MacNider begins duties as American minister to Canada
Otto Ottawa reports Hanford MacNider arrived with wife at Chateau Laurier to assume the post. Capt. Ira Eaker escorted them from Rockcliffe. He plans to tackle the St. Lawrence waterway and prohibition as key early issues while engaging with Hoover and state officials. The waterway aims to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic for Midwest business and agriculture benefits.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.F. Cel
Hanford MacNider
Washington
Canada
Chateau Laurier
Ira Eaker
United States
Rockcliffe Flying Field
St.Lawrence
Mac‘Nider
Hoover
State Department
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic
Dominion
MacNider
Detroit mayoral race and grand jury crime inquiry open
Detroit jurors began a crime probe into gang murder and other offenses as mayoralty candidates faced a print deadline. The 22 jurors from a 150 strong pool heard instructions from Circuit Judge Lester Moll before hearing first witnesses.
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Detroit
U.P
Adg-Vice
Jerry Buckley
Crusader
Wayne County
Lester S. Moll
Moll
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Frank Murphy
Recorder’s Court
Common People
George Engel
Civil Service
Engel
Citizens’ Committee
John W. Smith
Harold H. Emmons
Charles F. Clippett
Philip Raymond
Auto Workers’ Union
Communist Party
Richard Reading
Boy Ends Tree-Sitting Protest as School Starts
In South Bend Indiana on ug.28 Jimmy Sugonits announces the end of his tree-sitting protest. He gave up after his mother helped him descend from the tree where he had perched since July 10, 2034.
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South Bend
Ind
W.P
Jimmy Sugonits
Jimmy
Sinte
Isabell County 1930 Road Program Nears Completion
The 1980 highway building program in Ishbella county nears finish with three of eighteen miles uncompleted. A two mile section on the Nottawa Gilmore line will finish in two weeks, one mile in Lincoln township remains. US-27 north of Clare should open in ten days, with four miles of new concrete from Roseburg outstanding. prison labor helped build US-27 Mt. Pleasant to Clare.
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Ishbella County
Highway Department
Nottawa
Gilmore Township
Lincoln Township
Clare
Roseburh
Mt. Pleasant
Cerro Cerro Sanchez Cerro Heads Peru Junta in Lima
Lt Gen Luis F. Sanchez Cerro arrived from Arequipa to lead a new military junta and take the Peru government. He was greeted as a national hero amid cheers as crowds celebrated his accession and oath taking for the cabinet.
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Gesford F. Fine
United Press
Lima
Peru
U.P
Arequipa
Sairplanes
Gol
Luis F. Sanchez Cerro
Sanchez Cerro
Augusto B. Legui
Ponce
Léguin
Leguin
Leguia
Ministry of War
Elmer Faucett
Lima Country Club
Missouri Town Has No Banks
RICH HILL Mo Aug 28 Merchants in this town of 5000 conducted business with no bank as the Farmers and Merchants bank and the Peonles bank the town’s only two were closed within the hour. No money in town forced merchants to seek change in Nevada. State banking commissioners may merge assets into a new bank with sufficient capital to finance merchants.
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Rich Hill
U.P
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Peonles Bank
Nevada
Sete Banking
Northern counties unite to seek tuberculosis sanitarium
Twenty eight northern counties forming a new coalition adopted resolutions to press state representatives for a tuberculosis sanitarium in the next legislative session. J C McLin of Emmet was named permanent chair and Ray McKinley of Otsego, secretary treasurer. A legislative committee was formed to present the need as an economic necessity and urged action to improve care for tuberculous patients in the region.
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J. C. McLin
Emmet. County Board of Supervisors
Ray McKinely
Otsegg County
H. Karcher
Ogeman
W. W. Fasher
Benzi2
McLin
H. B. Johnson
Clare
Henry Knowton
Cadillac
Frank Hewitt
Bay City
William S. Smith
Marshall
Brucker
Howell State Sanitarium
C._R. Keyport
Crawford County
D. A. Waite
Manistee
A.R
Gorham Back to Full Time After Rush Order
Gorham Brothers resumes full time work at the plant after fulfilling a rush order for a radio cabinets run. The plant, usually idle in summer, has operated 18 hours daily since the last Wednesday with many former employees rehired to meet the order.
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Gorham
Gorham Brothers Company
Lindberghs Arrive At Chicago Air Races
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife arrive for the national air races in Chicago. He departs Indianapolis for Curtiss Reynolds airport where the Lockheed craft is refueled amid a fuel leak scare as attendants respond with fire extinguishers.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Lindbergh
Curtiss- Reynold
Lockheed
Chippewa Township Forest Fire Burns 19 Acres
A 19 acre forest fire burned 10 acres of game cover in Chippewa Township west of the oil fields late Wednesday afternoon. It marks the fourth fire in Section 5 of Chippewa in 80 days and the second this week. The blaze started in a stump and rain today was expected to prevent further outbreaks.
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Chippewa Township
Chippewa
Argentine Fears Political Uprising
Private cables in New York report Argentina fears a movement led by military elements amid rising tensions in Buenos Aires. Police guards multiply at the government palace and Irigoyen residence as 3000 Union Telefonica employees threaten a 24 hour strike, prompting public curiosity.
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New York
Argentina
Buenos Aires
U.P
Hipolito
Irigoyen
Union
Telefonica
la Planta
City Lets Contract for New Supply Well
The city awarded a contract to Harmon-Ness Company of Memphis Tennessee for a new water supply well. A special city commission meeting discussed signing after site purchase. Two sites are under consideration. test wells suggest capacity over 1,000,000 gallons daily, surpassing the current 750,000.
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Harmon-Ness. Company
Memphis
Tennessee
City Commission
Harmon-Ness Company
County to Receive 120314 As Part Of Primary School Fund
Lansing Aug 28 The state department of public instruction announced the allotment of 24070285.63 for the primary school fund based on 17.92 per student. Wayne county will receive 8859128 Kent 1178434 Oakland 1013 Isabella county 120314.88 with 6714 students used. Checks go to county treasurers next month.
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Lansing
State Department of Public Instruction
Wayne County
Kent
Oakland
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Women's Western Golf Tourney Quarterfinals at Hillcrest
In Kansas City at Hillcrest Country Club two quarterfinal matches featured four of the remaining eight players in the Western Women's Golf Tournament. Defending champion Mrs. O S Hill was slated to face Mrs. Mida of Chicago with strong competition anticipated.
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Kansas City
Hillcrest Country Club
O.S. Hill
Mida
Chicago
Fordney Urges Osborn at Michigan Picnic
Corunna August 28. Uncle Joe Fordney of Saginaw veteran Michigan politics urged the Shi fawassee county picnic audience to vote for former Gov. Clase S. Osborn in the Republican primaries September 9. He said congressmen and senators must work with the president on vital matters to ensure progress and wage stability. He urged two staunch Republicans in the upper house.
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Corunna
U.P
Joe” Fordney
Saginaw
Michigan
Toidgy
Shifawassee
Clase S. Osborn
Fordney
Giant beacon at Curtiss-Wright airport honors Lindbergh
At Curtiss-Wright Airport Chicago a giant beacon dedicated to Col. Charles A Lindbergh lit up the dawn announcing the tenth annual Hoover spinished a button in Washington turning on the 2 200 000 000 candle power light in commemoration of Lindberghs New York Paris flight. Lindbergh is en route to the air races hailed as the first Olympiad of the air. A deadly crash at the races killed a spectator and injured others as Lt J P Duke De Shazo of the Red Rippers died in the crash and coroner s inquest opened today.
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Curtiss-Wright
Chicago
U.P
Charles A. Lindberg
Lindbergh
Hoover
Washington St
Almer
A. Sverry
New York
Paris
Naval
Pilary
J. P
Duke” de Shazo
Red Rippers
Sajafton
Lexington
de Shard
Louis Weimer
de Shazo
Lieut
D. S. Cornwall
Arthur Goebel
Goebel
Los Angeles
Shini
Fin
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Privilege on Senate Floor Under Question by Supreme Court
Maryland tax consultant Howe P. Cochran seeks Supreme Court review of Senator Couzens for defamation in a senate speech. Courts rejected claim of absolute immunity, arguing speech was unofficial and not related to official duties. The case highlights ongoing debate over congressional immunity from defamation suits.
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Washington
Supréme Court
Senate
Howe P. Cochran
Maryland
High Court
Couzens
Michigan
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Cochran
Allegan County Crops Look Large This Year
Allegan Michigan reports peach and early apple crops are large and fine. Only the late apple harvest is expected to be small, about 60 percent below normal.
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Allegan, Mich
Allegan County
Oil drilling in Mt Pleasant on record run
Oil producers push to a record week with six wells in and five more scheduled to pay out within 48 hours. Crowley Vernon well yields 350 barrels daily after 24 hours, joining Seaton as a major regional producer near Clare.
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Meridue
Dr. Pool
Broomfield
Marshall
Tony
Vernon
Crowley
Seaton
Chippewa
House
Carmichael
Clare
Cole No
Matthey
Dundee
Cole
Holmes
Pure Oil Company
McCluinic No
Grubb
Retta Lee
Chippewa Township
Marthey
Leaton
Vernor
Filmland Stills Halt for Lon Chaney Funeral
Hollywood studios suspend work as actors and crew prepare to honor Lon Chaney burial set for this afternoon. All film lots pause for two minutes and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer halts five minutes during the funeral procession.
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Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Filmland
Lon Chaney
Chaney
Movie Capital
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studies
Hungarian Aviators Readied for Detroit Budapest Flight
Cant George Andres and Capt Alexander Magyar, Hungarian pilots, plan a Detroit Budapest leg via Wichita and St Louis after a gas leak delayed them in El Paso. They left Los Angeles Tuesday and hope to attempt the trans Atlantic route by one hop from Newfoundland to Budapest.
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EL Paso
Tex
George Andres
Alexander Magyar
Detroit
Brucker Campaign Speaker Set for Friday Address
Circuit Judge Dehnke of Tackson County, a Brucker for Governor advocate, will speak at the courthouse in the noon hour Friday. He will also address the Weidman Day celebration in the afternoon at Weidman.
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Dehnke
Tackson County
Court House
Tiere
Weidman
France bars Italians at frontier amid refugee crisis
Paris authorities at frontier towns ordered to turn back all Italians arriving without passports. The directives, thought to come from the government, were protested by the League of the Rights of Man as tantamount to closing the border to anti fascist refugees.
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Paris
U.R
France
League of the Rights of Man
Captain Goes Down With Rammed Scow
The Clyde-Mallory freighter Neches struck a scow near Fort Wadsworth and sank with the captain among the lost. Twenty-one survivors were rescued as police and coast guard cutters converged, while the scow and freighter drifted as a harbor threat. Captain Eber Estes went down with his ship.
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New York
U.P
Key West
Tampa
Mobile
Fort Wadsworth
Eber Estes
Coast Guard
Samuel Stalsen
E. .Carey
Estes
Stassen
Carey
Clyde-Mallory
Mallory
Dauntless
Aem Tees
Isbel Sarver Oil and Gas Granted Michigan Franchise
The Isbel-Sarver Oil and Gas company of Mt. Pleasant received a state franchise to drill for oil and gas and lease land for drilling. Authorized stock is 60,000 shares no par value. Incorporators are Bert A. Isbell A R Sarver and Gerald T. Cotter of Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isbel-Sarver Oil and Gas Company
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Secretary of State
Lansing
Bert A. Isbell
A. R. Sarver
Gerald T. Cotter
Three Standard Oil Tankers Held by Chinese Rebels
Consul General Lockhart at Hankow says three Standard Oil oil tankers under the American flag are being held by Chinese Rebels who refuse to surrender them despite protests from the United States government. He adds that Standard Oil’s Nanking buildings were looted by the Communists.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
Lockhart
Nanking
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan Today
Showers this afternoon followed by generally fair tonight and Friday. Readings show Detroit 68 86 68, Alpena 64 88 62, Chicago 90 61, Duluth 78 58, with cooler tonight and slightly cooler temperatures.
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Detroit
U.R
Michigan
Ilo
wAlpena
Ceesee
Duloth
Governor Green Endorses Chase Osborn for Senate
Grand Rapids Aug 28 Governor Green voiced support for Chase Osborn's bid for the United States Senate in Michigan. He praised Osborn’s experience and intellect while saying he will not actively enter either the senatorial or gubernatorial campaigns.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
Green
Chase
Osborn
James Couzens
Detroit
Michigan
Washington
Ionia Free Fair
United States Senate
United States
Senate
Couzens
Ernot
Forest Fires Ravage Minnesota and Wisconsin Regions
Widespread forest fires in northern Minnesota threaten farm buildings as hundreds battle blazes aided by light rain. The Brainerd area faces the worst fire with evacuations underway and over 1,400 acres burned. Foresters dig water holes while drought dries streams. In Todd County fires rage across large timber tracts and Judge Elmer McDevitt sets a workhouse punishment for illegal campfires.
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Duluth
Minn
U.P
Minnesota
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Wisconsin
Brainerd
Merrifield
Here
Todd County
Elmer McDevitt
Tragedy in Coldwater Elevator Shaft Fall
Leo Goodwit aged 27 was injured after a fall down a freight elevator shaft at his employing hardware store in Coldwater Michigan. He was taken to Wade Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident.
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Coldwater
Mich
U.P
Leo Goodwit
Wade Memorial Hospital
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