Michigan’s 1938 Election Shifts Michigan GOP Back In Power
The article analyzes Michigan voters October 1938 ballot shift against labor radicalism and sit-down strikes. It notes Republicans regain control in Senate 23 to 9 and House 74 to 26, with Loren Dickinson as lieutenant governor and Vernon Brown as auditor general, while Fitz Gerald faces a GOP legislature. It highlights Case and Brown as independent editors and Van Wagoner’s strategic moves.
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Lansing
Michigan
Frank Fitzgerald
CIO
Lewis
Detroit
Gallup
C.S.O
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Senate
Fitzgerald
House
G.O.P
Loren D. Dickinson
Charlotte
Dickinson
Townsend
Congress
Case
Brown Country
Leon D. Case
Watervliet
Nowicki, Starr, Fry and Gundry
Vernon J. Brown
Brown
Ingham County
Mason
Michigan Democratic Party
Murray D. van Wagoner
State Highway Department
van Wagoner
Leé J. Nowicki
Edward Fry
Mackinac Island
Theodore Fry
Amendment backed by Roads Federation advertising statewide
The Good Roads Federation backed the amendment and used all media to publicize it. Newspaper advertising was employed on a state wide scale to present arguments for adoption.
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Good ‘Roads Federation
Central York Social Roundup Notices
Robert Hopps of Munger Road visited John D. Allison on Sunday. Glenn Allison of Ann Arbor called at Alger Allison’s home on Tuesday. Mrs Hattie Murray hosted the Ladies Aid Society of York Baptist Church recently. Roy Goldie of Detroit, staying with Joseph Sweeney Sr., left for California last week.
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Robert Hopps
Munger Road
John D. Allison
Glenn Allison
Ann Arbor
Alger Allison
Hattie Murray
Ladies’ Aid Society
York Baptist Church
Roy Goldie
Detroit
Joseph Sweeney
California
Roy Hughes
Byron Rhoades
Mignon Hatch
Milan
Karl Snyder
Riga
Albert, Williams
Ray Gilmore
Frank Gilmore
Parma
P. K. Morgan
Plymouth
William Morgan
Clark Shook
Ypsilanti Hospital
Physis
Rose Hawkins
Carl Hawkins
Hugh Wright
Harold
Augustus
Ypsilantti
G. D. Hillis
Claude
Baily
B. EH
Sarvey
Stanley Fritz
W. M. Craig
George Bailey
Frank Lace
Clinton
Sage
Ralph Miller
Kokomo
Ind
Ariddirs
Dav
Miller
Bestherin-Levw
Morenci Hospital
Hammond District Socials Highlight Family Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Stimpson visited relatives in Brooklyn Sunday. Paul Hammond spent Saturday with aunt Miss Ella McMann. Miss Mary Jane Hammond joined supper hosts Mr. and Mrs. Herchel Feeman Monday. Lena and Orange Gordon visited Belleville with John Boetger. Harold Hammond hosted a Sunday gathering for Mary Jane Hammond’s birthday with Lewis of Saline McMann Mary and Ella McMann and the Hammond family.
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E. O. Stimpson
Brooklyn
Paul Hammond
Ella McMann
Mary Jane Hammond
Herchel Feeman
Lena Gordon
Orange Gordon
John Boetger
Belleville
Harold Hammond
Mary Jane
Lewis
Saline
Mary McMann
Ralph Hammond
Robert Hammond
Social News Roundup From Macon and Nearby Towns
Sunday visits span Detroit Addison Cheboygan and Milan with locals hosting relatives friends and hunting trips in Newberry Munising and Upper Peninsula. A 60th wedding anniversary celebrated in Belleville. births and hospital arrivals noted in Ypsilanti.
Boy Scout Green Bar Conference At Newkirk Scout Camp
A full day training conference for Green Bar Scouts leaders is set for Saturday November 19 at Newkirk Scout Camp. Walter MacPeek will open with If I were A Scout. Seven cabins with stoves are reserved for troops and applications go through the Scout Council Office.
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Newkirk
Green Bar
Scout
Walter MacPeek
Saline
Scout Council
Local residents in Ann Arbor and nearby towns noted
Friday events in Ann Arbor include Mrs Hermit Mehier visiting. Tecumseh caller Mrs Wilma Briggs on Monday. Miss Joyce Wesley returning from Ypsilanti for the weekend. Nearby Britt, Britton, and Welton areas report visits by Mr and Mrs Donald Stilts and Mrs Roy Kempf with various family gatherings and music events.
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Hermit Mehier
Ann Arbor
Wilma Briggs
Joyce Wesley
Ypsilanti
Britt
Donald Stilts
Arbor
Louise Vaughn
JestiVeale ‘Weel
Wewley
Roy Kempf
Britton
Hallie Mehler
Local Social News and Azalia Box Social Benefit
Sunday callers included Mr and Mrs Clyde Spence and Jackie of Monroe and Mr Oscar Eix of Dearborn visiting Mrs O S Evans parents. Murl Cross and Albert Cross plus families visited Sam Westlake in Azalia. The Gleason P T A held a box social at William Kopka’s home to raise funds for rhythm band instruments for the school children.
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Clyde Spence
Jackie
Monroe
Oscar Eix
Dearborn
O. S. Evans
Murl Cross
Albert Cross
Sam Westlake
Azalia
Gleason P. T. A
William Kopka
Porcupine tale and fox tragedy headline Manitowish outing
During a ManitowishWisconsin weekend gathering of Chicago and Milwaukee journalists led by Rocky Wolfe a fox with a porcupine in its mouth was reported. The porcupine reportedly was a pet earning a living by carrying fruit on its back.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroand
Rocky Wolfe
Manitowish
Wis
Wolfe
Rocky
Anda Gz
Zeni Hlesagrele
Conchidert
Fontieaisia
Bsnst
Michigan Polls 12th in Poultry Industry
Michigan ranks about 12th nationally in poultry yet many of its 196 000 farms keep laying flocks without records or profit. A new bulletin from Michigan State College, Profitable Poultry Management Special Bulletin No 394, outlines five production factors and shows net returns per hen, highlighting the impact of farm management on profitability.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
K. T. Wright
Wright
Allegan
Ottawa
Lenawee
Saginaw
Huron
Hillsdale
Monroe
Tuscola
Sanilac
van Buren
St. Clair
Kent
Macomb
Washtenaw
Berrien
Wolverine Health Bulletin distributed to Michigan rural schools
The Michigan Tuberculosis Association reports over ten thousand copies of the November Wolverine Health Bulletin were mailed to rural schools as part of the tuberculosis Christmas seal funded health education campaign. The 1938 issue includes a Thanks-For-Health-Day supplement with four dramatizations about Laennec Koch Trudeau and Holboll to teach the seal significance. Preparations for 1938 Christmas seal sales begin, opening on Thanksgiving Day through Christmas.
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Michigan
Wolverine Health Bulletin
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Association
Rene Lacnise
Robert.,.Koch
Edward Livingster Trudeau
Einar Hiotboll
Laennec
Koch
Trudeau
Holboll
Wolverine Health
Ihealth
Giant Water Guns Made At Michigan State College
Michigan State College agricultural engineering researchers led by Dr E Robey built a high pressure water gun to irrigate six to seven acres, with a motor driven nozzle that revolves to water square or irregular fields. The device can protect fruit buds from freezes and water pastures, mounted on a chassis for mobility.
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Agricultural Engineering Laboratories
Michigan State College
Michigan
Or. E. Robey
Robey
College
England
Germany
United States
Michigan State College opens winter agriculture courses
Enrollment rises as 200 students pay fees on the first day for an eight week term at Michigan State College. Scholarships from the Kellogg Foundation enable 120 men and women to study home and community health alongside agricultural courses.
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Michigan State College
Iegin
W. Ck. Kellogg Foundation
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Washtenaw County Michigan
Defaults on a 1927 mortgage by Leon A Tower and Ida A Tower to Citizens Bank of Saline trigger a foreclosure sale on November 29 1938 at 10 am CST. The sale will be at the south outer door of the Ann Arbor Courthouse, following legal costs and attorney fees, with the property described as the SE quarter of section 26, Township 3 South Range 5 East. Named mortgagee is Citizens Bank of Saline Michigan. mortgagee’s cashier J A Fielmes signs.
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Leon A. Tower
Ida A. Tower
Lodi
Washtenaw
Michigan
Citizens Bank of
Saline
State of
Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Annn Arbor
Jarre. Aegertad
Led
Michi
Citzins Bank
Satane
Coady Twins from Coral at Michigan State College
Manus and Maurice Coady, 20, twin brothers from Coral between Grand Rapids and Big Rapids, attend Michigan State College in agriculture. Both baseball players, they previously worked with the Detroit Tigers in 1937 and were advised to pursue more schooling and age.
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Michigan State College
Manus
Maurice
Coral
Grand Rapids
Big Rapids
Smith-Hughes
Detroit Tigers
Red Cross Reports Record Disaster Year Across 41 States
Norman Davis notes 129 disasters required aid across 247 counties in 41 states. 420000 disaster victims received relief as 1988 marked first year of the reorganization with aid including clothing shelter and rehabilitation.
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Red Cross
Norman
Davis
Red ‘Cross Disaster Relief Service
American Red Cross
Yelier
Red Cross Aims to Cut Accident Toll Nationwide
The Red Cross warns of heavy losses from accidents and reports 295,028 people earned first aid certificates in the last year. Since 1916, 1,725,406 have trained. 20,429 remain qualified to teach. Emergency first aid stations number 2,454 at key highways with lists of doctors and ambulance services.
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Workston
American Red Cross
aAs
Red Cross
Washington
Red_Cross
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Chrysler
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Ithe
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Teye
Central York
Hammond District
Macon
Glenn Crittenden
G. D. Bilis
Marcene Thomas
Addison
E. EB. Beatty
Stephen Hasted
F. M. Smith
E. W. Payne
John Moody
Walter Gahn
Gahn
Cheboygan
Floyd ‘Spence
Som
William Galloway
Galloway
Newkirk Reservation
Lufkin
Texas
Scout Denman
Russell, R
Walter’ MacPeek
Etry Qaline
Elmo Scott
Watson
M. S.C
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Zie Eddy
Nis
Terence
Walker Tavern
Cambridge Junction
Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Thomas Ewing
Harrison
Addison Courier
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