Illinois Senatorial Campaign Funds Under Senate Probe
The Senate investigative committee heads to Chicago to examine Mrs Ruth Hanne McCormick’s campaign expenditures amid reports of heavy Chicago spending linked to the Big Bill Thompson organization. Mrs McCormick says she spent 262000 of her own money with only 6000 in Chicago. The committee weighs potential challenges to her November Senate bid and Donovan pursues legal action to bar her from the Republican ticket. Nye notes the probe may extend to Pennsylvania before May 20 primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
Washington
W.P
Nye
N. D
Senate
Chicago
Ruth Hanne McCormick
Illinois
Ilinois
Big Bill” Thompson
McCormick
Regional Track Meet Saturday at Central State Teachers College
Central Michigan high schools in classes B G and D will compete in a regional track meet at Central State Teachers College on Saturday May 17. Herbert Korf new track coach will conduct the meet in the absence of Wallace C Parker who is away on business related to the new athletic field at CS T C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan
Central State Teachers College
Herbert Korf
Wallace C. Parker
Parker
Wayne Democrats Vote to Repeal Eighteenth Amendment
Detroit May 18 The Wayne county Democratic committee unanimously approved a resolution instructing 371 delegates to the Jackson pure-primary convention on May 24 to vote yes for repealing the eighteenth amendment. The plan includes four prohibition issue propositions and selects No 2 urging the party to back repeal so states may regulate liquor within their borders under states rights.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Jackson
Democratic Party
Michigan
Stimson Quizzed On Escalator Clause In Naval Treaty
Secretary of State Stimson faced sharp questions from the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on the London naval treaty Escalator clause. Senators Borah and Swanson pressed whether the clause could nullify the pact and affect parity with Britain's fleet as hearings begin with Navy Secretary Adams expected tomorrow. Stimson defended the clause noting continental-power concerns and public opinion as checks on build up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
U.P
Great Britain
Stimson
State Foreign Affairs Committee
Borah
Swanson
Dem
Naval Committee
United States
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Adams
Britain
Lois Brew Wins Local Health Essay Competition
Lois Brew daughter of Mr and Mrs William Brew wins the local health essay contest sponsored by the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. Her essay argues youth health links to happiness and outlines health habits plus a brief history of tuberculosis including Koch's discovery and the disease impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Brew
William Brew
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Miss Brew
Divine Origin of Dry League Debate in Senate Inquiry
Washington May 13 U P Senator Blaine Wisconsin pressed F Scott McBride head of the Anti Saloon League on the divine right claim for the league during a senate lobby committee inquiry McBride refused to answer while Blaine pressed for a line of questioning. McBride later distributed a statement saying temperance forces should focus on main issues not referenda. He also denied attempting to block the impeachment of former Illinois judge George W English though acknowledged contacting some lawmakers.
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Washington
U.P
Blaine
Wis
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
McBride
League
Caraway
Drys
United States
George W. English
Ilinois
Illinois
Ohio
English
House
Toll from tornadoes reaches 965 dead across central states
Chicago May 18 The American Red Cross issued surveys showing 965 killed and 390 injured from recent tornadoes and storms in the midwest and southwest. The report notes 1,751 families affected in Nebraska Texas Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with 460 homes destroyed and 1,048 damaged and 438 other buildings wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anderican Red Crass
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fridtjof Nansen Dies at Norwegian Explorer Age
Oslo reports Fridtjof Nansen the famed Norwegian explorer died today at age unknown in the dispatch sent abroad. Nansen gained global fame for polar expeditions and humanitarian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
U.P
Fridtjof Nansen
Twelve Girl Scouts Earn Merit Badges at Mt Pleasant Rally
Twelve members from Mt Pleasant Troops No 2 and No 3 were awarded merit badges during a rally in the high school gym Monday night after an indoor baseball game between troop teams. Awards included Tenderfoot to Laura Nicks Jarriet Childs and Effie Bacon. Second class Marcia Dusenbury and Jean Northway. Art Merit Mary Ellen Whitcomb. Observers Merit Evelyn Hitchcock and Zelphamae Axtell. Child Nurse Merit Jean Northway. Scholarship Merit Maxine Monroe Lois Brew and Helen Hagerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Pilot and Lion Cub Open Air Record Attempt
Col. Roscoe Turner and a lion cub mascot launched from Los Angeles in a Lockheed Express to set a transcontinental flight record. He plans Wichita fuel stops, 10 000 to 16 000 ft altitude, 180 mph top speed, awaiting favorable tail winds and weather reports.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Roscoe Turner
New York
Col.Turner
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Turner
United
Wichita
Kan
Lockheed
Turner
Gilmore
Tulare
Calif
Illinois Farmers Institutes Planned Across 86 Counties
Farm institutes will run 279 days from next September to March, across 86 Illinois counties, announced by H. C. Allison secretary of the Illinois Farmers' Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Farmers’ Institutes
H. C. Allison
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Prohibition Beliefs Face Unrest and Change Says Daniels
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy and Methodist church leader, predicts world progress and prohibition endure in new forms. He cites unrest, crime, and youth brazenness as challenges while noting the open saloon is gone and enforcement will adjust over time. He argues majority will shape policy through Congress and calls prohibition a righteous advance.
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Dallas
Tex
W.P
United Press
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Tibery
Theiirman
Methodist Espisconal Church
South
Daniels
Congress
Three Name Changes in One Day Reported in Newcastle
Mrs. Amos C. Dyer of Newcastle set a record by changing names three times in a single day. She first divorced Simon Kissick, restoring her maiden Haynes name, then remarried to become Mrs. Dyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastley
Ind
U.P
Amos C. Dyer
Newcastle
Mildred
Kissick
Simon. Kissick
Haynes
Dyer
Britain plans third giant dirigible for trans Atlantic service
London reports plans for a new dirigible the R-102 larger and faster than the R-100 and R-101. The project aims to base three big ships at Cardington air port and develop it into a premier dirigible hub. The R-100 is set to begin its Montreal voyage on May 24 if weather permits.
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London
U.P
Cardington
Montreal
Canada
Local officers raid still in Goe Township
Paul Vogtis, 48, arraigned yesterday before a local justice on a prohibition charge after a Sunday raid by Sheriff Schertel and Deputy Beatty. In Coe township near Shepherd they seized a complete still, 125 gallons of mash and seven gallons of moonshine. Vogtis broke for safety after arrest but was recaptured after a quarter mile footrace and jailed on a $1,000 bond. Seven men fined for drunkenness during the weekend totalled $130.46. Officers Ball and Schertel conducted the arrests.
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Paul Vogtis
Ray Hart
Schertel
Earl Beatty
Vogtis
Coe Township
Shepherd
Vogus
Justice Court
Ed. Ball
Globe circling flight planned by Mears in 10000mile voyage
John Henry Mears prepares in New York for a 10000 mile globe circling flight to reclaim the title. The Lockheed-Vega monoplane at Roosevelt Field with pilot Fred Melchior aims for a radius over 2000 miles and a start soon after funding.
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New York
John Henry Mears
Magellan
C. B. D. Collyer
Mears
Roosevelt, Field, Li
Fred Melchior
Greenley Island
Des Moines Hunt For Slayer Of Nine Year Old Evelyn Lee
Posses armed with shotguns and rifles, joined by police and Fort Des Moines military police, scour Des Moines chasing the attacker who killed nine year old Evelyn Lee. Detectives question witnesses to determine if one man acted alone as Evelyn was seen with two men in a delivery truck.
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Des Moines
Ial
U.P
Evelyn Lee
Fort Des Moines
Evelyn
Hitts Home Repeats Fires Amid Grudge Suspicions
A string of fires at 118 N Arnold St. in the Hitts residence prompts police and fire officials to investigate possible grudges or arson. Fire Chief McCall notes six fires in as many days, with each blaze starting in different rooms. Hitts denies naming suspects but claims outsiders have threatened the family.
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N. Arnold St
Mr. Pleasant
Hitts
McCall
Ford Still Likes Old Time Dancing in Dearborn
Henry Ford and his wife watched Dearborn Junior High pupils perform in the second annual old time American dancing contest at Fordson High School. The event highlighted the magnate’s enduring enthusiasm for historic dance forms and drew local students to the Ford community.
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Dearborn
Mich
U.P
Henry Ford
Yesteryear
Mator
Fordson
French aviator spans Atlantic with air mail flight
Jean Mermoz Navigator d Aubry and Radio Operator Gimle landed at Natal Brazil after a 199 mile seaplane crossing from Saint Louis Senegal. They carried 308 pounds of mail establishing an ocean crossing for air mail service despite storms and fog. Aeropostale claims a new straight line distance record of 8173 kilometers surpassing the August 1925 American record.
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Natal
Brazil
U.P
Jean Mermoz
St. Louis
Senegal
Mermoz
d’Aubry
Gimlé
South Atlantic
Compagnie Aerospostale
Saint Louis
Mermoez
Atlantic
Aga
Ocean
Paris
Verhs Compagnie Aeropostale
Aeropostale
John’ Rodgers
B. J. Connell
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Michigan Regions
Detroit area reports unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with showers probable and cooler temperatures in the east. Upper Michigan follows a similar pattern with showers and a cooler Wednesday in the east portion. Local readings show varied temperatures across Alpena Escanaba Duluth and Chicago reports.
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Detroit
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Sam
Chicago
Swaraj movement rooted in British education and war era ideals
Webb Miller argues Indian unrest stems from British education spreading democracy and Western culture. He notes Indian students in England and India adopting liberal ideals, plus postwar self determination rhetoric fueling leadership among educated Indians.
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Miller
India
Webb Miller
Karachi
U.P
Great Britain
England
Wilson
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