Easter crowds throng Rome for early Holy Week ceremonies
Rome's great basilicas hosted thousands of visitors and residents for solemn pre Easter rites. At St Peter's, St John Lateran, and St Mary Major, Tenebrae liturgy and a four voice Palestrina lament accompanied the display of Passion relics including the Lance, True Cross fragment, and the Veil of Veronica.
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United Press
Rome
St. Peter’s
St. John Latean
St. Mary Major
St. Peter's
Palestrina
Julia Chanel
Benedictus
Veronica
St. Veronica
Central State Student Develops Lumber Cost Calculator
Owosso third year student Lewis Hodges in the Central State Teachers College manual arts department created a rapid lumber calculator to determine cost for any quantity at any price. Professor O W Troutman urged submission to Industrial Arts Magazine. plans were accepted for publication in April with Hodges set to receive a prize from the publishing company.
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Lewis Hodges
Owosso
Central State’ Teachers College
Préfessire O. W. Troutman
Hodges
Industrial Arts Magazine
Nub- Fishing Company
City Without Debt in Mason County Town Lends Survey Tone
Scottville with 1045 residents per the last census stands as Mason county's second city in western Michigan and reports no municipal debt. Local officials tout fiscal prudence as the town maintains balance sheets and a debt free status.
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Ludington
Scottville
Mason County
Michigan
Senate Anti Prohibition Lobby Spent Nearly Half Million
Nathan Robertson reports from Washington on April 16 that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment says it spent 427,?23 in 1929 to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Curran notes 251,484 in payroll and says funds supported wet candidates and information on how the dry law works. Robinson questions lobbying expenditures as Curran defends no arms use while noting revolt among Americans.
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Washington
Association Against the
Henry H. Curran
Senate Lobby Committee
Curran
Robinson
Indiana
Isabella County Dairy Profits Conference Invitation
A letter from P F Schowengerdt director of agricultural development for the Ann Arbor railroad invites all dairymen or anyone interested in dairying to attend the Isabella County Dairy Profits conference in Mt Pleasant on April 28. Delegates were appointed to represent the county with accommodations on the conference car for all delegates. An evening session for local businessmen will discuss the dairy improvement program for the county.
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P. F. Schowengerdt
Ann Arbor
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Lindberghs Plan Transcontinental Flight to Test Air Lanes
Col. Charles Lindbergh will depart from Burbank for a cross country flight with wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The trip aims to test speed and altitude data to improve future transcontinental air service. They plan one refueling stop at Wichita and deny chasing a speed record.
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Burbank
Calif
Charles W. Lindbergh
Lockheed
New York
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Wichita
Kans
Sneed
Col. Lindbergh
Ziegfeld Premises New Beauty Set for 1930s Girl
Hollywood April 16 Florenz Ziegfeld in the capital of Palchritude with a new set of specifications for America's girlhood. The girl of 1980 should be brunette, not taller than five feet six, weigh 125 pounds, and have more curves than the last few years. Ziegfeld advises film producer Samuel Goldwyn for Eddie Cantor's new talking picture Whoopee.
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Hollywood
T Florenz Ziegfeld
America
Weiglit
Shuld
Zieefeld
Samuel Goldwyn
Eddie Cantor
Snowshoe Patrol Praised at Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park reports the snowshoe patrol, 35 rangers and government hunters, reduced predatory wildlife losses and made life safer for deer mountain sheep and elk during the winter season.
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Glacier National Park
Barbaric Dances To Tune Of Tom-Toms At Yaqui Easter
Yaqui braves at Barrio Pascua Aviz April 16 begin five day Easter rites featuring masked costumes and tom-tom drumming. Ceremonies mix Spanish Christian influence with traditional beliefs ending in a joyous Easter noon feast and celebrations of Christ's resurrection.
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United Press
Barrio Pascua
Aviz
Garden of
Gethsemane
Christ
Cadillac Boy Is Dead In Fatal Auto Crash Near Tustin
Cadillaz Apr 16 report states Coleman Bobo 17 is dead and Edna Carlson 17 believed dying after an auto crash near Tustin. Five others, Evelyn Carlson 16 Stanley Boro 19 Kiddie Hammar 16 Carl Hoagl ing 20 Lawrence Riger 18, are seriously injured following a high school party incident.
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Tustitt, Town Hall
Violence Ramps Up in Calcutta Streets Amid Hartal Riots
In Calcutta on April 16 violence flared as mobs clashed with police and attacked streetcars in the Dhowanipore district. Nine more Europeans were hospitalized, two in serious condition, after renewed mob activity overnight amid protests over the jailing of Mayor J. M. Sen Gupta.
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United Press
Calcutta
India
Dhowanipore
J. M.sen Gupta
Japan Urged to Accept Navy Pact Contingency Clause
London April 16 Henry J. Stimson and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald met Reijro Wakatsuki to press acceptance of a contingency clause allowing a nation threatened by attack to exceed naval limits. The clause would trigger notification to signatories and mutual may expansion proportionally. The United States argued it cannot build all six inch cruisers allowed, estimating 189000 tons for six inch cruisers plus adjustments would permit 17 ships.
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London
Henry J. Stimson
J. Ramsay * MacDonald
Reijro Wakatsuki
Stimson
Wakatsuki
United States
Destroyer Division
Shortage Unearthed at Capital National Bank Lansing
A $137 006 discrepancy found in Capital National Bank Lansing notes department. Bank officials report embezzlement investigation by the U S Department of Justice, with auditors from the National Banking department Guardian Detroit Union and the bank’s surety company at work. No arrests reported as of today.
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Lansing
Capital National Bank
Tony
United State Department of Justice
Frank E. Gorman
Bruce E Anderson
National Banking Department
Guardian Detroit Union Group
Department of Justice
Gar Wood Sets New Speed Record at Miami Beach
Gar Wood of Detroit established a new world speed record for motor boats at 96.25 miles per hour in Miami Beach on April 16. Otis Porter, timing official for the American Power Boat Association, was absent due to illness. Wood’s run was timed with stop-watches and submitted for official recognition.
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Miami Beach
Gar Wood
Detroit
Otis Porter
American Power Boat Association
Wood
Weather Forecast Notes Scattered Rain Likely Tonight
The report indicates rain chances tonight and Thursday with some areas fair. Extreme northeast may stay dry tonight while extreme south and west see warmer conditions. Thursday outlook similar with patchy precipitation and temperature variation.
Monroe Plans New Jail Present Bastile Unfit for Humans
Monroe officials move ahead with building a new county jail to replace the condemned structure. Governor Grady had threatened closure unless a new facility was erected promptly, and yesterday the supervisors authorized the building committee to hire an architect.
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Monroe
Grdzn ‘Hs
Beditd
Posses hunt two thugs after village holdup
Sheriffs’ posses from three counties search for two roughly dressed men who shot Donald Wright and Jack Arnold during a robbery at the Dowling general store. Wright is in Hastings hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Arnold has a minor leg wound. The bandits fled in an old car toward Battle Creek after rifling the cash drawer.
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Dowling
Mid
Donald Wright
Jack Arnold
Wright
Pennock
Hastings
Arnold
Battle Creek
Barry
Kent
Calhoun
D A R Opposes World Court in Hoover Address
The Daughters of the American Revolution voted against American participation in the world court during their convention. The resolution criticizing the world court and League of Nations accompanied remarks on flag usage. President Hoover spoke Monday night urging support for the court, while Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart noted no formal DAR decision due to divided sentiment.
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Hoover
World’ Court
Daughters of the American Revolution
World Court
League of Nations
Lowell Fletcher Hobart
Liquor Ring Banked Huge Sum of Money
In Trenton on April 16 prohibition officials traced a major liquor syndicate using a state charter to appear legitimate. The group had deposits totaling $970 252 across three banks and operated across three states. Indicted 59 members include Keansburg police chief Charles McGuire and Elizabeth police officers Charles Weiner and others. Samuel Kessler, Irvington taxi operator, was arrested and released on bail with the others.
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Trenton
N. J
Prohibition
Philip Forman
United States
B Rir
Charles McGuire
Poiice
Keansburg
N. Jey
Charles Lee
John Mailet
Charles Weiner
Elizabeth
Alex
Pret tiest New York cop quits after lap sitting scandal
Louisa Motz known as New York’s prettiest cop resigns from the police department after being found guilty on multiple charges of petting drinking and wife stealing. Police Commissioner Grover Whalen deemed the conduct unbecoming an officer and sought her resignation.
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United Pressy
New York
Louisa Motz
Grover Whalen
Motz
Emma Jacobs
Whalen
High Note Brings Cups
Mike Mc Dermate a dish washer in Billings Montana was jailed after a drunken incident described as a quavering screech that led to his arrest. The report notes his cheerful singing as he handled soap dishes before the high note allegedly brought consequences.
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Billings
Mont
Mike McDermate
Mike
Arraignment Scheduled For Man Charged In Drunk Driving Crash
Harry Alexander 34 of Shepherd jailed on a drunk driving charge after a late yesterday collision on US 27 near Mt Pleasant. Mike Bush 15 suffered a serious scalp wound. Warner Gosney uninjured. Alexander initially claimed a theft of his car but later admitted fabrication. He awaited arraignment before a local justice.
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Mike Bush
John Bush
Harry
Alexander
Shepherd
Mt. Pleasant
Bush Boy
Warner Gosney
Gosney
Bush
Barbour Farm
James Ryan
Jarecki Supply Company
Supt Ganiard Named Director at Michigan Education Assn
George J Ganiard supt of Mt Piersant city schools begins a three year term as director at large on the Michigan Education Association board on July 1 1930. The association has 32000 members. He chaired the Second District in 1927 and led the Michigan High School Oratorical Association in 1929. He holds degrees from Michigan State Normal College University of Chicago and University of Michigan. He is a Phil Delta Kappa member and taught at Central State Teachers College summer school for eleven years.
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George Ju. Ganiard
Mt. Piersant
Michigan Education Association
Garnard
Michigan High School Oratorical Association
Michigan State: Normal College
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Phil Delta Kappa
Supt
Gannard
Central State Teachers College
Easter Sun Services Invite All to Worship
A church invites all to Easter Sunday services with sunrise worship at seven led by College Friendship Guild, morning service at ten thirty featuring Easter anthems, a baptism from Jordan River water, and a color pageant Festival of Lights. A church car service is offered for those needing transport.
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College Friendship Guild
Clement
Jordan River
Holy Land
Jesus Christ
Church School
College Fellowship Guild
ADS
Young Womans Foreign Missionary Society
Woodruff
Williams Campbell
United States Portraited as Jazz Mad and Decadent
Geneva April 16 The League of Nations Child Welfare Committee reports a secret assessment depicting America as jazz mad and decadent under prohibition and weak family life Mile Chaptal presented the findings noting youth decadence arises from prohibition jazz divorce religion and disrupted home life The report was kept secret to avoid offending the United States
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Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
League of Nations
United States
Mile
Marie Meonie Chaptal
International Council of Nurses
Mile. Chaptal
Chantal
America
Centenarian in Goodling Claims Longevity Secret
Elias Arkkosh, a 112-year-old rug seller from Arkkosh, Idaho, celebrated his birthday and attributed long life to defying reformers. He listed hard liquor, strong tobacco, and a large meat and coffee meal as key factors.
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United Press
Goodling
Idaho
Elias
Arkkosh
Fire and blasts leave Sagay on Negros island homeless
Thousands of residents on Sagay town, Negros Island, lose homes after a major fire at the Instar Lumber Co plant, followed by four dynamite explosions. Advices say many dead but casualty totals are unconfirmed pending checks. The blaze destroyed machinery, lumber, worker quarters, and personal belongings.
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United Press
Iloilo
Ps 3
Sagay
Negro Island
Instar Lumber Company
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Caraway
Ann Arbor Depot
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Herbert Hoover, JR
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Hoover, Jr
Margaret Watson
San Francisco
Stanford University
Peggy
Herbert Honver
Japan
Lansing Bank
Capital National Heads Fund
Gar Wood‘ Sets
Harry Alexander
Ganiard
M.eal
Board of State Educators
Rev
Mackenzie
League of Nation’s Child Welfare Committee
Chas. Arkkosh Was
Tripoli
S. Negros Island
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