Senate investigates oil shale scandal charges loom
Senate public lands committee leads new probe into alleged favors by oil companies in shale concessions. Secretary Wilbur defends the department while Kelley’s accusations draw calls for formal hearings, naming Standard Oil of Indiana and others as targets amid Teapot Dome echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Gerald P. Nye
Senate Public Lands Committee
Teapot Dome
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem
Mont
Ralph S. Kelley
Congress
An Wilbur
Quente
Colorado
Kelley
General Land Office
Denver
Wilbur
Nye
Land Office
Walsh
Kelly
Department
New York
Standard Oil
Indiana
Mid West Refining
Prairie Oil and Gas
Linclin*’Consolidated
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Standard of California
Union Oil of
California
Honolulu Consolidated
Richfield of
Standard Gas and Electric of Chicago
Continental Oil
Hawks Flies Detroit to Valley Stream in 2 Hours 17 Minutes
Captain Frank Hawks completed a Detroit to Curtis Field Valley Stream flight in two hours and seventeen minutes. He departed Detroit at 10 46 a m and landed at 1 29 p m traveling nearly 300 miles per hour in his travelair mystery ship.
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Valley Stream
N .Y
U.P
Frank Hawks
Detroit
Curtis
Chinese Leader Feng Yu-Hsiang Retires From Action
Shanghai reports Feng Yu-Hsiang, co leader of the northern rebel government at Peiping, announced retirement as Nationalist forces press Henan resistance after Peiping's fall to Manchurian troops. Feng plans to re establish the northern government in Taiyuan Fu with defiance of Nanking. Civil war wanes overall as Manchurian intervention shifts the battle.
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Shanghai
China
U.P
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Peiping
Nanking
Feng
Henan
Yen-Hsi-Shan
Feng Hsi-Shan
Taiyuan- Fu
Shansi
Henan Province
Reat
Township Ballot Boxes Recalled for Second Lansing Recount
Ballot boxes from 18 precincts in Isabella County were returned to Lansing for a second recount after a state board order. Boxes from Coe, Isabella, Rollind, Vernon, Denver, Wise, Gilmore, Coldwater, Union, Chippewa, and Mt Pleasant were involved, previously sealed improperly. Original count remains, and additional recounts follow a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Lansing
Coe
Isabella
Rollind
Vernon
Denver
Wise
Gilmore
Coldwater
Union
Chippewa
Mt. Pleasant
Supreme Court
Isabella County
Piri Showalter
Register Ofeeds
Bank chief sees recovery after stock scare
Rome Stephenson, vice president of the American Bankers Association and incoming CEO, predicts a near term revival as delegates at the 56th convention report a turning point in the nation’s low mood. He cites ample cash, psychological factors driving spending delays, and limited stock losses to reassure a gradual rebound.
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Leo F. Baron
United
Cleveland
U.R
Romeo Stephenson
American Bankers Association
United Press Today
Stephenson
National Association
St. Joseph
United States
Weather forecast for Michigan and upper peninsula
The Detroit weather forecast notes mostly fair skies for lower Michigan tonight and Wednesday with continued cool temperatures and frost possible at night, while upper Michigan also remains mostly fair with potential unsettled periods and frost if skies clear. Abbreviated temperatures show readings in Alpena Detroit Grand Rapids and other locales across the region.
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Detroit
U.P
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Marquette
Sault Ste. Marie
Groesbeck Narrowed Gap in Michigan GOP Recount
In early recounts across 216 precincts of 3 317, Groesbeck gains 822 votes over Attorney General Wilber M Brucker and Seog Stein. Outstate counties favor Groesbeck by 664, Wayne County swing reduces Groesbeck’s lead to 382. Deeper review suggests Brucker’s majority about 4 700 may stand.
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Lansing
U.P
Gyoesbeck
Wilber
M. .Brucker
Seog Stein
Groesbeck
Wayne
Brucker
Coast Guard Seeks Lost Couple Off Lake Michigan
Coast guards hunted for Captain Erwin Anderson, his bride, and four sailors from the North Shore after a gale swept Lake Michigan. Wreckage sighted near St. Joseph suggested the packet sank en route from St. Joseph to Milwaukee. four life preservers bore the ship’s name.
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Holland
Mich
U.pr
Coast Guards
Lake Michigan
St. Joseph
Erwin Anderson
Milwaukee
Russian activity on Chicago wheat market questioned by committee
The Fish led committee told Chicago Board of Trade leaders that Russia was not to blame for wheat prices dipping. They said Soviet short selling was not barred because of illegality but that market conditions and hedging by brokers drove prices lower.
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Chicago
U.pst Ie
Chicago ‘Board of Trade
Congressional
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
United States
Russia
Chicago Exchange
All Russian
League Adopts Aggressor Plan for Financial Aid
Geneva September 80 U P The League of Nations 11th assembly adopted a convention to provide financial assistance for nations invaded or threatened by aggression. The disarmament committee debated at length under Lord Robert Cecil and strong British support. The plan allows invaded countries to gain sound financial status through international loans with guarantees and Swiss trusteeship.
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Geneva
U.P
Assembly
The
League of Nations
League
Robert Cecil
Fed
Switzerland
Local Teams Set Weekend Football Schedule
The week features two home games and two away games for area teams. Bearcats face Michigan State style tests with new backfield plans and injury concerns while prep for a strong test from Big Rapids and a Midland clash looms.
Chicory Plant Marketing Opens October 1 in Territory
Chicory stations will open October 1 in Mt. Pleasant Leaton Delwin and Wise for the annual marketing of the chicory crop. Mt. Pleasant plant starts after stocking 200 300 tons to ensure steady operation. About 15 workers on day and night shifts. Crop expected to exceed last year with 700 acre area and yield around 11 tons per acre versus 6 to 8 normally.
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Mt. Pleasant
Leaton
Delwin
Wise
Coleman
Rosebush
Oscar “Wiley
BE. Bi
Smith Attacks Corruption as Roosevelt Nominated in New York
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith denounced unfaithful officials at the Democratic state convention in Syracuse urging loyalty to Franklin D. Roosevelt who was nominated by acclamation for governor. The speech marked Smith's return to major politics since 1928 and targeted Tammany Hall allies under investigation for alleged corruption.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Ford
United Press
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Tammany Hall
Ionia Armory Fire Destroys Structure But Leaves It Standing
Fire swept the newly rebuilt armory of Company H 126th Infantry Michigan National Guard in Ionia Michigan. Firemen battled for about an hour to save the building after it gained headway up a two story stairway but was not completely destroyed.
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Ionia
Mich
U.P
126Th Infantry
Michigan National Guard
McCormick Faces Libel Charge Denial by Senate Panel
Washington reports note four members of the Senate campaign expenditures committee call Ruth Hanna McCormick’s charges against the panel willful and malicious libel. They insist none of the members spied on her, tapped wires, or raided files, and warn future repetitions will be treated as libel.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Nye
N. D
Dale
Dill
Dem
Wash
Wagner
N. Y. Nye
Patterson
Creer
Mes
Senate
McCormick
Byron
Isaac Fancher celebrates 97th birthday in Mt. Pleasant
Isaac Fancher, oldest resident of Mt. Pleasant and a leading Michigan lawyer, was feted at a high school assembly. The 97 year old recalled early community history, discussed railroad and civic progress, and received a freshman class birthday cake.
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Isaac Fancher
Fancher
Mt. Peasant
Mt. Pleasant High School
C. &. Larzelere
Mt. Pleasant
Iris
Nevada
Tancher
Michigan
State Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
U.S
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mattie
Doodd
Main and
Chinpewa
National Guard Quiets Madison County Jail Lineup
National Guardsmen regained control at the Madison county jail in Huntsville Alabama after earlier clashes that saw tear gas bombs bayonets and a mob driven off by fire hose. G E Henderson held inside was not the suspect in the murder assault and robbery case involving G E Ross and his wife.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
National
G. E. Henderson
G. E. Ross
Henderson
Ross
City Work On Test Wells For Harmon Ness Company
Operators for Harmon Ness company work on test wells at the Meadow Park site for a proposed city water supply. The third test well is being driven after unsatisfactory results from the first two. The first formation was satisfactory but drilling to about 90 feet failed to yield flow. drilling trouble halted the second test and a third location is being drilled to find a suitable site for the new city well. A six inch hole is used and tests usually take three to four days before starting the big well.
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Harmon-Ness Company
New City
Meadow Park
Peer City
New Litigation Looms in State Ballot Recount
Michigan recount saga widens as Groesbeck attorneys seek a full recheck of Wayne county ballots. With 19 counties already tallied and a pending Wayne county review, lawyers warn of renewed litigation over rule changes and the scope of the original recount as officials press toward completion.
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Glaude J. Markle
United Press
Satff
Lansing
U.P
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Alex J. Groesbeck
Redbeck
Groesbeck
Wayne County
Wilber M. ‘Brucker
Chippewa
Wayne
Alger
Alpena
Benzie
Crawford
Haton
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Keweenaw
Midland
Missaukee
Montmorency
Ogeman
Osceola
Roscommon
Wexford
Antrim
John S. Haggerty
Mt Pleasant Daily Times to Carry Play by Play World Series
The Mt Pleasant Daily Times will provide complete play by play coverage of the World Series through a special United Press leased wire. Coverage will be in each evening edition during the series except Sundays, with reports arriving after each game and announced at the Daily Times office.
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Mt. Pleasant
Central State Teachers to Dedicate New Athletic Field
Central State Teachers college will formally dedicate its new $50,000 athletic plant on Saturday afternoon. The program includes a flag-raising, speeches by local and state officials, the initial kick-off by President Warriner, and performances by the college band and high school bands. A capacity crowd is expected for the CS T Bearcats versus Michigan B team game.
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Central State Teachers College
Newack
Bearcats
University of Michigan
Charles F. Tambling
H. B
Jack
Johnston
Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
C. Warriner
Webster H., Pearce
Central-Michigan
Central
Newell H. Long
College
County Highway Work Nears Close
County road crews near completion of the Nottawa Gilmore townline highway gravel work with only one mile left. Other tasks include patching resurfacing and stocking gravel while most summer workers have been released.
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Thaney
County ‘Highway’ Department
Nottawa-Gilmore
Townline
Kit Kat Klub in Detroit Sealed Under Prohibition Crackdown
Detroit authorities padlocked the Kit Kat Klub on Temple Avenue for a year after city agents and federal officials cited progressive intoxication at the venue following ginger ale and ice "set-ups." The closure marks the fourth nightclub hit in the crackdown led by government agents and Judge Edward J. Moinet.
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Detroit
U.R
Gay Temple Avenue
Whoopee Palace
Edward J. Moinet
Ecuadoran President Ayora Resigns Amid Crisis
President Isidro Ayora of Ecuador remains determined to resign despite Congress granting confidence. Congress refused to accept the resignation, but Ayora sees stepping down as the only path to save the country. A confidence vote had passed with three dissentions and a committee was sent to inform him.
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Quito
Ecuador
U.P
Isidro Ayora
Congress
Ny Ayora
Oye
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