06 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Marshall Daily News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1930
Page
1
The piece celebrates Lydia Winn turning 103 after surviving a hip fracture at 97 and argues for walking and self discipline over reliance on doctors. It describes William Muldoon’s grueling regimen as a harsh but effective cure for laziness, citing a former U.S. senator who sought his methods for obesity and breathlessness.
Louis Gregory, recently back from four years abroad, will debut publicly in a violin concert at the First Presbyterian church auditorium in Marshall. Born in Monastir, Macedonia, he studied under notable instructors in Greece and the United States, performed with the Royal Symphony Orchestra in Salonica, and trained under Ceasar Thomson in Europe before returning to Marshall.
Marshall Country Club President William T. Scherer invites about 300 locals to a charity ball at the high school gym to support United Charities. A $5 min donation and sponsor listing are urged to fund the net proceeds targeting at least $700 after expenses.
Brazilians and foreign residents in Rio de Janeiro shift from city life to hill retreats in Petropolis two hours away. While New Yorkers chase Adirondack summers, diplomats and visitors converge on the mountain resort from December through year end, home to what was once Emperor Dom Pedro II’s summer palace, now owned by Morgan.
In a first dry victory of the new session the house wets expressed cautious optimism after defeat of Linthicum amendment seeking to ban poison in grain alcohol. Wet leaders plan a fresh push on prohibition funds and a national referendum debate draws strong views from temperance leaders like Cherington and Wilson.
Chester, Pa. December 6. Mrs Ida Twaddell, 36, killed her two children Kenneth, 3, and Herbert, six months, by drowning them in the bathtub after saying she could not bear to watch them grow. Police report details follow.
Ted Pizzino to be arraigned in Recorder's Court Monday on first degree murder charges for July killing of radio announcer Jerry Buckley. He arrived from New York to a massive police welcome at Union Station. Prosecutor Tarr directs the case. two friends of Pizzino, Joe Bammarito and Joe Aiello, jailed on related disruption charges.
Governor Green sent a congratulatory message to Miss Jane Winn as she prepares to observe her 103rd birthday at the Dulcenia Home in Marshall. The Fort Ann native, born 1827, has survived two broken hips and a door accident, remaining cheerful despite age and hardship.
In the Meuse valley frightened peasants hid in their homes as a mysterious fog for three days blanketed the lowlands. The damp haze slowly disappeared and authorities hoped no further deaths would occur, its effects recalling poison gas memories from the war.
In Lansing Claude J Markle reports Fred Chase won the secretary of the state senate amid speculation of Gov elect Wilber M. Brucker's working majority. Chase rose from among several candidates as the senate weighs a pay cut to 3606 dollars a year, with formal approval due in January.
Associate Justice William H. Langdon voices a vigorous dissent in the California supreme court refusal to grant Warren K. Billings a pardon. Langdon says an innocent person may fail to prove an alibi and it is unfair to demand the real culprit.
Albert P Grohens E B More William A Grohens and C A Billings petition the Lambert Machine Co board in circuit court for dissolution. Judge Hatch set a January 12 hearing and temporary receivers W T Phelps and C H Billings may be appointed. About 25 bondholders and nearly 200 stockholders nationwide, with $9,586 in labor bills and $3,246 in taxes, oppose. plant value around $27,000 inventory. The firm, started 1904, once made coffee and peanut roasters and has $500,000 capital stock and $41,500 in bonds.
Circuit Judge Blaine W. Hatch had 50 judgments sustained by the Supreme Court in a recent session. Four cases from Calhoun and St Joseph counties involved convictions or mortgage foreclosures, and a burglary insurance dispute. The court ruled foreclosure publication in a newspaper satisfied notice requirements. robbery was not criminally equivalent to burglary. Ida Marks’s cruelty case awaits next term. she is held on bonds after appealing.
A broad fog blanket spanning hundreds of miles slowed sea and land traffic from London to Berlin. About two hundred vessels including ocean liners and small craft were halted, with routes from London Bridge to South End blocked. Weather conditions stranded passengers and disrupted schedules along the coast and channel passages.
The storm from the lower Mississippi valley moves northeast into the Ohio valley bringing mild rainy conditions eastern half of the country. High pressure west yields fair weather in the west. Montreal to Detroit forecasts show mixed skies with possible rain tonight and Sunday. Temperatures range from mid 30s to low 40s with mild trends over the next 36 hours.
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