French fliers Coste and Bellonte head to Chicago
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, French trans Atlantic fliers on a goodwill U S tour, departed Detroit for Chicago at 12 55 PM after a welcoming reception. They will fly over Lansing Joliet and Elgin en route and later visit Selfridge Field before continuing to Chicago. An earlier Detroit welcome drew thousands to the capitol dome and city hall.
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Detroit
U.R
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
United States
City
Chicago
Lansing
Mich
Joliet
Elgin
Coste
Bellonte
Capitol
Paris
New York
Capitol Lawn
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Army
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fram City
Indianapolis
France
Cil
Lindbregh
City Hall
Campus Martius
Fiers
sin=Cleveland
Myron ‘T. Herrick
Lindbergh
Clare Football Team Begins Fall Practice
Clare on September 18 opened fall football practice with 25 candidates reporting to Coach Floyd Alldread. The squad will be lighter but faster, led by veteran back Frosty Jordan in the backfield. Clare plans seven games this season. Alldread has coached the team for three years.
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Clare
Floyd Alldread
Frosty Jordan
Alldreadthas
Press Correspondent Pilot Found After Missing Flight
Swanee Taylor national air liability flier and United Press correspondent was found in Fargo after being missing since Sunday. He said heavy fog and rains forced a forced landing at Bagley Minnesota, then Bemidji for fuel, delaying his departure to rejoin the Great Falls Montana squadron.
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Fargo
N. D
U.P
Swanee Taylor
National Air Reliability Flier
United Press
Great Falls
Mont
Taylor
Bagley
Minn
Duluth
Bemidji
Gasoline Price Reduced Here
Gasoline prices dropped three cents per gallon at most local filling stations Wednesday night. Regular gasoline cost 17 cents per gallon and high test 20 cents per gallon. Rate cuts were also made in larger state cities earlier in the week.
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Tie State
La Follettes Resting After Landslide Nomination Win
Philip La Follette won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in a landslide over Gov. Walter Kohler. The La Follette family celebrated with Sen. Robert M. La Follette Jr. and his new bride, while unofficial returns showed Robert M. La Follette Jr. defeating Kohler by about 100,000 votes.
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Madison
Wis
Philip I. la Follette
Midwest
Bob
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Hoover Dam starts. Boulder project ceremony marks new era
Government officials begin construction on the Boulder Dam site seven miles south of Las Vegas. Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur drives in a silver spike to inaugurate a 22 mile branch line to the $165 million project. The dam will be named Hoover Dam in honor of the president and chief engineer. Representatives from seven states attend the ceremony.
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Las Vegas
U.P
Boulder Dam
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Nevada Desert
Wilbur
Great Colorado Basin
Hoover Dam
Fred Green
Michigan
N. K. Haig
General Motors
Green
Wayne County Tax Rate Will Be Higher Next Year
Wayne County in Michigan plans a higher combined state and county tax rate for the next fiscal year. The 7.40 per 1000 rate exceeds last year by 0.86, with reason given as general business depression and support for welfare agencies. The auditor notes 32 288,868 of the tax levy is uncollected due to unemployment.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Board of Supervisors
Hunting accident statistics to be compiled by Department of Conservation
Michigan records show 26 hunter fatalities and 88 injuries during the 1929 fall season. Of the deaths, 12 occurred during the goer season and 14 before. The Department will tabulate accidents to determine how they occur and their causes.
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Lansing
U.R
Michigan
Department of Conservation
Enrollment to Begin at Central State on Sept 22
Central State Teachers college opens enrollment Monday September 22 at 10 a.m. with newcomers meeting in the college auditorium for initial instructions. President Warriner will speak, followed by faculty consultations and a free luncheon. Afternoon registration occurs in the gym, and an evening movie.
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Central State Teachers College
Ei. C G. Warriner
Central State Life
sMaynard Hicks
Shepherd Endurance Contest Opens With Trio's Weathered Vehicle
In Shepherd on September 18 a three youth team Gerrall Cook Ralph O Barghman and Fred Ax began a cross country endurance run in a rugged hybrid vehicle bound for Halifax Nova Scotia. They forecast a one week voyage with a southern route back home if the craft holds.
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Shepherd
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Gerrall Cook
Ralph O’barghman
Shenferd
Fred Ax‘tell
Mt. Pleasant
Wilds
Cook
Main Street
Henderson to Face Radio Board Over Hello World Fight
W H Henderson of Shreveport Louisiana returns to Washington to press for broadcasting rights of his hello world station The radio commission prepares for more affidavits from listeners while guarding against further showy demonstrations like his previous arrival and oversized evidentiary claims
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Washington
U.P
W. H. Henderson
Shreveport
Radio Commission
Henderson
Kolarik Bros to Represent Nash Motor Co Here
Lawrence and A. T. Kolarik operate the Nash agency as Kolarik Bros. The Nash models will be on display, the firm announced today.
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Kolarik Bros
Nash Motor Co
Nash Automobiles
Lawrence and
A. T. Kolarik
Nash
Legge Scores Debenture Aids to Farmer Wheat Market
Detroit September 18. Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, told the Mortgage Bankers Association that the debenture plan to bolster the wheat market is unsuitable. He urged reduced wheat acreage and combining small farms into efficient units. He warned against dumping surpluses on foreign markets and urged contraction of plantings to reduce over-production.
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Detroit
U.R
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm ‘Board
Legge
Congress
Hoover
Brookhart
Yvepn
Legee
American Legion Broadcast Tonight
National Legion broadcast across 76 stations starts at 9 p m EST featuring addresses by President Hoover Ex-President Coolidge General Pershing and other leaders It also presents numbers by world famous entertainers Special meetings are called by the national commander for Legion Posts and Auxiliary units to hear the program.
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American Legion Chain
Victor
R. C. A. Radio Company
National Broadcasting Company
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
John Pershing
American Legion
Prohibition Party Elects Leaders at County Convention
Prohibition party county convention met at Union Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon naming leaders and delegates. Howard Holmes elected chairman. A C Bandeen secretary. W B Maxwell and Robert Quackenbush tellers. Delegates to state convention Kalamazoo Sept 25 include H L Holmes A A Kennedy Norman Wagar.
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Prohibition Party
Union Town Hall
Howard Holmes
A. C. ‘Bandeen
W. B. Maxwell
Robert Quackenbush
Thomas Archer
Alvin A. "Kennedy
Ete Johnson
John
Johnston
Frank I. Roinson
H. L. Hélmes
Kalamazoo
H. L. Holmes
A. A. Kennedy
Norman Wagar
Opium Seizure Illuminates Global Drug Ring
Marseilles authorities report a narcotics seizure aboard an East to West liner reveals the scale of smuggling. The opium bound for Paris underscores persistent profits and the League of Nations effort to curb trafficking, with Marseilles long a hub for the international drug network.
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Marseilles
U.R
Cutoms
League of Nations
Paris
Montmartre
Montparnasse
Customs
League
Drugs Commission
Long
France
Recount Underway for Michigan Governor Primary Vote
The State board of canvassers ordered a formal statewide recount of the 800000 plus votes in the Republican governor primary. Petitions by former Gov Groesbeck and Ken Stevenson of Brucker’s camp spurred the process as ballots from 14 counties begin to be counted in Lansing with hundreds of clerks and escorts. Caplain township in Clinton county sent the most historic recount box.
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Paul Weber
United Press
Lansing
U.P
State Board of
Brucker
Groesbeck
Stevenson
Oe Boys Yucational School
Clark Brown
Secretary of State’s Office
Ingham
Eaton
Eere Gratiot
Saginaw
Genesee
Washtenaw
Livingston
Shiawassee
Clinton
Barry
Ionia
Calhoun
Jackson
Wayne County
Detroit
O. L. Smith
Grand Rapids
U.R
Caplain Township
Clinton County
Mos
Drug trade persists despite French crackdowns
After a surge of drug use in Paris and across the country, authorities tighten controls but the flow from the East remains high. Ships through Marseilles carry large narcotics shipments, likely destined for Spain, Portugal, North Africa, or even English, Baltic, and continental ports.
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Paris
Marseillés
Spain
Portugal
North Africa
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Baltic
Enterprise Wins Yachting Cup
Enterprise today retained for the New York Yacht Club the America's cup after a fourth straight victory over Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V. The great white sloop finished at 1 50 05, completing the course in 3 hours 10 minutes and 5 seconds at the International Race Course.
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JU. S. IS
Kane
Enterprise
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Enterprises
Albion College Freshmen Enroll During Week
Albion College reports two hundred thirty students enrolled as freshmen during freshmen week. Upperclass enrollments are scheduled for Saturday and classes begin Monday.
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Albion
Albion College
Local Graduates Eye Central State Teachers College
About 60 percent of Mt. Pleasant high school June graduates plan to enroll at Central State Teachers College this fall. Of 72 graduates, seven attended summer school locally and 35 asked to transfer credits to General State Teachers College for matriculation. Names of students planning to enter college are listed.
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Mt. Pleasant High School
Central State ‘Teachers College
T. O. Wendt
Summmer School
General State Teachers College
Bessie - Comins
Woman Governor Rules Sark Island in Channel Islands
Mrs Dudley Beaumont widow of six children holds the title Dame of Sark and governs the Sark island with full administrative powers. She presides over a thrice yearly parliament and oversees finances with taxes paid in kind on under 800 acres. The island’s people honor Duke of Normandy as King George and speak Norman French preserving William the Conqueror’s tongue.
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London
U.P
Dudley Beaumont
British Empire
Beaumont
Sark
Goa
Channél
Britain
New Drink Deadly in New York Waterfronts
A deadly beverage called White Smoke, a dangerous mix of painter's alcohol and milk, has surfaced in waterfront and Bowery dives. City toxicologist reports seven deaths traced to the drink today. It is sold for fifty cents per four-quart container.
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New York
Bowery
Thea City
Holmes No 1 well leads Mt Pleasant field to record output
The Holmes No 1 Pure Oil well in Greendale township section 8 produced an estimated 1200 to 1500 barrels daily, with early flow over 600 barrels in 12 hours from a pay sand scratch. The site drew crowds as the field gains new producers and expands proven limits beyond prior records.
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Mt. Pleasant
Pure Oil Company
Sias
Greendale Township
Holmes
Reem C
Chippewa
TV Qhariganbates
Hart
Scott
Euthing Zeehfialé
Ohionews
Chinpewa Oil Company
Pure Oil Pipeling Company
Scarcity of Ducks Reported in Clare
Clare county nimrods report a duck shortage on the season's opening days though some bags are made along the Muslegon river and tributaries. The best duck lake in Garfield township is now a Wild Life association reserve limiting shooting grounds.
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Clare
Clare County Nimrods
Muslegon
Garfield Township
Wild Life Association
Ae Houghton Lake
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan today
Forecast calls for fair skies and increasing cloudiness with warmer temperatures. Readings vary by location from 42 to 68 degrees, with Detroit area and eastern portions warmer than the north.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
East
Nortion
Hilo Spees
Beeeuas
Pane Ponebasey
Ibd Ydes
Duluth
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GLARE
Wilburn
Warriner
W.H. Henderson
Radio Board
Honor Herrick
Prohibition
Yachting Cup
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