Walker defense before Roosevelt dominates city corruption trial
Governor Roosevelt hears testimony from the taxi board, L. F. Loree, Paul Block, and others denying Mayor Walker blocked cabs or conspired for a monopoly. Witnesses include the Sisto bond page and an assertion of nonpersonal favors in joint stock dealings. The hearing extends to night sessions as political motives are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayor James
J. Walker
Roosevelt
Walker
John J. Curtin
Supreme Court
Staley
Henry Epstein
City Taxi Board of Control
L. F. Loree
The
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
J. A. Sisto
Black
John J. Hastings
Walker Group
Dozens of Michigan towns report varied local incidents
Port Huron Welfare clients face denial of aid in St Clair County. Multiple towns report accidents, robberies, fires, and unusual events including a drowning scare at St Clair River, a doe’s death at Miners Falls, and a large pre primary Detroit registration. Police investigate fish kills and pipeline hearings loom in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
St. Clair County
Miners’ Falls
Leonard Methot
Three Oaks
Joseph Lee
Stanton
Farmers & Merchants State Bank of
Carson City
Archie Rigney
Detroit
St. Clair River
Fair Haven
Harry Briggs
Rigney
Huntington Woods
Michigan
Hart
Warner and Lockwood Company
Golden Township
Lansing
Michigan Natural Gas ‘Corp
Bay City
Saginaw
Flint
Pontiac
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Peninsular Pipe Line’ Co
Albion
Ralph. Brooks
Albert Boulton
Brooks
Richard W. Reading
Reading
Michigan’s Lumber Era to Modern Industrial Power
The piece traces Michigan’s transformation from vast late 19th century lumber camps to a diversified industrial state. It notes Detroit’s growth to a major metropolis, Muskegon and Saginaw rebounds, Kalamazoo’s water and peppermint crops, and Grand Rapids furniture markets, highlighting key cities, industries, and historical shifts shaping the state's economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographics Society
Washington
DB. C
WNU
Great Company of Michigan
Au Sable River
Monsieur-Jean Nicolet
Michigan
Detroit
Lansing
State House
Michigan Ward
Saginaw
Great Lakes
Au Gres
Ludington
Cheboygan
Bay City
Manistee
Alpena
Muskegon
Flint
Kalamazoo
Indiana
United States
Grand Rapid
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Defense—Progress
Farmers’ Strike—Business
Hoover
Edward W. Pickard
Lfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
Outlook
New
Theodore Roosevelt
A. £. Smith
Frank Tichenor
Spur
Aero
Henry Ward Beecher
Hag
Lyman’ Abbott
Independent
H. C. Bowen
Middle West
Towa
Nebraska
Omaha
owa-Nebraska’ Co-Operative Milk Association
Lincoln
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Council Bluffs
White House
Treasury Mills
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Atlee Pomerene
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ralph D. Chapin
Franklin W. Fort
Home Loan Bank Board
Paul Bestor
Federal Reserve
Outh Trimble
House of Representatives
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Trimble
Congressman Treadway
Massachusetts
Speaker -Garner
House
South
Ongressman- Shannon's
South Bend
Ind
Uncle Sam
Federation of American Business
Association of Railway Expecutives
Inland . Waterways. Corporation
Mississippi
Ilinois
Warrior Rivers
Ger
Beuthen
Upper Silesia
Adolf Hitler
von Papen
Reich
Beuben
Hitler
National Socialist Movement
Prussia
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Technocracy
Columbia University
Finance Corporation
Ondon
Prince of Wales
Ingrid
Sweden
Copenhagen
Hes
Gustaf of
Coburg
Stockholm
Prince ‘of Wales
London
Europe
James’ .A
Britain
New York
Atlantic
Ireland
St John
N. B
F. Loree
Franz von Papen
Battle Creek
Corette Elmendorf
Ray Price
Everett Elmendorf
Hastings
George W. Tusk
Irving Cemetery
Tusk
George Leonard
Grand Rapids
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Benton Harbor
Eric Schultz
Cicero
Rocky Gap Park
Lake’ Michigan
Chicago
Schultz
Lakes Erie
Huron
Hillsdale
Walter S. Puullen
Pullen
Gap
Marlette
Bad
Earle Memorial’ Supperhighway Association
Charlotte
J. ‘A. King
Michigan State
Jackson
Quincy
First National Bank of Quincy
Eaton Rapids
Davison
Clare
United States Treasury
George Washington
Robert Archambault
Robert Gage Co
St. Charles
State Administrative Board
Donald Clifford Orr
George A. Orr
Lansing—Parmers
Ingham County
Dansville
Cadillac
Forest Smith
Smith
Howard
Saxe
Traverse City
Grand Traverse
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Louisville
Greenville
J E. Phelps
Flat River
Phelps
Eugene N. Nesbitt
Welfare Home
Nesbitt
Cass County
State Stream Control Commission
Grand River
City
Cedar River
A. B. Leitch
Belle ‘Isle
Belle Isle
Avalon
Park
di &P
Western Failroad
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