Radio soap talk hurts the sports broadcast style
A reader blames announcers like Graham McNamee for spoiling game coverage with chatter and ads. The column laments rampant on air promotion of goods and urges subtler broadcasting while praising radio as a great institution. It also notes William Doak’s appointment as labor secretary and criticizes Hoover’s stance toward the AFL, while urging a holiday charity ball to boost the United Charities fund and support lean winter families.
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National Broadcasting Go
Graham McNamee
Michigan
Harvard
Cambridge
McNamee
Mana Gers
Yale
United Charities Fund
Bells and Carillons Address by Earl V Moore at High School
Earl V. Moore, musical director of the University School of Music, will speak at the high school auditorium Thursday at 2:30 on Bells and Carillons. Moore, based in Ann Arbor since 1923, is a noted composer and writer on music education. The Mary Marshall chapter of the D A R invites the public to attend. the talk is expected to entertain and instruct.
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Earl V. Moore
University School Music
Moore
Marshall
May Marshall
D. A R
Ann Arbor
J School of Music
Ministry of
Mary Marshall
Trouble in employment committees in Detroit
Detroit mayor Frank Murphy warned the city’s unemployment committee of dissolution if labor and capital factions fail to reconcile. The dispute centers on Canadian labor, the five day week, and leadership by Detroit Federation of Labor president Frank X. Martel, amid a broader clash within the panel.
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Paul Weber
United Press
Detroit
Mich
U.h
Frank Murphy
Hoover
Frank X. Martel
Detroit Federation of Labor
Martel
Disbar Immigrants Urged by Davis in Final Report
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis proposed stiffening migration barriers in his final annual report to President Hoover. He urged debarment of all immigrants not needed by industry, merging immigration laws into one statute, expelling lawbreakers and radicals, and revising the quota system. He also urged codifying naturalization laws and revoking citizenship for felons or those involved in gross immorality within five years of naturalization. Language testing could be required for new citizens.
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Joseph H. Batrd
United Pres
Washington
James J. Davis
Hoover
Secretary of Labor
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Davis
Reed
Five Gary youths held for murder in death of Arlene Draves
Coroner's jury rules Arlene Gwendolyn Draves died of cerebral hemorrhage and shock after a criminal attack. Five prom inent Gary families are held to the grand jury on first degree murder charges after a party where liquor was served. The girl, 18, died after attending a party with Virgil Kirkland, 20, and others at Dr Wharton’s home.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Arlene Draves
Gary. Ind
Ariene Gwendolyn Draves
R. O. Wharton
David Thompson
Virgil Kirkland
Horace Mann High School
Dr. Wharton
Whariqn
Io Atelian
Prohibition Enforcement Improved in Year Says Youngquist
Washington report cites stronger prosecutions and longer sentences in 27 109 cases from July 1 1926 to July 1 1930. Key ruling from Ike Danovitz case curbed bootlegger supply houses. Farrar of Boston case narrowed liability of buyers for liquor. Consequence described as better enforcement and more decisive actions by Justice Department officials.
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Charles Rgan
United Press
Washington
Youngquist
Dulce
Mabel Walter Willebrandt
Justice Department
Woungquist
Supreme Court
Ike Danovitz
James E. Farrar
Boston
Communist Gathering At The Capitol
A crowd of about 500 communists gathered at the capitol today amid a chaotic scene as one shot rang out in front of the capitol building. Police secured the area and no injuries were immediately reported.
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Capitol Steps
Washington
Capitol
Middle West and West Win From East
Notre Dame smashed the eastern teams Saturday proving midwest and west supremacy. Army and Dartmouth fell as Notre Dame and Stanford exacted wins while Villanova Temple and Georgetown offered minor resistance. Western Maryland, Vanderbilt, Texas Christian and Holy Cross also posted victories in other feature games.
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Henry McLemore
United Press
New York
U.D
Notre Dame
United
Fac Avest
East
Notre
Muhlenberg
Vanderbilt
Maryland
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Holy Cross
Boston College
No Hope for Mooney and Billings
San Francisco December report states the California supreme court recommended to Governor Young that a pardon petition by Warren K Billings and co defendant Thomas J Mooney for involvement in the San Francisco preparedness bombing be rejected. the filing was made in July and the ruling was recently presented.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
C. c. Young
Warren K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
San Bee
Sienee Penney
Fay Feee
Final Census Figures Give City 5019 Pop
Marshall Evening Chronicle reports a corrected 1930 census figure for Marshall Michigan 5019. The letter from LEON E. TRUESDALE chief statistician shows ward distributions totaling 15018? Wait. Final population for Marshall is 5019 with ward totals listed and to be published in the Michigan population bulletin.
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Marshall
Evening Chronicle
Chamber of Commerce
Census Bureau
Marshall Evening Chronicle
Michigan
Bulletin
Leon E. Truesdale
Second cold wave hits Midwest as zero temps loom
A new Arctic cold outbreak swept into the north central states after a severe November blizzard. Temperatures plunged toward zero across Illinois and surrounding areas, crippling air and highway traffic and delaying ships. The origin was traced to Eagle Alaska with 52 below, spreading through the Mackenzie valley to Canada and into the Dakotas and Minnesota. Detroit and lower Michigan faced more snow and frigid winds, with readings sliding to the freezing point after a brief midweek thaw.
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Chicago
U.P
Weather Bureau
Central States
Lo Alinois
Eagle
Alaska
Mackenzie River Valley
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Detroit
Mich
U.R
Lower
Michigan
Mortuary Mains: Fred Mains Dies at 57 in Leetown Township
Fred Mains aged 57 died at 3:00 PM Saturday at his Leetown Township home after a year of illness. Survived by wife and six children Clyde Arthur John Merling Aileen and Katherine. Services will be held at the residence with Rev. Harry to conduct rites at Len Center.
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MAVNS
Fred Mains
Lee Township
Clyde
Arthur
John
Merling
Aileen
Katherine
Harry
Len Center
Passing of Mother Jones Last Night
Mother Jones dies at 100 plus in Maryland farmhouse after a militant labor career. Tributes pour in from leaders like William Green as arrangements for burial and a special train to Washington are planned. Her life, marked by labor struggles and occasional bloodshed, ends quietly in the countryside.
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Silver Spring
U.P
Mother Jones
Maryland
Walter Burgess
William Green
American Federation
Débs
Labar
Janes
Jeoe
Row
West Tay
Washington
Part of Eaton Rapids Woolen Mills Burned
Fire at the Davidson woolen mills in Eaton Rapids gutted the picker house causing about 50000 in damage. The blaze, of unknown origin, forced several workers to flee for their lives as it was discovered in the picker machine woodwork. Insurance partially covers the loss per senator elect John B. Davidson, sole owner.
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Eaton Rapids
Davidson Woolen Mills
John B. Davidson
Einstein Wedding Witness At Relativity of Peace
Margot Einstein 28, daughter of Prof Albert Einstein, attended a ceremony in the United States as a witness. The event relates to the physicist’s ongoing work on relativity and marks a notable moment in the Einstein family during their time in America.
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Margot Einstein
Albert Einstein
Acentiat
Relativity
Est
Profesaor Einstein
Bn Ag
America
Police radio installed in county jail in Michigan
The Spartan police radio funded by the state was installed at the county jail and linked to the state system. Calhoun becomes the fifth Michigan county with the unit, allowing rapid crime alerts from Lansing to sheriff offices. Within hours three major crimes were reported in other counties, including a Cedar Springs Creamery robbery, a Monroe automobile theft, and a Grass Lake jewelry store robbery.
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Spartan
Michigan
Calhoun
Sheriif
Lansing
Sheriff’s Department
Cedar Springs
Flint
Monroe
Grass Lake
Congress In Session Again Today
Washington December 1 Congress opened in a brief mood of gaiety with the Senate and House of the seventy first congress in session and committees appointed to inform President Hoover that fact. Adjournment to await Hoover’s message tomorrow. Appropriation bills originate in.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Seventy-First Congress
Hoover
Weather News From East Lansing And Detroit
The U S Weather Bureau reports rain in central valleys and lake regions with cold weather following. Snowfall noted in the lake region as high pressure moves from the northwest and west of the Mississippi. Temperatures drop below zero in Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Manitoba with lows from Duluth to Winnipeg. Detroit forecast notes cloudy skies and much colder conditions in southeast Michigan with temperatures from highs in the 30s to lows near zero across areas.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Duluth
St. Paul
Moorhead
Winnipeg
Canadian
Detroit
Lower
Michigan
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