Wisconsin to Get About 90 Million in WPA Funds for Relief
Governor La Follette and Ralph Immell report Wisconsin will receive roughly 90 million dollars in federal relief funds for work programs, with 23 million immediately usable and about 37 million more for state and local projects. Additional federal projects totalling nearly 30 million may follow, including river and highway work in La Crosse County employing 189 men. Immell cites Labor Day as a likely start date, with potential funds as early as August 20.
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Washington, D. C
Philip F. la Follette
Ralph V.immell
Works Progress
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Immeil
LA Crosse County
WPA
LaCrosse County
Washington
Shelby
Farmington
Holland
Immell
Kickapoo
Weather record for La Crosse area with unsettled Friday
Generally fair and warmer tonight. Friday unsettled with showers northwest, warmer tonight except far southeast and north part, then cooler Friday northwest. Minnesota uptick in cloudiness with showers northwest tonight and Friday. east portions warmer, cooler north and extreme southeast Friday. La Crosse and Hastings forecast show a fall in the Missouri River basin levels with dam releases affecting Genoa and La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Joe de
Kansas
RIVE
Hastings
Genoa
la Crostt
Hopson Contempt Tug Sparks Senate House Clash
Washington reports a drama as Senate and House lobby investigators spar over custody of Howard C. Hopson, utilities magnate, with Sgt. at Arms Chesley Turney failing to seize him. Hopson agrees to testify to the Senate on utility moves after House rules finalize arrangements.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Howard C. Hopson
Chesley Jurney
Hopson
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Associated Gas and Electrics System
Roosevelt
Senate Lobby Committee
Jurney
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Associated Gas and Electric System
O Malley Rules On Appointment Resubmission
Madison Wisconsin Lieut Governor Thomas O Malley ruled that Governor La Follette acted within his rights in resubmitting Nellie Evjue of Merrill for the state annuity and investment board. He rejected Senator Carrolls point that resubmission was illegal and said no binding precedent limits resubmission in the senate.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas O'Malley
la Follette
Senate
Miss
Nellie Evjue
Merrill
State Annuity and Investment Board
W. D. Carroll
Carroll
Miss Evjue
Lincoln County
William T. Evjue
Madison Capital Times
Walter Rush
Neillsville
Ries
O'Malley
State Senate
United States Senate
Dillon Declares Strike Tactics Obsolete in Labor Speech
Milwaukee address by Frank J. Dillon national organizer of the Auto Workers' union to 200 locals urged abandoning strikes for peaceful conference table talks. Dillon labeled strikes parbanism and warned that communist efforts to win control would wipe out the labor movement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank J. Dillon
Auto Workers’ Union
Dillon
Party Leaders Help Lobbyists Gain Decisions
Washington reports show political lobbyists rise with party power. Dem or Rep national committee veterans wield influence with the White House and federal officials, aiding nominations and appointments. They also gain access through allies on key congressional committees for confidential briefings.
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Rodney
Dutcher
NEA Service, Inc
Washington, D. C
Washington
Democratic
Republican National Committee
Hoover
James Francis Burke
C. Bascom Slemp
J. Bruce Kremer
Arthur Mullen
Robert Jackson
White House
Congress
Relief rolls send 185 to work on WPA and river projects
In La Crosse county 185 men move from relief rolls to WPA and river projects this week, joining 300 already assigned to Genoa Dresbach dam auxiliary work. Fifty five workers join soil conservation, barberry eradication, and rust control efforts under federal agencies. Additional crews from Minneapolis Dredging and Robbers companies will recruit to clear the Dresbach dam pool dike and drain marsh land nearby.
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le Crosse County
Genoa
Dresbach
Norman E.schulze
National Employment Service Office
Soil Conservation Service
Uited States Department of Agriculture
North la Crosse
Minneapolis Dredging Company
Ednesday
Drasbach Dam
WERA completes Grandad Bluff reconditioning project
The WERA project to transform Grandad Bluff into a park site was finished Thursday. Crews cleared brush and grass, trimmed trees, and added additional parking facilities on the site.
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WERA
Grandad Bluff
Senate Votes Griswold Bill On School Aid
Madison Wis A partisan Senate debate over tax funding ends with a 19 to 32 vote passing Senator Harry Griswold s high school aid bill granting 2 000 000 yearly to high schools The measure faced progressive opposition over lack of revenue provisions and competing beer tax financing of school aids
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Assembly
Harry Griswold
West Salem
Senate
House
W- D. Carroll
Harold M. Graves
E. M. Rowlands
New Party
Carroll
Nelson
Maple
Gontinuta
Galesville Fair Opens Friday in Trempealeau County
Preparations for the 77th Trempealeau county fair at Galesville move forward with horse races reintroduced after 1933 34, base ball games Friday Saturday Sunday, and Governor La Follette set to address Sunday afternoon. Race entries include Prime Woodman My Marine Boy Oxford Boy and others with Paul Van Horn as starting judge. The Washington oil regulation bill passed the Senate without debate and goes to the House.
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Galesville
Wis
Trempealeau County
Philip F. la Follette
le Crosse Plugs
S. DB. Cronk
Speed
Paul van Horn
Eleva
My Marine Boy
Spring Brothers
Mineral Point
Tanner Direct
W. P. Taylor
Durand
Oxford
P. Carrell
Richland Center
Little Bev
J. Sang Bere
Marshfield
W. M. Johnson
Manston
Wisconsin Job Placements Hit 8 865 in July
In July 1935 Wisconsin state employment service and the national re employment service recorded a monthly total of 8 865 job placements. O F Fried chief statistician attributed the rise to stronger industrial activity and generalized business improvement.
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Madison
Wis
State Employment Service
National Re-Employment Service
Wisconsin
Fried
The
Industrial Commission
Reopening Plans For Mississippi River Bridge Progress
Engineers of the Wisconsin Highway Commission forecast a possible reopening by next Tuesday or Wednesday if favorable weather holds. Local authorities and civic groups seek federal funds for a new bridge while merchants on Dollar Day aid shoppers from Minnesota and Iowa via ferry and special transport. The 131 foot west span is replaced by pile piers with a temporary structure, pedestrian traffic eyed for early next week, and ferry service adapts to receding river levels.
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Trafic
Wisconsin Highway Commission
la Crosse
Minnesota
Iowa
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Hoomer
Lynxville
Pettibone Park
County board votes for bridge fund committee on Mississippi
At a Thursday morning meeting the county board of supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing Chairman R. W. Davis to name a special committee. The panel will work with the common council and civic groups to seek government construction aid for a new Mississippi River bridge.
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Mississippi River
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
R. W. Davis
Common Council
Raymond C. Rice
Oliver Fritz
Joseph Schubert
La Follette surtax plan defeated by Senate vote
Washington D C The Senate on Thursday rejected the La Follette amendment to the administration tax bill by a 62 to 19 vote The plan would have raised surtaxes on incomes and estate taxes while changing corporate levies The measure sought about 175 million in new revenue and aimed to tax higher income brackets more heavily to fund emergency expenditures
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Washington, D. C
Senate
la Follette
Four Slayers Sentenced to Life in Detroit
In Detroit, four convicted killers of Howard Carter Dickinson were sentenced by Judge John A. Boyne to life imprisonment. William Lee Ferris, 26, led the plot. three women Loretta Jackson Florence Jackson and Jean Miller received life terms in the Detroit house of correction. The quartet met Dickinson at a hotel bar and lured him on a drunken party ending with his murder and robbery.
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Detroit
Mich
Howard Carter Dickinson
John A. Boyne
William Lee Ferris
Burles
New York
Rouge Park
Loretta Jackson
Florence
Jean Miller
Detroit House of Correction
Ferris
Rob Dickinson
Charles Evans Hughes
Marquette
Dickinson
British Gold Authority Dies After Automobile Train Crash
Sir Basil Phillott Blackett, noted British authority on gold and economic issues, was fatally injured in an automobile train collision near Giessen, Germany. He died in a university clinic from internal injuries and a severe hemorrhage. a Hamburg schoolteacher, misidentified earlier as his wife, was injured.
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Giessen
Germany
Basil Phillott Blackett
Basil
Hamburg
Editorial notes promise La Crescent apples despite bridge delay
The piece urges patience as repairs the Mississippi River bridge near La Crosse and La Crescent proceed, promising traffic restoration soon. It touts La Crescent apples as the best and signals growers will be visited before frost, urging calm until fruit harvest.
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la Crosse
la Crescent
Mississippi River
Governor Invited to La Crosse County Airport Dedication
Governor Philip La Follette was invited to address the dedication at the La Crosse County airport on French Island Sunday. He will be in Madison until Friday and may attend the event if plans allow. The governor was also slated to speak at the noon address in Eau Claire and visit the Trempealeau county fair in Galesville at 3 pm. A plane may fly him from La Crosse to the airport if he chooses to attend.
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Philip F. la Follette
la Crosse County
French Island
Washington
Madison
Raymond C. Rice
la Follette
M Eaut Claire
American Legion
Mississippi River bridge faces strain from heavy traffic
Engineers warn the 1890 Mississippi River bridge built for horse era loads carries danger from modern heavy trucks. They note 12 ton four wheel limits may be exceeded with more wheels and vibrations ripple to the center. Despite rust spots the wrought iron structure remains sound with regular inspections.
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Mississippi River
West Channel Bridge
Mississippi River Bridge
la Crosse
La Crosse City Attorney and Wife Die in Tragedy
Oscar J. Swennes city attorney of La Crosse aged 42 was found critically wounded with a head gunshot in his Seventeenth Place home and his wife Irene Swennes was dead by asphyxiation in the kitchen. Neighbors discovered the scene around 1 PM and authorities believe the shooting and death occurred hours earlier. Coroner says Mrs Swennes died eight hours earlier and Mr Swennes is near death in hospital. motive and inquest unclear.
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Oscar. J. Swennes Cabove
Grandview
Oscar, J. Swennes
la Crosse
Mrs. Swennes
Swennes
N. P. Anderson
Melford Nelson
AAA Pays 547,672 To Wisconsin Farmers
The 1935 corn hog program first payments total 17,298,066 with Wisconsin farmers receiving 547,672. Iowa received 4,780,269 as part of the initial disbursements. The payments, covering all checks through Wednesday, amount to about one fifth of the anticipated 85,000,000 to be paid to farmers.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Iowa
Bank Clearings For The Week Ending Thursday
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday stood at 31,481 with year to date figures and comparison not provided. The report notes the period overlaps with the prior week but lacks full context or additional totals.
Wisconsin Death Toll Drops in First Half of 1935
Wisconsin records 15 570 deaths in six months, a drop from last year. Board of Health notes fewer deaths from pneumonia tuberculosis accidents and whooping cough while increases occur in heart disease cancer auto accidents influenza and scarlet fever.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Board of Health
Alaskan Pilot Takes Off From Glacier During Flight
An Alaska flight near a glacier features pilots Joe Crosson and Joe Bar, described as skilled, with mentions of Mel Uiley and others. The account notes low altitude passes over the valley and trips recorded, ending with plans to visit Matenuzka.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Joe Crosson
Wileya
Joe Barhows
Mel Uiley
Moore
Matenuzka
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CCC
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Turney
Shoreham
John O'Connor
D.N
Evjue
National
Griswold
Galesville Fair
Rob Roy
McGregor
George Freeman
Tribune
Thter
County Board
British Gold Authority
Swenkes
C. A. Boerner
AAA
Glacier
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