Germany demands halt on shipments to Spain threaten ships
Rome Italy Germany and Portugal signal readiness to curb men and munitions to Spain if others do. Berlin reports a German cruiser secured freedom for interned freighter Palos at Bilbao while Basques retained part of cargo and one Spanish passenger. Koenigsberg and a torpedo boat moved toward the Biscay to protect shipping.
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Francis Rea
United Press
Rome
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Wade Werner
Berlin
Bilbao
Koenigsberg
Bay of Biscay
Koeln
Blaze destroys $125000 school at Wabeno today
Wabeno Wisconsin fire destroyed the three story Wabeno township high school valued at about 125000. The new gymnasium worth 75000 was saved by volunteers, with 30 feet between building and flames. Watchman Emil Miller found the blaze at 230 am. Fire caused by wiring. officials doubt careless cigarette. Building erected 1906 with 1912 addition. enrollment around 400.
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Wabeno
Wis
Wabeno Township
Emil Miller
Fisher Lumber Company
Fisher Company
A. P. Euler
Euler
PWA
Milwaukee
Winnebago county breeders press livestock program for 1937
About 100 Winnebago county livestock breeders met to urge the county agricultural committee to place livestock improvement at the center of the 1937 program. They criticized 1936 policies, defended Four-H work but argued livestock income dominates county farming, and noted the agent’s reappointment dispute. Robert Amundson attended with others.
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Winnebago County
County Agricultural Committee
Winnebago
P. Cuff
C. O. Allen
J. F. Shea
Frank Bartlet
Walter Harness
Robert Amundson
Allen
Size of deficiency relief request discussed at White House
An unscheduled conference at the White House examined the size of the deficiency relief appropriation for the remainder of the fiscal year. President Roosevelt officials discussed a possible request around 500 million dollars, with rumors of 750 million denied. Secre tary Wallace and Rexford Tugwell attended briefly, while Hopkins and Ickes presented tentative figures.
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Washington
WUP
White House
Roosevelt
New Deal
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Harold A. Ickes
PWA
Harry Hopkins
WPA
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Daniel W. Bell
Wallace
Tugwell
Hopkins
Justice Martin to seek another term on Wisconsin High Court
Green Bay Wis Justice Joseph Martin announced at a banquet that he would run to succeed himself on the Wisconsin supreme court in next April s nonpartisan election He was nominated by the Fourteenth and Twentieth Judicial Circuit Bar associations and will face Madison attorneys Fred M Wylie and Glen P Turner Also up for reelection were Judge Henry Graass and Brown County County Judge Carlton Merrill Officers were elected for the coming year including H M Ferguson as president and John McHale as secretary treasurer
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Green Bay
Wis
Joseph Martin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Fourteenth
Twentieth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations
Broom
Door
Kewaunee
Oconto
Marinette
Forest
Florence
Martin
Democratic Party
A. G. Schmedeman
Theodore Lewis
Justice Martin
Fred M. Wylie
Madison
Glen P. Turner
Supreme Court
Henry Graass
Fourteenth Circuit
Carlton Merrill
Brown County
H. M. Ferguson
Sturgeon Bay
John McHale
Britons Urged to Leave Madrid Amid Civil War Turmoil
By Irving B. Pflaum United Madrid U P about 200 Brit ish subjects remaining in the capital were warned to pack one suitcase and depart with an evacuation party by noon today. The embassy said Madrid must be abandoned for Valencia to stay in contact with Spanish officials as the war rages.
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Irving B. Pflaum
United Press
Madrid
U.P
Spain
George A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes
Valencia
Ogilvie-Forbes
Egypt
Andujar
Jaen
Cordoba
Lopera
Villa del Rio
United States State Department
Washington
Wimalert Company, Ltd
Bilbao
Bodies Salvaged From Horsebage Plane Crash Scene
In Burbank California twelve horses carried wrapped bodies from a transport plane crash to the highway. First body identified as Alex Novak 22 of El Centro. Sheriff warns volunteers to stay away as rescue work continues through the night amid a storm with $500000 coastal damage.
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Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Alex Novak
el Centro
Eugene Biscailuz
Tie Canyon
United Aiilines Transport
Sheriff's
Los
Chiang Kai Shek Confirms Leadership After Rejected Resignation
Nanking China Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek was confirmed today as head of government when the central executive committee refused his plea to resign from all offices. It was also decided to leave to the military affairs commission, of which Chiang is chairman, the punishment of Young Marshal Chiang Hsueh Liang who held him captive in western China for two weeks in a bid to force war against Japan. The committee unanimously denied Chiang’s resignation request.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Chiang Kai Shek
Central Executive Committee
Military Affairs Commission
Chiang Hsueh Liang
Japan
Generalissimo
Central Committee
New Taxes to Be Used To Check Other Issues
Washington officials said newly enacted taxes under social security and the undistributed profits tax will furnish a vast information pool for cross checking returns. While not all 26 million social security employees can be scrutinized, employer returns can aid monitoring of large corporate and income tax payments. Smaller returns are sampled, and no estimate was given for potential federal revenue. The double-check system uses existing facilities with no extra cost.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Paroled Wisconsin convict killed in St Louis shootout
An unidentified man resembling Milwaukee parolee Joseph Ellis was killed in St Louis after he opened fire on two city detectives who were wounded. Ellis, tied to a Wisconsin robbery and kidnapping conviction, was killed during a patrol in downtown St Louis while a companion Kosmer Koss faced separate charges. Police found a car sale warrant and a probation officer card on the deceased. Ellis’s mother died in Chicago about the same hour.
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St. Louis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Joseph Ellis
Claude McGee
Missouri
Troy Ferber
Charles Beckmann
Beckmann
Ferber
Maurice Volkomir
Ess
Wolkomir
Ellis
Kosmer Koss
Chicago
Koss
Ray Dunham
Ignatz Naprerala
Joliet
Ueed
St. Louis Automobile Company
Larry Leland
McGee
Madison
Mary Lisnick
Cook County
Pope Gravely Ill In Excruciating Pain At Vatican
Vatican semiofficials report the pope endures severe pain from varicose veins in his left leg and neuritis. Insomnia and agitation heighten officials’ concerns as ruptured veins worsen, with no indication of imminent death. The pontiff reportedly resigned to invalidism for months or life.
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Aminta Milani
Vatican
Enrico Pucci
Weather summary from Wisconsin and Minnesota forecasts
Wisconsin expected rain or snow tonight and Wednesday with colder conditions, especially in northwest and west central areas. Minnesota anticipates snow in the north and rain turning to snow in the south, with much colder temperatures and a cold wave in western regions. Early observations report Milwaukee highs and lows around 39 and 29, Havre at minus eight, and Beckastaff data noting a maximum of 31 and a minimum of 22 with no precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
Miami
Williston
Havre
Beckastaff Observatory
Kidnapped Charles Mattson Under Guard as Case Baffles Police
Washington reports show J Edgar Hoover at the Tacoma home of Charles Mattson aiding the kidnapping investigation. Officials halt searches fearing for the boy’s safety while a ladder tied to a Haddaway hall incident is reviewed for likely abductor clues. Police say the hunt is at a stalemate until a contact or intermediary is arranged.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Aids
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
George G. Franklin Jr
Frankling
Haddaway Hall
George Hunt Weyerhaeuser
Wf Franklin
W. W. Mattson
Charles
Hunt
Harold Bird
Hitchcock Named to Succeed Late Senator Norbeck
Gov. Tom Berry appoints Herbert Hitchcock of Mitchell as U. S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Peter Norbeck. Hitchcock, 69, a lifelong Democrat, will serve until the 1938 election and takes office January 5 alongside Republican Leslie Jensen. The appointment ends a potential resignation-and-appointment tangle. Born 1867 in Maquoketa Iowa, Hitchcock moved to Mitchell in 1894 and became a lawyer, later forming Hitchcock and Stein.
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Pierre
D. D
Tom Berry
Herbert Hitchcock
Mitchell
U. S
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Hitchcock
Senate
Leslie Jensen
Berry
Norebeck
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Davenport
College of Law
Chicago
Mitewell
Hitchcock and Stein
Hitchounts
Gorney
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Duffy
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United
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Jersey City
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United States
Chiang
Ralph Forte
Vatican City
Lad
Norbeck
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