Reconstruction bill advances to President Hoover in bank aid drive
Washington reports Senate approval of the revised two billion dollar reconstruction corporation bill. House quickly concurs as Dawes is named to head the new agency. The White House sees a 125 million dollar increase for federal land banks and a 500 million dollar appropriation to fund Hoover program efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mitchell
King
Utah
White House
Charles G. Dawes
Appropriations Committee
Mills of the Treasury
Burns
Glass
Dem
Auto lands on ice after bridge skid in Neenah
Neenah Wis Special The car driven by John Gryskow Oshkosh skidded on an icy curve and crashed through a guard rail landing four or five feet onto the ice bridge on Winneconne avenue. Gryskow and a female companion escaped injury with the companion unnamed in initial reports.
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Neenah
Wis
Slough
Winneconne Avenue
John Gryskow
Spruce Street
Oshkosh
Gryskow
Sixteen License Law Offenses Filed Against Transit Drivers
Three Sullivan Transit drivers in Milwaukee face sixteen charges under state license law filed in Fond du Lac yesterday. Fines totaling 1200 dollars and possible license revocation await convictions as police earlier arrested them January 12 while transporting a bridge girder on ducks.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Sullivan Transit Company
Milwaukee
Aurora Declares Five Day Trade Suspension
Mayor Conrad M Bjorseth proclaimed a five day halt on all business except food stores and public utilities to bolster confidence after recent bank suspensions. The plan includes canvassing 800 to 900 business leaders and 15 000 to 20 000 bank depositors and sermons to reassure the public.
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Aurora
Conrad M. Bjorseth
Appleton Y M C A Exemption Questioned By Wisconsin Court
Wisconsin deputy attorney general Fred M. Wylie ruled that Appleton M C A property may be tax exempt if its facilities such as dormitories cafeteria and other amenities primarily serve the associations charitable educational or benevolent objects. If profits or dominant use favor pecuniary gain the property could be taxed. The decision awaits clearer information and local tax official ruling.
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Wylie
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Madison
Fred M. Wylie
Appleton ¥. M. C. A
Appleton , M. C. A
Appleton Y. M. C. A
Wyite
Appleton ¥ Y. M. C. A
Wiite
Mayor Diener Named Official Tester and Taster in Green Bay
In Green Bay Wisconsin Mayor John V. Diener and Mrs. Diener will serve as official tester and chief assistant taster for the city poor department store. The mayor will sample supplies, Mrs. Diener will cook, and the Diener family will act as the jury assessing quality.
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Green Bay
Wis
John V. Diener
Gas Tax Availability Boosts 1932 Municipal Budgets
About 4 million dollars of motor vehicle license and gas tax revenues slated for next year will be available for 1932 municipal budgets under a bill approved by the assembly. The measure, introduced by Sen. Irving Mehigan, would allow Dec. 31, 1932 appropriation with actual payment next year, aiding bridge street and highway projects amid legislative changes and a concurrent repeal of a reservoir law.
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Madison
Assembly
Irving Mehigan
Milwaukee
Senate
Hampel
Gettelman
Chile Yields Details On 371 Million Dollar Borrowings
Santiago reports that over ten years Chile, the government and related entities borrowed more than 371 million dollars from the United States. The statement lists 15 bond issues totalling 296,112,000 issued through major New York banks with no commissions above one percent. The Cosach obligations amount to 275,596,601 with full organizational details provided, while the government denies involvement by the nitrate syndicate in the debt moratorium.
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la Follette
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Marshfield
Wausau
Wisconsin
Ben Lang
John. E. Cashman
Denmark
Santiago
Chile
United States
Cosa d Nitrate
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Senate
Washington
Foreign Office
National City Bank of New York
Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co
Hallgarten & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Grace National Bank of New York
Triangular Affair In Oregon Ends With Warrant Unclear
Patricia Sobieski Cavin, 20, returned to her mother's home in St Helens amid a dispute over her Vancouver marriage to John Cavin. A warrant for Herman Reiten was secured by Cavin, but Sheriff Oscar G. Weed had not seen it or launched a manhunt. Reiten, a former suitor, was described as the subject of the warrant.
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St. Helens
Ore
J-P
Patricia Cavin
Joe Sobieski
Columbia County
Herman Reten
John Cavin
Oscar G. Weed
Relten
Patricia Sobieski
Cavin
M. H. Doner
Japanese ultimatum during Shanghai clashes warning decisive action
Rear Admiral Koichi Shiosawa demanded in Shanghai immediate suppression of anti Japanese groups by Chinese officials threatening drastic measures to protect Japanese nationals. The note followed a protest from Consul General Murai and demanded dissolution of Chinese associations aiding the boycott against Japanese goods. Chiang Kai Shek arrived back from his provincial estate and declined to comment on his visit or the political situation.
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Shanghai
Koichi Shiosawa
Shiosawa
Wu Ten Chen
Kuramatsu Murai
Murai
Chinese Association
Japan
Nanking
Chiang Kai Shek
Seven Auto Leaders Oppose Hoover Sales Tax
A seven man delegation from major automakers including Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors and W C Cowling of Ford visited the White House to denounce a 5 percent sales tax on autos as discriminatory. They warned the tax would curb volume production and threaten employment and allied industries. George Graham of Rockne Motors will represent the group before the Ways and Means Committee as hearings proceed.
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Washington
Hoover
Alfred BP
Sloan
General Motors
Hudson Motor Company
Alvan Macauley
Packard Company
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Nash
Nash Motors
George Graham
Rockne Motor
Robert Graham
Graham- Paige Company
House
Ways and Means
Macauley
New York
Britain's Cabinet Splits Over Tariff Issue
Great Britain's cabinet divides on the balance of trade report. Ministers disagree between free traders and protectionists with a proposed flat tariff of 10 to 15 percent on manufactured imports. Some ministers may express views by speech and vote as the tariff goes to the House of Commons for a free vote.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
MacDonald
Kewaunee salesman kidnapped then released near town
Louis S. Campbell a 22 year old furniture salesman from Kewaunee Wisconsin was kidnapped while driving between Sheboygan and Plymouth. He said two hitchhikers robbed him took his car $50 and a wedding ring and forced him to travel through Milwaukee Chicago to St Louis before releasing him near town. He returned with a truck driver.
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Kansas City
Wisconsin
Louis S. Campbell
Sheboygan
Plymouth
Wis
Campbell
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
Retiring Seafarer Regalls Prank On Cleveland
Brunswick Ga Captain W G Lee to retire March 1 after 41 years at sea recalls a prank he played on Grover Cleveland during a Florida fishing trip. He staged underwater fishing by arranging large bluefish to appear on the presidential line, boosting Cleveland’s fishing story and Florida’s reputation.
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Cleveland
Brunswick
W. G Lee
United States
Savannah
Grover Cleveland
Indian River Steamboat Company
Florida
Lee
Norfolk Way
Luque and Bressler Granted Unconditional Release by Dodgers
Adolfo Luque and Rube Bressler, both veterans entering the big leagues in 1914, were given unconditional releases by the Brooklyn club. The report notes Luque started with Boston and Bressler with Philadelphia.
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Luque
Bressler
Dodgers
New York
Adolfo Luque
Rube Bressler
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Boston
Phildelphia
Senate asks Ben Mitchell to advise on radio trust suit
The Senate adopted a Blaine resolution asking Attorney General to report to the Judiciary Committee before any settlement of the government antitrust suit against RCA and other big radio firms. Mitchell was urged to provide an immediate status report and to brief the committee on any out of court negotiations.
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Mitchell
Senate
Washington
Senate Today
Ben Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Dill
Delaware
Radio Corporation of America
Tax Rates in New Surtax Bill Outline
Madison reports the latest Polakowski bill sets income surtax rates from 1 percent on the first thousand to 30 percent on incomes over 100000. Exemptions are 1000 for individuals, 3000 for married couples, and 400 per dependent.
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Madison
Senate
Parasitic Case Bearer Threatens Cherry Crops
Wisconsin entomologists report a tiny parasite battling the cherry case bearer, a moth larva that infests leaves and forms protective cocoons. The worm has expanded from wild pin cherry to cultivated orchards, with numerous parasitic allies joining the fight.
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Madison
O.P
David
University of Wisconsin
Harley F. Wilson
Weather Summary From Buckstaff Observatory
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with possible rain or snow. Snow in extreme north and northwest, warmer Saturday. Lake Michigan winds gentle to moderate. Upper Michigan remains cloudy with possible snow Saturday. Milwaukee and other climate notes show yesterday’s highs and lows and regional readings from Buckstaff Observatory
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Dax
Wiscon
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Nelson Bolt Ties Senate In RolGall
Senator Nelson switches to Progressives, enabling a $12,000,000 unemployment relief bill to advance. The move follows a $7,000,000 compromise bill, with Huber breaking a 15-15 tie in favor of the Polakowski substitute. Conservatives challenge faith, demand conference as final passage is deferred.
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Kenneth Hopping
Associated Press
Madison
Philip &. Nelson
Maple
Independent
Senate
la Follette
Walter Polakowski
Milwaukee
Nelson
Polakowski
Huber
Henry Huber
Anderson
Cashman
Clifford
Duncan
Fons
Hunt
Keppel
Loomis
Assembly
George Blanchard
Edgerton
Knife blade removed from brain after 30 years
Linus Larson an 89 year old Chicago man, carried a two and a half inch knife blade in his brain for three decades. Dr Eric Oldberg at Illinois Research hospital removed the blade and most scar tissue last Tuesday, in a procedure aimed at ending epilepsy attacks linked to the blade location in the left frontal lobe.
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Chicago
Linus Larson
Illinois Research Hospital
Eric Oldberg
Larson
Regents Restore Wartime Honors at Wisconsin
Madison officials declared all degrees and honors rescinded during the war are restored. The action centers on Count Johan H. Von Bernstein whose 1910 Doctor of Laws was revoked in 1918. Baron Friedrich Von Prittwitz i Gaffron, theGerman ambassador, will visit March 22 and be offered the same degree at the Goethe centenary events on campus.
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