces 9-16 cent raises for 1500 workers. The steel industry did not sign, citing Taft Hartley concerns, risking a steel mine strike if terms aren’t met.
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Associated Press
Coal
Steel
CIO
United
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Industry
Lewis
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Cio-United Steelworkers Union
ALCOA
Tenn
New Kingston
Edgewater
N.J
Mobile
Ala
Baden
N.C
Detroit
Richmond
Ind
Bridgeport
Westinghouse Electric Corp
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Public Invited to Carnival at Hamlin Sunday
The public is invited to attend a water carnival from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Camp Douglas Smith on Upper Hamlin lake. Sponsored by pupils of the American Red Cross aquatic school, the event showcases lifesaving skills, ballet and rhythmic swimming, diving, and floral designs. Ninety four pupils from 11 states attend the Mason county school for its second consecutive year.
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Camp
Douglas
Doctor Honored With King's Medal for War Relief Service
Dr Helen Conger director of Butterworth hospital outpatient clinic receives the King's medal for service as local secretary of British war relief. The medal and citation will be presented July 8 at the British consulate in Detroit.
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Helen Conger
Butterworth Hospital
Detroit
Fire Kills Sixteen Horses at Detroit Livery Stable
A Detroit frame livery stable near downtown burned after 1 a.m. killing sixteen horses kept by local junkmen. Fire origin undetermined. a policeman raised the alarm as six people escaped through the flames in the old building filled with horses and collectors’ cars.
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Detroit
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Dorothy
Nina
Empire Girl
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Federation of
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Hamlin
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