California Youth Admits Slayings Of 25 Persons
California youth Earl Kimball alias Cramer confessed to killing James G. Kennet Sr. and a Colfax youth, claiming 25 more victims were buried in hills near Auburn. Sheriff Elmer Gunn led a search for two graves as bodies of Johnson and Realing or Girling were found in local mines. Robbery appears to have driven the killings during the two years Kimball operated in the area.
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Auburn
Califfet
Here
Elmer H. Gunn
Earl
Bud) Kimball
Cramer
James G. Kennet
Chicago
T. Mangan
Colfax
Fred Realing
Gosling
Kimball
J. J
Radium) Johnson
Realing
Girling
Dscuss
Johnson
Kennett
Ethiopians accuse former soldiers. Italy tightens in the north
Ethiopian claims allege groups of former soldiers tried to invade Ethiopia but were halted by Governor Semien of Wolkait who flogged them and sent them back. Italy reportedly runs overstaffed consulates with radio links to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland while 115 Americans, including 85 missionaries, remain in the country. Dr. Arthur Torrance arrives to organize the Ethiopian Red Cross and army medical corps.
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Ethiopia
Semien
Wolkait
Italy
Dissie
Debre Marcos
Makalle
Madji
Harrar
Eritrea
Aussa
Arthur Torrance
Los Angeles
Calif
Ethiopian Red Cross
Army Medical Corps
Banking Law Provisions Cut and Reworked in Conference
The banking bill details board terms of 1d years and 14 year staggered starts with two year initial terms. Salaries rise from 12000 to 15000, with partisan balance and banker experience relaxed. Heads renamed from governor to president for 8 eleven year terms, loans for collateral, limited interlocking directorates, permanent insurance, and state banks with deposits over 1 million joining the Fed by 1942. Real estate loan rules liberalized to 60 percent of appraisal and 10 year terms with 0 percent insured repayment.
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House
Senate
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Mortagee
Legislature defeats major bills amid session cont
In a tight session the legislature defeated a larger policy measure on public grounds and rejected a 529000 appropriation for the University of Wisconsin. The proposed funds would have supported residence centralization and extension courses for workers.
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University of Wisconsin
Burial Of Will Rogers In Arlington Blocked
Washington lawmakers applaud as Bertrand Snell blocks a resolution to bury Will Rogers in Arlington National Cemetery. He argues the site is reserved for military service and that exceptions could invite future requests. Democrats join Republicans in the ovation.
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Will Rogers
Arlington
Washington, D. C
Bertrand H. Snell
House
Arlington National Cemetery
Snell
Lincoln
United States Army
Lobbying Probe Details in Capitol Hearings and Recalled Witnesses
The Senate lobby committee questioned Robinson and Hopson about hotel and club dinners, wash sales, and alleged backroom deals. Robinson acknowledged a dinner with Tydings at the F Street club but could not pin down the date, while Hopson sought to resign for an extended period. The panel pressed on, revealing ties to Walter J. Cummings and noting discussions involving Raymond Moley and Kermit Roosevelt on ship subsidy matters.
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Hopson
Seave
Tydings
Robinson
Maryland
Associated Gas and Electric
Eld
Names Club
F Street Club
F. Street Club
Schwellenbach
D.wash
Senate
C. U
Walter J. Cummings
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company
Chicago
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Miss Minn Wis Sipsi Pageant Plans Final Details
Commodore Sackrider and stunt team members Elton Holland and Bob Eastman attended the meeting to finalize the program. Ballots attached to tickets may be cast at the park until 3 p.m. The winner will be crowned and escorted by motorboat to the scene, with a cut stone ring presented Monday at the Avalon ballroom. Second and third prizes include swimsuits from local stores.
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J. W. Sackrider
Elton Holland
Bob Eastman
Avalon Ballroom
Anson Weeks
Weeks
Toeriinger's
Steinmetz and Hart Sport Goods
Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota flood control projects approved
Flood control works totaling over 500000 dollars were authorized for Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota under a Works Progress Administration bill sent to the Senate after House passage. The largest sum 464000 funds Lac Qui Parle reservoir flood protection in the Minnesota River valley. Representative Gerald Boileau denounced the bill as last minute and reportless.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Senate
House
Works ‘Progress Administration
Lake Koshkonong
Fort Alkinson
Janesville
Indiana
Ford
Rock River
Gerald Boileau
Wausau
Wis
War Department
States
Minnesota River
Lac Qui Parle
Wisconsin Man Named On Philatelists' Board
Verne P Raub of Fond du Lac Wisconsin and N P McGay of Cleveland Ohio were elected to the board of directors of the Society of Philatelic Americans Thursday night at the forty first annual convention Each will serve for six years.
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St. Louis
UPJ
Verne
Roosevelt Address Fires Up Milwaukee Young Democrats
Roosevelt sends greeting to Young Democrats convention in Milwaukee and plans a 9 30 p m White House radio speech. Delegates praise liberal reforms as Wisconsin La Follette faction clashes over patronage and secrecy. Card of thanks closes the page with family sympathies.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
AAA
Duffy
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Ryan
Congress
Milwaukee
Cities Service chief eyed after utility bill fight
Senators hear Cities Service spent about 200000 to defeat Wheeler Rayburn utility regulation bill. Henry L Doherty, head of Cities Service and a multi millionaire, was expected to be summoned for questioning.
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Senate
Cities Service Company
Wheeler- Rayburn
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Service
Plea for U S unity as Italo Ethiopians loom
Lansbury urges America to join Britain in facing the Tigro-Ethiopian crisis and warns neutrality will destroy civilization. Geneva reports League of Nations split over sanctions while Britain seeks peace talks and warns of a possible upheaval if war comes.
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Lansbury
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Congress of the
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Great Britain
Italy
Britain
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Poland
Denmark
Portugal
Spain
France
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League
Congress Backs Payoffs and Plans in Shifting Cotton Debt Debate
Congress debated a cotton loan land grant plan pushing 12 cent loans to farmers for the 1995 crop, opposed by Senator Byrnes who favored a 9 cent loan with 12 cent returns via direct grants. Senator Bankhead questioned cost, while utilities holding companies faced altered terms in a House-Senate compromise. A pension plan for over a million railroad workers moves forward with a three percent income levy in the tax bill.
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Tram
Senator Byrnes
D.S.C
AAA
Byrnes
Senator Bankhead
D.-Ala
Bankhead
House
Washington Post
Senate
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Fireworks Chase Noisy Grackles in Milwaukee
Residents on Milwaukee’s far south side welcomed a quieter dawn after a fireworks plan reduced the nightly chorus of purple grackles and black starlings. Dr. Stanley L. Pilgrim led the effort, using a sequence of rockets to disperse the birds.
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Milwaukee
Wis
District Court
Stanley L. Pilgrim
Lipovetz Presid es Wisconsin Recreation Council Opens
Madison Wisconsin organizers formed the Wisconsin advisory recreational council to coordinate Works Progress Administration recreational work. Ferdinand J Lipovetz WPA recreation director was named chair. The executive board includes H C Thompson Arthur Wileden T J Bewitk George Hambrecht Mucks Grant Haas Lloyd Carlson Donald H Griffen John Lasher and Frank Holt among others from Madison Milwaukee Kenosha and state agencies.
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Wis
Wisconsin Advisory ‘Recreational Council
Works Progress Administration
Ferdinand J. Lipovetz
WPA
la Crosse State Teachers College
H. C. Thompson
Municipal Recreation Association
Arthur Wileden
College of Agriculture Department of Rural Socology
T. J. Bewitk
George Hambrecht
Rlie Mucks
Grant Haas
Lloyd Carlson
Kenosha
Wisconsin State Park Association
Donald H. Griffen
Milwaukee
John Lasher
National Youth Administration
Frank Holt
University Extension Division
Milwaukee Bank Clerk Found Shot To Death
Milwaukee police investigated the death of James A. Chivas, 47, a North Avenue bank clerk at First Wisconsin National Bank. He was found in the reception room with a bullet wound, a revolver nearby, and a note in his pocket mentioning attorney Douglas J. Mangan and special investigator Leo Arimond. Mangan says he recently handled a home loan bond deal involving $6500 and says bonds delivered differed in serial numbers from the originals.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James A. Chivas
North Avenue
Fiest Wisconsin National Bank
Chivas
Jim
Joe
Leo
Obituaries Chronicle Chaseburg and Surrounding Areas
August Lietke 74 longtime Chaseburg resident dies after brief illness born July 15 1861 in La Crosse survived by wife son Henry daughter Della Lenser two sisters and one brother funeral Sunday at 1 pm at Hellwig Morris chapel then 2 pm German Lutheran church interment in adjoining cemetery. Mrs J F De Lap dies at 119 North Tenth Street survived by daughter Mildred Howald and son-in-law F G Howald funeral Saturday at 11 am Dwyer funeral home officiated by Rev G Paul Stowell interment in Boscobel cemetery. Carrie Haskins 42 Trempealeau township passes away at home survived by husband and two sons funeral Saturday at 2 pm South Chapel Sletten McKee company interment Oak Grove cemetery. Judas betrayal value noted as 11.28 in American money.
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August Lietke
Chaseburg
Wis
Mr. Lietke
la Crosse
Michael Lietke
Lietke
Henry
Della Lenser
Ancsfene Korthals
Albert Anderson
Stoddard
John Lietke
Aela
Hellwig
J. F. DE Lap
J. F. de Lan
North Tenth Street
Boscobel
EF. G. Howald
F. G. Howald
Mildred Howald
Dwyer Funeral Home
G. Paul Stowell
Boscobe
Carrie Haskins
Trempealean Township
Monty
Dean
Sletten- McKee Company
Seventh
King Streets
J. T. Gamm
Oak Grove
Beer Kegs For Hitters In Fat Men's Ball Game
In San Antonio Texas a Sunday charity game pits players over forty in a humorous fat and forty baseball contest. Kegs will be at bases with scoring tied to hits and drinks. Rules promise one drink for a single two for a double three for a triple and unlimited after a score. Players must be over 40 and refrain if hitless.
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San Antonio
Tex
Monthly health report error and disease figures
Beg Your Pardon notes a July health department report misprinted contagious disease totals. The corrected figures show 121 cases, mostly minor illnesses like whooping cough and measles, with eight serious cases including scarlet fever smallpox and tuberculosis, while health officers anticipate court actions for reporting and restriction violations. Also included is a bee to honey production estimate from apiarists.
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When Tribune
Health Department
Murray
Runaway Racine Girl Found in Chicago Station
Bernice Thompson 13 of Racine Wis was located by Sergeant Martin Haley in Chicago at the railroad station. She had bought a ticket toward Colorado Springs and planned a bicycle tour of Colorado. Police recovered $21.19 of $45 she allegedly took and held her for her parents.
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Chicago
Bernice Thompson
Racine
Wis
Martin Haley
Martin
Bernice
Chicago and North Western
Colorado Springs
Colo. Whence
Haley
Vandal Destroys Meat In Madison Shops
Madison police and Madison Gas and Electric investigators probe a vandal crank allegedly posing as a utility worker who shut off refrigeration in seven meat markets. Market owners say the intruder entered near closing time to check motors, then temperatures rose as meat spoiled by morning.
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Madison
Wis
Madison Gas and Electric Company
Aviation News Enroute to St Paul and La Crosse Airfield
A Consolidated aircraft of the United States army stops at La Crosse County airport for fuel and repairs. Earl Broadbend of La Crosse assembles a Peitenpohl airplane at the airport and expects a test flight soon. Kenneth Reed and Mae Schultz photographed over the clouds at 4000 feet while en route through eastern Wisconsin. The aircraft is being rebuilt by Richard Melcher and Francis Doc Salisbury at Sparta. A Gypsy Moth plane built by De Havilland in Canada lands at Plas tlin Geld en route to Canada via St Paul. Bernard Leoume, 22, a Galveston painter, is electrocuted in Huntsville for the murder of Charley Cansler.
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St. Paul
Ner
United States Army
la Crosse County
Esee
Peitenpohl
Earl Broadbend
la Crosse
Eee
Wisconsin
Kenneth Reed
Miss Mae Schultz
Sparta
Richard Melcher
Francis Doc Salisbury
Wrthy
de Haviland Aircraft Company
Canada
Ptastlin Geld
Huntsville
Tex
Bernard Leoume
Galveston
State Penitentiary
Charley E. Cansler
Fires at Denver Catholic Churches Prompt Guarded Faithful
Denver Catholic churches were guarded Friday as police hunted incendiarists who started blazes in three churches Thursday. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception suffered damage to a $45,000 Christ in Calvary painting, while St. Leo's and St. Elizabeth's saw drapery damage. Chief John F. Healy linked the acts to Nazi praise and noted a prior synagogue fire attempt.
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Denver
Colo
William E. Guthner
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
John F. Healy
Hamedrosh Hagodol
F. A. Lundahl
Healy
St. Leo's
St. Elizabeth's
Four men killed and eight wounded near Venice Italy
Venice reports a deadly incident as a road work site accident involving an unexploded World War shell. A laborer sank a pick into the shell, killing four men and wounding four others.
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Venice
Italy
Here
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