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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Believe State
Mortgage Act
Is Unaffected
Similar Law Already Has
Been Held Constitutional
By Supreme Court
LANSING, May 28.-( P)- An in-
formal opinion from the attorney
general's office held today that the
United States supreme court decision
upsetting the Frazier-Lemke act did
not affect Michigan's mortgage mora-
torium law.
The Michigan law permits mort-
gagees to institute court proceedings
to prevent foreclosures. Mortgagees-
then pay a nominal sum, fixed by the
court, annually. The payments are
used to defray upkeep, taxes on the
property and payments on the princi-
pal. The present legislature extended
the provisions of the act from March
1, 1935, to March 1, 1937.
Assistant Attorney General Arthur
E. Kidder said today that a material
difference existed between the federal
act and the Michigan law.
The federal act, besides permitting
the annual payment under court jur-
isdiction, permits the mortgagee to
redeem his property at the expiration
of the moratorium by paying a sum
set by appraisal, regardless of the
amount of the mortgage," Kidder ex-
plained.
"The Michigan act makes no such
provision.
"The Minnesota mortgage mora-
torium law, after which Michigan's is
modeled, was held constitutonal by
the United States supreme court Jan.
8, 1934. That decision was quoted by
our state supreme court when it held
the Michigan act constitutional Jan.
30, 1934."
The Michigan high court gave its
opinion in the case of Russell vs. the
Battle Creek Lumber Co. It held that
the Michigan statute was not in viola-
tion of constitutional prohibitions as
an impairment of obligations of con-
tract.
Attorney General Harry S. Toy or-
dered Kidder to prepare a formal
opinion on the question. He said that
it would require a week of research.
Actor Romney
Bren t Prefers
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Sea island who falls in love with a
down-and-out beachcomber and even-
tually marries him.
Brent is sailing for England in
June and from there he wishes to go
to Russia to see the great theatrical
festival of Moscow in September. He
believes that Russian artists have
achieved the highest degree of dra-
matic perfection of any country in the
world. Next to Russia, he believes
Germany has the most brilliant
drama, In his classification of the
theater he places America third and
England fourth.
"I admire the American stage more
than the English," he said, "although
it is more pleasant to work in Eng-
land. This is because the English
pamper their actors and come to see
plays for the personalities in them.
They are a traditionally easy-going
people, who are satisfied with the
old and demand no changes. In
America, however, the theater is more
vital- and alert. The public ruth-
lessly demands the best that the stage
has to offer, and are constantly de-
manding improvement."
Ominous Threat Spurs Parents To Contact Kidnapers
Adoption, Con fidentiaL.N{A.~ 890 4.5
"PSYCHIC NUJRSE"
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DUE publicity 1beyond our conitroI
p eaSe . indicate another method
Seach in yKfou, Hurry, re11evY anR
guished nmoth er. Percy Minnic,
-Associated Press Photo.
An ominous warning nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser would be killed unless $200,000 ransom was
paid led his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeusar of Tacoma, Wash., to seek fresh contact with the
kidnapers of the child, who disappeared on his way home from school. At top is shown George (right) with his
brother and sister, Philip, Jr., 10, and Anne, 13. Behiw are two classified advertisements the family inserted
in a Seattle newspaper in an attempt to contact the kidnapers. At right is the latest picture of the missing boy.
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Graduates To
Hold Largest
Reunion Here
June 14, 15 Set As Dates
For Meeting; Emeritus
Club To Participate
Plans for what promises to be the
largest reunion in the history of the
University of Michigan were an-
nounced yesterday by Frederick S.
Randall of Ann Arbor who will be in.
charge of all activities.
The graduating classes of every
fifth year since 1885 and the Emer-
itus Club, composed of graduates
previous to 1885, will gather in Ann
Arbor on June 14 and 15. More than.
2,000 graduates are expected.
First of the graduates' activities
will be an Alumni Sing on the evening
of June 14. The following day they
will attend a banquet in Waterman
Gymnasium with President Alexander
G. Ruthven as speaker.
President and Mrs. Ruthven will be
at home to graduates that afternoon
and a dance will be given in the Union
that evening in their honor. On the
same day, the 1925 class of the lit-
erary college will be hosts to other
graduates at the Washtenaw Country
Club where there will be golf, base-
ball, and a buffet luncheon followed
by a dance.
The graduating classes of all the
schools and colleges of the University
in 1910 will combine under the di-
rection of Harold S. Browne of De-
troit for class organization.
The Emeritus Club will stay at
Helen Newberry Residence and eat
at the Union.
Professor-Emeritus Allen S. Whit-
ney of the School of Education, Dr.
Joseph Drake, and Horace G. Petty-
man, all of Ann Arbor, will be in
charge of the fiftieth reunion of the
class of 1885.
Confidence arew
Rears Ugly Head
At Local Expense
Ann Arbor's stalwart minions of the
law yesterday failed to find or foil two
bandits who have been operating one
of the world's oldest confidence games
in the city.
Not quite as famous as the "gold
brick," this particular variation con-
sists in dropping an envelope which
they allege to contain $100 before
some innocent bystander, and then
selling it to him or her for some
smaller but still respectable sum.
Miss Kitty Phillips, 502 N. Fifth St.
was the victim, and she reported to
police that she had paid $29 for an
envelope holding, not the $100 she
had expected, but a pack of newspaper
clippings. It is reliably reported that
the police department suspects foul
play,
Announce Officers
For District Cusl
The newly-elected officers of the
third district meeting of University
of Michigan Clubs were announced
yesterday by T. Hawley Tapping, gen-
eral secretary of the Alumni Associa-
tion, upon his return from the meet-
ing in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Carl Zoellner, Portsmouth, O., was
elected director of the third district
to fill the unexpired term of Justice
Roy H. Williams of the Ohio Supreme
Court, Mr. Tapping said.
Lester Wahrenburg, Pittsburgh,
was elected president, Ray Sanborn,
Columbus, was elected vice-president,
and Wayne Shawaker, Toledo, O., sec-
retary and treasurer, according to Mr.
Tapping.
Graf Zeppelin
Continues On
Way Unharmed
Forced Landing Report Is
Unfounded, Officer Of
Airship Declares
SEVILLE, May 28.-UP)-The Graf
Zeppelin, staid mistress of the air-
ways, soared serenely on her way to
Friedrichshafen today despite reports
that a crippled engine had forced her
down on the Moroccan coast.
Airport officials here said the giant
aircraft had been sighted late last
night flying over Gibralter on her
usual course to Germany. Earlier,
they said, the Graf landed briefly at
Larache, Morocco, to discharge mail.
A wireless message picked up at the
Snai station when the dirigible was
off Larache gave rise to reports that
she was in difficulty as a result of
motor trouble. The message was said
to have requested the Seville airport
to prepare for a landing and to have
asked the quantity of gasoline on
hand. The airport, however, said it
had received no such communication.
Reuters (British) News agency dis-
patches from Berlin said the Graf
Zeppelin wirelessed she was over the
Gulf of Lyons and was making for the
mouth of the Rhone river.
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