Three Vessels In Distress On Raging Atlantic
Three ships in a gale off the Virginia capes sent SOS calls as a fierce Atlantic storm battered the Dannedaike Florida and Weesbridge. Rescue efforts by two liners America and President Harrison were made while British ships Mafie and Cancasier searched the area southeast of Cape Race. About 100 men aboard the distressed trio.
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New York
Atlantic
Talis
Dannedaike
Florida
Virginia Capes
America
Harrison
Lee Teesbridge
Cape Race
Central Teachers Plan Michigan and Iowa Concert Tour
Central State Teachers college faculty members Miss Genevieve Jays soprano and Miss Margaret Patterson pianist arrange a Michigan and Iowa concert tour for the school year under registrar G. Barnes. The plan includes summer appearances, with Hays noted as daughter of Prof. W. E. Hays and trained by Sandor, Adanovis, and Witherspoon, while Patterson earned Simpson Conservatory credentials and studied at Northwestern and with Guy Maier.
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Genevieve “Jays
Trie
Margaret Patterson
Central State Teachers College
Michigan
Towa
G. & Barnes
Colibee
Hays
W. E. Hays
Iowan State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Sandoradonavis
Herbett Wither- Spoon
Chicago
Miss Patterson
Simpson Conservatory
Indian‘ola, Ta
Northwestern University
Guy Maier
sAnn Arbor
No Serious Accidents in Six Months Flying Reported
Kalamazoo January 23. Six months of service without a serious accident were reported by the Thompson Aeronautical Association in Michigan and Indiana. During that period no pilot was injured and about 73 903 pounds of air were carried in planes covering 177 249 miles.
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Kalamazoo
U.P
Thompson Aeronautical Association
Michigan
Indiana
Aged Man And Girl Die In Pontiac Fire
A 63 year old John Lashear and his three year old granddaughter Thelma died in a house fire near Pontiac. Lashear’s daughter-in-law Mrs Paul Lasher and her two week old baby were injured. Mrs Lasher fled in nightclothes with frozen feet. An overheated stove is blamed. Lasnear, whose daughter was killed, faces a later trial on a prohibition offense.
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Pontiag
U.2
John Lashear
Evioyle
Thelma
Lashear
Injase
Paul Lasher
Pontiac
Althd
Freene Lasnear
Waaty
Train and Traffic Crash Claims Six
Three men die in a car train collision at a crossing in Depue Illinois. One dies instantly and two die en route to hospital. A second report from Orrington Connecticut notes three killed and five injured when a two car train derailed on Castle bridge abutment.
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Depue
Rock Island
Orrington
Conn
Castle Bridge
Third attempt at death by own action ends in injury
In Owosso on January 23 Charles Warren, 74, sought death through self harm after a jail request. He first stabbed his throat with a fork, then drove a swabbing stick into his head three and a half inches, lodging at the brain base and blinding one eye. doctors fear for his recovery.
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Owosso
Charles Warren
Warren
Snow Drifts Force Bus Lines To Cancel Trips
Heavy snow and high winds closed routes between Mt. Pleasant and Alma yesterday causing cancellations. East and west lines ran but behind schedule as drifts disrupted north south roads.
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Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Craze driven father kills two girls in their sleep
In Louisville on January 23, Alexander Bowling a 62 year old Munfordville Kentucky father attacked his daughters Virginia 12 and Jane 10 in their beds with a hammer. Both girls died with Jane dying today and Virginia dying last night. Bowling is held on assault with intent to kill and diagnosed as mentally unbalanced. He reportedly acted while distressed by financial reverses.
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Louisville
U.P
Alex Bowling
Munfordville
Bowling
Virginia
Jane
UPJ
Jane Bowling
Alexander Bowling
Janoe
Proposal Opens Rent Plan for Relict Lands Near Michigan
Lansing report says a bill to rent relict lands to adjacent owners will be introduced soon. Drafted by M M Larmonth under the conservation department, it mirrors a consensus at a recent meeting. Some landowners threaten to appeal Michigan court rulings to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Lansing
Michigan
M. Mm.larmorth
Aftor
Department of Conservation
U. S. Supreme Court
Larmonth
Michigan’ Supreme Court
High Court
United States Supreme Court
Fellows
Michigan Court
Leases. Co. Ae
Veteran Quits Tein City Champion A S Childs Wins
In Geneva New York on January 23 1923 76 year old quoit pitcher A S Childs is crowned city champion breaking the belief that age must yield to youth.
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Geneva
A. S. Childs
Quoit
Strange Malady Strikes Jackson Family Fatal
In Jackson a mysterious illness has killed Beulah Esterline eight and sickened five other family members, including four year old Clara who is in grave danger. Parents Elmer and wife, plus two more children, are seriously affected as doctors dispute the cause, with one citing ptomaine poisoning.
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Jackson
Jan
Beulah Esterline
Clara
Elmer Esterline
Beulsh
Figures Show Cost of Raising An Acre of Beans
Lansing January figures indicate Michigan farmers spent 389.85 dollars to grow an acre of beans. The 11.2 bushels gross yield produced a 10.4 bushel net after culls, equating to 3.54 dollars per bushel and 5.90 dollars per hundredweight, based on Powell's cost study for tariff experts.
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Lansing
Michigan
Herbert IE. Powell
Washington
Subzero Midwest Weather Bends Temperatures and Traffic
A brutal cold snap grips the North and Middle West with near zero readings from Havre to Manitobas border. Chicago's suburbs see 3 to 10 degrees, rail ice causes wrecks, and a blizzard claims a life in St Paul while two men die in separate accidents. Archaeologist C W Mankielow will lecture Saturday at 11 at the college auditorium.
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Ghicagq
U.P
Middlewest
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Canada
Montana
North
South Dakota
Minnzeata
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
Havre
Mont
Devils Lake
N. D
Williston
la Paz
Manitoba
Lake Shore
Michigan City
Ind
Parsons
St. Paul
Garl H. Schubert
Rock Island
C. W. Mankielow
Cadillac
College
Pity The Poor College Boy Of 1792 Roused For Early Rising
Lansing report recounts a 1799 college rule urging students to rise at six, avoid play, and focus on work and outdoor recreation. William G. Robinson of the Playground and Recreation Association cites the old rules to illustrate changing attitudes toward recreation in Eighaum County welfare council meeting.
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Lansing
U.P
Cokesbury M
Vite
Uici
William G. Robinson
Association of America
Welfare Council
Eighaum County
Green Attacks Deland Plan for State Economy
Governor Fred W. Green denounces Rep. Charles J. Deland's proposal for a self supporting state government and no state income tax. He says Deland's figures misstate finances and warns against stripping the administrative board of essential funds. Green asserts departments are largely self supporting and stresses need for a $1,000,000 appropriation to cover potential deficits.
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Lansing
U.P
Charles J. Deland
Fred W. Green
Poverror
Deland
Alexander J. Grozsbeck
Green
Detroit
Adminisrative Board
Geland
State Department
Resort acreages sell fast in Cheboygan despite winter
Cheboygan on January 23 reports brisk sales of north Burt Lake lots in a popular resort area. H D Bockes of the county abstract office notes several sales in three weeks as winter sales skyrocket and a strong summer 1929 is forecast with a new record of transactions expected between now and July.
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Cheboygan
U.R
Zoor
H. D. Bockes
Burt Lake
Isabella County Receives Final Weight and Gas Tax Payment
Isabella County received a final state payment of 80 352.43 for the 1927 28 year, bringing total county receipts since 1926 to 100 631 40. Earlier refunds were 28 656 11 in 1926 and 80 151 36 in 1927 with 46 823 93 in 1928. Bay City hotel Top in a Bee to be rebuilt after August 1928 fire, opening planned for July with 63 rooms and private baths.
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Isabella County
Isabella
Bay City
U.P
Ath
Rural education prof to hire assistant from Washington
The rural department at Central State Teachers College plans to hire Timon Covert as assistant to Prof. Maurice L. Smith by the next summer term. Covert currently serves as assistant specialist in the bureau of rural education at Washington D C and is described as highly qualified for rural work.
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Central State ‘Teachers College
Maurice L. Smith
Timon Covert
Bureau of Rural Education
Washington, D
Covert
Kalish’ State
Smith
Leland
Stanford University
California
South Bays
Crimes Less in Thirteen Large American Cities
United Press reports that at least 13 major cities including New Orleans and Los Angeles reduced homicides in 1928. Ten cities showed higher homicide totals in 1928 vs 1927 with Chicago up 60 and St Louis up 54. Lincoln, Nebraska, had no homicides in 1927 or 1928.
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United Press
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Chicago
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Nebraska City
Woman's Club reviews Undset novel The Axe
The Woman's Club literary group met at Mrs. Virgil McClintic's home Monday afternoon. Mrs. Brew gave a strong review of The Axe by Sigrid Undset, part of a quartet including The Snake Pit In the Wilderness and The Son's Avenger. Undset, a Norwegian novelist, won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Woman’s Club
Virgil MicClintic
Brew Very
Madam Sigrid Undset
Helviken
Madam Undset
Bus Interurban Wreck In Ohio Sparks Multiple Investigations
In Bellevue Ohio on January 23 a speeding North Shore electric car crashed into a heavily loaded Greyhound bus amid a blizzard. The disaster injured many and killed nineteen of the thirty aboard. Four separate investigations will begin today to determine causes and responsibility.
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Bellevue
U.P
North Shore
Forty two crosses mark fatal stretch near Bellevue
Fortytwo white crosses stand along the two mile road between Bellevue and Columbus Pike, scene of a bus interurban crash that killed 17 yesterday and 19 prior fatalities. Debris cleared, snow covers the site as investigations proceed.
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Bellevue
U.P
Columbus
Pike
Lake Shore
Nature
Tragic Interurban Crash Leaves Dozens Injured
Five victims remain unidentified in mortuaries while 12 injured suffer in hospitals. Officials seek a thorough probe by the Public Utilities commission and county prosecutor to determine responsibility as investigators gather facts from the wreck scene and interurban line and bus line officials.
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Public Utilities Commission
Edward H. Martin
Grand Jury
Martin Larenger
Woonsocket, R. I
Dying Bus Crash Victim Confesses Bank Looting
Teddy Branski, among the bus crash victims near Here, admitted to Police Chief North that he helped rob a Detroit bank of $46,000. He named two accomplices who were shot escaping and described fleeing to Flint then to a Connecticut town, later hinting at hidden money and a river location. Branski died at 5 a.m. today and refused to reveal his home or destination.
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Bellevue
Teddy Branski
Here
C. E. North
Detroit
Brawski
Chief North
Flint
Mich
Connecticut
Con
Necticut
Branski
Myney
Liawsi No
Bam asSan Francisc
Krawski
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