Weekend Drowning Auto Toll Is 10 Loyalists Claim Capture Of 13 Towns
Alaska May Become The 49th State Palmer Alaska as the 49th state dream of modern pioneers in the Matanuska colony. Statehood urged by University of Alaska President Charles E. Bunnell who said one dollar of local goods equals many dollars elsewhere. Colony producing and processing after construction phase. first colonists arrived 15 months ago fleeing the midwest. Next week hunting season begins and a four day agricultural fair starts Sept 4 with the Anchorage Matanuska highway opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Alaska
Matanuska
Corporation
Charles E. Bunnell
University of Alaska
Ross i L. Shelly
Middle West
Anchorage-Matanuska
Walter Pippel
St. Paul, Minn
Wisconsin Auto Fatalities Fever For Six Months 1936
Wisconsin auto fatalities in the first half of 1936 averaged 15.7 per 100000. State deaths were 21 percent below the same period in 1935. Milwaukee ranked high with 11 per 100000, New York led among large cities, Oshkosh rose to fourth in its class, and multiple Wisconsin cities posted varying ratios from 6.5 to 14.8 per 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
National Safety Council
Milwaukee
New York
Oshkosh
Tuckle
Colo
Holyoke
Mass
Green Bar
Fond du Lac
Wausau
Wauwatosa
Janesville
Stevens Point
Shorewood
Drouth Relief Expands Wisconsin Drouth Employed
The Works Progress Administration announced immediate employment of 10 090 men in Wisconsin as part of a 104 000 man drouth relief program across 12 affected states. Howard O. Hunter labeled the drought in the west and middle west a disaster after reviewing reports from drouth states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
Works Progress Administration
Howard O. Hunter
Drouth
Hunter
Political Outlook begins nationwide survey on 1936 campaign
The Oshkosh Northwestern launches a 40 state tour by Washington correspondent David Lawrence to gather material for daily articles on the 1936 presidential race. He reports New York's Erie county leans Republican against the New Deal and NRA, noting broad business opposition and anti New Deal sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh Northwestern
Washington
David Lawrence
Eastern States
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Lawrence
New York State
Erie County
New York
London
NRA
Trial Looms In Murder Of 19 Year Old Student
Deputy sheriff took a blood stained revolver and a mashed bullet to New York to aid police scientists as Martin Moore, a large young Negro hotel hall boy, faces upcoming indictment for the July 16 murder of Helen Clevenger, a 19 year old New York University student. Moore confessed to Sheriff L E Brown and two New York detectives. A gun of the same type used in the killing was found under his home porch. District Solicitor Zeb BE Nettles plans to present Moore to a fraud jury next Monday for indictment. Banks Taylor, a Battery Park hotel pantry boy, provided the clue leading to Moore's confession. Taylor spoke after remaining quiet for three weeks. The story notes Moore’s intent to be tried within the week and the murder to be resolved in under five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Compton
United Press
Asheville
N. C
New York
Metropolitan
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Moore
L. E. Brown
New York City
Miss Clevenger
Zeb BE. Netties
Battery Park
Banks Taylor
Taylor
Oshkosh Bank Debits Rise by 400000 in Week
Northwestern Bureau reports gains in debits across several cities for the week ending August 5. Oshkosh alone saw debits grow from 1,960,000 to 2,360,000, joining increases in Green Bay Manitowoc Milwaukee and Sheboygan as the Federal Reserve data shows broader growth in consumer activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Bureau
Washington
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Manitowor
Milwaukee
Shebassan
Board of Governors of
Federal Reserve System
Manitowoc
Mawaukee
Ime
Sheboygen
Incidents Could Trigger Spanish Crisis Escalation
Paris dispatch reports Spanish revolt tensions rising as German freighter Dessel fleeing refugees is chased off by a torpedo boat Albatross off San Sebastian. British yachtsman Capt. Robert Savile is killed near Gijon. his wife wounded as Blue Shadow is fired upon by both sides amid confusion. Italian embassy protests over three deaths and misidentifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
U.P
Dessel
Bayonne
San Sebastian
Robert Savile
Gijon
Almirante Cervera
Comet
Mrs. Savile
Blue Shadow
Madrid
Roosevelt says goals are possible through law
President Roosevelt told labor leaders that New Deal aims can be reached through lawful means despite Supreme Court rulings invalidating some laws. He noted the court’s decisions did not cheer wage earners and reaffirmed faith in progress via law, linking the New Deal to human liberty and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. &. Sulzberger
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Wis
Marks Held in Tacoma Awaiting Wisconsin Word
Tacoma, Wash. W P LaVerne Marks, wanted in Wisconsin for the slaying of Robert Leinstein, a youthful friend, probably will be held here awaiting word from Wisconsin officials on extradition to face a murder charge. Officials said a conditional parole could be issued if Wisconsin steps proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
W.P
LaVerne Marks
Wisconsin
Robert Leinstein
Stuart Elliot
Marks
Washington Prison
Early close to rebellion to predict expected end
Madrid reports indicate Loyalists claimed victory across 130 rebel towns as government forecasts a swift end to the fascist rebellion. A British naval officer's wife dies from rebel shelling in Gijon harbor amid recalls of possible reprisals against neutral nationals. Loyalist forces repulse a rebel attack at Nav alperal and seize Lugones with a militia column led by Col. Gonzalez Pena, killing about 150 rebels.
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Ramon Blardony
Associated Press
Madrid
Rupert Savile
Gijon Harbor
Savile
London
Navelperal
Guadarrama
War Ministry
Lugones
Gonzalez Pena
Oviedo
Aranda
CCC Youths Stand Ready To Assist Army of Men Battling Forest Fires
Wisconsin workers and CCC enrollees prepared to aid in massive forest fire fighting as Doughlas County faced critical conditions. A Wisconsin provisional committee urged unity in the CIO dispute and urged penalties for draft resistance amid the Wisconsin fire emergency.
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CCC
Army of Men
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Union Mmbers
Green-Lewis
American Federation of
Hebor Executive Council
American Labor Movement
Wisconsin Provisional Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Wisconsin
Erin Costello
Kenocha
Tercnt
Siete Cane
Beaver Dam
Washburn
Wis
Chequamera Natonal Forest
Intensive unit training begun by guard troops
Allegan Michigan reports national guard troops from Michigan and Wisconsin forming the 22nd diet begin three days of unit training prior to joining other units of the Sixth corps second army. They bivouacked in a 260 square mile area northeast of Sagatuck as division officers studied training schedules issued by Brigadier General Irving Fish Milwaukee commanding the division in place of Major General Guy M Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy M. Wilson
Fish
Leroy Pearson
Lansing. Mich
Accidents on Lind water claim ten lives in Wisconsin
A weekend of deadly incidents in Wisconsin left ten dead in auto wrecks and drownings. Names include James Gillies Jr and Harold Van Horn, among others from Madison Racine La Crosse and Milwaukee. A Milwaukee student, Frieda Moritz, drowns after rescuing a companion from a capsized sailboat near South Shore park. A veteran driver, Schlichenmeyer, drowns when his boat capsizes at La Crosse. Several others are saved after multiple boats capsize.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
James Gillies Jr
Madison
Harold van Worn
Marison
Edward Peak
Elgin
Henry Uebel
Karine
Henry Ucel
Racine
Sanders
Mond Ericht
la Crosse
Christ J. Scchtichenmeyer
Daniel Buckley Jr
Herbster
John Wisniewski
Chicago
Earl Martyn
Green Bay
Elva Walters
Milwaukee
T He
Ellis Sanders
Franksville
Racine County
Bright
Highway 53
Crosse
Schlichenmeyer
Mississippi River
Buckley Boy
Cranberry River
Washburn
Wisniewski
Twin Lakes
Kenosha County
Gillies
Poynette
University of Wisconsin
van Horn
Highwes
Nora
Waterway treaty eyed for early ratification promise
United States Senate figures signal momentum for ratification of the St Lawrence waterways treaty as Senator James Hamilton Lewis argues in a private legal capacity. He previously led the opposition to the original pact, which failed in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawa PA
S Department of State
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Tlinois
Senate
Lewis
Three Held Under Bond in Tavern Holdup Case
Three men were held today under five thousand dollar bonds in the Sheboygan tavern holdup case. Charged are Charles Crupi 40 a brother of Vincent Crupi the deported Milwaukee vice lord Lawrence Quantana 27 and Frank Grano 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
James Spiro
Sheboygan
Charles
Isadore) Crupi
Vincent Crupi
Lawrence Quantana
Frank Grano
Storm Toll Rises As Wisconsin Hit By High Winds
Heavy rain and fierce winds lashed southern Wisconsin causing one death and extensive damage. Clarence Pearson, a Northwestern railroad brakeman, was struck by lightning at Jones Island ferry slip, hurled ten feet. Farms reported major losses from barns to grain. Wind uprooted trees in Weyauwega and damaged fairgrounds and stores across Milwaukee. Fire departments ran off nearly a hundred alarms amid toppled poles and shattered windows.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Marineth
Clarence Pearson
Northwestern Railroad
Jones Island
Kenoshi
Madison
Walter Bf. Ebling
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Ebling
Waukesha
Janesville
Sheboygan
Jefferson
Wautoma
la Crosse
Green Bay
Fond du Lac
Racine County
Henbest
Weyauwega
Lincoln Steffens Dies After Muckraking Career
Carmel Calif Lincoln Steffens 70 era crusading muckraking writer lecturer and former editor died of a heart ailment at his Carmel home late Sunday He pressed the hand of his ex wife Ella Winter and son Peter was at his bedside The San Francisco native rose to prominence with McClures and The Crowd era works He spurred writers like Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair in a campaign against fraud graft and social injustice, inspiring Roosevelt’s clashes over the muckraking movement.
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Carmel
Calif
Lincoln Jeffens
Ella Winter
Peter
Steffens
California
Europe
San Franciscan
New York
McClure
Crusade
Everrbody
Theodore Roosevelt
Muchrake
Ida Tarbell
New School
Upton Sinclair
Roosevelt
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Union
Toledo
Drouth Relief
Martin
Oshkosh Bank
U.S
State Department
Action
Superior
Doughis
Thomas Foley
Arthur Sedin
Columruz
Illinois
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Lake Michigan
Lincoln Steffens
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