Hitler Opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin Rain
An overflow crowd of 105000 filled Reichsports field as Chancellor Hitler arrived to formally open the 11th Olympic Games. He walked amid officials and aides while banners waved and flags rose. Greece led the parade of nations and the crowd, despite heavy rain, gave the Nazi salute.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Theodore Lewald
Henri Baillet-Latour
Fuhrer
Greece
S. Loucs
Wabeno Farmhand Admits Threats To Wreck Trains
Joseph Ladrow, 52, of Wabeno, arrested after admitting he authored notes threatening to wreck Milwaukee Road passenger trains unless paid 500. Notes dated July 11 20 and 30 demanded money and warned of wrecks. Ladrow previously convicted in 1925 and said to have been a patient eight years ago. The sheriff noted the threats were a bluff and the man confessed.
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Green Bay
Wis
Joseph Ladrow
Wabeno
Joseph Coleman
Milwaukee Road
E. J. McMahon
Milwaukee Road Police
Ladrow
Coleman
Oconto Junctions
Oconio Junction
Tremble Station
Suamico
McMahon
Sturgeon Bay
Cha~cago & Northwestern
Newes
Sherit
Oshkosh
Iahive
Riot at Oregon State Penitentiary Leaves One Dead
In Salem Oregon a riot at the Oregon state penitentiary ended when guards fired to quell dozens of convicts attempting a break. One inmate died and two were wounded as chaos erupted after word that a court ruling barred automatic release at minimum sentence expiry. Prisoners seized tools and food, while shots wounded three men and sent others scrambling back to cells.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Frank Tilson
Hili
Corey
Bedlam
Thomas Bangan
James Hamilton
Joseph Dupray
Youth Killed in Saukville Motorcycle Wreck
Saukville Wisconsin reports John Link Jr 18 died when his motorcycle struck the rear of a hay wagon on Highway 33. The wagon was driven by Saukville farmer Herbert Sexfert. Police investigated the fatal crash overnight.
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Saukville
Wis
John Link Jr
Herbert Sexfert
Poahhway
Suspect Foul Play Suspected in Bolgard Death
The body of John Bolgad Jr., 25, was found along Highway 141 five miles north of Sheboygan. Coroner says bruises and possible concussion suggest foul play though robbery not a motive. Autopsy ordered. Bolgard, 5 feet 2 inches, 100 pounds, last seen at a carnival. Found by three Milwaukee men. investigators note no scuffle marks.
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Sheboygan
Wis
John Bolgard Jr
Highway 141
Here
Harry Sidden
Edgard
Weiden
Bolgard
Joseph Dreps
Walter Wagner
Wagner
Merwin Beyer
South Thirty-first Street
Conrad Kostterewa
Martin Krieger
West Bruce Street
Milwaukee
Bloomer Businessman Shoots Self in Battery Shop
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin a prominent Bloomer businessman Palmer Brinstad, 43, shot and killed himself with a .22 pistol late Friday. He was alone when the self-inflicted death occurred and was found by his brother in his brother’s battery shop.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Palmer Brinstad
Brinstad
Five killed in crash west of Hebron near Kenosha
A large sedan carrying a hospitalized war veteran family and a friend crashed into a concrete bridge abutment on Highway 173 two miles west of Hebron. Five people died at the scene or shortly after. four others were injured with one child not expected to live. The wreck occurred after traveling from Rockford toward Kenosha.
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Warward
Highway 173
Hebron
John P. Casazza
Sixteenth Street
Kenosha
Wis
Sarah
Freddie
Patricia
Raymond Barnes
Casazzas
Sam Casazza
Sixty Is Three Up At Halfway Mark In Wisconsin Amateur
Milwaukee golf writer Billy Sixty holds a three stroke edge over George Johnson Jr of Oconomowoc at the halfway point of their 36 hole Wisconsin amateur title match. Sixty posted 35 and 36 for the first nine and second nine respectively while Johnson ran 38 and 37 as Johnson’s putting faltered and costly misses near the hole sapped his momentum.
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Milwaukee
Billy Sixty
George Johnson Jr
Billy
Johnson
Man Killed in Wisconsin Manure Spreader Accident
Monroe Wisconsin. Harry Straussmer, 35, died yesterday when his head became caught in a manure spreader while he repaired the machine. His head was nearly torn off as the horses moved forward unexpectedly.
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Monroe
Wis
Harry Straussmer
Lower Rates For Current Are Ordered Lower Rates For Current Are Ordered
Madison Wis A public service commission order cuts annual rates by 8000 for Wisconsin Public Service and Menominee and Marinette Traction. The action adds to previously approved 228375 yearly reductions during the investigation, with 40000 saved for stores and offices, 10000 for factories, 3000 for farms. New rates take effect after the next meter reading. The commission notes the utilities did not earn a fair return and had volunteered to further cut rates to standardize. Ongoing work includes depreciation allowance reviews and a plan for a continuous inventory system to aid future rate cases.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Menominee and Marinette Tight and Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Antigo
Manitowoc
Valley Division Farms
Hatchet Kills Mother In Bayonne Drag After Dispute
In Bayonne New Jersey Gladys MacKnight seventeen-year-old confessed to killing her mother Helen MacKnight forty seven with a hatchet during a quarrel. Her eighteen-year-old chorister sweetheart Donald Wightman was jailed after an initial confession and later accused her. Both were charged with murder after questioning by Police Chief Cornelius J. O Neill.
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Bayonne
N. J
Cornelius J. O'Neill
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
O'Neill
Helen MacKnight
Wightman
Ightman
Ring and photos tied to Ritchie murder mystery in Wisconsin
Ring valued at 200 dollars and photographs of a Chinese girl were examined by investigators in Portage Wisconsin as part of the John Knox Ritchie slaying case. Ritchie 27 from Palo Alto Calif was found dead in a Columbia County culvert after his bloodstained car was towed from Milwaukee.Authorities also reviewed the story of Louis Steiner a Wisconsin souvenir salesman who said the car stopped at his shop with a man and a girl buying Indian wares, though the pair could not identify pictures of Ritchie as the driver. Ritchie’s father and brother arrived to assist, and he was en route to Statesville North Carolina to visit his parents when he disappeared.
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Patricia
John P.casazza
Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Osmir Olson
Portage
Wis
John Knox Ritchie
Columbia County Sheriff's
Ritchie
Milwaukee
Palo Alto
Calif
Columbs
Louis Steiner
Wisconsin
Gunman Obtains 300 In Cash At Drug Store Robbery
Milwaukee police hunted a smooth gunman who looted $300 in cash and checks from Mrs. Ralph Durant at a drug store last night. He entered a back room as Durant attended customers, grabbed the money, and escaped through a rear door. Mrs. Durant froze and could not call an alarm promptly.
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Milwaukee
Ralph Durant
Durant
Beloit Janesville Milk Prices To Rise
Beloit and Janesville milk prices will rise from 10 to 11 cents a quart and from 6 to 7 cents a pint tomorrow under orders of the state department of agriculture and markets. Milwaukee and Kenosha protests against similar orders raising price to 12 cents a quart delay their hearing in Milwaukee on August 3. Milwaukee dealers plan to continue selling at 11 cents pending rehearing.
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Madison
Wis
Beloit
Janesville
Stile Department of Agriculture and Market
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Warrant 15 Sued For Pl Sle
Tacoma officials file highway robbery charges against La Verne Marks 19, accused of killing Robert Bernstein. Bernstein’s body found near Clintonville after a fishing trip. Wisconsin seeks Mark s extradition from Tacoma. Postmortem finds a .22 caliber bullet at base of skull.
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Robert Bernstein
Shawano County District Attorney
la Verne Marks
Tacoma
Wash
Stuart H. Elliott
Marks
A. E. Rodger
Wisconsin
Brodhead
Wis
Clintonville
E.W. Marks
Brod
Capitan
Clifford Osborne
Bernstein
Rayer
Seth
Washburn
Arthur Taylor
Robert Bernstan Todney
Taylor
Allied powers discuss arms embargo amid Spanish war
Paris and London circle a potential Mediterranean arms embargo as France pledges sympathy to Spain. In Washington, American plants in Barcelona are reported seized under antifascist Catalonia control with GM and Ford facilities placed under the central committee. A war department cable confirms factory material and trucks fall under committee authority.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
Spain
Alvaro de Albornoz
France
Washington
Barcelona
Central Committee
Catalonia
State Department
Lynn W. Franklin
Madrid
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
War Department
Central Committee For
Tropical Tempest Blows Itself Out in South Alabama
A tropical storm swept through southern Alabama and Florida causing five deaths and widespread damage. Coast guardsmen search for missing crew from tug Minnie Lee after it sank in Choctawhatchee Bay. Sea Gull remained missing with five aboard. Damaged roads, leveled dwellings, uprooted trees, and destroyed power lines reported across Florida and Alabama.
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Valparaiso
Fla
Alabama
Coast Guard
Choctawhatchee Bay
Gulf
Tampa
State Road Department
Florida
West Bay
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Carl Thelin
Bloomer
Harvard
Rockford, AL
Mrs. Casazza
Joan
Jack Casazza
John Casazza Jr
New Jersey
Rover
Bougist
Sallesville
Brule River State Park
Tacoma, Wash
Warrant 15
Shawano
Louis Cattan
Gham
Cattanl
F. A. Clan
Parate
Antifascist Central Committee For
Great Britain
Italy
South
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