Court Dismisses Attack by Seven Steel Companies
The Supreme Court today dismissed an attack by seven steel companies against a Labor Department wage order under the Walsh-Healy act. Justice Black ruled no rights were shown to be invaded, with Justice McReynolds dissenting. The decision reverses an appeals court ruling and upholds the wage order applying to suppliers over 10 000 dollars to government contracts.
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Labor Department
U. S
Washington
Supreme Court
Black
Justice McReynolds
Walsh-Healy
District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals For
United States District Court
Eastern Missouri Federal District Court
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Justice Murphy
Hutcheson
Anheuser- Busch, Inc
St. Louis
Wisconsin Dewey delegation pledges loyalty at convention
Milwaukee's Edward A. Bacon and Sheboygan's Mrs. Barry E. Thomas named national committee selections of Wisconsin for the Republican national convention. The Wisconsin delegation, with 24 seats, pledged to support Dewey in Philadelphia. State Sen. Ben Gettelman elected permanent chairman. George Greeley named secretary. Rhinelander attorney A. J. O'Melia chosen to present Dewey’s seconding speeches.
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Milwaukee
Edward A. Bacon
Barry E. Thomas
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Republian
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Philadelphia
Bacon
Ben Gettelman
George Greeley
Oshkosh
A. J. O'Melia
Tetrazzini Dead in Italy at 85 or 86
Milan Italy Mme Luisa Tetrazzini the famed lyric soprano who delighted opera lovers died yesterday after a long illness She would have been 86 on June 29 Survived by sister Signora Elvira Martucci Her last public appearance was a 1938 radio broadcast from Milan The nurse was at her bedside when she died
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Luisa Tetrazzini
Milan
America
Italy
Mme
Luisa
Tetrazzini
San Francisco
Europe
Eid States
Signora
Elvira Martucci
Rain brings cheer to U S farmers coast to Indiana
United Press reports spring showers across the western United States spread eastward from California to Indiana, with moisture ranging up to nearly three inches. Tulsa recorded 2.5 inches. average across four states exceeded one inch, aiding newly seeded grain fields and corn planting. Severe winds struck Rayne Louisiana with damage to buildings but no casualties.
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Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Tulsa
Okla
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
United States Weather Bureau
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockies
Washington
Scemer
Texas
Arizona
Stassen Holds Talks With House Republicans On Keynote
Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen met with House Republican leaders led by Representative Martin of Massachusetts in Washington. Aimed at shaping a keynote speech, the talks touched on general agreement on core issues, with Stassen predicting the GOP would carry the entire middle west in the 1940 convention.
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Washington, D. C
D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Harold E. Siassen
House
Stassen
Martin
Massachusetts
Republican House
McNary
Oregon
Austin
Vermont
Senate
Middle
West
Pooner
Allen
Ilinois
Woodruff
Michigan
Knutson
Jenkins
Ohio
Michener
Halleck
Indiana
Andresen
Rhode Island Delegation Chooses Unpledged G O P Slate
Rhode Island Republicans selected an unpledged at large delegation to the GOP national convention after an insurgent effort to back a Dewey slate failed. Governor Vanderbilt backed the state party line, with two district delegates to be chosen from each congressional district later today.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
William H. Vanderbilt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Vanderbilt
Germans Threaten Norway Rail Cut In War Update
International dispatch reports German forces near Flance threatening a vital rail line that could isolate allied troops in central Norway. Berlin claims heavy blows on British positions while Rome seeks axis solidarity as German columns dig in. Norwegians near Namsos suffer refugees lacking food and medical aid amid ongoing fighting.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Norway
Berlin
Labor Front
Namsos
German Forces Seize Kvam and Battle at Steinkjer
Forces clash as Kvam is seized by Germans who are repelled at Steinkjer in ongoing Nordic operations. Nazi claims surface accusing Britain of planning a Scandinavian grab, with strategic landing plans and port denial tactics outlined in the transcripted briefing.
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Kvam
Steinkjer
Wisconsin liberal Democrats push open primary plan
Fond du Lac Wisconsin Democratic Party Organization of Wisconsin DPOW delegates from 35 counties approved a modified open primary and called for national committee members to be Roosevelt Democrats. They blamed the current state leadership for opposing liberal principles and aligning with Republicans, claiming reactionary results for the people.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Democratic Party Organization of
Wisconsin
National Committee
State Central Committee
Veto in Doubt Over Barden Farm Wage Amendments
Washington reports a presidential veto of wage hour reform could follow if the Barden farm processing plant exemptions are adopted. President Roosevelt indicated in a letter it would be a great mistake to back the Barden changes. Congress debates exemptions for farm operations, white collar workers, and territories as the Senate moves on asset freezes and farm relief funding.
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Warm Springs
White House
Senate
Danaher
Connecticut
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Barden
Labor Committee
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Johnson
Oklahoma
Farm Security Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Norway Sees Proof of Long Planned Invasion Says Hambro
Stockholm United Press reported C J Hambro president of the Norwegian parliament says Norway has irrefutable proof that Germany long planned its invasion. He claims a German whaler crowded with troops entered Narvik harbor under American marks, Norway planned to issue a white book, and Hambro attacked Allied complicity and German consular officials in Narvik and Le Havre. He contrasted Britain’s unpreparedness with German aggression.
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Peter C. Rhodes
United Press
Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
C. J. Hambro
Norway
Germany
Hambro
Britain
Narvik
Joachim von Ribbentrop
M. A. Nolda
Neida
le Havre
Paris
Flight Held in Tribute to Kohler in Wisconsin
Aviation enthusiasts in Wisconsin and nearby Illinois joined a flight for the Wisconsin Civil Air Corps yesterday to honor former governor Walter J. Kohler who died April 21.
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Kohler
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Civil Air Corps
Eps Village
Walter J. Kohler
Cashman Seeks State Senate Seat in First District
Former Wisconsin state senator John E. Cashman of Denmark announced his candidacy on the Progressive ticket for the First district seat left vacant by Francis Yindra's resignation. Yindra left Manitowoc in December to become a federal bankruptcy referee. Cashman, who served 16 years in the Senate, previously ran for Congress as a Democrat and was defeated. The district includes Manitowoc, Kewaunee, and Door counties.
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Wis
John E. Cashman
Denmark
Francis Yindra
Indra
Ashman
Senate
Congress
Manitower
Kewaunee
Door
Weather summary for Wisconsin and Milwaukee area
Showers and cooler conditions across central and western areas tonight with cloudy skies. Tuesday remains cloudy with possible showers in the north and cooler temperatures. Observations show 7:30 am reading 39 degrees, 1:09 pm 33 degrees, with Milwaukee reporting high and low temperatures in the last 24 hours.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
San Pa Tex
Yellowstone
Wye
BRITISH, NAZIS LOSE VESSELS IN WAR REPORT
A London statement reports 28 German transports and supply ships sunk since April and one torpedoed ship probably sunk, with the Maine scuttled. It notes German mine losses from their Scandinavian expedition and cites Berlin claiming blows undermining allied strength as Nazi sources tout faith in British and French assurances.
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London
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Assur
Progressive Party Plans Birthday Meeting in Wisconsin Rapids
Madison reports that the Progressive party marks its sixth birthday with a May 19 gathering in Wisconsin Rapids. Jack K. Kyle of Whitewater says Fond du Lac was misreported as the birthplace. the Wisconsin Rapids venue chosen for central location and a large turnout. The meeting will be nonconventional with no delegates elected, and county groups invited to attend.
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Madison
Progressive Party
Wisconsin Rapids
Jack K. Kyle
Whitewater
State Central Committee
Kyle
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Kele
Enrollee Killed In Train Auto Crash Near Tomah Wis
Robert Lenz, 20, CCC enrollee stationed at La Crosse, was killed when a Milwaukee Road passenger train struck his car at a grade crossing near Tomah. Frank and Francis Pos, 19, twin brothers riding with him, escaped with a shaking up. Lenz had been visiting his parents at Clifton over the weekend. Authorities said the youths stopped to let a freight train pass but failed to set a passenger train on tracks.
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Tomah
Wis
Robert Lenz
CCC
la Crosse
Milwaukee Road
Here
Frank
Francis Pos
Lenz
Clifton
Vital Railway Reached in Nazi Invasion
Reports from Stockholm say German forces occupied Kvam southeast of Dombas on the Trondheim drive, stalling at Kvam and attacking Steinkjer while bombers support. Narvik sees guerrilla fighting as British bombardment continues to slow reinforcements over the Narvik rail. Allied resistance forms near Dombas and along the Gudbrandsdalen valley, defending key routes toward the Dombas Storen railway junction.
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Kvam
Dombas
Trondheim
Steinkjer
Narvik
Germany
Norway
Gudbrandsddlen
Roros
Storen
Glomma
Hjerkinn
Domas-Storen Railway
Norwegian French Troops Form Link Near Trondheim Front
Allied patrol report from Steinkjer front describes Norwegian forces allied with French Alpine troops in the Snasa lake region above Tronghem ford. After a morning battle the Germans retreated with at least 10 dead. Norwegian losses are light and British casualties are uncertain due to difficult terrain.
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Steinkjer
Grone
Norway
Snasa Lake
Tronghem Ford
Dah
Ole Getz
Getz
Iso
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A. B. Chandler
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