Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 2

THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL MICHIGAN'S GREAT CAPITAL DAILY 2 Sun, Dec 29, 1946 wmm pill Sigler Tops News List nly in Your New Super Market Events Concerning Governor-Elect Top News Story Of the Past Year DETROIT, Dec. 28 IJP) On a late winter day last March a one-time Nebraska ranch hand walked out of the state graft grand jury chambers in Lansing and closed the door be hind him. You Find all These Unique features lesigned Thus began the top Michigan news story of 1946. according to a poll of lelp to i You Shop for Fine Food at its Delicious tet! i 111,1 Z.Z Ye LES, your takes pride In presenting. rJ1tnm? imitn a Super Market composed of all the things that are new in the merchandising of food.

has always attempted to rush good things to eat straight to the customer as fast as available modes of transportation would permit, in order to retain the maximum amount of freshness. And now, with the cooperation of equipment manufacturers, is able to increase freshness-control in the store! Come see Super Market at 425 N. Washington Lansing. We know you'll agree that for quality and freshness of product, convenience in shopping, it's the "Super Market of Is 4iQ- 1 Huge Assortment of Froze Foodb Largest Refrigerated Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department Nearly 50 Feet Long! You'll be delighted by the selection of quick-frozen food i varietw of fruits and vegetables. Smooth-textured, high-quality ke irsftits afeft able, with unique, insulated bags to keep it frozen till yoa read home.

Fresh fruits and vegetables with their "farm-fresh" goodness preserved under constant refrigeration, brought to you direct from the grower. JUICY RIPE FLORIDA KpnrS ORANGES 45c A VnSAAAo) FRUIT AVOCADOS 25c APPLES 2u, 31c FANCY SEEDLESS LIMES 25cDo 'a the state Associated Press news ed itors. The man was Kim Sigler. He had Just been fired after 28 crowded, noisy, dangerous months as Ingham 1946 Top News Events in State DETROIT, Dec. 28 Here are the 10 top Michigan news events of 1946 in the order In which they were selected' by editors of the state's Associated Press newspapers: 1 Kim Sigler.

2 Settlement of the General Motors corporation strike. The auto industry's postwar problems. 4 Tornadoes in Detroit and Windsor. Ont. 5 The anti-branch bank bill conspiracy and Charles F.

He-man's conviction as a fugitive witness. 6 The state civil service commission hearing into the administration of the Southern Michigan prison at Jackson. 7 Prank D. McKay's trial. 8 The Baroda school explosion.

9 Archbishop Mooney's elevation to cardinal. 10 Saginaw bay ice floes. county special prosecutor on the trail of corruption high places. Publicity wise, sartorially perfect. Stgler of the silver mane and jutting Jaw came back in eight months to win election as Michigan next gov ernor.

The state had seen few men with the political color of the 52-year-old Bigler. A former Democrat, he won nomination on the Republican ticket in June by a 50,000 plurality after a four-way battle so bitter at times that it threatened to spUt the party. He then went on to win election November 5 by a plurality of more than 350.000 votes, largest ever ac non-presidential year. Sigler's political career from that day in March until today was select ed as the state's top news event of 1946 bv 20 of 30 editors polled. The rest placed it near the top.

G. M. Strike Second on List Next to Sigler. the editors rated the settlement last March 13 of the first great post-war strike, the 113-day struggle between the C. I.

O. United Auto Workers and General Motors corporation. Five editors picked it as the years' best story. Third was the automobile Industry and its many post-war problems arising from shortages, layoffs and labor difficulties exclusive of the General Motors strike. This was the only year-around story picked by the editors, one of whom selected it as the best.

Two freak tornadoes that ripped across Detroit and Windsor. Ont last June 17 and June 27. killing 15 persons and injuring scores were combined as the fourth major news event of the year. Four editors thought it topped all the others. Nineteen prominent men were in-' dieted July 20 on charges of conspir-trig to block passage in 1941 of Michigan's anti branch bank bill.

The sjar witness against them, Charles F. Hemans, lied the state on August 25 He was brought back, tried and sen- tenced to four years imprisonment as a federal fugitive witness. A. P. editors voted this sequence of events the fifth biggest story of the year.

McKay Trial on List Sixth place went to the state civil service commission hearing where r- the discharge of the warden of the state prison of southern Michigan and his aides was upheld. The in quiry, ending May 11, produced new evidence of high me, favoritism and immorality behind the grim walls of the big Jackson institution. The editors selected as seventh the trial of Frank D. McKay on charges of corrupting the state liquor control commission. The former Republican national committeeman was acquit ted in Jackson county February 14.

When a water tank exploded November 13 in a consolidated school at Baroda, Mich, the lives of 260 chil dren were endangered. Although the death toll miraculously remained at one, the little village occupied eighth nlox. rv i a 1Qi 1 rVi i ira r-i map. The finger of publicity touched a gentle Detroit prelate in Christmas i week of 1945 when Pope Pius XII named him a prince of the Catholic church. Edward Cardinal Mooney's acceptance of the honor in Rome February 18 was the year's ninth biggest Michigan story.

Finally, on March 9. horrified year-around residents on Saginaw bav near Bay City watched buzzard-driven ice floes 30 to 40 feet high grind inland and smash 55 cottages. Loss exceeded $300,000. This freak of nature landed a place among the 10 major Michigan news events of the year. Other Events Other events tn the order of their mention on the ballots included: The C.

O- National Maritime union Great Lakes shipping strike; the death of Fielding H. Yost: OPA exposure of a $3,000,000 used car black market centered in Michigan; the trial and conviction of Anthony Lobaido for the rape and slashing of a Detroit child. The automotive golden jubilee; passage of Amendment No. 2 diverting sales tax revenues to cities and schools; the Detroit Tigers baseball campaign that gave them second place in the American league; the University of Michigan Michigan State squabble over football dates: a pleasure yacht disaster off Grand Haven. FBI Man Accepts Challenge INDIANAPOLIS (UP) Norman H.

McCabe. new director of the Indianapolis federal bureau of investigation, had his first case waiting for him when he took over. He "launched an intensive investigation" to find an empty house for his family, 1H POETRY, Ice Cream Too! BOOTH'S WHOLE KERNEL CORN K2'27c SWEETENED APPLESAUCE Ox. 44. Pks.

Sm0 Meat Department mmm OVEN READY Prime Rib Roast 52c 59c SHORT CUT LEG OF i nr-SfcV? r- 40 Glamorous New Jane Parker 'Bakery Department With Service and Self-Service Many Varieties of Fine Cheese and other Country-Fresh Dairy Prod-. nets in the Dairy Center ALL FLAVORS Lyle's Ice Cream 2 45c BIRDSEYE PEAS 12 Oz. Pka. 29c and many every day. 35c 35c Enormous Deliciously-fresh pastries, crisp breads and rolls, light, fluffy cakes, other palate-tempting bakery selections are brought to you fresh You are served by a polite, well-trained sales staff.

In the Dairy Department you'll find the very latest in self service refrigerated dairy cases and many varieties of fine cheeses, famous Sunnybrook Eggs, and country-fresh milk and cream. JANE PARKER HAPPY NEW YEAR Spec. Dec. CAKE $1.50 JANE PARKER PARTY RYE BREAD 15c JANE PARKER JUMBO Ring COOKIES JANE PARKER DANISH Filled Whirls AMERICAN Ched-O-Bit Spreads? 98c SWIFT'S ALL SWEET MARGARINE 42c LARGE "GRADE Sunnybrook Eggs 61c FRESH Silverbrook Butter 82c America's Famous Brands of Grocery Products in a New, Easy-to-See Arrangement! Scores of your favorite packaged and canned foods can be found in the large Grocery Department brands known in every American home and a wide selection of quality famous Exclusive Foods. DONALD DUCK GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, 46-oz.

can 23c CALIFORNIA ORANGE JUICE, No. 2 can 13c THE MIRACLE WASHING PRODUCT DREFT, Large Pkg. 32c ALL VARIETIES YUKON BEVERAGES, 32-oz. Bottle 8c New Holly Carter Candy Department Offering New Array of 5t Feet Long Featuring Qualify Meats, I'oultry, Fish and Seafood! From the tremendous new Meat Department you select juicy, flavotful Delicious Confections If you haven't tried Holly Carter and Crestmont Candied you're in for a real taste-treat. Skilled confection-makers using time-tested recipes bring you truly delicious candy.

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