Dope uses and Christmas trees in a Michigan town
The address by Dr. H. A. Waite highlights narcotics in Michigan with daily spending estimates and addiction rates. Detroit shows high figures for dope dens, while 1928 narcotics use is compared internationally. The piece contrasts this menace with liquor and notes community efforts and local holiday tree removal.
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Michigan
H. A. Waite
Narcotic Education Association
Detroit
Waite
United States
Belgium
Italy
France
California
New York
Congress Opens Six Month Session With tariff and prohibition in focus
Congress convened for a six month session to tackle tariff policy and prohibition. The Senate pursues the lone tariff measure while the House drives prohibition enforcement reforms and the Jones resolution to create a committee on agency unification. President Hoover’s law enforcement commission report due soon. Negotiations aim to limit debate and push tariff approval within six weeks, followed by House actions on war department funds and ongoing inquiries into lobbying and radio activities.
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United Press
Paul R. Mallon
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Justice Department
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
War Department
Committee On Committees
LaFollette
Wis
Paisley Grieving 700 Children Buried in Glen Cinema Tragedy
About 20 000 mourners filed past Hawhead cemetery graves of 70 children who died in the Glen Cinema fire in Paisley Scotland. Heavy rain damaged early floral offerings which were replaced once the weather cleared. The bouquets and wreaths varied from small bouquets to costly arrangements.
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United Press
Paisley
Scotland
Glen
Hawhead
Detroit Judge Questions Dry Law Impact in Blind Pig Case
Judge Vincent M. Brennan held prohibition not true prohibition after Lulu Anders sued Title Guarantee and Casualty for her husband’s death in a blind pig holdup. He cited liquor sold openly and in various venues, urging courts to recognize liquor's reach beyond banned taverns. The ruling denied coverage for the insured, stating no extra risk in blind pig participation.
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Ly United T’resa
Detroit
Vincent M. Brennan
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Brennan
Lulu Anders
Title Guarantee and Casualty Company
Americ
Beie
Andit
Isurance Company
Anders
Burke Consort Freed on Own Recognizance
Viola Brenneman, consort of Chicago gunman Fred Burke, released from Berrien county jail on her own recognizance after three weeks’ detention on a stolen property charge. Prosecutor W. M. Cunningham said she would not be tried. She had been living with Burke near St. Joseph and denied knowledge of his whereabouts since his Dec 14 police shooting. Burke is sought in the patrolman slayings and Chicago’s St Valentine’s Day massacre.
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United Press
St. Joseph
Viola Brenneman
Fred Kk. Burke
Chicago
Berrien County
Nolice
Burke
Lake Shore
Jefferson, Wis
Jaworski gangsters receive life terms in Marquette
Detroit reports Frank Hallas and Joseph Janicke were sentenced to life terms after a jury convicted them of armed robbery. The two alleged Jaworski gangsters were linked to the Nov 16 robbery of Celia Stachura and her escort Frank Harman. Stachura identified Hallas and Janicke. Harman did not. Threats were made against assistant prosecutor John Watts.
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United Press
Detroit
Marquette
Frank Hallas
Joseph Jarghe
Jaworski Ganygsters
Recorder’s Court
Hallas
Janicke
Celia Stachura
Frank Harman
Chrstmas
Miss Stachurr
Harman
John Watts
Central State students rush to enroll at winter term
At Central State Teachers College 409 students had completed registration as the general offices closed for lunch. Long lines formed in the gymnasium where registration took place throughout the morning and the gym opened at eight twenty a.m. to admit students.
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Central State
Central State Teachers College
Tariff Oil Debate and War Dept Bill Notes
Senate holds debate on Tariff Oil while a cotton price investigation subcommittee meets in executive session to plan resumption of inquiry. A report on the War Department appropriation bill is received as the chamber adjourns for the death of Rep Leather wool of Utah during the Christmas recess.
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Congress
Senate
War Department
Leatherwool
Utah
Chicago Fire Chief Loses In City Fight
Albert W. Goodrich, Chicago fire commissioner, orders dismissal of 251 firemen and withdraws three fire boats amid drastic budget cuts. Several stations close as 17 fire companies disband, part of a broader city austerity drive to meet a large debt and reduced appropriation. Police cut 473 officers. over 1,000 city workers face dismissal. Alderman Nelson seeks gubernatorial relief while blaming a university official for underassessed property values.
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Chicago
Albert W. Goodrich
Goodrich
Russell
Oscar Nelson
Louis L. Emmerson
George O. Fairweather
University of Chicago
One Detroit Killing Solved by Police Confession
Detroit police report that electrician Jack Bell confessed to shooting Fred Gill to protect Mrs Gill from her husband’s cruelty. Bell, who shared the Gill home, is held on a homicide charge. Another slaying of a former undercover informer Mast remains unsolved.
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Detroit
Jan. G
Jack Bell
Fred Gill
George Mast
Gill
Bell
Dearborn
Fall Proves Fatal to Young Farmer Samuel Straley
Samuel Straley prominent young farmer and World War II veteran dies at his home near Blanchard from a fractured skull after falling from a beam in his barn onto the cement floor while doing chores Sunday morning. He leaves his parents, two wives, and two children. Straley served as adjutant of Guy Stanton Post No 240 American Legion at Blanchard and was treasurer for Milbrook Township Mecosta County. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
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Samuel Straley
Blanchard
Straley
Guy Stanton
American Legion
Milbrook
Mecosta County
Robbers Quietly Rob Drug Store on St John Street
Two masked bandits tied up Miss Helen Melegh a clerk at a St John street drug store in Flint last night. A pharmacist in a rear room was unaware of the holdup until Melegh screamed as the pair escaped with fifty dollars.
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Flint
Helen Melegh
St. John Street
Melegh
Two Bullets Taken From Garvin’s Body
Detroit January 6 Two of the three bullets lodged in Inspector Henry J Garvin head of the police crime and bomb squad were removed in an operation today Coincident with Garvin s operation hospital physicians reported Lois Bartlett 11 the other victim recovered enough to undergo a second operation for shotgun slug removal detectives from Homicide Black Hand and Crime and Bomb squads continued round ups of underworld hoodlums in a still ongoing search for Garvin s assailants.
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United Press
Detroit
Henry J. Garvin
Garvin
Lois Bartlett
Black Hand
Crime
Dry fear up good thing says anti saloon head
Detroit January 6 The Amanti Saloon League chief Dr F Scott McBride calls Washington prohibition enforcement turmoil a blessing in disguise noting weak spots and accountability by law officers He says wets may seek satisfaction but the enforcement crisis could strengthen the prohibition movement and he arrived in Detroit to plan the league convention next week
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Ly United Press
Detroit
Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League of America
Dr. McBride
New Type Auto Uses Cheap Fuel
Harrisburg January 66 An automobile using a furnace oil type fuel at four cents per gallon is on the last lap to the New York Automobile show. Built around a Diesel engine in a standard body, it completed a Columbus to Harrisburg run of 626 miles on 23 gallons.
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Harrisburg
Clessie Cummins
Columbus
Ind
Jortisburg
Weather Outlook for Lower Michigan Today and Tonight
Detroit forecast cloudy with rain changing to snow. A cold wave arrives Tuesday night with temperatures five above to ten below depending on location and fresh to strong southeast winds shifting to northwest. Readings for Alpena Chicago Detroit Duluth Escanaba Grand Rapids Ludington provided.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Chicago
Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Arctic Patrol to test radio aid for long winter flight
Washington reports 18 army pursuit planes and two transports will depart Selfridge Field Michigan for a round trip to Spokane Washington to test radio links through frost and blizzards. Thousands of radio operators will assist, coordinated by the American Radio Relay League and General Electric. Major Ralph Royce leads the mission titled The Arctic Patrol with multiple stops from Michigan to Montana and back, over hazardous winter routes.
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Washington
Army
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Spokane
American Radio Relay League
General Electric Company
War Department
Arctic Patrol
Arctic Circle
Ralph Royce
First Pursuit Group
New York
Paris
Denart
Ston
St. Ignace
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Hancock
Grand Forks
N. D
Minot
Glasgow
Mont
Great Falls
Havre
Kelispell
Helena
Missoula
Aliles City
Miles City
Bismarck
Farce
Fargo
Minneapolis
Wausau
Wis
Escanaba
Twenty men escape after ice floe drifts on Green Bay
About fifty fishermen rode a cracking ice floe two miles from Menominee as it drifted toward open water on Lake Michigan. Twenty or more escaped with horsesled aid and a few boats, while tackle and gear disappeared. Joseph Zeminski and Walter Zeminski reached safety and returned with a boat to help others. Fred Beatie assisted in a second rescue.
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United Press
Menominee
Green Bay
Lake Michigan
Hayward Bay Point
Joseph
Walter Zeminski
Fred Beatie
Henry Ford Loses Waterpower Case Over Mohawk River Permit
Washington reports Henry Ford lost a legal battle in the Supreme Court with Upper Mohawk River manufacturers in New York over waterpower used under a federal power commission permit. The dispute concerns electricity for Ford's Green Island factory in New York. Also noted is the death of Rev. James Allen, 85, a retired Methodist minister, after a paralytic stroke at his home.
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Washington
Jan
Henry Ford
Supreme Court
Mohawk River
New York
Federal Power Commission
Green Island
N. Y
Coldwater
James Allen
Bandits Loot First National Bank Safe in Minco
Gunmen using blowtorches attacked the First National Bank in Minco Oklahoma early today, loading the vault onto a truck after a three hour effort. They held back a crowd with a machine gun and escaped with about $4000. The gang totaled at least four men.
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Minco
Okla
First National Bank
TRY GUARDSH IEN ON LOOT CHARGE
Fifteen coast guardsmen will be tried on charges of pilfering cargo from the captured rum runner Flor del Mar during a general court martial opened at the New London coast guard base. Captain H H Wolf led the investigation with 24 guardsmen facing intoxication charges.
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New London
Conn
Coast
Chalker
Washington
Bearcats Meet Ferris Five On Home Court
Ferris Institute visits Central State Teachers College for a winter term opener. The game starts at eight o'clock with no warmup due to gym clearance after registration. Coach Bourke Lodewyk's Bearcats aim to improve after six practice tussles as Ferris brings a high scoring lineup and a large crowd from Big Rapids.
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Ferris Institute
Central State Teachers College
Bourke Lodewyk
Bearcats
Ferris
Big Rapids
M. C
Key witness in Taylor murder found by United Press
San Francisco reports Otis Hefner, a missing key witness in the William Desmond Taylor murder case, has been located by the United Press. Hefner, who named the killer in 1922 and testified in 1926 to officials, seeks to testify before the Los Angeles grand jury while protecting his renewed life and family.
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United Press
San Francisco
Otis Hefner
William Desmond Taylor
Efner
William Richardson
Buron Fitts
Los Angeles
George E. Powers
Hefner
State Prison Board
Los Angeles Grand Jury
State Parole Board
Williams Desmond Tayor
Edward Sands
Taylor
California
Sands
Jon
Bonds
Richardson
Thomas M. Gannon
Folsom Penitentiary
United Fees
Texas
Girl with Broken Back Seeks Help From Greatest Doctor
Detroit readers are asked to help Faith Fitzpatrick a 15 year old from Millersboro Michigan who has lay in bed for over a year after a back injury. She pleads for a newspaper feature to reach a doctor who can perform an operation and restore walking. Her family is poor and seeks any chance at life changing treatment.
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Detroit
Faith Fitzpatrick
Millersbore
Mich
Faith
Detroit Free Press
North
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Naomi Hall Brady
Seat Pleasant
Viola Brennerman
Jaworski
James J. Gavin
Lois
Selfridge
Ford
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Polly Thompson
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University of Iowa
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