Isabella Oil Development Adds Second Well Near Wildcat Gas Find
Officials of the Isabella Oil Development company announce a second location on the Keeler Mitchell lease in section 10 near Broomfield township. Drilling permit has been applied for and rigging began with first gas well producing 10 million cubic feet daily on February 12. The company controls about 4000 acres and local investors dominate.
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Broomfield Township
Isabella Oil Development Company
Keeler-Mitchell
J. C. Arthurs
Pure
Dutch Shell
Dixie, Johnson
Keeler- Mitchell
Isabela Oil Development Company
British Forces Occupy Dharasana Base in Passive Resistance Campaign
British troops moved to the Dharasana area evacuating Sataygrahi leaders from their Dungri camp and occupying Dharasana itself. The Sataygrahi war council halted activities for two days while authorities secured the site near the Dharasana salt works following yesterday’s mass raid on the salt pans.
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Francis Low
United Press
Bombay
U.P
Dharasana
India
Sataygrahis War Council
Dungri
Dhara 1A
Untadi
Ship Fire Traps 100 Moslem Pilgrims Off Jeddah
A Lloyds dispatch reports about 100 believed dead after the French steamer Asia caught fire while carrying 1,500 pilgrims from Jedda and Mecca to Jibouti in the Gulf of Aden. The vessel was abandoned and burning in Jeddah harbor with a fire beyond control.
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London
U.P
Lloyds
Fabre _ line
Asia
Jeddah
Mecca
Jibouti
Gulf of Aden
Lloyd's
Sudan
Dry League plans new fund campaign
Washington May 22 U P The Anti Saloon league launches a carry on fund drive to fuel a national educational campaign against strong drink General Superintendent F Scott McBride told the Senate lobby committee McBride said the campaign would resemble the pre 18th amendment efforts The league maintains the issue must be fought in a long contest and praised Hoover administration tone while noting wets are pressing prohibition harder than since the dry law passed He indicated it is too early to decide on supporting Hoover in 1932 and rejected rumors of backing Ruth Hanna McCormick or opposing Dwight W Morrows repeal statement
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Washington
U.P
Anti-Saloon League
Supt
F. Scott McBride
Senate
McBride
Hoover
Caraway
League
League Will Support Mr. Hoover
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Dwight W. Morrow
Senate votes to remove capitol dial telephones
The senate approved a resolution directing its sergeant at arms to remove the dial telephones recently installed in the capitol and the senate office building.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Legion Auxiliary Sells Poppies This Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary will conduct its annual poppy sale on Saturday May 24. Proceeds fund aid for living war victims and honor fallen soldiers from World War I with the symbolic red poppy from Manders Field and the memories of those who died in battle.
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Manders Field
American Legion Auxiliary
Gmy
France
Belgium
Girl Scouts Sell Fried Cakes To Pay Camp Expenses
Members of city Girl Scout troops stage fried cake sale to defray costs for a camp held the week after school ends. Deliveries are planned for Saturday May 24. A parents program in the Mt. Pleasant High School auditorium on June 2 will show scouts activities and elect a community committee.
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Girl Scout
Aveek
Girl Scouts
Mt. Pleasant
Gold Star Mothers Visit Battlefields in France
American gold star mothers returned to France to visit graves in Verdun and the Belleau Wood trenches. They walked past white crosses to cemeteries and saw Fort Douaumont and Bayonet Trench where remains and shells mark history.
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Verdun
France
U.R
Belleau Wood
Ohio
Fort Douaumont
Television and radio join forces in New York theater
In Schenectady and New York, tests by General Electric and Radio Corporation of America showcased a full stage performance transmitted via television and radio. John Gamble directed the orchestra from GE studio, while the audience saw and heard the act re-created miles away through image and sound signals.
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Thomas G. Ford
United Press
Schenectady
N. Y
U.P
R.K.O. Proctor
General Electric Company
Dr. Alexanderson
General Electric
South Schenectady
D. Kell
Ithem
New York
Alexanderson
Anti trust bill pauses before House action
Washington May 23 The Senate resolution would restore anti trust law reach to railroads by suspending ICC merger powers until March 4 1931 and making holding company mergers illegal without ICC approval The measure passed the Senate 46 to 2 The transportation act of 1920 had relieved railroads from anti trust compliance and the Couzens resolution would reimpose it
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Washington
Renn
Mich
Intergtate Commerce Commission
House
Mead
Iterate
Ais
Interstate Commerce Commission
Couzens
New Buildings Planned at Mt Pleasant Indian School
Mt Pleasant Indian school plans nearly 40000 in new construction this year. The main project is a 25000 industrial arts building for girls to house classrooms and departments for home economics and domestic science. A second project adds and remodels an employees club building at the campus northeast corner. Minor repairs and previous hospital upgrades complete the year’s budget.
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Mt. Pleasant
L. E. Baumgarten
Baumgaren
Head and Shoulders Portrait Shown on Theater Screen
Images measured 14 inches high with the artist’s head and shoulders displayed on the Screen in the theater. The today’s images were notably larger than before.
Orphans Home Razed by Early Morning Fire in Milwaukee Suburb
A blaze at St. Aemilian's orphanage in St. Francis Milwaukee area destroyed the dormitory and church. Three passing motorists raised the alarm and helped rescue about 190 orphans and 26 sisters who fled in night clothes as firemen battled the flames. No injuries reported.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Fixe S
St. Aemilian’s
St. Francis
Bulding
Weather Detroit May 22 Forecast For Michigan
The U P reports lower Michigan will see possible local showers late tonight with a cooler Friday. Readings show varied highs and lows across Alpena Detroit Chicago Grand Rapids Duluth Escanaba Ludington Marquette Sault Ste Marie and upper Michigan remains unsettled with showers possible and cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday.
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U.P
Lower
Michigan
Nortion
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Marquette
Sault. Ste. Marie
Upper Michigan
Naval treaty unlikely to be taken up this term
Washington May 22 Senate resistance grows as Senator Johnson California Rep calls 14 or 15 more witnesses to delay action on the London Naval Treaty. Observers fear the measure may not reach the Senate this session as debate centers on its impact on U S naval strength against Japan.
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Washington
U.R
Johnson
Calif
Senate
Hoover
League of Nation
United States
Pacific
Japan
J. M. Reeves
Navy General Board
Frank H. Schofield
William A. Moffett
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
A. J. Hepburn
Trial Postponed In Murray Negligent Homicide Case
In Pontiac on May 22 the plea of attorney for M T Murray state welfare director, claiming nervous shock, led to adjournment of the examination in the negligent homicide charge. Murray allegedly struck and killed Thomas Wilcox six weeks ago while driving recklessly and under the influence, police say. the municipal court adjourned the case yesterday.
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Pontiac
M. .T Murray
Murray
Thomas Wilcox
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Pernambuco on South America Flight
The Graf Zeppelin lands near Pernambuco Brazil on its first commercial South American flight from Seville Spain. Commander Hugo Eckener plans refueling before continuing to Rio de Janeiro with arrival expected next morning. The craft averages about 60 mph, with weather reports noting rain near Natal.
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Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
United Press
Equator
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South ‘America
Seville
Spain
Buenos ‘Aires
Argentina
Natal
Radio program to Americanize foreign-born Americans expands
Washington May 22 U S multiple. The Education Office will install radio sets in foreign homes and schools to foster education and culture. Over 100 sets donated by the U S Chamber of Commerce will be placed by June in isolated districts and city homes. Programs will include news flashes market reports travel lectures books and farm topics. The three year experiment aims to determine its impact.
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Washington
U.R
Federal Education Office
L. R. Alderman
Hhas
City retailers set to tackle Mt Pleasant parking rules
Mt Pleasant faces a growing parking problem as merchants and city officials plan to discuss curb use at the upcoming chamber of commerce meeting. Officials weigh extending two hour parking on Broadway and Main during day hours to ease congestion and keep shoppers local.
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Mt. Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway
Main
Catholic Pilgrims Begin Return From Rome
One hundred Canadian pilgrims left Rome for home after a brief stay during which they were received by Pope Pius XI. The group, led by Caron Blanchet, included the Archbishop of Ottawa as apostolic vicar and superior of Ontario. They visited the pope after attending the Carthage Eucharistic congress and touring Palestine and presented him with a flag and St Peter’s Pence.
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Vatican City
U.R
Rome
Pius XI
Carthage
Palestine
Caron Blanchet
Vatican
Ottawa
Ontario
Veteran Senate Clerk Dennis Alward Dies in Michigan
Dennis E. Alward longtime secretary of the Michigan state senate died today at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit after a stroke. He was born in Niles Michigan January 26 1859 and had a long political and newspaper career. Funeral services will be held in Lansing with burial at Battle Creek, reflecting his prominent role in Michigan politics.
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Detroit
Dennis E. AlwWard
Michigan State Senate
Michigan
Henry Ford
Alward
Hazel Pennock
Lansing
Battle - Crek
Jarvis, Estes
U.P
Dennis
William Jenning Bryan
State Committee
McKinley
Denny
Niles,Mich
Niles
Law Department
University of Michigan
Martin Brown
Battle Creek
State Senate
Washington
House
Wilson
Senate
Moses Strong Faction Seeks Ouster of Chippewa Chief
A group led by Moses Strong moves to depose Chief Elliot Collins of the Swan Creek Black River and Saginaw Chippewas. This marks the third attempt this year, with previous failures blamed on chief’s wariness or disorganization. The by laws shift power to a business committee, prompting new depose to take effect at the next meeting.
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Moses Strong
Elliot Collins
Swan Creek
Black River
Saginaw
Chippewas
Collins
Strong
A. Oe
Eckener Critics Trade Winds on Flight Route Delays
An aviation report notes Dr. Eckener's annoyance with trade winds delaying a flight. He radioed that all was well except the trade winds, which seem to be suffering from old age, during yesterday's leg of the journey.
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Eckener
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