Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 86

SECTION FOUR THE BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER AND NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1M1 Storm Highlights Michigan News Editors Rate McKav Indictment As Second Gauss of Marshall, secretary, at Donald Harrington of Albion, Ernet C. Rice, Donald W. Baker an; George J. Genebach, all of Creek. Mr.

Geneih was nam it mw RV TT-T PIY-V younger players had been declared County Hospital Adds to Service Patients' Comfort Foremost At Institution; Occupational Therapy Work Is Expanded jree agents, to tne top, of the American league heap and 'pitcher Louis ceed Harry Sherrard of Homer, wfa resigned in October after Assistan Prosecutor George H. DeMund ba given an oninion that lirwvviuw. (buckj itewsoms sensational performance in the World series, which THE FIVE OUTSTANDING news event of 1940 in Michigan, based upon a poll of the editors of Associated Press newspapers, were: 1. The Armistice day storm, which spread death and destruction on land and lakes. Five vessels were lost on Lake Michigan, with 67 dead.

2. The federal indictment nt far cannot legally serve on the count board. tne Tigers lost. 7. The campaign swine of Wen dell L.

Willkie. Renuhlican dential candidate, through Michi gan. wuikie was the target of ODD ACCIDENTS OF 1940 (Br the Associated Pre) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY wnrlr eggs, tomatoes and other missiles conducted on a maior scale with Bob Forde. strollin? alnrur Wi during several of his campaign appearances in the state and that got headlines. But when eWt inn i a 1.745 adults and 366 children examined.

Dr. Carl G. Fahndricfa is medical director of the hospital, which is the appointment of a full-time director two years ago, was increased even more during the List. rr Marysville. wondered hv th two men approaching him were walking so far anart.

It wasnt mer State Treasurer Frank D. McKay, Michigan's Republican national committeeman, on mail fraud charses. A special grand jury named McKay and 14 others in true bills handed up at the conclusion of an eight-months investigation. 3. Michigan's contributions to national defense.

Automotive manufacturers converted their resources to the production of airplanes, tanks, machine guns and other weapons of modern warfare- fi79onn mon among patients at the Calhoun county hospital. Under the direction of MUk neighborly? Mr. Forde decided to operated under the supervision of a board of trustees appointed bv the county board of supervisors. Trustees are Arthur rtehnma ni x. rolled around there was a record out-pouring of votes in Michigan, and Willkie got more of them than did President Roosevelt.

8. The football exploits of Tom Harmon Co. at Ann Arbor and points east and west Michiuanc go oeiween mem. ay tne time he discovered thev were rn rrvinc a Htcr Perkins, a total of 453 art.icl-c u-r sheet of window glass, it was too lr. made and 432 sold during 1940.

In addition the department distributed shall, chairman; Robert Baldwin of uoion, vice chairman: John ivai rorac aescnoes tne ea perience as paneful. 4.050 magazines and books among an-Amerlca halfback eclinseri Rrf me patients, These were contribut ed by various individuals and organizations throughout the county. To further add to the joy and comfort of patients, entertainments Grange's scoring mark as a single Minnesota touchdown and the all-important extra point afterward barred the Wolverines from another western conference title. 9. Appointment of first woman as lieutenant governor.

Onvprnnr riir- draft age registered under the selective service act; the national guard answered a call to a vear's training; Henry Ford, who launched a peace ship in an effort to end World war gave his views on the new conflict. were given weekly at the hospital by clubs and civic organizations. Motion Dictures also inson. seekina a court clarification and a total of 76 entertainments of of the state's laws of succession. various types were given during the wnicn bestowed the governorship .11 Although not eenerallv upon mm wnen ne was lieutenant governor, named Mrs.

Matilda Wilson, widow of the late John Dodge. the hospital conducts its own dental service tor patients desiring it, and has all of Its own eouinment for thic io me omce ne nad vacated. At torney General Thomas Read ELECTION IN FIRST 5 4. The many-sided state election hk-h marked the fall of 81-year-old Gov. Luien D.

Dickinson, outspoken foe of "high life," from political office; resulted in whole-tale ballot-splitting that gave some candidates near-landslide victories while the results of other contests were in doubt until the last votes were counted: and yielded victory to the organized advocates of a work. cized the action as "silly" and re- During the vear 71 new Tvir ipttt.v iusea to institute a court test. 10. Overthrow of Read were admitted for treatment of tuberculosis and 127 msec hani renomination in the Rnnhiioon Sixty-six patients were discharged state convention, by a bloc enlisted to end "boss rule" of party "uni me nospitai, according to the ajmuai report, ana persons tr-ot- ed on the average each day. There were 46 adult and A r-hiid The Tigers' successful pennant race was adjudged outstanding by all the editors save two, although it ranked no higher than in fourth place on any list.

Willkies Michi chest clinics held by the hospital staff throughout the county and siaie-wiae civil service system. 5. The wholesale indictment of Detroit and Wayne county officials on graft charges. A grand jury investigating gambling and other phases of law enforcement returned true bills accusing Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea.

Mayor Richard W. Reading. Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox and Police Supt. Fred Frahm with a host of others.

Every editor Dartirinntincr fh of labor peace in the automobile in- gan campaign and the performance of Harmon and his mates were listed by a maioritv of the edi tors ausiry. Congressional approval of the and five of them wanted Willkies WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS THE MOST CORDIAL SEASON'S GREETINGS trip included among the ton five Aiacmnac bridge undertaking. A blaze that gushed from an oil well near Bav Citv MicMo.n news events in the state. deepest test boring. A spectacular highway cave-in near Iron Mountain.

SHOOTING IN DETROIT Just out of the 10 outstanding events was the chain of circumstances touched off by Governor poll gave a place on his list of 10 outstanding Michigan news events to the Armistice day storm, the McKay indictments and one or more phases of the state election. The Wayne county indictments were mentioned by every editor save one. as wis the matter of the state's participation in the nation-wide A January cold wave. An organized demand hr Vnur. Republicans for fiscal reform in uicKjnson in nis efforts to preserve governmental economies imposed by the 1939 legislature.

The nnliti. the state government cal year began with a depute be program ol defense. tween Governor Dickinson nnri pernor Dickinson and The McKav indictment on SHAN IS The success of an amendment imposing civil service in state government in the November election. The mysterious murder of a widow by her tenant, later convicted and sentenced, near Plainwell. The prosecution of a "murder- i for-profit" ring in Detroit.

1 The aDDointment nf fnmr Armistice day storm were first I agencies over the ex-more lis than Sy other news! sfUte id tor re and event or series of new events. OnK-! 50 WEST MICHI GAN a few lists placed either lower than in fourth place. Nearly as much prominence was given the state election and defense. The Wayne indictments generally ranked a notch below the other four Frank Murphy to the nor's stand a major factor in his political decline and, later, his defeat at the polls. The top story of the year in Michigan concerning crimes of violence was the fatal shooting of d.

tantamount to the removal of Michigan's No. 1 Democrat from 1 the political scene. I I mo associates OI L'ommnn Pleoc Judge Robert Sage in the judge's chambers of the Wayne county ouiming. ine Detroit river later interest. Tlie poll expressed a divergence of views on the relative Importance of other outstanding Michigan news events of 1940.

In a year of transcendent happenings in government and politics, sports was relegated to the "second division" and crime of a routine nature, including several bizarre murder rgu ha yielded Sage bodv and the in cident was written off as a double murder and suicide. Also listed as outstanding events uj one or more eaitors were: The census, which entitled Michi gan to an additional congressman and gave strong evidence of a shift make its appearance in the "top 10" that represented the consensus of editors. Outstanding stories that landed In the second division of the editors' top 10 were: 6. The spectacular climb of the Detroit Ti-ers. sfter of their in population away from the urban oisiricis.

The revival of business included by some editors as a phase of national defense and the restoration NE A VERY HAPPY YEA 1 941 The Best of Good Wishes TO OUR EMPLOYEES, ASSOCIATES, and FRIENDS We deeply oppreciate every opportunity we hove hod to serve you and look forword to many more in 1941. UNION STEAM PUMP CO. FIDELITY PRESS 24 N. McComly Phon 2-2632.