Michigan Campaign Hones State Ticket Amid Smear Tactics
In Grand Rapids the Michigan Republican convention resolves the lieutenant governor choice and tightens the slate. Frank Murphy lauds good government and economic progress while opponents threaten a smear campaign against McKay. GM optimistic on factory resumption and Michigan tops industrial states in relief decline, with Flint leading cities in relief drops.
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Lansing
Grand Rapids
Murphy
Leo J. Nowicki
George Schroeder
Frank Murphy
Frank McKay
McKay
Tammany Hall
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corp
Social Security Board
Washington
Michigan
Flint
Color tours spark as Michigan forests draw crowds
The idea for color tours was conceived 12 years ago by Fred Rogers, then state highway commissioner, during a trip in Newaygo county. This Saturday, Oct. 8, 1938, the tours through the flaming forests start in nearly twenty West Michigan counties, signaling growing tourism potential.
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Michigan
Fred Rogers
Newaygo County
West Michigan
Brownrigg Secured At Lansing Amid Civil Service Turmoil
William Brownrigg state personnel director maintains job security amid civil service controversy. He has won support from Republican nominee Fitzgerald and has the backing of Governor Murphy as the civil service study commission remains under debate.
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Lansing
William Brownrigg
Fitzgerald
Civil Service Study Commission
Brownrigg
Murphy
Michigan Civil Service Reform Faces Growing Pains
The legislature backs a state pension plan for superannuated workers and retroactive coverage for those failing exams. About 100 to 200 of 16,000 test takers would be affected. Michigan voters will decide on a welfare act praised for local control, with municipalities urged to embrace economies, amid a nonpartisan campaign landscape.
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Brownrigg
Civil Service Plan
Lansing
Michigan
Kenneth J. McCarren
Detroit
Michigan Municipal League
McCarren
Political and social notes amid district chatter
A column discusses faith in industrial systems and cautions against granting government broad control over business and daily labor life. It urges voters to demand fair treatment of business and labor, and to cut government expenditures and taxes. The rest of the page records social visits and family events in the Judd district, including gatherings at the Riggs, Byers, LeBaron, and Richards households, a new corn crib, and a birthday anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Harold Riggs
Clarence Riggs
Ruth Carson
George Byers, Jr
Bruce LeBaron
May LeBaron
Margaret Schroen
Connor
A. G. Richards
Ann Arbor
Paul Richards
Salem
Clifford Richards
Willow
W. Carson
James
St. Clair Shores
Bedford
Windsor
Central York Social Notes Bring Visitors and Updates
Bert Bailey of Milan spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bailey. Rena Towler and Alber of Saline were supper guests Sunday. Robert Hopp of Munger road visited John D. Allison on Sunday. Murray Sanders of Brownshelm, Ohio, stays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Sanders. Alger Allison tore down the old sheep shed and is building a hen house. Joseph Sweeney reports unusually tall corn stalks this year. A club meeting was held at the home of Misses Laura and Sylvia Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bailey
Milan
Leslie Bailey
Rena Towler
Alber
Saline
Robert Hopp
Munger Road
John D. Allison
Murray Sanders
Brownshelm
Ohio
Elwin Sanders
Alger Allison
Joseph Sweeney
Laura
Sylvia Sanders
Hammond district social visit roundup across towns
Ann Arbor residents Mr James Young called on Mr and Mrs Harold Hammond. Numerous visits include Grand Ledge, Hillsdale fair attendance, Detroit and Plymouth outings. Families such as Deem, Hauk, Gordon, Smith and Moore frequent calls, with stays in Plymouth and Manchester and a Hillsdale fair reference.
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James Young
Ann Arbor
Harold Hammond
Paul Catey
Grand Lodge
Floyd
Coin
Herbert
Burley
Plymouth
Dean Gordon
Adrian
William Gottes
Delores
Charles ‘Deem
Mary White
Detroit
John
Haughny
Juanita
Maude Deem
John Deem
Harry. Halstein
Newport
Percy Craig
Patricia
Leonora Deem
Milan
William Deem
Kansas City
Hauk
Elaine Miller
Saline
Bet
Jen Gordon
Ira
Hauk and Son
Herbert Burley
Glenn Gordon
Betty
David
Clyde’ Gauntlett
Clarke Gordon
Ardis Heininger
Wes
Edward. Keyhole
O'Reilly
Clinton
McMann
Bla
Ralph Hammond
Robert Hammond
William Martin
Manchester
Mable Craig
Liouise
Tower
Elmer Stimpson
Hillsdale
Chester Richard
Holloway
Many McMann
Ella McMann
Ary Lewis
Grace Hammond
Lewis
Hazel Horton
Faye Marie
Bedford
Kenneth Gordon
Gordon
Lena Gordon
Orange Gordon
Belleville
John Boetiger
Detroit visitor Geraldine Ruder spends Sunday in Mooreville
Miss Geraldine Ruder of Detroit visited Mooreville to spend the day with her parents Mr and Mrs Hart Ruder. Mr and Mrs Jim Worth called at the Stilts home Wednesday evening.
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Geraldine Ruder
Detroit
Hart Ruder
Jim Worth
Stilts
Social Roundup From Hillsdale Ypsilanti And Nearby
A series of local visits and social calls across Hillsdale Ypsilanti and nearby communities is reported. People include Mr and Mrs Roscdé Craig Mrs Herman Mehler Miss Joyce Vealey Mr and Mrs Wesley Reed Mrs Amos Luckhardt Mrs H W Mehler and family Mrs Rose Craig and children Mrs George Winterstein Mr and Mrs Verl Sand and others. Donald Stilts and Miss Flora Van Valkenburg of St Petersburg were quietly married at the Federated parsonage in Saline with several relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscdé Craig
Herman Mehler
Harold Hammond
Joyce Vealey
Ypsilanti
Wesley Reed
Leon Vealey
Amos Luckhardt
Ann Arbor
H. W. Mehler
Hallie Mehler
Thurlow
Exynest Cross
Harold Kuder
Anne
Francis Winterstein
Detroit
Geraldine Fuder
Hattie .Kuder
Donald Stilts
Flora van Valkenburg
St. Petersburg
Fla
Saline
Frank Stilts
Alonzo Kutler
Healthiest 4 H youth from Michigan chosen for Chicago trip
Two top 4 H club youths from Michigan were selected at the state fair in Detroit to compete in Chicago during the first week of December. Henrietta Alexander, 15, from Baraga County, and Werle Cole, 17, from Baton County, are the health champions, with the boy at 5 feet 9 inches and 159 pounds and the girl at 5 feet 4.5 inches and 125 pounds.
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Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Henrietta Alexander
Michigame
Baraga County
Upper Peninsula
Werle Cole
Charlotte
Baton County
Michigan FHA loans available for property modernization
Detroit Insuring Office announces widespread availability of Title 1 modernization loans under the National Housing Act across Michigan. State Director Raymond M. Foley says local banks can fund most communities, with outside lenders ready to assist where funds are lacking, and urges contacting the Detroit office for arrangements.
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Michigan
Raymond M. Foley
Federal Housing Administration
Foley
Detroit
United States
Michigan beans ripe for pulling
Michigan bean growers expect a large harvest but warn that quality depends on proper stacking before September rains. H R Pettigrove of Michigan State College notes curing is aided by McNaughton stacking, while poor picks bring deductions for culled beans and inedible material.
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Michigan
H. R. Pettigrove
Michigam State’ College
McNaughton
Notice of Hearing Claims Before Court
The Probate Court of Washte naw County Michigan announces a hearing on estate claims for John Fritz, deceased. Four months from September 15, 1938, are allowed for creditors to present claims to the court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with claims due by September 28.
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Michigan
Washtenaw
John Fritz
Annn Arbor
Chancery Notice in Washtenaw Court on Trustee Petition
In Washtenaw County Circuit Court a Bridgewater Savings Bank trustee seeks instructions to borrow from Reconstruction Finance Corp and pledge trust assets to unwind the Depositors Agreement. A hearing is set for October 8 1938 with publication of notice in Saline Observer prior to the date.
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County of Washtenaw
Chancery
Bridgewater Savings Bank
Michigan Banking Corporation
Charles Alber
George J
Delia Hill
Edwin Klager
E .L. Klager
Raymond Rentschler
Edwin F. Schaible
John, Stabler
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Morge W. Sample
Michigan Banking’ Corporation
Bridgewater
Saich Trust
Finance ‘Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Saline
Probate notice date and judge in Ann Arbor filing
Formal probate notice dated September 15 1938 and issued in Ann Arbor by Judge Jay G Pray. It lists hearings or dates in late September and October 1939 for probate proceedings.
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Ann Arbor
Jay G. Pray
State Conservation Commission Bans Raccoon Trapping in Lower Peninsula
The Michigan Conservation Commission orders a one year ban on raccoon trapping in the Lower Peninsula north of the T 16 N line and west of Saginaw Bay with exemptions from Nov 15 to Dec 15 1938 and south of the T 16 N line and east of Saginaw Bay including Huron County with exemptions from Dec 1 to Dec 15 1938. Signed June 16 1938 by P J Hoffmaster Director.
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State of Michigan
Conservation Commission
Lower Peninsula
Director of
T. 16 N
Saginaw Bay
T. 16
Huron County
P. J. Hoffmaster
Department of Conservation
W. H. Louttt
Wayland Osgood
Notice of Mortgage Sale by Citizens Bank of Saline
Defaults on a 1927 mortgage by Leon A Tower and Ida A Tower in Washtenaw County Michigan lead Citizens Bank of Saline to declare the entire debt due. The bank will foreclose by public auction at the Ann Arbor Courthouse on November 29 1938 to pay 1627.90 plus costs and taxes on the east twenty acres of the southeast quarter of section 26 in Lodi Township.
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Leon A. Tower
Ida A. Tower
Lodi
Washtenaw
Michigan
Citizens Bank of
Saline
Office of the Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
State of
Notich
Ann Arbor
H. A. Holmes
J. J. Kratzman
Ann Arbor Trust Blde
East Michigan Avenue
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Michigan Mirror
By Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
McKayism
Frank Fitzgerald
Brownrige Secure
Judd
The
Standard Oil Company
Roy G. Loeffler
Their
Loeffler
Earl Fosdick
Standard Oil
Fosdick
Roy Loeffler
Saline Area
Central York
Hammond
Mooreville
Fed
Eral Housing Administration
Chancery Notice
Luella M. Smith
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