Tornado Toll Rises Across Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa
A spring tornado system crossed Minnesota into Wisconsin and Iowa causing eight known deaths in Wisconsin and Minnesota and one in Iowa. Dozens injured, damage runs into millions, with Barron Reeves Rice Lake and Chippewa Falls area hardest hit.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Twin Cities
Chisago County
Superior
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Barron
Rice Lake
Reeves
Clayton
Wisconsin River
A. G. Anderson
Glenwood City
Douglas
Lawrence
Dorothy Pittman
Richard Pittman
Martha Raane
Rice
Lake
Lewis Reed
John T. Salmon
Clayston
John Paulson
Paulson
H. A. Hanson
Lewis Roveen
Charles O’connor
O'Connor
C. F. Bryan
Farmer
Taylor's Falls
Andrew Handson
F. Lundgren
Forest Lake
Frank Olson
Lindstrom
Continord
Eau Claire Banker and Wife Injured in Storm
William C. Tufts president of the State Bank of Eau Claire his wife and E G Hoeppner a local contractor were severely injured in a tornado near Roberts Wisconsin last night The Tufts car was blown 100 feet off the road with occupants trapped until motorists freed them and brought them to hospital in Eau Claire
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Eau Claire
Wis
U.2
William C. Tufts
State Bank of
E. G. Hoeppner
Roberts
Tufts
Maryland poultry certification grows among breeders
In Annapolis Maryland the Certification of poultry gains traction with breeders. Records show 16000 chickens were inspected last season and 12000 met the requirements for certification.
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Annapolis
Smong
Maryland
Rebels Bombard Naco as U S Soldier Is Wounded
Gen Fausto Topete leads about 1500 Sonora rebels in a major assault on the federal garrison at Naco. Bullets spatter the American side as a Tenth Cavalry member, John Finezee, is shot while guarding a cache of bombs. The battle features air raids, improvised tanks, and heavy gunfire with a temporary loss of power in town.
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Jacques D’armand
United Press
Naco
Sonora
Mexico
U.2
Fausto Topete
John Finezee
Tenth United States Cavalry
Cloudburst Wipes Out Miles of Road in Ashland Wisconsin
A cloudburst and windstorm damaged the telephone and electric lines in Ashland. Teams from Park Falls arrived to repair the wire systems of the telephone company and the Superior District Power Co. Roads into Ashland were closed except for one route as crews faced deep mud and blocked highways.
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Ashland
Wis.u.p
Park Falls
Telephone Company
Superior District Power Co
Muskegon Man Hangs Self in County Jail
Alec Zack, 35, a four time liquor violator once spared trial as an habitual offender, hanged himself in his Muskegon county jail cell. Under Michigan’s amended habitual crime act he had been sentenced yesterday to ten to fifteen years in state prison at Jackson.
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Muskegon
Mich
Alec Zack
Michigan
Zack
Harold H. Smedley
Jackson
Varsity Payroll Under Scrutiny
Springfield reports the University of Illinois payroll may be examined by the appropriation committee of both legislative chambers before approving higher state education funds. The committee holds data showing the university payroll at 2,025,000 dollars above 667 state officials.
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Springfield
U.R
University of Ilinois
General Assembly
War and State Department
Washington
U. S
Louisiana House Votes Huey Long Impeachment Trial
The Louisiana House approved sending Governor Huey P. Long to trial in the state senate by a 58 to 40 vote amid a tense session. The impeachment charge centers on intimidating publisher Charles Manship by threatening to publish the Manship brothers’ infirmities from the state asylum. McClanahan of Caldwell said the fight has just begun and the governor has no statement to offer.
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Charles P. Manship
State Times
Morning Advocate
Baton Rouge
Douglas Manship
Hamiter
House
Senate
Representative McClanahan
Caldwell
Representative Woods
New Orleans
Mr. McClanahan
Long
Associated Press
J. EB. McClanahan
Missouri sex war may go to court trial in faculty discipline
In Columbia Missouri two professors and one student assistant faced a university curators hearing on circulating a sex questionnaire to students. The trio were absent and represented by counsel as observers speculated the action could lead to court challenges if ousted. The hearing followed a prior fifteen minute closed session with the board.
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Columbia
U.pha
University of Missouri
Max Meyer
H. O. Degraff
O. H. Mowrer
Leland W. Hazard
Kansas City
Orville IM. Barnett
University
Hazard
Meeting Tuesday on air mail for Manitowoc and Sheboygan
A meeting will be held next Tuesday in Manitowoc to push claims for air mail service for Manitowoc and Sheboygan. The gathering follows a Fond du Lac conference that discussed beacon-light beacon routes along the Fox River Valley mail line.
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Manitowoc
Wis
U.P
Sheboygan
Fond du Lac
Fox River Valley
Five Die in Des Moines Hotel Fire and Train Blast
A deadly morning unfolded with a Kirkwood hotel fire in Des Moines killing at least five and injuring many more as flames trapped guests. Separately, an explosion on the Santa Fe Ranger limited near Pendleton Texas wrecked the smoking car, leaving several dead or missing and passengers injured.
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Des Moines
Houston
Tex
U.P
Ranger
Santa Fe
Limited
Pendleton
Moody
Lorena Fields
Dallas
James Ferguson
Temple
Kirkwood
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Burnett
Ted Watson
Red Jarrup
W. F. Randler
John P. Scott
Dc. J. Cooper
Cora Bracker
Louis Strait
Ethel Beakler
Humston
Iowa
Marie Olsire
Charles Rice
C. N. Catlen
Pearl Wessels
H. Porges
West Division
Chicago
Ted Platt
H. E. Watson
W. F. Raidler
Mexico City
Berlin Boy Dives For Dollar At Fox River
In Berlin Wisconsin a boy known as Buster Crimmings leaped fully clothed from the Huron street bridge into the Fox River to win a dollar offered by Albert Trampf. Despite the frigid water he emerged unharmed and satisfied with the chilly feat. Officers of St Marys Court of the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters were installed, naming Mrs J S Lehman chief ranger for a third term and listing several officers and assistants. The M and 2 Drug Co bought Rexall Drug Store at 314 Huron Street from H Gray. Attendees at Frank Preston’s funeral included Leo and Charles McClelland and LeRoy Krebs.
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Berlin
Wis
Buster” Crimmings
Frank Crimmings
Fox River
Huron Street Bridge
Buster
Albert Trampf
St. Mary’s Court of ‘Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
J. S. Lehman
John Polokowski
Barney Swan
Theresa Gosch
Frank Seaman
Phil Raszkowski
Martin Malecki
Lillian Eichman
Anna Brisk
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Court of
St. Joseph's
Drug Company, Company
Fred Maronardt
Julius Ziehm
Rexall Drug Store
Huron Street
H. ©. Gray
Paul Aesop
Leo
Charles McClelland
LeRoy Krebs
Frank Preston
Montello
Six More Ill From Eating Tainted Pie
Milwaukee reports six more people ill after eating tainted custard pie raising total cases to nineteen across Milwaukee and Cudahy. Dr. Koehler waits on reports from city chemist Cunliffe analyzing suspect pies as patients show stomach cramps and violent illness.
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Milwaukee
Cudahy
John P. Koehler
R. W. Cunliffe
Detective Agency Operator Russell Dies in Sanatorium
Milwaukee-U.P. Howard W. Russell, operator of a private detective agency, died at a sanatorium. He had been seriously ill when indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to bribe federal officials. Russell and A. M. Bristol faced charges of taking bribes from saloonkeepers in Beaver Dam, Waupun, and Juneau. The pair allegedly accepted money in exchange for dismissing pending cases.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Howard W. Russell
Russell
A. M. Bristol
Beaver Dam
Waupun
Juneau
Bristol
Lindbergh Learns Golf in Mexico City
Charles Lindbergh returned to Mexico City with Miss Anne Spencer Morrow and her family and tried golf for the first time with one spectator watching. He and Morrow have spent days riding horses and driving, while Morrow’s daughter Constance C. Morrow left for Milton Academy in Milton Massachusetts aboard the regular plane at 8 am to resume school after Easter vacation with Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow.
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Mexico City
Charles Lindbergh
Cuernavaca
Anne Spencer Morrow
Lindbergh
Spectator
Miss Morrow
Constance C. Morrow
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Brownsville
Texas
Milton Academy
Milton
Mass
Ambassador
Morrow
Weather summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Great Lakes region
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers in southern and central areas. cooler tonight and Sunday in many regions. possible rain or snow in extreme north. Lake Michigan winds shift from south to west, then moderate. clearer tonight and possible rain Sunday or Sunday night. Upper Michigan and Minnesota show unsettled conditions with cooler Sundays and possible snow in places. Buckstar Observatory data show a high of 77 and low of 50 with 0.05 inches precipitation and southwest wind.
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iBy Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Buckstar
Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cross Missing Near Western Australia
A rescue effort swung into action after Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three crew members vanished southwest of Thurburn Bluff, Western Australia. A government launch and search party were dispatched, with telegrams confirming the alert to Western Australia’s Premier. The crew aimed to fly from Sydney toward Wyndham on a record attempt to England, their last radio report placing them about a hundred miles east of Wyndham in a ferocious storm.
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Southern Cross
Western Australia
Perth
N.S. W
i-Pi
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Thurburn Bluff
Philip Collier
Colonel Mansbridge
Broome
Far West Australian
Thurburn Point
Timor Sea
Cambridge Gulf
Wyndham
England
Bert Hinkler
Sydney
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Charles T. Ulm
British Premier Baldwin Defends Individual Liberty on Local Option
In a letter to temperance advocate Rev Henry Carter Premier Baldwin says the Conservative party has long valued individual liberty as vital to English character. He argues local option proposals would create grave disadvantages despite desires to curb drinking evils. The Daily Herald reports a plan including beer duty reduction a pure beer bill and a grain tax for breweries aimed at placating farmers.
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London
Baldwin
Henry Carter
The
Daily Herald
Flood forces 100 plus residents to seek higher ground
In St Martinville Louisiana more than 100 residents fled to higher ground as the Jevee break between Cypress-mort and Lake Catahoula flooded the Atchafalaya river valley. Floodwaters cover 1500 acres with another 2000 at risk and two to three feet depth reported. No loss of life, 300 families remain at home per Red Cross official Mrs BE Fick.
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St. Martinville
G.pi
Atchafalaya River
Cypre- ‘Mort
Lake Catahoula
Hfe
BE. P. Fick
Red Cross
Heavy Gale Opens Chequamegon Bay in History
A violent gale swept Ashland Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula last night, coating Chequamegon Bay with two feet of ice and opening the bay earlier than any previous record. Shipping will resume immediately and a heavy tonnage of iron ore is ready for movement.
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Ashland
Wis
U.P
Drafting of Farm Relief Starts in Congress
House agriculture committee began drafting farm relief legislation with plans similar to the McNary-Haugen proposal. Secretary Hyde proposed a federal farm board of up to seven members, stabilization corporations, and about 300 million dollars for a revolving stabilization fund. The Senate committee planned to finish hearings and start writing its bill, aligning with administration ideas.
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Joseph S. Wasney
United Press Statf
Washington, D. C
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
House Committee
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Hoover Party Rides Into Shenandoah Wilderness
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover led a small party on horseback in Shenandoah National Park near Madison Virginia. They traveled in six Ford cars due to rough dirt roads and stopped at a roadside cottage in Cringleville to change into riding attire. The trip featured a picnic lunch and a Virginia horse license presented to Herbert Hoover of Palo Alto California.
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Madison
U.P
Washington
Hoovers
W. F. Carson
Criglersville
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Caiif
Virginia
Shenandoah Appie Country
Gettelman Pushes Constitutional Convention to Repeal Prohibition
Milwaukee State Senator Bent Gettelman announced plans to introduce a resolution urging Congress to call a constitutional convention for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. He said Wisconsin could join twenty-two states already petitioning Congress, needing nine more states to trigger the first convention in U S history.
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Milwaukee
Bent .Gettelman
Conogress
Wisconsin
Congress
United States
Bombs found on Arizona border railroad tracks
Tracks along the Arizona border were found infested with bombs and an American soldier was shot after explosions near the border town of Naco. The incident disrupted power as the night train from El Paso was nearing the area, and U S authorities prepared retaliation and border measures.
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Washington, D. C
War
State Department
United States
Arizona
Stimson
Good
Lassiter
San Antonio
Sonora
NATO
Ariz
Naco
America
el Paso
Tex
Wind destroys farm buildings near Ironwood Michigan
Ironwood Mich Buildings on two farms at Sandrock south of town were destroyed by last night's storm. Mercer village lost power as lines went down. John Popko and his family escaped injury when their home was wrecked. A laborer in the barn was badly frightened as the structure and several small outbuildings were carried away. Popko son Thomas had planned to move into a new farm nearby but found the home he intended to occupy swept into a swamp and demolished.
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Rice Lake
Wis
U.S
Red Cross
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Barron
Gunner Jackson
Barron Hospital
Ironwood
Mich
Sandrock
Mercer
John Popko
Popko
Thomas
Shumaker Returns to Battle Liquor Face
Indianapolis veteran prohibitionist Dr. W S Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, is back in the ranks after 53 days at the state prison farm for contempt of court. At a testimonial banquet he praised 300 supporters and vowed to continue fighting liquor. He said he was glad to be back and that his prison experience was valuable.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
League
Shumaker
Noted state veterinarian succeeds Wright as supervisor
Dr. C. A. Deadmar Didiion named state veterinarian and successor to Ee. L. Wright who becomes tuberculosis eradication supervisor. Announcement made today by Walter commissioner of agriculture in Madison.
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Madison
U.P
C. A. Deadmar
Ee. L. Wright
Walter
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Frederick H. Prince
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Louis T McFadden
Pennsylvania
House Banking and Currency Committee
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Mrs. Hoover
Ft. Crockett
Doddfield
William Lassiter
Eighth Corps
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