Japan orders troops to stop fight in China
Tokio reports ceasefire order from chief of staff as Japanese forces control Tsiiwan and rail link after hours of battle. Chinese Nationalist appeal to League of Nations intensifies. Victims include missionary William T Hobart and others. anti Japanese sentiment rises in China. The fighting zone spans ten miles around Tsimitnh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Tokio
Tsiwan
Jipiinese
Tsitian-Tsingtao
Gsuttthern
Wis
United Press
Tsimitnh
Nanking
League of Nations
William T. Hobatt
Taiwan
Peking
Caritén
Shanghai
Taianfu
Titian
William ‘T
Hobart
DE. Hobart
Lillian
Gréé
Fidrices’ Meader
Kalamazoo, Dilchigan
Stock Exchange Closed To Let Brokers Catch Up
Wire dispatches report the New York Stock Exchange shut for a day to allow brokers to recover from a sudden boom in stock prices. In Cincinnati four bandits robbed the United States Electric Tool payroll, escaping with weekly wages. Reginald Denny and Bubbles Stenfel announced their engagement in Hollywood, with marriage planned for November.
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Snew
York
New York Stock Exchange
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Tric Tool Company
Hollywood
Calif
W.P
Reginald Denny
Bubbles Stenfél
Motion Picture Players
Denny
Beet Growers Contest Opens Signups in Michigan
Lansing May 12 A Michigan State College sponsored Five Acre Beet contest invites beet growers to sign up by June 15. Twenty prizes will be awarded for the best yields judged by harvesting a fixed number of rows per acre. Over 180 entrants have already registered and a $50 prize is offered for the best title for the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenast Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Michigan State College
Methodist Conference Dismisses McConnell Charges
Kansas City May 12 The Methodist Episcopal Conference dismissed as unfounded charges filed against Bishop Francis J McConnell of Pittsburgh by Rev George A Cook of Wilmington accusing him of immorality for endorsing the atheist project and the American Civil Liberties Union and approving evolution in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Rny
George A. Cook
Wilmington
Delaware
McConnell
Amertcan Civiliberals Union
Officials Ordered to Appear in Niagara Shooting Case
Federal Judge J R Hazel ordered three government officials to show cause why a habeas writ should not be issued directing them to produce two coastguardsmen for examination and trial over the shooting of Jacob D Hansen Niagara Falls Elks secretary on Lewiston Hill. Warrants name Glen Jennings and Chris Dew as assault suspects. Hansen was improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York
U.P
J. R. Hazel
United States’ Court
Ft. Niagara
Jacob D. Hansen
Niagara Falls Elks
United States
Richard Templeton
Rasnusser
Frantis L. Beck
Coastguard Service
Glen Jennings
Chris Dew
Hansen
Lewiston Hill
Cold Weather Delays Michigan Farm Work In May
May crop notes report extended cold spells across the state. Snow in the north and alternate freezing hindered spring growth, delaying hay and pasture development and slowing fruit bud advancement. Wheat and rye faced losses and heavy abandonment, with rye and overall wheat yields dropping from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Herbert J. Powell
Verne H. Church
United States
Farm Bill To White House Early As Congress Waits
Washington May 12 The McNary Haugen farm relief bill moves to the White House early next week with only limited time for congressional action after a expected veto. The measure, with few changes, seeks a $2 million slush fund cut to half and a $400 million revolving fund for crop marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Michigan interscholastic band contest finals in Lansing
About twenty three high schools and 1,000 musicians competed in the Michigan interscholastic band contest finals in Lansing East Lansing with Michigan state university and Michigan college bands featured. Winners advance to Joliet Illinois May 24 to 26 for nationals. Judges led by Harry Barnhart of New York. En ensemble contests also held for classes A B C and D with results not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan
Joliet
Ill
University of Michigan
Harry Barnhart
New York
Saginaw High School
Grand Rapids South High School
North Branch
Wyandotte Senior High School
Lansing High School
Flint High School
Ypsilanti
Oxford
Port
Huron
St. . Joseph
Three Rivers
State Vocational School
Lansing
Fordson
Detroit
Flint
Grand ‘Rapids
Technical
Lensing Pattengill
West Jy
Almont High School
Brown City
Wyandotte
Coolidge Signs Medal Coinage for Lindbergh
President Coolidge signed a joint resolution authorizing $1,500 for the coinage of a gold medal honoring Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. The action was announced in Washington as part of commemorative recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Charles “A. "Lindbergh
Michigan tourist parks ordered cleaned up by health department
Lansing May 12 The state health department ordered a general cleanup of state tourist parks amid complaints of unsanitary conditions The order, mailed to mayors of towns with tourist camps, requires a sanitation officer on site daily trash removal water supply sanitary closets and posted placards enforcing the rules Local police will enforce the regulations to protect the tourist trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
U.R
State Health Department
Advisory Council
Department of Health
State Department
Don. M. Griswold
Griswold
Ferris beats Central 15 to 4 in Big Rapids contests
Ferris Institute defeated Central 15 to 4 on Friday at Big Rapids, taking two of three games this season. Alma freshmen beat Central freshmen 67 to 40 in a dual-track meet on Central field with Aspland winning three events. Central freshmen baseball routed Reed City 21 to 1. Oliver won 4 to 3 in tennis at Olivet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris Institute
Central
Big Rapids
Ferris This Sea
Alma
Central Field
Aspland
Whittle
Reed City
Oliver
Olivet
Boy Scout Accident Wounds Companion in Michigan Cabin
In Ypsilanti Michigan on May 2 Frank Riggs aged 11 1B was critically wounded by a .22 rifle shot fired accidentally by fellow Scout Charles Perry. The incident happened as boys practiced with rifles while others prepared for a fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
Migh
U.P
Frank Riggs
Charles Perry
Riggs
Perry
Lindbergh On Way To New York A Year Ago Today
New York May 12. One year ago Colonel Charles A Lindbergh was in St Louis en route from San Diego to New York to begin his transatlantic flight. The aviator later met with Henry and Edsel Ford in Detroit before a quick return to New York amid industry rumors of a Curtis Wright merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
San Diego
Lindbergh
Paris
Airplane Industries
Thurglay
Henry
Edsel Ford
Detroit
Wall Street
Curtis
Wright Airplane
Michigan Briefs: Porter Dies at 76 Former Prison Commissioner
W H Porter, president of the People's barn hero and former state prison commissioner, died suddenly in Lansing at age 76. Appointed to the state prison board by Governor Groesbeck in 1920, he served as a prison reform worker until 1927 and was born in Allegan County, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
U.P
W.H. Porter
People’s Barn Hero
Groesteck
Porter
State
Groesbeck
Allegan County
Michigan
Two Biplanes Reach Portland on Bremen Mission
Two army biplanes from Mitchell Field New York arrive in Portland Maine after landing at Miller Field Staten Island. They head to Greenly Island to fetch the trans Atlantic Bremen and then proceed to Picton Nova Scotia as war department orders aim to prevent spring mud stranding the Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maline
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Greenly Island
Bremen
Maine
Picton
Novia Scotia
Bolling Field
Washington
Miller Field
Staten Island
War Department
Laundry Explosion Kills Five Women in Indiana
Five women were killed and seven others seriously injured when a steam pressing department explosion at Fridlin Laundry in Kokomo Indiana occurred today. The blast shattered nearby windows and the concussion was felt for miles, with fears some injured might die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Indiana
U.P
Fridlin’ Laundry
Italia Ready For Another Start
The polar dirigible Italia stood ready at noon to depart for an announced destination. Commander General Umberto Nobile sought morning weather reports and was advised conditions favored an immediate departure. It was unclear if the route would differ from yesterday’s approach toward Lenin's land above the northern Russian coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ine Bay
Spitzbergh
U.R
Italia
Uimberto Nobile
Lenin
Russia
Masons Meet At Battle Creek
Battle Creek hosts the seventy annual Grand Council and eightieth Grand Chapter sessions of Michigan Masons from Tuesday to Wednesday. About 4000 delegates and 75 visiting women are expected. Officials include Daniel W. McMillan of Detroit opening Grand Council later Tuesday and Stanley A. Farnum of Gnassopolis addressing Grand Chapter Wednesday. Election and installation of Grand Chapter officers are set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creek
Grand Council
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of Michigan
Order of Eastern Star
Stanley A. Farnum
Gnassopolis
Daniel W. McMillan
Detroit
Prohibition Officials Ban Firearm Use by Agents
Washington report notes Commissioner Doran orders dismissal of all prohibition agents who use firearms except in self defense or to prevent felonies. He says better to let bootleggers escape than shoot them. Treasury officials discuss coast guardsmen and shots at suspects, with trials slated in federal court for Niagara Falls shootings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Doran
Treasury
Coast
Army
Navy
Treasury Lowman
West Virginia
Altho
Lowman
Self Defense Plea By Eaton Murder Suspect In Michigan
James Moorehouse testifies in his first degree murder trial that he shot Deputy Sheriff Cleo Platt in Charlotte Michigan after Platt tried to arrest him and Hawthorne Sutton for burglaries. Moorehouse says he acted in self defense when Platt reached for a weapon and ordered him to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Mich
Cleo Platt
James
Moorehouse
Battle Creek
Platt
Lansing
Hawthorne Sutton
Sutton
Dépuy
Moorehorse
Moonshine and Stills Destroyed at County Jail
Several gallons of liquor and more than 200 beer bottles were opened and disposed of at the county jail under the supervision of Chas. LaDu of the state department of public safety. Eleven copper stills were destroyed and rendered useless for junk, authorized by the board of supervisors at their last session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Chas. LaDu
State Department of Public Safety
Board of Supervisors
Final Day for Bremen Fliers in Windy City
Chicago hosts the Bremen crew for a busy final day of events. Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Major James G. Fitzmaurice and Capt Hermann Koehl rest before a noon reception then a parade down Michigan Boulevard to Soldiers Field. They depart tomorrow for Milwaukee on a nine city tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U,.p
Bremen
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
James G. Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koehl
Michigan Boulevard
Soldiers Field
Milwaukee
Hoover Campaign Claims Cheapest Ever Conducted
Washington May 12 A U P Good a leader of the Hoover for President club testified before the senate campaign investigating committee that the Hoover campaign has spent 24127441 dollars to date and that no nation wide campaign has ever been conducted as cheaply as theirs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Good
Floover
Senate
Clerical Error Triggers Wheat Market Break
A clerical error in the government report on the winter wheat crop for Ohio caused a sharp drop in the Chicago board of trade pit. The May 9 Ohio figure of 1,478,000 bushels was corrected to 8,870,000, sending prices down three to four cents in frantic selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Board of Trade
Ohio
Gill nets seized by conservation officers on Lake Michigan
Seventy two gill nets seized off Little Point Sable in Lake Michigan were bound for Lansing. Chief deputy warden Hugh Green said the nets were confiscated for illegal mesh size. A second batch from Grand Haven will also be brought here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
W.R
Little Point Sable
Lake Michigan
Hugh Green
Grand Haven
Green
Pilots Die as Torch Transport Crashes in Detroit
A tri motor Torch transport plane heading from Detroit to Buffalo crashed after takeoff, killing William Munn and J K Parker. Edward G. Hamilton, Ford chief pilot, said the aircraft lacked sufficient speed at lift off, stalled near a railroad track, and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Midh
U.P
Tyo Blatt
William Munn
J. K. Parker
Buffalo
Munn
Edward G. Hamilton
Ford
Scholarship reports issued at high school amid flu setbacks
The high school announces report cards were distributed Friday to seniors and juniors. A two week absence due to the flu shortened the marking period so students can makeup work without receiving incomplete grades. The June final reports will show makeup and regular period grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Barnes
Verona Francisco
Ruth Hunt
Sequel Pitts
Lu‘cile Schmidt
J . Aan
Gwendalyn Ackerman
Ruth Allyn
Mildred Barnes
Francis Baumgarten
Wilma Beebe
Freida Brandstetter
Verl. Sage
Bernice Sander
Elizabeth Seibt
Mabel Seiter
Leo Showalter
Effa Somers
Vivian. Stauffer
Markeith Spalsbury
Doris Starkweather
Marjorie ‘Turnbull
Leona Walling
Mary
Ellen
Whitcomt
Atlath Willa
Rotary Club to Formally Charter Van Tonian Group
Lansing Michigan Rotary clubs will officially grant a charter to the Van Tonian club at charter night ceremonies on May 24 announced by Herbert A Biggar who is in charge of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Maillabush
Michigan
Rotary Clubs
van Tonia. Club
Herbert A- Biggar
Tax Debate in House Resumes Amid Tax Reduction Clash
Washington May 12 The tax reduction debate in the House resumed after a pause to pay tribute to late Senator Frank B Willis of Ohio. Most controversial items including estate, insurance, and sur-taxes remain to be decided after over a week of discussion. If amendments from the finance committee and individual senators can be acted on, the House bill of $289,000,000 may pass and go to conference next week. Proponents seek swift disposal of the revenue measure to aid Senator Johnson California to break a filibuster before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Senate
Finance Committeé
House
Johnson
California
Fertilizer Demonstrations In Michigan Counties
Michigan State College soils expert I G Cole announced spring fertilizer demonstrations on beet and potato plots across 16 counties. Small plots will test fertilization amounts and application methods with some trials running multiple years. Potatoes to be planted in Alpena Presque Isle Otsego Antrim Kent Mecosta Montcalm and beet tests in Eston Inghan Tuscola Midland Monze Lennwree Avenue Isabella and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hast Lansing
U.P
Michigan
I. GC. Cole
State College
Cole
Alpena
Presque Iste
Otsego
Urim
Kent
Mecosta
Montscalm
Eston
Inghan
Tuscola
Midland
Monze
Lennwree
Avenue
Isabella
Haves
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Tsifiafi
Char ‘Ges Agtlifist
McConnnell
McNary-Haugen
N.Y
Eaton
Bremen Fliers
Windy City
Hoover
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