Dodds Nominated by Hoover as Assistant Attorney General
Nomination announced for Nugent Dodds former Mt. Pleasant resident and Isabella County Bar association member to lead the criminal division as assistant attorney general. Dodds has seven years as special assistant to the attorney general prosecuting major government criminal cases including bank officials and the Kansas Joint Land Bank case.
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Nugent Dodds
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County Bar . Association
Hoover
United States
Mr. Dodds
Frank J. Dodds
Mr. Pleasant
Dodds
Pacific Coast
Middle West
South
Kansas Joint Land Bank
Armour wealth restored by sale of patent cracking stake
Chicago reports the sale of Universal Products for 22.25 million dollars, boosting Mrs Lolita Sheldon Armour to a top position in American finance. She held 400 of 1,000 shares, netting about 8.22 million. The Armours rose from prior insolvency after J Ogden Armour’s collapse following World War I.
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Chicago
U.R
Lolita Sheldon Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Europe
Armour
Dourt
West
Universal ‘Products
Judge Davis Dies In Flint
Frank D. Davis, 79, former Ionia circuit judge, prosecutor, and mayor, died at his brother in law’s home in Flint. Davis served on the Ionia circuit bench from 1893 to 1928, retiring due to ill health.
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Flint
Mich
Frank D. Davis
Ionia
Hee
Davis
Hunters In County Renew Small Game and Deer Licenses
Court house records show more than two thousand residents took out small game permits during the hunting season and over 300 deer licenses were issued. The total small game licenses surpassed the 1929 figure, reflecting a busy year for hunters.
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Isabella Nimoods
Court House
Local oil field reaches high production during proration test
Isabella Midland oil wells connected with Pure Oil Pipe Line system run near full capacity this week for a proration test reporting output about 5500 to 6000 barrels daily. The lift continues until January 11 to set a new schedule if warranted by storage and weather delays affect tanker travel on the Great Lakes.
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Isabella-Midland
Pure Oil Pipe Line Company
Great Lakes
Girl Fliers Stay On Endurance Test In Plane Record
Los Angeles January 7 Miss Bobbie Trout and co pilot Edna May Cooper push their endurance flight in the monoplane Lady Ralph from Municipal airport. By 12 30 P M EST they had completed 67 hours aloft, marking a new world record and serving as Miss Trout's 25th birthday milestone.
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Los. Angeles
Bobbie Trout
Hher
Edna May Cooper
Municipal
Lady Ralph
Miss Trout
17 000 New Laws For 34 States
Chicago dispatch reports that 1981 legislative output may top 17 000 new laws across 34 states with legislatures in session. Most acts will amend existing statutes while new laws on employment and tax matters are expected. North Carolina likely leads with about 2 500 predicted acts and about 600 laws may be repealed.
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Chicago
U.R
United Press
North Carolina
Lst
Free Lance State Police Squad Abolished by New Deputy Commissioner
Detroit January 1 The state police free lance squad once handling prohibition violations is abolished by Captain Fred G Armstrong newly appointed deputy commissioner of the Michigan department of public safety The squad had been under Captain Alonzo Gillette who died recently Sergeant W Robertson who followed Gillette will report to the Lansing post for duty Armstrong said
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Detroit
U.P
Fred G. Armstrong
Michigan Department of Public Safety
Alonzo Gillette
W. Robertson
Gillette
Lansing
State Police
Armstrong
Tradewind Takes Off For France From Norfolk
Lieut William MacLaren and Mrs Beryl Hart resumed their New York to Paris flight aboard the seaplane Tradewind. After a four day weather delay, they departed Norfolk at 6 09 am bound for Bermuda, the first leg as meteorologists forecast favorable conditions for the planned Europe America air route via Bermuda and the Azores.
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Norfolk
U.P
William
MacLaren
Beryl Hart
New York
Paris
Bermuda
Atlantic
Europe
America
Azores
Hamilton Sale Postponed Auction Notice
The Hamilton auction planned for Tuesday January 6 is postponed. Mrs Emma Hamilton states bidders should watch the paper for new date announcements and details.
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Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
Isabella county supervisors enter third day of January session
The Isabella county board of supervisors opened the forenoon with the county treasurer Elmer Kirkconnell presenting a year end balance of 160 140.10 and 1929 credit of 121983.29 Funds in four departments were in the red totaling 49886.98 with general and salary funds among the deficits The afternoon planned to name a court janitor for the ensuing term Committees continued their work on reports today.
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Isabella County Board of Supervisors
Elmer Kirkconnell
Zoux
Mayor Buys Old City Hall To Avert Crisis
Marshall Michigan mayor Harold C. Brooks paid 7000 dollars in cash for the vacated old city hall to avert a financial crisis as the town opened a new municipal building. He bought it to prevent bankruptcy and the council accepted the offer.
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Marshall, Mich
Xii
Harold C. Brooks
Marshall
Brooks
President Hoover sees brighter tone for auto industry
President Hoover told 1,200 auto executives in New York that gasoline consumption rose above 1929 levels, arguing despondency is unfounded. He noted 40 million people are employed by the industry and urged reassurance of consumers and investors amid economic concern.
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New York
U.P
Hoover
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Julius H. Barnes
National Business Survey
Barnes
Mt Pleasant Debating Squad Set for Greenville Meet
Mt Pleasant High School geometry debate team prepares to face a trio from Greenville high school on Thursday evening in the fourth league debate of the year. Virginia Clark, Robert Gord and Harold Daugherty will represent Mt Pleasant affirming the chain store topic. Jossers have two wins this season, with losses only to Big Rapids and a win at Midland. The event begins at eight o clock in the high school gymnasium.
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Mt. Pleasant High School
Greenville High School
Mt. Pleasant
McComb
Jossers
Big Rapi
Midland
Brecenridge
Virginia Clark
Robert Gord
Harold Daugherty
Pleasant
Sqn
Legislature in Session Today at State Capitol
Michigan’s fifty sixth legislature convened in Lansing as taxation and finance loom large. An income tax proposal from the tax inquiry committee is a highlight with no certainty of passage. Governors and party leaders anticipate a harmony filled start despite a potential challenge to Rep elect Walter Kanar’s seat.
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Claude J. Markle
United Press
Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Capitol
Detroit
Brucker
Walter ‘Kanar
Hamtramck
Wayne
Grove M. Rouse
Public Utilities Commission
Senate
House
Norman B Horton
Fruit Ridge
Augustus H. Gansser
Bay City
Gansser
Horton
Fred JY. Chase
Gus ‘J. Hartman
Houghton
Charles H. Reed
Cito
Fréd R. Ming
Cheboygan
Ming
Vincent P. Dacey
James. A
Possible Clue To Identity Of Body Found Frozen Here
Local officials in Saginaw County investigate a frozen body discovered in a barn at Pair grounds. Police believe they have identified the man but await more checks. A 42 label from a Saginaw clothing firm was found on the overcoat, and the man is described as aged.
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Saginaw
Saginaw County
Prosecutors to Be Quizzed On Paroles
In a letter to Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Harry S. Toy Harold J. Waples new commissioner of pardons and paroles says prosecutors will be consulted before state prisoners are released. Toy criticized former Governor Green for releasing prisoners without his input.
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Lansing
O.R
Harry S. Toy
Wayne County
Harold J. Waples
Toy
Green
Butterfield Takes Over Dusenbury Practice
A. E. Butterfield, noted young attorney of Mr. Pleasant, has assumed the Dusenbury law practice and offices at 113 East Broadway. He will counsel Dusenbury’s clientele and continue his own practice with Virgil W. McClintic. Previously, Butterfield practiced in Texas for four years and is an Olivet College and University of Chicago Law School graduate.
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A. EH. Butterfield
Pleasant
Virgial W. McClintic
Frank Dusenbury
Butterfield
Dusegnbury
113 East
Broadway
Dusenbury
McClintic
Michigan
Texas
Olivet College
College of Law
University of Chicago
Question On Store Robberies In Isa bella County
Several persons were questioned by the sheriff Tuesday about three store robberies in Isabella county last week as the investigation continued. No one was held. A Deerfield township man, unnamed by authorities, was released from the county jail after questioning about the Colt store theft. He denied any participation.
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Isabella
County
Deerfield Township
Gansser Named On Committees
Lansing January 7 Senator Augustus E. Gansser of Bay City was named to the Conservation fish and game and taxation committees by Lieutenant Governor L H Dickinson.
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Lansing
PRI
Augustus E. Gansser
Bay City
State Senate
L. H. Dickinson
Conservation
Fish and Game
Boy Killed Riding Behind Auto in Detroit Sled Incident
In Detroit on January 7 10 Pi Bruno Siek age 15 was killed while riding a sled behind a speeding car. He cut loose the sled as the car sped past and the sled struck a parked car. the boy suffered a fractured skull. Two other boys were injured in coasting accidents.
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Detroit
Bruno Siek
Siek
Drouth Bill Stays On Speaker's Desk
Washington January 7 The drouth relief bill remained stalled on Speaker Longworth's desk as Rep Guardia of New York urged sending it back to committee to aid city sufferers. Democratic members pressed for immediate House action but failed to win approval.
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Washington
U.P
Drouth
Speaker - Longworth
Rep. Sguardia
N. Y
House
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan and Detroit area
Increased cloudiness and warmer tonight. Thursday brings snow and warmer in the east. Winds from the southwest become fresh Thursday. Readings show varying temperatures across regional cities including Detroit and Chicago. details are partially garbled in the report.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Certaces
Grand Rayids
Isabella County Health Unit Starts Organizing
Preparations began today for the newly organized Isabella County health unit as the health committee discussed plans for the year. Dr. M. B. Beckett of Lansing, appointed by the state unit to organize the county, will direct work and serve as county doctor for three months before a permanent doctor is chosen. The committee considered clerkship applications, with a decision expected today or Thursday. Offices will be at the school commissioner building.
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Isaa
M. B. Beckett
Lansing
Beckett
Isabella
Street Car Relic To Be On Parade
Detroit January 7 Old 73 relic of the days when street cars were drawn by teams will roll down Woodward avenue Thursday afternoon. The long yellow streamlined cars of today will suspend schedules as 73 rattles by among sights from the past. The ancient car leads a procession of successors to demonstrate street car construction changes since 1873. The last exhibit will be the modern steel roller bearing cars that run as silently as an automobile.
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Detroit
U.R
Woodward Avenue
Ivill- Be
French Marshal Joffre Honored in Grand Paris Funeral
Paris mourned Marshal Joseph Joffre with a ceremonial cortege from Notre Dame to the Invalides. Dignitaries including Petain Lyautey and D Esperey led the procession while a US ambassador attended. Requiem at Notre Dame followed a funeral at the Invalides and a mausoleum awaits his country estate.
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Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Paris
Apprance
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Notre-Dame Cathedral
the Invalides
Joffre
France
Henri Petain
Hobert Lyautey
Louis Franchet D’ Esperey
United States
Walter IE. Edge
Piots
Farwell
Louis Farthou
Notre Dame’s
Napoleon
Marshals
Madame Lafilee
Gina
Issaly
Durie
Sherget
Ownership Change Rumor Denied By Officials
Officials in the area deny reports of ownership changes for railway lines including Ann Arbor. State papers had claimed changes were effective locally, but the local office says the notices were erroneous and no official change has been filed.
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Ann Arbor
Mt Pleasant to start local credit bureau with Chamber input
Twenty merchants in Mt Pleasant have signed up for a proposed credit bureau to be run by the Chamber of Commerce retail division. O Sullivan says memberships will double by week end as city business leaders are interviewed. The bureau offices will open at the Park Hotel with plans to file county credit standings and join state and national associations.
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Mt. ‘Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
C. J. O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Bureau
Ir. O’sullivan
Credit ‘Bureau
Credit Bureau
Park
State Credit Association
Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Defeats St. Johns in Tough Essexville Tilt
Sacred Heart Academy basketball won their second game of the season by defeating St. Johns of Bassexyile 18 to 9 in a hard fought contest. The Irish led 6 to 2 at halftime and improved to a .500 season mark after Tuesday’s Essexville win.
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Sacred. Heart Academy
St. Johns
Hoover Seeks Compromise Choice for New York Attorney Post
President Hoover faces a breakthrough in New York politics as he plans to name George Z. Medalie as a compromise successor to Charles H. Tuytter Jr. The selection ends a six month factional standoff between rival Hoover Republicans over the district attorney post, with threats of reprisals looming. Parts of the Great Salt Lake freeze for the first time in history, with ice extending 1,000 feet into the lake at Salt Air.
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Washington
W.P
Hoover
New York
I.a
Charles H. Tuyttle
Senate
George’ Z
Medalie
Hoover_wing
Alan Fox
Keyes Winter
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Salt
Funeral Procession Through Paris From Notre Dame to Invalides
A damaged fragment describes a funeral procession leaving Notre Dame. The cortège moves along Rue de Rivoli then toward the Champs Elysees, passing the Prince de la Corbeorte before reaching the Invalides where officials previously gathered to hear a minister.
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Notre Dame
Rue de Rivoli
Prince de la Corbeorte
Champs Elysees
the Invalides
Clare County Drillers Strike High Gas Flow at Clare Field
In Surrey township Clare county the Peninsular Oil company reported a gas flow near one million cubic feet marking a major early year strike. The find expands the Clare field as deeper drilling and tests continue on the Nicholson and Wille Cra po locations with a potential boost in production and a fourth gasser now confirmed.
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Michigan
Surrey Township
Clare County
Peninsular Oil Company
Clare
Smith Gassers
Nicholson
Deerfield Township
Broomfield
Marshall
Pure ‘Qil
Michigan Legislature Opens With Tight Budget Demand
Lansing January session opens with calls for strict economy in appropriations. Speakers urge cutting legislative expenses and salaries, citing Michigan’s industrial downturn and high unemployment. Lieutenant Governor Dickinson supports broader cuts for state offices while stressing efficiency and avoiding a strike.
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F. HH. Smith Company
Washington Daily Times
Free Lance State Police
Old City Hall
Greenville
State Capitol
Drouth Bill
C. M. Beckett
Merchants OF
IN Credit Bureau
Sacred Heart
Fred R. Ming
Dickinson
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