Extortionist Samuel Meyers Sentenced in Michigan Case
Samuel Meyers, 39, pleaded guilty in circuit court to attempting to extort 15000 from Richard H. Scott, president of the REO Motor Car Co. He received 28 months to two years in Jackson prison. County and federal prosecutors plan to pursue a possible federal charge carrying up to five years and a $5000 fine. Meyers confessed, citing personal financial distress to support his actions, and exonerated two brothers-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Samuel Meyers
Leland W. Carr
Richard H. Scott
Iree Motor Car Company
Jackson
Detroit
Meyers
Evers
Rep
Reo
Frank
Herman Schliposki
Spots
Scott
Mt. Hope Cémetery
Jstate
Runnels Coal Company
Hot Weather Reduces Michigan Fall Crop Prospects
Michigan faces delayed crop yields due to an ongoing heat wave since early July. Verne H. Church, state agriculture statistician, warns the July 1 outlook will worsen with heat rather than drought, though oats and barley remain near normal and harvested wheat and rye escaped the heat. If the heat continues, corn potatoes and beans may be short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.R
Michigan
Verne H. Church
State Department of Agriculture
Church
American manganese producers seek tariff action on Soviet shipments
J Carson Adkerson, secretary of the American Manganese Producers Association, urged the Treasury Department and Tariff Commission to bar further Russian manganese imports. He pushed for protection under sections 807 and 3387 of the tariff act, targeting prison labor bans and anti dumping measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
United States
American Manganese Producers Association
Treasury Department
Treasury and Tariff Commission
J. Carson Adkerson
Manganese Producers
Boy Killed as Race Car Jumps Off Track Near Recreation Park
Kalamazoo reports a spectator Wesley Reynolds, 14, killed when a car driven by James Brown left the track during a 100 mile race at Recreation Park. Brown, from Findlay Ohio, was in the lead after a tire blowout. he suffered serious injuries. Al Miller of Detroit won the race in 82 minutes for the Midwest championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
U.R
James Brown
Findlay
Recreation Park
Wesley Reynolds
Brown
al Miller
Detroit
Three youths sentenced to life for bank robbery in Michigan
In Grand Rapids on July 28 three young men Elmer Lee Charles Robinson and Blaine Ashcraft aged 20 20 and 23 respectively were given life terms in Marquette prison after pleading guilty to robbing the Michigan Exchange branch of the Rapids Savings Bank. Ashcraft admitted to shooting Harm Breene a merchant during the getaway and the bandits took about 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
Elmer Lee
Charles Robinson
Blaine Ashcraft
Marquette
Michigan Exchange
Rapids Savings Bank
Ashcraft
Newberry
Mich
Harm Breene
Big Rapids Airport Dedication Postponed At Armistice Day
Big Rapids holds a field day with 24 planes and crowds of 7500 as the 77 acre Roben Hood airport opens for public use. Dedication postponed to Armistice Day. Governor Green unable to officiate due to schedule.
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Rapids
Xu.p
Roben Hood
Green
Art Davis
Lansing
Michigan
Detroit
Gerald Buckley
WMBC
Queess
Osborn Aims for Senate Bid Amid Michigan Chaos
In Ypsilanti July 28, Osborn told about 100 Rotary Club members that Michigan faces chaos but the trouble is not serious and a restoration of confidence in men is needed. Clyde Ford introduced Osborn and announced tomorrow’s Benton Harbor talk.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
U.R
Michigan
Chase
United States Senate
Rotary Club
Clyde Ford
Normal College
Osborn
Benton Harbor
Blast at Baltimore chemical plant sparks urgent fire
A nitro cotton drum exploded at the U S Industrial Chemical plant in Baltimore today, triggering a blaze that within a half hour threatened the plant. Five alarms were turned in within ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.R
U. S. Industrial Chemical Company
Sousa lauded at Interlochen tribute on packed Sunday
John Philip Sousa received a high tribute at Interlochen Mich where nearly 8000 people gathered in the bowl to hear the famed bandmaster direct the massed bands from 11 Michigan cities and a 100 member high school band. Austin A Harding helped with the program as the camp marks its fifth week on Chippewa Ottawa tribal lands.
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Interlochen
Mich
U.P
John Phillip Sousa
Michigan
Sousa
Austin A. Harding
University of Illinois
Edgar Stillman- Kelley
Soviet Camps In Wisconsin Attract Attention
Wisconsin woman testifies at congressional inquiry describes three camps in Wisconsin at Senosha Brule and Lake Geneva. She says Communist women run the camps where children aged 8 to 18 attend with both white and negro participants.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Congressional’investigation
Illinois
Legino
Senosha
Brule
Lake Geneva
Iaré
New Dry Plan Opposes Harsh Prohibition Enforcement
New York July 28 The country’s chief prohibition leaders sign a new declaration of policy repudiating enforcement practices that do not safeguard personal rights. The group plans a campaign to counter figures like Dwight Morrow who oppose prohibition. Reverend James K Shields of New Jersey Anti Saloon League calls Morrow a source of unrest for prohibitionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Dry
Dwight W. Morrow
James K. Shields
New Jersey
Anti-Saloon League
Morrow
Trans Ocean Air Service Plan Nearing Inauguration
Washington reports negotiations for a combined airplane dirigible service linking Berlin Seville and South America have concluded. The plan envisions Berlin to Seville by plane and Seville to South America by zeppelin with inauguration expected soon per the commerce department based on consul Frank A. Henry's Barcelona briefing. John R Voorhis in New York marked his 101st birthday at his daughter’s White Plains home. he heads the NYC Board of Elections and is a Tammany Hall grand sachem, born 1892 in Pompton Plains New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.P
Berlin
Seville
Nouth Amerida
Commerce Department
South America
Zepgelin
Frank A. Henry
Barcelona
the Department
New York
John R. Voorhis
William H. Newell
White Plains
Voorhis
New York City
Board of Elections
Tammany Hall
Pompton Plains
N. J
Mrs Mary St. John Father of Boys Vocational School
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Mary St. John 80 longtime matron and teacher at the Boys Vocational School in Lansing She and her husband joined the institution in 1878 and she served as matron until 1915 ten years after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.py
Mary St. John
Tree Sitter Arthur Blackburn Completes 212 Hours
Arthur Blackburn, 14, grandson of Mr and Mrs Henry Nabicht of 222 South Kinney Avenue, spent 212 hours and 10 minutes perched in a tree in Mt Pleasant. After a nine day ascent he chose to come down nine minutes before his landing hour. He planned future endurance stints in airplanes once he can afford a ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Blackburn
Henry Nabicht
South Kinney Avenue
Arthur
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Ooen
Fudge
United” States
Flying derby survivors prep for Detroit return
Eleven fliers remaining in the all-American Derby tuned their planes in Los Angeles for the return to Detroit Wednesday. Lieut. Lee Gehlbach led the westward leg with G. R. Wedell second and Herman Hamer third. Gehlbach won 500 dollars, Wedell 300, Hamer 200. Stub Quinby was forced out after his plane overturned at Douglas with minor injuries. Cecil Coffe ing had a brush with an automobile in California causing wing damage. Hunter brothers of Chicago hold the world endurance record among 10,000 spectators who watched the desert crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Detroit
Lee Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
Gehrbach
Wedell
Hamer
Quinby
Moline
Ill
Douglas
Cecil Coffeing
Brooklyn
Bost Anhour
Germans On U S Hop Arrive In Scotland
German aviators Wolf Hirth and Oscar Weller refueled a 40 horsepower light plane at Kirkwall Scotland and awaited suitable weather to begin a trans Atlantic flight to Chicago via Iceland Greenland and Labrador They arrived at 6 55 am yesterday from Hanworth Airdrome London and will fly to Iceland first for refueling.
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Kirkwall
Scotland
U.P
Wolf Hirth
Oscar Weller
Chicago
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Hirth
Weller
Hanworth Airdrome
London
Mackinac Island Plans To Preserve Astor House Relic
Community leaders on Mackinac Island face funding and repair needs to keep the John Jacob Astor House as a public relic. Rosa Webb led efforts to raise funds. five thousand dollars has been secured toward an eight thousand dollar purchase. The building, erected around 1780, housed the American Fur Company and later served as a hotel. The committee plans to maintain the historic rooms, including the old desk, records, and antique furniture, as a community hall and memorial of early island life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacob Astor
Mackinac Island
American Fur Company
Rosa Webb
Mackinac ‘Island
Comey Association
Fur Company
Astors
New York
Ferguson Leads Texas Democratic Primary Field in 1930
Former Governor Miriam A Ferguson and Ross Sterling top a crowded Texas Democratic field in the first 1930 primary as returns from 59 counties show Ferguson with 197 375 votes and Sterling 141 283. Sterling and Ferguson advancing to a run off August 26 while Morris Sheppard leads for the U S Senate with 864 422 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Steele
United Press
Dallas
U.P
Miriam A
Thomas B. Love
Jim Young
Barry Miller
U. S
Earl B. Mayfield
C. C. Moody
Fort. Worth
Frank ‘Putnam
Paul Loven
I .Wicker
Ma” Ferguson
James FE
Pa” ‘Ferguson
State Supreme Court
Sterling
Texas
Morris Sheppard
United States
Senate
Robert A. Henry
C.A. Mitchner
I. E
Exum
Amarillo
George C
Ross Sterling
Highway ‘Commission
Brill County
White House
Gulf of Mexico
Anahuac
Galveston
Funeral Wednesday For Arthur S Muterspaugh
Funeral services for Arthur S. Muterspaugh who died Sunday at Saginaw General hospital will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the farm residence in Isabella township and at the Seaton M E church at 2 30 o'clock. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery. Michigan conservation commission begins annual one week inspection tour of state projects from Lansing with potential meeting in Crystal Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Muterspaugh
Saginaw General Hospital
Isabella Township i
Seaton"m. E
Riverside Cemeery
Lansing
U.R/—Mich
Igah
S Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Crystal
Falls
George R
Hogarth
Upnér Peninsula
Boy Injured by Scrappy Dogfish on Flint River
In Flint on July 28 a 14 inch dogfish latched onto Henry Zarko while he tried to remove a hook. The fish caused a deep thigh gash with its dorsal fin during a short struggle. The 12 year old was taken to Hurley hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
U.R
Flint River
Henry Zarko
Hurley Hospital
Fire menace greatly reduced in Isabel la county oil fields
The forest fire menace in Isabel la county and the oil fields stood at its lowest ebb since July 1 with only scattered muck and swamp fires under control. Saturday rain slowed spread, no fires reported near the oil fields over the weekend, patrols remain active, and a Wise township spread report was found false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Wise
Baumgardner
Plans to Rebuild Southern Italy After Last Week Quake
Italian authorities move toward a vast reconstruction after a powerful earthquake. Military teams with gas masks search ruins, hospital trains bring injured to Naples area, and Avezzano is set as a model town. Government funds and surveys will drive early rebuilding this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
NES
U.P
Italy
Avezzano
Coma
Aquilonia
Hillas
Naples
Army Engineers
English Dirigible Ready For Flight
The R-100 airship, ready for its trans Atlantic flight to Canada, awaits suitable weather. Officials report the ship is in excellent condition after a 24 hour test, with Montreal as the intended destination and a 60 to 70 hour voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.R
British Dirigible
Canada
British Air Ministry
Montreal
Cardington
Oil well permits surge in MichiGen two week span
In a two week period from July 1 to July 21 Michigans oil authorities issued twenty permits the highest two week total this year Northwest field activity centers on Mt Pleasant Vernon and Seaton townships with new wells for Stork Oil G Lake P and Fred Sias No 25 Ws Grubb plus Barnard McGee and Wielderl in Chippewa Danno and Sherman townships and two Vernon wildcats Pat Regan and Bow man No 2 Bow man. Muskegon county adds three permits including a proven field well and two wildcat sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MichiGen
Mt.Pleasant Field
Stork Oil Company
Sawade
G-Lke-P_ Oil Development company
Fred Sias
Mt. Pleasant
Eddy
Sherman Township
Mid-Bay ‘Oil Company
Patrick
Midland Township
Midland County
Muskegon County
Oil firm plans major refinery expansion and new products
Roosevelt Oil Company announces a 25000 to 50000 expansion and improvement program to boost refinery efficiency and product range. New equipment will enable lubricants production along with gasolines kerosene fuel oils distillates and naptha. Mt Pleasant refinery output now about 2500 barrels per day under T F Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Oil Companys
T. F. Caldwell
Bei Produ
Alb Fldsent
Gehartds Jing Ab
Robert Rude Oil
Simrall Pipe Line Company
Mt., Pleasant
General Manger
Delayed Drilling at Keeler-Mitchell No 2 Gasser
Drilling paused at the Keeler-Mitchell gasser No 2 in Broomfield township after a bailer was lost in the well. The bailer remains unrecovered as gas flow exceeded 2,000,000 cubic feet. The well is an offset to the 18,000,000 cubic feet Broomfield gasser brought in last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeler-Mitchell Gasser
Broomfield Township
Keeler-Mitchell No. 2
Broomfield
Hoover Returns to Washington From Virginia Trip
President Hoover arrives in Washington from a weekend at Rapidan Camp after leaving at 6:50 a.m. and traveling about three hours. The rest of his party, aside from two members who already returned, continued home by car later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Hoover
Virginia Mountains
Rapidan
Canital
Snow November in Johannesburg Warms Winter Record
Snow coated Johannesburg and surrounding areas today, disrupting normal activity as residents awoke to several inches of accumulation in what is normally one of the warmest winters on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
National amateur golf championship eyed for Detroit scene
Reports from U S Golf Association headquarters indicate the country club of Detroit will host the 1931 national amateur championship with confirmation expected in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
United States
Golf Association Today
Stribling to fight Phil Scott in Wimbledon heavyweight bout
London July 28 reports a new claimant to the world heavyweight title after Georgia’s Young Stribling faces England’s Phil Scott in a 10 round bout at Wimbledon Stadium.
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London
Young Stribling
Georgia
Phil Scott
England
Wimbledon Stadium
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Omaha, Neb
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Muterspaugh
Roosevelt Company
Broomfield Gasser
U. P
Detroit Assessors
Duluth
Ispanaba
Ss.a
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Ludington
Leyte
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