Hoover vetoes Muscle Shoals power bill in Congress
President Hoover returns the Norris Muscle Shoals measure to Congress with a strong veto and warning that federal operation of power and fertilizer plants would lead to degeneration. He proposes state and local commissions to lease the plant in the region and argues for regulation over government competition with private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Mar
U.K
Norvis Muscle Shoals
Hoover
Congress
Muscle ‘Shoals
Mr. Hoover
Alabama
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals Power
Corps of Army Engineers
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley
Senate OKs Crampton bill to create Isle Royale park
The Senate passed the Crampton bill establishing a national park on Isle Royale in Keweenaw County Michigan. The House approved it earlier, and the surrounding islands are included in the park under the act with the bill now awaiting President Hoover's signature.
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Washington
Mar
U.P
Senate
Crampton
Isle Royale
Keweenaw County
Mich
Hoover
House
Former State Official Electrocuted In Office Incident
Dr. William A. Lemire, a former state senator and representative, was electrocuted in his Escanaba office yesterday while operating a 4,500 volt machine. The accident occurred during work at his desk in the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba, Mich
Mar
William A. Lemire
Bowles Wins Nomination for Recorder's Court Judge
Detroit primary results show former Mayor Chas Bowles nominated for recorder's court judge by a margin over Judge John P. Scallen. Bowles led by nearly 9,000 votes, with about 30,000 to Scallen's roughly 39,000 as turnout was only about 10 percent of registered voters.
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Detroit
Mar
U.P
Chas. Bowles
Recorder’s Court
Bowles
John P. Scallen
Tred W.green
Frank Murphy
Prosecution Opens in Buckley Trial Amid Underworld Links
Detroit report outlines prosecutor Harry Toy's claim that a downriver liquor gang spent over 11000 to elect Bowles in retaliation for radio criticism. He cites Norman Smith as spokesman and alleges a LaSalle hotel meeting where Buckley's elimination was discussed. The case against Livecchi Pizzino and Bommarito moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weber
United Press
Detroit
Mar
U.R
Jerry Buckley
Harry S. Toy
Underworld
Buckley
Charles Bowles
Angelo Livecchi
Ted Pizzino
Joe Bommarito
Yoy
Bowles
Toy
Norman Smith
Leavenworth
Smith
LaSalle
Sneath
Livecchi
Pizzino
Era Ends for 92 Congress Veterans With Wednesday Closing
Washington veteran lawmakers exit after the 11th congress ends. Notables include Sen J Thomas Heflin of Alabama and Sen Furnifold Simmons of North Carolina. House figures include Louis C. Cramton and Grant M. Hudson of Michigan. Several faced indictments or defeat in renomination.
General Jadwin Engineer Chief Dies Suddenl y
Major General Edgar Jadwin retired chief of the Army Engineering Corps and canal board chairman dies at Gorgas hospital Panama from cerebral hemorrhage while en route to inspect a Nicaraguan canal survey. Body to New York aboard the St Mihiel. Jadwin home at Honesdale Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
W.A
Edgar "Jadwin
Army Engineering Corps
Inter- Ocean Canal Board
Gorgas Hospital
Nicaragua
Jadwin
New York
St. Mihiel
Panama
Panama Canal
Edgar Jadwin
West Point
United States
Canal Zone
Michigan House moves to probe Rubiner remarks
The Michigan House votes to open a public inquiry into alleged statements by Assistant Attorney General Charles Rubiner claiming private interests sway some lawmakers. The chamber passed the resolution amid debate over Rubiner's conciliatory letter and possible Senate disposition to accept an apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Markle
United Press
Lansing
Mar
U.P
House of Representatives
Michigan
Charles Rubiner
Brucker
Lansing Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rubiner
House
Senate
Women’s bloc loses three members as retirements loom
Three of the nine women in the bloc, Ruth Hanna Mc Cormick Rep Ill, Katherine W Langley Rep Ky, and Pearl Peden Oldfield Dem Ark, resign while Oldfield leaves voluntarily. In total eight representatives and one Alaska delegate Dan A Sutherland retire. three House members will seek the Senate, Cordell Hull Tenn I J Dickinson Rep Ja and Wallace White Rep Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Katherine W. Langley
Kyi
Pearl Peden Oldfield
Deni
Ark
Re. Oldfield
Dan A. Sutherland
Alaska
House
Senate
Cordell Hull
Tenn
I. J. Dickinson
Wallace White
Texas Rangers Clear Town of Ill Repute
Ten Texas rangers swept Kilgore Texas arresting three hundred suspects in a vendetta against speakeasies and gambling parlors. Twenty jailed at Longview with many others fingerprinted and released. The First Baptist church served as an operations base as officials removed undesirables during the oil boom town cleansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
Vex
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Longview
Dallas
First Baptist Church
Malcolm Vrim
Presbyterian Church
Tom Hickman
Hickman
Borger
Wink
Mexia
Ring Lardner enters sanitarium for rest in Tucson
Ring Lardner humorist and baseball writer has checked into Desert Sanitarium in Tucson for a rest to avert a nervous breakdown. He entered Saturday night and expects to stay for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscon, Ariz
U.P
Ring Lardner
Desert Sanitarium
Hoover signs wage bill for government contractors
President Hoover signed a bill mandating that contractors on government projects pay the highest prevailing wage scale of the communities where the work is performed. The measure aims to set uniform pay standards across federal construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
U.P
Hoover
Times Delivery Promptness Notice
Home Delivery staff aim to have the Times at your home before six each afternoon. If late, call 184. If you do not receive by seven, call 184 and a special messenger will deliver immediately. Cut out and paste on your subscription card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Blake wins third term as Ionia County school commissioner
Elwood M. Blake defeats Mrs Esther Leach by 3 762 to 489 votes to secure a third term as Ionia County school commissioner. Blake, former president of the Michigan School Commissioners association, carried every precinct.
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Ionia
Mich
Mar
Elwood M. Blake
E Sther Leach
Orleans
Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Blake
Michigan School Commissioners Association
Contracts for State Highway Work Approved
Lansing March 8 Contracts totaling 641 698 will go to the state administrative board for final approval The road committee yesterday approved the coming season policy favoring federal aid projects In Arenac County the grading and drainage contract for 10 75 miles of US 23 was let to W T Hill East Tawas for 68623 In Benzie County the 6 5 miles of US 31 between Benzonia and Honor went to Alex Jeffry Saginaw for 115 733 Itzpatrick and Gattiss Munising bid 118 475 for 12 6 miles of US 2 between Rudyard and Carter in Chippewa County Contract for paving US 41 3 5 miles north of Menominee awarded to Carlson and Lundin Menominee for 113 805 In Ontonagon County D S Norton Ontonagon low bid 102 009 for gravelling 4 5 miles of M 26 south of Bruce s Crossing In St Joseph County Grace Construction Marshall low bid 4 94 miles of M 60 near Leonidas All contracts involve federal aid The committee also approved paving US 27 from Frederick to north of Gaylord with sheet asphalt using the state plant A 21 mile stretch of M 65 Pruddenville to West Branch to be paved in summer by contractors and the deed of land for a Bark River town hall The Lenawee Muskegon Sanilac and Calhoun county contracts were held because roads were not on federal aid list Checks totaling 2 168 000 were sent to counties as final payment of all 1930 weight and gas tax money owed
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Lansing
Mar
U.P
State Administrative Board
Arenac County
W.T. Hill
East Tawas
Beaozie County
Benzonia
Honor
Alex Jeffry
Saginaw
Itzpatrick
Gattiss
Munising
Rudyard and
Carter
Chippewa County
Menominee
Carlson and Lundin
Ontonagon Co
D. S.norton
Ontonagion
Bruce's Crossing
St. Joseph County
Grace Construction Company
Marshall
Leonidas
Frederick
Gaylord
State
Pruddenville
West Branch
Bark River
Lenawee
Muskegon
Sanilac
Calhoun Counties
Signs of Spring Missing Boys Spotted in Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti Michigan reports two youths Lawrence Richards 15 and Wayburn Oliver 16 missing since Thursday. Richards took an Indian blanket claiming it needed for a school play. neither boy had extra clothes or money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti, Mich
U.P
Lawrence Richards
Wayburn Oliver
Richards
Special Issue Proposals Not to Be Placed on Ballot
City commission decided spring election will not carry special issues on a city airport or funds for a city band. Propositions were tabled for spring reconsideration, but voter obligations were deemed unnecessary. Bids for the 1931 cement contract were rejected and will be reconsidered at the next meeting.
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City Commission
Airport Talk
Flint
Board of Supervisors
Officers Patrol Fenwick Case to Halt Two Robbers
County officers joined state police on US-27 Monday night to pursue two stick up men who threw a man at Fenwick. The patrol lasted hours until authorities learned the suspects were seen moving north toward Barryton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Us-27
Fenwick
Barryton
Michigan Senate Passes Capital Banishment Bill
The Michigan senate approved the death penalty measure in a 24 to 8 vote after a conference committee agreement. Leaders expect a state wide vote next month on adopting the death penalty for murders in Michigan, with final passage anticipated at the afternoon session.
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Lansing
Mar
U.P
Senate
House
U.R
Michigan
Joe. C.foster
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan today
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan calls for snow flurries in extreme north and extreme west tonight and Wednesday, with colder conditions in the west north and southeast on Wednesday and fresh northwest winds. Upper Michigan expected to be cloudy with snow flurries near Lake Superior tonight and Wednesday, and colder in the south central area tonight. Readings show varied temperatures across cities including Detroit and Marquette.
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Detroit
Mar
U.P
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Chicago
Difluth
Eecs
Escanaba Reverees
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Marquette
Sault Ste Maris
Scout Badge in Hospital Bed
Richard Brask, 12, earned the Tenderfoot badge after recovering from injuries sustained in a November auto accident. As nurses and Scouts watched, 14 Scouts stood at attention while the district commissioner pinned the first order of Scouthood to his dressing gown in the Detroit hospital.
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Detroit
Mar
U.P
America
Richard Brask
Tenderfoot Brask
Legion Members Apply For Veteran Loans
Washington offices receive high volume of applications for loans on veterans compensation certificates with Isabella county represented. Local American Legion officials report a dozen or more veterans have filed, with many more expected. special application blanks aid processing though not mandatory. A resolution seeks to remove two year old certificates’ loan limits and requires receipts for additional loans. County World War I veterans numbered around 500 with many having moved since the war.
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Washington
Isabella County
American Legion
Veterang
Legion
Witness Enghoffer Ordered to Detroit for Buckley Case
Prosecutors in the Buckley murder inquiry sought Ruth Enghoffer who was traced to near Weidman and then to Detroit. She faces questioning about firearms allegedly planted in a Detroit hotel room connected to radio commentator Jerry Buckley. The hunt for the witness stretched from October and involved investigators in two counties.
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Buckley
Detroit
Ruth Enghoff
Weidman
Tria
Vacant Lots Urged for Home Gardens in Detroit
Detroit mayor urges owners of vacant property to permit vegetable and flower gardening this spring to aid the unemployed. The idea echoes Hazen S. Pingree 1894 action, when post winter hardship spurred widespread cultivation and potato plots appeared citywide.
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Detroit
Man
U.P
Frank Durphy
Hazen S. Pingree
Pingree
Farm Auction Notices Near Mt Pleasant and Crawford
Auction sales set for Wednesday March 4 and Friday March 6 1931 list farm property horses cattle brood sows implements feed and vehicles. J M Marshall and S Gorney act as auctioneers with Luman Burch as clerk with locations described relative to Mt Pleasant Crawford and College Crossing.
February Health Drive Vaccinates Nearly 2000 County Residents
Isabella county health unit reports February activity with nearly 2000 vaccinations and 912 toxin antitoxin treatments. Most schools offered smallpox shots, with nine completing 100 percent, while toxin antitoxin campaigns spread through county and city schools. The plan for March aims to extend vaccination, broaden toxin-antitoxin work, inspect food handlers, and obtain health cards.
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Isabella County Health Unit
Rolland
Fremont
Mt. Pleasant
Health Department
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Bulletin
Bootleg
Members of
Thomas L. Stokes
J. Thomas Heflin
Dem
Ala
Palm Beach
Chamber
Furnifold M. Simmons
N.C
South Carolina
Cole
South
Alfred E. Smith
Lawrence C. Phipps
Repri
Colo
Frederickh. Gillett
Repn
Mass
Joseph BE. Ransdell
Brock
Steck
Williamson
Dencen
Goff
W. Va
Gould
McMaster
S. D
Pine
Okla
Repubiicans
Richard N. Elliott
Ind
Public Buildings Committee
Edward EB
Denison
Til
Frederick Zihlman
Harry I. Rowbottom
Chas
Herbert Hoover
White House
Ring Lardner IN
Mrs. Leach II
State Highway Department
Detroldi
Stanley Kaeczorowski
Imhoff
Shepherd
J. M. Marshall
M. S. Gilmore
Daily ‘Times
Lydia E. Bailey
Crawford
College Crossing
Gorney
Luman_ Burchelerk
The
Daily Times
County Health Unit
Supervisors Health Committee
Advisory Health Committee
Energik Gee
G. ‘Hills
Willis Genuine
Ka Wixslow
Harrigan, Pullen
Johnson and Brown
HC. Caszatt
W. K. Willman
Os. Lameleré
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