Badger Legion Sets Convention Attendance Record Expected
The Badger Legion units arrive in the Twin Cities for the largest state convention in history with board meetings at Hotel Menasha. A weekend schedule includes parades and dances in Neenah Menasha and a banquet at Waverly Beach. organizers anticipate up to 100000 visitors Sunday and more Monday.
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Neenah-Menasha
Wis
American Legion
Twin Cities
Hotel Menasha
Camp American Legion
Menasha Hotel
Badger Legionnaire Board
Wisconsin Avenue
Neenah
Menasha
Soo Line
Iveenah
Gertania Hall
Coughlin Leads NUSJ At Convention Amid Boos And Marches
The National Union for Social Justice opened with Rev. Charles E. Coughlin denouncing social revolution and defending the constitution. Delegates, including Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts groups, surged toward the platform as police cleared an aisle, amid a noisy welcome and occasional boos for Hoover and others.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Father Coughlin
America
Martin L. Sweeney
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Sweeney
Joe T. Robinson
Carter Glass
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Hoover Denounces New Deal as Precipice of Reckless Policy
In San Francisco former President Hoover urged support for Alf Landon, charging the New Deal pushes the nation toward ruinous monetary and credit policies. He framed the campaign as a clash of government philosophies, warned of a drifting constitution, and described the Republican effort as a fight for liberty against a growing bureaucracy. He linked true American liberalism to both parties before the New Deal takeover.
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Herbert Hoover
New Deal
Landon
San Francisco
Alf M. Landon
Hoover
Congress
John Hamilton
Hamilton
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Washington
White House
Trotzky and Zinoviev Followers Charged in Terror Plot
Soviet NKVD orders trial of Zinoviev Kamenev and 14 others for a terrorist plot following directives attributed to Trotzky. Trotzky exiled in Norway. Kamenev and Zinoviev, veteran Bolsheviks, once sentenced in 1935 for a counter revolution attempt against Stalin.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Gregory Zinoviev
Trotzky
Communist Party
NKVD
People’s Commissariat For Internal Affairs
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Norway
Josef V. Stalin
One killed as bus collides with car near Le Sueur
A bus and an automobile collided near Le Sueur Minnesota killing Esther Tiede 16 of Henderson and injuring three others. The victims include Maxine Fraser 16 and Arnold Sander 22 both from Henderson who were passengers in the car.
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le Soeur
Minn
Esther Tiede
Henderson
Maxine Fraser
Arnold Sander
Roosevelt tax plan drawing Republican rebuke
Washington reports Roosevelt would propose no new taxes at the upcoming congressional session. Republican leaders label the move political, calling it a campaign gesture. Democrats offer only cautious remarks about possible tax reductions through repeal of nuisance taxes as a path to a balanced budget.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Bacon
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
Melvin C. Eaton
New York State
Harrison EB. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton
Walsh
Massachusetts
White House
Geesretney Morgenthau
Harrison
Mississippi
Doughton
North Carolina
Harison
Senate Finance Committee
Withering Heat Strikes Southwest for Seventh Day
Kansas City, MO. U P reports oppressive heat across the southwest for a seventh straight day with no relief. Deaths and crop damage rise as all time high temperatures appear at multiple locations yesterday including Wichita 110, St. Joseph 110, Kansas City 110, Dallas 100, Amarillo 102, Oklahoma City 106, Ft. Smith 104, Omaha 102, Salina 118.
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Kansas City
U.P
Wichita
St. Joseph
Dallas
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Ft. Smith
Omaha
Salina
Forest fires brought under control amid rain and humidity
Superior Wisconsin reports rain aided forest fighters in Wisconsin Minnesota and upper Michigan last night with 1800 on Isle Royale and 15000 across the region. Fire lines held as arson patrols formed and militiamen guarded against new outbreaks while authorities warned of incendiary activity.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Arthur Sedin
Harry Kennedy
Ernest Hennell
Douglas
Bayfield
La Follette seeks $20,000 for forest fire equipment
Governor Philip La Follette announced plans to ask the state emergency board to appropriate 20000 for forest fire suppression equipment in northern Wisconsin. The move follows a request from Thomas F. Davlin after inspecting Douglas and Bayfield counties, noting seven burned farms and no human fatalities, with cooperation from local units.
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Madison
Philip la Follette
State Emergency Board
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Menaring
Thomas F. Daviin
State Highway Commission
Davlin
Douglas
Bayfield
Daviin
Gas Blamed for Deaths in Copper Mine Tragedy
Mountain City, Nov. Gas blamed for killing six men deep in Mountain City Copper Company mine. Bodies found in a winze on the 600-foot level after rescue efforts by Superintendent A. P. Lofquist. Four men likely died while trying to pull comrades from a gas filled drift. Names include John Sheppard and Lawrence Whilis among others from Mountain City. Gas likely released from a fissure by blasting.
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Mountain City
John Sheppard
Wellington
Colo
Lawrence Whilis
Emmett
Idaho
June Barr
Mammoth
Ore
William Burns
Albert Atel
Frank Tiexigra
A. P. Lofquist
Lofquist
La Verne Marks Extradition Tied to Bernstein Killing
Shawano Wisconsin police say La Verne Marks, a Clintonville minister's son, confessed to killing Robert Bernstein near here on July 13 and hiding the body in northern Wisconsin. He is serving a 20 year Washington highway robbery term and faces first degree murder extradition to Wisconsin if Wisconsin guarantees his return after trial.
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Shawano
Wis
Otto Druckery
Tacoma
Wesh
la Verna Marks
Clintonville
Kyling
Robert Bernstein
Janosville
Here
Marks
Washington State
Walla Walla
Wisconsin
Washington
Bernstein
Louis Cattan
Olympia
Wash
Chee Osborne
Foul play suspected in Cecelia Russell death near Durand
Dist Atty Arthur Weizenegger investigated possible foul play in the death of 17 year old Cecelia Russell found beneath train wheels in Durand Wisconsin. Autopsy results withheld while authorities conduct an inquest. La Rue Patenaude, 26, who had been with Russell at a party, was questioned and later sentenced to up to five years for auto theft.
Parents Return After Emergency Appendectomy Wait
For four anxious days the vacationing parents of 10 year old Tommy Dunklin were sought to consent to an emergency appendectomy. They returned home from Egg Harbor Wisconsin to find Tommy safe after five doctors deemed the operation necessary. Hazel Simpson cared for the boy and siblings throughout the ordeal.
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Kansas City
Tommy Dunklin
Tommy
Wesley Dunkin
Hazel Simpson
Dunklin
Silver linings found in forest fire smoke
Brule Wisconsin report of Helmer Blomquist caretaker of an estate who says clouds of smoke have silver linings after he shot a limping wolf with burned feet and collected a $20 bounty.
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Brule
Wis
Helmer Blomquist
Blomquist
Knox Attacks New Deal in Huntington Address
Col Frank Knox vice presidential candidate assailed the New Deal as the most expensive amateur hour and urged a real share the wealth movement with stock ownership. He praised wider worker stock distribution, said labor would seek shorter hours and higher wages, and urged Democratic support while framing the November race as against the Roosevelt administration. Mrs. Knox attended, and the crowd greeted him loudly at the state convention.
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Robert Yoder
Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Col
Frank Knox
West Virginia
Knox
Washington GroW wins rowing title at Olympics
University of Washington crew surged in the final 500 meters to win the Olympic eight-oared rowing championship, edging Italy by one length as Great Britain finished third. The Huskies clocked six minutes 254 seconds amid poor water and weather conditions.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Grunan
Germany
University of Washington Today
Italy
Huskies
Navy
Yale
University of California
Thaly
Great Britain
Washington
Berlin
Adolf Kiefer
Chicago
Holland
Miss Sebach
Catherina Wagner
Willy Denouden
Rita Mastenbroek
United States
Canada
State orders hike milk price in 19 Wisconsin cities
The Wisconsin department of agriculture will raise retail fluid milk to 10 cents a quart in 19 cities on Aug 16, mainly in the Fox River Valley. Affected towns include Sheboygan De Pere Oshkosh Neenah Menasha Appleton Fond du Lac Manitowoc Two Rivers Green Bay Eau Claire Marinette Stevens Point Watertown Merrill Kaukauna and Kimberly milk markets. Producers receive higher payments with most increases about 8 cents a pound of butterfat and Stevens Point set at 2.05 per hundredweight for bottled milk. Additional orders target Milwaukee Waukesha with a staged rise and hearings in nine other cities expect similar moves by Sept 1.
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Stevens Point
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Racine
Kenosha
Janesville
Beloit
Madison
Fire Destroys Omaha Baseball Stands Injuring Sixteen
A early morning blaze at the Omaha Western league baseball park razed wooden stands and damaged nearby homes. About 16 people including firemen and civilians were injured as flames leaped and power lines fell. Property damage runs to $60,000, with the park owners estimating $25,000 for the park and $35,000 for surrounding property. Civilian salvage squads aided firefighters in a difficult containment.
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Omaha
Neb
Prop
Ball Park
Larry Harlan
Omaha Western League
Eagle
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J. O. Ambler
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