Safety Exhibit At Battlesales Draws City Officials Visit
Mayor Harris of Safety City welcomed B I Emery of Safety City to Battle Motor Sales show room for a Detroit skyline exhibit by Michigan Mutual Life. The miniature city includes working utilities, police, traffic system and transport networks and has toured 99 times in 2.5 years. The board of education and state police endorsed its educational value.
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Harris
B. I. Emery
Safety City
Battle Motor Sales
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
Detroit
Mt. Pleasant
State Board of Education
Rotary International marks silver jubilee in Chicago
Thousands of Rotary delegates gathered in Chicago for the silver jubilee convention led by Paul Harris, founder of Rotary. He spoke on service above self and highlighted the group’s international goodwill program as a pageant showcased leaders from the first club, past presidents, and representatives from 64 nations.
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Chicago
U.R
Rotaly International
Paul P. Harris
Harris
Gelégdes
Rotary
Service Club
Enbled
Marie Bruce
Stadium Arena
Rotary Club
costuma@s
Miracle Actor Buried in Ionia After Detroit Run
The body of Booth Wirtz Franklin, a member of The Miracle cast in Detroit, is to be brought from New York City to Ionia. He died Saturday evening in New York from peritonitis at age 33. Funeral services will be held Thursday at St. Peter and St. Paul’s church. Franklin was a foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Wirtz and attended Carnegie Technical Institute before his death.
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WFOMA
Booth Wirtz Franklin
Detroit
New York City
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church
Herman Fedewa
Howell
Franklin
Frank M. Wirtz
Carnegie Technical Institute
Gas Explosion Kills Woman Driving Car Near Hudsonville
In Grand Rapids on June 24 Mrs J A Bassford wife of an Aetna Life Insurance agent died of burns after the automobile she drove burst into flames on state highway M-51 four miles west of Hudsonville. Officers say gasoline tank exploded. she was alone in the car.
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Grand. Rapids
J .A. Bassford
Aetna - Life Insurance Company
Hudsonville
Barford
Police Press Search For Maniac Murderer
New York June 24 police believe they have a definite clue to the maniac murderer of two men in Queens. A 14-detective squad left headquarters in a renewed hunt and focus on a missing secret service agent from Sheepshead Bay, once a Sunday school superintendent, who vanished about a month ago. The revised description: white, about 40, five feet six, 125 pounds, emaciated face, Polish or Jewish accent. Handwriting experts identify a letter from Margalo Gilmore as written by the killer in prior letters.
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New York
U.P
Queens
Prcted
Secret Service
Sheepshead Bay
Catherine May
Margalo Gilmore
Theatre Guild
Frank Gilmore
The
Actors’ Equity
Bank Robbery at Grand Rapids Leaves One Wounded
Two armed bandits robbed a Grand Rapids Savings Bank branch of 11000. They ordered six employees and two customers to the wall and escaped in a small coupe toward Detroit and Lansing. Bystander Hiram Breene was shot in the abdomen and critically wounded as the robbers fled. License plate digits 688 were partly recovered by witnesses.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
Grand Rapids Savings Bank
Hiram Breene
Broene
Detroit
Lansing
Breene
Swanson To Probe New Single Slaying Reports
Chicago June 24 The State's Attorney John A Swanson said his office will not overlook prior conditions in the Alfred J Lingle murder investigation He indicated a potential action against those responsible while holding it in abeyance to avoid jeopardizing the case He promised evidence will be presented to the grand jury and will investigate reports of police officials and gangsters linked to the shooting
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Chicago
U.F
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
John A. Swanson
Lingle
Herald and Examiner
The
Tribune
Detroit bar association weighs prohibition poll Friday
Detroit bar association members, 1 677 strong, vote Friday on the prohibition question in a city poll.
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Detroit
U.P
Detroit ‘Bar Association
Flight Plan From Detroit To Budapest
Hungarian flyers Captain George Endresz and Lieut. Alexander MacVlad pursue a Detroit to Budapest flight aided by a $22,000 Flint gift from Emil Salay. The Lockheed Sirius plane named Justice for Hungary will have a 2426 horsepower Wasp engine and 4000 mile range.
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Flint
U.P
George Endresz
Alexander MacVlad
Detroit
Budapest
Emil Salay
Justice For
Hungary
Newfoundland
Ireland
Summers Bible School Organizes Primary Classes
The Union Vacation Bible School held its second session with an assembly at the Presbyterian church. Three kindergarten and primary classes were formed and older students moved to the Methodist church for their class. Instructors include Mrs Harper Miss Virginia Clark and Miss Ruth Neebsaird Miss Bertha Grainger. Mrs T A Fuller directs music and Miss Leah Belle Lyman leads the Isabella County Sunday School association program.
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Union Vacation Bible School
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Harper
Virginia Clark
Jéan“Benford
Miiss Ruth Neébes Aird
Bertha Grainger
T. A. Fuller
Isabella County Sunday School Association
Leah Belle Lyman
Seeks To Collect For Labor of Prisoners
Judge Lucerne Patch reported a plan to require townships to fund all work performed by jail inmates in their districts. He said the county spends about $5,000 annually on jail trustees for tasks like brush cutting and other labor and urged that the expense be borne by the county divisions.
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Jackson
Lucerne Patch
Prosecutor Harry D. Boardman Seeks Re election in Jackson
June 24 Jackson Prosecuting Attorney Harry D. Boardman announced his candidacy for re election He took office January 1 1929 after serving as assistant prosecutor under Harry D Barnard and before that time was police judge and attorney He is the only candidate to come out for the office thus far.
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Jackson
Harry D. Boardman
Harry D. Barnard
Michener bill advances to Senate for extra eastern Michigan judge
The Michener bill to authorize appointing an additional judge for the eastern district of Michigan passed the House and was sent to the Senate yesterday.
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Washington
Michener
Michigan
House
Senate
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan and Nearby Cities
Detroit June 24 forecast calls for fair weather tonight with cooler conditions in the southeast. Readings show Chicago at 96 and 78, Detroit around 76 and 88 today, with other details for Duluth Escanaba Grand Rapids Ludington Marquette and Marquette temperatures.
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Detroit
U.R
Lower
Michigan
Chicago
Bowles Loses Bid to Delay Court Hearing in Recall Fight
Detroit June 24 The recall case against Mayor Bowles continues as judges compel both sides to present briefs tomorrow and admit Walter B. Carty as a co defendant. Attorneys argue delay is used to harass signers while handwriting experts deem petitions largely valid with some irregularities.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles Bowles
Arthur Webster
Walter B. Carty
Richard Reading
Bowles
Fred Vanderveer
Frank Dohany
Louis J.‘ Colompe
Gary
Ar.co
Stewart
Hani
Clarence Wilcox
Reading
Hanley
John Gillespie
James E. Murphy
Francis B. Courtney
Coca Cola Named in Senate Drug Law Probe
The Senate Agriculture Committee broadened its inquiry into the administration of pure food and drug laws to include Coca Cola. Officials from the Agriculture Department drug unit said they found derivatives of cocaine in an unfinished product used to make Coca Cola but none in the finished beverage.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Drug Unit
The
Agriculture Department
Jail Break Tragedy Kills 46 in Rangoon Prison
Rioting convicts at Central Rangoon jail trigger mass escape attempt as several hundred inmates clash with guards. Forty six convicts and six sentries died in the melee with numerous injuries reported.
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Rangoon
Burma
Kingsford Smith Southern Cross Leaves Ireland for New York
Capt Kingsford Smith and three companions flew the Southern Cross from Port Marnock near Dublin at 4:25 a.m. bound for Newfoundland and possibly New York. The monoplane, well wired, faced fog and west winds as it headed west over the Atlantic, aiming to reach Newfoundland late tonight or early tomorrow.
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Dublin
Ireland
Charles
Kingsford Smith
Southern Cross
Atlantic Ocean
New York
S .S. Valenda
Poinh
Trish
Newfoundland
Avid
Kingsford-Smith
Port Marnock Strand
Irish
U.P
Charles E., Kingsford-Smith
North Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Port Marnock
Ocean
Yndstex
Costelloe
Galway Ave
Irish Sea
Galway
Atlantic
Dr Howard Kenaga Joins Northway Clinic
Dr Howard Kenaga, Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery graduate, recently admitted to a judicial mjustice and set to practice with Dr R A Northway in this city. He completed his Kirksville internship last spring and previously attended Albion College 1928 1926, member of Sigma Nu, plus participated in football basketball baseball and track at Michigan school.
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Howard Kenaga
Kirksville College
New York City Population Estimated at 6 746 068
Dr Walter Laidlaw executive secretary of the city's census committee announced New York City's population is about 6 746 068, up 1 126 115 from 1920. The estimate uses official government census data for 67 of 62 assembly districts in the city.
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New York
U.P
Walter
Laidlaw
One Dead Four Hurt In Crashes At Lansing
A series of auto crashes in the Lansing area over 24 hours left one dead and four injured. Lorna Johnson 16 of Weston Illinois died in a local hospital from severe injuries after the car she rode in with her father Edgar Johnson 56 hit a gravel truck driven by Paul E. McCrumb 84 of Lansing. The injured are Edna Claybaugh and Dorothy Danby and HE B McCrumb 34, all of Lansing.
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Lansing
U.P
Lorna Johnson
Weston
Edgar Johnson
Lorna
Edna Claybaugh
Dorothy Danby
HE. B. McCrumb
Johnson
Paul E. McCrumb
Hoover Denounces Veterans Bill Vows Veto in June Speech
President Hoover denounced the World War veterans bill as wasteful and discriminatory and signaled a veto. The Senate passed the measure 66 to 6, with House leaders planning a caucus to consider a straight pension alternative. Brig. Gen. Hines warned the cost could rise with Senate amendments and proposed changes to the tuberculosis clause.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate
House
White House
Hines
Veterans Bureau
Goodrich to Direct Osborn Senatorial Campaign
Frederick H. Goodrich, publisher of the Mount Pleasant Times, named to run the Osborne campaign for U S Senate. The headquarters will open July 1 in Lansing at the Olds hotel with Goodrich directing efforts in the Lower Peninsula while Osborn tours the Upper Peninsula. He will speak in Ionia and Flint and at the Sault Ste. Marie American Legion convention. Petitions to place Osborne on the primary ballot are arriving from across the state as the race runs to September 9.
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Mt. Pleasant Times
Lower Peninsula
Lansing
Chase. S. Osborn
Sault Ste. Marie
Olds Hotel
Frederick H. Goodrich
Mbt
Pleasant Times
Goodrich
Osborn
James Couzens
Detroit
Upper Peninsula
Ionia
Hie
Flint
American Legion
Osborne
Mr. Goodrich
Mr. Pleasant
New Eagle May Get Trophies Won By Lindy
Six to eight dolls given by industrial firms after Lindberghs trans Atlantic flight sit unused at the Missouri Historical Society museum Officials say they are ready to turn the trophies over to him if he wishes to give them to his son in the future.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Missouriistorical Society
Lindy
Lee Box Bandits Net $175 In Detroit Store
Two armed bandits robbed Regis Boucher at his Detroit store on Woodward Avenue after opening for the day. They fled with $175 from the cash register, after releasing Boucher who was locked in the icebox.
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Lee Box Bandits
Detroit
Regis Boucher
Crocus Lawn Avenue
Woodward Avenue
Boucher
Divorce Plea Over Husband’s Magic Tricks
Helen Barley of Royal Oak sues Hose Barley in circuit court for divorce claiming his obsession with magic tricks. She says he earns $400 monthly as a General Motors auditor and has spent $2,000 on devices and tricks, neglecting family time for magic in one room of their home.
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Pontiac
Heat Wave Claims Two Residents in Detroit
Detroit reports two heat related deaths as one man, Nick Zatorski, 57, collapsed from the heat on his way home from work. An 18 year old, James Nema, drowned while seeking relief from the scorcher in the Detroit river.
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Detroit
O.R
Nick Zatorski
James Nema
Lone Survivor Plans To Hold Meeting Of Last Man's Club
Charles Lockwood 87, last survivor of Company B Minnesota Volunteers, vows to toast fallen comrades on July 21 at Stillwater Minnesota, continuing the club’s pledge despite travel. Only he remains of 34 members after battles from Bull Run to Gettysburg.
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Lone Survivor
Chamberlain
U.P
Charles Lockwood
Lome
United Press Today
Stillwater
Lockwood
Minn
Minnesota
Raily
John Goff
Dive
Sawyer
Bull Run
Gettysburg
America
Sheriff's Wife Ends Life With Deputy Husband’s Revolver
Mrs. Tris Pretzel, wife of Frank Pretzel a special deputy sheriff, died by self-inflicted gunshot in Lansing this morning. Health codes and correspondence were cited in the report.
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Lansing
U.R
Tris Pretzel
Frank Pretzel
Til Hhdalth
Manistee Girl Named State's Cherry Queen
Miss Sig ne Holmer of Manistee, daughter of a Swedish Lutheran minister, is crowned Michigan cherry queen. Anna May York of Traverse City named lady-in-waiting. Holmer travels to Washington and New York to deliver prosperity messages from Governor Green to President Hoover and Mayor Walker. She will be crowned upon return to Traverse City during the Michigan cherry festival July 9 to 11.
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Traverse City
U.P
Signe Holmer
Manistee
Michigan
Anna
May York
Jimmy Walker
Gov. Green
Ana
Girl Scouts to Award Bronze Medal at Camp Ceremony
At Townline Lake camp the Girl Scouts will present a bronze award to the best camper. Candidates must swim 100 yards and tread water three minutes. Qualifiers include Nita Bixby Erma Trussell Sean Carroll Ethel Isbell Katherine Hillman Elinor Oberg Marcia Dusenbury and Jake Hawkins. Camp offers daily nature study arts and crafts swimming and archery.
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Townline
Lake
Nita Bixby
Erma Trussell
Sean Carroll
Ethel Isbell
Katherine Hileman
Elinor O’berg
Marcia Dusenbury
Jake Hawkins
Selling Wave Hits N Y Stock Exchange
New York markets opened with heavy selling due to poor rail income reports and declines in wheat and cotton. Rail shares led losses while utilities, industrials, steels, and oils fell. notable lows included Atchison New York Central and Southern Railway, with U S Steel around 153 and American Telephone down six points.
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New York
Atchison
New York Central
New Haven
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Railway
U.S. Steel
A. M. Byers
Vandium
J. TI. Case
Consolidated Gas and Electric
American Telephone
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Swanson
Rotary’s
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Northway Clinic
Gothamn
Hoover Severe
Veterans’ Bill
Frederic H. Goodrich
New
Eagle
STATE
N. Y. Stock Exchange
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