Monopoly Probe Committee Splits Into Six Groups
The temporary national economic committee divides into six subgroups to study monopoly power. Each subgroup, with one congress member and one executive-agency rep, will probe taxes profits patents prices production and more. Chairman O Mahoney schedules full committee talks and possible hearings this fall.
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Congress
O’mahoney
Washington
Wyoming
Bora
Arnold
King
Utah
O'Mahoney
Justice, Commerce, Labor and Treasury Departments
Federal Trade and Securities Commissions
National Economic Committee
Borah
Kohler Denies Gov Nomination Plans in Letter
Walter J. Kohler of Kohler Wisconsin declares he will not accept nomination for any office. He cites current duties and past service as governor and asks supporters to respect his position while thanking them for their confidence and interest.
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Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Minton
Indiana
Young voters to be factor in November
Washington reports both major parties will target 2.3 million new voters reaching voting age since 1936. Youth groups under Young Republican and Young Democratic banners expand influence in national committee affairs and mobilization efforts.
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Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Charles H. Shreve
Young Democratic National Organization
Donald Hornback
Cleveland
Young Republicans
Shreve
Jefferson
Republican Command
Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Alabama
South
Democratic Party
Americans Taken On Board Ship In Swatow Siege
Americans in Swatow escaped to the US gunboat Sacramento as Japanese air raids intensified. Father William Downs was wounded when a bomb hit his Maryknoll mission home. Chinese police briefly detained him before he boarded the Sacramento. Thousands fled the city as bombardments and a Chinese counterattack stirred panic. reports spoke of heavy casualties and regional raids near Hankow and Nanking.
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Robert Bellaire
United Press
Shanghai
U.P
Swatow
United States
Sacramento
Swaptow
William Downs
Eric
Homan Catholic Maryknoll Mission
Berger
American Union
Foochow
Nanking
Yangtze River
Hukow
Tsienshui
Huang- Shui
Wang- Kiang
Hankow
Princess of Sweden Entertained at Picnic in Hyde Park
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted Crown Princess Louise of Sweden at a small Hyde Park picnic today. Mr. Roosevelt plans a 7 a.m. departure for Gettysburg to address Civil War veterans, then to Washington for a 1:15 p.m. arrival. He will work at the White House on Monday before leaving Thursday on a western trip.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Louise
Sweden
Gettysburg
Washington
White House
Government Overspending Surges to 1.46 Billion in Fiscal Year
Washington reports final treasury figures showing income of 6.242 billion and expenditures of 7.766 billion, a gross deficit of 1.525 billion. Debt retirement and per capita burden noted, with receipts up and major taxes rising while customs duties fall amid abroad demand declines.
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Washington
Treasury
Fourth of July Celebration to Start Tonight
Indianapolis news notes a four day Fourth of July celebration beginning tonight with a street fiesta and a Mummers and bicycle parade. The event honors the Declaration of Independence and features Civic and patriotic parades, Market Day ties, farm parade, and a large fireworks show attracting thousands to the city.
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Florian Lampert Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oshkosh Market Day Association
Main
Irving Streets
Main Street
Oregon
Fourteenth
Ohio
Fifth Street
Loomis urges removal of Florence official Wittkopf
Madison Wis. Atty Gen C S Loomis called for removing Florence County official Dust Atty Allen Wittkopf in a report to Governor La Follette. Loomis cited evidence of vice conditions 1936 1937 and unexplainable income from gambling and alleged dealings with slot machine operators. The findings meet removal statutes though not enough for prosecution.
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Madison
Wis
Allen Wittkopf
Florence County
la Follette
C. S. Loomis
Loomis
Witthop
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Fourth of July Holiday
Federal weather bureau forecasts unsettled Fourth of July weekend with showers or thunderstorms and little temperature change. Milwaukee County expects about 75,000 autos to travel tonight as crowds head to events. Railroads add extra section trains to handle increased traffic.
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Milwaukee
Federal Weather Bureau
Sheriffs Department
Milwaukee County
Railroraz
Hague Probe to Be Early on Program in Senate
The senate civil liberties committee will focus on Mayor Frank Hague and Jersey City policy violations, with inquiries into free speech and assembly. La Follette says labor relations work and limited funds precede the Hague probe, while a $60,000 boost funds ongoing inquiries.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Congress
la Follette
Progres +sive
Wisconsin
Senate
Hague
New Jersey
O'Connell
Montana
Bernard
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
House
Norman Thomas
Assembly
Roosevelt
Ohio “Little Steel
Nash Gas May Go Into Court Over Unemployment Claims
State unemployment compensation ruling could force Nash Motor Company to pay about 91,250 dollars to 1,275 Kenosha workers laid off during a May Milwaukee strike. The decision also affects 750 Racine plant employees facing a 22,500 dollar payout. Nash protests the ruling which may reach the courts.
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Madison
Haid
Nash Motor Company
The
Industrial Commission
Nash
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Racine
Iay
Unsettled Weather With Showers Across Wisconsin
The report notes unsettled conditions for Wisconsin tonight through Monday with occasional showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change. Milwaukee experiences cloudy skies with highs and lows around the mid 60s. A Great Lakes outlook calls for more unsettled weather with frequent showers and moderate temperatures.
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Saly
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Omaha
Duluth
Great Lakes
Backstaff Observatory
Rene
Four trapped miners die as cave-in claims sixth victim
In Alabama a coal mine collapse trapped ten miners. Six bodies recovered including Bill Peffer, killed in the avalanche after five others died. Four rescued alive, one escaped, with three others injured. Rescue crews extracted survivors amid shifting rock and debris.
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Ala
Bill Peffer
Peffer
Red Painter
Ming
J. J. Wingard
The
Alabama By- Products Company
Lloyd Painter
Red
Howard Morgan
Leonard Dockins
Dockins
Wisconsin State Projects Listed
Wisconsin posts office building projects total 31 066 000 dollars across 280 sites including Milwaukee and New London with plans for courthouses annexes and remodeling. Projects designated for towns Forgerton Mayville Virequa Plsmouth Hudson Hayward and others funded by federal totals assume contracts by June 30 1939.
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Wisconsin
Treasury and
Post Office
Farley
Morgenthau
Congress
Forgerton
Mayville
Virequa
Milwaukee
Post Office and Customs
Plsmouth
New London
Hudson
Hayward
Five Units To Be Made Autonomous Peiping Plan
Five autonomous Chinese regions are draft plan by Peiping provisional government members and Japanese advisers to end the war by carving China into units. North China Inner Mongolia East Central South China would be under local authorities with Japanese and allied spheres of influence. Hankow would be the Chinese government capital under Hankow. Chiang Kai Shek likely to head Hankow if he accepts. The move aims at Europe recognition of Japan’s partial conquest and a return to imperialistic divide and rule, with mixed reactions in Chinese and Western press.
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Domei
Manchukuo
A&a
Peiping
China
Kweishua
Nanking
Hankow
Canton
Kwongchowan
South China
Hainan
Japan
North China
Inner Mongolia
Teh Wang
Mongolia
Kweihua
Suiyuan
East China
Central China
Tokio
Chiang Kai Shek
Weathered Wisconsin roads warn drivers to slow down
The state highway commission urged motorists to use extreme caution on rain damaged southern Wisconsin highways. U S 12 and State Trunk 36 in Walworth County and Trunk 50 in Kenosha County were underwater but have receded and repairs are underway. Detours were set on several routes and bridges washed out on U S 14 and 61 west of Coon Valley with detours via State Trunk 27 and 33.
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Madison
State Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Walworth County
Kenosha County
Lake Geneva
Elkham
Iron Lake Geneva
Williams Bay
Elkhorn
Springfield
Burlington
Spring Prairie
Coon Valley
Wesity
Cashion
le Crosse
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