Death rides on state highways over weekend
United Press report shows nearly four score deaths from automobile crashes across states in a weekend. Ohio led with 13 fatalities, New Jersey nine, California six, while other states list varied totals including Michigan seven and Wisconsin five.
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New Jersey
California
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Georgia
Illinois
Minnesota
Iona
Kansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Indiana
Oregon
Washington
Traffic fatalities average 50 a day in first quarter
The Travellers' Insurance company reported 4,500 motor vehicle deaths in the United States during the first quarter, averaging about 60 per day. January averaged 55 daily, February 40, and March 50.
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The
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United States
Detroit Crashes Leave Five More Dead In Week End Toll
Five more deaths may be added to Detroit area traffic toll after a morning crash between a street railway bus and an automobile. Five people were seriously injured and two minor injuries reported as witnesses said the Holdeman auto struck the White car and sent the auto into the bus, which hit a pole and caught fire.
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Detroit Street Railway
George White
Joseph Holderman
Holderman
John Hollowski
Auction Sale At Lawson Farm Near Clare and Dover
Auctioneers Thos Parsons conducts sale Tuesday May 7 at A J Lawson residence five miles north and one half mile east of Clare or one half mile west of Dover. Horses cattle and farming implements and feed listed. Sale begins at 12 30. Sale list appears on page 3.
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Dover
Three American Catholic Missionaries Slain by Bandits in China
U P report relays Frank Lockhart account of three American priests Father Walter Coveyou of Petoskey Michigan Father Clement Seybold of Dunkirk New York and Father Godfrey Holbein of Baltimore Maryland executed by bandits near Chan ki China on April 24 They were stripped shot and dumped into a 50 foot pit bodies recovered two days later by fellow priests after an inquest at Chapki they were buried in Shen Chow Motive for the killings remains unknown Servants were released and returned to Chanki.
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State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
Father
Walter Coveyou
Petoskay
Mich
Clement Seybold
Dunkirk
N. Y
Godfrey Holbein
Baltimore
Father Coveyou
Father Seybold
Father Holbein
Anthony Maloney
Miles McCarthy
Chenki
Chapki
Shen Chow
Lockhart
Chanki
Dutch Population Dominates In Five Michigan Counties
Hollanders form the largest single element in the population of Ottawa, Allegan, Muskegon, Kent and Kalamazoo counties, yet they have not appeared in their own tongue’s fiction. Dr. J. Van Hinte notes Arnold Mulder is the sole artistic chronicler of Dutch life in America, and that his four novels dramatize the generational clash between dutchness and Americanization.
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U.P
Michigan
Ottawa
Allegan
Muskegon
Kent
Dr. van Hinte
Legal Machine Grinds Out Oil Prince Doom
Washington May U P Supreme court order set in motion three months in jail for Harry Sinclair millionaire sportsman. The contempt sentence follows a senate ruling and the District of Columbia jail holds the penal fate.
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Teapot Dome
Harry Sinclair
United States
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Connon
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Hitz
District of Columbia
Horse Sale Notice at Tin Barn Mt Pleasant
A public sale of horses scheduled for Tuesday May 7 at 1 80 p m at the Tin Barn Mt Pleasant announces details of the 193 AA advertisement.
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Mt. Pleasant
Hartman Bill Faces Final Senate Action In Lansing
In Lansing the Hartman institutional building program bill nears final Senate passage after house approval. Debate centers on a two or four year plan and whether the levy should be capped at eight tenths of a mill. The measure remains the legislature’s sole major item with looming deadlines.
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Hartman Institutional Building
Senate Finance Committee
House
Herman J. Rushton
Rushton
Finance Committee
Barnard
Horton
Hartman
Herman Rushton
Hughes Named Solicitor General to U S
Washington May 6 appointment of Charles Evans Hughes Jr. to solicitor general of the United States was announced at the White House. Hughes, son of the former secretary of state, is a law partner in his father's firm. He fills the post left by Attorney General William D. Mitchell who joined the cabinet.
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U.P
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
United States
White House
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William D. Mitchell
Parley at Geneva pauses to study U S Navy plans
Geneva May 6 U P At the request of the Japanese delegation and with support from other principal naval powers the preparatory disarmament commission voted to adjourn all discussion of naval questions at the current conference to study the recent United States naval declarations. The commission will reconvene after private discussions among the powers.
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Senate to consider apportionment bill this week
The census and reapportionment bill is expected to reach the Senate floor this week for the first time in seven years. Leaders plan to take it up after the farm relief measure, authorizing a decennial census and redistributing House seats based on population totals.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Local Missionaries Expected Home Soon
Rev. and Mrs. Charles D. Patterson, recently married in India and on leave from missionary work, are expected to visit Mt. Pleasant soon. Patterson's father has long been a local resident and many friends will welcome them back after an extended absence. They are currently visiting in Humeston, Iowa.
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Charles D. Patterson
India
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Patterson
Quake Toll Soars Across Persia Frontier
Reports from Teheran and Moscow on May 6 indicate heavy earthquake damage along the Persia Soviet frontier. Estimates list about 2,000 dead in Korassan and Turkoman regions, with 900 fatalities in Persia including 650 at Kefin and 2697 at Rabad. Minor shocks continue in Soviet and Persian areas.
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Turkomian
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Lloyd Hamilton Faces Court Over Back Alimony and Debts
Hollywood comic Lloyd Hamilton told a court he is broke as he explains why he has not paid $7,200 in back alimony to his first wife Ethel Hamilton and a $1,020 furniture damage judgment. His second wife Irene Dalton Hamilton obtained a divorce with a $1,250 settlement as one third of his weekly salary is set aside until the alimony is paid.
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United Press
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Lloyd Hamilton
Ethel Hamilton
Irene Dalton Hamilton
Local Ag Class Entered In State Judging Trials
E. J. Granthau led city school agriculture students to the Michigan State College in Lansing for the annual state judging contest. About 150 schools entered, with 6,000+ youths due to concurrent state music events. Mt. Pleasant boys stayed at the college field house. local entrants covered dairy stock notes grain and notato tests. Results will be released later.
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Orrie Chreatenson
Frank Curtiss
Louis Deeter
Floyd Ferris
Frederick Florey
Lloyd Koyl
Willis Landon
Clifford McDonald
Harold Roethlisberger
Karl Schmidt
Emory Johnson
Alfred Stebbins
George Stebbins
Val Courtright
Ward’ Diehl
Lawrence Eckert
Joseph Lorrance
Dwight Gover
Harold Lowery
Harry Mc Shea
Kenneth Switzer
Michigan Solon Enters Day Tilt Over Liquor on Ships
Washington May 6 Capt Robert Dollar head of the Dollar Lines denounced liquor sales on American merchant vessels. Rep Cramton Republican Michigan said no liquor has ever been sold on his boats and argued a merchant marina does not rely on such a forbidden beverage.
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Cramton
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Robert Dollar
Dollar Lines
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Dollar
United States
Unwritten Law Defense Used by Texas Killer
Amarillo Texas May 6 The southwest unwritten law defense was urged as justification by Judge R Hamilton for the killing of John Walton 21 University of Texas student and husband of the judge s daughter Hamilton who surrendered to authorities said he shot to defend his time He claimed he did not want to kill anyone and that the authorities will find him justified The daughter had recently left a hospital in Austin and lived with her mother Walton reportedly told his mother he and the judge s daughter married February 10 ending a romance at the university
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R. &. Hamilton
John Walton
University of Texas
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Austin
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Prairie chickens found near Houghton in Michigan
May 6 report from Lansing states the conservation department notes prairie chickens increasing in the territory between Clare and Houghton Lake. Residents saw several large flocks last winter and spring, including one about sixty birds. More status information is sought. Other localities include Saginaw Bay marsh shores and grassy river flats. birds have appeared in every Upper Peninsula county over 20 years after conifer removal.
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Houghton Lake
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Death Penalty Bill Returns to Legislature for Amendment
In Lansing on May 6 the Lennon Wood capital punishment bill passed by the senate goes back to both houses for amendment to fix a form error that could have exempted murderers from prosecution under any law. Attorneys general staff drafted a ratification amendment. supporters say enough votes are pledged to pass. The House is expected to push the amendment promptly.
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Bruckerr
Invents Alcohol Removing Process In Italy
A new method to extract alcohol from olive oil residue has been developed by Domenico Massimo of Bari. The Ministry of National Economy is reviewing the claim. The process yields three litres of impure alcohol per quintal of oil residue after rectification.
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Domenico Massimo
Bari
Signor
Three Women Die in Benzine Can Explosion North of Remus
An explosion caused by benzine fumes in a kitchen killed Mrs William Johnson and her daughters Leah 19 and Amy 22 at their farm home north of Remus Saturday. A nine year old son escaped through a window. The younger daughter was to graduate from Barrys ton high school in June.
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William Johnson
Leah Johnson
Amy Johnson
Barryton
Huge merger plans for U S bus lines emerge
In San Francisco on May 6 a tentative plan for a 85 million dollar merger of the Pickwick Stages Yelloway and Greyhound lines is disclosed. Charles F. Wren of Pickwick says negotiations are under way but no definite announcement is possible. The consolidation would create a nationwide bus system.
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U.P
United States
Charles F. Wren
Pickwick Stages, Incorporated
Pickwick
Yellowsy
Greyhound
Plane crash near Troy injures student and pilot
Wire flash from Troy reports Lieut. Ellsworth Hayner world war flyer and chief pilot died after a crash near the Troy airport. George Wachtel Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student suffered a severe shock but details state he survived the incident.
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Ellsworth Hayner
George Wachtel Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Hayner
Divorce Rates Dip as Marriages Rise in 1928 Michigan
Michigan vital statistics show 2.8 percent rise in marriages in 1928 with divorces up slightly but per 1000 people falling from 2.34 to 2.29. Wayne County records the largest gains in marriages and drops in divorces, while Grand Rapids and other counties show mixed results.
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State Health Department
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Dedyoit
Grand Rapids
Kent County
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Pontiac
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Flint
Calhoun County
Battle Creek
Marshall
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