Administration backs Supreme Court Justice Potter for governor
Lansing May 29 AAP A move, aided by administration leaders, to draft Justice W W Potter of the state supreme court into the gubernatorial race began. Petitions supporting his Republican nomination are being printed after a hastily called session. Potter, away on a fishing trip, could not comment but friends say he would run if party leaders press him.
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Lansing
W. W. Potter
State Supreme Court
Potter
Harrison
Brucker
Green
National forces press advance on rebel armies in Honan
Shanghai May 29 A determined government push along a broad front converges on northern alliance held areas in Honan province. Chinese forces under Gen Chang Hui Chang raid behind enemy lines 100 miles from Chengchow while planes strike northern troops and damage the Kunghsien arsenal and the Yellow River bridge approaches.
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Shanghai
China
U.P
Honan
Kuo Min
Nanking
Chengehow
Chengchow
Chang Hui-Chang
Peiping
Kunghsien
Yellow River Bridge
First Group Of Gold Star Women Start For Home
Paris May 29 131 American Gold Star Mothers sailed from Cherbourg aboard the S S President Harding for home after visiting graves in France. Mrs Florence Williams of Portsmouth Ohio remained at Verdun hospitalized with pneumonia but improving. The pilgrims carried souvenirs and gifts as they said farewell to officers and friends, marking the first tangible contact with sons lost in the war.
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Paris
U.P
France
Cherbourg
Harding
Florence Williams
Portsmouth
Verdun
America
Suyresnés
Bandit Robs Three On Chief Train for $9750 in Jewels
A lone bandit boarded the Santa Fe Chief after leaving Los Angeles and stole about $9,000 in cash and jewelry from three passengers. He seized Mrs. Hillman’s jewels valued at 7500 and 400 from her husband, then locked the couple in their compartment before fleeing as the train slowed near Mission Tower. Frank Lehman turned over 175 dollars and alerted authorities. The robbery lasted around three minutes and matched the train schedule.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Santa Fe
East
Mission Tower
Chicago
Edward Hillman
Hillman
Marion Nixon
Hillmans
Frank Lehman
Detroit
Lehman
Literary Digest Defends Prohibition Poll Ballot Distribution
The Literary Digest rejects charges of unfair ballot allocation in its nationwide prohibition poll. It argues that ballot distribution used population and popular vote statistics, noting that dry states can have lower voting strength relative to population than wet states, affecting quotas.
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New York
U.R
Literary Digest Today
Digest
Two Miens Die In Crash Of Grand Trunk Limited
Two crew members died in a Grand Trunk intercity limited wreck near Flint Michigan after the engine struck an open switch at the Belsay crossing. Dead are Clyde Pierce and Arthur Morden both of Battle Creek Michigan. Several crew members were injured but not seriously.
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Flint
Mich
UPR
Belsay
Here
Grand Trunk Railroad
Clyde Pierce
Arthur Morden
Battle Creek
Fred Linton
Port Huron
Lawrence Parker
John Dillon
Chica
Howard Bellamy
Toronto
Joseph Deshiadi
Pierce
Morden
Flint Northern High School
Lincoln
Chicago-Montreal
House to Probe Communism in United States
A special House committee chaired by Rep. Fish will conduct a summer long inquiry into reported communist activities in the United States. The panel, named by Speaker Longworth, plans to focus largely in New York where allegations have been strongest, reviewing immigration issues and possible deportation under immigration laws.
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Willim J. Dunn
United Press
Washington
U.P
House
Rep. Fish
N. Y
United States
Sneaker Longworth
Fish
Reps
Nelson
Bachmann
N. J
Driver
Ark
Slick
New York
Amtorg ‘Trading Corporation
House Immigration Committee
Grover A. Whalen
Whalen
MSU Student Victim of Amnesia After Midday Incident
Detroit records show 19 year old Richard Rost sophomore at Michigan State College was picked up by police in a daze. He was taken to Receiving Hospital for observation and later recalled his name and his uncle Homer Warhois of Okemos, Michigan. He could not remember events from exams at East Lansing until hospital recovery. He was taken home by his uncle.
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Detroit
Richard Rost
Michigan State College
Post
Homer Warhois
Okemos
Mich
East Lansing
Partial Train Car Collision Mentioned At Diner
Readable fragments describe mail cars and the diner incident with two day coaches and six Pullmans held from toppling when a last Pullman stopped upright on the ties. The account notes a near derailment with Pullman cars standing.
Physician Nurse Pilot Die In Piniele Plane Crash
A physician Doctor A S Sherrill a nurse Miss Lindstrom and pilot Robert Crawford died when their chartered plane crashed near Piniele Montana while racing to reach a patient. The flight departed in darkness and was reportedly caught in a gale.
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Belle Fourche
U.P
Piniele
Mont
A. S. Sherill
Pinielle
Robert Crawford
Lindstrom
Montana
Gushers Stir Oklahoma City Drilling Controversy
Oil gushers near Capitol Hill threaten to flood city streets as residents split between wanting wells in back yards and fearing oil damage to homes and offices. City leaders warn of derricks replacing buildings while some laboring families seek leases as drilling spreads in the suburb.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
U.P
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hill
Mt. Lebanon street car crash sends six women and a man to hospital
A Mt. Lebanon street car derailed and struck a pole near Bookline Junction injuring six women and one man who were hospitalized while twelve more are treated at home. None are in critical condition.
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Pittsburgh
U. P
Mt. Lebanon
A. Pole
Bookline Junction
Violet Ray Is Cause Of Poor Radio Reception
Raymond Hersee city radio inspector uncovers violet ray machines as the source of widespread interference in Mt Pleasant. A city clerk letter asks users to confine operation to set morning and evening hours to restore clear radio reception.
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Raymond Hersee
City Commission
Hersee
Mt. Pleasant
By Standers Cheer as Police Raid Detroit Saloon
A Detroit crowd jeered police raiders who battered a saloon door. Bystanders damaged a police car and tore ignition components while officers found liquor inside after the raid. Joseph Wesoloski was arrested for disturbing the peace following a patrolman’s blow.
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Detroit
U.P
Natrons
Joseph Wesoloski
President Hoover set for Gettysburg Memorial Day address
President Hoover will travel by motor to Gettysburg tomorrow for a Memorial Day remarks on the Civil War battlefield where Lincoln delivered his address. He plans a 2:30 p.m. appearance and will dine at the Lawrence Richey lodge before weighing tariff talks and possible trips to Cooke lodge or Rapidan camp depending on conference outcomes.
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Washington
U.R
Hoover
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Battle Field
Maryland
Lawrence Richey
Mr.Hoover
Pennsylvania
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
350 CHICAGOANS WANTED FOR DAY LAW VIOLATIONS
Federal indictments accuse 850 Chicagoans of liquor law violations in the largest such case yet. Ralph Capone and several associates are named. raids and warrants are issued as agents pursue leaders of the beer and alcohol trade. Investigations tie the case to a Wind sor Ontario rum running operation.
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Chicago
U.R
Ralph Caponé
Capone
Montmarte
Cotton Club
Cicero
Percy, Haller
Harry ,McRae
Art Goldie
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Presbyterians Open General Assembly Without Major Dispute
The Presbyterian general assembly met in Cincinnati on May 29 with 950 commissioners. For the first time in years the session began without the looming modernist fundamentalist clash, focusing on official business, electing a moderator and handling church affairs and plans.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Presbyterian General Assembly
Othen
Masons Name Battle Creek for 1931 Convention
Jackson Michigan May 29 U P As tribute to George B Dolliver Battle Creek publisher who yesterday was elevated to the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan the 1931 communication will be held at Battle Creek Delegates chose Battle Creek after installation services for Dolliver had been held Election of officers was also on the agenda, with Albert J Young Escanaba grand master Lou B Winsor Grand Rapids grand secretary Rev William H Gallagher Allegan grand chaplain Frank Gould Grand Rapids senior grand deacon Louis E Anderson Omena senior grand warden Arthur J Fox Almont grand lecturer and Judge Neil E Heid Mt Clemens grand marshal named.
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Albert J. Young
Escanaba
Lou B
Winsor
Grand Rapids
Grand
William H. Gallagher
Allegan
Frank §. Gould
Louis E. Anderson
Omena
Arthur J. Fox
Almont
Neil E. Heid
Mt. Clemens
Elijah Elkis New Chief Of Chippewa Tribe
Elijah Elkis Coleman is proclaimed chief by popular vote of Swan Creek Black River and Saginaw Chippewa bands amid protests by acting leader Elliot Collins who questions legality. The meeting also named Moses Strong vice chairman John Jackson secretary and Isaac Pletcher treasurer. New by laws allow recall by popular vote and $4500 is sought to fund court action.
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Swan Creek
Black River
Saginaw
Elijah Elk
Coleman
Elliot Collins
Elk
Indian School
Collins
Detroit Kidnapping Stuns City As Police Track Niece
A six year old boy, John Brooks, was kidnapped from his Plymouth road home by a man and woman in two small roadsters. Authorities traced the boy to his Missouri aunt Mrs Lawrence Aaron who had raised him since last fall. Police scoured the city with forty seven scout cars as detectives pursue the case.
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Detroit
O.R
John Brooks
Plymouth Road
Jonsin, Mo
Lawrence Aaron
Jovlin
Lloyd Brooks
Missouri City
W. A. G March For Parade Call
All members of the W. A. G are urged to assemble at their hall by 9 a.m. Friday to march with other organizations in the parade.
Governor Green Declines Run for Governor or Senate
Governor Green announced he will not seek the office of governor or United States senator in the coming primaries. He will return to Ionia to focus on business matters, ending months of speculation over his political plans.
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Claude J. Markle Lansing
Green
United States
James Couzens
Detroit
U. S. Senate
Ionia
Lansing
Brucker
Couzens
John S. Haggerty
Alex “J. Groesbeck
Charles J. Deland
L. J. Warner
Sandusky
Haggerty
Osso sheriff deputy dies in auto crash
Owosso deputy sheriff Edward Sturgis of Gaines died from injuries after his car skidded into a ditch Tuesday night. The incident occurred near Owosso as authorities investigated the crash and its causes.
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Owosso
Edward Sturgis
Gaines
Weather outlook for lower Michigan and Detroit May forecast
Forecaster notes fair tonight and Friday with cool temperatures and frost risk on some lines. Detroit scales show near mid forties to low sixties across Michigan cities including Alpena 44 52 Ed Chicago 48 62 and Grand Rapids 42 58 with varied readings for Duluth Escanaba Ludington Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie.
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Detroit
U.P
Michigan
Ludington
Marquette
Sault Ste. Marie
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