Navy plane crash kills six aviators in Pacific
Six United States Navy aviators died when a patrol plane spiraled and crashed into the mid Pacific during fleet maneuvers. Wreckage and debris were recovered after a 24 hour search. the GP and GP aircraft were later found with crew rescued. Names and ranks of the deceased were released.
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Pacific
Arown Bateship
Pennsylvania
Aaval Fyers
mid-Pacific
Penningham
Inetecom
Uly
M. Doris
Gloucester
Mass
Aviaton
Paleat
Wrentham
A Sharpe
Heavence
GPO
GPAG
Flood Waters Drive 5000 From Homes
Flood waters surged across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana on Thursday forcing about 5000 people from their homes. More than 150000 acres of bottom land flooded across Texas and Oklahoma while Louisiana’s flood area stretched from Shreveport to near Alexandria. Homelessness rose to 4000 in Texas and over 600 evacuated along the Red River near Durant Ohio. Red Cross in Alexander Louisiana estimated about 100 homeless in urgent need of aid as North Canadian river lowlands emptied.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Shreveport
Alexandria
Brazos
Quadalupe
Red River
Durant
Ohio
Red Cross
Alexander
Coughlin Demands Telegrams in Roosevelt Attack at Madison Square Garden
The Rev Charles E Coughlin rallied a mass New York crowd at Madison Square Garden to press for telegraphs urging enactment of the Patman bonus bill. He attacked President Roosevelt and "autocratic capitalism" and accused bankers of manipulating credit while promoting money regulation transfer to Congress. The event, tied to his National Union for Social Justice, drew 15 000 to 17 000 in receipts with seats priced as high as 5 dollars and Garden rental listed as one hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Charles E. Coughlin
United States Senate
Michigan
National Union For Social Justice
America
Madison Square Garden
Iis
Coughlin
United States
Congress
Father Coughlin
Alexander Williams Dropped From Army
Col. Alexander E. Williams, former assistant quartermaster general, was found guilty by an army court martial and sentenced to dismissal. He solicited and obtained a $2000 loan linked to War Department contracts from a tire tube firm representative and gave false testimony denying the loan before a House committee.
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Washington
Alexander E. Williams
Army
Williams
War Department
House
Mollie Widell Schaar Dies in Madison
Mollie Widell Schaar, aged 55, of Fond du Lac, former member of the state grain and warehouse commission and secretary of the Republican state central committee from 1922 to 1926, died in Madison after a long illness. The obituary notes her public service and ties to the Wisconsin GOP.
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Madison
Wis
Mollie H. Widell Schaar
Fond du Lac
State Grain and Warehouse Commission
Repubican State Central Committee
Gunmen Bind Madison Clerk and Flee With Gems
Six men died and 44 injured in a Canton military aviation field plane crash when one of three aircraft in formation flew low and struck a building. The collision killed the pilot instantly, and debris collapsed walls injuring soldiers gathered for a lecture.
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Madison
Canton
China
Canton Military Aviation Field
Wisconsin Senate considers Public Works bill and tax plans
The Wisconsin Legislature moves a 206 million dollar public works program with a plan to raise about seven million annually from an excess profits tax and five million for budget balancing through inheritance gift taxes utility levies and chain store taxes. The measure also enacts a recovery income tax on 1936 and 1937 incomes and re enacts utility taxes to support state operations.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas M Duncan
Philip F. la Follette
Duncan
Wisconsin Finance Corporation
Senate
Wisconsin
Estate Bequest To Nonexistent Son Stumps Court
Manitowoc County officials examine a will leaving most of Andrey Budysz estate to a son who did not exist at the time of the August 1932 will. The widow and other relatives challenge the document claiming the testator was of unsound mind when he drafted it. Chester is named as a grandson, with Chester’s father among the contesters.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Andrey Budysz
Chester
Budysz
Man Believed Alvin Karpis Being Held
A man believed to be public enemy number one Alvin Karpis was escorted through Omaha on a United Airlines flight. A stewardess reported the detainee was heavily restrained, in pajamas, spoke openly claiming identity, and said he had been captured on a ranch near Boise Idaho. He was under the custody of two men thought to be federal agents. Federal agents had no official confirmation as the flight proceeded between Omaha and Chicago.
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Omaha
Neb
Alvin Karpis
United Airlines
Boise
Idaho
United Airline
Chicago
Pair of Bandits Loot Madison Jewelry Store
Two robbers entered the R. W. Nelson jewelry store in Madison and bound watchmaker Gilbert Montay with tape and radio aerial wire. They took unset diamonds valued at about $5,000 and mounted diamonds worth $2,500, along with approximately 1,000 watches and $100 in cash, then fled in a dark plate Oldsmobile sedan. Police issued descriptions of the two men and alerted La Crosse and highway authorities.
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Madison
Wis
R. W. Nelson
Gilbert Montay
Montay
State Street
Charles Packard
Nebraska Ends Liquor Ban After 16 Years Drought
Governor Cochran was to sign a bill ending a 16 year liquor drought in Nebraska. Legislature approved the conference committee report by 25 to 3 in the senate and 74 to 21 in the house, enacting package liquor sales state wide until April 30, 1937, with on premise sale by the drink requiring local voter authorization.
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R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Third Conference Committee On
Senate
House
Jiguor
Treasury Building Damaged By Flames
A small fire caused about $4,000 damage Wednesday night to the federal treasury building. The blaze began on the third floor in a room leading to a shaft. Watchmen fought the blaze with a hose until firemen arrived after two alarms and quickly controlled it. most damage came from smoke. A suspected short circuit started the fire in the east side room.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
Johns Attacks Hasty Passage Of Laws At Kiwanis Meet
Joshua L. Johns of Appleton Wisconsin former Kiwanis International president told the 9th annual convention that government by talk and hasty law making causes confusion that strips justice into shreds. He urged careful deliberation in legislative action.
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San Antonio
Tex
Joshua L. Johns
Appleton
Wis
Kiwanis International
Johns
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Bank Clearings For Week Ended Thursday Reported
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday totaled 51,860, 438.71, compared with 1,556,959.95 for the same period last year.
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Wey
Assembly To Keep Aloof Of Red Wrangler Madison WI
Madison lawmakers voted 47 to 36 to reject a resolution censuring athletes who disrupted a Wisconsin chapter meeting. Assembly members debated keeping aloof of the University of Wisconsin controversy over radicalism and urged continued funding for the senate investigation. Dr. Glenn Frank called the riot a closed incident and published letters from 147 students, including varsity football players, affirming free speech and assembly while requesting fair treatment.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Assembly
Lake Mentota
Hitt-Kiefer-Groves
Reuben W. Peterson
Congress of the United States
University Regents
Brunette
Senate Investigating Committee
State Emergency Board
Frank
Glenn Frank
Wisconsin
League For Industrial Democracy
University Law Building
Almong
Reds
Dr. Frank
2000 More Belgian Miners Join Strike
Brussels reports 2000 more Belgian miners joining a strike alongside 12,000 others across 21 Charleroi district shafts. Police used tear gas to surface several hundred, while 15 strikers barricaded inside a pit and threatened a hunger strike. King Leopold’s Stockholm trip may be canceled due to the crisis amid Denmark’s royal wedding.
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Brussels
Charleroi
Leopold
Stockholm
Ingrid
Crown Prince
Frederik
Denmark
Disabled Veterans Open State Meeting in Racine Wis
State convention of Disabled American Veterans and the Auxiliary opens with plans for a commander’s ball and a parade by the Trench Rats. Three day event includes gatherings, Friday parade, and a closing banquet Saturday night led by State Commander Joseph H. Deus ter.
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Racine
Wis
Joseph H. Deuster
Green Say
Auxiliary
Trench Rats
Fanl
Swith
Roosevelt Speech Sparks Praise and Banter on Bonus
In Paso Robles California Mrs Rogers and I heard the president speak and praised his brief against Lang. Rogers notes Hitler made some blunt facts forcing other nations to study. The letter highlights lines about adequate benefits and tanks regardless of nation.
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Paso Robles
Calif
Hitler
Seven elected to Wisconsin restaurant group board
Seven members were elected to the Wisconsin Restaurant Association board during the third annual convention at the Avalon ballroom. Elected were Edward Bissell Milwaukee Hans Mueller Menominee Falls A C Krause Chippewa Falls C A Wagner Neillsville A Mueller Appleton E N Quinn Madison James Roberts Milwaukee The directors will elect officers next month. The convention also backed a state restaurant code with minimum wage and hours rules and urged bills 222 and 223-5. Gratitude was extended to Hanson Bonaduer the Northwest chapter and La Crosse supporters.
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Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Avalon Ball Room
Edward Bissell
Milwaukee
Hans Mueller
Menominee Falls
A. C. Krause
Chippewa Falls
C. A. Wagner
Neilisville
A. Mueller Appleton
E. N. Quinn
Madison
James Roberts
Wisconsin
Avalon Ballroom
Ed L. Kelley
State
Hansen
Dnd
Tthe Association
A. W. Hansen
Northwest
William Bonadurer
City of
la Cross
Wife Of Governor To Give Talk Here
Isabel B. La Follette wife of Governor Philip F. La Follette of Wisconsin will deliver the principal address at a La Crosse County Progressive club meeting Friday at 7 45 pm at the Labor Temple. The public is invited. She will discuss How We Can Help and Wisconsin plan of work relief. Mrs La Follette is a contributing editor of the progressive weekly paper and conducts a column A Room of Our Own. She and other progressive women are leading a 10 lesson educational course for progressive groups with over 60 clubs enrolled.
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Isabel B. la Follette
Philip F. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Progressive Club
Labor Temple
Mindoro Filling Station Robbery Evening Break-In
Burglars entered the Mindoro filling station of Lloyd Fischer in Mindoro Wisconsin Wednesday night through a window and stole two slot machines, which they carried to a nearby waste area and broke. Cash was also taken though the amount is unknown. No other items were missing.
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Mindoro
Wis
Lloyd Fischer
Merchants Adopt New Closing Hours in La Crosse
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting Secretary A W W Fagerstrom said La Crosse merchants will close all days except Saturday at 5 30 p m starting June 1 with Saturday hours maintained.
Delay Ranges Mine Strike Indefinitely In Michigan Wisconsin
Washington reports a postponement of the general strike by union miners in Michigan and Wisconsin. Dewey’s Labor Department conciliator says the delay will last several weeks while companies seek to settle disputes with the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers over demands for higher wages and better conditions.
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Washington
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
James F. Paves
Colective
Michigan
La Crosse to Head New Works Region in Wisconsin
La Crosse will serve as the headquarters for one of nine unemployment regions created in Wisconsin to run the new works relief program. Region No. 5 currently covers eight western counties with R. E. Murphy in charge. The Washington notice says regional staffs will stay, Hopkins will monitor project speed and employment, and faster or substitute works may be provided if needed.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
The
Tribune
Washington
WERA
R. E. Murphy
Federal
Murphy
Jackson
Trempealeau
Monroe
Buffalo
Pepin
Pierce
Clark
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Division
Hopkins
Appleton Suit Settled In 12,000 Damage Case
Appleton Wis A $12 000 settlement in a 37 00 damage suit heard before Municipal Judge Thomas E Ryan was announced after jury selection and testimony. Richard Zuleger Black Creek farmer sued Cities Service Oil company Frank E Beckman Sey mour truck driver and Briarton store partners John Dalton Claudie White over kerosene fuel that exploded while starting a fire in 1933 injuring his wife fatally and his infant daughter Denis then three months old scorched about face and hands.
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Appleton
Wis
Thomas E. Ryan
Richard Zuleger
Black Creek
Cities Service Oil Company
Frank E.beckman
Seymour
John Dalton
Claudie White
Briarton
Zuleger
Denis
Wisconsin Pilot Off For New York
Kohler, Wis. Felix Waitkus flew his gleaming white monoplane from Kohler airport at 1:20 p.m. toward New York City where he plans to depart in June for an overseas flight to Kaunas, Lithuania. The 27 year old former army officer estimated six hours to reach New York and expressed confidence in a successful overseas mission, in front of about 250 spectators including former Governor Walter J. Kohler.
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Kohler
Wis
Felix Waitkus
New York City
Kaunas
Lithuania
C.S.T
Walter J. Kohler
Waitkus
New York
Steamer Blaze Kills 100 Near Changteh China
Chinese reports say 100 passengers aboard a small steamer approaching Tsingchih on the Tishui river, 50 miles northeast of here, burned to death when the vessel's boilers exploded.
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Changteh
Hunan Province
China
Tsingchih
Tishui River
Here
Senate keeps veto on inflation act 54 to 40 vote
The Senate failed to override President Roosevelt's veto of the Patman inflation bonus bill as 54 voted to sustain the veto and 40 to override. The House had earlier overridden before the Senate vote, and discussions shifted to a possible alternative using naval funds and currency or bonds to pay veterans. Veterans leaders called the outcome a cruel blow but vowed renewed effort for immediate cash payments of adjusted service certificates.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House Wednesey
F. R
White House
Clark
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
van Zandt
Lone Farmer Taborite
Ione Progressive
Coolidge
D-Mass
Tiltman
D-Ney
Pope
D-Ida
Chavez
D-N.m
Gore
D-Okla
O'Mahoney
D-Wya
Tydings
D-Md
Patman
Fonsevelt
Borah
R-Ida
Roll Call On Roosevelt Veto Override Of Paiman Bill
Senate roll call shows 41 Democrats and 11 Republicans plus 3 progressives and 1 farmer labor siding with overriding the veto. Absentee Senator Norbeck announced in favor of overriding the veto, with totals 34 for sustaining and 40 for sustaining to reach final outcome.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Adams
Bachman
Bankhead
Bilbo
Black
Boone
Baslow
Byrnes
Cataway
Clark
Copeland
Costigan
Donaghey
Duffs
George
Hatch
Lewis
Logan
Long
Maloney
McAdoo
McCarran
McGill
McKellar
Minton
Moore
Murephy
Murray
Neely
Overton
Ber
Ashurst
Bailey
Barkeley
Brown
Bulkley
Burke
Byrd
Chavez
Connally
Collidge
Deiterich
Fletcher
Gerry
Glass
Gore
Guffey
Harrison
Hayden
King
Lonergan
O’mahoney
Pittman
Pope
Redcliffe
Robinson
Warner
Walsh
Austin
Barbour
Couzens
Hale
Hastings
Johnson
Keyes
McNary
Metcalf
Townsend
Vandenberg
White
Norbeck
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Dayna
Alfred W. Sohman
Hawai
GPF
GPG
Midway
Bieve Casarely
GPZ
Brorso
Raleigh
APLO
Dows
Jeakhe
Aenikht
Asr
Breese
Jordas
BTN
Alexander Williams
Mollie Widell Schaar
Treasury
Red Wrangler
Disabled Veterans
Will Rogers
Idopyright
McNaugd' Syndicate
Restaurant Group
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