Recovery of Senator Ferris Said Doubtful
Senator Wood bridge Nathan Ferris of Michigan is ill with bronchial pneumonia and his recovery remains doubtful. Doctor Cary T. Grayson said the 75 year old is responding to treatment but faces a difficult recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Woodbridge
Nathan Ferris
Michigan
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
Ferris
Couzens
Garreton Ferris
Chicago
Kent
Michigan farmers plan larger 1928 crop acreages despite hay少
Michigan riders expect bigger plantings in 1928 across corn oats barley and potatoes with modest rise in beans while statewide yields may lift total output above normal. US trends show increases in corn barley and potatoes though oats rise slightly less. Michigan could see a 2 million bushel potato crop and a 411 million bushel national total if yields hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Herbert E.powell
State Department of Agriculture
Verne H. Church
United States
North Central Group of States
North Central Group
States
Grand Trunk Freight Cars Leap From Viaduct
A Grand Trunk train crew works to clear Pennsylvania street after two freight cars jumped from the viaduct taking a switch with them. A broken beam caused the slide. tracks damaged by the incident have been repaired for passenger trains while freights remain halted per local agent W. B. Oakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
Lansing
Pennsylvania Street
W. B. Oakes
Nicaraguan Election Oversight Arranged By Decree
Washington reports an agreed solution to the Nicaraguan election dispute. Joaquin Gomez resigns as electoral commission head while Frank R. McCoy, a brigadier general, is named to supervise voting. A presidential decree is expected to authorize full control of electoral machinery without violating the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Diaz
Kellogg
Joaquin Gomez
Nicaraguan Electoral Commission
Frank R. McCoy
Coolidge
Supreme ‘Court
McCoy
Marriage of American and Hindu Maharanee Marks Spectacle
In Bombay a grand Hindu wedding celebrated Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle becoming Maharanee Devi Sharmashta di Holkar. The ceremony featured pipers, a gold cloth bride adorned with pearls and diamonds, a fireworks display, and a daybreak banquet ending after dawn. Honeymoon planned in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
U.P
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Washington
Maharanee Devi Sharmashta di Holkar
Swannee River
Georgia
Undersecretary of State to resign in coming year
Washington reports Secretary Kellogg announced that Under-Secretary Olds may resign within the coming year. William R. Castle Jr., assistant secretary for European affairs, likely to be appointed as under-secretary when Olds retires. Kellogg praised Olds for serving at a great sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Olds
Kel Jogg
William R. Castle, Jr
Kellogg
Man Dies While Helping Wife Wash Dishes
A man collapsed and died while assisting his wife with dishwashing, a domestic accident that authorities are treating as unexpected death but not a major news item.
Farmers Expect 45 Percent Higher Short Crop This Year
Across the United States farmers plan to cut less tame hay than last year with overall crop intentions showing a 45 percent larger short crop. Michigan data indicate a 2 percent decrease in harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Michigan
State Enquiry of Disaster Begins in West
The state board of inquiry under Governor Young opened an investigation into the St. Francis dam disaster in West started Los Angeles. Engineer A G Wiley of Boise heads the panel with nationally known engineers aboard. The inquiry aims to assign blame for the dam collapse and flood. Damage claims are to be filed in Santa Paula as the panel prepares its bill for Los Angeles. Search for victims continues while rehabilitation proceeds. official tallies show about 270 dead and 175 missing, with about 20 bodies found yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
W.A
State Board of Enquiry
St. Francis Dam
C. ’C. Young
A. OG. Wiley
Boise
Idaho
Santa Paula
German Army Messenger Dogs Expand Roles
Berlin reports a major boost in the German army's use of messenger dogs. Each infantry and artillery regiment now has 24 and 12 trained dogs respectively, with new training allowing dogs to navigate to unfamiliar locations without their leaders, enabling messages to reach outposts and patrols in unknown terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.R
Fancher P T A Plans Annual Officer Election
The Fancher School Parent-Teacher Association invites all members to attend the regular meeting Tuesday evening March 20 for the annual election of officers. Miss Lidia Sherritt of Central State Teachers College will speak, with good music to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fancher
Parent-Teacher Association
Lidia Sherritt
Central
State Teachers College
Michigan Leads in Fox Fur Industry Say U.S. Survey
Washington report states Michigan is the top fox fur state with Minnesota Wisconsin and Maine following. A $50,006,000 industry spans 39 states. Dr. Ashbrook urges higher funding for fur bearing animal disease studies as annual farmer losses reach about $150,000 across 20,000 fur farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Maine
F. G. Ashbrook
United States Biological Survey
House
Ashbrook
United States
Roosevelt Gives to Borah Fund in Campaign Drive
Col Theodore Roosevelt former secretary of the navy and son of the late president donated 108 dollars to Senator Borah s fund to repay a 60000 dollar Republican campaign payment tied to Harry F B Sinclair indictments. Borah said he received 200 dollars by morning mail raising cash on hand to 1901 dollars. He did not disclose other contributors who sent 1 to 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senator Borah
Harry FB
Borah
Missing six machine guns rattles Chicago crime scene
Six machine guns were reported missing in Chicago as investigators seek what appears to be an internal lapse. The note suggests gangsters may have overlooked gun safety or control in the scramble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Court Martial Ordered Over Royal Oak Incident
The admiralty ordered a court martial to be held at Gibraltar regarding the Royal Oak affair. Three naval officers, including Rear Admiral Bernard Collard, were suspended after the Malta inquiry report. Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander H. L. Daniel also faced suspensions. full details await the court convening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Royal Oak
W. C. Bridgeman
House of Commons
Malta Court of Enquiry
Kenneth Dewar
The
Bernard Collard
Earth tremors shake northeastern New York
Earth shocks jarred windows and broke dishes across Saranac Lake Plattsburg Malone and Lake Placid over several seconds Sunday between 10 and 10:30 am. No injuries or serious damages reported. Geologists link the tremors to rock shifts in Logan's Fault in the Adirondack mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York
Saranac Lake
Plattsburg
Malone
Lake Placid
Logan's Fault
Adirondack Mountains
Tug William Engle Ice Floe Stranding Report
Coast guardsmen monitor the fishing tug William Engle drifting south on Lake Michigan frozen in an ice floe. Captain Jos Disgerdine and two crewmen aboard with two others rescued earlier after being marooned on an ice cake. The tug left South Haven Friday. supplies reached the stranded men Sunday. no immediate danger seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
U.R
Coast
William Engle
Lake Michigan
Jos. Disgerdine
South Haven
Coast Guard
Fort Wayne Fort Re garrisoned at Detroit
Detroit March 19. Historic Fort Wayne long abandoned by the War Department after over a century of service is to be garrisoned again as an army post. An order to recondition and garrison the fort with a battalion of 500 men was received by Capt. William J. Lassister commanding general of the sixth corps area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fort Wayne
War Department
William J. Lassister
Sixth Corps
Spectacle Case Saves Life at Lansing Plant
Frank Lee escaped serious injury when a stranger lunged with a knife at him inside Jarvis Engineering Works. A spectacle case warded off two attacks, and the intruder fled down the railroad track. Lee offered no reason for the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slansing
U.R
Frank Lee
Jarvis Engineering Works
Lee
League Preparatory Disarmament Commission Adjourns
In Geneva on March 19 the League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission adjourned after Soviet demand for world disarmament received support from Turkish and German delegations. A public discussion on the Soviet proposal is expected Tuesday. Turkish minister Tewfik Rouchdy Bey urged action toward a federation of nations to enforce peace, a goal he said is currently impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
U. P
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations
League Council
Tewfik Rouchdy Bey
League
Wings tops Broadway with longest run and big profits
New York reports Wings the air war film has the longest Broadway run in eight months with over 400000 paid patrons and $513968 gross from 1.10 seats. aviation thrills and novelty cited as key factors by film expert A Griffith Gray, noting timely wartime flying depictions drive demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Wings
A. Griffith Gray
Auction sales Friday March 23 at Phos H Cook residence
Phos H Cook sells his residence four miles south of Farwell or two miles north of Woods store. The sale includes horses cattle hogs sheep and two good list of implements feed and more. Sale commences Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phos. H. Cook
Farwell
Detroit liquor conspiracy trial moves forward after dismissal
Federal judge Charles Simmons ruled against the motion to quash the indictment in the conspiracy case involving Warren C. Stoddard and 27 defendants tied to payoffs from rum runners between Detroit and Chicago. Three defendants pled guilty, five to six may change to guilty if the dismissal is denied, and the trial proceeds with remaining jurors tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mar
U.P
Chas. ©. Simmons
Jackson
U.R
Warren C. Stoddard
Jackson County
Ais
Stoddard
Chicago
Leonard Snyder
Harry Rushter
Francis Lutts
Rushter
Marl
Wilcox
Raymond Meeboer
Helen Coleman
Stage star Nora Bayes dies after operation in New York
Nora Bayes a stage star for over two decades died in a New York Jewish hospital after an operation last Monday. Born 1880 she began in vaudeville in 1902 and helped create the first Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. She leaves husband Benjamin L Friedland and three adopted children after five marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
Nora Bayes
Miss Bayes
Fisher Stock Company
San Francisco
Benjamin L. Friedland
Leviathan
Otto Crossing
Chicago
Jack ‘Norworth
Harry Clarke
Oscar Gorden
Auction Notice Indicates Sale March 20 in Times
A sale is listed with auctioneers Davis and McCall and clerk R By McGuire. The sale list will appear in the Times on March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis and McCall
McGuire
Steel storage tanks arrive for oil field near Mt. Pleasant
A carload of steel storage tanks was delivered today to the Ann Arbor railroad freight office and moved by truck to the Pure Oil company well east of Mt. Pleasant. Officials foresee increased storage as preparations to drill deeper suggest a larger future flow. Mr. W. F. Wiechers, Pure Oil superintendent for Michigan, said storage could rise before deeper drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann. Arbor
Pure Oil Company
Mt. Pleasant
W. F. Wiechers
Michigan
Describing Torpedo Room On Sunken Sub S-4
Boston dispatch reports lieutenant A C Smith described the torpedo room scene of the sunken submarine S 4. Oil and slime cover the floor while six men lie dead in their bunks or on the floor, some near the ladder. no torpedo-tube escape effort found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
Lieut
A. C. Smith
Naval Board of Inspection
Lieut. Smith
Graham’ Fitch
Annapolis
Fitch
Boston Navy Yard
Romberg and Atwood to Appear on Radio Tonight
Sigmund Romberg, noted composer of musical comedies, is featured on tonight’s General Motors Hour broadcast by WEAF and NBC. soprano Martha Atwood of the Metropolitan Opera will join Romberg with his melodies and piano solos. He will be joined by Rudolf Friml as a frequent collaborator in musical theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Sigmund Romberg
WEAF
Associated Stations
National Broadcasting Company
Martha Atwood
Metropolitan Opera Company
Romberg
Rudolf Friml
Hungary
Romanian Premier Bratianu Pressured to Resign
Vienna dispatch reports the peasant party in Romania urged Premier Bratianu to resign in favor of Julien Manciu. About 30,000 peasants reportedly gathered at six Bucharest meetings to demand his dismissal and a new election, though Bucharest officials put attendance at 10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
U.P
Peasants’ ‘Party
Rumania
Bratianu
Julien Mancieu
Bucharest
Chicago probe reels in new Teapot Dome ties
Washington March 19 The Teapot Dome committee explores startling Chicago findings possibly linking a judiciary member to an alleged package intended for a Washington man and intercepted in Washington Illinois The inquiry continues with hearings likely resuming Wednesday and Nye pledging caution to protect innocent parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ui, P
Senate
Chicago
Judiciary
Nye
Washington, D.C
Illinois
F. L. Siddons
Harry F. Sinclair
Standard Oil Company
Sinclair Oil “Company
Aly Ons
Fedi
Ofca
Ey L. Siddons
Supf
Sinclair
Washinton
United Press
Michigan State College predicts high beef prices in 1928
East Lansing report notes beef cattle prices likely to stay strong through 1928. Analysts cite 15 year price cycles, low beef cattle numbers on farms, and brisk feeder demand as factors. Dairy cattle rise could push impeductive cows to market, keeping beef prices pressured by lower grade competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan State College
United States
Department of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Michigar
State Agriculture
Department
Nicaragua
West
Germany
Fancher P. T. A
Fox
Packer
NEA
Thomas
Wilson
Senate Public Lands Committee
Norbeck
Harry Sinclair
Republican National ‘Committee
NAVY
New York State
Hull of Ship
Romberg, Attwood
Radio Tonight
Michigan-Beef
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!