Britain seeks swift reply on ban of foreign volunteers in Spain
London asks Germany and Italy to answer by Saturday regarding a proposal to bar foreign volunteers in the Spanish civil war. Britain forts ships off Spain pledge safe passage near Gibraltar as 17 warships mass in the area. Foreign Secretary Eden returns to London to manage the crisis after reports of 10,000 Italians in Spain and ongoing naval tensions.
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Italy
Spain
Grafton
Cadiz
Straits of Gibraltar
Anthony Eden
Yuletide
City Council names Mierswa and Clark to posts
Joseph K. Mierswa succeeds M A Bell as Seventh ward alderman and L W Clark fills the unexpired term of City Atty Harry E. Meyer Jr as Tenth ward county supervisor. Mierswa won 17 to 13 on the second ballot and Clark was confirmed 18 to 12 amid floor nominations and secret ballot discussion.
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Joseph K. Mierswa
Wisconsin Avenue
M. A. Bell
Seventh Ward
L. W. Clark
Saratoga Avenue
Harry E. Meyer Jr
Tenth Ward
Mr. Mierswa
E. J. Bell Jr
Franklin Avenue
Miller
Tank
Levins
August C. Schulz
Sixth Ward
Hope Revives Of Return Of Konaped Boy
Hope grows for the 10 year old Charles Mattson after his kidnapping December 27. Family sources say progress toward his release or ransom payment may come soon. Police released a man who resembled the kidnapper after four days’ detention as optimism returns amid letters from across the nation.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Seattle Times
Mattson
Mable
Ann
Charles
Subzero Cold Wave Grips Wisconsin
A brutal cold wave sweeps Wisconsin with northerly winds and blizzard like snow. Temperatures fall to zero in Milwaukee, five below in Green Bay and 15 below in the northern woods as highways close and dog sleds prepare for isolated communities. Snow, gale, and icy roads paralyze travel across Rhinelander Fond du Lac and Chilton while Bayfield ferries halt. Continuous updates promise continued plunges with widespread frost and drifting snow statewide.
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Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Rhinelander
Green Bay
Fond du Lac
Chilton
Lake Superior
Hce
Bayfield
Maneline Island
Juneau
Madrid Bombing Wreckage Halts City After Heavy Losses
Rescue squads combed tangled wreckage in Madrid as Civil War bombardment left sixty dead and about two hundred fifty injured. The heart of the city endured widespread destruction around Calle de las Margaritas while insurgent and loyalist forces clashed in the bloodiest day in three weeks.
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Irving B. Pflaum
United Press
Madrid
Cale de Las Margaritas
Tetuan
de Las Victorias
Villaverde
Pontiff Suffering Intense Pain in Vatican Update
Vatican officials reported Pope Pius had a difficult night with intense leg pain and heavy breathing from asthma, amid weather cooling. Doctors fear strain on the pope's weak heart as his illness enters its second month, with officials signaling possible grave developments.
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Vatican
Pius
Rome
Aminta Milani
Milani
Secretariat
Beutler Gets Ten Months Jail For Drunken Driving
Harvey Beutler twenty one at 322 Tenth Street was sentenced to ten months in county jail and a two year license revocation after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence during an accident injuring Miss Bernadine Porter twenty two of 23 Western Avenue. District Attorney Magnusen said Porter’s injuries include a collapsed right eye needing removal, skull fracture and facial lacerations. Beutler had no insurance and the case was argued against leniency by attorney Floyd Atherton after arraignment and waiver of preliminary examination.
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U.P
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors Corporation
Miss Perkins
White House
C.I. O
Lewis
United Press
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Detroit
United
Harvey Beutler
Kenny T. Hughes
Bernadine Porter
Western Avenue
Beutler
Dist
Lewis C. Magnusen
Magnusen
Seutler
Floyd D. Atherton
Handrich Seeks Assembly Seat Despite Ruling
Madison United Press report states Alvin A. Handrich of Manawa Progressive will seek to seat himself in the 1937 Wisconsin Assembly. A Waupaca County circuit court ruling favors Edwin E. Russell by one vote after a recount overturned certain absentee ballots, yet Handrich argues the assembly must judge qualifications and uses a county certification as basis for his claim.
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U.P
Alvin A. Handrich
Manawa
Waupaca
Byron B. Park
Stevens Point
Edwin E. Russell
Ogdensburg
Handrich
Wisconsin Farm Holiday Association
Assembly
Russell
Smith
Weather summary from Wisconsin Minnesota and surrounding areas
The report notes generally fair conditions for Wisconsin and Minnesota with unsettled and colder trends in portions of the region. It lists temperatures from Buckstaff Observatory and mentions highs around the mid thirties, lows near single digits, and trace precipitation with southwest winds.
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Associated Press
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Minnesota
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Miami
Fla
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Devil's Lake
N. D
Williston
Mont
Buckstaff Observatory
Germany demands Spain release seized cargo and passenger
German cruiser Koenigsberg issues an ultimatum to the Spanish socialist regime at Bilbao to return a sequestered cargo and an unidentified passenger from the Palos, or transfer two ships to fascist insurgents. Hitler seeks unconditional restoration as a matter of national prestige, with limited reprisals framed.
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Bayonne
France
Valencia
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Curt Utimatum
Marta Junquera
Aragon
Bay of Biscay
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Franco
Germany
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Regents' Chairman To Fight Any Move To Retard Hearing
Madison reports that Harold M. Wilkie, chair of the state university board of regents, plans to press ahead with ouster proceedings against University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank. A test vote on delaying testimony looms, with regents divided and senators E. J. Roethe and Conrad Shearer among observers. The case coincides with Governor La Follette and upcoming legislative session.
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Pres
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Harold M. Willie
Frank
Wilkie
Anti- la Follette
Leggislature
Board of Ragents
Ilarold M. Wilkie
E. J. Roethe
Fennimore
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
Roethe
Alumni Association
George Haight
Chicago
Harry A. Bullis
Minneapolis
Roosevelt in new Congress faces social and foreign policy tests
Washington report on the start of the Seventy fifth Congress, with William Bankhead elected speaker on a strict party vote. The House and Senate convened amid planned moves to strengthen neutrality laws and authorize embargoes on munitions to Spanish forces. Roosevelt set for a second term and anticipated budget and debt notes loom.
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Allen Dibble
United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Congress
U.P
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House
Seventy-fifth Congress
Senate
Lyle C. Wilson
Garner
Roosevelt
William H. Bankhead
President Roosevelt
Frozen Body of Woman Found On Church Steps
The body of Lorraine Marvin, 23, with a bullet wound, was found on St Benedictine Moor church steps as early mass began. Police classified as probable suicide, with no inquest planned. a bloodstained handkerchief and matches bearing "John Henry" were found.
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Lorraine Marvin
St Benedictine Moor
Lorraine
Civenti
John Henry
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