Senate Passes NRA After Filibuster In Wisconsin Works Bill
Wisconsin's Senate debated Governor Philip F. La Follette's 209.1 million relief works bill. Thomas Duncan faced two hours of questions as amendments from the League of Municipalities and others loomed. Doubtful votes prompted warnings of possibly 17 in favor, with rivals predicting defeat.
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Wisconsin
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Kenosha
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Prairie du Chien
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Monty Air
WPA
Walter L.rueh
Nevisville
John E. Cashman
Denmark
Thomas Duncan
Third Party Plan Leaders Call Conference In Chicago
Preliminary talks on forming a national third party led to a Chicago conference plan for July 5 and 6. Liberal leaders from diverse groups will discuss feasibility, with invitations sent to labor, farm, cooperative, regional, and progressive figures. A five member arrangements committee from Washington oversees invites.
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Wisconsin
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California
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Minnesota
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Great Britain France Confer About Ethiopia
London reports that Great Britain and France are consulting with Italy to craft a formula protecting Italy’s special economic interests in Ethiopia. Italy would seek a protectorate, while Britain prefers another approach. No Ethiopia talks included frontier changes or the Ethiopian government.
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Purdue U Athlete Dies of Infection
Clifford G Baumbach a 20 year old Purdue University athlete from Indianapolis died from a blood stream infection after an illness. He starred in football basketball and basebal and was a sophomore mechanical engineering student with high scholarly standing.
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Ind
Clifford G. Baumbach
Indianapolis
Brillant
Purdue University
Beloit Doctor Found Guilty In Arson Case
Beloit Wisconsin Dr. Gustav Newman age 74 was found guilty by a municipal court jury of arson for a fire at his home on April 19 that caused about 1000 dollars in damage. The verdict was returned late Wednesday after testimony begun Tuesday morning. He faces sentencing Friday before Judge Chester H. Christensen. State prosecutors argued the fire aimed to collect insurance money to buy an airplane.
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Bank Clearings Week Ending Thursday Rise Over Year
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday totaled 1 555 475 94 dollars, compared with 1 364 042 90 dollars for the same period last year, indicating growth in weekly banking activity.
District Attorney Action Is Upheld
A communication from Attorney General J. E. Finnegan upholding his hesitation to intervene in arraignments of liquor law violators in raids by state agents May 23 was shown to The Tribune by District Attorney William H. Stevenson. He rebutted statements in The Tribune May 24 by state inspector John W. Roach. Finnegan faulted Roach as overzealous in duties.
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Tribune
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Finnegan
Stevenson
Roach
Robert K. Henry
Chinese Ready To Meet Some Jap Conditions
China’s Kuomintang central political council instructed war minister Ho Ying-chin to tell Japan in writing that China can accept some broad settlement terms for North China but rejects more detailed demands. The council endorsed withdrawing government troops north of the Yellow River, abolishing Kuomintang bodies in Hopei, and dissolving both the Peiping military council and Peiping political council.
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Relief Work Halted In Wisconsin Rapids
Pickets achieved a near total shutdown of relief projects in Wisconsin Rapids and Wood county on Thursday morning. Mayor William T Nobles ordered about 20 workers to lay aside tools as trouble loomed. In Marshfield the WERA strike left all city projects at a standstill, while an agreed return of 25 workers to a factory site was not honored as relief officials reopened Wisconsin Rapids projects in violation of the cease work pact.
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Chicago Tribune Man Expelled By Italians
Rome reports expulsion of Chicago Tribune Rome correspondent David Darrah and his wife for writing anti Italian articles. Official claim cites attack on Italy’s financial structure and public support for the fascist regime amid Italy banning the New York Times over a critical editorial.
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Drivers Hours Order Delayed to August 1 in Madison
The Public Service Commission postponed the effective date of the new truck bus drivers working hour order from July 1 to August 1 to allow protests at hearings. The order limits drivers to eight consecutive hours with a ten hour rest, or ten hours duty if followed by one to four hours of rest, then eight hours rest.
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Public Service Commission
Farmer killed when blast explodes dynamite bucket
In Van Wert Q-Gordon Fair aged 45, a farmer, triggered a blast by touching a fuse under a stump. He forgot he was holding a bucket of dynamite sticks, which exploded and caused his death.
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Gordon Fair
Two Plead Not Guilty To Kidnap Charges
Madison Wisconsin reports affidavits seek details on inter family employment as a legislative committee requests responses within three days. Separate coverage from Tacoma and Indianapolis tracks the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case with Waley and wife pleading not guilty and facing federal and state charges.
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Madison
Wis
Blanc
Maurice Fitzsimons, Jr
Fond du Lac
Officer's Love For Dogs Triggers Couple's Arrest in Illinois
An Illinois police officer arrested Orville Moore alias Orville Williams and Margaret McCarthy alias Mrs. Orville Moore in Moline after they were sought for breaking into Carrie Shepard’s Caledonia street home on May 24. They were arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and held on $3,000 bonds for a June 19 preliminary hearing. Moore is accused of robbing Shepard by posing as a federal officer and stealing $150, plus $600 from a pantry safe during the May 24 incident.
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Orville Williams
Margaret McCarthy
Moline
Carrie Shepard
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Moore
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Sheriff's Department
Carl D. Jackson Succumbs In Rio
Carl D. Jackson, 64, former Wisconsin tariff commission chairman, died Wednesday night in Rio De Janeiro while on a tramway study. He will be sent home for burial. Born in Oshkosh, he served as district attorney of Winnebago County, was appointed to the state railroad commission in 1915 and chaired it before resigning in 1922 to practice law. He studied at Harvard and was twice married, his widow Frances Killgellen surviving him.
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Spirit Lake
Idaho
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Pierce County
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Wis
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New York
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Road Oil Bids Reported By Public Works Board
The board of public works received two bids for road oil to be used on about 25 cars. Standard Oil offered 0.6432 per gallon fob La Grosse, grades 70 and 80. Scotch Oil of Madison bid 0.421 per gallon.
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Madison
Clipper Plane Reaches Hawaii In 17 Hours And 57 Minutes
The American Clipper seaplane arrived at Pearl Harbor from Alameda, California at 6:26 a.m. local time on Thursday, completing the first leg to Midway Island in under 1 hour 30 minutes. The flight beat the previous hop by 42 minutes, flew over Diamond Head and Pearl Harbor, and was escorted ashore by naval base mechanics.
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Blast Wrecks German Factory Kills or Traps Hundreds
Unofficial estimates range up to 1000 dead from the Westfalian Anhalt explosives plant blast near Berlin. The 13 000-worker facility collapsed as workers were on shift, with debris flying miles away and ambulances and doctors mobilized. Military and labor units joined the search. authorities withheld details.
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Reinscharf
Westfalian Anhalt
Ministry of Propaganda
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Death Of Patient Will Be Probed In Wisconsin
Racine district attorney ordered an inquest into the death of Herman Kruke Jr., who was released from the Southern Colony and Training School for mental cases. The inquiry follows a letter alleging cruelty at the Union Grove facility. Kruke died at his Grafton home the following morning. The physician cited blood poisoning from gangrenous sores and welts on his body. An investigation will establish facts. Dr. Atherton’s hospital relation declined comment.
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Herman Kruke, Jr
Southern Colony
Union Grove
Grafton
Ozaukee County
John R. Brown
Charles Larson
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Brown
C. C. Atherton
State Hospital
State Board of Control
Kruke
Larson
Two Burglars Sentenced to Three Years Each
James Delaney, 32, Danville TW, and Robert Guthrie, 20, Philadelphia, were found guilty of a $1,000 burglary at Mrs. E H Amerpohl’s home in Janesville Wisconsin. Delaney will serve at Waupun penitentiary and Guthrie at Green Bay reformatory.
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Wis
E. H. Amerpohl
James Delaney
Danville
Robert Guthrie
Philadelphia
Delaney
Waupun Penitentiary
Guthrie
Green Bay Reformatory
Long Filibuster Ends As NRA Extension Passes Senate
After a 15 hour filibuster led by Senator Long the Senate adopted by 41 to 13 a resolution extending the NRA for 24 months with the vote ending at 6:10 am. The long session featured speeches delivered by Long and later written by Schall and McCarran as leaders prepared to push final action and a swift House passage is anticipated.
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Kingfish Huey Long
Washington
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D-La
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Idaho
Schall
R-Minn
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NRA
Recovery Administration
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Norris
Nebraska
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Owens Very Modest Will Rogers Learns Beverly Hills
Will Rogers reports on a movie scene in Beverly Hills with Jesse Owens, the Cleveland born Ohio State star, entering four events and holding or sharing world records in three. He describes Owens as modest and eager to win, while noting Jim Thorpe as a prominent name during the period.
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