State Commission Prepares Orders In 4 Utility Cases
MadisonWisconsin state commission readies four utility case orders amid pending supreme court ruling on severance damages and purchase terms. The cases involve municipal entities and energy providers. upcoming decisions may affect the separation of service and the Dane County circuit court’s pending order on severance damages in the Fall River plant purchase.
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State Commission
Madison. Weis
Dane County
CCC Application Liats Inanufficient At Present
Washington GO indicates under current eligibility rules CCC administration may not grant full quota. A rate of famers or seasonal workers appears limited, with debate over quotas and approval processes.
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Washington, GO
Inlore
Cnmgresr
Present Tax Proposals Spark Debate on Rates and Burden
The article reports on proposed federal and state tax changes, including a broad 50 percent top rate and a 1 percent levy on large incomes, with concerns about shifting burdens to higher earners. It cites Senator Capper praising the plan, while opponents warn of delays and inequities, and notes a $320,000,000 tax figure tied to sectoral spending.
Tax Averages in Five States for Vehicle Taxes in 1938
Figures for five states show tax averages on vehicles based on per capita income and census data. Daily per capita tax burdens varied, with state totals ranging from a few dollars to several dollars per vehicle, reflecting differing tax policies and collection efficiency during early 1930s.
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Sioraro
Burlington Adds Unit to Barling BR Lineoln
The Barling BR Lineoln expands its capacity from 52 to 112 passengers, with two hours previously sufficient to add the new unit. Expert Want ad service.
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Burlington
Barling
Netshus
Assemblymen Defeat Senators At Baseball
Assemblymen defeated Senators 24 to 9 in a four and a half inning baseball game on Tuesday. Nelson limited the Assembly to 29 hits while the Senators misplayed pitches from Fitzsimmons and Eichler. The big third inning saw 12 runs on seven hits boosting the Assembly's lead.
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Madivin
VM Zi
Senate
Senators
Nelson
Eichler
Assembly
Ywreen
Rosenberg Case Hearing Delayed in Wisconsin Court
Madison crowd coverage reports postponement of the Rosenberg parole case before Circuit Judge A G Zimm erman at the request of Rosenberg counsel. The writ had directed the state board of parole to answer to the district attorney’s contentions as issues over notice of parole and the applicable law. The proceedings touched on interpleading defendan ts and a delay to settle records and applicable law.
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Madison
Wis
Isaac J. Rosenberg
Mil Wauker
A. G. Zimmerman
Rosenber
Atharaey
W. A. Rabeul
Milwaukee County
State Board of Eanteoj
Mpet
Distetel
Dudge
Wiliam Spohn
Cramsel
Kercher
Kansas State lead extermination drive against pests
Amid noisy claims in Kansas, a campaign led by C Bolipy of Kansas State asserts a crackdown on pests. The effort targets thousands of fackrabbbits and related dust incidents, with reports of dove feeding and a push to seal agricultural concerns.
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Weis
al Kamas
C Bolipy
Kansas State
Kelas
Youth Chur Plans Emphasize Youth Employment and Boards
The plan calls for mobilizing youths aged 14 to 18 through civic groups and state city partnerships to form a national youth commission. It envisions state and municipal boards guiding industrial, agricultural, and educational efforts to provide jobs and training. Job placement offices and public libraries would support youths with shop facilities and factory experiences, aiming to place as many graduates as possible in employment with work stipends and family support.
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Sank “Wall
Mainlcy, Tibor
Education
Iran
Industes
Henied
Rebel Basiz
Crash victim dies in Wisconsin after collision and delays
A crash near Janesville Wisconsin killed a local resident and injured several others. The incident prompted a temporary road closure as investigators assessed the wreckage and transportation services resumed later that day.
Lehman Orders New York City Rackets Probe
Governor Lehman orders District Attorney Dodge to investigate metropolitan rackets after a runaway grand jury linked to Tammany backing urged action. He names Republican prosecutors as potential candidates and threatens to override local authority if he is not obeyed. The probe targets a vast racketeering machine burdening New York City with estimated losses.
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New York
New York City
Herbert H. Lehman
William C. Dodge
Dodge
Tammany
la Guardia
Lehman
Ace
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
States Supreme Court
George Z. Medalie
United States
Thomas D. Thatcher
United States Solicitor General
Charles H. Tuttle
Aaked Doreth
Premature Blast Fatal To Youth In El Paso Cement Quarry
A 16 year old boy Stele Sparks was killed and three workers injured when a premature dynamite blast at Southwestern Portland Cement Company quarry sent rocks and shale into the air. The blast occurred before 8 am mountain time as crews prepared to remove limestone. Superintendent U S Sparks, whose son was near the crew, searched amid debris but found his son crushed to death. Three laborers, including Juan Lauredo, were taken to hospitals in serious condition. About 20,000 pounds of dynamite were placed in the charge and fear lingered of further blasts.
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el Paso
Tex
vFi
Lrst
Southwestern Portland Cement Company
Cnirge
U. S
Holc Deadline Warns Milwaukee Homeowners
Milwaukee readers are warned that the Home Owners Loan Corporation will not accept new applications after midnight Thursday. RB McQuillan, HOLC manager, cautions mistreated homeowners in Wisconsin planning to seek aid.
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Miwaukee
Pi—t
RB. McQuillan
Wisconsin
HOLC
Wisconsin Works Aid Hinges on Legislature Dispatch
Washington reports say Wisconsin federal relief allotment of 100 million dollars hinges on state acceptance and passage of legislation to fund the works program. Senate bill 443 and assembly bill 967 aim to provide the required measures, but passage is uncertain with time to decide waning. Hopkins indicated no penalty to Wisconsin if the legislature rejects Le Follette's ceramic plan, while a local obituary notes the death of former chief of mine operations Harry D. Devenport at 72 after long illness.
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Federal
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Washington
Rebef Sram
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Works: Progress Administrator
Hopkins
Raynd J. Cannon
Milwaukee
Philip F. le Follette
Long-Sought Girl Found Near Police Station
Madison detectives Bert Austin and Everett Mellor spotted a young woman with a scar over her left eye near the police station while patrolling Tuesday. He had earlier received a report from Carl Fleming of Worth Texas about a woman matching the description who took his watch after sharing a meal on June 11. The girl was found living within a half block of the station and provided an address nearby.
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Madison
Wis
Arcadia Lineman Survives Narrow Electrical Shock Escape
Arcadia Wisconsin on Tuesday Fred Jankowski a 28 year old lineman at Arcadia was treated at La Crosse hospital for severe burns and internal injuries after a near instant death electrical shock he is expected to recover according to hospital reports.
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Arcadia
Wis
Fred Jankowski
la Crosse
Taxing fortunes to curb power of wealth leaders
A historical overview argues future income, inheritance, and profits taxes could confiscate large estates like Mellon Ford Rockefeller and Rockefeller holdings. It contemplates estate taxes at confiscatory levels, the impact on firms such as Ford Motor and Standard Oil, and how such taxation could reshape wealth and control across generations.
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Jay Gould
Henry Ford
Ferhans
A. W. Mellon
Mellon
Ford
Rockefeller
Goulds
Henry
Edsel Ford
Edsel
Ford Motor Company
Sam
John D. Hockefeller, Jr
Sandard
SEC
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Jon
Countess von Haugwitz
Cent Astor
George Baker, Jr
Coenelius Vanderbilt
England
Abundant Life Talking Point at Wisconsin Bankers Meet
University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank told the Wisconsin Bankers association during its convention in Green Lake that abundant life for the masses requires new wealth from modernized capitalism and a robust economy of plenty. He argued private enterprise and a strong state offer divergent futures and questioned government-led stability. James J. Brooks was elected president of the association, with Robert L. Banks, T. M. Strong, and others named to leadership roles.
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Green Lake
Wis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bankers Association
Frank
James J. Brooks
First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
H. G. Diekelmann
Hockon
Robert L. Banks
Superior
T. M. Strong
Dodgeville
I. N. Knutson
Coon Valley
Clarence May
Prairie Farm
William J. Tesch
Merril
Guards on Duty at Lumber Mills in Pacific Northwest
Soldiers and police spread through Tacoma Portland and Longview as lumber strike stalls reopenings. 1500 to 2000 union men refused a five cent raise and pressed for recognition while guards used tear gas and bayonets to disperse crowds. 700 workers returned to six Tacoma mills under troop protection amid a riot at a Longview meeting where ex Long Bell official was assaulted.
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Tatoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Portland Sawmill and Timber Workers Union
Longview
Long- Bell Llumber Company
Wilson
Long-Bell Company
A. F.of L
Wyburn Receives One Year In State Prison
William F. Wyburn of De Soto was sentenced to one year in state prison by Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom in county court on Tuesday as an accessory in the extortion of 170 dollars from Carrie Shepard of 1437 Caledonia Phest. He pleaded guilty and received the sentence immediately. Authorities had tied him to a earlier home robbery. his wife testified that she and Wyburn and the Moores went to the Shepard home, though she said only Moore went inside.
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William F. Wyburn
de Soto
Waupun
Py Judes
Roy
Ahlstrom
Orville Moore
Orville Williams
Carrie Shepard
Caledonia
Williams
Wyburn
Tone Wyburn
Moore
Soviet Bees Trade Bridges Sacramento Valley Beekeepers
Sacramento Bee reports a swap of 500000 queen and drone bees between Soviet Russia and the Sacramento valley beekeepers, with Californians already shipping 259000 reproductive insects. A Tokyo hospital head claims a man with two hearts, a railway lunch vendor, and a note on a rapid anesthetic under study are also mentioned in this fragment.
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Sacramento
Cal
Russia
Sacramento Valley
Tokyo
Shigeyashi Ka Wakami
Ty Toy
Improved Mail Service Asked By Postmaster
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak seeks a regular mail carrier for Hillview Addition east of Myers Park. A census is under way to justify the request as city officials expect house counts and population warrant service. If approved in Washington, residents need only obtain mail boxes as streets may be graded and sidewalks built to aid delivery.
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Hillview
Myrics Park
Washington
Post Office Department
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Hillview Addition
Post Office
la Crosse
Dvorak
Yearling Doe Rune Wild In Plant At Rhinelander
A yearling doe leaped the Rhino lander Paper company yard on Wednesday, chased by two dogs, moving through the mill including the boiler and turbine rooms and knocking loose insulation and high voltage covers before escaping. Conservation wardens captured the deer in a net and released it back into the woods.
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Doe Rune
Rhinelander
Wisd
Rhinelander Paper Company
Beiler House
Plugs Will Parade on Special Train to Milwaukee
About 240 La Crosse business leaders form the Plugs group and split into ticket committees to gauge trip plans. More than 100 are expected on the special train leaving Second and Vine at 6:30 Monday morning with cars for the public, a 21 piece La Crosse band, and a cafeteria car. Officials and county executives are invited to join the goodwill tour as local merchants, wholesalers, and manufacturers fund the band and parade through several communities.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Second and Vine Streets
la Crosse
C. A. Boerner
Vaeh-Werner Monument Company
la Crosse Clearing House Association
Western Fruit Company
Sisson Company
John C. Burns
Tri-State Ice Cream Company
la Crosse Tribune
Perfect Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Sears-Roebuck Company
Dr. Frank J. Hoeschler, la Crosse Telephone Company
Pure Food Products Company
Spence-McCord Company
Joseph Miller Company
T. Cc. Penney Company
Tillman Brothers
W. Pausche Hardware Company
William Doerfinger Company
R. Barron Company
Moto Meter, Gauge and Equipment Company
Continental Clothing Company
W. A. Roosevelt Company
Freeman seeks to annul elopement four days after wedding
Mary Ann Hughes Freeman Slack of Huntington and Cincinnati asks to void her marriage saying the license was illegally obtained and the ceremony improperly urged. She cites her father the late C. H. Freeman and notes the connection to Lee O Deere’s assets, within disputed civil territorial references.
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James Dent Slack
Huntington
W. Va
Mary Ann Hughes Freeman Slack
Asowa
Cincinnati
C. H. Freeman
Acd Gas
Millionair
Lee O
Plan Inspection Of Local Airport In La Crosse
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak announced a preliminary inspection of the new county airport on French Island for next week. Accompanied by Oscar F. Paulson and William J. Fladlein, Dvorak aims to gather detailed information for Washington to restore air mail service, which has been suspended since 1931, and may seek local business support for the campaign.
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French Island
Washington, D. C
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Dvorak
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Oscar F. Paulson
William J. Fladlein
Washington
Post Office Department
la Crosse
Boat overturns near Lac Du Flambeau. three die
Three Milwaukee men die when a Sand Lake outboard boat overturns during a sharp turn near Hare Wisconsin on Tuesday. Deputy court clerk Gerhard Franzen 38 Ben Paulus president of National Beverage Distributing and Frank Shulkewitz malt products firm owner perish. Three companions including two women are rescued. The Paulus owned boat capsized about 300 feet from shore and all six clung to the craft before water intake.
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Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Milwaukee
Sand Lake
Hare
Gerhard Franzen
Ben Paulus
Natonal Beverage Distributing Company
Frank Shulkewitz
Schulkewitz
Ann Pflittner
Joseph Hoek
Paulus
Sino-Japanese Tension Escalates in Jehol-Chahar Front
War office denies orders to stay out of North China while non-Japanese authorities note similar risks with Manchukuoan forces under Japanese command. Vernacular papers trumpet the frontier clash as Tokyo readies air defense drills and blackout maneuvers for July. Ambulances and fire engines practice casualty response amid a 90 minute citywide lights-out.
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Page
North China
War Office
Jehol-Chahar
Tokyo
Brel
Claud Stroope Dies Former Montgomery Ward Manager
Claud Stroope, former Montgomery Ward store manager in this city, died in Kansas City Kansas after a Rochester hospital stay. The notice lists his career move and death location with minimal detail.
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Claud Stroope
Kansas City
Kansas
Montgomery Ward
Stroope
Rochester Hospital
Kansasity
Horicon Marsh Area Men Back Hunt’s Proposal
Madison Wisconsin Tuesday hearing on the Hunt bill to restrain the conservation commission from raising water levels on Horicon marsh without first acquiring title by purchase or condemnation drew strong opinions. Assemblyman Elver L Genzmer says the state would ruin farmers by flooding lands and banning hunting and trapping. Opponents argue the marsh was drained illegally and farmers hold rights to lands below original water level. A conservation commissioner notes public rights cannot be overridden, while a farmer testifies water has ruined crops and milk income after 30 years of farming.
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Madison
Wis
Hunt
Conservation Commission
Horicon Marsh
Elver L. Genzmer
Mayville
A. S. Smith
Abandons Stolen Car Then Takes Another
A Marmon car abandoned by a thief at 1136 State Street in Essex, owned by Ad Frisch, was found Sunday morning. The thief had earlier taken the vehicle from the M. C. A. where owner S. W. Burrows had a previous connection.
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Ad Frisch
State Street
S. W. Burrows
Jef. Parker
Landlords Change Meeting Place to Chamber of Commerce
Landlords association shifts Thursday meeting from city hall to the Chamber of Commerce in Hotel Stoddard. Members are urged to note the change and the meeting time remains 7:49. London and empire woods influence a designer creating perfumes inspired by tea and woods for summer ballrooms.
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Landlords* Association
Chamber of Commerce
London
t/P
China Tea
Empire Woods
Worms
Research Turns to Weeds at Berkeley UC
Experimental research funded by a Rockefeller Foundation grant at the University of California aims to turn weeds into useful products. The work covers plant biology, extraction methods, and potential commercial applications, reflecting broader interest in turning invasive plants into valuable resources.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Rockefeller Foundation
Local Markets Produce Price List From Page
John Burns reports on local markets with prices for heavy hens under 45 dollars, leghorn and heavy springs, fruit including cantaloupes, pineapples, oranges, and bananas, and vegetables like green onions, peppers, cauliflower, garlic, parsley, spinach, cucumbers, watermelons, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, and gem varieties. Prices are given per dozen, per crate, or per sack, with notes on varieties and quality.
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Seite
Vompan
Leghorn
John Burns
Brad Letty Gerrare
Tometnes
Taney
Erste
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