Freesoil traffic, weather, and local incidents noted
The Freesoil area reports reduced traffic due to cool weather and a two-cent tax affecting travel and pleasure driving. Mentioned are fuel price impacts, lack of a local distributing station, and gravel pavement works. A near-miss occurred when Charles Hagstrom accelerated incorrectly, causing vehicle damage but no serious injuries. Local residents attend a sale and visitations noted among Freesoil residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelton
Mann
Scottvillé
Darr School Honors Longtime Teacher at Party
Fifty parents and schoolchildren in the Darr district gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sanford’s home in Michigan to honor Miss Anna Rakauskas. Activities included word games, music, and prizes. the event concluded with thanks and remarks on the school year’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darr School
Mich
Darr
Jay Sansom
Anna Rakauskas
America
William Weaver
Carl Schultz
Rakauskas
Anna Benson
Local notes from Irons area include exams and visits
In Irons, students Helen Heane Ruby Voorhees Emma Fritz Edwin Fritz Garrett Voorhees sat exams from Baldwin in seventh and eighth grades. A baby boy Robert Arthur arrived Friday May 15 to live with Mr and Mrs Carl Granger. Thomas Petchell of Chase visited during the week. Mr and Mrs Harry Barnett of Branch traveled to Irons on business. Mr and Mrs James Hate of Detroit stay at their summer cottage. Mr and Mrs Carl Kaiser and two children returned home to Maywood after May 10 visit. Mrs Margaret Taylor hosted a sewing rag carpet event May 20 with several guests. Joseph Juhns Jr left for Chicago for a new job. Mildred Remington spent the weekend with parents in Hawkins. Mr Kern of Frankfort spent days in Irons inspecting ties for the railroad. four cars shipped. extra white oak ties to be used as needed. Bruno Urba departed for a Chicago visit.
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Trons
Baldwin
Helen Heane
Ruby Voorhees
Emma
Edwin Fritz
Garrett Voorhees
Robert Arthur
Carl Granger
Thomas Petchell
Chase
Harry Barnett
Branch
James Hate
Detroit
Carl Kaiser
Maywood
Mesdamsas
Thomas Tennant
A.S. Mortensen
Chas. Vandusen
Andrey Orr
C. P. List, Jr
George Tennant
Caral
M. Voorhees
Joseph Juhns, Jr
Chicago
Mildred Remington
Hawkins
Kern
Frankfort
Bruno Urba
Locke School Closes After Community Picnic Day
Locke School in Logan Township held a Thursday closing event with a primary room picnic dinner and outdoor games. A boys versus men ball game ended 10 to 1 in favor of the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke School
Logan Township
William Bogner
Grove Taylor
Chris Petts
George M.tyndall
John Hyatt
John Vans
Chariey Prank
Earl Tayon
Carell Tyndall
Raymond Hyatt
Ester “Frank
Earl Farrell
Verne ‘Hyatt
Arnald Bogner
Gerald Buffenbarger
Claude, Taylor
Robb ‘Rhine
Jones School to Host Children Day Program
A large crowd attended St Pauls Evangelical church for Sunday services as plans were discussed for a Children day program to be held June 28. A program committee was formed including Mrs Harold Marley Mrs Marty Harley and Miss Mar Marley. Quarterly meeting set for West Riverton Sunday morning June 28. storm damages berries corn and wheat report in surrounding area. The We've Got Lin class met June 5 at Charles Hatelerlehter home with attendees Mr and Mrs Joan Suhbwass and their daughter Miss Lara as Sunday guests.
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Riverton Township
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Harold Marley
Marty Harley
Mar Marley
West Rivertension Durch
Lin
Charles Hateerlehter
Joan Suhbwass
Miss Lara
Martin Schwass
O'Brien
Vernor Wyant
Pepulite High
Seroul
Micky Evenng
Muskegon Visitors Enjoy Weekend in Riverton
The text notes Muskegon residents spent the weekend with friends in Riverton, and Mr and Mrs Joe Gust of Tundington visited Sunday at the Lloyd Pleiness home.
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Muskegon
Riverton
Joe Gust
Tundington
Lloyd Pleiness
Farmers Discuss Cut in Milk Price in Michigan Meeting
In Freesoil Michigan on May 27 a dairymen gathering at Lincoln River school formed a committee to confer with Ross Dairy Co of Manistee over a milk price cut. Herman Lidtke Hilding Swanson and Harry Peterson were chosen. Farmers argued prices should be by test with milk tests from 3.5 to 4.3 percent demanding fairer rates. milk above 3.5 percent earns only a small margin over the $1.75 per hundred base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freesoil
Mich
Lincoln River School
Ross Dairy Co
Manistee
Hermann Lidtke
Hilding Swanson
Harry Peterson
Lincoln Valley School Ends Term with Gladys Pappe Returning
Miss Gladys Pappe closed a successful term at Lincoln Valley school Friday and will return in the fall. She spent the summer at her Amber home. Local families, including the Andersons, Lyons, Underwood, La Pointe, Nelsons, and Rasmussens, hosted or visited over the weekend in Amber and Pentwater.
DARR SCHOOL Notes and Local Visits in Township
Stanley Vrona returns from Chicago for an open visit. Harry Carr Sr tours the countryside supporting Swiss cheese association milk rates. Bessie Vrona stops by Bolek home. Albert and Mrs Surrarer and Lucille visit Huckill home. Friends attend James Smith funeral in Freesoil. Ed Kobe Fern Pepperman and two children visit from Scottsville. Anna Benson visits Leon Milkowski home.
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Arreesol
Stanley Vrona
Chicago
Harry Carr, Sr
Swiss Cheese Association
Bessie Vrona
Bolek
Albert Surrarer
Lucille
Huckill
James Smith
Ny Freesoil
Ed. Kobe
Fern Pepperman
Scolsville
Anna Benson
Leon Milkowski
Mrs Hull breaks leg in Lake Shore accident
Mrs Hull sreaks Her Leg Friday when she fell at home, breaking her right leg below the hip as her son and family were away at a serious picnic. She lay on the floor until they returned and is resting as well as can be expected. Also note Mrs McClellan visited, and a closing day picnic for Purview and Phillips schools occurred at Bartels Landing on May 22 with many parents attending.
Fairview School Visits and Local Family Notes
The item records visiting relatives in Sumit and Muskegon, with mentions of Mrs. Glaneho, Mr. and Mrs. Darren Marvon, Mrs. Melissa Tovich, and Mrs. Javed Cains returning to relatives in Yosthouti. It notes Patyview school closing for Monday and a community event with Bartel's binding and a noisy gathering praised by parents and children. The piece ends with a quoted caution about speaking to resemble a great man.
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Fo Glaneho Marshal
Bartel
Teacher Entertains Primary Pupils at Fountain Picnic
Mrs. Ralph Baushke hosted 100 mothers, friends, and pupils from the Fountain primary room for a picnic on her farm east of Fountain. The event featured a lawn dinner and a veranda program as pupils received promotion certificates. Honors went to Kath leen Gregory and Thelma Biffle, Ward Boremit, Loren Blohm, and Stella Zyautus for top averages, with several students exempt from final exams. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Beek visited Ludington Tuesday.
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Fountain
Mich
Ralph Baushke
Tte
Minnie Schoenherr
Emerson “Goff
Ward Borema
Kathleen Gregory
Thelma Biffle
Ward Boremit
Loren Blohm
Stella Zyautus
Round Lake
Confirmation Class Admitted at Pelton's Corners Church
A confirmation service in English with communion will be held Sunday at 10 a m CST at St John s Lutheran at Pelton s Corners. A class of four will be received into church membership. The regular quarterly meeting of voting members is set for June 7, called to order at 2 p m.
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Pelton's Corners
Mid
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Major school visitors brighten Matthews home
Ms. and Mrs. Cteven and their small son Richard were pleasant visitors at the home of Mrs. Lehaner’s parents Mr. and Mrs. H L Matthews. Miss Margaret OL spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. Cien Ott. Ott, Win Morrison made a business trip to Scottville Saturday. Miss Azora Figgins spent the weekend with cousins Misses Kithering and Helen Bahr. Miss Martin Matthews and Helen Kerr were Sunday visitors at the H I Matthews home.
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Cteven v. Schaner
Richard
Stiff Fine For Leaving His Car After Wreck
Monroe Mich May 27 AP Laulwit Smigin 40 Detroit pleaded guilty before Justice Lee Smith to being no disorderly person. Smigin arrested after a two mile chase when he abandoned a wrecked automobile at the curb. The car held gallons of moonshine whiskey according to police.
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Monroe
Mich
Laulwit Smigin
Detroit
Lee Smith
Smigin
Moro Rebel Stronghold Demolished in Llano Province
Despatches from Manila report the Moro fortress in Llano Province destroyed after months of defiance. Sultan Raya and followers had gathered in early April vowing vengeance for relatives killed by constabulary last year. Six Moros were killed. no constabulary casualties. Governor General Wood received word that a shelling with field guns and mortars preceded the storming by the constabulary, aided by a naval hydroplane demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Manila
Llano
Sultan Raya
Wood
Johnson
Michigan Honeymooners Held for Theft of Car
James Patterson and Lucille Shanaway, recently married in a county jail, were arrested in Monroe Michigan and charged with stealing a car used for their honeymoon trip. They admitted the theft and will be escorted back to Monroe for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
James Patterson
Lucille Shanaway
Monroe
Mich
Superior Court
Oldfield of Arkansas to succeed Shaver as DNC chair
Washington May 27 AP. Representative William A. Oldfield of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee, will succeed Clem Shaver of West Virginia as chairman of the Democratic National Committee within a few weeks. Jockeying for leadership reportedly settled on Oldfield as a compromise after Shaver said he would not retire until a harmony candidate was found.
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Washington
William, A. Oldfield
Arkansas
Democratic Congressional Committee
Clem Shave
West Virginia
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Oldfield
Shaver
Attorney to Answer Charges of Perjury in Detroit
Detroit May 27 Attorney John L Hicks through counsel will appear in court to answer a warrant charging perjury. The warrant relates to the probating of the will of Frank L Harris wealthy Grosse Pointe recluse Hicks testified in probate court he drew Harris will two days before his death Prosecution says the will is a forgery.
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Detroit
Mich
John L. Hicks
Frank L. Harris
Grosse Pointe
Hicks
Harris
Sterling Nears Par on Cable Transfers
London May 27 AP renewed demand for sterling exchange today pushed the cable transfer rate on New York to 4.86716 dollars the highest since the war. Parity for cable exchange is 4.75 to the dollar. The French franc fell to 97.55 per pound then recovered to 7.17 1 3 dollars.
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London
England
New York
Governor Signs Gun Toting Bill
The bill doubles penalties for felonies committed while armed with a pistol and sets criminal possession rules. It allows warrantless arrests for concealed weapons and requires licenses issued by a board of the local prosecutor, sheriff, and police chief.
Ford Plans Fleet For Coast Trade
Ford Co says if more ships were bought they would be junked as not worth the expense to keep afloat. It operates two vessels, the Canadian and the Onondaga, in South American and coastwise trade. Each is 3,500 tons. company could run ships twice that size with the same crew. Ford recalls a Muscle Shoals parallel with government interest and discovery of value.
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Ford Co
Mayo
Vassely
Bodies of crossing victims taken home
Remains of Mr and Mrs Harry Marshall of University City Missouri killed in a railroad crossing accident five miles south of Owosso Michigan Tuesday morning will be taken to their home today by their brother Thomas M Marshall of Chicago.
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Owosso, Mich
Harry Marshall
University City
St. Louis
Here
Thomas M. Marshall
Chicago
Marshall
Marshall Electric Co
Detroit
Tear gas bomb robs Detroit safe blowers
Detroit officials revealed that two tear gas bombs were placed at the Highland Park street railway office safe. The thieves failed to proceed beyond the blast, as tear gas disabled them and halted the break in overnight, with authorities reporting the safe was not opened.
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Detroit
Mich
Highland Park
Rasmussen Couple Freed After Bandit Abduction at Kongmoon
In Kongmoon, Chinese bandits released M Rasmussen, manager of Associated Atlantic Petroleum Co, and freed his wife after seizing them on the West River while they traveled by motor boat. Despatches add little on the couple's nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
M. Rasmussen
Atliatic Petroleum Co
Kong
England Will Not Deal Further With Russia
London May 27 The British government will not resume negotiations with Soviet Russia in response to any proposals. Foreign Minister Chamberlin told the house of commons that he would consider proposals but has no intention of initiating talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Chamberlin
House of Commons
Russia
Sister of former screen favorite marries in Los Angeles
Margaret Shelby, sister of Mary Miles Minter, former film actress, wed Hugh Filmore in Los Angeles on May 27. Minter did not attend the ceremony.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Margaret Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Hugh Filmore
Miss Minter
Manistee Rum Raid Wounds 22-Year-Old Participant
Manistee Mich May 27 Dime' Hekturd twenty two was shot in the leg by state troopers after firing on them during a blood farm raid near Newlands. The bullet caused only a flesh wound. The raid occurred late Saturday the first exchange of gunfire in this county area. Lickland's ardter and his father are jailed, two brothers sought.
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Manister
Mich
Newland
Lickland
Ardter
The Bygone Future Actress Jewel Theft Mentioned
Reporter and panel discuss alleged jewel theft involving actress The Bygone Future. The actress says the incident occurred next Monday with names Pete and Mele linked to Paris.
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Mele
Paris
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Kles
Charles
Amel Hagstrom
Esoil
Pontiac
Thos
Brown, Jr
Meade Township
Dirk Schruer
Familly
Gaylord
OS Dda Tobey
Grace Hagstrom
Walkerville
iMiss
Dorothy Stanley
Mercy
Jhospital
Junior Campbell
Victory
Irvre
L. Stanley
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy
Dar
Ome
Benpoh
Reacher
Schultz
William, Weaver
August Schultz
Alex Wilkes
IRONS
Holt
Richard Holt
Paulina Stearna Hospital
Christina Kirkman
Leo Chase
Wallerville
Essie Winslow
Grand Rapids
Charles Ranki
Louglla, McCumber
Anie Perring
Thei A8
Ludington
Locke
Viola Wyant
Red Buffenbargey
Buffenberger
Herman Walter
Gérald
Sinil
Peter Boure
A. C. Storm Hone
Julia Handall
Forman Standall
Bigsby
Mya
J. WW. Bigs
John
Jamies
MacMillan
North Pole
Wah Telal Gia
McMillan North ‘Pole
Emelt Field
N.Y
Philadelphia
Q Pest
Lincoln Valley
Lake Shore
Fairview School
Chamberlain
Inietatri Indaimy Imidin
Shwe
Mrs
F. W. Beek
Pelton’s
Ranf Sheet Metal Works
Michigan
Oldfield
Sterling
FORD
Shoals
T. W. O'Conner
Shipping Board
Lansing H. Beach
Muscle Shoals
General Beach
Tennessee River
Dom
Fresia
Cook’s Market
Scottville
Ea Lo
Matehes, PLC
Clewnser
Ieee
Oil Man
John Alden
L. P, Meads
Custer, Mich
Mason County Co- Operative Marketing Association
Scottville, Custer, Fountain and Branch
W. E. Reader & Co
Custer
Monarch
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