13Aug37: Hunt 3 Aboard Boat Lost on Fishing Trip

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Hunt 3 Aboard Boat Lost on Fishing Trip

MUSKEGON, Aug. 13.–Coast guardsmen on the Chicago, 75-foot patrol cutter, searched Lake Michigan today for a missing fishing boat and its crew of three, John and Edward Sloan and Jack Ghezzi, all of Muskegon. They were missed in a storm Wednesday night.

13Aug37: 1-Gal. Buyers Mob Oil Stations

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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1-Gal. Buyers Mob Oil Stations

Use $20 Bills, Demand Air And Water

A swarm of customers–each demanding a gallon of gasoline and paying for it with at $20 bill–today descended on stations accused of cutting prices in violation of state fair trade law.

It was Detroit’s first taste of what has come to be know in other cities as a “worry war.”

Sponsored by the Michigan Gas Dealers Union, Local No. 1, the caravan of about 40 cars moved from station to station. Police were called, but could find no law being violated.

STICK TO ROUTINE

Each driver, under the established routine of the “worry war”:
1–Purchased a gallon of gasoline
2–Demanded that his tires, oil and water be checked, his battery refilled and his windshield and windows be polished.
3–Demanded a 3-cent discount on the one gallon purchase and offered a $20 bill in payment.

The two attendants on duty ran themselves into a state bordering on hysteria and then called police. A scout car crew stood by as the customers kept on coming.

With the aid of a nearby grocer who supplied change for the beleaguered station, the 40 cars were serviced and moved on to a station at 4200 Third Street.

Here three attendants ran out of change in a few minutes and announced the station was closed. When the doors were closed and the electrical pumps shut off, the caravan was ordered to move on by police. It circled the block several times, then moved on to another station.

13Aug36: Sees No New Dealers In Michigan Primary

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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Sees No New Dealers In Michigan Primary

Henry C. Glasner of Charlotte, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, in a campaign speech here, today had declared he “can see no evidence of Washington New Dealers injecting their influence in the Michigan primary election.” He said he does not believe there are any preferred candidates in the Michigan election.

13Aug36: Refresh Your Summer Spirit in NORTHERN MICHIGAN (advertisement)

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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Refresh Your Summer Spirit in
NORTHER MICHIGAN

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13Aug36: HUNT MISSING CYCLIST, 12

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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HUNT MISSING CYCLIST, 12

State police today were asked to search for 12-year-old Jackie Quiett, believed bicycling to the home of friends in Big Rapids, Mich.

Jackie disappeared Monday from the home of his aunt, Katherine Quiett, 47 Cottage Grove avenue, Highland Park, with whom he has lived since he was an infant.

The boy’s mother, Mrs. Sylvia Harger, lives at 1940 Linden avenue. She had not know of his absence until police visited here home to see if the boy was there.

Miss Quiett told police she thought the boy had either gone to Big Rapids or to the home of a cousin, Sella Wooten, at Stanwood, Mich.

13Aug36: SCHLITZ DENIES NOTICE OF BAN

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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SCHLITZ DENIES NOTICE OF BAN

International News Service Wire

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 13–Schlitz Brewing Company officials today said they had received no formal notification the Michigan liquor control commission had barred the company from doing business in Michigan and cancelled its license.

The commission announced the cancellation in Lansing yesterday. The action was taken because the Schlitz company failed to pay a fine of $2,000 assessed against it by the commission as a punishment for extending credit to a retail outlet, it was said.

—–VOTE AMERICAN—–

13Aug36: Republican Women Meet

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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Republican Women Meet

The Republican’s Women’s Federation of Michigan will hold a luncheon meeting at the Cadillac Country Club, near Cadillac, Mich., at 12:30, August 19, Mrs. Grace Thayer Krolik, acting president, announced today.