West Side Site Favored For Winnebago County Courthouse
An Oshkosh petition opposes the Clark Kennedy site as the county plans to recommend the Algoma and Jackson drive corner as the best courthouse location. The site committee advances the west side, with engineers planners and architects backing Algoma Jackson. A price negotiation with Jackson drive owners is planned to reach a lower figure if condemnation is needed. The subcommittee of Young Keefe Bouchette will lead talks and prepare the formal report for the county board.
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Jackson Drive
Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
West Side
Algoma-Jackson
Pointblank
Frank B. Keefe
Nicholas F. Bouchette
Four AFL principles for prosperity outlined by President Green
Washington reports President William Green of the AFL outlined four fundamentals for prosperity: higher wages, shorter hours, organization of workers, and coordinated industrial control. He cited signs the price deflation bottom may be reached, with unemployment rising less than in November and growing business confidence in major producers.
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Washington
U.P
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Veteran with nine enlistments dies in Racine
Serz. Maj. Gus Rohde, 48, a longtime Army veteran with nine enlistments totaling over 27 years, died at his Racine home. He served mainly at Presidio California, with foreign duty in the Philippine Islands and Siberia.
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Racine, Wis
Serz
Gus Rohde
Presidio
Calif
Philippine Islands
Siberia
Public Works Plans Explode With $800 Million Ahead
President Hoover's emergency employment committee announced more than 800 million dollars of public and semipublic building projects ready to begin within months. The tally covers state municipal and county buildings schools and highways with progress daily of about 80 million and plans expedited by treasury and congressional action. Authorities cite 25 percent awaiting authorization, funding gaps and plan preparations as main delays, with hopes for speedier approvals.
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Washington
Hoover
Franklin T. Miller
Congress
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Woods
Bankers Life Seeks Rehearing Over Policy Change
Bankers Life of Des Moines Iowa has asked the U S Supreme Court for a rehearing of its complaint that switching from mutual assessment to an old line policy violated members constitutional rights. The court had dismissed an appeal challenging the Iowa Supreme Court ruling that no rights were violated. The petition argues death averages used to set premiums were unlawfully altered and cites supporting court decisions.
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Washington
Bankers Life Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Pa Stribling to Meet Sharkey in Miami Bout
Ochlocknee Ga. father and manager says he agreed to let W L Stribling fight Jack Sharkey in Miami this winter under Madison Square Garden auspices with Jack Dempsey as referee. Minneapolis wrestling title finish set for Jan 7 between Don George and Marin Prestina. Long Beach Ray Tandy to wed Wanda Walden again after Mexico marriage legality questioned in L A County courts.
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Ochlocknee
Pa” Stribling
W. L. Stribling
Stribling
Jack Sharkey
Miami
Madison Square Garden
Jack Dempsey
Minneapolis
Don George
Marin Prestina
Chicago
Billy B. Hoke
Long Beach
Calif
Ray E. Tandy
Stanford Grid
Wanda Walden
Mexico
Los Angeles County
Wisconsin eyes drastic reform to centralize education
An interim committee proposes dissolving eight major and over 20 minor Wisconsin education boards to create a 15 member state board of education and a single commissioner of education. The plan aims to unify policy and administration, abolish existing departments and institutes, and shift control from local boards to a centralized system in a machine age.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Central Board of Education
Committee On Education
E. J. Roethe
Annals of Education
State Board of Education
Senate
Board 15
Stout Institute
School of Mines
Platteville
Board of Control
School For the Deaf
School For the Blind
Weather summary and lake wind advisory forecast
The report notes generally fair weather for Wisconsin into Tuesday with colder nights, and strong northwest winds on Lake Michigan with possible gales and snow along the east shore. Upper Michigan sees snow likely, very cold tonight or by Tuesday, and strong winds. The Lake Michigan advisory storm warning remains in effect.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Million A Year Taxables Rise In 1928 Reforms Shaping Wealth
Washington U P reports revised 1928 income figures show the number of taxpayers earning at least one million dollars nearly doubled to 511 as stock market prosperity created a new class of super millionaires. New York led with 243 such taxpayers, Illinois 57, Pennsylvania 41, Massachusetts 24, Ohio 23, among 26 states. Overall taxable income totaled 25.23 billion after deductions from a gross 28.99 billion. Women filed 17 percent of returns. joint returns accounted for 60 percent of total income. Millionaires earned mainly from capital gains and dividends, paying 15 percent of individual income taxes while accounting for four percent of total income.
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Cecil Owen
United Press
Washington, D. C
U.P
The
Treasury
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
May Appeal Search Case at Lancaster
Lancaster Wisconsin May appeal looms after Circuit Judge Smalley upheld the city's ban on warrantless automobile searches. Bert Hore, guilty of liquor possession, received a $100 fine and jail time. David Gardner, Platteville attorney, filed the appeal challenging constitutional rights.
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Lancaster
Wis
Supreme Court
Sherman Smalley
Smalley
Bert Hore
David Gardner
Platteville
Widely known Negro politician Cohen dies at 70
Walter L. Cohen, noted Negro political leader and longtime New Orleans customs official, died early today at age 70 after seven years as district comptroller of customs. A Republican figure, he participated in national conventions since 1892, served as a customs inspector, published The Republican Courier, and held federal posts under McKinley Roosevelt and Taft.
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New Orleans
Walter L. Cohen
Cohen
Republican Courier
McKinley
Federal Land Office
Roosevelt
Taft
Customs
Coo- Hdge
Marshal Joffre Lays in Grave State Amid Death Fight
Paris report says Marshal Joffre sank into extreme weakness today as five doctors and nurses battled to keep him alive. A 3 o clock bulletin declared his condition most grave. Andre Maginot and Paul Painleve left the hospital weeping, signaling the feared end of the famed commander.
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Paris
Joffre
Isaie
Marshal Joffre
Maginot
Andre Maginot
Paul Painleve
Painleve
Maginat
Beardless Youth Robs Paramount Theater For $11150
A beardless youth robbed the Paramount Theater in Times Square during a late show, seizing the treasurer’s cash receipts totaling 11150. He forced elevator operator Ernest Morganstein to guide him to the office, secured the money in brown paper, warned staff about a secret exit, and escaped before dawn as investigators searched the building.
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New York
Tom Sawyer
Paramount Theater
Times Square
Forty-fourth Street
Paramount
Forty-third Street
Jackie Coogan
Mark Twain
Ernest Morganstein
Morganstein
Chicago Hoodlum John Rayman Dies After Feud Shooting
Police identify the man who died after a weekend cafe shooting as Steve Ruczowski of Chicago, using fingerprints to link him to a La Crosse alias John Rayman. Officials say the death stemmed from an underworld feud and he refused to disclose shooting details.
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Chicago
John Ray
la Crosse
Wis
Steve Ruczowski
John Rayman
Wisconsin
la Crossé
Ruciewski
Supreme Knight Improves in Pneumonia Fight
Grand Rapids reports Martin H. Carmody supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus improving after pneumonia but remains in serious condition in a local hospital.
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Supreme Knight
Grand Rapids, Mich
Martin H. Carmody
the Knights of Columbus
Trouble Ahead for Dry Proponents in Congress
Washington reports internal dry faction strife as a new push for 2 million dollars in next year's prohibition enforcement faces rocky passage. Stanley High of The Christian World warns that laymen feel excluded and dry leaders dominate meetings, signaling potential defections and broader discontent within the movement. The law enforcement effort awaits a fresh report amid attendance problems.
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Washington, D. C
Stanley High
Christian Worald
Crltic
Justice Department
Washington
Woodcock
Recognition of Soviet Union urged by Senator Cutting
Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico urged recognizing the communist government of Soviet Russia saying it would aid US culture and economy. He advocated inviting Soviet propaganda to educate Americans about conditions, noting the Moscow government has popular support and may endure. He cited Soviet exports and a five year expansion plan financed by foreign sales and a large standing army.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington, D. C
Sen
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Congress
United States
Russia
Cutting
Soviet Union
Moscow
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Burglars Open Safes Across Six Local Businesses
Lomba Wisconsin reports six business break ins with three safes cut by acetylene torch and loot over $1,000 in cash merchandise and checks. Four men seen fleeing highway 41 are linked to additional local break ins and a suspected gang tied to a Rio post office robbery and other nearby burglary cases.
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Lomba
Wis
John Wolf
Op Highway 41
Lomira Elevator Company
Alfred Klein Hardware Company
E. J. Stellmacher Lumber Company
Soo Line
Lomia Oil Company
Fond du Lac
Dodge
Alfred Klein
Wolf
Klein
AIO
Rio Post Office
New Holstein
Elaborate jail break thwarted at Indiana state prison
Michigan City Indiana police guards and firemen halted an elaborate jail break by 12 convicts who seized their cell block. They overpowered guard Guy Burklow, barricaded doors, but surrendered after outside forces surrounded the block. Leader Joseph Buns, jailed for a 1925 Cult bank robbery, allegedly fashioned a spoon key.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State Prison
Guy Burklow
Joseph Buns
Famous Showboat to Meet Its Grave With Freshet
The famed showboat French's New Sensation will be destroyed as freshets lift the river current. After decades of travel along the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri rivers the spectacle fades with the rise of movies and cars. Captain French is long dead and the boat will burn and sink on a distant Ohio shore.
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Mound City
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
French
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Bankers Life
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W. L
J. Sharkey
Tishomingo
Okla
Bill
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Ral
Murray
Youngstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube E
Common Pleas
David G. Jenkins
Jenkins
Cyrus& Eaton
Cleveland
Sheet and Tube Board of Directors
Meger
Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem
EATON
Bethlehem Common
James M. Campbell
Frank Purnell
Eugene G Grace
Henry G. Dalton
Republic Steel Corporation
Warrior
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