Naval Parley Faces New Setback in London Talks
Washington reports rising pessimism as London naval conferences falter over French demands and Japan's seventy percent claim. Secretary Stimson abandons a consultative pact after Senate opposition and fear of moral obligation.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
London
Hoover
Tardieu
MacDonald
Stimson
Briand
Paris
America
Senate
Moses
League of Nations
Borah
United States
France
Wayne Presses Gas Tax Fight
Wayne county seeks 679062 from Michigan claiming error in auto weight tax distribution over two and a half years. Valois E. Crossley argues weight and gasoline taxes are distinct and should follow specific wording. Wayne asserts 6000000 weight tax should go by auto registrations, while current method uses seven eighths by population and one eighth split, mirroring gas tax rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Wayne County
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Valois E. Crossley
Wayne
French Chamber Approves Finance Budget by Wide Margin
The French chamber of deputies backed the government's finance and budget measures by 476 to 112 and adjourned at 10 a m after an all night session. The debates ended with the government suffering a single defeat but prevailing on major issues amid one of the chamber’s longest sittings.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Clare water well yields oil trace at 36 foot depth
A Clare residence well drilled in the kitchen of Louis Oaks, former Los Angeles police chief, shows oil in water at 36 feet. The well produced discolored water at 18 feet, then oilier water as drilling continued through rock layers. Laboratory tests awaited as oil enthusiasts visited the site daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Louis Oaks
Nolice
Los Angeles
Calif
Oaks
South Seeks Southern Contender for Supreme Court Vacancy
President Hoover amid talks with Chief Justice Hughes and Attorney General Mitchell weighs a Tennessee vacancy caused by Edward Sanford’s death. Southern leaders urge a southerner, with endorsements pouring in from across the region. Hoover aims to act soon if a suitable candidate emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Supreme Court
Edward T. Sanford
Tennessee
White House
South
Hughes
Mitchell
Sanford
McReynolds
American Bar Association
Widow Finds Hidden Hoard in Barn After Death
Bay City Michigan March 13 widow Victoria Szezdrowski inherits $4169.75 stashed by her late husband John Szezdrowski in a barn. Neighbor John Kosnik discovered the cash hidden since around fifty years ago as the couple distrusted banks.
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Bay City
Mich
John Szezdrowski
Victoria
John Kosnik
Szezdrowski
Young Plans ratified today by Hindenburg
Berlin March 18 President Paul Von Hindenburg today signed the Young agreement ending the ten year reparation controversy. He deferred other liquidation pacts to consult the cabinet. The measures commit Germany to annual payments to allied nations until 1988 via the Bank for International Settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kuh
United Press
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Poland
Canada
New Zealand
Germany
Bank For International Settlement
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
August von Mackensen
Otto Meissner
Federal Council
Union
Motorist Kills Policewoman Guarding Glen Park Children
In Gary Indiana Policewoman Pearl A Lanham 32 was struck and killed while guiding schoolchildren across a street in front of Glen Park grammar school. Driver John Nicholas of Griffith Ind said he could not stop and was held for questioning.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Glen Park Grammar School
John Lanham
Pearl A. Lanham
Glen Park School
John Nicholas
Griffith, Ind
Weather Forecast for Detroit Area
Detroit weather forecast for March 18 calls for mostly fair conditions tonight and Friday. Temperatures will be considerably colder tonight with gentle to moderate northwest winds. Friday will bring variable winds and continued cool conditions.
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Detroit
Mar
Michigan
Oil Struck at Wildgat Well in Porter Township
Drillers from Geneva Oil Development Co struck oil and gas at a depth of 3398 feet in Porter township Midland County. The Dundee formation is about 70 feet higher than the unoven field, a trace of gas noted in Traverse, with tanks to be erected as the well was shut down yesterday. Nearby Mt Pleasant prospects are seen as brighter. The same report notes the Porter site lies southeast of the uneven field’s eastern edge. Pontiac reports Michigan Musicians' association convention opening with 150 delegates from 22 cities, Claude O Taylor presiding, guest William Kerngood of New York City.
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Dundee
Geneva Oil Development Company
Porter Township
Midland County
Traverse
Mt. Pleasant
Pontiac
Mich
Michigan Musicians’ Association
Claude O. Taylor
Grand Rapids
William Kerngood
New York City
Poor Michigan districts receive first state funds
Lansing reports the first payments from a three year effort to aid poor districts. Checks totaling 1,984,178 dollars were mailed by Auditor General O. B. Fuller to districts with school tax above ten dollars per thousand and population above the state average. The 1927 act lacked funds and a tax clause. the 1929 measure re enacted ensures annual payments unless repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mar
Michigan
O. B. Fuller
Expert Explains How Tetra-Ethyl Lead Curbs Knocks at Lecture
Standard Oil expert D. H. Ferribly told Central State students on March 12 that tetra-ethyl lead slows gasoline burning by retarding explosion rate, not by excess heat. He said knock from gasoline is due to too-rapid combustion and noted high compression engines show knock more with poor fuel. He compared crude oil Diesel engines and demonstrated with a high compression motor and slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Ferribly
Central State
Germany
United States
X Day Squad Man Sought as Witness in Mrs Miller Case
Lansing March 13 Frank Eastman former member of the Lansing city squad is the object of a comprehensive search started today by his former companions Eastman who was dismissed from the service following charges of bribery is wanted as a witness in the retrial of Mrs Etta Mae Miller first woman to be convict a the Michigan criminal codes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Frank Eastman
Eastman
Etta Mae Miller
France Rejoices As Reichstag Votes Young Plan Approval
Paris reports a 78 vote majority in the Reichstag for the Young plan finalizing Germany's 10 year program of reparations to 1988. The move backs a new international bank of settlements and signals a shift toward postwar financial stability including evacuation of Rhineland forces.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Paris
France
Reichstag
Germany
International Bank of Settlements
United States
Tardien
Hague
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Rhineland
Europe
Allied Commission On Reparations
S. Parker Gilbert
Bank For International Settlements
Gates W. McGarrah
International Bank
Flaming Oklahoma gas well draws crowds and danger
A 150 foot flame from No 5 Kinter well in the South City fields burns for 48 hours after a 100 million cubic foot producer. Spectators watch from near the site as workers in asbestos suits fight the blaze and prepare a gelatin charge to extinguish it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
South City
Kinter
Sinclair Oil and
Amerada Petroleum Company
Midland merchants hear chain store talk
Local delegation of merchants met in Midland to hear C. D. Fenner of Shreveport discuss chain store issues. About 100 business men from Clare, Coleman, Saginaw, Bay City, Freeland, Gordonville, Midland and Mt. Pleasant attended as Fenner highlighted alleged weight and contents differences between chain stores and independent shops. E. L. Conrick arranged a potential follow up talk in Mt. Pleasant.
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L. Conrick
Chas, Entrekin
Frank Lynch
Leonard Donohue
Dale Richmond
C. Hileman
Orlie Bishop
Midland
C. D. Fenner
W. K. Henderson
Shreveport
Clare
Coleman
Saginaw
Bay City
Freeland
Gordonville
Mt. Pleasant
Henderson
E. L. Conrick
Chamber of Commerce
Fenner
Mr. Pleasant
Poisoning Talk Triggers Iloilo Riot Against Americans
In Manila on March 13 United Press reports rising anger over James Baker's confession that he put cyanide in a Filipino's cup during a fiesta in Iloilo years ago. Rioters attacked seven American sailors from the Yamachichi and a mob stormed a dance hall injuring several. authorities say the sailors held no poison and acted properly.
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United Press
Manila
P. I
James Baker
Detroit
Iloilo
S. S. Yamachichi
Jose Romero
Baker
Nolice
Detroit Street Car Fare Plan Fails to Halt Increase
Three circuit court judges dissolved a temporary restraining order blocking the proposed street car fare raise. The injunction, sought by Richard C. Rau and Julius Zelenko, ends with the increase to take effect Friday midnight as the court rules the city charter grants the street railway commission authority to set fares. Judges Harry J. Dingemran, Lester S. Moll and Arthur Webster presided.
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Detroit
Mar
Richard C. Rau
Julius Zelenko
Street Railway Commission
Harry J. Dingemran
Lester S. Moll
Arthur Webster
Muskegon pair held for arson in Owosso case
Steve Klemiczky and wife of Muskegon Heights were bound over to circuit court on arson charges for the burning of George Cramer’s home in Owosso. Bail reduced from 5000 to 2500 each by Justice Arthur B. Pierpont. Stanley Kwasnofsky and wife of Flushing are held pending another examination set for April 18.
Senate Sets Final Sugar Duty With Cuban 2 Cents
Washington reports the Senate approved a final sugar duty of two cents per pound on Cuban sugar and 2.5 cents on sugar from the rest of the world. The Nye motion to reconsider failed 38 to 47. The action dampens the Democratic Western Republican tariff coalition and sets up a conference with House rates of 2.4 cents on Cuban sugar and three cents on other imports.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Nye
House
Fire devastates Manila district leaving over a thousand homeless
Fire of undetermined origin swept Manila's congested residential area last night after starting yesterday afternoon. More than 100 homes burned, but only minor casualties reported. The blaze began in a cluster of native frame dwellings and spread through solid brick and stone residences.
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Manila
P. I
Seek Assailant of Kazoo Tots
Kalamazoo Michigan police hunted a man after two six year old girls were assaulted and injured. The children said he took them to a deserted snack area and to a hob o camp in the jungles before returning them home. Descriptions of the suspect were limited.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
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Rother
Lowell Sherman
Helene Costello
Sherman
Wildgat
Standard Oil
Oklahoma
Washingston
Senate Commerce
W. B. Coffey
Southern Pacific
San_ Francisco
Coffey
Filiping
Muskegon
Bulletin
Hobo Jungle
Mt. Glemens
Vernon. Miller
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