Youth Kills Self After Shooting Neighbor in Grand Rapids
Jan 4 report details Orrin Hoover a 17 year old Creston High student who forced into the Skablanckas home near Myrtle's Place shot the 38 year old husband, then killed himself before midnight. Mrs Skablanckas who witnessed the double tragedy described Hoover as quiet and studious. Police note liquor at the residence but doubt a dry crusade motive.
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Grand Rapids
Orrin Hoover
Creston High School
Joseph Skablanckas
Popker
Volica
Skalanckas
Dld
Skablanckas
Hoover
Robert
Skablanekas
Bootlegger Henry Cota Released On Bond
Henry Cota known as Joe Tito was released on a 600 dollar bond. He will appear in circuit court on Monday January 14 for bootlegging charges. Sheriff William Hess arrested him late Monday afternoon December 31 and brought him in.
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Henry Cota
Joe Tito
Cote
William Hess
Ejectment Aims At Cottage Owners On State Lands
Lansing January 4. Ejectment proceedings to remove summer cottage owners from state land around Lake Van Etten in Teson county begin today. Gov Green’s plan to retain lake frontage for recreation drives the suit. Plaintiffs include Royal Oak resident Levern H Brown and Detroit couple Beryl Ott and Frank Yoder. Charles Rubiner aide to the attorney general said the case hinges on highway survey indicating lake border now lies on state land.
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Lansing
Lake van Etten
Tesco County
Attorney General's Department
Green
Detroit Y. M. C. A
Levern H. Brown
Beryl Ott
Royal Oak
Frank Yoder
Detroit
Mosco Circuit Court
Charles Rubiner
Highway Department
Hunter Kills Coyote Near Cheboygan County
George Hanson and William Nichols shot a large coyote while hunting near Point Nipigon, a few miles west of Cheboygan. Local sportsmen report it is the second coyote ever killed in the county.
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Cheboygan
Cheboygan County
Point Nippigon
George Hanson
William Nichols
Blanchard Boy Snowbound on Colorado Mountainside
Mark Wisner and two companions, Blanchard boy pursuing Colorado Agricultural College studies, were found unharmed in a shelter cabin on the Longs Peak trail after being snowbound since last Sunday. Lynn Richey of Fort Collins and Jess Fultz of Denver were the other two youths. Two additional students who tried to reach them turned back and returned home safely.
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Mark Wisner
Blanchard
Colorado Agricultural College
Long’s Peak
Estes Park
Colo
Lynn Richey
Fort Collins
Jess Fultz
Denver
Michigan City May Be Site of Politics School
Jackson could host a government college for political science if plans advance. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma proposes a Washington DC style school, with distance to be decided, while Jackson leaders push to locate it here as a tribute to the Republican party birthplace.
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Michigan City
Jackson
Daniel J. O'Connor
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
Oklahoma
Washington
O’connor
West Point
Annapolis
City Nurse Resumes Work After Injury Absence
Miss Charlotte Young, city nurse, returns to duty after an absence since September due to complications from a fractured arm.
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Charlotte Young
King George Holds Ground Amid Daily Improvement
London reports Kin George remains in steady condition with no change from last night's and today’s 11 o'clock bulletins. He has shown improvement over the past several days, maintaining the progress described in recent updates.
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London
U.P
Kin George
Roberts Nomination for Oil Lease Prosecution Counsel
President Coolidge sent to the senate the nomination of Owen J. Roberts of Pennsylvania as special counsel to oversee prosecution of litigation related to certain oil leases. The action signals a formal appointment to handle legal matters tied to oil lease disputes.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Auction Sale At Mt Pleasant Area On Tuesday
Bond Marshall will sell at his residence nine miles west and one to two miles north of Mt Pleasant a list of horses cattle household goods implements and feed. Sale begins at 12:80 o clock with Davis and McCall as auctioneers. Sale notice to appear in the Times on Jan 4.
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Bond Marshall
Mt. Pleasant
Davis & McCall
Times
Tariff Revision Hearings Open in Congress Monday
United Press reports the House Ways and Means Committee will begin seven weeks of public tariff hearings on January 7 to debate higher and lower duties. Hearings cover chemicals, oils, metals, wood, sugar, tobacco, and farm products with a final bill due after executive sessions planned by Republicans led by Willis Hawley.
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Herbert Little
United Press
Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Willis C. Hawley
Oregon
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Mystery veils fate of plane carrying serum
Cant. W. O. May of Edmonton flew from Peace River with 509,000 units of diphtheria serum bound for Fort Vermilion to aid an epidemic. Engine trouble forced a landing at McLennan, then another takeoff toward Vermilion, with no word on arrival several days after departure.
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Peace River
Alberta
Cant
W. O. May
Edmonton Flyer
Here
Fort Vemillion
May
Fort Vermillion
Capt
Edmonton
Canada
McLennan
Muay
Consolidations Bring One Alma Newspaper
The Alma Record and Alma Journal merge into a single paper to serve the community more efficiently amid rising production costs. Business leaders welcome the move, citing unified circulation and stronger advertising impact. the trend mirrors Charlotte's consolidation reducing three papers to one.
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Alma Record
Alma Journal
Alma
Babcock Publications
St. Louis
Breckenridge
J. F. Sartor, Jr
Charlotte
Murl DeFoe
Michigan
Michigan Press ‘Association
Charlotte Republican
New Carrier System to Be Inaugurated
The Mt Pleasant Daily Times will start a new carrier boy delivery system next week. Subscribers receive a payment card and each carrier will hold a duplicate to track payments. Subscribers are urged to keep cards and pay promptly to ensure carriers receive weekly earnings.
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Mt. Pleasant
Daily Times
The
Times
Shortage Found in Manistee County Treasurer Books
Manistee County board rejected the books of Treasurer Ernest R. Gambs after state auditors found a suspected shortage of 138 921 dollars. Gambs, who had qualified for another term, resigned effective once auditors finish their work. he remains treasurer until the report is filed and further investigation is deferred pending the auditors report.
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Manistee
Ernest R. Gambs
County Board of Supervisors
State Auditors
Michigan Solon Defends Sentence Of Etta Miller
Rep. Ketcham of Michigan defended the state’s life imprisonment on a fourth conviction for Etta Mae Miller a dry law violator in a Washington debate. He cited a newspaper editorial attacking wets in other states and rejected outside criticism from New York and Illinois.
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Washington
Ketcham
Michigan
Etta Mae Miller
New’ York
Iinois
Escaped tiger roams halls of Shriners club
An eight year old tiger named Gracie escaped its confinement at the Masonic temple in Detroit during a Shrine club convention. Trainer Clyde Beatty traced the beast from the auditorium to the fifth floor swimming pool area as a watchman defended himself with a chair on seven flights of stairs. The chase lasted about an hour before Gracie was recaptured.
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Masonic Temple
Shrine’ Clu
Beast of Prey
Gracie
Graham Paige
Cornoration
Clyde R. Beatty
Chillicothe
Beatty
Flu Germs Stolen From London Doctor
A doctor in London reported the theft of glass tubes containing millions of influenza germs from his automobile in the fashionable west end. Authorities feared the tubes could be broken, potentially triggering an influenza epidemic.
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London
West-End
Inkster Beer Seizure Officials Held as 109 Cases Vanish
Prohibition agents report 109 cases of beer seized in Inkster have vanished over three days. Village president Albert W. Klink and constable Robert Tucker were held on $1,000 bond with exam set for Jan 10 after arrest while leaving the town hall. Nine volunteer police were dismissed. one retained as village watchman.
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Detroit
Jan
Inkster
Here
United States
Seal
Anh
Albert W. Klink
Robert Tucker
John W. Baxter
J. Stanley Hurd
Tucker
Hurd
Prohibition
Snow Expected In Michigan Saturday
Snow will probably fall Saturday over all of lower Michigan except the extreme eastern portion of the state. Temperatures dropped below zero in several cities with Big Rapids recording the coldest day and others reporting subzero readings across the state.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Weather Bureau
Big Rapids
Lansing
Escanaba
al- Rena
Marquette
Apportionment Bill Receives Attention Soon
Washington January 4 The reapportionment bill to reallocate House seats by population will be taken up January 20. A Fenn bill was favorably reported by the House Census Committee on a seven to six vote, proposing shifts that would take seats from 17 states and grant them to 11 states, with California set to gain six and Missouri to lose three.
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Washington
U.P
Tilsor
House
Rules Committee
House Census Committee
Congress
Alma Journal Sold To Babcock Publications
Alma becomes a single city newspaper system as the Alma Journal is sold to Babcock Publications owners of the Alma Record St Louis Leader and Breckenridge American The Record and Journal will consolidate under that name edited by H S Babcock J F Sartor headed the Journal for 30 years
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Alma
Alma Journal
Babcock Publications
Alma Record
St. Louis Leader
Breckenridge American
Record and Journal
H. S. Babcock and Associates
J. F. Sartor
Journal
Aviation Endurance Record Shattered by Army Monoplane
In Los Angeles on January 4 the Army’s Question Mark completed the third day of continuous flight with five crew aboard and showed no signs of fatigue at 7:26 a.m. as it began its fourth day, breaking all endurance records.
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Los Angeles
Fight Over Isabella County Mineral Rights Blunted
Lansing Jan 4 Dr Howard M Raymond former Mount Pleasant resident now a dean in Chicago sought mineral rights on 80 acres in Isabella county. The state conservation committee took 30 days to decide, blocking any immediate action. The Pure Oil lease covers 5 000 acres. Raymond claims a null deed found among his mother’s papers grants him mineral rights.
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Lansing
U.R
Howard M. Raymond
Mount Pleasant
Armour Institute
Chicago
Isabella County
State Conservation Committee
Pura Oil Company
Raymond
Geraldine Raymond
Auditor General’s Department
Pure Oil Company
Michigan
Commission
Auditor General
Myg- Raymond
Leviathan of Rails Touts World’s Largest Locomotive Test Run
In Schenectady New York the 2 8 8 4 mallet giant locomotive weighing about one million pounds undergoes tests at the American Locomotive Works. Officials say it could signal a new locomotive type with a 112 foot wheel base and a 63 foot eight inch boiler as it burns about thirty tons of fuel per hour.
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Schenectady
N. Y
American Locomotive Works
Iron Horse
Steamer Malakoff Sinks Off Minorca. 27 Lost
The steamship Malakoff sank in a storm off Mahon on Minorca island. Twenty seven crew members are missing and six were saved.
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Madrid
Malakoff
Mahon
Minorca Island
Heavy Storm and Quake Ravage Japan and Pacific
In Honolulu a Tokyo dispatch reports deadly storms sweeping Japan and the southeastern Pacific. Seventy-two deaths are tallied with forty in Niigata villages. an accompanying earthquake, frigid 20 degree cold, and high winds demolished hundreds of homes. The Tokotomi Maru foundered with only four survivors. Ku Manoto island residents panic amid shocks and widespread damage.
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Honolulu
U.ri
Japan
Pacific
Niigata
Tokio
Hose Cape
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Kumanoto Island
Algo
Jacent
Nigats
Assembly Held At Central State Teachers College
The morning program at Central State Teachers College opened with student singing led by Prof J H Powers and Miss Genevieve Hayes. Registrar C Barnes announced items before Prof E G Warriner urged energetic study and self improvement. About 800 students and faculty attended the assembly.
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Central
State Teachers College
J. H. Powers
Genevieve Hayes
Co. C. Barnes
E.G. Warriner
Mr. Warriner
New German Unemployment Up 26 Percent in Early December
Berlin reports unemployment in the first half of December rose over 26 percent to a total of 1,300,000. In Albany, Franklin D. Roosevelt as New York governor sent a state legislature message outlining policies expanding those of Alfred E. Smith.
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Berlin
U.R
Germany
Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Ambassador Herrick Improves After Bronchitis Attack
Myon T. Herrick United States ambassador to France recovered enough from a bronchitis attack that he could move about his country estate near Cleveland a day after the illness began.
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Cleveland
U.R
Myon T. Herrick
United States
Trance
T Day
Crimean Voters Washington Villages Missed
An unclear brief mentions residents near Crimean voters and an elderly man Withers aged 105, noted for daily walks despite advanced age. The text is garbled, obscuring concrete facts about location, event, or outcome.
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Washington Vili
Withers
Uteran
Sunv
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Cota
Hunter Kills'coyote
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Etta Miller
Shriner's Club
Man Eater
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Isabella
Centrat
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