Devastating Cloudbursts Break Heat Across Wisconsin
A brutal cloudburst swept northern Wisconsin flooding Chippewa Clark and Eau Claire counties washing out Soo Line and Omaha line tracks at Neillsville Hawmbird Boyd and Eidsvold. Rain reached Cadett causing two inches in 90 minutes four foot water on Highway 29 and 80 degree heat before the deluge. Cars stalled dirt roads washed out and Riverview tourist park inundated as trains halted for repairs with expected resumption later.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Clark
Eau Claire
Soo Line
Neillsville
Hawmbird
Cadett
Yellow River
Riverview
Schaller Creek
Highway 29
Stanley
Boyd
Eidsvold
Iowa Woman Elected Educational Head At National Convention
Agnes Samuelson of Shenandoah Iowa was elected president of the National Education Association for the coming year. She vows to push a new frontier in rural education and to bring country schools and the NEA closer together. She argues education must serve both young children and adults beyond traditional ages.
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Denver
Tooman
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Shenandoah
Samuelson
Natonal Educational Association
Henry Lester Smith
University of Indiana
N.ea
Empire Builder Wrecks in Montana Washout Derby
The Great Northern Empire Builder derailed after a washout near Bainville Montana. Eighteen coach train with eight cars left the tracks and four rolled over. Twenty four passengers were aboard with at least two seriously injured. Engines stayed upright.
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Bainville
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Farmhand Pat Lynen Dead After Lightning Strike
Madison UP reports Pat Lynen a 28 year old farmhand was killed by lightning in Mon trose. His body was found by employer Frank Henry at a downed tree after he disappeared July 3 following three days on the job. His address remains unknown.
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Madison
Pat Lynen
Montrose
Lynen
Frank Henry
Roosevelt tax and holding plan split Democrats on coast
Washington dispatch reports liberal and conservative Democrats clash over Roosevelts tax plan and holding company abolition. Senate backs a 1942 dissolution but House differs, signaling regional divides ahead of the 1936 campaign. Analysis shows only 14 states favored the Senate bill.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Seaboard
House
East
Midwest
Pacific Ocean
Capitol Hill
New England
Natural Center
Massachusetts
Congress
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Restoration of Hapsburg Monarchy Seen Likely After Law
A royalist close to Archduke Otto predicted a prompt restoration of the Austrian throne once anti-Hapsburg laws are repealed. Otto hinted negotiations are underway, and a return within weeks could lead to restoration within months. Estimates of estate profits suggest potential cash support for the Hapsburgs as laws allow cash payments in place of returning some estates.
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Edouard Traus
Associated Press
Brussels
Archduke Otto of
Karl Karwinsky
Department of Justice
Otto
Austria
Wade Werner
Vienna
Walter Adam
Orthon
State Council
Hapsburgs
Hapsburg
Council of State
Kurt Schuschnigg
New York
Europe
Wittman Wins Third in Free-For-All Event
Tulsa air races saw Wittman of Oshkosh secure third in the feature free-for-all earning 150 dollars. Art Chester of Chicago won the six lap race at a 206.82 mph average on a five mile course. Wittman flew Chief Oshkosh, had entered only the 55 cubic inch class, and had moved from Oshkosh to Tulsa for the event.
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Tulsa
Okfla
Pyms
J. Wittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Art Chester
Chicago
Triplets Born to Pickett Couple in Pickett Wisconsin
Triplets arrived Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Warren Moore of Pickett Wisconsin one boy and two girls. The boy weighed 6 pounds at birth and the girls 5 4 each. The Moores also have four other children and previously had twins seven years ago. Mr Moore works at the county garage in Oshkosh.
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Pickett
Wis
Warren Moore
Platform For Third Party Urged
A technocracy based platform offering a $5 000 annual income to every American family was presented to 200 self proclaimed radicals in Chicago for a national third party. The plan, signed by the Farmer Labor party, calls for direct living standards tied to production and features public ownership and heavy taxation. Leaders included Gov Floyd Olson and Sen Robert La Follette as possible presidential candidates, with organizers Amalie Marcantonio and Vito Marcantonio steering the event.
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Everett Holles
United Press
Chicago
Farmer-Labor
Farmer-Laborites
Minnesota
Howard Y. Williams
St. Paul
Farm Labor Party
Floyd B. Olson
Farm Laborite
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Olson
Thomas R. Amiie
United States
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago
Roosevelt
Amalie Weads
Ambrie
Vito Marcantonia
Republian
New York
East
Amice
Marcantonio
Ernest Lundeen
Farmer-Laborite
Byron Scott
California
Williams
Progressive
Commonwealth
Labor
Ethiopia seeks Kellogg pact aid to curb Italian aggression
Ethiopia appeals to the United States to invoke the Kellogg Briand pact to curb Italy after massing forces in African colonies. Emperor Haile Selassie says Ethiopia will defend its independence by legal means and seeks US pressure on Italy. Ethiopians report difficulty obtaining munitions from Denmark, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium amid a growing crisis.
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New York
Ethiopia
United States
East Africa
Italy
Haile Selassie
Associated Press
United States State Department
Washington
Rome
London Daily Express
France
Mary
Africa
News Chronicle
Benito Mussolini
Addis Ababa
William Perry George
America
Maile Selassie
Lion of Judah
Denmark
Skoda Works
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Hull
Haly
Willam Perry George
Addis
Gerald Thompson pleads not guilty to murder charge
Gerald Thompson a 25 year old Jekyl Slyde singer pleaded not guilty before Circuit Judge Joseph Daily to a first degree murder charge. Spectators watched as Thompson signed a detailed confession describing the killing of Mildred Hallmark a 19 year old hostess. His attorney said the confession would be challenged at trial set to begin July 22.
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Gerald Thompson
Peoria, I
Joseph Daily Today
Kalter
Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Jury chosen for Wa ley trial in $200,000 kidnapping case
A jury of 10 men and two women with one male alternate was selected in 1 hour 25 minutes in Tacoma Washington to hear the case of 18 year old Margaret Thulin Wa Jey charged with the George Weyer kidnapping for $200,000 bounty.
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Tacoma
Wash
iMi
Margaret Thulin Wa Jey
George Weyerhacusex
Wagner labor bill signed by Roosevelt safeguards collective bargaining
President Roosevelt signs the Wagner labor bill calling for a national labor relations board to hear cases and oversee fair elections on collective bargaining. The act aims to improve labor management relations, define self organization rights, and apply to select industries to avoid burdening interstate commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
Veneiliation
Department of Labor
Congress
Oman
Faber
Ihor
Nephew of Lumber King Dies at Bay
Funeral services were planned today for Fred H. Stephenson 67 of Escanaba a nephew of the late Isaac Stephenson lumber king He died at a Green Bay Wisconsin hospital Wednesday from an extended illness
Monthly Wage Rates Under Relief in Wisconsin
Wisconsin emergency relief figures show monthly wage rates under the federal Works program ranging from unskilled $40 in least populous counties to Milwaukee county professional and technical workers at $101. Counties are grouped by city population with five pay bands for each group, listing numerous counties within groups.
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Madison
Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Works Program
Milwaukee County
WERA
Milwaukee
Adams
Bayfield
Buffalo
Burnett
Calumet
Clark
Crawford
Door
Florence
Forest
Grant
Green Lake
Iowa
Iron
Jackson
Juneau
Kewaunee
Laffayette
Marquette
Monroe
Ozaukee
Pepin
Pierce
Polk
Price
Auckland
Rusk
St. Croix
Sawyer
Shawang
Taylor
Tre
Sinclair urges Roosevelt to adopt production for use plan
Upton Sinclair declares he will not seek office but plans to push a production for use program at the Democratic national convention. He warns that if Roosevelt refuses, an EPIC candidate may enter the race to press the poverty elimination policy.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
California
Sinclair
Thirteen on Fatal List in Badger State
A nationwide Independence Day toll reached at least 202 deaths and thousands of injuries. The Midwest led with 82 fatalities. most deaths were due to car crashes and drownings, with four linked directly to fireworks. Notable incidents included Chester Bullwicki's fatal chest injury and a balloon guide-rope death at St Clair Shores.
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Badger State
New York
Midwest
Mountain States
New England
Midatlantic
South
Southwest
Pacific
Associated Press
New Jersey
Chicago
St. Louis
Chester Bullwicki
Kansas
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Ho-Ho-Kus
N. 3
Callahan Elected as Vice President at National Education Meet
Denver convention closes with John Callahan of Madison Wisconsin named one of the vice presidents of the National Education Association. Callahan serves as state superintendent of public instruction.
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Callahan
Denver
Colo
John Callahan
Madison
Wis
National Education Association
Veteran attorney dies at Kenosha in Illinois courtroom
Frank H. Hall, 64, a veteran attorney who led Wednesday court proceedings in Rockford, Illinois, died in Kenosha after suffering a heart attack in a county building courtroom.
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Kenosha
Wis
Frank H. Hall
Rockford, IL
Wisconsin Weather Forecast The Sun and Thunderstorms Ahead
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Wisconsin through tonight and Saturday with afternoon or tonight thunderstorms in the east. Cooler tonight, then cooler conditions into Saturday. Upper lakes show shifting winds with possible showers or thunderstorms on Huron and Michigan as well as eastern Superior later today and early Saturday.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Northwestern
Backstaff Observatory
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