Blazing plane lands safely after midair fire scare
A TerEastern Air Transport Curtiss Condor flying from Richmond to New York developed a wing fire near Edgewood Arsenal. Hostess Elizabeth Wetwood and co pilot G B McDonald were praised for calm actions that guided 17 passengers to safety and a safe landing at a field near Fort Hoyle.
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Newark
N. d
Eastern Air ‘Transport
Aberdeen
Richmond
New York
Washington
Elizabeth Wetwood
Westwood
Kondat
Edgewood Arsenal
Fort Hoyle
Kondal
Eastern Air Transport
J. E. Hover
Department of Justice
New Rebellion Reported in Lisbon News Update
A new rebellion in the Portuguese island of San Thome off Guinea places insurgents in control as native police rebel and deport the governor. Capt Moreira Campos leads the uprising while a gun boat Gualdaz is sent from Angola to subdue the rebels amid recent Madeira and Azores upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
U.P
San Thome
Guinea
West Africa
Moreira Campos
Gualdaz
Angola
Madeira
Azores
Portuguese Guinea
Funchal
100 Killed in Chinese Battle near Canton
A Hongkong dispatch reports heavy casualties in Southern China near Canton. About 1000 rebels and 300 loyalist troops were killed or wounded when Cantonese forces under Gen Chen Chi Tang attacked Nanking loyalist troops at Whampoa military academy outside Canton. Airplanes and machine guns were used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hondon
W.pke
China
Canton
Hongkong Dispatch
Daily Herald
Chen Chi-Tang
Nanking
Whampoa Military Academy
Buck Rogers to the Fore in Rocket Plane Travel
New York May 16. Harold A Dunn an aeronautical engineer envisions a rocket plane to fly from New York to Paris in about ninety minutes. The craft would be a 80 foot diameter 170 foot long projectile with retractable landing gear and foldable wings for takeoff and landing. It would cruise at about 49 000 feet and reach speeds near 3000 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Paris
Harold A. Dunn
Aeronauic
Dunne
Midland Men Given Sentences For Carrying Weapons
Midland Michigan May 16 W P Andrew Stub Smith was sentenced to five to fifteen years in Jackson prison after conviction for carrying a blackjack at a Chippewa Pines dance. Ora Stevens of Midland drew six months in Jackson for guilty plea on carrying a revolver to a local dance. William Kleinert received probation after pleading guilty to carrying a blackjack.
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Midland
Mich
W.p—Andrew
Stub) Smith
Jackson
Ray Hart
Smith
Chippewa Pines
Ora Stevens
William Kleinert
Owosso Beats Central State Netters In Tennis
Owosso Business Institute swept the doubles to defeat Central State 4 2 at Owosso Friday. Sutton ranked number three and Fancher number four won singles with Sutton claiming a three set win and Fancher trimming in straight sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso Business Institute
Central State
Owosso
Sutton
Fancher
Bearcat
Orphan Immigrant Boy Freed From Detroit Jail
Edward Har Got, a 17 year old Polish born orphan who lived nine months in Wayne County Jail without visitors, was freed and placed with jail barber Calvin Blair who plans to adopt him. Immigration records proved elusive leading to the long detention before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
O.R
Wayne County
Edward Hargot
Edward
Poland
Canada
United States
Albert M. Bacon
Calvin Blair
Harvard Professor Drowns in Wisconsin Lake
E A Richards Harvard visiting professor and Cambridge lecturer clung to an overturned canoe for over two hours in Lake Mendota with Sterling A Leonard University of Wisconsin professor slipping into the water and drowning. Leonard's body remained unrecovered as Richards survived after rescue by a local boatman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
U.P
E. A. Richards
Harvard University
Lake Mendota
Sterling
A. Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Atthor
Richards
Leonard
Cambridge University
London
Harvard
University of Michigan
Michigan
Columbia University
Miniature Golf Course Opens Saturday Evening
The Log Cabin announces the miniature golf course will be open for play Saturday evening May 16.
Tax plan to divert highway funds rejected by state senate
The Michigan Senate declined to pass a special tax plan aimed at reducing the general property tax by diverting $8.5 million from highway funds for the next two fiscal years. The proposal faced strong opposition from lawmakers who warned it would set a dangerous precedent and strain road financing. Gov. Brucker and Sen. Stevens indicated no direct link between the breakfast meeting and the committee action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Senate
Finance and Appropriations Committee
Ann. H. Woodruff
Wyandotte
James G. ‘Bonine
Cassopolis
Ernest ST. Conlon
Grand Rapids
Woodruff-Bonine
Calvin A. Campbell
Indiana River
Campbell
Claude H. Stevens
Detroit
Arthur E. Wood
Norman B. Horton
Fruit Ridge
Wood
Finance and Appropriations
Brucker
House
Stevens
Baby Carriage Ride Triggers Senate Fracas in Lansing
In Lansing on May 16 Rep. John Dykstra wheeled a baby carriage into the state senate provoking a rebuke from Lieut. Gov. Lauren D. Dickinson. The scene disrupted proceedings until order was restored and the bill was returned to the house for proper decorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
W.P
John Dykstra
Muskegon
Lauren D. Dickinson
Senate
Dykstra
House
Dickinson
Sen
Arthur E. Wood
Insurgent Attack Reports on Nicaraguan Town Palacaguima
Marine corps headquarters was advised that a heavy attack was launched yesterday against the Nicaraguan town of Palaca quima by Nicaraguan insurgents. The force was about 100 men and suffered several casualties, with no reported defender losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.p)marine Corps
Mt Pleasant Times Becomes Weekly Newspaper Tomorrow
Mt Pleasant Daily Times will cease daily publication and switch to a weekly edition titled Isabella County Times News. The merger consolidates Times News with Isabella County Enterprise and Isabella County News data to create a county-wide readership surpassing 4 000. Subscribers paying in advance on the daily will receive a credit toward the weekly. The Times News rate is 1 50 per year in Isabella and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Verg
Times
Isabella County Enterprise
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Isabella County News
Isabella County
Times-News
Isabella
Army air maneuvers near Dayton draw 672 aircraft
At Fairfield Air Depot Dayton Ohio the U S Army air forces assemble 672 planes for coast defense exercises. Brig Gen Foulois leads the maneuvers with two pursuit squadrons in a combat competition as crews tune engines and conduct preliminary flights over Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Air Depot
Dayton
U.P
United States Army
Wright and
Tairfield
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Benjamin, D. Foulois
Air Corps
Frank O. Hunter
Victor Strahm
Hunter
Rockwell Field
San ‘Diego
Calif
Strahm
Selfridge Field
Masons Dedicate New Alma Home
Thousands from across Michigan attended the dedication of the new 750000 dollar Michigan Masonic home in Alma. Masons Knights Templar and Eastern Star members were present as George B. Dolliver led the ceremony and Governor Wilber M. Brucker gave the dedicatory address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mich
Michigan
Michigan Masonic Home
Masons
Knights Templar
Ladies of the Eastern Star
George. B. Dolliver
Battle Creek
Wilber M. ‘Brucker
Derby Day Drama as Equipsise Withdrawn from Kentucky Derby
Louisville crowds pack Wenthovy Dade Track for the fifty seventh Kentucky Derby day as Equipsise withdraws before the race. Twenty Grand leads a favored Greentrex entry with Surf Board and Anchors Aweigh amid early 8-5 odds, while Vice President Curtis weighs in on the favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
U.P
Equipsise
America
Charles Curtis
Greentrée Stable
Surf Board
Anchors Aweigh
Woman killed in kitchen as train crashes into home
A Big Four passenger train derailed and slammed into a Lockland Ohio dwelling killing Mrs Rose Earhart 76 and injuring five others including her husband Frank 77. Officials suspect track sabotage by vandals or youths. The crash occurred at speed near Cincinnati as rescuers removed the victim and rushed the injured to nearby hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lockland
Rose Earhart
Frank
General Hospital
St. Mary’s
Earhart
Frank Barkitt
Leon Leonard
Newport
Clarence Lee
Columbus
Tred Heard
James Salrey
Cleveland
Lee
Jackson police lieutenant indicted in liquor conspiracy case
In Jackson County, Lieut. Fred C. Stebner of the Jackson police and four others face federal indictments for conspiring to violate prohibition laws. Stebner, 42, was arraigned in Detroit and suspended after being released on a 5000 dollar bond. The group, including Mrs Lottie Harpowski, John Harpowski, John Brescoe, and Henry Shore, were linked to bootlegging and were to be arraigned next Monday. Evidence cited includes wiretapped conversations and a raid on the Harposkwi farm uncovering a still.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
U.P
Lieut
Red Stebner
Police Department
Detroit
Charles E. Phelps
Stebner
Jackson County
Jackson
United States Grand Jury
Fred C. Stebner
Jackson Police
Henry Shore
John Harpowski
Lottie Harpowski
John Brescoe
Prohibition
Shore
Capias
United States
Harpowskis
Boy in near death after auto accident in Saginaw
Saginaw Mich May 16 James Schmidt seven was near death today from injuries suffered yesterday when he ran in front of an automobile in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw, Mich
U.P
James Schimidt
Pne Automobile
Missing Wardens Return Home
Two wardens from Saginaw and Gladwin returned to duty after days missing in swamp land while investigators said they were conducting routine inquiries. The incident sparked fear of foul play, but search parties found them unharmed. In Detroit, Michigan, the state school census focus shifts to record crippled children for remedial treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw,mich
U.P
Edward Gilson
Saginaw
Herbert Booth
Gladwin
Jane ‘Wardens
Here
Gilgon
Booth
Detroit
Michigan
Michigan Society For
Employment Gains In Anvil in April Reported by Labor
The Labor Department reports a small April rise in employment in Anvil compared with March, with a 0.1 percent uptick and a 1.5 percent payroll drop from March. Nationwide, 45,225 establishments in 15 industries employed 4,705,470 workers, earning weekly totals of $115,715,549. Four of nine geographic divisions posted gains, while five showed declines.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Labor
White House
Hoover
Pacific
South Atlantic
East North Central
Youthful Gunman TM Faces Murder Charge in Saginaw
A 16 year old Saginaw youth fired three shots at his uncle William Smith, 29, of Detroit, and was arraigned on an attempted murder charge. Judge Riley Crane released the boy and ordered the father held as the case proceeds in probate court. The teen may be sent to circuit court if incorrigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginan
U.P
William Fes
Saginawr
Mionday
Grane
Saginaw
Mich
U.pri
Bill Fesler
Bill
Underworld
Wil Ham Smith
Smith
New Champions Crowned in School Contest
Central State hosted Michigan's largest scholastic contest with 1122 students from 106 schools competing in academic vocational musical and impromptu speaking events. Winners included Pontiac Alma East Grand Rapids Marlette Elkton and Tawas City across Class AB Academic AB Vocational Class C Vocational and Class D Academic with top scores listed for each group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central State
Pontiac
Alma
East Grand Rapids
Vocational
Marlette
Tawas City
Elkton
Central
Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Leasth
Haven
Grand Rapids Christian
Ithaca
Cadillac
Highland Park
Hastings
Caro
Dearborn
Marshall
St. Johns i
South Haven
Pontific
East
Lansing
Rogers’ City
Sidmore
St. Louis
East Lansing
Ewart
Glare
Okemos
Standish
Watervliet
Mt. Morris
Chesaning
Remus
Mason
Morley
Bellevue
Weidman
Pinconning
Hubbarston
Suspension of Razz Sheet Editors at Michigan Campus
East Lansing May 16 The editors Jack Green and Glenn R Larke of the college humor sheet were placed under indefinite suspension by the administrative board at Michigan State College after President Robert S Shaw charged obscene and libelous material appeared in the current issue The board ordered an apology and retraction and the Phi Delta Epsilon fraternity was told to discontinue publication or withdraw from campus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Jack Green
East _Lansing
Rezema
Razz” Sheet
Glenn R. Larke
Phi Delta. Epsilon
Abs Mic Seigan State College
Robert S
Shaw
Pres. Shaw
Green
The
Fraternity
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan and Great Lakes region
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with locally thundershowers this afternoon and early tonight in southern Lower Michigan. Much cooler tonight and Sunday in the east and south portions with partly cloudy and cool conditions. Upper Michigan sees generally fair to slightly cooler conditions tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures in the northwest. The weekly outlook shows partly cloudy periods with showers, moderately cool early week then normal temperatures, with readings across various cities including Detroit and Chicago.
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Detroit
U.P
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
of Great Lakes
Chicago
Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
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Owosso Downs Central Netters
Wisconsin
Solons
Highway ‘Department
Mt. Pleasant Times
U.S
Wenthovy Dade Track
Glass
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