Merrill school to get addition in 1931 budget plan
The Merrill school on West New York avenue will receive an addition funded with 175000 from the 1931 budget. The plan, presented by Councilman Hagene, may expand to a junior high or add space to the current grades, with plans and specifications to be prepared and a decision on building type to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill School
New York Avenue
Commission
Henry T. Hagene
Merrill
Hagene
Board of Education
Commission Council
John Rasmussen
Katherine Ryckman
Bessie Covey
E. F. Bickel
A. G. Toohey
Rasmussen
Mother of Oshkosh Resident Burns to Death at Neillsville
Neillsville Wisconsin March report: Mrs Her mine Schultz 79 dies in a house fire she lived alone since her husband’s death. Firefighters find her body on the kitchen floor clutching a prayer book and two pocketbooks. The door keys lie beside the corpse, all exits locked. Fire started around 1 am with interior flames. Authorities believe she accidentally set clothing on fire while reviving embers in the kitchen stove with kerosene. Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs Amelia Taube Oshkosh and two sons Paul and Herman Neillsville residents. The Taube daughter left for Neillsville after being notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neillsville
Wis
Hermine Schultz
Quarter Million Fewer on Class 1 Roads in Sept
Washington reports a census of 161 railroads shows 261,910 fewer employees on Class 1 roads in September 1930 than September 1929. Total employment fell from 1,747,816 to 1,485,506 year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Government out of farm market urged by Cornell professor
Prof James E Boyle of Cornell urged amending the farm marketing act to remove government as buyer seller and speculator. He warned artificial price controls raise surplus and lower prices citing rubber coffee wheat and cotton. He said the farm board should be relieved of price control and return funds to the treasury while promoting industry cooperation. Dairymen discussed a successful Illinois advertising campaign for creamery butter with projections of rising national use by 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress
James E. Boyle
Cornell University
Federal Farm Board
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Gr. Boyle
Brazil
M. G. van Buskirk
Daiois Butter Manufacturers’ Improvement Association
Illinois
van Iskirk
W. F. Jensen
Association
Seine River Reaches New High Level Prompts Use of Pumps
The Seine reached twenty feet three inches above normal after heavy rains and tributaries. Suburbs east and west were flooded and families evacuated to temporary quarters in forts and town halls. Clichy Asnieres Joinville Neuilly and Courbevoie were partially underwater. Pumps operated overnight to clear lower floors of Austerlitz station so the terminal could be used.
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Paris
Seine
Iity
Tig Forts
Clichy
Asnieres
Joinville
Neuilly
Courbevoie
Auster~litz
Seizes 2 000 Whisky Cases in Chicago Warehouse Raid
Chicago police seized 2 000 cases of whisky in a noon raid on a warehouse just north of the loop. The liquor, valued at about 180 000 dollars retail, was believed for holiday trade. Two Italians were arrested as officers arrived. they refused to name their employer. Captain Richard Gill directed the operation from the Chicago avenue district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago— (P
Loop
Richard Gill
Siberia
Gill
Chicago Avenue
Linosis Street
Chicago River
Fox Wisconsin Waterway project drawn in unfavorable report
Government engineers oppose a nine foot Fox Wisconsin waterway from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. The Fox Wisconsin Waterway Association plans an appeal after forming in Oshkosh, while data collection on tonnage is urged to counter the unfavorable findings. The report cites little current or prospective commerce and notes the Clinton Lake Michigan to Mississippi route as a competing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
United States Engineer's Office
War Department
Fox-Wisconsin Waterway Association
Oshkosh
R. S&s. McElwee
Mississippi
H. M. Trippe
Engineering
Oshkosh City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Fox-Wisconsin Waterways Canal
Congress
Fox River
Wolf River
Wisconsin River
Portage
Sharseau Sétrieu
Fox and
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Chief of Engineers
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Ilinois River
Fox
Wisconsin
Board of Engineers For
Washington, D. C
R. 5S. McElwee
Green Bay Harbor
Davis Seated in Senate Over Nye Objection
James J. Davis of Pennsylvania took the Senate seat amid a protest from the campaign funds investigating committee. A motion to deny the oath to Davis failed 58 to 27 as Senator Reed objected to the process. Nye upheld the oath denial after a call vote, while a related report noted extensive spending in the Brown-Davis campaign, totaling over 600000 dollars with further sums expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate
Nye
Cathe
Davis
Reed
Presiden
Curtis
Brown-Davis
Francis Shank Brown
Gifford Pinchot
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
Tenn
Kansas
Wyoming
Hoosier Corn King of U S A at 31st Exposition
Herbert Watson of Tipton Ind was judged the corn king of the 31st International Livestock Exposition. His ten bars of yellow dent won Indiana the championship for the second year in a row, with Lowel Moffitt Arlington securing reserve corn. Wisconsin dominated fat swine with Yorkshires and Chinas, while Emilie Philip Schandein’s Milwaukee harness horse won first in harness class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert ©. Watson
Tipton
Indiana
Watson
L. M. Vogle
Hope
Ind
Co. E. Troyer
la Fontaine
Lowel Moffitt
Arlington
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Poland
Chinas
Rambouillets
Maurics I. Peterson
Whitewater
Wis
Emilie Philip Schandein
Milwaukee
Hampshire Barrows
Riparian Owners Granted Edge Title by Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing Mich. The Michigan supreme court ruled riparian owners along the Great Lakes shorelines have complete title to land from the old meander line to the water. The decision contrasts with the Kavanaugh case and allows owners to exclude the public from the waterfront strip, requiring the state to acquire land for parks. taxes should compensate for lost upland title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Supreme Court
Great Lakes
Michigan Territory
Kavanaugh
Loans Much Reduced In Latest Federal Reserve Review
New York 4 percent. The total volume of reported loans against securities for the nation may total about 10.5 billion, down from about 17 billion a year ago, per the New York Federal Reserve Bank monthly review. The bank says the drop, about 40 percent, reflects reduced credit in use. It notes that weekly reporting limited banks show little change from a year ago, but city banks move differently in periods of low mood.
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New York
Securi
Nea
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Invmuer
Aviatrix Safe In Bahamas After Forced Landing
Mrs J M Keith Miller Australian aviatrix said a fierce gale and compass failure forced her down five miles back of Kemps Bay on Andros island Bahamas. She landed in bush survived with no injuries and, aided by a Negress, reached Nassau to report to her mother and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Keith-Miller
Bush
Andros
Nassau
Bahamas
Minami
Fla
Havana
Andros Island
Miami
Keith-Miller
Kemps Bay
Forsyth
Andros i Island
New York
Sydney
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Story BX Wireless
J. M. Keith Miller
Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Florida
Capacity of Green Bay Reformatory Exceeded by 200
Green Bay Wis The reformatory s population may 792 yesterday according to Intendant I H Eklund who says this was the largest ever and 260 beyond capacity Sun Day Rises Dec 2 weather forecasts mention snow and warmer conditions in parts.
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Green Bay Reformatory
Eklund
Green Bay
Wis
I. H Klund
Coastal Shipping Regulation Probe If Measure Passes
Representative Xnation of Minnesota proposes a resolution to authorize an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission into intercoastal shipping regulation. He argues Northwestern railroads suffer from low rates charged by lines not currently regulated and urges the I C C to conduct the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Xnation
Republican
Minnesota
Northwestern
Nation's Head Urges Relief From Drought
President Hoover urged immediate action on unemployment and drought relief with priority for the next session. He called for up to 150 million dollars emergency federal construction, while deferring broader spending. The message warned of a 180 million dollar deficit for 1932 and urged rigid economy to avoid tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hoover
House
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Washington
Teller
Law Enforcement Commission
World Court
House of Representatives
Union
Asia
South America
Russia
United States
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Sees Warmer South Amid Cold Snap
Midwest and Canada endure icy stretch from Sunday storm. Wisconsin’s south tucks temperatures around 10 to 15 above while Superior and northern counties recover from subzero. Snow and ice hamper travel as central regions report slush freezing on roads. Northern Ontario reports 24 below in Dauget and widespread 20 below in lakes and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Superior
Hudson
Milwaukee Weather Bureau
New York
Daucet
Quebec
Georgia
Alabama
Satanac Lake
Tupper Lake
Owl's Head
Canadian
Chicago-4
Midwest
Illnois
Michigan
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Lower
Indiana
Dilnois
Lake Superior
Pas
Manitoba
Wooden gas main sections unearthed in Racine during interurban work
Workers digging for a new interurban line in Racine, Wisconsin, uncovered six sections of wooden gas mains laid along Main Street in 1869. The State Museum at Madison requested a sample of the old wood for study.
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Racine
Wis
State Museum
Madison
Hued
New York Charity Football Game Called Off
A charity football game between New York and VPI was canceled on doctors orders for December 14. Rockne telegrammed Mayor Walker, while a separate incident in the Army Notre Dame game involved a scuffle. The East versus West high school alumni charity game raised over 3000 for relief, as Hans Ahis prepared for a return bout with Lee Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
VPI
Ennie Rockne
Notre Dame
New York Giants
Rockne
Walker
Green Bay
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Merrill School—Education Board
Alfred C. Taube
Catt Street
Einstein
America
Albert Einstein
Germany
Great Scientist
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Calif
U.S.A
Aviatrix Safe
Insland
The
Baramas
Arated Trenasin
Upper Egreat
Huron
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Buckstaff Observatory
Ontario
Temple
Qritario
Ley
Mary Miller
Louis Allais
Tranley
Hanley
Hans Ahis
Appleton Ring
Lee Schneider
Winston Thomas
Schneider
Ahi
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