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DEMOCRATS BELAY
USING PR HIBIT 1I
Imminent Party Split Prevents
Action; Will Not Decide
Until Fall Convention.
NEGLECT NOMINATIONS
Outstate Drys Withold Support
of Wet Platform, Repeal
Movement Indorsemenf.
(By Associated Press)
LANSING, May 26.-A threaten-
ed split in the ranks of .the party
has blocked the proposal of wet
Democrats to make prohibition an
official issue in the state primary
GRAF ZEPPELIN WILL START TOWARD LAKEHURST TLiquor Purchaserjf4I
FROM PERNAMBUCO IN NEXT STAGE OF LONG FLIGHTUI LFound Not Liable
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Desert .
es beverage purposes any criminal lha-
Takes bility."
Maj. Edwards to be Marshal
Day's Program Planned
campaign.
In a pre-primary conventi'on i
Jackson Saturday, out-state dry
delivered a flat ultimatum. They
served notice that if a wet plat-
form was constructed for Demo-
cratic candidates they would nei
ther reconize the organization no
support the ticket.
Their defy caused the meeting tc
sidetrack the issue. The wets un-
doubtedly had enough votes in the
convention to carry their point, bu
they feared the consequences of a
walkout by the drys and the re-
sultant impairment of p a r t y
strength.
The Democratic party will take
no sand on the issue until its fall
convention, which comes after the
primary. If Democratic can didates
for governor, lieutenant governor
or United States senator run as
wets their platforms will be their
own and not those of the party.
Other Subjects Forgotten.
The wet and 'dry controversy
rose to such heights in the Jackson
gathering that the aims of the pre-
primary convention were all but
defeated. The object of the meet-
ing was to indorse candidates for
state Qffices and draft a platform.
Neither was done, the task of se-
lecting candidates for the state
ticket being turned over to the cen-
tral committee.
After the furious battle over pro-
hibition and the decision to post-
pone action on that issue, the plat-
form was forgotten.
The fight started when a report
was submitted s'uggesting the
Democrats take a stand, one way
or the other. Wayne county dele-
gates voted strongly wet. Although
only about 50 delegates from that
county were present they voted
theilr full delegate allotment of 371.
Drys Roar Protests.
Dr. M. S. Pittman of Ypsilanti,
temporary chairman, ruled this
procedure was in order. Outstate
drys roared protests. W. A. Seeg-
miller of Owosso, Charles F. Kim-
merle of Cassopolis and others
charged Wayne county with at-
tempting to dominate the conven-
tion. Their remarks set off the
fireworks and four county chair-
men announced they were not go-
ing to be forced into a wet position,
would refuse to abide by the ac-
tions of the convention and their
delegations were quitting the con-
vention.
The convention was in an uproar.
Three Eaton county delegates car-
out their threat and marched
from the room. Delegates from Sag-
inaw, Shiawasse and Kent counties,
who said they were through with
the convention, remained when
Henry H. Heinman of Niles, chair-
man of the Democratic central
committee, took the reins of the
convention from Dr. Pittman and
restored order. Heinman ruled that
only those actually present could
vote.
Nordheim Will Lecture
Today on Electricity
Prof. Lother Nordheim of the
University of Gottingen will lecture
on "The Mechanism of Electrical
Resistance" at 4:15 o'clock today
in Room 1041, Physics building. Mr.
Nordheim who is from Ohio State
university, is a member of the
younger generation of theoretical
Physicists and a student of Born at
Hilberd. He is best known for his
work on the theory of conduction of
electricity through metals and his
contributions to the theory of
quantum mechanics.
Western Lumber Mills
Reduce Timber Output
(By AFsociated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., May 26.-Col.
W. B. Greeley, secretary and man-
ger of the West Coast's Lumber
Men's association, has announced
that many lumber mills in the
;ouglas fir region of the Pacific
northwest have curtailed produc-
tion for an extended period.
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JUMPER LOSES SENSES fred E. Norris, a New York baker,
__who was indicted for conspiracy MANY GROUPS TO MARCH
LO (By Associated Press) with a Philadelphia bootlegger from P
LOS ANGELES, May 26 - Bert whom he frequently ordered liquor P .departmeHt, will be the speaker at
White, 27, today held the unofficial When arraigned he entered a plea thepMemorial day bservance i
world's parachute jump record, the of "nolo contendere" intending Ann Arbor, which is being arrang-
result of a leap Sunday from an contest the question. He sought ' O ed by the militry units of the city.
airplane as it soared 25,000 feet attack the question entered by Vie i Maj.'Basil Edwards of the Uni-
above the Mojave desert near Lan-I Federal District court at Phila fl- versity will be marshal of the day's
caster, Calif. phia and was sustained by fthe program, which will include a pa-
rade and ceremonies at the inter-
T t h le t inCircuit of Appeals, which tool; Ithe section of Rose Ave., White St., and
fabric, White dropped from the broad ground that the purchas i of the Belt Line cutoff.
plane piloted by Earl Gordon and liquor was no offense under ithe Participating in the celebration
hurtled through the air in what prohibition law. will be the Michigan National
was believed the highest altitude The Supreme Court in an opi ron guard units, the R. O. T. C. unit,
jump ever attempted by man. He i by Justice Sutherland held the plea varsity band, Welch post of the G.
said he was unconscious from the was equivalent to one of "gu ilty" IA. R., Ross Granger camp of Span-
time he leaped until somewhere in and that the trial court had i rop- ish War Veterans, the Women's
midair, and that he landed 28 m r t rr ee Ree corps, American Legion, 40
utes after regaining his sense§. His circumstances, it found there! was et 8, The American Legion auxiliary,
parachute was tripped automatical- no question open which wou d re- the Ann Arbor High school band,
ly by a cord attached to the plane. quire it to ruld whether the pur- Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts.
Some concern was felt for Whitei chaser who orders knowing llegal The organizations will follow a
after Gordon landed and reported 1transportation to be involved. would line of march from the Armory to
that he had been unable to locate be guilty of conspiracy. Main St. to Packard St., to State
the parachute rider in the air. Gor- St., State St. to Granger Ave., and
don said he dived and circled the I Business Honor Society Granger Ave. to White St., and the
pot where White jumped but the W' I 1&. . cutoff intersection where the exer-
wind evidently carried the para- W lI tiate GraduateS!cises featuring the observance will
chute away from the course of the Beta Gamma Sigma, rcently r be held at 10 o'clock.
plane. The jumper was not located Graves of veterans ini cemeteries
until an hour after he reached the: in Ann Arbor and viciniV will e
ground. He suffered no ill effects, Business Administration students, decorated during the day, the mil-
except temporary loss of speech. willinitiate a number of alumni itary organizations planning a city-
who would have been eligible for wide observance as this year's cel-
NEW YORK (AP)- in making: mbership the he aternity ebration.
'75000shaes f cmmo stck existed at the University, when
available to employes in its latest they were here. HAVANA-(AP)-A Cuban com-
offering, the New York Central Although it is understood that mittee to study air mail service
railroad virtually gives away $3,- the names of those to be initiated between Cuba, the United States,
750,000 in paper profits. The stock were acted upon at the last meet- and other American countries has
is offered at $130 a share on an in- ing of the fraternity, they haveI been provided by a decree of Pres-
stallment basis to employes. not yet been revealed. i ident Machado.
Associated Press Photo
The northward Journey from Pernambuco, Brazil, to Lakehurst, N. J., is the next stage of the
of the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin from Germany to America and return. The map shows
ble's route northward. At the left is Commander Hugh Eckener.
long flight
the dirigi-
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'O1L ELL DRILLIN
STARTEDNEARCITY
Work on Exploratory Well South
of Pinckney Begun; Depth{
of 1,200 Feet Reached.
REGION WILL BE TESTED
With the active drilling of an ex-
ploratory well between Ann Arbor
and Pinckney, the possibilities of
this district as an oil-producing
section are receiving the close scru-
tiny of field operators.
More than 1,200 feet have been
penetrated by the Glennbrook Oil
Co., which plans to drill through
six proven sands to determine if
oil exists in this district. The com-
pany's well is located one and one-
half miles south of Pinckney and
three and one-half miles west.
The drillers have been instructed to
tr-t thoroughly the region's possi-
bilities as mentioned by R. A.
Smith, state geologist.
IMfr. Sith has made it known
that he believes the discovery of
new wells in the sector extenlding
from Ann Arbor through Deerfield
and north to Owosso is highly
probable.J
In support of his belief, a test
well drilled to the Dundee sands
at a location seven miles west of
Durand has brought in a well de-
livering approximately 200 barrels
of oil per day. The Dundee sands
are one of the six to be explored
by the Glennbrook company north-
west of Ann Arbor.
With the opening of new fields
in the Mt. Pleasant area and an
increasing amount of activity in
the Saginaw and Muskegon sec-
tions, Michigan has assumed a
place of importance among the oil-
producing states of the. Union. At
the end of 1929 there were 508 ac-
tive well; in the state with a total
production for the year of 5,000,-
000 barrels of o.
The Glennbrook well, it is pre-
di'cted, is the first of a large num-
ber eventually to tape the Ann Ar-
bor-Owoso anticline. The Glenn-
brook company has approximately
750 acres near Pinckney.
Officers of the company are: H.
C. Eastman, Midland, president;
William Mulkins, vice presisdent
and field manager, and R. B. Ves-
sey, treasurer and general man-
ager, both of Flint. John Fyfe is
secretary.
Dozing Motorist Given
Lodging in Chicago Cell
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 26-The driver's
seat of a moving automobile, to
quote Howard Gessler, is no place
for a snooze.
He was returning home from a
party Sunday and he was tired. So.
as his car moved along at a fair-
ish clip, he fell asleep.
An automobile will invariably
take advantage of a snoozing driv-
er. This one wandered into a ditch
full of water, and got pretty badly
bunged up.
The crash awakened Mr. Gessler.
Water began to ooze in. Gessler i
crawled outa window, yawned and
went away to get some dry cloth-
ing. When he returned, policemen
were pawing through the wreckage,
hunting bodies.
Gessler told them there were no
bodies.
"I just fell asleep." he said. "and
Motion Pictures Portraying Foreign Industry
Will be Shown in Science Auditorium Today
Four short moving pictures deal- Mountains," illustrating the culti-!
ing with industry will be shown at vation, milling, and exporting, oi
4:05 this afternoon in the Natural coffee in South America.
Science auditorium as the seventh A reel, "Short Cuts to Quantity,"
of the 1929-30 series of educational showing the achievements of mass
pictures presented under the aus- production of telephones, and an-
pices of the School of Business Ad- other, "Building New York's New-
ministration. est Subway," will also be shown.
The first will be a two reel tray- The last film is entitled "A Money
elogue entitled, "Magic of the Making Industry."1
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