Flooded Kingston area fires push city to evacuations
A massive flood of the Susquehanna River and gasoline leaks from three Ameri Oil tanks sparked fires near Kingston and Wilkes-Barre. Nine deaths were reported as more than 10,000 residents were urged to evacuate due to rising waters and a damaged dike. Authorities banned smoking and closed schools as the river crested and then receded.
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Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
Susquehanna River
Ameri Oil Company
Wyoming
Narrows Road
Susquehanna
Columbia
Subcommittee Votes Big Flood Control Increase
Senate appropriations subcommittee approved raises in flood control funding totaling 5,000,000 for project costs and a third set of locks for the Panama Canal. Chairman Thomas said the panel boosted the general flood control provision from 70,4000 to 100,000,000 and approved a 15,000 item if work on new locks starts, all added to the war departments civil fund bill now near 203 million.
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Nackington
Senate
Panama Canal
Thomas
Jahoma
War Departments Civil Fundns
House
Deet
Agatters of Feed Mills Sought in Lag Region
Deputies seek suspects tied to two dynamite attacks last week at feed mills near Fairwater Arnold and Alfred AIS. Explosions damaged grinding machinery valued at 250 dollars each and injured workers. Police have little to go on as no witnesses reported.
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Au Lac. Wi
Sotaghi
Arnold
Alfred Ais
Fairwater
Anderif Arnold Sook
Westhuis
Horlick Dies of Heart Attack in Racine at 65
William Horlick Jr., 65, son of the late malted milk magnate, died at his Racine home this morning from a heart attack after battling flu complications. He and brother A J led the Horlick malted milk firm after their father Col. William Horlick’s 1936 death, leaving a large fortune.
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Fiu
Racine
Wis
William Horlick Jr
Horlick
A. J
Col
William Horlick
Maybelle Horlick Sidley
Colonel Horlick
England
William Jr
Dies Probers Call Brigade Officials
The Dies Committee summoned three Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade leaders to appear in Washington with records and membership lists. Stephen Birmingham served the subpoenas near the west side court where the trio faced dis orderly conduct charges tied to protests at the French consulate over Spanish refugees in France. Milton Wolff, Gerald Kent Cook, and Fred Keller were named as defendants.
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New York
Dies Committee
Washington
Stephen Birmingham
West Side
France
Milton Wolff
Gerald Kent Cook
Fred Keller
New York Post
Final Warning to Badger Motorists
The state motor vehicle department issued a final warning to motorists driving with 19239 license plates. Local police will tag delinquents after midnight and any driver arrested on a state warrant faces a three year license revocation.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Public leaders urge cooperation for census count
Eleven prominent figures sign a national appeal urging civic cooperation as 120000 enumerators receive last minute instructions for the 16th decennial census. The message from Secretary Hopkins stresses politeness, not an inquisition, amid controversy over income and marital status questions. A belated signatory is Gov Francis P Murphy of New Hampshire.
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Sandor S. Klein
United Press
Washington
Iu.p
Harry L. Hopkins
Census Bureau
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
George D. Aiken
Vermont
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Gazette
R. R. Deupress
Procter & Gamble Company
Cincinnati
Sandie Orr Dunbar
American Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chester H. Gray
Highway Users Conference
Edwards. Godfrey Jr
The
American Health Association
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corporation
William Chenery
Collier's Weekly
Amy H. Hundricks
National Education Association
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Charles W. Tobey
Murphy
Court to Review Milk Case Ruling on Store Pickets
The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling that picketing Chicago stores selling out of state milk violated antitrust law. The Milk Wagon Divers union seeks review of a federal appellate ruling, while Lake Valley Farm Products requests injunction against picketing aimed at limiting sales.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Serrick Corporation of
Muncie
Ind
C. S
Justice Department
Milk Wagon Divers Union
Federal Circuit Court
Lake Valley Farm Products, Inc
Lake Valley Company
Weather summary from Wisconsin data column
Generally fair night and Tuesday with little temperature change. Northwestern observations show 7 a.m. reading at 35 degrees with fair conditions. details note maximum and minimum highs around 30s with light precipitation possible and a northwest wind.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Bresses
WPA to shave 710000 on relief rolls this spring
The WPA plans a gradual cut of about 700000 workers over three months to keep relief expenditures within 1477000000 for the year ending June 30. Enrollment stood at 2313400 on March 20 as Col. Harrington outlines proposed cuts and new relief proposals before Congress.
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Washington
WPA
Congress
Col
F. C. Harrington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Harrington
Senate
House
Smith
National Labor Board
Virginia
Habeck
Indiana
Routzahn
Ohio
Healey
Massachusetts
Murdock
Utah
House Labor Committee
Cash-and-carry milk system to be argued in Appleton
Public hearing in Appleton at 1 p.m. on April 11 will consider establishing a cash-and-carry milk distribution in Appleton and Neenah Menasha markets. Verlyn F. Sears of the Department of Agriculture Milk Commission notes patrons advocate the plan for local dairy supply.
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Appleton
Madison
Department of Agriculture
Verlyn F. Sears
Depitment
Am Ap
Pieton
Dale Aviator Harvey Blue Jr Dies In Wisconsin Glider Crash
Harvey Blue Jr. 27 of Dale Wisconsin, a renowned glider pilot, died after his self built glider crashed during a test at High Cliff near Lake Winnebago. He reportedly lost control after detaching from a tow car and a wing separated, coroner said a fractured skull caused death. Funeral planned Thursday in Hortonville.
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Dale
Wis
Harvey Blue Jr
Wisconsin
High Cuff
Lake Winnebago
Blue
J. Minahan
Chilton
Calumet County
Osekosh
Fremont
Oshkosh
American Legion
High Cliff
Chicago
Harvey Blue
Willam
Sherman Scholl
Lula Bive
Ted Holewinski
Plank Road
Menasha
Hortonville
Pre Grove 1
Death of Col. W. W. Bessell, Pershing Ally
Franklin, Pa. Dr. William W. Bessell 75 longtime associate of Gen. John J. Pershing and former chief of staff of the Second Division AF died today after an illness of several weeks.
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Franklin
Wisliam W Bessell
John JJ Pershing
AF .F
Girl Dies as Car Plunges Into Mississippi River Backwaters
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin reports 16 year old Merle Wakefield of Ferr yville died yesterday when a car plunged over an embankment onto backwaters of the Mississippi River along Highway 33 near De Soto. Other occupants escaped to safety.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Merle Wakefield
Ferryville
Mississippi River
de Soto
Wisconsin municipal elections to showcase races and referenda
Local voters in over 20 Wisconsin cities will choose mayors from a field that includes Daniel Hoan versus Carl Zeidler in Milwaukee and incumbents seeking reelection in Madison Watertown and other cities. Prohibition questions and bond issues for high schools armories and city salaries also appear on ballots.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Ellsworth
Eau Claire
Watertown
Monroe
Waukesha
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Darlington
Kaukauna
Galesville
Will Stark
Daniel W. Hoan
Carl F. Zeidler
James R. Law
R. W. Lueck
August C. Polster
Wausa
Beloit
Rice Lake
Platteville
Kenosha
Fire Kills Three in Capital Apartment Blaze
Washington reports a three alarm fire swept an old northwest apartment building killing three people and injuring at least five others. The blaze spread through the three story building within ten minutes forcing tenants to jump from 41 units to escape. Michael Jones, 50, identified among the dead, died after leaping from a third floor unit. Police estimate the loss around $160,000 and several bodies remained unidentifiable initially.
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Washington
Michael Jones
Walsingham Sinks After Collision Near East Coast
The 170 ton British steam trawler Walsingham sank today after colliding with a stricken steamer that had run aground off the east coast. The crew were rescued.
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Loadon
Walsingham
Delegates To Be Picked In Wide Range Of Primaries
The week features a Wisconsin presidential preference primary for 24 national convention delegates and state party contests in Kansas New York and Maine. Wichita hosts a Republican at large vote and district delegate selections while Phoenix and Washington DC host other party events. The Wisconsin race pits Garner against Roosevelt supporting slates as campaigns mirror national contests.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
House
Rayburn
Texas
Barkiey
Washington
Hamilton Fish
New York
United States
Germany
William C
Bullitt
Joseph P
Kennedy
State Department
Fish
Europe
Associated Press
Kansas
Wichita
Maine
Portland
Phoenix
D. C
D. Harold Oliver
Poeta
Wil
Endurance flight attempt ends in two landings at night
Sarasota promoters halted a three-plane endurance flight after two aircraft forced to land due to refueling problems. Harold Dahl and Earl Johnson captained one ship with Walter Ohlich and Eugene Easton aboard the other. The third plane, piloted by Dahl, landed last after a 4:57 p.m. start with a damaged refueling rope injuring Dahl during practice.
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Sarasota
Fla
Roy Gordon
Gordon
Harold
Whitey) Dahl
Franco
Earl Johnson
St Petersburg
Marvin Dunlavy
Besemer
Ala
Joan Cockrill
Fort Myers
Walter Ohlich
Eugene Easton
Cleveland
Ohio
Dahl
Four Fond du Lac youths arraigned on theft charges
Four Fond du Lac county youths aged 18 to 23 were arraigned in municipal court on charges of stealing automobile batteries and gasoline. Lawrence Balthazar Milton Alberts Haler Johnson are named. two appeared in court and were ordered to dispose of their cars. An alleged fifth member will be taken to court later.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Vershal
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U. S
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Lackawanna River
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Col. Bessell
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Mississippi
Vandenberg
Dewey
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