Albion College President Resigns Amid Student Uproar
A student and faculty committee at Albion College cites reasons for President Dr. Laird ll resigning, citing secret conduct and lack of academic courtesy. A board committee also calls Dr. Laird educationally incompetent due to inadequate preparation, noting temperamental egotism and alienation of students and townspeople. The college turmoil followed a student riot and threats during chapel.
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Albion, Mich
John and Shout
Albion College
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Moon light cafe owner linked to raid and arrest
Police raid at Elm Street cafe nets Ambrosia arrest and seizures. Ambrosia, once an owner of the Moon Light cafe, faced prior charges for carrying concealed items and threats to his wife. Federal to local arraignment rule cited following the raid.
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DiAmbrosia
Frenzied farmer held for acute alcoholism
George Veren, 40, a farmer, chased his wife to a neighbor's home Sunday then fled with a shotgun. Held under observation at Hillside Home, he is treated for acute alcoholism after a furious confrontation with State Officers Leo Carroll and Bernard Scully who subdued him and prevented further harm.
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Solermen
Leo F
Northey Bettered Coughlin Record In City Waste Drive
Department of Public Works under Andrew J Northey reports during the week of January 7 more collections at lower cost than the Democratic administration. One week had 640 collections versus 628 prior year. costs were $1 311 this year and $1 335 last year. Garbage received totaled 573 440 pounds this year, 566 400 last year.
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National Grain Corp creditors probe bank debt mess
At a bankruptcy hearing creditors scrutinized the National Grain Corp assets and debts led by Feuer. Details covered mortgages on the Liberty and Star buildings, liens from Mutual Life Insurance and Mechanics Bank, and $702000 in notes and receivables tied to grain operations across Bridgeport New York and Boston with offices cited.
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New Traven
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Winterbury
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LaPeters
David Fear
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Water Street
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Pal Umred
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New Laver
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Unit Smelting and Aluminum Co
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Howard Wakeman
Catherine Hewitt
Morris Resnick
Modifiers Meet Coolidge On Law Enforcement
Washington January 21 President Coolidge told delegates of the Association against the Prohibition Amendment that he stands for law enforcement. The group sought modification of dry laws and presented a memorial urging law and order and impartial enforcement. The President privately assured them he would enforce laws in accordance with his oath of office.
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White House
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Delaware
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Masociation
King to Name MacDonald as Banked Down Government
Premier Baldwin will resign to the king and J. Ramsay MacDonald is expected to form a new government. Baldwin blames protervational policy for unemployment and predicts future politics split between Conservatives and Labour. MacDonald asserts socialism lacks fixed doctrine and vows to use Conservative reforms in the King’s speech while criticizing reparations. The Labor amendment carries 328 to 201, leaving Britain without experienced leadership for weeks amid strains abroad and at home.
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Baldwin
J. Ramsay MacDonald
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Jsbor
Great Britain
Leaders Discuss Tax Compromise Stalled by Savings Estimate
Leaders debated a tax compromise citing an estimated 220 million dollars in savings from national administration reductions. Most of the savings would cover a soldiers' bonus, while Commander Quinn met with regional national legislature members. Daniel Guggenheim of New York argued surtax cuts are needed to enable winning property ventures, noting West Ita projects stalled by current rates and broader firm losses in American exports.
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New York
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Mortgage and cash dealings tied to National Grain Corp case
Testimony details a $30,000 loan from Viet National Park to meet obligations, a $16,000 blanket mortgage on Liberty Star and National Grain buildings, and a $10,000 mortgage to satisfy an $8,000 claim. Witnesses describe fees and extensions as legal maneuvers in the National Grain Corp affair, with Maryland Guarantee Co. and officers receiving weekly payments during World War II.
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Meuse
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Star
National Grain
Henry J' Stevenson
Feuer
National Grain Corp
Testhaury
Maryland Guarantee Co
Whuch
National Grain Wary
Feuerger
Faimel As Man
Benjamin W. Byrewnstein
Three City Departments Seek Pay Increases and Clerks Hired
City council approves raises for several clerks in the law and city offices and votes to hire an additional regular clerk at 1200 dollars yearly. Salaries for some clerks rise to 1300 and 1400 over four years. others remain at 1200. Multiple motions touch ordinance committee review, public utilities hearings, and budget needs as aldermen debate compensation, job value, and city operations.
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Committee On Ordinances
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Mary Stone
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Northey
Wiliam Th. Moxon
Anna K. Price
Florence Smith
Dorothy Flynn
Catherine Brady
Wogan
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Connecticut
Canada Britain immigration pact outlined in 1911 accord
A new immigration agreement between Canada and Britain under the Empire Settlement Act provides an $80 grant to emigrants to cover transport and child care up to age 17, issued as a grant not a loan. For household workers, up to full transport cost may be advanced as a loan, except on British railways.
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Enels
Loens
Hartford County Bond Issue Put to Vote
Hartford county will decide on a 640000 bond issue at a January 28 meeting of representatives and senators chosen to the General Assembly. The state will cover about 256069 as half the cost, reducing the bond size from earlier projections.
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Actor sues after hotel exit accident in Hore
A London actor sues the estate of Patrick Mahon for 5000 pounds claiming a fractured leg from a hotel exit collapse. He asserts negligence and improper exit marking at the hotel, with the incident dated June 5 of the prior year.
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Dacaea
Patrick SL Mahon
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Cormuican
Twenty Gallons of Alcohol Seized in Ansonia
Police seized about twenty gallons of alcohol in Ansonia at the home of Harvey Heake on Prosper Street. Sesko was arrested on charges of keeping liquor with intent to sell and was held at the police station with bond set at 500. He will be tried before Judge Robert Te Munger tomorrow morning.
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Vollcyman Hanfard Bigelow
Selzaoa
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Sesko
Fie
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Munger Tormorrow
Godless Harvard Not Worrying Scores at Yale
Cambridge January 21 Harvard professor EK Moore chairman of the university board of preachers is quoted in the Harvard Crimson criticizing Yale chapel attendance as compulsory He says forced attendance leads to turmoil and quiet preaching reading papers and jokes about Godless Harvard Provost Moore notes some religious groups prayed for Harvard amid the debate
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Universe Board of Preachers
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Communists predict Asquith to govern England
A Communist speaker at a conference in Bayons France yesterday asserted that Ramsay MacDonald will fall and Asquith will rule. He contended Lloyd George policies remain, Bi vet concessions show labor respect is not genuine, and warned the first social crisis will prove the Tories and Liberals cannot satisfy the British proletariat.
Obituary notices for Charles Ensign and others
Obituary notices report Charles Bush Ensign of Bridgeport dying at home after illness aged 4 years, with 26 years at UTMC and 10 years as assistant foreman in carpentry, plus memberships in multiple lodges. Additional obits list Elizabeth Pobi, Bernard Hotchkiss, James B. Wilson, Albert W. Chapman, Bertha C. Beheim, Thomas Whelan, Marie K Sherman, Marie Sherman, Andrew Mzgeresy, and Merlure, noting funeral details, locations, and survivors.
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