Wisconsin Toll of 27 Drownings and Auto Crashes
United Press tally records 27 deaths over a three day Independence holiday in Wisconsin. Drownings mark most fatalities with autos, trains, burns, and a fall also reported. Names and ages span Milwaukee to Green Bay and Minnesota towns.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United Press
Louis Stacyr
Joseph Schwartz
Burlington
George Kloock
Menomonie
Chippewa River
Donald Watters
Washburn
Chequamegon Bay
Wilbur Smig
Wausau
Sackett’s Lake
William Horner Jr
Cudahy
Waukesha County
Andrew Larson
Clark County
Humbird
Peter Kohler
Kenosha
McFarland
Yahara
Mississippi
Evelyn Fjerstad
Trenton
Wis
Douglas Sandberg
Red Wing
Minn
Faustino Gonzeles
Fond du Lac
Barbara Klug
Madison
Lorraine Alden
Willis Wolff
Janesville
Edward Lewis
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Delia Johnson
Clintonville
John Bagniewski
Matthew Leonard
Albert C. Patz
Beaver
Marinette County
Charles Wertellinski
Patz
Wertellinski
Ranch Lake
Oconto County
Stacyr
Five Escape From Clark County Jail Reported
Clark County Sheriff Mats Madsen disclosed that five inmates four men and one woman escaped Clark County Jail early yesterday by sawing bars and picking a lock. Escapees include George Hunt 28 Neillsville Terry Hamilton 30 Columbus Indiana John Lavora 18 Kalamazoo Michigan Stanley Bogan 20 Stanley Wisconsin and Dorothy May Barnes 25 Columbus Ohio all awaiting trial after charges of burglary breaking and entering and adultery.
Wheeler Will Continue Fight On Court Plan
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt and Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana, leaders of the anti court reorganization bloc, holding a White House talks to press the bill amid partisan debate. Wheeler urged withdrawal, Roosevelt refused, and leaders met to decide next steps as Robinson moves to set the bill as unfinished business.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Supreme Court
White House
Senate
Wheeler
Bone
Capitol Hill
Tater
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol
Sens
Bennet C. Clark
Missouri
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Judiciary Committee
House
Picket Lines Turn Deadly at Lloyd Manufacturing
A picket clash at Lloyd Manufacturing in Menominee Michigan left 42 year old Joseph Jozwiak dead after he was knocked from a car and dragged 300 feet. Harold Eisman driver of the vehicle was held without charge pending inquest as 400 to 500 demonstrators gathered. The plant had announced reopening provoking protests from 446 nonstrikers who had joined 306 likeminded workers in a walkout.
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Menominee
Mich
Joseph Jozwiak
Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Harold Eisman
Marinette
Wis
Jozwiak
Frank Parsek
Eisman
Lewis Larsen
Lloyd Company
Menominee Furniture Workers ‘Union
American Federation of Labor
Albert G. Cherney
Body section found in Cleveland river in tenth torso case
Cleveland police recovered a torso segment of a man from the Cuya hoga river under a badge. They later located a matching leg and arm, noting careful surgery consistent with prior victims in the Kingsbury Run killings. Detectives suspect a single perpetrator in a series of slayings in the industrial city.
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Cleveland River
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Kingsbury Run
Ishich
Lake Erie
De Valera Still Holds Majority After Dublin Count
Dublin votes in parliamentary and constitutional elections tightened Eamon de Valera's government to a four seat majority in the Dáil with four deputies for de Valera and two for Cosgrave. The tally shows government 67, Cosgrave 44, Labour 11, independents 8. The new constitution referendum stood at 514,080 yes and 404,661 no.
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Dublin
Trish Free State
Limerick
Pres
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
William T. Cosgrave
Cosgrave Opposiion
Iabor
Inglewood Slayer Offers Plea For Life In Exchange For Barber Job
Albert Dyer, the 32 year old WPA crossing guard who confessed to the murder and assault of three young girls, now offers to plead guilty in exchange for life and a prison barber shop job. District Attorney Baron Fitts plans an early grand jury appearance and seeks a first degree murder indictment with the death penalty. Dyer also described praying by each victim and claimed new details including misgivings after the killings.
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Alan McElwain
United Press
Los Angeles
W.P
Albert ‘Dyer
Inglewood
Wthal
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Dyer
WPA
Jeanette Stephens
Melba Everett
Madeline
Baldwin Hills
Board Intervenes in Inland Steel Transcripts Case
The National Labor Relations Board reversed a trial examiner and ordered Inland Steel to be provided a transcript of all official proceedings in a landmark test of Wagner Act written contracts. Inland’s counsel had walked out as a reporter attempted off the record coverage, prompting a courtroom confrontation and a reprimand to counsel.
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Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Company
Benedict Wolf
Washingington
Inland
Ernest S. Ballard
Charles A. Wood
Ballard
Franco Pleads For 125000 Men From Germany and Italy
Insurgent Gen Francisco Franco reportedly asked Italy and Germany for 125000 troops and 500 airplanes plus 50 artillery batteries and tanks to aid a new offensive against Madrid. An insurgent communique from Hendaye claimed a government battalion was trapped in northern Spain near Somiedo.
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Associated Press
Agence Espagne
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Maly
Hendaye
Gierce
Spain
Somiedo
London
Ars
Paris
Great Britain
France
Three Republic Plants Open At Cleveland Today
Three Republic Steel plants in Cleveland reopen after 41 days of idle spell. National guard units and police guarded back to work as about 3,000 steel workers returned, with union pickets venting at some sites and reports of scattered stone throwing in nearby towns.
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Republic
Cleveland
National Guard
Republic Steel Corporation
Corrigan-McKinney Works
Upson Nut & Bolt
Truscon Steck
Jed
Steelemakers
Alabama
National
Niles
Warren
Republic Steel Mills
Akron
Ohio
Fourth Republic
Tom Girdler
Republic Stec
Auomobile
Upson
Harry Woodhead
Truscon
Mrs Lester gets 14 to 27 years in Wisconsin murder case
Letha Lester, 23, a former road house operator in Manilowoc Wisconsin, was convicted on June 20 of second degree murder in the Valentine day shooting of her husband Earl J. Lester. Circuit Judge Henry Delting sentenced her to 14 to 27 years at hard labor in Waupun prison after denying a defense motion for a new trial. The judge refused a stay of execution to allow care for her 14 year old daughter Margaret.
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Manilowoc
Wis
Letha Lester
Earl J. Lester
Waupun
Wisconsin Weather Tonight Through Wednesday Forecast
Wisconsin forecast calls for unsettled weather in the northwest tonight with thunder possible. Central and western areas warm up tonight while east and south see milder conditions by Wednesday with higher readings noted in Milwaukee and nearby towns. Local observations show temperatures around 92 with lows and historic highs in Concordia Phoenix Miles City and Williston near 108 and 54 in Helena San Francisco Seattle and Spokane.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwest
Northwestern
Fair
Milwanker
Concordia
Phoenix
Miles City
Williston
Roseburg
Helena
San Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
Faint SOS 19 Reported as Bling Heard Near Earhart Search
Coast guard and radio stations pursued reports from the mainland that faint SOS signals from Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan were received. Oakland radio operator McGill heard a split, weak transmission on 3105 kilocycles claiming NRUI KHAQQ SOS. Coast guards remained cautious while George Putnam, Earhart’s husband, noted a planned emergency broadcast schedule.
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Wendell Burch
United Press
Honolulu
T.H
Coast Guard
Amelia Earshart
United States Navy
Guard
Frederick Noonan
Earhart
South Seas
Howland Island
Geant Guard Radio
Miss Earhart
Charles McGill
Oakland
Calif
McGill
Khaqq
Sid “Nok
North
Howland
McGill Pi
Pan-American Airways
Signals quieted in Evanston train crash probe
Illinois commerce commission investigator Joseph R. Skidmore reports engineer William Schermerham ignored three signals before the Chicago and Northwestern crash at Evanston Davis Street station. The Ashland Limited collision injured over 100 as two trains rammed. The probe, to be released by Dr. Paul J. Raber, cites two caution signals and one stop signal ignored.
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Commission
Skidmore
Schermerham
Millwaukee
Chicago
Wisconsin
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Frankly
Pigket
Auto
Triple Slayer
I Feas
Suap
Plea For Life
Albert Dyer
Centinela Park
Englewood
Franco
Germany
Italy
Egents
North America
Europe
Foynes
Ireland
Botwood
Newfoundland
British Imperial Airways
Caledonia
North Atlantic
Eamon
Lester
Prober
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