Opening of the School Year Sets Tone for Youth Education
The September 3 start reshapes student aims as some seek relief from leisure burdens while others embrace schooling as a path to better future earnings. Parents weigh tradeoffs, while boards and teachers plan expanded programs, including elocution and public speaking, to meet rising educational demands.
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Peopls
Toonard
Boards of Education
Scheck Ortfaiths
Soange
School Offici
de Idine
Schooline
Mr. Plessant
Hos
Amm Toaener
Wikpe
Viigeht
Dasters Doyac
Mt. Pleasant
Youn Despls
Et Ara
Parole Violator Elinor Hench Linked to Eichorn Case
Michigan parolee Elinor Gilson-Jones Hench, once tied to the Beatrice Euler murder plot, is reported as a Wisconsin inmate serving a year for larceny. Judge D Wood ordered her returned to Michigan after parole violations are reviewed, as authorities push to recheck pivotal witnesses in the Eichorn case.
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Elinor Gilson-Jones-Colemian
Michigan
Albert Eichorn
Beatrice Enler
D. Wood
Pure Dens
Waupun
Wisconsin
Paorle
Detroit House of Correction
Hench
Anna Gilsot-Minimaugh
Alma
Euler
Mimmaugh
Inez Johnson
John Brennan
Eiehorn
Mrs. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Ells
Tegercun
Lansing
David Beaudry
John Blank
Exler
Epler
Immaurk
Wood
Michian
Elinor Gilson-Jones
Petro Tieuns
J Prison
Elinor
Gilson Jones
Wand
Ballooning headline on unsafe city travel
A newborn baby boy was born to Mrs. Martha Walker, 28, in Knoxville, Tennessee, amid concerns over safety during local taxi travel. The report notes the risks facing families using urban transit and calls for improved safety measures.
Bull Wins Argument In Grash With Auto
Auto and bull clash over right of way at a truss road. The bull wins after a Longmont resident, Mrs. W. E. Hillyer, finds the vehicle damaged with a headlight and fender missing. Local incident reports emphasize stubborn animal behavior and roadside mishaps.
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Bull
Longmont
Colo
UPI
W. E. Hillyer
Wisconsin Pages Seek Shorter Legislature Sessions
Madison reports the 59th Wisconsin Legislature lags long as pie workers earn 3 dollars a day while lawmakers gain 500 dollars per session. Assemblyman John W. Eber backs a split session plan like California to shorten the lengthy session. The proposal divides the year into three parts with hearings in the middle period and business in the first, aiming for quicker action.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
John W. Eber
Ebert
California
Eber
Tie
Sought Wife as Loan Security
Rio de Janeiro reports W P Seraphim Carvalho returning from Portugal to claim his wife Albertina as security for money lent to him. Manuel Pinheiro Toraluan loaned funds for her passage and, upon her arrival, asserts Carvalho must repay by surrendering his spouse.
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Rio DE Janeiro
W.p—Seraphim Carvalha
Portugal
Albertina
Carvalho
Manuel Pinheiro
Tora Luan
Europe
Senor Pinheiro
Seranhim
Maneel Pinheiro
Pinhtire
Saraphim
Madama Carvalho
Convict Breaks Back in Jail Escape Attempt at Livingston Jail
Aug 24 Livingston county jail delivery ends with Joseph Moreno breaking his back after a roof sawing and bed blanket rope collapse. Mike Novi escapes with two other escapees fleeing in a waiting car. one inmate is reported near death.
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Livingston
Howell
U.P
Livingston County
Thrce
A. Am
Joseph Moreno
Mike Novi
Moreni
Novi
New Laws Explain Duck Blind Regulations
Game Warden Robert Lambert outlines changes to duck blind rules. The new law clarifies distances from shore and emergent vegetation, defines emergent vs non emergent growth, and allows anchored blinds in open waters with commission approval.
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Robert Lambert
Warden Lambert
Youth Confesses To Slaying In Pontiac
Pontiac police report Rafael Gonzalez 28 confessed to killing two men, Antonio Verdin 30 and Andres Losano 22, during a Wednesday night quarrel in which Gonzalez sustained severe stab wounds. He says Verdin attacked him with a razor, motive unclear.
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Pontiac
Rafael Gonzalez
Antonio Verdin
Andres Losano
Gonzalez
Verdin
Michigan oil industry taxes rise to million dollar class
Michigan oil production in July values oil and gas above surface at more than 750 000 in three fields Muskegon Pleasant and Saginaw with a 2 percent levy on value. July tax total 15141 includes 3621 from Mt Pleasant wells about 500 from Saginaw and the rest from Muskegon.
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Claude J. Markle
United Press
Lansing
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Muskegon
MG Pleasant
Saginaw
Mt. Picasant
Local Teachers Pursue Summer Study Ahead of School Year
The Mt. Pleasant school system prepares for a larger enrollment as families move in with the town’s oil development. Superintendent G. E. Garnard notes teachers will continue summer study to ready the classrooms and curriculum for the upcoming nine months of instruction.
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G. E. Garnard
Mt. Pleasant
High School Access for Rural Girls Urged by Superintendent
Superintendent G. E. Garnard appeals for local families with room and board to employ country school graduates aiming to attend Mt. Pleasant high school. He notes several girls from Fura districts seek an education but need lodging and meals and asks families to contact his office promptly.
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Yar
G. E. Garnard
Fura
Mt. Pleasant High School
Local teachers pursue summer study at universities and colleges
A slate of educators from the area spent the summer in advanced study. Muyskens, Osborn, Wendt and others attended programs at Michigan and other institutions. Several taught in Paris Ames and New York while many stayed near Mt Pleasant Central State Teachers College to earn degree credits. EL PASO Texas August 24 Seizing baggage for nonpayment of hotel bills is old fashioned when a Gate way hotel guest's airplane is seized.
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G. D. Muyskens
University of Michigan Graduate School
A. C. Osborn
Bear Lake High School
University of Michigan Physical Education School
Fielding H. Yost
L. Cc. Wendt
Etre
LaMore
Paris
France
University of Paris
Geraldine Brode
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Elizabeth Leick
Cleary Business College Oat Ypsikinti
Clara Tutt
Kinney School
Canada
University of Sikatchewan
Constance Jr. Stegenga
Mary McGuire
Kinney
Teaches College
Columbia University
New York City
Central State Teachers College
Mt.Pelasant
EL Paso
Tex
Gateway Hotel
Annual Rush For U. Of M. Grid Tickets Is On
Ann Arbor August 24 The annual mass of applications for University of Michigan football tickets is again being received. Attendance will depend partly on the team’s showing, with the stadium expected to be largely sold out in the first drawing for the Ohio State and Harvard games.
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Ann Arbor
U.R
University of Michigan
Ohio State
Harvard
Max Will Sleep Indoors After Porcupine Mishap
WHITEHALL N Y Aug 21 Max Gordon enjoyed sleeping in a tent until a porcupine he mistook for his pet poodle shared his bed. He kicked at the intruder and spent the night plucking quills from his foot, so he will sleep indoors from now on.
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Whitehall
N. Y
WPF
Max Gordon
Max
Franklin E Ellis Quits Isabella County Post as Probation Officer
Franklin E Ellis resigns after 12 years as Isabella County probation officer. Denver Kent is appointed to fill the vacancy. Ellis began public service in 1898 as sheriff for two terms and is famed for Klondike Gold Rush tales and frontier policing before returning to Isabella County life. He and his wife celebrated a golden wedding anniversary four years ago and plan to visit a daughter in Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Franklin E. Ellis
Isabella County
Denver Kent
Ellis
Mr. Ellis
Amcorste
Nerdous
Klondike
Yukon River
United States
Coldwater Ravenship
F. Ellis
Kenoshe
Wisconsin
Man Granted Temp Injunction Over Wild Snake Bosco
Fort Worth Texas August 24 A temporary injunction restraining his wife from taking possession of Bosco a wild snake carnival attraction has been granted to Charles Best The case concerns a divorce dispute and Bosco the snake is central to the custody request and public interest.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Graf Zeppelin Progress Reported 1600 Miles From Tokio
The Graf Zeppelin was about 1600 miles northeast of Tokio at 6 am EST as it speeds toward Los Angeles on the world flight. The ship's position listed as 43.30 N, 171.1 E, with direct communication established and hopes rising for continued progress despite a rough night for passengers.
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Washington
Navy Department
San Francisco Naval District
Tokio
Navy
U.P
American Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
California
Otchichi
Gra
Kasumigaura
Japan
Novel Butter Scoring Contest Initiated at Michigan State
EAST LANSING August 24. A novel butter scoring contest invites all Michigan buttermakers to enter. Each producer scores their own butter and sends a sample to judges Simon H. Hagar Dorn P S. Lucas and M. Trout at East Lansing for evaluation. Winners receive the title Michigan Master Buttermaker for 1929.
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East Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Bureau of Dairying
State Department of Agriculture
Michigan State, College
Simon H. Hagardorn
Lansing
P. S. Lucas
and. M. Trout
Sao Paulo Leads in Car Ownership in Brazil
New statistics show 62,658 automobiles in Sao Paulo state with 10,205 passenger cars. Population stands at 6,815,82b giving about one car per 100 residents in this progressively developed southern state.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Paulo
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Sandits
Oklahoma City
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Joe Vickers
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U. of M
Frank E. Ellis
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