Fugitives from two state prisons flee across southwest states
Fugitives from Kansas and Oklahoma penitentiaries roam scattered routes across the region. Two Oklahoma convicts Jim Stribling and H P Bradbury escaped with a guard hostage after stealing a car from a repair crew and fleeing toward the Ozarks. Authorities pursue across border areas as bloodhounds track the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Oxfa
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Oklahoma
Tom Baskin
Jim Stribling
H. PD. Bradbury
Baskin
Beer Inquiry Opens With Legislative Panel
The legislature formed a committee to probe 3.2 beer quality and brewers profits. Senator Morley G. Kelly leads the panel with Irvin Mehigan Raymond Scheuer William M. Rohan and Francis Lamb named as members. No funding was provided. witnesses including Wisconsin brewers are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Morley G. Kelly
Fond du Lac
Irving Mehigan
Milwaukee
Raymond J. Scheuer
Mishicot
William M. Rohan
Kaukauna
Francis Lamb
Kelly
Wisconsin
Wage Increase Favored by G M
General Motors Corp considers a five percent wage raise as corporate policy. Operating divisions may act at their own discretion to implement the rise. Headquarters are mainly in the Detroit area and no firm action had been taken yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Draft Convention for Small Powers
A revolt by small powers over the disarmament conference adjournment ended in a compromise. The steering committee will sit during the conference recess to draft a revised arms convention, and Arthur Henderson the chairman will have power to convoke delegates for special negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Arthur Henderson
Janesville Youth Denies Car Theft
A Janesville youth, a UW law student, pleads not guilty in Beloit municipal court to stealing Homer Merry’s car on May 7. Held for trial June 13 under a $1,500 bond, he remains jailed in Janesville after transfer from Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette News Service
Beloit
Elger Carey
Janesville
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Homer Merry
Wisconsin Weather Forecast and City Temperature Reading
Wisconsin generally fair tonight and Friday with thundershowers in the west and north. Temperatures rise slightly. Janesville records show hourly readings from May 31 noon to June 1 noon in Bluff Street window of the Gazette building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Janesville
Bluff Street
Gazette
Sherwood Returns to Face Music Over Walker Ties
Russell T Sherwood spoke to press in New Jersey for the first time since his 21 month disappearance tied to the Walker administration investigation. He denied being Walkers agent and said his departure was voluntary to avoid interfering with Walkers affairs. The interview came amid a $49000 tax claim and a planned early conference with Internal Revenue official William Duggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken, N. J
Russell T. Sherwood
James J. Walker
Walker
Collector of Internal Revenue
William Duggan
New York
New Jersey
Sherwood
Duggan
Federal
Milk Pool Asks Governor Schmedeman to Speak at Convention
Beaver Dam Wisconsin The Wisconsin Co operative Milk Pool invites Governor Schmedeman to address its second annual convention amid dairy protests. Secretary H F Dries telegrammed a request for him to speak tomorrow as 800 farmers gather at Dodge County fairgrounds. Walter M Singler will present the pool’s annual report this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin Co-operative Milk Pool
A. G. Schmedeman
H. F. Dries
Saukville
Congress
Dodge County Fair
Walter M. Singler
Shipdton
Theft of Chickens Reported to Police
Mrs Lyle Dix of 1121 North Street reported 16 four month old chickens missing from her coop Thursday morning. Police found two of the birds dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Dix
North Street
Milk Prices and Utility Debate Prompt Wisconsin Hearing
A Janesville milk price hearing reveals that farmers may face higher prices for Janesville area milk and roadside stands amid cut rate competition. Witnesses describe production costs and margins with the Pure Milk Association unduly low against sanitary concerns and consumer risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. M. Orchard
Janesville
Roy Merrick
Robert Touton
F. J. Beithart
James Woodman
George Conway
LaPrairie Township
Stanley Wilsey
Lovejoy Farms
Pure Milk Association
Mr. Conway
Cale
Mr. Wilsey
Woodworth
Merrick Dairy Company
Edgerton
Beloit
L. J. Woodworth
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention Opens With Parade and Banquet
The 12th annual Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opens with 250 delegates registered as events begin Friday with a street parade at 1 30 p m the convention banquet at St Marys School and a military ball at Chateau La Mar. Speakers include Russell Agnew City Manager Henry Traxler and state and national V F W leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Mary’s School
Chateau la Mar
Monterey
Armory
Russell Agnew
State Department
Henry Traxler
Mike Mulligan
Kienow-Hill
Marvin Levenick
Madison
Julia Pitcock
Cleveland
Ohio
Nellie Williams
U. S
Japan Turns to New Conquests
Japanese military leaders, fresh from a five month north China offensive, plan two new tasks after a brief armistice. Roughly 50,000 invaders may be sent against Chinese bandits in Manchuria and toward the Kalgan area in Chahar Province as a follow up. A Tangku treaty yesterday ordered evacuation of an area north of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Tientsin
China
Manchuria
Kalgan
Chahar Province
Inner Mongolia
Great Wall
Tangku
Hawaiian heiress opens temple to art in San Francisco
Kamokila Mrs. Alice Campbell MacFarland, Hawaiian sugar heiress and daughter of Anglo-Saxon and Hawaiian royalty, unveils her transformed church as a living space theater. The 206 seat venue includes a rehearsal hall and 30 professional Hawaiian performers for tonight’s ancient Hawaii program. She declares no committee or manager will direct her project and says it is not a commercial venture backed by her substantial personal income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Kamokila
Alice Campbell MacFarland Sheriff
Campbell
Hawaii
Hollywood
Martial Law Declared at Dakota Capitol Over Labor Strike
Gov. William Langer declared martial law at the new Dakota Capitol after failed negotiations with the Lundoff Bicknell Company contractors over a strike by laborers. About 150 workers resumed picketing as a truce expired. 50 men were mobilized, with National Guard units ready. A dozen arrests occurred last week and some brick and club injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
Capitol
H. A. Brocopp
National Guard
Dickinson
Jamestown
Lundoff-Bicknell Company of
Chicago
Death of Marinette Midget Woman at Local Hospital
Madison Mable Heurion aged 25 of Marinette died yesterday at a local hospital. She stood four feet eight inches tall and was described as a petite resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midget
Madison
Mable Heurion
Marinette Midget
Wausau Sportsman Dies at 61
Leroy M. Duncan a widely known Wausau sportsman and seed dealer died after long illness at his home. He was 61 and respected in local athletic and agricultural circles. Funeral services will be announced by the Duncan family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Ieroy M. Duncan
Eight Die in Midair Collision Near Riverside
Unofficial reports say eight airmen were killed in a midair collision above Cajon Pass east of San Bernardino. A second report says three died in a crash involving two planes near San Bernardino. Authorities list one bomber crew of seven and an observation plane with a pilot. Suspected names include Lieut Charles McHenry, Lieut Edward Kennedy, Privates Spencer Decker Ramino, and Lieut William Trimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Army Air Corps
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
Army Air Base
Charles M. McHenry
Edward D. Kennedy
Spencer, Decker
Ramino
William L. Trimble
County May Get Forestry Camp in Evansville
Dr. R E Schuster says federal forestry camp for 250 men will be housed at Evansville fair grounds or nearby site. Madison engineers planned to finalize negotiations with city officials who favor the project. Headquarters would serve Green and Rock counties with workers stationed at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette News Service
Evansville
Rock, Green
Evansville Fair Grounds
R. E. Schuster
State Engineering Department
Madison
Schuster
Madison Engineers
Green and
Rock
Washington Post sold at public auction for 725000
The Washington Post was sold today at a public auction for 725000 to George E. Hamilton a Washington attorney who refused to disclose the party he represents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington —Jr
The
Washington Post
George E. Hamilton
Washington
Hobbins to Face Trial in Madison on Insolvent Bank Charges
William J. Hobbins, former Capital City bank president, will be tried in Madison for accepting deposits for an insolvent bank. The case, moved from Baraboo and Sauk county, will be heard at the Dane county circuit court in September after a stipulation by DA Fred Risser and defense counsel Glenn D. Roberts. Judge A. C. Hoppmann to fix the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
William J. Hobbins
Capital City Bank
Baraboo
Fred Risser
Glenn D. Roberts
Dane County
A. C. Hoppmann
Sauk County
Internal Revenue Chief Confirmed
Washington Kansas native Guy T Hel vering was confirmed by the Senate as commissioner of internal revenue despite Republican opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Chief
Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Kansas
Senate
Internal Revenue
Two Bakery Bandits Caught In Three-State Robberies
Two of the three bandits who held up the Jaeger Baking office near Racine on March 29 were captured in Racine and Janesville. Stanley and John Milomezik, Milwaukee residents, confessed to the Jaeger job and to two Beloit robberies and one in Lake Geneva. Police seek the third suspect as warrants are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaeger Baking Company
Racine
Janesville
Beloit
Lake Geneva
Stanley
John Milomezik
Milwaukee
Rochester
Sheriff's Department
A. and P
Bruno Wardin
Frank Dubenske
Jaeger Bakery
Helen Murphy
Racine County
Mrs Chapple Protests Tax Assessment Over $1290
Ashland seeks relief as Mrs John C Chapple appears before the income tax board of review to challenge an extra assessment of 1290.24. She says the tax inquiry targets her son John B Chapple and his U S Senate bid, accusing investigators of discrediting him at the urging of Wisconsin officials and a newspaper editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
John C. Chapple
John B. Chapple
United States
Income Tax Board of Review
Chapple
Charles D. Rosa
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Harold M. Groves
Commission
W. T. Evjne
The
Capital Times
Senate confirms O'Brien and Napiecinski appointments
The Wisconsin state senate confirmed William E. O'Brien Kenosha city manager to the state highway commission and Peter A. Napiecinski Milwaukee attorney to the state industrial commission today at Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Schmedeman
William E. O’brien
Kenosha
State Highway Commission
Peter A. Napiecinski
Milwaukee
State Industrial Commission
State Senate
Broad accord sought at London conference aboard President Roosevelt
American delegates proceed to the London Economic Conference aboard the S S President Roosevelt. Cordell Hull leads talks toward broad agreements on gold conservation and policy coordination, avoiding specific treaties and aiming for early accomplishments. Separately, Clarence Van Fleek, 60, after a tear gas siege at his home, surrendered after firing at officers. a sanity exam was being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Western Avenue
Clarence van Fleek
Joe Carpenter
Charles Newman
William Ford
Jesse Earle
van Fleek
Carpenter
Walter Freese
Arthur Chapman
Fish Spawn Bill Passed by Senate
Madison reports the Senate concurred today on a measure allowing the conservation commission to harvest spawn from Lake Michigan during the closed season. Eggs collected must be distributed to public institutions under the Schuer bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Lake Michigan
The
Conservation Commission
Schuer
Senate
Circus Stunt Shocks Morgan During Senate Hearing
Washington scene turns farcical as a circus midget sits on J P Morgan's lap during the Morgan investigation. Senator Carter Glass and Ferdinand Pecora react, while photographers are warned against using such images. The crowd roars and Morgan returns to conversation with his partners as the incident echoes through the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Senate Banking Committee
Morgan
Ferdinand Pecora
Glass
Retail Advertisers Index Pages 2 to 14
An index listing multiple businesses across pages 2 to 14 including Oriental Shop Primp Shop G. B. Kinney Bonnie Dee Sheppe Paris Hat Shop The Golden Eagle Levy's The Smart Shop Downs Floral J J Smith Metue and Buss Drug Co Krueger Howe Co Ww BP Sayles The Big Shoe Store Smith Drug Co Sheldon Howe Co Badger Drug Co Ed's Economy Blackhawk Feed Blackhawk Hatchery Teck's Food Market Bucker Bros Care's Grocery Stores Dedrick Bros Janesville Fish Market Sanitary Market Shorties Ice Cream Co J C Penney Co Fairview Plant Farm Myers Theatre Veterans of Foreign Wars Theatre Candy Jeffica Theatre Rathjen Florist Fort Theatres Rialto Theatre Fort Theatre Country Club H A Ford Mens Wear Bluebird Tavern Goodyear Service IX Tires Wm Wheeler Deougias Howe Co Hathleen Florist Sid Weber Sears Hechbuck Ce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Shop
Primp Shop
G. BR. Kinney
Bonnie Dee Sheppe
Paris Hat Shop
the Golden Eagle—Levy's
The
Smart Shop
Downs Floral
J. J. Smith Metue & Buss Drug Co
Krueger Howe. Co
BP. Sayles the Big Shoe Store
Wheeler Deougcas Howe. Co
Ace 14— Hathleen—Florist
Sid Weber
Sears, Hechbuck & Ce
Justice and Morgan List Ties Yen to Roberts Atterbury
Senate investigators reviewed a fourth list of J. P. Morgan client sales including Owen J. Roberts and W. W. Atterbury. The Drexel Morgan affiliate sold 82 000 shares of United Corporation Morgan Utilities stock in January 1929 at 75 dollars, nearly 99 on the market, signaling potential paper profits near two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. P. Morgan & Company
Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roberts
United Corporation—Morgan Utilities Stock Holding Company
J. P. Morgan
Ferdinand Pecora
Morgan
Press urged not to publish Morgan with midget photo
Chairman Fletcher of the Senate banking committee appealed to editors to refrain from printing pictures of J. P. Morgan with a circus midget on his lap. He called the photos an imposition and a shame, noting the committee was in executive session. Morgan nodded and smiled as the plea drew applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee Today
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Morgan partners paid multi‑million in taxes and profits
Testimony shows 20 Morgan partners paid 5.1 million in 1927 taxes, 6.17 million in 1928, and 10.99 million in 1929, with prior years 1931 and 1932 zero. Witnesses described United Corporation gains as returns of capital, not taxable dividends, and a potential 122.5 million profit from securities moved to United Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Keyes
John W. Davis
Morgan
Senator Glass
Dva
Keyes
House of Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Company
United Corporation
Pecora
Whitney
George Whitney
Morgan Partner
Morgan House
Property tax relief proposed by Senator Fons
Madison Senator Fons of Milwaukee urged the state senate to place a constitutional amendment before voters. The proposal would create an exemption under general property tax laws similar to income tax exemptions, starting with valuations under 3 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Fons
Milwaukee
State Senate
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Barking
Ozarks
G. M
Aeck
Cincinnati
el Paso
Jacksonville
Green Bay
Ste Miami
Mobile
Ed Davis
Wilbur Underhill
Frank Sawyer
Jim Clark
Clark
Brady
Conn
Underhill
Davis
Associated Presses
Milk Pool
Loomis
Lim
State Department of Agrif Ice
V.F. W
Japan
Dakota Capitol
John A. Jardine
Fargo, N. D
National Federation of Music Clubs
Minneapolis
Hobbins
O’brien
Napiecinski
London
Enve
U.S. Justice and Railroad
Pennsylvania
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