Royal Oak, MI news and local guide

In the early 20th century Royal Oak developed as a suburb of Detroit, which was booming with industry and the auto trade. The Royal Oak Farmers Market opened as a truck market at Fourth and Troy streets on October 14, 1925, a cooperative venture of the new city and Oakland County, which still had many farmers, and its present building at 11 Mile Road and Troy Street was dedicated on July 1, 1927. In the 1920s Father Charles Coughlin, a Canadian Catholic priest, became the founding pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower, raising funds through his ministry to build its limestone church and tower, now a prominent landmark, and he began broadcasting religious talks from the site. In the 1930s his broadcasts grew political. He at first supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt, then turned against him, promoted the causes of the fascist leaders of Germany and Italy and spread an increasingly antisemitic message. After World War II began, the Roosevelt administration, with the support of the Catholic hierarchy, shut down his radio operation. Sources Wikipedia: Royal Oak, Michigan