New Football Coach Selected for Bearcats at Central State
A J Nowack, 1928 All American tackle and Illinois captain, named head football coach at Central State Teachers College for next year. He will also coach freshman basketball and baseball while joining the physical education department. Wallace C Parker becomes athletics director. Bearcats boast strong 8 year record. final schedule promises a successful season.
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A. J. Nowack
University of Minois
Central State Teachers College
Physical Education Department
Nowack
Wallace C. Parker
Parker
Central State
Bearcats
Michigan
Illinois
Fighting Illini
Walter Eckersall
Grantland Rice
Pana
California
Central State Athletes Plan Busy Week End
Central State prepares for a busy weekend with track at East Lansing for the State Meet under Michigan State College auspices. The baseball team heads to Kalamazoo for the second M C C game, while tennis and other squads also travel. Coach Lodtwyk relies on veteran Blood to start on the mound with Captain Hutchinson at catcher as Central faces tough competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Bearcat
East Lansing
Michigan State College
Tenniis
Oliver
Kalamzoo
Prief
Kazoo
Bar Hohe
Chicago University
Lodtwyk
Western
Blood
St. Mary's
Hutchinson
Tarker Ig
Lansing
Green Manterial
Hungarians Meet at Buffalo in First American Conclave
More than 3,000 delegates from about 1,000 organizations and 800 churches are expected for the first annual American Hungarian societies convention in Buffalo May 28 to 31. The gathering aims to unite Hungarian groups under one executive board and discuss education welfare foreign policy and the Trianon treaty revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
U.P
Hungary
Isabella County Declared Modified Accredited Cattle Region
Perry Thompson announces Isabella County has been recognized as Modified Accredited by the U S Bureau of Animal Industry after a two year tuberculosis eradication effort led by Dr I W High The $9500 campaign cost was authorized in 1925 and county now must stay under 0 5 percent TB to remain on the list The memorandum extends accreditation for three years starting April 20 1929 with state and federal funding supporting ongoing safeguards and higher cattle prices for accredited counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Thompson
Isabella “County
United States Bureau of ‘Animal Industry
I. W. High
Board of Supervisors
High
Thompson
B. J. Killham
Isabella ‘County
United States Bureau of Animal, Industry
Ysabella County
East End Charity Tickling Contest Draws Crowds
London readers learned of a charity event in the East End where a tickling competition raised funds. Contestants bared their feet and endured feather duster tickles for a tender sale, with the prize awarded to the least squirming participant.
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London
U.P
East End
Blind man elected head of Edmonds Chamber of Commerce
Edmund Oklahoma May 16. Phillip C Slack blind since birth was elected unanimously president of the Edmund Chamber of Commerce the first such appointment in Oklahoma and possibly the nation. Slack has led the Oklahoma State Association for Adult Blind for ten years and now heads the Oklahoma State Commission for Adult Blind.
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Edmund
Okla
U.P
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Phillip C. Slack
Edmund Group
Slack
Oklahoma State Association For Adult Blind
Oklahoma State Commission For
Adult Blind
Janesville, Wis
Blind
College For Blind
Vinton
Towa
Alma Rubens Confined To Psychopathic Ward
Los Angeles May 16 The sheriff's office said screen actress Alma Rubens was confined last night to the psychopathic ward at General Hospital after she threatened self harm. The request came from her husband actor Ricardo Gomez and her mother Mrs Teresa Rubens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Alma. Rubens
General Hospital
Sheriff’s Office
Green Says Mill Owners Scarred Textile Strike Echoes Homestead
President Green of the American Federation of Labor warns Elizabethton Tennessee mill owners risk a Homestead tragedy as protests surge. He cites arrests, a bombed conduit, and failed mediation by his representative Edward MacReady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Elizabethton
Tenn
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Press Today
Green
Elizabethan
Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnegie
Grech
Tennessee
Edward I
MacReady
Governor Vetoes Michigan Capital Punishment Bill
Governor Fred W. Green vetoed the Lennon Wood capital punishment bill, citing lack of a statewide referendum and its drastic, inflexible provisions. The bill would have imposed electrocution for all first degree murder cases, removing judicial discretion and raising age and circumstance concerns.
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Lansing
Green
Arthur I.’ Wood
Detroit
Wood
U.P
Michigan
Fred W. Grzon
Gov. Green
Paving On US-27 Set To Finish This Summer
County road crews transfer work of the Salt River corners to the state for a US-27 pavement project. Two crews will operate from Alma and Mt Pleasant, aiming to complete the Alma Mt Pleasant segment before cold weather. Bridges over the Chippewa River will be built this summer and US-87 paving reaches Clare.
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Yoad
Saltiver Corners
Pleasant
County Road ‘Commission
Alma
Mt. Pleasant
State Highway Department
Mt. Pleasanté
Clare
China fears another revolt against Nationalists
Reports say Swatow in Kwangtung province rose against Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-Shek, threatening a new government split as authorities from Nanking respond. The May 16 dispatch from Hong Kong notes unrest challenging the Nationalist administration.
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Hong Kong
China
Swatow
Kwangtung
Kuomintang
Chiang
Kai-Shek
Nanking
Athens Gas plans fourth test well at Coe township
Material is shipped to the Myers farm in section 6 Coe township for a four well test by Athens Gas and Oil Co. drilling contracted to J. B. McCandless Co. If successful, a large block of intervening lands could be leased. Additional possible wells may follow on the Fox lease in section 18 and near Indian land where oil rights were secured by J. C. Arthurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmeyers
Coe Township
Athens Gas and Oil Company
J. B. McCandless Company
Athens
Isabella
Athens Company
Pure Oil
Hre Ig Poetei
Fox
J. C. Arthurs
Alicante Province Hospital to Open This Summer
A new provincial hospital is under construction in Alicante Spain and slated to open in the coming summer. The facility promises expanded medical services and improved patient care for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicante
Spain
Reunion marks 45th anniversary in ghost town of Traver
TRAVER Calif May 16 One of California s best known host towns returned to Traver for a one day reunion the 45th anniversary of its founding Former residents from Sacramento to Los Angeles gathered about 500 people to recall a once thriving grain and horticultural center Now only sparse salt grass and empty streets remain as cattle graze where Del Zane hotel and two stores once stood The reunionists picnicked under eucalyptus trees that border the former Traver school yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traver
Calif
California
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Airali
Travor
Graf Zeppelin Heads Toward United States on Transatlantic Flight
Germany’s Graf Zeppelin lifted from Friedrichshafen at 5 54 am for its second North Atlantic flight to Lakehurst New Jersey. Onboard were 17 men and one woman, Mrs Marie Pierce of New York who initially canceled but joined the voyage. A gorilla named Susy accompanied the crew in captivity en route for Chicago.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.P
Graf Zeppelin
United States
Lakehurst
N. J
Marie Pierce
New York
Schmiann
Michigan Central to Start Electric Trains
Kalamazoo May 16 Local agent announces plan to electrify passenger service on the Kalamazoo Grand Rapids division of New York Central lines and extend electric service to Port Wayne Lansing Elkhart Toledo and Battle Creek Sturgis divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
New York Central Lines
A. H. Boek
Porty Wayne
Lansing
Elkhart
Toledo
Battle Creek
Sturgis
Man Recovers Reward For Saving Friend 30 Years Ago
Port Huron, May 1. Walter Scott who saved his boyhood friend William H. Mannell from drowning in the St Clair River, thirty years ago, was bequeathed $250 in Mannell's will now in probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Walter Scott
William H. Mannell
St. Claire
Scott
Mannell
Explosion at Cleveland Clinic Hospital Kills 119
Reports say a faulty fire door near the X-ray room hindered evacuation as a deadly gas flood swept through the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. The blast, described by doctors, left 119 or more dead and many injured, with responders heroically aiding victims.
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Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Cleveland
Oto
Ae Cregnrigs Areca
U.P
Cleveland Clinic
City Investigating Commission
H. J. Rockwood
Rockwood
Mt. Stnal Hospital
William R. Hopkins
Myers ¥. Cooper
Ang
A. J. Pearse
Jrry
O.R
Henry J. Sohn
John
Louisiana Senate drops impeachment charges against Huey Long
Baton Rouge May 16 Governor Huey P Long defeated the legislature’s impeachment bid as all charges were dropped by the Senate court. Long’s political standing received a clear win amid the constitutional clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate Court
State highways expanded by swift 40 bill passage and aviation scope
The Michigan legislature approved forty highway oriented bills sponsored by 29 lawmakers. The measures expand state road coverage and create an aeronautics board governing ships landing fields and flight schools. Gasoline tax extended to aviation fuel and township airports allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude J. Marklie
United Press
Lansing
State Highway Department
W. R. Burton
House
Senate
Department
Aeronautics Board
Hhe
State Administrative Board
Double wedding and golden anniversary celebrated together
In Mt Pleasant on May 11 at Gilmore Church a double wedding united John Seddon and Miss Tah Pitts and Wager Cluns with Miss Alice Seddon, and a golden wedding anniversary honored Miss Mari Pitts and Mr George A Pitts. Over 150 guests attended with readings, music, and a surprise altar ceremony led by Rev. Glenn Hall and Rev. O. G. Teachout.
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Gilmore’ Whoreh
Mt. Pleasant
John Seddon
Tah, Pitts
Wager Cluns
Central State Teachers College
Alice Seddon
Mari+Pitts
George A. Pitts
Isabella County
0. G.feachout
Pleasant
Pitts
Ltr
Theja Pitts
Marguérite
Lyle
Glenn Hall
A. S. Pitts
Bernice Teachout
Alfred Seddon
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Beargats
Central Grid
Olives
Bovine
U. S. Department
Alma Rubens
Meyers Farm
Zeppelin
Michigan Central
Cleveland Hospital
Commission
George W. Grilo
The
Clinic Hospital
Crile
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