Riot Erupts as 1200 Prisoners Clash at Illinois Penitentiary
About 1,200 inmates at the Joliet Illinois prison rioted in the mess hall and yard at noon. Guards fired on attackers wounding three, including Captain Davenport. Warden Henry Hill aided guards as prisoners smashed windows and seized kitchen utensils amid mounting unrest.
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Joliet
Til
Mar
U.P
Illinois Penitentiary
Henry
Hill
D. A. Davenport
Prince Opens British Trade Exposition in Buenos Aires
The Prince of Wales inaugurated the British Empire trade exhibition in Buenos Aires with Provisional President Uriougn in attendance. The event featured pavilions illustrating British life and $25,000,000 in exhibits, aimed at showcasing British economic supremacy.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
England
Prince of Wales
Jose F. Uriouvn
Prince George
Herbert Gibson
Reign
Reichert Reappointed State Banking Commissioner
Governor Brucker reappoints Rudolph Reichert as state banking commissioner after Reichert briefly resigned to lead the American State Bank of Detroit. The bank later faced difficulties and People’s Wayne County Bank pledged to guarantee all deposits. Details of the resignation were not disclosed.
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Lansing
Mar
Brucker
Rudolph
Reichert
Detroit
American State Bank, of
People's
Wayne County Bank
American State Bank
Michigan agrees to refund bond purchase funds
Michigan to repay 1,009,000 of 1,024,000 disbursed by ex treasurer McKay for St. Clair Shores special assessment bonds. Village to regain all but 15,000. commission and sale details under Buckley grand jury probe. Governor Brucker ordered investigation. McKay deflects as politics.
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Detroit
Mar
U.P
of Michigan
Frank D. McKay
St. Clair Shores
Paul W. Voorhies
Grand Rapids Trust Co
Buckley Grand Jury
Attorney General’s Department
McKay
Howard
Wade
St. Clair Shore
Wade Can
G. Hall Roosevelt
United Press Today
Wilber M. Brucker
Brucker
Supreme Court
Michigan
Attorney General
Still Time to Enter Big Sister Poetry Contest
The Times urges readers to submit a poem about Big Sister by midnight Saturday for a chance to win prizes. Open to all, no subscription needed, with Yes Fergrave and Les Forgrave awarding an autographed original of Big Sister to the winner.
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Times
Yes Fergrave
Poe
Les Forgrave
Torgrave
Wellsworth
French Village Crumbles as Glacier of Mud Advances
In Chamberry France on March 14 a glacier of mud and rock engulfed Les Granges and earlier Les Michaud and Les Berges. Some houses were destroyed while authorities evacuated residents. a river of mud up to 45 feet high moved at times in bursts, yet no deaths were reported.
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Chambery
France
Les Granges
Les Michaud
Les Berges
Savoie
Cheran
Chatelard
Alps
Craraz
Saunaz
Ploughboy to English Baron Snell Joins Lords
Henry Snell, once a ploughboy at eight, is raised to the peerage and becomes parliamentary undersecretary of state for India in the Lords. The move preserves Labour representation as King George elevates Snell along with other ministerial appointments including Lord Ponsonby and Parkinson.
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London
Mar
U.P
Henry Snell
House of Lords
Earl Russel
India
Snell
King George
Labor
House Commons
Lord Ponsonby
Duchy of Lancaster
Major C. A. Attlee
John Allen Parkinson
Ministry of Transport
Henry Charles Charleton, Jr
the Treasury
Parkinson
Auction Sale to Quit Farming at Kennedy Hillstead
George Kennedy quits farming and auctions 6 horses 86 cattle and a good list of implements grain hay and household goods at his residence 144 miles south of Broadway on US 27 and 144 miles east on Kennedy hillstead sale starts 10 o clock with free lunch at noon Auctioneer G Forney clerk Hugh Watson details in Daily Times Friday March 13.
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George Kennedy
Broadway
Kennedy Hillimestead
G. Forney
Hugh Watson
The
Daily Times
Sale of Farm Stock and Implements at Chatterton Farm
Earl W. Seybert quits farming and will sell at his Broad Way west end property the Chatterton farm a list including horses cattle hogs and a good list of implements and hay. Sale starts at one o'clock. Details in Times of March 19 8. CG Forney auctioneer Lunian Brich clerk.
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Earl W. Seybert
Broadway
Chatterton
Sonia
CG. Forney
Lunian Brich
Pure Oil Cuts Isabella Midland Crude Price
The Pure Oil company reduced Isabella Midland crude by 35 cents per barrel effective March 13, setting a new price of 75 cents in the field. The move, though pressured by overproduction and imports, aims to curb drilling as other firms may follow.
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The
Pure Oil Company
Isabella-Midland
Tah
Isabella- Midland
Pure
Most Deadly Plant Discovered
CAPETOWN March 14 U R Discovery of the most deadly plant in the world was reported from Pretoria. A botanist named the plant Adenia and said one ten thousandth of a grain could kill an adult. The poison is not traceable after death and railway workers in the interior died after tasting the plant. A botanist and two natives were overcome by fumes when slicing a bulb.
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Capetown
Mar
U.R
Pretoria
Governor Urges Capital Punishment Vote Referendum
Port Huron Michigan March 14 Gov Wilber M Brucker condemns crime and calls voters to take capital punishment referendum seriously Speaking at a banquet honoring Congressman Solve P Wolcott the governor urges strong punishment measures to deter crime
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Port Huron
Mich
Ku.p
Wilber M. Brucker
Solve P. Wolcott
Weather forecast for Lower Michigan and Great Lakes region
Detroit March 14 forecast Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Northeast winds moderate. March 16 to 21 outlook partly cloudy with near to below normal temperatures. Upper Michigan mostly cloudy with possible snow flurries in northwest. colder in north central tonight. Readings show Detroit 28 42, Grand Rapids 32 40, Marquette 28 84.
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Detroit
Lower Michigan
Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Northwest
Chicago
Duluth
Legion Poster Contest Draws Wide Local Interest
The Owen Barret American Legion post and Auxiliary in Isabella County sponsor a county wide poster contest open to junior and senior high students. April 15 is final entry date with winners advancing to state competition. Judges are unaffiliated with competing schools. Committees oversee Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart Academy U S Indian School Weidman Beal City and other participating institutions.
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Owen. Barrett American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Isabella County
Thomas McNamara
James &. Hunt
Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Academy
U. S. Indian School
A. R. Ringstad
J. N. Buchan
Gertrude Buchan
Weidman and Beal
Virgiline V. Hunt
Melvin G. Hunt
Shepherd High School
Laura Chris
West Lyons Street
Malcolm S. Wardrop
State Bank
Hoover Announces Eight Speech Tour From Washington to Lincoln Memorial
President Hoover unveiled an eight speech schedule running from April to June. The first four talks will occur in Washington including the American Red Cross and Pan American Union events. The trip will begin June 15 in Indianapolis and end June 17 with the Lincoln Memorial dedication in Springfield, with stops at Marién Ohio and Columbus to honor the Harding memorial and review the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Indianapolis
Lincoln Memorial
Springfield
Marién
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
American Red Cross
Pan-American Union
International Chamber of Commerce
Valley Forge
Walter Newton
Ford, Edison, Firestone Discover Youth Fount in Jungle
Henry Ford at age 67 claims vigor after charmingly tapping a rubber tree branch six times. Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone witness the stunt as Ford jokes about youth and vitality during the Florida trip.
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Ft, Myers
Pia
U.P
Henry Ford
Ponce de Leon
Thomas Edison
Harvey Firestone
Detroit City College Wins Both Men’s and Women’s Finals
Representatives of Detroit City College won the state finals in the Michigan Oratorical League held at Central State Teachers College. Bernice Brennan won the women’s first prize with What’s the Use, while Hugh Maloney captured the men’s top honor with Prospects Good. Second and third places went to Ardith Stoltz and Dorothy Hill in the women’s division and Kenneth Ollis and Peter De Vries in the men’s. The program featured notable orations on ethics education and government, plus a solo by Christine Taylor and a performance by the Central State quartet.
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Detroit City College
Michigan
Central State Teachers College
Bernice Brennan
Hugh Maloney
Ardith Stoltz
Michigan State Normal College
Dorothy Hill
Albion College
Kenneth Ollis
Alma College
Peter de Vries
Calvin
Miss Brennan
Miss Hill
Christine Taylor
Maloney
Ollis
DeVries
Russia
United States
Grace Cumings
Central State Quartet
Messrs. Sutton, Cooper, Reed and Knirk
Boy Killed by Michigan Central Engine Near Albion
Harold Scripter aged years died after being struck by a switch engine of Michigan Central yesterday in Albion Michigan. Witness Ivan Scripter the father attempted to reach and save him but failed. The child died at Sheldon Memorial hospital and the incident is reported as fatal.
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Albion
Mich
U.py
Michigan Central
Harold Scripter
Sheldon Memorial Hospital
Ivan Scripter
War veterans warned against stock offers on loans
American Legion warns veterans via statement from headquarters about circulars inviting ex soldiers to use adjusted compensation loans for stock purchases. Arizona Legion Commander Russell Meadows urges against stock speculation with government loans noting no law bans it but it defeats loan purpose to aid those in need during hard economic times.
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Phoenix
Ariz
American Legion
Russell Meadows
The
Arizona Legion
Michigan Senate to consider new four district apportionment
The Michigan senate apportionment committee approved a measure to add four seats in a southeastern metropolitan district. The plan, drawn by Sen. Fred Harding and Sen. Herbert Orr, aims to satisfy Detroit and northern lawmakers, with dissent from two senators. A rival plan by Sen. Bonine would keep existing districts and create four large overall districts.
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Claude J. Markle
United Press
Lansing
Mar
U.R
Michigan
Senate
Fred Harding
Detroit
Gordon IF. van Eenenaam
Muskegon
James G.,bonine
Cassopolis
Ernest T. Conlon
Conlon
Harding
Herbert P. Orr
Caro
Congress
Sen
Bonine
Wayne County
Jresort
New Recruits In Ranks For F D Roosevelt
Washington March 14 U P developments tending to increase the strength of Governor F D Roosevelt of New York as a possible Democratic presidential nominee followed a bi partisan conference of progressives here Indications appeared of a drift of independents toward the Democratic party on condition it nominates a Progressive in 1932 Senator Norris Nebraska Republican chairman of the Progressive conference said he would oppose President Hoover's re election Republicans formed an advisory council to push the Hoover administration in the farm belt while Hoover asked for stronger federal employment services and Senator Fess announced the party would go into high gear to persuade voters though Burke warned the country needed less politic. Norris remained silent on Roosevelt support but set out specifications that limited his favor.
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Washington
U.P
F. D. Roosevelt
New York
Asa
George _W
Norris
Progressive Conference
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Arthur Capper
Repm
Kas
L. J. Dickinson
Simeon D. Fess
James Francis Burke
Roosevelt
Akron pilot claims higher altitude for women
Miss Frankie Renner flying a Waco biplane near Akron yesterday said she rose to more than 30,000 feet, challenging Ruth Nichols’s unofficial women’s record. The barograph will confirm the exact height after calibration by the U S Bureau of Standards.
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Akron
Frankie Renner
Renner
Ruth Nichols
New York
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Washington
Scribes Called in Buckley Case
Detroit reports on the Buckley murder case as Prosecutor Toy calls John C. Armstrong and others to the stand. Armstrong recounts Livecchi in an elevator during the La Salle hotel shooting, contrasting Rosenberg’s lobby testimony. The trial targets Angelo Livecchi Ted Pizzino and Joe Bonmarito.
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Detroit
Mar
W.pe
Jerry Buckley
Angelo Livecchi
Ted Pizzino
Joe Bonmarito
Toy
John C. Armstrong
Armstrong
Livecchi
la Salle Hotel
Ewald L. Rosenberg
Hie
Rosenberg
Public Praises First Model Home Exhibition in Isabella City
The Mrs Pleasant Lumber company showcased a fully furnished model home at 426 South Washington Street. More than 500 people toured it during a 10 hour inspection yesterday. The home will be open again this afternoon and evening and Sunday and Monday from 12 to 10. Local merchants assisted in presenting features expected to draw hundreds from the county. The firm extends a cordial invitation to attend over the next two days.
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Isabella County
Mrs. Pleasant Lumber Company
South Washington Street
Dave
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