Senate Votes Down Carow Tax Measure
Madison reports the 31 million Carow tax bill failed in the senate 21 to 7 after no debate. Assemblyman J. W. Carow of Ladysmith proposed shifting taxes to utilities and other items to cut property taxes, while Oscar Morris opposed non-concurrence. The measure also sought to raise the state tax and to fund education and highways by state takeover.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senate
J. W. Carow
Ladysmith
House
Carow
Rusk County
Oscar Morris
Duffy Replies To Hoover Charges At Young Democrats Meet
Senator F Ryan Duffy of Wisconsin defended New Deal policy against Herbert Hoover's criticisms at the Young Democrats national convention in Milwaukee. He argued Hoover favored wartime style powers and warned that Hoover’s approach would erode civil liberties. Duffy praised Roosevelt era reforms, urged delegates to name what Republicans would erase from New Deal legislation, and cited home owners and other measures as successful accomplishments.
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F. Ryan Duffy
Young Democrats
Herbert Hoover
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Washington
Charles B. Broughton
Cra
Hoover
Ryan Dutty
House Military Affairs Committee
Duffy
Roosevelt
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Cal
House Leaders Move to Action on Neutrality and Farm Bill
House leaders amended and passed the Frazier Lemke three year farm mortgage moratorium bill with one minor amendment. They plan to push the neutrality resolution promptly, restrict amendments, and limit debate. Senate and House committees reached a draft on the Guffey coat stabilization bill. A ban on suspending anti trust laws for producers under the new soft coal code is included. A AAA cotton program revolt threats linger as adjournment nears Saturday night.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Congress
Moratorium Extension Sought for Business Real Estate
Wisconsin assembly faces a plan to extend foreclosure protections to business real estate users. The bill, from the joint committee on finance, allows courts to lengthen the redemption period beyond one year and requires creditors to exhaust foreclose actions before other collection steps. It also offers renter relief for long term leases with improvements facing repossession and caps extensions at three years.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Joint Committee On Finance
Labor Relations Board Named By President
President Roosevelt named the new national labor relations board with Joseph Warren Madden of Pennsylvania as head. The president also nominated J. D. Ross of Washington to the securities and exchange commission and John Michael Carmody of New York along with Edwin S. Smith of Massachusetts as other labor board members.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Joseph Warren Madden
Pennsylvania
J. D. Ross
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
John Michael Carmody
New York
Edwin S. Smith
Massachusetts
Labor Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Wisconsin
New Social Security Board
John J.,winant
New Hampshire
Vincent Morgan Miles
Arkansas
Ethiopia Offers To Sell Russa Province To Italy To Avert War
The Ethiopian government tightens control of the Italian consulate amid spy accusations. Emperor Haile Selassié reportedly offered to sell the Russa province adjoining Eritrea to Italy to prevent conflict. Ethiopian leaders await sanctions from Geneva after Italy’s looming aggression, while Ethiopians claim Italian consuls and merchants mask espionage. Reports say Debre Marcos hosts eight Italian officers including a wounded consul. Ethiopian sources allege Italians recruit ex-colonial soldiers, with an estimated 23,000 in Godjam.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopis
Haile Selassié
Russa
Eritrea
Italy
Ethiopia
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Geneva
Debre Marcos
Muzzi Falcon
Certas
Somaliland
Godjam
Elz
Britain Eyes Penalties Movements as War Talk Rises
Across Europe the talk of sanctions and possible war grows. In Italy reports of British fleet moves near Gibraltar and Malta inflame tensions while Mussolini readies northern maneuvers. London plans bolster defenses and reinforcements along empire lines as Italy asserts warning against penalties.
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Italy
Rome
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
London
Mussolini
Great Britain
Lana
Malta
League of Nations
Canal
Thousands Attend Rites For Rogers
Thousands gather in Los Angeles as Will Rogers is laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His widow plans to inter him in Oklahoma beside his parents, while Wiley Post’s body lies in Fairlawn mausoleum. The nation mourns two Oklahoma heroes killed in the Alaska crash.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Will Rogers
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Heather
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wiley Post
Dauntless
Fairlawn
Post
Cummings To Study G Men Of Europe In Europe Tour
Attorney General Homer Cummings will depart for Europe next Wednesday to study Scotland Yard and three other European countries. His six week program will inspect courts and criminal administration with a pleasure trip to Italy to cap the tour.
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Washington, D. C
Homer
Cummings
Justice Department
Europe
Scotland Yard
Italy
Parade To Ballyhoo Nautical Show Here Sunday
The La Crosse Junior Association of Commerce plans a Sunday nautical show at Riverside Park to fund a community bathing pool. A parade forms at Washburn school at 1 pm with Erickson drum corps Sea Scouts and more. Votes for nautical show queen show Miss Fredaine Springer leading as rounds continue.
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la Crosse
Washburn School
Sam Horwitz
Junior Association of Commerce
Ifor
Hotel la Crosse
Thomas Sletten
Eagles Accept Plans For New Club House
At a meeting of the building committee of the Fraternal Order of Eagles the plans by J. M. Matson of Rarine Wis were accepted and bids will be advertised to open September 4. The club house at Fifth avenue and King street is set to cost about $30,000 with work beginning soon and completion aimed for December 15.
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Order of Eagles
J. M. Matson
Rarine
Wis
Fifth Avenue
King Street
Bank Control Law Signed By President
President Roosevelt signs the banking bill transferring broad credit powers to a re organized Federal Reserve Board committee. It authorizes open market operations by 12 regional banks, with mandatory open market policies and possible higher reserve requirements. The current six member board becomes seven with the treasury and comptroller removed as ex officio members, effective Feb. 1, 1936.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
National Credit
Glass
D.-Va
Steagall
Ala
Senate
House
Crowley
Morgenthau
Eccles
Reserve Board
Leo Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. F. T. O'Connor
Reserve
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Tydings Denies Lobby Hospitality Denial sparks tense exchange
Senator Tydings angrily denied accepting lobby hospitality from Bernard Robinson in a session before lobby investigators. He insisted any attendance at a cocktail party was by invitation, possibly by Evelyn Walker, while Howard C. Hopson testified on securities dealings affecting Associated Gas and Electric. The exchange highlighted tensions over advocacy and potential improper price manipulation.
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Washington, D. C
Tydings
Senate
Bernard 3.Robinson
Associated Gas and Electric
Zit
Evelyn Walker
Hobinson
Nine Candidates Enter Contest For City Attorney
Washington bustle as nine candidates enter the race for city attorney. Capitol activity centers on final 74th Congress sessions with last minute bills and preparations at the entrance ramp fashioned for President Roosevelt. Plans may change as lawmakers weigh action.
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Washington, D. C. Cc
Capitol
Roosevelt
Acting City Attorney Rumors Swirl In City Race
Nine attorneys have announced candidacies to replace the late Oscar Swennes as city attorney. J E Higbee currently serves as temporary legal advisor while the council and mayor delay a formal announcement. Possible charter changes could reshuffle the board of public works to alter how the city attorney is appointed.
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Oscar J. Swennes
J. E. Higbee
Board of Education
Board of Public Works
George P. Ruediger
Thomas H. Skemp
George T. Doherty
A. H Schubert
Fred F. Steele
Fred Silberschimidt
Bronk
E. Withrow
Leonard F
State Senators Clear Calendar in Wisconsin Senate
Madison Wis Acting under a three man agreement to speed the session the senate suspended debate and deferred action on remaining controversial issues Friday. A three man interim committee was appointed to push pension aids and balance the state budget. The senate moved through about 50 bills in four hours, deferring likely argument to next week.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
la Follette
State’ Board ‘Lot Control
Senate Servitee
Wisconsin Works Progress Administration
Ralph M. Immell
Carroll
Judge Faville Surveys Boundary Area in Green Bay Waters
Judge F F Faville special master visits Green Bay waters in Menominee area to inspect disputed Michigan Wisconsin boundary. Wisconsin is represented by A J Bieberstein with Michigan counsel Edward Bilitzke and Meredith Sawyer as Michigan allies. The controversy centers on Whaleback shoal waters and their territorial assignment.
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Menominee
Mich
Michigan-Wisconsin
Green Bay
F. F. Faville
Des. Moines
United States Court
A. J. Bieberstein
Madison
Wisconsin
Edward A. Bilitzke
Michigan
R. A. Smith
Meredith P. Sawyer
Faville
Bilitzke
Youth And Girl Have Fractured Skulls May Die
Seven injured in a high speed crash near Caledonia school in Trempealeau county at about 9 p.m. Thursday. Among the injured are John Lucas and Eleanore Foss with skull fractures, Phillip Foss with jaw and clavicle injuries, and Lucille Foss with extensive scalp lacerations. Richard Ritter and Sophie Schwertle also suffered bruises. Albert Scherr escaped uninjured. The collision occurred at an obscured intersection, both cars overturned, and doctors from La Crosse treated victims en route to La Crosse hospitals.
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Caledonia School
Trempealeau County
la Crosse
John Lucas
Eleanore Foss
Phillip Foss
Lucille Foss
Phillip Ritter
Sophie Schwertle
Albert Scherr
Ritter
Foss
Lucille
Caledonia
Fleanore Foss
Arcadia
William Gilbert
Galesville
R. L. Alvaréz
H. A. Jegi
F. T. Younker
Scherr
First Work On WPA Expected In Few Days
Madison, Wis. A WPA project start is anticipated within days as George Field, director of projects and planning, says requisitions are being sent and crews prepared to begin. Federal funds for approved projects are expected to arrive in the state soon. Field spoke before the federal allotment board, representing Ralph M. Immell. About $23,500,600 in projects have been approved.
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Madison
Wis
Works Progress Administration
George Field
Field
Works Progress
Ralph M. Immell
Federal
Senator Couzens Rests After Kidney Operation
Rochester Minnesota reports United States Senator James Couzens of Michigan is resting well after an abscessed kidney removal. Doctors say the operation was completed Thursday and the senator is in very satisfactory condition. If no complications arise he may be discharged in about two weeks.
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Rochester, Minn
Colonial Hospital
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Kohler Improvement Company Dissolved in Wisconsin
The Kohler Improvement company, founded in 1917 to develop a model village and fund Kohler company employee home construction, has been dissolved. Walter J. Kohler, the president, announced that Kohler company will assume its activities with no change in policies.
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Kohler
Wis
Kohler ‘Improvement Company
Kohler Company
Walter J. Kohler
Walter Kohler
Four aboard plane missing in Alaska search widens
In Fairbanks and Dawson, Alaska, searchers extended Friday for a craft that disappeared Monday after leaving Dawson for Fairbanks with four aboard. Pilot Arthur F. Hines and passengers John Lonz and Alton Nordale along with Mr and Mrs are unaccounted for amid poor weather. An American actress Edna D arnas, 38, died Friday in New York after a long illness.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Dawson
Arthur F. Hines
John, Lonz
Alton’ Nordale
United States District Court
New York
N. Y
Edna D. Daruas
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Les Feckeonsitie
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Genor
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Genoa
Asi Cane
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Guffey
Labor Relations Board
Roland Kannenberg
Wausau
E. F. Brunette
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
U. S
Suez Canal
Giornale D'Italia
Africa
Lendon
England
Committee For Imperial Defense
George Lansbury
Imperial Defense Committee
Samuel Hoare
Lansbury
Rogers
California
Oklahoma
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Fredaine Springer
Frances Burgess
Hortense Prinz
Betty Millard
Dorothy Yaliquette
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Bernard Robinson
Jesse E. Highee
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