Storm Troopers Reorganized Under Hitler Plan
Berlin reports the storm troopers are being rebuilt as a selective Nazi defense unit under Victor Lutze after a year of purge aimed at communist elements. The fate of the steel helmets remains uncertain as Hitler discusses their future with Franz Seldte, with veterans now labeled questionable and barred from the SA.
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Berlin
Germany
Storm
Reich
Franz Seldte
Stormers
Sturmabteilung
Victor Lutze
der Fuehrer
Storm Troopers
Lutze
Inquest Details Bridge Collapse and Fatal Drowning
Witnesses recount the La Crescent bridge disaster with Blinn and Miss Patro escaping, autopsies citing drowning, injuries to Mrs Landrieu, and rescue efforts by police and fire crews. Coroner's jury named. two men fined for speeding.
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Blinn
Landrieus
Miss Patro
Br. M. A. McGarty
Landrieu
Brinn
Boma
Seth Lloyd
Elwood Fraser
Lobbying in Washington A shadowy web of influence
Readable text describes lobbying as a foggy zone where paid advocates shape legislation and contracts. It notes large fees from 25 000 to 100 000 dollars, close ties between lobbyists and officials, and how many lawmakers owe jobs to interest groups, creating a vast interconnected network.
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Istic
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Marvin
McIntyre
Congress
Farmer
Labor
Veteran
Peace
Cangress
Gore
Sinclair
Phillips Oil
Oklahoma
Orf
Austin
New England
Burke
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Hastings
Delaware
duPonts
Honce
Two Days Left for Real Estate Tax Payment in La Crosse
County Treasurer Marvin Johnson reminders two days remain for La Crosse County taxpayers to pay 1934 real estate taxes without penalty or interest. State lawmakers set August 15 as the deadline to pay taxes without penalty.
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la Crosse County
Marvin Johnson
Tax bill shifts to Harrison plan with new rates
Senate finance panel endorses Harrison surtaxes and higher corporate levies while nixing La Follette amendments. Revenue impact estimated at about 250 million dollars as changes align with president's recommendations apart from estate tax tweaks. The panel also preserves joint returns in most community property states and advances a graduated corporate tax structure.
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Harrison
House
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
la Follette
Costigan
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Texas
Nevada
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Washington
Idaho
Louisiana
LaFollette
Barkley
Connally
Bailey
Lonergan
Guffey
Metcalf
Capper
King
George
Clark
Byrd
Gerry
Black
Cerss
Sessperate
Escaped Prisoner Worked For Family In McPherson County
Kansas prison officials traced John Davie a 420. escaped trustee who had labored on harvest fields near Schaller Indiana and sent nearly all earnings home to his family in McPherson county. He escaped July 1 and is serving one to five years for grand larceny. He was placed in solitary confinement Monday as punishment.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas State
John Davie
Davis
Schaller
McPherson County
Contest entries named for nautical exhibition queen
Three entrants announced for the Junior Association of Commerce event to select a nautical queen at the international exhibition on Sunday Aug 25. Hortense Prinz Frances Burgess and Dorothy Valiquette each turned in 100 votes and ballots are at local downtown outlets. Funds from the show go to the city swimming pool fund.
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Junior Association of Commerce
Hortense Prinz
South Ninth
Frances Burgess
Losey Boule
Yard
Dorothy Valiquette
Rose
JAC
Tribune
Fifth
Jay Street
Hoeschler Brothers Drug Store
Fifth and Main
Nelson Clothing Company
Caledonia Street
Enrants
La Crosse Bridge Fight Moves To Federal Action
A La Crosse bridge campaign pushes state and federal help. Officials and business groups seek a new Mississippi River span, with engineers noting cost depends on construction type and war department approval for location.
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W. S. Small
Louis Silberschmidt
Herman Tillman
Joseph J. Felber
L. J. Brody
Jesse E. Higbee
William, Bonadurer
Herman Klein
W. C. Hinterman
Haymond C. Rice
Thve
la Crosse
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Walter Woods
U.S. War Department
La Crosse Groups Back Bridge Across Mississippi
Local civic bodies including the Catholic Women's League La Crosse County Community Council La Crosse Women's Club Thursday Study Club and the League of Women Voters resolve to secure swift reconstruction of a new permanent bridge over the Mississippi at La Crosse Wisconsin to restore cross state communication and commerce.
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Chamber of Commerce
Association of Commerce
John Barth
Henry Boehm, Jr
Donald Gray
Herman Tausche
Louis Silberschmidt
W. S. Small
A. C. Wolfe
George Gordon
Frank Davy
R. L. Bangsberg
A. W. Fagerstrom
L. J. Brody
C. A. Boerner
Frank A. Graver
Frank Sisson
Frank H. Burgess
Raymond Do. Rice
Alfred W. Rice
Jesse E. Higbee
Frank Withrow
Carl F. Michel
J. M. Hatley
Thomas Sletten
Walter Woods
A. A. Phillipson
J. A. Felber
A. W. Swan
Judge
Adistyern
R Business Men's Club of
Business Men's Club of
la Crosse
United States
Wisconsin
R. C. Rice
Henry Tietz
Kiwanis Club
Mississippi River
A la
Mississippi
LaCrosse
la Crosse County
W.S. Cozad
W. £. Walker
Henry Hintgen
Frank Hart
Fred Kramer
Carleton Harris
Clarence Felder
W. H. Stevenson
Harry Spence
James Saltz
Charles van Kirk
Fa. A. Betsinger
Minnette
Sprain
Percy Sanford
L. W
la Crosse Women’s Club
W. 8S. Meikelsohn
C. A. McCann
O. G. Ziers
Wis
Minnesota
Study Club
W.F W.C
Lynn van Zandt
Frank Kowales
I. W. Peshak
Esra Hartl
Co. Jenkins
F. Brokaw
la Crosse League of Women’ Voters
C. K. Pettingill
Dora Marshall
Civil Aircraft Banned From U S Arsenals
Military officials dismissed talk of a spy scare linked to a presidential order that bars civil aircraft from flying over army and naval arsenals ordnance reservations or ammunition depots. The ban aims to prevent planes dropping and exploding stored explosives, though it blocks aerial photography of the reservations. Twenty four sites were named in the order.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Shoe Retailers elect officers and set 1936 convention
Theodore G Mayer of Wausau was re elected president and Madison selected for the 1936 convention at the losing sessions of the Wisconsin Shoe Retailers association. Thomas Hamilton of Berlin was re elected vice president, Milton Boucher of Manitowoc secretary treasurer. Board of directors named Otto E Thureen of Viroqua B F Friedel of Wausau John Heraldson of La Crosse Arthur L Huegel of Madison and Joseph I Hyland of Madison Hyland named 1936 convention chairman.
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Madison
Wis
Theodore G. Mayer
Wausau
Wisconsin Shoe Retailers Association
Thomas Hamilton
Berlin
Milton Boucher
Manitowoc
Otto E. Thureen
Viroqua
B. J. Friedel
John Heraldson
la Crosse
Arthur L. Huegel
Joseph I. Hyland
Hoover Discussing Political Affairs in 1936 Campaign Talks
Former President Herbert Hoover holds discussions on the Republican campaign of 1936 with East Coast party leaders at his Park Avenue hotel suite. Visitor Colonel Theodore Roosevelt says they talked about republican policy in broad terms, and denied discussing candidacies.
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New York
N. Y
Herbert Hoover
Associated Press
Park Avenue
Theodore Roosevelt
Col.Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ethiopian Women Take Up Jobs As Men Go To War
In Addis Ababa 10000 native women entered employment replacing men who left to join volunteer armies. Emper or Haile Selassie ordered a 5000 increase in the capital’s police to protect Europeans. He urged peaceful settlement with Italy while ready to defend the land. Rebels and Republicans stir talk of 1936 plans and presidential possibilities beyond Roosevelt.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopie
Haile Selassie
Somaliland
Italy
East Africa
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
La Crosse Bridge Funding Plea Reaches Washington
Wisconsin senators discuss federal funding for a new Mississippi River bridge. Fagerstrom’s La Crosse Chamber letter to Senator Duffy outlines the bridge issue. Senator Griswold notes Duffy's return to Washington to push the request with appropriate agencies.
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U.S
F. Ryan Duffy
Fond du Lac
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Washington
Harry W. Griswold
West Salem
Tribune
Madison
Duffy
A. W. Fagerstrom
Prairie du Chien
Sparta Pushes For A New Bridge Over Mississippi At La Crosse
Sparta leaders urge La Crosse to back a new bridge over the Mississippi to replace the dilapidated structure. They warn current approaches are unsafe and traffic has declined with a bridge failure and recent accident. Directors urge relocation to ease sharp turns and improve river traffic flow.
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Wageons
Tomak
la Crosse
William M. Gleiss
Sparta
Chamber of Commerce
da Crosse
Jake Rosen
Mississippi Iver
W. C. Sterandt
Paul Schaller
U. S
John Neuman
U. S. War Department
Wall
Wash
E. C. Garland
Garland
Huey Long Plans State Primaries and Possible Independent Run
Huey Long told senators he would enter many Louisiana primaries and press Roosevelt at the convention. He said if Roosevelt is renominated he may run independently or align with Republicans if opposed by Hoover or similar figures. He indicated Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida would feel his stance.
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Glass
Byrd
Associated Press
Shas
Long
Roosevelt
Hoover
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
G.O. P. Long
Coleagues
Wisconsin Petroleum Association Plans Regional Meetings
The Wisconsin Petroleum Association scheduled regional meetings in Green Bay Madison and Milwaukee to push for a state inquiry into operating costs of large producers. At a Monday meeting members also urged action to complain to the Federal Trade Commission about the voluntary code for the gasoline industry, with independents charging the code favors large producers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Petroleum Association
Green Bay
Madison
Federal Trade Commission
Hopson Testimony Details Wealth and Utilities Probe
Hopson, a key figure in the Associated system, testifies about income sources and holdings, denying large private wealth and asserting limited interest in the Wheeler-Rayburn utilities bill. He recalls management fees and stock sales totaling millions, while noting secrecy on his exact earnings and questioning Robinson’s anti bill activities.
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House
Hopson
Ross
Senate Committee
Henry Ford
Sabath
Associated System
O'Connor
Rules
Wheeler-Rayburn
O’connor
Associated Gas and Electric Company
B. B. Robinson
Chicago
Robinson
Washington
Associated Company
O'Conner
Shemagh
O’conner
Carroll Plan Votes to Broaden Tax Base and Raise Revenue
The Democratic leader said the plan lowers personal exemptions to broaden the tax base. Graves and committee members support taking 5 million from incomes, with Carroll’s bill yielding at least 4.5 million and 400 thousand more with business improvements. Graves’ bill would raise about 9 million. Roll call: Ayes 19 Republicans and Democrats. Noes 13. Body found Milwaukee harbor: a man about 45. A letter to Peter Brill by Dominick Brill of Oxford was in pocket.
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Caid
Graves
Carroll
Ayes
Anderson
Bolens
Brunette
Callan
Clancy
Dempsey
Gilasinski
Kelly
Mack
Morrisey
Phillips
Schoenecker
Sheaners
Ziminy
Coakley
Morris
Griswold
Shearer
Noes
Cashman
Engebretson
Groves
Hunt
Ingram
Kannenberg
Severson
McDermid
Panzer
Rowlands
Rush
Wade
Milwaukee
Wis
Rman
Peter Brill
Dominick Brill
Oxford
McGregor ferry Rob Roy arrives for service
City officials finalize arrangements for the Rob Roy ferry between Riverside and Pettibone parks. The vessel, docked since Sunday, will be outfitted for heavy traffic and placed in service by Friday after inspections by U S navigations bureau agents.
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Common Council
Boerner
Minnesota
Freeman
McGregor
Dubuque
U. S. Navigation Bureau
St. Louis
la Crosse
No Compromise Is Mussolini’s Policy On Ethiopia
Rome reports Premier Mussolini insists on a no compromise stance ahead of the tri power talks in Paris with Britain and France. Italy will not bend on its demand for a definite settlement and rejects concessions during the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Lord Robert Cecil warns Britain must be clear England will uphold its League obligations even if it means war.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Paris
Great Britain
France
Ethiopia
London
England
Robert Cecil
Man Killed by Train Is Texan
The body of Dayle Irwin of Houston Texas, killed last Saturday when struck by a Burlington train, was identified as a Houston youth. Coron er Melford Nelson said the father would arrive soon to positively identify and likely ship the body home for burial. Police noted tattoos matched, and the remains were found on the Burlington right of way 300 feet north of the Mormon Coulee overhead. An orchestra troupe member reported the discovery to police.
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Burlington
Dayle Irwin
Houston
Tex
Melford Nelson
Mormon Coulee
Obituary of William Euler 72 Lived at 614 South Sixth Street
William Euler 72 died after a lingering illness at his home 614 South Sixth Street early Tuesday. Survived by wife and sister Mrs. Jake Bean of Stoddard. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Hellwig Morris chapel with Rev. T Gamm officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and assistance during bereavement for Anna Vach and family.
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William Euler
South Sixth Streets
Jake Bean
Stoddard
Hellwig-Morris Chapel
T. Gamm
Cath Cemetery
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Capt. Bunn
Joe Dowlen
Jacob Ritter
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Frank Grenigen
LeRoy Townsend
Vincent Mulligan
William Krause
Jack Shelly
Phil Winell
Seanany
Este Blarkos
South Thigh Street
Raymond Georey
George P. Ruediger
Corporation
Frank J. Davy
Wisconsin Highway Commission
He de Srera
War Department
R. V. Ahlstrom
Jaces
la Crosse, Viroqua Men On Shoe Dealers’ Board
Borah
R.-Kas
Mr. Roosevelt
West Coast
Huey Long
Petroleum Association
Will
Comc
Toya
Duce
Anna Vach
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