page_title: 1922 in Michigan
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1922 in Michigan / Chronology of events / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich. Subjects: Galleries &amp; museums Places: Michigan &gt; Wayne (county) &gt; Detroit Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_014667
context_page_description: Events from the year 1922 in Michigan.
  Major events occurring during 1922 in Michigan included: a multi-day debate in the U.S. Senate over the seating of Michigan Senator Truman Newberry who stood accused of misconduct undermining his election to the Senate; the re-election of Alex J. Groesbeck as Governor of Michigan; the election of Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, the first Democrat to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate in 70 years; the resignation of Sen. Newberry in November 1922 and his replacement with Detroit Mayor James J. Couzens; the 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team, led by All-Americans Harry Kipke, Bernard Kirk, and Paul G. Goebel, going through the season undefeated; and the December 1922 death of Michigan star Bernard Kirk due to injuries sustained in an automobile crash.
  At the end of the year, the Detroit Free Press published a list of the principal events occurring in that city during 1922.
context_section_description: April 1 - The Michigan Hall of Fame was opened at the Detroit Public Library. The first 10 persons inducted were James V. Campbell, Zachariah Chandler, Thomas M. Cooley, David Farrand, Douglass Houghton, James Frederick Joy, Henry Ledyard, William Frederick Poole, James McMillan, and Nancy Martin.
  April 3 - Peter Jezewski, a druggist and leader in the Polish community, was elected as the first mayor of the newly-formed city of Hamtramck, Michigan. Due to concerns about potential improprieties, the election was overseen by 20 state troopers and 75 sheriff deputies. Hamtramck had grown from a population of 3,559 persons in the 1910 Census to 48,615 persons in the 1920 Census. Two months later, Jezewski was sued for allegedly having an affair with Mrs. Joseph Wojcik while her husband was at work.
  April 5 - A report from the United State Employment Service showed that Detroit led all American cities in adding 11,439 jobs in the month of March.
  April 8 - Edward Fox, chief of detectives at the Detroit Police Department, was shot in the chest in the presence of his wife and child as four gunmen held up a Detroit meat market. The four alleged assailants were named two weeks later.
  April 10 - The town of Tower in northern Michigan experienced major damage and one death due to flooding of the Lost River. Flood waters also swept through Cheboygan in the following days.
  April 12 - The Detroit Tigers lost on opening day to the Cleveland Indians by a score of 7-4 at Cleveland.
  April 13 - Seven convicts escaped from the Detroit House of Correction by leaping from a third-floor window.
  April 17 - Voters in Detroit overwhelmingly approved the city's purchase of the Detroit United Railway by a margin of 55,658 to 12,198.
  April 19 - Patrick T. Roche, described at the country's star rum sleuth, opened a permanent office with 20 special agents in Detroit to invest to investigate charges by Judge Tuttle of corruption in the enforcement of Prohibition laws.
  April 21 - The Employers Association announced that unemployment had ended in Detroit and that plants were unable to fill vacancies for skilled workers.  According to the report, Detroit had 40,000 unemployed persons in October 1921, and 45,000 jobs had been added since that time.
  April 23 - A report from the National Bank of Commerce focused on the migration of industry from the Eastern Seaboard to the Midwest. It was reported that Michigan's manufacturing output had grown tenfold from $320 million in 1900 to $3.5 billion.
  April 23 - Five inmates escaped from the state prison in Ionia.
  April 28 - Packard announced it would hire 1,000 new workers, and Ford announced it would hire 9,000 more. Ford stated it was hiring 100 new men per day.
  April 28 - Plans and drawings for the new Detroit Institute of Arts building were unveiled. The building, to be built of white marble with a wide balustrade, was projected to take two years to build at a cost of $2.5 million.
  April 30 - A shootout took place between a security guard and police officers at the R.M. Schorenstein lumber company after the guard mistook the officers for burglars. The security guard was killed in the exchange of gunfire, and two police officers were wounded.
caption: Work on the Detroit Institute of Arts began in 1922.
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