Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 5

THE STATE JOURNAL. LANSING. MICHIGAN, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932 East Lansing Citizens Planning Observance of 25th Anniversary II CLARKE INQUIRY TTIZENS of East Lansing are com S. C. campus.

Sessions were held there for a number of years. Much Progress in 25 Tears bining to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the Quality Stays Up -Prices Step Down city. The program is well under way. Believes Her Son Was Beaten Previous to the Incorporation and naming of the city the town was known generally as "out at M. A.

About Head with Revolver Before Shot The date of the celebration is June 3. Mayor J. B. Ford some time ago organized committees to handle details of the celebration and these committees have nearly completed their work. or Collegeville.

In fact the public gave the "settlement" a number of names. MIAMI. Fla, May 9 (IP) Belief that flatten Clarke was murdered in a The general committee consists of Chace Newman, chairman, Harold Don ELLY UMMER DRESSES Fuller, Mrs. Otis Granum, Mrs. Hu bert Brown, Miss Anna Stolson, and Thomas Gunson, former mayor of East' Lansing.

School children of East Lansing are digging Into the history of their city and from the data they gath- house he occupied with Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller, his fiancee, and Capt. W.

N. Lancaster, her flying partner, and a desire for an autopsy were expressed Saturday by his mother, Mrs. Ida Clyde Clarke. At the same time, six newspaper men who have been reporting the case since Captain Lancaster was imprisoned on a charge of murder were subpoenaed by State Atty. N.

Vernon Hawthorne to testify in an investigation of a reputed leak in evidence presented the grand Jury. Hawthorne said the investigation had to do with the publication of ex- e. will be compiled a record of East Lansing from its inception as a But Uncle Sam compelled mail for the village to be addressed to M. A. C.

post office. The town 25 years ago had a limited population, no police or fire department; no municipal water or lighting system and no building restrictions. Gradually East Lansing has become the "bedroom" of Lansing in many respects as Its quiet, its educational advantages, easy access, and good government attracted many Tanning business and professional men who made their home there. As the years passed the city added many Improvements and services which accentuated the appeal of a residential town. Mrs.

Hubert Brown has written a pageant for the 25th anniversary. This will be presented on June 3 at the People's church. Fred M. Warner, who died several years ago, was governor when East Lansing petitioned to become an incorporated commonwealth. He signed the order making the village a cor poration on May 8, 25 years ago.

The city government was immediately organized and the first session of the erpts from Captain Lancaster dia ries. The reporters were instructed to common council held in old College appear before the grand jury Saturday BiorniBg. hall, one of the first buildings on M. sx Mrs. Clarke, professor of journalism the University of Miami, said she Without changing snghtesFegree-rTteanclaro? quality for which her dresses have always been famous Nelly Don has lowered prices in proportion to lower costs.

youthfulness glorious colorings are as foremost as Frivolous bows capesa ruffles in Batistes, Dotted. Swisses.Tso disarmingly feminine so utterly flattering. Or smart sports types in new Cricket Stripe Sura," new Boura Check, pure-dye-Silk Crepes, Chevronair, Cord Crepe, Pique. Meshes urging you.to "Just Try One On!" A based her theory of murder on a statement of the physician who attended her son after he was shot. "I believe my son was beaten about the head with a revolver before he was shot," she told newspaper men.

She quoted Dr. Carleton Deederer, her family physician, as saying he found evidence of a fracture at the VP) Sends their personal Representative base of Haden's skull and three unnatural bumps on the left side of his head. Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Keith-Miller contend Clarke committed suicide. State Attorney Hawthorne was advised of Mrr.

Clarke's statement but aid ha wouid make no official comment until her request for an autopsy was received in his office. First Summer Showing Starts Today! PLAN SANITY HEARING FOR WOMAN SLAYER Demented Mother Who Drowned Children in Well to Go on Trial for First Degree Murder MRS. GERTRUDE SMITH to Our Toiletries Section for Two Weeks Starting Today Bring your complexion problems to Mrs. Smith this week she will help you solve them, and will advise you in the art of correct make-up. Come in get acquainted and let her give you the benefit of her careful training.

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