The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-27
STATE NEWS


cothe, Ohio.
Flint-Genesee county, including
two Flint divisions, will send 169 men
to Camp Custer early in October, 1t
has just announced.
acknowledgement Robert j. Nc
Carthy. a recently returned soldier,
has gone to Camp Hancock, Ga, to
act as instructor of a machine gun
battalion.
Ann Arbor-Seventy members of
the goth Michigan Infantry, Civil War
Hall for their fifty-third annual re-
union. Only 200 of the regiment are
living.
Clare-L. J. Cavanaugh, of Mt.
Pleasant, whose name is listed in the
casualties as killed in action, is
thought to be Lee Cavanaugh, who
lived here until recently. His parents
are both dead
Monroe-Traffic between Monroe
and Detroit over the Dixie highway
will be opened in five weeks. The
state has expended $4,000 in repair.
ing the Dixie detour, which Is com.
plete except for a mile.
Bay City-An ice cream and lolly.
pop orgy eliminated in the arrest Of
John Anglim, 8 years old, charged
! with larceny Of $176 from the Y. M.
G. A. According to the police. the
boy had spent all but Sc.
Ypsilanti-Sousas band from the
Great Lakes training station, played
here recently at Pease Auditorium.
Mayor c. Brown and President
Charles McKenny spoke on the COM
ing Liberty Loan campaign.
Albion-Clark Dean, an Albion col
lege boy, will assist In the instruction
Of students enrolled in the Students
Army Training corps. The corps will
be In charge of an army officer detail
cd to Albion for this purpose.
Bay City-John Wilson Redburn.
has been notified by wire from Otta-
wa that his son. John Redburn, was
wounded in the left arm and thigh
in battle on September and that
he is In q hospital in France.
Grand Rapids-Perry Wilson, 10
years old, of Fremont, was killed and
Frank Green, of Grand Rapids, and I.
G. Wilson injured when their autom D
bile was struck by Holland inter.
urban at the Curve street crossing.
Olivet-A course in Invalid Occupa.
tons has been installed at Olivet col.
lege. Olivet offers also other war
courses for women, such as first aid
work, special training in home econo.
mics and course in secretaryship.
! Richmond-Major George Waters
has returned to the general hospital,
No. 16, at New Haven, CT, after u
| four.weeks rest at his home In Mem
phis, Mich, where he recuperated af
1 ter IL weeks illness at the New
| Haven camp.
Corunna-Dr. Frank Rice, head OF
the county draft board, won verdict
Of $13,S00 damages from the Michi
gan Railway Co. He suffered broken
limbs when a car failed to stop for
him, claiming the suction threw him
against the car.
MISUNDERSTANDING warning that
local fire insurance rates will be in
creased unless better fire protection
Is furnished, 1t is probable that the
question Of issuing bonds for pur
chase Of apparatus will be submitted
at the November election.
Tecumseh-Valder Vandyke, who
was arrested In Watertown, N. Y.
one hour before his wife's funeral
and brought here on q charge Of ap
propriating to his own use An automo
bile bought on contract, was held to
the circuit court for trial. vandyks
was In Jail while the body Of his wife
was being brought here for burial.
Ann Arbor-Three lieutenants on
the stan of Captain Durkee, comman
dant of the army mechanics training
detachment, have been detailed to col
leges to instruct students army train
ing corps and also to serye as Quartsr
masters Of such colleges. The mon
are: First Lieutenant M. A. Mill
berry, to become commandment Of the
Polish seminary at Orchard Lake;
Second Lieutenant Frank Godfrey. to
Grace college. La Moyne, La; Second
Lieutenant John d. Jacobson. to Hope
college, Holland, Mich.
Grand Rapids-Grand Rapids and
West Michigan furniture manufactur
ers will be hit by the embargo on the
shipment OF lumber into the New Eng
land, North Atlantic, and north central
states, notice of which was received
here recently. This was the consen
sus of opinion among manufacturers
The government ruling ordering a 70
duction of 80 per cent in furniture
manufacture will also be felt here
Many local furniture plants are al
work on war orders, and this class
will not suffer greatly.
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