Seven States Feel Fury of Wind and Rain
A tornado and windstorm toll across seven midwestern states left twenty dead and hundreds homeless. Nebraska logged five deaths with towns like Tekamah and Pender hit hard. Missouri and Kansas saw multiple fatalities. Severe weather damaged Milwaukee and La Crosse areas, while Minnesota and North Dakota reported several deaths and cloudbursts flooded roads.
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Chicago
Midwest
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Ilinois
North Dakota
Missouri River Valley
Kansas City
Tekaman
Neb
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Louis
Pender
Homer
Jackson
Winnebago
Bancroft
Walthill
Winchester
Kas
Ontanton
Ndija
Milwaukee
Wis
LaCrosse District
Westby
Lake City
Wekinn
Zumbro Falls
Minn
Lawton
N. D
Rockford
Frat Initiation Stunt Leaves Member Hurt in Pittsburgh
Maurice C. Page 19 of Pontiac Michigan was seriously injured when struck by a car while walking barefoot along William Penn Highway during a Kappa Sigma fraternity initiation. About twelve candidates had been ordered to remove shoes and stockings and walk to town from Edgewood Country Club.
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Pittsburgh
William Penn Highway
On Kappa Sigma
Maurice C. Page
Pontiac
Mich
Page
Edgewood Country Club
Formal Opening of Mt Pleasant Golf Course This Weekend
The Mt Pleasant Country Club opens its 1930 golf season this weekend with a Kickers tournament Sunday morning. The course is in prime condition after spring work with tees reseeded and two new greens Nos 2 and 4 added last season. A busy schedule of local and inter club events is planned by the tournament committee.
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Mt. Pleasant Country Club
Norris Opposes Parker for Supreme Court in Senate
Senate Judiciary Chairman Norris told the Senate that the court must not be controlled by wealth aggregates as he opposed confirming John J. Parker of North Carolina to the Supreme Court. The North Carolina Bar Association meanwhile endorsed Parker and telegraphed its resolution to Senators Overman and Simmons in Washington.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Bench
Pinehurst
N. C
North Carolina Bar Association
United States Supreme Court
Lee S. Overman
F. M. Simmons
English May Day program thrills 1700 audience
Thelege Entertainers staged An English May Day on May 1 in a performance by physical education students. Excerpts from operas were presented by Central State music students. Cast included Vera Coffin and Imogene Coffin of Mt. Pleasant, Geraldine McConnell of Monroe, Beatrice Kren of Saginaw, and many others from towns including Bay City, Port Huron, Mt. Pleasant, and Lansing. The show featured operatic numbers and sketches for visiting Normal students and townspeople.
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Department of Physical Education
County Normal
Central State
Central State Music Department
Physical Education Department
Mary Piechowiak
Bay City
Paul Sutton
Central Lake
Thelma Barker
Akron
Thelme Dart
St. Louis
Vivian Hetzman
Breckenridge
Wilford Wilkinson
Owen Bigelow
Beatrice Kren
Saginaw
Lawrence Sweeney
Mt. Pleasant
Wilbur Gordon
Fairgrove
Don Wismer
Port Huron
Bill Miller
Lowell
Louis Kennedy
Alpena
Dale Adams
SunPlace
Ill
Iona Duncan
Detroit
Robert Hayden
Alberta
Katherine Kane
Evelyn McDonald
Edith Moyer
Betty Somerville
Grenadine Gardner
Stanton
Thelma Eaton
S& Johns
Magaret Galloway
Caro
Jack Paul
Pigeon
Nicholas Slota
Fordson
Thomas Nevins
Muskegon Heights
Arwood Mannisto
Crystal Falls
Frederick Mole
Elsie
Agnes Kirschner
Monroe
Erma Trask
Nancy McAllister
Probers Hear Hoover Not Real Gay Lobby Claims
United Press report outlines Senate Lobby Committee testimony and letters alleging President Hoover's stance on prohibition. The briefing notes potential Dry and Wet pressure groups influencing policy, school control in Wilmington, and calls for constitutional challenges to the 18th Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Nathan Robertson
United Press
Washington
William H. Stayton
Senate ‘Lobby
Anti-Saloon League
Wilmington
Del
General Lincoln
Andrews
Treasury
Prohibition
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Executive Committee
Henry B. Joy
Detroit
House Judiciary Comittee
Association
GT. Barnhill, Jr
Delaware
Trenee DuPont
DG. W. W. Schantz
Slayton
Mr. Hoover
Herbert L. Clarke
Philadelphia
Michigan Aviator Killed in Missouri Crash
Lieut. Harold Bear Brown of Selfridge Field Michigan died when his army airplane crashed during an attempted landing near the farm home of his father Ri M Brown a prominent farmer and stockman. The incident occurred away from Sloat tamed Mexico on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloat
Mexico
Harold “Bear” Brown
United States Army
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Brown
Ri M. Brown
Black Mask Cult Probed by Police at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls police probed a cult named the Order of the Black Mask presided over by Antonio Melidona after a woman held nine months and reported by Elizabeth Mowry of Long Island. Melidona faces $25 000 bail as authorities examine his trunk of cult papers and paraphernalia.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Order of the Black Mask
Nicholas
Antonio Melidona
Elizabeth Mowry
Long Island
Melidona
McKay-Mercier No. 2 Gas Shot Boosts Field Prospects
The McKay-Mercier oil well No. 2, drilled to 4061 feet and previously dry, was shot for gas at 1440 feet with 60 quarts of nitroglycerin. It is now estimated as a one and a half million cubic foot gas well with potential to strengthen, with gas held for future use in field development or commercial sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay-Mercier
Marshall
Dundee
McMillan
Mt. Pleasant
Advice to Isabella farmers on clearing titles after lease forfeiture
County Register Clyde V. Showalter explains how farmers who sold leases on land and cannot clear title may seek relief under Act 81 of 1929. The act requires the company to surrender the lease within 380 days and record it at no cost. if not released, farmers can issue a forfeiture notice and file with the register of deeds after 30 days. If uncontested, the forfeiture is recorded, stopping the company from suing and clearing the farmer’s title.
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Clyde V. Showalter
County Register of Deeds
Isabella County
Showalter
Surather
The
Register of Deeds
Why the North Pole Moves to be Investigated
On May 2 the United States Geodetic Survey plans an observatory at Gaithersburg Maryland opposite a station in Masu s iwa Japan. By comparing observations between the two sites scientists aim to determine if the Earth tilts. Variations up to 50 feet have been noted in the parallels of latitude at the North Pole. Major William Bowie of the Geographical Survey outlines the project.
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Washington
North Pole
United States Geodetic Survey
Gathersburg
Masusiwa
Japan
William Bowie
Geographical Survey
Gun Power Dispute Hockey Stirs Senate Treaty Debate
Senate committees prepare to review the London Naval Treaty next week as a strategy board led by Secretary Stimpson plots passage. The talks center on gun power limits for American eight inch cruisers and British counterparts, with hearings led by Chairman Hale and witnesses Adams, Pratt, and naval officers.
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Lyle GC
Wilson
Washington
Senate
Stimson
Navy
Adams
Ambassador Morrow
William V. Pratt
London
Cotton and
Jahneke
State
Navy Departments
Naval
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hale
Naval Affairs
Navy Department
United States
Farm Board Chief Labels Chamber Opposition as Hostile
Washington May 2 The head of the U S Chamber of Commerce faced criticism from Alexander Legge chairman of the federal farm board accusing the chamber of seeking to render the farm board ineffective and of backing relief only if results appear The exchange followed a chamber vote condemning farm board policies and calling repeal of its federal funding for co operatives Legge warned that the chamber would push for another national conference to advance sympathy for agriculture while supporting farmers he said the farm board would continue to serve farmers as intended by the agricultural marketing act
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United Press
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Legge
Chamber of Commerce
Ness
Unti
Iworth
Brucker to Speak at Army and Navy Union Conference
Kalamazoo May 2 Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker candidate for governor will speak at the Army and Navy Union conference held Saturday and Sunday. Major Sam Cole chief national deputy and organizer is also on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Wilber M. Brucker
Army and Navy Union
Sam Cole
Doris Duke to Meet King and Queen in England
American heiress Doris Duke will be presented to the King and Queen of England on May 14. She is currently in Spain with her mother and plans an American debut at Newport this summer.
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Doris Duke
England
Spain
Newport
Fred Goodrich Returns as Mt Pleasant Publisher
Frederic H. Goodrich, after owning Wyandotte and Lansing papers, gains full control of the Mt. Pleasant Daily Times from Macfadden Michigan Newspapers Corporation. He plans to relocate his family and move to Mt Pleasant to serve as active publisher, with home repairs underway after a recent fire. The Goodrich family will split time between Albion and Kalamazoo this summer, arriving about August first.
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Frederic H. Goodrich
Wyandotte
Lansing
Mt. Pleasant
Hoover to appoint commission to study depression causes
President Hoover plans to appoint a commission to study causes and cures of economic depressions following the stock market crash. He spoke to 1,600 business leaders at a Washington Chamber of Commerce banquet, saying the worst may be past and recovery is possible with unity.
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Washington
Hoover
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
Central Michigan Storm Wreaks Havoc and Loss
A powerful electrical storm with near tornado winds swept central Michigan from Hastings to Perry causing widespread farm building destruction. One boy, Wilson Pless, 14, died at Brighton. several others injured as barns, homes, and orchards were damaged or destroyed along the Looking Glass river corridor.
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Lansing
Michigan
Hastings
Perry
Shiawassee County
Wilson Pless
Brighton
Charles Walker
Portland
Lester
Campbell
Jacob Berner
Grand Ledge
Looking Glass
DeWitt
Grand Rapids
Fhersons. Werd
Freeman Redding
Robert Kazma
St. Johns
Fenton Gaudie
Laingsburgh
Bingham Township
Chauncy Shaffley
Wacousta
Frank, Stump
Melvin Beagles
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan May 2
Detroit May 2 The forecast calls for fair weather today with cooler conditions tonight. Saturday will be cooler, especially in the extreme southeast portion along Lake Michigan.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Lake Michigan
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Kickers
Parker
Naval Arms
Leviathan
State Stinson
Senator Robinson
Black Mask’ Cult
Niagara
Falls
No. 2
Clare Development Company
Bowman
Bowler No. 1
Will
Board of Strategy
Farmer Board
U.S. Commerce Body
Fred Goodrich
Daily Times
McFadden
Remus
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