Two New Pumpers Produce About 100 Barrels Daily
Completions Tuesday on Smith No. 1 in Denver township and Stilgenbauer-Russell in Chippewa township report pumpers with output around 75 to 100 barrels daily. Phillips activity centers on Broomfield gas region with two drilling permits issued to Rockford Oil and Gag and Fred M Stilgenbauer.
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Stilgenbauer-Russell
Denver Township
Chippewa Township
House
Crowley
Carmichael
Vernon Township
McClintic
Section
Chippewa
Colé No
Seaton
Broomfield
J. S. Weidman
Rockford Oil and Gag Company
A. T. Skerritt
Fred M. Stilgenbauer
Marshall Sand
Dr. Pool
Forest Fires Still Menace In Northern Wisconsin
Ashland Wisconsin and Michigan's upper peninsula faced major fires as state crews battled multiple blazes. Additional equipment aided Chinpewa County Michigan while Luce Alger School craft Mackinac and Menominee counties saw renewed flames. Oconto Grass and brush fires near the city reached the city limits and destroyed the town hall.
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Ashland
Wis
U.R
Wisconsin
Michigan Peninsula
Chinpewa County
Mich
Luce Alger Schoolcraft
Mackinac
Menominee
Chequamegon Bay
Marengo River
Oconto
Osborn Denounces Radical Legislation in Senate Bid
BAY CITY Michigan August 20. Candidate Chase S Osborn attacked radical legislation and its originator in a speech. He argued principled consistency matters and cited Wisconsin’s progress under La Follette as a contrast to Michigan.
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Bay City
Mich
Chase S. Osborn
United States Senate
Osborn
Senator Couzens
Oborn
Michigan
Wisconsin
la Follette
Van Lear Black Missing in Sabalo Yacht Search
New York August search for Baltimore publisher Van Lear Black continues after he fell from the deck of his yacht Sabalo. Navy dirigible Los Angeles, coast guard cutters, and planes comb the waters eight miles off the New Jersey shore near Shrewsbury Rock as darkness ended a 24 hour search with no body found. Black was last seen aboard Monday night when valet Percy Sellers reported he could not locate him.
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New York
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Sabalo
Ivas
New Jersey
Shrewsbury Rock Budgs
Los Angeles
Black
Percy ‘Sellers
Kelley
Coast Guard
Baltixade
Osborn Gains Support in Wayne County Amid Shifts
In Lansing on August 20 Osborn’s Detroit and Wayne County strength sparks political comment. Voters favor his old age pensions and unemployment relief over prohibition, boosting women’s support in Wayne. The Michigan Federation of Labor remains cool toward Osborn, while women’s groups recall his suffrage stance. Campaigns push with Osborn giving four to twelve speeches daily in Detroit.
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Lansing
Osborn
Detroit
Wayne County
Wlayne
Wayne
Michigan Federation of Labor
Michigan
Upstate
Governor appeals to radio for forest fire prevention
Governor Fred W. Green urged Michigan radio stations to broadcast warnings to tourists and residents as dry conditions raise fire hazards. Officials said the state’s forest fire damage already exceeds 55,000 acres this year, surpassing the entire 1929 season, with public cooperation essential to prevent further losses.
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Shansing
Fred “W. Green
Michigan
Green
Call Central
Vleas
George P. Hogarth
Department of Conservation
Hogarth
Forest Fire Division
Cherry harvest doubles Weld in Traverse region
Traverse City reports the cherry harvest in the Traverse region nearly doubled 1929 production. The 1930 crop reached 26 million pounds, about 10 million less than 1928’s bumper 35 million. At five cents per pound, growers’ average return estimates total around 1.6 million dollars. An estimated 12 percent of the 1980 cron remains unsold by packers. Michigan and Wisconsin combined are expected to produce between 40 and 45 million pounds, with Wisconsin at about 11 million pounds.
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Traverse City
U.P
Grand ‘Traverse
Michigan
Wisconsin
Islanders Welcome Ventura Crew in Samoa
PAGO PAGO Samoa August 20 a large welcome parade celebrated the rescue ship Ventura and its 25 crew and passengers from the Tahiti foundering. Captain W R Meyer praised British seamen for preventing a tragedy and noted the Ventura docked yesterday as rescued people were brought aboard.
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Pago Pago
Samoa
Ventura
Tahiti
South Seas
W. R. Meyer
Meyer
Isabella County Fair Opens To Crowds And Exhibits
The Isabella County Fair opens with exhibits completed at noon and a busy afternoon program of races, free vaudeville, and fireworks. Attendance was not officially tallied but described as rivaling past years as managers note abundant needlecraft displays and a nurse doll entry by Sylvia Burch.
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Frank Biwonson
Sylvia Burch
Luman Barch
Ternoon
Patrick Caroll
Alcoholism Deaths Rise in Polish Union Members
Wire dispatch from Bridgeport reports Dr LeoniS Kurek of Buffalo, grand medical examiner, telling the Polish Union of America in convention that union member deaths from alcoholism rose 40 percent in four years versus pre prohibition levels. He cites 706 deaths since the Syracuse 1926 convention, with 22 percent from alcoholism. DETROIT dispatch notes Hudson Motor Car Company directors approving a 75 cent per share dividend, payable Oct 1 to stockholders of record Sep ...
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Bridgeport
Conn
U.P
Leonis, Kurek
Buffalo
N. Y
Grand Medical Examiner
Polish Union of ‘America
Syracuse
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Y Company
Weather Outlook for Lower Michigan Tonight and Thursday
Mostly fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Readings show Alpena around 64 to 74, Detroit near 62, Grand Rapids about 68 to 78, Ludington near 62, Marquette near 60 to 68, Sault Ste. Marie about 60 to 74.
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Michigan
Chicago
Bar Group Debates Prohibition at 53rd ABA Convention
Chicago August 20 U P The 53rd annual American Bar Association convention opened amid a push to repeal prohibition with a poll stalled by the executive committee Dry delegates threaten floor action Farm relief report denounces the government program calling it a first step toward socialism and a Soviet state The report blasts Congress as a soup kitchen for mendicant industries as it weighs further debates tomorrow
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Chicago
U.P
The
American [Bar Association
Drys
Association
Congress
Treasury
Prohibition Agents to Display Identification Shields
Federal Prohibition Administrator Amos W. Woodcock ordered that dry agents must show a large metal shield when stopping cars suspected of liquor transport. The shield measures 17 inches by 20 inches with a black Stop and a large U below, to identify officers.
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Swashington
Amos W. W
Woodcock
Governor Green Declines Run at Spanish War Veterans Meet
At the 82nd national encampment in Philadelphia the United Spanish War Veterans focus shifts to officer elections. Governor Fred W. Green of Michigan will not seek re-election as Commander-in-Chief, and auxiliary groups hold separate sessions.
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Philadelphia
U.P
al- Fi
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Supreme Court Upholds Pinchot Nomination
Philadelphia August 20. State supreme court upholds Gifford Pinchot's right to the Republican gubernatorial nomination and dismisses appeals by Francis Shunk Brown in the Luzerne County ballot case. Brown opposed Pinchot for the nomination.
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Philadelphia
U.R
Gifford Pinchot
State Supreme Court Today
Francis Shunk Brown
Luzerne County
Brown
Pinchot
Negroes Seek To Adopt White Baby
In Chicago on August 20 a Negro couple petitioned Judge Edmund K. Jarecki to adopt Joseph Julian, a five month old white baby whose birth parents do not want him. William Linder and his wife Mary, who have cared for the child since birth, claim the baby is the son of Joseph A. Murphy and Rose Julian. The mother does not want him and the father has disclaimed support. The infant is described as having red hair.
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Chicago
Edmund. K. Jarecki
Joseph Julian
William Linder
Famed fliers launch air races to a million spectators
Chicago hosts the Curtiss-Wright Reynolds airport event as an aviation milestone. Admiral Byrd col Lindbergh and many famous aviators join a week of exhibitions, banquets, and daylight and night demonstrations drawing vast crowds and international entrants.
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Sata
Chicago
U.P
Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds
Reed’ Landis
Admiral Byrd
Col. Lindbergh
Frank Hawks
Col. Goebs
Clarence Chamberlain
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
Eddie Rickenbacker
Amelia Earhart
Jimmie Doolittle
Billy Brock
al Williams
Florence Barnes
Eruption at Mount Asama Yama Kills Five in Japan
Volcanic blast from Mount Asama Yama northwest of Tokyo killed five people in a rare August eruption. The active volcano, with multiple yearly eruptions, was spewing smoke as authorities reported the fatalities today.
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Tokio
Japan
Asama Yama
Asame
Central State field under rapid progress awaits fall debut
Work on the Central State Teachers College athletic field advances with grading tiling and sodding. A 500 seat permanent stand rises as a $12 000 dressing and shower building nears completion. The October 4 dedication features University of Michigan junior varsity as the opponent.
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Central State Teachers College
University of Michigan
John Greer
Bearcats
Melvin Shouse
Hersey
Walter Burke
Inlay City
William ‘Miller
Lowell
Arlie Reed
Clio
Mt. Pleasant
Dr. Pleasant
Us-27
Central State
Bitter Fight for Congress Seats Looms
Washington reports forecast a bitter, hard fought congressional campaign in 2010 with party leaders and strategists exploiting Hoover era tensions. Republicans push back on Democratic claims while publicity battles highlight strategies led by Raskob and Shouse.
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Washington
John’ J. Raskob
National Committee
Hoover
Raskob
Jouett Shouse
Reed
Pennsylvania
Tilson
Shouse
Vermont
Senator Connally
Texas
Jon
Kineleloé
Dem
Stroupe resigns as traffic policeman
John Stroupe, longtime Mt. Pleasant traffic officer since 1929, tendered his resignation effective September 1 to City Manager Willman. Applicants for the vacancy should apply directly to the city manager.
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John Stroupe
Willman
Stroupe
Mt. Pleasant
South Pine Street Sewer Project Underway
The city street department begins the South Pine street sewer from Locust to Cherry, about 8000 feet, the final new construction in this summer program. The city commission continues curb and pavement plans on Lansing between Broadway and Michigan, with curb possible this fall and pavement in the 1981 street program.
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City Street Department
South Pine Street
City Commission
Locust
Cherry Streets
Lansing
Broadway
Michigan
Judiciary Probe Sways New York Court Appointments
Governor Roosevelt weighs a sweeping inquiry into judiciary appointments and judgeship sales in New York City. Attorney General Hamilton Ward takes over the Ewald case with a special prosecutor, and Crain’s role is superseded as an extraordinary Supreme Court session is set for September.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklyn D. ‘Roosevelt
New York City
Ewald
Hamilton Ward
Thomas C.T. Crain
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Gas Well Brought In On Hansen's Island
Promoters and curious crowds visit Hansen's Island in the St. Clair river after a natural gas well was struck at 113 feet, spouting about 500000 cubic feet daily. Oil prospects surge as several oil companies hold leases on the island. A second well drilling planned for today.
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Hansen’s Island
Port Huron
Mich
Kupy
St. Clair River
Here
Ont
Jeffries Attacks High Tariff Rates in Michigan Rally
In Kalamazoo on August 20 Alex Groesbeck and Judge Edward J. Jeffries spoke for the Republican gubernatorial ticket. Jeffries warned of 5,000,000 unemployed and shrinking real estate as he attacked tariffs. Senator James Couzens also spoke, distancing himself from party regularity and advocating egalitarian Republicanism.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Aupre
Alex J. Groesbeck
Edward J. Jeffries
Judge Jeffries
Battle Creek
League of Women Voters
Groesbeck
Women’s
Masonic Temple
Jeffries
James Couzens
Couzens
Judge Murphy Seeks Detroit Mayoral Run
Judge Frank Murphy of Detroit seeks the mayoral office announcing candidacy to an audience of 1,500 at the Fort Wayne hotel. He vows independence from any clique or faction and accepts petitions with 73 000 signatures. he plans to resign from the bench.
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Detroit
U.P
Frank Murphy
Recorder’s Court
Murphy
Fort Wayne
Raymond Kelly
Michigan American Legion
Rainbow trout travels 87 miles in week across Lake Michigan
A 14 inch rainbow trout tagged at Port Washington Wisconsin was later caught near Grand Haven Michigan, suggesting a possible 87 mile straight crossing in a week or at least 200 miles along the southern shore. The crossings bolster calls for uniform Michigan Wisconsin fishing laws.
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Lansing
Port Washington
Wisconsin
Grand Haven
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Smith Brothers
Great Lakes
Swartz and
Jobin
Grand Haven Harbor
Port
Washington
Manistee
Bombing Hits American Baptist Mission Compound in Kweilin
Reports from Peiping say Cantonese airplanes bombed the American Baptist mission compound at Kweilin in Kwangsi province. Advices received today state no foreigners were injured.
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Peiping
China
American Baptist
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Murderer sought in widow Dora Loree case at Carson City
State police and Lansing fingerprint experts aid local authorities in the murder of 63 year old widow Dora Loree at her farm home west of Carson City Michigan. Loree's body was found at a desk with a checkbook in one hand and a pen in the other after a late afternoon shooting. A male youth about 20 is sought for questioning over a $200 check signed by Loree cashed at Fenwick State Bank near Vickereville.
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Garson
City
Mich
Lansing
Dora Loree
Here
Loree
Maurice Loree
Greenville
UAY
Dora, Loree
Vickereville
Decline in Meat Prices Noted at Chicago Conference
East Lansing reports show housewives buying more meat at lower retail prices as wholesale beef, veal, lamb, and pork fall from a year ago. Prof Brenaman of Michigan State College notes national studies by 25 state colleges and the U S department of agriculture aim to raise meat quality through breeding feeding slaughtering and cooking research.
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East Lansing
G.A. Brenaman
Michigan State College
Zin
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Brenaman
M.S. CG
Pri
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Flies of Unusual Size Reported in Honan War Zone
Reports from Kaifeng describe a pestilence of large flies along the Lunghai railway in Ho nan province. The giant insects drive people indoors and compound suffering from civil war. Military demands and conscription add to hardships as farmers lose animals and laborers to army service.
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Peiping
U.P
Lunghai
Nan
Kaifeng
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