May Day Riots Loom Across Global Labor Day Observance
Labor unions mark May Day with mass events as police mobilize in Budapest Paris and Berlin. Arrests and deportations cited amid warned protests while Moscow hosts large demonstrations and Mexico City deploys guards at the U S embassy. Three labor groups plan a Hay Market tribute.
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United Pas
Budapest
Paris
Ministry of the Interior
Berlin
Moscow
Red Square
Mexico City
United States
United States Farm Films Shown Worldwide in Late 1928
Educational films by the USDA circulated broadly in 1928, with 1131 titles in six months and 47 shipped abroad to nations including Mexico, Australia, Japan, India, and Russia. Domestic buyers included land grant colleges and state boards. the text also notes dental inventor Dr J Moore Craigo, Pitt Dental School graduate, with 25 patents, 14 pending.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Australia
Japan
India
Turkey
New South Wales
Russia
South Africa
Colleges of Agriculture
Douglas Nelson High
Boards of Agriculture
Chambers of Commerce
J. Moore Craigo
University of Pittsburgh Dental School
Craigo
Gas Well Breathes in Lyons. Mysterious Gas Raises Bucket
In Lyons Colorado a Campbell well produced a strange gas that lifted a bucket. For two days the well appeared to draw in gas, then on the third day the flow subsided. No injuries reported.
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Lyons
Col
U.P
Campbell
Texas Jury Frees Hempkins After Double Shooting
W R Hempkins is freed by a hastily convened Texas grand jury five hours after Henry Hempkins killed Dr Harry Dowling who had murdered Hempkins niece Lola Roland a Temple stenographer. Dowling forced entry and killed Lola in the Hampkins home and Hempkins then shot Dowling during the struggle with deputies present.
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Waxahachia
Tex
W.ri
Henry Hempkins
Harry Dowling
Hempkin
Hempkins
Lola Roland
Temple
Dowling
Rum King's Aide Shot to Death in Hotel Room
Cincinnati reports A R August Bruck a 34 year old former aide of George Remus was found shot three times in room 714 at the Gibson hotel. A man registered as Joseph Plunkett of Cincinnati rented the room and is linked to Remus. Police moved to arrest associates tied to the old rum king case.
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Cincinnati
August Bruck
George Remus
Gibson Hotel
Charles Wright
Bruck
Joseph Plunkett
Plunkett
Remus
No. 714
Bombs Hit Three Chicago Soft Drink Parlors
In Chicago on May 1 a trio of bombings damaged three buildings housing soft drink parlors. Mrs Katherine Kipelski owned the three story brick building struck at the front entrance, displacing six families. A second blast hit Paul Buchowski’s closed establishment and the third damaged Joseph Kuchurski’s parlor.
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Chicago
Katherine Kipelski
Pinconning Driver Released After Statement In Death Case
Walter Podgorniak of Pinconning was ordered released from custody after making a statement to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney George P. Weadock. The fatal accident occurred when Podgorniak's car struck 0 year old Douglas Nelson in Pinconning around noon Sunday, with the child dying Monday at 4 a.m.
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Bay City
Walter Podgorniak
Douglas Nelson Thuot
George P. Weadock
Podgorniak
Deputy Sheriff Faces 10000 Suit Over Damages
Mrs. Lillian Baker filed a 10000 damages suit against Floyd Grubaugh, a local deputy sheriff, claiming excessive force during a March 17 entry into her Lansing home following a drunken-brawl report. The officer denies using unusual force as neighbors called him to quell a disturbance.
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Lansing
Floyd Grubaugh
Lillian Baker
Acused
Heavy rains dim farm prospects across state in May
East Lansing May 1. Less than half the planned oats and barley acreage planted as heavy rains halt plowing for corn and crops. Fields show standing water and drownings. winter greens and pastures remain in good condition though slow due to cold. Fruits in bloom in southern counties. April freezes damaged early fruit. Precipitation to May 1 runs over four inches above normal, delaying field work.
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East Lansing
Rpper Peninsular
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boy Deprived Of Snow Ball Throwing Privilege
An 11-year-old Anaconda boy faced lifelong prohibition on snowball throwing after striking mail carrier Denny Callan. The boy appeared before Police Judge T F Murphy and signed a pledge promising never to throw another snowball, with a 30 day jail penalty if he disobeys.
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Anaconda
Mont
Denny Callan
T. F. Murphy
Ind
British Strike of 1926 Still Casts Shadow
London May 1 Three years after the coal subsidy ended Britain remains shaped by May 1926 events. International Labor Day is muted as Labour seeks votes ahead of a month end poll. Arthur Pugh warned of a general strike on May 8 triggering enduring election disputes between Conservatives and Labour.
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Kendall Foss
United Press
London
Britain
Labor Party
Trades Union Congress
Arthur Pugh
Miners’ Federation
Trout season opens as local warden reports record rainbows
Local Game Warden Robert Lambert returned from the Chippewa River with two monster rainbow trout to mark the 1929 season opening. The 30 inch, 8 pound 14 ounce specimen is shown at Richmond & Shanfle Wardware, while a 5½ pound trout is on display at Palmer Drug Store.
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Robert Lambert
Chippewa River
Richmond & Shanfle Wardware
Palmer
Ape-Man Sought in Assault on 12-Year-Old Girl
Detroit police hunt for an "ape-like man" after 12 year old Douglas Barnhouse was kidnapped and assaulted near Haynes Boulevard on Eight Mile Road. She may have a fractured skull and says the man offered a dollar to care for a baby before the attack. She is the second 12 year old girl attacked in a week, investigators suspect the same assailant.
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Detroit
U.P
Douglas Barnhouse
Haynes Boulevard
Douglas
Last Guests Leave Famous Gotham Waldorf Astoria
The Waldorf Astoria in New York closes after 36 years, with guests checking out and an auction planned for fittings before wreckers raze the building tomorrow. A final dinner at $102 per plate will benefit the employees, as the literary division of the Woman's club met at Mrs. Vowles S. Sanchier's home for year end reviews and a reading of Willian Lyon Phelps Happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria ‘Hotel
Woman's Ebb
Vowles S. Sanchier
Willian Lyon Phelps
Coat Sale at Larsen Style Shop Moves Stock
Local advertisement announces a coat sale at Larsen Style Shop featuring unusual values. Customers urged to select their coats while stock lasts at the store location 128-190.
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Larsen Style Shop
Eastern Star installs Mt Pleasant Chapter officers
Mt Pleasant Chapter No. 65 Eastern Star held a public installation at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening with over 100 attendees. Mrs Zelelia Stilgenbauer installed officers aided by Mrs Mary Landon and others, presenting corsages and gifts to retiring leaders and new officers, amid solos by Mrs George Weatherbee and Charles Vowles.
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Mt. Pleasant
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Banqgrot
Stephen Fall
Zelelia Stilgenbauer
Mary Landon
Marshall
Kathryn Rand
Alma Coddington
Josephine Barnes
Ada
Hulda Kennedy
Ruth
Leah McClintic
Martha
Mary Crawford
Esther
Tillie Brew
Electa
Mabel Wiley
Warden
William Cotter
Sentinel
Helen Landon
Zelpha May Axtell
Ruth Hunt
Mary Ellen Whitcomb
Gertrude Thompson
Meta Bixby
Calvin Vance
Paul Kennedy
Vance
Mr. Kennedy
Abner Thomason
Stilgenbauer
Robert Kennedy
Effie Jean Graham
Samuel Bemrose
Barnes
George Weatherbee
Charles Vowles
Central State Pupils in Recital Tonight
The Central State Teachers College music department presents Miss Hannah Spencer and Miss Margaret Patterson in violin and piano recital tonight at 7:30 in the college auditorium. The program lists pieces by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and others, featuring students such as Betty Carey, Helen Morton, Janette Houghtaling, and Grace Cummings.
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Central State Teachers College
Hannah Spencer
Margaret Patterson
Tke Cuckoo
Betty Carey
Joseph Bellinger
Helen Morton
Martha, Riches
Pat McAllister
Lucile Belding
Sinding
Bernice Walters
Obertass Mazurka
Wieniawski
Zora Stipeck
Barcheta
Nevin
Julia Britton
Rachmaninoff
Ellen Vandecar
Chopin
Marjorie Sage
MacDowell
Frances Frandh
House
Grace Cummings
Chdpin
Elieri Cookingham
Truck Driver Escapes as Table Mills Track Fails
Arthur Smith of Pigeon, a Belle Isle Creamery driver, narrowly escaped death when a heavy table mills track turned over into a ditch near Elkton and caught fire. The truck cab was demolished by a fence plank. Smith was uninjured and fire units arrived too late to fight flames. A broken steering gear caused the accident.
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Bad Axe
Mich
Arthur Smith
Pigeon
Belle Isle Creamery Company
Table Mills
Elkton
Smith
Hoover Likely to Visit West in Early Fall
President Herbert Hoover may return to California for the Diamond Jubilee of the California State Fair in Sacramento from August 31 to September 9. The event will feature a Western Exposition with eleven states and an exhibit of assets from the Hoover Farm in Wasco, part of the San Joaquin Valley.
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George D. Crisley
United Press
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
California
United States
Sacramento
Hoover
San Joaquin Valley
Hoover Farm
Wasco
Bakersfield
Poso‘Land and Products Company
Ralph Merritt
Julius Barnes
Edgar Ricard
Harvey Kilburne
Boys Stranded on Island Saved From River Trip
Four Trenton high school students were rescued by a searching party after their motorboat stalled on the Detroit river near Tawas Island. The boys, who set a fire on the island to signal help, were found early today after the boat drifted toward Lake Erie.
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Detroit
Tawas Island
Detroit River
Trenton
Lake Erie
Births Exceed Deaths in Isabella County Official Report
Official county report by Perry Thompson shows Isabella County births surpass deaths by 180 for the year ending March 31. Details list township births and deaths with ratios, including Broomfield leading at four births per death and Shepherd at about one birth to 1.5 deaths. Totals across the county show 460 births and 280 deaths.
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Isabella
Perry ‘Thompson
Broomfield Township
Shepherd
Mt. Pleasant
Lincolns
Fremont
Rolland
Veseeke
Broomfield
Eel
Deerfield
Union Ohsgenen Nell
Chippewa
Denver
Nottawa
Shera¢nan
Coldwater
Gilmore
Vernon
Wise
Paenee
City of Mt. P
League Initiates World Port Census Nationwide Trade Data
The League of Nations begins a global census of ports open to international trade. The program aims to standardize economic statistics, enabling up to date, comparable data. Forty four nations helped draft the convention, signed by twenty five, with ratification pending.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Legislature Tangles Over Mill Tax Bill After Budget Finalized
In Lansing on May 1 the legislature moved from the $56,000,000 administration budget to the Hartman $28,006,000 mill tax bill. Senate finance will consider the measure this week, aiming to end financial difficulties if both houses approve. The budget gained final Senate approval 30 to 1 after House amendments. The Lennon cigarette tax bill advanced to third reading in the House, impacting the Turner bill aiding underperforming school districts.
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Lansing
Senate
Houseways and Means Committee
Fred W. Green
House
Expedition Sifts Indian Relics In Smoky Mountains
An Asheville Times sponsored expedition will search steep cliffs in the Sawtooth section of the Great Smoky Mountains for Indian picture writings unseen by white explorers. The team led by Walter Adams and Robert Bunnelle will travel June 2 for over a month, base at Indian Gap, and study local fauna flora and ancient Cherokee lore with Horace Kephart advising.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
North Carolina
Tennessee
Asheville Times
Smokies
Walter Adams
Robert Bunnelle
Indian Gap
Horace Kephart
Bryson City
Brass cuspidor installed in San Francisco women’s restroom
In the San Francisco Custom House a large cuspidor has been installed in the women’s restroom to save time and money. Burning matches and cigarette ends littered the floor so thickly that the Treasury department acted. There is no cuspidor in the men’s restroom.
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San Francisco
U.P
Custom House
Hoover Again The Winner
In Cambridge Massachusetts on May 1 a court ruled in favor of Hoover forces in a post election dispute. Stuart K Shatford backed Hoover while Mrs Shatford backed Smith and she had him summoned to court. The judge found him not guilty.
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Cambridge
Mass
Hoover
Stuart K. Shatford
Struck by Two Autos, He Keeps Working in Indiana
Jasper Indiana May 1 John Steffan 60 foreman at a local plant was struck by two cars while walking on the public square. He escaped injury and did not miss a moment of work. Both motorists stopped and aided him before he rose unassisted.
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Jasper
Ind
John Steffan
Deal
Steffan
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Fort Worth
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Central State Music
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