British planes search for Wahabi tribesmen in Iran raid
In Basrah Iran January 22 Allied air units dispatched to raid the Syareh desert area near Zubair after Wahabi tribesmen killed an American party including Reverend Henry A Bilkert. Aircraft will reconnoiter the desert where about 100 tribesmen suspected of the attack reside, with others believed nearby.
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Basrah
Iran
U.R
Royal Air Force
Syareh
Wahabi
Siyen
Henry. A. Bilkert
Zubair
Washington
United States
Henry A. Bilkert
Iraq
State Department
John Randolph
Bethad
Kelloge
Bilkert
Mesopotamia
Missionary Leader Bilkert Dies After Long Near East Work
The Rev. Bilkert, former Kalamazoo native born June 1892, served as secretary of the Arabian mission of the Dutch Reformed Church in America. He first went to the Near East in 1917 and was well informed on regional questions. His wife and three children reside in Basrah.
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Mich'gan
Bilkert
Dutch Reformed Church
America
Near East
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hope College
Holland
Basrah
Missionary Murder Sparks British Action Drive
A U S report says Charles R Crane's party faced Wahabi attackers near Zubair Iraq. The Royal Air Force detachment failed to aid, with Bilkert mortally wounded. The U S seeks British help to punish Bilkert's killers and secure indemnity for his family.
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London
Royal Air Force
Charles R. Crane
United. ‘States
China
Aubair
Traq
Daily Mail
Crane
Daily. Mail
Henry Bilkert
John
Zubair
Bikert
Koweit
Basrah
Turkey
Russia
Chicago
Record forestry fire protection praised in 1928 year
Lansing January 22 Director George R Hogarth of the department of conservation lauds the record making forest fire protection service of 1928 as a key conservation development. He notes saving forests yields more game cover and food for wildlife, crediting efficient organization and modern methods for keeping fires at low levels.
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Lansing
George R. Hogarth
Department of Conservation
Hogarth
Victim Of Chicago Clean-up Shot Down In Escape
Oscar Monroe, 34, a giant prisoner in the Chicago criminal courts bull pen, lunged with a large knife as guards closed in. He stabbed three policemen before being fatally shot near the corridor and ending a week of mass arrests of 8,400 underworld figures.
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Chicago
Criminal Courts
Wefnra
Oscar Monroe
Underworld
Sentence Of Bandit Is Upheld By Court
Wayne county circuit court sentenced Louis Goldman a jewelry bandit to 15 to 25 years at Ionia reformatory, an order required immediate surrender. Goldman, out on 15000 dollar bond, is held in Chicago on a separate robbery charge. Michigan officers to pursue Goldman.
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Lansing
Jan
Wayne County
Louis Goldman
Ionia Reformatory
Supreme Court
Reformatory
Goldman
Chicago
Michigan
School commissioner designates Great Stone Face reading
H C Caszatt Isabella county school commissioner says seventh grade reading exam will base on the Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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H. C. Caszatt
Isabella County
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Interurban Crash Kills Fourteen in Bellevue Area
A collision near Bellevue between an interurban car and a stray bus left fourteen dead and sixteen injured. The high speed crash occurred as the interurban struck the bus on its pathed route from Philadelphia toward Chicago, with authorities reporting multiple fatalities and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Bellevue
Atherton
Thomas Schuyler
Fred Crueman
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pmgh
Meniteh
Hoover to Have Charge of Latin America Policy
The White House will direct Latin American policy under Hoover not the state department. He plans moral, sentimental diplomacy and arbitration as the main tool to foster trust among republics, while resisting interventionism but preserving rights to protect lives and property. Continued on page 4.
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Latin America
Hoover
United States
Throgh
Latin —America
Hoo
Washington Faces Record Intoxication Arrests in 1928
Washington saw 13 706 arrests on intoxication charges in 1928, a record high, per a report to the house appropriations committee. The figure tops 1911’s 4 988 arrests during a supposedly “wide open” era, with about one in five residents arrested at least once that year.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Local students named to fall scholarship roster
Central State Teachers College lists three Mt Pleasant residents among fall term honorees. Sadie Fox and Henry Baumigarten share top honors with Goldie Sandling and Florence Dunn from Bhye ll, Rosalie Miller also of Mt Pleasant earns honors in multiple subjects.
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Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Sadie Fox
Henry Baumigarten
Goldie Sandling
Florence Dunn
Bhyell
Rosalie Miller
Havin
Two Hundred Die in Chinese Quake Aftershocks
Reports say an earthquake renewed in Sui-Yan district Northwest Shansi province left about two hundred people killed with many crushed. Earlier, another pile of deaths occurred last week from a separate quake.
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China
U.P
Sui-Yan
Shansi
King George Faces Move to Better Climate
London officials report King George nearing recovery from illness and doctors consider relocating him to a sea air climate for his majesty's health. The royal physicians released the bulletin stating the move may be advantageous as his condition improves.
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London
George
Royal Physicians
Grover Cleveland Alexander Named in Divorce Case
In Lincoln, Grover Cleveland Alexander a famed pitching ace is a defendant in a divorce suit filed today. He is charged with cruelty by his wife Aimee Marie Alexander, who seeks attorney fees and suitable alimony. The couple married May 31, 1918 and lived in St Paul Nebraska near Lincoln.
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Lincoln
U.P
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Divorece
Qld
Alec
Aimee
Marie
Alexander
Alexanders
St. Paul, Neb
Here
Chicago round up nets 120 robberies solved in mass arrest
Chicago in January 1922 staged a major police sweep arresting 3,400 people. Police say the roundup solved 120 robberies and identified eight fugitives. 1,600 of 3,894 prisoners had prior records as detectives claim leaders were frightened into fleeing the city.
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Chicago
William Rusgdlil
John Stege
Pension Aged Circuit Court Judges Retirement Plan
Lansing Jan 22 Circuit court judges aged 70 with 23 years service would retire on a 3000 dollar annual pension under a bill to be offered in the senate today by Senator Alvir R Campbell of Indian River.
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Lansing
U.R
Senate
Alvirr A. Campball
Indian River
Resignation of Dr Clarence Little Shocks Michigan University
The resignation of Dr Clarence Little as president of the University of Michigan triggered heated debate among students faculty and officials in Ann Arbor. The board quickly adopted a resolution expressing regret and acknowledged Little as Michigan's sixth president since 1925.
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Anng Arbor
U.P
Clarence Kook
Lieay
Michigan
Ohembers
E'Fiaas
Ann Arbor
Shinws
Bigg
Ives
de Little
Michigan Daily
Dr. Little
Little
Daughters’ of the American Revolution
Clarence
University of Michigan
Regents Reconsider University President Clarence Little
Students at the University of Michigan rally against the acceptance of President Clarence Cook Little's resignation. An indignation meeting at the Michigan Union organized by the student advisory committee aims to urge the board of regents to reconsider. Little remains secluded, avoiding press questions as protests surge across campus.
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Ann Arbor
U.P
Clarence Cook Little
University of Michigan
Michigan Union
Board of Regents
Dr. Little
Green's Finance Measure Meets Initial Attacks
Lansing Jan 22 The first attack on Gov Fred W Greers single appropriation bill came as Sen Arthur T Wood insurgent Republican Detroit said he is drafting multiple bills. He argues items can be debated separately and the plan can pass quicker. Other bills call for capital punishment for murder with circumstantial evidence exceptions lash penalties and Bible reading in schools with trained teachers pensions for 65 year old state employees with 25 years service.
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Lansing
Fred W. Greer
Tadey
Arthur TE. Wood
Detroit
Wood
State Department
Deer Population Expands to Southern Michigan Counties
In Barry County south of the state capital a man was prosecuted for shooting a deer. Deer, formerly northern wildlife, are now seen in Livingston and other southern counties. Reports say 28 deer form a roaming band after earlier private display releases.
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Lansing
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Department of Conservation
Barry
Livingston County
Michigan Geologist Says Mt Pleasant May Spark Large Oil Boom
Lansing January 22 A state geologist says the Mt Pleasant area with Pure Oil leases could become Michigan’s next big oil center. R A Smith notes Michigan may see an era of petroleum growth larger than before though no definite forecast is made. He suggests future development may cluster near Mt Pleasant with lessons learned from Muskegon to ensure orderly growth and avoid waste.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mt. Pleasant
Pure Oil Company
R.A. Smith
Smith
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Meine
Muskegon
Jvorky
BPO
Abeen
Tg. Ee
Jini
Ae Maximuhil
Japan Seizes Chinese Boat in War Move
The Daily Mail reports Japanese naval officers captured a Chinese motor patrol boat off Hankow and arrested its five crew members. Japan calls the actions wartime and accuses China of aiding a boycott and blockade against the Japanese concession.
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Japan
London
Daily Mail
Hankow
Harris Bill Seeks $24 Million Prohibition Fund Change
Harris proposes adding 24 million dollars to prohibition enforcement funds in the first deficiency bill. He adds a clause giving the president authority to allocate funds among enforcement agencies. Mellon objects to large appropriations citing excessive responsibility on prohibition commissioners. The amendment aims to address Mellon's objections by sharing administration of the fund.
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Washington
U.P
Harris
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Geogr
Prohibition
Senate
Death of Bert Gray in Mt. Pleasant Local
Bert Gray, 58, a lifelong Ontario native who moved to Mt. Pleasant as a boy, died after successive strokes at his sister Mrs. Peter Lathrop’s East Broadway home. He worked in the drug trade with his brother in law before running the Rexall store. survived by wife, daughter Christine, a brother and three sisters.
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Bert Gray
Peter Lathrop
East Broadway
Mr. Gray
Ontario
Mr. Lathrop
Rexall
Gray
Christine
Kel
Mt. Pleasant
Oil Legislation Draws Michigan Senators Into Debate
In Lansing on January 22 two oil control bills were introduced in the senate. Senator Orville B. Atwood proposed an oil company regulatory bill with an appeal board of the governor secretary of state and attorney general and appointed the director of conservation as state supervisor of oil and gas wells banning drilling within 200 feet of property boundaries and requiring abandonment of old wells to reduce fire hazards. Senator Chester M. Howell offered a severance tax bill setting a 3 percent levy on gross well production with revenue split 50 percent to the state 33 percent to counties and 17 percent to townships where drilled.
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Lansing
Mich
Senate
Orvite B. Atwood
Fremont
Fovernor
Bee
State Tax Commission
Army housing program bill includes Selfridge Field funding
Washington January 22 U P reports AC 6 130 306 program for construction of army air corps buildings during 1938 was introduced today by Rep Jones Republican Michigan. The bill includes 26.00 for Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Washington
U.P
Army Air Corps
Jones
Respublican
Michigan
Selfridge Field
Michias
Contextless Names Fragment From City Notice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions several personal names and relations with incomplete details. It references Mrs Harvey and others amid unclearly described family connections and unresolved arrangements.
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David Grayrot Cacea
Wes
Wilelis Cunning
Canta
Harvey
Barrecak
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