Farris Winners Display Award Led By Harris in Window Night
Santa visit prompted a town wide Window Night with three independent judges scoring displays. Harris Furniture won first prize for a realistic modern living room scene. Blossomette Shop second. Lewis Clothing third. Mt. Pleasant Hardware fourth. W Dittmanns Shoe Store fifth. Rexall Store sixth.
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Harris Furniture Company
Blossemette
Lewis Clothing, Company
Mt. Pleasant Hardware Company
Wdittmanns’ Shoe
Rexall
Harris
Lewis
Fruit Groups Study Plans Move Away From Prohibition Issue
Washington reports city leaders reject voting on prohibition and focus on other problems for the national temperance council. A 6000 word treatise on grape concentrate potentially turned to wine may be read. meanwhile anti prohibition groups seek a substitute plan and hold sessions. Rush L. Holland heads a convention with delegates from 40 states. The meeting is called by the federal dispensary tax reduction league. The Wickersham law enforcement commission resumes prohibition study duties.
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Washington
Dec. S
U.R
National Temperance Council
Fruit Industries, Inc
Rush L. Holland
Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction League
Prospective murder charges poised in Arlene Draves case
Lake County prosecutors and the incoming prosecutor elect say five youths face murder charges in the death of Arlene Draves after a six-member grand jury heard 19 witnesses. Key testimony from Arlene Draves' friend Bessia Treece, 18, suggested she did not want to attend the gin party.
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Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Arlene Draves
Miss Draves
Oliver Starr
John Underwood
Starr Dee
Freeze Reported In Serious Condition After Elevator Accident
James Freeze, an 18 year old mechanic at Natimes garage, was severely injured while working on an electrical elevator Monday noon. He remains in serious condition at the hospital with no change in status since the accident. X ray pictures were taken yesterday to assess his injuries.
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James Freeze
Natimes Garage
Freeze
Buckley murder case roiled by wild rumors in Detroit
Reports swirl around the Buckley case with Alfred McFarland missing from the LaSalle Hotel where Buckley was killed. Joe Bommarito and Ted Pizzino linked to shootings and indictments loom as a 22 member grand jury probes the radio announcer’s killing.
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Detroit
Jerry Buckley
Alfred McFarland
LaSalle Hotel
Buckley
McFarland
Joe
Bommarito
Ted Pizzino
Henry J. Garvin
Garvin
Harry S. Toy
Recorder’s Court
Pizzino
New York
Wayne County
Cops Err in Shootout While Seeking Suspect in Chicago Hallway
In Chicago a policeman and an Oak Park officer mistook each other for their suspect while hunting William Corbett. Rudnick shot Oak Park sergeant in the leg and Oak Park sergeant fired at Rudnick in the arm. both injuries are non life threatening. Corbett, 35, was later arrested by another team in the attic.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Joseph Rudnick
Lawrence Oak Park
Lawrence
Rudnick
William Corbett
University of Michigan president defends students
Dr. Alexander Ruthven told Kiwanis Lions and Rotary clubs in Battle Creek that Michigan students differ from others mainly by higher intelligence and education. He said they are conscientious, capable, eager for education, temperate, honest, and from average-mean families, responding to critics with claims of inadequate knowledge or misinformation.
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Battle Creek
U.P
University of Michigan
Alexander G. Una
Ruthven
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Michigan
University
Doak Sworn as Labor Secretary to Succeed Davis
William N. Doak was sworn in as secretary of labor succeeding James J. Davis who was elected senator from Pennsylvania. Doak's appointment was confirmed yesterday by the Senate.
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Washington
U.P
William N. Doak
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Doak
Senate
Santa Claus in Welcome to Mt Pleasant Highlights Holiday Spirit
Ola Santa kept his appointment as 3,000 plus children welcomed him at Main and Broadway after a Mt Pleasant High School band concert. The event, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Committee and Daily Times, featured a candle lit car, city escort, and gift distribution before Santa departed for the North Pole. Patrol Boy Scouts and police guided traffic to ensure safety during the festive visit.
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Ola Santa
Main
Broadway
Mt. Pleasant
Retail Merchants Committee
Santa
Ed Harris
the Times
North Pole
Nolice
Regains Name and Fortune in Michigan Case
Oscar C. Cress, director of Grand Rapids Conservatory of Music, has his birth name restored and gains one third of his father Edward A. Slattery's $400,000 estate. Circuit Judge W. B. Perkins voided the late George H. Gress adoption, returning the Slattery name and legal beneficiary status to Cress Slattery amid contest by the Hartford Trust Company.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
Oscar_C. Cress
Grand Rapids
Edward A. Slattery
Perkins
Slattery
Cress
Hartford, Conn, Trust Company
Fog deaths in Meuse valley blamed on thick wet fog
Post mortems on Meuse valley fog victims failed to reveal a clear cause. The Belgian Health Ministry said deaths resulted from the fog affecting people with existing lung heart or throat ailments. Zinc poisons reportedly suspected after a fox was said to have held ground zinc.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Meuse
Ministry of Health
Peace Prevails In Detroit Labor Unit
Detroit unemployment committee stands at a temporary armistice after weeks of factional battles between capital and labor. The advisory sub-committee directed the re-retrot program and voted unanimously to add five capital representatives William J. McAneeny Hudson Motors Kaufman T. Kelle Chrysler Motors Abner L. Larned Otto Kern Ernest Kern Company William M. Finck clothing manufacturer.
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Detroit
Storm Center
William J. McAneeny
Hudson Motors
Kaufman T. Kelle
Chrysler Motors
Abner I. Larned
Otto Kern
Ernest Kern Company
William M. Finck
Hoover opposes bigger unemployment relief fund
The U S senate passed the McNary relief measure for sixty million dollars with no record vote while President Hoover urged restraint saying twenty five thousand dollars would suffice He criticized congress for pressuring increases to relief funding and urged against tax raises that would curb employment and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McNary
Hoover
Time Bomb Strikes Large Chicago Furniture Mart
A time bomb exploded at the American Furniture Mart in Chicago near midnight injuring Tony May fatally and his son Eugene seriously. The blast damaged an area about twenty feet square and shattered office equipment, marking a second sensational bombing in the city within two days. V Lee Aldward, mart president, rushed to the scene and knew of no motive.
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Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Tony May
Eugene
Furniture Mart
V. Lee Alward
the Mart
Local Businesses Help Santa Claus Reception in Mt Pleasant
The Mt Pleasant Daily and the Chamber of Commerce thank merchants, Ray Boulton, J F Battle, Otto Salyner, Mrs H L Fruechtenicht Jr, Grover Cleveland McCausland, B C G Calkins, and city officials for support. Special thanks to Boy Scouts directing traffic and high school band for pre arrival music.
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Mt. Pleasant
Aes
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
N. D. ‘Gover
Merchants
Ray Boulton
Minto-Boulton
J. F. Battle
Santa
Otto Salyner
J. I. Battle Motor Sales
State awards contracts to widen Flint Pontiac highway sections
The stateAdmin its road committee approved widening the remaining eight miles of highways between Flint and Pontiac from 20 to 40 feet. Julius Porath and sons of Detroit won the 7.9 mile Flint south to Genesee county line bid for 252580 dollars. Other bids approved include a Newberry to state hospital concrete project for 74524 dollars and a Kalamazoo river bridge near Otsego on M89 for 52826 dollars.
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Lansing
Flint
Pontiac
Goad Committee
State Administrative Board
Grover G. Dillman
Genesee
Julius
L. W. Brumm
Marquette
Newberry
Newberry State Hospital
Wickes Engineering and Construction Ecompany
Des Moines
Kalamazoo River
Otsego
State May Develop Home Bean Market
Owosso dispatch reports Michigan bean growers may gain a home market if the current trend of establishing canning plants continues. Experts note beans are exported to outside canneries despite abundant local supply, prompting plans to add new plants and make Michigan a new home for Boston beans.
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Owosso
U.P
Michigan
Boston
United States
Special Elections Set For Detroit
Governor Green announced a primary on January 5 and a general election on January 26 to replace late State Senator Cass J. Jankowski of Detroit. Final filing is December 22. Estimated cost is $40,000. Candidate Albert M. Biewlawski, a former Democratic representative in 1929, among those listed.
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Lansing
Cass J. Jankowski
Detroit
Green
Jankowski
Ohio
Albert M. Biewlawski
Fire and explosions drive 80 families from homes in Jersey City
A chemical plant blast and fires forced 80 families from their homes in Jersey City. Four nearby houses were damaged and the plant sustained heavy damage. Four explosions occurred in the store room. no injuries were reported.
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Jersey City
N. J
City Chemical Company
Mt Pleasant to Debate Breckenridge on State Question
Mt Pleasant high school debate team will meet Breckenridge Thursday evening on the question whether national chain grocery stores operating in Michigan are detrimental to the people. The Mt Pleasant squad, including Harold Daugherty, Robert Gordon, and Virginia Clark, will argue the affirmative with Breckenridge on the negative. This is the third debate of the season, and the second year debating has been offered at the school under Coach Helen McComb.
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Michigan
Mt. Pleasant High School
Breckenridge
Mr. Pleasant
Harold Daugherty
Robert Gordon
Virginia
Clark
Big Rapids
Swinning
Midland
Helen McComb
Bank Heist by Five Bandits Triggers Fire Diversion
Five armed bandits robbed the First National Bank of Secaucus N J taking 25000 dollars after setting a building fire to draw police. Three men entered the bank forced the cashier and president and 12 customers against a wall while two guarded outside. They fled in a large muddy sedan toward Hudson City.
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Secaucus
N. J
O.R
First National Bank of Secaucus
Hudson City
Woman Fatally Hurt By Vehicle In City Hall Crossing
Bay City Michigan report of Mrs Marie Laude 70 killed and two women injured when struck by an automobile near City Hall. Driver Harold Stone. Victims include Mrs Howard Henry Sieloff and Mrs Edward Steffer with Steffer in critical condition.
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Bay City
Mich
U.P
Marie Laude
Harold Stone
Laude
Howard Henry Sieloff
Edward Steffer
Steffer
Vincent to urge House action on Grow medals
Representative Vincent of Michigan said he would urge the House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve a resolution allowing Lt. Cmdr. Harold Grow to accept five decorations from the former Peruvian government and a medal from Spain. Grow, jailed during Peru’s revolution, was employed by the Leguia government after leaving U.S. service.
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Washington
Vincent
Michigan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Harold Grow
Greenville
Mith
Peru
Amedal Grow
Grow
Leguia
London in dense fog shuts Thames shipping and streets
London faced the densest fog in years on December 9 paralyzing the city. Visibility dropped to a few yards, shipping on the Thames slowed, and collisions and minor accidents increased as ambulances responded to about a dozen calls per hour. Police lit intersections to guide traffic.
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London
Thames
Midland Bowling Team Loses to Mt Pleasant Rasers
Midland’s Dow Chemical bowling squad tied for first in the Bay City Saginaw league fell Monday night to Mt Pleasant. Local players Gorham Hoot Theunissen Vroman A E and G A plus Blenkhorn led Midland with 234 and 224 scores as Mt Pleasant rolled to a 2643 to 2097 victory and plans to meet Midland again in Bay City in December.
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Dow Chemical
Midland
Mr. Pleasant
Vroman
Gorham
Hoot
Theunissen
Mt. Pleasant
Blenkhorn
Bay City
Science group to study claim Cleveland man
The American Association for the Advancement of Science will study Dr. George W. Crile’s artificial “bions” produced in Cleveland. The debate centers on whether these life like bits can be considered alive, given they move feed and reproduce yet lack true living properties.
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Washington
U.P
Cleveland
American Association of the Advancement of Science
George W. Crile
Dr. Crile
Reed Objects to Public Sale of Chicago and Alton Railroad
Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri urged delay of the 100 million dollar Chicago and Alton railroad sale at Wilmington Illinois. Reed represents Solomon Levinson Protective committee holder of 60 000 shares and warned that lack of bidders may yield a low price despite Baltimore and Ohio already holding a large stake.
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Chicago
Chicago. and Alton
Wilmington
Ill
James A. Reed
Missouri
George A. Carpenter
Reed
Solomon Levinson Protective Committee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Knights of Columbus Rabbit Dinner Night Crowd
Knights of Columbus prepare for their annual rabbit dinner with 1 to 500 members and guests expected to attend. Two hunting teams will tally a provender hunt, with the losing side paying the bet and any disputes settled by arbitration or padded gloves as a last resort.
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Knights of Columbus
K. C
Stwamp and Field
Dollar Steamship Lines Christens New Ocean Liner
Mrs. Hoover holds a water bottle collected from seven seas as the passenger liner, the largest merchant marine vessel built in American yards, slides down the ways. The turbo electric liner is the first of two new eight million dollar ships from Dollar Steamship Lines.
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W.ri
Seven Seas
Hoover
President Hoover
Postal Service Adds Sunday Mailing for Mt Pleasant
The Mt Pleasant post office announced a new Sunday mail service to provide outbound weekend mail to Toledo Port Huron and Chicago via Ann Arbor train No 52 at 11 48 am eastern time. Sunday closed pouches from those points will be delivered in the city on Monday morning. Local officials and business groups urged the change and aim to expand service further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Toledo
Ohio
Port Huron
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Daily Times
Chamber of Commerce
May Lose Life For Rescue Effort
Lansing report details Albert Demung a 20 year old two roomer who rushed to save a two year old during a gasoline stove explosion at Stanley Johnson s home He was overcome by smoke and did not complete the rescue Neighbor Albert Johnson carried both child and Demung to safety Demung is reported to be badly burned and likely to die per hospital authorities
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Lansing
U.P
Alfred Demung
Stanley Johnson
Demung
Johnson
Albert Johnson
Waterways Plan Urges Inland System to Aid Farm Trade
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hurley urging a vast inland waterway system to cut transport costs for Middle West farms. He highlighted the Mississippi River and tributaries with other projects to boost industry and farm profitability. Boston remarks by H G Smith stressed merchant marine role in exporting agricultural products abroad.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
U.R
West
Hurley
Congress
Mississippi River
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Cape Cod
Mississippi
Middle West
Mississippi Valley
Seaboard
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