Fire destroys Union Station in Toledo
A spectacular blaze destroyed Toledo Union Station a 46 year old wood structure serving seven railroads. The fire started in a cigar stand and spread to a storage compartment with explosive signals. Passengers were moved to a temporary station with no traffic delays. Damages were about 100000 dollars. The line list included New York Central Wabash Baltimore Ohio Nickel Plate Big Four Michigan Central and Chesapeake Ohio.
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Toledo
O.R
20Th Century Limited
New York Central
Wabash
Baltimore & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Big Four
Michigan Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
High Court Hears Final Arguments In Ford Suit
June 11 Lansing U P final arguments in the suit of Wilfred C and Henry M Leland against Henry and Edsel Ford over 6 000 000 tied to the Lincoln Motor Car sale to the Fords. Lelands claim reimbursement for stock above 3 per share and protection of minority rights.
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High Court
Ford
Lansing
U.P
Wilfred C
Henry M. Leland Agnintee
Henry
Edsel Ford
Lelands
State Supreme Court
Lincoln Motor Car Company
Fords
Leland
Avas
Lincoln
Patity
Banker's Death Investigated by Cheboygan Police
Clyde Milliken, 44, cashier at First National Bank in Cheboygan, was found shot in his Burt Lake summer home garage. A coroner jury will decide if death was suicide or gas. An audit of the bank shows finances intact, and Milliken also ran garages in Petoskey and Rogers City.
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Choboygan
U.P
Clyde Milliken
First National Bank
Burtlake
Milliken
O. H. Gebhardt
r . _dlames MrGregor
Petoskey
Rogers City
Onaway
Sneezing spectator halts murder trial in Kinston court
In Kinston North Carolina a superior court trial for murder was interrupted when a spectator sneezed loudly several times and then left the courtroom. The judge resumed the case focusing on convicting the defendant of murder as the courtroom doors echoed with the final sneeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
U.P
Raid on Bowery Poison Liquor Sales In Prohibition Era
U P reports federal agents raided 20 Bowery saloons and speakeasies to curb a poison liquor threat tied to a drink called Smoke. Thirty six proprietors and staff were arrested as agents seized samples and prepared for felony indictments.
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New York
U.P
Bowery District
Bowery
Prohibition
Ator Maurice
Campbell S
Syert
United States
Charles H-Tuttle
Legion Sponsors Show Of Special Patriotic Picture In Mt Pleasant
The Odd Fellow encampment rally in Mt Pleasant will feature a showing of the film Old Glory on Saturday June 14 at courthouse square. The Legion posts sponsor the screening to educate Americans about the national emblem and its significance through a dramatized Armistice day flag salute scene.
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Oddfellow
Mt. Pleasant
American Legion
Court “House
Spike” Mullins
Mullings
Mullins
The
Legion
Burglars Come There for Good Cameras Sign Draws Crowd
In Harrow England a shop keeper whose store was raided posted a bold window sign reading Burglars come there for good cameras why not you The sign aims to deter criminals and attract potential witnesses as police investigate the break in
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Harrow
England
U.P
Death account found in old newspaper Drawer discovery unearths Waglington burial record
William Bonnell, in Montrose Colorado, discovers an aged newspaper inside a sideboard detailing the death and burial of George Waglington. The fragment sheds light on a long ago event and offers historical context for local records.
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Montrose
Colo
U.P
William Bonnell
George ‘Waglington
King Carol Faces Liberal Bloc as Romanian Government Talks Drag On
King Carol struggles to form a government in Romania amid Liberal Party opposition. Conferences with party leaders continue without a clear designate to unite the parliament. Popular support remains high as the king resists dissolving parliament, hoping for a calmer autumn cabinet sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hurng
United Press
Bucharest
U.P
Carol
Liberal Party
Julius Maniu
National Peasant Party
Vintilla Bratianu
Liberal Executive Council
Barty
QND Deficiency Bill Reported to the House
The second deficiency bill, the last major appropriation measure of the session, was reported to the House by Chairman Wood. It totals about 66.2 million dollars for deficiencies and 51 million in potential war claim settlements, with 101 million authorized overall. The measure provides 10.66 million for Boulder Dam start up and continues 4.64 million previously appropriated for the army air corps, funding flying fields and depots nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
House
Wood
Appropriations Committee
United States
Boulder Dam
Hoover
Wilbur
Army Air Corps
Mitchell Field
L. I
Selfridge Field
Mich
Bolling Field
D. C
Duncan Field
Tex
Young Plan Approved by Bankers of Nine Nations
Paris officials announce final approval of a 300 million dollar Young Plan reparations loan by bankers from nine countries. The loan bears 6 12 percent interest, with bonds issued at 90, France expected to sell at 98, and no bonds tax in France. Germany will use 100 million for industrial buildup while 200 million goes to the reparations bank in Basle to fund cash reparations.
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Samuel L. Dashigll
United
Paris
France
United States
Hague
Germany
Nternational Bank of
Basle
Switzerland
Young Plan
Former H. S. Faculty Member Honored by Kansas Wesleyan
L. J. Sicard, formerly an instructor at the focal high school, is appointed head of the department of business administration at Kansas Wesleyan University and will begin work in September. He has just returned from Ponca City Oklahoma where he directed extension classes for the University of Oklahoma and taught economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Sicard
Kansas Wesleyan University
Sicard
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Pastage Syedrs
University ‘of ‘Oklahoma
Hogistarit
Continental Oil Company
Empire
E. W. Marland
America
Federal bill funds vast network of post offices and public buildings
The measure appropriates about 41 million dollars for a sweeping public buildings program. It authorizes selling a site for a new Chicago post office and buying another site while detailing large posts for Cincinnati and Cleveland post offices, Detroit customs house, immigrant station, and other facilities.
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Cleveland
Conneaut
Decatur
Ind
Detroit
Amjarine ‘Hospital
Jackson, Mich
South Bend
Court House
Lantz Addresses Michigan Teaching Boom and Shortage
Professor P. G. Lantz of Central State speaks to prospective graduates about Michigan teaching supply. He notes 4000 teachers graduate annually while about 6000 positions are vacant, with gaps filled by out of state teachers and former teachers returning to work.
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Michigan
P. G. Lantz
Central State Teachers College Training School
Central State Placement Bureau
Central State
Michigan honors three with honorary degrees at Detroit U
Detroit June 11 Three Michigan men will receive honorary degrees at the University of Detroit commencement. Emmanuel W Glark, Ferris Institute vice president, will get a doctor of philosophy for supporting liberal education and defending parochial and secular schools. Rev William Murphy of St David's church will receive the same degree for service on the Michigan Historical Commission. William W Potter, justice of the state supreme court, will be awarded a doctor of laws for his work in Michigan judiciary matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.R
Michigan
University of Detroit
Emmanuel W.glark
Ferris Institute
Bigs Rauids
William Murphy
St. David’s Church
Michigan Historical Commission
William W. Potter
State Supreme Court
Market Suffers Severe Setback Today In Stock Decline
The market erased over 4 billion dollars in value as stocks fell across the board led by steel and industrials. Major declines hit American Can Vanadium General Electric Bastman Kodak Auburn Auto and Radio Corporation with utilities also dropping. Traders noted lack of demand and tariff concerns weighing on prices.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
New York
American Can
Vanadium
General Electric
Bastman Kodak
M. Byers
Auburn Auto
Allied Chemical
Lambert
Paymount
International
Harvester
U. S. Industrial Alcohél
Radio Corporation
Columbia Gas
London Missionary Boat John William Named With Coconut Milk
The London Missionary Society boat John William will be christened with coconut milk instead of champagne in a ceremonial twist reflecting tropical ties and religious customs.
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London
London Missionary Society
John William
Fate of Tariff in Balance as voting nears fate
Washington June 11 The Smoot Hawley tariff fight dominates Senate action as 47-47 splits surface with Reed and Grundy undecided. House set to act while Bratton and King shift opposed, while Cannon inquiry looms and foreign relations panel plans routine session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
Washington
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Reed
United Press
Bratton
Dem
N. M
Senate
King
Utah
House
Pat Harrison
Blaine
Republican National Committee
Robinson
Reon
Ind
Senate Lobby Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Cannon
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Trolleymen Accept Compromise Averting Strike
In Jackson Lansing Kalamazoo and Battle Creek 200 trolleymen voted unanimously to accept a company wage compromise offered Saturday night. The agreement reduces pay and ends the threatened strike after the vote was tabulated at the company office.
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Jackson
Mich
U.P
Lansing
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
John F. Golling
Imploves
Parish council receives five pence interest check
Smallest village in West Torrington England reports a parish council check for five pence marked not negotiable as interest on government bonds with one penny deducted for voting tax.
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West Torrington
England
Passenger Ship Rams Tanker in Dense Fog Off Massachusetts Coast
A passenger steamer Fairfax and the tanker Pinthis collided off Scituate in fog, sparking a large fire. The sinking Pinthis carried 12 000 barrels of gasoline and disappeared with its captain and 18 crew. Fairfax with 71 passengers and 70 crew saw 11 passengers reported missing and 16 crew members drowned, with many presumed from the Negro crew.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Merchants and Miners ‘Transportation Company
Steamship Fairfax
Shell Eastern Petroleum Products’ Corporation
Scituate
Merchants and Miners Line
The
Fairfax
Norfolk
Baltimore
Explosions and Fire Followed Tanker Sinking Off New England Coast
Survivors report a deadly night after the oil tanker Pinthis was rammed and cut in two by the passenger steamer Fairfax in dense Scituate fog. The tanker carried 12 000 barrels of fuel and all hands were believed lost. The Fairfax sailed from Boston with 7 passengers and 70 crew bound for Norfolk and Baltimore.
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Henry Minott
United Press
Boston
W.P
Fairfax
Gloucester
Cape Cod Canal
Norfolk
Baltimore
New England
Miss Mitchell Weds Albion Businessman in La Grange Ceremony
The marriage of Miss Marion Esther Mitchell to Hugh Malott was announced at a luncheon in Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell’s home. The ceremony was held at the La Grange Methodist parsonage on April 18, with Rev. F. H. Cremean officiating. Malott, a Ball College graduate and former Portland teacher, is now Albion store manager. The couple will reside in Albion and were assisted by local faculty and students at Albion College.
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Marion Esther Mitchell
Floyd T. Mitchell
Mr. Pleasant
Hugh'.Malott
Albion
Mitchell
C. B. Woodruff
Grand Rapids
la Grange
Indiana
Malott
Ball ‘College
Muncie
Ind
Phi Delta Fraternity
Roy Malott
Ridgeville
Portland
Miller-Jones
Harold Beadle
Albion High School
Dortha
Samson
Highland Park
Albion College
Flier Breaks Jail To Return Stolen Plane
LELAND Miss June 11 A young aviator Allen Scott who stole a plane at Pine Bluff Arkansas flew it here broke jail today and reportedly headed back to return the aircraft to its owner He telephoned Sheriff Garland Brewster saying he had been forced down near Dumas Arkansas but hoped to reach Pine Bluff later Scott was arrested yesterday as Arkansas authorities launched a search for the missing craft.
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Leland
Miss
U.P
Pine Bluff
Ark
Allen’ Scott
Garland Brewster
Dumas
Scott
Arkansas
Dollar Day Brings Merchants’ Huge Bargains to Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant merchants announce a special Dollar Day with broad sales across the trading area. Nearly every line of goods from furniture to fineries will be offered at discounted prices, with a 12 page advance edition reaching homes within twenty miles. The event aims to surpass all former Dollar Days in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Daily Times
Tomnorrow
Hargitt Appointed Duke Zoology Professor
Dr. George T. Hargitt of Syracuse University is named professor of zoology at Duke University. He served as visiting professor at Duke in the past fall semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
U.P
George T. Hargitt
University of Syracuse
Duke University
Duke
Weather forecast for lower Michigan and upper Michigan outlook
Detroit June 11. Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Slightly warmer in the southeast portion. Readings show varying highs across cities including Alpena 70, Chicago 68, Duluth 68, Grand Rapids 72, Ludington 70, Marquette 64, Sault Ste. Marie 48. Upper Michigan mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with slightly cooler north portions.
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Detroit
U.P
Lower Michigan
Turaday
Adam
Chicago
Saneee
Marquette
Sault. Ste. Marie É
Upper Michigan
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Cheboygan Police
Sneezer
Royal’ Arch“Masons
Masonic Temple
Ohio
Wets
Robert K. Bulkley
Kansas Wesleyan
Prof. Lantz
C. Gradson
Supreme Court
Norris
Nebraska
Aaron Reed
George W. Norris
Madison
Neb
Miss Mitchell Bride
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