Night Club and Tavern Raids Lead to Arraignments
County authorities raided taverns and roadhouses in Winnebago county seizing more than a thousand dollars in slot machines and equipment. Six proprietors face harboring slot machines charges in municipal court with arraignments set for Monday morning.
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Irving Ransom
Three Oaks
Highway 110
Neubauer
Dist. Atty
Lewis C. Magnusen
Winnebago County
Paul Neubauer
Magnusen
Henry Loewen
Harold Loewen
Club 41
Jackson Drive
Edward Kollross
Bonnie Kellett
KK Tavemnt
Highway 41
Oshcosh
J. P. Bennett
Ishkosh
John A. Faust
Kollross
Fellett
Bennett
Neugauer
Stormey Magnusen
Maghusen
Congressional Business and Committee Actions
Routine Senate work continues with La Follette committee labor conditions inquiry. House considers RFC extension and a $50 million crop production loan fund. Ways and Means debates reciprocal trade agreements powers. Appropriations subcommittees review treasury and annual supply bills. Senate in recess yesterday. Civil service bill would place all postmasters under civil service.
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Associated Press
Senate
la Follette Committee
OUSE
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Treasury
Esterday
Congress
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service
Convict Tad in Fake Eye Doctor Case
A federal court jury convicted two Milwaukee lawyers Frank Mackett Jr and William Hanecy and Samuel Birnstain of New Orleans of mail fraud. They allegedly swindled eye disease patients in operations that netted the ring about 20 million dollars over 20 years. One co defendant Lewis Levy of Des Moines pleaded guilty.
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Milwaukee
New Orleans
Frank Mackett Jr
William Hanecy
Samuel Birnstein
Mackett
Hanecy
F. A. Geiger
Geiger
Bankers End Midwinter Session in Milwaukee
Ralph Budd, president of the Burlington Railroad, urged lawmakers to let railroads spend to revive industry and favor stable policy. He cited the Burlington Zephyr and post‑1933 metal advances as enabling cheaper, faster travel and growing revenues. Bankers plan a three day June convention aboard a Great Lakes steamship.
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Milwaukee
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad
Wisconsin Bankers Midwinter
Congress
Budd
Burlington Zephyr
Great Lakes
Oshkosh Belt Line Route Hears Report At Closed Session
State highway commission outlined seven routes for a belt line around Oshkosh and detailed two main options Hazel street and Sawyer avenue with estimated costs of 3.236 million and 2.827 million dollars respectively. The meeting was closed to the press and no final decision was announced.
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Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Citizens’ Committee
Oshkosh
J. T. Putney
Milwaukee
D. F. Culbertson
Green Bay
Winnebago County
Mr. Culbertson
Frankfort Street
Hazel Street
Bowen
Neenah
Chicago & Northwestern
Sawyer Avenue
Hazel ‘Street
Broad Street
Winnebagoland, Inc
Cal
Government planes bomb Aurel troops around Madrid
Socialist air strikes targeted insurgent positions west and south of Madrid in dawn raids. Socialist infantry captured La Sombrilla hill as civilians faced a 12 hour evacuation order, with those aiding the war effort exempt.
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Madrid
University City
Seventeen Bolshevists Face Trial in Moscow
Seventeen prominent Bolsheviks, including three veterans of the 1917 revolution, go on trial in Moscow on charges of plotting against the government. The proceedings, in the Hall of Columns, involve figures such as Karl Radek Gregory Sokolnikov and George Piatakov, with Joseph E. Davies hoping to attend.
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Norman B.deuel
United Press
Moscow
Hall of Columns
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Joseph Stalin
Davies
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Vassily Ulrich
Supreme Court
Andrew Vishinsky
Karl Radek
Gregory Sokolnikov
Great Britain
George Piatakov
State Bank
J. P. Ferebriakov
N. I. Murolov
M. S. Goguslavski
Moscow Soviet
J. L. Livihits
Commissariat of Land Transportation
Pensions and forest fires swell Wisconsin deficit bill
A Wisconsin joint finance hearing on the deficiency appropriation bill revealed mounting requests totaling about 2 million dollars to fund state government through the year end. Key asks include 1,037,600 for social security pensions, 150,000 for forest fire expenses, and 115,000 for the University of Wisconsin.
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Madison
Legislative Joint Finance
E. J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Assembly
A. J. Thelen
Wisconsin County Boards Association
Conservation Department
George C. Sellery
University of Wisconsin
Japanese conciliators seek cooperation of angry leaders
Japanese mediators pressed to win cooperation from military chiefs and parliamentarians amid reports of possible diet dissolution. Leaders sought a compromise to resume government business as Prime Minister Konoye and War Minister Terauchi faced the crisis.
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Tokio
Tapan
Prince Konoye
House of Peers
Juichi Terauchi
Farley Confirmed for Second Term as Postmaster General
James A. Farley was confirmed by the Senate for a second term as President Roosevelt's Postmaster General. The swift vote suspended normal procedure, though Farley is not expected to remain in the cabinet beyond his current term.
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Washington
U.P
James A.farley
Senate
Roosevelt
Farley
United Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis orders auto strike lieutenants to redouble efforts
John L Lewis commanded his strike leadership to intensify organizing in Detroit after President Roosevelt refused government intervention in the General Motors dispute. He sent a telegram to Flint Fisher plant workers reaffirming his support and promising a prolonged fight. Roosevelt at his second term press conference said there is no new progress in the stalemate and cautioned that statements so far are not in order.
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Washington
Tup
John L. Lewis
Detroit
Roosevelt
General Motors
Lewis
Fisher
Flint
Mich
Floods Widen Across Ohio River Valley Citywide
Floods from heavy rains push into the Golden Triangle and threaten 50 foot crests along the Ohio River. Evacuations mount in Wheeling Island Newport and Louisville while Cincinnati New Richmond and surrounding towns report rising waters and widespread homelessness. One death is reported with engineers releasing sewer valves in Ohio for the most serious inundation in 24 years.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Ohio River
North Side
McKees
Wheeling
W. Vae
Ohio
Wheeling Island
Portsmouth
Scinto
Cincinnati
New Richmond
Newtown
Addyston
Elizabethtown
Newport
Loulaville
Taylorsville
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Ind
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Minnesota Regions
Weather outlook shows fair conditions in Wisconsin tonight and Saturday with colder air in the northwest and north central today, and continued cold through Saturday. Minnesota expected to be fair with colder readings in the north east, increasing clouds later, and less cold in the west and south portions by afternoon. Temperatures include a high of 37 and low of 2 after midnight, with calm winds and no significant precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Floods Crowding Midwest Reach Historic Crest
The Ohio River crest surpassed 1884 levels as floods swept 10 states. At least 11 lives were lost, over 120000 displaced, and damage climbed nationwide. Red Cross mobilized flood relief funds. nine boats from Midwest stations joined efforts in Indiana for aid.
Most Severe Cold Wave Strikes Northwest States
The subzero blast tightened its grip with ice covered highways across Wisconsin and neighboring states. Readings ranged from 8 below at Madison to 16 below at Park Falls and 40 below in Fargo as crews grit roads and rail travel lagged behind blizzard cleanup.
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Fargo
N. D
U.P
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Duffy to Toastmaster at Legion Midwinter Conference
Sen. F Ryans Duffy of Fond du Lac Wisconsin will travel to Portage Wisconsin to serve as toastmaster at the Wisconsin American Legion midwinter conference on the eve of the event with proceedings tomorrow night in Portage Wisconsin
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Senator Duffy
Legion Midwinter
Washington
Sen
F. Ryans Duffy
Fond du Lac
Wis
Port+age
Wisconsin American Legion
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