Oldfield Seeks Re election Says Women Face Distasteful Publicity
Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield of Arkansas, one of the eight women in Congress, announces she will not seek re election next year. She cites fatigue with hostile publicity toward women in Congress and argues men should guide the ship of state for now. She adds she is a woman not because her views carry weight. The piece also touches on reflections about gender roles and politics.
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Pearl Peden Oldfield
Arkansas
Congress
Jones Says Hoover Commission Not Involved In Wet Policy
Senator Jones states the Hoover law enforcement commission is not deciding on the Eighteenth Amendment or Prohibition policy. He notes the panel will study enforcement methods, aim to complete most work by July, and may seek funds only with clear justification. The report to be submitted to Congress covers agency transfers, court congestion, dry law codification, and border patrol unification.
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Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Jones
Commission
Harris
Dem
Joint
Congressional Committee On Federal
Senate
House
Treasury
Justice Department
Mrs James Davis Dies After Long Illness
Mrs James Davis died Wednesday evening in this city at age 72 following a fall and subsequent complications. Born in Ireland May 20 1867 she married James Davis in Saginaw November 3 1879 and moved here where she lived with her children after her husband’s death. She was known for quiet dignity and respect among neighbors.
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James Davis
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Body of William H. Wright brought here for burial Friday
The body of William H. Wright long a resident of this city who died in Grand Haven will be brought home tonight. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2:00 PM at the Church of God on South Lansing Street with Rev. J. A. Rowe officiating, burial in Riverside Cemetery beside his wife. Wright, born in Madison County Illinois, served in Co K 80th Illinois Infantry, went from Perryville to Murfreesboro, and endured capture near Rome Georgia and long prison hardship before muster out in 1863.
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South Lansing Street
J. A. Rowe
Riverside Cemetery
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Madison County
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Co. K
Rome
Atlanta
Richmond
Virginia
Belle Isle
City Point
Chesapeake Bay
U. S
Baltimore
Camp Chase
Ohio
Cincinnati
Camp Parker
Tennessee
Chicago's New Year Hope Fades Amid City Debt
Chicago faces a dire fiscal outlook as 1930 begins with a $270 million debt and annual interest around $16 million. An Economy Budget proposes discharge of 3,000 city workers, including 635 policemen and 200 firemen, in a bid to ease the strain.
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United Press
Chicago
Peter
Paul
Bomb Blast Killings and Injuries Shock Maryland Community
A New Year’s Eve bomb wrapped as a gift detonated at a Seat Pleasant home killing Naomi Hall Brady, 30, and injuring seven others including her mother Nora Hall who lost sight in one eye. Grandmother Margaret Bromley is in serious shock. four Hall children aged 13, 8, 19 months, and 4 were hurt. Neighbor Stewart Carneal, 15, suffered minor cuts, and Leslie Hall lost several fingers. Police search for the mysterious sender who delivered the package across the street after Mrs Buckley sent it to Brady yesterday morning via Leslie and Carneal.
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Washington
Maryland
Seat Pleasant
Naomi Hall Brady
Nora Hall
Brady
Margaret Bromley
Hall
Lic
Thomas
Sam
Dorothy
Doaths
Leslie
Stewart Carneal
Local teams set for Friday night basketball triple bill
On Friday January 3 Mt Pleasant hosts two games at the Indian School gym. Central State Teachers College meets Midland Independents led by Eno Pulkiner while Indian School faces Greenville. Hart Taxi will run two buses from Bennett and Ark Hotels at 7 and 7 15 p m to the games.
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Midland Independents
Greenville
Eno Pulkiner
Bearcat
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Clare
Redskins
Hart Taxi Company
Bennett and Ark
Prison Warden Jennings Quits Auburn Post
Albany N Y Jan 2 Edgar S Jennings resigns as Warden of Auburn prison noted for two major outbreaks last year He cites medical reasons in his retirement bid and would have qualified next year for half pay under the state employees retirement system
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Albany
Edgar S. Jennings
Auburn Prison
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Keener
George A. Durnford
Move Mare 12 Solve Murder of Movie Man
Reports say key witnesses in the William Desmond Taylor murder case were identified as George Heffner and Edward Sands. The witnesses' location and testimony aim to advance re investigations opened by Friend W Richardson in California.
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William Desmond Taylor
Colony
W. Richardson
California
Los Angeles
Richardson
United Press
Thomas H. Cannon
State Railroad Commission
George Heffner
William Nelson
Edward Sands
Stens
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Sands
Mexico
Folsom Penitentiary
Taylor
Hollywood
Cannon
Flint Plants to Resume Production in Coming Days
Flint Michigan reports Buick and Chevrolet plants to restart operations within days. Fisher Body Plant No 1 reopened with 11 000 of 14 000 workers returning on five day schedules. Buick paints trims and body departments to resume. A C Snark plug factory to raise payroll from 3 500 to about 5 000.
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Buick
Chevrolet Motor Company
Fisher Body
Buick Company
Chevrolt
Charles S. Barth
Chevrolet
Barth
T. Strong
A. C. Snark
Goose-staler Goose Cooked in a Small Town Mystery
Jackson, January 2. Mrs. Jim Grant asks for beets but her husband returns with a goose and no beets. A neighbor’s missing goose leads to a round object beside the coop. A can of beets is found. Jim Grant is jailed on larceny charges for the goose. The tale ends with the pun Can you beet it.
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Jackson
Jim Grant
Jim
Rollce
California steamship in distress. tow requested
The steamship California owned by the State Steamship Company of Portland Oregon, 840 miles out of the Columbia River, reported steering gear damage and requested tow. Coast Guard cutters Sno-Tomish and Haida dispatched. vessel bound from Portland to To?is with no passengers.
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Stillmes Io
California
Sno- Tomish
Haisa Wees
State Siamsship Company of
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Tohis
Ore
the States Line
Cuolumpin
Tae Aedies
Defer Sentence for Nine Flint Bank Men Referred
Nine former Union Industrial Pact officials who pleaded guilty to embezzling 3 million dollars of bank funds had their sentences deferred until January 20. Prosecutor Beagle seeks them as witnesses in the coming trial of former bank executive John S. DeCamp, with his trial set for January 12. Six others including Grant J. Brown, the former president, await trial, as does Brown’s son. In Milwaukee, Annie E. Ters, who spent 25 of her 102 years seeking a lost daughter, was buried today.
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Flint
Charles D. Beagle
John S. DeCamp
DeCamp
Grant J. Brown
Brown
Sun
Milwaukee
Mirs
Annie E Ters
New Years Eve Revelry Claims Multiple Lives Across Cities
New York reports four alcohol related deaths in the metropolitan area from New Year celebrations with several hospital cases. nearby towns add more fatalities and missing persons. Reports from ACHULA MISS and Grand Rapids detail additional drinking deaths and a stray bullet injury in Jackson.
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N. Y
Mary Rooney
Achula
Miss
Pat Lyons
Mike Mahoney
Chicago
Wallace Huson
Sherard
Grand Rapids
George Smith
Detroit Still Seeks Burke After Overnight Watch
Detroit police waited through the night for fugitive killer Fred Burke who did not appear. A Kalamazoo telegram said a man fitting Burke’s description left in an Essex coach with a moustached companion. In Wyandotte two unfired shells were found at an early morning robbery scene fueling the search.
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Fred Burke
Kalamazoo
Burke
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Charles Shelley
St.Joseph
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Wyandotte
Eight Mexican Bandits Slain in Police Raid Near Oblatos
Mexico City reports eight bandits killed after police surrounded them on a tip from a captured member. The gang, famed kidnappers, operated over a wide area. Ranch owner Anastasio Godinez identified a terrorist, aiding arrest, and the raid followed the suspect’s confession.
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United Press
Mexico City
Oblatos
Anastasio Godinez
Communists cause mini riot at Rubio Mexican visit
A mob of about 200 demonstrators disrupted the arrival of President elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio in Detroit as police halted the protest. The disturbance occurred at Michigan Central Station where two columns of marchers faced officers and jeers filled the hall. Rubio remained calm while his family stayed close, as red placards and hostile chants surfaced amid the chaos.
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United Press
Detroit
Elct Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Black Hand
Michigan Central Station
Rubio
Yeover
Carrie
1930 Traffic Toll Begins With Sudden Losses
Detroit on New Year’s day reports five deaths from early 1930 traffic incidents. Victims include Alexander Erlich Jr. and his sister Betty, Joseph Kalwinski, Mrs. Mary Winn, and Mrs. Mable Helter in various crashes. Additional fatalities occur in Eaton Ohio and a Battle Creek auto wreck leaves Russell Gaul dead.
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Dy United Press
Detroit
Alexander. Erlich, Jr
Betty
Joseph Kalwinski
Mary Winn
Mable Helter
Battle Creek
Russell G. Gaul
Ford to Build New California Plant
Ford Motor Company will begin construction of a new assembly plant at Richmond California to replace the current San Francisco plant. The project aims to have the Richmond facility operating by the end of spring.
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FORD
California
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Richmond
Calif
San Francisco
Local Drivers Get More Time to Buy Plates
Isabella county motorists gain extension to obtain 1930 licenses as local officers will not enforce 1929 plates until January 7. Bad roads delayed sales since December 1 and many car owners have yet to purchase plates. Nationwide, state sales show 217,466 plate sets sold by Dec 30 for 1980 plates, with $3,835,298 in revenue. 1,435,587 total plates sold in 1929.
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Isabella County
Malcolm Wardrop
State Secretary’s Department
Lansing
Secretary of State
Assassin Fails In Attempt To Slay Officer
Detroit reports an unidentified gunman fired on Inspector Henry J. Garvin of the Police Crime and Bomb squad around 8 am today. Garvin was shot in the arm and chest but not seriously hurt. a bystander girl was seriously wounded as bullets struck the inspector’s car. Police hunted the gunman through a big black car that blew its horn to signal passage.
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United Press
Detroit
Henry J. Garvin
Police Crime
Lindbergh Sees Aviation Growth in 1930 Year
St Louis Jan 2 Aviation enters a year of great steps forward says Col Charles A Lindbergh in an interview marking the start of 1930 He plans to continue flying with wife on a South America tour and predicts aviation will rise geometrically He cites night flying on schedules and two way radio communication with ground stations as key advances.
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United Press
St. Louis
Chas. A. Lindbergh
South America
Lindbergh
Wiho
T. A. T. Lines
Weather forecast for lower Michigan brisk and snowy
Detroit January 2 forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with snow likely in the western portion. Temperatures range from the upper 30s to mid 40s with winds mostly west to northwest gentle to moderate.
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