Little girl donates half her purse to scholarship fund
A seven year old girl offered to give half of her purse money to help injured boys and a hospital fund. Citizens are urged to donate at Capital News or banks, with donors named but amounts private. The piece condemns veterans hospital wait lists and urges Michigan Legion groups to campaign for federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital News Office
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Michigan
Epler Murder Case Moves Toward State Interview
In Alma, Beatrice Epler’s parents press for the chance to tell their version of the 11 year old Beatrice Epler murder case. Commissioner Wood will interview them at their home tomorrow or Saturday to assess evidence and fairness of the original trial. The case has drawn wide public interest as advocates seek to prove Albert Richorn’s innocence after a life sentence.
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Albert Eichorn
Beatrice Epler
Alma
Samuel Pler
Marquette Prison
Arthur D. Wood
Eplers
Hichorn
Wichorn
Albert Richorn
Elmer W. Hammond
Lansing Lumberman
Wood
Epler
Fred W. Green
Drowns in Chippewa Lake Big Rapids Lumber Manager
Paul Glotz a 44 year old manager of a local lumber firm drowned in Chippewa lake while bathing. Maurice Manahan a Chippewa resident jumped in fully dressed and pulled him to shore. Despite efforts to revive him authorities believe a heart attack caused the drowning. He left a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
U.P
Paul Glotz
Chippewa Lake
Maurice Manahan
Chippewa
Glotz
Parties Agree to Delay Tariff Bill Opening
A gentleman's agreement between Republicans and Democrats delays the senate tariff session from August 19 to September 3. The plan allows Democrats two weeks to study the revised House bill and its duties while Republicans review administrative features. The timing suggests final action may wait until December’s regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Curtis
Watson
Robinson
Hoover
Wheelchair User Receives Operator License in Middleboro
Miss Myrtle Whalen, a disabled resident of Middleboro Massachusetts, has obtained an operator's license and registration plates for her motorized wheelchair. The report notes the unusual legality and the similarities to a standard automobile license process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
Magss
U.P
Myrtle Whalen
Fires Devour Vast Pacific Northwest Forests
In a sweeping blaze across Washington Oregon and Idaho firefighters battled the fire demon destroying thousands of acres of virgin timber. One laborer died from injuries in the Mt Ranier area as smoke and heat paralyzed roads power lines and irrigation systems across the region.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Pacific Northwest
of Washington
Springdale
Spokane
Wash
Mt. Ranier
Wenatchee Valley
Chelan
Washington
Frank Franz
United States Forest Service
Bellows Falls Brass Band Keeps 52 Year Concert Run
In Bellows Falls Vermont on August 9, a longtime brass band marks its 52nd year of regular concerts. The group continues its vibrant schedule, delighting local fans with performances as it has for decades.
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Bellowing Good Band
Bellows Falls
U.P
Unprecedented Japan Heat Wave Strikes Toll Rises
Torrid conditions across Japan ignite disasters as six drownings occur while seeking lake relief and hundreds suffer heat illness. Authorities report 64 missing and a drought lasting five weeks, with thermometers peaking near 120 degrees while official readings state 97.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torio
U.R
Japan
Nevinstee
Altho
Woman Finishes Glass and Crockery Fence After 25 Years
Scooba Mississippi reports Mrs. Pamelia Lofton of Wahalak completed a fence built from broken glass and crockery. Neighbors contributed their discarded dishes over 25 years, culminating in the unusual barrier.
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Scooba
U.P
Pamelia Lofton
Wahalak
Lofton
Clare Boy Injures Leg Under Wagon Loaded With Wood
Seven year old Stephen Hladik son of Stephen and Mrs Hladik farmers three miles north of Lake George had his leg crushed under a wagon wheel loaded with wood. He was running beside the wagon when his father riding toppled into a sand rut and was thrown under the wagon. The team halted quickly but the wheel rested on the boy's leg. He was taken to Clare for first aid and later to Ann Arbor for treatment. He has one sister and another daughter in the family.
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Clare
Stephen Hladik
Lake George
Ann Arbor
Russian plane begins first leg of Moscow to United States journey
In Omsk Siberia on August 9 a Soviet airship named Land of the Soviets started its trip from Krasnoyarsk and Moscow in a staged 12000 mile voyage toward the United States. Four ace pilots man the craft aiming to Alaska then down the Pacific to Seattle and finally New York.
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Omsk
Siberia
U.P
Moscow
United States
Alaska
Krasnoyarsk
Russia
Pacific Ocean
Seattle
New York
Owen D. Young Named Greatest American Business Man
Boston August 9 Owen D Young chairman of the General Electric company and former Boston lawyer is voted by 200 Harvard Institute of Business summer course students as the greatest American business man. He collected 52 votes ahead of Henry Ford and Andrew Mellon in a ballot on the question of one outstanding American business man.
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Boston
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Harvard University Institute of Business
America
Henry Ford
Andrew Mellon
Balloon Race Entries Grow in St Louis Gordon Bennett Field
The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race entries reached ten with France sending two giant gas bags. The event in St Louis is sponsored by the Air Board of the Chamber of Commerce.
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ST. Louis
Graf Zeppelin Nears European Coast on Round World Flight
The Graf Zeppelin approaches Europe after a smooth first day from Lakehurst New Jersey toward Friedrichshafen Germany. Twenty two passengers and forty crew aboard report a time of life with favorable winds aiding speed. log notes show positions east of New York and Atlantic crossing progress with radio contact established.
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New York
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J. Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf
Atlantic
Air Voyagers
United Press
Thesday
Nordeich
Heath Captured After Alighting From Chicago Train
Detroit elevator engineer John M. Heath was detained by federal authorities in connection with the death of Federal Prohibition Agent Richard J. Sandlands believed to have occurred during a struggle on Heaths yacht. Heath left Chicago on the Michigan Central train and was taken into custody as he alighted. Attorney Max Finkleston said Heath told him by phone to surrender.
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Detroit
John M. Heath
Richard J. Sandlands
Heath
Maxine
John 2. Watkins
United States
Michigan Central
Chicago
Max Finkleston
Prohibition Agents Bar Rifles After Fatal Accident
Prohibition Commissioner J M Doran drafted an order forbidding agents to carry rifles except in isolated areas after a Texan was killed accidentally by an agent. Agents may use revolvers only in settled communities, with rifles allowed in mountains or open plains where long-range defense is needed. The rule follows the shooting death of Tom Chander of Poteet Texas by Agent Charles Stevens and aims to reduce urban gunfire.
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Washington
U.P
J. M. Doran
Doran
Prohibition
Prohibition Service
Tom Chandier
Poteet
Tex
Charles Stevens
Stevens
Fishermen Abandon Saginaw Bay Grounds
BAY CITY August 9 Commercial fishermen in the Shaginaw Bay area report the poorest season in years. High waters push fish to other feeding grounds and some blame polluted water. The high water may help flush Bay pollution. Several fishermen have abandoned Saginaw Bay until fall.
Oil strikes and blowouts in Midland and Isabella counties
Oil activity reported across Green dale and Chippewa townships with Bailey Hall No 1 flowing at 500 barrels per day from 3511 feet, strong pressures promising. Bailey Hall No 1 in Isabella county saw a blast and gas not sufficient for flow. Nitroglycerine blow yielded an estimated 100 barrels daily. Joslin No 2 attempt failed to trigger flow after a nitro charge cave-in.
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State-Midland No, Air, Pure: Oil Company
Greendale Township
Midland County
State-Midlands
Bailey Hall No
Chippewa Township
Isabella County
A. GC. Arthurs Company
Joslin No
Tsabella County
Chippewa Oil & Gas Company
Eastern Torpedo Company
Oil Rights Corporation Granted Franchise in Michigan
Lansing August 9 UP The secretary of state announced Oil Rights Corporation Mt Pleasant capital 25000 shares no par value purpose to deal in oil gas and mineral leases real estate oil gas etc Incorporators A H Madsen Austin Jenssen and Bruce L Dillon all of Lansing Michigan.
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Lansing
Secretary of State
Oil Rights Corporation
Mt. Pleasant
A. H. Madsen
Autstin Jenssén
Bruce L. Dillon
Mich
Buried Girder Worth 13265 Unearthed in Montana Creekbed
Engineers in Eastern Montana recovered a 87 foot 57 ton steel girder valued at 13265 after floods washed away a Northern Pacific bridge west of Glendive. Crews found the missing girder buried in mud beneath a dry creekbed after a cloudburst created a 24 foot channel.
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Northern Pacific
Wintas
Montana
Glendive
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Ouiz
Tn Epler
Eichorn
Big Rapids Lumber Company
John Garland Pollard
Byrd
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Alfred E. Smith
West
Strigken
Govers
Niagara
Susan Grove
Hagerstown
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Saginaw Bay Grounds
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New Oil Rights, Corporation
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