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Newspaper
Manitowoc Times
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1929
Page
5
The plan would have Italy appoint an ambassador to the papal court and the Vatican send a nuncio to Rome’s court, with a potential exit from Rome to the sea abandoned due to technicalities. The agreement aims to end the pope’s self-imposed confinement at the Vatican and culminate in a concordat once signed by both sides.
Sir George H Wilkins, whose south pole flight attempt was abandoned, likely will reach Montevideo within a month aboard the steamship Dural Gordon and Firing agents say the Qural will sail soon to Deception Island with oil supplies and a heavy small for Wilkins awaiting departure.
The Racine based Caledonia Mutual Fire Insurance company resolves to refuse payments for any fire losses connected with liquor stills and will pay no damages to buildings where a barn dance had been in progress within the prior 12 hours. The board of directors endorsed the resolutions recently.
Wisconsin ranked tenth among states in number of factories making motor vehicle bodies and parts, excluding full autos. The 1927 industry generated $1,151,426,365 from 1,213 establishments, down 24 percent since 1925. The top states listed include New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, California, and more. Forest fires 1916-1925 burned 354,798 acres, destroying timber valued at $702,843 and damaging $79,049 of buildings and improvements.
Notice for the February 5 1929 probate term in Manitowoc County Wisconsin. Alex Hermann applies to admit the last will of Cresentia Hermann deceased to probate and to appoint an executor with or without will annexed at the county court house. The notice warns creditors and interested parties to appear.
A dense list details Eastern and Western stations with program blocks and times. It catalogs networks like WEAF WJZ WABC and local shows from Atlantic City to Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, and New York with orchestras, dinners, dances, operas, and variety programs scheduled through late evening.
Chicago and Milwaukee markets report hogs steady to 10 cents lower with mostly 8.90 to 9.05 per cwt, cattle dull with limited demand for light weights, vealers and butcher grades varying in price. pork and sheep quotes listed, with grain and produce sections noting receipts and price ranges. New York stock listings show a broad decline across many industrials and transport shares, with notable movements in steel, motors, and utilities.
The list shows varied commodity prices including butter cheese beans vegetables and meats with per unit or per cwt figures. Foreign exchange in New York closes steady with sterling at 4.85 percent, francs at .03907-16, marks at .2375 up four hundredths of a cent.
Weekly cheese quotations announced in Plymouth Wisconsin list Farmers Tall Board 395 horns at 22 1 2 and 140 squares at 22 1 2 with updates unclear due to partial OCR.
Three Charlevoix fishermen Archie Cross Nelson Holland and Irving Nland left South Fox Island on an eight fishing trip. After four days at sea amid a 50 mile gale they survived by chopping ice to stay afloat and eating a two day supply. Coast Guard and relatives’ searchers found them between Charlevoix and South Fox Island and brought them home Monday afternoon.
Riverside California UPI report says 12 year old Lewis Winslow of Pomona was alive when buried on Gordon Stewart Northcott farm. Sanford Clark the boy's uncle testified that after being struck with an ax he was placed in a shallow grave and covered with dirt. He was still making a noise when buried, Clark said.
President Emilio Portes Gil was walking in Cuautla Morelos when he heard a woman scream and leaped into the water to save her. The rescued woman was Mrs. Pedro Laguna, wife of a local broker.
A contract for the Stribling vs Sharkey fight was signed in South Miami Beach. It gives Young Stribling 20 percent of gate receipts and Madison Square Garden Corp an option on the Georgia heavyweight for his next bout. Also noted is a robin seen at Holy Family hospital grounds.
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