Michigan Mirror previews short Lansing special session
Michigan's two ring legislature is to convene next Monday to appropriate eight to ten million dollars for relief. The House will push bills while the Senate faces internal party tensions. Lieutenant Governor Nowicki will preside as observers note alliances and feuds between Republicans and Democrats. The session may last three days with campaigning under way for the primary.
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Michigan Mirror
Lansing
Michigan
House of Representatives
George Schroeder
Senate
Leo J. Nowicki
One-Man State Fair Michigan Opens With New Attractions
Frank Isbey, state fair manager in Detroit, runs the 16 day event starting Saturday August 27 with no salary. He oversees every expense, boosts entertainment, and aims for an all time attendance high. The fair features The Holy Land animation and Hollywood stars. Nearby Frankfort hosts a national gliding meet sponsored by the American Soaring Society as wind driven sand dunes attract motorless planes.
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Michigan
Detroit
Frank iIsbey
Woodward Avenue
Isbey
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Lake Michigan
Frankfort
The
American Soaring Society
Brown
Morning Mail note from Perry Hayden to Sim
A reader from Tecumseh Michigan dated August 16 1938 compliments the last issue for its print quality and asks to keep it up. The message is addressed to Sim and signed by Perry Haydens.
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Tecumseh, Mich
Sim
Perry Haydens
Pioneer Jim Brown Reflects on Michigan Country Life
Vernon J. Brown of Mason Michigan recalls rural schooling community life and the country people who shaped his era. He notes one-room schools, Sunday schools, spelling bees, and lectures, then contrasts past with today’s 4 H clubs and broader mobility.
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Consolidated Schools
Brown
Little Reg
Johnny
Susan
Mr. Brown
Scribner's
Harper’s
Michigan
Michigan State Fair aims to be nation’s greatest
The 1938 Michigan State Fair, led by General Manager Frank N. Is bey, vows to outdo all prior fairs with more stars of stage and radio, free attractions, educational features, and visitor comforts. An 800000 to 1000000 visitor gate is expected as five top radio bands plus Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, Kay Kyser, and more perform and broadcast from the Coliseum and stages. Bergen and McCarthy, Morton-Downey, Langford, Breen, and other stars are slated to appear with the headliners.
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Frank N. Isbey
Michigan
Rudy Vallee
Connecticut Yankees
Daryl Gould
Chic Kennedy
Edna Strong
The
Gentlemen Songsters
Benny Goodman
Martha Tilton
Lionel Hamton
Jess Stacy
Ted Wilson
Harry Jones
Dave Tough
Buddy Rogers
Columbia Broadcasting System
Coliseum
Goodman
Will Guy Lombardo
Kay Kyser
Edgar Bergan
Charlie McCarthy
Morton- Downey
Frances Langford
Bobby Breen
Bergen
McCarthy
Vallee
Morton - Downey
Lombardo
Hollywood
Yellow Jack arrives at Saline Theatre this Friday
The film stars Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce in a tale of Major Walter Reed's Cuban yellow fever mission after the Spanish American War. It follows a brave band facing peril to save lives with a romance between Montgomery and Bruce. Based on Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's stage play, directed by George B Seitz. Joy of Living and Cocoanut Grove follow on respective dates.
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Robert Montgomery
Virginia Bruce
Saline Theatre
Walter Reed
Cuba
Washington
Sidney Howard
Paul de Kruif
George B. Seitz
Cocoanut Grove
School Days Are Nearly Here Again
Saline schools prepare for the new year with a schedule starting September 1 2 and 6 7. Parents and pupils may visit for conferences and a teachers meeting, enrollment and book distribution follow. Renovations include gym floor treatment door repairs curb walk McKay street drains and shelving upgrades.
Michigan egg laying contest crowns White Leghorn hen
A White Leghorn from Foreman poultry farm Lowell Michigan leads the 16th annual Michigan egg laying contest at Michigan State College East Lansing, with 262 eggs and 284.25 points in 10 months. The deposed Red Rhode Island hen from R O Wagemaker Grand Rapids trails as entries grow for the 17th annual contest already attracting more pens. Rochelle hatchery Rochelle Illinois tops the overall honor roll with 12 hens remaining. Michigan entries include Hamilton poultry farm Hamilton Aseltine farm Comstock Park W A Downs Romeo and Northland Farms Grand Rapids among near leaders.
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Michigan
Cc. G. Card
Rhode Island Red
Rochelle Hatchery
Rochelle
Ill
P. J. Osborne
Holland
Mich
Lindstrom Poultry Farm
Clinton
Hamilton Poultry Farm
Hamilton
Aseltine Farm
Comstock Park
W. A. Downs
Romeo
Northland Farms
Grand Rapids
Welfare claims surge strain dairy market in Minneapolis and Detroit
Carleton Messenger reports that 22 percent of Minneapolis families rely on relief with precincts up to 60 and wards at 40, impacting dairy and commodity demand. In Detroit and Wayne County, 132,618 families join welfare or WPA rolls, signaling about one third of metro families in need and pressuring prices and markets.
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Minneapolis
Twin City Milk Producers Bulletin
Detroit
Wayne County
Carleton Messenger
Judd reunion elects officers and notes deaths
About sixty attended the Judd reunion on August 18 with forty dining. President Don Richards opened the afternoon session. Karl Theurer became president with Richards as vice president and Herman Gilman as treasurer. Departed members Irving LeBaron George Thearer and John Gooding were listed. Leg Mrs Alsinda Corwin, 87, attended and had local schooling ties. the gathering closed with God Be With You Til We Meet Again. Six years of tax rules unchanged were highlighted by a prominent American speaker.
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Judd
Don Richards
Karl Theurer
Herman Gilman
Irving LeBaron
George Thearer
John Gooding
God
Alsinda Corwin
Saline General Hospital patients update
Mrs Ida Ellis of Saline Valley Farms had an appendectomy Saturday morning and is improving. Mrs Katy Bartlett remains about the same. Miss Ruth Finch, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Finch, had her tonsils removed last Wednesday. Harry Hopkins denied pressuring WPA workers in Iowa to vote for new deal candidates, and results indicate he did not.
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Ida Ellis
Saline Valley Farms
Katy Bartlett
Ruth Finch
Charles Finch
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Iowa
New Deal
For Sale and Service Ads From The Observer Office
Multiple small ads offer homemaker services and goods. R G Wahl sells heating and sheet metal work and vacuums. G L Parsons sells Wolverine Work Shoes. Martin Fucss advertises Collie puppies. Herman Heininger offers young male dogs. Ferman Clements markets American Banner seed wheat. John Hack lists Early Evergreen sweet corn and cucumbers. Bert Gillen promotes shoe repair. Radio Service with 12 years factory know how. Wiedeman Auto repairs equipment. furnace cleaning by vacuum cleaner vendor. Mrs Thomas Shurtz advertises eight furnished rooms for rent with bath and garage.
For Sale and Services in Saline and Ann Arbor Areas
Classified notices list farm stock removal by Dead Stock Co, fruit and veg pricing for cucumbers and bales, eye care by Dr. Gibson, hog feed and worming products, radio service and parts, general grocer and service station ads, and used vehicles including a 1936 Dodge truck and 1937 Dodge pickup with contact numbers in Saline and nearby Ann Arbor.
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Herman Heininger
Local dealers offer cars, cattle, and flour specials
COOK MOTOR SALES lists Chevrolet and Ford autos for sale. Rural buyers see Jersey heifers, springers, and Hereford cattle priced $25 to $55 with delivery available. Hayden’s Flour promotes a Tecumseh mill wheat barter, offering 382 piece dinnerware and extra trade value, touting 103 years in business.
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Cook Motor Sales
Chevrolet
T.B
Bang
Robert Shull
Rid
Clare
Tecumseh
Hayden
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