Children stop bomb throw in Spain saved the king
Ramon Franco claimed in an interview that Madrid children playing near the Plate Des Arms deterred him from bombing the royal palace. He said he halted his plan at Mafra, sparing King Alfonso and thwarting a Republican revolution's execution.
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London
U.R
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Alfonso
Franco
H. J. Greenwall
Daily Express
The
Express
Mafra
Spain
Greenwall
Royal
Commission 18 Divided Over Income Tax Levy
Lansing Dec 22 The legislative tax inquiry commission met for a final session to approve a tentative report on Michigan tax problems. The panel split over an income tax though it has friends in the group and may include it as a basis to work from. The executive session aimed to finalize recommendations for submission to Governor Mee for the 1981 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Legislative Tax Inquiry Commission
Michigan
Meeen
Ion
Trenton Boys Drown in Creek After Ice Breaks
DETROIT December 2 A skating party of four boys fell through thin ice at Mongaugon Creek near Trenton Michigan. Joseph Frederico 10 and William Bowman 13 drowned while two companions were rescued Dewey Cicotte 12 Riverview survived after rapid medical aid. One other boy escaped. one fatal auto crash occurred during icy conditions leaving Thomas J Cunningham 44 dead.
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Detroit
Mongaugon Creek
Joseph Frederico
William Bowman
Trenton
Mich
Frederico
Bowman
Ottartet
Dewey Cicotte
Riverview
Wyandotte General Hospital
Thomas J. Cunningham
Robber entered Leaton store in Sunday night break in
Jesse McMannis general store and gasoline station in Leaton was burglarized Sunday night. Merchandise valued at 400 dollars was taken, including groceries, tobacco and clothing. Sheriff Schertel and county officers searched for clues but found none by noon. Local residents are suspected as the cleaners of the steal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse MccMannis
Leaton
McMannis
Schertel
Holidays End Harsh Discord In Congress
Washington December 22 three weeks of bitter fighting between Republicans and Democrats ended with a holiday recess while hopes rise for calmer procedure when Congress reconvenes January 5. Hoover backed unemployment and drought relief bills, $150 million approved for the federal farm board, and a five man federal power commission confirmed. A political sensation arose over a Nebraska literature mailer funded by Robert Lucas. McNinch faced Senate opposition but was confirmed to the power commission. Democratic factions were split.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Robert 41. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Frank R. McNinch
N. C
McNinch
Alfred I. Smith
Democratic Power Commission
Robinson
Glass
Democrats
No Strikes Seen As Yule Gifts In IsabellA Field
Oil and gas activity in the Isabella field remains subdued as most wells are too new to reach pay sands. The Gibson-Johnson-Borden well on the Mayhar in Denver township shows completion expected soon. The McKenzie in Leaton pool yielded oil and gas in the Marshall formation, operated by Whitmer Oil and Gas. Epple No 3 Seaton, from Ohio Producing and Refining, reported 275 barrels, noted as a leading new oil strike.
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Isabella
Gibson-Johnson-Borden
Mayhar
Denver
Ayas
Dundee
Tuesay
McKenzie
Leaton Pool
Marshall Formation
Whitmer Oil and Gas Company
Seaton
Ohio
Two Youths Die in Fire Set for Insurance Payout
Chicago officials report four men devised a plan to burn a meat market so the owner could collect 3800 dollars on 600 dollars of equipment. The case names Harry Golvarg, Jacob Tatelman, Jack Rosew, and Martin Borad, with a wealthy backer sought by police. Funeral services were held for Jerome five and Homer four, sons of Irving Israelson, whose home next door burned.
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Chicago
Harry Golvarg
Golvarg
Jacob Tatelman
Diekema Burial Planned for Holland Michigan Home
Diekema the United States minister to the Netherlands will be buried in Holland Michigan his birthplace and home as requested. Condolences came from Queen Wilhelmina and foreign minister Beelaerts van Blokland. The state board ordered a delegation to escort the body from New York to Michigan and a diplomatic funeral service was arranged in The Hague.
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the Hague
Gerritt John Diekema
United States
Netherlands
Holland
Mich
Hamburg
New York
Michigan
Dickema
Lansing
U.F
State Administrative Board
Gerritt J. Diekema
Holland, Mich
H Ague
Green
Minister Gerritt Dickema to be returned for Holland funeral
The body of Gerritt J. Diekema minister to the Netherlands who died in The Hague will be brought to Holland in early January. Secretary of State Stimson and the State Department will handle funeral arrangements. Diekema a Holland native 71 years old prominent Republican and famed speaker who spoke Dutch fluently began his political career in 1885 in the Michigan House and later served as speaker in 1889 and chaired the state Republican committee.
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Holland
Mich
Gerritt J. Dickema
Netherlands
Hague
Stimson
Department of State
Diekema
Hope College
Maue
Michigan House of Representatives
Republican State Central Committee
Congress Approves 2.5 Million For Michigan Roads
Lansing reports President Hoover informed Governor Green that Congress released 2.5 million dollars for Michigan highway work. The funds, part of an 80 million dollar national program, will finance a winter road project to ease unemployment. Senator James Couzens introduced the bill for advance release of federal road funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Green
Hoover
Conness
Michigan
James Couzens
Three Drown When Car Breaks Ice
In Escanaba Michigan on December 22 Myrs Elmer Klassel 32 and her two children Eugene 18 and Betty Jane 4 drowned when their car broke through bay ice on Little Bay De Noc. Driver Telesphore Thompson 26 survived by crawling through a window but died later in hospital from shock and exposure. He had volunteered to give the Klassels a ride while Mrs Klassel hunted.
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Escanaba
Mich
Myrs
Elmer Klassel
Little Bay de Nocquette
Telesphore Thompson
Thompson
Kassel
Gross
Mission Street Sewer Project Starts Amid Holiday Jobs
City commission and state maintenance department approve a 1500-foot sewer line on Mission Street to improve drainage. The project aims to employ 25 to 30 jobless workers during the holidays, with work beginning Tuesday and expected to finish in about 10 days under the 1930 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtt. Pleasant
Mission Street
Willman
Optimistic Detroit Area Sees Brightening Employment
Michigan plants and a major bank group report improving business in Detroit and across Lower Michigan. Chevrolet and Cadillac plan to add shifts and rehire, boosting payrolls while cautioning no new hires beyond those laid off since the Depression began. The Guardian Detroit Union group notes an improved tone among member banks and trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Michigan
Chevrolet
Cadillac Motor Companies
Chevrolet Ha
Chevrolet Michigan
Knudsen
Cadillac
Guardian Detroit Union Group
Robert O. Lord
Lower
Lord
Unemployed urged to stay in home communities
Colonel Arthur Woods head of the emergency employment committee warns unemployed men to remain in their home communities and not roam the country seeking work. Reports show Arizona, California and Florida overwhelmed by jobless inflows, with transients posing a major city problem.
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Washington
Arthur Woods
President
Emergency Employment Committee
Wood
Arizona
California
Florida
Woods
Weather Report for Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan
The weather forecast for Lower Michigan calls for cloudy skies with light snow tonight and Tuesday, little temperature change, and light to moderate southwest to west winds. Upper Michigan may see clouds and occasional snow with no major temperature shift. Readings list Michigan cities with mixed temperatures.
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Detroit
Werther
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Chico
Duluth
Escanaba
Etereus
Grand Rapids
Ludington Ss
Marquette Seageees
Sault Ste Marie
Sno-White Bakery Offers Free Bread With Christmas Baskets
Local Sno-White bakery at 218 East Broadway plans to add two free loaves in each Christmas basket. Civic organizations distributing baskets are asked to arrange now for the free baked goods.
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Sno-White
East
Broadway
Snow White
Expect Lads And Lassies Tonight At Hunt Shops
Free haircuts for needy boys and girls will be offered tonight from six to eight at 189 East Broadway and the Park Hotel. James E. Hunt announced the shops will host the event turning over operations to ten barbers ready to give new haircuts as Christmas presents.
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Hunt Barber Shops
East Broadway
Park Hotel
James E. Hunt
Santa Claus
Hunt
Fremont youth Whitney pays fine for trapping without license
Orville Whitney, Fremont township youth, paid a fine and costs of 17.50 in justice court last week after pleading guilty to trapping without a license. Whitney was taken into custody by Warden Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Whitney
Fremont Township
Republicans near split over Norris Lugas crisis
New Mexico Senator Cutting demanded renunciation ofRobert H. Lucas by higher ups over his actions against Senator George W. Norris in the Nebraska campaign. White House aides said Hoover will take no cognizance as party factions face splitting over Lucas’s fate and Norris’s expulsion threat.
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Washington
Cutting
New Mexico
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Lucas
Hoover
U.P
White House
Norris
Nye
Jin
Senate
Oklahoma wild gas well finally quenched after third blast
The Wewoka gas well nicknamed Wild Abe was stopped today by a 45 pound nitro gelatine charge placed near the blaze. Harry and M. M. Kinley, famed well fighters, detonated the charge as a large gas cloud lofted the site. Drillers moved in with equipment to control the flow and shut in the well over the next two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
Okla
Harry
M. Im
Douglas
Rotary Christmas Program At Mt Pleasant Meeting
The Mt Pleasant Rotary club held its annual Christmas luncheon with reports on Christmas baskets delivered to needy families. The club Santa distributed gifts to members and the Child Study club arranged their distribution. A pancake flour debate followed as the program wrapped up with John I Battle left holding the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant Rotary Club
Santa Claus
Child Study Club
John I
Battle
Anderson Gaining After Accident
Frank M. Anderson state oil well inspector injured in a traffic accident on US 10 is rapidly recovering at Saginaw General Hospital. He suffered severe head cuts and body bruises and may be discharged midweek. His wife had minor injuries in a three car collision involving an unidentified passing vehicle and a Midlands driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Anderson
Us-10
Saginaw General Hospital
Anderson
Midlands
Welfare Plans Meet With Success
Local merchants Lewis and Son clothing store and N. D. Gover's department store report successful holiday plans. Lewis and Son offer $10 credit on a new winter overcoat with trade in of an old coat, which is donated to the city welfare committee. Gover's promises to fill stockings with toys for each pair purchased, aiming to delight hundreds of needy children this Christmas.
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Lewis and Son Clothiers
N. D. Gover
Lewis: and Son’s Clothing ‘Store
City Welfare Committee
Gover's
Santa’s
Mt. Pleasant
Tragic Infant Accident Ends Life of Kalamazoo Father
In Kalamazoo on December 22 a 83 year old man, Robert Coble, reportedly died by accidental self harm when a revolver, left by his father Carl Coble, discharged in the family home after a baby found the gun and played with it. The incident occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo, Mich
Robert
Carl Coble
Coble
Mrs H Graham Dies Sunday in Gilmore Township
Mrs Hugh M Graham a long time county resident died Sunday afternoon at two o clock at the home of her daughter Mrs Eliza Brasington in Gilmore township where she was living She is survived by another daughter Mrs Gertrude Freeman of Mt Pleasant and four sons Joseph A Graham of Mt Pleasant Charles A Graham of Farwell James F Graham of Bad Axe and John I Graham of Oakland California Funeral arrangements await word from relatives in California.
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Hugh M. Graham
Eliza Brasington
Gilmore Township
Graham
Brasington
Gertrude Freeman
Mt. Pleasant
Joseph A. Graham
Charles A. Graham
Farwell
James F. Graham
Bad Axe
John 1. Graham
Oakland
California
Michigan Crops Value Drops From 1929 Levels
Michigan crop totals for 1930 show value at 184.5 million dollars, 82 percent of 1929, due to lower prices and a 13 percent drop in harvested volume. Drought and frost reduced late crops. potatoes and beans hit hardest with late-season quality mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Ecrons
Michigan Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
United States
Michigan
Drouth
July Wheat Leads In Price Decline
Chicago December wheat futures plunged to the lowest levels since 1901 with July wheat leading the drop as Liverpool and Winnipeg prices hit new lows. Corn and oats follow with seasonal lows across the Chicago Board of Trade and exchange markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Chicago Exchange
Supervisors Meet Over Feed Shortages In Isabella County
The Isabella county board of supervisors planned an informal meeting Tuesday to discuss funding for livestock feeding due to extreme forage shortages from a dry summer. Farmers fear selling stock at huge losses. a crisis may prompt a popular subscription. Perry Thompson, county clerk, called the meeting on advice from local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Board of Supervisors
Perry Thompson
Stores To Be Open During Evenings In Mt. Pleasant
Christmas shoppers are reminded that the Mt. Pleasant stores will be open tonight Tuesday and Wednesday nights. City merchants are ready to meet every holiday need and offer some of the best bargains of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Four Day Battle Kills 1000 Soviets and Captures Town
Government troops claim 1000 Communists killed and 500 captives freed in a four day fight ending with Tungku, a Communist stronghold in Kiang Si. Chiang Kai Shek deploys 800000 men to surround bandits across Kiang Si, Hupeh and Honan as anti bandit drives continue. Reports from Hankow and Peiping say renewed Communist actions and gunfire on the Yangtze with towns captured and a Chinese Standard Oil agent killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
Iway
Tungku
Kiang-Si
Chiang
Kai-Shek
Hupeh
Honan
Peiping
U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Yangtze
Standard Oil Company
Flint Prisoners Seek Parole Amid Embezzlement Case
A Flint delegation will meet Governor Green to urge clemency for eight former employes of the Union Industrial Bank of Flint now serving terms for embezzlement. Four of the 12 sentenced have already been released. the eight seek executive clemency with varied sentences from seven and a half to 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Flint
Green
Union Industrial Bank of
Hoover Signs $150 Million Farm Board Bill
President Hoover signed the federal farm board bill authorizing 150 million dollars to fund the board for the coming year. The measure, approved by the Senate on Saturday night, raises total appropriations to 400 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Fay Yor
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Norris-Lugas
Republican Party
Robert Lucas
Lueas
Claudius Huston
Huston
Oklahoma
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