Abandon Hope for Hinchliffe Mackay Girl
Hope faded for Capt Walter Hinchliffe and Elsie Mackay as their Stinson-Detroiter bound for a westward Atlantic crossing remained missing 85 hours after departure from Cranwell. Harbor Briton witnesses and other reports yielded no official confirmation amid clear weather and extensive naval and coastal searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST ‘5
Ohns
Newfoundland
U. P
Hope
Marine
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
Atlantic
England
Cranwell Airdome
Harbor Briton
Here
May Time in Erin staged by local cast at theatre
The modern Irish comedy May time in Erin will be presented by the L. A. O. Ti. at the local theatre on Friday afternoon and evening March 16. Cast members from last year return to bring the tale of Miles O'Dowd and the three Irish Musketeers with two bewitching women. The lively plot follows a vow of bachelorhood as friends confront temptation and a scheming villain with Miles remaining loyal to his friend.
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Erin
Miles O’dowd
Timothy McBride
John Nolan
Miles
Villian
Corney Bray
F. J. Sweeney
Molly Flynn
Max Stotenbur
Lucy Murray
Beatrice McCarthy
Francis Fitzpatrick
Harlow Kenzar
Clarence Breidenstein
Miles O'Dowd
James McManaman
Alex MacDonnell
Patricia O'Neil
Betty Somerville
Shan O'Neil
Robert T. Kane
Michigan Professor to Accompany Byrd on Pole Expedition
Prof. Laurence M. Gould of the University of Michigan is selected to accompany Commander Richard E. Byrd as geologist on the South Pole expedition. Gould, former assistant director of Michigan’s Greenland expedition, has prior Arctic experience with Putnam in 1927 and 1927. He resides in Lakota near South Wyven.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
U.2
Laurence M. Gould
University of Michigan
Richard E. Byrd
South ‘Pole
George Palmer Putnam
New York
Gould
Putnam
Lacota
Wyven
Court visit aids education as students observe damaged car case
About 35 students from Weidman and Coleman Schools attended circuit court with others present yesterday and today. The Isabella county court sits for two days over the suit of John McFarlane against Ed Fisk for damages from a July 1 1927 automobile accident as part of civics instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court Trifails
Weidman and
Coleman
Isabella County Court
John McFarlane
Ed Fisk
Banquet Honors Mt Pleasant C E S Charter Members
Mt Pleasant chapter No 55 C E S held its annual reception and banquet at the Masonic temple with 80 present to honor charter members. Two of six living charter members attended, speeches and entertainment preceded five new members being welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Masonic Temple
Dora Daggett
H. Edward Deuel
Legion Auxiliary
M. EB. Lown
Charles McConnell
Gretchen Coddington
Isabel Burch
Celia Reusch
Auction Sales Notice For March 15 And 16
Wm D Conway to sell at his residence four miles north on US 27 and one mile east on the Joe Roy farm a list including horses cattle hogs and implements feed etc Sale starts at 1230 oclock Davis and McCall auctioneers Homer Campbell clerk Sale list appeared in issue March 12 Friday March 16 Russell Harner to sell at his residence seven miles east and 1 12 miles north of Mt Pleasant a list including horses and implements feed etc Sale starts at 1200 oclock Davis and McCall auctioneers Sale list can be found in issue of 18th of March
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. D. Conway
Joe Roy
Davis and McCall
Homer Campbell
Russell Harner
Mt. Pleasant
Davis & McCall
Auction Notice for Josgeott Ege Estate Sale
Mrs Josgeott Ege will sell at her Mt Pleasant area residence a list of horses cattle sheep household goods and farm implements. Sale starts at 12 30 p.m with S C Torney as auctioneer. Sale list to appear in the paper March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josgeott Ege
Mt. Pleasant
S. C. Torney
Army Plane On Mercy Trip To Help Snowbound Town
An Army transport will depart Selfridge Field at dawn to aid snowbound residents of Detour in the Upper Peninsula. Lt Joseph G Sopher will pilot the plane with sergeants and a crew to load supplies, making an ice field landing near St Mary's River. Cheboygan is expected as a base due to poor conditions at Sault Ste Marie.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
U. P
Selfrided
Upper Peninsula
Chanute Field
Alinolg
Selfridge’ Field
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
St. Mary's River
Joseph G
Sopher
Danforth
Cheboygan
Sault Ste. Marie
Hoover Smith Are Winners In New Hampshire
In Manchester New Hampshire a first presidential primary tabulation shows solid Hoover and Smith delegations winning in the state. Among 250 counted wards delegates favored Secretary Hoover or Governor Smith with George Moses leading the Republican slate and J E R Rutter at the bottom for the GOP. Democratic delegates pledged to Governor Smith were also elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
U.R
Hoover
Smith
New Hampshire
United States
Secretary of Commerce
New York
J . E. R. Rutter
Coolidge
Spearing in Isabella County Streams Prohibited in March and April
A special order from the Conservation Commission warns Isabella County streams are closed to spearing all March and April under inland fishing laws. Dip nets 9 feet square may catch carp mullet redsides and suckers. drag nets allowed on labeled rivers. Ice lines allowed for calico bass rock bass grass pike and perch in inland lakes during March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
The
Conservation Commission
Tsabeila
Chippewa River
Pine River
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella
Midland
Robert Lambert
Mr. Lambert
George Hogarth
State Conservation Department
Lansing
Lambert
Mr. Hogarth
Change Plea to Guilty in Liquor Law Case
Paul Cole pled guilty to liquor law violations ending his not guilty plea earlier in the week. The circuit court docket dissolves as all defendants have pleaded guilty or are to be tried, with jury action becoming unnecessary. Civil damages suit by John McFarlane against Ed Fike went to a jury at 11:45, no verdict by press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cole
Circuit
Senterica
Lesley
Howard
A. Morton
Simon Sherberneau
Arthur Grande
Brote
John McFarlane
Ed Fike
Phillies win as Cards fall short in tight bowling meet
On Tuesday March 13 the Phillies posted 2558 to win eight straight games while the Cards 2542 suffered from a lack of team cohesion. Brownson 208 Steimel 202 and 2139 Richmond 214 led the 200s. Steimel captained the Cards with 609 for three games. Athletics 2618 and Gian's 2691 featured Broadstetter 222 Clark 234 Horse 208 Bixby 210 and Wimmer’s three straight for Gian's.
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Phillies
Brownson
Steimel
Richmond
Gian's
Wimmer
Broadstetter
Clark
Horse
Bixby
Maytime in Erin at Broadway Theatre St Patrick Play
The Broadway Theatre presents Maytime in Erin on Friday March 16 a lively clean comedy with dramatic moments. Many actors from last year’s St Patrick play return and contribute to an evening of entertaining theatre. The show promises a strong community performance with familiar local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Erin
East
Trout Planting In Local Streams Targets Nursery Waters
Conservation officers planted 48 000 brook trout from the Paris hatchery in Squaw Indian Sconery and Dwight creeks with Robert Lambert assisting. Skunk creek was postponed due to high water while Chinpewa and Pine rivers receive runoff streams as nurseries.
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Paris
Robert Lambert
Dwight
Food shortage hits Detour and Raber in Upper Peninsula
Relief efforts begin as isolation worsens in Detour and Raber villages. Dr J F Deadman plans to reach Raber by dog sled with medicine and 1000 pounds of food and tobacco for Detour, while stores near exhaustion prompt urgent appeals from Detour postmaster Thomas Melvin.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lair
Detour
Raber
J. IF. Deadman
Deadman
St. Mary’s River
Wallace Benson
Leonard Reveals G.O. Pfunds Silence in Teapot Dome Probe
Washington report shows A V Leonard testifying before the Senate Teapot Dome committee about Fred W Upham, former Republican treasurer. Leonard says Upham kept no records after 1924 destruction and denied knowledge of Sinclair Liberty bond funds, Teapot Dome leasing, or letters to Dougherty.
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Washington
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
A. V. Leonard
Chicago
Harry Sinclair
Republican Party Fund
Leonard
Senate Teapot Dome
Upham
Sinclair Liberty Bonds
Will H. Hays
Republican Rational Committee
Teavot Dome
Sinclair
Dougherty
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Pafa
Death Toll Rises as Missing Estimated 300 to 400
NEWHALL Calif March 14 U P The number of bodies recovered stood at about 287 at dawn and three to four hundred remain missing after the St Francis dam broke. Relief workers say many victims are children and morgues are overcrowded. More than 1 000 men search the valley as investigations into the dam failure begin in Los Angeles and California authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Photo Co Upright
NEA Service, Inc
Daily Times
NEA Service
St. Francis
Newhall
Calif
U.P
Santa Clara River
Déran Storey
Storey
Los Angeles
Mar
Frank A. Mance
California
Southern California Edisons Company
William
Mulkylland
Robert Hill
C. F. Tolman
D. W. Murphy
Edward Hyatt
City Commission
Hay Wire Fatal to Couple in Marquette
In Marquette Michigan on March 14 a piece of hay wire likely thrown by a child sparked a short circuit on a high tension line. John Ross was killed in the basement when he turned on the electric lights. His wife, also in the basement, died while investigating the outage. The couple leaves three young children aged eight months to six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
U.P
John Ross
Koss
Edwards defeats Landes in Seattle mayoral race
Complete unofficial returns from 235 of 295 precincts show Frank Edwards, theatre owner, defeating incumbent Mrs. Bertha K Landes by 46,807 to 33,283 votes. Edwards ran on the so called Iranian issue as his campaign centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
U.P
Bertha K. Landes
Frank Edwards
Edwuards
Landes
Edwards
March Farmers Meeting at Center Church
A large crowd of farmers and families gathered Friday evening at Center church for the March farmers meeting. Clarence Miller chaired as Preston Johnson read, Mrs. Whitney played a piano solo, and Prof. Gram Bau spoke on how plants manufacture food. A seed guessing contest drew keen interest, with Ralph Miller scoring 23 of 25.
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Center Church
Aimerica
Clarence Miller
Preston . Johnson
Whitney
Prof. Grambau
Mt. Pleasant High School
Ralph Miller
GTF
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Hinchliffe MacKay
ST. Patrick's Play
Michigan
Byrd
Blanchard
Elias Reigle
Garfield Faul
Clare
City
David Reigle
South Franklin
Hoover Smith
Conservation Department
St. Patrick’s
Chippewa
Gritigal
Bulletin
Thomas Melvin
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