Sensational Michigan kidnaping trial and odd tales mix
The article reports on a Detroit circuit court set to hear the Wood Sullivan Holt murder conspiracy case linked to a possible frame up by Grace M Wood. It also recounts a Missouri boy who lost a leg saving a police puppy and other varied anecdotes including a biting profile of a Detroit case and philosopher George Huntley Aron recruiting for a next season of “the good of their souls.”
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Smoke
Missouri
Michigan
Adolph Marschner
Ralph Wood
Herbert Sullivan
Cecil Holt
Ambrose Hagerty
Detroit
Hagerty
Holt
Wood
Grace M. Wood
George Huntley Aron
William Birtwistle Seeks Marriage To Young Bride
Preston Enj Sent 20 William Birtwistle 73 who controls more cotton rooms than any other individual asked his 21 year old typist to marry him The mandal was accepted Edith Stevenson is the bride to be and the daughter of a spinner in one of his mills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Enj
U.P
William Birtwistle
Birtwistle
Edith Stevenson
Petting Party Bandits Sentenced to Life in Prison
In Mt Clemens five youths were given life terms for assault and robbery of couples, targeting lovers in cars. Five others received 5 to 30 year sentences for related crimes, with one 16 year old testifying about a brutal attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Clemens
U.P
Marquette
Neil E. Reid
Joseph Kursecwiecz
Anthony Glapa
Frank Twardzik
Edward P. Icczynsky
Double
Walter Hutek
Reid
Mitchel Dybalski
Max Dobkowski
Casimir Olkowski
Michigan high schools open 1929 football season
Michigan high schools begin 1929 football schedules this weekend with larger schools testing new players and plays. Coldwater plays Battle Creek Central Saturday after a 7 to 0 win, Three Rivers hosts Allegan, Mt. Clemens faces Fordson, and Mt. Pleasant meets Grand Rapids Union as intra city games start in Grand Rapids and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Coldwater
Lakeview High
Battle Creek
Battle
Cerreal
Three Rivers
Marcellus
Allegan High
Mt. Clemens High
St. Clair
Wil
Faster Company
Fordson
Mt. Pleasant
Lowell
Grand Rapids Union
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Western
Cass Tech
Ottawa Hills
Catholic Central
Tech High
Soviet to Enter International Races in Sports Drive
Moscow reports the Soviet union will enter international sports races even if it does not participate in international politics. The announcement notes horses may be sent to events as part of this effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.2
Soviet Union
Travel Talk Opens School Assembly 1929-30
Miss Ethel LaMore presents a vivid account of summer travels in France at the first assembly of the 1929 30 school year. Principal Garnard announces more features for Wednesdays 10 45 a m with Violin solos by Miss Dena Fee Brail and a talk by Prof L L Tyler of Alma College on September 25.
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France
Ethel LaMore
LaMore
Sup't
George Garnard
L. L. Tyler
Alma College
Dena Fee Brail
Indigent School Districts Will Wait for Funds
Lansing reports the 2 million dollars allotted for poor districts under the Turner Bill will be fully allocated by November 15. The timing for actual cash is uncertain as funds are tied to the 1929 tax collection, with no money in the treasury until then. Pearce warns districts face budgeting strains while awaiting funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Webster H. Pearce
Pearce
Auditor General
Fuller
Sweden Sees Tourism Revenue Rise to 30 Million Crowns
Sweden expects foreign tourist income this year to top 30 million crowns, up from 27 million in 1928. The rise is attributed to the Stockholm Industrial Arts exhibition expected to attract many international visitors in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
U.P
Sweden
Senate opens probe into naval lobbying tied to 1927 Geneva talks
A Senate naval affairs subcommittee moves to investigate alleged lobbying around warship contracts linked to William B. Shearer and the 1927 Geneva arms conference. Key shipbuilding executives from New York Ship Building, Bethlehem Steel, Newport Ship Building and Dry Dock are summoned as witnesses, with other company leaders to testify next week.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.P
Senate
Naval Affairs
William B. Shearer
Conmands
Geneva
Hoover
Borah
Teapot Dome
Shearer
Clinton Bardo
New York Ship Building Company
Brown-Boveri Electric Company
Norman R. Parker
Charles M
Homer L. Ferguson
I. P. Palen
Shortridge
California
Allen
Kansas
Robinson
Arkansas
Kalamazoo Prepares For Edsel Ford Air Tour Finish
Kalamazoo plans to host the Oct. 21 final day of the Sixth Annual Edsel Ford Air Tour. Contestants will stay three to four hours before flying the last leg to Dearborn. City roads will close and merchants will set aviation themed window displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
U.P
Kalamazooo
Dearborn
Shwort
Quiet Reigns as Textile Probe Continues in Charlotte
Charlotte scene quiet after Gov. Gardner orders probe into flogging of Carl Tessener a 24 year old labor organizer As investigation expands workers arrive from northern cities George Mauren of Chicago joins International Labor Defense backing the Gastonia strike defendants Aderholt case developments include Beal holding communist classes in jail and three women facing second degree murder charges on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Piedmont
Max Gardner
Carl Tessener
George Mauren
Chicapg
MISSOURI COUNTY SCHOOLS SHUNT TO MUD DRIVEN CALENDAR
Mississippi county schools start in April and take midwinter break due to impassable winter roads. To maintain a full school year, educational leaders shifted to a summer and fall schedule, causing vacation time to arrive early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mississippi County
Lindy Opens New Caribbean Air Route From Havana
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh inaugurates a Caribbean air mail route with a tri motor flight from Miami to Havana via Morro Castle, carrying 11 aboard including Mrs. Lindbergh and Pan American officials. The party then heads to Santiago and Haiti after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Dutch Guiana
Miami
Fla
Florida Straits
Morro Castle
Lindbergh
Pan American Airways
Caribbean
Central America
Santiago
Haiti
Heron Causes 2300-Volt Outage Near Plymouth
A heron perched on a 2300 volt line at a farm near Plymouth Wisconsin touched an adjacent wire with its tail, causing a short circuit that plunged the area into a blackout for one night affecting several farm homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wis
Here
Former local boy victim of aphasia attack
John Shiraef an 18 year old from Mt Pleasant is resting in Coldwater after an aphasia attack dating from August 11. Found semi conscious August 24 in a Pratt Kansas garage, he has no memory of events. Dr H B Woods of Angola Indiana treated him on M-27 and surgery reset a displaced vertebra before Shiraef regained some memory. He had left home months ago to work his way through school in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
U.P
John Shiraef
Mt. Pleasant
Pratt
Kaw
H. B. Woods
Angola
Ind
Woods
Altho
Kansas
Band of Slavers Active in Hunan Province
A missionary arriving in Peiping reports a secret society of murders terrorizing Hunan Province. The group, said to operate quietly at night, is linked to a region once overrun by Communists and is believed formed as a defense against those massacres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Hunan
Fishermen Toed Strict Sabbath Rules In Cornwall Village
In St Ives Cornwall on a Sunday speed boats were banned from hiring and visitors faced stone throwing by local fishermen who enforce the Sabbath. The incident occurred as a visiting boat entered St Ives water prompting a peaceful yet firm response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ives
Cornwall
Noise To Find Lost Children In Quincy
A Quincy Mags dispatch describes a city scheme to locate missing children using a loud alarm and bells. Police and fire crews broadcast child descriptions to residents as part of the intensified search effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mags
U.P
Fire kills seventeen at Detroit Study Club cabaret
A early morning blaze swept through the Study Club cabaret on Vernor Highway Detroit killing at least ten men and seven women. About 100 patrons were present when the fire started in the basement. Four employees died trying to quell the panic. Investigators questioned Martin Cohen and two staff members as fires were extinguished.
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James R. Connor, Jr
United Press
Detroit
U.P
Study Club
Wallace Krueger
Grand Rapids
Bertha Vielley
Morrison Manning
E. D. Ted
Martin Cohen
Bobby Jackson
Arthur Wohlgemuth
Henry J. Garvin
Jackson
Cohen
Vernor Highway
Woodward Avenue
Notable Detroit Club Names Illustrious Guests At Event
A list of attendees includes Mrs John Parker mother of Florence Parker a 19 year old dancer. Walter Krueger 30 Grand Rapids entertainer. Morrison Manning NYC musician. J J Kaufman 30 Detroit. Lawrence Luther 28 Detroit. Waverly J Green 36 Detroit. Ruby Emery 30 Detroit. Bessie Rosebloom 21 Detroit. H B Smith 45 United States Rubber Co assistant general manager Detroit. Derrick S Brown 36 Detroit. Bertha Kelley 25 Indies restroom attendant. E D Tedford 48 Detroit. Miss Phyllis Wiese 25 Detroit manicureist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krueger
Grand Rapids
Morrison Manning
New York City
J. J. Kaufman
Detroit
Lawrence Luther
Waverly J. Green
Ruby Emery
Bessie Rosebloom
H. B. Smith
United States Rubber Company
Derrick S. Brown
Bertha Kelley
E. D. Tedford
Phyllis Wiese
National Opera Props Thrown Into Streets in Bucharest
In Bucharest on a recent morning Romanians found costumes from Carmen Faust Aida and other operas piled on the streets after the national opera company was evicted for 4 million lei in rent arrears. The private opera house owner obtained a court ejectment order and the props were moved outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
U.P
Carmen
Faust
Aida
National Opera Company
Opera
Ignia Prisoner Seriously Hurt by Explosion
Emanuel Sanchez a 23 year old inmate at Michigan State Reformatory had a leg blown away when an acid barrel exploded while being cut for a blacksmith shop project. A school instructor A O Reynaud was burned as glass and acid sprayed the room. The drum came from a soap factory where sulphuric acid is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonta
Emanuel Sanchez
Michigan State Reformatory
A. O. Reynaud
London Docks Opened at Tilbury in Modern World System
London officials unveiled Tilbury docks described as the most up-to-date system in the world. The Port of London Authority completed an entrance lock with a rolling lift bridge for road and rail traffic, a 50 foot dry dock, and a passenger landing stage over 1100 feet long. The dock, resembling a large swimming bath, is 750 feet now and expandable to 1000 feet, capable of docking the largest vessels for over-hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Tilbury
Port of London Authority
Auto Fatalities Rise 1929 Seven Months
Michigan records show a 10.6 percent rise in auto fatalities for the first seven months of 1929. Through August 1 total deaths reached 716, with July the worst month at 172 deaths. Wayne county leads with 252 deaths, followed by Oakland 46 and Genessee 33.
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Lansing
R. S. V. Deacon
Department of Health Statistican
Wayne County
Oakland
Geneesee
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New Canal Survey
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Bubbles) Parker
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