22 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Daily Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1930
Page
1
United Press reports about a March 22 demonstration in Moscow where as many as 250000 workers paraded from factories to open plazas. Banners blamed clericals, praising the Red Army and solidarity with the Soviet atheistic campaign.
Washington dispatch reports that London naval talks show tepid progress as France and Italy clash over parity. Hoover clings to a possible three power agreement with Britain and Japan delaying battleship construction, while fears grow over auxiliary craft limits and submarine fleets. Congressional thoughts turn to a robust naval program if no accord emerges.
Fire believed caused by a defective generator destroyed the derrick and pump housing of Dow Chemical Company No 2 well and men fought flames near a coal pile at the plant in Flint. Ralph Steffens alias H M Morrow of Langlade was sentenced to 14 years at Jackson prison for a forged $10 check.
A New York bridge anecdote reports Miss Daisy Tunik from the Bronx stating she held 18 spades in a hand. Her partner had no spades and kept bidding, leading to a playful dispute when eight clubs and eight spades were suggested, ending with the game breaking up.
Senator McNary after a White House conference predicted passage of the tariff bill by next Wednesday and said about three weeks would be needed to finish conference. He noted most rates and schedules would be settled today and several days may be required for comment before a vote. He also discussed the Federal Good Roads bill, saying two road improvement measures were at cross purposes.
Irene Schroeder, 21, faces the electric chair in New Castle after a pivotal 11 day trial for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul. A ten man jury and two women returned a verdict after two hours of deliberation, rejecting insanity defenses and leaving Schroeder calm as the sentence was announced.
Grand Rapids Michigan March 22 Police near solving three theatre bombings after uncovering 200 sticks of dynamite in a hen house at Malcolm Roselle farm twenty miles away Roselle a former projection machine operator said Roe Lawton and Frank Chamberlain who attacked Wealthy street theatre visited him the night of the bombing and took dynamite.
Chicago reports a raid on a Gapone speakeasy on South Michigan Boulevard aimed at gunman activity. Nine minors arrested and 40 cases seized as city widens crackdown, with hundreds jailed or warned in a day. Mt Clemens oil station burglary attempt thwarted by home made alarm.
Peiping reports a Chinese newspaper correspondent describes a Manchuria tribe that never lies down, sleeps with legs crossed, and guards against attack. They are described as primitive with no social structure, living in caves and ready to face predators.
Edward L Doheny, California oil multimillionaire, is acquitted by a jury of bribing a cabinet officer. The verdict ends five years of indictments in the last remaining count. The nine men and three women deliberated about one hour.
Washington reports Prohibition Commissioner J M Doran has ordered prohibition administrators to mobilize their brewery squads for a spring house-cleaning campaign. He notes malt brewing increases each spring and the board plans to check operations of real beer brewers before they begin.
Fire in Davison Michigan destroyed a two story brick school building housing 462 pupils from the grade and high school. Losses exceed 75000 dollars as Flint fire equipment struggled with an inadequate local water supply. only a small wing survived of the building built thirty years ago.
Washington officials and observers agree a new Republican National Committee chair likely follows Claudius Huston's expected resignation. The Senate Lobby Committee probes Huston's ties to the Muscle Shoals effort as President Hoover discusses the matter with party treasurer J. R. Nutt. Witnesses including W. I. Moore and F. W. Haggerson testified about campaign funds from Union Carbide and a $36,100 contribution linked to the Tennessee River Improvement Association.
Delegates from 23 states meeting in Detroit advance the Tidewater Association program to deepen the St. Lawrence route from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic. The plan seeks a continuous, deep-water channel enabling large ships to sail from Great Lakes ports such as Duluth and Chicago to the sea, requiring extensive dredging along hundreds of miles.
Detroit May twenty two forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and a mild evening with not very cold temperatures. Sunday will be cloudy and warmer with possible snow in western and northern portions and winds shifting from southeast to southwest. Readings show variable highs and lows across Alpena Detroit Duluth Escanaba Grand Rapids Marquette and Sault Ste Marie with generally cold nights in many locations.
Mrs Etta Mae Miller the Lansing grandmother who faced life for selling liquor will stand trial again Monday in Circuit Court after the state supreme court found error in the first proceedings. The new trial follows amendments to the criminal code reducing potential penalties and the police search for key witnesses Frank Eastman John Haynes and Emmet Clark in Lansing Detroit and Battle Creek.
Governor Green announced Michigan will proceed with a state run radio broadcasting station under police power, not waiting for FCC wavelength allotment. Local Hastings voters approved a 170000 bond for school construction at a special election yesterday.
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