Moffett Resigns Housing Post for Industry
President Roosevelt announced the resignation of James A. Moffett as federal housing administrator effective Sept 1. Moffett cited delays in starting the housing program yet noted month by month construction and repair loans totaling about 60 million dollars. He highlighted July permits rising 214 percent in residential value since 1934 and 18.4 percent for nonresidential permits, with 35.9 percent gains in alteration and repair.
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Washington
James A. Moffett
Roosevelt
Moffett
Stewart McDonald
Une
Moffatt
Mofett
Housing Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Moffett Long
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of California
Governor La Follette attacks industry propaganda in Wisconsin
In a radio address Governor La Follette denounced industry propaganda while defending Wisconsin tax policy. He cited five year 1923-28 net income figures showing Wisconsin higher than many states and said taxes take a smaller share of income here. He credited progressive policies with statewide welfare and noted initial industry opposition to income tax workmen’s compensation and unemployment insurance but said these measures benefited workers and business. A separate note from Reading, Pennsylvania reports a hosiery mill received a federal order for size 17 socks capable of holding a peck of potatoes.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Aldermen Approve WPA Sewer Project in La Crosse
La Crosse Aldermen unanimously approved a WPA PWA sewer project plan at a special Tuesday session. The board set a $600,000 limit, considering about $505,000 for construction plus legal and right of way costs, with easement estimates pending owner input. The measure also honored the U S Bureau of Fisheries for assistance after the West bridge destruction and authorized drainage work in marsh west of Lang Drive. A stop sign at Nineteenth and Market was approved to curb traffic near Hogan school, and a beer license transfer for Andrew Skeff was authorized.
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PWA
Common Council
John Barth
United States Bureau of Fisheries
City of
la Crosse
Frank T. Bell
Department of Commerce
United States
Clarence F. Culler
Trafic
Mississippi River
Health Department
Lang Drive
C. B. and Q
Nineteenth
Market Streets
Hogan
Andrew Skeff
La Crosse Group To Attend Alma Dam Dedication
La Crosse business and professional men join 100 guests including Mayor Boerner in a two-boat Alma Dam dedication on the Mississippi River Monday. The 10 40 a m departure from Wabasha leads to a 12 30 arrival and 2 p m program with Major General Markham presiding from the General Allen.
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War Department
Allen
U.S.S
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Winona
Red Wing
Dubuque
the Dame
W. D.fairchild
Alma
Army
E. M. Markham
U.S. Army Engineering Corps
General Allen
Minneioka
General Markham
Washington
Evidence Points To death by own action At Madison
Madison evidence that Joseph Kress 44 of Sheboygan who was found dead in Lake Mendota last week died by his own hand grows stronger. A note found with his shoes and a blanket on the lake shore Tuesday to Miss Rose Kress Chicago reads Forgive me I can't stand it any longer. I ve slipped terribly since Sunday cant walk and see decent ly.No human could stand it. Kress had been a patient at a hospital for mental ailments in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Joseph Kress
Sheboyfan
Lake Mendota
Lake Shore
Rose Kress
Chicago
Kress
General Immell to report on La Crosse bridge plan
Adjutant General Ralph Immell now Works Progress admin istrator for Wisconsin will visit La Crosse next Tuesday for a briefing with the bridge committee on state and federal actions to build a new Mississippi River bridge. A luncheon meeting at the Stoddard hotel Thursday will discuss project financing and progress.
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Ralph Immell
Works Progress
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Plugs Jaces To Invade Minnesota Event Plan
The La Crosse Plugs plan visits to Caledonia fair on Friday afternoon and Rushford for the Abraham Lincoln pageant over three days. A band sponsored by G Heileman will join the march from Market Square at 1 pm, then travel by car to Caledonia and Rushford. Delegations from the Junior Association of Commerce and local clubs join Friday evening gatherings in Riverside Park.
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la Crosse
Caledonia Fair
Rushford
Market Square
Lp. m
G. Heileman Brewing Company
Caledonia
Praces
Junior Association of Commerce
Riverside Park
Thomas i Stetten
Plugs
Chamber of Commerce
Winona
Rochester
Rushford Community Club
Ladies’ Welfare League
Ace
Federal funding to Wisconsin for public health and history projects
The Works Progress Administration announced a $1,240,000 federal allotment to Wisconsin for two WPA funded programs. Health projects across 70 counties will study sanitation in recreational and public buildings, water and food safety, rural school water systems, and pollution controls, while a separate historical program will document county histories, mark historic sites, and preserve buildings. The funds will be distributed among dozens of counties including Dane, Milwaukee, Racine, and Green Lake, with Milwaukee receiving the largest health grant at $297,000 and Milwaukee and Racine among the higher historical allocations per county.
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Wisconsin
Works Progress Administration
Adj
Ralph M. Immell
Adams
Barron
Brown
Burnett
Chippewa
Columbia
Dane
Door
Dunn
Florence
Forest
Green
Iowa
Jackson
Juneau
Kewanee
Jefferson
Kenosha
la Crosse
Lafayette
Langlade
Lincoln
Manitowoc
Marathon
Marinette
Marinette, $6,000;_Marquette,$3,000; Milwaukee, $297,000; Monroe, $3,000; Oconto
Oneida
Outa- Bamie
Ozaukee
Pepin
Pierce
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Portage
Price
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Rock
Rusk
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Sauk
Sawyer
Shawano
Taylor
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Vernon
Vilas
Walworth
Washburn
Waukesha
Wauvaca
Waushara
Winnebago
Wood
German Aviator Beheaded As Spy at Pletzensee
Berlin reports Lieut. Mueller-Heinecke of the aviation corps was executed at Pletzensee prison. The silk-hatted executioner beheaded him at dawn after a conviction for betraying military secrets. Many officers faced the block on similar charges this week.
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Berlin
Pletzensee
Mueller-Heinecke
Aviation Corps
Governor Misses Speech On Governor's Day At Wisconsin State Fair
Governor Philip La Follette failed to attend Governor's Day at the Wisconsin State Fair due to a call to Washington. Lieut. Gov. Thomas O'Malley spoke in his place while attendance records shattered with 212,833 visitors in four days, far above last year. Harness races, dairy and livestock exhibits, 4-H awards, and athletic events drew large crowds as organizers reported record turnout.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Washington
Philip F. la Follette
Thomas O'Malley
Ralph Ammon
la Follette
Sonce
Ralph Heitz
Fort Atkinson
Louis Newlin
Fond diu-Lee
Donald Church
Janesville
Jersey
Robert L. Hooker
Lodi
Cabana
Whitehall Girl Healthiest In Fair 4-H Club Contest
Marian Knudtson of Whitehall and Lawrence Fisher of Valders were named health champions in the Wisconsin State Fair 4-H club contest. Knudtson led with a 97.8 score over 97 for Fisher. Both praised wholesome dairy foods and Wisconsin products, with Knudtson enjoying sports and reading, and Fisher aiming for medicine while staying connected to farming. The winners represent Trempealeau and Manitowoc counties in a field from 20 counties.
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Milwaukee
Trempealeau County
Manitowoc
Marian G. Koudtson
O Od
Whitehall
Lawrence G. Fisher
Valders
Miss Knudtson
Fisher
Bliss Knudtson
Blair High School
Knudtson
Wisconsin
Crossing At Rapids Takes 3 More Lives
Wisconsin Rapids readers pressed to remove a dangerous Highway 54 crossing after three men from Wisconsin Rapids were killed when a Green Bay and Western train struck their car. The toll at the crossing rose to seven in three months, with prior fatalities including a truck crash that killed a family. Daly Tee and Coal president Daly, Love an employee, and Oligney, father of six, were named among the victims.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Green Bay and Western
P. C. C. Daly
Arthur Cligney
Bentemp Love
William Kenyon
Green Bay
Daly
Daly Tee and Coal Company
Love An
Oligney
Cold Wave Drops La Crosse August Lows to 34.5
Weather official A. D. Sanial notes a rare August chill in La Crosse with Tuesday night low of 44 and a Wednesday morning minimum near 34.5. Frost not reported at Madison Milwaukee Duluth or Green Bay though Duluth hit 42 as a North Dakota cold wave sweeps through the region.
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Iim
Aiges
Bismarck
Stedison Zee
Aphis
Wallsten
Kustings
Toni Bing
A. D. Sanial
Madison
Milwaukee
Duluth
Green Bay
Sanal
North Dakota
Shawano Farm Youth Sought in Ione Tone Slaying
Police across Wisconsin search for Alfred Hartwig in connection with the shooting death of 17 year old Ione Tone on a Shawano farm. Investigators describe a lover’s quarrel ending in a .22 caliber rifle shot as Hartwig fled in a tan Studebaker sedan toward Embarrass. Sheriff Otto Druckrey notes timbered terrain could hide the gunman and lakes and streams are being checked. Tone, a local high school bound student, was left in charge of younger siblings when the fatal shot occurred. District Attorney Louis Cattan cites statements from four year old Leroy Heimke about Hartwig entering the yard and an ensuing argument before the weapon was drawn. The Heimke family farm sits opposite Hartwig’s family, where the couple’s quarrel reportedly dated several days prior to the crime.
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Wis
Alfred Hartwig
Shawano Farm
Ione Perry
Wisconsin
Studebaker
Ione
Otto Druckrey
Shawano County
Druckrey
Wolf River
Tone
Anna Heimke
She‘wano
Louis Cattan
Leroy Heimke
Hartwig
Cattan
Heimke
Rescue Four On Ice Off Greenland Coast
Four men trapped in a drifting motorboat amid ice floes off the northeast Greenland coast were rescued today by a motorboat expedition from Buskoe.
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Greenland
Copenhagen
Buskoe
When The Quitting Whistle Blows Labor Day Review
John T. Flynn surveys Labor Day 1935 versus prior years, weighing gains and losses for the American worker under the New Deal. Three lucid articles, prepared exclusively for this newspaper, begin with the first installment appearing Thursday.
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John T. Flynn
All Holidays Cancelled By War Officials
London reports say the British war office ordered all senior army council members to remain near London and take two more holidays until further notice. Labor movements against Italy in the Ethiopia conflict were noted, with foreign nations reportedly ready to back Britain if Geneva is involved. Some officers may have leaves canceled, though no action taken yet. Methodists urged 817,000 members to pray for peaceful recognition of the Italo Ethiopian clash. France backs Laval’s plan to oppose League sanctions, seeking to keep Italy and Britain as friends while preserving League prestige. Ethiopian minister to Cairo says 5,000 Egyptians ready to join a foreign legion against Italy, with consulates siezed by applicants. Rome denies incoming reports of Somali desertions.
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Army Council
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Ethiopia
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Salisbury Plain
George Lansbury
Labor
Hythe
Prema
Laval
League of Nations
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League
England
I Ducr
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Radio
Tor
East Africa
Addis Ababa
Cairo
Haile “Selassie
Port
League of Nations Council
Gaeta Herony
Roosevelt to Confer on Soviet Note After Congress Ends
President Roosevelt planned an afternoon discussion with Secretary of State on the Soviet note to the United States. He had brief telephone talks with the secretary but offered no comment on possible U S action pending fuller discussions after Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
West Bend Boy Buried Alive in Sand Collapse
Edgar Speath age 10 and companion were digging on a steep bank when sand collapsed burying Speath and trapping Jerry Dricken's left arm. Rescuers pulled both from the mound but Speath died of suffocation in West Bend Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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West Bend
Wis
Edgar Speath
Jerry Dricken
Speath
James Sinclair Dies at 66 Leader in New England Textiles
Fall River Massachusetts. James Sinclair a leading figure in the New England textile industry and president of the Fall River Cotton Manufacturers association died suddenly Tuesday night at his summer home at Westport Massachusetts. He was 66.
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James Sinclair
New England
Dent
Fall River
Westport
Mass
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