One-Stop Flight to Sweden Ends in Crash Near Rockford
A Stinson-Detroit monoplane named Greater Rockford crashed five miles north of Rockford Newfoundland during a test to Greenland then Sweden. Pilots Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer escaped serious injury as the craft failed to gain altitude after takeoff at 4:50 am CST. Local stockholders plan another attempt within 10 days, with the damaged plane to be repaired at Stinson-Detroit’s Northville plant.
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Sweden
Rockford
Bert R. J. Hassell
Parker -D. Cramer
Greenland
Hassell
Mt. Evans
Stockholm
Midwest
Europe
Rockford, II
U.P
Rockford Stockholders Committee
Greater Rockford
Stinson
Green Refuses Parole in Michigan Case
Gov Fred W Green today refused parole for Arthur Eich, prisoner in Battle Creek for minor assault on Miss King after dental x rays and medical exams. University of Michigan doctors found no tampering with x rays and no justification for parole.
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Nsing
Mich
Fred W Green
Arthur
Battle Creek
Miss . King
Forts
Michigan ‘Hospital
Arthur Eich
University of Michigan Hospital
Miss King
Dog Surrenders Self at Police Station in Lansing
A police dog in Lansing reportedly surrendered at a city station foaming at the mouth and showing signs of possible rabies after traveling long distances. He did not bite people or dogs but attempted to bite car tires before entering the station. He was taken to Michigan State College for observation with results due later today.
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Lansing
Mich
U.ry
Tianjing
Michigan State College
Prominent Landscape Gardener To Talk At College Friday
BE. W. Bennet a landscape gardener for H. H. Dow will speak on landscape gardening at Central State College in the Science building Friday at one o'clock. Bennet from Detroit recently won first prize at the North American Flower Show. Citizens are invited to attend.
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BE. W. Bennet
H. H. Dow
Tennis Team Breaks Even After Darkness Halts Doubles
Mt. Pleasant Community ties Midland in a Tuesday night tennis meet as the doubles remain unfinished. Only unsettled matches involve Beddow vs Jones, with coach Parker and Meyer losing in straight sets. Remaining singles won by Woodruff Hood and McCall. Meyer and Beddow halted by dusk. Kelly ill kept Mt. Pleasant from one last match.
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Mt. Pleasant
Midland
Beddow
Mr. Pleasant
Jones
West Virginia University
Parker
Meyer
Woodruff
Hood
McCall
Kelly
Quarrel Ends with Death of Father and Injury to Family
In Chicago on July 26 Evar Jansson 40 shot and killed his son Paul 12 wounded his wife Eva 38 and injured daughter Mary 14 then killed himself. Neighbors said the quarrel began that morning and Jansson seized a gun and opened fire.
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Chigagq
U.P
Evar Jansson
Paul
Eva
Mary
Jansson
Neigbors
Gubernatorial Pot Boil Red Hot in Betron
Detroit July 26. George W. Welsh, Grand Rapids publisher and former lieutenant governor, launches a bid to oust Governor Fred W. Green as Republican nominee. Democrats silent with national campaign in the background. Welsh aims to win big in Detroit with a projected 100000 votes and a 50000 majority. The lieutenant governor race between Woodworth and Dickinson receives less attention.
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Detroit
Mid
U.P
George W. Welsh
Grand Rapids
Fred W. Green
Fred L. Woodworth
Lauren D. Dickinson
Welsh
Krassin Aids Hamburg Liner Morite Cervantes Off Spitzbergen
The Russian ice-breaker Krassin stands by the Hamburg South American liner Morite Cervantes after the latter struck an iceberg near Spitzbergen. The German liner with 1,500 aboard suffered a non serious damage but a hull leak was confirmed after Krassin divers inspected the ship. Passengers were initially unsettled but later calm. There are no Americans aboard.
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Namburg
Germany
Krassin
Ball Bay
Spitzbergen
Monte Cervantes
Plan to pave three blocks on High Street
City commission near approval to continue paving on High street from Fancher to Mission after Fancher avenue work. Final decision likely at next meeting per City Manager W K Willman. Project aims to connect trunkline US 27 with three already paved streets to Broadway.
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High Street
Fancher
Mission
Fancher Avenue
W. K. Willman
Broadway
President Coolidge to Visit Yellowstone in August
Tentative plans indicate President and Mrs Coolidge will depart Cedar Island Lodge between August 10 and 15 for Yellowstone National Park. The party may leave August 12 with official plans not yet finalized. It is unclear whether the president will stay at his Brule fishing retreat or make a longer national park visit.
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Cedar Island
Lodge
Wis
U.2
Coolidge
Yellowstone National Park
White House
Brule
National Park
Spruce tortrix found chewing Michigan spruces warns expert
East Lansing reports insect damage by spruce tortrix on Englemann and Blue spruces from Colorado to New England. Michigan State College entomologist E I McDaniel says burning nests in October or November or early spring is best control. Adrian notes city treasurer John W Wagner counts coins from tax payment by J M Harper in pennies weighing 23 pounds.
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East Lansing
Michigan
E. I. McDaniel
Michigan State College
McDaniel
Englemann
Blue
Adrian
U.R
John W. Wagner
J. M. Harper
Wagney
Harper
23 Air Tour Planies Take Off Again This Morning
St Paul Minnesota July 26 The national reliability six tour planes relift their journey here today The first of the 23 original planes took off at 8 55 a m for Wisconsin and Milwaukee The flyers had been more since Tuesday
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ST. Paul
Miatsota
U.P
National
Wasay
Wisconsins
Milwaukee
Nore
Man Maintains He Did Not Rob Bank
Joseph Frackowiak of Saginaw, 25, in county jail after four witnesses identified him as the Reese State Savings Bank robber. A car matching the getaway vehicle and prints tied him to the crime, though officers found no money at his home and revolvers were seized. He faces arraignment on armed robbery charges.
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Midh
U.P
State Savings Bank
Reese
Joseph Frackowiak
Saginaw
Walter C. Hill
Frackowiak
Three One Act Plays Set At Central State Teachers College
The Central State Teachers College class in play production stages three one act plays tonight. Students handle directing and acting with training covering all production phases. Orville Crowder Miller, recent staffer in the speech department, serves as instructor and director.
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Central State Teachers College
Orville Crowder Miller
College Department of Speech
Slayers Sought of Aged Ohio Tycoon in Florida
Police and sheriffs pursued E. L. Booth and his wife after G. W. Simmons a 118 year old Ohio millionaire and grandfather of Mrs. Booth was found slain near a cabin in a Lake City tourist camp. The couple, from Steubenville Ohio, vanished as investigators hunted for clues.
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Lake City
Fla
U.P
E. L. Booth
G. W. Simmons
Ohio
Indian chief forecasts brutal 1928-29 winter in Nebraska
Chief White Cloud, a noted Indian leader in Falls City Nebraska, predicts a severe 1928-29 winter. His forecast rests on ancient signs and unusually heavy foliage observed this year.
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Falls City
Neb
White Cloud
Solah Clerk Dies of Heart Disease in Lansing
Charles Summer Pierce a 70 year old Michigan house of representatives clerk for 24 years died at his Lansing home after months of illness. He leaves a widow three sons one daughter. He was born in 1858 at Bedford Michigan and educated at the University of Michigan law department class of 1887. He served Oscoda as village attorney Tosco county school commissioner was state senator from Oscoda in 1893 secretary of the senate in 1897 deputy secretary of state in 1901 and clerk of the house from 1903 until his death except for 1910 1911 when he was state game warden.
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Lansing
Mich
O.R
Charles Summer Pierce
Michigan House of Representatives
Bedford
Michigan
University of Michigan
Oscoda
Tosco County
State
Senate
Beceqame
Mechanic Crushed Under Truck at Kapler Repair Garage
Oscar Holiday a 19 year old mobile mechanic at Kapler repair garage on Mission Street was crushed under a heavy truck when the jack slipped. He is in Ann Arbor hospital with a broken back and condition not yet reported.
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Oscar Holiday
Kapler
Mission Street
Ann Arbor
Notre Dame Student In Critical Condition After 20-Foot Fall
Edward E. Brennan a 38 year old Notre Dame student fell twenty feet from a scaffold in Grand Rapids Michigan while working for a construction company during his summer vacation He is reported in critical condition today.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward E. Brennan
Notre Dame University
Brennan
Tunney Heeney Heavyweight Title Fight Draws Tepid Crowd
Gene Tunney and Tom Heeney weighed in at Yankee Stadium with Tunney at 192 pounds and Heeney at 203.5. Promoter Tex Rickard faced potential losses as early crowd turnout looked below expectations despite clear skies and cool morning air.
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New York
U.R
Gene
Tunney
Tom ‘Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Ile
Heeney
Brether
Leeney
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Charity Party By Miss Willey Aids Legion Auxiliary
Nellie Willey hosted a lawn party at her East Broadway home to benefit the American Legion Auxiliary. About eighty ladies attended with visitors from Rosebush Weidman and others, enjoying Pedro and bridge, strawberry shortcake and iced tea. Funds raised support local and state charity efforts and the Auxiliary’s poppy fund.
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Nellie Willey
East Broadway
American Legion Auxiliary
Rosebush
Weidman
Pedro
Bridge
Déan
Nellie Wilke
Poppy Fund
Arrest Fide and County Man on Forgery Charge
Walter Oberdorf living on a farm in Geneve township west of Sanford was arrested by Sheriff William Hess after a two week search for a man passing bad checks in the county. A license plate linked to Delavin was traced to Oberdorf, with the plate later found in his car. He admitted fraud in Loomis Sanford and Delwin and was bound over to circuit court after waiving examination.
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Walter Oberdorf
Geneve
Sanford
William Hess
Oberdorf
Thomas Lawler
Delavin
LianWlox J
Ohé
Loomis
Delwin
H. A. Graham
Counties Unite and Solve Tax Burden in Tennessee
James county Tennessee near Hamilton county, home to Chattanooga, reports a drastic tax cut and vast road improvements after a movement to consolidate counties. Farm and Fireside cites officials saying the county eliminated many officials and used the courthouse as a central school, with roads increasing from one to fifty miles passable year round and schools expanding from one teacher to two or more per class. The movement spreads to other Tennessee counties and into Georgia.
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New York
James County
Tennessee
Hamilton County
Chattanooga
T.d. Smith
Georgia
Judge rules against Mrs Scripps in estate accounting
Federal Judge Smith W. Hickenlooper ruled against Mrs. Joseph Scripps of Miramar California in her suit for an accounting from the estate of E. W. Scripps and Robert P. Scripps. Mrs Scripps is executrix of her husband James G. Scripps. She claimed a partnership contract entitled her to funds and properties.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Smith W. Hickenlooper
Joseph Scripps
Miramer
Galif
E. W. Scripps
Robert P. Scripps
Scripps
James G. Scripps
E.W. Scripps
Quarantine Orders Once More For Isabella and Clare Counties
The Daily Times reports Isabella and Clare counties placed under strict dog quarantine by state veterinarian Dr. B J Killane. Dogs must be vaccinated within a year and muzzled or confined. removal from the county during quarantine requires vaccination 60 days prior. Quarantine runs July 21 to October 18 with strict enforcement by local officers.
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The
Daily Times
Isabella
Clare
B.J. Killane
Lansing
Isabella County
Otts
Ovo Ideale
R. I. Hether
Highway Funds Allocated for 256 Miles of Roads
Michigan cities and villages will receive 420881.36 dollars on August 1 from the state highway department for the construction of 256.89 miles of highway. Ottawa County Grand Haven project is listed with 1656 dollars 2713.33, Isabella County Mt. Pleasant project 734281 1203.02, Montcalm County Greenville project 788 1291.45.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State Highway Department
Frank F. Rogers
Ottawa County
Grand Haven
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Montcalm
Greenville
Michigan reports six million dollar treasury balance
Michigan's preliminary auditor general report shows a general fund balance of 6 347 318 87 on July 1 1928, up from 1 003 470 58 a year earlier. Total year receipts reached 29 392 534 65 with expenditures of 33 046 215 78, while overall state funds under management totaled 115 341 381 83 across multiple funds.
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Lansing
Michigan
O. B. Fuller
Treasury
Special
Trust
Rotary
West Is Sworn In as Secretary of the Interior
Roy O. West of Chicago is sworn in as secretary of the interior in Washington. The ceremony at 3 p.m. was conducted by chief clerk W Bartland Acker and attended by the retiring secretary Dr Hubert Work.
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West
Secretary OF the Interior
Washington
Department of the Interior
Roy O. West
Chicago
W. Bartland Acker
Hubert Work
Turning Point in Chicago Politics Driven by Crumbling Factions
Chicago faces a political crisis as Mayor William Hale Thompson's support erodes. The 1926 victory faction collapses and the America First group dissolves, shifting to a grim “Every Man for Himself.” Rumors highlight the resignation of Police Commissioner Michael Hughes.
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Chigago
Chicago
William Hale’ Thompson
Thompson
William Dever
America First
London Sees 17th Rainless Day as Drought Deepens
London and southern England report the seventeenth consecutive rainless day, the longest period since 1911, with western districts noting up to twenty two days without rain as the drought lasts.
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London
England
U.P
Insurgents Suffer Loss In Encounter With Marine Planes
Five United States Marine bombing planes led by Major Ross E Rowell attacked General Augusto Sandino's encampment on the Honduran border. Casualties for Sandino's forces were believed heavy though unconfirmed. The camp lies about 50 miles northwest of Matagalpa. All five planes were hit yet returned to base.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.P
United States Marine
Ross
E. Rowell
Augustino Sandino
Rowell
Sandino
Mura
Hondurah
Cath
Welfare workers locate children hidden by delirious mother
In Lansing a boy and girl aged 5 and 10, children of a Lansing couple, were found by welfare authorities after the mother, delirious and dying, had hidden them away. They were awarded to the father once a divorce was granted, and were placed in a welfare home pending custody.
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Lansing
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