Four council members loge at the polls in defeat and reelection
Four incumbents lost seats as results show Carl Roeder Walter Tank Edward Raths and Adolph Poesch not advancing in several wards while a tight contest emerged in the Eleventh ward Paul Sitter narrowly led Harry Khalbus 327 to 322. Reelected officials include Marden Priebe Seftenberg Bell Loscher Robertson Germer Sitter Manser Poeschl Hunter. The canvass will confirm on Monday night.
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Carl J. Roeder
William F. Mueller
Louis F. Voelkel
Adam Scheuermann
Adolph Poesch
Edward F. Raths
Paul J. Sitter
Harry E. Khalbus
N. L. Marden
Harold H. Priebe
Joseph O. Seftenberg
M. A. Bell
Albert A. Loscher
Carl R. Robertson
Richard E. Germer
William J. Manser
Joseph Poeschl
Samuel L. Hunter
Ald
Edward P. Cramer
Walter H. Tank
Wisconsin voters mostly reject municipal ownership drives
Milwaukee and Sheboygan led a wave against publicly owned utilities as April returns showed. Tomahawk, Cameron, Eau Claire and Elkhart Lake also opposed municipal ownership, while Cambria approved electric utility ownership and Ashland and La Crosse backed new bonds and projects. Madison backed buying the city bus system, and Stevens Point approved a high school but rejected a new city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Tomahawk Power
Lincoln
Cameron
Northern States Power Company
Eau Claire
Fred Stussy
LaMoine VM
Madison
Elkhart Lake
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Cambria
Ashland
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Sweeping French Plan For European Peace
France unveils a broad peace plan to bind nations through collective security. It envisions mutual assistance pacts a European air land and sea force under a League committee with a 25 year interim, currency stabilization and tariff cuts, colonial equality, and a global conference to pursue disarmament and economic cooperation.
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Paris
W.P
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Rhineland
League of Nations
Adolf Hitler
European Committee
League European Committee
League
Trades and Labor Council backs Winnebagoland boosters
At an Oshkosh meeting the Trades and Labor council named a four member committee to cooperate with the Winnebagoland association sponsors. The appointees are Harry P. Stoffels Henry T. Hagene Harry Schultz and Myron Jovaag. The council showed strong support for the venture to advertise Oshkosh and area globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebagoland
Oshkosh Trades and Labor Council
Wuinnebagseland Association
Oshkosh
Harry P. Stoffels
Henry T. Hagene
Harry Schultz
Myron
Jovaag
Trades and Labor Council
Left Leader Daralo Rules Ad President
Madrid reports Diego Martinez Barrio, a moderate left republican, assumed the presidency of Spain after parliament ousted Niceto Alcala Zamora. Violence flared as the government prepared for elections, while Zamora, creator of the republic, was removed. Cortes to vote on electors and date for the next presidency within days.
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Alexander H. Uhl
Associated Press
Madrid
Diego Martinez Barrio
Spain
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Alcala Zamora
Alfonso
Chamber of Deputies
Martinez Barrio
Republic
Cortes
Sanchez Albornoz
Union Republican
University of Madrid
Spanish Republic
Left
Noonday Services to Feature St Paul Minister as Speaker
The Maundy Thursday Noonday Lenten services at Oshkosh theaters will run 12:10 to 12:45 daily this week, sponsored by American Lutheran churches. Rev. Richard Tacuber of St. Paul will speak, delivering “The Cross and its Healing Balm Love” on Thursday and “The Cross and its Cleansing Power Blood” on Good Friday. Today about 600 attended as Rev. Walter Wietzne of Chicago spoke on “The Significance of Calvary's Three Crosses.”
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Oshkosh
American Lutheran Church
Richard Tacuber
St. Paul, Minn
Walter Wietzne
Chicago
Charges of Poison Gas Probed in Ethiopian Conflict
Geneva League of Nations committee of 13 formed a subcommittee of jurists to investigate charges that Italy used poison gas in Ethiopia. British Foreign Secretary Eden pressed the issue, noting the 1925 Geneva gas prohibition signed by both Italy and Ethiopia. The committee sought Red Cross information on any evidence.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations’ “Committee of 13
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Conciliation Committee of 13
Eden
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Words of Heroine And Twisted Dials Tell Airline Tragedy
The Sun Racer wreck near Uniontown, 11 dead and three injured, is pieced together by survivor accounts and dial readings. Nellie Granger, hostess, led injured to safety then reported the crash. Investigators and commerce inspectors examine the fogbound scene on a western Pennsylvania peak.
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Marthen Graham
Associated Press
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
TWA
Department of Commerce
Petite Nellie Granger
I Want to Fly Again After Plane Crash
Nellie Granger, a TWA hostess, told how she survived a crash deep in the wooded hills south of Uniontown. She said she wants to get back in a plane to banish fear and prove she can fly again, recalling fog, gliding, and glimpsing Pittsburgh before the impact.
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Nellie H. Granger
TWA
Uniontown Hospital
Uniontown
Thun
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee Socialist Hoan Wins Reelection in Close Victory
Milwaukee re elected Socialist Mayor Daniel W Hoan in a tight race over Sheriff Joseph J Shinners with 103100 to 29548 votes from 373 of 397 precincts. Nonpartisan candidates won city attorney treasurer and comptroller as socialists lost council control and five aldermen.
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D. L. Brannon
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Daniel W. Hoan
Joseph J. Shinners
Hoan
Shinners
Communist Party
Meta Berger
Victor L. Berger
M A Congress
Hitler
Berger
Wets Win in Two Wisconsin Villages
Milwaukee U. Wets won referendums in two Wisconsin villages yesterday. Mt. Horeb voters defeated 372 to 249 a proposal that would have returned prohibition except for beer there. Brandon voted to continue permitting sale of liquor, with four taverns in the village.
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Milwaukee U
Wisconsin
Mt. Horeb
Brandon
Fairchild Is Easy Winner in Supreme Court Race
Justice E. T. Fairchild led Glenn P. Turner by a wide margin in yesterday's state supreme court election. After 2,353 of 2,918 precincts reported, Fairchild had 381,166 votes to Turner's 192,182.
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Milwaukee
E. T. Fairchild
Glenn P. Turner
Supreme Court
Fairchild
Turner
Madison
Edward T. Fairchild
Glenn Turner
Wisconsin delegates shift as Borah sweep tops Roosevelt
In late returns from 2,367 of 2,918 precincts Borah pledged slate leads Wisconsin GOP delegate counts. Roosevelt personal endorsement votes soar near 350,000, well ahead of Borah but both far exceed pledged delegation totals. Results show Borah dominance in district slots while Roosevelt triumphs in at large endorsements.
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Milwaukee
Borah
Nelson
Campbell
Hilker
Monk
Griswold
Perry
Eberlein
Gilkey
Kenneth Hopping
Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owest
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Philip E. Nelson
Maple
State Executive Committee
Charles E. Broughton
William B. Rubin
Charlies E. Hammersley
J. H. Wallis
John A. Callahan
Ray Cannon
Democratic
Chicago
Wisconsin
Illinois
William J. Campbell
Edward F. Hiller
Robert W. Monk
Griewold
Broughton
Callahan
Cannon
Hammersley
Rubin
Wallis
Broughto
National
Wiscon
New Dispute over Billion Relief in Roosevelt Plan
Washington reports a fresh clash over Roosevelt's 1.5 billion relief request as House Ways and Means Democrats draft a 799 million tax program. Hopkins faces Republican demands for accounting of prior relief outlays and needs. Hearst seeks court injunction over seized telegrams as lobby probes widen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
House Ways and Means Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
Communications Commission
Crusader
Crusaders
Prohibition
New Deal
FE. T. Weir
Pittsburgh Steel
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John C. Marguerite Philip D. Lydia Vossork Lampert Pfeiffer
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Daralo Rules
Zamora
ST. Paul
League of Nations Conciliation Committee
Nellie Granger
Kansas City
Charles H. Smith
Arnold
Valley Forge Military Academy
D. O
Grove City
Valley Forge
Crawford Kelly
McKeesport
Robert G. Evans
Wayne
Stanley H. Bayersdorfer
Hub Department
Steubenville
Frank Hardman
Lexington Avenue
Jersey City
Union Ironworkers
Jack Frye
Transcontinental Airways
New York
Sun Racer
Ene
Frye
W. P. Russell
Pittsburgh Press
Mrs. Berger Loyal
Campbell OF
Oheogh Alb
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