Parkhill Dies After Illness In Mt. Pleasant
Bert L Parkhill longtime Mt Pleasant resident and secretary treasurer of The Gorham Brothers Company died after months of illness. Born in Howard New York he was sixty eight and leaves a wife three daughters a son and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Bert L
Parkhill
Mgr
Mt. Pleasant
Gorham Brothers Company
Bay City
The
Presbyterian Church
Una
Iie
Howard
New York
Ile
Lerzey
Fife
George
Flint
Vera’ Kleckner
Detroit
Marion Affeldt
Lansing
Louise McGillivray
Southern Dry Anti Smith Campaign Opens Under Cannon
Bishop James Cannon of Richmond, a longtime 18th amendment advocate, announced immediate opening of southern dry anti Smith Democratic headquarters in Richmond Virginia. He aims to break the solid south and elect Hoover, despite ill health from fever, traveling after Nashville talks with Dr A J Barton. Cannon said the campaign will rely on press, speakers, and volunteers with state anti Smith groups coordinating with the Anti Saloon League and temperance groups.
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United Press
Salisbury
North Carolina
A . Hardy
James Cannon
Richmond
United Press Today
Virginia
Cannon
Tammany
Nashville
A. J. Barton
Smith
Hoover
Bishop Cannon
Atlanta
Anti-Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Exoneration after 20 years for Oscar Slater in Scotland
In Edinburgh the Court of Criminal Appeal set aside the murder conviction of Oscar Slater after 18 and a half years in prison. The case, tied to Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ended with Slater freed but aged by two decades of wrongful imprisonment.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Sherlock Holmes
Police
Court of Criminal Appeals
Oscar Slater
F Slater
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Slater
Court of Criminal Appeal
Refuses To Loan Money, Is Shot
Detroit on July 20 report Andrew Petrone 40 was shot to death by a man after he refused to lend $5.00. His 14 year old daughter Livia and 10 year old son Joseph witnessed the killing. Police seek Dominic Morente 65 a former Petrone roomer who fled after the shooting.
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Detroit
Mich
Andrew Petrone
Livia
Joseph
Dominic Morente
Petrone
Morente
Larsen Style Shop Big Clearance on Dresses and Coats
A gale of bargains hits Larsen Style Shop with large reductions on dresses and coats. Customers flock to save on seasonal styles at 202-205 4A location.
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Larsen Style Shop
Maligin Search For Amundsen Is Unsuccessful
Moscow dispatch reports the Russian ice breaker Maligin failed to locate traces of Roald Amundsen and his party. The ship, accompanied by Aviator Buabushkin abongd, had searched southeast of Spitzbergen since June 18 and is now heading to a Russian port for fuel.
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Moscow
Russia
WU P
Maligin
Roald Amundsen
Buabushkin Abongd
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Ag Expenses Under Budget in Michigan Fiscal Year
Michigan Department of Agriculture ends fiscal year with expenditures about 92000 under budget announced by Commissioner Herbert E. Powell. The result came within 8000 of the hoped margin from the appropriation.
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Lansing
Mid
Department of Agriculture
Herbert E. Powell
East Reports Heavy Death Toll of Heat
A heat wave across the eastern United States caused a rising death toll with twenty fatalities in the east and seven each in Detroit and Chicago. The Weather Bureau predicted rain within days, while Chicago endured an electrical storm that did not curb temperatures. New York saw high humidity worsening conditions in Manhattan and Brooklyn. offices closed or half-day.
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United Press
United States
Detroit
Chicago
Weather Bureau
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Washington
Lower Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Anthony Named Head of Michigan State Dairying Department
Ernest Anthony, former head of dairying at the University of West Virginia, was appointed head of the dairy ing department at Michigan State College to replace O B Reed who resigned to lead the U S Bureau of Industrial Dairying. Anthony, a Nebraska native and Missouri graduate with a Danish masters, will assume duties September 1 at East Lansing.
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East Lansing
Mich
U.P
Ernest Anthony
University of West Virginia
Michigan State College
O. BE. Reed
Reed
Bureau of Industrial Dairying
United States Department of Neviculture
Anthony
Nebraska
University of Missouri
Copenhagen
Denmark
Coast Guard Patrol Boat Sinks in Dense Fog
Two Coast Guardsmen drowned and five others were rescued when patrol boat No. 1 was rammed and sunk by the freighter Culbertson near the Delaware Bay entrance in dense fog.
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Cape May
New Jersey
O.S
Coastguard
Culbertson
Delaware Bay
Michigan Graduates Enlisted as Flying Cadets
Five University of Michigan graduates have joined as flying cadets in the United States army. They will report to Marshield Riverside California for training under Colonel H. M. Fales. Names include Lester C. Curl Detroit Paul A. Piper Bridgman Richard A. Light Kalamazoo Jesse I. Hodgson Hillsdale and John W. Loos Ann Arbor.
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Grand Rapids
University of Michigan
H. M. Fales
Western Michigan
United States Army
Marshield
Riverside
Cal
Lester CG. Curl
Detroit
Paul A. Piper
Bridgeman
Richard A. Light
Kalamazoo
Jesse I. Hodgson
Hillsdale
John W. Loos
Ann Arbor
Italia Crew Plans Return From Arctic Rescue Mission
Spitbergen July 20 report says members of the Italia crew rescued from the Arctic ice are prepared to fly home to Italy. The Rust Kaff Kréfiker Kras sin party will transport them from Malo Bay to Citta di Milano then begin the journey home led by General Cimblatta. Crew members Nobile Cap tain Martino Zappi Viglieri Trojani Biagi Ceccioni Trafini are among those brought back from the North Pole voyage that began May 2.
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Kings Bay
Spitebergen
Arctic
Talla
Ito
Italy
Mort
Rudstaft
Dg Kréfiker
Krassin
Malo Bay
Krassini
Citta -di Milano
Cimblatta
Nobile
Martiino
Zappi
Viglieri Trojani
Farmer Shot by Unknown Motorist in Toledo Argument
George Schlenter a 63 year old farmer from Point Place was shot and killed during a roadside dispute in Toledo Ohio. An unidentified motorist fired then fled after the shooting and driven away with another man. The car then stopped near the Schlenter residence as bystanders reported a struggle at the scene.
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Toledo
Ohio
U.e
George Schlenter
Fay
É Ijan
Giinmay
Throvigs Pay Tribute To General Alvaro Obregon
Mexican officials and citizens gather in a seaside village to honor General Alvaro Obregon after his presidential election victory. Officials arrive by train and some by air or horse and foot as a full public tribute unfolds in the capital and surrounding areas.
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Throvigs
Meéxica
Navajga
Sondra
Mexico
Inito
Gerigral Alvaro
Obregon
Agsassihntoy Fresidatt-Electrive
Guty
Body of Rich Belgian Found After Cross Channel Disappearance
The battered body of Captain Alfred Lowenstein, missing Belgian financier, was found floating ten miles from Cape Risner and identified by a wristwatch. Investigators weigh whether he fell from a cross channel flight or abandoned the exit door and plunged. Relatives confirmed the identity and the hoax theories were dismissed.
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Mee DE
Lowenstein
Channel
Cape Risner
Jean Marie F Baygyang
Hoover Train Nears Home on California Swing
Herbert Hoover Republican presidential nominee arrived in Palo Alto after a 4000 mile cross country trip. He traced his boyhood path through California stopping in Dallas and Lake Tahoe and planned stays in Palo Alto and the Redwood region with no fixed end date for further stops.
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Oakland
Calif
U. P
Herbert Hoover
California
Dallas
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Oregon Sierras
Palo Alto
Hoover
Redwood District
San Francisco
Galif
Detroit to see broad dry cleanup amid raids
Detrow Michigan July 20. Thomas H. Brennan acting association dry director said a grand cleanup in downtown Detroit is not limited to one district. He noted the dry unit targets Detroit and all of Michigan with daily raids in Detroit and surrounding areas.
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Detrow
Mich
Detroit
Thomas H. Brennan
Association
Brennan
Michigan
Raskob States Prohibition Views in New York Speech
New York July 20 John J. Raskob chairman of the Democratic national committee reiterated his stance on modifying the Volstead Act. He urged the American people to devise a liquor control plan but said he has no specific proposal and Democratic leaders will not present one before the election.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Raskob
France to Open Inquiry into Captain Lowenstein Death
France will launch an official inquiry to determine whether Captain Lowenstein’s death was accidental or a suicide and if any fellow passengers share responsibility. The initial find will enable quick start on winding up Europe’s famed financier’s vast estate, avoiding years of delay if the body had not been recovered.
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Lowenstein
Europe
Clergy blamed for Obregon death in Mexico City
Police say the Obregon assassination was the work of Catholic clergy and ten others are detained along with confessed killer Jose de Leon Toral. Authorities expect a civil trial for Toral with possible immediate execution following similar past cases.
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Mexico City
U.P
Alvaro Obregon
Jose de Leon’ Toral
Zertuche
Carles
Toral
General Obregon
Heat Wave Death Toll Rises Across East Coast
Upward of a score of deaths reported from the four day heat wave with eight in New York City in 24 hours. Connecticut sees three deaths as cooling breezes appear. Washington records five prostrations while forecasters warned of rain that failed to arrive leaving humidity and heat high.
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New York
U.P
New York City
Connecticut
Washington
Americans Near Goal At Davis Cup Tourney
At Roland Garros Paris on July 20 the United States Davis Cup team, without top player William Tilden, led by five matches in the inter zone finals against Italy. The Americans need only one more win to clinch the cup against the French holders in the Challenge Round.
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Roland Garros
Paris
U.R
William T. Tilden
United States
Italy
Heavy Storm Kills Five in Nebraska and Iowa Train Crash
A severe storm across Nebraska caused five deaths and extensive damage. In Iowa, two Wabash freight engineers and two firemen died when floodwaters washed out a trestle near M realiza Trail junction, triggering a crash as two locomotives plunged through.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Mineola
Iowa
Detroit Suffers Severe Heat Wave With Seven Deaths
Yesterday produced the year’s worst heat wave in Detroit as seven deaths were attributed to heat. One man killed himself and his wife cited heat worry. Little change was forecast today though cooler air moved in during the morning.
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Detroiters
Hat Sale Slashes Prices at Larsen Style Shop
Bargain event at Larsen Style Shop offers hats valued at $5 and $10 for $1,000 total. Limited quantities advertised for 신 sale.
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Larsen Style
Two More Nations Approve Kellogg Anti War Pact
Japan and Czecho Slova kia notified the United States they are ready to sign the Kellogg anti war pact draft. The two nations are the last of the 15 parties to approve the plan, with a Paris meeting expected to conclude negotiations and sign the treaty.
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Washington
U.P
Kellogg
Japan
Czecho-Slovakia
United States
Paris
Aged Civil War Veteran David Riegle Dies at Home
David Riegle aged about eighty seven died at his home on South Franklin Street after months of illness. He was a Civil War veteran wounded at Gettysburg and never married. Survived by three brothers Elias Thomas and Joseph and sister Louise. Brief funeral at nine in the morning at home with Rev. C B Hawkins, then interment at Davison in the family lot.
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Angelus
David Riegle
South Franklin Street
Mr. Riegle
Erie County
New York
Davison
Gtnesee County
Isabella Township
Mt. Pleasant
David
Clare
Gettysburg
Mr. Rieglé
Elias
Thomas
Shelby
Joseph
Louise
Rev
C. B. Hawkins
Shate Village
Swedish flier believes Arctic parties lost
Sergeant Victor Nilsson who rescued Captains Sora and Van Dongen from an ice floe said he believes six men with the envelope of the dirigible Italia perished after the crash. He added Amundsen and the Roald Amundsen expedition would likely never be found and denied friction between rescue groups.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
Irving
Victor Nilsson
Sora
van Dongen
Foyn Island
Upland
Amundsen
Nilsson
Dynamite Victim Identified as Amos Fritz
Roy Fritz of Mt Pleasant identified the mutilated remains found on the Lewis Thayer farm in Vernon township as his father Amos Fritz. The elder Fritz had been seen near his home Wednesday afternoon and an investigation traced probable dynamite purchase in Ithaca and Alma, with questions about motive and timing surrounding the fatal explosion.
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Roy Fritz
Mt. Pleasant
Lewis Thayer
Vernon Township
Amos Fritz
Barden
Ithaca
Hall
Pompeii
Fritz
Mr. Fritz
Alverson Hardware
Montegel Hardware
Alma Wednes
Alma
Seni
Tata
Cla Ca
League Hopes To Cut Down Dope Traffic
Geneva July 20 U K A global push to curb illicit drug traffic begins as the League of Nations enforces its new opium and harmful drugs convention set to take effect September 25. The central board of eight experts will oversee international drug traffic and publicize country practices. The board will be appointed by the League council with possible U S participation, and there is a strong push to include an American member.
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Geneva
U.K
League
League Council
Canada
United States
Prohibition Candidate Varney Recalled as Juror Distrust Ends Testimony
In Long Island on July 20 authorities shielded Willmor Varney a prohibition candidate for president after defense lawyers argued his juror impartiality would be prejudiced. The session was disrupted as Varney faced questions about bias.
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Rockville
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