Business Outlook Brighter Says Economists to White House
Federal and private economists report the business outlook has improved in the last month though recovery is not yet. Growing employment in textiles and shoes noted amid higher building permits in New York City. Roosevelt seeks long term solutions, Auto leaders meet to curb high pressure sales and installment financing. Macauley says manufacturers agree with installment selling principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
White House
New York City
Roosevelt
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
IK. T. Keller
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler Corporation
Alvan Macauley
Packard Motor Car Company
Motor Company
Automobile Chieftains
Macauley
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Four Army Officers Killed in Crash Near Fort Stotsenburg
Washington UP report states four Army officers died and one was seriously injured in a car crash near Fort Stotsenburg, near Manila. Killed were Capt. Stuart M. Bevans of Decatur, Capt. George W. Ehrhardt of Southold, Lt. Yi N. J., Lt. Henry B. Croswell of Washington, and Lt. Milton A. Acklen of Memphis. Capt. Paul Ridee of Connersville was seriously injured. Bevans served in the Adjutant General's Department. the others were cavalry officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Army
Fort Stotsenburg
Manila
Philippine Islands
Stuart M. Bevans
Decatur
Connersville
Ind
Bevsns
Adjutant General's Department
Philippines
Twenty Gypsies Drowned Crossing Frozen Vistula River
In Warsaw Poland a wagon crossed the ice over the Vistula when it broke sinking the wagon and drowning twenty gypsies. Rescue efforts were reported ongoing with authorities investigating the incident.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vistula River
Lacom
Kerwin Chosen Chairman of Wisconsin Fusion Group
Stevens Point Wisconsin James Kerwin Milwaukee Democrat was elected chairman of the state coalition committee of Democrats and Republicans会议 to plan an effort to displace Progressive state officials in 1938 J F Walsh Potosi Union party candidate for governor in 1936 elected secretary Kerwin said the coalition would mobilize conservative voters for county meetings to suggest candidates for the five major state offices Progressives Inc withdrawn from the group saying its methods are futile A telegram from Edward Wesolowski Milwaukee vice chairman noted Sol Levitan could win governor if Democrats and Republicans united to back him.
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Stevens Point
Wis
James Kerwin
Milwaukee
Democrats
Republicans
J. F. Walsh
Potosi
Union Party
Kerwin
Wisconsin
Otto L. Nick
Progressives, Inc
Edward G. Wesolowski
Democratic County Committee
Milwaukee County
Sol Levitan
la Follette
Plan for Church Unity Moves Ahead in England
London reports that leaders from the Church of England, Baptists, Methodists, and other Protestant denominations proposed a cautious plan for church unity while preserving individual worship forms. The plan, drawn by a joint conference, aims to discuss accord amid potential controversy among England and Wales 32 million affiliated believers.
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London
Church of England
Baptist
Tha
England
Wales
George VI
Federal Council of Evangelical Free Churches
Clipper Forced Back to U S Lands at Los Angeles Harbor
Pan American Airways China Clipper diverted 600 miles at sea due to gasoline line trouble. It landed safely in Los Angeles harbor at 6:35 a.m. local time after circling Reeves field. Six passengers boarded a navy boat. crew and two women remained aboard briefly.
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San Pedro
Calif
Pan American Airways
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Reeves Field
Naval Port
Terminal Island
Mameda
Hawaii
William Keighly
Vance Phillips
Frank Birch
Lions International
Milwaukee
James McVittie
Chicago
Webb Justice
Oakland
Loomis ruling to guide city on election official appointments
City Attorney Meyer advised Mayor Wicchering to follow Attorney General Loomis in appointing election officials for the next two years. He cites Loomis that the governor’s party vote by precinct at the last election should determine which party supplies the majority, with 39 Progressives, 37 Republicans, and four Democrats eligible. The AG’s standard aims to avoid chaotic rules across municipalities, though final interpretation rests with the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicchering
Harry E. Meyer
C. S. Loomis
Loomis
Legal Department of the State
Meyer
Supreme Court
Attornney
Oaks
Appleton Man Held on Illinois Sts Charge
Harold T. Stats of Appleton waived examination before U S Commissioner Watermelen and was bound over to federal court in Putnam county Illinois for conspiracy in operating a still from 1935 to October 1937. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Stats arrested by a deputy U S marshal at Appleton on the indictment from Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Harold T. Stats
Appleton
U. S
John F. Watermelen
Putnam County Minois
Stats
United States
Ilinois
Senate Deliberations Pile Up Over Antilynching Bill
Broad legislative agenda floods the Senate calendar as anti lynching opponents seek to shelve the measure within a week. Navy appropriations and housing conference reports clear House and head to Senate with possible Monday action on housing. Debate over John Milton’s seating looms as new session opens.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Independent Offices
Tennessee Valley Authority
Navy
Treasury
Post Office
Connally
Texas
van Nuys
Indiana
John Milton
New Jersey
Germans Executed for Treason at Dawn in Berlin
Three Germans convicted of treason were executed by guillotine at dawn in Berlin. The counts rise to six treason executions since January, underscoring wartime repression and political purge.
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Berlin
Farmer Brings Guile and G-Men to Snowbound Island
In Spooner Wisconsin a northwoods farmer named Sam Swanger ferried FBI agents into the desolate Island Lake area to aid in the search for the bodies of Charles Ross and abductee James Atwood Gray. Peter Anders, held in St. Paul, confessed killing both men, per J Edgar Hoover. After their recovery, Swanger hauled visitors to view the grave site for a fee, amid eighteen inches of snow and a rugged, hidden underground prison described by experts as a concealed chamber built to exploit in future kidnappings.
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D. &. Brannon
Spooner
Wis
Charles Ross
Zam Swanger
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Island Lake
Ross
James Atwood Gray
Peter Anders
St. Paul
F. B
J. Edgar Hoover
Swanger
Sam
Gray
Bruch
F. PB. 1
Robert Wallis
Veterans 10 hold session here Sunday
Representatives of Disabled American Veterans chapters from across the area will attend the Third district D A V conference at Armory B. The program features state leaders in military circles and Adjt. Gen. Ralph M. Immel of Madison as main speaker at 3 p.m. The event opens at 10 a.m. with Mayor C A Wichering giving the welcome.
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Ralph M. Immel
Armory 1
Armory B
Adjt
Madison
C. A. Wichering
Secret bombing plot investigated by Seattle police
Seattle police pursued a hidden plot behind an attempted bombing of the Japanese liner Higo Maru. The death of 28 year old Vancouver schoolteacher Rolphe Forsyth, who drowned after launching a bombladen raft toward the ship, may reveal the scheme. Allies question George Partridge as investigators seek a directing hand beyond isolated operatives. The home made bomb held 269 dynamite sticks and narrowly failed when water soaked the container.
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Seattle
Rolphe M. Forsyth
Vancouver
B. C
George Henry Partridge
Forsyth
Marshall Scrafford
Ralph M. Forsyth
van BG
Wash
Aanton
George Partridge
Mechanicat
President Roosevelt Invited to Wisconsin for Vacation
Senator Duff of Wisconsin and Harry R. Jones invite President Roosevelt to Door County Wisconsin for a fall fishing trip off Washington Island. Roosevelt replies by letter thanking them, notes he cannot preplan summer itineraries and has no idea of his schedule.
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Washington
Senator Duffy
Wisconsin
Harry R. Jones
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Roosevelt
Door County
Washington Island
Duff
Door’ S
Peter Anders formally named killer in Spooner case
Federal bureau of investigation chief J Edgar Hoover labels Peter Anders a cold blooded killer. A coroner’s jury in Spooner Wisconsin finds Anders murdered Charles Ross and James Atwood Gray. FBI agents testified Ross and Gray were killed at a dugout near Spooner after kidnapping on September 25. Ross body sent to Chicago and Gray to Providence Kentucky. Anders held on kidnap murder charges with death penalty possible under Lindbergh law.
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Paul
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Charles Ross
James Atwood Gray
Spooner
Wis
Ross
Gray
Anders
D. R. Brown
J. L. Madela
Hoover
Bureau of Investigaton
Deatil
Los Angeles
Chicago
Kid
West Coast
St. Paul
Minnesota
Emily
Providence
Probe of Milton's Qualifications as Senator Sought
Washington reports Labor's Nonpartisan League chair Carl Holderman said he would file a complaint seeking a Senate investigation of John Milton to serve as New Jersey's Democratic senator. House leadership had received protests but no specific charges about Milton's seating. Milton was appointed after A Harry Moore resigned to become governor, amid opposition tied to reputed ties with Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague.
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Washington
Carl Holderman
New Jersey
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Garner
John Milton
Holderman
George
Georgia
Senate
Milton
Harry Moore
Moore
New Jerey
Lae *Ders Nonpartizan League
Frank Hague
Jersey City
TVA Power Plan Upheld in High Court Case
Chattanooga Tenn report says the Tennessee Valley Authority prevailed in a test of its constitutionality against 18 utilities. A three member federal court held TVA flood control navigation and power programs valid. Utilities will appeal. Wall Street viewed the ruling cautiously amid weak power securities.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Supreme Court
James Lawrence Fly
TVA
New York
Wall Street
David E. Lilienthal
Washington
Sister Allen
Representiave Kueton
M Miinesota
Wd Tva
Florence Allen
Ohio
Roosevelt
Massissippi
Rankin
Weather summary from Wisconsin and Chicago forecast
Wisconsin remains generally fair tonight and Sunday with cooler nights. Chicago area shows unsettled Great Lakes weather early next week with snow or rain, then partial clearing midweek and milder to near normal temperatures toward the end of the period.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Shreveport
Aiodeona
Northwestern
Chicago
Great Lakes
Nckstart
Observatory
New Trial to Be Sought by the Defense
Federal court convicts 16 major oil companies and 30 executives in a large Sherman antitrust case over midwest gasoline price fixing in 1935 and 1936. Defense to file motions for new trial. sentencing delayed. Fines up to 5,000 per entity and potential prison terms loom.
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George Zielke Madison
Middle West
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
A. V.bourque
Tulsa
Oklo
Western Petroleum Refiners’ Association
Patrick T. Stone
William 7. Donovan
Supreme Court
Trammond Chaffetz
Washington
Standard of New Jersey Trust
Soviet Rejection Blocks U S Interview With Mrs Robinson
Washington reports Soviet Russia denied the U S request for an American diplomatic interview with Ruth Marie Rubens known as Ruth Norma Robinson, held in Moscow prison during a police investigation into her relation with Donald L. Robinson. The Soviet foreign office said no foreign visit could be permitted during the inquiry.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Henderson
Rubens
Sirs. Robinson
Robinson
Ural Mountains
Moscow
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No. 17
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Col
Charles Pearsall
TD. A. V
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Edith Corrado
Julia Glenna
Eau Claire
Joseph Duesster
Wisconlin
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