Williamson on Trial for Death of Midland Man
Mrs Elsie Williamson 19 faces murder charge in Midland county court over the August 28 shooting of Frank Nowack 88 a farmer from the oil fields east of here Witnesses say Nowack and his brother took a cow from the Williamson property leading to the fatal shotgun discharge Williamson says the gun exploded when she tripped Joe Nowack is the sole eyewitness She is mother of two and wife of Sam Nowack and pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Williamson
Frank Nowack
Midland County
Midland County Court
Lobys
F. H. Dusenbury
James Ryan
Williamson
Wheeach
Nowacks
Williamsons
Here
Isabella-Midland County
Nowack
Joe
Victim of Radium Poisoning Dies in New Jersey
Mrs. Anna Stagf, 27, dies in West Orange after contracting radium poisoning while painting watch dials for United States Radium Corp from 1918 to 1922. Fifteen workers have died, and fifteen times the so called book of doom has shortened. The list of affected employees remains unrevealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
U.P
Anna Stagf
United States Radium Corporation
Stasi
Noison
Bowles Files Petition for Vote Recount in Detroit
Former Detroit mayor Charles F. Bowles filed a recount petition with City Clerk Richard W. Reading at 10 o clock alleging errors in Tuesday's voting. If granted the recount could delay Frank Murphy’s swearing in. estimates put the process at about ten days with Bowles remaining in office during the recount and costs borne by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Charles F. Bowles
Dge
Frank Murphy
Richard W. Reading
Bowles
Murphy
Harry C. Lear
Election Commission
Driver McKenzie Narrows Escape After Near Train Collision
A car driven by John McKenzie veered into a ditch to avoid a freight train on US-27 south of town. The collision left Greltensle with minor head injuries and two passengers bruised as the vehicle hit a cement abutment and was badly damaged. The driver said he failed to see the train until after passing another vehicle halted for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MecKenzie
Pleasant
Greltensle
McKenzie
Detroit
U.R
Floyd Fisher
Letroit
Guy Holt
Birmingham
Fisher
Eva
Riley Steele
Irene
Ruby Smith
Steele
Holt
Joseph Feher
Toledo
Dorothy Wyman
Jean Lane
Feher
George ‘Stary
Monroe
Mich
Ward Lowes
Davisburg
Pontiac
Sohen
George
McMara
Cecil Sherwood
Dora Holton
Mancelona
Frm
Saginaw
Harry Williams
Little Rock
Ark
William A. Lewis
Lansing
Beryl Nesberg
Muskegon
Whitehall
Zelda Goldfine
Benton Harbor
Dissolution of Reichstag seen for Germany after elections
In Berlin the quick fall of the Bruening government and rise of fascists and communists suggests a path to a legal dictatorship as a larger coalition fails to form a parliamentary majority. Officials warn foreign policy and credit could be affected by the extreme party gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kuh
United Press Staff
Berlin
U.P
Reichstag
Germany
Folks Party
Constitutionalists
Heinrich Bruening
Poland
Economic Party
Schieles Agrarians
Christian Socialists
Guelphs
Agrarian League
Treviranus Party
U.rk
Otto Braun
Prussia
Adolph Hitler
United Press
Nimrods Ready for Duck Shoot September 16
Local Nimrods oil their shotguns in advance of the fall hunting season opening. Officials set duck hunting times to half an hour before sunrise with sunrise at 4 50 CST. In Roscommon county waterfowl hunting ends at 1 pm on Houghton lake. One day duck bag limit is 15 with 80 in possession. rabbit season begins October 15, pheasants from October 25, and fox squirrel season runs October 25 to 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Conservation
Roscommon County
Houghton Lake
Celebration ends in county jail after Ohio man pleads guilty
Louis Wrecker of Dayton Ohio paid 25 in Justice Willardrops court after neighbors complained of a Sunday afternoon disturbance at a Lincoln township farm. He pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and received ten days in jail plus a fine. Family members said he indulged in vulgar language and damaged property during a disputed event with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Township
Louis Wrecker
Dayton
Ohio
Michigan
Wlardrop
Wrecker
Mt Pleasant High Falls 26 to 0 in Opener at Lowell
Mt Pleasant high school opened its season with a 26 to 0 loss at Lowell Vets. The visitors showed aerial progress with 114 passing yards but failed to score, while Lowell dominated on the ground behind Layer and Freisner.
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Mt. Pleasant
Lowell
Osborn
Lewis
Chingman
Oval
Osbornites
Layer
Freisner
Jack Bergen
Navy to push full treaty ship quota with caveat on six inch cruisers
Washington Sept. 15 Final Navy policy talks by the general board aimed at a five year program to build up to the London treaty limits in most categories but skip full six inch gun cruisers The plan would cost between 625 million and 700 million pending economy cuts and possible presidential approval Some ships may be hybrid cruiser airplane carriers while others would be built later The board says half a loaf is better than none with experiments guiding the six inch cruiser decision
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Chance
United Press
Washington
U.P
Navy
Navy General Board
Congress
Hoover
General Board
Banks to finance storage of grain movement
Chicago September 15 U RY George Milner president of the Grain Stabilization corporation announced credit agreements with major banks for financing the movement and storage of grain. Continental Illinois Bank and Trust National City Bank New York Chase National Bank of New York will handle 80 million dollars in bankers acceptances for 90 day periods, available through the year ending July 1 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.ry
George Milner
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
National City Bank of New York
Chase National Bank of New York
Rain Checks Fire Menace Across Isabella County
Excessive fires in Isabella county were checked after ten days of threats. Between 60 and 100 acres burned in underbrush and game cover, with one Winn blaze near a farmstead endangered buildings before being contained by plowed furrows. Other fires in Deerfield Broomfield and Chippewa were reported under control.
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Isabella County
Winn
Deerfield
Broomfield
Chippewa
Consacra Gn Department
Indiana girl slain in bed sparks fear in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana residents were terrified after 17 year old Alice Woltman was found dead from a slashed throat in her bedroom during a dawn break in. Police hunted a masked intruder seen by two neighbors to have entered through a lean-to and climbed to the window. The case follows the earlier killing of 8 year old Marvine Appel, with arrests failing to yield a suspect and mobs feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
U.P
Marvine Appel
Henry Woltman
Woltman
Alice
Poice
Wolfman
Nolice
Renewed Drilling Push in Clare Field with New Wells
Clare field activity rises as Peninsula Oil of Clare plans three new wells on northern leases. Detroit bidders Mercier and McKay to drill three more in Grant Township to boost gas supply. Past Bowler dry hole and Marshall gas finds noted. operators push to expand acreage despite few leases returned. Promoters include Charles Strange and George Baird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Peninsula Oil Company of
Mercier and McKay
Detroit
Grant Townsship
Marshall
Charles Strange
Geroge Baird
Peninsula Oil Company
No Change in Property Tax Approved by Board
Lansing reports the state administrative board accepted the tax committee's recommendation to set the 1931 property tax levy at 29.5 million dollars, the same as last year, with no dissenting votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
State Administrative Board
Ship Passes Through Severe Hurricane Aboard Bostonian
The steamship Commercial Bostonian rode out a hurricane at 11 a m on Sept 12, about 40 miles southwest of Cape Lookout. The vessel battled mountainous seas for three hours with strong winds, lifeboats and the bridge damaged, radio antenna carried away. no lives were lost and engines were repaired in an hour. The ship heads to New Orleans.
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S. & Commercial Bostonian
U.P
United Press
Commercial Bostonian
Cape Lookout
Stoye
Thas
Tempora
New Orleans
Dead man found after blaze wrecks 46 gas tank cars
Lincoln Neb Sept 15 Loss from a gasoline fire following a wreck of a freight train with 46 loaded tank cars was estimated at 135000 dollars. Several mid train cars derailed dragging others off track as flames rose 800 feet. A charred body believed to be a tramp was found. crew members escaped unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Alek
American Yacht Wins Second Race for America’s Cup
Enterprise defender of the America's cup won the second race today on national waters aboard USS Kane. Shamrock, the challenger, trailed far behind in a more one sided victory, marking Harold S Vanderbilt’s yacht’s second consecutive win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Course
U.A
Enterprise
Shamrock
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a cooler night in extreme southeast portions. Readings show Alpena 64 76 62 and Detroit 66 86 66 with other locales ranging from 46 to 82. Partly to mostly clear tonight and Tuesday with a cooler trend. mixed dance at Chippewa Pines tomorrow.
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Detroit
U.P
Michigan
Inglanss Alpena Vereeeyee
Chicago
Holmes well nears completion in Pure Oil field
Pure Oil's Holmes well offset to the 800 barrel Sias is reported ready to drill in the pay sand today after tool recovery delays. It lies east of the city in the main field with Grubb No 5 in Chippewa township as the only other completion target this week. A heavy gas flow is anticipated from the northwest offset to the 13,000,000 Broomfield gasser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Oil Company
Holmes
Chippewa
Dundee
Broomfield
Willey
Fourteen Dead in Weekend Michigan Accidents
Detroit report details fourteen fatalities from weekend traffic crashes across Michigan including drownings and a fatality near Pontiac and Lansing. Victims include Floyd Fisher of Detroit and Betty Sorensen of South Bend, with multiple injuries and alleged intoxication cited.
Tribute Paid Sunday to Elton J Van Leuven
Final tribute was paid Sunday afternoon to Elton J Van Leuven at his home funeral service conducted by the Ithaca Knights Templar commandery and the PF A M chapter. Floyd Johnson read a life sketch noting Van Leuven’s esteem among business associates and his quiet countywide charity. A large attendance and many floral tributes reflected the community’s regard before a brief cemetery service.
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Eltonj
van Leuven
Knights Templar ,Commandery
Ithaca
Floyd Johnson
Mrr. van Seétiven
Cleveland Bank Closed By State Action
The Merchants Trust and Savings Bank and a branch office were closed by order of State Bank Commissioner O C Gray due to inability to collect on loans, many tied to real estate. Total deposits exceeded 1.9 million, largely city and county funds. local government deposits were fully protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Merchants Trust and Savings Bank
O. C. Gravy
Gray
Pacific aviators back from near island flight
Harold Bromley and co pilot Harold Getty returned to Japan after 12 hours lost in a no stop attempt from Oomori Prefecture to Tacoma. Foggy seas 800 miles out caused a course deviation and their orange monoplane landed safely on Cape Shiryva beach after a dramatic return flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
U.P
Harold Bromley
Harold Getty
Japan
Oomori
Tacoma
Wash
Bromley
Japam
Taft
Cape Shjriva
Tacoba
Harold Fahy
Drowning and Fire Fatalities Reported at Grant Area
Leonard Cox, 27, drowned at the National Guard Armory facility on Sunday. A coroner ruled the drowning accidental. a caretaker recovered the body from the Armory nas tatorium. Fire incidents near Grant left another victim crushed to death, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Leonard Cox
National Guard
Simheon Leroy
Armory
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National Socialists
Charlottetown
Columbia
Newfoundland
England
Errol Boyd
Henry Connor
Nimrods
Lowell Vets
A. A. Sprague
Dosen
Julius Rosenwald
Center
Melvin A. Traylor
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
London
Chippewa Pines
Indiana
Clare Field
Peninsula Company
Pines
Betty Sorensen
South Haven
William Seth Thomas
Allegan
Hiland Lake
Edith P. Cowdill
Dearborn
Pinckney
Hardy Dam
Muskegon River
A. C. Williamson
Clanton, Ala
E. J. van Leuven
Cleveland Bank
Pacific
U. S
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