Pledges Made in Sugar Beet Campaign Across County
Sugar beet acreage pledges are being collected at six stations in the county with offices opened in Mt Pleasant Crawford Shepherd Beal City Rosebush and Goweman for farmers to pledge acreage for the coming year. Pledges may be made this afternoon or Tuesday. Urgent quick action urged. A sugar refinery financing plan is now in the hands of Columbia Sugar receivers with action expected within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt.Pleasant
Crawford
Shepherd
Beal
City
Rosebush
Goleman
Columbia Sugar Company
Nautilus Sub Tragedy Hovers Over Polar Expedition
The submarine Nautilus, rebuilt from an old U-boat, sails toward Arctic tests with Sir Hubert Wilkins aboard. Quartermaster Willard Grimmer of Philadelphia is missing after a two hour search failed to locate his body, as the vessel heads from Camden to New London for diving trials and speed runs toward Spitzbergen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Polar Sea
Navy
New York Harbor
Mest
Willard Grimmer
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Police Department
Grimmer
Sam Yean
Jules ’Vérné
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Marcus Hook
Camden
N. J
New London
Halifax
N. S
London
Sir Hubert
Spitzbergen
Three Bandits Bind Store Manager and Escape with Goods
Midland Michigan police sought two bandits who bound C. W. Milleson, manager of a local clothing store, on Saturday night and fled with four suits an overcoat and $150 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Mich
C. W. Milleson
Hold Funeral of Ezra Furlong
Funeral services were held today for Ezra T. Furlong 69 a pioneer resident of Isabella county He died at his Shepherd home Thursday afternoon after a two weeks illness A carpenter by trade he served as Shepherd village engineer and was a janitor at the Shepherd school He belonged to the Odd Fellows and Woodmen lodges Surviving are his widow an adopted daughter Mrs Fern Smith of Shepherd and two brothers in Oklahoma
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra
T. Furlong
Isabella’ County
Furlong
Shepherd
Shepherd Village
Shepherd School
Odd Fellow
Woodman
Fern Smith
Oklahoma
Street Sweeper Signals Spring Arrival
An unfailing sign of spring appeared with the city street sweeper in action on unpaved streets. Minor repair work was underway today where conditions allowed, indicating seasonal easing and street maintenance activity.
Federal Farm Board Aims Wheat Price Relief Change
Washington officials and lawmakers react as the Federal Farm Board announces it will buy no 1931 wheat after July 1, urging farmers to curtail production. Senators Capper Nye warn the policy could destabilize next year’s grain market amid 200 million bushels held by the stabilization corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Chicago
Federal Farm Board
Chester H. Gray
American Syne Bureau Federation
Mar
U.ry
Capper
Kans
Jesuit Scientists Probe Mississippi Valley for Earthquake Signs
Jesuit scientists aided by seismometers study the Mississippi Valley to detect earthquake symptoms. The New Madrid quake of 1811 altered land, creating Reelsfoot Lake in Tennessee and raising surfaces across regions. Stations at St Louis University Florissant and Little Rock gather data to locate shocks and assess developing quakes.
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Mississippi Valley
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Mar
Mississippi
New Madrid
Missouri
Lake, Tenn
N. H. Heck
United States Coast and
United States
Pennsylvania
Savannah
Father MacElwane
St. Louis University
Florissant
St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Nationalesearch Council
Heck
Hoover Arrives in Porto Rico on Caribbean Cruise
President Hoover landed in San Juan Porto Rico after a sixy mile journey from Ponce aboard the U S S Arizona. He was greeted at the city hall and presented with a tablecloth showpiece. Nationalist leaflets criticized his administration, urging locals to withhold homage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Mar
Woover
Ponce
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Porto Ricco
U.P
Hoover
Arizona
Theoddore Roosevelt
Josefina Cabasa
Socialist ‘Labor Party
Luis Vergne Ortiz
G. O. P. Slaps Back at Tammany
The Republican National Committee labeled New York politics a sink of corruption, comparing it to Tweed era scandals. The statement signals a response to Democratic criticism and suggests efforts to disqualify Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt as a presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
U.P
New York
Tweed
Groker
Republican National Committee
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
League Asks U S Explanation On Conventions Ratification
The League of Nations has inquired why the United States has not ratified three conventions. One covers arms trade supervision, another aims to ban gas and bacteria in war, and a third seeks to suppress counterfeiting. No reply yet, officials indicated a probable answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
League of Nations
State Department
Thas
Jury Sworn in for Chicago Trial
A jury of 12 men was sworn to try Leo V. Brothers of St. Louis on charges of murdering Alfred J. Linglé, a Cutedge Tribune reporter. Six days of questioning were needed to select jurors who met state and defense approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mab
KURH
Leo V. Brothers
St. Louis
Alfred J. Linglé
Cuttedge Tribune
Unclear Quote on Earthquake Resistant Design Debate
In a log cabin Heck discusses unbalanced adjustments beneath the crust and the challenges of developing construction designs to resist earthquakes. He notes that enforcing designs through codes remains impractical and questions how to implement quake resistant building methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heck
Fatal Plane Crashes Across Regions Claim Couples
United Press reports coincidence marked three midweek airplane crashes. In California a man and woman died in two crashes, and in St. Louis another couple perished. Victims included licensed pilots and a parachute jumper accompanying a girl flyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Middlewestern
Far Western
California
St. Louis
Installment Buying Survives Business Slump
Washington report says American installment buying system withstood the mood of business. Officials cite stable credit use and rising installment sales with modest bad debt losses. annual credit business totals about six billion dollars, four billion after down payments.
Dozen Drilling Projects Under Way in Isabella Midland Field
More than a dozen drilling projects are underway in the Isabella Midland field with completion expected this week and next. Pure Oil Sawade No 2 in Chippewa may spud soon while McKay Mortier project in Surrey Township Clare County was abandoned as a dry hole last week and plugged. Test drilling in northern Michigan centers on Alpena county with three wells planned by the Exploration company, backed by Detroit financiers, and led by T. K. Buzzard moving rigs in for the wells. In 1929 a test to 1,500 feet yielded oil but not commercially, geologists note five potential sands within four thousand feet, with Dundee sand and Trenton limestone features outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella-Midland
Pure Oil Company
Chippéwa
McKay
Surrey Township
Clare County
McKay‘Mortier
Michigan
Alpena County
Detroit
T. K. Buzzard
Mt. Pleasant
Muskegon
Trenton
Rescue Plane Nears Its Goal
Balchen and crew fly the Sikorsky amphibian toward Horse Island as fuel arrives. They hope to locate Varick Frissell and A. E. Penrod among Viking survivors. Lagona carries wounded and 127 aboard with 26 still missing while Imogene and Boothic push toward open water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornerbrook
Newfoundland
U.P
Horse, Island
Viking
Bernt Balchen
St. Johns
N. B
Balchen
Merion
Cooper
Randy Enslow
Varick Frissell
New York
A. E. Penrod
Lagona
Horse Island
Imogene
Boothic
Iole
Prospero
Special Passports to Russia Barred
Secretary of State Stimson issued an order banning all holders of diplomatic and special passports from visiting the Soviet Union. Since the war, senators and representatives used such visits for material for speeches and legislation, and the special passport provided access not available to ordinary tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
U.P
Russia
Stimson
Soviet Union
Weather Outlook for Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan
Detroit reports increasing cloudiness with possible rain or snow Tuesday in lower Michigan and rain or snow probable tonight and Tuesday in upper Michigan. Temperatures show little change. winds shift to fresh easterlies. Reading highlights include Alpena 28 42 and Detroit 46 32 with other stations around the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mar
U.P
Lower Michigan
West
Upper Michigan
Chicago
E.esdeay
Duluth
Lwagenevene
Escanaba Sewrneane
Grand Rapids
Ludington Aa Viete Ee Ps Bo AG
Marquette Eee Eae
Sault Ste Marlo
Fire Tragedy Kills Eight in Two Homes In New Hampshire and Detroit
In Holderness New Hampshire a fire destroyed a frame cottage killing seven siblings ages 20 to nine months. three other children age 16 to 18 survived with severe burns. In Detroit a six family building fire at 514 Alger avenue killed Harriet Malach 6 as residents fled chaos after more than 650 people stampeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
N. H
U.P
Holderness
Here
Louis Avery
Sterle Avery
George
Harry
Fred
Milton
Daisy
Joseph
Frank
Thomas
John
Detroit
Mar
Alger Avenue
Harriet Malach
Shirley
Dorothy
Cecil
Rotary Club Visits Roosevelt Refinery
Mt. Pleasant Rotary members toured the Roosevelt refinery after their Monday luncheon. E. D. Guy explained the crude oil journey from Tocal field receipt to distillation into gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil and related products. The detailed system review impressed the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Hoover expected to act on silver issue after vacation
President Hoover may call an international conference on silver standard after his vacation. The Pittman resolution seeks a global talks panel with Britain wary of Indian policy shifts. Senators Borah and Pittman push for an exchange ratio agreement to stabilize world trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul I. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Mar
U.P
Hoover
State Department
Pittman
Dem
Nev
Caribbean
Department
Borah
Repn
Idaho
Great Britain
India
White House
Sit
Roosevelt Studies Walker Charges
Governor Roosevelt continued study of charges against Mayor Walker based on a city affairs committee petition for removal. He planned to stay at the executive mansion for most of the day to confer with Samuel J. Rosenman and had nothing to announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
In. Y
Marsh
Ku.e
Roosevelt
Walker
City Affairs Committee
Executive
Samuel J. Rosenman
Pizzino Identified at Buckley Murder Scene in Detroit Trial
Detroit March 238. Ted Pizzino, charged in the Buckley gang murder, was placed at the crime scene by State prison convict Francis Weinert who testified he saw Pizzino and two others leave the La Salle hotel door shortly after Buckley was killed. Weinert also linked alibi witnesses and described escape from Tonin county jail, while prosecutor Toy pressed the state case alongside other defendants Ange lo Livecchi and Joe Bommarito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mar
U.ri
Ted Pizzino
Jerry Buckley
Michigan
Buckley
Francis EB. Weinert
Jackson
Pizzino
la Salle
Wernert
Weinert
Fred Tara
Tara
Ag 2
Sonia Reformatory
Traverse City
Lansing
Mildred Sheallow
Tonin County
J .Re
Bronx
New York
Harry S. Toy
Angelo, Livecchi
Joe Bommarito
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Death toll hits two in Shepherd as local businessmen pass
Two Shepherd residents died Sunday in quick succession. James E. B. Coon, 59, former Isabella County sheriff, died at Samaritan hospital Bay City after gallstone surgery. William H. Thomas, automo bile dealer and Studebaker Chevrolet agent, died suddenly from heart trouble. Both men were prominent local figures with long ties to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James EB. Coon
Isabella County
William H. Thomas
Coe Township
Taylor
Shep
Saginaw
Prairie Farms
Isabella
Frank Phillips
Mt.Pleasant
Coon
Floyd
Zelpha’ Stilgenbauer
Mt. Pleasant
May
Fay
William
H. Thomas
Tsabella County
Studebaker
Chevrolet
Shepherd
Tread Miller
Thomas
Shis ’Famly
Wm. Thomas
Bert
Hysakvilleys
Charles
Spokane
Washngton
Goon
Business Men To Be Hosts Dairy Farmers Luncheon
Approximately 90 dairy farmers from Isabella county will join local business men for a luncheon Tuesday noon at the college cafeteria. Chamber of Commerce officials urge every businessman to attend and take a guest to lunch at the Ann Arbor railway station. Full cooperation is requested due to the large guest turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Arbor
Motion to dismiss 1922 syndicalism charges set for Thursday
In Benton Harbor Michigan a new motion seeks dismissal of 64 alleged Communist syndicalism charges from a 1922 Bridgman raid. Maurice Sugar of Detroit and H B Gray of Benton Harbor argue trial delays violate constitutional rights and will present before Circuit Judge Charles E White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Mar
UPI
Bridgman
Charles E. White
Maurice Sugar
Detroit
H. 8. Gray
Auction Sale Notice at Chatterton Farm on Broadway
Earl V. Seybert rents his farm and quits farming and will sell at his residence on the west end of Broadway known as the Chatterton farm. The sale includes horses cattle hogs and a list of implements. Sale starts at one o'clock with S. C. Forney and auctioneers Luman Burch clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuesday
Broadway
Chatterton Farm
S. C
Forney
Luman ‘Burch
Local Farm Auction Near Millbrook Detail Listing
Friday March 27 sale at Burn place one mile north of Millbrook features 12 head of good farm houses. Auctioneer John McCull and clerk Ira Philips oversee the event. See today's Times for a detailed list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Welch
Will Geli
Sy Willis
Burn Place
Millbrook
John McCull
Eer
Ira
Philips
Todey's Times
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Ezra Furlong
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Calif
W.ph—Wilbert Wadley
Lorene
Arline Miller
Ivan Devillers
Miss Miller
Thomas L. Stokes
Washington, Mar
Commerce Department
Singer Sewing Machine Company
LOGAL
Rotary Club
James E. Coon
Roosevelt Studies _ Walker
Sgene
New Yorker
Jas. E. Coon
W. H. Thomas
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