Adjournment resolution up in senate
The Democratic bloc in the state senate proposed adjourning sine die one week hence after a stormy session. They accused Republicans and Progressive allies of betraying them by defeating a $10,000,000 tax rider and two gas tax amendments. The move signals a potential end to a le gislative deadlock with no time for major bills.
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Madison
State Senate
Maurice _ Coakley
Beloit
Fred Fisher
Waupaca
Marvin Duel
Fond du Lac
Harry Bolens
Port Washington
Francis A. Vindra
Manitowoc
Cornelius Young
Arthur Zimny
Ainthony Gawronski
Milwaukee
Goldthorpe-Shimek
Assembly
Philip Nelson
Maple
Senate
New Bridge Ready Linking Danzig and East Prussia
The Free City of Danzig announced a pontoon bridge over the Vistula between Danzig and German East Prussia is completed and ready for installation. It would be the sole river crossing and connects Kaesemark on the west to Rotebude on the east though anchoring has not yet occurred.
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Free City of Danzig
Danzig
Vistula
German East Prussia
Poland
Free City
East Prussia
Reich
Free State
Kaesemark
Rotebude
Danzig Dock
Drowned in Lake Winnebago Two Wisconsin Socialists Die
Two prominent Wisconsin residents Mrs. Bernard Magruder of Racine and Clarence Fechner of Kenosha died when a wave capsized their 18 foot open speedboat about 10 miles from Oshkosh en route to Calumet Harbor. The other passengers, including Benjamin G. Schaefer, and Floyd Bricknell piloted the craft. Fechner vanished after the crash. search efforts continued into darkness and resumed later with more boats.
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Wisconsin
Bernard Magruder
Racine
Clarence Fechner
Kenosha
Lake Winnebago
Oshkosh
Calumet Harbor
Clifford Brown
Schaefer
Fechner
Lawmakers urge dissolution of milk trust
Ten members of Congress pressed Attorney General Murphy to dissolve the National Dairy Products Corporation and the Borden Company into their local parts with local boards. They seek court orders ending monopoly abuses harming 12,000,000 farm dependents and 70,800,000 urban consumers. Signers include Culkin, Smith, Gehrmann, and Keefe. A conference with Asst. Atty. Gen. Thurman Arnold is set for next Monday.
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Washington
Congress
Murphy
National Dairy Products Corporation
Borden Company of
New York
Justice Department
Culkin
Smith
Maine
Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Bolles
Oliver
Lemke
North Dakota
Hull
Keefe
Pierce
Oregon
Buckler
Farmer- Labor
Minnesota
Asst. Aly
Thurman Arnold
Department
Roosevelt Responds To Taft On Candidacy Question
At a press conference President Roosevelt laughed at the query about Taft’s remark that no sensible man would seek the presidency in 1941. He hinted Taft may have meant his own candidacy. Taft had written to the Hamilton County Republican committee stating he would be willing to run.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Tali
Hamilton County
Mother and two sons plunge to death in Chicago hotel
A midwestern mother Mrs Karel Langer 43 and her two sons Karel Tommy 6 and Jan Misha 4 leapt from the 13th floor of the Congress Hotel on Michigan Avenue. The husband Otto Langer 50 a Prague textile manufacturer testified the family fled Czechoslovakia four weeks earlier seeking a better life. Coroner's jury ruled the deaths murder by the mother while temporarily insane. The father, despondent, described selling his million dollar plant under Nazi pressure. The family held Bolivian visas and a six month US visit permit.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Michigan Avenue
William Gonoude
Della Frank
New York City
Karel Langer
Karel Tommy
Jan* Misha
Wand
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Adela
Jan Misha
United States
Otto Oplaika
Hitler
Langer
Madison Girl Drowns After Stepping Into Hole
Lois Howe, 16, of Madison, drowned yesterday in Lake Mendota after stepping into a deep dredge hole during a pickup game of water polo. Two companions, highly skilled swimmers, attempted to assist her to shore. Miss Howe was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett Howe and was living with Mr and Mrs Gordon Howe in Madison.
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Madison
Lois Howe
Baie
Lake Mendota
Miss Howe
Emmett Howe
Monteiro
Gordon Howe
Britain may send fleet to Far East in certain circumstances
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain might send a fleet to the Far East if needed, noting limits due to the European crisis. He contrasted Britain with US isolationism and warned China under Japanese pressure, while Parliament adjourned for a two month vacation. The article outlines Britain’s Far East fleet and Singapore base, and mentions US fleet recall to the Pacific.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Far East
Japan
House of Commons
United States
Europe
China
Percy Noblje
Singapore
Roosevelt
Pacific
Atlantic
Nationwide drive on crime planned early next month
Washington reports a nationwide crime drive planned to begin early next month with court actions against major law violators. Federal forces are being marshalled in New York Chicago New Orleans and Boston to pursue income tax evaders gangsters and aids to them. FBI agents questioned J Richard Dixie Davis and others in secret as preparations for the inquiry proceed.
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Washington
Murphy
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Boston
Davis
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dutch Schulw
FBI
U.S
Home Owners Loan rates cut to 4.12 percent
Washington announces a cut in Home Owners Loan Corporation interest rates from 5.474 percent to 4.12 percent. Fahey estimates the reduction could save borrowers up to 5 to 6 million dollars annually. The change will take effect as soon as arrangements are completed. The FHA had earlier reduced mortgage rates on small homes by half a percent.
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Washington
John J. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Fahey
Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
House Passes Security Amendments In Social Security Fight
Washington reports the House quickly approved a compromise set of amendments to the social security act and sent them to the Senate for final action. The package, saving taxpayers about 905 million dollars, moved with limited debate after a month long deadlock ended. Connally quit the session amid dispute over the conference report as lawmakers noted tax and grant provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bankhead
Senate-House
McCormack
Connally
Texas
Harrison
Mississippi
Green Mountain Dam resumes work under guard in Big Thompson project
Workers return to Green Mountain Dam as guardsmen maintain control after a 24 hour siege by strikers. Project head A K Anderson says initial rehiring will focus on maintenance to repair damaged equipment. About 250 men were initially employed amid military patrols along 50 miles of the Blue River valley.
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Green Mountain
Cala
A. K. Anderson
Ther Niles
Blue River
Big Thompson
Reach Terms To End Strike At G.M. Plant
Terms to end the month old strike of General Motors skilled workers were agreed upon in a late night session led by federal conciliator James Dewey. The tentative pact awaits ratification by the U A W CIO and strikers at 12 plants, with signing possible tomorrow night.
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Detroit
General Motors
James F. Dewey
United Automobile Worers
Saginaw
Mich
G. M
Pontiac
Flint
gGeneral Motors
Tood and Die
Moody brothers extend endurance flight to 12th day
Springfield observers watch the Moody brothers and pilot Hunter Moody in their aluminum monoplane Miss Springfield as they push past 282 hours aloft. Amid cheers from 200 neighbors, flight manager Leroy Murphy reports the 585 horsepower motor running steady with no major issues as the duo nears surpassing the prior world record of 212 hours.
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Springfield
Moody Brothers
Hunter Moody
Humphrey
Dalton City
Moodys
Hunter Slovady
Leroy Murphy
Rover
Murphy
Badger postmasters confirmed and named officials
The senate confirmed Wisconson postmasters Joseph Schmidtkefer Chilton George E Shaw Cornel Herman W Pali Elk Mound Ira AL Ken yon Mellen John P Snyder Oconomeywoc Erman HH Lins Spring Green Robert L Graves Viroqua and Christian FR Man West Salem. The president nominated James D Purvis Knapp Water M Touhey Mambel Hartwig FL Breutznan Nelson for additional posts.
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Washington
Senate
Wiscom
Joseph Schmidtkefer
Chilton
iGeorge E. Shaw
Cornel
Herman W. Pali
Elk Mound
Ira AL Kenyon
Mellen
John P. Snyder
Oconomeywoc
Erman HH. Lins
Spring Green
Robert L. Graves
Viroqua
Christian FR. Man
West Salem
James D. Purvis
Knapp
Water M. Touhey
Mambel
I Hartwig
Breutznan
Nelson
Tydings Seeks 1940 Democratic Presidential Nomination
Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings enters the 1940 Democratic presidential race after a rallying endorsement from Baltimore’s Calvert club. Col. Alvin K. Basketle announces 10 000 Tydings for president stickers and a chain-letter campaign to rally national support from mailing lists. The club lauds his leadership and views on government, citing his victory over Rep. David J. Lewis amid Roosevelt’s backing.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Millad E. Tydings
Roosevelt
Calvert Club
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Col
Alvin K. Basketle
Baskette
Free State
Lewis
President says housing bill vote speaks for itself
President Roosevelt commented that the House vote against the 800 million dollar low cost housing expansion speaks for itself after a 191 to 170 defeat on the motion to consider. He declined plans for countrywide speeches, suggesting only local appearances if at all.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Great Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
Tennessee
San Francisco Fair
Weather Summary From Wisconsin and Nearby Areas
The latest weather bulletin notes warmer conditions tonight and Saturday across extreme south and extreme west-central regions, with a rise in temperatures tomorrow. Official readings from select stations show highs near 92 and lows around 72 with no precipitation and northwest winds.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Yair Milwaghee
Boirs
Ida
Sault Ste. Maris
Mich
Bismarck
N. D
Trom
Baromeier
Senate Defeats WPA Prevailing Wage Restore Measure
The Senate blocked a two thirds vote to insert a provision restoring the prevailing wage for WPA projects in the final appropriation. Only 40 approved, 21 opposed, with Senator McCarran arguing the relief law pay scales undercut private industry. The chamber quickly approved a $119,599,918 government loan aid to bolster farm prices as part of the session’s final bills, amid a broad debate led by Senator Vandenberg over Secretary Wallace’s farm support program.
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Corsi
Washington
Senate
WPA
McCarran
Nevada
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Creal
Iroth
Vandenberg
Republics
Michigan
Wallace
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
McKellar
Tennessee
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Fire damages Kiln No 3 in Chicago blaze
A five story brick building used for sleeping and drying malt on Chicago's northwest side was damaged in a spectacular fire. Fire Marshal Michael J Corrigan estimated damage at 100000. Firemen held the blaze under control after several hours. Kiln No 3 belongs to Hale s and Hunter Company, malt feed manufacturers, which had closed the structure for the summer months.
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Chicago
Northwest Side
Michael J. Corrigan
Hales and Hunter Company
George W. Hales
Heil selects Adams for conservation commission
Gov Julius Heil announced the appointment of Wally Adams a 45 year old Conover real estate and insurance dealer to the state conservation commission Adams will replace Robert B Goodman whose term expires July 27 1943 Adams a former Wisconsin Wildlife federation director and Vilas county fish and game committee member has lived in northern Wisconsin summer resorts for 20 years
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Madison
Ait
Wally Adams
Conover
State Conservation Commission
Julius P. Heil
Adams
inAichwaukee
Wisconsin
Robert B.goodman
Marinetie
Goodman
Wisconsin Wild Life Federation
Conover Conservation Club
Vilas County
Fich and Game Committee
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He Then
Horlick
END OF Milk Trust
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Langers
Chicuzo
L. G
Nowdige
Green Mountain Dam
G.M
Badger
Sen. Tydings
Marylander
HEIL
Conservation Commission
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