Gasoline Truck Explodes At Fond du Lac Crossing
A gasoline truck overturned and exploded near Fond du Lac Wisconsin causing fatalities and destroying a trailer and 5000 gallons of fuel. Andrew Linssen 22 of Green Bay burned to death firefighters battled flames halting highway 41 traffic and damaging railroad ties poles and wires in the area.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Andrew Linssen
Green Bay
Leicht Transfer Company
Highway 41
North
Linssen
2 Fond du Lac Funeral Home
Leicht ‘Transfer Company
Yelock
Lmits
Princeton
Northwestern Railroad
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Five Deaths Linked to Sterilizer Failures at Edmonton Hospital
A committee of bacteriologists found that five deaths at Royal Alexandra Hospital stemmed from inadequate sterilizer operation. Linen from the operating room was not properly sterilized, allowing streptococci and staphylococci to pass. The steam pressure in the sterilizer was reportedly too low, and the operating room was closed as an investigation continued. The chief engineer was dismissed after the inquiry.
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Edmonton, Alta
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Ond i
Pawlina
Harry Edwards
Soo Line seeks abandonment of Birchwood to Reserve branch
The Soo Line asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to abandon mib or 18% miles of its Birchwood to Reserve branch in Wisconsin used solely for Rice Lake timber. It cites little timber cutting and no other traffic.
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Washington, D. C
Soo One
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birchwood
Reserve
Wis
Rice Lake
Wisconsin defendants face fines and jail after Langlade County arrest
Antigo Wisconsin plea results show Henry Kielcheski fined $50 for possession of a doe deer before Judge A N Whiting. Woodford Robinson released on $500 bond after denying a fawn in possession. Herman Wolf sentenced to 30 days in county jail for carrying a loaded gun in his car. All cases tied to Langlade County.
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Antigo
Wis
Henry Kielcheski
A. N. Whiting
Woodford Robinson
Langlade
Herman Wolf
Proposals for higher income tax stir Capitol clash
In Washington proposals for increased income taxes split Congress along party lines as Republicans and Democrats resist insurgent pressure. Senators Borah Nye Walsh Wagner oppose gains. Robinson faces scrutiny over harmony pledges with President Hoover. Capitol watchers note Kean hosted Hoover supporters as Walsh’s speech drew little spontaneous backing.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington, D. C
U.P
Borah
Idaho
Nye
North Dakota
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wagner
Democrat
New York
Robinson
Harmony Pledge
Hoover
Senate
Mr. Hoover
Watson
Republican Young Guard
Kean
New Jersey
Pirates attack at Yangtze mouth leaves many dead
Shanghai vernacular papers report a battle between water police and pirates near Yangtze mouth. At least 30 buccaneers and unspecified policemen killed, prompting a river blockade and inspection of all arriving and leaving craft. Pirates reportedly number over 1,000 with 150 boats, looming large against provincial troops.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Soviet Faces Labor Shortage as Five-Year Plan Proves Ambitious
Soviet authorities contend the five year plan may finish early as planning bodies map a second schedule. Despite progress in major industries, a 1,500,000 extra workers are needed in 1931 amid a 500,000 shortage, with unions warning workers not to quit their jobs.
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Victor Eubank
Associated Press
Moscow
Beeves 16
Supreme Economic Council
Industrial Economic Institute
State Planning Commission
Russia
Unshaken by reports creature found in a glacier may be whale
Cordova, Alaska. Residents and investigators doubt the reports that a carcass found frozen in Columbia Bay’s glacier is a prehistoric whale. Old whalers cite head hole absence. scientists note Columbia glacier moves about 12 feet daily in summer, with most activity on the sides, suggesting the carcass near the base was thrown up by a storm. No Alaska College scientist has examined the carcass yet. Flesh clings to bones as the skeleton awaits forestry orders.
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Cordova
Alaska
Charles EB. Bunnell
Alaska College
Fairbanks
Columbia Bay
Columbia Glacier
Cleveland Forecaster Sees Slow Recovery Ahead
Col Leonard P Ayres of Cleveland Trust predicts a slow business recovery, not rapid, due to debt repayment and lack of new constructive enterprise. He cites rising short term rates, bond and stock prices, and gains in construction, steel output, and automobile production possibly before year end.
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Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Statutory charges against two youths in Kenosha
Two youths, one married, were held on statutory charges by a 13 year old girl in Kenosha Wisconsin. Each faced bonds of 5000 dollars. Weather and wind outlooks follow, including a fair, slightly colder pattern in southeast Wisconsin and gusty conditions over the Great Lakes area with ongoing regional alerts.
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Kenosha
Wis
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Lower Great Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Buffalo
N. C
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Condemns Loans for the Purchase of Food
Washington most of the senate faces a clash over drought relief loans as Senator Robinson and Senator McNary press a $60,000,000 fund while Secretary Hyde argues for an $80,000,000 figure. The plan includes about $30,000,000 for food purchases for destitute farmers in drought areas amid administration opposition. Continued on Page RY.
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Washington, D. C
Robinson
Arkansas
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Bil
Senate
Borah
Hyde
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Raised Note Activity at Penitentiary May Be Probed by a Jury
Nashville federal agent Leo S. Williams said a federal grand jury inquiry would be sought into raised note activity at the state penitentiary. Henry Ford and Everett Hill were arrested for passing a $20 note raised from $2, tied to Howard Barr, held in his cell with raised-note equipment. Barr, praised as a top raised-note artist, has prison training as a cartoonist and faces multiple sentences including two 15 to 30 year terms for robbery and three years on a federal note-raising case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Leo
Willams
Federal
Secret Service
State Penitentiary
Williams
Henry Ford
Everett Hill
Franklin
Howard Barr
Barr
A. A. McCorkle
Indianapolis
Knux County
Relief legislation speeded by house in unemployment bill
Washington dispatch reports the house, via the appropriations committee, moved to act on relief legislation by advancing an unemployment emergency construction bill totaling 110 million dollars for highway aid and river and harbor improvement. The plan funds 80 million for state highway construction, 22.5 million for rivers and harbors, 3 million for flood control on the Mississippi and tributaries, 3 million for roads and trails in national forests, and 1.5 million for parks. The bill allows fund interchanges and requires a congressional report on expenditures, with use extended to Sept 1 next year and detailed allocations in the upper Mississippi Valley and other projects.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington, D.D. C
House
Appropriations Committee
Mississippi
Congress
Upper Mississippi
Soviet Ambassador at London Denies Coup Claims
The Daily Mail reports a dramatic fortnight in the Soviet embassy in London claiming G I Sokolnikov was tried by a Moscow commission for detaining three couriers. The embassy denies the story, saying the detention was a mistake and only one courier remains under watch. The envoy says the order came from none but foreign affairs, and the commission heads to Moscow with the detained courier.
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London
Daily Mail Today
G. I. Sokolnikov
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Sokolnikov
Ogpi
Oppn
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Special Commission
Daily Mail
Tnal
Six Arrests On The Day Law Warrants
Portage Wisconsin six arrests on liquor warrants were made in Columbia county last night by federal prohibition agents and deputy sheriffs. Three of those arrested were based on previous purchases of liquor. They were H. W. Wyse Princeton Thomas Flemming Reinbold R Paske Caledonia Harvey Mulenex near Fall River Bert Rabetz and Amos Summerfield farmers between Wyocena and Rio and will be taken before a court commissioner at Madison today.
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Portage
Wis
Columbia County
Madison
H. W. Wyse
Princeton
Thomas Flemming
Reinbold R. Paske
Caledonia
Harvey Mulenex
Fall Riverr
Bert Rabetz
Amos Summerfield
Wyocera
Rio
Disarmament Talks See Mixed Hope In Geneva Address
Washington released portions of Ambassador Gibson's Geneva address to the preparatory commission on disarmament. He notes the draft convention falls short of hopes, urges continued work, and warns against overpromising while stressing possible milestones toward future conferences. The Soviet delegation rejected the convention as futile.
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Ambassador Gibson
Geneva
Preparatory Commission
Washington
State Department
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
Gibson
Seneca High School Closes Indefinitely Over Scarlet Fever
Seneca Wisconsin closes its high school indefinitely after three scarlet fever cases are reported in the area. All basketball games are canceled though officials say the situation is not serious.
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Seneca, Wis
Seneca High School
Budget bills and Hoover critique cited in drought relief debate
The senate approved a 60 million dollar drought relief bill for farmers with loans for food seed and livestock support. President Hoover warned against further tax hikes and warned that new relief measures could burden the budget, urging restraint while Congress debates larger spending.
Highest Farm Honor Awarded to Midwest Trio at National Meet
Agriculture's top honor, the American Farm Bureau Federation's distinguished service award, was given to three Midwest cooperative workers at the federation's 12th annual convention. Dudley H. Myers of Mendon Illinois, Prof. L. H. Haecker of Lincoln Nebraska, and Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson of Albia Iowa received the award, with Mrs. Richardson the first woman to be so honored.
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Ias
Haecker
Cooperative Dairy System
Minnesota
Land O' Lakes, Minn
Myers
Adams County
Iinois
Lve
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U.S. Treasury
Princeton Crossing
City
Yangtze Mouth
Namur
Meuse
Liege
Belgium
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Unois
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Minneapolis
Minn
Alleghany River
Hoover Oayo
Midwest
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