03 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Daily Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1929
Page
1
Two men in the west were found to have died while napping in a car seat as monoxide gas seeped from a nearby engine. A Howell garage owner nearly succumbed to gas poisoning after a trip, escaping by reaching a doctor. Remember to turn off idle engines, open garage doors, and ventilate before warming engines.
Wisconsin legislators repeal the state dry law and draft a bill to enter the liquor business. A lawyer argues the eighteenth amendment bans only individuals from manufacturing and selling liquor, not states. If passed, a court test could shape the national liquor policy and spark a major legal fight.
A Galveston beauty contest crowned an Austrian contestant who declined film and stage offers and plans to return to Vienna. She vowed to help homeless children with the prize money and education, rejecting any contract requiring bathing wear.
Discussion over gasoline taxes resurges as Michigan supporters defend the levy and Oklahoma raises rates amid oil output. Drivers in Oklahoma face a forthcoming increase to four cents per gallon, while Michigan debates the higher tax anew for top quality fuel.
Paris July 8 U P Premier Raymond Poincare is near assured of senate ratification with reservations linking the accord to the Young plan for reparations. Senator Lucian Hubert says ratification will pass with this condition and urges U S cooperation to ease international finances. Ratification progress moves through finance and foreign affairs commissions under Poincare guidance.
A massive fire destroyed about 100 homes in Mill Valley, amid northern California wildfires near San Francisco and Oakland. Losses exceed 500000 dollars. Fire also hit Forde's Rest in the Santa Cruz mountains, damaging a hotel and several summer homes as Mill Valley residents fled. Dynamite was dropped from an airplane to try to stop the blaze.
Princess Elizabeth adds a mixed rabbit fur and wool dress to her wardrobe. The gift comes from a Kent Angora rabbit farm supported by the British Legion village. The fur derives from a pedigreed rabbit descendant named Princess Elizabeth.
Washington July 3 Senate finance committee nears end of tariff hearings after three weeks of work. Debate centers on sugar duties with a proposed rise from 2.2 to 3 cents per pound and Cuban sugar from 1.67 to 2.4 cents. Administration talks of a sliding scale compromise while automobile duties face interest from industry leaders.
Traverse City selects Miss Margaret Bachi of Elk Rapids to reign over July 18 and 19 cherry festival events. Gov. Fred W. Green will crown her on the morning of July 19 as the two day event celebrates the Grand Traverse region cherry crop.
At the Michigan Gas association convention B. G. Campbell reported 1,192 miles of pine high pressure lines are now in use to supply city gas to small communities. The 36,000 customers in this class will use one billion cubic feet this year, up from 982 million last year, with 1,500,000 customers planned by 1930.
The Villa of Huntleigh on Denny Road becomes a new village as the County Court incorporates it to prevent annexation. Fifteen families with servants, under 100 residents, five trustees and a village hall form the core. Trustees will call an election soon to choose a mayor.
In Quincy Massachusetts two men Joseph Porter and Santo Del Signore were fined ten dollars each in district court for allegedly stealing three bases from Milton Park baseball diamond. The home plate remained fixed as the men allegedly fled after paying fines.
Lansing reports a weight tax haul of 19,967,153 for January through June 1929, up 2,848,169 from the same period in 1928. Registered motor vehicles total 1,292,551, reflecting an increase of 168,262 autos.
Henry Ford and other automotive leaders could be subpoenaed by the Senate finance committee if they ignore invitations to testify. The committee, led by Senator Seed, has not received replies and will pursue subpoenas if responses are not forthcoming. The current tariff on automobiles is 25 percent ad valorem.
Part of Sir Isaac Newton's famed library, rediscovered after 200 years, will go on sale in London. The 858 volumes were found largely in a Gloucestershire mansion. Newton died in 1727. Notes in his handwriting appear in 83 books and 20 bear his signature.
Lansing July 3 A bitter Senator Seymour H Person vows to press for repeal in 1931 of Michigan's antifireworks law he calls a strike against a cherished holiday for children He opposed the bill in the senate arguing the fourth of July should allow noise and patriotism for both young and old and a boy's outlet for activity.
A wall at the New York and New Jersey crematory in Bergen is described as showing a three foot high outline of Christ. Watchman reported it. authorities could not remove it. By midnight about 5000 people gathered awaiting further manifestations and flowers were placed before the silhouette. Some called it miraculous, others saw natural shadows.
The National Petroleum Corporation under George Welsh plans immediate operations in Mt. Pleasant and Muskegon fields. It controls 640 acres in Mt. Pleasant and over 500 acres in Newaygo with wells active, while Jacob Bolema of Puritan Oil serves on the board. The firm is authorized to lease drill operate nine lines and refineries.
London July 3 Lord Cottenham, an English racing earl, predicts speed cars may race past 300 miles an hour at Daytona and other tracks. He says such speeds depend on car design track conditions weather and luck and require a new tire that can endure the strain to be safe.
Detroit police report six members of Paul Evangelist's family found slain in their beds by a neighbor. Paul, 43, his wife Sanita, three daughters, and 3 year old Mario were found nude with gruesome injuries. Police call the killings the work of a fiend and note the severed head near the bed.
A lighthouse on the Mersey estuary at Leasowe, long extinguished since 1908, is up for sale through real estate agents. They describe the site as ideal for a catering business or a private residence, noting its coastal setting and commanding sea views.
Detroit authorities order compulsory dog vaccination under threat of fine and jail. In two weeks about 600 people were bitten, with 70 receiving Pasteur treatment. In June 2,355 of 3,593 impounded dogs were killed while others were claimed.
In Providence Rhode Island on July 3 Charles St Amant 26 was pronounced dead after a heart condition and appeared to be in a coma. Relatives were making funeral arrangements when he suddenly revived prompting medical explanation of a near death state.
Crews of the Ohio Producers and Refiners company begin a loading station and siding at the Kane brick yard in northern the city. A three inch pipe line will run to the Mt. Pleasant field with a pumping station planned between the field and dock. System capacity set at 3000 barrels daily. A Pere Marquette railway spur will connect to the station with storage tanks to be built.
Nine Marritt brothers aged 18 to 45, formerly of Kearney Nebraska, play for the Hawk Springs team in the North Platte Valley Baseball League. The father Henry Marlatt taught them baseball, two younger Marlatt boys Ed and Fay are rising players, while several brothers hold positions from catcher to pitcher. The family moved from a farm near Kearney to a ranch 26 miles from Torrington, contributing to Hawk Springs growth.
Production in the Mt Pleasant oil field rises as Reem 2 A Pure Oil offset to Stilgenbauer Russell No 1 in Chippewa County yields about 500 barrels daily in two hours. Additional drilling may increase flow and an offset to Stilgenbauer Russell No 2 is planned. McNeal No 1 in Traverse is slated for shooting while Dundee casing is pulled and the well plugged.
Hearing on the state's argument to dismiss remaining injunctions in the Wayne county Wider Woodward case will be before Judge James S. Parker in Flint. Assistant Attorney General Kits Clardy stated the motion, noting Judge Dra mond Hunt issued the injunction now in Europe.
Louis Lipsky of New York was reelected president of the Zionist Organization of America at the closing session of its thirty second annual convention in Detroit. Lipsky, absent due to an operation in Jerusalem last month, was praised as a symbol of the movement and its future. The constitution was amended to increase vice presidents from three to six, electing Maurice Rothenberg New York Judge William M Lewis Philadelphia Max Schulman Chicago Archibald Silverman Providence R L Elihu D Stone Boston and Rabbi Abb Hillel Silver Cleveland Ohio.
In Reedly California on July 3 a local judge ordered 19 year old Ben Brase to eat his next 90 meals in county jail after he rejected his mother cooked dinner as not meeting his standards. If he refuses, he faces 450 more meals funded by the county.
A fragment notes teamwork and precise actions on the diamond. The text praises how players have worked together for 30 long years, making their play seem almost mechanical and flawless.
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