Canadian plan fails as Wayne County loses highway funds bid
Wayne County loses a Michigan Supreme Court case over highway finance reform. The court unanimously denied a writ to force redistribution of funds since August 1927, upholding the legislature's intent despite opposing interpretations. Wayne sought to divide all weight tax money by vehicle count, while the highway department split seven eights by county and the rest equally.
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United Press
Lansing
Wayne County
State Supreme Court
Auditor General
Wayne
Waynne
Highway Department
Aged Seneca Woman Testifies In Murder Trial Case
Nancy Bowden told in Seneca tongue how she and Lila Jimerson killed artist Henri Marchand’s wife Mrs Clothilde Marchand at her Buffalo home. Bowden described striking her with a hammer and using chloroform as the radio played. The trial centers on Lila Jimerson as an accomplice with Bowden to be tried after.
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United Press
Court House
Buffalo
N. Y
Nancy Bowden
Clothilde Marchand
Alreay
Mrs. Bowen
Miss Jimergan
Cdme
Lila
Mar- Mid
Henri Marchand
Mrs. Marchand
Auction Sales Postponed From March to April 1
Postponed auctions list from Mt. Pleasant area include Pope at residence south and southwest of Norman School selling poultry household goods implements and feed. Sale starts 10:00 AM with auctioneer S C Forney. Also William Goffnett sale at residence east of Mt. Pleasant features household goods cattle and implements starting 1:30 PM. Base lists to appear in March 25 issue.
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Fd Pope
Mt. Pleasant
Norman School
S- C. Forney
William Goffnett
Davis & McCall
Gallaneers
Willis Genuine
Guardsman Frank Conner Tapped for Lincoln Death
Sonia Michigan dispatch notes taps sounded today for Frank Conner civil war veteran and Ford's theater sentinel on Lincoln assassination night. He fled Kalamazoo for Jackson to enlist, served in sixth Michigan heavy artillery, later guarded Lincoln's casket and body in state. Survived by his widow seven children 18 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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United Press
Sonia
Mich
Frank Conner
Booth
Lincoln
Conner
Kalamazoo
Michigan educators assemble for representative assembly
Lansing March 26 seven hundred Michigan educators gather here for the opening session of the Michigan Education association and three departments. The meetings run Friday and Saturday with programs for school boards and superintendents county school commissioners and elementary principals. Sen Charles Sink of Ann Arbor chairman of the Michigan Teachers Retirement Fund commission will address delegates Saturday morning. H L Ekern of Wisconsin discusses teacher retirement legislation. Participants include M R Keyworth president and Hamtramck Schools superintendent State Superintendent Webster H Pearce and Dean W L Coffey of Detroit City College.
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United Press
Lansing
Michigan
Representative Assembly
Michigan Education Association
Association
Department of
Charles Sink
Ann Arbor
Michigan Teachers Retirement Fund Commission
H. L. Ekern
Wisconsin
M. R. Keyworth
Hamtramck Schools
Webster H. Pearce
Dean W. L. Coffey
Detroit City College
Giant Seaplane Plans Move Toward Trans Atlantic Flight
Dorner DC-X, the world’s largest seaplane, eyeing a June or July flight from Germany to New York. The craft carried 169 aboard a Lake Constance trial. It will have a crew of 12 and about 50 passengers. Twelve Curtiss Conqueror engines totaling 7,200 horsepower will power the flight.
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New York
Lake Constance
Germany
Saginaw Catholic School Damaged by Fire
In Saginaw Michigan on March 26 a fire destroyed part of Sacred Heart Catholic School and endangered the entire building. The blaze breached the roof after burning a wall, heavily damaging the right wing and also affecting the west wing and center. Estimated damage around $10.
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United Press
Saginaw, Mich
Sacred Heart
Oyamagt
Fate of Navy Parley Rested With France
United Press reports that control over the London Naval Conference outcome shifted to France as the talks faltered. The U S delegation proposed a general consultative pact to allow joint discussion in times of danger without imposing a moral obligation to defend France. Washington warned such a pact may not satisfy powers or reduce France’s naval demands and fears any future claims of being inadequately prepared.
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Washington
London
France
United States
Private Ernest Moore testifies in Dague murder trial
New Castle Pa March 26 Private Ernest Moore, companion of Highway Patrol Corporal Brady Paul, testified that W Glenn Dague fired several shots in the fatal gun battle after Moore and Paul stopped the car during a robbery escape attempt involving Irene Schroeder, Dague’s sweetheart. Other witnesses also described the shooting.
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United Press
New Castle
Ernest Moore
Highway Patrol
Brady Paul
W. Glenn Dague
Paul
Dague
Moore
Irene Schroeder
Butler
Deeus
Michigan Brief Kalamazoo March 26 Pastor Warns of Betrayal
In Kalamazoo March 26 Rev. I. F. Ing voldstahl of the Central M. E. Church Lansing warned the Western State Teachers College graduation that America risks betrayal by snn lectus. He declared that intelligence that mocks virtue has failed long.
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Kalamazoo
America
Snn
IF. W. Ingvoldstahl
Central M. E. Church of Lansing
Western State Teachers
Collegée
Blame for Jamaica Ginger Paralysis Sways to Enforcement
Missouri health officials shift responsibility for Jamaica Ginger sales to drinkers and enforcers after reports of paralysis across the southwest. Dr. James Stewart, health commissioner, declines to curb sales. Springfield records two serious cases and thirty other illnesses. Oklahoma workers sue Beasley Drug Store for damages over a two ounce bottle marketed as Jake.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Missouri
James Stewart
Jake
Springfield Mo
Oklahoma
L. Johnson
H. Partridge
Beasley Drug Store
Billy Sunday’s Son Held on Disorderly Conduct Charge
Billy Sunday’s son George was jailed in Chicago on a disorderly conduct charge awaiting word from Los Angeles where he was reportedly wanted by his wife. He denied drunkenness, claimed a loss of consciousness, and said he woke with money and watch missing. he said his face was bruised and suspected a slugging.
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Chicago
George Sunday
Billy Sunday
Los Angeles
Iie
Water Main Burst Spreads Damage in Tint Mich
In Tint Mich on Minnesota Avenue a 24 inch water main burst late yesterday sending water skyward for over an hour. More than 8600 workers at the Tisher Body plant were sent home as property damage mounted from the flood. Local authorities repaired the leak after the dramatic break.
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Tint
Mich
Tisher Body Company
Minnesota Avenue
Isabella county dairy profits conference planned at Mt Pleasant
A dairy profits conference for Isabella county is planned at Mt Pleasant on April 28. W C Cribbs notes the meeting will bring 75 to 100 delegates, all experienced farmers, to discuss economical dairy production with county agents and Michigan State dairy specialists.
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Isabella
W. C. Cribbs
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan State College
Isabella County
Melee Follows Night Club Raid In Boston
Federal agents and about a dozen guests were bruised in a melee at Boston’s Cotton Club when it was raided. Dishes bottles and cases were used as 60 patrons clashed with 10 dry agents, a riotous scene lasting several minutes before police separated combatants and restored order.
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Boston
Hoover signs first deficiency bill funding government
President Hoover signed a deficiency bill totaling 169.5 million dollars for government establishments. The largest item allocates 100 million dollars to the Federal Farm Board, with funds to be made available for immediate use.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Canadian Says Govt Control Fails in Prohibition Hearings
Former Ontario premier E. C. Drury told the House Judiciary Committee that government control did not curb drinking crime or bootlegging in Canada. He cited the 1928 Drink Bill cost, argued strict control requires intrusive measures, and warned home and hotel rooms remain primary liquor sites. He asserted increases in crime drunkenness violations and bootlegging under control policies.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Canada
E. C. Drury
Ontario
Aidry
House Judiciary Committee
Drury
Cortral
Lansing Senator Seeks Sixth Michigan District Seat
Lansing March 26 State Senator Seymour H Person of Lansing announced his candidacy for congressman from the sixth Michigan district, challenging Grant M Hudson of Lansing. Person’s record shows support for the eighteenth amendment and state prohibition, while opposing parts of the penal code linked to the life for a pint case and defending Etta Mae Miller, the first woman convicted under it.
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Lansing
Seymour H. Person
Michigan
Gong
Grant M. Hudson
Hudson
Person
Pergons
Etta Mae Miller
Five miners dead as Yukon mine explosion traps others
In Fairmont West Virginia on March 26 an explosion at the Crown Coal Company Yukon mine in Arnettsville killed five miners and left at least six more missing. Rescue squads from Morgan town Charleston Fairmont and Pittsburgh battled the scene after two burned bodies were found. Survivors said the blast was a local gas explosion confined to a slope beyond the mine entrance.
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United Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Yukon
Crown Coal Company
Arnettsville
Morgantown
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Army Planes Turned Back In Bad Weather
Mt Clemens Michigan March 26 Bad weather forced Major Ralph Royce commander of the First Pursuit Group to recall 22 pursuit planes to Selfridge Field after a take off for Chanute Field Illinois The start for Sacramento where the group will engage in mimic War maneuvers is set for tomorrow morning Two transport planes that started earlier today did not return Freeman charged with intoxication appeared before Judge Patrick J Keeler He said he had been cook in Keeler s company during the war The judge suspended sentence remarking I ought to give you life for the food you used to serve
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Michigan
Ralph Royce
Selfridge Field
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Royce
Sacramento
Howling Gale Deluges Midwest Snow in March Blizzard
United Press reports Chicago era March 26 as a fierce March blizzard blankets the Midwest with 6 to 12 inches on the plains of Illinois Indiana lower Michigan and Wisconsin while snowdrifts reach six feet or more in places caused by a furious gale that shut out towns and paralyzed travel.
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United Press
Chicago
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Michigan Audubon urges feeding birds during snow storm
The Michigan Audubon Society requests residents statewide to provide food for birds as the ground remains snow covered. Chicago endures heavy snow with 20 000 workers clearing streets and transit lines. Four lives are reported lost and hundreds injured amid wrecks and hazards. Loop workers wait in hotels as motorists seek shelter in rural houses. This March storm recalls rare past events.
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Detroit
Michigan Audubon Society
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Modern degree sent to prison
James E. Pigott a wealthy cotton planter from New Orleans pleaded guilty to neonage charges and admitted chaining enslaved people to trees when escaping He said planters treated slaves similarly and questioned his 18 month sentence while denying beating victims with his snake whip.
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New
Orleans
James E. Pigott
Atlanta
Pigott
Wayne G. Borah
Deen Sears
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan March 26
March 26 forecast for lower Michigan calls for continued cold with fresh to strong north to northwest winds tonight and Thursday. Temperatures likely to range from the mid teens to the low 30s with generally clear to partly cloudy skies and variable readings across the region.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Urs
Chicago
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