Forest fires sweep vast timber districts across Midwest
Fire crews and volunteers battled large blazes near Sidnaw Deerfield Center and Butternut along with forest set near Winn. High winds threatened to widen the fires as crews from UP conservation fought through second growth timber and brush. Reports from Manitoba and Ontario noted vast, fast moving flames with safety lanes created for reforestation zones while no confirmed deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Upstain
Sidnaw
St. Clair Willson
Weidman Lumber Co
Front Creek
Charles Baumgartner
Deerfield Center
Charles Riggle
Winn
Butternut
Wis
U.P
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company
Winnipeg
Man
Ontario
Nipigon
Lake Superior
Duluth
Three Bandits Captured in Chippewa Indian Treaty Suit
The Chippewa bands of Saginaw Salt River and Swan Creek sue the federal government for more than three million dollars under an 1855 treaty to disband Michigan tribes and grant land in Isabella County. The suit follows the ousting of tribal chief Elliot Collins and election of Elijah Elk. The case involves damages for a fire destroyed saw mill and timing of legal representation in Washington. A May 28 1930 council at Mt Pleasant Michigan saw Elijah Elk elected temporary chairman and Daniel Bennett acting as secretary. Representatives from Kalamazoo and Romeo attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Salt River
Swan Creek
Redmen
Elliot Collins
Elijah Elk
Michigan
Isabella County
Washington
Federal Court of Claims
Colins
Mt. Pleasant
United States
Department of Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Baumgarten
Indian School
Indian Business Committee
L. £. Baumgarten
Peter Jackson
Dan J. Bennett
Eugene Dutton
Elk
Moses Thomas
Forest
Ontario
Baumrvarten
John Jackson
Daniel Bennett
Pleasant
Rosebush
Romeo
Our
Isabella Reservation
Elmer Simons
Kalamazoo, Mich
Arthur Henry
Blast Wrecks Three Ontario Factories
An explosion and fire at three Walkerville plants caused about 250000 in damage. One worker, Edward Croucher, 45, was fatally burned. more than 200 others faced danger, including 25 women. Croucher died after a torch ignited escaping gas and oxygen tanks exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkerville
Edward Croucher
Dominion Specialties, Co
Croucher
Lames
Viking Pump Co
Universal ,Fastetier & Button Muse
Michigan Cannot Deport Criminals
Michigan Supreme Court rules that inmates convicted under state law cannot be deported to another state. Eva Saum, convicted in Berrien County for liquor law violations, was ordered to pay fines and leave Michigan for five years. The court says allowing deportation would enable states to dump criminals and provoke interstate retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Supreme Court
Eva Saum
Berrien County
Charles B. White
Boy Scouts Rally Set for Mt Pleasant Saturday
More than 125 scouts from Isabella and Clare counties will gather in Mt Pleasant Island Park Saturday June 7 for a county rally led by Ivan Price of Saginaw and Central State Teachers College coach Bourke Lodewyk. Six troops expected with events from string burning to archery and tent pitching plus a wall scaling demonstration by Troop 121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Island Park
Ivan, Price
Saginaw
Bourke Lodewyk
Central State ‘Teachers College
City Blames Fire Disaster on Cabaret Owner and Officials
Detroit mayor releases a voluminous report blaming three city departments and cabaret owner Martin Cohn for the Study Club fire that killed 22 patrons and performers last September. Cohn faced criminal trial for negligent homicide but was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Martin Cohn
Study Club
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Cohn
Weather Outlook for Michigan Shows Cloud, Showers
Weather forecast for Michigan calls for increasing cloudiness with possible showers in the northern part beginning late tonight or Wednesday. Cooler temperatures expected in extreme north portions tonight and Wednesday with varied regional readings across Alpena Chicago Detroit Duluth Escanaba Grand Rapids Ludington Marquette Sault Ste Marie.
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Detroit
Michigan
North Portion
Chicago
Duluth
Asaees
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Marquette
Sault Ste Marie
Zeppelin Off On Return Trip To Continent
Graf Zeppelin sailed from Lakehurst with a tail wind bound for Seville and Friedrichshafen after a 210 hour 67 minute flight from Pernambuco. Dr Hugo Eckener plans regular Europe to United States service starting September 1931 aboard the Friedrichshafen with a Lakehurst ship named in its honor. The crew noted favorable Atlantic weather and small takeoff delays despite 11 mph gusts as 22 passengers stayed aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle GC
Wilson
United Press
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
U.P
Seville
Spain
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckener
Pernambuco
Brazil
Europe
South America
North America
United States
Eckener
Baltimore
Washington
Zeppelin
North Atlantic
Azores
Graf
Navy
Funerals for Two Mt Pleasant Aged Residents This Week
Two Mt Pleasant elderly residents died this week. Mrs Alice Fifield 77 will be buried Riverside cemetery after a 2 30 pm service at 115 Fessenden. Mrs Minerva Simons died Monday. funeral Thursday at 2 pm at her North Fancher home with Riverside burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Alice Yifield
James Fifield
Fessenden
West Side
Riverside Cemetery
Fifield
Minerva Simons
James Simons
North Fancher Avenue
Riverside
Howard reelected UT president by 10103 vote total
An unofficial UT report from Indianapolis says Charles P. Howard of Chicago was reelected president with a 10103 vote majority. In Michigan, state troopers split duties between a hospital escape search in Ionia and pursuing three bandits who robbed the Mancelona State Bank yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
International Typographical Union Today
Charles P. Howard
Chicago
Lansing
Jsurle
Oscar G. Olander
Commissioner of Public Safety
South Haven
Detroit
Ionia
Mancelona
Rural School Graduates Get Diplomas June 7
Eighth grade diplomas will be presented to 240 graduates from Isabella county rural schools at Mt. Pleasant high school auditorium Saturday at 9 80 a m Rev Charles W Mackenzie of First Methodist church will deliver the commencement address Commissioner H C Caszatt reports 90 percent of semester exam takers passed The Saturday program includes invocation opening musical number songs musical reading address diploma presentation and march The afternoon at Island Park features frames and contests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant High School
Charles W. Mackenzie
First Methodist Church
H. G C. Gasratt
Elihu Mayhew
Mt. Pleasant Junior High School
Jean Binkey
H. C. Caszatt
Island Park
Senator Couzens Freed Of Slander Charge
Washington reports the district court of appeals upheld the district supreme court's dismissal of a slander suit against Senator Couzens Repn Mich. The suit was filed by tax consultant Howe P Cochran who claimed remarks in the senate reflected on his character and were outside official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
House
Senate
District Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Couzens
Mich
Howe P. Cochran
Four Bandits Captured After Mancelona Bank Robbery
A posse of hundreds surrounded a swamp six miles from Mancelona as four bank robbers from Kalamazoo were traced after sneaking away in a car. One captive, Sylvester Elliott, 22, admitted gang membership and named fellow suspects. gunfire wounded Dr. J. R. Gerver during the pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Rifenberg
Mancelona
Gerver
Dr. Rifenberg
U.P
Cant. L. A. Lyons
State Police
Sylvester Elliott
Kalamazoo
Ellott
Elliott
Michigan
Board of Directors
Herbert Sullivan
Mancelogna
J. R. Gerver
Bellaire
Seven year old burned in gasoline fire accident
Joe Haller aged seven of Leaton was badly burned Monday afternoon when gasoline leaked from an automobile tank caught fire while he played. One leg and a side were scorched. he was taken to Brandstetter hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haller
Leaton
Joe Haller
Brandstetter Hospital
Mt Pleasant Daily Times Reports Mancelona Bank Robbery
The Mt. Pleasant Daily Times carried a United Press bank robbery story from Mancelona on Monday night. The Iron Man wire service enabled rapid printing with minimal later changes as dispatches arrived. Reports were printed in final form and appeared in state papers the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Daily Times
Bishop Cannon refuses Senate probe on 1928 anti Smith drives
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South declines to answer the Senate lobby committee on his anti Smith activities in 1928, claiming persecution. Senator Walsh outlines board fund usage and conference contacts to probe the matter, while Cannon denounces the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Today
Senate Lobby Committee
Dem
Mont
Cannon
Methodist Board of Prohibition and Social Service
N. CG
South
Alfred B. Smith
New York
Walsh
Gannon
Senator Walsh
Eleven Madmen Escape Ionia Hospital in Breakout
News from Lansing and Sonia report eleven inmates at the Ionia State Hospital for the criminal insane are at large after overpowering guards and freeing cells. Authorities and residents search the countryside with roads guarded and trains checked while hunger and exposure raise risk as nightfall nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonia
Midh
State Hospital
Jenin
Eugene Owen
Owen
Osborn Considers Senate Run Against Couzens in Michigan
Former Governor Chase S. Osborn says he will enter the Republican race for the U S Senate if James Couzens does not provide the right opposition. He criticizes Couzens’ spending on dental clinics and asserts Michigan Republicans should back a staunch opponent. Osborn notes he would join the fight if no one with his views runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couzens
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Chase S. Osborn
Senate
James Couzens
Osborn
American Legion
Nick Couzens
Michigan
Washington
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Weidman
Blast Wrecks
Canada
BOY Scouts
Continent
Merna
Neb
Flint
Burton Hayes
Fred Mattison
Hayes
Nait
Andrew Scher
Marvin
Howard City
Ashley
North Branch
Middleton
Pentwater
Merrill
Mattison
Genesee County
Sen. Couzens
Oscar. G. Olander
Olander
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