Night Clerk Testifies in Buckley Slaying Case in Detroit
Alfred McParland, on duty at Hotel La Salle, identified three gunmen who entered the lobby and shot Jerry Buckley, radio political critic, last July. Prosecutors name the shooters as Bommarito, Pizzino, and Livecchi, with a smaller man firing the first shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jerry Buckley
Alfred ©. McParland
Hotel la Salle
Buckley
Ted Pizzno
Joe Bomigrito
Angelo Livecchi
Bommarito
Pizzino
Livecchi
Big Rapids School Board Divided Over Loomis Reappointment
The Big Rapids Michigan school board split three to three on reappointing principal Glenn E Loomis. Louis Blanchett urged restoring Loomis citing public support while denying a moral turpitude charge. A student-athlete statement from 32 high school football players supported Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Mich
Mar
Glenn E. Loomis
Louis Blanchett
Loomis
John EK
Berge- Jin
Glenn Grieve
Aerial Wire Kills Father in Michigan Tragedy
Fred Dulong of Erin township died after grabbing a radio aerial that had burned his six year old son. The line was believed to touch a high tension wire. Neighbors tore the wire from the boy's grip as Dulong tried to rescue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt, Clemens
Mich
Fred Dulong
Erin Township
Dulong
Ne,terial
Milan
U.P
Barney Porter
Fred Burke
Porter
Burke
Bonnie
Richard II
Mt Pleasant Public Schools End Nine Day Spring Break
The Mt Pleasant public schools close for a nine day vacation starting Friday after the regular session and resume Monday April 6. Sacred Heart Academy begins a one week spring vacation on Good Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Academy
Wheat Acreage for 1931 Shows Little Change
The Agriculture Department announced that total wheat acreage for 1931 harvest declines about 8 percent from 1930. Estimated harvestable wheat stands at 57,441,000 acres versus 59,163,000 in 1930, with 39,759,000 acres of winter wheat expected to be harvested. The spring wheat reduction stems from feed-crop shifts and a move to winter wheat in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department’ of Agriculure
Agriculture Department
Indiana Expels 16 Students Over Campus Drinking
Indiana University in Bloomington orders wholesale expulsions as a stand against student drinking. Dean of Men G. E. Edmonson says 16 students will be expelled immediately for misconduct at campus dances and university entertainments. He cites several student organizations, likely fraternities, for punishment and declines to name them. Two coed expulsions are noted only because police records make the misconduct public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
U.P
Indiana University Today
G. E. Edmonson
Indiana
Edmonson
Storm leaves toll of death and suffering
A nationwide storm brought snow sleet and rain with high winds and freezing temperatures. It disrupted rail and road travel from Nebraska to Texas, grounded planes, damaged crops, and left two boys missing in Nebraska. Snow and rain hit Illinois and the Midwest while warmer in Chicago but turning colder later.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Texas
Canada
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Boyd Sivans
Max
Neb
Ray Bountaine
Red Cloud
Plains
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Illlinois
Ohio
New Michigan Education Group Elects New President
Fred A. Jeffers, superintendent at Painesdale and vice president of the state board of education, was installed as president of the Michigan Education Association's representative assembly. Spencer D. Kelley of the Lansing Board of Education became president of the department of superintendents and school board members, succeeding J. M. Allen. S. C. Mitchell was elected vice president and H. C. Daley re-elected secretary. The assembly urged a two state wide equalization plan to relieve taxed districts and proposed replacing property taxes with targeted taxes for education. It opposed transferring local school finances to any political agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mar
Fred A. Jeffers
Painesdale
State Board of Education
Representative ‘Assembly
Michigan Education Association
Spencer D. Kelley
Lansing Board ‘of Education
Department of
J. M.allen
Highland Park
S. C. Mitchell
Benton Harbor
H. C. Daley
Representative Assembly
Michigan hardware leader Arthie J. Scott dies in Washington
Arthie J. Scott, 62, president of the Michigan Retail Hardware Association and a well known figure in the state, died today in a Washington hotel. His wife was with him. they were traveling home from Florida when the death occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Gity
Mich
Aparthie J. Scott
Michigan Retail Hardware Issattation
Washington, D. C
Washington
Route Homie Iron
Florida
One Permit Issued for Midland County Well
A single well drilling permit was issued last week by the state conservation department for Green Dale township in Midland County. No completions occurred this period though Pure Oil company anticipates soon on Sawade in Chippewa. Deerfield Nottawa Oil begins prep for Nottawa township Tillman No 1 in Section 36 with J C Arthur drillers set to start around April 1 at the Charles Smith farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Department
Midland County
Greendale
Pure Oil Company
Bennett Dies In London
Arnold Bennett, 63, hailed as a leading post Victorian novelist, died in London after a month long illness from typhoid fever. He showed brief improvement after a blood transfusion but collapsed yesterday. Born in Hanley Staffordshire he was married to a French woman but they separated legally in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mar
U.P
Arnold Bennett
Britain
Bennett
Hanley
Staffordshire
County school plan eyed for small districts in Michigan
A bill by Rep. Donald J. Sias proposes eliminating school districts in counties under 500000 population and replacing them with a county school organization. Six county commissioners would be elected, with no major admin changes to the system. The idea follows a 1929 education survey report urging economy and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mar
WUP
House
Donald J. Sias
Midland
Educational Survey Commission
Melvin H. Lee
Royal Oak
Lee
Senate
Michigan
Briand Celebrates 70th Birthday in Paris
Briand, aging 70, who has steered French foreign policy through 43 cabinets since April 1925, marked the day at his desk in the Quai dOrsay. World capitals sent congratulations to the French foreign minister as he entered his seventh decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Aristide Briand
Europe
Quai D’orsay
Foreign Office
Detroit Pontiac road link to be completed this year
Gov. Wilber S. Brucker announced that construction of the final link in the Woodward avenue project from Detroit to Pontiac will finish in 1948. He cited the last hurdles as hydrogen out in talks with Sir Henry Thornton, head of Grand Trunk and Canadian National railways. Total cost is estimated at 5.25 million dollars.
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Detroyi
U. P
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Pontiac
Wilber S. Brucker
Sir Henry Thornton
Grand Trunk
Canadian National Railways
Optimism Returns Among U S Business Leaders
Frank A. Vanderlip, retired New York banker, told United Press at his Palos Verdes estate that optimism replacing pessimism signals an era of higher business volume. He cited improved demand, lower prices, and a recovering market for autos as signs of slow yet inevitable broad-based recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Vanderlip
United Press
Hig Palos Verdes Estate
Tunnel under B Street puzzles capital police
A 200 foot tunnel near Capitol Plaza in Northwest Washington perplexed DC authorities for five days. Workers found the underground passage during Capitol Plaza development and it apparently never connected to federal buildings. Civil war tunneling by Union and Confederate forces is mentioned as a theory.
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Washington, Mar
B” Street
Capitol
District of Columbia
Capitol Plaza
Capitol Building
Burke to Face Michigan Jury for Slaying
Fred Burke, a fugitive gunman, faces extradition to St Joseph Michigan where he is charged with murdering Patrolman Charles Skelly. An armored car will transport Burke from St Joseph to St Joseph Missouri and back to Michigan for trial. Police say Burke is linked to a series of killings and robberies across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
U.P
Henry Caulfield
Fred Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Berrien County
Caulfield
Boon
Burke
Michigan
Wilbur M. Cunningham
Fred J. Cutley
Bryan Wyse
Illinois
Richard F. White
Kansas City
Chicago
Nolice
Ms. Burke
William S. Vandeventer
United States
Toledo
Cook County
Walter Butler
St. Valentine
George “Bugs” Moran
Charles Skelly
Bitele
Max Moulds
Skelly
Sleet and Blizzard Aftermath Reach Mt Pleasant Area
After a belated blizzard suffering spread across the Middle West, sleet and rain moved in overnight. Mt Pleasant and nearby areas escaped major damage though forecasters warned about possible icing as temperatures fell. Farmers hoped the precipitation would dry farm lands statewide, bringing financial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Middle West
Record traffic deaths forecast for 1931
Washington report notes a projected rise in traffic fatalities with 5,800 deaths expected by American Automobile Association for the year 1931. The forecast cites monthly patterns, noting January to March as low months and April onward as higher, with 1929 and 1930 totals cited and annual injuries near 1,000,000 and costs around eight million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
National Conference On
American Automobile Association
National Conference
Weather Detroit March forecast with rain and colder spell
Lower Michigan faces rain tonight with slow clearing tomorrow and cooler air in the south and west. Sunday brings strong winds and gales. readings vary from 82 at Alpena to 28 at Sault Ste Marie with several cities in the 30s and 40s. Overall for March 30 to April 4 expect a fair start followed by rain or snow and near normal to below normal temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mar
U.P
Lower
Michigan
Alpena
Chicago
Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Sapls Weed
Ludington
Great Lakes
Circuit Court Aprons Back to Work March 30 Windup Session
Circuit court to reconvene Monday March 30 for the spring term windup. Judge Ray Hart will hear chancery and civil suits with no further term extensions expected. Three defendants Adam Williams Atlin Bahlke and a minor charged with offenses face arraignment. Williams pleads not guilty while Bahlke and companion plead guilty to breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit “Court
Ray Hart
Hart
Reeks
Adam
Williams
Atlin Bahlke
Zirk
Bahlké
Pheas
Greenville Girl Wins Approval In Germany
A 19 year old from Michigan State College Elizabeth Barden of Greenville Michigan won praise from Berlin musical leaders after two months of voice study They praised her power range and dramatic quality of voice Frau Louise Wolff a concert director compared her voice to Melba in prime and predicted concert possibilities She will sail Monday on the George Washington for private recitals in New York returning for a concert next autumn She plans to change her stage name to Elizabeth Usher and hopes to return to Berlin soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Michigan State College
Elizabeth Barden
Greenville
Mich
Rarden
The.s
George ‘Washington
New York
Miss Rarden
Louise’ Graveure
Louise’ Wolff
Frau Wolff
Melba
Michigan
Miss Raiden
Elizabeth Usher
Miss. Barden
Auction Sale at Chatterton Farm on Broadway
Earl V. Seybert quits farming and will sell at his residence on Broadway's west end the Chatterton farm. The catalog includes horses cattle hogs implements and hay. Sale starts at 1 pm and was postponed from Tuesday due to bad weather. Auctioneer S G TO TabY. Clerk Luman Burch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl V. Seybert
Broadway
Chatterton Farm
Totaby
Luman Burch
Michigan Home of Auto Shows 810 Blacksmith Shops 37 Wagon Plants
Detroit dispatch reports the 1931-32 Gazeteer of Michigan lists 810 blacksmith shops, 37 wagon factories, 38 harness and saddle makers, 70 livery stables and 37 wagon plants, reflecting Michigan’s vast automotive era. It also notes 10,350 groceries and 5,520 restaurants, the largest single-commodity establishments in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Auto
Detroit
Mar
U.P
R. L. Polk & Company
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Michael
R. J. Scott
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Briand
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Anti-Saloon League
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