Wisconsin Dairy Leaders Held In State Fair Speech
Gov. Philip F. La Follette urged fair spectators that Wisconsin must protect dairy leadership by rejecting a proposed 1936 arouth. He highlighted Wisconsin’s top ranks in milk, cheese and condensary products, and recalled pioneers who stayed to grow dairy instead of wheat. He noted the shift from wheat farming to dairy as essential to state prosperity.
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Milwaukee
Philip F. la Follette
Wisconsin
United States
la Follette
Grant
Lafayette
Army Preparing High Honors At Dern's Funeral
Washington mourns as George Henry Dern secretary of war dies at 64 from influenza. Army and Navy declare official mourning with flags at half mast. Funeral plans set for Mount Pleasant church with services in Salt Lake City attended by President Roosevelt and high officials. Messages of sympathy pour in from MacArthur and Drum. Mourning guns and half mast flags observed across posts from New York to Manila.
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Washington
George Henry Dern
Roosevelt
Capitol
District
Co Juma
Army
Navy
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Salt Lake City
Harry H. Woodbing
Malin Craig
Department of the Army
Honolulu
William H. Standiey
Hearst Backing Landon Cited in Ickes Speech
Ickes said Hearst backs Landon in a speech linking the governor and the publisher. He cited a memorandum he says came from Hearst to Harding about urging Landon to limit speeches. Harding denied recalling the conversation but dismissed the charges, calling them an attack on Landon.
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Washington
Iekes
Alf M. Landon
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Landon
George F. Harding
Illinois
Ickes
Harding
Chicago
Petersen Proclaims Self as Farm Labor Senator Candidate
St Paul Minnesota Gov Hjalmar Petersen today proclaimed himself a candidate for the Farmer Labor senatorial nomination vacated by the death of Gov Floyd B Olson He said he will abide by the decision of the state central committee and kept his pledge to accept the outcome.
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St. Paul, Minn
U.P
Hjalmar Petersen
Farmer-Labor
Floyd B. Olson
Petersen
State Central Committee
Trotzky and wife ordered interned in their home
Norway’s government, by a ministry of justice order, interned exiled Bolshevik Leon Trotzky and his wife at their country home and ordered expulsion for Trotzky’s secretaries.
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Onle
Nerway
Norway
Ministry of Justice
Leon Trotzky
Vprotzky
Rebels attack mount San Marcial as Spain's defense holds
Grenades and dynamite fuel close combat as 1 000 rebels press Mount San Marcial near Irun. Government troops fire hundreds of machine gun rounds in a savage fight that halts near the monastery on the hill. Anxious Spaniards in Iran fear rebel success as mounting casualties are reported. Rebel broadcasts claim Madrid is precarious and extremists are killing in the capital.
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Run
Spain
Mount San Marcial
Irun
Iran
Lnmits
Trun
Ocean brigands’ bold ruse thwarts Chinese ferry raid
In Tientsin authorities traced a daring sea piracy in which Bandits boarded a Tangku ferry posing as passengers. They robbed 100 Chinese aboard across the Bay of Chihli, seized 32 as hostages, killed three, and escaped by junk after stripping belongings and clothes. Panic and brutal precision described by officers.
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Tientsin
China Seas
Tangku
Bay of
Chihli
Landon Back at His Desk Tired Yet Happy After Campaign Swing
Governor Landon returned to Topeka tired but gratified by his first farm belt and industrial east tour as Republican presidential nominee. He plans a Mississippi valley trip in September with stops in Des Moines Milwaukee and St Paul or Minneapolis to deliver three major speeches on the farm problem. A Kansas City homecoming featured a riotous welcome at Union Station as crowds cheered and signaled support.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Topeka
Kan
Gov
Atrm
Landon
Farm Belt
Roosevelt
Drouth
Des Moines
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas City Union Station
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Infione
Yappey Landon
Kansas City
Union Station
New Deal
President Hopeful for Dreuth Area
Deadlocked jurors are discharged after more than eight and a half hours of deliberation in the William Schuyler manslaughter trial. The jury stood seven to five for conviction on final ballots, with defense witnesses and testimony cited. Meanwhile President Roosevelt concludes a drouth tour with a “Better Land Use” plan, urging federal state and local cooperation to solve long term land use and water conservation during a stop in Jamestown, North Dakota.
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William Schuyler
Henry P. Hughes
Hughes
Menasha
Schuyler
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Jamestown
N. D
Roosevelt
Aberdeen
S. C
Drouth
Hearbs
Wpa-Farimer
Walter Welford
Thomas Moody
S. D
Bismarck
Mandan
North Dakota
Roosevelt Cancels Wisconsin Trip Aug 31 for Dern funeral
Gov Philip La Follette announced President Roosevelt will not tour drouth counties in Wisconsin on Aug 31 to attend the funeral of Secretary of War George Dern. The change, confirmed by a call to Mar vin McIntyre, shifts plans to Salt Lake City. The drouth area expands to 37 counties, boosting WPA farmer jobs from 10,000 to 20,000.
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Grouth
Walter Welford
North Dakota
Elmer E. Holt
Montana
Drouth Committee
Drouth
Dern
Salt Lake City
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Madison
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
George Dern
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
la Follette
la Crosse
Adams
Ashland
Bayfield
Buffalo
Door
Dougas
Iron
Jackson
Juneau
Langlade
Monroe
Oconto
Oneida
Trempealeau
Vilag
Waushata
Robert M. la Follette
J. W. Tapp
Washington
Off Hee
Ethiopians Slain as Attack on Addis Ababa Fails
Rome reports 200 Ethiopians killed in an assault on Addis Ababa. 15 Italian natives dead and 40 wounded. Artillery aided native and white Italian troops in repelling the attackers. Officials forecast new tax exempt bonds abroad to finance empire expansion. bonds to be issued short term, 12 to 36 months, with price and interest to be announced.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
Ate
Gsazette
Finance Ministry
Landon Leads in Straw Vote Across 17 States
A nationwide straw poll of 3 000 rural newspapers shows Governor Landon ahead of President Roosevelt by six to five. Landon leads in 10 states to Roosevelts seven with 74 703 votes counted so far, including Illinois Indiana Ohio New York Oklahoma Pennsylvania and Virginia. Roosevelt leads in Florida Kentucky Michigan Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota and Texas. Other candidates show limited strength with Lemke Thombs Browder Colvin and others.
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New York
Landon
Roosevelt
American Press
Indiana
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Florida
Kentucky
Michigan
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Texas
Wiliam Lemke
New Union Party
Judge Van Pelt Asked to Hear Injunction Case
Circuit Judge Beglinger asked Judge C F Van Pelt of Fond du Lac to preside at an early month injunction hearing. The action filed by ten property owners seeks a permanent injunction to block courthouse and jail construction on the Clark Kennedy site. The case pivots on permits and interpleader involving Harvey O Oleson city inspector, the county, and city counsel.
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van Pelt
Beglinger
Fond du Lac
Fred Beglinger
C. F. van Pelt
RC Tans
Laus
Clark-Kennedy
Harvey O. Oleson
Common Council
Lewis C. Magnusen
Mr. Laus
Mr. Magnusen
Floyd D. Atherton
Makers of Brick Open Meeting at Chain O Lakes
Brick manufacturers operating plants in the Midwest opened a three day meeting at Chain O Lakes near Waupaca Wisconsin. Leading executives gathered to discuss industry issues and regional production.
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Makers OF Brick
Chain O'Lakes
Waupacs
Wis
Middle West
Chain O' Lakes
Here
Deliberate switch tampering aims to wreck two trains
Investigators probed an attempted wreck on the Chicago & Northwestern near Black Wolf siding south of Oshkosh after two passenger trains slowed en route. Three tampering points included concrete blocks, a missing derail pin, and angle bars placed on rails, with both trains not derailed.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Black Wolf Siding
Dekkosh
Northwestern
Erack
Oshkosh
G. W. Hipskind
Green Bay
Clarence Sraith
Win
Black Wolt
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