11 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Marshall Daily News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
1
A store owner vents on heavy ad campaigns amid shrinking profits, while U. S. Steel unfilled orders exceed expectations for November 1930. Hoover pushes World Court protocols as Senator Watson urges delay, and a pendulum of public opinion shapes Prohibition enforcement and international ties.
Sources close to Gov Elect Wilber M L Brucker confirm Harold J Waples will serve as migrant attorney general. The announcement frames Waples as the incoming top legal official in the administration.
The $125 million Chicago and Alton railroad, burdened by debt and 1100 miles of track, went to auction with bids expected to top $80 million. Baltimore & Ohio Railway eyed the system to extend from Chicago to St Louis and Kansas City as master in chancery Lundahl presided in Wilmington.
The Presbyterian Men's club annual grid supper honored Olivet college coach Joe Struskowski and All-American Homer Hazel at a speech night. Hazel shared a Rutgers versus Villanova 1923 play tale while Struskowski gave Michigan football recollections. About 75 guests attended the event, praised as one of the club season’s best meetings.
Reports to county jail and state police describe a spate of odd thefts across Michigan. A Jackson pawn shop was looted of a mink coat and multiple garments, a car park in Adrian lost bags and a portable typewriter, and an Owosso doctor’s office was robbed of medical gear including forceps and a chloroform mask.
The excerpt traces Sinclair Lewis’s Nobel Prize moment with references to his Swedish ties and early life in Sauk Centre, plus a political report from Washington on December 11 detailing Democratic rifts with President Hoover over emergency relief and drought measures.
Washington December 11 The long simmering fight over American adherence to the world court intensifies in the Senate as President Hoover pushes the issue amid party strains. Senator Johnson California challenges the move warning it could divert attention from domestic needs. Debate and committee action are likely to shape whether an extra session is needed to finalize funding and passage.
Word was received this afternoon of the death of George Freed of Charlotte a former resident who passed away at 10 80 oclock this morning at the Ameri facility.
Detroit December 13 UPI A 22 man grand jury indicted Joe Bommarito a Sicilian gang leader for killing radio commentator Gerald Buckley at the La Balle hotel lobby last July The panel said the Buckley case investigation is not finished and further indictments are expected Three co defendants Ted Pizzino Dapper Tallor and Angelo Vecchi are named in the Buckley shooting motive remains unresolved street rumors vary on Bommarito's role and Garvin case links persist through police claims and denials
Jean Doyle, 21, a cabaret singer from Salt Lake City, admits killing Sam Frank, a Memphis jewelry auctioneer, after saying her mother in Seattle learned of the crime. She details planning the robbery with a man who urged her, then strangling Frank in a hotel room and taking about $6,000 in jewels and cash.
New York December 11 Prof Albert Einstein surprised New Yorkers arriving aboard the Bergenland by chatting with reporters and photographers on the ship deck He spoke on prohibition Russia Adolf Hitler and religion admitting limited knowledge on some topics He later issued a typed statement outlining Americas role in science and the economy He remarked he could not explain relativity briefly and declined to discuss it further He also noted he does not drink and quipped about Hitler being on empty stomachs in Germany
Washington reports new industrial alcohol rules to curb bootlegging and diversion. Treasury and Justice departments draft tighter denaturing standards led by James Doran with a nonpoisonous denaturant alcotate to replace wood alcohol. A 4 year aging rule for medicinal whiskey remains, with enforcement stepped up by 200 extra inspectors and a $529000 funding boost.
Detroit City College edged Olivet in a close basketball game played December 11, with both teams trading leads in a tense matchup before the final buzzer.
In Whitehorse Yukon on December 11 Emil Kading and Bop Marten were rescued by Pilot Everett Wasson and companion after being missing with Captain E A J Burke since October 12 when their aircraft crashed in the Laird river district. Burke died of exposure on November 24. The trio wandered toward aid and survived on caribou meat as rescue planes circled. They signaled by building a large fire to attract Wasson’s attention and were finally brought to safety.
Mrs Chas A Harper visited friends in Coldwater and Lansing yesterday. Mrs James Eyre and Mrs E E Page remain ill at home with illness. Mrs Norman Tigh, previously ill, shows improvement. Miss Linbrecht of Akron is rushed here by her sister's illness.
The disturbance in the upper Mississippi valley spread east over the great lakes with light snow in Minnesota and Wisconsin and brief showers in Michigan. Mild across northern states and Canada with a slight fall in the northwest. Tonight and Friday mostly cloudy with light snow flurries Friday morning. Temperatures range from below freezing in the west to mid 40s in lower Michigan.
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