Michigan to confront liquor crimes in new criminal code revision
In Lansing today Attorney General Wilbur M. Brucker outlined administration changes to the criminal code. Key proposals include softening liquor penalties for fourth offenders, with a five year minimum before life sentences, and a 7.5 to 15 year option for habitual criminals whose fourth sentence is under five years. Provisions also allow multi act crimes to be prosecuted where any act occurred and permit prosecutions in moving vehicles’ passage jurisdictions.
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Lansing
Dan
U.P
George C. Watson
Atttorney
Wilbur ‘M. Brucker
House
Senate Judiciary, Committees
Central Faces Western State Friday In Key Conference Clash
After a six game streak Central State meets Western State at the college gym Friday night in a crucial Michigan Collegiate Conference showdown. A Central win secures their leadership. a Western upset could force a first place tie. Western’s lineup includes Otto Grein Paul Grein Nester Veggia Strokes and Frendt challenging Central’s McClatchey Munson Cal ly Stackhouse and West for top status.
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Central State
Western State
College Gymnasium
Central
Michigan
Western
Bearcats
Lodewyk
Lieve
Ihd
Otto
Paul Grein
Nester
Traveggia
Strokes
Frendt
McClatchey
Patl Munson
Bill Cally
Chet Stackhouse
al' West
Indians Fall to Midland In hard fought league game
Midland High outscored the Indians 16 to 14 after a tight first half as the Redmen struggled to convert chances. Midland’s quick defense bottled up scoring while the Indians’ offense misfired. In the prelim, the Indians’ reserves beat Midland’s second team 17 to 10.
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Indians
Midland
Lauer
New Income Tax Plan Proposed To Legislature In Lansing
Rep. Wilbur M. Snow of Kalamazoo offers a two percent gross income tax aimed at replacing property taxes and avoiding constitutional amendments. The plan would use the auditor general for collection and exempts corporations, seeking gradual property tax abolition without a revenue estimate.
Green backs Flint attorney for ag board seat
Gov. Fred W. Green endorsed Roy Brownell of Flint for membership on the state board of agriculture to succeed Herbert Gowdy who will not run again. Green called Brownell the best fitted for the job. In Detroit, Jan 31, Wood and Holt’s alibis in the $76,000 Sturgis National Bank robbery will be rigorously examined.
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Lansing
Jan
U.P
Fred W. Green
Roy, Brownell
Flint
State Board of Agriculture
Herbert .W. Gowdy
Green
Detroit
Jran
Ralph A. Wood
Cecil Holt
Sturgis National Bank
Buckley Trial Stirs Ohio Politics in Columbus
State treasurer Bert B Buckley faces bribery allegations in Columbus Ohio for offering John F Eckhart assistant prohibition administrator $300 monthly to tip raids on breweries Eckhart denies the charge and Buckley pleads not guilty indicating political repercussions statewide.
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Ohio
Bert B.buckley
Columbus
John F. Eckhart
Buckley
Eckhart
Air Mail Pilot Leaps From Plane in Snow Storm
Davenport Iowa January report lists Jack Story airmail pilot on the Kansas City to Chicago line as a new Caterpillar Club member after leaping from a sinking plane 3000 feet up in a snow storm. The craft, gasoline exhausted, crashed two miles north but mail survived. Col. Charles A Lindbergh is named as a buddy.
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Davenport
U.P
Caterpillar Club
Jack ‘Story
Kansas City
Chicago
Iowa
Here
Altho
Story
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Palm Will Have Appeal Interview
Arthur D. Wood, pardon and parole commissioner, would interview Fred Palm at Michigan state prison about Palm's clemency appeal. Palm was convicted of illegal possession of two pints of gin by an Ingham county circuit court jury and sentenced under the habitual criminal act as a fourth felony.
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Jackson
Arthur D. Wood
Fred Palm
Michigan State Prison
Palm
Ingham County Circonit
Marshal Foch Suffers Setback From Relapse
Paris January 31 reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch, already gravely ill with heart disease, experiencing a relapse as pulmonary congestion develops. He had been able to sit up but must return to bed, doctors say.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Foch
Rum Patrol Boats Stolen During Probe
In Detroit two speedboats valued at 48000 dollars were stolen during a grand jury probe of customs border patrols. Patrol officials said an investigation is underway and declined further comment.
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Detroit
Grand
Kansas Girl Wins Fight for Life After Pneumonia
Margaret Brown, treated with oxygen and blood transfusions for twelve days, showed signs of recovery in Perry Kansas. After regaining consciousness she whispered a message to a fireman and asked her father for a toy balloon, signaling possible improvement.
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Perry
Kan
Jan
U.P
Margaret Brown
Fisherman Lewis Sweet Fights Death After Ice Trek
Petoskey Michigan January 31 A 64 year old man Lewis Sweet a fisherman from Gross Village faced death after drifting on an ice pack for three days. Surgeons saved him from frozen limbs but warned amputation might be needed if circulation did not improve. He described crawling a 25 mile ice journey to shore and signaling search planes overhead.
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Petoskey
U.P
Lewis. Sweet
West Gross Village
Ising
Michigan
Sweet
Girl 17 Sets Up New Endurance Flight Mark
Miss Eleanor Smith, 17, landed at Mitchell Field after a 13 hour 16 minute 45 second solo endurance flight. She surpassed the previous record held by Miss Bobby Trout of California by more than an hour.
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Mitchell Field
L. I
U.P
Eleanor Smith
Bobby Trout
California
Elizabeth men convicted in 1926 mail truck killing
Canice Neary and William Fanning were found guilty of first degree murder in Elizabeth New Jersey for the October 14 1926 killing of John Iinz a mail truck driver and wounding two guards. The jury recommended mercy and imposed life imprisonment.
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Elizabeth
N. J
U.P
Canice Neary
William Fanning
John Iinz
Bowling Results And Standings In City League
City bowling results show Team No. 10 winning Monday with 2858 pins and Team No. 4 taking a 3 straight, high 200s. Tuesday features Team No. 4 with a 2441 total and Team No. 1 leading 2376. Wednesday records Team No. 3 at 2586 and Team No. 9 at 2470 with Team No. 3 winning. Team standings list several teams with won losses and percentages though many entries are garbled.
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Murray
Winnner
Hoot
Lantz
Vroman
Thompson
Thorsberg
Clark
Willman
Sesiovseessd
Hase Evened
Seeesenesves
Aeedeness
Judge Flays Student Morals at Banquet Remarks
GRAND RAPIDS Jan 31 Judge William B Brown toastmaster at the Mehigari Association Drain Commissioners annual banquet said more than three fourths of the student body at the University of Michigan lack moral purpose He urged parents to send children to smaller colleges noting the minority with purpose could be swayed by the majority without It was in introducing Dr W Geerlaeneer president of Hullsdale College that the remarks were made.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
University of Michigan
William B. Brown
Mehigari Association
Dr. W. Geerlaeneer
Hullsdale, College
Border Patrol Bribe Case First Agent Pleads Guilty
William Tompkins, the first of 20 former customs border patrolmen charged in a bribery ring, pleaded guilty in federal court to four indictments. He admitted taking bribes of 24, 18, 25, and 35 dollars to allow rum runners from Canada into Detroit. Sentencing deferred until remaining trials.
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Detroit
Jan
U.P
William Tompkins
Customs Border
Tompkins
Charlies G. Simons
Simons
Canada
Two Dead In Fire Aboard Dollar Liner President Johnson
A fire on the midship berth deck of the Dollar Liner President Johnson at Pier Nine in Jersey City killed two crew members and injured six others. The blaze, started by a tossed cigarette, left the two victims badly charred and presumed asleep in their bunks. Police expected identification to be difficult.
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Jersey Gity
N. J
U.pr
President Johnson
Pier Nine
Cuba
Nolice
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Pleads Not Guilty in Impeachment Hearing
Henry S. Johnston, a suspended Oklahoma governor, pleads not guilty to 11 impeachment charges. The Senate impeachment court scheduled February 11 for trial.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma
Johnston
Oklahoma Senate
Press Crime Reporting Curbs Proposed by Michigan Senator
Michigan senator George M. Condon proposed a bill to muzzle crime news by prohibiting law officials from sharing crime details with reporters before trial. The measure also labels tipping off police before raids as obstructing justice, with penalties up to 90 days or a 250 dollar fine.
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Senate
George M. Condon
Detroit
Senator Condon
Condon
Judiciary Committee
Ralph A. Wood
Cecil T. Holt
Lindbergh Plans Miami Panama Air Mail Start
Col Charles A Lindbergh will depart New York for Miami then fly the first Miami Panama air mail leg on February 4. The mail plane crew will include Lindbergh a mechanic and a radio operator with possible passengers depending on mail shipped.
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New York
U.R
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miandad
Fla
Miami
Panama
Pan- American Airways, Incorporated
Altho
Col. Lindbargh
Ferries Freed From Ice Blockade In Lake Michigan
Sixty men aboard the Grand Trunk ferries Milwaukee and Grand Haven are expected to be brought ashore today after being wedged in Lake Michigan. The crews and passengers of two other ferries Madison and Grand Rapids reached shore yesterday after several days marooned a few miles offshore.
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Holland
Grand Trunk Car
Milwaukee
Grand Haven
Lake Michigan
Madison
United States tobacco and cigar production reported
Washington dispatch reports that U S snickers consumed over 105 billion cigarettes and 7 million cigars last year, along with 863 million pounds of manufactured tobacco and snuff, according to an internal revenue bureau stamp tax release.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Local Pioneer Mrs. Mery McCann Dies at 81
Mrs. Mery McCann widow of Peter McCann died this morning at her residence north of town after more than a week of illness. She was eighty one and had lived in the county for fifty years, coming from Canada in pioneer days. Survived by six sons Rev William McCann Alma Dr John McCann Ionia Dr Bert McCann Marquette Thomas McCann Wheeling Frank McCann Detroit Aloysius at home. Funeral services Saturday morning at Sacred Heart Church where she was a faithful member.
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Mery ‘McCann
Peter .McCann
McCann
Canada
William McCann
Alma
John McCann
Ionia
Bert McCann
Maranette
Thomas McCann
Wheeling
Frank McCann
Detroit
Aloysius
Sacrea Heart Church
Governor Envisions Tax Plans as Incomes Tax Faces Hurdles
Governor Fred W. Green said obstacles may block his proposed income tax to raise 23.7 million for state institutions and expressed interest in Rep. Ming's amusement tax as a quicker alternative. He would still push his plan in both houses and back the amusement tax if opposition to the income tax is strong.
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Lansing
U.P
Fred W. Green
Ming
Oper Anyon
Cadillac at Mt Pleasant Basketball Postponed to Saturday
Cadillac and Mt Pleasant high schools will meet in a big rivalry game rescheduled from Friday to Saturday night. The preliminary starts at 7:15 and the final at 8:00 with both teams aiming for a strong win in a long standing matchup.
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Cadillac
Mt. Pleasant
Death sentence not postponed for Ada LeBoeuf and Dreher
In New Orleans on January 3, two legal attempts to delay the execution of Ada Bonner LeBoeuf and Dr. Thomas Dreher were rejected. A federal judge denied a habeas corpus petition and then dismissed a request for a certificate of reasonable cause to delay the hanging in the Franklin jail yard for the murder of LeBoeuf's husband.
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New Orleans
Ada Bonner LeBoeuf
Thomas Dreher
Franklin
Youngster Hero Calls Police in Bandit Capture
In Detroit on January 31 UP reports an 11 year old boy Stephen Thomas helped end a bank robbery by fleeing the drug store holding proprietor, calling police, and noting a license number. Police used the details to locate the getaway car, killing bandit Haplan Vance in a gun battle. accomplice fled, the suspects trapped in a blind street.
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Detroit
Stephen Thomas
Stephen
Haplan Vance
Debate on Is There a Yellow Peril Draws Large Audience
The fourth leg of the Iecc ure course featured Dr. Yutaka Minakuchi and Dr. Lothrop Stoddard debating the question Is There a Yellow Peril? Stoddard argued a world problem with no war, while Minakuchi highlighted Japan’s high living standards and California Japanese demographics, refuting the peril claim and noting limited Japanese land ownership in California.
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Ieccure
Yutaka Minakuchi
Lothrop Stoddard
Colege Auditorium
Stoddard
Asia
Minakuchi
Japan
California
Death sentences for British and Commandante Celadore
The court condemned Brit and Commandante Celadore to death. The decision is to be sent to the Spanish cabinet tomorrow for approval.
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Othe Yuan
Cola Isa
Col
Brits
Commandante Celadore
Merger Effort Advances Between Two Churches
Leaders from the Presbyterian Church North and the Methodist Episcopal Church met in Pittsburgh on January 31 to form two committees. They will study administration and property rights and doctrine and polity to pursue organic unity. The move invites other denominations to join the unity effort.
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Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church North
Methodist -Episcopal Church
H. U. Stennmpgen
Presbyterian
Se Paul
Dsc
A. Menbey
Methodist Biscopal Church
Willum FF
McDowell Waluurton
Tig Chaitanen Vt
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Fred R. Ming
Wilbur M. Snow
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Flintman
AG Board
Marshal Foch
Kansas
Border Patrol
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