Regents Pledge Authority Amid Wisconsin Athletics Row
Wisconsin regents summon 14 students and staff for questioning after reviewing the athletic board report. They criticize the report and consider a committee of the whole to scrutinize university sports while endorsing four recommendations to empower the athletic board and director Walter Meanwell.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Regents
Athletic Board
Walter E. Meanwell
Clarence Spears
Bud Foster
Bill Woerner
Dave Tobias
Gil McDonald
Fred Miller
Dave Zenoff
Jim Nelsen
A. T. Weaver
Jack Bender
Nick DeMark
Charles Jones
George Lanphear
E. L. Almen
Associated Press
University of Wisconsin Athletic Department
Board of Regents
Wheerepoct
Walter E. Meanwel
Clarence W. Spears
Athletic Department
Norris Says No Farm Law Could Constitutionally Regulate Production
Senator Norris told the Senate agriculture committee that no law regulating agricultural production could be constitutional under the AAA ruling. He backed farm groups' plan to base a new program on soil conservation and domestic allotments and criticized the court's decision as wrong.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Supreme Court
AAA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Earl Smith
Winnis Farm Bureau Federation
Naval Parley Continues Amid Japanese Uncertainty
London reports say the international naval conference will proceed with the four powers Britain United States France and Italy despite a possible Japanese withdrawal No formal decision on Japanese participation as observers was announced British and American delegates stressed the four power path while denying any quarrel over future steps
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Loyd Lehrbas
Associated Press Foreign Staff
London
Foreign Office
Osarmaj Nagano
UN Jess
Britain
United States
France
Italy
Washington
Two Boys Die After Coasting Sled Hit by Auto in Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam Wisconsin reports two boys aged 9 and 11 killed when their coasting sled crashed into a truck at a street intersection. Howyl Thomas died instantly. Kenneth Roberts died later. Driver Charles Anderson, owner Garber Supply, Madison, exonerated.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Howyl Thomas
Kenneth Roberts
Charles Anderson
Garber Supply Company
Madison
Kenneth
Police Radio Bids Accepted by Committee
Winnebago county selects Graybar Electric Co of Chicago to install a new police radio system with call letters WAKE after county board sheriff and coroner committee review. Bids were opened after technical briefings from firms and delayed until spokespersons finished.
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Winnebago County
Graybar Electric Company
Chicago
Hughes sets transcontinental flight record in 9 hours 27 minutes
Howard Hughes, California aviator and film producer, completed a nonstop transcontinental flight from Burbank to Newark in 9 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds, surpassing the prior 10 hour 2 minute 51 second record by Col Roscoe Turner. He flew mostly at 18 030 feet, averaged near 260 mph over about 2450 miles, and reported carrying 780 gallons of gasoline with 160 left at landing.
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Richard R. Tyron
Associated Press
New York
America
Howard Hughes
California
Hughes
Burbank
Calif
Newark
N. J
Onds
Roscoe Turner
Santa Ana
Northrop
Waldorf- Astoria
Army
Sinzic
Jacqueline Cochrane
Ronnaine Sted
Acre‘nauonal Association
Santa Fe
Severe Bar Criticism Report On Lindbergh Case
A special American Bar Association committee report harshly criticizes reporting tactics used during the Hauptmann trial. It recommends limiting courtroom news access, barring news pictures and telegraph equipment, and restricting interviews by jurors witnesses lawyers and officials.
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United Press
Chicago
American Bar Association
Association
National Association
Hauptmann
Oscar Hallam
Minneapolis
Albert J. Harne
University
John Kirkland Clark
New York
Charles ?. Taft
Cincinnati
Senate Finance Panel Approves Baby Bond Bonus Bill
The Senate finance committee backed the new baby bond bonus payment bill by 15 to 2 amid secrecy disputes. Secretary Morgenthau testified that funds needed could reach 11 billion dollars, with 2 billion for relief and 5.8 billion for refunding, pushing the debt to 35.5 billion by end of next fiscal year.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Couzens
Michigan
Gerry
Treasury
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
George
Walsh
Barkley
Gore
Costigan
Bailey
Clark
Lonergan
Black
Guffey
Keyes
Hastings
Capper
la Follette
Conscience stricken boy held after safe robbery
Sixteen year old George Pennell, who robbed his foster father's safe of 500 dollars and fled to Chicago, was arrested in Milwaukee intoxicated. He admitted the loot but denied using nitro glycerine, saying he used a hammer. He planned to go to Milwaukee then Chicago before being nabbed. he had 404 dollars on him. Sheriff Fowell said a deputy would return him to Viroqua county for custody.
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Milwaukee
Viroqua
Viroqua County
George Benson Pennell
Chicago
George
Adolf Kramer
Pennell
Sparta
la Crosse
Tomah
Kramer
Sherif C. W. Fowell Jr
Vernon County
Roosevelt budget dead as Congress paces for 1937 plan
Washington reports Roosevelt's 1936 budget is effectively dead amid court revivals of New Deal limits and pending bonuses for veterans. Congress weighs immediate cash or bond payments, with funds unsure. Analysts note unknowns, including work relief and national debt projections, clouding next year's budgeting.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press Star
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Treasury
House
Ethiopians Report Church Bombing Deaths In North
A Dessye communique claims 10 Ethiopians died and 10 were blinded when Italian air bombs hit the Church of St. Mary at Lokoto on January 10. The town is said to be bombed daily as Haile Selassie bases his field headquarters.
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Roy P. Porter
Associated’ Press
Sakota
Ethiopia
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Church of St. Mary
Lokoto
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Pierre Laval
France
London
Spain
Radio time war draws party leaders into clash
Republican leaders and broadcasting chains battle over radio time for political propaganda. National figures Fletcher and Paley defend free airtime while accusing each other of bias as Columbia broadcasts Republican and Democratic messages.
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Fred Myers
United
New York
Acung
Wile
William & Paley
Columbia
Uw O
Natonal Republican
Avory PB. Fletcher
Natumal Broadcasting Company
Ant Columbs
Om Jamess
Fletcher
Van Brunt Will Valid Says Superior Court
Los Angeles reports the Superior Court ruled the 80 000 will of Willard A Van Brunt of Horicon Wisconsin valid. Four nephews and a representative contested the will claiming revocation prior to death on July 5 but sixteen other beneficiaries supported the instrument as intact shortly before death.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Willard A van Brunt
Horicon
Wis
Mo Micer
van Brant
Will
Hauptmann Lawyers Grow To Five In Death Row Fight
Atty. Gen. Wilentz says Gov. Hoffman may grant a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann as his five-lawyer defense plans a federal habeas corpus challenge. Hauptmann faces execution at 5 p.m. Friday with two Washington lawyers joining the Bronx carpenter’s team. Governor Hoffman has been in New York since the court of pardons denied clemency and his position on a possible reprieve remains unclear.
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Trenton
N. J
David T. Wilentz
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Two Former Convicts Held as Fugitive at Green Bay
Green Bay Wis two former convicts are held for investigation one identified as Herbert Schmidt alias George Kennedy 35 of Los Angeles and Joe Becker alias San Quentin Guen nard 28 of Superior Wis Schmidt claimed a 1931 San Quentin robbery sentence and escape Becker served time in the Amatsota state reformatory A getaway in a shack near Brown County Airport led to their arrest with Vera Kiso of Green Bay facing a vague charge and police securing weapons and ammunition at the scene
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Green Gay
Wis
Venom
California
San Quentin
Herbert Schmidt
George Kennedy
Los Angeles
Joe Becker
Aliss Quentin Guennard
Superior
Schmidt
Becker
Amatsota
Brown County
Ayrort
Green Rex
Tim
Vera Kiso
Green Bay
Pihem
Lehruait
Taise
Department of Justice
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Minnesota
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Chamber of Deputies
Sland
Pere
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Dale Harrison
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