Three Clare County Men Face Federal Quat Result of Raid
Federal and local officers raided liquor joints in Clare on Saturday. David Ward Charles Williams and Lawrence Gibbs were arrested on possession and sale charges and to be tried in federal court in Bay City. Four locals were fined for frequenting a disorderly place as bottles and jugs were seized.
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Daily Times
Clare
Federal
State
Clares
Isabella County
David Ward
Clare County Board of Supervisors
Bay City
Charles Williams
Lawrence Gibbs
Fred Parrish
Ted Crowley
Charles Golden
Arthur Thompson
Justice of Peace Calishan
Clare County
Will
Ward
Jackson
Tie
Board of Supervisors
Joseph Tomaski
Tomaski
Woods
Holbrook
United States
Quinn
J. C. Holbrook
Saginaw
LaBelle
Lieut
Kerney
Michigan State Police
Erter
Andrew Schertel
Charles Baumgardner
Lord Erne Wins Royal Horse Guards Cup at Hawthorne Hill
London May 18 Lord Erne heir to an earldom by wartime mischance rode to victory in the Royal Horse Guards Challenge Cup at Hawthorne Hill. For a year and two weeks he bore the title Earl without realizing it while his father Lord Crichton had unexpectedly inherited the earldom after being thought a prisoner of war.
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London
Lord Erne
Lord Crichton
Royal Horse Guards
Lord Aithton
Dry Raid Hits 3 Southern States
A federal prohibition raid based in Arizona conducted on Nevada soil in Searchlight disrupted illicit liquor operations. Officials claim the seizure of tills cut the liquor supply reaching Needles California and three southern states were involved in the operation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Searchlight
Arizona
Nevada
Needles
Cal
Aged Local Man Southwick Dies at 76
Charlies H. Southwick died suddenly at his home 414 South Arnold street Saturday evening at six. He was 76, survived by three children George W. Southwick of this city Charles R. W. Southwick of Springport and Mrs Grace A Clark of Lansing, plus nieces and nephews. He moved to Mt Pleasant nineteen years ago after living in Maryland and Ohio. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at home.
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Charlies
H. Southwick
South Arnold Street
Mr. Southwick
Cleveland
Ohio
Isabella County
Gulick Place
Maryland
Mt. Pleasant
George W
Charles R. W
Springport
Grace. A. Clark
Lansing
Charles. Southwick
I. F. Consaul
Alfred Southwick
Slump in Wheat Prices Blamed on Oversupply
Wheat faced a sharp price drop amid oversupply and bumper crop outlooks in the United States and Canada. Analysts forecast May wheat near $1 per bushel unless markets rally this week.
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Chicago
U.P
United States
Canada
Chelago Board of Trade
Peskin seeks legal name change to Parker Rhee
Worcester May 13 Hyman Peskin known as Pesky petitions courts to change his name to Parker Rhee Se mtn te abe se ew Se. The unusual request aims to adopt a fresh identity, with no further details provided on motive or outcome.
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Worcester
Mass
U.P
Pesky
Hyman Peskin
Best Merchant
Parker
Aged Local Woman Dies at Home
Mrs. Margaret Taggart, 78, died Sunday night at her Dale street home after two years of fragile health. Born in Prince Edward Island, she lived in Canada before moving to the United States. Survived by five daughters and one son, all present at her death. Funeral at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon at the home.
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Margaret Taggart
Dale Street
Taggarta
Prince Edward Island
James Taggert
Canada
Taggart
Florence Taggart
Oak Street
Florence
This City
W. H. Wilson
Grand Rapids
Amasa Keith
Mt. Pleasant
John Homer
Grown City
Joe Cavanaugh
St. Louis
Leland
Five Die as Bus Rams Stalled Truck Near Monroe
A Greyhound bus traveling from Cleveland to Detroit plowed into a stalled freight truck on the Dixie Highway near Monroe killing five people and injuring 14. Driver E D Waring and truck driver Godfrey Frovert faced investigation as the bus, at over 30 mph, toppled the wrecked truck.
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Monroe
U.P
Greyhound
Cleveland
Detroit
Dixie Highway
Here
E. D. Waring
Waring
Godfrey Frovert
Ohio weekend traffic toll rises with grade crossing deaths
Twelve people died in Ohio over the weekend in grade crossing and traffic accidents. A family of three perished and three others were injured, two possibly fatally, when a Pennsylvania train struck their automobile near Canton. Other deaths occurred in Columbus, Massillon, Akron, Toledo and Lewisburg.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canton
Massilon
Atron
Toledo
Lewisbure
Voluntary guide charged with costly service incident
In Great Falls Montana on May 13 a man named William Carlson earned 110 by guiding a mat and two women to a dance hall. They were approached in a restaurant and lured to the hall. after dancing, the male in the trio drew a gun and robbed Carlson of his money during the return trip.
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Great Falls
Mont
William Carlson
Carlson
State flag presented to local high school
Webster H. Pearce presided at morning exercises as the class of 1928 presented a state flag to the high school. Gaylord Cassatt, class president, spoke while the band and orchestra performed. Superintendent G. E. Gaylard thanked the class and Mrs. S. B. Gardiner for arranging the gift and covering the price difference.
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Webster H. Pearce
Public Instruction
Gaylord Cassatt
G. E. Gaylard
S. B. Gardiner
Des Moines College Students Return to Class Under Court Order
Des Moines Iowa May 13 Students at Rigting College returned to classes under a district court injunction ending rioting and disturbances after clashes over the school closure. About 400 students sought reinstatement of dismissed faculty to continue the term and protect credits and tuition while protests subsided.
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Des Moines
Des Moines University
Atina Mater
Graf Zeppelin set for second Atlantic hop
Berlin May 18 The Graf Zeppelin readies to depart Friedrichshafen for a second trans Atlantic flight within a year. Aviation experts view the voyage as an inauguration of regular air service between Germany and the United States.
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Germany
U. S
Berlin
U.P
Friedrichshafen
United States
Saginaw Man to Take Return Trip on Graf Zeppelin
Saginaw jeweler Herbert Sibel to be among 12 paying passengers on Graf Zeppelin’s May 22 return flight from Lakehurst to Germany. He has booked the one way $2000 passage and plans to buy jewelry in Europe. The Zeppelin is not expected to arrive at Lakehurst until May 18.
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Saginaw
U.P
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
Herbert S. Sibel
Iocal Jeweler
Sibel
Giant airship to head for Lunakhurst New Jersey
The airship with 20 passengers and a crew of 40 will fly to Lunakhurst New Jersey via the shortest route. Dr Hugo Eckener will command the ship, aiming to reach Lunakhurst by Friday night depending on weather. He previously piloted the craft across the Atlantic amid gales and delays.
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Lunakhurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic
Eckener
Lakehurst
New Tips From Gypsies End in Loss of $20
William Dodson chatted with a traveling band in Willow Springs Missouri and, after they left, discovered a cut trouser pocket with $20 missing from his wallet.
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Willow Springs
Mmo
O.R
William Dodson
Dodson
Sisters Win Local Flag Essay Contest
Adelaide and Stella Schmidt won first and second in the local unit National Flag essay contest. Ruth Hunt placed third and received honorable mention. The two winning essays and answers to 75 questions will be sent to Detroit for regional competition. Final local winners came from six entries judged last week.
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Adelaide
Stella Schmidt
Ruth Hunt
Detroit
Umpire Ormsby Suffering Brain Concussion After Bottle Throw
Cleveland May 48 U P Emmet T Ormsby the American League umpire was struck on the head by a bottle thrown by a fan during the Indians Athletics game and is today reported to be suffering a concussion of the brain.
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Cleveland
U.P
Emmet T. Ormsby
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Turned on Tax Equity Pearce Defends Turner School Aid Plan
Webster H. Pearce told Mt. Pleasant Rotarians the Turner bill of 1929 would distribute 2 million dollars to poor Michigan school districts paying high tax rates. He said the funds must reduce taxes and not fund new facilities, or the next legislature may repeal the measure.
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Turner
Michigan
Webster H. Pearce
Mt. Pleasant
Pearce
Chinese Bandits Who Slew U S Priests Taken and Executed
Shanghai May 13 The bandit leaders Chui Kin Chai and Chu Chang Nan who killed three American Catholic priests near Chengki Hunan last month were captured and executed today. The priests Rev Godfrey Holbvin Baltimore Md, Rev Clement Seybold Dunkirk N Y and Rev Walter Colveyon Petoskey Mich were seized April 24 stripped and shot and their bodies cast into a pit then recovered and buried by fellow priests.
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Shanghai
China
U.P
Chui-Kin Chai
Chu-Chang Nan
Chengki
Hunan
Godfrey Holbvin
Baltimore
Cidment
Father Fons Leaves Sacred Heart for St Henry’s Vernon
The Sacred Heart parishioners learned on Sunday that Rev John Fons will depart as assistant pastor after serving several months. He has been named pastor of St Henry’s church and missions at Vernon and gave a farewell sermon at Mt Pleasant Church during the 9:00 a.m. mass.
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Sacred Heart Church
D John Fons
St. Henry’s Church
Vernon
Mt Pleasant
Two Indian Women Die After Mission Street Crash
A pursuit ending in a car crash on US-27 near Hafer's filling station left Mrs. Eliza Williams 64 and Grace Williams 81 dead or dying. Two men, Adams and Kahgabe, were jailed after the incident in Denver township. The coroner held an inquest into the two deaths.
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Us-27
Hafter's
Eliza Williams
Grace Williams
Brandstetter Hospital
Vutn, Adams
John Kahgabe
Adams
Andrew Schertel
Denver Township
Schertel
Townline Road
Barber's Corners
Kaghabe
Hafer’s
Perjurer Ordered to Read Bible on Probation
Warren Canan, found guilty of perjury in an assault case, must read a Bible verse each Sunday for two years and attend church twice a month while on probation. Judge Har ley M. Whitcraft suspended a two year penitentiary sentence and ordered monthly reports to the probation officer.
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Ohio
Stallings the Miracle Man Dies at Georgia Plantation
George Stallings, famed for guiding the 1914 Boston Braves to a miracle season, dies at his Haddock Georgia plantation after a long illness.
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Macon
U.P
George Stallings
Boston Braves
Haddock
Brookhart Attacks Hoover Over Farm Relief Plan
Sen Brookhart of Iowa assails Hoover and calls the farm relief bill a pseudo measure. He says the plan adds nothing beyond the 1923 law and blasts standpatters for not consulting him as the bill moves through Congress. He notes past campaign speeches and questions party leaders silence.
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Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Brookhart
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Senator Smoot
Utah
Prohibition Trial Sparks Indian Juror Comment in Nebraska
In Pender Nebraska an Indian juror at a trial of a white man accused of selling whiskey to an Indian remarked that prohibition has placed whites in the same class as Indians. He noted Indians have endured prohibition for years, while whites gained it in 1918, and said both groups now buy whiskey from bootleggers. The jury acquitted the white defendant.
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Pender
Neb
U.P
Tunney Honeymoon in Italy Spoiled by Wife Illness
Greenwich Conn May 13 Ailment from blood poisoning delays Mrs Gene Tunney after an appendicitis operation. The couple on Brioni Island Italy pause plans for returning to their Stamford Conn estate as doctors treat her condition. George Lauder says stomach poisoning from honeymoon water may be to blame and Tunney’s return is postponed.
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Greenwich
Gonn
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Stamford
Conn
Tunneys
Brioni Island
Italy
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