Copeland Attacks Black Nomination in Senate
Senator Copeland of New York assailed the nomination of Black to the Supreme Court accusing ties to the Ku Klux Klan. He urged a delay for investigation if doubt persisted as debate opened before crowded galleries. Senator Burke joined with cautions on senatorial confirmations.
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Copeland
New York
Black
Alabama
Senate
Supreme Court
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Burke
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
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Sen
Royal
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Coalition movement aims to defeat La Follette in Wisconsin
Milwaukee report says James J. Kerwin and Lucio Arnold endorse a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans to defeat Governor La Follette and his radical contingents. The plan excludes radicals and questions Mrs. Givan’s true interest in the effort.
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Milwaukee
James J. Kerwin
Wisconsin
Dirs George N. Givan
Kerwin
Luci
Arnold
Miilwaukee County
Milward Nears Wisconsin Open Title At Oshkosh
Jimmy Milward of Madison Amateur led the Wisconsin Open after 54 holes at Oshkosh Country Club with 206, seven strokes ahead. He posted 69 65 72 in his three rounds, while Alvin Krueger and Henry Kaiser trailed at 213, and Lynford Lardner tied with Russ Leonard for third at 216 as final scores followed a long morning session.
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Jimmy Milward
Madison
Milward
Oshkosh Country Club
Alvin
Butch” Krueger
Henry Kaiser
Racine
Krueger
Lynford Lardner
Oconomowwoc
Russ Leonard
Rhinelander
Francis Gallett
Milwaukee
xDick Ashley
Kenosha
xBily
Bobby DeGuire
Stevens Point
Joe Nodolney
Neenah
Orville Chapin
xJohn Erickson
la Crosse
Everett
Leonard
Appleton
Burie Gose
Len Gallet
Missing Elkhorn farmer feared slain after farm meeting
Milwaukee police search for 54 year old Frank Campbell, reported missing by his family and feared to have been the victim of foul play. Campbell attended a farm meeting in Elkhorn last Saturday then left at noon to return home. a car tied to him was involved in a late Saturday crash on West Forest Home Avenue. A man who claimed the name Campbelltrell fled after attempting to sell the car for ten dollars and asking for a three dollar loan for a shirt to replace one bloodstained. The driver said he was injured.
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Milwaukee
Frank Campbell
Elkhorn
Campbell
Campbells
West Forest Home
Camptrell
House ready to quit as 1937 session eyes adjournment
Washington U P The House of Representatives approved a leadership resolution suspending rules and signaling readiness to adjourn by week’s end Leaders hope to finish five major tasks including the third deficiency bill and Wagner Steagall housing measure while Senate debates Black’s Supreme Court nomination and tax loophole bills A threatened adjournment looms as committees work on sugar marketing and wage and hour legislation actions
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Edward W. Lewis
United Press
Washington
U.P
House of Representatives
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Senate Finance Committee
House-Senate
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Midwest
The weather bulletin reports generally fair conditions in Wisconsin tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the northwest. Observations note overcast skies around Milwaukee with a high yesterday of 102 and a low of 72, no precipitation, southwest winds, and a barometer around 23.67.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Devils Lake
Rackstall Observatory
Federal Weather Bureau
Arnold Mroczkowski
Kinnickinnie
Ray Bartell
John Braden
August Socha
Joseph Cerveny
Kenosha
Aviators from three nations join Arctic search for missing flyers
A multinational air search gathered in Fairbanks Alaska and across the Arctic rim as American Russian and Canadian pilots prepared to search for six missing transpolar flyers. Weather grounded planes and de-icer equipped craft planned refuels while authorities reported vague radio signals from the missing transport.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Jimmy Mattern
Siberia
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Moscow
Mattern
California
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Bob Randall
Arctic Ocean
Washington
Aklavil
Yesteray
Edmonton
Alta
Markova
Anadir River
Zadkoff
Cape Wellen
Siberian
Krassin
Cape Schmidt
Pole
Weather record across Wisconsin cools after 102 degree peak
Overcast skies and lower afternoon temperatures brought relief from a sizzling 102 degree peak at Buckstaff observatory. Thunder and lightning threats failed to yield rain while Wisconsin communities faced heat distress and authorities predicted gradual cooling tonight and Wednesday.
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Prairie du Chien
Racine
Stevens Point
Waukesha
Madison
Sheboygan
la Crosse
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Beloit
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wien Jin
Michiz
Nebraska
C. A. Donnel
Chicago Weather Bureau
Towa
Innis
Lower Michigan
Indiana
Donnel
Kansas
Missour
Tinos
Iowa
United States
Needles
Calif
Phoenx
Ariz
Sioux City
North Platte
Neb
Topera
Kan
St. Joseph
Omaha
Des Moines
Kansas City
Dubuque
Wis
Peoria
Boston
Macs
New York
President to Attend Lost Colony Anniversary at Roanoke Island
President Roosevelt will travel by special train to Roanoke Island North Carolina for the 230th anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh's lost colony. Ten members of Congress accompany him. The program includes Virginia Dare birth commemoration and a 230 pm broadcast of his address.
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Roosevelt
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Walter Raleigh
Congress
Virginia Dare
Jamess Town
Furll
Lish
Virginia Dare Woere
John White
Sir Walter
Kieanoy
White
A. Dare
Virginia
England
Wisconsin potato marketing plan to be shown at Waupaca
Madison reports University of Wisconsin extension expert Warren W. Clark announces a new interstate potato marketing program to be presented to producers at a meeting in Waupaca on August 24. The plan would ban shipments of culls under 11 inches and very damaged potatoes, with other grade limits and mandatory inspection for interstate or international shipments.
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Madison
Warren W. Clark
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Coxtension Service
Waupaca
Aux
Clark
Minnesota
Michigan
Maine
North Dakota
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Federal Agriulture
Federal
State Inspection Service
Earthquake Shakes Western Japan At 11 A M No Casualties
A strong earthquake struck a large western Japan area at around 11 am causing little material damage and no reported casualties. The tremor, felt widely, prompted residents to evacuate briefly and authorities to assess infrastructure. No injuries were confirmed.
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Tokio
Japan
Harold Best Confesses to Sister Slaying Moves Toward Trial
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin district attorney James Cullen seeks an immediate delinquency trial for Harold Best fifteen after the boy signed a written confession admitting he killed his eleven year old sister Mildred. A shell found near the crime scene supports the confession while Harold reportedly cried and then denied the shooting before reiterating I did it. The case intersects with local investigations into the uncle Orla Shaw death and a separate New London suit over a high tension wire fatality.
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James Cullen
Crawford County
Harold Best
Mildred
Oliver White
Harold
Cullen
Jeremiah O'Neil
White
Soldiers Grove
Madison
Carl Mill
Ater
H. M. Fairchild
Ed Harding
Arthur Fagan
Carl N. Hall
White Tid
Richland County
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Sivdred
Shew
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Micreid
Fll
Kovels
Texicolne
Grath
Gi. Banard
Madicon
1200 Marines to sail from West Coast to Shanghai
Washington announced 1,260 marines would sail from San Diego to Shanghai within ten days to protect American nationals. The move, tied to a $500,000 relief request, aims to evacuate about 1,400 Americans and leave roughly 2,500 nationals in Shanghai as hostilities unfold.
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Wil
San Diego
Shanghai
Ifill
Department
Congress
Hull
China
Secretary of States
Negro lynching over white man murder at Covington
Albert Gooden, a Black man, was found hanged near Covington after a mob seized him from jail. He had been accused in the murder of Marshal Chester Doyle at Mason, Tennessee, and was taken to Memph is by sheriff officials as a six man mob carried out the assault.
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Albert Gooden
W. J. Vauska Jast Nicht
Gonder
Ayesterday
Shelby County
Dado A
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Vaughn
Covington
Gooden
Chester Doyle
Mason, Tenn
Doyle
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