Poison Mystery Grounds Grand Rapids Man Death
The 46 year old railroad worker Vern Hogue died after illness described as poisoning. Sheriff Byron Patterson held in jail Manette Moehl 23 and Harold Townsend 34 amid conflicting accounts. Autopsy sent organs to Lansing for analysis with no result yet.
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United Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Vern Hogue
Byron Patterson
Manette Moehl
Harold Townsend
Hogue
Moehl
Patterson
Townsend
Lansing
Mochi
Fast Tawas Hanl Enters Senate Race
Ferman N. Butler of East Tawas announced Thursday he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for state senator in the Twenty eighth District. Budge of Beaverton already stated. Tony Achard of Clare, current senator, has been absent for weeks with unclear plans.
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Flerman N. Butler
East Tawas
East Michigan Tourist Association
Northeastern Peebien Development Bureau
Budge
Beaverton
Tony Achard
Clare
Ichard
Clare Realty Company
Doherty Hotel
Governor Green Heads to Ann Arbor for Engineering Society Talk
Governor Green left Lansing this morning for Ann Arbor to address members of the Michigan Engineering Society at their annual conference.
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Ann Arbor
Lansing
Green
The
Michig
Weather outlook shows snow possible in coming days
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light to moderate winds from the southwest to west. Local readings list high and low temperatures for Alpena Detroit and several Michigan cities, with some numeric garbled values.
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Hilo
Alpena
Big Church Replaces Small Detroit Downtown Chapel
The Church of St. Aloysius in downtown Detroit will be replaced by a new $500,000 church built like a theatre with a balcony extending toward the altar. The existing small brick chapel sits between two skyscrapers in the heart of the city.
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Detroit
Michigan National Guard Battery to Move from Flint to Jackson
Jackson reports the Field Artillery Battery of the Michigan National Guard will relocate from Flint to Jackson in the near future. Battery I 119th Field Artillery is stationed in Jackson under Captain Harold Miller.
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Flint
Jackson
Michigan National Guard
119Th Field Artillery
Harold Miller
James Hines Sentenced by Judge Hart for Assault
James Hines received a 100 dollar fine 100 dollars in costs and 30 days in the county jail after a guilty verdict for assault and battery Judge Ray Hart presided Prosecutor James Ryan urged leniency noting the defendant’s temperament and intoxication influence Isabella county youths William Solman and Chet La Rue also faced sentences Solman 6 months to 10 years in state prison LaRue 9 months to 110 years in jail
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James Hines
Ray Hart
James Ryan
Hines
William Solman
Chet LaRue
Isabella County
Raymond Hersce
Solman
LaRue
Mary Garden The Envy Of All Women
Chicago January 31 Miss Mary Garden Chicago Civic Opera star explained her slim figure comes from saying No to fattening foods. She recalled weighing 148 pounds in 1913 and now about 120 pounds. She plans to enjoy freedom from corsets after her operatic career and lounge in a mountain home with unrestricted eating.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Illinois Women’s Athletic Club
Miss Garden
Gipsy Queen Buried With Strange Rites
A Gypsy queen Rosa Nicholls who led the coast gypsies died of typhoid fever. Her burial included a flaming campfire rite by her mother and white flowers in her hair. The new queen will be elected in San Francisco next April.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Rosa Nicholls
Tosiz
Prohibition Debates Soar in House and Senate
Congress prepares to clash over Hoover prohibition measures as House debates transfer of enforcement from Treasury to Justice and Senate probes enforcement staff and high society drinking dossiers. Senators Borah Wheeler and Brookhart press for action while Century Club ties surface in New York, prompting Wickersham guidance.
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Congress
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House Expenditures Committee
Hoover
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Justice Department
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Cothran
Dem
Attorney General
Ren
Franklin Fort
Keon
N. J
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
New York
Borah
Idaho
Doran
John F. C. Herbert
Prohibition
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Wheeler
Mont. Brockhart
Century Club
New York City
George W. Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Manila Sees Tense Fallout From California Race Riots
A California race riot ripple reaches Manila with plans for National Humiliation Day services mourning Tobera, a Filipino killed in Watsonville. Governor Yeung moves to form a commission. officials urge calm and notes American friendships while rumors and threats circulate.
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Manila
California
George D. Crissey
San Francisco
United Press
C. C. Yeung
Younz
Central Park
Crming Tobera
Watsonville
Islands
Tiawaii
Congress Today Tariff Debate and Hearings Continue
Senate continues tariff debate and Radio-Telephone hearings. Agriculture subcommittee holds a hearing on a bill to consolidate the Farm Board and Farm Loan Board. House immigration hearings focus on restricting immigrants from Canada Mexico and Central America. Judiciary panel weighs anthem bill.
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Farm Board
Farm Loan Board
House
Immigration
Canada
Mexico
South
Central America
Judiciary Committee
Automotive World Readies Spring Drive With New Models
Detroit reports focus on spring production stability and new model introductions. Industry leaders predict 1930 prospects remain hopeful despite weather and market caution.
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Automotive World
Thousands Appeal for Aid in Chicago
Thousands of Chicago and Cook County workers seek charity and loans as 40,000 public employees go two months unpaid. United Charities heads appeal to 15,000 more as city finances strain meals, rent, coal and shelter. Governor Caverns calls county taxing bodies to meet and relief talks continue.
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Chicago
Jen
Gold Coast
South Lake Shore District
Jock D. Hunter
United Charities
Hunter
Emmerson
Cook County
H. Wallace Caldwell
Silas Strawn
Fourteen New Permits Issued in Mt. Pleasant Oil Field
The local conservation department announced fourteen new drilling permits in the Mt. Pleasant Oil Field. Ten parcels are held by Pure Oil, two by Dixie Oil, one by Sias Oil and Development, and one by McKay and Mercier, covering sections in Chippewa and surrounding townships.
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State Conservation Department
Pure Oil Company
Dixie Oil Company
Sias Oil and Development Company
McKay and Mercier
Davis
Dixie
Chippewa
Coutts
Secuity
Citizens State Bank
McKay-Mercier
Hatton Township
Clare County
Chief of Police Bitten by Oyster in Hammond
Hammond Indiana January 31 Chief Thomas Martinson showed a wounded hand from an oyster bite. He was feeding oysters from a barrel sent by a friend when an oyster clamp closed on his shell. He was unarmed and surprised by the bite.
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Oyster Hammond
Ind
Thomas Martinson
Glider Lands From Dirigible At Lakehurst
Lieutenant Ralph S. Barnaby piloted a navy glider that slipped away from the Los Angeles dirigible at 3000 feet and completed a successful flight over the naval air station. Barnaby is the Navy's only licensed glider pilot.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Ralph S. Barnaby
Navy
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
Barnaby
Nathan Straus Celebrates 82nd Birthday Quietly
New York city notes Nathan Straus philanthropist turned 82 with simple celebrations. He spent the morning with his children and planned to seek seclusion in the country, reflecting a modest observance.
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Nathan Straus
New York
Spain's Premier Outlines New Government Policies
Madrid January 31 General Damián Berenguer, newly in power as Spain's premier, describes three pillars of his government to United Press constitutional normalcy judicial normalcy and stabilization of the currency He vows rapid return to normalcy with broad social support and aims to reestablish the ministry of state.
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United Press
Madrid
Damiano Berenguer
Berenguer
Ministry of State
Clare County Oil Leasing Slowed Yet Active Transactions Noted
Despite slower leasing in Clare county due to limited land, key deals emerged. Hugh McKay Barnes secured eighty acres in Grant township and forty more nearby as Clare Development advances toward a nine hundred foot drill, with Pure Oil and independents securing several tracts in Hamilton Summerfield and Foster townships. Operations resume on Mothwell No 1 by Manmoth Petroleum as cold weather persists.
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Clare County
Hugh McKay Barnes
Clare
Grant Township
Clare Development Company
Tw City
Barnes
Mercy-Mercier
Hamilton Township
Summerfield
Pure Oil Company
Fost Township
McKay-Mercier
Gneser
Manmoth Petroleum Corporation
State stand on oil rights sparks criticism in Michigan
Congressman Roy O Woodruff sharply denounces the Michigan conservation commission over oil and mineral rights on homestead lands. He argues the state leases valuable rights to oil companies while settlers endure dire conditions and limited surface ownership.
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Mark Foote Washington
Roy O. Woodruff
Michigan
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Mr. Woodruff
Conservation Commission
Coms
Ian
Creed Relief
The
Tke
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